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Volume 121 umber 11 Cambridge 02139 Tue day, March 13, 2001 Devereaux Elected VAPresident Election Draws Largest Turnout In Eight Years

By Melissa S. Cain ASSOCIATE FEATURES EDITOR The undergraduate population elected Jaime E. Devereaux '02 and AlIi on L. eizmik '02 Undergrad- uate Association President and Vice President la t week. A total of 1,726 tudents voted in the election, approximately 40 percent of the student body. Online vote accounted for 1,518 of those vote . Election Commissioner Zhelinrentice NATHAN COLLIN THE TECH L. Scott '99 aid "thi is the econd Undergraduate Association Election Commission member Terry A. largest voter turnout in history." Gaige '04 and UA presidential candidate Rhett Creighton '02 sur- Scott attributes the heavy voter vey the results of Friday night's vote count. turnout to the huge effort the Elec- the Election Commission a well sations with people and answering tion Commission and the MIT com- saying "they did a good job publi- their questions, , she said. munity put forth to advertise the cizing." According to Devereaux, the election and pre-election activities This is the first time since MIT main issue she and eizmik are via word of mouth, regular and drop has been keeping record that both focusing on is student input and posters, MIT cable, Lecture Series office have been filled by women. increasing interaction between stu- Committee Slides and a spotlight dents and the UA. "We want to get on web.mit.edu. Devereau eizmik elected more students interested and "I think the Election Commis- eizmik said she believe that involved," said Devereaux, "so that sion worked really hard getting the one of the main reasons they won the UA is more effective as a repre- word out." said President-elect Dev- was that there were "a lot of people sentative body." ereaux. "They did as much as they behind us," and added that their They are also working on could to get information out to the friends' «word of mouth was a great expanding aferide and getting more AARON D. MIHAUK-THE TeCH voters. They put the platforms on asset." funding for events - especially Dean of Graduate Students Isaac M. Colbert prepares his dish the web and planned all the debates. Devereaux also believes that large event - because "they add to 'during the Iron Chef Cook-off at Hacklink 2K1 Friday night. They did a really good job." their succe s is due to their accessi- the community by involving broad Colbert competed against Executive Vice President John R. Vice President-elect eizmik bility to their constituency. "1 think and diverse groups of students," Curry. attributes the high voter turnout to we were good about having conver- UA Elections, Page 20 Following Prores~ Coordinator SIPB Members' Hack WillNot Lice at Senior House Draws Legal Controversy By Jennifer Krishnan promised to a handicapped student. O'Dair, Senior House Hou emaster By Brian Loux think that is protected" by the First ASSOCIATENEWSEDlTOR Coordinators will also live in Henry Jenkins, and Director of ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Amendment, Winstein said. Residential coordinators will not ext House and NW30, the new Housing Operations Karen A. ils- U ually ix line of text won't A expected the program has live in Senior House next year, dormitory for graduate students son for the discussion. get you more than a poor poem, but drawn :fire from the Motion Picture announced Dean for Student Life which will open in Fall 2001. it thru t Keith J. Win tein '03 and A ociation of America the trade Larry G. Benedict at a meeting with Burton-Conner was also men- DSL will rewrite job description Marc H. Horowitz '92 into the mid- association for the motion picture concerned Senior House residents. tioned as a possible home for a resi- Benedict and O'Dair also dle of a major controversy. The two industry. "There will be none of these dential coordinator. However, Bur- agreed to rewrite the job de crip- member of the tudent Information "It would not make ense to me people living at Senior House next ton-Conner president Kiwah K. tion for residential coordinators. Processing Board created a very to design a code that purportedly year," Benedict said at the Friday Kendrick '02 said that the dormito- «The language [in the original pro- small program that decodes DVD breaks current copyright regula- afternoon meeting amidst cheers ry was unlikely to accept the pro- posal] was atrocious," Benedict and has reopened the debate on tions " said MP AA spokeswoman from the audience. The coordinator posal in its current state. Benedict said. computer code, copyright Jaw and Emily Kutner. he said that the slated to be housed in Senior House and O'Dair will meet with Burton- O'Dair added that coordinator freedom of speech. MP AA would say nothing further will instead live at Eastgate. Conner tomorrow. would not be granted any discipli- "We see ource code as a recipe than ''we are aware of the code and Assistant Dean for Residential The Friday meeting was orga- nary or judicial power. for a proces , like a cookbook Programs Katherine G. O'Dair said nized to deal with the negative stu- Under the. new proposal, resi- recipe is a process for food, and we DVD, Page 18 that it was impossible to house a dent response to the residential dential coordinator will serve both residential coordinator in Senior coordinator proposal, which the graduate students and undergradu- House because the the space for the deans announced earlier this month. coordinator had already been About 75 students joined Benedict, Coordinators, Page 21 Undergraduate Advising Study Results Show Varying Quality Among Departments By Eun J. Lee thi is definitely a step in the right departments in order from highe t ASSOCIATE FEATURES EDITOR direction," said UA Pre ident Peter to lowest in overall student satis- The quality of undergraduate A. Shulman' 01. faction. academic advising varies enormous- In the survey conducted by the The Departments of uclear ly in different departments, accord- subcommittee, 480 uppercla men Engineering, Urban Studie and ing to a survey presented by the UA registering for cla se in Du Pont Planning eronautic and Astro- Subcommittee on Advising and Fac- Gymna ium on Feb. 5 were anony- nautic , and Civil and Environmen- ulty-Student Relations at the Under- mously polled on the quality of tal Engineering consi tently ranked

graduate Association meeting yes- their academic advising. The among the top in student ati fac- SEPHIR HAMILTON-THE TECH terday. newly released report shows the tion. Keith J. Winstein '03 and Marc H. Horowitz '92 discuss future «There's no absolute way to results from six of the eight ques- improvements to their code in the Student Information Processing quantify the quality of advising, but tions in the urvey. It al 0 ranks Advising, Page 19 Board office last night.

ARTS EXCUSE Comics A biotech AlL-"1oUR ME? World & ation 2 Vladimir Zelevinsky reviews the 8ASE ....RE com rence BEL-oNG Opinion 4 American Repertory Theatre's To US! was held on \ Event Calendar 9 presentation ofMother Courage campus this Arts 11 and her Children. weekend. Sports 24 Page 12 Page 13 Page 17 Page 2 arch 13,2001 WORLD & ATION Grrill Stock Market Plunge Renews Implemen THE WASHJNGTO POST The commander of an ethnic Albanian guerrilla group that ha been Fears of Oncoming Recession attacking go ernment police force igned a temporary cease-fire on- day a key conce sion that We tern officials hope will ea e the return By Peter G. Gosselin chairman and chief conomi t of hotly d bated i ues of the nation' of Yugoslav army troops to a buffer zone near the Kosovo border. LOS A GELES TIMES ubrey G. Lanston o. in ew decade-long boom. When the econ- The commander igned the agreement hortly after TO forces WASHlNGTO York. He II probably ha e to ut omy ballooned in the mid- and late in Ko ovo and Yugoslav official reached final terms for Yugo la For month, th U. . economy intere t rate more than he other- 1990 , many analy t aid tock reoccupation of a ection of the buffer zone, created after the 1999 ha been batted about by the con- wi e would becau e of this. gain were a principal cause, pro- Kosovo war to keep ATO and Yugo lav troop apart. The Yugosla tending force of improvement and Greenspan and the central bank viding new capital for busine , troops could move in everal day . decline. Only la t ee, it howed are in an even more immediate new wealth for familie and a ense In ide the zone, where mo t of the population is ethnic lbanian, trength in an area where many had quandary if to k keep falling. of near-boundless hope. s share many re ident said they would leave ifYugo lav troop arrived. And expected weakne - job growth. The Fed chairman ha made clear price have tumbled in the last rebel soldiers aid that de pite the temporary cease-fire negotiated by But chal onday up for trou- he wants to hold off any further year many have warned of the their leader they would eventually re ume their fight for freedom ble. rate cuts until the bank' policy- rever e. from Yugoslavia, which is predominately erb. By wiping out more than a half making body, the Federal Open In round numbers, rising stock 'We will not let them come here, that' why we have uniforms trillion dollars of paper profit the arket ommittee, meets next pri es added 14 trillion to Ameri- and guns," one 18-year-old rebel aid after the cea e-fire agreement day stock plunge revived fear Tue day. can ' wealth between the start of wa announced on radio." e started down this road and we will fol- that a downward piral of contract- ny ut before then would be 1995 and the start of 2000, accord- low it to the end." ing wealth, hrinking inve tment widely interpreted as aimed at ing to Pierre Ellis, a managing and sharply slowing consumption horing up hare price something director of Deci ion Economics Inc. could sweep the economy into the Fed does not want to be een as in ew York. Falling prices since Coo dministra ·0 S lemency recession. doing. The central bank' job is to then have trimmed the gain by That put economic policy-mak- control inflation and maintain stabil- between $4 trillion to $5 trillion, Pr be to Inc ude Last-Minu Cases er in a box. Federal Reserve ity not ensure investors good Ellis aid. LOS A GELES TIMES hairman Ian Green pan had return . . Analysts said that the problem Rejecting the idea of an independent counsel, the Ju tice Depart- begun to uggest that the economy But if the market continues to with Monday's stock plunge is that ment has created a pecial prosecution team to inve tigate all the la t- and financial market might not be slide, analysts aid policy-makers it pushed key market indexes into minute clemencies granted by outgoing Pre ident Clinton including quite a entwined a previou ly will have little choice but to act. "At hard-to-overlook terrain. For exam- the commutation for convicted Lo Angele drug dealer Carlo Vig- thought - that the former might be orne point, this takes consumer ple, the once-hot NASDAQ Com- nali officials aid onday. able to recover even if the latter confidence and the economy down posite Index has now lost 62 percent The decision by Attorney General John shcroft, de cribed by didn t. with it," warned Mark Zandi, econ- of its peak value. The broader Stan- Justice Department official as unprecedented in its cope empowers But now, "he's got to be worried omist with Philadelphia-based dard & Poor's 500 Index is off 23 U. . Attorney ary Jo White of ew York to va tly broaden her that a collapse in market p ychology Economy. com. percent - more than the 20 percent review of three con trover ial cases to encompass all 17 pardon and could spill over into the rest of the The link between stocks and that defines a bear market. commutations granted by Clinton on his last day in the White House. economy," said David . Jone , growth has been one of the most " he is going to be doing the inve tigation of all of these cases," a Justice Department official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "It is yet to be decided if he will refer some evidence to other jurisdiction for pro ecution, if that develops." Navy Warplane Accidentally White's office already is inve tigating three case with direct ties to her anhattan-ba ed di trict: the pardon of fugitive commodities broker arc Rich commutations for four Hasidic Jew convicted of Kills Six fraud, and the allegation that the president's brother received up to Bombs, in Kuwait 200,000 for promising to help a Texas man win a pardon. By Paul Richter U.S. Army and Air Force officials The Navy's performance also LOS A GELES TIMES said, though it was unclear how was questioned after the Oct. 12 Experts Question Why Cheney WA HINGTO many were with each service. Two bombing of the destroyer Cole in A avy warplane on a training of the injured Americans were Yemen, which killed 17 sailors. A Didn t Get Radiation Angioplasty exercise in Kuwait accidentally immediately treated and released; review in that case found many LOS ANGELES TIMES dropped a bomb on a group of mili- three others remained in the hospi- security shortcomings, although In the aftermath of Vice President Dick Cheney's most recent hos- tary observers Monday, killing five tal, but military authorities said they senior officials concluded that even pitalization for heart trouble, orne cardiology experts are question- U.S. troops and one ew Zealander. did not have life-threatening if those mistakes had not been ing why he was not treated with a new radiation technology that they Fi e other U.S. military personnel injuries. made, the terrorists still probably say could reduce hi chances of a recurrence by more than half. and two Kuwaitis were injured, Authorities did not identify the would have succeeded. The technology, approved by the Food and Drug Administration authorities said. U.S. victims, pending the notifica- Most Kuwaitis strongly support in ovember i not yet available in many hospitals - including The F/A-18 Hornet aircraft tion of relatives. The New Zealan- the U.S. presence in their country as George Washington University Medical Center where Cheney was dropped the 500-pound unguided der was Acting Maj. John McNutt, a defense against neighboring Iraq. treated arch 5. But he could have been ent to neighboring Wash- munition at the Udairi training 27, New Zealand officials said. But especially because of the ington Ho pital Center which has performed more of these proce- range, about 30 miles from the Iraqi The accident came at an espe- injuries to the Kuwaitis, the accident dure than any facility in the world. border in northwest Kuwait. The ciallydifficult time for the Navy, is likely to spark calls from others in Dr. Ron Wac man, director of experimental angioplasty at ash- fighter was based on the carrier which is still struggling to overcome the Arab world for a reduced U.S. ington Hospital Center said that' almost all" patients with Cheney's Harry S Truman, which has been the diplomatic fallout from the fatal presence in the region, some U.S. condition are treated with radiation. 'We know it works," he said. patrolling the Persian Gulf, and was Feb. 12 collision of the submarine officials predicted. However, he added, because it is such a new technology, most taking part in quarterly U.S.- Greeneville and a Japanese fishing The incident may also raise patients 'are treated conventionally, as Cheney was rather than with Kuwaiti training exercises, officials vessel off Hawaii. That accident questions about the Navy's hopes to radiation. said. killed nine people and has strained begin live-fire bombing exercises The U.S. dead were from the the U.S.-Japanese relationship. near Big Sur, Calif. WEATHER Confusing Ice Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday, March 13, 2001 By Greg lawson r$~

Extended Forecast Iweather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Svmbols Toda: leet or freezing rain changing to rain. trong southeasterly winds. High of 38°F Snow Rain r--' fog 3° ). H High Pressure _Trough 'Showers - - - Thunderstoml onlght: Rain ending and kies clearing. Winds hift to the northwe t. Low of 32°F O°C . ····WarmFmnc * S- R L Low Pressure Light '""~- ednesda : Partly cloudy. Breezy. High of 50°F 10°C). Low of 33°F (1°C). co Haze ~Co'dfrool Moderate * .. Compiled by MIT Thursday: Partly cloudy. Windy. High near 52°F (I 1°C . Low near 37°F (3°C). § Hurricane MeleM>logy laJT ...... Slalioruuy from Heavy ** . Fridsy and Be ODd:Potential torm on the way ... A .. and Tiu T~r:h 2001 WORLD & THE TECH Page 3

