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Volume 123, Number 27 Cambridge, 02139 Monday, June 9, 2003 Carpenters Sue MIT In Third Wrongful Death Suit, Parents Say Failure to Stop Harassment Led to Suicide By Keith J. Wlnsteln tored her instant message conversa- NEWS AND FEATURES DIRECTOR tions, and stole a video of Carpenter The parents of Julia M. Carpen- having sex with her boyfriend, ter '03, who committed suicide in which he allegedly showed to other April 2001, have filed a wrongful students. death lawsuit against MIT, several "I didn't mean any harm, and it Institute officials, and Charvak P. wasn't meant to be doing anything Karpe '04. . to hurt her," Karpe said in an inter- Carpenter's parents will seek view last week. "I feel that many of more than $20 million in damages the things I did back then don't for her death, which they say result- make sense to me anymore. I look ed from MIT's failure to stop a back and see how confused I was at string of harassment by Karpe, who the time, and now, I can see what lived in the same dormitory, Ran- happened and it made so much dom Hall, as Carpenter. more sense and I can see what I did Karpe allegedly became wrong." obsessed with Carpenter, and, But, Karpe stressed in a later e- according to the lawsuit filing, mail, "I had absolutely no contact BRIAN HEMOND-THE TECH Robin McKnight of the Department of Economics receives her doctoral hood yesterday during a made vague refer~nces to a plot with Julie for 3 months before she ceremony In the Johnson Athletic Center. McKnight Joins more than 2,200 other Mil students against her and her boyfriend, died. I hadn't seen her, heard from _who graduate today. See story, page 20. camped out and slept on a couch in her, or tried to communicate with the lounge outside her room, moni- lawsuit, Page 18 2004 Presitrent Resigns Health Premiums Up .60 Percent In Pla;niarism Scandal By Nathan CO~lIns premiums were drastically increased, Kirk D. Kolenbrander, the special 'l;I1 . EDITOR INCHlEF MIT raised the price of MIT's assistant to the president and chan- By Emily M. Craparo the remaining class council officers. After a surprise announcement Extended Hospital Insurance by 60 cellor, said in a Friday e-mail that the The class will hold a special elec- that MIT Medical would likely have percent, three and a half times last individual Extended Hospital Insur- Two months after their election to tion to fill the offices, ''probably with- a massive deficit next year unless year's increase. ance premium will increase to class of 2004 president and vice pres- in the first month of school," said $1,440 a year from $900 a year. The ident, Alvin M. Lin and Nikhil S. Matthew N. Styczynski '04, the class increase is $45 per month. Rates for Gidwani resigned in the wake of rev- treasurer. Patrick Y. Kim '04, who dependents and other affiliates will elations that their campaign platform was defeated by Lin in the election, also increase by 60 percent, he said. was largely plagiarized. The positions said he would probably run again in The $840 health fee, which is remain vacant. the special election. Lin has said he built into tuition and covers basic Lin's apology letter to the class of will run again as well. care at MIT, will not increase. 2004, drafted to announce his resig- The premium increase will be nation, itself contained a sentence Former officen made complaint partly offset by an increase in gradu- from President Clinton's 1998 speech In an e-mail sent May 16, Sean C. ate student stipends. MIT announced to the nation admitting an affair with Fabre '00 accused Lin and Gidwani Friday a $30 increase in the graduate Monica Lewinsky. of "blatant plagiarism" of the cam- student stipend over the $1,950 per • Gidwani, who maintains that Lin paign platform written by Fabre and month stipend set in February, alone drafted the pair's joint platform his running mate, Hugo B. Barra '00. adding up to a net $15 per month and plagiarized from two former Barra. and Fabre, who won the 1999 increase in the cost to a graduate stu- class council officers without his election for class president and vice dent. knowledge, later resigned under the Kolenbrander said that the cost to threat of certain impeachment from Plagiarism, Page 20 undergraduates on financial aid will be "largely offset," and for under- graduates not on financial aid or graduates who pay their own way, the increase will be the equivalent of a "tuition increase." He said that about half of MlT undergraduates use the extended insurance plan. InstitUte Professor Hennann A. Haus died of a heart attack May In addition, ''we've committed to 21 at his home in Lexington. He was 77. turning this into a monthly payment" Haus was considered the world expert on optical and electronic without interest, Kolenbrander said. noise. He introduced the master equation of mode-locking, now the At the second of two Graduate Stu- primary analytic tool for understanding pulsed lasers. He made sig- dent Council-sponsored town meet- nificant.contributions to, soliton theory, the study of propagation of a ings in late May, MIT officials sug- laser pulse. At the time of his death, he was leading an effort to gested using a bursar's office develop integrated photonics in the Optics and Quantum Electronics payment plan - with interest - to Group of the Research Laboratory for Electronics, where he was a mitigate the impact of the premium principal investigator. increase, but the idea did not appear In 1995, President Clinton awarded Hans the National Medal of to go over well with students in Science, the United States's highest scientific honor. In 1982, he was attendance.

awarded the James R. Killian Faculty Achievement Award, the high- DANIEL BERSAK-THE TECH With monthly payments, MIT has est honor given by the MIT faculty to a professor. An empty KIllian Court awaits this afternoon's commence- "lessened the bump in September," Christmas parties at the Hanses' residence were famous for the ment ceremony. Commencement weather Is likely to be over- Kolenbrander said. cast, with some chance of clearing in the afternoon. Haus, Page 22 Insurance, Page 21

ARTS Comics OPINION World & Nation 2 River Rave Ken Nesmith wraps it up: we Opinion 4 raves on at have to build MIT's reputation Arts 9 the 1\veeter with our work here and beyond. Events Calendar .16 Center. Sports 23 Page 12 Page 13 Page 5 Page 2 June 9, 2003 WORLD & NATION Grand Juries Investigate Hamas May Return to TalkS Houston Crime Lab THE NEW YORK TIMES HOU TO With Palestinian Authority Two grand juries investigating reports of shoddiness and inepti- tude in Houston's police crime laboratory have widened their inquiry By Greg Myre information minister, said after the address these issues, because the to include local prosecutors, asking about their potential criminal cul- THE EW YORK TIMES Cabinet meeting. peace plan calls for them to be pability for winning convictions with bad evidence. JERU ALEM Ziad Abu Amr, the Palestinian negotiated in its third and final Rejecting the cozy deference that grand jurie typically show to The Palestinian Authority said minister of culture, who was in phase. The meeting was intended to district attorneys, the Houston grand jurors have shunned the guid- aturday it believed that negotia- charge of the cease-fire discussions generate momentum for implement- ance of the prosecutor's office in Harris County, which includes tions on a cease-fire could resume with Hamas, said, "We hope in the ing the first stage of the plan, he told Houston, people involved in the .investigation say. shortly with Hamas, even though coming days to resume the talks." Cabinet members, according to They say this reflects an awareness of a possible conflict of inter- the militant Islamic group declared Abu Amr said he planned to those present. est the prosecutors face in the scandal over the laboratory's D A it was breaking off the talks and travel to Gaza, where the Hamas The peace plan seeks to establish unit, which was shut in January after a state audit found widespread would continue to make Israel a tar- leadership is based, on either Sun- a Palestinian state and resolve the flaws in its work, including sloppy record-keeping, misinterpreted get. day or Monday. The Palestinian Mideast conflict within three years. data and evidence contaminated by water from a leaky roof. The Palestinian leadership is prime minister was also prepared to Hanan Ashrawi, a Palestinian Grand juries operate in secret, supervised by judges, though the required to rein in militants as part go to Gaza, but no date had been legislator, said she was concerned indictments and occasional reports they issue are typically public. of the new Middle East peace plan, set, Abu Amr said. that the dispute over the cease-fire Ted Poe, a district judge in Harris County, who supervises one of the and at a meeting last week in Jor- If Hamas carries out new attacks, could lead to "internal fragmenta- grand juries, said the precise scope of the inquiries is unknown. dan, Prime Minister Mahmoud it could easily undermine the recent tion" among Palestinians. She "All we know is that two grand juries are investigating the D A Abbas called for an end to the moves to revive Middle East peace- emphasized that there was wide- lab here," he said. "Both are bringing in witnesses and both have not armed uprising. making. The current attempt to spread disappointment over the requested help from the district attorney and both have not said why. However, many Palestinians say implement the peace plan is the meeting. It's very unusual." . he offered too much and has most ambitious effort yet to halt 32 "There was a tremendous let- Witnesses who appear before Texas grand juries are forbidden to received too little in return from months of violence. down, not only among the political talk about their testimony. But the people called to testify so far, Israel. Hamas has been the most Hamas said Abbas' conciliatory factions, but among ordinary peo- including journalists, scientists and lawyers, suggest that the inquiry vocal, announcing on Friday that it remarks at the meeting, where he ple," Ashrawi said. "The speeches is wide-ranging. was pulling out of the truce talks spoke of the suffering of the Jewish did not address the most important Two witnesses interviewed before they testified described what with the Palestinian Authority. people, failed to address the most issues for Palestinians, such as the they understood to be scope of the inquiry and what they intended to But after a Palestinian Cabinet important Palestinian demands. Israeli occupation." say. meeting Saturday, ministers said They include ending the Israeli mili- At the meeting, Prime Minister "In general," said one witness, William C. Thompson, a professor they expected a resumption of the tary presence in the West Bank and Ariel Sharon said Israel did not seek • of criminology at the University of California at Irvine who has stud- discussions. Gaza Strip, permitting Palestinian to rule over the Palestinian people ied the Houston police laboratory's work, "they are looking into "Having Hamas in the dialogue refugees to return home, and estab- and said he accepted the aims of the criminal misconduct in the crime lab and in the prosecution of cases is a vital issue that we cannot lishing the capital of a Palestinian peace plan. He also pledged to take relying on evidence from the crime lab." ignore, and we hope that our broth~ state in Jerusalem. down "unauthorized" Jewish settle- ers in Hamas will change their But Abbas told the Cabinet on ments in -the West Bank, though that Chinese Dam Closes Gates mind," abil Amr, the Palestinian . Saturday that he did not specifically has yet to begin. Flooding 350-Mile Stretch THE NEW YORK TIMES FE GJIE, CHINA Aide to Blair Says Presentation. There's an odd calm along this part of the Yangtze, no jubilation and no weeping, as the tawny waters lap several feet higher each day and a 350-mile stretch of this mightiest of rivers is finally trans- Of Iraq Intelligence Mishandled formed into a long narrow lake. After decades of bitter debate, years of heavy construction and the By Warren Hoge muster support for the war on Iraq British news media as the "dodgy uprooting so far of 400,000 people, the Three Gorges Dam has closed THE NEW YORK TIMES has increasingly come under ques- dossier" because of evidence that its gates. LONDON tioning. part of it was downloaded from the On June 15, the reservoir will be filled to its interim level of 135 A top aide to Prime Minister The apologetic letter was report- Internet - complete with typo- meters, or 443 feet above sea level. The next day, the first commer- Tony Blair wrote to the head of ed on Sunday by The Sunday Tele- graphical errors - from an Ameri- cial ships will pass through the locks, heralding the eventual passage Britain's intelligence service earlier graph and confirmed by a Downing can student's thesis that relied on of ocean vessels hundreds of miles upstream to Chongqing, a boom- this spring conceding that the gov- Street spokesman. He said that 12-year-old public information. ing metropolis in central China. ernment's presentation of a report Campbell had told intelligence An earlier report, published in In August, two initial turbines from what will be the world's most on Iraqi arms was mishandled and chiefs that procedures for handling September, is now under review by colossal array of generators are to start spinning electricity - a down promising that "far greater care" information would be tightened and two parliamentary committees payment on the promised riches from a $25 billion megaprojeet with would be taken with files in the that "far greater care would be taken because of doubts raised about its gains and perils that may be forever disputed. future so as not to discredit the spy .in dealing with anything that might central claim: that Iraq's chemical "For the country as a whole, this project might be worthwhile," agency's work, a British newspaper impact on their reputation or their and biological weapons were in such said Yang Hongwen, who runs an ailing small business in Fengjie, a said Sunday. work." a state of readiness that they could city some 150 miles upstream of the dam. The government admission that The report, "Iraq: Its Infrastruc- be launched within 45 minutes. "But from the perspective of the ordinary people around here, it Alastair Campbell, Blair's director ture of Concealment, Deception and The controversy over that claim was a mistake," he said, surveying what had been the lower half of a of communications, had written a Intimidation," was made public in obliged Blair to reassure Parliament lively town of 100,000 and now resembles ground zero of an atomic letter of explanation to Sir Richard February as Blair tried to persuade on Wednesday that .his government blast, flattened for service as the lake bed and teeming with people Dearlove, chief of the Secret Intelli- the dubious British public of the need had not embellished spy reports to slaving to scavenge every ounce of steel. gence Service, known as MI6, came to forcefully disarm Saddam Hussein. exaggerate the threat of unconven- as the use of intelligence findings to It is now referred to in the tional weapons anqjustify the war. 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Medicare DrugBenefits to Star Fifth Person Dies In Mghan Car Bomb Attack

