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> Concerned Students .., Criticize RSSC Plan , . By Rima Arnaout RSSC Chair William J. Hecht '61 ASSOCIATE NEW EDITOR reiterated previous statements say- As the community input phase of ing that the RSSC is "not, in any ,t the Residence System Steering way, shape, or matter, done. This is Committee's redesign project pro- not a final solution ... until we get gresses, students continue to voice community feedback and go back criticism against the RSSC's prelim- into deliberations," Hecht said. ~ inary proposals. Approximately thirty students Ashdown community threatened gathered at Baker House Sunday in Student criticism of the RSSC .;. the second of four scheduled feedback proposals unveiled last Tuesday meetings. Most students were from focused largely on the plans to make Ashdown House and MacGregor Ashdown the Freshman Hall and House - the dormitories most affect- MacGregor a graduate residence. ..., ed by the proposed changes. "For every reason Ashdown is a "I don't understand what's so good place for freshmen, it's a good wrong with our system that it needs place for grad students," said ~6 such substantial change," said Baker Ashdown resident Shunmugavelu resident Marie L. Blanke '01. "The D. Sokka G. "And it's the center of administration is basically saying one half of the student community." that 'you undergrads like the system "We chose Ashdown because it
l as it stands, but we know better,'" has big public spaces" and because Blanke said. . of its central location, Hecht said.
The RSSC's Phase II Status The RSSC recommended to move WAN YUSOF WAN MORSHIDI-TIIE TECH Report, "An Evolving Framework," graduate students to MacGregor The ceremonial lighting of the pit marked the beginning of Senior House's Steer Roast '99 Friday .r.~' calls for the creation of a "Freshman because the dorm provides singles afternoon. See story pg. 13. 1:1all " to be located in Ashdown House and for MacGregor House to Residence Design, Page 18 f become a graduate dormitory. The committee also proposes a changed time line for residence selection to MIT Places Second in 'Most WIred' Rankings include an Independent Activities
(f' Period rush. Students would choose By Kevin R. Lang Reserve University placed first. remained relatively stable from pre- for lacking a distance learning pro- their first-year residence through ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Wake Forest University vious years. gram, among other criteria. MIT summer mailings with a Correction After falling behind Dartmouth University, the New Jersey Institute MIT scored 90.45 out of 100 in scored higher in categories includ- •• .,: J Lottery to follow for any dissatisfied College and the New Jersey of Technology, and Rensselaer the survey, slightly more than one ing 24-hour computer availability , . ,">( students, accoraiiig~he pHms. An Institute of Technology last year, Polytechnic Institute finished third point below top-ranked Case and tech support. additional housing lottery - the MIT ranked second in Yahoo! through fifth, respectively. Case Western. MIT fell behind Case Some members of SIPB, the "sophomore shuffle"- would be Internet Life's 1999 listing of Western jumped to the top from Western for having fewer computers Student Information Processing I" l.!eld in spring of the freshman year. "America's 100 Most Wired 63rd in 1998, and Wake Forest per one hundred students, for failing Board, questioned the relevance of - .At the open meeting, however, Colleges." Ohio's Case Western moved up from 77th. NJIT and RPI to have online add/drop forms, and the Yahoo! rankings. "I think 'who cares' pretty much summarizes the response," said Jered J. Floyd G. ,fa Floyd thought that MIT's computer Deutch Discusses Nuclear Proliferation availability and network services were better than the report could ,,...... By Kristen landino show, since many students run ASSOCIA TE NEWS EDITOR Linux from their home computers. Former Director of the CIA and Yahoo! also noted that MIT Institute Professor John M. Deutch hosts the World Wide Web
, " ,61 discussed issues relating to global - Consortium, an organization that nuclear security with a full audience develops and manages technical of both students and professors on standards for the web. Monday afternoon W3C is managed by web-inventor i \ Deutch's speech, entitled Tim Berners-Lee. "Comments on International Nuclear In 1997, Yahoo! ranked MIT the Matters", served to highlight U.S. nation's most wired university post-Cold War policy objectives with based on categories ranging from regard to the containment of nuclear hardware resources to online acade- intelligence and weapons stock. mic programs. MIT dropped to third The talk was sponsored by the overall last year, when Dartmouth I• Department of Nuclear Engineering College was named most wired col- and the American Nuclear Society. lege and NJIT finished second. Deutch cited the lack of technical Dartmouth dropped to 26th in 1999. knowledge as a major problem in "I think you have to take all nuclear security management in the these surveys with some grain of world today. salt," said Stephen C. Moss G. "Our amount of knowledge about Several students using Athena, these issues is tremendously thin. It is including Moss, thought that the very important to have technical peo- second place ranking was proof of ple in charge ... all of these really sig- MIT being wired enough. However, nificant technical issues require the Moss noted that he was using .~I.. integration of technical knowledge, Athena at the time because economic good sense, and political Information Services had inadver- sensitivity. Often U.S. as well as for- tently disconnected the network , . eign policy makers lack these skills," connection at his office. "It's hard to Deutch said. get the high end computers," Moss He said that students with a tech- said. MIODRAG CIRKOVIC-THE TECH Another Athena user was glad to Institute Professor and former CIA Director John M. Deutch discusses issues surrounding interna- , .> , Deutch, Page 23 see that MIT was not quite the most tional nuclear policy Monday afternoon. Yahoo!, Page 21 .....
MITMSA Comics Students are invited to plant World & Nation 2 .. organizes flowers in memory of Micheal P. Opinion 4 Kosovo relief Manley '02 Saturday, May 8 from Features 6
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. , Page2 THE-l'ECH .... ,... y ...... T' 0 IW ...... ,... T W. May 4,1999 WORLD & NATION Dow Jones Closes Above 11,000 Clinton Hints Bombing Could ,- THE WASIfINGTON POST NEW YORK The Dow Jones industrial average, the most widely watched sym- • bol of American wealth, closed above 11,000 for the first time Pause if Serbs Leave Kosovo Monday as investors continued to sell high-flying technology stocks and buy shares in long-neglected manufacturing companies. By Ken Rreman who led a delegation of religious great nation, the only superpower, A late-day bargain hunt, fueled by a positive economic report, and WIlliam Douglas leaders that persuaded Yugoslav must not succumb to the arrogance pushed the Dow average up 225.75 points, or 2.1 percent. It closed at NEIVSDAY President Slobodan Milosevic to of power or the idolatry of might." WASHINGTON 11,014.69. release three American paws. Chernomyrdin said Clinton had The new milestone came just 23 trading days after the barometer On a day of hectic diplomatic Jackson asked Clinton to reach shown receptivity to a bombing • of blue-chip stocks first closed above 10,000. But in that short period, activity, President Clinton suggested out to Milosevic, at least by teie- pause under certain conditions _ the psychology of the market has changed entirely. The narrow group Monday that there might be a pause phoning him to thank him for free- conditions the president spelled out of technology stocks that helped burst previous records has fallen out in the bombing of Yugoslavia if it ing the captives, saying such a call in a press conference shortly before of favor, and investors are now searching intently for bargains they met certain conditions, while might serve to break the diplomatic he met the Russian. He said .. missed before. Russian envoy Viktor ice. But the administration official Milosevic must at least begin to Many Wall Street officials say the change in investing patterns is Chernomyrdin said he felt a diplo- ruled out such a gesture as "unpro- withdraw his forces from Kosovo healthy for the longest-running bull market in history. Americans matic solution to the Kosovo con- ductive." and indicate acceptance of NATO's increasingly have more of their net worth tied to the market _ 52 per- flict was "closer" after meeting Jackson said he had also asked core demands: a total Yugoslav • cent of Americans own stock directly and through mutual funds, up Clinton at the White House. Clinton to release two Yugoslav pullout, a return of all refugees and from 42 percent in 1997 _ and the rise in the market has enriched But the talk of peace was tenta- paws as a reciprocal gesture. deployment of an international secu- Americans and fueled a boom in consumer spending that has kept the tive and conditional, and "Those little steps in the right rity force to protect them. U.S. economy expanding. Chernomyrdin acknowledged that direction can spare all of us a long On the thorny question of the "very detailed negotiations and dis- and bloody war," Jackson said. "We composition of that force, an issue cussions" were still needed to make have the right not to talk.... To not that lies at the heart of the dispute Clinton to Back Privacy Measures progress. A senior administration talk is not the right thing to do. To between NATO and Milosevic, THE WASIfINGTON POST official said that the differences not exchange prisoners is not the Clinton appeared to continue a WASHINGTON between Washington and Moscow right thing to do. We are strong process of softening somewhat President Clinton plans to unveil Tuesday a long-promised pro- had narrowed, but that the United enough to express courtesy." Washington's position. When the posal to beef up privacy protection and other consumer rights in an States and Yugoslavia remained far Administration officials have not bombing started in late March; the age when banks, securities firms and insurers employ computer tech- apart on the key issues that divide ruled out the possibility of releasing administration had demanded that nology to amass and use huge libraries of financial and medical infor- them. the paws but did not indicate such NATO "lead" the force; it later mation about their customers. "This is not something that is a release was imminent. shifted to a stance of NATO form- The proposal will be one of Clinton's most ambitious efforts to going to result in some magical Jackson said he remains hopeful ing its "core." bolster consumer privacy and protections against alleged abuses by breakthrough in the next nanosec- the president will respond, given Monday, Clinton did not repeat the financial industry. ond," said the official, who spoke on other diplomatic efforts, including either of those formulations. He said The Clinton administration will ask Congress to require banks condition of anonymity. those by Chernomyrdin. the force could operate under and other financial institutions to give consumers the chance to limit After spending about 90 minutes "He did not say, 'I would do it.' United Nations auspices and contain how much of their financial and medical records can be shared or with Chernomyrdin, Clinton then He needs time to mull over, to think Russian soldiers, but NATO must sold to others, according to White House documents and officials met with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, about it," Jackson said. "We as a be "a big part of it." familiar with the plan. How many of those restrictions would apply to sharing among affiliated companies was unclear, sources said. The administration also will press for measures designed to ensure that financial services companies give consumers much more Columbine Students Head Back detail about floating credit card rates, fees for the use of automatic teller machines and other financial arrangements, sources said. FAA Announces Required Updates To Class at Nearby High School By Lorraine Adams About 2,000 Columbine stu- others, the day was terrifying, and For Flight, Cockpit Voice Recorders THE WASHINGTON POST dents returned to school just before cam~ too soon after the ~arnage. LITTLETON, COLO_ TilE WASIfINGTON POST I p.m. Monday for the first time "I'm scared," said Margot WASHINGTON In the noon sunshine, Columbine since the shootings two weeks ago Brown, a freshman who was in the The Federal Aviation Administration, responding to pressure from High's students assembled at their that left 15 dead and 21 injured in library and was saved from the federal safety officials, announced Monday that it will require a rivals' school. The first day back an afternoon of bombs, gunfire and worst only because she forgot her ~ major upgrade of aircraft flight data recorders and cockpit voice looked more like a pep rally than a mocking nihilism. ruler in the cafeteria and went to recorders to provide better information after accidents. solemn return: Most students wore The Columbine school building retrieve it. "I've always been scared In particular, the FAA will require new on-board sensors to deter- Columbine colors, navy blue and - still strewn with students' back- since that Tuesday. You never know r •• mine movements of the Boeing 737 rudder, which has been listed as silver. There were even balloons. packs, textbooks, and the detritus of when something is going to happen. the probable cause of two crashes, FAA Administrator Jane Garvey But it wasn't as easy as that. the violence - remains closed for I don't care how many people are announced during a panel discussion at a National Transportation Teenagers drove to their temporary evidence gathering and is not watching over us. I'm still scared." Safety Board symposium on flight recorders. haven at Chatfield High School in expected to reopen until September. Five of Brown's Columbine ~ She emphasized that the agency's forthcoming rules will follow Jeeps and Broncos with painted Chatfield's own students attended classmates remain hospitalized. all recommendations made by the board after it investigated the crash windows vowing "We will go on." classes in the morning; the split-day Police Monday arrested a 22-year- of a USAir 737 near Pittsburgh in 1996 and the plunge of a Swissair Two Jefferson County sheriff's schedule will continue through the old man who allegedly supplied the McDonnell Douglas MD-ll into the ocean off Nova Scotia last year. deputies on motorcycles and one end of the school year on May 27. killers, students Eric Harris and t~t~ It was highly unusual for the FAA to agree so rapidly and com- state police patrol car stood guard. For some students, the return to Dylan Klebold, with a semiautomat- pletely with the safety board's recommendations. The safety board Three mothers watched over the school - even one not their own - ic weapon they used in the mas- investigates accidents but has no regulatory authority. school's main crosswalk, passing was a welcome stab at normalcy sacre. And school authorities asked .( out leaflets on how to handle the after a week of IS funerals and an students friendly with the two gun- media. avalanche of media attention. For men to stay away from Chatfield. .., WEATHER Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Tuesday, May 4, 1999 April flowers? May showers?