Summers Designated as 27th Anonymous $360 Million Donation President of Harvard University To RPI Sets ew College Gift Record An anonymou donor ha pledged 360 million to Ren elaer By Thomas B. Edsall as tanford Univer ity and the ali- Polytechnic In titute, the large t gift ever to a single U. . college or THE W: SHI GTO POST fornia In titute of Technology. univer ity, and the latest in an extraordinary tring of huge donations Lawrence H. ummer '75, the Harvard ha long aspired to et to higher education. former Trea ury ecretary and pro- a tandard for education and hol- The gift to the 6 300-student school in Troy, .Y. surpasse the fe or of economics, will become ar hip of the highe t quality and 350 million pledged to MIT la t year at the peak of the economic the 27th president of Harvard Uni- there i no pur uit more important boom and tock market urge that triggered unprecedented contribu- ver ity with the goal of further inte- for individual or for ociety," um- tiODS. grating one of the nation' premier mers aid. 'Working with fa ulty 'The ize of thi gift is remarkable in any era and it is a transfor- educational institutions into a world tudent, taff and alumni I look mational gift without doubt for RPI," aid Vance Peterson, president economy dominated by revolutions forward to helping the univer ity of the Council for the dvancement and upport of Education. in information and technology. e tend its tradition of excellence in At the ame time higher education officials worry that any sus- In accepting the post unday at a teaching and re earch while adapt- tained downturn in the stock market might rever e the trend. The new conference in Cambridge ing to a rapidly changing world.' nation' institution of higher education reported receiving some $18 Ma ., Summer , 46, declared that ummer edged out two other billion in donations last year, but three quarters of the money came 'in a global economy that i increas- finalist , University of Michigan from just 5 percent of the donors. ingly shaped around knowledge," it President Lee C. Bollinger and Har- "The e gift are reflective obviously of the appreciation in the is "an exciting era for education." vard Provo t Harvey V. Fineberg. stock market, which now seem to be headed in the other direction," The appointment of ummers to Eighteen years ago, Summers, then aid heldon teinbach, general counsel for the American Council on replace retiring president eil H. 28 was the younge t person to win Education which repre en 1, 00 colleges and universitie . "Higher Rudenstine signals the university's a tenured profe sorship at Harvard. education alway has been dependent on the big gift. But it is possi- shift from focusing on what has The decision to appoint Sum- ble that the glory days of these big gifts may be coming to an end." been a period of highly succes ful mers to the presidency was made at a achu etts governor Michael The gift to RPI came from the arne donor who in December fundraising. Summers made it clear a meeting of Harvard s Board of Dukakis. ummers, who ha pledged 130 million to build two high-technology centers on the 260- that his focu will be on ensuring Over eers in ew York and formal- described him elf as a "market-ori- acre campus overlooking the Hudson River. The donor then decided to that Harvard remains on the cutting ly announced in Cambridge. ented progre sive," is a proponent triple the gift and give the chool complete discretion in its use. edge of teaching and research in the A lifelong Democrat, urnmers of what The Economist de cribed as face of growing challenge , espe- served a chief economic adviser to "free-market advocacy with a social cially from such West Coast schools the presidential campaign of former con cience." Russia, Iran Sign Cooperation Pact THE WASHlNGTON POST Russia and Iran on Monday igned their first cooperation pact since Iran's 1979 revolution a the two countries' leaders met for four Mediators, Rebels Meet to Discuss hours in a Kremlin ession dominated by talk of increased arms trade. Vowing a "new spring" in relations with Russia, Iranian President Mohammed Khatami arrived here for a four-day visit armed with a shopping list for Russian weaponry. His summit with Russian Presi- Demands from Chiapas Uprising dent Vladimir Putin amounts to a diplomatic jab at Washington, which has labored unsuccessfully to keep Russia from exporting arm By James F. Smith hour meeting, legislative spokesman hide-outs in Chiapa . The caravan and nuclear technology to Tehran. LOS ANGELES TIMES Santiago Lopez reported that both was the boldest initiative by the Despite the U. . concerns, Putin told reporters that "Iran has the MEXJCOCITY sides had committed themselves to rebels since their brief but bloody right to arm and defend itself' and said Russia is eager to supply new Ski-masked leaders of Mexico's "a respectful, frank and cordial dia- insurgency began Jan. 1, 1994, fol- weapons to Iran that analysts here said could be worth several billion Zapatista guerrillas met Monday Iogue" and that the rebels remain lowed by a cease-fire and a negotiat- dollar during the next few years. with congressional mediators in the committed "to resolve the conflict ing deadlock. The exact details of those sales have yet to be worked out - con- first serious attempt in nearly five through the route of dialogue." That Monday's meeting hap- tracts are expected to be signed by this summer - but Russian offi- years to address the demands that Lopez, a congressman from Chi- pened at' all illustrated the changes cials said Monday that the Iranians have expressed interest in sophis- spurred the rebels' 1994 uprising in apas, didn't disclose how the rebels in the Mexican political landscape ticated anti-missile monitoring ystems, aircraft and helicopters. southern Chiapas state. would go forward in pressing their in the past year. Last fall, Moscow abandoned a 1995 agreement with the United Subcommander Marcos and 23 demands with the full Congress. After years of acrimony between States to halt arms deliveries to Iran by 1999, and almost immediately fellew commanders of the- Zapatista The rebelsdidn't comment immedi- the government and the Chiapas after renouncing the deal with the Americans began a new round of National Liberation Army huddled ately on the encounter. rebels, President Vicente Fox - talks with the Iranians on stepping up the weapons trade. behind closed doors with federal The meeting foHowed the Zap- whose inauguration ended seven Strapped for cash to fund their own military, Russian leaders have legislators in a university building atistas' tumultuous arrival in Mexi- decades of one-party rule in Mexico increasingly turned to the arms export trade. Monday, Putin recog- in the Mexican capital to begin lob- co City on unday, the culmination - reversed his predecessor's policy nized that fact, saying that Russia i interested in Iran not only a a bying for Indian rights legislation. of a 16-day pilgrimage by the rebels of ignoring the insurgents and rolled strategic partner but also "for economic reasons." At the conclusion of the two- from their jungle and mountain out the welcome mat.

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PROfe~§>oR, Re§)eTiRCtfeR or MTiNTi6eR? · by ~Watch out for the Awards form in your · mail and be sure to turn it in by the Prof. Llo dBaird DIRECTOR of LEADER HIP IT T deadline: March 23, 2001. Que tion ? Contact March 13th, 4.30-6pm, 4-237 gsc-a ards@mi .edu · ·# ...•...... •.••...... • ~.•...•...••....••••.•... · r------. I GSC Officers' Elections March-c ndar omination op n tin arch 28 2001. IElection of Offi· er at th General ouncil pril ,2001. 3 Prafe sionat development seminar Committee Chair elections dates Housing & Community Affair Housing & ommunity ffair mmittee March 14 4 comml ee Meeting cad mic ,R ar h & are rs ommi ttee March 21 Academics, Research & Careers IOrientation ommittee arch 22 21 committee Mee ing Publicati n & Publicity mmittee arch _6 IInter tedIn .nt tmg .t he 1 tions. . @mit.edu I PJ ents are welcome. Food ls provided. ------* @ 5:30 in 5D-220 (above the muddy) Page4 THE CD March 13,2001 OPINION The Continuing Communication Problem ft r a contentiou town hall meting on' .edn da Dean Council Pre ident Jeffrey C. Roberts 02 wa informed about for tudent Life Larry G. Ben diet modifi d his office plan to the hang month in ad ance but he failed to notify hi con- install r idential coordinator in stituen. Thi i an e ample of a tr nd that thi board ha found donnitorie a ro ampu . Hi b tv een th admini tration and the tudent government at the Edit rial ne propo al announced at a Institute. hil claiming that it ee tudent input the admin- Friday meeting with enior Hou e i tration in tead relie on the fe dback of a few key' tudent re ident ,Ie en coordinators authori whil moving th admini trator' uch a Robert . Although the e tudent may nior Hou e coordinator to Ea tgat and adding an additional attempt to act a ad ocate for the entire tudent body it i admini trator to the graduat dormitory at 30. unrea onable to e pect them to be in touch with the view of The change mad by Benedict are in th tudent' interest, every tudent. In tead, the admini tration need to eek re pon - but they were nece itated by a lack of communication between e from a wider ample of tudent, uch a leader of individual the admini tration and th tud nt body. Plan for the coordina- dormitories. tor ere already ell under way when the tudent body:fir t In revi wino the coordinator controver y, we offer our tan- NEWS STAFF heard about them. et again the Institute ha a ted on it dard refrain - admini trator are out of touch with tudents. The Editor: rnaout '02, atthe a umption of what tudent need rather than a king tudent olution i for admini trator to consult with a variety of tudents ociate Editor: ancy L. Keu for input. b fore implementing any policy change that ignificantly alter Jennif r Kri hnan '04 Brian Loux '04, In general tudent oppo e having additional admini tra- any a pect of tudent life. Benedict' arri al had ignaled a hift hankar ukherji '04; ta f: Daniel C. tive upervi ion, e p cially in their home . Few r idence in that direction. The handling of this ituation, however leads u te en on G, Frank Dabek '00, anjay Ba u '02, oppo e thi more than enior Hou e, who e re ident reacted to que tion if such a shift has actually taken place. Benedict Kevin R. Lang '02, Efren Gutierrez '03, icky under tandably and predictably after learning that an admini - promi ed at th enior House meeting that his office would work H u '04, Pey-Hua Hwang '04, Pallavi are h trator would hare their per anal pace. dmini trator hould harder to increa e communication between the administration '04, W.. Wang '04; lJeteorologi t : Veronique Bugnion G, Rob Korty G, Peter ha e been more ensitive to the e concern . and tudent . Hi promise mu t become reality soon for tudents Huybers G, Greg Law on G, Bill Ram trom G. tudent repre entati es al 0 hare the blame. Dormitory have waited far too long for the Institute's ear.

PRODUCTIO STAFF ditor: atwik ai e ha ai '0 I; ditor: tacia wan son '03, Gayani Letters To The Editor Tillekeratne '03, Joel Corbo '04, Joy For ythe '04, Tao Yue '04; t ff: Mary Obelnicki '98, Red-Green Blindnes ? the lover boasts of hi "sixty queens and eighty 2001, we continue to place men in the top Ryan Ochyl ki '0 I, Ian Lai '02, nju concubine (and countless girls)" and praises leadership positions, when qualified and tal- Kanumalla '03, Vimal Bhalodia '04, Kartik att Craighead propo e a very selfish his beloved, 'Your two breasts are two fawns, ented women are just as able to serve effec- Lamba '04, ndy Leiser on '04, Andrew economy in hi article [ 'If It' Green, It's twins of a gazelle that feed among the lillies." tively." I believe the key phrase in Ejebes Mamo '04, hefali Oza '04, Eric Tung '04. Red,' arch 9]. Like Craighead and mo t The "comfort" that mith seeks is rarely sentence is "just as able," which is distinct

OP/ '/0 STAFF other MIT tudent, I will probably never reap encountered in a ociety with freedom of from "more able." Ejebe appears to admit Editor: Kri chnee '02, Mike Hall '03; any tangible benefits from this socialist econo- expression - and a good thing, too. that Rao would be at least as suitable for the ociate ditor: eena Thomas '02; my, 0 perhap I should join the chorus calling job of president as Devereaux, and yet Columni t : Philip Burrowe '04, Roy E aki for the aboli hment of ocial ecurity, income Craig Abernethy opposes The Tech's endorsement simply '04, Ken esmith '04, Jyoti Tibrewala '04; tax, public education, welfare, Medicare, food enior Secretary of Chemical Enginerring because Rao is male. I believe that Ejebe, taff: Matthew L. McGann '00, ichael Bo- tamps and anything else that will steal and a number of other self-described femi- rucke '01, Kevin Choi '01, Chri top her D. money from my precious bank account. I nists I have met at MIT, are practicing a mith '01, Jason H. Wasfy '01, Matt mean, why should I care if unskilled laborers A Sexist Attack brand of sexism just as real and harmful as Craighead '02, Philippe C. Larochelle '03. work 80 hours a week for pennie or if elderly I was disturbed by nennia L. Ejebe's the derogation of women. Women are not SPORTS STAFF people are homeless because they can't afford re ponse to The Tech's endorsement of Sanjay intrinsically better than men. If two equally ditor: aron D. Mihalik 02; taff: Ivan rent? It won't affect me if poverty become a K. Rao '02 as UA President and Jaime E. qualified candidates apply for a job, it should Eric P. Loreto '0 I, Jeffrey Colton '02, Brian K. vicious cycle becau e child labor and lack of Devereaux '02 as UA Vice President. Ejebe not be awarded to the woman out of hand. Richter '02, Jennifer C. Lee '03. public education mean that poor children appears to have made the unjustifiable We should judge individuals based on their ARTS TAFF don't ha e the opportunity to be anything but as umption that the endor ement was motivat- relevant merits and weaknesses, not based Editor: Devdoot ajumdar '04, Annie unskilled labor. And those poor people had no ed by the desire to assure that a man, rather upon their sex. Choi: ociate Editor: Fred Choi '02; taff: busines being sick or disabled, so why should than a woman, held the top po ition. Ejebe Personally, I think: that Rao was the worst Erik Blankin hip G, Bence P. 01\ eczky G, Roy I pay their medical bills? Why, in Craighead's implies that, when two equally qualified can- of the three candidates on the ballot for UA Roden tein G, Vladimir V. Zelevinsky '95, eth economy, I should be able to buy poor people didate of opposite sexes run for a leadership president. I am glad that Devereaux won. Bisen-Her h '01, Katie Jeffrey '01, Rebecca and trample them for pleasure, and anything po ition, the po ition hould be awarded to the onetheless, attacks such as Ejebe's are the Loh '0 I, Bogdan Fedele '03, Lianne Habinek '02, Ie is denying me my economic freedom. female so as to avoid sexist discrimination. most openly accepted and visible if not the Jumaane Jeffrie '02, Jacob Beniflah '03, Daniel Though I do not upport Ralph ader or But in this situation and many others, no dis- post prevalent, form of sexism at MIT today. 1. Katz '03, Jane Maduram '03, Amy Meadows advocate a redi tribution of all wealth, I feel that crimination is present. '03, Ryan Klimczak '04, Izzat Jarudi '04. the taking of a fraction of rich people's wealth in Ejebe wrote: "It is unfortunate that, in Jason T. Rolfe '03 PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF order to better our society as a whole and give Editor: athan Collin G, ephir Hamilton G; all people the opportunity to rise above poverty ociate Editor : Ro han Baliga '03, Wendy i something that we all should appreciate. Gu '03; taff: Erika Brown G, Krzy ztof ..---.... Gajos G, Garry a kaly G, Karlene R. Julia . Carpenter '03 Maskaly G, Wan YusofWan Morshidi G, Michelle Povinelli G, Bob umner G, amudra ijay G, Gregory F. Kuhnen '00, Charle Boatin '01, ii Good "Karma" Dodoo '01, James nyder '01, Yi Xie '02, Leonid ~ Drozhinin '03, Ekaterina 0 ikine '03, Pedro L. How perverse of imee Smith to have Arrechea '04, asir Botta '04, Brian Hemond '04, invoked the sixtie in her appalling calf for the Max Planck '04, Jacqueline T. Yen '04. imposition of censorship at MIT. I was in the j j Class of 1970 at Georgetown, and I can assure Smith that the activi ts of the sixties were in ;. favor of sexy art, and vigorou ly oppo ed to thought control. People only joined the anti- war movement of the sixtie after they learned to think for themselves, with the freedom that would be destroyed if the renewed Puritanism that Aimee mith advocates were put into practice here. aoager: Rachel Johnson '02; I thought the Karma Sutra posters represent- anager: Ja mine Richards '02; ed an advance. They depicted stunningly attrac- 03, tive men as well as women; in the best tradition of Western culture, those posters celebrated the beauty of the human form. One wonders how Smith would deal with Rodin's The Kiss, featur- ing intertwined naked male and female bodies, EDITORS AT LARGE enior Editor: Eric 1. Plo ky '99; or the ong of Song , a Biblical tale in which ontributinz ditor: James Camp G.

