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Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, August 30, 2002 Onl.Y 1/7 Necco Workers Strike Over Health Care Costs By Jennifer DeBoer STAFF REPORTER New England Confectionary Co. Freshmen machinists, on strike since Monday, Aug. 19 started their picket shift outside the 254 Massachusetts Ave. factory at six 0' clock Thursday ~equest morning. "They [the Necco administration] make their own rules," worker 1ransfers Tim Stevarcor said. ' According to Stevarcor, changes By Kevin R. Lang in health care costs for machinists NEWS AND FEA TURES DIRECTOR p~ecipitated a call to the local union Of the 981 1Jlembers of the Class for approval to leave work starting - of 2006, 751 of whom were eligible Aug. 19. to move to another dormitory, 140 requested a housing change in tb,e O~going .negotiations displeasing Orientation Adjustment Lottery, and One of the changes the strikers only 84 of those students were able were protesti~g was the reduction to move. of time-and-a-half overtime hourly East Campus led all dormitories pay to straight time. Since state law with 35 -freshman requests for trans- requires overtime pay after forty fer'into the dorm. East Campus was hours per week, 'the company want- followed by MacGregor House with ed to. change the workdays to four AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH Jim Peluso (left) and Bob Wolusky talk to a worker as he exits the Necco parking lot. 20 and New House with 19. The ten..:hour days, 'depriving workers of usual favorite Baker House only opportunities for extra pay for striker .Kevin Brennan was able to take away another," employee the brunt of the company~s already received seven requests, the third weekend or after-hours work. procure former work-day,condi- Steve Quigley said. implemented changes. According to lowest of all dormitories~ Next This suggestion was on the table tions at a ten cent hourly wage loss. Doug Silver, out on worker's House received no requests. until two days ago,:wben head "They give us ,one thi.ng and compensation for weeks, has felt Necco, Page 9 This.year, 74 percentoffreshmen received their first choic~ dorm, a number slightly above average for 'MITHires Mental Health, Campus Life Directors the algorithm. However, only around 50 percent of freshmen who placed a By Brian Loux announced on Wednesday. tudes." the mental health chief. top-pick dorm as their first choice NEWS EDITOR "I very. much look forWard to The Mental Health Task Force Siegel will replace Dr. Peter , were able to get in, while low-pick Dr: Alan E. Siegel will be the working with them," said Larry G. had recommended the addition of a Reich, who announced in June dormitories us~ally accommodated . next chief of mental health,. and' Benedict, the dean for student life. clinical director for campus life in 2000 that he would step down this Maryanne Kirkbride the first clini- "They are very student-oriented, its report last November, and MIT term as mental health chief but Lottery, Page 13 cal director for campus life, MIT. positive, and upbeat in their atti- Medical had simultaneously been remain at MIT Medical. discussirig a similar new position. Kirkbride and Siegel accepted Siegel beats out 200 applicants MlT Prepares for AnniVersary of Sept. 11 their appointmt:nts over the sum- A search committee including mer, but had asked MIT to hold off psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, By Kevin R. Lang '. by New York City firefighters and an D. Kolenbrander, special assistant to -on public announcements until deans, housemasters, and graduate NEWS AND FEATURES DIRECTOR all-day vigil. the president and chancellor, is head- closer to the fall term. students began the selection MIT has annoUnced a full sched- MIT established a Sept. II ing up the committee. "I think that this was the best process for the .new mental health . ule of events leading up to the one- Anniversary Committee, with more "Over the course of the summer, time to make the announcement, chief. The committee also included year anniversary of the Sept. II , than 30 facultY, staff, and studentS, to because this was the time when an associate dean for counseling, ~OO I terro,rist attacks, including talks coordinate remembrance events. Kirk people were coming back to cam- appearing to signal a desire to pus, so people could he'ar about it," bring together MIT's counseling said Professor Ellen T. Harris, -chair of the search committee for Mental Health, Page 10 MIT Finishes Three Lawsuits, Initiates One During Summer By Keith J. Winstein the bench. NEIVS EDITOR' Over the summer, MIT, Harvard Patent said to cover NF-x:B University, the Whitehead Institute MIT, Harvard, and the Whitehead for Biomedical Research, and Ariad are the owners of U.S. Patent No. 'Pharmaceutical Inc. sued Eli Lilly 6,410,516,. "Nuclear factors associat- and Co., alleging that the company's ed with transcriptional regulation," drugs to treat osteoporosis and an for an invention by a group led by infection condition known as severe Institute Professor Phillip A. Sharp, sepsis infringe a newly-issued patent. former MIT Professor and current MeanwhJle, three other MIT -ini- California Institute of Technology tiated lawsuits, against Dolby Labo- President David Baltimore ' 61, and ratories Inc., American Supercon- Harvard Professor Thomas Maniatis. ductor Corp., and Time Inc. MIT, Harvard, and the Whitehead concluded. MIT and Dolby lawyers received the patent on June 25 of this reached a last-minute settlement at year. The three groups and their the trial in their five-year lawsuit, exclusive licensee Ariad filed the • _ DANIEL BERSAK-THE TECH The Reflecting Wall, erected as a memorial after last year's Sept. 11 attacks, will be retired during the after jurors had rea~hed a decision annlversa~ memorial service this year • but before the verdict was read from lawsuits, Page 12

