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Volume 120, Number 25 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, May 5, 2000 Housing Procedures Worry EC Residents Decentralized System Is Subject of Debate By Frank Dabek and Mike Hall ager and room assignment chairs, STAFF REPORTERS who determine if and where a stu- A decentralized room assign- dent will be housed in that dormito- ment system and an inadequate allo- ry. If the dormitory is full, the appli- cation of summer housing slots for cation is sent to the next-highest residents of East Campus and Ran- ranked choice. dom Hall are the focus of recent According to Karen Nilsson, criticism by students of the summer associate director for operations, housing system. house managers are supposed to Under the current system, appli- choose who lives in their dorm over cants for summer housing on cam- the summer based on the date stu- pus send their requests to Phillip M. dents file for summer housing; those Bernard, manager of undergraduate who file earlier for summer housing residential services. According to are given priority over those who GREG KUHNEN—THE TECH Bernard, applications are then for- apply later. Dean of Students Rosalind H. Williams presents Christopher A. Spohr G, founder of the Graduate warded to the applicant’s first However, applicants from EC Student Volunteer Corps, with a Compton Award for service to the MIT community. Matthew L. choice dormitory. and Random, dorms which are McGann ’00 and Jennifer A. Frank ’00 also received Comptons. See story, back page. Control of the assignment then transfers to the dorm’s house man- Summer Housing, Page 15 Once Again, Course 6 Dorms Develop Policies For Pets Most Selected Major Cats May Be Allowed to Live in Some Dormitories on a Trial Basis By Anna K. Benefiel STAFF REPORTER Biology, Management Tie For Second Place In response to the efforts of out- going Dormitory Council President By Efren Gutierrez 6-1 (Electrical Engineering) and 6-2 Jennifer A. Frank ’00 and concerned STAFF REPORTER (Electrical Engineering and Com- students across campus, the MIT With 316 members of freshmen puter Science). Housing Office is reviewing a poli- declaring it as their major, Course 6 Forms for course selection were cy that would officially allow pets in (Electrical Engineering and Com- sent to freshman advisors at the dormitories on a trial basis. puter Science) has once again beginning of April, and the deadline Associate Director of Opera- emerged as the most popular choice for form submission was April 28. tions Karen A. Nilsson said the of major of the freshman class. Sixty-three students failed to turn in process of pet policy review as Courses 7 and 15 tied for second their course selection forms to the seeking “flexibility” in the pet ban. with 77 freshmen Majors Chosen Student Academic Although Nilsson said that the each, and Course Services. Housing Office continues to “sup- 10 came in close By Class of 2003 “Those stu- port the housing policy of no pets in behind with 69 Dept. # Dept. # dents who fail to residence halls,” a five-member freshmen. 1C 14 10 69 turn in the form by committee will address the feasibili- Of those 1E 12 10C 1 the end of term ty of the student-initiated proposal courses declared 258 11 3 will be receiving a next Tuesday afternoon. ROSHAN BALIGA—THE TECH by freshmen, 2A 9 12 13 letter over the The meeting will likely decide the Max, a miniature dachshund, attempts to earn his PE points in a Courses 21-H summer break ask- fate of pets at MIT for the coming Baker House dorm room. Max’s owner, Jessica Zmolik ’03, hopes (History) and 17 321 13 3 ing what they wish that the pet policy will be revised to include Baker so Max can stay (Political Sci- 3B 13 14 23 to declare,” said Pet Policy, Page 23 permanently rather than just visit. ence) gained the 414 15 77 Bonnie J. Walters, fewest majors — 526 16 7 associate dean of one each. Several 6-1 31 16-1 44 undergraduate aca- majors, such as demic affairs. Charles A. Myers Course 24 (Lin- 6-2 177 16-2 10 Freshmen have Sloan Professor Emeritus Charles A. Myers passed Following the war, Myers participated in a national guistics and Phi- 6-3 108 17 1 had several oppor- away on April 2 at his Naples, FL home. He was 87. task force which reviewed the U.S. Employment Ser- losophy), did not 777 18 55 tunities to explore Born in State College, PA, Myers received a BA vice. He also served as a member of the Federal Advi- gain any fresh- 7A 2 18C 12 majors, beginning from Pennsylvania State University in 1913. He then sory Council on Employment Security from 1957- man majors. 