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that re idence-based advising would be va tly coverage in tudent publications, and allega- Jyoti Tibrewala different from traditional MIT advi ing.. ow I Roy E aki tions of biased conduct by election officials don't h ve first-hand e perience in non-re i- the majority of the student don't care. I Baker House i . considering implementing a dence-b dad i ing, but it can't be that differ- report commis ioned by the ational that reason for concern? ot in and of it elf; re idence-ba ed advi ing y tern (RB ) next ent. ure, I kno other tudent in my advi ing cience Foundation, relea ed last week, studying for that exam will have more of an fall. The program is part of a plan by the Office group better than I might if I didn't li e in declared that voter shouldn't cast ballots impact than one person' vote in the UA of Re idential and tudent Life Programs cormick. But if there were a situation I over the Internet becau e of questions of election, and though the UA will act upon (RL LP) to expand the advi ing program of needed to di cu with my advi er, I wouldn't security, reliability, issues that may signif- Mc ormick and Random Halls into at lea tone be more or les inclined to contact him for and ocia1 effect . The icantly affect us (such new dormitory. As a McCormic fre hman, I advice if my advi ing weren't residence-based. chairman of the com- as that of residential can offer some of my experience as a student The only disparity lie with the associate advis- mittee claimed that coordinators), in the coming to MIT under the re idence-ba ed er; in RBA, students would potentially see their He-voting require a The issue at stake is the larger context of life, advising program. resident as ociate advi er (RAA) more often much greater level of future of the "silent it's not terribly conse- pplication and acceptance to the program simply because that individual would be a fel- security than e-corn- quential. The Institute took place over the summer, as they would in low resident. But the actual tudent-adviser rela- merce - it' not like majority," who have opinions and its denizens will the proposed expansion. This was by far one of tionship couldn't differ much. buying a hook over survive without any the best things about it. It gave fre hman an All is not lost, though. We've seen through the Internet:' and that and passions) but decide one person's vote. opportunity to get to know each other, even if the RBA program and in general that students "remote Internet vot- to disenfranchise themselves. So why is the low only a little, before arriving for orientation. tend to develop close relationships with those ing technology will turnout noteworthy? Every evening I would come home to find my they live with. And la t week, we saw that the not be able to meet This choice is responsible for ot because it~ mailbox full of condensed biographies of fellow administration ha plans to phase in residential this standard for years indicative of a freshmen residents. Being guaranteed a perma- coordinators in the dorms. 0 why not incor- to come." "insider politics" and the sociopolitical prob- nent residence upon arrival during orientation porate the residential coordinators into re i- To accrue the ben- perceived aloofness lem; students aren't was another perquisite. It saved me the hassle of dence-based advising? They're not students, 0 efits of a convenient apathetic towards having to move during orientation. they wouldn't replicate RAAs; they're admin- and just ystem, how- of politicians) and it allows a everything. Certain Yet another strong selling point of RBA is istrators. And as it is, the roles of these admin- ever, students actually issues, such as alco- that it fosters community-building. A primary i trators aren't crystal clear. Thu the assimila- need to vote; when the few firebrands to dictate the hol policies or the res- reason it is able to do this is the early start it tion of residential coordinators into RBA majority of students idential coordinator provides to the residential experience. Fre hmen would have the promise of creating a better don't vote, it makes policies and set the agenda i sue, concern and have the opportunity to tart networking with student-adviser relationship. Of cour e, to be the whole issue moot. for the entire community. anger many. Some are their future dorrnmates prior to their arrival at most effective, every dorm with RBA would The some 40 per- even passionate about MIT, and trivial as it may seem, that's actually need at least one coordinator. The presence of cent turnout for the is ues that won't one of the most significant contributors to the the middleman might also be a bit awkward. Undergraduate directly affect them, strong sense of community that would result As you might have guessed, the implementa- Association presidential ejection may be such as Pas o Record policy and freshmen from RBA. That isn't to say that freshman tion of residential coordinators would have to more than last year's turnout, but it's still housing. would only have contact with their classmates. go hand-in-hand with the phasing out of non- less than the national voter turnout for the Rather, the issue at stake is the future of As upperclassmen residential advisers. 2000 election, which was slightly over half .the "silent majority," who have opinions and would return during ori- This would accom- of the eligible population. But the hue and passions, but decide to disenfranchise them- entation, there would be plish both goals: elim- cry about low voter turnout that follows an elves. This self-disenfranchisement is what more interaction in an iffreshmen were given inating the middleman election is tired and hackneyed. The buzz- is responsible for "insider politics" and the environment where and creating a closer words of civic duty, participatory democra- perceived aloofness of politicians, and more freshman are perma- permanently assigned dormitory student-adviser rela- cy, and the responsibilities of citizen hip are dangerously, it allows for a few firebrands to nently assigned to the tionship. happily thrown around to make argument dictate the policies and set the agenda for rooms they are in for rooms) they might make more Residence-based sound more intellectual and legitimate, with the entire community. The UA may seem to . orientation; knowing of an tffort to get to know the advising is an excellent little impact. have little importance to students, but the that that is your perma- idea, but it must be Busy as students may be, we presumably problems encountered with it will be magni- nent dorm, you might upperclassmen living there. done for the right rea- had time enough during the week to take fied and exacerbated at the level of local, make more of an effort sons. Its primary effect four minutes to vote online. Disconnected state, and national politics. It's a vicious to get to know the is building a tighter from current events as we may be, it's hard cycle the seed for which has been sown in upperclassmen living community within to claim unawareness of the election, consid- this collegiate politics game: discontent with there as well, whereas non-RBA dorms would individual advising groups and in the dorm as a ering all the e-mails, posters, and media cov- the unresponsiveness of politics keeps peo- have frosh living there only temporarily, worry- whole; accordingly, best results are attained erage. There may be a few students who ple from voting or getting involved, which ing about selecting a permanent residence for when the goal is just that. But if RLSLP is refrained from voting as a symbol of protest creates unresponsiveness. the upcoming term. Freshman in RBA dorms going in with the goal of improving the advising (in which case filling in "no candidate" is a Why volunteer to be a benchwarmer, might also find orientation more relaxing than system, this might not be the best solution. In much better form of active disapproval), but when the bench is plenty warm and the their classmates outside of the RBA program, order to do that, residence-based advising needs I doubt there are so many conscientious home team is down 34 points? Or even a since residence selection would be one thing the to be coupled with the residential coordinators. objectors. The primary reason for not voting screaming fan watching the game from afar, former group wouldn't have to worry about. In addition to improving academic advising, this must thus be that students simply didn't care swearing at the players with a remote in one You may notice that I've said nothing about would also clarify to students the role of resi- to vote. hand and a beer in another? Winners always the actual advising part of residence-based dential coordinators, and the administration just For all the endless arguments over tickets want the ball when the game's on the line. advising. That's because I don't honestly think might find us more accepting of their plan. being taken on or off ballots, proper election Are you a winner? A Modest Proposal Eliminating Undergraduates Would Make Life at the Institute Much Easier

Think of all the problems this would solve. with their shenanigan . In tead of pa sing pol- would have to rely heavily on corporate Veena Thomas For one, the oft-debated 2002 "all freshmen on icy after policy to keep student in line, pass- donations but the Media Lab shows this is campus" edict would be changed to the "no ing just one - eliminating students - would indeed possible. Maybe you're feeling a bit down, wonder- freshmen on campus" decision. MIT would no ensure that MIT would enjoy a reputation in In addition, MIT would actually save some ing when MIT decided to turn against you by longer face the housing hortage that would the media unsullied by the antics of its money. By eliminating students, MIT would eliminating everything mentioned in their occur from moving all freshmen into dorms. younger members. 0 more column slam- rid it elf of potential lawsuits from families of recruitment literature. Freshman pass/no Instead, each dorm would be one-quarter empty. ming the adminis- students dying under record, choosing housing during a two-week Plenty of room to house those re idential coor- tration in The Tech. questionable circum- party called RIO, and lAP convinced you to dinators! Plus, Simmons Hall could be used to Heck, The Tech stance . This would save come here. Plus, you liked how MIT treated house graduate students instead of freshmen, wouldn't even exist. MIT a couple of million its students like adults. But now you're feeling solving the graduate housing hortage. The administration The poor administration tries at least. betrayed by the very same administration Administrators could focus on getting their can pat them elves very hard to pass new policies to It has become increas- which is supposed to be there on your behalf. job done - creating new policies - and on the back all they ingly clear that MIT is Maybe you're tired of fighting one thing after could breathe easier knowing no students want in Tech Talk make their lives)er;students) first and foremost a another. Perhaps you're just waiting for an would protest against them. Indeed, adminis- instead. research in titute. But a accidentally released e-mail announcing the trators wouldn't have to waste any of their pre- The job of the lives)easier and happier. But are lack of students would elimination of lAP cious time involving tudents in the planning campus police students grateful? Of course not. slow research progress, But look at it from the flip side, the admin- process from the very beginning. Any decision would a1 0 be easi- Where else would MIT istration's point of view. The poor administra- they could possibly make could be implement- er. 0 more parties find extremely talented tion tries very hard to pass new policies to ed immediately without student concerns to to break up, and no people willing assist make their lives, er, students' lives, easier and worry about. Administrators would actually be more dealing with drunk tudents. Just think: research for eight dollars an hour? MIT might happier. But are students grate- no more errant police cars placed have to invest a little more money in salarie ful? Of course not. They keep upon the Dome, and no more to ensure that research continues unimpeded. running amuck and giving MIT Commencements disrupted by MIT could bring in some revenue and help a bad reputation in the press. By elin1inating students, MIT could bring in revenue Buzzword Bingo! This would even the Cambridge housing shortage by renting They demand that their voices help out the MIT useum - no out rooms' in the soon-to-be-empty dorms. be heard on policy changes by renting out dorm rooms. It would take a little work more hacks that they lack the River views, and the chance to live in a dorm affecting them. Think of how to clean up the dorms to make them suitable for real pace to archive. de igned by a famou architect; that' got to many more changes could have As wonderful as thi policy be worth some money. Would people willingly been made if protesting students people) though. In addition, re-aladults not just might seem, it does ha e it move into dorm with ant and mou e prob- didn't constantly get in the way! downside. MIT would stand to lems? It would take a little work to clean up They keep insisting on thinking students over the legal age of 18) rnight have a lose a large ource of income, its the dorm to make them suitable for real peo- for our elves - how annoying. tuition. Money will become ple to live in. In addition, real adults, not just Clearly there' only one solu- problem with Big Brother Res living next door. increasingly important as IT student over the legal age of 1 ,might have a tion. MIT would be a better hift its focus entirely to problem with Big Brother living next door. place without students. research. But fret not. lumni Those residential coordinator have to live Of course, acceptance letters donations can be a particularly somewhere, though. have already been mailed to many potential justifying in ignoring tudent concerns; with- u eful source of income, as the recent dona- Eliminating tudent is crazy you ay? members of the lass of 2005. But by having out tudent there wouldn't be any concerns. tion of hundreds of million of dollars have Didn't you see it coming? Don't prote t this next year freshmen be the last cla sever Obviously, MIT will go to great lengths to hown. If the last batch of undergraduate one" you'll only prove their point that students admitted, MIT will go a long way towards its protect its reputation. While MIT want recog- graduates in 2005 at age 21, they till have cause too much trouble. It's actually a very goal of reshaping the undergraduate experi- nition for its research and di coverie , under- around 50 year of donating time left. good idea - the administration ays so - ence - namely, by eliminating it. graduate garner more pres and notoriety Perfect for the Institute. Of cour eMIT and there's nothing you can do about it. Communi Space and Child Care campu." I am ure many of you are aware as Tang, Ea tgate and e tgate in term of ready to advocat re er ing with the input of affordable hou ing in th area urrounding de ign and community pac. Gi en that graduate tudent with hildren. Further, hild ambridge i practically non-exi tent. idney-Pacific will bou e twice the number of care center at IT are not ffordable for Graduate tipend do not refle t the co t of graduate tudents Tang, and ill most prob- graduate tudent given the current tip nd . Child care for graduate tudents is an i ue living in Cambridge and neighboring citie . ably be the only n w graduate dorm built in G ha ucce fully demanded increa e in that the Graduate tudent Council take ery The G ucce fully called for two new the next 30 year , lack of community pace tipend : an percent rai e in engineering and eriously. t the arch 7 idney-Pacific ri i graduate dormitories: idney-Pa ific and for graduate tudent activitie will harm the a 16 percent raise in cience. The G is fur- Committee meeting, we clearly outlined that 30. idney-Pacific will hous 750 graduate effort to build a graduate tudent community. ther working with the provo t for a total sub- affordable child care for graduate students is one tudents. Together with gradu- idy of the medical co ts for all graduate tu- of the pressing i ues to be addre ed, e have ate dorm leader , the G C 'dent including pouse ,partner and children, already begun a conversation about thi with Housing and Community and will continue advocating additional quali- ociate Dean for Graduate tudents and Chair ffair Committee has The decision to include a (revenue-generating , ty-of-life improvement . It i not the role of the of the Women dvisory Board Blanche taton, worked very hard over the day care center in the new graduate dorm was G C to call for additional day care for fa ulty Our commitment to affordable child care i past fall with the Real E tate and taff at the expen e of graduate tudent . nothing new. In fact, the MIT Technology Office to get adequate com- brought upon us a montn ago without prior The G Cia diverse group of individuals Children' Center (TCC) approached u la t munity pace in the building. that aims to bring all graduate student togeth- October to support them in ubsidizing child After a marathon of consulta- tudent input, threatening the little community er. 11graduate tudent are G C member . care costs for graduate tudent. Dean for tions we are reasonably atis- Our meeting are adverti ed in The Tech and Graduate tudent Isaac M. Colbert generous- fied with the de ign of the space we have in this building. postered weekly around campus. Plea e attend ly agreed to match our fund to TCe. t the dorm as it tands now. our meetings, and voice your concern and ovember General Coun il meeting (our However we are still advocat- criticism. We welcome your ugge tions on meetings are always open to an graduate tu- ing a econd housemaster in the building. Eastgate and estgate's childcare facilitie how to improve communication between the dent ), we amended our budget (a rare proce- The decision to include a 'revenue-gener- are being renovated (their capacity will 'Counc il and graduate students. Our next dure) and allocated money for TCe. The fund ating" day care center in the dorm was unex- increa e) and a new child care center of 100+ Housing and Community Affairs Committee were transferred in early January. pectedly brought upon us a month ago without children capacity will be available at the tata meeting will be on Wednesday March 14 at The Tech article "G C Win Day are prior tudent input. This idea consists of elim- Center. Will this help married graduate tu- 5:30 p.m. in the GSC office (50-220). Our next Battle" [March 9] needs to be placed in con- inating the only sizeable community space in dents? The answer i no; here are the reasons. General Council meeting is on Wednesday text. The Graduate tudent Council ha been favor of a childcare center almo t solely tar- Only 10 percent of the children in Eastgate and pril 4, at 5:30 p.m. in the G C office. We involved for many years in getting the geted toward faculty and taff. Lo ing the lit- Westgate day care centers are children of grad- hope to see you all at these meetings. Institute to move ahead with it plans to pro- tle community space we have in thi building uate student . This limitation is an unaccept- Soulaymane Kachani G is the President of vide "affordable graduate housing cIo e to would mean ending up with the same failures able admini trative decision that the GSC is the Graduate Student Council. TEACH-IN