By Veronique Bugnion STAFF METEOROl.OGIST The not-very-serious-yet-very-annoying storm which brought us rain last night has decided to anchor itself South of the Cape. Because winds rotate ''11 counter-clockwise around a low pressure center, this system will continue to advect very moist air from the ocean towards New England today. The fore- cast models have not at all made up their mind as to how long this low is going to bother us before drifting off to sea, thereby making it difficult to predict exactly how long we will have to keep an umbrella handy. The sys- tem should however be out of the way by Wednesday night, hopefully mak- ing way for a partly sunny and warm day on Thursday. Enjoy the springtime weather while it lasts, it is likely to a new storm system will be bringing us more rain by Friday. This is mother nature's way of compensating for the lack of rainfall in April, only 0.87 inches fell instead of the usual 3.60, mak- ing it the driest April since records began in 1872. Tuesday: Breezy, showers highly likely, High 57°F (14°C) Tuesday night: Showers, Low 51°F (1DOC) ~. ~ed~esday: Mostly cloudy} 40 ~ercent c~ance .of rain, High <>f 61°F, ...•
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,Attacks on Serbian Power Grid Three Released U.S. Soldiers Enjoy Reunions With Families in Gennany
LOS ANGELES TIMES ,Bring New Impact on Civilians LANDSTUHL.GERMANY By Daniel WIlliams lenging NATO warplanes to attack buildings. Two more bombs from Three U.S. soldiers held joyous reunions with their families who THE WASHINGTON POST them, has given way to wonder the same attack landed on the traveled to Germany on Monday with plans to spend every waking .. BELGRADE about how long the bombing can go grounds of the local hospital, break- hour together after the servicemen were released from captivity in For citizens of Belgrade and on. ing windows and sending glass Yugoslavia. other Serbian cities, NATO attacks Sometimes, hostility is directed shards into at least two operating They still are undergoing an extensive debriefing process at the :A>nmajor power plants have made only at NATO and the United rooms. The government reported 17 U.S. Army medical center in this bucolic town about 90 miles west of plain that from now on the battle for States, but on occasion also at the injuries. Frankfurt. Kosovo will be as near to them as Yugoslav government of President Then, late Sunday night, the Although the three soldiers had said in previous interviews that the refrigerator that no longer Slobodan Milosevic. Everyone lights went out. Like many parts of they were well treated by their Yugoslav captors until they were 'works, the faucets that barely drip, seems to be clamoring for some sort Serbia, Valjevo gets its electricity released Sunday, medical personnel said new tests showed that the the oven that stays cold, the eleva- of negotiated end to the conflict, no from the Obrenovac power and soldiers were probably treated roughly in their capture and early in tors that won't run, the traffic lights matter their opinion of its cause. redistribution station outside their 32 days of captivity. , ,that have gone dark and the bread "I take this opportunity to send Belgrade. NATO's attack on X-rays revealed that Staff Sgt. Andrew Ramirez of Los Angeles that arrives late from bakeries that a message to the world and our Obrenovac - as well as on power had two fractured ribs in addition to some minor swelling in his legs. no longer operate through the night. leadership that all this must stop," facilities in Drmno, Kostoloc, A CT scan of Staff Sgt. Christopher Stone's nose revealed that it was More frequent air attacks on said Milvoje Marjanovic, a retiree in Bajina Basta and Novi Sad - short- broken. However, neither man will undergo further surgery, accord- 'fiargely civilian targets, coupled with the Serbian town ofValjevo. circuited power grids and plunged ing to Army doctors. Two of the men lost a little more than 10 a growing number of civilian casu- Valjevo, which lies about 60 much of the republic into darkness. pounds. alties from errant NATO bombs, miles southwest of Belgrade, Sporadic power outages continued Nonetheless, the soldiers' overall physical and emotional progno- have left residents here tense, angry received a double shock from throughout Monday in Belgrade and sis is extremely good, said Col. Mike Sullivan, chief public affairs . and mystified. The giddy defiance of NATO aircraft Sunday. Bombs the rest of Serbia - the dominant spokesman for the U.S. Army in Europe. "These are capable folks the early days of the allied air apparently aimed at a nearby tank- partner in the Yugoslav federation. who are going to come out of this just fine," he said. assault, when thousands of people parts factory destroyed a two-story Hospitals, most of which have .~"\cross Serb-led Yugoslavia pinned house and shattered windows and standby generators, were assigned paper targets on their backs, chal- facades of surrounding apartment top priority for restoration of power. AOL Won't Aid Comcast in Bid War THE WASHINGTON POST America Online Inc. has decided against helping Comcast "ClintonWarns Japanese to limit Corp. raise its bid for cable TV giant MediaOne Group Inc., deal- ing a blow to Comcast's chances of outbidding AT&T Corp. for the company, sources closed to the negotiations said Monday. For the past week, AOL had been exploring ways to become a ,Steel Exports and Open Markets "white knight" to help Comeast, also a major cable company, in By Jonathan Peterson would "squarely watch" Japan's U.S. questions about whether Japan what has become the most expensive corporate bidding war in LOS ANGELES TIMES economic performance in the next was genuinely opening the curtain history. WASHINGTON couple of months for "tangible" on its traditionally protected econo- AOL, the online service, decided not to meet the multibillion- President Clinton Monday signs of a recovery. "I believe we my. Clinton pointedly noted ongo- dollar sum that Comcast requested, sources close to Comcast applauded new Japanese efforts to have adequate policy measures in ing trade controversies involving said, although both companies declined to offer specifics. The open its economy to foreign compe- place," he said in defense of his eco- Japanese protection of insurance, money would have been an AOL investment in a combined r ~ition and slash red tape that stran- nomic plan; adding, "I believe we automobiles and glass, along with Comcast-MediaOne. gles competition. now see the fmancial system mov- access to the potentially lucrative Corncast remains in discussions with other would-be allies, But Clinton, in a Joint news con- ing ahead towards regaining interna- market of Japanese government pro- including Microsoft Corp., and has until Thursday at midnight to ference with Japanese Prime tional confidence." curement. top AT&T's $58 billion offer. Minister Keizo Obuchi, warned that The two nations released details "Too often our industries have One high-placed source in Comcast's camp called the discus- the Asian nation must restrain its of new Japanese efforts to deregu- found that while they might be able sions "encouraging" but added that "we'll have to wait and see" steel exports to the United States or late its economy and open it up to to set up shop, the restrictions of an if a counteroffer emerges.
I face U.S. retaliation. foreign competition. Japan agreed to over-regulated market in Japan On Monday, Englewood, ColO.-based MediaOne, the third- "We will take action if steel ease restrictions to foreign participa- made it impossible for them to sell largest cable company, officially accepted AT&T's offer, termi- imports do not return to their pre- tion in telecommunications, build- on competitive terms," said U.S. nating a month-old agreement with Comcast, which offered stock ~risis levels on a consistent basis," ing materials, medical devices, Trade Representative Charlene valued at about $50 billion. If it can't beat AT&T, Comcast Clinton said. "Playing by the rules pharmaceuticals, fmancial services, Barshefsky. would receive a "breakup" fee of $1.5 billion from MediaOne. of trade is the best way to sustain a energy and retailing. And, in a sepa- Japan Monday said it would give The bidding for MediaOne reflects AT&T's need to expand consensus for open trade ... It will rate statement, Japan said that companies greater flexibility in beyond its stagnated. long-distance telephone business and get / ~elp Japan adapt to the challenges increasing foreign investment would establishing telecommunications into cable, which it hopes will be the preferred pipeline for deliv- of the new global economy." further strengthen the economy. networks, and would also allow for- ering voice, video and data to consumers. For his part, Obuchi said he But the moves did not eliminate eign ownership of TV enterprises. .,
Institute Committee 9--C--ID- IlUJ Y Application Process General Council Meeting 03 activities committee meeting * The Graduate Student Council nominates Thursday, May 6 muddy charles board of governors graduate students to serve on Presidential and 5:30-6:30 PM, 50-220 04 meeting, muddy pub, 5:30-6:30 Faculty Committees of the Massachusetts New officers will assume awards convocation, 4:00-5:30' PM, Institute of Technology. If you are nominat- their positions 05 10-250 ed to a committee, a copy of your application will be forwarded to the committee chair. general council meeting * Nomination by the GSC is not a guarantee of Secretary Position 06 appointment. The Institute Committees make The sectetary position is still housing and community affairs the final decision and notification to accept a 10 committee meeting * candidate. However, ~ll candidates must go open, so nominations will con- academics, research and careers through the GSC nomination process. The tinue to be accepted until the 1.1 meeting * deadline to apply for institute committee is Friday, May 14. Interviews will be held on May general meeting. For orientation committee meeting * May 20. more information, contact gsc- 12 The list of committees needing graduate stu- .* dents and the application form may be found [email protected] and see I graduate studen1s are weIoome. Food is provided. on the GSC home page at . http://www.~it. edu/-gsc/aboutlb . http://www.mit.edulactivities/gsc/Peoplellnsti The next issue of the GSN will be pub- tuteReps/institute_reps.html. The official ylaws/ bylaws.html. MIT web page describing these and other lished on May 10. More news and Ask Institute Committees is Jazz Wednesday Larry coming up. http://web:~it.edulcommittees/www. Nights Please pick up an application at the Graduate @ the Muddy MIT Awards Convocation .