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Volume 118, umber 52 Friday, October 23, 1998 Fiji Members Fail to Appear Lab Fire Causes At Manslaughter Arraignment Limited Damage By Douglas E. Heimburger by the fraternity's default and how to appear in Suffolk County Superior EDITOR IN CHIEF the court will proceed. He asked Court to answer the indictments," By Douglas E. Heimburger Phi Gamma Delta failed to Weschler: "Have you also contem- said Phi Gamma Delta national EDITOR IN CHIEF appear at yesterday's scheduled plated what we will do with the spokesperson William A. Martin ill A solvent fire in a chemistry lab in Building 6 Wednesday closed arraignment of the fraternity in warrant?" in a statement. "The chapter is not in much of main campus for several hours. Suffolk Superior Court. operation." Martin declined to The fire began around 1:15 p.m. in Room 6-430 when a graduate o members of the group or ational withdraws legal support answer questions yesterday. student dropped a bottle containing about a liter of hexane about 10 attorneys representing the group Maria R. Durant, a lawyer affili- Prosecutors indicted Fiji last centimeters, according to W. Gerald Diaz, director of the safety attended the hearing before ated with the national fraternity that month on charges of manslaughter office. Magistrate William E. Walsh. appeared three weeks ago before and hazing related to the Sept. 1997 The laboratory is used by students of Professor of Chemistry Prosecutors immediately moved for Walsh, did not appear in court yes- death of Scott S. Krueger '01. Richard R. Schrock. Two students were in the lab at the time; no one a hearing on the fraternity's default, terday. Krueger allegedly died after tak- was hurt. which will be held Monday. Durant said on Oct. 1 that she ing part in an "Animal House" Hexane is a "standard, routine solvent" that is ' similar to gasoline A default hearing is typically used was seeking to represent the frater- pledge night activity at the fraterni- in flammability," said Rick L. Danheiser, professor of chemistry and when an individual fails to appear at nity in court. She did not return ty, according to prosecutors. chair of the department's safety committee. his arraignment,and generallyresults phone calls yesterday. When Fiji was indicted last in an arrest warrant being issued. A letter from another attorney at month, prosecutors announced no Fire, Page 19 Prosecutors would not say yes- Durant's firm, Dwyer and Collera, to individuals would have to stand trial terday what plans they have for the judge said the national fraternity in connection with Krueger's death. forcing the fraternity to appear, if had blocked them from representing As an unincorporated corpora- any. "We will make our intentions the fraternity. "Yesterday afternoon, tion, officers of Fiji are not required known on Monday," said Assistant I learned that the international frater- under law to provide representation. District Attorney Pamela Weschler, nity of Phi Gamma Delta will not If convicted of manslaughter who is prosecuting the case. authorize this firm to enter an and hazing, Fiji could face a fine of Default is a "formal recognition appearance on behalf of the local up to $4,000. Additionally, the from the court" of an individual's chapter," said attorney William H. Krueger family has suggested that it failure to appear, Weschler said. Kettlewell in a letter to Walsh. may eventually file civil lawsuits in Walsh said he was "perplexed" "Simply put, there is no chapter the case. Bacow Announces a Design Contest To Revamp Institute Ilousing Policy By Frank Dabek '72 presented the current state of ticipatory process" that would NEWS/iDITOR thinking on "how to design this "engage the entire community." tudents will be invited to par- planning process" to adjust the cur- Bacow stressed the importance of ticipate in a January design compe- rent housing system to the changes alumni participation in the process. tition on how freshman will choose caused by moving freshmen onto Participants in the proposed GREG KUHNEN-THE TECH their housing and participate in rush campus in 2001. design competition, the tool intend- Firefighters work to contain a fire Wednesday In Building 6 beginning in 2001. Bacow described the overriding ed to procure community input on which started when fumes from a dropped bottle of hexane At Wednesday's faculty meet- goals of the design by saying that Ignited. ing, Chancellor Lawrence S. Bacow his office hoped to produce a "par- Faculty, Page 21 MIT Alum PrOposes Referendum Calling For Reactor's Removal from Cambridge By Frank Dabek John A. Bernard, director of Reactor used for research NEWS EDITOR reactor operations at the nuclear Bernard and Gallop both Tucked amid questions on low- reactor lab, acknowledged safety stressed the role of the reactor as a ~. ering dividend tax rates and cam- concerns but said that the reactor research site. "Most of the work paign finance reform, Cambridge doesn't "really represent a hazard." [done at the reactor] is cancer thera- residents will be asked their opinion Bernard explained that the reactor py," Bernard said. Gallop pointed on moving MIT's nuclear reactor operates at "hot bathtub water" tem- to the reactor's role in research into out of Cambridge. peratures of about 11OaF(50°C) and brain cancer, and rheumatoid arthri- The question, which was pro- at nearly atmospheric pressures. The tis. posed by an MIT alumnus, David A. reactor also has only small amounts Hoicka counters these "emotion- Hoicka '77, and Ralph Lopez is of radioactive substances on hand. al arguments" made by researchers non-binding and asks voters if they "There is nothing to release," he who compare their research to "sav- are in favor of instructing their state said. ing babies" by arguing that representative to vote in favor of Hoicka said that he had a nuclear researchers could "just as appropri- legislation which would require the physicist not associated with the ately do that research in a rural reactor to "be removed immediately Institute evaluate the reactor's safe- area." He further speculated that out of Cambridge to a safer and less ty. Based on this analysis, he calls "the reactor looks to be fairly densely populated area." claims that the reactor is safe portable ... sectional" and might be Hoicka, who ran unsuccessfully "baloney." "put on a series of trucks and for the Democratic nomination for Sarah E. Gallop, co-director of moved" elsewhere. state representative, said that his the office of government and com- Gallop said that the public at main concern is for the safety of munity relations, said that the reac- large was probably unaware of the Cambridge residents. We're "not tor is "heavily regulated by the research done at the reactor and said trying to be Luddites ... we're not Nuclear Regulator Commission" that tours of the reactor are offered. against nuclear power," Hoicka said. and is in good standing. "We are trying to drum up interest," However, "people in Cambridge Gallop added that MIT works in the reactor. For that reason, are entitled to a fair and open debate with the Emergency Management Gallop said the question represented OMAR ROUSHDY over whether we want a nuclear Pascal-Delache Feldman performs classical pieces by Handel Department in Cambridge and has a positive for the Institute. and other composers on the double bass during the Chapel reactor in a densely populated area." developed a response system includ- Hoicka, as Gallop and Bernard Concert Thursday. Hoicka estimates that half a million ing an evacuation plan. Hoicka criti- confirmed, took such a tour. He said people live in close proximity to the cized the reactor for not having such reactor. a plan. Reactor, Page 16

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A national panel of scientist has recommended immediate and e c substantial reductions in ocean fishing to rebuild marine eco y t m their first intensive one-on-one bar- pointing to a po itive conclusion," throughout the world that are so severely depleted they are in danger gaining of the summit, conferring in said one participant in the summit's of collapsing. • MD. a vaulted dining room throughout many-sided diplomacy. "This is The volume of fish being caught has reached or exceeded the With President Clinton pressing the day. According to accounts from intended to put pressure on Arafat. maximum amount that can be sustained by the world' oceans, the publicly and privately to close a aides and confidants, the two men He wiU have to say no, and he wiU scientists reported. About 8 million metric tons of fish and other deal Thursday, Israeli and found compromise language on the become the culprit." seafood are caught each year in marine waters worldwide, worth Palestinian leaders were by all Palestinian ational Covenant, the tate Department spokesman about 3.5 biUion a year in the United tates alone. accounts very close to an accord arrest of uspects wanted by Israel James P. Rubin, the only authorized ome species have declined so seriously, e pecially along the near the end of the eighth day of a and the release of Palestinian pris- spokesman for any party at the sum- East Coast of orth America, that once-thriving commercial fisheries Middle East peace summit. oners from Israeli jails, among other mit, said Thursday evening that have been shut down. Included are cod off ewfoundland, ground Jordan's King Hussein, who emotionally charged differences. "critical gaps" remained and "it's fish such as haddock and yellowtail flounder off ew England and stood by at a nearby farm through- American mediators, by several anybody's guess" whether "the some salmon in the Pacific orthwest. out the afternoon, was said to be accounts, regarded the May 4 issue leaders will make the decisions nec- 'The sea was long viewed as an inexhaustible supply of protein awaiting final word Thursday as too hard to crack and proposed to essary to reach an agreement." But for human use. But recently ... it has become increasingly clear that evening to join Clinton for a four- handle it in a subsequent summit he signaled substantial progress the ocean's resources are not inexhaustible," the 25-member commit- way session aimed at consummating before that date. The threat to through the day and said the floating tee of the ational Research Council says in its report,' ustaining the agreement between Israeli Prime declare statehood, and the likeli- consultations "had a little bit of the Marine Fisheries." Minister Benjamin etanyahu and hood of recognition by most of the flavor of a legislative session draw- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. world, is Aratat's strongest bargain- ing toward the close." Yet as the hours ticked by and ing chip as the final stage of negoti- Clinton began the day with pub- Va. Governor Seeks Accounting of the king's call did not come, the ations with Israel begins. Clinton lic exhortation from the White y Funds prospect of success remained uncer- administration officials do not House south grounds as he left for Colleges' Private Held tain. Summit rules dictated that believe he will relinquish it until the summit, telling reporters that THE WASH] GTO POST nothing is settled until everything is, those talks are well underway, if "the hardest decisions now at last RICHMOND, VA. and sources said etanyahu intro- then. are on the table." Gov. James S. Gilmore ill is demanding a fuJJ accounting of the duced a new issue Thursday that With Trade Minister Natan "I hope the parties will seize this hundreds of millions of dollars raised by Virginia's 15 public univer- had the potential of halting the talks Sharansky here and others back opportunity and not retreat from the sities through private foundations with virtually no state oversight. in their tracks: a demand that Arafat home in Israel pressing him, clear moment to capture the But Gilmore, a Republican who has complained that college forswear declaration of an indepen- etanyahu insisted on placing the momentum of peace," he said administrative costs are too high and has questioned whether schools dent state when the five-year "inter- question in play Thursday after- before boarding Marine One for the are spending their money wisely, is encountering resistance from col- im period" of Palestinian autonomy noon. 70-mile flight to the Eastern Shore. lege presidents and legislators protective of their alma maters. Those expires next May 4. "I don't think it's coincidental Netanyahu, for his part, contin- lawmakers see the governor's interest in the foundations as an effort Beginning after lunch, note pads that it was dropped on the table ued to maneuver Thursday for to impose his political priorities on campus administrators. in hand, etanyahu and Arafat sat now, and I don't think it's coinci- options that would allow him to "I'm trying to do a culture change on that," said Gilmore, who side by side on a couch and began dental that there are so many leaks leave without initialing a deal. has two degrees from the University of Virginia. The nonprofit foun- dations are 'a piece of the puzzle. I'm not trying to confiscate dona- tions or discourage donors who take pride in their schools. But, after