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Tuesday, March 13 Globalization Agenda. The governments of 34 nations in the Americas are currently negotiat- ing the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement, an expansion of the North Ameri- 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Negotiating Two Cultures: P.M.S. Blackett's Tum from Particle can Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The purpose of the agreement is to liberalize trade, ser- Physics to Geophysics, 1933-1963. Dibner Institute Lunchtime Colloquia. free. Room: E56- vices, and investments between the 34 100. Sponsor: Dibner Institute. nations. This participatory teach-in will focus on what how the FTAA is expected to affect vari- 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Telephone and Voice Mail Quick Start. If you are new to MIT or ous issues and communities including, the environment, labor, women, people of color, and want to learn more about the features on your telephone and voice mail, this class is just delivery of services. How to take action against the FTAA will be discussed. free. Room: 4- what you need. Instructors will explain features which will help you get the most out of these 145. Sponsor: AID-Boston. Boston FTAA Task Force. useful tools and talk about the most common problems and where to go for help. Attendees 7:00 p.m. - RACE: The Future! Ancestors in the Americas, Part 2: "Chinese in the Frontier will learn what features are available on different phones and classes of service. You will also West: An American Story." free. Room: 6-120. Sponsor: Committee on Campus Race Rela- be able to try features on telephones in the classroom. free. Room: E19·732. Sponsor: Infor- tions. Counseling and Support Services. mation Systems. 8:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. -International Film Club Film Seminar Series. free. Room: 4-237. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Web at MIT QUick Start. Learn how to explore the Web using Sponsor: Graduate Student Council, International Him Club. Netscape, and get an introduction to the Web at MIT. Topics include: navigation basics, sim- ple searching, creating and editing bookmark lists, printing a page, a tour of MIT Web pages for information and administrative applications, basics of Web certificates. free. Room: N42 Thursday, March 1.5 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Deep Water Archaeology seminar. Representatives from the newly 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. - Windows 2000 Quick Start. This session demonstrates the new formed Office of Ocean Exploration, a department of the National Oceanographic and Atmos- features and functionalities of Windows 2000 for the desktop user. Tour Start Menu enhance- pheric Administration, will come speak to DeepArch about a new era of ocean exploration. ments; compare differences between the new My Network Places and previous Network NOAA foresees entire suites of new science products, including new maps, technologies, edu- Neighborhood; meet the Active Desktop, Power Management, and Windows Update. See how cation and outreach products as well as a new understanding and appreciation for the world's many Control Panel functions have been consolidated, where NT profiles and Administrative oceans. free. Room: E25-117. Sponsor: DeepArch. Tools now reside, and how to set up a printer. We will explain why Active Directories are not 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - DMSE Distinguished Lecturer Series: Unnatural Selection: Classifi- currently allowed at MIT and make some recommendations for operating in this new environ- cation and Choice in Engineering Design (with Examples Drawn from Materials Selection). ment. (System administration not covered.) free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Informa- DMSE Distinguished Lecturer Series, featuring wortd-class speakers in Materials Science and tion Systems. Engineering. ,free. Room: 4-270 (followed by reception at 4:30 p.m. in 8-314). Sponsor: Dept. 12:00 p.m. - Noon Chapel Concert. John Tyson, recorders; Miyuki Tsurutani, harpsichord. of Materials Science and Engineering. Baroque, 18th Century and contemporary works. free. Room: MIT Chapel. Sponsor: Music and 4:00 p.m. - Pathways to Human Rights in Morocco. Talk by a Moroccan human rights Theater Arts Section. activist and former political prisoner. The McMillan-Stewart Lecture on Women in the Develop- 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Revenue Management Models for the Sea Cargo Industry. ORC ing World. Refreshments served at 3:30 p.m. free. Room: E51-Q95. Sponsor: Women's Stud- Spring Seminar Series. Seminar followed by refreshments in E40-106. free. Room: E56-270. ies Program. Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Sponsor: Operations Research Center. Study. 5:00 p.m. - "Gender and Human Rights in Africa through the Arts." Panel featuring Monique 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Koimogorov Turbulence, Universal Peak of sea Waves Spectra, IIboudo, novelist from Burkina Faso involved in the Rwanda project, Veronique Tadjo, Ivory Mean Winds, Convection, Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Etc.: A Unified Description. Note Spe- Coast author, painter, and poet on recent work in Rwanda, Anne-Laure Folly, Togolese docu- cial Day. free. Room: 54-1611. Sponsor: MIT Atmospheric Science Seminars. mentarian on making documentaries on women, Tsitsi Dangarernbga, Zimbabwean author and 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Particle Clouds. free. Room: 1-350. Sponsor: Engineering & Environ- filmmaker on her experience there, moderated by Odile Cazenave. free. Room: 2-105. Spon- mental Mechanics Group. sor: Office of the Arts, Women's Studies Program, Comparative Media Studies. 4:00 p.m. - p:OO p.m. - MR VLSI seminar series. Essential Physics of Nanoscale MOSFETs. 5:30 p.m. - Giacomo Balla's Iridescent Interpenetrations. Lecture by Christine Poggi, profes- free. Room: 34-101. Sponsor: MTL VLSI Seminar. sor, History of Art, University of Pennsylvania. free. Room: 3-133. Sponsor: History Theory 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Gas Turbine seminar series. free. Room: 31-161. Sponsor: Gas Tur- Criticism Forum, Department of Architecture. bine Laboratory. 6:00 p.m. - authors@MIT: Rachel Rosenfield Lafo: Photography in Boston: 1955-1985. 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Reading the New Global Cinema: Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Boston played a crucial role in the development of American photography, including criticism, Dragon. History/Literature Workshop Series, Spring 2001. free. Room: 14E-304. Sponsor: collecting, and curating, in the second half of the 20th century. This book accompanies the History Office. landmark exhibition at the DeCordova Museum that includes such important American artists ; 4:30 p.m. - 6':00 p.m. -1fow DOPeople'Think About the Norms of War? A session of the as Berenice Abbott, Harold Edgerton, Nan Goldin, Olivia Parker, Rosamond Purcell, and Minor Inter-University Committee on International Migration. This was previously scheduled for White. Rachel Rosenfield Lafo will show slides and discuss how the work of these and other March 6 but had to be postponed due to snowstorm. free. Room: E38-615. Sponsor: Center artists helped to create a regional critical mass in photography for International Studies. Ms. Rosenfield Lafo is senior curator at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in lin- 6:30 p.m. - Architecture Lecture: "Material Presence: Electricity, The Fairy and the Hollow coln, Mass. free. Room: E25-111. Sponsor: MIT Press Bookstore, MIT Libraries. Wall." Talk by Sheila Kennedy of Kennedy Violich Architects, Boston. free. Room: 10-250. 7:00 p.m. - poetry@mit: Michael Palmer. free. Room: 6-120. Sponsor: Program in Writing Sponsor: Department of Architecture. and Humanistic Studies. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Civic Environmentalism: Democratic Pathways to Sustainability- A 8:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m. - Modern Square Dance. This challenging class teaches you Plus Roundtable series. Social and Intellectual Underpinnings of Civic Environmentalism. free. level square dancing set to a wide range of modern music. We begin by teaching you the calls Room: 4-237. Sponsor: Department of Urban Studies and Planning. which make up each level of dancing, which you then apply throughout the class. A group of 7:00 p.m. - RACE: The Future! Ancestors in the Americas, Part 1: "Coolies, Sailors, and Set- eight dancers works together in this unique form of American dance. Focus is on fast and rig-

tlers: Voyage to the New World. n free. Room: 6-120. Sponsor: Committee on Campus Race orous learning, reaction time, and flow. No experience or partner necessary. Wear comfort- Relations. Counseling and Support Services. able clothes and shoes. REGULAR ATIENDANCE EXPECTED. Rrst night is free. Room: Lobdell 7:00 p.m. ~ "Bilingual, Bicultural, and Biracial Identity and Creativity in Contemporary Dining Hall - Student Center. Sponsor: Tech Squares. Africa." Panel featuring Tsitsi Dangarernbga, Anne-Laure Folly, and Veronique Tadjo moderat- 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. -International Film Club Film Seminar Series. free. Room: 4-237. ed by Isabelle de Courtivron. free. Room: 2-105. Sponsor: Office of the Arts, Women's Stud- Sponsor: Graduate Student Council, International Rim Club. ies Program, Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies. 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Ashdown House Coffee Hour. free. Room: Ashdown House Hulsizer Room. Sponsor: Residential Ufe and Student Ufe Programs.

Wednesday, March 14 Friday, March 16 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. -Ion-Sliced Ferroelectric Crystals for New Electro-optical Devices. RLE/EECS - Optics. free. Sponsor: EECS, Research Lab of Electronics, Optics. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - AI·Anon Open Discussion: AI-Anon Meeting. free. Room: E25-101. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Excel Quick Start. This course presents an overview of Excel's Sponsor: MIT Medical. basic functions, as well as some of its more powerful features and capabilities. free. Room: 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. - Environment and Sustainability Brown Bag Seminar. "The Green

N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. Edge: Competitive Advantage and Environmental Gain in the IT Industry. n free. Room: E40- 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Sustainability - One Step At a Time. free. Room: E40-496. Spon- 496. Sponsor: Center for Environmental Initiatives. sor: 10.978 Seminar. 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. - Orientation to Computing at MIT. This seminar provides basic, non- 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - spouseS&partners@mit - Introduction to Tai Chi. Taught by Dorri li, technical information about the MIT computing environment. Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Boston Kung Fu Tai Chi Institute. Dorri has close to' 30 Topics include: telephones and voice mail, operating systems, supported software and recom- years experience in fitness and martial arts. Tai Chi is the art of meditation in motion. It is a mended hardware, the campus network, security, computer-related health issues. free. Room: method of exercise which promotes physical and mental harmony through effortless move- N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems. ment. This introductory class begins with a warm-up consisting of standing and stretching, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - MIT Jewish Faculty Affairs Luncheon Series. "From Dinosaurs to

and then moves into a variety of movements to activate the body and engage the mind. Birds: The Evolution of Yiddish Literature. n $10 for lunch, Pay by Wednesday, March 14th. Please wear loose fitting clothing and comfortable shoes. free. Room: W20-400. Sponsor: Room: Wll Small Dining Room. Sponsor: Hillel, MIT. spouses&partners@mit, MIT Medical. 1:30 p.m. - The Politics of Welfare Reform. free. Room: 4-237. Sponsor: Women's Studies 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Chemical Engineering Department Seminar. Multiscale Modeling and Program. Simulationof Semiconductor Processing: Application to ultrashallow junction fabrication in 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Chemical Engineering Department Seminars. Microchemical Sys- SiCal. Tech, Beckman lnst .. free. Room: 66-110. Sponsor: Chemical Engineering. tems-Synthesis of Chemicals and Information. free. Room: 66-110. Sponsor: Chemical Engi- 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Computational Algorithms for Aerodynamic Analysis and Design. neering. free. Room: 1-390. Sponsor: Singapore-MIT Alliance/HPCES. 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Discrete Morse Functions from Lexicographic Orders. Refreshments 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Nanostructures Seminar Series. "Nanometers to gigaparsecs: the will be served at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2-338. free. Room: 2-338. Sponsor: Combinatorics Semi-

role of nanostructures in unraveling the mysteries of the cosmos. n free. Room: 34-401B nar. Department of Mathematics. (Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.). Sponsor: Nanostructures Laboratory. 5:00 p.m. - Advanced Music Performance Student Recital. Electrical engineering and com- 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Psychology and The Church. This talk by Father Rev. Nicholas Krom- puter science junior Jonathan Lee piano. free. Room: Killian Hall. Sponsor: Music and The- mydas, chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Boston and lecturer at Holy Cross Semi- ater Arts Section. nary, will discuss the role of psychology in the church, pastoral care, and in the care of the 8:00 p.m. - John Corley Tribute Concert. MIT Wind Ensemble (Frederick Harris, director) and laity. The talk will put particular emphasis on the situations facing college age students. free. MIT Concert Choir (William Cutter, director); Jean Rife, horn soloist. World Premiere of Roman Room: 37-212. Sponsor: Orthodox Christian Fellowship. Odes, commissioned by the MIT Wind Ensemble in memory of John Corley; Grainger'S Handel 7:00 p.m. - Whose Human Rights in Africa? An Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Gender and in the Strand, Colonial Song, The Gum-Suckers March, Copland's Down a Country Lane. Pre- Power. A panel featuring Monique IIboudo, secretary of human rights in Burkina Faso and nov- concert lecture, 7p.m. The MIT Wind Ensemble pays tribute to John Corley, conductor of the elist, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a South African psychologist who worked on the Truth and MIT Concert Band for 51 years who passed away last October. Mr. Corley established a reper- Reconciliation Commission, and Moroccan activist and former political prisoner Fatna Elbouih, toire of 350 pieces with the ensemble and commissioned 40 new works. In tribute to his moderated by Margaret Burnham. free. Room: 2-105. Sponsor: Amnesty International, Politi- memory, the MIT Wind Ensemble has commissioned Boston composer Michael Weinstein to cal Science Dept., Women's Studies Program. write a piece for chorus and winds. Room: Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Music and Theater 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Free Trade Area of the Americas; The Next Item on the Corporate Arts Section.