.This is the last of The Tech's daily Comics OPINION publications for this year. Jordan Rubin assures freshmen World & Nation. : 2 The Tech returns to its,Tuesday- that recent changes at.MIT aren't Opinion 4 Friday schedule beginning fri- as bad as th~y're being told. Events Calendar .- 6 day, Sept. 6. Page 6 Page 5 Page 2 THE TECH August 30, 2002 WORLD & NATION Palestinian Economy Crippled Hijackers Chose in '99, LOS ANGELES TIMES wre JERUSALEM A U.N. report released Thursday paints a bleak picture of the economic destruction that has resulted from the lattice of checkpoints, Gennan Prosecutors Charge. encirclement of cities, roadblocks, incursions, and destroyed buildings and supply networks under the military lock-down over the past By Peter Finn knit conspirators. Nehrn said. several months. THE WASHINGTON POST Cell member Marwan Al-She- "At the latest in October 1999" the BERLIN The numbers tell part of the story. Unemployment for East hhi, who investigators believe pilot- members of the group decided ... to Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza rose sharply between the first One of the Sept. II hijackers ed the second 'airliner that struck the actively participate in jihad through and second quarter, to 50 percent from 36 percent, the United Nations boasted a year and half before the trade center, had a conversation in ,terrorist attacks on America to kill a reports, as the military tightened restrictions on travel and trade. attacks that the World Trade Center April or May 2000 with a female large number of people," Nehm said. For the first time in memory, the jobless rate in the West Bank - would be hit and "there will be librarian in which he mentioned the "All of the members of this cell '\ 63.3 percent on curfew days - is higher than the Gaza Strip's 50 thousands of dead," Germany's trade center as a target, Nehrn said. shared the same religious convic- percent, following the encirclement of Ramallah, Hebron and other chief prosecutor said Thursday, pro- "There will be thousands of tions, an Islamic lifestyle, a feeling of major West Bank trading centers. viding one of the most detailed pub- dead," Al-Shehhi, originally from the being out of place in unfamiliar cul- lic reconstructions of terror planning United Arab Emirates, told the librar- tural surroundings. At the center of ' that took place in Germany. ian, according to Nehnl. "You will all this stood the hatred of the world Bush Tops Fundraising Records , The hijackers began to coalesce think of me." The librarian later came Jewry and, the Upited States," he said. TilE 11:-lSJ//NGTON POST as a cell in Hamburg in 1996' and by forward as a witness, according to the In November 1999, Atta, Al- LITTLE ROCK. ARK, October 1999 had committed them- federal prosecutor's office, which ,Shehhi, and Ziad Samir Jarrah, a It was another million-dollar day for the hundred-million-dollar selves to striking the United States declined to identify her or say when Lebanese citizen who piloted the president. and killing large numbers of people, she provided the information. plane that crashed in Pennsylvania, President Bush came here to keynote a fundraiser that the White said the prosecutor, Kay Nehm. The Hamburg cell, recruited into traveled to an al-Qaida camp near House said will generate $600,000 for the re-election of Sen. Tim Members traveled to Afghanistan in al-Qaida by a German of Syrian ori-' Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he Hutchinson (R-Ark.), and for the Arkansas Republican Party. 1999 and 2000 to receive training gin, Mohammed Haydar'Zammar, lived in a guest house run by the Thursday morning, Bush helped to raise $500,000 in Oklahoma and specific instruction about the slowly united around Egyptian citi- country's Taliban movement, Nehin City for Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), and for the gubernatorial bid- of attacks. zen Mohammed Atta starting in said. former Republican congressman Steve Largent. In addition to the The boast about the attack offers 1996, Nehrn said. Atta was a natural They were accompanied by $1,000 per person chicken-and-beans lunch for Largent and Inhofe a rare glimpse into the timing of the choice for leadership because of his Ramzi Binalshibh, a native of and a $500 per person dinner for Hutchinson, Inhofe and Hutchinson secret planning and selection of tar- organizational skills and because he Yemen, who is now being sought on were treated to rides aboard Air Force One. gets. It. would constitute a rare was slightly older and had been in an international arrest warrant The pair of events Thursday were the 47th and 48th fundraisers of ,breach of security among the tight- Germany longer than the others, issued by German authorities. the year for Bush and brought the total amount he has raised for GOP candidates this year to about $115 million. That amount shatters all presidential fundraising records, even that of Bill Clinton, the previous fundraising champion. Bush Skirts Iraq War Question, Bush had long ago passed the $35 million fundraising level Clin- ton reached during 1994, the first midterm elections of his presiden- cy. And by raising another $9 million during his August vacation, during which he was based on his ranch in Texas, Bush has exceeded But VP Again Makes Argument the $105 million Clinton raised in 2000 - and that took Clinton 203 events, according to a CBS News tally. By Paul Richter War veterans that Hussein has gath- raising and get-out-the-vote trip and James Gerstenzang ered chemical and biological conducted after four days out of the LOS ANGELES TIMES weapons and may acquire a nuclear public eye at 'his ranch near Craw- Historic Shipwreck Located WASHINGTON bomb "very soon." ford, Texas. SPECIAL TO TIfF:: WASHINGTON POST President Bush on Thursday "Armed with an arsenal of these Bush said the U.S. efforts in the BOSTON skirted the Intensifying debate over weapons, sitting atop 10 percent of Middle East since Sept. 11 could Marine scientists announced Thursday they had found the, paddle U: S. iI)tentions toward Iraq, but the world's oa, Saddam Hussein have positive effects. steamship Portland, known as the "Titanic of New England," which allowed his vice president to again could then be expected to seek do~- . "I understand that history gives sank in a wintry gale 104 