~I Student Council office. If you have any ques- Charles Pub! Wednesday, May 5 tions, contact [email protected] or Walker Memorial 253-2195. ~ (50-120) 4 PM, 10-250 ( ~'11' Page 4 "'''I~J'''1'' OPINION .. Letters To The Editor the number of on-campus beds available to boo" to one student before shooting the stu- Keep Ashdown House graduate students and because the entry-ori- dent with a shotgun) shows that the killers ented structure of MacGregor House is not were very much influenced by pop culture for Graduate Students conducive to the house-wide community of images of violence. This past Saturday (April Chairman "We are very concerned about the poten- Ashdown graduate students. In addition, we 24), NPR's John McChesney reported that Josh Sittker '99 tially serious situation that is threatening to believe that the prevalence of singles in Doom, the video game played avidly by Klebold and Harris, is used as a training exer- Editor in Chief affect the living and learning environment of a MacGregor House suggests its retention as an Zareena Hussain '00 large group of graduate students, those at undergraduate residence in order to maintain a cise by the military to desensitize soldiers to Ashdown House." So began an open letter diversity of housing options for undergradu- violence. Video games have been around for Business l\'lana~er ates. awhile, but anyone comparing Pong to Doom • Joey Dieckhans 00 penned by Ashdown Housemasters Vernon and Beth Ingram and addressed to President Although graduate students comprise half or Quake could tell you that they've become a Managing Editor Charles M. Vest, published in The Tech on of MIT's student body, there are currently no lot more realistic. Ryan Ochylski '0 I Of course, many people play Doom for December 9, 1994. They wrote in response to graduate student members of the Steering f' Executive Editor the recommendation of the Institute's Committee (but there are four undergradu- hours and watch action movies, and yet have Douglas E. Heimburger '00 Strategic Housing Planning Committee Report ates). We believe the Steering Committee can no urges to go on a shooting rampage. That regarding the conversion of Ashdown House be aided in its task by the presence of one or doesn't mean that these violent images don't NEil'S SJAFF into an undergraduate dormitory. That recom- more graduate students, and we have desensitize us to violence. I waS surprised to Editors: Frank Dabek '00, Susan mendation was defeated, and Ashdown House expressed a request for representation to the observe my own lack of reaction this past Buchman '01. Jennifer Chung '01, Krista remained a graduate residence, but history Committee. In the interim, we have formed an August to the "unreal" images of missiles L. Niece '0 I; Associate Editors: Rima repeats itself. On April 27 of this year, the ad-hoc council to consider alternative ideas raining through the sky over Osama Bin Arnaout '02, Sanjay Basu '02, Neena S. Residence System Steering Committee pre- and are circulating a petition supporting the Laden's compound. Kadaba '02, Kristen Landino '02, Kevin R. sented its Phase II Status Report calling for preservation of Ashdown House as a graduate Television and movies have also heavily Lang '02, Karen E. Robinson '02; Staff: the rededication of Ashdown House to an community. reinforced the social strata of high school. Eric Sit '99, Erik Snowberg '99, Anna K. undergraduate dormitory - specifically as a Ronak J. Bhatt G Yes, teenagers have always formed cliques, Benefiel '00, Adam Brown '00, Dudley "Freshman Hall." Ashdown House Executive Committee but I believe that movies like The Breakfast Lamming '00, Katie Jeffreys '01, Laura As the representatives of Ashdown House, Club (a movie I really enjoyed, by the way) McGrath Moulton '0 I, Jane Yoo '0 I, as graduate students, and as members of the have heightened our awareness of the bound- Gitrada Arjara '02, Steve HQberman '02, MIT community, we would like to express our Culture ofViolence aries. I don't believe in censorship. nor do I Alex lanculescu '02, Payal Kohli '02, Priya opposition to this proposal. We acknowledge support the use of litigation to enfol"ce moral- Prahalad '02, Michael M. Torrice '02; Does Desensitize ity. In fact, I believe such actions only make Meteorologists: Michael C. Morgan PhD '95, that the Steering Committee has been charged with a difficult task - the development of a I'm writing in response to Eric 1. Plosley's the situation worse by creating the idea that Veronique Bugnion G, Greg Lawson G, Bill all that is legal is ethical. Rather, I'd like the ....' Ranlstrom G, Gerard Roe G, Chris E. Forest, viable, long-term housing strategy for the column ["Reflecting on Littleton, Colorado," media to realize that with its incredible Marek Zebrowski. entire student community, and we believe that April 27] concerning the school shootings in this end is best served by the preservation of Colorado. While I agree with Plosley's asser- power and influence comeS an ethical PRODUCT/OS .\TIFF Ashdown House in its present location and tion that "terrible" parenting and easy access responsibility . Editor: Brett Altschul '99; Associate function for the graduate student community. to guns played a key role in this latest tragedy, And, of course, as Plosky pointed out, Editors: Ian Lai '02, Agnes Borszeki; Staff: Ashdown House is unique among graduate I disagree with his statement that these "media moguls do nothing mOl"ethan provide, Erica S. Pfister '00, Jordan Rubin '02. residences, providing a house-wide, commu- "shootings have little to do ... with our 'cul- obediently, what the market demands .... " We, OI'/.\'f(}S STAfF nity oriented living style. Moreover, it serves ture of violence'," and his assessment of the my friends, are the market. As is often the Editors: Michael J. Ring '0 I, Naveen as a hub of graduate activity for residents and lack of responsibility of the entertainment case, the solution to these seemingly remote Sunkavally '01; Columnists: Julia C. non-residents alike, fostering interdepartmen- industry. problems lies within ourselves. Why have we Lipman '99, Eric J. Plosky '99, Elaine tal relationships and promoting the ideal of a These school massacres are a recent phe- given the entertainment industry so much of Y. Wan '01, Veena Thomas '02, Kris community of scholars. In September 1998, nomenon, dating from 1996. Bad parenting our time, so much political influence, and the Schnee '02; Staff: Wesley T. Chan '00, the MIT Task Force on Student Life and and firearms, alas, have been around for many role of baby-sitting our childr-en? Why have Dawen Choy '00, Seth Bisen-Hersh '0 I, Learning released a report stating, "The years. So what is different about the present? I we asked Hollywood to titillate us by having Andrew J. Kim '01, Jeff Roberts '02. thoughtful programs that exist at Ashdown would argue that it is indeed our increasing Keanu Reeves blow away a SW A.T team? SPORTS STAFF House are an example of how to bring about a culture of violence, created by a nationwide Why do some of us play Quake to the point of Editor: Shao-Fei Moy '98. strong sense of community among graduate addiction to visual entertainment and the irre- inducing carpal tunnel syndroIl1e? The media ARTS SJ~l1-T students. Such housing is closely aligned to sponsible abuse of its power by the entertain- has given us a way to "harmlessly" satiSfy our L Editors: Joel M. Rosenberg '99, Satwiksai MIT's educational mission." In this light, the ment industry. There is no question that the inner demons - but it hasn't been so harm- Seshasai '0 I; Associate Editors: Vladimir Steering Committee's recommendations are entertainment industry is an incredibly power- less after all. V. Zelevinsky '95, Bence P. Olveczky G; all the more surprising. ful force in our society. So yes, we need to have better control over Staff: Daniel Metz G, Steven R. L. We protest the Steering Committee's sug- The use by Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris access to arms, and yes, we need to work --.; Millman G, Roy Rodenstein G, Teresa gestion of MacGregor House as an alternative of action-movie dialogue (for example, one towards a culture of inclusion and yes, parents Huang '97, David V. Rodriguez '97, Mark graduate residence, both because it reduces killer bent under a table and said "peek-a- need to be more vigilant. But we also oeed to Huang '99, Kate Samrandvedhya '00, realize that the roots of violence and cultural Francisco Delatorre '01, Fred Choi '02, degradation are within all of us, and so is the Amrita Ghosh '02, Daniel J. Katz '03. solution. Don't be a passive receptacle for the
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I unaware that it was not possible, when I first my first,years at MIT. Alas and alack, howev- nent presence, especially if the Tute keeps it matter, because what you eat is not impor- arrived at MIT, to walk through Building 26 er, Newbury decided last summer that its posh cheap? Suggested addition: luxury five-minute tant. As finals week approaches, food is no to 16 to 56 to 66. No, for many long months, 84 Mass. Ave. location, despite regular prof- shampoos, expensive-salon style. Aaahhh. longer important, cooking becomes a diver- the buildings - first 56 and then 16 - under- 24-hour bowling alley. West campus sion, and caffeinated elixirs become most :~.: went spiffy renovations, only at the end of would be alive at all hours with the cheery students' main source of energy. which was it possible to stride with dry sound of bowlers carousing. (Hmm.) Maybe For those who have time to enjoy and impunity from East Campus to Lobby 7. Now, Doesn't it embarrass better: roller rink. Yes, it would be small, and choose what we eat, exposing their tastebuds .• even though Infinite Corridor Jl. has been you'd have to leave enough space for both a to a variety of flavors is a pleasure and a ben- open for who knows how long, I still walk administrators that a prime disco ball and a concession stand. But it could eficial study break. A variety of foods broad- outside from EC to Building 6. Once, it was a all be shoehorned in. (The Stud. Ctl.'s no- ens our horizons and cultivates interests into trail dictated by necessity; now, it's just a . locationis unfilled in what is skating policy would need a tweak.) the many cultures in this world. Japanese cui- ••. habit, one the MIT -young will never under- supposedly the headquarters Medical Department triage facility. To sine offers a taste of fresh fish and vegetables. stand. serve the needs of the dozen or so students Italian cuisine layers tomato and cream The snazzy Building 2 classrooms weren't ojstudent life? who live on west campus, a fully-stocked sauces on an array of geometrical pastas. always; just three years ago they were as miniature hospital a la M* A *S*H. An operat- Chinese cuisine combines vegetables, meats, ..; decrepit as those next door in Building 4 still ing theater with big picture windows would rice and noodles in a simple stir fry. Indian are. Building 11 didn't always have a self- enable students on their way to or from cuisine not only emphasizes its food with important Student Services Center; it used to its, didn't fit in with its overall, long-term Lobdell to observe operations in progress. exotic spices, but leaves an unforgettable (t host the Fishbowl Athena cluster, rightfully game plan. (Who would have believed it - Student social space. Yeah, yeah, yeah. experience when you eat with your fingers. symbolic of MIT. And doesn't anyone else long-term planning at MIT!) So Long-shot ideas: new athletics center, pet For those of us who barely have time to miss the high-yield weapons testing that used Newbury gathered up its CDs and vacated the shop (as if we didn't have enough animal life work (never mind sleep), deciding what to to endear me so to Hayden Library? space, and, as even the most apathetic tool on the upper four floors), off-track betting eat, when to eat, how much to eat and who I'm digressing slightly; what I really want should have realized by now, the space is still parlor, N.R.A. field office, and any of {tobac- to eat with, becomes a very challenging task. to focus on is everyone's favorite 84 Mass. vacant. co shop, liquor store, pool hall}. Although eating nutritious and palatable Ave., the Stratton Student Center. Yes, what At this point, the situation really is ridicu- If any of.these ideas appeal to you, dial food is a great concern, within the last two • ( is now the CopyTech Turbo-Express Xerox- lous. MIT might have been able to keep . (781) 273-5555 and pass them along - and weeks of tests, I've convinced myself that Xerox-Xerox™ Center used to be the MIT Newbury by lowering its rents, or engaging in feel free to take all the credit. It'd be enough Museum's merchandising stand. Yes, whatever other machinations are possible in for me to be able to visit campus in ten or Technicuts, in the basement, used to be a the real-estate' business. Instead, the adminis- twenty years, look at the space formerly , detention center operated by the Immigration tration stared dumbly at the departure of a Newbury Comics, and nod with satisfaction I am aware that I seem to and Naturalization Service. But these are popular tenant, and it hasn't made any when I say proudly to myself, "I had a hand in minor changes. progress over the past year in filling the space: that." Whatever else changes on campus, that be advocating eating healthy, Picture it: Cambridge, 1995. (Imagine me Doesn't it embarrass administrators that a would be enough to make-me feel young. but what I'm really suggesting is that anything }?,rospects.,f,erho'cratic and Labor Party leader John chancesojaafting a Ireland's police force'. As is still poorly At MIT, stress can lead to many eating Hunie, and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams. viewed