a11,we're talking about public institutions." Pinochet Case Throws Spanish Felony Convictions Deplete Black Voting Population Establishment into Confusion By Anne Swardson But Spain's chief govemment- case separately. THE WASHINGTON POST THE WASHINGTON POST appointed prosecutor, Eduardo As Chilean 'president froin -1973 WASHINGTO MADRID Fungarino, earlier this week filed a to 1990, Garzon's arrest order said, A total of 1.4 million African-American males nationwide - 13 The drive by a Spanish magis- court motion asserting that Garzon, Pinochet was "the leader of an inter- percent of all black men - will not be able to vote in the election trate to extradite former Chilean and Spain, do not have jurisdiction national organization created ... to next month because they were once convicted of a felony, according President Augusto Pinochet from over the alleged crimes because conceive, develop and execute the to a study released Thursday. In 10 states, more than 20 percent of Britain and try him on charges of they were not committed in Spain. systematic planning of illegal deten- black males there will be kept from the ballot box. genocide, terrorism and torture has In fact, Garzon's order of inter- tions, torture, forced relocations, The percentage of black men disenfranchised from the system is thrown the Spanish legal establish- national arrest for Pinochet does not assassinations and/or disappear- seven times the national average and reflects an increasing disparity ment into confusion and placed name a single Spaniard killed as ances of numerous persons, includ- in the number of African-Americans who are incarcerated, according Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar in part of Pinochet' s regime of oppres- ing Argentines, Spaniards, Britons, to the study conducted jointly by the Sentencing Project and Human a delicate political position. sion. Rather, nearly all are Chileans Americans, and Chileans. Rights Watch, which are research and advocacy groups based here. The crusade by Baltasar Garzon, or Argentines kidnapped or killed in Fungarino cited "an absolute With the widespread application of mandatory minimum sen- Spain's best-known investigating Argentina. lack of jurisdiction" when he tences, "three strikes" laws and other measures designed to ensure judge, is widely supported by Garzon, one of a corps of inde- appealed Garzon's extradition stiff prison sentences for criminal offenders, the proportion of black Spanish public and media opinion. pendent investigative magistrates request Monday, and said Garzon males under incarceration has increased 10 times faster than for white AU major left- and right-wing news- under the Spanish judicial system, had not followed correct legal pro- men over the past decade, the study said. If current trends continue, papers favor the attempt to bring has indicated his interest in 3,000 of cedures. Pinochet, 82, was arrested the study estimated, 40 percent of black males born in the I990s wi11 Pinochet to justice in Spain for the the people who disappeared under in Britain on Friday. The retired loose the right to vote at some time during their lives. torture, deaths or disappearances of authoritarian rule in Chile and general remains sequestered at a 94 people during his 17-year rule in Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s, London clinic pending the outcome Chile. and is investigating the Argentinian of the extradition request. WEATHER A Fair Deal Situation for Noon Eastem Daylight Time, Friday, October 23,1998 .') .~~ ~~ o~ ~ ...."'r;;:, ,",' ,",' ..., ....rS' cf By Marek Zebrowski 400N STAFF METEOROLOGIST A strong high pressure system wiU reside over the eastern half of the nation, bringing us more spectacular Fall weather. Radiational cooling in the interior locations of New England will produce a frosty daybreak on Friday, foUowed by a nice warming trend as the high will slowly drift eastwards, replacing a sharp trough that hung tough in the Western Atlantic for quite a while. Milder than normal conditions will hold for us until Monday night, when a vigorous cold front is forecast to descend from Canada, bringing the temperatures to more seasonable levels. Meanwhile a powerful storm, with drenching rains and strong winds will come ashore in the Pacific Northwest on Saturday. The tropics con- tinue to be active as well. As of 8 p.m. Thursday, a new tropical stonn Mitch was located at 11.5 North and 77.5 West, about 450 miles south of Kingston Jamaica. Top winds were clocked at 50 knots and this system may strengthen as it begins to move to west-northwest in the next 24 25°N hours. Another area of disturbed weather has been hanging near the Yucatan coast of Mexico, and two tropical waves are in the region of the Lesser Antilles. Friday: Mostly sunny and seasonable. High 61°F (l6°C) with moder- ate westerly breezes. Friday night: Clear and cool. Lows in town near 50°F (lO°C), but high 30s to mid 40s (4-7°C) elsewhere. Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols Snow Rain Saturday: Continued mostly sunny and warmer. with winds shifting _ Trouch H Hiab Pressure =1'0& towards southwest. High 68°F (200C). - - 'bowers •••• WarmFront V V ~ ThulJdcntonn Lichl Sunday outlook: Partly to mostly sunny, and milder stiJJ, with highs L ...... Pressure 0::::> Haze ...... CoIdFronl Moclenote in the upper 60s to low 70s (2~22°C) Compiled by MTT Hurrieue I ...... OcdudcdFI'OIlI Heavy ~ocySlaff and TIre Ted! ~ctober23, 1998 THE TECH Page 3

eve~ Agency Weighs Civil Action Against MatteI Over Toy e LOS ANGELES TIMES at o WASHINGTO By Rick Weiss are the neate t animal representation people and animals fundamentally The Consumer Product Safety Commission Thursday said it is THE WASH! GTON POST experiments of the decade,' " said differ - and especially the extent to considering civil action against MatteI Inc., which is recalling 10 mil- Monkeys have an innate ability Susan Carey, a cognitive cientist at which animals can think. lion Fisher-Price Power Wheels ride-on car and truck toys sold since to conceptualize numbers and can ew York Univer ity. "It is very "Mathematical thinking is con- 1984 because they pose a serious fire risk. be taught to count at least to the clever and convincing work." sidered to be one of the most impor- The CPSC said it is reviewing documents submitted by Fisher- number nine, according to a series Previou experiments had 'tant and complicated abilities that Price to determine if the unit of EI Segundo, Calif.-based MatteI of ground breaking experiments that offered hints of number awareness humans have, along with language," reported problems involving the toy in a timely manner. promise new in ights into the evolu- in non-human species, but some said Elizabeth M. Brannon, the There have been 700 reports of electrical component failures tion of intelligence. researchers suspected that those ani- Columbia University graduate stu- involving the toys. The CPSC said 150 fires occurred that injured The research, in which monkeys mals had inadvertently been trained dent who conducted the monkey nine children and did $300,000 in damage to 22 houses and played math-based video games, to give rote replies or were just rec- experiments. garages. challenges a long tanding view ognizing certain visual patterns, the In the new experiments, a pair of During a Thursday news conference in Washington, D.C., CPSC among many scientists that humans way a person can recognize the pat- 2-year-old monkeys named Chairwoman Ann Brown said that "the company knew of the inci- are unique in their ability to grasp tern of dots on a domino without Rosencrantz and Macduff sat before dents and the company did not report the incidents to us." the concepts of number, numerical actually counting them. The new touch-sensitive computer monitors The CPSC said it received its first report about the problem in order and basic arithmetic. work is the first to indicate that ani- that displayed four square "window- 1996, but the first fires date back to the early 1990s, according to the It stop~ short of concluding that mals can solve novel numerical panes." One pane always contained CPSc. monkeys can add or subtract. But it problems through an apparently a single item, such as a car; another The recall of the toys, which retail for $70 to $300, is the largest indicates they can grasp the relative- genuine understanding that some pane contained a pair of items, such ever involving toys sold through retailers, the CPSC said. ly sophisticated concepts of numbers are bigger or smaller than as two apples; the third pane con- "twoness," "threeness" and so on, others. tained three identical items; and the and can comprehend how those con- The research may lead to the fourth contained four items. In a Study of Dinosaur Fossil's cepts relate to each other about as development of better methods for series of 35 trials in which the types well as a human 3-year-old can. teaching basic counting skills to colors, sizes and relative locations Brain Yields Surprise Experts hailed the work a a cognitively impaired people, of the one-, two-, three-, and four- NEWSDAY major milestone in understanding researchers said. But it is primarily item panes varied, the monkeys PROVO, lITAH the intellectual ability of animals. important to psychologists, philoso- were trained to touch the one-item Very fine silt that filled a dead dinosaur's skull millions of years "When I heard about these phers and theologians, who have pane first, then the two-item pane, ago is shedding new light on the animal's behavior, sugge ting it experiments, I thought, 'Wow, these long debated the extent to which then the three and finally the four. acted more like a crocodile than like a bird, scientist announced Thursday. By using modern CT scan equipment to see inside the fossil Diesel Manufacturers Settle Suit material, molecular neurologist Scott Rogers determined the brain's size and shape. He can also see where blood vessels entered and exit- ed the brain, the complete inner ear and a few other parts of the brain's structure. With EPA;Will Pay $1.1 Billion "This is the first imaging of what we think is the internal structure By Joby Warrick and Michael negotiations over whether seven clean and healthy. No person, no of a fossil brain" in such an old, fossilized creature, said Rogers, of THE WASHINGTON POST U.S. and foreign diesel companies company has the right to violate the University of Utah. WASHINGTONdeliberately tried to thwart federal these standards and put the "This suggests that Allosaurus, which was always thought to be a Diesel engine manufacturers pollution controls with their engine American people at risk." bird ancestor, doesn't have a brain that was avian in nature," Rogers Thursday agreed to pay $83 million designs. Government lawyers The companies, which include explained. Instead, Allosaurus' brain is far closer to the neural sys- in fines and spend $1 billion on accused the manufacturers of using U.S. diesel giants Mack Trucks Inc., tems seen today in alligators and crocodiles. environmental improvements to "defeat devices" that enabled Cummins Engine Co. and The oval-shaped brain, about 7 inches long and 5 inches high, is avoid a federal lawsuit over alleged engines to pass federal vehicle Caterpillar Inc., maintain they did roughly the size of a small loaf of bread. What's surprising is that the cheating on engine performance emissions tests even though they not break any laws. But they collec- brain fills only half of the skull, which offers an important clue. tests.. belched prodigious amounts of tively agreed to an $83.4 million "This neurological configuration looks very close to that of mod- The, landmark deal the most. sooty fumes a~highw~y speeds. . fine,that is being called the largest em-day alligators and crocodiles, and nothing like an avian brain," he expensiv'e settiem'e~t ~ver o(a~ air Because of the devices, the EPA civil penalty ever for an alleged explained. In birds - and also in humans - the brain fills the skull pollution case, will ~aste.Il1.th~., alleged;.djesels, spewed. an addition- environmental infraction - the .almost completely, "so this' is a very distinguishing feature" suggest- impternentatj'oo of tough new"tyollu- al 1.3 million tons of smog-causing, "Exxon Valdez of civil enforce- ing it's..an ancestor of the crocodilians. Rogers' report is in the cur- tion.'controls on'tlre rra' t6'P ~.nitrogen o!cide ( Ox);mto ther air': merit/' as one official put it. There rent issue of Neuron. manufacturers.. ..of'ttUck. 