THE NEW YORK TIMES InCongress' Debate This Week KABUL. AFGHANISTAN By Robert Pear . President Bush, most Republi- everything we know about science An Mghan teenager, injured in the suicide car bomb attack on THE NEW YORK TiMES cans in Congress and some Democ- and the human body." Break- German peacekeepers here on Saturday, died from his injuries on WASHINGTO rats are determined that Medicare throughs in biology and technology Sunday, bringing to five the number killed in the attack, an Afghan As Congress begins a wrench- must not pay for prescription drugs in the next 20 years, he said, will police official said. ing, politically polarizing debate the way it pays doctors, hospitals equal all those of the 20th century. Ehsanullah, 17, was walking along a road on his way to school over prescription drug benefits for and other health care providers: l1te best way to exploit the discov- and was injured when the car bomber set off an explosion while over- the elderly this week, a central issue with a rigid, complex statutory for- eries, Gingrich said, is to transform taking a German military bus. The teenager was the only Afghan is whether private health plans can mula that often bears little relation Medicare from a government casualty in the attack, apart from the bomber, according to Abdul deliver better care, at lower cost, to the realities of local health care monopoly into a marketplace of Rauf Taj, the police chief of District 9 in eastern Kabul, where the than the traditional Medicare pro- markets. competing insurance plans, so the attack occurred. gram created 38 years ago. Bush plans to speak to doctors elderly will have more options. Four German soldiers in the bus were killed and 31 wounded in Much of the debate will focus in Illinois on Wednesday and visit a "Choice creates competition, the worst attack on the international peacekeeping force in the 18 on the merits of private plans: Will senior center in Connecticut on . and competition drives down months it has been deployed in Kabul and the surrounding area. Most they be acceptable to Medicare ben- Thursday, just as the Senate price," Gingrich said, in a pithy of those injured were flown to hospitals in Germany on Sunday, said eficiaries? Will they work? Will Finance Committee is scheduled to statement of the philosophy that Lt. Col. Thomas Loebbering of Germany, spokesman for the Interna- they save money? Will they vote on legislation adding drug ben- drives most of the Republican pro- tional Security Assistance Force, or ISAF. improve the quality of care? efits to Medicare. The full Senate posals. The soldiers had completed a six-month tour of duty and were on If Congress wanted just to add and House are expected to vote on Sen. Bill Frist, R- Tenn., the their way to the Kabul airport to fly home when the attack occurred, drug benefits to Medicare, it could the legislation later this month. majority leader, said the goal was to he said. None of the 31 wounded was in life-threatening condition, he do so by adding a few words to Republicans maintain, in the revamp Medicare so "seniors can said. Section 1832 of the Social Security words of Newt Gingrich, the former choose the type of coverage that Officials of both the peacekeeping force and the Mghan govern- Act, which defines the "scope of speaker of the House, that Medicare best meets their individual needs." ment concluded on Sunday that the attack was a suicide bombing by benefits." is obsolete and antiquated because Liberal Democrats say Republi- one man driving a yellow-and-white taxi. Afghan police officers But Congress is beginning a it does not cover drugs and because cans are trying to privatize the pro- found the license plate in the wreckage and used it to trace the car, much more fundamental debate it relies on "a command-and-control gram. "This is an effort by those Taj said. It was an old Russian Lada and had been sold two weeks about the future of Medicare and structure to control costs." who never supported Medicare in ago to an Mghan man from the eastern town of Jalalabad. The former the role of government, an issue Testifying last week before a the first place to unravel the one owner, a taxi driver, had been detained and was cooperating with that defmes the philosophical dif- Senate committee, Gingrich said, piece of universal health insurance police, Taj said. ferences betwee.n the Republicans "We are at the dawn of an explo- we have in this country," said Sen. and the Democrats. sion of knowledge that will change Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. OPEC To Maintain Output THE NEW YORK TiMES Monkeypox I)etected For First KUWAIT CITY This was supposed to be a tough season for the world's largest exporters of crude oil: They expected demand for petroleum to look weak, Iraq's return to the oil market after the war to be strong, and TIme in Americas, At Least 20 m prices, as a consequence, to fall. But none of that has come to pass. So when the Organization of By Lawrence K. Altman Several patients in the American became ill four to 12 days after expo- the Petroleum Exporting Countries meets on Wednesday in Doha, and Jodi Wligoren outbreak work for veterinarians or sure to a sick animal, but the incuba- Qatar, oil industry analysts said, it is likely to do nothing about cur- THE NEW YORK TIMES pet stores that sold prairie dogs and tion period may have been as long as rent production levels. Monkeypox, a viral disease relat- Gambian rats. No patients have died 20 days. "OPEC gets a free pass at this meeting" from making a decision, ed to smallpox but less infectious and four have been hospitalized. The diseases agency issued a said Lawrence J. Goldstein, president of the Petroleum Industry and less deadly, has been detected Laboratory tests performed at the health alert about monkeypox on Sat- Research Foundation in New York. for the first time in the Americas diseases center in Atlanta on Sunday urday night in part out of its concern During the war, oil traders thought that Iraqi exports would with at least 20 cases reported in confirmed that the patients had been that doctors who had treated the cases resume by late Mayor early June. Now, those expectations are likely three Midwestern states, the Centers infected with the monkeypox virus, had initially mistaken some for small- to be delayed at least 'a month. for Disease Control and Prevention which belongs to the same Orthopox pox and chickenpox, said Dr. Stephen "Iraq is coming back slower and weaker than originally th ught," said on Sunday. family that includes the viruses that M. Ostroff, a CDC epidemiologist. Goldstein said. "Prices are ho~ering around $30 a barrel, and we're Wisconsin reported 18 cases; TIli- cause smallpox and chickenpox. Another concern was quickly . going into seasons of stronger demand in the third and fourth. quar- nois and Indiana had one each. The The monkeypox patients typically alerting the public because the cases ters." patients ranged in age from 4 to 48 fell ill with signs and symptoms like had occurred so recently and because and became ill between May 15 and fever, headaches, dry cough, swollen more people could be infected from June 3. All had had direct or close lymph nodes, chills and drenching diseased animals, which had been Britain To Delay Euro Adoption contact with ill prairie dogs, which sweats, Wisconsin health officials sold in recent days. . cox NEWS SERVICE have become common hou'sehold said. From one to lQ days later, the By quickly identifying the ani- LO DON pets and which might have caught . patients developed rashes consisting mals that can be infected with mon- Since its lauhch as an international currency nearly 18 months monkeypox from another species, of blisterlike pimples that filled with keypox, health officials hope to elim- ago, the euro has worked remarkably well. possibly Gambian giant pouched pus, broke open, and that later pro- inate them before the disease It's worth more compared to the dollar than it used to be. It sim- rats, which are imported as pets from duced scabs. The rash often erupted becomes endemic in this country and plifies travel for tourists visiting the 12 European countries that use it. West or Central Africa, where the in different stages, or crops, as it in the Americas, Ostroff said. For And it has saved businesses the sometimes considerable costs of con- disease h<:\Slong occurred. Monkey- appeared on the head, trunk and arms this and other reasons, CDC advised verting one currency into another. pox in Africa is carried mainly by and legs. Monkeypox lesions can scar people not to release live animals But on Monday, Great Britain's chief financial official will squirrels, but named after monkeys the skin like smallpox or chickenpox. suspected of being infe'cted with announce that the country is still not ready to adopt the euro - at •because it often kills them. Most monkeypox patients monkeypox into the wild. least not yet. Gordon Brown, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, will announce that his evaluation does not show Britain's economy will SCO Group Sues mM, 'May Pursue benefit from changing to the euro now. The changeover could still come in a couple of years, if leaks to the British press are to be believed - and if the British public can be Other.Action in Dispute Over Linux persuaded to part with the pound sterling. Brown is expected to say he does not rule out holding a referendum on the euro before the next By Steve Lotir ,debugged by a loose-knit netWork revoke the license for AIX, the IBM national election, which is anticipated in 2005. THE NEW YORK TIMES of far-flung programmers. IBM has version of Unix, unless a settlement Supporters of the adopting the euro as the national currency say For the true believers in free been the foremost champion of is reached. the change will attract more investment in Britain and will also, by software, Bill Gates, the chairman Linux among big companies. As the SCO story mov~s ahead, integrating the country more completely in the European Union, of Microsoft, has long been the figu- A legal spat between two compa.:: the most important question is: Do enable Britain to exert strong leadership within the organization. rative devil. Yet suddenly, Gates nies is a parochial matter, but SCO Linux customers have a real cause has a rival for their animosity. The broadened its campaign last month. for concern? The best answer, unlikely challenger is Darl C. It sent warning letters to 1,500 large according to lawyers who have Senator Holds Up Promotions McBride, the 43-year-old chief corporations that said, "We believe looked at the' documents made pub- THE NEW YORK TiMES executive of the SCO Group, a little that Linux is, in material part, an lic to date, is that as a legal matter it WASHINGTON company in Lindon, Utah. unauthorized derivative of Unix." may be debatable, but as a practical Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho is blocking the promotions of more McBride is engaged in an escalat- Later, the letter stated: "We believe matter almost certainly not. than 850 Air Force officers, including young pilots who fought in ing legal fight with ffiM, and its rip- that Linux infringes on our Unix First, the SCO suit against ffiM Iraq and the general nominated to bailout the scandal-plagued Air ples are prompting concern in much intellectual property and other rights. is essentially a contract dispute. Force Academy, in a rare clash between the Pentagon and a senior of the computer industry and among We intend to aggressively protect That is, the accusation is that IBM Republican lawmaker. th~ industry's corporate customers. and enforce these rights." breached its contract with SCO by . Craig's price to free the frozen promotions now awaiting fmal The worries center on whether SCO .The move by SCO raised the taking code covered by the Unix Senate approval? Four C-130 cargo planes for the Idaho Air National can hobble the advance of a fast- stakes and sent many companies call- contract and putting it into Linux. Guard. emerging force in computing, the ing for their lawyers. Last week, there The end users of Linux like the Pentagon officials express outrage that for more than a month GNU Linux operating system. were further developments. McBride 1,500 iridustrial, financial and other Craig has single-handedly delayed the careers of hundreds of officers This high-technology soap opera and his lawyers met on Monday with corporations that received the warn- and stymied important Air Force business for a handful of parochial is complex, but here is a simplified ffiM executives and their counSel in ing letters from SCO - typically do planes. They are vowing not to give in to his pressure. Calling the version of events so far: SCO, White Plains, N.Y. Copies of the con- not have contracts with SCO. move blackmail, one senior defense official said, "If we' say yes to which bought the licensing rights to tract for SCO's purchase of the Unix But there is a complicating wrin- this, Katie bar the door." The official, like others contacted for this the Unix operating system and its business from Novell in 1995 began kle. Contracts spell out acceptable article, spoke on the condition of anonymity, saying he feared retribu- source code in 1995, sued IBM in circulating, and a few days later so behavior between companies that tion from the senator. March, contending, that it breached did a 1996 amendment to the original have formal business relationships. But Craig contends that the Air Force has reneged on a promise its contract with SCO by shoveling contract. Together, they present a Yet intellectual property rights made seven years ago to station a squadron of eight C-130s at Gowen Unix code into Linux, an operating somewhat murky picture of the extend to strangers, corporate or Field, an Air National Guard base in Boise, his spokesman said. Cur- system that "is closely related to breadth of SCO's rights, according to individual, as well. Though this is rently, there are only four C-130s based there. "This is a problem cre- Unix. Linux is the leading example lawyers who have seen the papers. not part of the IBM suit, SCO ated by the Air Force that can be easily solved by the Air Force," said of open-source software develop- Arid an important deadline in the asserts that it has the intellectual Will Hart, the spokesman. ment in which the code is distrib- . confrontation between SCO and ffiM property rights - trademark, copy- uted free, and is then improved and looms on Friday. SCO has said it will right and patents - on Unix. Page 4 THE TECH June 9, 2003 OPINION Repeated Errors inJudgment Cheating, plagiarism, deception - any way you describe it, impeachment proceedings even though a majority of Americans it's lying, and we've been expo ed to a fair amount of it in the believed-he had lied under oath to a federal grand jury. Pete Chairman last few months, both within the MIT community and in the Rose, as an active baseball manager, made bets on his own team Jyoti Tibrewala '04 world at large. At MIT, Alvin Lin and ick Gidwani, the 2004 and has denied it for more than a decade, yet an overwhelming Editor in Chief clas president and vice-president re pectively, both resigned in majority of Americans support his reinstatement to the sport athan Collins G disgrace after it was revealed that which banned him for life in 1989 for this and other actions. Busines anager Editorial their entire election platform had More startling is the recent scandal at The New York Times Ian Lai G been copied - virtually word for centered around the plagiarism of Jayson Blair, a young reporter anaging Editor word - from a four-year-old platform for senior class presi- and devious con man who rose quickly to prominence with his David Carpenter '05 dent, which was available on the UA Web site. coverage of many of the year's top news stories. It was revealed Lin and Gidwani both acknowledged that they had done a month ago that dozens of Blair's stories contained quotations E ecutive Editor wrong - Lin for plagiarizing and Gidwani for not paying atten- that had never been said or were from people who didn't exist, Eun J. Lee '04 tion to what Lin was doing - but neither appeared to think it and some stories had even been plagiarized from other news NEWS STAFF was worthy of their resignation. Lin wrote in his resignation let- agencies. Most critical was his front-page reporting on the Belt- ews and Feature Director: Keith J. Win- ter to the class of2004, "It constituted a crucial lapse ofjudg- way Sniper shooting, which has been thought to have directly stein '03; ews Editors: Jennifer Krishnan ment and a personal failure on my part, for which I am solely affected the case that prosecutors are making against the sniper '04, Christine R. Fry '05; ociate Editors: Lauren E. LeBon '06, Kathy Lin '06, Beckett and completely responsible." Later in the letter, he wrote, "Even suspects. The scandal's fallout has itself been front-page news. W. Sterner '06, Marissa Vogt '06, Jenny Zhang Presidents of the United States make mistakes." Indeed they do Blair immediately resigned, followed last week by the paper's '06; Staff: Kevin R. Lang G, Naveen - Lin lifted the former line from Bill Clinton's admission of managing and executive editors. unkavally G, Jeffrey Greenbaum '04, Sam wrongdoing in the Lewinsky affair. Blair came out swinging, and in true American fashion, the Hwang '05, Jessica A Zaman 'OS, Tiffany Gidwani, perhaps a bit stunned by it all, allowed Lin to angry 27-year-old who committed the capital crime ofjoumal- Kosolcharoen '06, Lakshmi ambiar '06, Jen- take the entire blame for the xeroxed platform eve~ though the ism, will not be jailed or ostracized. Already a celebrity, he will nifer Wong '06; eteorologists: Samantha L. H. Hess G, Robert Lindsay Korty G, Greg responsibility for it was half his own. In the heat of the probably receive a large amount of money for a book deal, Lawson G, Nikki Prive G, William Ramstrom moment, he used the 2004 class e-mail list to deride the other where he might describe how to con yourself onto the front G, Michael J. Ring G, Efren Gutierrez '03. members of the class council; to add insult to injury, he page of The New York Times - in more ways than one - and

PRODUCTION STAFF . claimed that there was no other option, as he had run unop- many thous~nds of people will read it, believing every word. Editor : Hangyul Chung '05, Kevin Chen '06, posed for his position. Neither guilty party took serious respon- Not unlike Blair, Lin came out swinging, proclaiming in his Tiffany Dohzen '06; Associate Editors: Sie Hen- sibility for his actions, nor probably even fully realized what a resignation letter to the class of 2004 that he would seek reelec- drata Dhannawan 'OS, icholas R Hoff '05; taff: despicable act this was. tion. Eric J. Cholankeril G, Anju Kanumalla '03, Andrew Mamo '04, Albert Leung '06, Jolinta Lin But maybe they should be let off the hook somewhat. We So, will Lin or Gidwani win re-election in the fall despite '06, Jonathan Reinharth '06. students are not-quite adults still trying to find our place in the their questionable attitudes towards lying? Will they even be per-

OPINION STAFF world, and a quick look at world events reveals that lying is not. mitted to run again? Who knows. Perhaps the Class of2004 Editor : Ken e mith '04, Andrew C. Thomas only rampant but often accepted as well. Clinton, Lin's role should show the MIT community that it values integrity more th3n '04; Columnist : Philip Burrowes '04, Vivek model, enjoyed approval ratings of 60 percent during his the American public by electing someone else - anyone else. Rao '05; ta(f: Basil Enwegbara G, Maywa Montenegro G, Kris Schnee '02, Gretchen K. Aleks '04, Atif Z. Qadir '04, Stephanie W. Wang '04, Tao Yue '04, W. Victoria Lee '06. SPORTS STAFF Institutional Editors: Jennifer DeBoer 'OS, Tom Kilpatrick '05; Columnists: O.B. Usmen '03, Eric Rosenblatt '04, Phil Janowicz '05. ARTS STAFF Wisdom Watch Editors: Jeremy Baskin '04, Allison C. Lewis by The Tech editorial board '04; As ciate Editors: Daniel S. Robey '04, Coffeehouse: Old: overpriced Aramark food International students and visas: Clearly, Kevin G. Der '06; Staff: Erik Blankinship G, since chemistry is required, MIT is a terrorist- Bence P. Olveczky G, Sonja ShaIpe G, Aman- under student management. New: overpriced • deep Loomba '02, Bogdan Fedeles '03, Sonali bubble tea? • training camp. Mukherjee '03, Jed Home '04, Pey-Hua Hwang '04, Devdoot Majumdar '04, Chad Serrant '04, New MIT Logo and Web site redesign: Old Affirmative action developments: MITES has Petar Simich '04, Jorge Padilla 'OS, Ricky Rivera logo: free. New logo: $1 million. New Steer survived for now, but in race-neutral form. 'OS, Amy Lee '06, Jacqueline A. O'Connor '06. Roast firestarter: priceless. What will become of admissions? PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Zeslger cente~: Rnally, a place to work Oyt or Editors: Brian Hemond '04, Jonathan Wang 8.02 TEAL: Students got all charged up over swim where you don't have to look up and '05, Noel Davis '06; Associate Editors: the current version of E&M. Maybe the feed- Daniel Bersak '02; Staff: Regina Cheung G, see Simmons or the Stata Center. back sessions will induce positive changes. Jinyang Li G, Michelle Povinelli G, Dong Wang G, Xiaowei Yang G, Stanley Hu '00, Yi SEMS: Anonymous medical transport. It's UA Elections: Almost got it right this time. Xie '02, Wendy Gu '03, Scott Johnston '03, Better luck next year. Marissa L. Yates '03, Miguel A. Calles '04, about time. ina Kshetry '04, Dmitry Portnyagin '04, Ben- jamin Solish '04, Dalton Cheng '05, Annie Ding '05, Michael Lin '05, Timothy Suen '05, Amy L. Wong '05, Hassen Abdu '06, Matt D. Brown '06, John M. Cloutier '06, Colin Dillard '06, Victoria Letters 10 The Editor Fan '06, Jina Kim '06, Melanie Michalak '06, Edward Platt '06, Omoleye Roberts '06, Ben- MIT Has Mu~cal Talent Choir has had members who hold music Sullivan Players' show "was a solid two hours jamin Schwartz '06, Sandra Yu '06, EI~abeth degrees from various colleges and conservato- of the best musical theater I've seen at MIT so Zellner '06, Jean Zheng '06. In the May 6 issue of The Tech, Devdoot ries. The Emerson Music Scholarship program far."