824 21H 1 with the Academ- went to the University of Chicago, where he earned 1959 and on the Presidential Railroad Commission Sixteen fresh- ic Exposition dur- his PhD in 1939. from 1960-1962. In 1969, he was appointed chairman men chose not to 8A 4 22 4 ing Orientation. Myers joined the Institute in 1939 as an instructor of the National Manpower Policy Task Force. declare a major. 926 Other events have in economics and social science. He was appointed Myers authored and co-authored a large number of This year, sev- Undeclared: 16 included alumni assistant professor of industrial relations in 1941, books and articles. He co-wrote two of the earliest eral courses were No major chosen: 63 panels during became an associate professor in 1946, and earned studies on U.S. labor markets: The Movements of Fac- chosen signifi- Total: 1018 Independent the position of full professor in 1949. tory Workers and The Dynamics of Labor Markets. cantly more than No freshmen chose to major in Activities Period, Myers held joint appointments in the Department Personnel Administration, a textbook written by in previous years. departments 21A, 21F, 21L, 21M, course open hous- of Economics and the Sloan School of Management. Myers and Paul Pigors, became one of the leading Course 1 (Civil/ 21W, 24, or STS es, a Choice of He served in this position for 29 years, until his texts on the subject. Environmental Majors fair, and retirement in 1978. At the time of his retirement, Myers also published several studies comparing Engineering) had a 36% gain from freshman/faculty lunches. Myers held the Sloan Fellows Professor of Manage- economic relations within the industrial world. last year, while Course 18 had a 13% Although freshmen at most other ment chair. These studies focused primarily on the nations of increase over last year’s enrollment. universities must choose their major During World War II, Myers acted as special Sweden and India. His later works, which include Courses 2 (Mechanical Engi- at the beginning of their academic consultant to the Labor Division of the War Produc- Impact of Computers on Management, focused on neering), 5 (Chemistry), 8 (Physics), year, MIT’s core curriculum allows tion Board. In 1943, he joined the Civilian Person- manpower and education. 10 (Chemical Engineering), and 14 freshmen to wait until their second nel Division of the War Department, and he later Myers is survived by his wife, Nancy Ellen (Economics) declined by an average year. “Since MIT had a core curricu- served on the public panel of the Boston’s War (Nash), along with a son, two daughters, a sister, of 10%, while course 6 enrollment lum, even with humanities, we let Labor Board. seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. dropped 13% from last year because freshman choose their major after fewer students enrolled in Courses taking the core classes,” Walters said.
Vladimir Zelevinsky joins the Comics Kris Schnee discusses the host of savage mob at Gladiator. legal complexities and other World & Nation ...... 2 social issues raised by the Opinion ...... 4 Internet. Arts ...... 7 On The Town ...... 10 Page 8 Page 11 Page 5 Page 2 THE TECH May 5, 2000 WORLD & NATION Hezbollah Answers Israel’s Federal Agents Gently Clear Attacks With Rocket Barrage LOS ANGELES TIMES JERUSALEM Protest from Bombing Range Lebanese guerrillas sent Katyusha rockets slamming into northern Israel on Thursday, injuring more than two dozen people, sending By Mike Clary reported — and indeed, some pro- fident” they would be able to keep thousands racing for bomb shelters, and setting cars and building LOS ANGELES TIMES testers praised the civil attitude of protesters off the range, although he ablaze. VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO 100 U.S. Marshals and 100 FBI noted the area is big enough that The heaviest cross-border barrage in nearly a year followed a Wielding weapons, plastic hand- agents — the decision to round up “it’s not easy to patrol.” string of attacks in recent days