'and~bus.' last year alone. Tha is equivalent to.. have .been larger fines levied in engines, while 'Substantially improv- . the pollution produced by 65 mil~ criminal cases. ing' air quaiity for millions of lion passenger cars, or about 6 per- Besides the fine, the companies Senator Apologizes for One Americans, federal officials said. cent of all the NOx emitted by fac- agreed to spend $110 million to In sheer size, the settlement tories, automobiles and power finance anti-pollution projects Comment, Not Other rivals the criminal penalties plants combined. around the country. For example, NEWSDAY imposed in the 1989 Exxon Valdez More than 1 million trucks cur- the payments could help improve NEWYORK oil spill, which resulted in $125 mil- rently use the devices, which are urban air quality by financing new Trying to quell a political firestorm, New York Sen, Alfonse lion in fines and restitution and $900 essentially software commands in fleets of buses and delivery trucks D' Amato Thursday said it was wrong for him to have mocked the million for environmental cleanup. the computer-controlled fuel sys- that run on electricity or clean-burn- girth of Rep. Jerrold adler, but he refused to apologize for using a "The diesel engine industry has terns of diesel trucks. While sup- ing natural gas, the BFA said. Yiddish slang term to refer to his Democratic opponent, Rep. Chuck illegally poured millions of tons of pressing pollution at low engine But most of the cost for engine Schumer. pollution into the air," said Attorney speeds, the systems enrich the fuel makers come from new requirements He also refused to explain why he initially denied making the General Janet Reno, who announced mix at high speeds to improve fuel for building cleaner new engines and remarks at a private meeting of Jewish leaders Tuesday. the settlement jointly with Carol M. economy and performance. upgrading old ones. The settlement "It was a poor attempt at humor, and I was wrong, and I apolo- Browner, head of the Environmental "Today, we're sending a clear stopped short of an engine recall, but gized to him," D' Amato said at a campaign appearance at a Long Protection Agency. "It's time for the message: If you illegally pollute, it forces manufacturers to upgrade Island school when he was asked whether ridiculing Nadler was an industry to clean up its act - and you will pay," Browner said. "We older diesel engines the next time example of the behavior a U.S. senator should be setting for chil- clean up our air." set air quality standards to ensure they are brought in for scheduled dren. The agreement ends a year of that the air people breathe is safe, maintenance. Shortly before D' Amato's remarks Thursday, Schumer had held a news conference to play TV news footage of D'Amato denying knowledge of the comments and saying it was "ridiculous" to suggest Boxer Rebounds to Gain Advantage he would say such things. Appearing with Schumer, former Gov. Mario Cuomo said, "The lying about it is very bad. He is obviously lying about it. He got Over Fong in California Senate Race caught." At a Tuesday meeting, D' Amato called Schumer a "putzhead." By Mark Z. Barabak reaching 50 percent is an important generally holding on to their parti- "Putz" is Yiddish slang for male genitalia, and it is commonly used LOS ANGELES TIMES threshold, because anything less san bases, Boxer leads Fong among to describe a fool or idiot. Schumer branded the remark a "cheap LOSANGELES suggests fertile ground for a chal- self-described middle-of-the-road slur." U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer has lenger. likely voters, 62 percent to 26 per- D' Amato also referred to Nadler as "Waddler" and then briefly reversed her fortunes, buffed her Still, Boxer's lead represents a cent. walked like a duck, according to former New York Mayor Ed Koch image and pulled slightly ahead of significant rebound from her posi- Moreover, Boxer seems to have and others who were present. California Treasurer Matt Fong just tion just a few weeks ago. benefited from receding attention to 11 days before the election, according The Democrat evidently the Monica S. Lewinsky scandal, to a new Los Angeles Times Poll. reversed her position in the seesaw which consumed the media for Teen-age Witch Asks for Transfer Enjoying some of the highest job contest through a series of hard-hit- months, drowned out most talk of THE BALTIMORE SUN approval and personal favorability ting, and largely unanswered, TV issues and pointed up her close per- . BALTIMORE ratings of her six years in office, commercials targeting Fong's sonal and political ties to President The ninth-grader who was sent home for allegedly casting a spell Democrat Boxer leads Republican stance on gun control, abortion and Clinton. on a classmate asked to be transferred Wednesday so she might Fong by 5 points, 49 percent to 44 HMO reform - ads that appear to The poll surveyed 1,449 regis- escape a controversy that has enveloped her high school. percent, among those considered have solidified Boxer's support tered voters Oct. 17-21. Among No spells were cast, and no one was threatened, according to likely to vote on Nov. 3. A month among two gTOUpScrucial to her re- them, 883 were deemed likely to school officials who suspended Jamie Schoonover Wednesday when ago, Boxer was trailing Fong by 5 election prospects: women and vote. another student became hysterical after she believed that Schoonover percent among likely voters. moderate voters. Geographically, Boxer holds had cast a spell on her. At the same time, Boxer's bare While Fong is ahead 52 percent commanding leads in the School spokeswoman Vanessa Pyatt said Schoonover, 15, a prac- 49 percent means she can scarcely to 41 percent among likely male Democratic bastions of the San ticing witch, will be transferred to another school, the name of which afford to breathe easy these next 11 voters, Boxer holds a 56 percent to Francisco Bay Area, 66 percent to was not disclosed. days, particularly in a so-called off- 37 percent lead among women, who 29 percent, and Los Angeles, 54 The other ninth-grader, Jennifer Rassen, left school Wednesday year - or nonpresidential - elec- constitute a majority of the state percent to 38 percent, while Fong after a meeting with school administrators, Jamie Schoonover and the tion, when conservatives voters electorate and proved indispensible was ahead in the more conservative girls' parents. "I am still scared," Rassen said. have tended to turn out more reli- to her election six years ago. Central Valley, 56 percent to 40 Schoonover said that she never would cast a spell because the ably. Seventeen percent of Republican percent, and in Republican strong- principles of Wicca, a form of neo-paganism that she and a parent She barely won in 1992, her first women most likely to vote are holds of Southern California outside practice, dictate that whatever you do, good or evil, returns to you statewide campaign, with 48 percent crossing party lines. of Los Angeles County, 55 percent threefold. of the vote. For an incumbent, And while both candidates are to 34 percent. Page 4 October 23, 1998

Letter. To The Editor grandstanding in The Tech. Ju t yesterday, I Thos who would use the Bible to support Inaccurate eporting read the Oct. 20 Tech editorial in which my malicious action against homo exuals are sim- "proposed change "to the freshman year were ply unjustified - as Jesus said to those who In The Tech dismissed as detrimental to the quality of the would condemn an adulteress woman, "let Chairman The Oct. 16 article in The Tech MIT undergraduate education. The fact is that him who is without sin cast the first stone" Josh Bittker '99 ["Committee Sets Out to Revamp Freshman I have proposed no changes - and neither has (John 8:7). So while it is true that I will never Curriculum by 2001"] on the new Educational the committee that has not yet met! I'm happy tell a homo exual that he can practice homo- Editor in Chief De ign Project contains numerous inaccura- to see that The Tech editorial taff does not sexuality with a clear conscience, I will (by Douglas E. Heimburger '00 cies and misrepresents my per pectives on the want to see the freshman year "dumbed- the grace of God) never hate him, persecute MIT undergraduate curriculum. I'm writing to down;" it i preposterous to imply that I think him, or punish him for what he does, but love Bu ine anager set the record straight. otherwise. him, and think of his interests as much as I do Joey Dieckhans '00 I spoke with The Tech reporter who wrote o matter what I think, there will be no my own. For I, in a sense, am no better than the article for a short time last week about the changes to the MIT undergraduate curriculum he - I am sinful, and far from perfect, finding anaging Editor broad issues confronting our community as until the MIT faculty as a whole decides to hope only in God's forgiveness. Erica S. Pfister '00 we move toward an even better freshman pro- make those changes. Like any faculty mem- Our calling is to care for and love others, NEWS STAFF gram. I explained to her that the Committee ber, I have my opinions. It's too bad they not to hate and persecute them. If Christians Editors: Brett Altschul '99, Frank on the Undergraduate Program was establish- were so misrepresented in The Tech. The really are persecuting, punishing, and enforc- Dabek '00, Zareena Hu sain '00; sociate ing the EDP committee to propose new other members of the EDP committee will ing intolerance towards the homosexuals in Editors: Jean K. Lee '99, Susan approaches to the freshman year. The EDP have their own opinions. I look forward to the our nation, as Sunkavally claims, that is tragic Buchman '0 I, Jennifer Chung '0 I, Krista L. committee has two co-chairs, Allen Professor deliberations during which we can meld these - because we are then failing at our most iece ' 0 I; ta ff: Orli G. Bahcall ' 99, of Media Arts and Sciences Stephen A. opinions with input from throughout the MIT important mission, our most central goal. We Shawdee Eshghi '99, Carina Fung '99, Eric Benton and me. community into a recommendation to the then deserve to be called no more than hyp- Sit '99, Aileen Tang '99, May K. By appointing me as a co-chair (in my dual entire faculty. ocrites. But here's a parting thought - if God Tse '99, Sharmin Ghaznavi '00, Stuart capacity as a professor and as dean for under- Finally, as an ex-staffer of a student news- really does exist, and the Bible really is His Jackson '00, Dudley W. Lamming '00, graduate curriculum), Professor Suzanne paper, I am appalled by the lack of fact check- message to us, a message saying that He cares Katie Jeffreys '01, Dalie Jimenez '0 I, Flynn (chair of the CUP) has taken a bold step ing by The Tech staff. It's time for The Tech for us, will forgive us our faults, and invites Rima A. Arnaout '02, Sanjay Basu '02, toward establishing a new working relation- to establish a more responsible approach. us to join Him in paradise, if only we accept Alex lanculescu '02, eena S. Kadaba '02, ship between the central administration and Kip V. Hodges PhD '82 Him - is that not good news, despite the fact Kevin R. Lang '02, Karen E. Robinson '02; this important faculty committee. Hopefully, Co-Chair, Educational Design that we Christians may sometimes mess up Meteorologists: Michael C. Morgan the collaboration will help us make real Project Committee and get a little over-zealous in our enthusiasm PhD '95, Greg Lawson G, Gerard Roe G, progre s toward refinement of the common to share it? Chris E. Forest, Marek Zebrowski. educational programs we offer to all students, David E. Robison '99 regardless of their choice of majors. A Message of PRODUCTION STAFF However, we have made no progre s Editor: Ryan Ochylski '0 I; ssociate toward that goal as of yet because the EDP Hope and Love Thought Crimes Editor: Ian Lai '02; Staff: Moksha committee has not met. In fact, as of this writ- Since I consider myself, more or less, a I am writing in response to the letter sub- Ranasinghe '99, Jason C. Yang '99, ing, the membership of the committee has not Christian conservative, I'd like to respond to mitted by Carlos M. Covarrubias ["Hate- Francisco Tanudjaja '00, Kristen Landino '02, been finalized. I certainly did not tell the the column by Naveen Sunkavally '01, "The Crime Laws as Special Treatment", Oct. 20]. Agne Borszeki. reporter otherwise, and why she wrote that Real Right-Wing Conspiracy" from the Oct. Covarrubias brings up an interesting but

OPINION STAFF "many ideas have come to the fore in meet- 20 issue of The Tech. I can't speak for Trent flawed argument in favor of the proposed new Editors: Michael J. Ring '01, aveen ings of the new subcommittee" is a complete Lott, the Christian Coalition, or the Family federal hate crime laws. The crux of the argu- Sunkavally '0 I; taff: Dan Dunn '94, mystery to me. Research Council, nor do I know the details ment is that since a murder accompanied by Anders Hove '96, Wesley T. Chan '00, In the course of our conversation, I shared and facts behind the accusations Sunkavally another crime, like rape or robbery, is pun- Dawen Choy '00, Seth Bisen-Hersh '01, with the reporter some of the concerns I have made against those groups. ished more severely than the crime of murder Andrew J. Kim '01, Elaine Y. Wan '01. heard from faculty and students over the years But there is something far more important alone would be, there exists a precedent for regarding the freshman year. Most of these are to me which I must defend - those truths and punishing the murderer of a homosexual per- SPORTS STAFF not surprising and were articulated nicely in beliefs which I, as a Christian, hold dear. It son more severely than the murderer of a het- Editor: Shao-Fei Moy '98. the recent report of the Task Force on Student seems that, to many, and to Sunkavally, erosexual.