in many republican circles, th~ RUC disorders and irregular eating schedules. We Certainly, the interests of Northern Ireland- ,positive-sum solution has had a long history or'discrimination usually eat what we can scramble for. It is and of the world - dictate that this impasse against Catholics. Giving Sinn Fein over- important to eat when you are hungry, but if be swiftly resolved. out if this mess are sight powers over this body would be an you could choose between a bagel and a Compromise is nothing new to these play- extremely low... important and appropriate step of confi- jelly donut to satisfy your hunger, I would ers. Trimble, head of Northern Ireland's dence-building on the part of Trimble. suggest a b~rry bagel. A bagel is simple, largest unionist party, rose to political stardom As Trimble and Adams meet this week, nutritious and can be easily purchased on ~. by vociferously supporting the Protestant the world waits and hopes this arms impasse your ~ay to class in the coffee shop or cafe- marches through Catholic neighborhoods, the heat on the IRA to begin decommission- will be reduced to what it should be - terias. Many bagels are not more nutritious which always stir trouble through the summer ing. merely a minor speed bump on the road to than eating many donuts, but they fill you up in Northern Ireland. To become the leading The actual Good Friday agreement seems peace. The presence of Blair, Ahem, and more quickly, so you won't eat as much . . , unionist voice in the peace process was quite a to be on Adams' side. The accord binds par:- John Hume, the leader of Northern Ireland's Bagels may not taste as good as a jelly turnaround for a politician traditionally asso- ties "to use any influence they may have to, Catholic party whose nonviolent struggle for donut, but, besides your tastebuds, your ciated with hard-line proposals and rhetoric, achieve the decommissioning of all paramili- civil rights has earned him comparisons to body probably won't know the difference. and his embrace of the peace process turned tary arms within two years following endorse- Martin Luther King, will hopefully be a Bagels and donuts both get metabolized into • many fonner supporters into enemies. ment in referendums North and South of the great moral force pushing Trimble and glucose and is readily used by your body. Likewise, Adams has convinced many agreement and in the context of the imple- Adams to compromise. Although the donut contains more calories, hardened republicans, previously willing to mentation of the overall settlement." Handing After centuries of violence, strife, and it would take your body longer to bum. ". use force to seek a union with Dublin, to cease in weapons is not a precondition to the forma- death, the people of Northern Ireland deserve It is important for food to be tasty and deli- their violent means and support the Good tion of a Northern Ireland government, as nothing less than an end to The Troubles. I cious when you have time to enjoy it, but, Friday agreement. Under the agreement, the Adams has repeatedly pointed out. hope this week will be a giant step forward to when you are pressed for time, a simple mea) legitimacy of British rule in Northern Ireland However, Adams must step beyond his that most worthy goal. that is good for you will do. Page 6 THE TECH May 4, 1999 FEATURES MIT Theater Arts
With a vast array of performing groups/ the best show you ever saw might have been right here at MII •
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By Vladimir Zelevinsky the performers and not the polished quality of ASSOCIATEARTS EDITOR their performances, the Community Players MIT, this haven of geeks, nerds, computer are consistently exceIlent in their choice of wizards, and the general population which plays .. usually talks even about its everyday activities in some sort of a complicated code (as in, MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players ''I'm taking eight-double-oh-one in twenty- The MIT Gilbert & SuIlivan Players are six-one-hundred"), is famous for its humani- always consistent - overaIl attention to the '. ties. Justly so, of course: just check out, for inherent strengths of every G&S show, name- example, the plethora of exceIlent musical ly, Gilbert's insanely quotable dialogue and concerts held year-round. hilarious lyrics, as weIl as SuIlivan's music, .~ Of special note is the MIT theatre, span- simultaneously exciting, hummable, and lyri- ning the interval from strictly amateur (but cal - is clearly the main priority of each highly enthusiastic) performances to the pro- MIT G&S production, and it pays off hand- fessional-quality full-scale productions, aided somely. by an extensive program of theatre courses. The overall quality of the singers and the With courses offered in everything starting orchestra is usually adequate but not extraor-
from basic and advanced acting, to costume, dinary, with the usual exception of two or . i set, and lighting design, to the director's craft, three very strong leads (both singing- and act- to something as esoteric as art and science of ing-wise) in each show. But this is usually stage combat, the resulting variety and quality compensated by the general clarity of action of local theatrical productions is wild and and delivery; for example, in last year's pro- exciting. duction of The Pirates of Penzance, every sung word was audible. Sketch & Improv Another reliable feature of G&S is that the There are many theatrical groups, includ- overall stress is almost always on the show's . 1 ing some which are rather borderline theatri- humor. It always works, after all, G&S did cal, such as Plush Daddy Fly, an original write comic operas, although in some cases, sketch comedy, and Roadkill Buffet, an like The Mikado and Ruddigore one wishes ~ improvisational comedy group. Both of these the darker aspects were more pronounced. are vastly amusing, and, what's more impor- But in their last production, the relatively dark tant, provide priceless experience of stagecraft The Yeomen of the Guard went for serious, and by encouraging the participants to act off each succeeded. other. It also aids in creating such essential actors' qualities as being light-footed and MIT Musical Theatre Guild quick-thinking, and a talented improv/sketch MTG is another case of an amateur group performer is usuaIly easily recognized by the most notable for its infectious enthusiasm overall ease and enjoyment of being on stage. rather than for the polished quality of their productions. MIT Communit)' Players MTG is most certainly commendable for .. Another regularly performing group is the selecting big and complicated shows (like last MIT Community Players, usually putting on fall's The Fiddler on the Roof) and working one or two shows a year, mostly a full-length hard to ensure the internal coordination of a play in May and an evening of one-act plays full-scale production, with usually elaborate • Jo TECII FlU: PII070 sometime in late August or early September. costumes, sets, and lighting design. It's proba- Musical Theatre Guild's The Fantasticks While their productions are largely enjoy- bly a consequence of the group's targeting able because of the infectious enthusiasm of such large-scale productions that the organiza- . "
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tional aspects once in a while feel more consistent than the dramatical ones, When both of these sides of the show are well- done and balanced, the results can be as joyous as, say, the hilarious second act of last Independent Activities Period produc- tion She Loves Me. There's one major and fortuitous exception, though. Like the unwavering . • rule of even-odd Star Trek movies, MTG is consistently excellent when working on Stephen Sondheim shows. From the bloody, nightmarish, and darkly humor- ous Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street a few years ago, to last sum- mer's transcendent Into the Woods, to their latest, hilarious A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, MTG is at their best.
Shakespeare Ensemble One of the two professional-quality theatre groups at MIT, Shakespeare Ensemble is closely working with the Theatre Arts department, with the faculty members or visiting theatre lecturers usu- ally directing the productions. , , The results are always lucid and illu- minating. In Ensemble productions, Shakespeare's language is delivered with such' clarity - both vocal and thematic - that it acquires both the immediacy of regular spoken speech and the graceful fluidity of poetry. The same applies to the ., characteristically complex interweaving of stories, dramatic lines, and character arcs. This results in essential qualities of urgency and emotion, so much that I r Shakespeare feels thoroughly modem in the best meaning of the word, and such plays as last fall's Measure for Measure TECH Fll.E PIIOTO are thoroughly riveting. MIT Community Players "Two Scenes" Shakespeare Ensemble's Pericles As a matter of fact, the Ensemble always brings such clarity of vision that once since none of their shows fit in the same all excellency. professional quality; there's not a single ama- in a while it feels that the weakest element of mold, and span a huge spectrum of theatrical There's one curious exception to the rule, teurish aspect in, for example, the transcen- .( each show is the source material. For example, works. Not only do they cover musicals though. In the fall, Dramashop presents an dent For Colored Girls. in this term's Pericles the overall attention to (Grand Hotel), grand drama (The Good evening of student-written, student-directed In some cases, Dramashop transcends even the dramatic throughline highlighted the fact Person of Sezuan), but Dramashop also ven- one act plays, and they work mostly to demon- professionalism, such as was the case with that the play itself, from the structural point of tures in the works that are skillful combina- strate the amazing skill which goes into The Good Person. The works of Dramashop view, is to some extent a mess. To the tion of disparate elements (The Illusion) or putting on a theatrical production - since in and the other groups have been so well-done Ensemble's credit, even in such cases their are, to certain extent, experimental (like the one evening one can witness work ranging that it's quite possible that one's favorite the- work is never less than exciting. current For Colored Girls Who Considered from excellent to terrible, from professional to atrical production was one performed in
,of Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf). There amateurish. Little Kresge - not anywhere else, not on MIT Dramashop might be only one thing common to all the But the other productions, usually directed Broadway or in the Boston Theatre District -- It's very hard to describe Dramashop, Dramashop productions, and that's the over- by MIT Theatre Arts faculty, are of mostly but right here, at MIT.
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alumni are prominent in is space exploration. The number of astronauts that MIT graduates Notable Alumni is second only to the Naval Academy. The sec- ond man to walk on the moon, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. '63 ScD, is an alumnus.
After departing from MIl; alumni make their mark on the world. MIT alumni hold positions in politics The importance of MIT alumni extends beyond research and enterprise, however ... ' Benjamin Netanyahu '75 is an example of an MIT alumnus who became famous as a politi- cian. In 1996 Netanyahu ran for prime minis- ter of Israel. Netanyahu won the election by , fewer than 30,000 votes and became the youngest prime minister ever elected in Israel. Another MIT alumnus turned Israeli politician
is Moshe Arens .'47 ME. He is the former W Israeli minister of defense. MIT alumni have achieved high ranking positions in government agencies. For instance, John M. Deutch '61 has served as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Sheila Widnall ' 60 was the former Secretary of the Air Force. Other alumni who have turned to politics have actually served as presidents, including Virgilio Barco '43 (Colombia), Luis A. Ferre '24 (Puerto Rico), and Jose Figueres Ferrer '. '26 (Costa Rica).