FEATURES STAFF Majumdar claimed that the singing in the has many extraordinary student singers, some MIT recently celebrated the 50th anniver- Editor: Brian Loux '04; Associate Editors: Musical Theatre Guild's production of Clue of whom have been invited to sing with pro- sary of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Veena Ramaswamy '06, Ricarose Roque '06; "bordered on shriek." He later stated that "the fessional groups such as the Boston Pops and Social'Sciences showing the world that those Columnists: Akshay Patil '04, Michael Short singing was MIT:' an insult not only to MTG the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. areas are strong and thriving here. The singers' '05; Cartoonists: Jason Burns G, Kailas Naren- but to the MIT's entire musical community. There is great collective and individual tal- of MIT have great gifts, and have been dran '01, Bao-Yi Chang '02, Jumaane Jeffries While I cannot defend MTG's performance, ent within MIT's seven a capella groups. One oppressed by people who still believe in the '02, Lara Kirkham '03, Alison Wong '03, Sean since I have never seen any of their produc- member of the Logarhythms made it to the stereotypical view that MIT should stick to Liu '04, Nancy Phan 'OS, Josie Sung '05. tions, I can defend MIT's musical reputation. semifmals of American Idol last year, and a the sciences and engineering because we have BUSINESS STAFF The students and community members of past president of one a capella group was no talent in the humanities. They could not be Staff: Roy Esaki '04, William Li '06. MIT have exceptional talent when it comes to accepted to the Julliard School of Music but more wrong. TECHNOLOGY STAFF singing. The Concert Choir, conducted by instead chose to attend MIT. Director: Roshan Baliga '03; Staff: Frank Lecturer William Cutter, has performed vari- Not every show is dynamite, but abysmal Sonya C. Tang '04 Dabek G, Kevin Atkinson '02, Daniel Leeds '05. ous challenging works of music, ranging from is far from the norm at MIT. Last April, a President, MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players EDITORS A T LARGE Handel's Messiah to Broadway. The Chamber Tech reviewer stated that the MIT Gilbert and Senior Editor: Aaron D. Mihalik G; Contribut- ing Editors: Joel C. Corbo '04, Joy Forsythe '04. will be given higher priority. Once submitted, all letters become ADVISORY BOARD Opinion Policy property of The Tech, and will not be returned. The Tech makes no Peter Peckarsky '72, Paul E. Schindler, Jr. '74, Editorials are the official opinion of The Tech. They are written commitment to publish all the letters received. V. Michael Bove '83, Barry Surman '84, Robert by the editorial board, which consists' of the chairman, editor in The Tech's Ombudsman, reachable bye-mail at o@the- E. Malchman '85, Deborah A. Levinson '91, chief, managing editor, opinion editors, a photography editor, and tech.mit.edu, serves as the liaison between The Tech and its readers. Jonathan Richmond PhD '91, Vladimir V. an arts editor. From time to time, the Ombudsman writes an independent column Zelevinsky '95, Anders Hove '96, Saul Blumen- Dissents are the opinions of signed members of the editorial thal '98, Joel Rosenberg '99, Joseph Dieckhans board choosing to publish their disagreement with the editorial. reflecting the complaints, questions, and concerns of the readership. '00, Ryan Ochylski '01, Satwiksai Seshasai '01, Letters to the editor, columns, and editorial cartoons are writ- Rima Amaout '02, B. D. Colen. ten by individuals and represent the opinion of.the author, not nec- To Reach Us OMBUDSMAN essarily that of the newspaper. Electronic submissions are encour- John A. Hawkinson. aged and shou~dbe sent to [email protected]. Hard copy The Tech's telephone number is (617) 253-1541. E-mail is the PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE submissions should be addressed to The Tech, P.O. Box 397029, easiest way to reach any member of our staff. If ou are unsure Editors: Eric J. Cholankeril G, Hangyul Chung Cambridge, Mass. 02139-7029, or sent by interdepartmental mail to whom to contact, send mail to [email protected], and it,will '05; taff: Jyoti Tibrewala '04. Room W20-483. All submissions are due by 4:30 p.m. two days be directed to the appropriate person. Please send press releases, 71te TecA (ISSN 0148-9607) IS pUblished on Tuesdoys and Fridoys clurinc!he lIClIdemic: y_ (ex<>d .. __ M.... Pet. Letters, columns, and cartoons must bear the authors' signatures, rection to [email protected]. Letters to the editor should be mil o. I. POSTMASTER: _ send .11 10ow mail",,_:

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The schools approach education very differ- production and call for its end. Ken Nesmith ently. Harvard places central value on social Instead of social tradition, MIT is a van- Ahead position and class. Its admissions process guard of progress' instead of heritage, growth; As this year's graduating class walks away treats legacy status as one of the most impor- instead of political or societal status, ability. with MIT degrees, it's worth considering what tant criteria for admission. Wealth, power, and The work done here, historically and current- those degrees represent both for those who are status (and not necessarily ability or merit) are ly, makes the world turn. It is the work that Daniel Ratner done with their work here and for those for tickets to admis ion. lets political leaders, trained and bred to speak whom toil remains. At commencement cere- In contrast MIT's admissions process well elsewhere, take credit for jobs created Congratulations, graduates. You've worked monies all over the country during this gradu- approaches a rather well-structured meritocra- and economies grown. hard to reach this day, and you deserve a ation season, institutions awarded honorary cy. Without exceptional ability, neither legacy Do not think, though, that MIT merely moment to catch your breath and reflect on degrees left and right. MIT, as we all know, nor wealth will procure admission here. MIT trains money-grubbing businessmen or what you have accomplished. Be proud. Com- does not issue honorary degrees. For the same values openness in education. The Open- unthoughtful techies and fosters ignorance of mencement is exciting. Some of you are happy reason MIT resists grade inflation even as it CourseWare project, currently well underway, the conventionally dubbed important work, to leave MIT, most are sad to part with their explodes rampantly throughout higher educa- will put the university's entire world-famous aid of the world's suffering. To the contrary, college friends. Four years of drinking from the tion, we choose not to award degrees to visi- curriculum on the Internet, freely accessible to the work done here does more for the world's fire-hose has been exhausting, but I have some tors of wealth and standing who have not done the world. The materials are available to any suffering than scads of NGOs, social coali- bad news for you. As difficult as life at MIT the work required to earn a degree. who wishes to use tions, and government ini- may have been, the really hard part starts now. At this school, we refuse to deny the truth them. At Harvard, tiatives could ever hope to A few things have happened in the world that a grade or degree is not merely a letter in contrast, access achieve. This work feeds while you were stuck working on 5.12 and or piece of paper to be awarded to friends to nothing more The name MIT can't the world, cures the sick, 6.003 assignments. The world you may remem- and favorites of some favorably positioned than the school of fights disease, simplifies ber from before you entered MIT no longer administrator. Instead, we stand by the prin- library is severely legitimatelygrant us anything; daily life, and grants bil- exists. The American democratic process was ciple that an MIT degree is built by years of restricted, even to lions the ability to live in rocked by crisis during the 2000 presidential hard work, study, sweat, tears, and most other academics, instead, we have to continue to an environment strained election. For many of us, our democracy failed. importantly, thought: it is truly the product and requires an by an ever-growing popu- We have gone from exuberant economic times of our mind's effort. Grades are representa- extensive paper- build the name of MIT by the lation. to a serious and seemingly endless recession. tives of that hard work. We deny that either work process just to work we do here and beyond. A casual survey of the Our current president has trouble saying the can legitimately be invented by mere wishful step in the front projects and production word "nuclear" (would someone from Course thinking. door. that come out of these XXII please help him out with this?). We suf- Graduates arrived at this day after years of In social life, labs reveals the point fered the most heinous and treacherous terrorist- work at an institution that approaches educa- MIT's fraternities open the doors of their more concretely. Alongside the gadgetry, inspired incident of mass murder in our nation's tion from a different set of values and prac- mansions in Boston and Cambridge to stu- rocket engines, software projects, and other history. We now live our lives according to a tices than peer institutions. MIT, perhaps dents from schools all over the area, hosting innovations that will power the next century, color-coded system that tells us how likely we more than any other, is a school driven by massive parties on an almost weekly basis. observe the inexpensive eyewear production are to be blown up on any given day. Our gov- innovation. In biology, chemistry, and physics Harvard's Finals clubs, the Crimson analog of system recently created here which enables ernment says it's not a matter of if, but of when. labs, in engineering workshops, at Athena fraternities, tightly regulate access to social vision in poor nations and replaces clumsy Beyond our borders the United States was • computer clusters, we students dedicate events, and even upon entrance, one finds eyeglass donation systems; observe the work involved in two major wars, toppling two immense energy to solving problems, working only a drecky rendition of a full scale fraterni- on clean energy production that will contin- regimes in as many years. As the progenitor of efficiently, and overcoming obstacles. Our ty party, with fewer people and more insipid ue to reduce worldwide pollution; and preemption, American policy is an example to efforts yield truly remarkable results, and the music. MIT's Saferide admits any passenger observe the creation of inoculations and the world - for good or bad. The United States world is grateful - when they use the prod- for transport around the Cambridge and drugs that are both marketable in America has become a master at withdrawing from, or ucts that veterans of this place have created, Boston areas; even empty Harvard busses will and address plagues that ravage undeveloped refusing to sign, international treaties and agree when they gain employment thanks to the not deliver passengers across the bridge with- nations. Don't take my brief word for it: ments (for example, Kyoto, War Crimes, Land innumerable entrepreneurial undertakings out proper Harvard identification. Grade infla- read MIT Technology Review, lab reports, or Mines, and ABM). Unilateralism is here to stay' built on work done here, when their ability to tion at Harvard has meant that the grade scale Tech Talk to see the constant and tremen- America plays by its own rules. A recent survey keep living is made possible by control of extends barely from A to B; at MIT, profes- dously impact of invention and progress that by the Pew Research Center shows that world reality's physical constraints, via methods sors continue to note that C-Ievel work done goes on here. ' opinion of the United States has dropped to an learned in these classrooms. here would earn an A elsewhere. An MIT degree represents the successful unprecedented low. On average, less than a Many of the world's foremost universities Innovation and progress are the hallmarks defeat of the tests and challenges posed by third of those surveyed had a favorable view of are held in high esteem for very different rea- of Tech. It has been tireless pursuit of these education here. It does not confer upon its America, down from 60-80% two years prior. sons. MIT is indeed their peer institution inso- values throughout history that has enabled the recipients anything they do not already have. In the last four years, while you were work far as its reputation and caliber is recognized leisurely study of the liberal arts. Even today, It only recognizes their progress. The name of ing on your degree, the U.S. Federal debt rose as the among the world's best. It is not, how- such study is supported by those who choose MIT can't legitimately grant us anything; by roughly one trillion dollars, currently at ever, another cookie from an ivy-shaped cut- to pursue progress and productive work; the instead, 'we have to continue to build the name $6.57 trillion. A report commissioned by the ter, and neither are its graduates. Harvard is an foundations built on the wealth they generate of MIT by the work w~ do here and beyond. administration shows that the long-term Federal easy and proximate foil for the purpose of fund a huge part of those activities, and the That work, and the years of college some of shortfall will swpass $44 trillion. Regardless of comparison of undergraduate education. (To taxes they pay subsidize the professors and us are concluding today, are not typical of this bleak forecast, Congress enacted a $350 bil exonerate myself of charges of bitterness, I'd students who fill these classrooms - even higher education. The pride we take therein is lion tax cut. The bill, as signed by the president like to note that I didn't apply to Harvard.) those who condemn progress, commerce, and hard-earned and well-deserved. excludes twelve million American children from an additional tax credit (from $600 to $1000), because their parents don't make enough money (less than $26K). Reminiscent The Ombudsman of our country's deplorable history of slavery, these children have been valued at three-fifths the worth of their more affluent neighbors . Do not despair; you should know that some things have not changed since you went away to Salary Cuts?, Insurance, and Zephyr MIT. No comprehensive plan has yet been • made to curb carbon dioxide emissions in order dates IRC, AIM, ICQ, etc., while generally zephyr logs as a serious breach of privacy, tan- to address global warming. SUV s are still as By John A. Hawkinson providing a superset of their features. Not tamount to journalists at a private party eaves- popular as ever, and just as deadly as they were only can Zephyr be used for private person- dropping and then quoting overheard speech. four years ago. The average fuel efficiency of An Ombudsman's work is never done. to-person communication, but also among Contrariwise, it's silly to suggest that our cars actually continues to worsen. The Since it appears that the privileges of this loose groups of people, known as classes. something anyone at MIT could go and look hydrogen economy is still a dream. 40 million unedited column extend to such ostentation Unlike a mailing list, anyone knowing the up online (the zephyr log) should be restrict- Americans still lack health insurance, while as boldface, I'll keep including headings so name of a zephyr class can s~bscribe, so pri- ed from newspaper quotations. healthcare costs continue to rise. Religious fun you can pick ana choose what to read. As vacy is limited. Many zephyr classes are Fundamentally, there is a mismatch damentalism and extremism across the globe always, drop me a line to [email protected] with publically known, and are used for discus- between the expectations of the Zephyr grows unabated. The rich are still getting richer, any concerns. sions on specific topics. community as a forum for ephemeral non- and the poor poorer. Some things never change Salary cuts: Reader A wrote me about • Logging: Some of the more popular serious discussion, and the fact that it Perhaps we should take comfort in that. the rank one (top) story's headline last zephyr classes are publically logged, mean- could be on the record, and could be news- You are graduating into a foreign and scary issue, "MIT Budget Tight, Salary Cuts Pos- ing that a record of all zephyrgrams sent is worthy. world. During commencement you will be told sible," suggesting that it seemed needlessly kept in a public place for easy reference. For Resolving this is difficult, if not impossi- that this is your day, the world is yours to take alarmist. I agree; all The Tech said was instance, the help class has a public log to ble. Part of the appeal of Zephyr is its infor- by the horns. This is absolutely correct, but you "pressures will likely be sufficiently high help preserve good detailed answers. mality; having the environment change such should know just what kind of world you are that 'we'll have to ask questions,' and • The incident: On April 25, The Tech that everyone spoke extremely carefully and about to inherit. Your parents and grandparents salary cuts are an option, Vest said" quoted some comments expressed on a pub- rigidly would be unfortunate. It's hard to see have not been the best stewards of this fragile [emphasis mine]. Perhaps you'd get the lically logged zephyr class, and this jarred a a way to a happy medium here. planet. As they prepare to exit stage left, you same answer if you asked Vest if he'd like lot of people who use zephyr classes. Addi- As a concession to that environment, it is must now assume the monumental task of deal Baked Alaska for dinner in 2005? Where tionally, the quotation omitted a ":)" via this ombudsman's opinion that The Tech ing with their legacy. The bank is bust, the was the real news in this story? How impor- ellipsis ( ... ), resulting in an allegation of should make reasonable efforts to avoid quot- world is in strife, and our planet is in trouble. tant was it? misquotation, and hard feelings all around. ing zephyr logs where possible, trying to MIT has endowed you with an invaluable Insurance: The Tech missed the boat • My thoughts: Generally speech on obtain the same information from other set of skills. If anyone can correct the transgres completely! Monday (May 12), as last issue zephyr classes is extremely informal, far sources. Further, those individuals quoted sions of our predecessors, it is you. Science, was in preparation, news broke that graduate more tantamount to what you might hear should be given an opportunity to respond or engineering, management, urban planning, student health costs would increase 70 per- casually in a room with just a few people contextualize their quotes prior to publica- political science, economics: these are the tools cent, to $1,536, but there was no story in around, or even a party; it does not approach tion. When quoting from non-traditional that can and must be used to make this world a Tuesday's Tech. The increase was the formality of classical written communi- media, reporters should try even harder to better place. Take one area of your specialty, announced at 1:18 p.m .... maybe the news cation or even the formality of an e-mail contact those quoted, even telephoning late at focus, and choose to be a part of the solution. staff isn't on the right mailing lists? Claims message. Few people who send zephyrs night, and should certainly send an e-mail Where your parents have fallen short, you must of deadline pressure aren't good enough. expect that those zephyrs might later be message. now succeed. The fun is over, and there is much On Journalism: My barometer of quoted back at them. As a SIPB member The reality, though, is that anything said - but not too much - to do. America's confidence injoumalism reads an and frequent zephyr user, the idea of my on a public zephyr class could be quoted by I join with your family and friends to cele- all-time low. After Jayson Blair's fabrica- zephyrs appearing in print in the campus someone, including The Tech, ,and Zephyr brate your achievements. Coming from MIT tions, now Rick Bragg resigns over date- newspaper is shocking! users should realize that~ Yet, I do not gives you a real advantage in the modem world. line/byline sketchiness, and two top editors To add confusion, some participants may believe The Tech's staff hav~ any desire to But it also comes with a real responsibility. I am of The New York Times leave. Wow. not even be aware that a given zephyr class is cast a chilling effect over the use of Zephyr. proud of you, the world is proud of you, and Zephyr: Read on, in subheadings. being publically 'logged. And no one can say The Ombudsman welcomes your feed- now we turn to you for help. • Background: Zephyr is MIT Athena's whether a class is being privately logged by back, darts and laurels both;' to o@the- Daniel Ratner is a graduate student in the electronic instant messaging system; it pre- any subscriber. Some view the quoting of tech.niit.edu. His opinions are his own. Department of Chemistry. 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taken over its 911 seniors. According to ew egalitarian and effective measures than the ATs all demographics, in no mall part because even Philip Burrowe Trier's Web ite, only 776 of its 3829 stud nts or ACTs. It is elitists, he believe , who decry the AP's exam fee - which is around a tenth actually took an AP exam. Even if only the their ever-growing popularity because it is a that of the m and may be subsidized - can be Jay Mathews has been on the staff of The seniors were taking APs, that 85 percent who do threat to their reputations when inn r-city youths economically prohibitive. Washington Post for decades. He is author of might be further differentiated by the number of are pulling down top cores alongside their pam- Even assuming that APs and ms are indeed several books on secondary level schools, and AP from given individuals, or the difficulty of pered pupils. mind-enriching experience fundamental to a has his own column dedicated solely to educa- the test themselves (Literature or Language, Mathews cites, for example, the growth in motivational school atmosphere and not overex- tion. So when his formula for ranking the best Macro or Micro, AB or BC?). If Mathews numbers of minority students taking AP , and tended teleological test preparation courses public high schools - the Challenge Index - expects that all AP students are alike, let alone how it has outpaced that of the general popula- which inherently degrade the high school expe- was ewsweek's cover tory, one would think comparable to m students, he is mistaken. tion since 1998. Still, according to the College rience, the Challenge Index proves insensitive that despite the magazine's sometimes sensa- Then again, he isn't really measuring m or Board, Latinos and "African-Americans" now to critical variations. It conflates a school's tionalist bent, Mathews knows what he is doing. AP students as much as he is m or AP test-tak- constitute no larger a slice of the AP pie than options for its elite with overall quality, and One would be wrong. ers. Mathews knows that schools act as gate- they did in 1999 (down from 10 and 5 percent mistakes college-minded students for an Rather, it's quite startling that a metric as keepers by barring certain students from more [with rounding] to 9.7 and 4.4 percent, respec- encouraging educational environment. Ludi- simple and ridiculous as Mathews' could be rigorous subjects. He feels any effects may be tively). It seems the disproportionate increase in crously, it ignores non-graduating seniors and considered a significant gauge of school quality. mitigated by ignoring passing rates, which he ab olute numbers of minority participation was other unchallenged quality measures like reten- He merely takes the total number of individual believes are made "artificially high." While the driven mostly by an increase in Asian participa- tion rates. Those allowances and exclusions Advanced Placement (AP) and International IB program is too expensive for schools and stu- tion, and even their percentage has changed little Mathews did consider - highly selective Baccalaureate (IB) tests taken by students at a dents to encourage standing for examination in a decade (13 percent [with rounding] in 1991, schools and actual 'exam scores - serve to school and divides it by the size of the school's without first taking the courses, raise your hand 14 percent in 2002). Of course, Blacks and Lati- highlight further complexities a robust Index graduating class. Those schools where the quo- if you never met a kid who took an AP exam but nos are more likely to go to poor schools than would have to consider. Finally, for all its sup- tient ends up above one are then ranked on the not the class. In the end, he's probably still mea- the general population, so those data doesn't posed superiority--to the SATs as a predictor of scale. Schools which select a majority of their suring student motivation to a significant degree. necessarily undermine the basic premise of the later success, AP participation and SAT scores students through "academic criteria" are not Furthennore, it is a motivation amongst an Challenge Index. ot all of the underrepresenta- share similar institutional biases, while ills and included because Mathews feels that would con- already-established elite. Having any AP pro- tion is a byproduct of marginalized schools, ACTs are both second-class citizens to their found the quality of the school and the motiva- gram - let alone an extensive one or m options however. The Center for Education, in its 2002 more widespread College Board counterparts. It tion of the students. - is a privilege which varies from school to report on advanced study in American high would considered especially foolhardy to equate Yet he seems to be ignoring the similar strat- school. 8901 schools offered AP U.S. History in schools, noted that Blacks and Latinos are much the m and AP, if it were not for the fact that the ification that occurs within high schools. ew 2002, but only 1317 offered the E&M portion of less likely than the general population to take entire Challenge Ind x concept is an oversim- Trier High School, for example, received a Physics C. Mathews still lauds ms and APs so AP classes even when they are available. A sim- plified and overblown popularity contest - in 2.041 on the Challenge Index for 1859 APs much because he believes they are a both more ilar lag occurs amongst low-income students of other words, a Newsweek cover story. Why Is Africa Unstable? Stay in ------European quest for nationalism, which culmi- The story is not different in North America. Basil Enwegbara nated in a brutal First World War, in which As regional economic distance grows among Britain alone had 57,000 casualties in a single regions in Canada so does the accompanying the Rye The term "Afro-pessimism," coined by day on the Somme, and in which over 800,000 regional tension for separatism. In the United Robert Kaplan in the 1990s, quickly became were counted dead when the Battle of Verdun States the situation is only getting better, but popular among American and European policy was over. Less than two decades later, the not without animosities for the old wounds Stephanie Wei Wang commentators. By the end of the decade this same Europe plugged the entire world into the caused by the brutal Civil War. baptismal name given to Africa - as a conti- fiercest warfare in human history - the Sec- If after all these centuries of brutal warfare, Disagree. I expect nothing less from you. nent doomed by chaos and instability - ond World War - which claimed more than the West is not doomed by its pervasive and Seek the truth but never believe that you became unquestionably its defining character- 20 million Russians, 10 million Gennans, and deadly past and present, then, why should have found it. istic. Most leading Western scholars, with their millions of innocent Jews in holocaust atroci- Africa, especially given that present warfare Tool the night away but don't be a tool. historical naivete, concurred that the ethnic ties, simply because they were ahead of think- has not made the entire continent a theater? Examine life but don't forget to live it. and inter-ethnic war-tom Africa was hopeless, ing and wealth-making Europe. While my argument does not attempt to justify Relativity isn't just a concept in physics. as it suffered from what they believed to be Even North America was not free from the present wars in Africa, it is worth noting Binaries are for computation, not for society. chronic conflict fatigue. incessant warfare. As far back as 1492, there the infiltration of foreign anns and ammuni- Life is a class with no final so be prepared But the obvious questions to ask are: why was already massive warfare - with English tions that have brought innocent Africans for everything else. is Africa conflict-ridden and incessantly an warlords continuously clashing with their death in the millions. Even the level of emo- If it doesn't work, you might be making unstable continent? Is Africa's conflict situa- American Indian counterparts - which inten- tional and physical dislocation these wars have progress. tion historically unique? Or is it simply an sified by the 1600s with the rapid expansion of caused in recent years cannot be justified. It is Don't keep the default settings. Alway,s inevitable historical imperative, which both the English colonists, forcing Native Ameri- also not my intention to say that Africans have modify. . : Europe and America had to embrace during cans into ecological crisis. This turned North not warred like others for millennia. The absolutes are just statistical approxima- their own turn of matching nationhood and America into a fierce battledfield, with Native The point here is a simple one. What seems tions. social harmony? Couldn't the dramatization of Americans resorting to survivalist warfare, today as an uniquely African warfare was once If it doesn't make sense, don't accept it. today's African conflicts be a carefully including the brutal King Philip's war. commonplace in Europe, Asia, and America. Know the rules if you want to break them. designed propaganda to justify centuries of But do we really need to explore the very In other words, chronic warfare is as old as Teaching is learning. physical and moral trauma imposed on the distant past to see how warfare was the order human history, resulting from either ecological Find perspective, and if you do, please give continent? of the day, and how it shaped Western civiliza- imbalance or resource stress or people exceed- me some. The perplexing truth is that while most tion? Europe has never been free from warfare. ing their area's carrying capacity. Today's In a big debate, it's always both. Western scholars seem ready to ask why If the fall of Yugoslavia was not enough evi- warfare seems to be different; it is an outcome Choose your struggles but don't settle. African societies are conflict-ridden, they do dence of a Europe that still enjoyed warfare, of changing social organizational and physical The unknown doesn't get smaller. less digging into Western history to discover shouldn't the declaration of Croatian and territorial situations critical (or not) for a more There are never enough boxes to fit every- why Africa is warring. In reality what these Slovenian independence, which precipitated harmonious and governable nation-state. thing into. "experts" are not telling us - or do not know another brutal ethnic cleansing in the 1990s Can't we see this so-called African warfare Labeling the boxes adds to the confusion. - is that, as far back as six thousand years demonstrate that Europe still loved warfare? as one of the prices to pay for building a har- If we are all Sisyphus, we are at the bottom ago, Europe was already a theater of incessant The United Kingdom -:- England, Scot- monious and united Africa? In fact, as unfortu- of the mountain. warfare and a continent of dog-eat-dog fatal land, Wales, and Northern Ireland - contin- nate as African warfare may be, the fact Youth is thinking about the questions that competition. ues to struggle with desires of independence remains - as history has abundantly shown cannot be answered. As one surveys European history, one is within its constituent countries. France has not -that it is the inevitable component of nation "Supposed to" is a figment of our imagina- easily shocked to see how warfare went hand- been in a peaceful mode either, as it continues building, out of which emerges the birth of a tion. in-hand with European civilization. From 1400 to suppress nationalism in Corsica. Italy has new, stronger and more united nation-state. Nothing is mandatory. to 1559, for example, Europe was engulfed in yet to resolve the North-South divide, as Today's African wars will end with the trans- Destabilize the status quo for something bet- dynasty warfare. From 1559 to 1648 it became Northern Italians continue to resist their role as fonnation of Africa into a more united conti- ter. . a continent overwhelmed by religious warlord. the country's breadwinner. Separatist move- nent; a continent free from ethnic factionalism Reality is in the eye of the beholder. So is Bloodshed was commonplace as Europe bat- ments have not subsided in Spain, as the man- and rigid citizenship; and above all, a conti- beauty, order, and all the other inscrutable con- tled for sovereignty from 1648 to 1789. The ufacturing powers of Catalan and Basque nent free from the forces of tyranny and coer- cepts. endless bloodbaths that besieged Europe from regions continue to view the agrarian Castile cion, which for decades have deprived the con- Our existence is luck and the rest is up to us. 1789 to 1917 were the consequences of the region as a dubious partner. tinent of its vital culture of social solidarity. 42 is better than nothing. Punting can be good for you. Balance is overrated. The jury is still out on happiness. Portrait of the Artist as aYoung Beaver Even if you skipped kindergarten, those lessons will be learned. ciousness into intelligence. The conversion While the American unemployment rate Wisdom doesn't come with age but with Amandeep Loomba of this comprehensi.on currency is an oner- recently hit a 9-year high, MIT has entered experience. ous process, involving a constant struggle to in talks to upgrade our status from a world- It is one world no matter how many ways MIT drove me to drink, drug, and draw finish your problem sets before they fmish class institution to a more challenging we try to divide it. toxic smoke from the tips of skinny white you. galaxy-class institution. On our long trek to There is no [fill in the. blank] so don't wait cancer sticks. And dream. Arthur P. Mattuck All the while we feel it's our duty to pur- the top, we can only expect more casualties for the proof. (God bless him), while talking about ants on sue a new kind of science, one that lets us of study. Very few things never change. Hold onto coordinate planes, would respond to ques- remember that our bodies are not temples, Looking to the future, I can only encour- those things. tions in class by saying, "Oh really? Well, I but amusement parks, and that we should all age all of us to remain optimistic. "The basis Some advice gets better with age;. the rest just happen to have Mr. Stokes right here," be enjoying the ride. Granted, it's not much of optimism," as my good friend Oscar you will forget. leading George Gabriel Stokes himself to fun to hurl on the Gravitron. However, when Wilde noted, "is sheer terror." We grow up, Expect nothing. Imagine everything. the front of 54-100 to explain his theorem. you hurl in the temple, the priest throws you get jobs, rent apartments and learn the Love without expecting anything in return. 18.02 was still a mystery to me, though, out. When you hurl in the amusement park, importance of being furnished. We learn to Dare to disturb the universe. until a four-ton mantis pulled me into the the attendant brings you a soda. speak in the mechanical codes we are taught, Celebrate deviance. tomb of the unknown hacker and taught me Between hardcore bouts of problem set- slowly forgetting that "c" once stood for Activate our differences. how to integrate like a No Limit Soldier. tlement and feverish prayers made to the cookie, and eventually almost no confection Flout fear. "Battle not with monsters," she said, "lest ye porcelain gods, we fmd ourselves reduced to is good enough for us. Don't defer dreams. become a monster." Then she said some- nothing but mens et manus. This intensity In the end, it is the sagacity of Woody Cynically idealize. thing else I couldn't hear over the din of a prepares us for our future jobs as the people Allen that ought to direct us in all of our Overcome inertia. thousand phys-plant night-staff transistor who screw the caps on the toothpaste tubes. future decisions: "More than any time in his- Embrace change. radios set to the soft rock of WBJT. It lets us burst through the great glass ceil- tory mankind faces a crossroads. One path Reclaim humanity. MIT is a monster that sometimes inspires ing, making sure we're never all grown up leads to utter hopelessness and despair, the Be passionate. consummately abysmal feelings. We come with no place to go. other to total extinction. Let us hope we Make it possible. here with four(ish) years to turn our preco- And things wiJI only get more difficult. have the wisdom to choose correctly." Question everything. June 9, 2003 THE TECH Page7