ARTS STAFF Life and Learning. Although I was repeating Christians are a group of people who like to The problem with this argument is that in the fonner case a second. criminal actiol1-has Editor: Joel M. Rosenberg '99; Staff: comments made by others in other venues, persecute homosexuals. And to the extent that occurred, robbery, rape, etc., while in the lat- Thomas Chen G, Steven R. L. Millman G, these quotes were attributed to me in the arti- this is true, I would like to apologize to all Vladimir V. Zelevinsky G, Teresa cle. who have been hurt by such actions. But to ter case no such second criminal action has Huang '97, David V. Rodriguez '97, Mark For the most part, they do not reflect my clarify the issue, according to the Bible, taken place. The proposed new laws would Huang '99. opinions. In fact, I strongly disagree with homosexual relations are indeed a sin. The add a sort of second crime to the murder or many of them. For the record, I never said that same goes for premarital sex, adultery, lying, assault of a homosexual ... thought crime. The PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF "the main objective of [this process] is to cheating, and a host of other things. And we second crime committed in these cases could Editors: Gregory F. Kuhnen '00, Rebecca determine if the General Institute could all very easily get bogged d<;>wnin a only be the motivations of the accused. I Loh '0 I; Associate Editor: Annie S. Choi; Requirements are the best way to educate stu- horrendously long list of do's and don'ts. believe it is very undesirable to encourage the Staff: Rich Fletcher G, Aaron Isaksen G, dents." The task force did recommend a Of course, it is both desirable and com- government to establish and prosecute thought Wan Yusof Wan Morshidi G, Thomas E. review of the GIRs, but that is not part of the mendable to live according to these Biblical crimes and that is why I am against the hate Murphy G, Michelle Povinelli G, Arifur charge to the EDP committee. I did not say - rules, but the Bible's message is not one of crimes bill and will vote against representa- Rahman G, T. Luke Young G, Dennis and frankly do not believe - that pace and condemnation, but one of hope and redemp- tives that are for it. Yancey '97, Ahmed Ait-Ghezala '99, David pressure is the most important problem with tion - God loves us, and forgives us, no mat- Donald F. Green G Tarin '99, Rita H. Lin '00, Connie C. the freshman year. Instead, I said that some ter what we've done. Lu '00, Garry R. Maskaly '00, Karlene faculty lament the pace and pressure of the And when it comes Rosera '00, Chun Hua Zheng '00, Ajai freshman year. I did not point to Physics I to what we, as Bharadwa) '01, Ying Lee '01, Amy Yen '01, Christians, are to do Miodrag CirkoviC. (8.0 I) as a "prime example" of what is wrong with the freshman year. I said that the subjects with our lives,

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Room W20-483. All submissions are due by 4:30 p.m. two days Entire contents C 1998 Tbe Tecb. Printed on recycled World-Wide Web at http://the-tech.mit.edu. paper by MassWeb Printing Co. before the date of publication. October 23, 1998 THE TECH Page5 The Genera and hisTeacup When aterialWants Become More Tempting Than Life Itself ------drill and was well aware that the foremo t afe- And much as the image of a dedicated scientist quickly subsides when I think of how many Dawen Choy ty rule during a fir i to get out a quickly as rushing back into the burning laboratory to things Ihave to pack and move. po ible without worrying about one's belong- save his data and experimental equipment is Once again, there has been a price to pay Those of you who read my column two ings. Yet I knowingly ignored the rule and put seductively heroic, nevertheless that too is a for materialism, even though in return it can weeks ago ["Mother Know Best," Oct. 9] the afety of my equipment above that of my fooli h thing to do. You can always buy equip- provide some level of creature comfort. I might remember that my room suffered flood- own. As it turned out, the fire was extinguished ment again; data you can take again. But if you guess there is nothing wrong with buying and ing during the recent East Campu fire; some even before the fire department arrived, so there gamble with your life and lose, there's no sec- acquiring things if it brings you pleasure and might even remember that I was frantically was never any real life-threatening dan- ond chance. Considering that enjoyment, but that should also be tempered trying to save my computer and hi-fi tereo ger to me, but that doe not ameliorate saving my computer and hi-fi with the perspective that we did not bring any- from the water. When I woke up to water the mistake I made by system isn't even half as noble as thing with us when we were born, and when falling on my face, my first reaction wa to get di regarding an aving scientific data, what I did we die we cannot take anything away with us the vulnerable electrical equipment out of the important directive definitely cannot be justified. either. So why did I risk my life over items I way, because I thought the ceiling was leaking about fire safety. What Admittedly, it is difficult to would eventually dispose of when I graduate as a result of heavy rain, something which had I did really was inexcus- guard again t the temptation of and go home in two years' time? happened last spring. able. materialism. In my two years here There is a story from Zen Buddhism about a It was only when I pulled up the blinds to But what is more di - I have accumulated a great many general who was admiring his collection of pre- close the window that Isaw the flashing lights turbing is that disasters things, including personal furni- cious antique teacups. As he held one of them of the fire truck outside and realized omething have a way of unmask- ture, consumer goods, up to the light to examine its exquisite work- was ami s. On hindsight, I guess the sheer vol- ing a person's true char- ~_...... books, course bibles manship, it slipped from his hands and fell ume of water coming down should have been acter, and in my case I and magazines. I've towards the floor. Fortunately, the general's bat- a clue too. Even after that discovery, however, think this incident has usually justified these tIe-honed reflexes kicked in instantaneously, I still wanted to shift my equipment to safety shown that I acquisitions by the and he managed to catch the falling teacup in before evacuating. At that time, some official- comfort they his cupped hands just inches from the ground. looking people came onto my floor, walked Sweating profusely from the close call, the around inspecting the rooms, and ignored me general gazed thoughtfully at the fragile completely. I took that as a sign that there add teacup in his shaking hands and came to sud- wasn't any immediate danger, so I felt justified attach to my den enlightenment. "I have led armies to bat- in delaying evacuation for a while longer. excessive life, but they tle against overwhelming odds and never once Still, I did not dare to stay too long; Ijust value to my material also cause problems when have I felt fear. I have fought vicious barbar- unplugged everything and moved my hi-fi, belongings, so much so that I it comes time to move. It is no great physical ian hordes from the north and stared death in computer and piano to my girlfriend's room exposed myself to additional risk in order to insight that more mass equals greater inertia, the face, yet I've never lost my composure. next door, leaving everything else to the stay back and carry them to safety. and for that reason I'm extremely loath to Why should I tremble when a mere teacup mercy of the water. I would've preferred to I guess one may argue that it's forgivable to move out of my room. Even though there are falls from my hands?" With that realization, stay longer, but the situation was uncertain cherish something so much you're willing to times when I wish I could switch to a better he tossed the teacup over his shoulder and and potentially dangerous, so it seemed wiser risk your life for it, but certainly I don't think room - the radiator in my current room is walked away calmly even as the teacup to evacuate. material goods belong to that category, no mat- noisy, the ceiling has been proven to leak and smashed into the ground behind him. Now, I have participated in countless fire ter how valuable and expensive they may be. the floor is a hideous green - the impulse If only I were as wise as that general! A Season of Glo~ Grandeur, and Class the glorious end. These were two representa- meaningless statistics and strange jargon - sportsmanship - values whose importance the Naveen Sunkavally tives from a bygone era, whether imagined or runs batted in, walks, balks, fielder's choice, Institute unfortunately understates today. real, of sportsmanship and class. More impor- bunt, fly ball, etc - who cares? And I still remember that one particular To all the naysayers of baseball, and to all tantly, these were two representatives of racial But that's precisely what makes it beauti- game at the end of my team's season in sixth the baseball-apathetic, the just-recently- harmony in an age in which the house is still ful, just like life. Life would be unlivable grade. It was a playoff game in the bottom of expired 1998 season provides glorious justifi- divided against itself, when a gay man can still without polite, meaningless things happening. the ninth inning - and an opposing player cation for you to be strung up to a fence and a black man can The entire human existence is based on build- was up to bat with a man on third. Suddenly, change your minds still be tied to the back of a pickup truck and ing out of this meaningless void the illusions the opposing batsmen let loose a single, and about America's pas- dragged across the streets. And although it was of meaningful things. After all, why should I the guy from third ran in to score - but he time. If not in the com- the strong-armed likeable andro-freak who become rich, why should I learn the Thevenin missed home plate - I swear he missed the mon drudgery of work prevailed in the end, it'll probably be the and Norton equivalent of a circuit, why should home plate. Actually, he was probably safe. and marriage, at least good-natured Sosa who wins this year's Most I care to hit the ball instead of miss it? We But for the next five hours, my team and in the world of baseball Valuable Player award (it would just be wrong take what we're given, we convince ourselves the other team spent the time debating the good guys won and for it to end any other way). it's worth taking, and then we live our lives whether indeed the runner from third had the bad guys lost, mile- These moral lessons baseball teaches us - out. touched home plate. Parents, players, umpires stones were set, and some may call them delusions, a bunch of I can still remember playing baseball when alike streamed out from the dugouts and the \,'.f, memories were made. bleachers to argue this utterly meaningless :: crock. One person whom I know personally I was young, every other day in the afternoon Baseball, in a sense, proclaims, "Baseball is shit" every time the after school was let out. Although I had some- point, with their caps melting in the heat, their is at the center of America's moral fabric. We sport is mentioned, or whenever The thing less than a Ruthian swing or a Koufaxian cleats stomping in the mud, and the bats lying grew up listening to stories such as Casey at Simpsons is pre-empted because of the game. arm, I enjoyed it immensely. It's such a slow, on the ground. It didn't matter what the truth the Bat. We heard about all the great players And often I hear detractors of baseball com- leisurely game. We were all there for the fun was - it was just too much fun to argue over before us, and these players and their actions plain that it is such a meaningless game, that of it, and the coaches were unpaid. We learned the meaningless - and that's the way life is on and off the field enforced our morals and the game's so slow and awash with so many about ethics, and teamwork, and class, and and should be. comforts. Babe Ruth, through the shot heard around the world in the Ruthian swing, com- forted us in the delusion that we can predict he future and are not tied to fate. The Iron v'Ian Lou Gehrig showed us the value of a Puritan work-ethic and how to persevere. And then there were all the other players - Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Duke Snyder, etc. who taught us lessons as well. For a while in the nineties, baseball was in a lull. It had lost its moral connection and stand- ing with Americans. It seemed that there no heroes to root for anymore. Players and coach- es were deadlocked, much in the same way the National Basketball Association is deadlocked now, and it seemed pecuniary interests were taking over the sport/business. And every base- ball fan remembers the other miseries - how Roberto Alomar spit in the face of an umpire and how the upstart Florida Marlins, financed by ultra-rich entrepreneur Wayne Huizinga, came out of nowhere to steal the World Series and annoy the crap out of every legitimate fan. This year was different, completely differ- ent. Cal Ripkin Jr. 's streak ended. And Barry Bonds caught the 400 steals and 400 home runs mark. The Florida Marlins, their talent eroded as their star players fled to other teams, settled in the cozy comfort of their rightful place, the cellar. It was the Yankees who claimed the World Series throne, sweeping the >adres out West two days ago. The team with most the most heralded baseball history pro- duced this year perhaps its best team ever, and this best team in history did not have a single star. A team in the true sense of the word, this year's Yankees affirmed that, despite the inex- plicable unfairness of life, a person does not have to be a superstar, wear a superstar's name and make a superstar's salary to have a super- star's impact. As long as one works hard and lives quietly, all will be right. And then there was the race. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa faced off in a duel for the ages, blasting away shot after shot until Page 6 October 23, 1998