by Israel and its militia allies on one cuffs and common courtesy, federal the protesters sparked at least three After being released from cus- side and Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas on the other. In the most agents in riot gear cleared a U.S. street demonstrations, including tody, protest leaders also promised serious incident, two Lebanese women were killed earlier Thursday Navy bombing range of protesters two in San Juan, the island’s capi- that they would continue their cam- in shelling that Israel’s army commander described as “unauthorized” Thursday, ending a yearlong stand- tal. As organizers appealed for paign to force the Navy to withdraw firing by the South Lebanon Army, an Israeli-trained and financed off but hardly resolving an issue that calm, supporters of the Vieques completely from the eastern end of militia. has stirred strong feelings through- protest faced off with baton-wield- Vieques, used as a live fire bombing Israel immediately retaliated for Hezbollah’s evening rocket fire out the commonwealth. ing riot police on horseback in range for almost 60 years. on the border town of Kiryat Shemona by launching airstrikes on a There was no resistance, and no front of the U.S. Army’s Fort “All indications are that the pro- village reported to have been the source of the fire. Late Thursday, actual arrests were made in the raid Buchanan. testers have handled themselves in a Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak met with his security cabinet to that began with the Caribbean dawn. Later, in a plaza in Old San Juan, peaceful and dignified manner,” consider further retaliation, according to television news accounts. Instead, about 140 people round- several thousand people gathered to said Attorney General Janet Reno at “No country on Earth will be ready to accept salvos of Katyushas ed up at several makeshift beachside listen to speakers, wave Puerto a Washington news conference. She on its civilian centers,” Barak told reporters during a later visit to camps on the bombing range, and Rican flags and shout “Fuera Mari- added that the operation had gone Kiryat Shemona. “Israel will not allow it to happen and we will have about 60 others hauled away from na” — Navy Out! “very, very smoothly.” to respond, and we will know how to respond.” an encampment blocking the front In Vieques about 300 people The 52 reporters and photogra- gate of Camp Garcia, were taken by marched back toward the gate of phers escorted from the scene said boat to the island of Puerto Rico and Camp Garcia, but were turned back the courtesy of the armed U.S. Mar- Bush Makes Campaign released. They were warned, how- by police. shals and FBI agents who arrived on ever, that they would face felony Pentagon officials said the Navy the beach just after daybreak lent a Swing To California trespassing charges if they re-enter intends to resume training exercises surreal air to the operation. The raid LOS ANGELES TIMES the range. on Vieques within two weeks, after had the trappings of a massive mili- MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. Among more than 200 persons sweeping the range to make sure tary invasion. Texas Gov. George W. Bush swept through Orange County on handcuffed and ushered off the east- that all protesters have been As helicopters buzzed overhead, Thursday hoping to focus on prayer and education, two subjects he ern end of the island were religious removed. Other offshore activities, and Navy gunships patrolled off actually likes talking about. leaders, including Catholic Bishop including ship-to-ship firing and shore, agents piled out of white vans Instead, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee found himself Alvaro Corrada del Rio of San Juan, submarine exercises, are to proceed and announced in each of the camps fending off questions about gun control and his new Social Security and two U.S. lawmakers, Reps. Luis as scheduled. that protesters must leave immedi- plan, the details of which he has yet to spell out. Gutierrez, D-Ill., and Nydia Adm. Robert J. Natter, director ately. Only a few resisted, forcing And he continued to accuse Vice President Al Gore, his Democra- Velazquez, D-N.Y. of operations for the Navy staff, agents to gently carry them to wait- tic opponent, of twisting his