years ago with 190 people on board. make the case for military action ination of the entire Middle East, to us an opportunity to make f:h.eworld Researchers had spent decades looking for the 281-foot vessel. against Saddam Hussein. - take control of the worlq's energy more peaceful. See, out of the evil Sonar images and digital video from remotely operated vehicles con- At a fund-raiser in Oklahoma supply, and to directly threaten done to America is going to come firmed the find this week. The ship was found in the Gerry E. Studds City, Bush declared: "We should America's friendS," he said. some incredible good," Bush said., Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, an area the size of not allow the world's worst leaders Hussein also would "subject the He continued: "And you need to Rhode Island between Cape Ann and Cape Cod. to develop the world's worst United States, and any other nation, tell your little ones that part of that "This discovery closes the chapter on one of the greatest maritime weapons." But he mentioned neither to the threat of nuclear blackmail," good is a more peaceful world, that disasters in New England," said Benjamin Cowie-Haskell, the Iraq nor its president by name, seek- Cheney said. there's going tq be'some steep hills to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's primary 'investi- ing instead to suggest that he contin- The contrast in these messages climb between now and then. But by gator of the Portland expedition. ues.to carefully weigh his options. underscores the White House's divi- being 'tough and strong, patient, smart' Researchers Thursday excitedly described the first sonar image "I got a lot of tools at my dispos- sion of labor on the issue. and wise about using our assets and rolling out of a computer printer. al, 'and I'm a patient man," Bush Cheney. is spelling out the ratio- ' all the tools at our disposal, that we "It was literally like an apparition coming off the sea floor," said said. nale for war in an effort to influence can make the world more peaceful Craig MacDonald, the sanctuary's superintendent. "Everybody got Speaking in San Antonio, Vice the intensifying debate over the wis- for g~nerations to come," he said. goose bumps." President Dick Cheney repeated ,dom of an attack. Bush, saying less Cheney also contended that U.S. The tale of the Portland is well known to many New Englanders. almost word for word the arguments and steering clear of most details, action in the,Middle East could cre- A majestic ship with gold trim and velvet carpets, it left Boston's for swift military action that he first can deflect criticism from abroad by ate a new stability' in the region, but India Wharf for an overnight voyage to Portland, Me., as scheduled made Monday to the Veterans of saying that he has not yet chosen' a he gave greater stress to the dang~rs after Thanksgiving on Nov. 26, 1898. Foreign Wars convention. course. ' that the .Bush administration'says On Thursday, he told Korean Bush's remarks' came in a fund- are now posed by Hussein's regime.'

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Iraqi VP Says U.N.li1Spections~.. Refu~emfluxPo~sNewHewili Risks, Afghan Officiws Say

LOS ANGELES TIMES Pointless, U:S.-AIready Decided KABUL , By Colum Lynch . Iraq has foresworn its attempts to ahead of a U.S.-led bombing cam- Health officials here warned Thursday that the rising tide of and Walter Pincus rebuild its nuclear, chemical and bio- paign in late 1998 that was intended returning refugees poses significant health risks for a country already THE WASHINGTON POST logical weapons programs. to force Baghdad to comply with the suffering one of the highest rates of infant and maternal mortality in UNITED NATIONS "Many have suggested that the demands of the inspections teams. the world. As European allies urged the Bush problem can be dealt with simply by The tough tone of Cheney's The influx of Afghans returning from Pakistan, Iran and other administration Thursday to seek U.N. returning inspectors to Iraq," Cheney remarks this week alarmed European countries has severely burdened a health system already taxed by approval for any military action told Korean war veterans in San . governments about the administra- war, drought and food shortages, said Dr. Abdullah Fahim, against Iraq, senior U.S. and Iraqi Antonio, Tex. "But we must remem- tion's Iraq policy. France, Germany, spokesman for the Health Ministry. officials appeared to be converging on ber that inspections are not an end in Belgium, Sweden and others warned Since March, an estimated 1.5 million Afghans have returned in a key point of contention: the reswnp- themselves. The objective has to be Thursday that a unilateral U.S. mili- what refugee officials have characterized as one of the fastest repatri- tion of U.N. weapons inspections: disarmament." tary strike would be a violation of ations on record, and three times the rate of initial estimates. About ,Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin The, remarks by the ,u.S. and international norms. one-third, or 500,000, have come to Kabul, swelling the capital's Ramadan told reporters in Syria that Iraqi vice presidents .came amid French President Jacques Chirac , population by about 25 percent. the United States has already made growing recognition at the United said the prospect of a U.S. war' Cholera is a special concern in urban areas where there are short- up its mind to la~ch a military strike Nations and elsewhere that U.N. ,.' against Iraq is ''worrying'' and would ages of pure drinking water and proper sanitary systems. Although ' against his country, rendering the weapons inspections alone will not ' be "contrary to the respect of law and ' isolated cases have been reported in recent weeks, Fahim said there debate over, whether inspectors achieve either Baghdad's goal of the authority of the Security Coun- has been "no massive outbreak." Nevertheless, some hospitals have should return to Iraq meaningless. seeing an end to U.N. sanctions or cil." But Chirac hinted that France taken to isolating patients with severe diarrhea in order to prevent a "The U.S. administration ... says the Bush administration's stated might be willing to consider a U.N.