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MIT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Snow, 35°F (2°C) Tonight: Flurries, 32°F (O°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Cloudy, 43°F (70C) Details, Page 2 Volume 123, umber 17 02139 Tuesday, April 8, 2003 Proposal for Daytime SafeRide May Be Implemented Next Fall By Jennifer Krishnan partially fund the program. David "The graduate students have a EDITOR I CHIEF . Rogers, assistant dean and direc- very real problem: ... public trans- afeRide may soon be making tor of fraternities, sororities, and portation stops running" shortly daytime runs. independent living groups, said after midnight, said Stephen D. Under a recent proposal, the "we're footing 30,000 ... to up- Immerman, director of enterprise shuttle would stop at three locations port the fraternities and sororities services, under whose auspices in Boston (Mass. Ave. and Beacon that live on the Boston side" of the SafeRide falls. St., Commonwealth Ave. and river. He indicated the Department Folkert said that "a huge portion Charlesgate, and Mass. Ave. and of Parking and Transportation of the graduate students live off Commonwealth Ave.) before return- would probably cover the remainder campus" and rely on public trans- ing to 77 Massachusetts Ave, said of the cost. portation. About half of the graduate Undergraduate Association Presi- Deora said it would cost between students in his own lab typically go dent Parol Deora '04. 30,000 and $35,000 to provide one home after midnight, he said. The serv'ice would run from year of this service. However, Immerman said his approximately 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., The proposal is expected to be office did not receive funding this MOllday through Friday, during finalized in the next few weeks, year for the G C's proposed pro- November, December, February, Deora said. ject. and March. Rogers and Deora said Dean for In June 2001, the GSC donated "It's the perfect way to spend Student Life Larry G. Benedict had $15,000 toward establishing a new student life money," Deora said. done most of the research and creat- route. But the program proposed by "I think it's great that they're ed the current proposal. the GSC "would cost about mcreasing the coverage times," said Benedict could not be reached $100,000" annually, Immerman incoming GSC president Michael R. for comment. said. Folkert. "It's a step in the right "If we can find the resources to direction." Grad students' plan stalled extend our services [to areas where JONATHAN WAN THE TECH But "in order to really benefit the The Graduate Student Council more graduate students live], we Six large wooden blocks sit In Lobby 7 Sunday morning. The graduate students, they need to proposed two years ago to create a will," he said. fronts of the blocks were-labeled A, B, C, N, and R In protest expand the area being covered," new SafeRide route that would Immerman said the money of freshmen being put on grades for the spring term. Folkert said. cover area farther north, where more The. FSILG Office will at least graduate students live. SafeRlde, Page 13 AIJazeem N~twork Upgrades. Planned for Four Dorms By Lauren E. LeBon because they are considered to be in House, and Bexley were chosen to telecommunication rooms in these De~d ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR the most dire need of upgrades. undergo renovations since these dormitories are not large enough to Information Systems and the In addition, MITnet is now sup- dorms currently hold network infra- hold equipment for the new connec- housing department will begin reno- ported in part by a Cogent Commu- structures that are "unmaintainable" tions. Housing and IS chose the vations this summer to upgrade the nications connection to the Internet, according to surveys taken last fall. locations in the dorms for new tele- AkaniJii network infrastructure in four dorms. after word that Genuity, Inc. filed The renovations will begin no com rooms. The construction of East Campus, Next House, New for bankruptcy and was acquired by later than June, said Dean of Stu- these rooms will begin this summer. House, and Bexley Hall will receive Level 3 Networks. dent Life Larry G. Benedict. When the renovations are com- Seroices a 100 Mbps MITnet connection and Andjelka Kelic G, residential plete, each student will receive four By Kevin R. Lang wireless Internet seniice. The dormi- Renovations to begin in June network coordinator for Information STAFF REPORTER tories were selected for renovation East Campus, Next House, ew Systems, said that the current Upgrades, Page 12 One-time MIT startup Akamai Technologies canceled a contract with Arabic news network Al .Fredkin Modeling SARS Epidemic, Offers Advice to CDC Jazeera Wednesday after brieJly working with the Qatar-based tele- By Marissa Vogt vision and Internet news company. ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR • Joanne Tucker, managing editor Yisiting scientist and former of the network's English-language MIT professor Edward Fredkin is W~b site, told reporters she was attempting to curb the recent spread frustrated by the decision but not of severe acute respiratory syn- surprised. "It has nothing to do with drome, or SARS, by using spread- technical issues," Tucker said. "It's sheets to model the beh~vior of the nonstop political pressure on these epidemic. companies not to deal with us." Fredkin is using a collection of AI Jazeera has been "Struggling to interconnected 'spreadsheets to sim- get its English-language Web site ulate the behavior of those infected running, after the site was shut down with the disease and how they might by hackers some 12 hours after communicate the disease to others. going online March 25. Users trying He plans to present his fmdings to to access the site were redirected to a the Centers for Disease Control and page showing an American flag. The Prevention and the World Health network hoped to use Akamai's Organization on April 17. broad server network to protect "There's the possibility that this against further hack attempts, and epidemic could be very bad," said signed a contract with Akamai on Fredkin. "Various authorities like' March 28, according to Tucker. the CDC in the United States and countries around the world have to Akamai quiet on decision make decisions" about how best to Akamai officials have declined go about containing the disease. to comment on the matter, but Jeff Fredkin's goal, he said, is to ~ WA YUSOF WA MORSHIDI W. Young, director of public rela- model the effects of possible Visiting scientist and former MIT professor Edward Fredkln Is working on a computer model of the Sud- tions, issued a statement to T.he options of containment, such as con- den Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus. His work may allow health officials to take steps to Tech confirming that the company trolling airline flights or quaranti- reduce the Impact of the virus. would not be working with Al ning infected people, to guide health Jazeera. Young declined to com- authorities in their decisions. sequences would' be "if you change pIe can think about that." help or cause mischief," Fredkin Fredkin hopes that his model something, such as you cut down "I t' s very hard for them to be Akamal, Page 11 will help to determine what the con- some kind of travel ... so that peo- sure whether these decisions will SARS, Page II Utopia, Ltd. Comics OPINIO World & ation 2 deserves to AndrewT. Vue and Uwe Ohler Opinion 4 be sold out. discuss the merits of patriotism Arts 6 and protesting. Events Calendar ' .10 Sports 16 Page 6 Page 8 Page 5 Page2 THE T CD LD& ATION Bush,Blair eet to Settle Details of War in Iraq U.S., Russia Meet To Discuss EWSDAY o Convoy,Strained Relationship After a walk through the gardens of a centurie -old castle, Presi- dent Bush and British Prime Mini ter Tony Blair ettled in Monday By Robyn Dixon postwar period. vehicles, which opened fire. Imply- for a two-day meeting aimed at re olving the details of how Iraq will LOS ANGELES TIMES Ru sia, along with European ing the shooting was deliberate, he MO cow be governed after the current conflict ends. powers including Britain and said an American bullet was found The two leaders also are scheduled to talk about plans for easing ational Security Adviser Con- France, wants the United ations to in a car seat. the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and accelerating the fitful peace doleezza Rice met President take a leading role in rebuilding Speaking on Channel One state process in orthern Ireland, according to U.. and British officials. Vladimir V. Putin and other officials Iraq. But the Bush administration television, Titorenko, who was The third meeting between Bush and Blair in ju t over three Monday, a day after a Russian has made it clear that coalition part- slightly hurt, held up a bullet dis- weeks is occurring at a hopeful moment for their combat forces in diplomatic convoy came under fire ners fighting the war will take the lodged from his car, saying, "This Iraq, and the battlefield successes are prompting both leaders to look in the Iraq war strongly opposed by lead role. bullet was meant for the ambas- ahead, according to U .. Secretary of tate Colin Powell. "The hostil- Russian leaders. "I think Russia understands sador. If it hadn't been for this ities phase is coming to a conclusion," he told reporters aboard Air Rice listened to concerns over very clearly that after the effort and thing," he said, indicating a barrier Force One on the way to Belfa t. "It's time for all of us to think about the incident, which occurred Sunday the blood spilled in liberating Iraq, inside the car, "the bullet would the post-hostilities phase." as Russian diplomats tried to flee it's understandable that the coali- have hit me right in the head." But Blair and Bush still have some lingering differences over that Baghdad.