record and achievements as governor. Although no violence was said Navy officials were “fairly con- ing vehicles. “It’s disappointing that someone running for the highest office of the land would continue saying, and feel free and comfortable about saying, things that simply aren’t true,” he said. Bush noted that Gore has accused him of never submitting a bud- Fast-Spreading Love Bug Virus get as Texas governor when, in fact, he has. It’s amazing Gore could “look people in the eye” and make such a claim said Bush, who brought along the cover sheets of recent state budgets to prove his point. Wreaks Havoc Around World By Charles Piller graphics and music files, such as the Justice said the FBI had launched a Gore Calls Bush an NRA Pawn and Greg Miller popular MP3 format. It replaces sweeping investigation of the attack, LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES TIMES those files with similarly named even as some were coping with the CHICAGO One of the most disruptive com- imposters that, when launched with virus themselves. Al Gore attacked George W. Bush Thursday as a pawn of the puter viruses in history, dubbed “I a click, begin the virus propagation Early indications that the virus Washington gun lobby, quoting a National Rifle Association leader LOVE YOU,” has been loving their anew. originated in Asia would not affect who said electing Bush would make the Oval Office an adjunct of the computer networks to death. The Thousands of companies were the direction of the investigation, NRA. malicious pest — reportedly apparently effected, including said Chris Painer, deputy chief of The Texas governor brushed aside the vice president’s attack as well launched from the Philippines — AT&T, Microsoft, Time Warner, the computer crimes section of the as the assertion by Kayne Robinson, first vice president of the powerful raced across the Internet on Southern California Edison, Merrill Department of Justice. lobbying group. “I don’t want to disappoint the man,” Bush said. “But Wednesday and Thursday and Lynch and Ford Motor Co. Many Millions of computers have I’ll be setting up shop in the White House. It’ll be my office.” infected computers in about two companies had to shut down their e- probably already have been infected The back-and-forth came as Robinson’s remarks at a February dozen countries. mail systems and government offices by the Love Bug, said David Perry, NRA meeting in Los Angeles surfaced in a TV advertisement Unlike last year’s Melissa virus were also hit, including the British an executive with Trend Micro in financed by the gun lobby’s nemesis, Handgun Control Inc. Robinson that penetrated millions of comput- House of Commons, the Pentagon, Cupertino, an anti-virus company told NRA members if Bush wins the White House “we’ll have a pres- ers and caused some $300 million in CIA and the National Aeronautics that distributes software that disin- ident … where we work out of their office.” damage, the Love Bug virus is and Space Administration. fects PCs and networks. Robinson also said the NRA enjoys “unbelievably friendly rela- spreading faster and can destroy a Law enforcement sources said The current outbreak is transmit- tions” with Bush and said the governor’s election would ensure “a wide variety of computer files. they’re following some early leads, ted primarily through Microsoft’s Supreme Court that will back us to the hilt.” ILoveYou kills or hides 8 differ- but it’s not clear if they are signifi- Outlook, an e-mail and scheduling ent kinds of files, including pictures, cant. Officials at the Department of program widely used in businesses. WEATHER Almost Summer Situation for Noon Eastern Daylight Time, Friday, May 5, 2000
By Bill Ramstrom STAFF METEOROLOGIST A summer-like pattern will be established for much of the eastern half of the country over the next few days, with a large high pressure system off the Southeast coast drawing plenty of warm air northward into our area. The warmest temperatures of the season so far will occur on Saturday, though an afternoon seabreeze along the immediate coast is quite possible. On Satur- day, temperatures will approach 80ºF (26ºC), and this weather will continue at least into Sunday. There will be a chance for a rainshower on Saturday afternoon, but most likely it will stay inland.