- wider epidemic, he said. 'day and night that the issue is not commitment to overthrowing Sad- approved attack against Iraq if it The United Nations, in cooperation with the Centers for Disease rel,ate<:t to whether the inspectors dam's government. They also ''persists in refusing the uncondition- Control and Prevention in Atlanta and the Health Ministry, is updat- re~ or not, it has to do with chang- underscored how a six-month-long . al return of inspectors. The Security ing the infant and maternal mortality survey. Fahim expects it will ing the regime by force," Ramadan effort by U.N. Secretary General Council will have to decide which show that rates have risen since 1997 because restrictions imposed by said. "This [inspectors] is an issue on Kofi Annan SM '72 to persuade Iraq measures to take." the strict Islamic Taliban regime put women at greater risk. which we shouldn't waste oUr time." to permit unfettered inspections has Chirac's comments reflected a Vice President'Dick Cheney reit- effectively stalled amid increasing growing resignation in Europe that erated that a new, round of U.N. war talk in Washington. the United States intends to proceed Economic Hewili of Blacks weapons inspections was Unlikely to . ,Iraq has not permitted U.N. with-its plans to launch a military provide sufficient guarantees that inspectors to return since they left campaign against Iraq. Up, But Still Trailing Average LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON Zubaida, Senior Al-Qaida Member, Although both the income and wealth of black households have been increasing, they still trail well behind American households as a whole, a new study shows. While black household wealth grew 321 percent between 1989 Said to Provide 'Good' InfonnatioD and 1998, the median net. wealth of a black household was only By Walter Pincus , during the March 28 raid of two al- and Oregon of six individuals alleged $15,500, compared with $71,700. for all American households, THE WASHINGTON POST Qaida safehouses by FBI and Pak- to have. aided or been asSociated with according to an analysis of the most recent Federal Reserve data on -Abu Zubaida, a, senior al-Qaida istani agents in the town of Faisal- terrorist plots-appear to reflect the household finances. The study, conducted by the Consumer Federa- operations officer who was captured abad in northwest Pakistan. beginning of a crackdown, according tion of America, defined "net wealth" as assets minus debts. in Pakistan in March, is continuing AI-Qaida kept detailed computer to law enforcement sources. The new study found that lower-income households are less likely to give "good" information to U.S. , records on its members' as well as The up-and-down nature of to save, tend to overspend their income and have a shorter financial interrogators "from time to time," a some records on the thousands of Zubaida's interrogation was referred "planning horizon." senior administration official said 'recruits who went through its'training to in a declaration by Michael , Just over half as many black households had net wealth of at least Thursday. c~ps in Afghanistan. Since stealing 'Mobbs, a Defense Department $100,000, as compared with all American households, while almost Zubaida initially identified through embezzlement of funds is adviser, that was released Tuesday twice as many black households had net wealth of less that $10,000. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, 37, a ,considered a crime in the Muslim as part of a Justice Department fil- "We are trying to communicate to middle America, to working- Kuwaiti who is reported to b~ in world, records OIl" the payments of ing in the case of Padilla, who is class America, that they can build '~ealth as well," said Brobeck. , Afghanistan, as' a'keflogisiics plan- , funds were detailed,ac~ording to being. held' as 'an enemy combatant "But-one 'naSI to' be'patient; ~ne'bas to b'e smart:"one'has to be' aisci; ner in, the Sept. II attacks and later . sources familiar with'the records. in South Carolina. " . ~ plined." .. '".' ',' . r I J,• provided leads that led to the arrest At a 9O-minute lunch with. Wash- . Zubaida provided the initial rudi- "Over'time, it is realistic to expect most low- and moderate- of Jose Padilla, the U.S. citizen , ington Post reporters and editors in . mentary information that the Chica- income families to build six-figure wealth. That is very realistic." 'arrested in Chicago in May on June, FBI Director Robert Mueller go-born Padilla and an unidentified The Consumer Federation based its study on' an analysis of charges' that he was preparing to' said he was sending out special teams non-American associate had met dur- 1998 Federal Reserve System data on the consumer finances of detonate a radioactive .bomb in the of agents to various parts of the Unit- ing the fall of 2001 in Afghanistan. 4,000 households conducted by Catherine Montalto of Ohio State - United States. ed States to track' suspected terrorists Padilla, .who turned to Islam during a University. -

At-least two ,other associates of roughly every two weeks. Mueller jail term in Florida and in 1998 , . Osama bin Laden,. the al-Qaida would not specify how many possible moved to Egypt, offered to conduct leader, at Zubaida's level in the al- terrorists the agency was tracking, but terrorist operations inside the United Skakel Gets.20 Years to Life Qaida organization have been cap- said the bureau has been' "pushed, States, according to U.S. officials. LOS ANGELES TIMES ' NEW YORK tured, the official said, but. neither has really pushed" to keep up with them. Zubaida did not believe the infor- proVided. useful jnformatiOli to date; And he acknowledged that agents mation he provided his interrogators A Connecticut judge sentenced Michael Skakel to 20 years to life The official refused to identify the have no choice but to monitor the would lead to Padilla, but U.S. in prison on Thursday for murdering his 15-year-old neighbor in two other