ER~I(w well, and then Beloved become Denver' on the level of disconnected moments. A story. Fortunately, the la t change works, for good deal of scene make quite an impact, the singular reason that Denver really wants to but they ab olutely refuse to work together to Beloved e cape her mother' hou e and the attendant form any kind of a cohesive whole. The best visitors from beyond the grave, and at thi example of this is the cene when Sethe's So much talen~ so little to waf£h point that was precisely what I wanted. In any dark secret is revealed. If I saw this cene just case, Denver i the only real character in the by itself (or in a better movie), it would have By Vladimir V. Zelevlnsky melange of a heartfelt drama and a upemat- movie anyway; Kimberly Eli e is a tonishing- given me nightmares: It's brutal, shocking, STAFF REPORTER ural horror story, it would have been off- ly versatile in this part, and Denver is the only tender, and utterly unavoidable. As it is, one Directed by Jonathan Demme putting; as it is, it is simply a torture to sit one who undergoe any change in the course simply can not take it seriou Iy enough, sur- Written by Akosua Busia. Richard through, unstructured, unfocused, and way of the film. rounded as it is with ghostly moans and La Gravenese. and Adam Brooks overlong. What it lacks in depth, it certainly ot that I can complain about the other supernatural weirdnes . Also, Demme tips his Based on the novel by Toni Morrison gain in length, ending up as one of the most actors; Demme had made quite a reputation hand a bit too often, and one can guess this With Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie painful movies in my memory to sit through. for himself as an actor's director (hi last two secret if sufficient attention is paid to the Newton, Kimberly Elise Maybe it i caused by Jonathan Demme movies brought three Best Actor Oscars to scene which features (again, a a clumsy (The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia) their leads), and if there's any area where he's metaphor only) a close-up of two mating tur- nce in a rare while there comes a shooting Beloved the way he did, without in control, it's acting. Winfrey is tough, vul- tles. motion picture which i so unlike rehear al ; maybe it is the fault of the script, nerable, and totally unglamorous at the same Oh, ju t forget it. It's hopeless. If there is everything else that it call for a pe- penned by three screenwriters without com- time; Glover projects deep-rooted humanity; anything that makes me indignant it is movies cial word, one I try to use carefully municating with each other; maybe it's caused and Thandie ewton, a the title character, is that address a complex and important subject, and rarely. Very few movie deserve it, but by the slavi h adherence to the novel. In any ethereally beautiful, horrifying, and feral. She take the "Look at me!" stance, and wallow in Beloved doe ; and the word which I have in case, the narrative tructure of this film is, also has a truly grand entrance, crawling from self-importance, while neglecting even the mind i "unwatchable." simply, a total me. s. The film can't even pre- the swamp, covered by thousands of ladybugs. basic screenwriting/directing material. (One What is particularly shocking is that it's ent a consistent point of view. Initially, the (A side note: These are real ladybugs, not could make a valid point that cinema doesn't not bad the way mo t bad movies are; it' not per on with whom the audience can identify i computer-generated insects, and I was very have to be used as a narrative-based medium, an inanely bad movie (where everyone Paul D., as he arrives at Sethe's house in the much amused to read conflicting reports about but this is somewhat out of the scope of this involved can't even half-heartedly pretend beginning of the film. He's an outsider, and their number; I've seen sources that say five review). At least Saving Private Ryan (anoth- they actually know what they are doing - for he, just like the viewers, enters Sethe's world thousand, fifty thousand, and four hundred er movie that made a very similar impression example, Quest for Camelot), and it' not an without really knowing what's going on. thousand. I wonder how they handled them, on me) had those action sequences, which aggressively bad movie (where the main About half-way into the film he exits abruptly, with the "no animals were harmed" disclaimer made it more or less worthwhile. Beloved, strategy is nauseating viewers by throwing at and the film focu es on Sethe. But the viewers and all) despite - or maybe even because of - all them million of dollar of pecial effects - won't have much time to get u ed to the new But Beloved i a creature of the moment, the talent involved, ends up being simply for example, Armageddon). 0, Beloved is a protagonist, since Sethe is soon forgotten as and similarly, Beloved the movie only works unwatchable. rare kind of a bad movie which requires top talent, creative independence, and a true orig- inality. Only the presence of these three ingredients can sometimes result in such jaw- droppingly wrong-headed creative miscalcu- lation. Beloved is - or at least should be - the story of Sethe (Oprah Winfrey), a woman who has escaped from the brutal life at the Kentucky Sweet Home plantation, and now lives with her daughter Denver (Kimberly Elise) on a farm in Cincinnati, haunted by the specters of her past. Soon, she's visited by an old friend, Paul D. (Danny Glover); and, after that, a mysterious young woman who calls herself Beloved (Thandie ewton). The story has a lot of potential: The time period (Restoration) is truly fascinating, and the theme (slavery of bodies and souls) has taggering resonance. A similar theme was dealt with in last year's Amistad, which, somewhat surprisingly, chose to work in the mold of a courtroom drama, and more surpris- ingly, succeeded. Beloved also works in the mold of a genre film, a - here comes the shock - horror film. And no, I don't mean horror as in "horror of slavery," although this is on screen as well, in numerous brief hallucinatory flashbacks. 0, Beloved uses the cinematic language of such heartfelt, thought-provoking films as The Exorcist and Poltergeist, replete with all kinds of bodily fluid gushing acro s the screen, lev- itating pies, scary red lighting, ominous c1ose- ups of various sharp household tools (axe, ice pick), and squished-out eyeballs. The point of this all, I presume, is to provide a visceral rep- resentation of the ghosts literally haunting Sethe; but it ends up running the whole gamut from ridiculous to ludicrous. It's very hard to feel the pain of a former slave when this pain is manifested by a ghostly visitor moaning, contorting, and vomiting. If Beloved was simply a schizophrenic Oprah Winfrey, Thandle Newton, and Kimberly Elise play Sethe, Beloved, and Denver In the new horror film Beloved.

DANCE REVIEW as a result, the set is instantly adaptable to these attempts are merely unnecessary; some- whatever it should be - for one image it's a times they are actually destructive, like the sunlit beach, and you're in Brooklyn for moment when two lovers turn to each other Riverdance another. and sing a cliched pop song, or when a chorus If only the creators of Riverdance were is staged like it belongs to a grand-scale Everyone in the world is Irish content to have only Irish dances. Maybe they Broadway musical. were afraid that the audience will get bored, In any case, the show is quite long, and By Vladimir V. Zelevlnsky seen shorter only on Ally McBeal) doing so they inserted a good deal of other numbers these weird numbers don't hurt it much. After STAFF REPORTER something unusual: Mostly, for long intervals into the show, diluting the impact. (Personally every annoying interlude something comes At Wang Center of time, defying the laws on physics - the I wouldn't mind two solid hours of jigs) Some along which is simply and utterly unbeliev- Until November 1 laws of gravity and conservation of momen- of them are very good (the aforementioned able. A number where a line of male dancers Tickets: (617) 931-2787, (617) 482-9393 tum suffer the most. Moscow Folk ballet, for example), and some perform a maddeningly complex jig without Pricesfrom $15 to $68.50. When a dancer leaps - seemingly without are so-so (the Spanish flamenco is not that even a single note from the orchestra is elec- More info at www.riverdance.com any effort - and hovers above the stage for interesting, and there's way too much of it). trifying (the somewhat disturbing connota- what is really only a split second but feels What feels more than a little weird is that all tions - black shirts and pants, and general air iverdance is a cultural icon and, as much longer, the effect is starting. When a the music for these dances (Russian and of unstoppable conformity - notwithstand- such, has two qualities: It is, actually, burly guy from the Moscow Folk Ballet exe- Spanish) is arranged in such a manner that is ing). An American number, which pits the very good; and it takes itself way too cutes a cartwheel on one hand only, it's amaz- sounds virtually identical to the Irish tunes. Irish immigrants against the locals, is both seriously. ing. When a chorus line of twenty people or Perhaps the show's creators are implying that energetic and hilarious - very much because Do I even need to explain what Riverdance more taps a highly complex rhythm as syn- there's a little Irish in all of us, but it seems to that's the only number where Riverdance is? If you have recently returned from another chronous as if it were one person, and you me that if you're using other cultures' music, winks at the audience and makes fun of itself. planet, or perhaps if you were on this one but can't see their feet, the effect is simply unbe- it should sound at least a little bit different. And, of course, there's finale ultimo, never chanced to turn on PBS when they were lievable. That was a minor gripe, though; I have a which is an extravaganza of roaming lights, soliciting funds, Riverdance is something like Not only the dances are spectacular; the major one, namely that Riverdance takes itself wild backgrounds, and highly elaborate - a staged concert, largely concentrating on all very setting is also. The set design is inten- way too seriously. Now that everyone has seemingly impossible - dancing. The whole performances Irish, such as dancing (clogging tionally minimalist, but it's very much com- spoofed it (seen on an episode of Third Rock show is highly recommendable, and I might and jigs), as well as solo, choral, and instru- pensated by the four scrims (a piece of fabric From the Sun and a bit in this summer's even say it's a must see, if not for the daunt- mental music, with a healthy dash of other which seems opaque when frontlit and Mafia.'), the show's straight-faced attempts at ing price. In any case, if you don't feel like cultures as well (mostly American, Spanish, translucent when backlit). One of these func- profundity feel somewhat misplaced. I don't paying that much, you can watch the video and Russian). Said dancing mostly consists of tions as a curtain, the other three as a seg- think the show needs ludicrous narration recording of the show (made a couple years a bunch of people on stage, lads with unruly mented backdrop. All throughout the show, (called "poetry" in the program), or attempts ago, and thus a bit different from the current hair and sideburns, lasses in short skirts (I've the images are projected on these scrims, and to establish some kind of a plot. Sometimes live version). It's really good. October 23, 1 8 THE T ET CD Page?