Weekend Outlook
Today: Mostly sunny, slight chance of shower. Warm! High 80ºF (26ºC). Tonight: Balmy, mostly cloudy. Low 58ºF (14ºC). Saturday: Mostly sunny. Cooling seabreeze possible in afternoon. High 80ºF (26ºC). Sunday: Mostly sunny, continued warm weather. High 81ºF (27ºC). Outlook for Monday: Nice weather continues, high upper 70’s ºF (25ºC). May 5, 2000 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3
Rebels Seize More U.N. Troops Exit Polls Show Political Outsider Winning Mayor’s Job in London
THE BALTIMORE SUN In Sierra Leone, Add Hostages LONDON By Colum Lynch leader, Foday Sankoh, that his Sankoh, to use their influence to British Prime Minister Tony Blair couldn’t stop him, and the Fleet THE WASHINGTON POST forces would release all hostages secure the release of the U.N. Street press couldn’t derail him. UNITED NATIONS under their control, carry out their hostages. He’s Ken Livingstone, a maverick left-wing politician who Thurs- Heavily armed rebels continued commitment to give up their Annan has voiced concern that day night was poised to become London’s first directly elected to seize U.N. troops in Sierra Leone weapons, and allow U.N. troops and the attack on the U.N. Mission in mayor, according to exit polls. Thursday, bringing the total number civilian employees to move freely Sierra Leone, or UNAMSIL, may Separated from the Labor Party after he decided to run for mayor of hostages to at least 69, including throughout the West African coun- erode Western support for U.N. as an independent, Livingstone emerged from a hard-fought cam- a British officer and a Russian heli- try. It is unclear whether Sankoh peacekeeping in Africa. While paign as an ultimate survivor of British politics. copter crew as well as Indian and was negotiating in bad faith or was UNAMSIL is the largest U.N. The man known as “Red Ken,” who ran the Greater London Kenyan peacekeepers, U.N. officials unable to control his subordinate peacekeeping mission in the world, Council that was put out of business by Margaret Thatcher, is headed said. commanders in the bush. the Security Council also is prepar- back into power. The officials, however, revised the U.N. Secretary General Kofi ing to send 5,500 troops and “It’s a quite wonderful feeling,” Livingstone said in a British death toll from clashes this week with Annan arrived at U.N. headquarters observers to the Democratic Repub- Broadcasting Corp. interview. “I never thought I’d be back in this the Revolutionary United Front, the Thursday afternoon following a visit lic of the Congo to try to shore up a type of position. I want to establish a system of government that rebel group that hacked off the limbs to Africa and headed directly into a shaky peace accord among several serves as a model for the rest of Britain.” of numerous civilians during Sierra meeting with his senior advisers. African states and armed factions. According to a British Broadcasting Corporation poll, Livingstone Leone’s civil war and that has repeat- “We are trying to strengthen the Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. gained 42 percent of the vote, ahead of the Conservatives’ Steven edly violated a peace accord signed (peacekeeping) force … as we take ambassador to the United Nations, Norris (25 percent), Labor’s Frank Dobson (14 percent) and Liberal last July. On Wednesday, Bernard steps to free our people,” he said. arrived Thursday in Congo as part Democrat Susan Kramer (12 percent). Miyet, the French head of U.N. Annan has appealed to Washing- of a Security Council delegation and Livingstone failed to gain the 50 percent vote that would have led peacekeeping operations, reported ton and key European capitals to urged the United States and other to a first-ballot knockout. But according to the poll, he was expected that seven Kenyan soldiers were dead. transport three battalions of peace- countries to not be deterred by to pick up the majority of second preference ballots cast and claim Thursday, U.N. officials said they keepers from Jordan, India and events in Sierra Leone. the triumph. Final results are due Friday. could confirm only that four Kenyan Bangladesh, into Sierra Leone to A State Department official said peacekeepers were “missing and pre- reinforce the U.N. mission, which the United States is considering sumed dead.” Eight other Kenyans currently has 8,700 troops. He also whether to provide airlift support, Mexican Presidential Hopefuls have been wounded, they said. has asked key African leaders, communications or other backing to The clashes continued Thursday including Libyan leader Moammar bolster a U.N. rapid reaction force Bring Campaigns North despite a promise by the RUF Ghaddafi, a long-time supporter of and deter future threats. LOS ANGELES TIMES MEXICO CITY Step aside, Al Gore and George W. Bush. Tamil Rebel Forces in Sri Lanka In the next few days, California will become the battleground for a different presidential race. In the most dramatic sign yet of post- NAFTA political change, two of Mexico’s three major presidential aspirants will arrive in Los Angeles on Sunday for campaign swings. Stand On Brink of Major