,I MIT $50K EntrepreneurshipCompetltion' http://sok.mit.edu/ arch 13,2001 THE TECH Page 11 THE ARTS MOVIE REVIEW * criminal after another reaching a celebrity-like nfortunately the film offers no explana- nizable cast and an accomplished director. But tatu while never ha ing to take any re pon- tion to why this phenomenon of celebrated a Flemming, De iro appear to be just ibility for their action . nutcase e i t and a a re ult 15 Minutes going through the motions. He even manage The film was written and directed by John be omes ju t another predictable police to rehash the famous mirror scene from Taxi 15Minutes Herzfeld, who ha recently been quoted as thriller. II the hiIe it never ems to deli er Driver, with a twi t of COUT e. saying that ''we live in an age when even nut- the intended me age. In a time when sensa- In the past De iro ha always managed to That's Right, One Star! ca e can become celebritie. Thi tatement tional journalism, reali tic televi ion pro- raise the bar when it came to convincing char- is ba ically the idea behind the mo ie and grams video new hounds and the e eryday acter roles. We will never forget characters By J. F. Graham Emil and Oleg are just that, nutca e. ind- person' hamele s de ire to see them el es uch as Travis Bickle, ax Cady, or Jake less cartoon character that leave behind crime on the tube i rampant throughout our society, Lalvlotta, just to name a few. Unfortunately in Written and Directed by John Herzfeld scene so loppy that any si -year-old hiJd it makes u wonder just what started all this 15 Minutes he just comes across as dull and Starring Robert De ira, Edward Burns, who has een Scooby Doo more than once madne . unenthu ia tic while Herzfeld substitutes Kelsey Grammer, Karl Roden, and Oleg would have no problem bringing these two 15 Minutes has the making of a very pow- trendy filmmaking style over ubstance of Taktarov . felon to justice. erful, thought-provoking film, with a recog- content. Hard to believe? Watch! Rated R

irector John Herzfeld of Don King: . Only In America fame, brings his lat- . est 15 Minutes to the silver screen. DHowever, despite starring Robert De iro, possessing incredible potential and start- ing with a bang, 15 Minutes all too soon waters down to a boring and formulaic mess. De ira star as Eddie Flemming, a media- savvy homicide detective elevated to hero sta- tus with the help of his friend Robert Hawkins (Kelsey Grammer), whose Hard Copy-esque news show, Top Story, introduces all of its segments by using the tagline, "Hard to believe? Watch!" Upon arriving at the scene of a double homicide Eddie meets arson investigator Jordy Warsar, a young idealist who professes no love for the media and follows a strict ethi- cal code, with lusty exceptions. Jordy (played zealously by Edward Burns) teams up with Eddie and they begin to pursue Emil (Karl Roden) and Oleg (Oleg Taktarov), two vio- lent, clumsy, and completely inept ex-cons that have unleashed a plan to videotape their various murders and sell the footage to Top Story with the help of the opportunistic slime ball Hawkins, all the while hoping to escape incarceration, cut a movie deal and attain fame and fortune. Unbelievable? I know. Before they man- age to set their fool-proof scheme into action we see that they are first bombarded with a media bonanza of trashy daytime talk shows PHILIP V. CARUSO and over-the-top news stories that show one . Edward Burns and R,obert De Niro star in New Line's latest one-Tech-star flick, :15 Minutes. It's really that bad.

MUSIC REVIEW of sound balancing intensity and a feeling of floating through space as Chris Hall angstfully erie , "Every time that I touch you you feel so far away." I'm very glad Stab- State of the Airwaves bing Westward is back, and I'm glad they're still Stabbing Westward. "Links 234" is the first cut from Rammstein's upcoming Rock, Rammstein, and Represent Mutter and a lot of it ounds like every other Rammstein By Dan Katz Eye Glances play Club Passim. ong. ot that you'd know, since the German pyromaniac STAFI! WRiTER Tuesday means new music on the shel e , and the big metal band never got much airplay for anything beyond "Du os.t of the time, my car.eful and diligen.t CO.ropOSi- news for the week is the American debut of Our Lady Hast. ') However, there are orne nice additional touches, tion of State of the Airwaves is aided by Rehv- Peace's Spiritual Machines, a slick and powerful album that like the eerie whispered verses, a bit of acoustic guitar. and a Y 00, Ancient Muse of Music Journalism. Unfortu- was easily my favorite foreign relea e last year. Also out is a marching chorus I will be singing to my elf all week ("Links M. , nately, this week, Rehv-Yoo was beaten new disc from French dance craftsmen Daft Punk called two, links two links two drei vier, LINKS!") senselessly by Sleyplehs, Evil Deity of Insomnia, and Discovery. After being delayed a few weeks, Hesher' self- Finally, we check in with the most added song on mod- TewIidj, Malevolent God of Homework. But just in the nick titled debut actually surfaces today, while Clutch produce em rock radio for the week, "Comin' Thru My tereo" by of time, the foul and offending beasts were vanquished by pure rock fury in the form of an album called Pure Rock Hedrock Valley Beat. Two words leap to mind to describe Ekstraowers, The Holy: Spirit of Extended Deadlines. Thus, Fury. Finally, a more well-known band by the name of this dance track: fast and repetitive. The groove is immedi- the day is saved, and you receive the (potentially abbreviat- Semisonic return with All About Chemistry, featuring a hor- ately infectious, but it wears off after a few minutes when ed) column you sorely need to get through your week. ribly mundane pop single called' Chemistry." Ho-hum, the song doesn't really go anywhere. onetheles, there's The week of live music starts tonight, just a few blocks Just when I thought there was nothing to moti ate me been a bit of an absence of electronic music permeating rock up Mass, Ave., as the Donnas play a show at the Middle into writing this week, my brother clues me in that the new radio recently, and it' nice to see omebody getting play East. Tomorrow night, the Saw Doctors appear at the Par- Stabbing Westward single is out, and suddenly I have some- who uses amplers and isn t named Moby. adise on Commonwealth Avenue. Thursday night, I'm fairly thing to listen to. The band has made a big deal about their Looks like I'm going to squeak this through to my editor sure the Matchbox TwentylEverclearfLifebouse show at the fourth album being a rawer and more guitar-based album, in time; next week, however, I've got a date with crossword Centrum. is sold out, but you can still see a superior group as- shying away from the shiny semi-indu trial sound of their championship glory in Connecticut, so the column win Mercury Music Prize winners Roni Size and Reprazent rep- last few records. I was a bit concerned that this would proably be taking a hiatus. If anything catches your ear musi- resent at the Roxy. Friday, it's metal night at the Worcester involve a drastic change of style, but' So Far Away" is very cally in the next couple of weeks, feel free to drop me a line Palladium as Sepultura, Hatebreed Puya, and Flybanger clearly the work of the same band that wrote 'What Do I at . If not, I hope you'll come storm through, and on Saturday, the Dropkick Murphys and Have To Do" and "Sometimes It Hurts." It is guitar-driven back and ee me next time I'm in print; until then, keep your the Living End appear at Avalon, while a less intense Grey but the guitar effects are plentiful and create a rich land cape head above water and keep expanding your horizons.

ANDREW MACPHERSO; Matchbox Twenty members Brian Yale, Kyle Cook, Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette, and Adam Gaynor come to a sold-out show this Thursday at the Centrum. Page 12 THE ARTS March 13 2001

, Are You a Non-Business Major? Do You Want to Improve Your Marketability? THEATER REVIEW

The Haas School of Business at the University of CaJifomi~ Berkeley Mother Courage and Intensive BASE Summer Program IS FOR YOU! July 9 - August 17, 200 I Learn the fundamentals of: Her Children • Accounting • Marketing • Finance • Organizational Behavior Give A.B. T.a Second Chance By Vladimir Zelevinsky - well then this cutting edge i a • Hands-on market & financial research STAFF WRiTER very very mall place' not as much of Business related computer applications Directed by Janos Szasz an edge as a spot really. • Effective communication & presentation skills Written by Bertolt Brecht To put thi simply, most A.R.T. With Karen Mclsonald, Mirjana productions look exactly the same, • Prepare for the corporate recruiting process Jokovic, Tim Kang. Jonathon Roberts, whether the play produced is Shake- Arts, Sciences. and Engineering students will benefit from this rigorous, six-week Thomas Derrah, John Douglas speare or modem, whether it is Russ- Thomp on, Paula Plum ian Yuri Yeremin directing Chekhov summer curriculum that will include lectures, case studies, company visits, At American Repertory Theater (last season's Ivanov) or Hungarian guest speakers and student presentations. Janos Szasz directing Brecht's Mother ere is one disquieting conclu- Courage and Her Children. There will ion that can be made from be sets, hugely impressive sets, dwarf- For more information, contact our website at watching a lot of productions ing the actors. There will be impres- http://haas.berkeJey.edu/Undergrad/BASE.html at American Repertory The- sive special effects, most likely snow or via email at [email protected] T atre. If as everyone agrees, A.R.T. is machines running for half an hour at a at the cutting edge of modem theatre time. There will be complex music and sound effects. There will be the general feeling that the production team thought more about themselves than about the play. All of this applies to Mother Courage, even though this is mostly a successful effort - by leaps and bounds the most emotionally evoca- tive production I've ever seen at International Graduate Masters A.R.T. Half of the time (when the direction works to complement Degree Program in Global Brecht, rather than itself), the results are nothing short of splendid. _____ Manufacturing at Boston University Brecht's war saga is full of larger- than-life characters, exciting action, and some of the most haunting moral dilemmas of theatre. Many of those are realized quite beautifully by Szasz: the usage of lighting is highly atmos- pheric, the staging is (mostly) lucid . S. Degree Program Over .ew and natural, and the usage of sounds - music and noise and their contrast - is nothing short of brilliant. The This unique international graduat nglneertng actors are also at the top of their game: program combines th th oretical approach of Karen McDonald makes a supremely the meri an a ademic system with the tortured protagonist; Thomas Derrah G rman hands-on practical approach to and John Douglas Thompson add a sense of humor and vitality as her ngln enng and manufacturing. lovers; andGltl three-actors (J)J"Of"" During th 2-y ar urnculum, students will have tray the titular children are very good indeed. The standout of the three is th opportunity to participate in research and MiIjana Jokovic, who gives the most d v lopment pro] cts both at Fraunhofer's evocative performance even despite C nt r for Manufacturing Innovation in Boston the fact that her character is mute. and the Institute for Production Technology in As long as the production is about .achen, Germany. Brecht's play, it is wonderful. As soon it stops being about that, it stops dead in its tracks. Mother Courage is so M.S. Degree Program Highlights clearly intended as a critique of war that the decision to stage it with mod- • u ce sful candidates receive research ern costumes and props (another a i tantships that include a tuition waiver A.R.T. staple) is crushingly obvious, In this aspect, the production clearly and a monthly stipend. wants to make a grand statement about • tudents compI te coursework at Boston war, and it does so by mixing in sec- niv r ity and R TH in achen - Germany's ond century B.C. Chinese terra-cotta warriors, machine guns, landsknecht pr mi r ngineering uni ersity, helmets, and similar props, each • hile at Bo ton University, stud nt work at paraded about as a new piece of eye candy, to a rather distracting effect. Fraunhof r' enter for Manufacturing Even more disruptive are the inno anon and an 1 ct from a variety of supremely tedious interludes between r s ar h pr ~e ts. the scenes (added by the director), which, also trying for the same grand • tudents can spend up to 1 year studying at statement, consist of about a dozen th RWTH and working at the In titute for men moving about the stage in the Production Technology in Aa h n, G rmany. fog, slowly hitting each other with bamboo sticks for about five minutes • Ther i n for lgn Ianguag requirement- at a time. 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By Erik Blankinship childhood excitement and feeling of STAFF WRiTER pos ibility in you for a moment. Museum of Science Along with the multisensory mam- Science Park Stop on MBTA Green Line moth room, presented in an "ice cave," Exhibit Open until June 2001 the rest of the exhibit highlights kids Museum Admis ion Free with MIT Stu- who have uncovered ancient skeletal dent JD remains in their own backyards. I e pected a lot of kids in Montana to be he 1999 discovery of a wooly the winners, but there wa even a mammoth by the Jarkov family dinosaur dug up in ew York! Each of in their backyard - they found the discoverie includes life-size photo T giant tusks sticking out of the cut outs of the children who uncovered ground .:...-generated the impetus for a the remains, along with recreations of new exhibit, entitled 'Prehistoric their houses and bedrooms, adorned with Worlds Backyard Discoveries" at the books dolls, and authentic dinosaur Museum of Science. remains. It does provide an interesting The exhibit offer a number of hands- touch to the exhibit. on activities, allowing visitor to touch For all of the inspiration it provides to real mammoth tusks and hair, for exam- young paleontologi ts, the exhibit doesn't ple. Accompanying the real mammoth offer any 'learning by doing" opportuni- samples are other pelts, allowing for tie as I would have expected from a con- comparison of feel and texture. Visitors temporary science exhibit Hopefully, the also get a chance to "hear" a mammoth excitement of hands-on learning is (an audio mix of African and Asian ele- reserved for kids when they get home and phant roars and snorts) and "smell" a start digging - but even then, the mammoth too (an olfactory creation rem- chances are not too high that they're iniscent of Elmer's glue and damp going to make any finds of their own. leaves). The "interactives' are limited to web The exhibit also contains a number of pages on touch screen monitors, which videos, showing animated cene of wooly are pushed to the side of the exhibit, dull, mammoth activities, including walking and just awful to navigate. around, taking baths, and engaging in The exhibit does not have the other elephant-esque behaviors. Other grandeur of a permanent exhibit. For videos suggest how we could clone a example, the aforementioned "ice cave" mammoth, before suggesting that impo si- i constructed of plastic walls with the ble hurdles stand in the way. Just when I mu eum ceiling exposed. But it is by no was beginning to become psyched ... means a shoddy collection of experi- which is, of course, the idea. ences. There are many skeletal remains The exhibit does jazz up the kid in on display, including a Bambiraptor dis- you, eager to learn about and explore the covered by a 14 year-old, along ide an world. Visitors sense that ancient history arti tic recreation of what the beast prob- is all around them, and that they just ably look d like. might find it if they look hard enough. It The Museum of Science's mammoth reminded me of fossils I prepared as a exhibit presents a colorful, comprehen- kid by burying bones between two rocks sive depiction of the prehistoric animal COURTESY OF DISCOVERY CHANNEL in the nearby forest for future people to that will without a doubt arouse the child Children at the Museum of Science rub their fingers over wooly mammoth teeth. uncover. The exhibit does rouse that in you. BOOKREVIEW Angles of Reflection Intersecting Worlds Collide , ; I / By Jane Maduram turbed ... at times Newton I STAFF WRITER positively glowed with the I J Written by Joan Richards peace of knowing things I Published by W H. Freeman & Company that were so true ... I am I $23.95 of a different world but as ANGLES OF it often had in the past, my \ ere are few books that investigate the work with Victorian math- "- intellectual and emotional underpin- ematicians served to tran- "- nings of researchers. While the images quilize and reassure my '" " of the nerd and the geek have been mind on a very deep -rredefined in popular culture, their appearances level." in literature have remained rare and, quite The book that Richard frankly, largely unfavorable. Even if they are was hoping to write during featured in a novel, the emphasis of the book her two fellowships con- Restaurant Reviews. will probably rest on an unsavory professor's cerned De Morgan one of seamy side, a scientist's emotional instability, the early founders of proba- or the ever-fascinating world of college poli- bility. He, like ewton, T eatre Reviews. tics and tenure battles. This autobiographical believed in absolutes: time, book admittedly starts with a tenure battle, but space, and probabilities it goes on to achieve a surprisingly deep com- were things that they mentary on the way the inherently multiple believed to be constant. personas of a re earcher conflict and are Perhaps more intriguingly resolved in life. was that they held life as At the beginning of Angles of Reflection, well to be absolute. Leib- author Joan Richards, a professor of science nez, on the other hand, held history at Brown University, brutally falls things to be "purely rela- 'ideo Game Review . against the "publish or perish" phenomena. tive." While ewton and De Morgan believed had only been able to ustain it by disparaging Refused a tenure promotion due to her faiJure relative time and space to be reflections of the relative and consigning it to their ervants to publish a second book, Richards gets two human frailty, Leibnez believed relativity to be and their wives. ' Music Reviews. fellowships so she can have time to write. the foundation of life. The way in which Richards' personal While she i on her first fellowship, however, Richard agree at first with De Morgan's problems affect her professional work and her on gets seizures. And during her tay at application of mathematical philosophy to life, vice ver a is written beautifully. There is a You write, we a the bi II. her second fellowship, in Germany, the same but her experience with her son's illne se very real interplay between the research she son has a protracted problem with a broken forces her to reevaluate her position. Her intel- carrie out, her conflicts with the medical sy - arm. Both experiences leave her disillu ioned lectual, mathematical philo ophy i forced to tern, and the way in which he views the with the medical system. bend to an emotional, personal tragedy. While world. t time , Richards is u ceptible to While Richards' encounters with doctors digging through archives to find how De Mor- over-analysis· the conclu ion in particular i take up the bulk of the book, its most fascinat- gan coped with the death of everal ofhi chil- dissatisfying in that it resolves the theme of ing sections are those in which she applie the dren, he realizes that the po ition that De Mor- personal identity professional identity and subject of her book to her life. Richards is a gan holds can only be achieved by trivializing the Victorian mind et in piece , not as a cience hi torian and at one point, writes life itself 'The more I pondered '.. the more I whole. The e are minor quibble , however - about why he felt called to this topic.' ew- aw my [Victorian] mathematician trying to this is definitely one of the more intellectually ton also understood that beyond all ... wa an grab the truth to control by knowing it ... Their satisfying memoirs I have read, and I look for- [email protected] ab olute world - calm, clear and undis- mathematical work was magnificent but they ward to reading Richards' ne t boo . TREMTS March 13 2001 BOOK REVIEW . You Can Count OnMe More Stories From My A Canne m· ner Unearths the Blithe and Bitter In Daily Life Father's Court