Alumni entertain audiences worldwide Besides making a name for itself in the movie Good Will Hunting, MIT also has alumni that have made their names in the entertainment industry. James Woods '" dropped out to pursue his acting career short- ly before his scheduled graduation in .1969. He has played such roles as Jack Crow in "J John Carpenter's Vampires (1998) and Mel in Another Day in Paradise (1998). He has won two Emmys, one Golden Globe, and he was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Supporting Actor for Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). Another famous entertainer is Tom Scholz '~ '69. He is the producer and instrumentalist for the music group "Boston." He engineered all the Boston albums and plays lead and rhythm guitars, as well as the bass, piano and percus- . sion. In 1980 he started Scholz Research & Development which designs and manufactures signal processing equipment for musical instruments .. , Also included in the group of entertainers Noted alumna "Bernice Beaver" graces the Mil Alumni Center In 10-110. are radio celebrities Tom '58 and Ray '72 Magliozzi. These brothers are otherwise By Aaron D. Mihalik fame and public recognition in different (Eastman Kodak), and Arthur b. Little 1885 kno~ as Click and'Clack of-National l>u'blic i"- STAFF REPORTER fields. (chemical engineering research firm that bears Radio's "Car Talk" and hold the distinction Former MIT Alumni/ae Association Take for instance the effect of MIT alumni his name). of being this year's Commencement speak- . President Bob Metcalfe '68, put it simply., on the world market. In a study released in The entrepreneurial trend has not stopped ers. "There is life after MIT." Though life after 1997 compiled by BankBoston and MIT enti- with the older generations, however. The more MIT has graduated its share of people who MIT varies for everyone, there are quite a tled MIT: The Impact of Innovation, the recent entrepreneurs include John S. Reed '61 have earned fame in an unusual fashion. few alumni that have gone on to achieve effects of MIT alumni were calculated in GM (Chair of Citicorp), Amar G. Bose '51 Stewart R. Mott ' 59 is the former director of terms of economic impact. The study reported (Bose Corporation), Mitch Kapor '80 (Lotus Plan~ed Parenthood and number 15 of that in 1994, MIT graduates were responsible Development Corporation), Rank Manning President Nixon's enemies list. Larry _Kahn for creating firms that employed 1.1 million '70 (Zoom Telephonics), Kenneth Olson '50 '75 was the holder of the world singles title in Viewpoint people and generated $232 billion in world (Digital Equipment Corporation), Raymond tiddilywinks. James Moody '75 is Linda _~I sales. Stata '57 (Analog Devices, Inc.), and Metcalfe . Tripp's form~r attorney who delivered the (inventor of the 'Ethernet and founder of tapes to Kenneth Starr. Steve W Altes '84 is This week 's ~JllJtinr.: MIT inspires budding entrepreneurs 3Com). Metcalfe commented on MIT's influ- . the body double for Brad Pitt. Lastly, I.M. Pei What flUtors wouU il£flue1Ue The list of MIT alumni who have become ence in his life by saying, "What I got from ,40 is the architect of buildings like the Green famous entrepreneurs is nearly endless. The MIT was how to enjoy hard work and accom- building, John Hancock Building, and the you to ~o1£lltemOMY ba,k to early generation of entrepreneurs include the plishment, not to mention the science, math, entranc~ to the Louvre.' " MIT after grMuatiol£? entrepreneur Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. 1895, as well engineering, and entrepreneurship. Oh, and a MIT has meant different things to all these ...... as Vannevar Bush PhD ' 16 (Raytheon), John network of lifelong friends." alumni, but one thing has been clear: "My income and the amount that T. Dorrance 1895 (Campbell Soup Company), However, for the world outside MIT, the In the words of Chancellor Lawrence S. would go to the students instead of some Donald Douglas ' 14 and James S. McDonnell stereotypical MIT alumnus is a researcher. It Bacow'72: "My undergraduate experience esoteric research." '25 (McDonnell Douglas Aircraft <;ompany), is no wonder that MIT faculty, staff and alum- taught me what it meant to work really hard ... Anthony Chen G Cecil H. Green '23 (Texas Instruments), ni have won a total of 35 Nobel prizes, with on incredibly tough problems. It helped me William R. Hewlett SM '36 (Hewlett Packard 15 of these awards received by MIT alumni. realize that I was capable of far greater things "If they name a building after me." Company), George L. Eastman 1870 A significant area of resear~h in which MIT that I ever thought possible." , Jonathan H. Chu '02 • f
"If I knew that the money would go to athletics or arts and not research." Rebekah M. Wahba '02 Laureates and Space Wanderers "If MIT gets a division I-A football or MIT basketball team." is well-represented in two disting~ished fields. Arthur M. Murakami '99 MIT alumni/ae have accomplished a great many things through- • Charles M. Duke '64 MS out the years. Two notable areas which have seen a proliferation of • Edgar D. Mitchell ' 64 ScD "If someone from MIT helped me get MIT affiliates include Nobel Laureates and astronauts. • Russell L. Schweickart '56 a job. And I had lots of money." • David'R. Scott '62 Wan-Jen Hong 'OJ MIT Nobel Laureates • Bryon K. Lichtenberg '79 PhD • David Baltimore '61. 1975 Prize in Physiology or Medicine. • Janice E. Voss '87 PhD "If I was extremely rich. I would • Robert C. Merton '70 PhD. 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics. • Laurence R. Young' 57 ScD donate to some scholarship fund or some- • Robert B. Laughlin '79 Pho. 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics. • Roger K. Crouch '79-80 Visiting Scientist thing. I wouldn't let MIT do just anything • William 0. Phillips '76 PhD. 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics. • Albert Sacco '77 PhD with my money." • Elias 1. Corey Jr. '48 PhD. 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. • Robert 1. Wood ' 80 MS Suzette D. Vandivier '00 • Sidney Altman '60. 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. • Robert B. Thirsk '78 MS • Charles 1. Pedersen '27. 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. • Catherine G. "Cady" Coleman '91 PhD "Having lots of money and getting a • Lawrence R. Klein' 44 PhD. 1980 Nobel Prize in Economics. • Wendy B. Lawrence '88 SM good education from MIT. And making • Burton Richter '52 PhD. 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics. • John M. Grunsfeld PhD '80 sure MIT doesn't waste the money." • John Robert Schrieffer '53. 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics. • Jay Apt '76 PhD David 1. Chen '00 • Murray Gell-Mann '51 PhD. 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics. • Franklin R. Chang-Diaz '77 PhD • Robert S. Mulliken' 17. 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. • Philip Kenyon Chapman '64 PhD "I would have to know that my money • Robert Burns Woodward '36. 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. • Anthony W England ' 65 PhD is going to make a difference. So, I would • Richard P. Feynman '39. 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics. • Terry 1. Hart ' 69 SM make sure my donation went to improving • William Shockley '36 Pho. 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics. • Frederick H. Hauck' 66 SM a specific department or cause." • William B. Lenoir '61 PhD Brett J Pel/ock G MIT Astronaut List • Mark C. Lee '80 SM • Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr. '63 ScD • Ronald E. McNair '76 PhD Compiled by Naveen Yalamanchi • Kenneth D. Cameron '78 • William M. Shepherd '78 MS • May 4,1999 FEATURES THE TECH Page9
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• j Tuesday's Events ed by Claire Hoult. Admission $10, $8 other students, sr citizens & MIT community; 11:30 a.m. - Envlronomlc Modeling and Optimization. Visiting Scientist Daniel $6 MIT/Wellesley students. Kresge Little Theater. 8:00 p.m. - Playwrights in Favrat, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne. Room E40-496. Sponsor: Performance. Associate Provost of the Arts Alan Brody directs a series of one-act Energy Laboratory. plays written by members of the MIT community. Kresge Rehearsal Rm B. 12:00 p.m. - Nature, Human Nature and Jewish Nature In 16th Century Europe. Noah Efron. Dibner Institute Lunchtime Colloquia. Room E56-100. Friday's Events 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Navigating the Job & Internship Market: Effective Search 3:00 p.m. - Warren K. lewis Lecture - Everybody Wins! Gordon A. Cain, Gordon Strategies. Learn search strategies to find your next job or internship opportunity. 5- and Mary Cain Foundation. Chemical Engineering Department Spring Seminar 234. Sponsor: OCSPA. Series. Reception held before seminars at 2:45 p.m. Room 66-110. , . 2:30 p.m. - Dynamics of "Small-World" Networks. Dr. Duncan Watts, The Santa Fe 3:00 p.m. - Quantum-Mechanical Engineering. Professor Seth Lloyd, Mechanical Institute. Physical Mathematics Seminar. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m. Engineering Dept., MIT. Mechanical Engineering Spring Seminar Series. in Room 2-349. Room 2-338. Refreshments to follow in Miller Room, 1-114. Room 3-270. 3:00 p.m. - Page Hazlegrove Memorial Lecture In Glass Art. Ruth Kin, artist/pro- 4:15 p.m. - Resonant Hypergeometrlc Series. Bernd Sturoomfels, University of fessor, Ohio State University. Room E25-111. Sponsor: Materials Science and California, Berkeley. Combinatorics Seminar. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 Engineering. p.m. in Room 2-349. Room 2-338.