Victory Their goal is to win over an increasingly important Mexican con- By Dexter Filkins extended domestic press censorship troops had held the nation’s second- stituency: immigrants to the United States. LOS ANGELES TIMES to the foreign media. largest city since 1995. Most immigrants will not cast ballots in Mexico’s July 2 election, KATMANDU, NEPAL Yet some Sri Lankans said The fresh offensive followed the since the country does not allow voting from abroad. But candidates A stunning string of victories by Thursday that the new measures Tigers’ routing of government hope they will sway hundreds of thousands of relatives and friends Sri Lanka’s Tamil rebels appears to only reinforced their sense that the forces in northern Sri Lanka in back home. Those votes could be key in what is shaping up as the have brought Asia’s longest-running government was losing control. November, when, in one week, the most competitive Mexican presidential race ever. war to a decisive moment. They feared that the Tigers would guerrillas recaptured territory that “Migrants have become an issue in (Mexican) presidential politics The Liberation Tigers of Tamil soon capture Jaffna — and win the had cost the government two years in a way they never have before,” said Robert Smith, a sociologist Eelam, a ruthless guerrilla army war. Sri Lanka would be split apart. and thousands of lives to take. In with the Project on Migration and Diasporas at Barnard College in fighting for independence for a por- “This is the worst crisis the that battle, in the region known as New York. “They’re a very important swing vote.” tion of the island nation, are on the country has ever faced,” Paikiasothy the Wani, Sri Lankan troops pan- Vicente Fox, of the center-right National Action Party (PAN), and brink of the biggest triumph in their Saravanamuttu, director of Sri icked and ran in retreat. Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, of the center-left Democratic Revolution 17-year struggle. Lanka’s private Center for Policy The Tigers already control most Party (PRD), will each barnstorm for two days in California, which Tiger troops advanced Thursday Alternatives, said in a telephone of the eastern and northern areas of has the biggest concentration of Mexican immigrants in the United to the outskirts of Jaffna, the Tamil interview. “The Tigers have gained the island, which sits off India’s States. minority’s cultural capital on the the upper hand politically and mili- southeastern coast. Only Jaffna and northern tip of the island, and tarily. I don’t know if the govern- the cities of Batticaloa and Trinco- hemmed in about 40,000 Sri Lankan ment can take it back.” malee remain in government hands. .Agency Pushes for More Thorough troops holding the city. The rebel group launched its Sri Lanka’s democratically elect- Since overrunning a key govern- struggle for a Tamil homeland in ed leaders have taken radical steps TB Testing for Immigrants ment base two weeks ago, the 1983. The Tamils, a predominantly in the last several days to turn the LOS ANGELES TIMES Tigers have shown no signs of slow- Hindu people who constitute less battle around. President Chandrika WASHINGTON ing down. Earlier this week, they than 20 percent of Sri Lanka’s popu- Kumaratunga placed the country on A panel of the nation’s leading public-health experts called Thurs- claimed to have captured a seven- lation, have long complained of dis- a “war footing,” diverted money day for tougher tuberculosis screening of immigrants from Mexico mile stretch of road outside Jaffna, crimination at the hands of the coun- from development projects and and other countries with high rates of the infectious disease, warning opening a potential supply route for try’s Buddhist Sinhalese majority. sought help from foreign countries. that a global epidemic threatens to undercut gains in eliminating TB a final push to seize the city. The Tigers, notorious for their Thursday, Sri Lankan troops in the United States. The Tigers’ battlefield successes suicide bombers, have been began seizing trucks for the war In a report on how to rid the nation of tuberculosis — still the have shocked the Sri Lankan people declared a terrorist group by the effort, and government leaders said world’s leading infectious cause of death — the National Academy of and prompted the country’s leaders U.S. government. they were prepared to break up Science’s Institute of Medicine recommends requiring that immi- to enact a series of measures to stifle The current crisis began last strikes and close down newspapers. grants from Mexico, the Philippines, Vietnam and other countries dissent and kick-start the war effort. month when Tiger troops launched The government restored long-dor- with high incidences of the disease be tested not just for active tuber- Thursday, Sri Lankan officials an offensive, dubbed Unceasing mant diplomatic relations with culosis but to determine whether they carry the latent form of the dis- began seizing property and cars in Waves III, to take back Jaffna from Israel in the hopes of gaining mili- ease. the name of the war effort and government forces. Sri Lankan