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Kung fu quickly turns into have are boring checkpoint hunts, such as "go textures remind me of the "rotating corpse" Madefor Playstation 2 button mashing. from point A to point B while beating issue in Doom. Some of the animations for Rated T There are of course a lot of firearms to cops/swat teams." Sometimes, the player has iobe and Ghost (running and ladder climb- $49.95 pick up and use. The problem is that gunplay, to pick something up or hit a switch along the ing, in particular) look too robotic. There's no just like kung fu, quickly becomes tedious and way, but this is the general format of most of motion blur when an agent starts dodging bul- y G~lden Rule of Gaming: Eighty unexciting. Every stage has plenty of cover, the missions. lets! They don't show someone dematerializ- percent of 'icensed games fail. and enemy AI is very weak, so gunplay turns There are a few missions that are different ing when they leave the Matrix and regain When a video game is based on a into ''wait for the AI to screw up and pump and. mildly entertaining. A few are driving consciousness (conveniently, the lights flicker movie, comic book, or television them full of lead." Another problem is the missions, where the player is either the driver out as the body disappears). M (as Niobe) or the gunman (as Ghost). There The sound won't win any awards, either. show there is a good chance it will fail to lack of ammo available. For the number of deliver the fun and excitement that the proper- weapons the game has, almost all of them run are also a few boss fights against helicopters There is good voice acting from Niobe and ty it is based on promises. Unfortunately, out of ammo too quickly. Only the MP5 and agents, but these are few and far between. Ghost. Every gun sounds the same - alas, , Enter the Matrix follows the Golden Rule. seems to last throughout a whole mission, The level design lacks cohesion. Several pistols and shotguns do not avoid this fate. Bland gameplay, questionable graphics, and because every cop apparently has one. levels have doors painted on walls that can't The music incoherently blares about at inap- little fan service will (after the hype wears off) But what would a Matrix game be without be opened. Others just throw cops at the play- propriate times - it reminds me of Minority banish this game to the bargain bin. cool slow motion effects and bullet trails? er. Others have confusing goals or controls. Report - and is too repetitive. The story of Enter the Matrix runs concur- Enter the Matrix calls this "Focu~." It is a For example, one mission has Niobe wander- To top it off, Enter the Matrix was a pro- rently with the story of Matrix Reloaded. regenerating bar that, when activated, speeds ing in a dark corridor armed with a sniper rifle ject four years in the making. Shiny Entertain- Enter the Matrix stars Niobe, and her partner, up the player and slows bullets down. The with an Infrared sight. She can only see ment, the developer, should have done some- Ghost. Instead of going into character devel- player can dodge bullets, run on walls, cart- through the sight when in first-person mode, thing in that time. Max Payne, released in opment, or their own interesting subplot that wheel around, perform ludicrously long and in first-person mode, she can only strafe 2001, used Focus, or "Bullet time" to create a coincidentally helps the primary group, Enter . jumps, and essentially perform the same five left and right. The player can either run for- still-superior third-person shooter. And Oni, the Matrix fills in the minor details that were moves repeatedly. Sure, running off of a wall ward in the darkness and get shot by the released in 2001, had a vastly superior hand- not covered in the movie. to perform a spin kick looks cool the first snipers waiting in ambush, or the player can to-hand combat system than Enter the Matrix. • Unfortunately, with such a powerful The game has the player control Niobe or time, but the 30th time, it should at least look strafe into the ambush. Poor level design Ghost as they go through .the Matrix. Along different. choices like these confuse and frustrate a license none of this mattered. Over a million the way, they have to fight cops, swat teams, Because the Focus. bar regenerates at a player. copies of Enter the Matrix have already been and of course, agents. The battle system is, very fast rate, the high-flying action scenes The graphics won't win any awards, but on sold, bas d on name recognition alone. Better unfortunately, not exciting. Niobe and Ghost seen in The Matrix turn into a game of hide- the plus side, the character models are well marketing beats better products, I guess. know their kung fu, and the game gives sever- and-seek. detailed, and the "agent takes over 50meone' s Doesn't anyone remember Superman 64? EVENT REVIEW . Entertaining, But Not Without Faults Bostons First Independtmt Film Festival is a Success By Julie J. Hong Beckman (Danny HuSton), a chansmatic Hol- focuses on a New York City neighborhood, as tary Marjoe and has written, among other STAFF WRrrER lywood agent. Though all he sought were director Josh Pais recounts his 35-year experi- films, Nine and 1/2 Weeks and What Lies The Independent Film Festival of Boston "drugs and ... pussy," surprisingly neither ence living there. Filmed from 1992-2002, 7th Beneath. Somerville, Brattle, and Coolidge Comer caused his sudden death. Street shows how this neighborhood, once The Experimentals Theatres In Bob Odenkirk's Melvin Goes To drug central of the East Coast, grows trendy May 1-4 Dinner, Melvin (Michael Blieden) goes to and at what cost. The King of Sixth Street tells This year's festival included two experi- dinner with an old friend, Joey (Matt Price), the story of Gerry Van King, a street musician mental entries, Decasia and Met State. Deca- sociallY awkward aspiring ventrilo- and two unknown females, Sarah (Annabelle in Austin, Texas, whose dreams seem to come sia, directed by Bill Morrison, is a non-narra- quist, wh<;>seonly friend is an aspiring Gurwitch) and Alex (Stephanie Courtney). true when a record company offers him a deal. tive and experimental feature made with punk rocker, falls for his employment Though they have degraded film stock. counselor. It sounds dubious at best, more serious than The film acts more as A an accompaniment to but Dummy, Greg Pritikin's sophomoric effort usual dinner conversa-. which opened Boston's first annual indepen- tions - religion and TheWmners its score, Bang on a dent filni festival, somehow worked. loneliness - comedy Can co-founder I found myself rooting for Steven (Adrien is never far from the Grand Jury Prize for Best FeatW'e Narrative lvans XTC (Bernard Rose) Michael Gordon's Brody, who also performed all the ventrilo-. pictUre. Special Jury Prize in Feature Narrative Soft for Digging (IT Petty) symphony of the same quism), though a more uncool protagonist JT Petty's Soft for Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Documentary Speedo (Jesse Moss) name, rather than the couldn't possibly exist. Dummy, set against Digging was his NYU Special Jury Prize in Feature Documentary The King of Sixth Street reverse. Decasia, some suburban town, is cute, entertaining, and thesis, filmed when he (Charles Burmeister) though hypnotic, at times very funny but not without its faults. was 20 years old. Soft Orand Jury Prize for Best Short Film Thoth (Sarah Kemochan) grows tedious, as clips This seemed to be the theme among this for Digging tells the Special Jury Prize in Short Film Met State (Bryan Papciak) of deteriorated film year's narrative features, many of which are story of an old man, Audience Award for Feature Narrative Melvin Goes To Dinner never seem to end. directorial debuts. who, when looking for (Bob Odenkirk) Met State, like his cat, finds instead a Audience Award for Feature Documentary 7th Street (Josh Pais) Decasia, is non-narra- The Narratives girl and a murder - Audience Award for Short Film Have You Seen This Man? tive and experimental. 13 Moons, directed by Alexandre Rock- and uses only th.ree' (Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck) Over two years, direc- tor Bryan Papciak col- well (In the Soup, Four Rooms), is amusing lines of dialogue. Kind . . enough, as an assortment of singers, priests, of reminds one of that lected images of Met strippers, and clowns put aside their own Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode, "Hush." King is actually director Charles Burmeister's State, an abandoned insane asylum, and problems and try to save a young boy's life. fonner bandmate and housemate. assembled them to produce this haunting and, But, despite its largely familiar cast - Steve The Documentaries at times, creepy repre entation. Buscemi (Ghost World, Reservoir Dogs, While some of 'the narrative features may The Shorts The Young 'uns many Coen brothers films), Peter Dinklage have been less than stellar, the documentaries Shorts, though cursed with being consid- (The Station Agent), Karyn Parsons (The . more than compensate. Particularly impres- ered insignificant when compared to features, One cannot fail to mention Joshua Rofe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), David Proval (The sive are Jesse Moss' Con Man and Speedo. In are often the most entertaining. Boston native and Chaille Stovall, the festival's two Sopranos), Daryl Mitchell (Galaxy Quest, Con Man, Moss presents a fascinating account Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck examine con- youngest filmmakers. Rofe's The Gray In Ed), Rose Rollins, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and of the life of James Hogue, an intelligent man sumerism in New York, as artist Geoff Lupo Between, a narrative feature, follows five Austin Wolff - the film in the end turns out and extraordinarily talented runner, who - who occasionally walks the streets of New teenage boys as they are introduced to drugs, only to be an assorted mess. ' apparently also enjoyed "starting over" by York wearing an enormous papier-mache sex, and their consequences. Rofe wrote The replica of his head - sells individual crack- Gray In Between when he was 19 and, five Y Meanwhile, Mike Bencivenga's Happy creating false identities, first at Palo Alto High Hour, starring Anthony LaPaglia (Lantana), School, then at Princeton University. Moss' ers, thumbtacks, and pen caps in Have You months afterwards, completed the film. Caroleen Feeney, and Eric Stoltz (The House second documentary in the. film festival, Seen This Man? Stovall, at 14, is the world's youngest fea- of Mirth), sounds like any lonely single guy's Speedo, follows legendary demolition derby Thoth - hardly "short," running at 40 ture documentary filmmaker. In his entry, Lit- dream: go to a bar, meet a beautiful woman, driver Ed "Speedo" Jaguar's life and career, minutes - follows Stephen Kaufinan through tle Monk, he examines social tolerance via a take her home, and fall in love. However, it as his marriage fails and he finds love again his identity crises and eventual decision to six-year-old Tibetan boy, Little Potato, who undercuts all romance by depicting all too with a race track official. It sounds boring but heal the world. Director Sarah Kemochan, one enters a Buddhist monastery. accurately the effects of alcoholism. . it is actually not. of the festival's few vete~ans, won an Acade- All in all, these films offer a lot more to Ivan's XTC, another downer ~irected by Other notable documentaries include 7th my Award last year for Thoth. She also won think about than 20 fIlms you'd more likely Bernard Rose, opens with the death of Ivan. Street an4 The King of Sixth Street. 7th Street an Academy Award in 1973 for her documen- see at Loews. Find your inner critic write for Arts! E-mail Page 10 THE TECH ARTS June 9, 2003 RESTAURANT REVIEW TheHot Spotjor People- Watching Though Trendy, Newbury's Sansie Has Only So-So Selection of Food

Caroline Tlen of appetizers, salads, sandwiches, light lunch- burger lacked the strong fishy flavor that is wich was served on a burger bun, complete Sonsie es, pasta, and pizza. Despite a few seemingly pervasive in lower quality crab cakes, but it with sesame seeds, while true cubanos use 327 Newbury St. thrown-in dishes, such as the Vietnamese also lacked a delicately crisp exterior that I Cuban bread/French baguette. The sandwich (617) 351-2500 spring rolls and the Cubano, the menu was had expected, giving it a rather uniform, thick was, at best, decent. mostly modem Italian with attempts at eclecti- consistency. Judging from the salad-eating, wine-sip- PPOSedlY frequented by J. Lo, Ben cism. I tried a bite of my friend's Cubano and ping crowd around us, Sonsie, for lunch, Affleck, and Matt Damon, Sonsie is a Our waiter was extremely attentive and was hit with a surprising blow of cayenne seemed to be about the vie:w - to see out and ard restaurant to miss if you've ever knew the menu well. He was never intrusive, pepper. He was disappointed because to him it have people see in. The throngs of trendy peo- $been down ewbury St. With all of and helpful whenever we needed him. To was merely a grilled ham and cheese sand- pIe do not come for the unique food but, that acclaim, I had to try it out. start, we shared the Fried Calamari and wich with scatterings of pepper. It wasn't instead, for the experience. They come to I've often walked by Sons.ie and, on warm White Beans ( 9.25). It came out very crisp authentic - true cuban os leave out the pep- impress their dates and rub elbows with days, admired its open windowless exterior. and light, rather than many heavier fried per, and are accompanied by slices of pickle celebrities. Most of all, they come to see and Small cafe-style tables come right up to the calamari platters that I have sampled in the and a thin layer of yellow mustard. His sand- be seen. sidewalk, muddling the line between inside past. The pepperoncini rel- iiii;;;:::J---:~!=:R_ and outside. The dinner and cocktails crowd is ish and smooth, tangy usually composed of well-dressed people sip- cream sauce that accompa- ping martinis and happily being a part of the nied the appetizer added scene. just the right amount of A friend and I decided to test out Sonsie's zest to the plate. For kicks, for lunch last Tuesday. Wanting one of the I also ordered one oyster. four sidewalk view front tables, we made For 2.95 an oyster, it reservations for 11:30, right before the lunch came out surrounded by time crowd came, and it proved to be a good three dipping sauces. decision. By 12:30 the cafe had ftlled up - While very nicely present- not with the young hipsters that I was expect- ed on a plate of arranged ing, but with little clusters of stay-at-home seaweed, the oyster wasn't wives, elderly well-dressed women, and a few as meaty as I would have young couples. liked it to be. • As we sipped our drinks, we soaked up the For our main course, the atmosphere, from both the sunlit street and the waiter recommended their interior of the restaurant. The decor was warm brick-oven pizzas. There and contemporary, with rich wood paneling are about 8 to choose from and elegant glass paneled doors that open out varying from the expected onto ewbury Street. Lively paintings that are mozzarella, basil, tomato rotated every season add to the ebullient combination to rarities such atmosphere. Near the front of the restaurant, as the shrimp pizza. marble tables all face the sidewalk to allow Not in the mood for for excellent people watching. - pizza pies, I chose to try Towards the back of the restaurant we the crab burger ($10.00) found more of a cushy lounge section, with and my friend tried the Hot linen covered tables for formal dining. The Cubano ($8.75). My crab mahogany bar, while empty for lunch, is prob- burger came out on a toast- ably the center of attention after dinner. ed bun with the usual side The restaurant's Web site, lettuce, tomatoes and http://www.sonsieboston.com. classifies its onion. A sweet red pepper menu as international cuisine. After looking mayonnaise was presented through its lunch menu, we were disappointed on the side along with VlCTORFJGU~ROA to find that it wasn't all that varied, comprised thick-cut spicy fries. My Patrons enjoy high-priced fare and a relaxed envlronm~nt at Sonsle, a bistro on Ne,!bury'St~et" ., ,,.~ ~,