By .Erlk Blankinship and Pilapa Esara family' problem and her eye revealed Concentrated Curdled Life of a Nobel Laureate real concern and compa ion. By Jane Maduram communities play out in pectacular writing, Written and Directed by Ken Lonergan The star" power of this film is STAFF WRITER When a disgruntled wife accuse her husband Starring 'atthew Broderick, Amy Ryan, atthew Broderic who ha claimed hi Singer write ' he didn t yell and didn't cry Michael Countryman, Rory Caulkin, Adam ne t great role inc Election. a mall but hi ed like a goo e, pat like a nake. She Lelievre, Halley Feiffer, and Whitney Vance town bank manager, he nitpi s on hi put a finger to her throat ignaling how high the Rated R taff' timeline , pre entation ills, and water had ri en.' ven their font color choice . The pettines When he sees a rich pious Jew who steals ou Can Count On Me i a poignant of hi peeve seem all too real to the ner- e tories of Isaac Bachevi inger read he write Ibegan to 10 e my respect for these movie about a iter and a brother vou bank staff, and that real world every- like the curdled concentrate of life. Hi people who speak beautifully, smoke expensive written with heart and authenticity. day wor place an iety i conveyed to the autobiographical tale are bluntly ham- cigars, make expensive weddings for their This film treats you like a friend audien e. Tmered together and often fragmented, daughters, and travel to spas. Secretly, they are who' been inadvertently asked to sit in the The other ' tar" in thi film i little Rory but they carry a heft and power rarely een in thieves. They will end up as bats." living room a a family drama unfold . The Caulkin younger brother of Home Alone literature. From the father who works himself to The trong, descriptive tone of these stories characters are real and their challenge tan- now tag actor) acaulay aul' in. The death to the rabbi that rebel again t God come from their origin in inger's column in gible. creenwriter and director en Loner- kid i a clone of hi brother t the same inger treats his character with respect and the new paper The Jewi h Daily Forward, gan has come out of the depths of cliched age; those Caulkin parents birthed gold dignity, where they were published in Yiddish. The film scribing (see Rocky and Bullwinkle, or, mine . He i at time hard to under tand Few e planations are made' for the mo t columns date from the 1950s, and Singer him- rather, don't) and delivered a rough gem of 8 mumbling hi line, but even that makes the part, inger refu e to interpret or p ychoana- self died a decade ago, but this new translation film. It is ha been widely praised, mo t movie feel more real - he' a little kid and lyze the ituations that he encounter , and there- adds to the large number of stories, novels, highly with the 2000 Canne ' Grand Jury of cour e he i n't all too clear! Little in lie hi strength - the people that he meets memoirs, and children books that Singer pub- Prize. Caulkin actually come across a a likable speak for them- lished before his Actress Laura Linney depicts ammy, a kid with real problem : he ha begun to fan- selve. death. Singer won the single mother of an eight year old boy. tasize about his unknown ba tard father of More Storie obel Prize in Litera- ammy's day to day routine is suddenly dis- which he know nothing. from My Father's ture in 1978' it is not rupted by the appearance of her estranged We fear we might be over tating the Court i a retelling difficult to see why. younger brother, Rory ( ark Ruffalo). omnipre ent realnes of the character's live of inger' child- In- "A Chunk of De pite his delinquent lifestyle and his o a to lead the reader into believing that hood in KIo hmalna Darkness," one of the the minutiae of these char- treet War aw. A short stories within acter's lives will leave one a rabbi's on, inger this book, Singer numb. Rather, the charac- wa an observer to- compresses the "The editing of thisfilm is unlike anything ters eat, drink, go to work, the multiple world destruction of a man do household repairs, and, that inter ected in his into a few short, eerie we have seen in a theaterfor a long while. despite the everyday, a father's study at the pages. From his care- convincing story and a dawn of the century free agreement to say Dialogue scenes)regularly shot with the rich familial theme illumi- - his childhood, the Kaddish (a prayer said nates their lives. This traditional Jewish after death) for a creativity if a 'WE sitcom) here are authenticity drives the community, and pre- bearded, warty hag to emotional arc of the film. orId War Poland. his death as a worn, ama ingly rifreshing. oments iffamilial The editing of this film And while the feeble man, Singer intimacy in public places arefilmed and is unlike anything we have worlds he knew have details the mysterious een in a theater for a long long since disap- hold the hag has on edited 0 as tojar you. ' while. Dialogue scenes, peared the voices her Kaddish sayer. regularly shot with the that Singer call up In the final para- creativity of a WB sitcom, seem as current as graph, Singer writes, here are amazingly those en ountered "The old wom n admission of visiting after' year only for refreshing. Moments of familial intimacy in today. Much of this stood in the kitchen, cash, ammy wants her brother to stay if public places are filmed and edited so as to cross-generational black as coal, with a only so she can take care him. The story jar you. The' camera is momentarily removed appeal rests on the distorted face,· a unfolds with deeds of ambiguous morality from the tripod and slides ever so slightly univer ality of relationships - father to child, drooping mouth - a chunk of darkness. She and moments of personal redemption. from emotional framed clo eup as charac- wife to husband, worshipper to God. onethe- exuded a demonic power ... I was still a little Although Sammy and Rory were ter's drift. It is subtle, unnerving, and inti- less, it is inger's skill as a writer that bring boy at the time, but I clearly sensed that the old orphaned in childhood, the death of their mate. artin Scorsese is the film's execu- those relationships to life. woman had in some secretive manner done in parents acts as a mere backdrop for charac- tive producer, and we imagine had his hand s the narrator, Singer is the single unifying her Kaddish sayer. Like a spider she had ters whose complexity doesn't derive com- in the cutting. Film editor Anne cCabe is factor in thi collection of short stories, and his enmeshed him in her web and destroyed him." 'pletely from one tragic source. Unlike with one to be watched. unobtrusive but pervasive eye for detail is what While Singer's mastery over language is Party of Five, the viewer i n't annoyingly The film has some confusing elements, brings unity to the book. Like many small chil- evident, there are times when he stumbles. pestered with dialogue that rants of self- like the conflation of the United Methodist dren, Singer eavesdropped on his father's con- When he ventures into the rare interpretation of therapy and contrived angst. Thi film does- church and pastor with a markedly Catholic versations, and each story is beautifully told a sequence Qj' events, he seems shaky, as when n't preach and it doesn't overdramatize. It facade. Despite denominational i sues, the from a child's view. Stolen information is sup- he talks about his own maturation into an ado- grants the audience intellect and patience. presence of the church in the film and the plemented with non-verbal cues, gossip, and lescent. When discussing himself, his observa- This film is certainly a story worth paying message it delivers, one not cluttered by speculation as to the oddities of grownups. The tions are less pointed, less ubtle. for. The cast of virtual unknowns deliver spiritual is ues which could all too easily rabbi's court was the center for religious discus- Still, the overall quality of Singer's work tri- performances of siblings you feel are your offend those not looking for pedantic sion, marriages divorces, and law settlements umphs over these minor mishaps. In his telling own, or have met in other families. At times preaching (our elves included) strikes true. among other things, and so there is plenty to stories of the conflicts, coincidences, and clum- we found ourselves staring into Linney s creening at the nearby Kendall Cinema, watch. siness of life, Singer demonstrates that he has character's eyes looking for answers to her this film should not be missed. Singer's acute knowledge of people and truly lived.