.1 4:00 p.m. - MEM5-Based Mlcr~lnstruments: Fabrication, Characterization, and 7:30 p.m. - The Graduate. Starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman. 105 min- Models. Noel C. MacDonald, Cornell University. MTL VLSI Seminar Series. utes, rated R. Admission $2.50. 10-250. Sponsor: LSC. Refreshments in lobby of room 34-101 at 3:30 p.m. Room 34-101. 8:00 p.m. - She Stoops to Conquer. Oliver Goldsmith's 18th century comedy, direct- ,,. 4:00 p.m. - From Enhanced Flow to Eemlan Sea Level: A New Look at Some ed by Claire Hoult. Admission $10, $8 other students, sr citizens & MIT community; Embarrassing Moments In Glaciology. Professor Kurt M. Cuffey, University of $6 MIT/Wellesley students. Kresge Little Theater. California. EAPS Department Lecture Series. Refreshments, 3:30 pm, Ida Green 8:00 p.m. - MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble Concert. James O'Dell, director. Kresge Lounge. Room 54-915. Auditorium . ." 4:00 p.m. - Upper Bounds on the Entropy Production Rate by Averaged Non- 8:00 p.m. - Playwrights In Performance. Associate Provost of the Arts Alan Brody Periodic Flows. Willem Malkus, Department of Mathematics. Fluid Mechanics directs a series of one-act plays written by members of the MIT community. Kresge Seminars. Room 5-234. Rehearsal Rm B. 4:30 p.m. - Reducing Errors In Engineering Outputs from Computational Saturday's Events Simulations. Prof. David Daroomofal, MIT, Dept. of Aero/Astro. Gas Turbine Seminar 9:30 a.m. - Sailing Regattas. Sailing Team regattas held at local venues. MIT, BU, Series. Refreshments at 4:15. Room 31-161. Harvard. Cheer on the Sailing Team or just enjoy a spring day by the river. Sailing 4:30 p.m. - Consuming Cannibals In South America, Africa, and New Guinea: Pavilion. Sponsor: MIT Nautical Association. Ethnic Nationalism and the Politics of Empathy. Professor Beth Conklin, Vanderbilt 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Cross Products Spring Concert. Come join us in a celebration of University. Peoples and States. Light refreshments served prior to talk. Room E38- 10 years of Christian A Cappella music by MIl's own "Cross Products!" Also featur- ,f 714. ing Brown's "With One Voice." 10-250. Sponsor: Cross Products. 8:00 p.m. - MIT Symphony Orchestra Concert. Dante Anzolini, conductor. - Wednesday's Events Admission $2.00. Kresge Auditorium. 12:00 p.m. - Do Buffer Zones Work? Dr. Dan Lindley, MIT Security Studies 8:00 'p.m. - Playwrights In Performance. Associate Provost of the Arts Alan Brody Program. Bag lunch. Room E38-615. directs a series of one-act plays written by members of the MIT community. Kresge ,12:10 p.m. - Large-scale, high frequency oceanic barotropic fluctuations. Carl Rehearsal Rm B. ,., Wunsch, MIT. Room 54-915. 8:00 p.m. - She Stoops to Conquer. Oliver Goldsmith's 18th century comedy, direct- 4:00 p.m. - Eastern Geroomany: A Laboratory for Sustainability. Jeffrey H. Michel, ed by Claire Hoult. Admission $10, $8 other students, sr citizens & MIT community; BUND Leipzig. Mr. Michel will discuss how Germany's reunification and energy poli- $6 MIT/Wellesley students. Kresge Little Theater. r cies are affecting communities adjacent coal mines, and the nation's climate Sunday's .Events .. ,f~ r(l "~!,,,~ ...... _;rt ~n . ..i'-' :') I: t ... -. ,... 'If 4'., (- r ~ 1.' ~ t' ~ ..... ~ ) cnange Initiatives. Room E4D-496. , -. 9:30 a.m. - saliing Regattas. Sailing Team regattas held at local venues. MIT, BU, 4:15 p.m. - A Characte~lon of 3+1 Free Posets. Mark Skandera, Harvard. Cheer on the Sailing Team or just enjoy a spring day by the river. MIT- .r Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Combinatorics Seminar. Refreshments will 51,Sailing Pavilion. Sponsor: MIT Nautical Association . be served at 3:30 PM in Room 2-349. Room 2-338. 12:00 p.m. - Service at common cathedral. Worship on Boston Common with peo- 5:15 p.m. - Learn to Sail. Have a good time, and bring a change of shoes. The MIT ple who live outdoors and people who live indoors. Make and share peanut butter Sailing Pavilion offers introductory sailing lessons on the Charles River in Tech and jelly sandwiches afterwards. Meet at Wll. Sponsor: Lutheran-Epi~copal Dinghies. Sailing Pavilion. - ' Ministry. 8:00 p.m. - Bancloneon Recital: Michael Zisman. The bandoneon is an accordion- 4:00 p.m. - Shahld Parvez, sitar and Shubhen Chatterjee, tabla. Presented by like instrument used to play the Tango in Argentina. Killian Hall. MITHAS (MIT Heritage of South Asia) & the New England Hindu Temple (NEHT). • f" Thursday's Events Admission $15, $12-MITHASjNEHT members/students, $lO-MJT students. Wong 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - MIT Ubrarles Book Sale. Management, Economics, Auditorium. .. Political and Social Sciences, and Miscellaneous titles at great prices. Free materi- 6:00 p.m. - Chamber Music Society Student Concerts. Call for final schedule and als at every sale. Proceeds support the MIT Libraries Preservation Fund. Dewey information. Killian Hall.' Library Plaza. Sponsor: MIT Libraries Gifts Office. - 12:00 p.m. - Alcoholism In the Family. Judy Osborne, M.A., Stepfamily Associates, Monday's Events Founder and Director. Room 16-151. Sponsor: Family Resource Center. 3:30 p.m. - The Certification of AP600. Mr. Brian McIntyre, Westinghouse Electric 4:00 p.m. - Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys. Steven J. Murray, Dept. of Materials Corporation. Dept. of Nuclear Engineering! American Nuclear Society Seminars. Science and Engineering. Materials Unlimited. Outstanding interdisciplinary materi- Refreshments in Room NW12-222 at 3:00 pm. Room NW12-222. als research by graduate students. An informal reception will be held at 3:30 prior 4:00 p.m. -In the Air: How Military and Civil Realms Share Information. Elaine to each seminar. Room 8-314. Scarry, Harvard. Program in Science, Technology, and Society 1999 Spring 4:00 p.m. - Environmental control of hurricane Intensity. Kerry Emanuel, MIT. Colloquia. Room E51-095. Sponsored by MIT Atmospheric. Science Seminars. Room 54-915. 5:00 p.m. - Chamber Music Society Student Concerts. Call for final schedule and 4:00 p.m. - Coherent Measures of Risk. David Heath, Hoch Professor of information. Killian Hall. Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University. Refreshments immediately fol- 7:00 p.m. - 2-Plano Student Recital. 2-Piano'Student Recital. Kresge Auditorium. ... lowing in Room E40-106. Room E40-298. Sponsor: Operations Research Center. 7:00 p.m. - Chamber Music Society Student ConcertS. Call for final schedule and 4:15 p.m. - Muon Colllders and Muon Storage Ring Neutrino Beams. Dr. Robert information. Killian Hall. Palmer, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Physics Colloquium. Refreshments in 8:30 p.m. - Two Tales from the Tissue Engineering Front. Linda Griffith, Professor, Room 4-339 at 3:45 p.m. Room 10-250. Chemical Engineering Dept., MIT. Annual Sigma Xi Lecture. Student Center, Sala de 8:00 p.m. - She Stoops to Conquer. Oliver Goldsmith's 18th century comedy, direct- Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Ceramics/Materials Science . .. In May and June MIT/DL BRIDGE CLUB will hold the following games. AroundthW{'rld May, 4 Individual game in 80,000 ways: AirTreks.com is the ticket! May, 11 Imp game TAKE twO WEEKS. ~ tI' 10 A YEAR! A SAMPlER Of 1-800-350-0636 Request our Free Brochurel To find out the details visit our website ..· II~8 Fax: 415-912-5606 ~ High Adventure Travel, Inc. Email: TraveiOAirTreks.com http://web.mit.edu/mitdlbc/www/home.html May 4, 1999 Page 10 THE TECH The Academic Resource Center (ARC) would like to recognize the following MIT students for their dedication and service to the Associate Advising Program for the 1998-1999 academic year! Associate Advisor Recognition Ceremony May 5th, Wednesday Lobby 7 12 noon Please stop by! **Members of the Associate Advising Steering Committee Lara r\obaschian Isabelle Halphen . Tova Peltz Yezmin Acle Danielle Hinton Chris Phelps Smita Aiyar Heather Hooper Paul 'Pine Taslim Allibhai **E I i Hopson Alanna Pinkerton Michael Altman Charles Horton Valerie Pires Jonna Andeffion Fred Huang Ann Marie Polsenberg Zachary Apoian Mitchell Huang Welkin Pope Michael Artz Troy Lee Hudson Sonia Ranganath Smriti Banthia Emily Hui Vincent Ricciardi Spencer Behr Evelyn Hum Karl K Richter Anna Benefiel Oriana C Hunter Ricci Rivera. Jim Berry Takeshi I rie Reginald Rogers, Jr Stefan Bewley Julie Y Ji Klint Rose Meena Bharwani Ticora V Jones Toc:ti . Rosenfield Seth Bisen-Hersh Philip Juang Mostafa Sabet Marin Boney Melissa Kanemasu Alvar' Saenz-.otero Nicole Botcheos Amy Kang Sejal Sampat Rebecca Breazeale Sawakci Kawashima Duangjai Samranvedhya Damien Brosnan Shuja Keen Laura Sandler Matthew Burnside Eileen Kelly Benjamin Self Ania Busza Rashmi Khare Nina Shah Jose Fernando Cardenas-Navia Irene Kim **Lucy Q. Shen Maria Carnasciali SungS Kim Jeremy R Sher Annie Chan Marisa Kirschbaum Leah Shieh Ian Chan Don Kokota Peter A Shulman " Wesley Chan Christine Kornylak Samuel Sidiqi Rick Olang Raffi Krikorian Soojin Sa1 Krishnamurthy Stephanie Sod1oo Sabrina Olang Ashwin <... Paul Chen Akiko Kurachi J.D .. Stamler Shannon ~ John Kwon Rachel 'Stanley Jennie ~ *.*Matthew Lahaie Tom Stocky Jeyun Cho; Yee Lam 'Amy K Strickert Christina Chow Clare S Lee .Aisha Stroman **Van Chu Helen Lee . Damon Sudan Daniel Collarini Semi Lee Mark Sun Paul Covell Shawn Lee Andreas .Sundquist Richard Crump Yiu Tak Leung Ryan Swenerton Matthew Cuellar Rachel Levinson Desiree Syn Ryan Cush Liyun Li Jennifer Tam Savita Dandapani Kuo-Chiang Lian Aileen Tang Pallavi Dandu Berta Lynn Liao Kristie Tate Lisa Dang Forrester Liddle ** Em m a Tevaarwerk Jeffrey Daniels Melissa Light Nicole Thomas Matthew B Debski Allie Lin George Torres ** Pia DeLeon Fenny Lin Michael Trupiano Lawrence DeLucas Rita Lin May K Tse **Cayce Denton Angeline Liu Sonia Tulyani William Dichtel Eric Liu Max Van Kleek .,f William Dolan Grace Liu Ami Vasanawala Jason M Dols K. Cherry Liu Kristen Vella • f Mishone Donelson Quintin Louie Norris Vivatrat John Dukellis Nina Ma Belle Wang Edward Early Riffat Manasha Margaret Wang Amro Farid Thad Matuszeski Jason . Wasfy Daniel Fisher **M a tt McGann Jonathan Whitney Zojeila Flores James Mcintire Laura Williams . , Grant Follansbee Bryant McLaughlin Aimee Wiltz Esther Fong Marianne McPherson Brett McKenzieWinton Terence Fong Anthony Meconiates Andrew Wong Devangini Gandhi Monisha Merchant Alison WocxJ Moy Jonathan Woon Sarah Gensheimer **Irene . , Julie Gesch Catherine ~ Chienta J. Wu Sharmin Ghaznavi Cheewe ~ Stallion YaIl} Austin Gill ** E r ic Nielsen **Stephanie Yang Ophelia Goatson William Noon AmyY Yen Re~ Grochow Matt Norwood Saujin Yi Ceani Guevara Stefani Okasaki Genevieve Yu Dakus Gunn Kay Paelmo. Jack Yu Puja Gupta Eva Palmerton sage Zaheer Ritu Gupta Marianna Parker Stephen Zoept , . Tamra Haby Brian Peck Atsheen Aziz Z ube ri Carla Pellicano Timothy Zue • May 4, 1999 THE TECH Page 11 Muslim Students Active inthe Kosovo Relief Effort By Kristen landino "The collection drive has been ASSOCIATI-: Nf."WS f.DITOR very successful thus far," Khalak The Muslim Students said. Association is dedicating its time A clothing drive sponsored by and energy to promoting awareness the MSA is also underway, and col- of the plight of Albanian refugees lection boxes will be placed in from Kosovo and collecting sup- dorms for the next two weeks. plies that can be used in the relief "I personally did it after seeing effort. coverage on TV. I felt I had to do Yesterday, the MSA set up a something," said Ahmed Ait- booth in the Student Center from Ghezela '99, director of the clothing noon to 4 p.m. displaying posters drive. and a documentary film from the , Global Relief Foundation in order to MSA works with other groups collect funds for refugees. The MSA has participated in ral- "We felt that something had to lies to promote human rights in be done for the refugees. There has Kosovo with other international been a lot of coverage in the news organizations such as Amnesty on the situation, so after consider- International. able discussion, the MSA decided to In early April, the MSA of MIT ~ act," said Esa Masood '02. joined forces with the student asso- "One of the main reasons people ciations from a number of colleges are being killed in Kosovo is for a rally in Copley Square to because they are Muslim. We feel increase awareness of the Kosovo , ties to these people who are suffer- situation and demand that human ing and feel it is our responsibility rights monitors be put back in the to do something," said Asif Khalak region . • G, vice-president of the MSA. "Our mission has been primarily The MSA is working with to raise the consciousness of people Mercy Corps International, a global with regard to the humanitarian situ- WAN YUSOF IVAN MORSIfIDI-T/fE TECIf non-profit volunteer organization, to ation. Even before the initiation of Belal M. Helal G of the Muslim Students Association donates his time to increase awareness and gath- \. provide humanitarian aid to NATO hostilities in March, the er contributions for the Kosovo relief efforts. refugees in Kosovo through funds MSA was collecting donations for collected in the Student Center on the ;:>eopleof Kosovo," Khalak said. ,. Monday. The MSA also worked with The MSA has also been collect- Hillel, the Jewish students organiza- ing funds at its Friday prayer ses- tion at MIT, to co-sponsor a vigil sion held at the religious activities for the Albanian refugees on cam- , center. pus in early April. It's a connected -world. Do your share. For 30 ways to help the environment, write Earth Share, 3400 International Drive,~ Suite 2K(AD4), rtII Washington, DC 20008. ~~ Earth Share This space donated by The Tech MING-TAIIIUIf-TIfE TECIf Nicole Takesono and Nerissa Paglinauan perform a Tahitian dance at the Annual Hawaii Club Luau in Walker Memorial on Saturday. 