captives. suspects around the clock when they authorities obtained confirmation of 1975, rejecting a rambling, emotional claim of innocence by Skakel While information provided by could not be detained for.immigration the story and more information from and a handwritten plea for leniency from his aunt, Ethel Kennedy. Zubaida, 31, who is being ques- orother violations. Padilla's ass~ciate, who also had Skakel, 41, was convicted in June of fatally bludgeoning and stab- tioned by U:S. authorities at an . Mueller said, "And what do we been captured, the senior official said. bing Martha M~xley with a golf club in their elite Greenwich neigh- undisclosed location, has proved do for the next five years? Do we ,sur- Thereafter, Zubaida attempted to borhood. Skakel also was 15 at the time of the slaying, which con- "valu'able," the official s~id, it has veil-them? Some action has to be recant the information but by then it founded police for decades and prompted claims that the Kennedy been supplemented by information' taken." \. had been corroborated by other clan's influence had thwarted investigators. gained from computer discs seized . Wednesday's arrests m'Michigan sources, the official said .. "I would love to be able to say I did the crime so that the Moxley family could.have peace," he said in State Superior Court in Nor- walk, Conn., taking the stand for the first time. "But to do that would Death Penalty Opponents Heartened be a lie.?' He said he prays for the Moxleys every night. Judge John F. Kavanewsky had to follow sent~ncing guidelines in effect at the time of the killing. Skakel faced a minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum of 25 years to life. By choosing the 20-year As Justices Question~nExecu1ions sentence, Kavanewsky ensured that Skakel would have to serve at By David G. Savage the execution of a capital sentence to consider the issue on a case-by- least 11 1/2 years before becoming eligible for parole. LOS ANGELES TIMES ' imposed on a juvenile offender, I 'case basis. Prosecutors charged that the Skakels' stature and connection to Thanks in part to recent Supreme think it would be appropriate to ' "Some 17-year-olds are just as the Kennedys had prevented a thorough investigation in 1975 and, Court rulings, optimism has surged revisit the issue at the earliest mature as a 25-year old," said Dud- continued to influence proceedings. through the. ranks of the anti-capital opportunity," Stevens wrote, ley Sharp of Justice For All, a pro- punishment movement this year. ~ustices Ruth Bader Ginsburg death penalty group based in Hous- In June, the Supreme Court. and Stephen G. Breyer issued ~ ton. "The jury should look at the Bertelsmann Disputes voted to end executions of mentally short statement saying they agreed individual situation and make the retarded killers, saying that both the with Stevens. ~ d~cision," lte said. Napster Deal nation and the world had come to It takes the votes of four justices In all death penalty cases, the LOS ANGELES TIMES SAN FRANCISCO view the practice as cruel and, to hear a case, and five to make a defense lawyer can point to the mur- unusual punishment. The 6-3 majority. In late September, when derer's youth as a reason for mercy. An attorney for Bertelsmann told a bankruptcy judge Thursday majority pointed to a wave of stat~ the justices meet to consider appeals "States, have a right to decide that th~ German publishing giant might walk away from its plan to laws exempting retarded persons that arrived during the summer how they are going to punish cold- buy the technology of Napster Inc. if a dispute over the deal isn't from the ultimate punishment. . t:ecess, they will have before them blooded killers," said Michael resolved by next week . HoUrs before Toronto Patterson" several cases from Death Row Rushford, president of the Criminal Under former Chief Executive Thomas Middelhoff, Bertelsmann the Dallas man convicted for, shoot- inmates who were juveniles at the Justice Legal Foundation in Sacra- agreed to pay'$9 million to Napster creditors if a deal were consum- ing three of his' relatives when he time of their crime. mento, Calif. - mated by Tuesday. - was ,17, was put to death by lethal "It's just a matter of time," said In all, 38 states authorize the Record labels and songwriters filed their opposition to the transac- injection, Justice John Paul Richard Dieter, executive director death penalty, and 22 of them allow tion this month, saying that Bertelsmann exercised improper control Stevens, the author of the court's of the Death Penalty' Information it to be imposed on those who com- over Napster when the bargain was struck .. opinion on the mentally retarded, Center in Washington. "The missing mit murder while under age 18. But Bankruptcy Judge Peter Walsh was to hear the objections Thurs- said he and his colleagues should element is a few more states to abol- such death sentences are rare. day afternoon but rescheduled the hearing for Friday. consider a similar ban for 'juvenile ish it on their own. And that should Nationwide, about 3,700 con- During the scheduling. debate, he. asked a Bertelsmann lawyer if murderers. be enough to get one or two more victed murderers are condemned to the company would agree to honor the offer past the Tuesday dead- "Given the apparent consensus justices to weigh in." ( death. Among these, 80 were under line if he couldn't rule before then. The attorney said Bertelsmann .that exists among the States and iIi Supporters of capital punishment 18 when they committed their would not, according to Dow Jones. the international co~uni~ against say the current system allows juries crimes, about 2 percent of the total. 