VIE REVIEW. scene. Joan Allen plays her fifth neglected candy - they are strictly in the service of the wife in a row (first four were The Crucible, story. Nixon, Face/Off, and The Ice Storm), and by And that story is remarkable. Pleasantville Pleasantville now it would seem she mined the part of all is always funny and appealing; it is very light it's worth. But here he i again as fresh and on its feet, turning the monochromatic sitcom Screwy sitcom SllCcessjully satisfies emotionally honest as if it were her first role. world around and around and discovering dif- Finally, the late J.T. Walsh is nothing short of ferent facets to it; it seamlessly switches the By Vladimir V. Zelevlnsky water" comedy ee tho e nineties teens grap- amazing as Big Bob, the mayor of mood from nostalgia to romance to satire to, STAFF REPORTER ple with fiftie fashion and custom), and Pleasantville, whose character starts on the ultimately, feral menace, and examination of Written and directed by Gary Ross Pleasantville spends a few minute operating side, but by the end firmly occupies the very some breathtakingly deep issues. There are With Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, in thi mode. But then pulling a concealed heart of the movie - a heart of darknes , as it enough hints in the first hour of the film to Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Jeff Daniels, card out of a leeve, it starts making plot were. guess the climax, but it's still exciting to see a J. T. Walsh, Don Knotts, Marley Shelton twi t and turns, each wilder than the previ- There's more remarkable tuff in this film, film to pursue it's main idea unswervingly, ous, and yet totally convincing. ranging from Randy ewman' s score to care- however far it might lead from its initially itcom is an art form. And now that Screenwriter Gary Ross made quite a name fully selected period songs to excellent pro- sunny and conflict-free world. I've lost all my readers and my last for himself in the Hollywood high-concept duction design. Pleasantville also manages to The greatest surprise is that Pleasantville ounce of critical credibility (if such comedy industry: He wrote both Big and u e tons of digital visual effects (as a matter manages to do all that while remaining noth- Sexisted to begin with), I can continue Dave, which were not only consistently amus- of fact, the most digital effects ever in the his- ing but a highly stylized comedy. In other unimpeded. ot only is it an art form, it's ing, but also managed to have a complex tory of movies - at least, until George Lucas words, it's a sitcom, possessing both grace underused. Yes, with the overwhelming glut story, impressively detailed characters, and a releases Star Wars I in May). These effects, and depth and a rushing stream of ideas, of sitcoms on the tube - and they truly rep- layer of subtext. This film is not only written by the way, aren't used simply as a visual rapidly percolating under the surface. resent a self-contained universe of genre, by Ross; it's also his direc- form, and style conventions - almost no one torial debut, and shows him has yet bothered to push the boundaries (I'm to be highly adept not only taking into account only American TV here; with words, but also with what is being done with TV sitcoms in, say, images. Pleasantville has Japan, is a topic for another time). When amazing visuals, perhaps such deconstructing attempts are made, the the second-best this year results are usually startling; if you remember (the best one, unfortunately, one of the earlier sequences in Natural Born belong to the sickeningly Killers, the one that Oliver Stone directed as saccharin What Dreams a sitcom fragment, you might recall the gen- May Come). When flaw- uine shock that resulted from the superposi- lessly emulating a sitcom tion of a cheery pastel ambiance and violent world (to such a consistent- menace. ly high degree that this Pleasantville is a prime example of how emulation feels sarcastically much mileage can one get by using the stag- subversive), as well as nant form of sitcom, if it's used with wit, when deconstructing it, inventiveness, a fresh eye, and a healthy disre- Ross takes this very inten- gard for stereotypes. tionally cliched world and The story concerns two teenage siblings gives it his absolutely (Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon) who unique vision. miraculously find themselves stuck in a 1950s He's helped by one of black-and-white sitcom: White picket fences, the most interesting ensem- doting mom (Joan Allen), father who knows ble casts in recent memory. best (William H. Macy), a soda shop on the Maguire essays his socially- corner, waffles, bacon, and steak tips for challenged teenager without breakfast, a fire team who is there only to res- ever resorting to cliches or cue cats from the trees, etc. And that's all winking to the audience; you're going to hear from me about the plot; both William H. Macy and the theatrical trailer spoils a lot of it anyway Jeff Daniels are excellent as (and I do earnestly recommend closing your the two characters who eyes if by any chance you happen upon it). change the most; but it's the The above scenario obviously gives a prime other two actors who end opportunity for a mildly-amusing "fish out of up stealing every singe William H. Macy and Joan Allen star in the new sitcom movie Pleasantville.

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exhibits include: The Hacker's Garage: a recreation of a '70s hacker's garage th Po u such items as an Apple I and Pong; "The Ie Netv«lfked Planet: Traveling the Information Avalon Highway," an electronic tour of the Internet; 15 Lansdowne St., Boston. Tickets: 423- "Robots and Other Smart Machines," an NEXT. interactive exhibition of artificial intelligence OCt. 24: Mickey Hart + Olu Dara. $25 gen- and robots; "Tools & Toys: The Amazing eral admission. Personal Computer"; "People and Oct. 28: Sepultura + Vision of Disorder + Computers: Milestones of a Revolution," Earth Crisis. $15. explores a number of ways computers Oct. 30: Cypress Hill + Incubus. $20. impact everyday life. In the Smart Machines Nov. 2: PJ Harvey + The Rachel's. 18. Theater a multi-media show features NASA's Nov. 10: Cake. $16. Mars Rover, R2-D2, Shakey, sea Rover, and Nov. 12: Buffalo Tom. $16. other robots. Through Nov. 30: "Wizards Nov. 13: Uttle Feat. $17.50. and Their Wonders: Portraits in Computing." Nov. 14: Goo Goo Dolls + Athanaeum. Ongoing: "Virtual FishTank." $15.

Somerville Theatre Isabell. Stewatt GIIIdnet Museum Tickets: 931-2000. A vveekly guide to the arts in Boston 280 The Fenway, Boston. (566-1401), Nov. 3: Duncan Sheik + Hooverphonic. Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $16. October 23 - 29 $10, $7 for seniors, $5 for students with Nov. 5: mae. + Moon Boot Lover. Compiled by Joel M. Rosenberg 10 ($3 on Wed.), free for children under Nov. 19: Hot Tuna. $22.50. 18. The Orpheum Theatre Send submissions to ottOthe-tech.mlt.edu or by Interdepartmental mall to "On The Town," The Tech, W20-483. Tickets: 423-NEXT. The museum, built in the style of a 15th- OCt. 25: Bela Reck and the Recktones + century Venetian palace, houses more than 2500 art objects, with emphasis on Italian String Cheese Incident. Tickets: 864-EAST. All shows Downstairs Nov. 30: Billy Joel. $39.50. On sale 10/24 on how to see the show for free by usher- Renaissance and 17ttK:entury Dutch works. OCt. 29: Journey. $36, 29.50. (unless noted). at 10a.m. ing. Among the highlights are works by OCt. 31: Motley Crue. $35.50, $30.50. Oct. 23: The Racketeers + Strangement + Dec. 31: Aerosmith. $75, $50, $35. Rembrandt, Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, and Nov. 7: Lyle Lovett. 33.50, $23.50 Ragin Teens + Ray Corvair Trio + Mickey Woteester Centrum Shear Madness Whistler. Guided tours given Fridays at 2:30 reserved. Bliss Organ Combo. $8. Tickets: 931-2000. The dramatls personae of this audience- ov. 13: Joe Satriani. $36, $25, $17.50. Oct. 24: Juliana Hatfield + Heavy Studd. Oct. 27: Depeche Mode + Stabbing participation whodunit continue to comb p.m. Nov. 15: Chris Isaak + Shawn Mullins. $10 adv/$12 doors. Westward. $42.50, $28.50. Newbury Street tor the murderer of a clas- $31, $23.50. Oct. 25: Thumper + Big 0 & the Kids Jan. 2: Aerosmith. $35. sical pianist who lived over the unisex hair Museum of Rne Arts Nov. 20: Mary Chapin Carpenter + Katie Table + Planet Smashers. $7. PalIMJIum (WOI"Cl'Stet) salon where the show is set. 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. (267-9300), Curtis. Oct. 27: Frankie Bones & Heather Heart Tickets: 423-NEXT. Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton Mon.-Tues., 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Wed., 10 Nov. 23: Ratdog + Alana Davis. $26.50. of Sonic Groove. $6. Oct. 28: Garbage + Girls against Boys. Street. Boston (426-5225), indefinitely. a.m.-9:45 p.m.; Thurs.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 Dec. 5: The Tragically Hip. $20. Oct. 29: Cat Power + Tren Brothers + $20. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday through p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. West Douce Gimlet. 8. Oct. 31: Rancid + Hepcat + The Ducky Friday, at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. on Wing open Thurs.