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Enter Coupon LD. on payment screen. NC030 I ------3. Attach to rental agreement and send in with weekly report. RA Number .J May 4,1999 Page 12 THE TECH , . ~ I. AND THE -, TANTALIZING TITLES . '.,J ~/ ORIGINAL SKETCH COMEDY.' SATURDAY, MAY 8TH .~ 8PM 54-1 00 .'.~, • !I: TOTALLY AND UTTERLY FREE! 1 ~ May 4,1999 THE TECH Page 13 The Debauchery of Steer Roast Continues By Frank Dabek testosteronated announcers focused exclu- NEWS !:D/TOR sively on clothing loss as a measure of victo- "Sex, beer, and meat" ry in any match involving a woman. At one - Big Bad Bollocks' lead point they declared that baring only 20 per- singer describing Steer Roast cent of the breasts involved in a match was unacceptable. Sex, beer and meat: one of MIT's largest In this reporter's opinion, the highlight of parties and grandest traditions. What more mud wrestling was provided by a fully , . could you ask for anyways? clothed Rhett Creighton '02 whose somer- Steer Roast saulting kick sent a Tau Epsilon Phi brother is just about twice his size flying out of the ring. Reporter's all you could A break for dinner caused me to miss the want in a strippers but reviews seemed positive. The party: food, pornography that was being exhibited when Notebook drink, mud I returned in the basement wasn't particular- wrestling, pornography, interesting people, ly interesting and I spent the majority of my strippers, and a variety of recreational drugs. time in the Courtyard watching bands, min- This year's roast took place under clear gling with the unusually diverse crowd, and skies and the watchful eyes of what seemed buying dollar beers. like every Campus Police officer employed A body painting station was also in oper- by the Institute. ation along with the other 'attractions' one Steer Roast spans an entire weekend, but expects to find upstairs at Steer Roast. I experienced only Friday afternoon and The first musical act, The Big Bad night. The traditional beginning of the event, Bollocks, featured a frontman who played the pit lighting, couldn't be dampened by a accordion and belted out some spirited Safety Office prohibition against flaming drinking tunes. Following the Bollocks, the rolls of toilet paper dropping from the roof. Reflecting Skins played an interesting set Nor did the police presence, wristbanding featuring the strong vocals from their female policy, or other newly implemented Institute lead. party requirements detract significantly from I did n ' t cat c h the n a m e 0 f the fi n a I the atmosphere. night's band, but their rich, brassy sounds Friday afternoon was dominated by mud set the crowd dancing. wrestling and mud wrestling was dominated Perhaps there is more to Steer Roast than by nudity. Some, like Peter R. Gamache '0 I sex, beer, and meat. How many other events started out (mostly) sans clothing, while oth- can create a crowd that includes every cam- ers were gradually disrobed during the pus group from fraternities to the Student course of their matches. Information Processing Board? On the other During later matches the three hyper- hand maybe it's just a damn good party. 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Information is compiled from the Campus Police's weekly crime summary and from dispatcher logs. The report does not include alarms, general service calls. or inci- dents not reported to the dispatcher. Apr 14:Mass. Ave. and Amherst Street, demonstration about the Premier of China; duPont men's locker room, locker pried open and credit card and $150 cash stolen; Bldg. 9, suspicious phone call; Bldg. 66, report of stolen computer, unknown value; Bldg. 54, report of suspicious package, same checked out okay; Sigma Kappa, report of person loitering out front, same left area prior to CP's ¥rival. Apr 15:Boston, SafeRide driver reports homeless person refusing to leave van, Boston Health and Hospital transported to a medical facility; rear of NW30, homeless person unresponsive, CPR was initi- ated, victim was later pronounced dead; Westgate, report of suspi- • cious female, same issued trespass warning; Bldg. 2, suspicious male , ~issued trespass warning; Bldg. NW30, two homeless persons, same moved along; Student Center, Athena cluster, complaint of person eating at work station; Lobby 10, report of credit card vendor, same was leaving area; Bldg. 3, report of harassment; Main and Ames St., assist Cambridge Police for motor vehicle accident and argument; 33 Mass. Ave., bike stolen $219; duPont weight room, backpacks stolen $400; Baker, backpack stolen $120; Bldg. E32, SafeRide vans dam- aged in minor hit and run accident; Student Center, homeless person transported to shelter; Bldg. E23, report of suspicious person; person fitting description of suspicious person in Bldg. E23 located in Bldg. E25, person checks out okay; Bldg. W71, notify student to call home; Bldg. 18, report of small amount of nitrogen released; 33 Mass. Ave., Robert Young, Trevor Ross, and Robert Sims, all of Brockton, arrest- ed for trespassing; Bldg. 48 report of suspicious activity; Student Center, three trespass warnings issued. Apr 16:Bldg. 2, trespass warning issued; Bldg. NW17, two juve- niles arrested for possession of marijuana; Bldg. 4 report of lewd behavior, suspect had left area prior to CP's arrival; Bldg. 48, comput- er monitor stolen $290; Bldg. E23, report of suspicious activity; Bldg. W71, report of annoying phone calls; Bldg. E51, report of suspicious person soliciting, same placed under arrest for trespassing; Bldg. E60, unauthorized use of a computer; Student Center, Athena cluster, report . of male exposing himself; Walker, report of suspicious activity. Apr 17:Bexley, alcohol found unattended on sidewalk same con- " fiscated; Student Center, assist with an employee problem; Burton, noise complaint, noise lowered without further problems; Walker, 4 males issued trespass warnings; Bldg. 2, two males issued trespass . ( warnings;' Wong Auditori~, overcrowding at an event. ... Apr 18:33 Mass. Ave., Stephen Russo of Boston arrested for lar- ceny of a bicycle and other related charges; Briggs Field, past assault J during a football game; Alumni Pool, suspicious activity; Walker, Burlington Mall, 75 Middlesex Tpke, Burlington, MA (781) 229-2621 • emergency line call received from blue light telephone which resulted Cambridgeside Galleria, 100 Cambridge Side Place, Cambridge, MA (617) 225-2254 in the arrest of Preston Porter and Arlene Atkins, both of Dorchester, South Shore Plaza, 250 Granite Street, Braintree, MA (781) 843-7746 for domestic assault and battery and other related charges; Briggs Ingleside Mall, Whiting Farm Road, Holyoke, MA (413) 532-0060 ~ •.f.iel~ bac~(lc!c stolen $308, same later recovered with nothing miss- ing; Johrison Athletic, wallet stolen from backpack containing credit cared and $60 cash; duPont, verbal threats during a basketball game; duPont, report of assault during a football game at Briggs Field. , _: Apr 19:Burton,. malicious damage to a window; Bldg. 68, suspi- cious e-mail; Cambridge Police, assist MIT checking on a professor, later discovered he was deceased; Walker, WMBR, past larceny of an amplifier, $400; Bldg. 2, in~vidual issued trespass warning; Bldg. NW12, intoxicated person assisted to shelter; Bldg. W89;suspicious .:- person issued trespassing; Amherst Alley, report of man pacing up and down street, individual was gone upon CP's arrival; Amherst Alley, report of fight, nothing found; MacGregor, report of 4 suspi- ~ It cious males, checked out okay. .. Apr 20:77 Mass. Ave., homeless person assisted to shelter; Bldg. .. ~~ EIO, camera stolen $1,100; Main St. assist Cambridge Police with a juvenile attempting to steal a bicycle; Bldg. 7, report of homeless per- son same directed to shelter. Apr 21:Ashdown, vandalism to vehicle; Bldg. E40, area broken •.••, into; Bldg. E25, Jarrett B. Sparks Of Cambridge arrested for trespass- ing; Bldg. 8, suspicious persons, same check out okay; Sloan Lot, report of ~ehicle broken into, same occurred elsewhere; MaSs. Ave: assist Cambridge Police with a fight; Bldg. 13, report of person solic- It>" iting, unable to locate; Bldg. NI0, person soliciting, same issued tres- pass warning; W20 turnaround, altercation between two motorist; Bldg. 56, check on individual checks out okay; Bldg. 66, larceny of computer. parts $1,000; Bldg. 18, computer and camera stolen $76,300; Mass. Ave. at Memorial, assist Cambridge Police with vehi- cle accident. AMERICA'S FUTURE .'" \ ~ MIT MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN COMPETITION Date: Thursday, May 6 th UNITED STATES NAVY TilDe: 6:30pID SERVING AMERICA TwICE 1-800-USA-NA vy www.navyjobs.com Place: Johnson Athletic Center This space donated by -The Tech Page 18 THE TECH May 4, 1999 ~ MacGregor, Ashdown--Residents' Question' Proposal t ' Residence Design, from Page I Hecht said that "we looked hard MacGregor resident Jamie E. in the undergraduate residence com- confusing and questioned the wisdom for graduate student representation. Devereaux '02 said it was odd that munity. of making incoming freshmen choose to all its inhabitants. We found none; [the Graduate the RSSC would want to tamper "[MacGregor] as a whole has a their residence halls over the summer. • However, Ashdown resident Student Council] didn't nominate with the Ashdown community, con- lot of students of color and interna- "Basically, what we've done is Manish Jethwa G noted that "If anyone." Hecht added that the sidering that "Ashdown was cited in tional students. MacGregor is a give you squatting rights in your you'd approach most graduate stu- RSSC is now considering adding the Task Force report as having a good community to deal with new temporary room," said RSSC mem- dents at Ashdown, you'd see that graduate students to its group. great graduate community." people with new perspectives, and ber Abigail H. Pelcyger '01. they are willing to sacrifice single Another graduate student said that to find common ground," he said. Other RSSC members present at rooms" for the social community in moving graduate students from MacGregor residents defend dorm Mitchell W. McVey G, a gradu- the forum included Erin Hester ' 82, Ashdown provides. Ashdown, the RSSC is "taking the Much as graduate students ate resident tutor for MacGregor, Jennifer C. Berk '01, and Elisha W ..... "Several of us in the Ashdown one thing that keeps the graduate explained the importance of said that if MacGregor is made Hopson '00. community and the graduate com- community together and taking it Ashdown to RSSC members, unavailable to undergraduates, their Phase III of the Residence munity are very concerned" about apart" to propose something else. She MacGregor residents spoke up for opportunity to get single rooms Design project will continue with the lack of representation of gradu- also expressed concern that the fresh- their dorm. would be greatly diminished. more small group discussions to be .. ate students in the steering commit- men moving into Ashdown would be One MacGregor resident said Students also found the "sopho- held at various graduate residences, tee, Sokka said. isolated from the rest of their class. that MacGregor fills a specific niche more shuffle" aspect of the proposal undergraduate dorms, and FSILGs. M.I.T. Community Summer Softball 1999 Organizat.ional Meeting New Team Entries. Accepted Wednesday 5 May 5:30pm 1-190 For more information, contact: Mark S. Throop & Maryann Smela MITCSS C~oordlnator:s MIT R-m. 56:'68.6~'.'