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Hall, rush was kept on life support for one everyone's experience at MIT where the of Advice Jordan Rubin more year.) Another collapsed pillar of the institute was not paradise. If you do not find MIT first-year experience was the elimination every minute you spend on campus to be Ask Jor Help, Meet Upon arriving at MIT, the Class of2002 of PassINo Record grading in the secon'd enjoyable, don't worry. The Institute has not was welcomed'by upperclassmen with greet- semester of the freshman year. Because of gone down the toilet; there is nothing wrong ings such as, "Welcome to MIT. It's a these changes, this year's freshman will hear with you. These moments are to be expected. People, and Get Involved shame you couldn't have seen this place just a chorus of "it sucks for Y01:l" from upper- You might have to try harder than your high a couple'years ago. This school used to be classmen. school classmates on your problem sets; you fun." As we left campus last spring, we If you are reading this and you are a fresh- might have to try harder to find something Gretchen K. Aleks could see the classes behind us gearing up to man, let me tell you this: it's not as bad as you you want to do between work on problem issue this same refrain to next year's fresh-, are being told. You will still get to enjoy (or sets. On the final day of Orientation, it's appro- men. despise) the MIT experience. Your experience It is true that you won't have Rush' in the priate to leave freshmen with some words of MIT is a different type of school from same way that past classes advice to make it through their first year at MIT. just about any other college or university did. And you're going to . Don't be afraid to ask for help. With the around. At the Institute, it's more difficult to have to worry about grades in exception of a couple pre-meds, I've met very get a good seat at a robotics competition It is true that you won't have Rush the spring. There's not much few overly competitive people at the Institute. than at a varsity football game. Students that you can do to change Most of your classmates are willing to answer a entering MIT know that their college experi- in the same way that past classes did. these facts. But these changes question about a problem set, explain a hazy .. ence will differ from that of their high do not ruin the MIT experi- concept from a class, or just to talk when you school peers. But there was something par- And you're going to have to worry ence. start wondering why you came to this place and ticularly peculiar about entering MIT in the During my freshman year, whether you should request a transfer applica- fall of 1998 - not just that MIT is a place about grades in the spring. the school was abuzz with tion to your second choice university. unlike any other school, but that our experi- . But these changes do not rnin alcohol paranoia. Even the Not only are your classmates and upper- ence at the Institute would 'be unlike that of lame parties were shut down classmen available to help you, but there's also previous MIT students - and I 'am sure that the MIT experience. early. There wasn't much we a wealth of Institute resources at your disposal. , there is a similar peculiarity for this year's could do to change this fact. Each of you has an adviser who can give you freshmen .. Repe~tedly hearing that we academic guidance, but you also have an asso- Entering' in 1998, the class of 2002 was were so unlucky to have ciate advisor who is more than happy to help the first class to aqive at MIT after the death will not be the same as mine, just as my MIT arrived at MIT in 1998 wasn't much fun, but you sort out any problems you encounter during of Scott S. Krueger '01. In response to experience was not the same as a pre-Krueger we ended up finding our way through MIT. your first year. Finally, ifit's academic help you Krueger's death, caused by overdrinking at a 'MIT alum. But that doesn't really matter. Working with the administration, the rFC need, go to your recitation instructor or go to fraternity initiation event, the school adminis- You're going to have to take 8.01 and 18.02 and DormCon were able to craft an improved the course tutors. Some of them are fairly intim- tration, as well as the municipal governments and 8 HASS' classes ... and you might not alcohol policy. We learned how to adapt our idating, but in the event that you are afraid of of Boston and Cambridge, initiated policies enjoy them all. You'll learn the language that social gatherings so they would be neither asking for help, it's time ~oswitch TAs. that would change the way we .live as MIT exists only at MIT so you can decode state- lame nor shut down. Though you might not Find a good studying library. Don't confuse students. Thus~ during.our freshinan year, we ments like "I have 14.01 at 10:30 in 6-120" bring back rush or second term P/NR, you can this with a good reading library. Quality study- '. were repeatedly reminded ,that the parties and still not 'know ,where to find the Eastman find a way to have a good time. Your life at ing libraries include Rotch, Dewey, and the now suck an~ that the school ,was no longer Building. You'll find that walking across the MIT is up to you. Four years from now, MIT fun. Mass Ave Bridge in the winter will be windy might be a different place once again - one During my four years' at MIT, the school and cold .. that you helped to create. was in a period of transition. The first issue of Find one of the upperclassmen who is trY- Jordan Rubin is an alumnus from the It 1night not be'high on your The Tech that my class saw during Orienta- ing to tell' you that MIT was infinitely better Class of2002, and served as Chairman of The . tion" carried the lead story, "All Freshmen to' . just a couple .years ago. Ask him/her what Techfrom February 2002 to Apri/2002 . priority list, but conlnll'Uing an hour a uleek to a social service 'Hoop Dreams project is good for the coml11unity, and good for you. It .I SnobBish Athletics at .MIT -' ulill give you a sense of - - •• \. ~_ • ~ • ..,. _ I<"~ __ • have towalk,.tpey wouldn't. start a little twenty-one, but PhIlhp Burrows' Unless .tliere is simply less of a collective can't dig a pool or aa~mpIlshment come the end qf interest in basketball, which would not be . pave a track. You ter1n ulhen all you have to shoul There is something absurd about the' surprising considering the sports that do can' t notion of a pickup volleyball game. Maybe .enjoy support. Tennis is, after all, an elitist fashion~ for your hard work is a couple It's the sand, maybe. it's necessity of numer- activity, slightly below golf but above base:- you r"'-. ous people, maybe it's all those hours of baU-in terms of class association, despite the 0 w n Ps on a transcript. Superspike Volleyball, but impromptu vol- massive differences in their respective weights, leyball seems as . '. income barriers. you likely .as ,!l popr ------Although more of can't person do.ing well a skilnhan a sport, • bu i Id a Humanities library. On the other hand, Barker is 'on the SATs. ~ll,guess what? sailing deserves a boat., you the ultimate reading library. A good studying What better place mention beca!