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By Allison Lewis and Beck. ARTSEDIroR Evane cence wa my favorite of the WBC River Rave night. The band's sound was harsh, dramatic, Tweeter Center and beautiful. Amy Lee's voice is powerful, May 25 with a slightly haunted, tuneful edge. With long black hair, and belly poking through the ere was quite a crowd at the WBC bottom of her shirt, she wa both sexy and River Rave - mostly white Boston intimidating. Evane cence played loud and high school students - drunk and strong' their sound was commanding and screaming on a rainy summer day at furious. the Tweeter Center. On the big stage were the Evanescence gave a show that Jane's big bands: in order, The Donnas, The U ed, Addiction, despite their popularity with the Evane cence, AFI, Jane's Addiction, aliva, crowd, could not live up to. They were good Jack Johnson, Beck, Good Charlotte, and the but not amazing. The tune, slightly monoto- Dropkick Murphys. There's no label to nous anyway, sounded especially boring and describe this array of bands and music - unchanging on stage, drowned out by the alternative rock, perhaps? Some contempo- harsh backbeat. rary, some more ancient (Jane's Addiction). Still, Jane's Addiction was fun to watch. Overall, the music was dark and slightly Despite their age, the band members had a angry - an edgier rock than I'm used to. youthful quaJity; they were lively and bubbly These bands took the stage with attitude and on stage, like boys who never grow old. They commanded the crowd to jump, scream, and hopped and hopped around. With colorful get crazy. A mo h pit was friendly and active vests, tight pants, nipple ring , and lots of near the stage, throwing people around; the smiles, Jane's Addiction danced, played, and security guys in front were kept busy. The had fun with the crowd. musicians and the crowd alike sported similar The lead singer of aJiva scared me with fashions: black-dyed hair, piercings, tattoos. I his long hair and big belly. He shouted into was scared '" and thrilled. But no one was the microphone punctuating the beat with a sacrificed, thank goodness. The wildest thing throw of his head or his body. The band ran I saw were two high school girls - hoisted and jumped around the stage, shaking sweat up on their boyfriends' shoulders - making everywhere. The speakers shook. This music out with each other in the front row. How was loud. cliche. I caught the eye of one of the Saliva guys, F or me, the notable bands were Evanes- with shorter hair and sweeter eyes than the cence, Jane's Addiction, SaJiva, Jack Johnson, others. With one sudden sharp bang on his guitar, h'e flung sweat everywhere, especially on me ( was between the mosh pit and the stage). "Sorry," he said, and threw his gui- tar pick to me. Jack Johnson had a beautiful voice and beautiful, baby face. His . music - simple, tunefuJ lyrics, and strumming guitar - were the most mainstream and pop-culture of the night, yet undeniably some of the best. His sound and voice were like a lullaby. I wouldn't mind having him sing me to sleep. Beck was amazing - very obviously and insanely talented - playing more types of instruments and music than I knew existed. He mixed his turntables with his har- monica; he mixed hip-hop, rock, and blues. His voice was beautiful and energetic - almost cartoon- like. He had amazing rhythm, great stage presence, and very pretty blonde curls. In his gray suit, he was dignified, fun, and impressive. The others were good, but not The WBCN River Rave filled the Tweeter Center with rock May 25th. Clockwise from as notable. The AFI band members upper right: are cross-dressers (the tattoos and leather pants don't really match the Davey Havok, the lead singer of AFt (A 'Are Inside), proves that tattoos and leather eye shadow and lipstick). Dropkick pants can go with eye shadow and lipstick. Murphys get the most original award for bringing about 50 bag- Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell (left) and "Dave Navarro demonstrate that pipe players onstage. boys never have to grow old. After watching for 8 hours, the music began to blur and sound the . Josey Scott of Saliva belts out the band's hard rock. same - mostly pounding bass and throbbing ears. But I was satisfied Marc Orrell and the Dropkick Murphys close the" River Rave. - this music had had me. And though I'll be deaf by the time I'm Curly, blond haired Beck sports his grey coat and talent for the crowd. fifty, at least I know it's from loud rock music and not old age. The June 9,2003 Tech

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Monday, June 9 Motorcycle Club. Free and open to the public. Location: 2-105. 6:45 p.m. - GSC Allocations Meeting. Meetings with representatives from student groups that requested funding 10:00 a.m. - Commencement. PLEASE NOTE: THIS YEARS COMMENCEMENT EXERCISESARE BEING HELD ON MON- from the GSC. Open to the public. Location: 5().220. . DAY, JUNE 9 IN KILLIAN COURT STARTINGAT 10:00AM. (Hooding Ceremony for Doctoral Degree Recipients is on Sun- 7:00 p.m. - Bible Study. Weekly Bible study held by the Baptist Student Fellowship. Free and open to the public. Bap- day, June 8 at 1:00pm) George Mitchell to speak. Sponsor: Information Center. . tist Student Fellowsh'ip, Baptist Campus Ministry. No location provided. 12:00 p.m. - Graduation BBQ. Free. Open to all. Location: Tang BBQ Pits. Sponsor: Hellenic Students' Association. 7:00 p.m. - Auditions: "Facades: An Evening of Comedy." Dramashop one-acts: "All About AI" by Cherie Vogelsteln; 1:00 p.m. - DMSE Commencement Reception. Lunch and awards ceremony for the Department of Materials SCience "This is a Play" by Daniel Maclvor; "WASP" by Steve Martin. Directed by Dan Katz '03. Open to all members of the MIT and Engineering. Free. Open to the DMSE community. Location: 8-314. community, although priority will be given to Mil students. Limited number of scripts available outside the Dramashop 7:00 p.m. - Auditions: "Into the Woods." Stephen Sondheim's and James Lapine's fairy tale musical. Directed by office, in the basement of Kresge. Sponsor: Dramashop. Open to the public. Location: 3-343. Edmund Golaski; vocal director David Berger. Bring 2 copies of sheet music for one prepared song, in English, and be 7:00 p.m. - Tech Model Railroading Club Build nme. These are our normal meeting times, when we build the layoutl prepared to do cold readings. Lasts until 10:00 p.m. Open to the public. Location: Student Center room 407. Sponsor: Sponsor: TMRC. Open to all. Location: N52-118. MTG. 7:00 p.m. - Back Bay Usa User Group. The speaker varies, see web page . User group 7:30 p.m. - Capturfng the Frledmans. Free Sneak Preview! A non-fiction feature film that explores the elusive nature meeting of Back Bay Lisa (Large Installation System Administration). BBLISA is for administrators of both large and of truth through the prism of one of the strangest criminal cases in American history. The Friedmans seem at first to small networks. Free and open to the public. Location: E51-149. be a typical family. Arnold Friedman is an award-winning schoolteacher, his wife Elaine, a homemaker. Together, they 7:00 p.m. - Boston Macintosh User Group. Meeting of the Boston Macintosh User Group (Formerly BCS/MIT Mac). raise their three boys in the affluent Long Island town of Great Neck. One Thanksgiving, the family is gathered at home Free and open to the public. Location: E51-376. preparing for a quiet holiday dinner. In an instant, a police battering ram splinters the front door and officers rush into 8:00 p.m. - Weekly Wednesdays 0 the Muddy Charles Pub. Meet your fellow social graduate students at the Muddy the house searching every corner, seizing boxes of the family's possessions. Amold.and his 18-year old son Jesse are Charles Pub located in the Walker Memorial BUilding. What will be there for you? $1 drafts, a variety of beers, wines both arrested, and subsequently indicted for hundreds of shocking crimes. The film follows their story - from the pub- and sodas, lots of free wings, Sox on the screen. Bring IDs. MIT community only. Sponsor: Edgerton House Residents' lic's perspective and, most remarkably, through unique footage of the family in crisis, shot contemporaneously by fami- Association, Mil Entrepreneurship Center, TechLink, Wing It. . ly members inside the Friedman house.LSC is happy to announce that, follOWing the film, there will be a Q&A session 8:00 p.m. - IFiLM Film Seminar (RED by Kleslowskl). Screening of a movie followed by a discussion. Light refresh- with Andrew Jarecki, director of the film (and founder of Moviefone). Location: 1().250. Sponsor: LSC. ments provided. More information (including movie titles) on our web site. Sponsor: Intemational Film Club. Location: 7:30 p.m. - Post.commencement Plant Sale. Following Commencement Exercises, the Mil Community Service Fund ~237. . (CSF) will host its annual Fundraising Plant Sale. After our graduates and their guests have moved their celebration 8:30 p.m. - SWing Dancing. Free and open to the public. No partner reqUired. Beginners welcome. 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Best wishes to the new graduatesl Page 18 THE TECH June 9, 2003 MIT, Vest, Karpe amed inWrongful Death Lawsuit J Julie concerning the contents of the requests for comment for this arti- uicide, tried to provide ome sort knowledge about the facts sur- Lawsutt, from Page 1 decision or monitored her reaction cleo Michael Lamson, the family of support and counseling to her rounding Julie Carpenter's death, to it." spokesman and Carpenter's uncle, about the reapplication and deter- which may include MIT students," her. I think that's important." That Wednesday, she used her declined to comment, as did Davis- mine how she would respond," Beeler, the family lawyer, said. "1 don't think [what I did] was laptop to purchase sodium cyanide Millis. Randolph, Benedict, and Meek said. Carpenter suicide last in string reasonable," he said. "I guess I by mail-order over the Internet, the Orme-Johnson did not return "A jury might conclude that a wasn't reasoning through my suit said. By Friday, she had requests for comment. reasonable step for the school to Carpenter's death was the last in actions." But "I don't think I'm received it. That weekend, she went take would be to contact her doctor a string of six student suicides from responsible for her death," he said. to a barbeque at the Connecticut T had warning on uicide and inform him of this reapplication 1998 through 2001 that helped spur The suit is the third in a line of home of her friend Kristin Joseph- "Please help me prevent another and let him know that there might MIT's Mental Health Task Force to pending wrongful-death lawsuits son and chatted about returning to MIT student suicide," Dr. Joseph- be a danger to her as a result of his announce an $840,000 upgrade in against MIT that resulted from the visit the Josephsons later that June. son wrote Randolph two months reapplication," he said. mental health services in late 2001. 1999 drug-related asphyxiation of Carpenter "seemed happy and did before Carpenter died, in February An MIT rejoinder that even Her death also led to an unprece- Richard A. Guy Jr. '99 and the not give us any sign that she had 2001, after Carpenter learned orally those who knew about Carpenter's dented outside review, by Kathleen 2000 and 2001 Random Hall sui- planned on taking her life," Joseph- that the Random Hall judicial com- cyanide purchase were not alarmed C. Wallace, the associate dean of cides of Elizabeth H. Shin '02 and son's mother, Dr. Lynn Josephson, mittee planned on allowing Karpe would be unlikely to succeed in student development at Duke Uni- Carpenter. The cases are not later told The Chronicle of Higher to remain in Random and talked court, Meek said. versity, of MIT's handling of Car- expected to go to trial until 2005 or Education. with Dr. Josephson. "Throughout "Immediately after Julie's death, penter's harassment complaints 2006. When she returned to MIT, Car- Julie's telling of the tale, it was your son Zev told Dean Randolph against Karpe. penter went to a birthday party and clear that she felt the committee that he had known a few days Lamson, the Carpenter family JudComm, panel heard allegations ate chocolate-chip cookies on the before she died that she had bought spokesman, told The Chronicle last Karpe did not dispute Carpen- Random Hall roof deck, a student cyanide," Vest wrote in a June 2001 summer that the confidential review ter's allegations against him in front said, before returning to her room, letter to Kenneth E. Arnold, the "raises just as many questions as it of a Random Hall judicial commit- where she ingested the cyanide. She father of Zev Arnold, Carpenter's answers" about MIT's handling of tee to whom Carpenter had com- was found dead in her room early boyfriend, according to a copy of the incident. plained in February 200 I, seeking the next morning, April 30, 2001, the correspondence Mr. Arnold pro- In an e-mail, President Vest to have Karpe removed from Ran- by her roommate. There was no vided The Tech in 2001. "When addressed incoming freshmen and dom Hall, the suit says. note. Dean Randolph asked him why he their parents, to whom this issue of He also did not dispute them in had not warned anyone at MIT that The Tech will be distributed. "On front of an MIT administrative Lawsuit charges Vest, MIT, Karpe she had done so, Zev said he the more general question of how review panel, overseen by Assistant The Carpenters' lawsuit, filed thought she would not actually use incoming freshmen and their par- Dean Carol Orme-Johnson, in April June 4, 2003 in the Suffolk Superi- the cyanide to commit suicide." ents should think about MIT stu- 2001, according to the suit. The or Court in Boston, charges that "Nobody thinks it's really going dents staying safe while they are at contents of that panel's decision are MIT, President Charles M. Vest, to happen to people that they love," MIT, the answer is that we have a subject of dispute, but several Randolph, Dean for Student Life Meek said. "It's incredibly com- long-standing and constantly people who have read it said that it Larry G. Benedict, Onne-Johnson, mon, even when suicide victims tell improving support services for our indicated that Karpe, who had been Random Housemaster Nina Davis- their loved ones they plan to com- students," he wrote. "In particular, provisionally removed from Ran- Millis, and Karpe were negligent in mit suicide." But doctors "are in the mental health area, many dom Hall, would be allowed to failing to prevent Carpenter's sui- trained to do something different Tech articles describe the work of return. cide. It also charges MIT with and be more alert to a variety of our Mental Health Task Force "When I came up to MIT to breach of contract, by failing to suicide risk factors," he said. In that (which was formed before Julie clean out Julie's room, 1 found her uphold its obligation, paid for by had spoken, and that she had no light, MIT's alleged failure to tell Carpenter's death) and the signifi- copy of the ruling," wrote Zev Carpenter's tuition, to insulate Car- other recourse but to move out of Carpenter's doctor about her cant expansion of mental health ser- Arnold, Carpenter's boyfriend who penter from harassers, and it Random to escape, or to escape harassment complaints and suicidal vices as recommended by the Task attended Washington University in charges Karpe with assault and bat- through death." remarks is serious, Meek said. The Force. St. Louis, in a 200 I e-mail. "The tery leading to her death. These warnings should have put doctor, MIT Psychiatrist Adam "But in society at large, as well decision listed several books which "Julie's death was a tragedy that MIT on notice that Carpenter was a Silk, is not a defendant in the suit. as the MIT community, no one can Charvak had to read concerning has deeply affected her family, her suicide risk, the suit alleges, but "The letter simply set out the force adults - and freshmen are how it 'feels' to be a victim. It also friends, and many others here at instead Randolph referred her to an facts as we at MIT understood them considered adults by the law - to declared that he had to seek MIT," President Vest wrote in an MIT doctor for treatment for sub- at the time," Vest wrote in an e- seek help and treatment," Vest 'optional' therapy. I'm not entirely MIT statement issued last week. stance abuse. Carpenter had a mail. wrote. "So the key to supporting sure what that means, but I believe "The allegations in the complaint drinking problem, students say, and Zev Arnold could not be students is their willingness. to use it's how the ruling phrased it. Pro- do not give an accurate or complete one student, who spoke on condi- reached for comment. Reached on the resources that MIT makes avail- vided he did these two things and picture of the events that preceded tion of anonYmity, described a con- vacation last week, his father, who able 10 them, and to keep open the fo1Jowed up with a short essay Julie's death, or of the concern and versation with Carpenter in March in 2001 wrote Vest that he consid- communication channels among describing how it 'feels' to be a vic- care that was extended to her." or April 2001 while she was under ered Carpenter his daughter-in-law them, their parents, and those at tim, it was the body's decision that The Carpenters hope that the influence of ecstasy. She said and was instrumental in prodding MIT who can provide services and he could move back into Random through their lawsuit, "other stu- she had taken the ecstasy to get out MIT to have an independent support when they are, needed" for the Fall semester." dents at MIT may avoid her fate," of a bad mood, the student said. reviewer examine the events sur- But MI1"s moves to improve MIT has contested this charac- their lawyer, Jeffrey Beeler, told Dr. Josephson's warning and rounding Carpenter's death, mental health services will not get terization of the decision, saying it The Globe last week. MIT's knowledge of Carpenter's expressed sorrow at the lawsuit. it off the hook in the three high-pro- only allowed for Karpe to reapply Karpe remains a student at MIT substance abuse mean the Carpen- "I worked for a year very, very file lawsuits seeking to hold the to return. "There wasn't a chance in and is seeking legal representation, ters have a strong case against MIT, hard, I felt, for Julie and for the stu- university accountable for the 1999 hell he would have been allowed he said. MIT says it will not pro- said Gerald F. Meek, a North Car- dents I met at MIT, to try and get drug abuse. asphyxiation of Guy, back into Random Hall," said vide representation for Karpe. "Mr. olina attorney who specializes in MIT to look at the situation and see and the 2000 and 200 1 suicides of Robert M. Randolph, the senior Karpe is sued in his individual suicides and mental health-related what they can learn from it," he Shin and Carpenter. All three law- associate dean for students, to The capacity for assault and battery and practice. said. "I know I was successful suits were filed after MIT agreed to Boston Globe in 2001. other claims," said Mark Divincen- A substance abuse problem is a enough to at least get the investiga- pay $6 million to forestall a lawsuit The panel made its decision on zo, MIT's risk management coun- "major risk factor" for suicide, tion formed." from the family of Scott S. Krueger Friday, April 20, 2001, the suit sel. "The practice is not to cover Meek said, and MIT was arguably "I don't think it's fair to make '0 I, whose 1997 fraternity drinking says. The following Wednesday, students who are individually irresponsible in having Carpenter all of the students in that dorm death captured national media Carpenter "picked up a copy of the named unless they are being named pick up the review panel's decision relive this," he said, "and I was try- attention and prompted MIT.-to panel's decision left in an unattend- in their capacity as a volunteer or alone, knowing that its contents ing to help the university do the bring all freshmen on campus, ed room and signed for it," the suit employee," he said. would be likely to upset Carpenter, steps they needed to keep this from revamping the 30-year-old resi- says. ''No one from MIT spoke with The Carpenters did not return Meek said. happening, and the fact that there's dence selection system and building "One very strong argument they a lawsuit means I failed in my an $80 million dormitory, Simmons could make is that MIT knew that goal." Hall, in the process. 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Conveniently located in MIT Student Center, Lower level June 9, 2003 THE TECH Page 19 egatieDS Made inCarpenter Family Suit The following is the Carpen- • Further, given the severity of ment, and more about her embar- not trying to destroy Julie, only ter, ,factual 1UJ"ative, verbtltim Julie's r action to the draft Jud- ras ment concerning the publica- scare her. fro", their compIabtt bI Corpe1lter comm decision, the committee tion of the materials from her com- • The Panel displayed a disturb- v. Massachusett3 hutitllte of Tech- decided not to is ue th decision puter. ing concern for ensuring Karpe's nology. No. SUCY200. 2660 (Suf- concluded that they were in • Further, during the meeting, well-being and the appropriateness folic Superior CotIrt ftkd J"" 4. over their head, a conclusion that Randolph, who was apparently fix- of his punishment, while marginal- 2003): should ha e been ob ions to all ated on the issue of substance and izing the severity of his admitted COD II in advance of this alcohol abuse that gripped the MIT conduct and its impact on Julie. • point in . community in the wake of the alco- • After hearing, the Panel was • La on February 24, 200 I, hol-induced death of Scott Kruger, of the view that Karpe needed to be Julie contacted her boyfriend and referred Julie to a substance abuse removed from Random Hall for the told him that wanted to chec counselor in MIT's medical depart- immediate future. into a Iand s wrists. ment. • On April 20, 200 I, the Panel • Julie's boyfiiend contacted a • This substance abuse coun- submitted its final decision. number of friends MlT and selor, Adam Silk, M.D., was not • Karpe accepted the charges of they took Julie away from MlT to advised by the Defendants, Ran- harassment, invasion of privacy the home of of friends. dolph, Vest, Benedict, Orme-John- and improper conduct. • While at the friend's house, son or Davis-Millis, of either the • His sanctions were: (1) attend Julie and her friends told the stalking issues, Julie's earlier sui- a minimum of three sessions at friend' mother, Lynn Josephson, cide threat or Dr. Josephson's EMERGE; and, (2) write a paper M.D., about problems that Julie warning letter. about what it feels like to be a vic- W\g. • Moreover, while Randolph tim of harassment and invasion of • When he became aware of indicated during this meeting that privacy. Further, the Panel recom- the of ituation, Dr. Karpe would be removed from the mended that Karpe read a few Jo cph on sought and obtained dorm immediately, it in fact took books and continue counseling into • permission to advise admin- 10 days, until March 7, 200 l, for the fall. The decision allowed for at MIT of the seriousness Karpe to be moved and this Karpe's return to Random Hall the of the situation. occurred only after Julie was again following fall if he complied with • Dr. Josephson communicated forced to inquire why Karpe con- these minimal sanctions. the information to the Defendant, tinued to reside at Random Hall. • On April 25, 2001, at the ary of 2001, Julie Robert M. Randolph, and the • At no time were Julie's par- direction of Defendant, Orme- om HaD fl the Defendant, Charles Vest, by an ents advised by MIT or any of its Johnson, Julie picked up a copy of s,prjns semester of her sophomore emait dated February 25, 2001. agents, servants and/or employees the Panel's decision left in an unat- yearatMlT. SeekS. of the problems Julie was having or tended room and signed for it. • • Karpe told Julie at this time • Dr. Josephson's correspon- her suicide threat despite assur- • 0 one from MIT spoke with that he had stolen the videos and dence proceeds to detail with extra- ances provided to parents, includ- Julie concerning the contents of the dowDloadec:l computer communica- ordinary clarity the issues that were ing the Carpenters on which they decision or monitored her reaction tions between her and her CODftonting Julie and the Doctor's and Julie relied, that in the event of to it. boyftiend. grav concems about Julie. an emergency or life-threatening • Given the impending end of • Julie learned that other resi- '. Dr. Josephson's plea for help situation parents would be the ''first the semester, the Panel's decision dents of the dorm had seen the noted that Randolph was to meet to know." was tantamount to banishing Karpe videos. with Julie the next day and ended • In particular, Julie's parents from Random Hall for approxi- • JUlie further became increas- with the following language: were never advised by Defendants, mately one month. ingly concerned about her own I chose to write to you to be Randolph, Vest, Benedict, Orme- • On investigation following her safety and that of her boyfriend certain that this problem would not Johnson or Davis-Millis of the life- death by the Middlesex County during his visit in January, 200 1. be kept from your attention. threatening risk to Julie of which District Attorney's Office, Julie's • Accordingty, Julie sougkt help We've lost too many MlT kids to they were well-aware. laptop computer revealed that after from the Random Ban Judicial suicide. Please help. • It was not until March 22, picking up the decision on April Committee (Judcomm). " On February 26, 2001, Ran- 2001, that Julie was finally able to 25,2001, Julie logged onto at least • On February 9, 2001, Julie dolph, a senior Associate Dean at meet with Dr. Silk., the substance one website from which she sought filed a complaint with Judcomm MITt responded to Dr. Josephson's abuse counselor to whom Dean to obtain sodium cyanide, a highly letter. See Ex. C. Randolph referred Julie. controlled poisonous chemical . •, • ; the Defen", • This delay tdlec a number • On information and belief, dantSlatew, or should have known, of relevant deficiencies in MIT's two days later, on April 27, 2001, of Julie's suicide threat, the issues Mental Health Department as fur- Julie received cyanide that had she was confronting and the 11 ther discussed in the reports of been shipped to her at Random previous ldIT students whose MIT's Mental Health Task Force. Hall death had been.classified as a sui .. See, e.g., Ex. D. • Three days later, on April 30, cide during the proceeding 11 • Many of these a~knowledged 2001, Julie was found dead in her years. deficiencies should have been room due to her ingestion of • In particuIar, the Defendants addressed prior to Julie's death in a cyanide. knew, or should have known, of manner that would have more like- • While no cyanide was found the buming death of Elizabeth Shin ly than not prevented her death. in Julie's room at the time her body in Random Hall a year earlier. • Further, the delay evidences was found, on June 6, 2001, • Moreove .., the Defendants Randolph's negligent and/or reck- approximately five weeks after knew, or should have known, that less handling of the known risk of Julie's death, MIT Police Chief MIT's tate of $tudent suicide is Julie's suicide. Driscoll turned over a package con- approximately twice the national • On the referral of the Karpe taining a white crystal powder, average of a comparative popula- complaint from Judcomm to Dean later identified to be cyanide, to the tion and that respected educators Randolph, Randolph referred the investigating officer of the Massa- and mental health professionals matter to the Office of Student chusetts State Police. had voiced their opinion that MIT C9nf1ict Resolution and Discipline. • According to the State Police, 'was in the grip of a suicide conta- • A decision was made to pur- MIT Police Chief Driscoll claimed gion. sue the Administrative Review that this package had "suddenly • Despite their knowledge of process. appeared" these fads and the foreseeability of • On March 2, 200l, Julie filed • The whereabouts of the student suicide among the MIT stu- her complaint against Karpe with cyanide between the date of Julie's dent population and Julie in partic- the Administrative Review panel. death and its "sudden[] ular, the Defendants were inade- • The Administrative Review appear[ ance]" remain unknown to quately trained and supervised and panel was comprised of a faculty the Plaintiff at this time. MIT's policies and procedures member and a student. • At all times relevant, the were deficient while its Mental • By his own admission, the Defendants, Vest, Randolph, Bene- Health Services lacked proper faculty member who served on this dict, Orme-Jobnson and Davis-Mil- staffiDa, coordiDatioIl of care, clear Panel was no expert on any of the lis knew, or should have known, of tIeatmeDt protocols and there was issues this case presented. Julie's fear and victimization, diffi- no effective mechanism within • Julie requested that Dr. culties with the Judcomm and MlT whicb easurecI that oecessary Josephson be allowed to be present Administrative Review process, iDf()QDation was conveyed to the as a damages witness and for sup- and her resultant suicidal ideation appropriate professionals within port during the hearing, but Dr. and threats such that they could MIT. Josephson was not allowed to be reasonably foresee that they wpuld • Dean llandolph's meeting present because Dr. Josephson was be expected to take affirmative with J. was immediately peced- not a "member of the MIT commu- action to protect Julie. ed by. andolph's receipt and nity." • At all times relevant, the response to Dr. Josephson's email. • Further, no effort was made to Defendants, Vest, Randolph, Bene- • At this meeting, Julie advised have someone from MIT's own dict, Orme-Johnson and Davis-Mil- Randolph that she wanted Karpe medical community provide simi- lis knew, or should have known, removed &om the dorm. lar tes'timony, support or follow up that harm to Julie including her • Randolph, who was unquali- with Julie. resultant suicide was a foreseeable fied to make such a determination, • Karpe again took no issue consequence of their failure to take opined that Julie' s concerns were with the charges Julie raised other appropriate action in light of the Jess about the stalking or harass- than to advise the Panel that he was known risk.