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He said, brain on the lack li en up the afternoon 'You can have your cake and eat it Notebook changing 0, after four peaker all speak- too ... if done properly the transfer of 'field of biotechnology at this year's ing on very erious topic I found it technology benefits all ides ... it Conference on Biotechnology, refreshing to hear the anecdote that benefits society, and bring value to ponsored by MIT and Harvard's Dr. Warner V. lack the co-presi- the inve tigator." He did add, though, Hippocratic societies. dent of the Center for Clinical om- that there needed to be boundaries so The conference was composed puting and Profes or of edicine that there wouldn't be conflict of of a mixture of lectures, panel di - and Psychiatry at Harvard Medical intere tissues. cussions, and smaller seminars. chool presented during a panel dis- Some of the more memorable cussion titled" hanging the Face of onke and melodrama speakers included Dr. Robert Patient Care." ilver, Bach, Dr. heldon Kim- Langer, Dr. Sheila Jasanoff, Dr. In grand tory telling style, he ky and Chair of the ational Insti- Fritz Bach, Dr. Lee Silver, and Dr. told about hi creation of an interac- tutes of Health recombinant D Phillip Campbell, editor of Nature. tive computer program to obtain Advisory ommittee Claudia ick- The highlight of the conference for basic patient information. The pro- el on in pired both laughter and me was Saturday's banquet, where I gram was replete with humorou debate. ilver, professor in biology, got to speak informally to many of response to patient input and 'choic- ecology, and neuroscience at the featured speakers. es for answering multiple choice Princeton University, went so far a que tion like "none of your damn to put a picture of his son next to a Ideas, ethics, and Frankenstein business" and "skip it." He advocat- monkey up during his presentation Langer, Professor of Chemical ed "Patient Power" and even as he spoke about the future of gene and Biomedical Engineering at MIT seemed a bit miffed when forced to technology. Bach, professor of MATT T. YO RST-THE TECfI as well as the only person to serve use a microphone, claiming that hi surgery at Harvard Medical chool, Phillip Campbell, Editor in Chief of Nature magazine, delivers his on all three of the ational Acade- voice projected fine on its own. spoke about the need for an closing keynote address Sunday at the 2001 MIT-Harvard Confer- mies (Engineering, the Sciences, MIT Professor of Economics "informed public." ence on Biotechnology in Kresge Auditorium. and the Institute of Medicine) gave Jeffrey E. Harris also presented hi Krimsky, founder of the Council the opening speech of the two-day perspective on the "Medicalization for Responsible Genetic and pro- asked to step aside. When asked through the subtle mudslinging that conference. of life." He presented several case fessor at Tufts University, then why she felt so strongly she occurred in the race to sequence the Langer spoke about his involve- studies to try and point out that it spoke the need to modify patent responded, "I think that there are a human genome between Celera and ment in the creation of various time- was impos ible to match every dis- law, while Mickelson defended lot of underlying as umption the Human Genome Project. release drug delivery systems and order with some sort of technologi- those regulation that had been defined by corporate interest ... After his talk, beating out The the resistance he met from the scien- cal treatment. implemented. "We hear extremes ... things are always political whether Crimson and various other journal- tific community. He introduced sev- what we don't hear is active robust we choose to look at that aspect or ists, I was able to catch him to take a eral concepts that would be echoed Dinner, dessert, and debate discussion by the people who are not," and that 'there seems to be a few questions before he had to run throughout the rest of the confer- Following a long day of infor- going to be living with these tech- lack of perspective in the field." to catch his flight. He said that he ence; most notably, the difficulty in mation osmosis I was more than nologies," Mickelson said. would like 'an appreciation of how moving ideas from the laboratory to ready for the banquet where I would Aimee L. Smith a graduate stu- All weekends must end information and misinformation gets the market. "Scientists oppose new get to eat and talk to some of the dent at MIT, had very strong opin- The conference closed with circulated" to be what stuck with lis- ideas too," he said. speakers on an informal basis. ions about the topics covered and Campbell's closing addre s entitled, teners. His opinion of the conference Langer' s technical speech was This banquet, if you could call a argued with the speakers during the "Voyage in pinland.' Campbell in general was pretty much in line ollowed by two presentations, both gathering of approximately 50 peo- question and answer session until traced a "brief history of spin" with my own: "I enjoyed the talks. discussing fears and opposition to ple sitting in Lobdell eating catered technology from different angles. food buffet style a banquet, was def- Justin Gillis, a Washington Post initely what I felt was the highlight reporter covering the biotechnology of the conference, but not because industry, discussed how lack of of the food. information often predisposed the Not knowing anyone at the ban- public to fear new technology. As quet and having spoken briefly to someone without an extensive sci- Slack earlier, I asked to sit by him entific background, Gillis said, he and found myself seated at the table felt he could act as a "translator" fOI that included almost all of speakers the general public. who chose to attend the banquet - "Public fear of new technology most notably speaker of the banquet, often overshadows reality," Gillis Jasanoff, a professor of science and aid. However, he also drew a com- public policy at Harvard Universi- parison between scientific hubris ty's Kennedy School of Govern- versus science. Gillis emphasized ment, as well as Campbell, the con- the need to exercise caution so that ference's keynote closing speaker. there wouldn't be a backlash like . I found it very amu ing that as the one described in Mary Shelley's the dinner ended the reporter from Frankenstein. The Harvard Crimson made the Calestous Juma, Director of the mistake of attempting to ask Camp- Science, Technology, and Innova- bell about his thoughts on the con- tion Program at the Center for Inter-' ference so far, when Campbell had national Development at Harvard just flown in and just arrived in time University, discus ed bioethics and for dinner. Sitting at the table with the role of new biotechnology in him I avoided this embarras ment. developing countries. "How do you However, as amu ing as this make science serve the goals of incident was it was overshadowed humanity?" he asked. Both Gillis by Jasanoff's articulate debating and Juma fielded question from an skills. In a speech titled "Leading audience comprised of approximate- or Lagging?: Strange encounters of ly 75 students and faculty. Law and Biotechnology," she said With over 450 people pre-regi - that the perception that the law i in tered, Kresge Auditorium, however, a never-ending game of catch-up to seemed almo t empty. "There were the advances of science is untrue. In transportation issues," said Harvard reality, she said, science and gov- student Shashank S. Sinha '04. ernment actually work in conjunc- tion each furthering the de elop- bit of this and a bit of that ment of the other. In contrast to the morning, atur- Many tudents disagreed with day afternoon included small group Ja anoff' viewpoint and each eminars as well as panels of speak- speaker wa subsequently humbled. ers and covered subjects from gene Jasanoff summarized the robustne s patenting to patient care. of the law tating, "law i often MIT Profe sor of Molecular questioning when is something just Biology Jonathan A. King kicked an incremental change or when i off the afternoon with a thought- something a radical break." provoking talk about gene patent- ing. He said that "products of nature The conference continue hould be outside the patent system' Once again dealing with the jet and that the current system cau ed lag created by the return from MIT an "enormous redundancy of time to the schedule of the re t of efforts" within the academic com- the world unday began bright and munity due to delaying publi hing early at :30 a.m. when I grabbed a results while waiting for patent donut from the conference continen- applications to go through. tal breakfast and headed towards King felt that this "profound IT's 10-250 to hear Dr. Barry reversal of opennes " was a hin- Ein tein the vice president of the Page 1 Hackers Discussed Descrambler Code During lAP Seminar and ub equently allow one to DVD, from Page I watch DVD on free oftware. e were programming in Perl, we are looking at it and di cu ing and one of the thing to do with Perl it. . i to ee how much you can con- Kutner eemed keptical that the den e your code' Horowitz aid. code actually worked. Horowitz and The two immediately took up the in tein aid that they ha e hown challenge and were able to conden e the code in operation during a emi- their program initially into even nar held 0 er I P. line of code. Over the ne t month 'Our main point wa to how the the even line became ix. incongruity of ix lines of cod , Horowitz noted that "in order to omething that can be v ritten on a de cramble the DVD, you will need napkin or put upon a T- hirt and a key that i not a part of our pro- declaring it a circumvention gram, but i available through other device," instein aid, also calling oftware." These code were initial- such rea oning' prepo terou ." ly di covered when an anonymous German hacker reverse engineered a ach DVD pia er ha a decoder commercial DVD decoder. All DVD are created as scram- bled information that can only be Code featured in lAP seminar unlocked by a DVD player, prevent- During lAP, Winstein created a ing the user from manipulating the seminar to discuss the present legal D D video or saving it in unen- and technical aspect of today's SEPHIR HAM/LTO -THE TECH crypted form. In the past, program- computer code copyright regula- Over 200 seniors attended the Class of 2001 Senior Gift Campaign kickoff yesterday in the Bush mer have de igned more compli- tions. 'On the first day we generally Room. The graduating students were encouraged to donate to any part of the Institute or support cated program to crack these codes. discussed the various weaknesses the class project, a scholarship to encourage Improvements to student life at MIT. Donations will During the months of ovember and flaws of the algorithm," said be collected all week in lobby 10 and December, Winstein and Winstein, who headed the seminar. Horowitz designed a program that During the class, he handed out the would descramble the DVD code six-line code that descrambles 'all DVDs. The next portion of the seminar The Committee on Campus Race Relations included a panel discussion with Winstein, MIT professor Harold Abelson PhD '73, professor Jonathan Zittrain of Harvard Law School, and David Barr of C-Cubed RACE: THE FUTURE! Microsystems, a member of the DVD Copy Control Association. presents: "We then discussed the legal ramifi- cations of codes like this and the feasibility of restricting the distribu- tion of algorithms, or computer recipes, in the future," Winstein said.

MIT not involved in dispute Though no official legal charges have been filed against Winstein and Horowitz, the MP AA may soon file suit. According to section 2.1 of the the Guide to the Ownership, Distribution, and Commercial Development of MIT Technology. the Institute will not take part in any legal dispute. Winstein said that "our original goal was to play D D under a G U/Linux Operating System, which we accomplished." In regards to possible disputes, he said, "This will hopefully add to the debate about whether code is free speech or not ... we think our First Amend- ment rights will be upheld in this instance." ith Loni Ding ar h 22 7pm 10-250

M . Ding will present clips from her upcoming PB series Ance tor in the Americas followed by a discussion jointly introduced and moderated by Dean Ayida thembu and Dean Kunya Desjardins. Reception to follow.

Loni Ding, a acArthur fellow and Emmy-winning producer, ha produced nearly 200 documentary videos 2years old, 1992 and films. uch of s. Ding work explores the hi tory of race and race relations in the United State . Her video are meticulou ly tructured both in style and content, and convey the complex and often painful realities of the subject matter without sacrificing the lush aesthetic he brings to the art form of film.

The first two parts of "Ancestors in the Americas" will be screened in their entirety on campus prior to s. Ding's arrival:

Stevie Ace Flores. arch 13 - Part 1- Coolies, Sailors, Settlers 6-120 (7:00pm & 8:30pm) Killed by a drunk driver on March 23, 1993, on Pacific Coast March 14 - Part 2- Chinese in the Frontier West 6-120 (7:00pm & 8:30pm) Highway in Wilmington, Calif. Ifyou dent stop your friend from driving drunk, who will? March 17 - both rums will be shown in East Campus Talbot Lounge (4:00pm and 6:00pm) Do whatever it takes. Ij;!I3M1'*iI'Ujjll@'fJtI;@j,l;tiWi u.s. Department ot T,anspottation -For more information, please contact Dean Ayida Mthembu @ 253-48610 or [email protected] This space donated by The Tech THE T H Page 19

UASeeks IV IT P infertile couple looking for T Advising EGG DONOR heal hy, Caucasian woman, 21-29 years old, non-smoker. Changes You will receive $ 3,CXJO Advising, from Page 1 for your time and effort. An e g donation would be on oct tudent in the departments of of great generosity 0 help us hove OIS own biological children. Economics, Ocean Engineering, and Brain and ognitive cience If interested, please call Trish ranked the quality of their advising a (781) 581-1269 Do 0 kno la h? significantly below other depart- (evening after 8 pm or week-ends) ments. auld ou like our design to have "What we were trying to get out of all thi was an overall ranking of the departments of where they stand orld wide audienc ? in relation to each other," aid Ekta M. Desai '03, a member of the sub- committee. One alarming aspect of the report is that 80 percent of the stu- dents polled from MIT' large t department, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, believe that their advisers do not know them well enough to write a. recommen- dation for them. "I was disappointed in the results of the survey, since I believe EECS eb.mit.edu/ tc/publteity/hotel has orne of the stronge t advisers at MIT," said Anne M. Hunter, admin- for info m d e.....··;h.. _.n~,." .... istrator of EECS' s undergraduate and Master of Engineering Pro- regi tration deadline extended! grams. march 19 Each academic department sepa- pon ored b University Park Hotel@ IT and T rately administers its own advising program. "We saw this as a very important issue since academic advising has never been looked at across the Institute. This study was a logical first step," said Jason H. Wasfy '01, head of the subcommittee. .

VA hopes to improve advising The UA passed legislation at Monday's meeting to continue the work of the subcommittee. "The purpose of the legislation is to give a direction to the sub- committee for the next step, which is to work with the departments, the Committee on Undergraduate Program, and the Dean of Under- graduate Education," Shulman said. "There were several departments that consistently ranked highly . We need to see what they are doing right and come up with standards for the Institute as a whole to improve advising," Desai said. "We still haven't really decided where to go from here," Wasfy said. Several possible steps to be taken in the future by the subcommittee include surveying more students, asking broader questions, and work- ing with problematic departments for improvement. "I hope this will open the debate. I am really glad this is a big priority in the UA, and I hope it is as impor- tant in the administration," Wasfy said. The subcommittee will release more detailed and extensive data from the survey later in the semes- ter.

Survey methodology questioned One weakness' that Wasfy point- ed out in the study was the inclusion of students from the loan chool of Management, who have a different registration schedule. "We only got about four percent of the department to respond,' Wasfy said. "If you look at the questions where we [EECS] did poorly, they were all very narrow and specific. I would have preferred a broader question asking students how well (on a scale) their advisers gave them what students a ked them for," Hunter said. everal departments uch as Earth, tmospheric and Planetary ciences, Lingui tics and Philo 0- phy, and Humanitie programs were not included in the report due to the lack of undergraduate majors. "It was naturally difficult to conduct the study with the smaller department "Wasfy said. 'Over- all, I think our methodology wa pretty strong." Page 20 2001 u ___cilorsPopular y Elected for the First Time

UA Elections, from Page 1 well. I think it gi e tud nt a ould increa e the po ibility of imilar thing happened to Julie po ition that the entire community huge mandate" cott aid. For Devereau and eizmik winning . Pinkston '04, who i now coun- had month and month to thin Devereaux aid. They are al 0 plan- in t nee IF councilor Bru e u due to the loyalty and ize of their cilor-elect for Baker. he did not ab ut Ithink it' great. Iam happy to ning to get more input from tudent received 11 vote. He h a huge certain to vote' ba e.' intend to run, but her roommate e people wanting to g ,t in 01 ed.' about MIT' dining program. backing. Ithink tudent both in ide cott aid that the re ult of the ote her in, and he' on. and out ide the will realize what election pro ed the poll wa incor- hen a ed what h thought of Recommendation for n xt ear 1 tion t m un e ent c ng an awe orne re pon ibilit and rect. The voter turnout wa ery getting the po ition without running cott had a couple of r commen- There were everal very large honor it is to be on council. ' large and there wa a lot of publici- Pinkston aid 'I think i just kinda dations for the 2002 Election Com- changes made to the VA election The 2001 Election Commi ion ty, which the poll indicated would funny that it happened but it i ad mi ion to help the election run process thi year. al hired poll ter aron B. trau mean that Rao hould have won. that no one el e ran." moother. lot of change were One change was the chool-wide '02 an unpr cedented decision. elly . Zimmerman'O i al 0 made to the proce s thi year, but election of VA Councilor . Prior to trau offered the poll to all the rit -ln candidate 'win po t councilor-elect for Baker and was ott felt that improvement could thi year, each dormitory and the P P candidate and The Tech. Ele en write-in andidates won officially on the ballot. till be made. Interfraternity Council (IF ) epa- Pre idential candidate anjay K. po itions in the V election. orne Zimmerman was glad that ,I would recommend that they rately elected it own representa- Rao '02 and the Election ommis- of the andidates actively cam- Pinkston wa elected because HI wa have a couple of meeting with the tive to the V Council. Thi year ion bought the poll. paigned; other did not even know afraid I would have to do it by candidate to make ure that all the the candidate for councilor ub- cott said that 'when the com- that they were running. my elf.' While she i generally in candidate understand why debate mitted an application to the Election mi ion received the poll on arch Alvin . Lin '04 ran a a write- favor of the write-in poli y of voting hould occur," Scott aid. ommis ion and were elected 4 trau s e plained that the higher in candidate for 2004 Clas Treasur- he feel that' it doe n't portray can- This was the fir t year the the through the VA election y tern. the voter turnout, the higher the er. Lin aid that "I knew that it didate accurately," because if the presidential candidates of each cott believes that electing coun- likelihood of Rao winning. Howev- would be difficult for me to win as a candidate had been on the ballot, he class, and not just the APNP, got cilor chool-wide work really er, if the publicity wa too low, that write-in candidate, but Ithought that would have received a lot more votes. to debate. it wa important to have another "If you are the only person on In addition, Scott aid, "I want candidate available. Iwa especially the ballot then you II probably get next year sElection Commi sion to di appointed that the candidate run- the po ition "Zimmerman aid, always be fair, and just." ning for 2004 Trea urer did not which he feel is not nece arily This year there wa orne discus- have a platform." the be t y tern. ion about Scott' own impartiality everal new officer were elect- Scott feel that the public need but he recused herself and said that ed by a couple of their friend. ar- to take more respon ibility for run- she "was not even pre ent when the lita . Taylor '03 wa elected pub- ning for office. 'Every year the T ballots were counted." licity chair for the clas of 2003 undergraduate community know Scott' final advice to the next with two vote . that the elections are coming up, and Election Commis ion was, "Focus Taylor aid she was elected on a still people fail to make up their on the issues that face the students." whim. "I went to vote with my minds and turn in a petition on time. The complete VA election friend and no one was running, so People had plenty of time to think result are available online at my friends said, 'Let's vote for about it, 0 if a person decided at the .