}se can' t hideout obviously comes in handy for those of to find in, then, MIT has lots oj money, nothing connotes import a rink. you who have found yourselves living in quads than in t!Ie East . ' and the athletics department "snob" like an out- That doesn't this term and have no idea how you're going to Campus court- ing on a boat, and ' counteract, how- . get any work done when there are people com- yard? proudly proclaims its plethora . the Pavilion along ever, the mes- ing and going at all hours of the day. It might . Somehow - the Charles is ~ sage hoops send also come in handy come mid-September when while the weather .. oj,varsity squads. open every day. through their absence. the first 8.01 exam rolls around and certain " is welcoming, at .A-'.I'f"weall a bunch 0+wusses Crew, like sail- Recall what you thought of those high upperclassmen on your hall have a mind to least - you can. -J ing only hard, is schools that had handball courts but no shower you. pass by the sand': or what? the school's best. hoops, volleyball teams but no American . Meet all sorts of new people. By "meet new box at East Cam- varsity team,' football program. Either they were dirt poor people" I don't meet PlayFair-style by any . pus and, without ------which just screams or a bunch of wusses. Well, guess what? stretch of the. imagination. Although I'm sure fail, find people' "wannabe Ivy." MIT has lots of mopey, and the athletics playing carnival games with your claSsmates is having. a ball dur-". Swimming, which department - which can complain about the a nice way to circulate your name in preparation ing volley, .offen with a group waiting to is necessary both to graduate and to engage .. N cuts of a few years back all it wants - for that upcoming class rep election, and it take the not-field once the game ends. You in the previous two activities (in case you proudly proclaims its plethora of varsity might even be a means of reverting to the good can't fault people for getting exercise, but .accidentally use the Sodium Boat), is simply squads. Are we all a bunch of wusses or old days when bicycles had three wheels, the nevertheless it might be worth rioting that' unheard of in parts of what? chances of forming a lasting friendship this way the basketball hoop. across the street in the country where If you haven't are slim to none. Senior Haus gets significantly less use than clean water is scarce 'seen it already, there Alternative ways are by getting involved in the'contiguous tire swing. Did we ,all miss and public facilities , The basketball hoop is a (very slippery) student activities. As you'll witness first-hand the collective memo? Anybo'dy could see . are dangerous. Final- . across the street in Senior Haus court above Walker. later this evening, there are hundreds of student that it should be the other way around, right? ly, Ultimate Frisbee. Nobody refers to it as groups vying for your time and interest. Try to Of course this is not a fair comparison. Nothing more need be gets significantly less use a court, however. 50- get involved with several in your first term; just East Campus's volleyball net is visible to said on that. . 340, as it i~ best because a student group otTers you free food many passersby, while the Senior Haus hoop Yes, there are bas- than the contiguous tire swing. known, is used most- and free road trips does not mean its something is blocked from view unless one actually ketball fourts on West Anybody ,could see ' Iy for test-taking pur- yo'u'U want to stick with. Your "passino-record" walks into the courtyard, which in and of Campus~ and they are poses, giving us the term is the optimal time to try to find your place itself is a sub-par place to play. Nor are used, but there's also that it should be the other way amusingly nerdy at the Institute, and if you don't use your first the r e any other volley- a hockey rink, and .image of desks by the term to explore, you'll miss out on a valuable ball nets in the hockey always around, right? dozens above the opportunity . zip code, negates the existence hardwood. There has Try to include a community service activity 'w h i I e of basketball. In all ------long been a worry among your extracurriculars. There are many someone seriousness, we can that opening up the community service organizations on campus: wh'o seri- agree that there are lots of th~ngs to use on court would result in an influx of non-MIT Arctan, Best Buddies, and Habitat for Humani- u sly West Campus, but even there we can see a characters, exponentially increasing Police ty, to name a few. Additionally, the political sci- ants to tilt towards the same old sports. Take a Log's "suspicious person" entries, people ence department can help you find an awesome "hoop it glance a the new Zesiger Center and you - presumably not attracted by tennis and who community service placement ranging from up" (as the will see pools dominating its structure. Sure, are able (in theory) to be blocked from tutoring high school students to working in a kids - say' there is space for basketball, but there are DuPo.nt- or Johnson. battered womens' shelter to visiting home- no'wadays) also squash courts, lest the campus' normal- Yep, sounds like bound ~lderly people. It might not be high on need only ven- sport proportion rise too high. we're a bunch of your priority list, but committing an hour a ture up Broadway for pub- MIT could be congratulated for bringing wusses. week to a social service project is good for the lic and not-so-public-but-still-accessible within our grasp recreations once unfath- community, and good for you. It will give you a facilities. Then again, MIT may boast two omable to many of us. All you need is a sense of accomplishment come the end of term sets of tennis courts, and an in-dome arena 'niilk crate, a telephone pole and some rock when all you have to show for your hard work that receive significant use; if people dido't given' away during the Activities Midway to is a couple Ps on a transcript. The August 30, Tech - 2002