.' Hot news? Call The Tech News Hotline x3-1.541. Page20 THE CD June 9, 2003 Lin and Gidwani Both Responsible, Offioors COnclude Plagiarism, from Page 1 wani's resignation. rized, agreed with Gidwani. "The ment, unless a formal complaint is giarism] had to happen," said Kim, president, asked for an explanation ''If ick does not resign, we will impeachment/resignation is too filed, said Assistant Dean Carol whom Lin defeated in the election, for this "severely unethical" action. begin the impeachment process strong a punishment for ick," he Orrne-Johnson. obody has filed a ''to have our class have to go through Lin and Gidwani's platform is vir- immediately," wrote Maria E. Hidal- wrote in an e-mail to the class coun- complaint yet, he said. all this crap." tually identical to Fabre and Barra's. go '04, last year's class president, on cil. "He has and should continue to Styczynski said he does not Lin has served as vice president, They are available on the Undergrad- behalf of the remaining officers. recognize the serious mistake he believe that further charges will be risk manager, co-community service uate Association's Web site. But Gidwani was not ready to committed in relying on Alvin to pressed. chair, and chaplain for Phi Delta Most of the remaining members resign. He did not believe that he was 'write' their joint platform. However, ''They've been punished enough, Theta, his fraternity. He was elected of the class council agreed that Lin guilty of plagiarism, he said. Because given that he did not take direct part or will punish themselves enough, by as a write-in candidate for 2004 class and Gidwani should be held responsi- he ran for vice president unopposed, in the act of plagiarism, we feel that taking accountability for their treasurer in 200 1. ble for the plagiarism, and threatened he was "apathetic" toward making an he should not face the same penalty." actions," he said. "I knew it would be difficult for them with impeachment if they did effort to campaign, he said, and The class council disagreed. me to win as a write-in, but 1thought not resign, Styczynski said. reached an agreement with Lin that , ick attached his name and liability Oa goals will be met, officers say it was important to have another can- any campaigning would be handled to the platform statement and should Styczynski, LiD, and Gidwani all didate available," he told The Tech pology also plagiarized byLin. be held accountable," Styczynski, the remain optimistic that the goals set after winning that election. "I was Lin immediately accepted respon- "Platfonns are fluff, and I dido't class treasurer, said. forth by the class council will still be especially disappointed that the can- sibility for the plagiarism. In a want to bother writing the fluff, Gid- Barra and Fabre declined to com- met. didate running for 2004 Treasurer did lengthy apology sent to the class of wani said. Lin "volunteered to write ment for this article. "The career fair is going to be not have a platform." 2004 on May 18, Lin expressed his the fluff." amazing," Lin said, "and that's some- Lin's campaignplatform is avail- sorrow for the incident and tendered Although Gidwani received a Disciplinary action unlikely thing I'm proud of." able online at http://web.mit.edu/ his resignation. copy when Lin submitted their joint Although the plagiarism may be Lin said he ''will do whatever I ua/elections/Spring03/candi- He said that he had discovered the platform, Gidwani maintains that he considered unethical, it has not been can to help facilitate the [new presi- dates/2004Pres-Lin.html. The BarralFabre platform in the UA elec- took no part in writing it and made no shown to violate any Institute rules. dent's] transition so that it is as Barra/Fabre platform is at tion archives, and that it had ''uncan- attempt to verify its authenticity or The Committee on Discipline will smooth as possible." http://web.mit.edu/ua/elections/ nily reflected my own goals and originality . not hold a hearing, or issue punish- "It's just unfortunate that [the pla- Spring99/statements99.html#2000. background." The class council handled the When platforms were due, Lin matter inappropriately, Gidwani said, made what he later described as "a by not making enough of an attempt very, very stupid mistake" in decid- to hear his side of the story before ing to run using the Barra/Fabre plat- asking him to resign. He said that no form. member of the class council contact- The apology e-mail also con- ed him before sending him an e-mail tained a sentence used by President asking for his resignation. Clinton in 1998: "It constituted a crit- Gidwani said that although the IJ ical lapse of judgment and a personal remaining officers claim to have failure on my part, for which I am attempted to reach him by telephone, solely and completely responsible." he received no e-mails or instant mes- Clinton used exactly the same sen- sages from any of them. tence to describe his affair with After initially resisting the caBs Lewinsky. for his resignation, Gidwani became In an interview later, Lin said he frustrated with the situation and did not intentionally copy the sen- resigned on May 19. tence, and that he must have simply remembered it from Clinton's speech. Lin says Gidwani blameless "When it was brought to my "I am to blame," Lin said, "and attention, I was as shocked as the the evidence proves that." The class people who told me," Lin said. council "made some assumptions "I could not believe that it had about the situation that were unfair happened," he said. "I broke down toward Nick," he said. "It's unfortu- when I heard." nate that it happened to him." Gidwani agreed, saying that Lin, Gidwani contests charges who remains his friend, showed "a After Lin' s resignation, several of lack of integrity that I am paying for TECH FILE PHOTO the remaining class council members now." Alvin M. Un '04 (center) speaks In the 2004 class presidential debates last March. Un, who was elect- sent another e-mail requesting Gid- Barra, whose platform was plagia- ed class president, resigned after It was revealed he plagiarized his campaign platfonn. etwork Security oog Sen. Mitchell to Speak IS NETWORK SECURITY TEAM 5/14/2003: Windows 2000, ATIC Laboratory. At '03 Commencement In May 2003, the Network Building 31. The ATIC Laboratory's Win- Security Team opened 254 new A Windows 2000 machine dows NT domain server logged By Kathy Un between job offers, waiting for cases. There were 142 systems was compromised, likely due to a regular break-in attempts but ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR graduate school acceptances, or compromised by intruders, of weak or blank password; the remained un-compromised, due in More than 2,200 students will undecided about their future plans. which 140 were Windows and 2 intruder installed an FTP server. part to strong passwords and cur- receive nearly 2,500 degrees today were Unix systems. There were The machine was formatted and rent security updates. at MIT's 137th Commencement. M1T to mint doctors, bachelors. also 24 other types of complaints, reinstalled with security patches. 5/28/2003: Windows, Build- Former Senator George J. MIT will award 213 doctoral including virus infection notices, Downtime was approximately ingE2. Mitchell, who brokered the Good degrees, 5 engineer's degrees, requests for vulnerability scans, two days. The U.S. Department of Agri- Friday peace agreement in North- 1,096 master's degrees, and 1,171 and other queries. Additionally, 5/17/2003: Windows 2000, culture security personnel con- ern Ireland, will speak to 11 ,000 Bachelor of Science degrees. the team responded to 88 com- Building NW 10. tacted the Network Security students and guests. 115 of those degrees will be plaints from extemal sources con- A Windows 2000 machine Team about a compromised Senior Class President Kevin given by the School of Architec- cerning compromised machines was compromised, likely due to a machine being used to conduct Nazemi said he is "pretty excited, ture and Planning, 1,255 by the on campus. weak or blank password; the successful breakins against vari- like everyone else," to be graduat- . School of Engineering, 107 by the We selected a number of et- intruder installed an FTP server. ous USDA machines. The com- ing. School of Humanities, Arts, and work Security cases with activity The machine was formatted and promised machine is still CWTem- "It's just been an amazing time Social Science, 589 by the School from the week of May 4 to June 3 reinstalled with security patches. lydown. here, and it's shocking that we're of Management, 409 by the School