ERIKA BROWN-THE TECH U Speaker Jaime E. Devereaux '02 looks on as President Charles . Vest addresses last night's UA Council meeting.

WAN YUSOF WAN MORSHlDl~THE TECH Practitioners of Falun Data, also called Falun Gong, take a break from a Saturday conference with a group meditation on the steps of the Student Center. Falun Dafa was publicized in 1992 by li Hongzhi and has been recently criticlzed by the ChineSe government.

HARVARD SUMMER SCHOOL June 25-August 17, 2001

• rand cience • English Languag Programs • High cho 1Program www.summer ..harvard..edu (617) 496-5000; [email protected] 51 8rattle Street, Cambridge, MA02138 USA March 13,2001 THE TECH Page 21 Benedict Addresses Concerns Coordinators, from Page 1 we need to use multiple communi- dent Geoffrey L. Goodell '01. cation mechani ms, becau e a it i , Howe er, Goodell e pre ed ate O'Dair aid. the word doe n't get out," O'Dair reservation about the admini tra- The original plan included one aid. tion' failure to pro ide tudents coordinator for all graduate stu- with a long-term plan. He added dents and three for the undergradu- tudent prefer new propo at that, without eeing Benedi t' ates. o t attende s at Friday meet- long-term vi ion the re idential ing acknowledged that Benedict' coordinator plan eem like a olu- Deans address communication n w proposal was an improvement. tion begging for a problem. ' After announcing the new re i- Robin H. I ester '0 I, who Meanwhile, the G expres ed dential coordinator plan , Benedict wrote the summary of tudent con- its upport for the new propo al. and O'Dair addres ed student com- cerns provided to Benedict on Fri- Among grad student , w like plaint about ineffecti e communi- day aid that Benedict' appear- the concept of having another per- cation between students and the ance at the meeting helped rebuild on to help with re idential life' adrnini tration. tudent ' trust in the administra- aid G Hou ing and Community Dormitory Council Pre ident tion. Affairs Chair hunmuga elu D. Jeffrey C. Roberts '02 said he had "I think what he did hows u okka. 'Undergraduate have a lot known about the propo al as early very clearly that he' willing to of support already, but we favor any a December. Dormcon didn't work with us, for u " he aid. help we can get. ' inform the public of the tatus of the Other student commended the proposal because it felt it did not admini tration for responding to tudent draft bin of right have enough details to adverti e their concerns. The controver y surrounding this aid Dormcon Vice President "I was pretty plea ed with the propo al ha inspired a group of tu- Matthew . Cain '02. "It wa basi- outcome of the meeting" said dents, led by Lederer, to create a cally a big miscommunication," enior House resident . Maitland , tudent' Bill of Rights." urrent- Cain said. Lederer '03. "I was glad to see com- Iy in its early stages, the document Roberts added that when he was munication [between tudents and outline tudents' ba ic housing first informed, the proposal ' was not administrators) and not just yelling rights. a plan '" my expectation was that and name-calling." Lederer said the idea had been when it became a plan, [the dormi- Lederer added that residential tos ed around by the UA and other tories involved] would be be the coordinators were "not a bad idea in groups. 'It s not incredibly novel, first to hear. We just had a break- principle" and that her main objec- but it' something that hasn't been KATHYCHE down in communication." tions to the initial proposal were the done yet," she said. Students pass by Senior House yesterday afternoon. Dean for Stu- The administration had also original implementation plans and The text of the current draft can dent Life Larry G. Benedict and Assistant Dean for Residential Pro- communicated with the Undergrad- the wording. be viewed online at . to residential coordinators next year at a meeting Friday with con- Student Council, O'Dair said. cares about the well-being of the Mike Hall contributed to the cerned residents. "One thing we've learned is that students," said Senior House resi- reporting of this story.

KAlLAS 'ARNEDRAN-THE TECH 6.004 seems to be in the early lead on Monday as MIT students start votlng for who's screwing them in the Alpha Phi Omega "Big Screw" fund-raiser. Students can vote all week in lobby 10.

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au 0 @ i 1M presents: Vennont Steals Spot From MIT Gymnasts Catamounts Overtake MIT; Bea ers Need A Score of 170 at Final Meetfor Nationals

By David Hu mel her e. Every gymna t fell TEAM MEMBER e cept Luke aery '02 and t thi year s ew England Da id Yin '03. bampion hip the IT men' Besid pommel horse the IT a gymna ti team pent their mo t men competed at a high level and teeth-grinding beat their cores from la t meet on moment itting on floor exercise til! rings, vault the bench. and high bar. The Beaver had The award ceremony after- I ar h 15 fini hed all i ward recognized top scores in the e ents while the Uni- ew England region. Damian M. ver ity of ermont competed on Engen '03 took ixth place on @6m their final event the parallel bar . vault, paralJel bar and all- Vermont needed to core 27.45 around. a sery took ixth place point in order to nudge the for his 8.3 on floor exerci e. Bea ers further away from qualify- Patrick R. Griffin '04 won ev- Free! open to he public, and wheelchair ing for ationals. enth place a an all-arounder for E25- 1 accessible. For more in 0: (617)253-5249 ennont cored their highe t on his total score and sea on high of or [email protected] parallel bar thi year, pulling ahead 44.2. 45 Carleton Street, near Kendall T h p:/lmi press.mit.edu/bookstore/events/ of the Beaver, 164.65 to 162.75. "Patrick' parallel bars routine Despite the 10 s MIT s core was a was very good' a strong mount, team high for the ea on. Stutz [to handstand] etc ... in other MIT competed again t five words Patrick performed to his other teams at the ew Englands, potential," said Riskin. o y os 1955·1985 including the University of Mas a- In two weeks, MIT competes for chusetts pringfield College the next and perhaps last time this Boston played a cructal role in the development of American photography (including criticism. outhem Connecticut College, and year at the East Coast Athletic colJecting, and curating) in the second half of he twen leth cen ury. This boo accompanies the a new team called the 'individu- Championships, held at the College landmark exhibition at the DeCordova useum that includes such important American artls s as als." MIT lost to all but the "indi- of William and Mary. Berenice Abbott, Harold Edgerton, Nan Goldin, Olivia Par er, Rosamond Purcell, and Minor White. viduals," whom the Beavers proud- In order to qualify for arion- ly shut out by 71.15 points. als, MIT needs to make up for Rachel Lato will sho slides and discuss ow the wor of these and other artists helped to create a MIT had the potential to beat unday's loss by not only beating regional critical mass in photography. UVM. Coach oah Riskin said Vermont at ECACs, but also by "This study ma es an importan con ribution to our unders andin of how Boston served as a nexus MIT had "an excellent competition scoring at least 170. Attaining this for many of the artists, critics, and historians who have shaped he recen .history of photography in - some excellent performances goal is possible. the academy and beyond." -- Deborah Ma in Kao. Richard L Menschel Curator of Photography, and great overall spirit and focus." "If we're to win our trip to Fogg Art Museum. Harvard University . The beginning of the meet ationals, Patrick's level of per- proved traumatic for MIT. The fonnance can't be the exception," Rachel Rosenfield Lato is Senior Curator a the DeCordova useum and heer volume of the other teams and said Riskin. "We need to add just a Sculpture Park in Lincoln, assachusetts. another team's catcall of" pecial few requirements and double our Photography in Boston is copublished by he IT Press and he OeCordova useurn, 2000. Olympics" clouded the Beavers' . efforts on routines ... something focus momentarily. I'm asking [all team members] to The result of the team's distrac- do together and support one anoth- au ors@ it is sponsored by MIT Libraries and the MIT Press Bookstore tion was a score of 20.0 on porn- er on." ------PSYC Columbia $")..01\ e ROLE THIS SUMMER, study at Columbia with our world-class faculty in the most exciting city in the world!

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8 Diana Cheng man year and ha en t left. aUBMEMBER Thurber' mother Bonnie tra - The MIT Figure kating and Ice eled from hicago to atch the Dance Club held its 1 th nnual show. It' my favorite i e ting Figure kating Exhibition on the ice ho because e eryone in it love to rink at Johnson th- ic ate" aid the elder Thurber. letic enter on atur- Be erly Thurber perform d in th day. Opening umber Linear Progre - The program sion number, Ice ar 2001, the included a ariety of illo altz Dan e and her own sating di cipline , program to the mu ic of Black including three yn- Death. chronized skating team and ice ynchronized kating team mem- dancers. ber and coach Bonny . ellermann The ynchronized kating tearn '72, who i ompetition oordinator that performed were the Linear Pro- and pecial Events oordinator for gressions from the IT Figure the club ay he enjoy the great kating Club' team, the E prit de feeling of skating, of camaraderie Corp a ter and the E prit de and wor ing with other people. ' orps dult from the Hayden ellermann choreographed the Lin- Recreation Center in Lexington, ear Progre ions program to ' Help," by th Beatle, and is al 0 a member Ice dancers performed the of the Esprit de orp a ers group Rhythm Blues Dance and the il- which will be competing in the low altz Dance. Three pairs teams ational ynchronized kating performed, and there were 27 indi- ompetition next ee. vidual performance . Louise ilver' 6 kated a pairs everal gue t aters performed, program with her partner Bill Rowe repre enting the ating Club of and a ingle program in celebration Bo ton and other local kating of becoming a grandmother to her clubs. Lara and eill helton, from grandson, am. he said he began the Colonial Figure ating lub, kating as an adult in 19 5 when her performed a pair program to the husband dragged her into it - now music of ogue. icole utherland he can t get me off the ice! from orthwe tern Uni er ity per- aris parks who performed in formed a ingles program to the her own program, said jokingly, music of' The Reason, ' by Celine "we feel that we re as good as Pop- Dion. tars." parks particularly enjoyed Esther J. Horwich '77 founded the 'comedy routine " such a Ice the MIT Figure kating Club in her Wars 2001. In Ice Wars 200], junior year. he recalls giving "7:30 Bobby Piankian and Ray agee wake-up calls' to her friends in pretended to challenge ally 1975, because she didn't want to DeFazio, Beverly . Thurber, and 10 e our ice time." Kellermann to a bubble-blowing In the 2 th year of the club she and back- troking competition. founded, he aid, "It' like a family Pre ident of the MIT Ice Dance here - people just don't want to Club Tracey el en commented, "I leave!" She noted that skater range thought the how went really well. from ability level from beginner. to Everyone put in an excellent effort." adult national competitors, and that Kevin Xu 99 performed in the the show was "all-inclusive." Rhythm Blue Dance after starting Beverly . Thurber '01, Presi- ice dancing during Independent dent of the IT Figure kating ctivitie Period in January 2000. Club, noted that the show is a 'cul- He enjoys ice dancing because you mination of all [the skaters'] hard can enjoy ice skating, music and AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH work." he said, 'I came to the rink dance at the arne time." He added, Heather Clark performs during a Skating Exhibition of the MIT Figure Skating and Ice Dance Club. the fir t day [it opened] of my fre h- "I'll be back for next year's how.' Lacrosse Dominates In Exhibition Match

By L M. Hughey The year's new starting goalie, Timothy P. Nolan '01, "has shown Sticks checked mercilessly on the signs of brilliance ... and is anxious freshly plowed turf Saturday during to prove himself," said Alessi. the men's lacrosse pre-season scrim- Brent M. Schreiber '03, who is mage against the Ply- also a starting middle linebacker on mouth State College the football team, is the single return- Panthers. Despite the ing starting defenseman and is "one subzero wind chill and of the hardest hitters we have ever sideline snow drifts, had," said the coach. the Engineers defeated The two leading scorers from last to Panthers "A lot to a very little!" season, co-captain Pascal F. Rettig said defenseman Christopher K. '02 and Matthew P. Van Home '02, Wilmer '02. have returned and are armed with Head Coach Walter Alessi, while firepower. searching through the white mounds However, midfield is clearly the after the game for lost balls said the team's strongest position in terms of score was, "around 12-6, or some- depth and it is led by Eli 1. Weinberg thing like that. Once you re already '02. Weinberg has been an all-league winning, the goa) is to learn and work player for two years and was an all- on strategy.' ew England as a freshman. The scrimmage served as a The season should be a competi- promising note for the men's lacrosse tively wild one and Coach Alessi is 2001 spring season. "The team ready: "All in all, this should be an should be pretty strong offensively exciting and challenging season, and since our top six scorers returned," I can't wait to play the games!" said Alessi. Want to see some brutal checking Previous four-year starter and and cannon shots? Come watch the league all-star goalie Justin M. Verdi- team s first official season game rame G is now a graduate student and against Tufts University on the turf at serves as assistant coach. 3:30 p.m., Thursday March 15th. UPCOMING HOME EVENTS Tuesdar, March 13 Men s Tenni vs. Brandeis University, 3:00 p.m. Thursday, March 15 Men's Lacrosse vs. Tufts University, 3:30 p.m. Friday - Sunday, March 16-18

AARO D. Mf/:lALIK-71IE TECH Boston Open Badminton Tournament, Du Pont Two EngIneers plow a Panther to take possession. MIT defeated Plymouth State in an exhibition match.