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II: The expression" in Lobby 10, and a semi- Resurrection: Jerusalem and Us," and ferent people who were interested in traveled to New York to assist with U.S., Europe, and the Middle East." nar sponsored by the Security Studies a panel on Muslim reactions to the participating in different ways," cleanup and recovery efforts. Participants will include Professors of Program and CIS. The seminar, enti- Sept. II attacks will both be held that Kolenbrander said. The committee' "It came about mainly because Political Science Stephen W. van tIed "9/11: The War on Terror a Year day. worked to bring together interested there were just so many people that Evera and Suzanne Berger. _ Later," features speakers Nazli Chou- 'Off campus, "Vigil of Light" parties, with an emphasis on involv- had done amazing things to help out," Other events scheduled for Sept. cri, associate director of the Technol- gatherings will be held at Magazine ingstuden~ and faculty. said Gayle C. Willman, a faculty liai- II include an exhibit in the MIT ogy and Development Program; Beach and the Weeks Footbridge "The emphasis was really on cre- son in Academic Media Production Museum, entitled "Museums Cele- Owen Cote; Harvey Sapolsky; and from 7:45 to 8:30 p.m. ating an open enVironment for people S~rvices. "MIT people spent a lot of brate America's Freedoms: Joining van Evera. For a full listing of events, see to contribute events," Kolenbrander time at ground zero." Communities in a Day of Remem- In addition, two lectures will be . said, referring specifically to forums Speakers at the event will include sponsored by Science, Technology, representatives from the Fire Depart- and Society and the Center for Inter- ment of New York and other recov- national Studies, along with the Sun- ery workers, and the New York sani- day, Sept. 8 events. tation worker who sang "God Bless "Both exist because somebody America" every morning at the 8E.1' PIlICE. 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D1NIEL BERSAK-THE TECH A fire in the brick oven of Alpine Bagels is a welcome sight. The dining facility, located in the Student Center In the space fonnerly occupied by Courses, is scheduled to open on the first day of classes •.

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A girl gets her face painted during the GSC Graduate Family Welcome Lunch yesterday. August 30, 2002 THE TECH Page 9 Striking Machinists Cost. Necco Revenue Necco, from Page 1 compensation or those who have transferred to the company's Havi- Quigley, Silver has accumulated land location, Quigley said. significant hospital fees from his wife's brain cancer treatment and Machinists demand same benefits his own injury. He is faced with the The machinists, however, are thirty day limit to worker's com- among the workers who are pensation, which has already' employed year-round. The seasonal passed, Quigley said. work force consists mainly of those in the Bakery, Confectionary, and Production continues Tobacco workers' union. Necco limits the striking work- The BCT signed its renegotiated ers to three locations around the contract with management earlier factory: one at the comer of Lands- this year. downe and Mass Ave, one at a ser.., According to Quigley, the com- vice entrance on Landsdowne pany uses the machinists' higher Street, and one at the parking lot wages as an excuse not to extend entrance on Albany Street. The the same health care benefits to .company is required to have a them. police detail at each spot, costing "Negotiations are ongoing, but Necco fifty dollars an hour per offi- Necco will not give any specifics at cer. Necco press representative Lori this point," Zimbalatti said. Zimbalatti would not comment on "Why they don't extend the ben- the amount of money the company efits they already give to four hun- loses in production income caused dred other workers to just twenty by the machinists' absence. more - that's a good question," "I'm not going to discuss any Stevarcor said. specifics, but we're hopeful that we "At this point we're just anxious will reach a compromise soon," for a settlement," Zimbalatti said. Zimbalatti said. The company has continued pro- Community gives quiet support duction by using supervisors to run According to Quigley, most of machines. According to Stevarcor, the support for the strikers comes the company had been operating from their local union chapter, • illegally until they had to receive a though "a few girls from MIT" representative from the Department have helped to carry sandwich signs of Public Safety who visits the and frequent honks from passersby plant accompanied by a state troop- indicate general goodwill towards er. the cause of the machinists. "The number of workers varies "We haven't received any [com- with the time of year, so now, since plaint] calls," Zimbalatti said of we're gearing up for the Christ- community feelings towards the mas/Valentine's Day season, it's strikers. "The last strike [at Necco] almost five hundred," Zimbalatti was in 1962. I can't say much said. except that we are very anxious to Of these five hundred, approxi- see things resolved." Graduate stu.dents enjoy the GSC Welcome Lunch yesterday in Johnson. mately twenty-two are machinists. "We're going to stick this thing This number dwindled from thirty out for as long as it takes," Quigley bec~use of workers out on i~jury ,said. rde*sMarket!

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