that illustrate the type of destruc- Downtime was one day. 5/19nOO3: Windows Printerf done," Nazemi said. "It feels like of Science, and 10 by Whitaker tive security events that occur on 511912003: Linux, Building BuildingS. yesterday that we came here," he College of Health Sciences and MIT's campus. Identifying infor- 66. A Windows printer was CO!D"' said, adding that he is excited to Technology. mation has been removed for pri- A Linux system was compro- ~ likely due to a weak or see what the future holds for all his The are 999 undergraduates vacy. mised, and was being used to blank password; the intruder classmates. receiving the 1,171 Bachelor of probe machines at the National instalJed an FTP server. The N azemi is returning home to Science degrees, with 164 double 5/13/2003: Windows 2000, Aeronautics and Space Adminis- machine was formatted and rein- Seattle to work on "product man- majors and two triple majors. The Building 16. tration. NASA security personnel stalled with security patches. agement and marketing stuff' at class of 2003 is the last class in A Windows 2000 machine was contacted Network Security and Downtime was approximately Microsoft, he said. which students were allowed to compromised, likely due to a weak the hard drives of the affected two days. "MIT has fared very well in petition for a triple major. or blank password; the intruder machine were handed over for 611/2003: Linux, Building terms of interest from employers," Last year's commencement saw installed an FTP server. The forensic analysis in preparing a NW86. said Assistant Director of Employ- a number of security changes as a machine was formatted and rein- case against the intruders. Down- A user account on a Linux ee Relations Jason M. Wall, who is result of the September 11 th stalled with security patches. time was approximately two machine was compromised and in charge of the Career Office's attacks and the controv'ersial Downtime was three days. weeks. found sending network traffic to 2003 graduation survey. nature of the speaker, World Bank 5/1312003: Windows XP, 5/26/2003: Laptop, Building hundreds of hosts in Brazil. The The statistics are "very on President James D. Wolfensohn. Building 1. NW86. system was formatted and rein- track" compared with past years, "We are managing the arrange- A Windows XP machine was Laptop was stolen from a stu- staned with security updates. Wall said. ments as we did last year," said compromised, likely due to a dent's room. Student was advised Downtime was approximately one "When the economy is bad, one Gayle M. Gallagher, the executive weak or blank password; the to contact Campus Police and fill day. thing you frequently see is students officer for commencement. intruder installed an FTP server. out a theft report; Network Secu- InformtJtion on what to do if flocking to grad school," Wall The commencement exercises The machine was formatted and rity can only act on requests from you suspect an attack is at said, "but there hasn't been a begin at 10 a.m. today, and closing reinstalled with security patches. the police for data collection. http://w e b. m it. e d u / marked increase in MIT students remarks are expected to begin Downtime was 17 days. 5/28/2003: Windows NT, net-security/www/problems.html going to grad schoo!." around 1:45 p.m. Ticketed guests As of last Thursday, about may be seated as early as 7:30am. 1,100 students, or about half of the Commencement can also be

graduates, had responded to the viewed on televisions around MIT, / survey. Of the respondents, rough- or through a live online webcast at ly 34 percent are going to graduate http://web. mit.edu/commencement. Call Nightline x3-SS00 school and about 56 percent are A reception will be held on the going to a job. The others are wait- West Campus Plaza after com- ing for job offers, deciding mencement. June 9, 2003 THE TECH Page21 ~ With Rate Increase, Medical Benefits Change as Well

Insurance, from Page 1 health fee, next year's rates are about some changes in health care benefits. coinsurance payment. Students will see our ability greatly enhanced to the same as those at Harvard Univer- Instead of the current indemnity have to pay for any additional visits. treat students" on campus. Offner The cost of providing care is only sity. plan, MIT will use a preferred To counteract that benefit reduc- described the current mental health partly reflected in the premium Several administrators said that provider organization, which limits tion, Offner said that MIT has hired care benefit as an "interim measure," increase. Students originally faced a MIT was not attempting to recoup somewhat the number of doctors a three full-time therapists and is meant to deal with students' mental 100 percent premium increase that past losses, and that the premium student can visit for care. The num- "actively pursuing" several more health care needs while MIT sought was later reduced to 70 percent. increase was only meant to cover the ber of available doctors will still be part-time therapists and mental new staff. Kolenbrander said that MIT will cost of health care for the coming ''very high," about 75 to 80 percent health outreach staff. "We're grateful for the leadership "eat" the ten percent difference to years. Kolenbrander described the of providers currently available to Kettyle said that the outside of the GSC," Kolenbrander said. bring the increase to 60 percent. "We current insurance plan as ~'under- MIT students, Offiler said. mental health benefit was sufficient Offner said that ''we made a substan- cannot expose our students to such a priced." There will be a minimal "coinsur- for most students, and that it would tial commitment" to working with significant increase" as originally MIT did not impose steeper rate ance" payment - .a percentage of be too expensive to provide more graduate students "every step of the proposed, he said increases in the past because ''we did the cost of a service to be paid by care. "We have to average out" in way." Graduate students "can live with" not want to increase the premium students - for outpatient services order to offer affordable insurance, Caulfield said that "the process the effective $15 increase, said GSC significantly" and put a strain on not provided at MIT, and there will he said, and emphasized the over the last few weeks has been a President R. Erich Caulfield, and MIT students paying for insurance, be a $1,000 limit on the amount stu- increase in MIT's mental health goo~ model," with the GSC and "monthly billing is a win for every- Kettyle said. He said that ''unfortu- dents must payout of pocket per care capacity. administrators working closely on body." nately" they did not anticipate such a year, Offner said. Kolenbrander said that a key rec- the insurance problem. He said he Caulfield said that he and admin- rapid depletion of the surplus that Mental health services will also ommendation of MIT's Mental hopes for more such work on other istrators continue to be concerned subsidized new benefits. shift further inside MIT Medical. At Health Task Force was to briDg men- issues of concern to graduate stu- about rates for families, since these the town meetirig, Offner announced tal health care inside, since dedicated dents. "Students would be happier," are not offset by stipend increases. "I Access to outside providers limited a limit of 24 visits to a non-MIT MIT providers would better under- and administrators benefit as well, he think that's everybody's biggest con- The rate increase comes with therapist, 12 of which come with a stand MIT problems. "We'll start to said. cern," he said

Increase larger than expected "We knew there was going to be a whopping increase" and thought it . would be closer to 22 percent, said Congratulations. Class of 2003! Dean for Graduate Students Isaac M. Colbert, but administrators did not learn from MIT Medical of the insur- ance problems until after grad~ate Welcome to the MIT Alumni Association! student stipends were set. Usually, administrators setting next year's stipends receive informa- Your class officers will be working with Association staff to support your class. tion about insurance premiums in January or February and include that . President Vice President Class Agent . information in determining the stipend, Colbert said. He said last Jyoti Agarwal Ellen Kim Courtney Esinhart year's increase was about 17 percent, and that "no one expected such a Secretary Treasurer Webmaster huge increase." Kristin Tappan Diana Bolton Caulfield said that the GSC found Sebastian Gutierrez out about the increase the Monday befote the first town meeting on May 14. GSC Vice President Michael R. Executive Committee Folkert said that the announcement was a surprise. He said that "every- Kwaku Abrokwah, Thomas Becker,Adri Chaikin, Joanne "JoJo" Chang, Rebecca Deng, one was working" with the 22 per- Cesar Espitia, Shelli Farhadian, Vladimir Fleurima, Monica Gupta, Mike Hall, Alex Karnal, cent figure. "We're sensitive" to the decision Xian Ke, Nicholas Kim, Jenny Liao, Shogo John Miyagi, Zhenya Trusova timing and that the decision came Angela Won and Aileen Wu late - "out of phase" - Kolenbran- der said. "The administration takes responsibility for the fact that the . Before you leave ... MT timing was sk~wed." conned • Sign up,for Email Forwarding for Life MIT Medical had large deficit

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/ Jun ,2003 THE' Page 73 SPORTS Sloan Women Finish Season Undefeated By Emily Craparo TEAM MEMBER The Sloan Crew women's eight rowed their way to another first place finish in their final race of the season on Saturday, May 17. The victory came after a season- long winning streak in races that included the World Graduate Row- ing Championships, in which Sloan finished several boatlengths ahead of its nearest competitor. Tlie women finished their l000m race in a time of 3:50.0 on May 17. Their season-long lineup consisted of coxswain Michelle L. Miilu G, Julie E. Zeskind G, Becky Hopkin- son, Emily M. Craparo G, Danielle S. Smith '02, Katherine S. Ryan G, AliciaJ. Hardy G, Anita 1. Horn and Katherine C. Martin G. The Sloan men made vast late- season improvements in their row- ing technique, but were unable to race on May 17 due to technical dif- ficulties. They also competed in the JON R. MOSKAITIS World Graduate Rowing Champi- The Sloan crew women's eight pulls ahead of two Community Rowing boats to take the lead In the final onships but were eliminated in their race of the season on May 17. Left to right, Kate C. Martin G, Anita I. Horn, Alicia J. Hardy G, Kate S. heat by a boat from Cornell contain- Ryan G, Danlelle S. Smith '02, Emily M. Craparo G, Becky Hopkinson, Julie E. Zesklnd G, and Michelle • ing two U.S. national team rowers. . L. Millu G•

• STANLEY HV-THE TECH [email protected] Todd Walker lays down .a bunt that led to a slx-run first Inning during May 24th's Red Sox game against the Cleveland Indians. The Red Sox won 9-6, and Sox pitcher Derek Lowe threw a complete game.

~,. Bradley found out the top three in the AL. Honorable Mention: Eric "Monsieur" Gagne of the Los Angeles Dodgers. How can you not be given an honorable .J A...... mention when you haven't blown a save all year and you Battina: Jeff. Da V anOD of the Anah im Angels. Jeff average 2 strikeouts an inning? DaVlIlOa "Halen" has ~one everything for the resurgent Utility: Jody Gerut of the Cleveland Indians. Called up .AqeJs. He.s made outstanding plays in center field but most from Buffalo to fill the spot of injured Karim Garcia, Jody impressively in the batters box. In the past week alone, "Spans the" Gerut has done nothing but impress the Indians DaVanon has 12 runs, 6 home runs, 10 RBI and a .458 organization. The past week, he has 4 runs, 2 home runs, 5 average ..He had three consecutive. ~ulti-homer games in RBI, and a .368 average. The adopted son of ESPN's Base- Anaheim and in Puerto Rico. ball Tonight crew, Germ has made diving grabs in the out- The only problem for DaVanon is that Darin Erstad is field and come up with clutch hits whenever needed. With comiag off the DL 800ft, and Mike Scioscia wiD have a big Garcia starting his rehab assignment, manager Eric Wedge decision to mate reprdina DaVanon's playina time. will hopefully sit Matt Lawton and not Gemt. Honorable Mention: Morpn Bnsberg of the Houston Honorable Mention: Ricardo Rodriguez of the Cleveland AStroe. The put week, he bas 9l'UDSt 4 home runs, 12 RBIs, . Indians. After sttiking out Jay "Mohr" Payton of the Colorado 1 SB, and a .643l'YeJap. Rockies, "Ricky" Ricardo Rodriguez 1allnted Payton &om the PitC~ DontreUe iBis of the Florida Marlins. Don- mound. Payton had already made his way ~ the dugout when . tRue ~Talkin' $1Jolar Willis bas been just what the Rodriguez started waving at him to come tab him on at the Floricfa MittiDs needed: a non-iDjured starter. Hefs done mound. At least IndiaDs games are interesting this year. even more tbaa that by aUowiDJ only one run in his past Boner of the Wee ... er weeks: Sammy Sosa of the tIIRe but aIlowina a cream pie to sneak up behind him Chicago Cubs. Everyone already knows about his whole wback hitil duriDa post-pme interYiew. corked bat controversy that is being dubbed "Batgate." Even lDvolvcd in tile salary . 2000 that involved though I believe him that he just picked the wrong bat out of _~_' ... WiDis. JutiaD Tavarez, iIld ttvo other prospects to his 77 bats, it was still a stupid thing to do. ... CIenteat aad AntoDio AIfoaseca to Honorable ention: The ew: York Yankees defense. . actuaUy a Errors errors . Youfre'the freaking Yankees! Stein- ...... ;.. ,.1I'-..a...... 1I' all of y y tie individual y, commit 80 .1' you Page 24 THE CD June 9, 2003

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