~ _c~ X3-6207 978-734-3639 mthroop@ ultranet.com - . . ,. 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Walk-a-thon of 10 or 15 km, depending on how far the partici- Some houses hold annual fund raisers for charities that also pants wanted to go. On April 24th, around fifty people partici- serve to entertain the Mn com- pated in the event, raising money munity. Wle have reviewed a by donations. The average do- few recent events to depict the nation was almost $15. "The re- range of .lCtivities that involve sponse from the community was IFC members. overwhelming. Everybody felt Order of Omega's that the Boston Area Rape Crisis S.C.O.R.E.: On Saturd.1Y, April Center was a worthy ca~se," re- 24th, the Order of Omega marked Audra Parker, WILG sponsored Project S.C.O.R.E., Community Service Chair. The Service in the Community Ori- participants enjoyed the day, ented toward R.lce-Relations strolling along the Charles River Enhancement. The event con- in Cambridge and in Boston. sisted of two parts. In the Theta Chi Rollerhockey morning, groups were formed Tournament: Theta Chi spon- to w.ltch a video produced by sored its third tlnnual the Committee on Campus A group discusses race relations In Killian court during S C.O.R.E. Rollerhockey Tournament. Race-Relations, and then to Teams of four were formed, each or discuss race-relations. "One of the more rewarding aspects was paying an entrance fee. The Theta Chi brothers built two rinks to visit one of the discussion groups and to see a spirited dis- in Johnson for the competition. All teams, split among two cussion of people from various racial backgrounds," commented leagues, based on difficulty, played at least three games. The Scott Hiroshige, Order of Omega Community Service Co-chair. winner of the A division, the Chiefs aim Goodman, Rocky Bryant, . In the afternoon, part icipants went with members of their Tony Gray, and Peter Charbonneau) won a cash award, a gift discussion groups to on.~ of the following five sites: the Cam- certificate to Chicago Pizza, and tickets to a sneak preview of bridge Community Center, Boston by Foot, Boston Food Bank, "The Mummy". The proceeds of around $200 went to Habitat Boston Rescue Mission, and a Transition House. At each place, for Humanity. the groups did volunteer work ranging from yardwork, paint- AXO Lip Sync: Alpha Chi Omega's major service project is ing, stuffing envelopes, to sorting food. their annual "Lip Sync", held on April 16th. This talent show The Order of Omega is a National Leadership Honor Society raised over $3000 for the MacDowell Colony (their annual al- designed to bring together outstanding members of fraternities truism) and Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc. (altruism for and sororities. The pledges led the groups during S.C.O.R.E. 1999) by charging for entering acts and by selling tickets. The before being initiated Monday, April 26th. MacDowell Colony, located in Peterborough, New Hampshire, ., Chi Phi Road Race: Fo! the fourth year in a row, Chi Phi hosted aids established writers, painter, sculptors, photographers and a 5 km race beginning from the corner of Massachuserts Avenue composers to study. Bridge over Troubled Waters, 1m. works and Amherst Alley. The proceeds from this April 10th event went with improving the lives of runaway and homeless children to the Nature Conservatory. Participants each paid a $15 entry fee, throughout America. Many living groups, sports teams, and --.- .. and additional money was raised by selling event t-shins. In total, community groups competed in this event to support these $360.44 was contributed to the Nature Conservatory. charities. Winning entries received prizes donated by local shops Among the more than 50 runners were a number of prefrosh and services. who wanted some exercise while in town for Campus Preview Weekend. This year also saw runners coming from as far as New Hampshire. Chi Phi hopes to increase the number of par- Judy Chen and Brian Ginsburg ticipants by drawing from the New England area for its fifth IFC Public Relations Committee IFe Awards Given Out Phi Delta Theta wIns Chapter of the Year The Interfraternity Council in conjunc- contributing greatly to the development Theta. They sponsored three events di- tion with the Alumni Interfraternity Coun- of the IFC Risk Management Policy now rected towards helping underprivileged cil held its annual Awards Banquet on in place," applauded current IFC Presi- kids from nearby shelters. During Hal- Wednesday, April 28, 1999. dent, Mike Trupiano. loween, they transformed their house into For the first time at MIT, a Chapter of Theta Chi was awarded the Order of a Halloween carnival, complete with a .. the Year award was given out. The award Omega New Member Education Award. haunted house, face painting, pumpkin was determined by overall achievement of This awahrd q4:&.(;*i~~*,-:::;'i.:~:1$Fffi[t.llLJHUk.,#:::::::~:;::::,,~:,::'::,::~'i;~/':::::,:' cardvling, Pfinatdas, a single house. The decision was based recognizes t e .....:.~$~bt.it~$-"..:/1b:tiMf.tJliW$":::".,..:<.~j~:~:~:~~:::::::~~~~~';:*'~an ots 0 can y. on many :actors, including scholarship, Interfraternity ,, "''n' Another event alumni and faculty relations, community Council mem- was a Toy Day, service, campus involvement and individual ber organJza- where the broth- achievement. This year, the Chapter of the tJOn that has ers went into the Year award went to Phi Delta Theta. imp Ierne n t e d MIT hobby shop The Fre-derick Gardiner Fassett,]r. Man the most out- and made toys of the Year Award is presented annually s tan din g out of scrap to the male member of the Interfrater- pie d g e / new wood to be dis- nity Council who has unselfishly dem- member educa- tributed to differ- onstrated the qualities of spirit, dedica- uon program. ent charities. Re~) , ) tion, and service in furthering the ideals The Order of cently, the Phi of MIT fraternity brotherhood. This year's 0mega imple- Delts held an Eas- Fassett M.lD of the Year was awarded to mented a new ter Egg Hunt for Duane Dreger, of Sigma Nu. Dreger was award this year, local children. the past !FC President, the IFe Vice-Presi- the Order of Steve Song, President of Phi Delta Theta, receives The final dent of Internal Affairs the year before, Omega Green the Chapter of the Yearaward from IFC President award given out and the IFC Community Relations Chair Cup for Envi- Michael Trupiano was the Kenneth in 1996. !ie has served an unprecedented r 0 n men tall y Wadleigh Faculty three years on the IFC Executive Com- Friendly FSILG, given to Pika. Relations Award, presented to the IFC or- mlttee. Dreger has even filled in for the The next award, the Reid Weedon ganization that has promoted and encour- .. Assistant Dean to FSILG's when Neal Alumni Relations Award, for promoting the aged the most faculty/student interaction Dorow h;ls been unavailable. greatest interactions between its members in their residence. 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SPORTS Men's Ultimate Advances to Regional Tournament By Dean Bolton The A-team led by captain Leon University A-team, Boston a strong Tufts squad that played a close, but MIT lost focus near the TEA.\I.\IEMHf.R Hsu G, and a University, and Boston College. tough zone defense. They kept it end, which allowed Harvard to" The men's ultimate frisbee A- B-team led by captain Edmund They played good defense all day somewhat close, but lost to the steal the game 13-9. team advanced to regional play after Chou '02, both represented the and forced the other teams to more experienced Tufts team. On After losing to Harvard-A, MIT a successful 5-3 record in sectionals Inst itute competing for the four respect their offensive ability. In Sunday, the B-team faced BU had to beat BU in order to clinch &-, last weekend. Sectionals, held at spots that advance to regionals, the pool play they lost to Harvard-A again. Due to several injuries the spot at Regionals. BU came out Tufts University, is the first of two qualifying tournament for Nationals. and BU, and then dropped a close day before, the B-team was playing fired up and stole a couple of quick tournaments on the road to the The B-team played in a tough game to BC. In the first round of without any subs. BU was able to points from MIT. Eventually, MIT National Championship tournament. pool consisting of Harvard double-elimination play, they faced pull away and deliver another loss was able to regain its composure! to the B-team, which eliminated and shut BU down, 15-5. As usual, them from sectionals. MIT's offense was mnning smooth- The A-team's pool consisted of ly, and the defense, anchored by. Tufts, Harvard-B, and Brandeis. In Andy Wong '01, Chris Wilmer '02, the strong winds on Saturday, the and Jim Fleming G, won the game, team played mostly zone defense. along with a great diving score by They handily beat Brandeis 12-4 Win Chevapravatdumrong '00. with great play by everyone, includ- The next game was a rematch ing some impressive throws from against Boston College. BC came Bart Hendriks G and Alex Lian G. out strong and was leading 7-4 Then MIT played a young bunch of before M1T switched to a zone' strong players on Harvard-B. defense, and went on an 11-2 mn to Harvard-B played well and MIT was win 15-9 on a give-and-go play trading downwind points with them between Matthew Secor G and Hsu. \ during most of the game. The score Finally, MIT faced arch-neme- was close up until the very end, sis Harvard again. MIT started off when Pat Walton G scored a critical fast with great play by Secor, Thad upwinder to give MIT the game, Matuszeski '99, and Hsu. Harvard~ 10-8. During the final game of pool gained some momentum, and tried play, the Engineers faced the Tufts to dominate the game, but hot squad, which was able to break defense by Jeremy Lueck '99 and., through the zone defense. Tufts was Dean Bolton '00, stifled their able to take the game 13-4 and put offense. Unfortunately, MIT MIT into the second spot in the pool, wasn't able to pull back into the despite some excellent play by lead and lost 13-10. Frederico San Martini G and others. The MIT A-team finished 5-3 During the final game on Saturday, during the two-day tournament, MIT faced an athletic BC squad. BC which put them in third place overall. played an unusual German offense They advance to regionals next~ that isolated one of their best play- weekend, where they will face 15 ers, but MIT was able to stifle BC other teams in a battle for the top two with great man-to-man defense. MIT spots which advance to Nationals in1 won the game 11-5 with an impres- Colorado. With superb teams like sive upwind score by Hunter Fraser Brown University, Yale University, ,0 1 to finish the day 3-1. and Williams College at regionals, On Sunday, MIT faced its rival MIT will have to play its best in'" Harvard, ranked 14th in the nation, order to advance. But if the team in the first game. Walton played plays with the intensity that it had on well with several diving defensive Sunday, then MIT should have a. blocks and two great throws for chance to upset some of the big' scores. The game was extremely names and advance to the nationals. UPCOMING HOME EVENT MIODRAG ClRKOVIC-71lE TfXll Anish Parikh '01 sets up to return the ball in MIT's tennis match against Williams College on Saturday. MIT lost 7-0, although four out of six singles matches went to three sets. Wednesday, May 5 Men's Lacrossed vs. UMass Boston, 3:30 p.m. Technicuts .. ( Now ~ !IOU. • • •• • S i\JCrtOR \~ryr~OD .""1, CoIl 225- C{jT~ 1ix1og ~!f0Ultt IfluJ bwilllid HD1h! MIT STUDENT CENTER ANNIE s. ellUl-TIlE fEell " f Movements in Time Dance Company dancers Olufeml A. Omojola and Nla M. Jetter perform "Fix Me Jesus", a piece from Alvin Ailey's Revelations, Saturday at the Roxbury Community Theater.