-Fri. until 9:45 p.m. Paradise Rock Club Oct. 30: Built to Spill + 764 Hero + Boys. $13.50 advance, $15 day of show. Saturday, and at 3 and 7:30 p.m. on Tickets: 423-NEXT. Tiffany Anders. $8. Nov. 1: Rob Zombie + Monster Magnet + Sunday. Tickets $30 to $34. Admission free with MIT 10, otherwise $10, Oct. 23: Vertical Horizon. Oct. 31: Babaloo + The Pressure Cooker Fear Factory. $25. $8 for students and seniors, children under OCt. 26: The Corrs. + Chandler Travis Philharmonic. $8. Nov. 21: Brian setzer Orchestra. $22.50. Rlvenlance 17 free; $2 after 5 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., free Oct. 29: Moxy Fruvous + Jess Kline. The Roxy The "original international phenomenon" Wed. after 4 p.m. Oct. 30: Fastball + David Garza + Joan Tickets: 931-2000. returns for a third Boston engagement Mon.-Fri.: introductory walks through all Jones. Oct. 24: Squirrel Nut Zippers + Andrew come and meet those dancing Irish feet. collections begin at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 Oct. 31: The Cardigans. Bird's Bowl of Fire + Ray Condo and the At the Wang Center, 270 Tremont Street, p.m.; "Asian, Egyptian, and Classical Nov. 5: Rusted Root. On sale 10/24 at Ricochettes. $22.50. Jazz Music Boston (800-447-7400), Through Nov. 1. Walks" begin at 11:30 a.m.; "American 10 a.m. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Oct. 27: Depeche Mode + Stabbing Painting and Decorative Arts Walks" begin Nov. 6: Afghan Whigs. Westward. $42.50, $28.50 reserved. Sculler's Club Friday, at 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, and Jazz at 12:30 p.m.; "European Painting and Nov. 7: Vast. Nov. 6: Cherry Poppin' Daddies + The Tickets: 562-4111. at 2 and 7 p.m. on Sunday. Tix $28.50 to Decorative Arts Walks" begin at 2:30 Nov. 9: Glen Phillips (of Toad the Wet Pietasters + Ozomatli. $19.50. Oct. 23-24: Illinois Jacquet Big Band. $68.50. p.m.; Introductory tours are also offered , Sprocket), John Doe (of X), Steve Poltz, Nov. 14: Robert Hunter. $22.50. Oct. 25: Acoustic Alchemy. Sat. at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Pete Droge. Dec. 6: Buddy Guy. $22.50. Oct. 28: Tracy Gibbs. The MarrflCe of Bette and Boo Nov. 13: Saw Doctors. Dec. 9: Reverend Horton Heat + Amazing Oct. 29-30: Eliane Elias Trio. Marcus Stern, the man who put Woyzeck Permanent Gallery Installations: "Late Nov. 14: John Hiatt. Crowns + Rat Duo Jets. $16.50. Oct. 31, Nov. 1: Spyro Gyra. in the electric chair, helms this production Gothic Gallery," featuring a restored 15th- Nov. 17: Men at Work. Fleet Center of "Christopher Durang's own anarchic, century stained glass window from Nov. 20: Pat McGee. Tickets: 931-2000. Regattabar autobiographical family album come to Hampton Court, 14th- and 15th-century The Middle East Tickets: 661-5000 life." Explains the press release of what stone, alabaster, and polychrome wood Oct. 23: The Luciana Souza Quinted. is perhaps the absurdist playwright's best sculptures from France and the Oct. 24: The John Patitucci Quartet. as well as most personal work, "Bette Netherlands; "Mummy Mask Gallery: a Oct. 27: The Mark Kross Five-Piece Trio. and Boo should never have gotten mar- newly renovated Egyptian gallery, features Oct. 28: Grisha Goryachev. ried. Boo is an alcoholic, Bette has dead primitive masks dating from as far back as The Council for the Arts at MIT presents: Oct. 29-31: Dave Holland Quintet. babies, their in-laws are gibbering 2500 B.C.; "European Decorative Arts from sociopaths, and as for their priest ... he 1950 to the Present"; "John Singer thinks he's a strip of fried bacon'" Berldee Perfonnance Center Sargent: Studies for MFA and Boston Public Tickets: 747-2261 Presented by the American Repertory -Ubrary Murals. " FREE TICKETS FOR MIT STUDENTS Oct. 28: "Fall Together at Berklee." Jazz Theatre at the Hasty Pudding Theatre, 12 Composition Faculty concert. $4. Holyoke Street, Cambridge (547-8300), Exhibitions: Through Dec. 27: "Monet in t rough Nov. 8. Curtain is at 8 p.m. the Twentieth Century." $5 with valid M T Tuesday through Friday, at 2 (Oct. 24 student 10 Monday-Friday noon-closing. only) and 8 p.m. on Saturday; and at 2 Grand Design admission $13, $11 for and 7 p.m (evening performance Oct. 25 seniors and students, free for children. Le Ballet NatiG1\aI World Music only) on Sunday. Tix $25 to $35. Through Oct. 25: "Arthur G. Dove: Mixing Call 876-4275 for more info. Media." Through Nov. 8: "Beauty Contest: Oct. 23: Radio Tarifa, from Spain. $22, Jolson: The Musical Quality in Prints." Ongoing: "Beyond the $18. Somerville Theater. This musical biography of the legendary SCreen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and Oct. 24: Alasdair Fraser & Skyedance, star of Broadway, blackface, and The Jazz 17th Centuries"; "The Art of Africa, d1I ~e1\e~al from Scotland. 8 p.m., $22, $18. Singer won the 1996 Olivier Award for Oceana, and the Ancient Americas"; Somerville Theater. Best Musical in London's West End. The "Egyptian Funerary Arts and Ancient Near Nov. 1: Marisa Monte, from Brazil. $30, show, which is directed by Bill Castellino East Galleries .• - Gallery lectures are free $25. Berklee Performance Center. and features Israeli stage star Mike with museum admission. Sat.: at noon, Burstyn as Jolson, features a host of Nov. 2: Le Ballet National Du Senegal. "Greek and Etruscan Gold,. presented by $30, $25, $20. Sanders Theater. songs made famous by the performer, David Austin. Wed.: at 6 p.m., "19th- Monday November 2 Nov. 6: Carmen Linares, from Spain. from "My Mammy" and "Swanee" to Century American Art," presented by Flemenco singing. $28, $22. Sanders "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Pamela Kachurin. Wed.: at 6:30 p.m., Theater. Melody." 7:30pm "Introductory Tour of the Galleries in At the Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont Russian," presented by Nikolay Guyetsky. Street, Boston (80(}44 7-7400), through Sanders Theatre Nov. 1. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Tuesday Thurs.: at 11 a.m., "Unwrapping the through Friday, at 2 and 8 p.m. on Mummies and the Ancient Near East," pre- :J Classical Saturday, and at 2 and 7 p.m. on Sunday; sented by Rita Freed. 45 Quincy Street Boston Symphony Orchestra there's also a 2 p.m. Thursday matinee Museum of Science Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., on October 29. Tix $20 to $65. Science Park, Boston. (723-2500), Daily, Bostoin. 266-1492. 266-1200. Tuesdays, Harvard Square 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat.- Thursdays, Saturdays, 8pm; Fridays, Jackie Mason: Much Ado About Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission free with 1:30pm. $23-$71; rush seats $7.50 day Everything MIT 10, otherwise $9, $7 for children 3-14 of concert, on sale Fridays from 9am, A pre-Broadway outing by comedian and Senegal's most famous and well-traveled company, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5pm. Free Tony winner Jackie Mason, who has been and seniors. Le Ballet National du Senegal offers a magnificent tickets for MIT students Tuesday evenings called "the Jewish Will Rogers" and an The Museum features the theater of elec- and Friday afternoons. Call 638-9478 for "equal-opportunity offender." tricity (with indoor thunder-and-lightning adventure in total theater. The 35-member com- ticket availability. Presented by Broadway in Boston at the shows daily) and more than 600 hands-<>n pany of dancers, musicians and singers combines Oct. 23, 24, 27: Bernard Haitink, conduc- Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont Street, exhibits. Ongoing: "Discovery Center"; tor. Bruckner, Symphony No.8. Boston (931-2787). through Nov. 1. "Investigate! A See-For-Yourself Exhibit"; the rapid-fire staccato of pulsating drums with daz- Oct. 29, 30, 31, Nov. 3: Seiji Ozawa, con- Curtain is at 8 p.m. Monday through "Welcome to the Universe." Through Oct. Saturday and at 1 (Nov. 1) or 3 p.m. (Oct. ductor; Jessye Norman, soprano (Oct. 31 31: "The Science of Autumn." Ongoing: zling dances, airborne acrobatics, swaying cos- only); Ben Heppner, tenor; Thomas 25) on Sunday. Tix $29.50 to $49.50. "Seeing Is Deceiving." Quasthoff, baritone (Oct. 29, 30, Nov. 3). tumes and colorful animal masks to create a thrill- Bartok, Suite from 'The Miraculous Titanic ••• The Mystery Cruise Admission to Omni, laser, and planetarium ing cultural tapestry. Their show, entitled "Pangols: Mandarin'; Mahler, 'Das Lied von der Comedy Theater Productions of Westwood shows is $7.50, $5.50 for children and Erde'. presents a new dinner/mystery cruise seniors. Now showing: "Laser Beastie The Spirit of West Africa in Music, Song and Nov. 18, 19, 20, 21, 24: Federico around Boston harbor, featuring "a hilari- Boys," Thurs.-Sat., 9:15 p.m.; "Laser Dark Cortese, conductor; Dubravka Tomsic, ous three-hour spoof and whodunit by Side of the Moon,- Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Dance", explores and celebrates the spiritual na- piano. Petrassi, Concerto for Orchestra hypothetical cast members of Titanic, the "Laser Space Odyssey," Daily, 5:30 p.m.; ture of all things, animate and inanimate. No.5; Saint-Saens, Piano Concert No.2; Soap Opera." "Laser Floyd's Wall," Fri.-Sat. at 10:30 Mendelssohn, Symphony No.3, Aboard the Fort Independence, departing p.m.; "Laser Metallica," Sun., 9:15 p.m.; 'Scottish.' from Long Wharf, off Atlantic Avenue, "Laser Nirvana," Sun., 8 p.m.; "Laser Sign up IN PERSON ONLY Boston (800-697-CLUE), at 7:30 p.m. Beatles," Mon.-Wed., 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through October Planetarium shows include "Ufe and Death 31. Tickets $44.95, which includes per- of the Sun." at the Office of the Arts(E15-205) formance, dinner buffet, tax, and gratu- Theater ities. SwatchM ... .." Blue Man Group 57 JFK St., Cambridge. 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Most MIT students drink safely and many don't drink at all. Whatever your choice, these tips may help you or a friend in need.

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MIT Medical (E23) _ Alcohol is metabolized by a seriesof reactions that • Eat" before and during. Try high-protein foods, PersonalPhysicians 617/253-4481 If a friend has any ONEof these begin in the digestive tract and continue in the such ascheese.Avoid salty snacks,which increase medical advice, counseling symptoms of alcohol poisoning: • A 12 oz.beer,a 5 oz.glassof wine or a mixed drink liver.Gastric enzymes (alcohol dehydrogenases) your desire for liqUids. (1:5oz.hard liquor) all contain approximately • breathing fewer than 8 times per minute, or begin to break down alcohol even before it is • Avoid carbonated mixers or sodas.Carbonation Mental Health the same amount of alcohol: roughly 20 grams. counseling, referral 617/253-2916 irregular breathing with 10 seconds or more absorbed. Rapidly ingesting alcohol skips this increasesthe rate of absorption of alcohol into between breaths _ Punchesvary wildly. A 6 oz.serving can contain first attempt at detoxification of alcohol. the bloodstream. PersonalAssistanceProgram 617/253-4911 Ron Fleming, Ph.D. • passed out, appears unconscious or cannot 0-60 grams of alcohol. • Liver metabolism of alcohol is an active process • Mix your own drinks, so you know what's in them . be awakened that commands ba'1!)'ne lie machinery and • Caffeine or cold showers don't work. They MIT Alcohol Support Group 617/253-4911 • cold, clammy pale or bluish skin The rate resources.Thereare important genetic and make you more alert, but don't affect how your AI-Anon and AA 617/253-4911 acquired factors that affect the metabolism body metabolizes alcohol. Once alcohol is in • vomiting while sleeping or passedout, • The effects of alcohol vary greatly from one campus support meetings of alcohol. your system,the rate of metabolism is constant. or not waking up after vomiting person to the next, and in the same person from Health Education 617/253-1316 • Alcohol itself induces increasedactivity in the • Releasing control of intake can be risky- • no pulse stopped breathing one day to the next. info, speakers,programs enzyme systemsthat leadsto its metabolism. avoid drinking games,goals,demonstrations On campus: call 100 immediately -The rate of metabolism is about 6-8 grams per Alcohol or ethanol is converted into acetaldehyde, a!l9 ~empts at intercollegiate record breaking. Office of the Dean of Students Off campus: call 911 immediately hour (120 mg of alcohol per kilogram of weight per and then to acetic acid.(Acetic acid in dilute solu- • Alternate alcohol beve.rages with and Undergraduate Education These symptoms are signs of a medical emergency. hour) in the average person weighing 70 kilograms tion isvinegar~1blerearethe chemical formulas: noncarbonated, non-alcohol beverages, Counseling and Support Services 617/253-4861 When in doubt, check it out. It is better to be nosy or 154 pounds. It takes two to three hours to such asjuice. (5-106) counseling and referral and safethan regret that you didn't do more. completely metabolize one beer. • Many factors significantly influence the rate of alco- • ~top drinking,alcohol for part of the night: ResidenceLife and Student Life Programs 617/253-6777 hol absorption and th~ effects of alcohol, including I CH3CH20H + NAD -alcohol dehydrogenase CH3CHO + NADH + W dance,chat with friends, go to the bathroom. (W20-549) policy information, event registration When in doubt, body weight. fatigue, if you've eaten,gender, med- Ethanol .. • Acetaldehyde • If you want more,refill your glass yourself- ications,and history of drinking. Alcohol requires no when it's empty, not when it's half-full. CH3CHO + H20+ NAD acetaldehyde dehydrogenase GH3COOH+ NADH + W Campus Police digestion or preparation for absorption. It is rapidly • Don't mix alcohol with other drugs (Valium, check it out Acetaldehyde .. • Acetic Acid Legal advice,information, referral 617/253-1212 absorbed when it is presented to the small bowel. aspirin,cocaine,etc.).Some combinations can Crime Prevention /Sensitive Crimes 617/253-9755 Signs of a potential problem: • Food slows the process, diluting the alcohol and be deadly. eduCQtional information: delaying gastric emptying while digestion occurs. • Avoid punches unlessyou're clairvoyant and can • consuming a large quantity of alcohol in a short • If a person is on some medications, including e-mail Four drinks in one hour without food will result in amount of time aspirin, before drinking, the drugs may prolong predict how much alcohol is in the punch. or visit a very high blood alcohol level,while the same (multiple, rapid shots;funnels, chugging) the effects of alcohol becausethey inhibit alcohol • Vomiting doesn't work. Unlessit occurs amount of alcohol with food, spread out over a • slurred speech dehydrogenases. immediately after drinking, most of the alcohol Student-ta-Student four-hour period, will result in a much lower peak will already be in your blood. Besides,it's not that • impaired motor control • About 90 percent of ingested alcohol is metabo- Nightline (7pm to 7am) 617/253-8800 alcohol level. (stumbling, cannot walk,etc.) lized.The remainintj0 p , ont is excreted attractive or fun. peer listening hotline • Both the peak concentration and the area under unchanged in urine and in exhaled air.The large MedLiNKS • vomiting the curve of alcohol concentration over time will surface area of the lung and the high filtration rate referrals If you notice any ONE of these signs: be lower in the slower drinker, since absorption of the kidney result in some excretion of alcohol 617/253-1307 • Keep a close watch on your friend. Evenafter stop- occurs over a longer time period and metabolism UpFront and account for the odor of alcohol on the interactive educational workshops ping drinking, the effects of alcohol can become of the alcohol will be occurring simultaneously. breath of an individual who is drinking. more pronounced over time. Your friend is still at • The larger the physical sizeof the drinker,the lower • The metabolism of alcohol is a chemical process Other Help risk of alcohol poisoning. the blood alcohol level will be for a given amount which occurs at a fixed rate. Showers, caffeine Chaplains see listing in MIT Directory Do not leave your friend alone. of alcohol. Alcohol is distributed essentially equally or similar efforts do not alter the rate at which • Watch for symptoms of alcohol poisoning and in total body water-about 60 percent of total alcohol is metabolized. Off Campus call for help immediately if you notice your friend body weight • The metabolism of alcohol may continue long after AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) 617/426-9444 progressing to severe intoxication. the last drink of alcohol.Some individuals may be area support groups for alcohol users • If your friend is sleepy or out of it, make sure metabolizing alcohol asmuch as 12 hours after AI-Anon 781/843-5300 your friend is on his/her side, so that if he/she their last drink. support groups for friends and family affected by another~ vomits, the vomit will not cause choking and suffo- drinking. cation. Propping your friend up with a pillow in Mass.Drug and Alcohol Hotline 617/445-1500 front and in back will lessenthe likelihood of rolling onto his/her back. Bridge over Troubled Waters 617/423-9575 free drug/alcohol counseling for those under 25 • Stay with your friend. 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By Katie Barron into the game. The Engineers con- Goalkeepers Jee Bang '01 and TEAM MEMBER trolled the re t of the game. ara aplan '01 combined for the The field hockey team Williams cored three goals in the shut out. Bang had 2 saves and improved their record to 11-4, 6-1 first half, one unassisted on a break- Kaplan had 5. in conference play), with two solid away and two assisted by Connie Tuesday night the Engineers victories over ew England adowski '99. defeated WPI 1-0 in a well played Women's and Men' Athletic With the score 4-Q at half time, match out in Worcester. Right wing Conference rivals Mt. Holyoke IT continued their dominant tout scored the lone goal of the College and Worcester Polytechnic play. Tracy Sadowski '99 scored game 20:50 into the first half MIT Institute. unassisted on a breakaway and out shot WPI 11-2, and lee Bang Laura Williams '00 tied an MIT again off a pass from Michelle had 2 saves in the team's third record aturday, scoring 4 goals Verticchio '02 less than a minute straight shut out. against Mt. Holyoke in a 7-0 win. later to make it 6-0. Williams' MIT travels to Wellesley Jen Stout '01 had the first goal off a final goal was scored with 13:23 College on aturday for their final pass from Amy Lin '02 six minutes left in the game. regular season game . o e• .-.". ges tBates o ~--SS to Smith By Nisha Singh posed of Priscilla Cheung '02 and won 8-2. The closest matches of the TEAMCAPTAJ Lisa Dang '01, and Kosanna Poon day were at second and third dou- The women's tennis team played '01 and Sarah Chalos '01 lost 8-1 bles, where a few points decided the two matches last week, winning one and 8-4, respectively. overall match. Hall and Singh won and losing one. They travelled to In singles play, the top two play- 9-7, after trailing 7-4. Cheng and Smith College on Saturday to face ers suffered rare defeats in matches Gupta fought all the way to a tie- their conference rival, but lost 8-1. that could have gone either way. At breaker, and prevailed, winning However, they rebounded on first singles, akamura lost 7-5, 9-8(7-5). Tuesday to beat Bates College, a 2-6, 1-6 and at second singles, Due to akamura's illness, MIT non-conference opponent, 5-4. Koskelin was beaten 6-1, 2-{), 2-6. shuffled their line-up, with each In doubles against Smith, MIT Hall also lost a very competitive player competing at one position AJAl BHARADWAJ-THE TECH earned its lone point at the first posi- match at third singles, 3-6, 4-6. higher than normal. The results Agneta Cederstrom '99 dribbles the ball on Tuesday when tion, where Mealani akamura '00 Singh fought well, but lost 4-6, 0-6 were mixed. Koskelin won 6-0, 6-1 MIT hosted Worcester Polytechnic Institute. MIT lost 2-0. and Kelly Koskelin '02 prevailed at fourth singles. Cheng lost 0-6, at first singles, and Hall won 6-1, 8-6. However, Smith proved to 0-6 at fifth singles, and Gupta was 6-0 at second singles, giving MIT have excellent doubles teams as the defeated 2-6, 2-6 at sixth singles. the match. Singh lost 2-6, 2-6 at second and third doubles teams of Against Bates, the team got off third singles, and Cheng lost 1-6, Jessica Hall '02 and Nisha Singh to a much better start in doubles, 1-6 at fourth singles. Gupta lost '00, and Yi- ing Cheng '02 and taking an overall 3-0 lead before 4-6, 6-7(6-8) at fifth singles. UPCOMING HOME EVENTS Shikha Gupta '01 lost by scores of singles play. Due to gusty winds, all Cheung played a terrific match at Saturday, October 24 8-1 and 8-0, respectively. The play was completed indoors. At first sixth singles but lost in a third set Men's and Women's Fencing - Alumni Meet fourth and fifth doubles teams com- doubles, Nakamura and Koskelin tie-breaker, 6-2, 4-6, 6-7. Women's Soccervs. Wellesley College, 1:00 p.m NEWMAC Honors MIT Athletes For Outstanding Individual Performances Women's Volleyball Sweeps ner of the week. Strauss placed sec- Anderson scored the only goal in U.S. Coast Guard Academy ond at the National Preview MIT's 1-0 shutout of UMass - Several MIT athletes have been Invitational at Dickinson College. Boston, and added two goals in a By Paul Dill They have also won their last six named ew England Women's and Strauss led the Engineers to a second 4-0 win over NEWMAC foe HEAD COACH matches and are 5-0 on the road in Men's Athletic Conference Athletes place finish in the 45 team meet. ot Springfield College. And in The women's volleyball team single matches. of the Week in to be outdone, Mike Parkins '99 women's tennis, Mealani Nakamura kept their conference record per- MIT remains ranked fourth in their respective from took NEWMAC honors for the '00 was awarded the NEWMAC fect as they swept the U.S. Coast New England as they head into the Sports sports. In field week of Oct. 5. Parkins' first place honor. During the week of Sept. 28 Guard Academy 15-10, 15-8, Hall of Fame Tournament this hockey, Laura finish in the Babson College to Oct. 4, Nakamura won two sin- 15-13. weekend. Slwrts Williams '00 Invitational led the Engineers to vic- gles and teamed to win two doubles This match was dominated by was honored tory that week. The men's cross matches. Along the way, she lost setter Alarice Huang '00 and middle by the NEWMAC for the week end- country team is currently ranked only four games the entire week. hitter Betsy Sailhamer '99 who con- Women's ing Oct. 11. Williams scored two ninth in the nation in Division III. The women's volleyball team is nected for 16 kills. Huang had 29 goals on the week, including the MIT is third in New England currently ranked fourth in New assists for the match and also led the Rugby Club game winning goal in overtime in a Division III behind Williams England. Betsy Sailhamer '99 has team with 12 digs. 4-3 Engineer victory over Smith College and Keene State College. been named to the all-tournament The Engineers are currently 7-0 College. Men's soccer player Jim teams at the MIT Invitational and in the New England Women) sand Shuts Out :~ In men's cross country, Mark Anderson '01 was the EWMAC Men's Athletic Conference with two Strauss '01 was the NEWMAC run- player of the week in his sport. Sports ShOrts, Page 22 conference matches remaining. Northeastern By Catherine Foo ,From ThE: DirE:ctor ol WELCOA\E TO THE DOLlHOUS TEAM MEMBER 23 After a close loss to Wellesley .. 0 movi~ ~v~nt this y~ar is mor~ last weekend, the women's rugby team came back this weekend with lik~ly to rais~ h~1Ithan JHAPPI (SS:" two decisive victories. They shut -Prtff TriYffS, ROWHG STOHl out Northeastern University 27-0 and Tufts University 17-0. Due to the absence of the refer- ee, Saturday's game against Northeastern was played as a scrim- P mage. Joanna Wilson G scored in the first half after MIT battled bJ Todd Solondz through some tough Northeastern defense. MIT crashed through the Northeastern B-side team in the sec- ond half, with tries scored by Lee Knight '00, Crystal Harris '00, Trelawney Grenfell and Chantalle Forgues and a conversion kick by Beth Haynes '00. The team's success continued the next day in a rough gaD)' against Tufts. Tufts drove play inl the MIT end zone for most of the first half but was unable to score against the defense. In the second half, MIT took control of the game with Harris scoring once, Knight scoring twice, and Haynes kicking the conversion. The women's rugby team's next game is against Keene State EXCLUSIVE E GAGEM'ENT, KrNOftll5QUf\f\[ College. The last game of the sea- e-1t ...... ~.(.,7) __ STARTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23RD! son will be next Saturday against CALL THEATRES FOR SHOwn ES Bridgewater State College.