tary help. Immigrant-rights advocates immediately raised concerns about the recommendations, saying that they could lead to discrimination against certain immigrant groups. Moreover, they argued, immigra- House Vote To Ease Trade Barriers tion law is not the proper venue for health policy. The incidence of tuberculosis in the United States has plummeted in the past five years. But more than 40% percent of all new TB cases in the nation are among immigrants from countries with high rates of Signals Positive Action on China Bill the disease. By Nick Anderson month. on the United States — and conse- LOS ANGELES TIMES John Czwartacki, spokesman for quently has drawn far less attention WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, than the China proposal — it means Former White House Lawyer The House passed legislation R-Miss., said the action on the a great deal to dozens of developing Thursday easing trade barriers for Africa-Caribbean bill sends a countries that have been clamoring Denies Coverup in Email Issue impoverished nations in Africa, “strong signal” that there are “big for improved access to U.S. con- THE WASHINGTON POST Central America and the Caribbean majorities in this Congress that are sumers. WASHINGTON basin, a vote some advocates pro-trade …” Under the bill, 48 nations in sub- Former White House counsel Charles F.C. Ruff acknowledged cheered as a favorable prelude to On a day when trade politics Saharan Africa and 25 in the Thursday that he failed to pursue an e-mail breakdown vigorously congressional action on the pending dominated Capitol Hill, 10 previ- Caribbean and Central America enough to insure compliance with subpoenas covering the messages, China trade bill. ously undeclared House lawmakers would enjoy greater access to U.S. but he emphatically denied there was a coverup. The Africa-Caribbean measure, — six Democrats and four Republi- markets for clothing and other prod- Ruff said it may have been “my technological ignorance or my approved on a 309-110 vote, culmi- cans — announced they would sup- ucts as part of an attempt to spur misunderstanding of the problem,” which was brought to his attention nated months of negotiations to iron port the China trade bill. Two economic growth, free-market poli- in June 1998, but he did not believe it had any effect on subpoena out differences between competing Democrats announced they would cies and democratic institutions in production because a quick check of all e-mails involving former bills passed last year by the House oppose it. those countries. White House intern Monica S. Lewinsky showed they had been sup- and the Senate. The outcome of the China bill The bill’s backers say Central plied to investigators in paper form. It is expected to speed through remains uncertain. But the 10 American and Caribbean countries A study conducted on June 18, 1998, the day before Ruff was told the Senate next week and be signed endorsements were a sign of grow- would get a trade boost similar to of the problem, showed that there were more than 246,000 electronic by President Clinton soon after- ing momentum behind the bid, benefits Mexico has enjoyed under messages on individual computers at the White House that had not ward, becoming the first notable backed by Clinton, to engage China the North American Free Trade been picked up by the automated system installed to make a perma- trade measure enacted in more than through expanded trade as the Agreement. For instance, El Sal- nent, searchable record of the correspondence. five years. world’s most populous nation pre- vador officials estimate the bill Testifying before the House Government Reform Committee, Free-trade advocates said the pares to join the World Trade Orga- could help create 100,000 new Ruff and former deputy White House counsel Cheryl Mills said they bill’s success should help the nization. apparel industry jobs over the next had never seen the study before. It was conducted by an employee of pending measure to grant China Even though the bill on African few years in that country and gener- Northrop-Grumman, which operated the e-mail system for the White permanent, normal trade ties, an and Caribbean trade would have a ate billions of dollars’ worth of new House Office of Administration. issue the House takes up later this relatively modest economic impact exports. Page 4 THE TECH May 5, 2000 OPINION
Chairman Satwiksai Seshasai ’01 Editor in Chief Frank Dabek ’00 Business Manager Jasmine Richards ’02 Managing Editor Ryan Ochylski ’01 Executive Editor Gregory F. Kuhnen ’00
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Kris Schnee that it provides equipment for users and does (Such moves are a natural evolution of the Web, Problem As not control what users do with it. as millions of people and organizations fight to Do you suppose that the military men and Here the US courts are far ahead of reach the top of search engine results pages.) scientists who first built the Internet — or was Britain’s in seeing the importance of protect- The truly insidious part of their software a Problem it Al Gore, after one of those temple fundrais- ing ISPs from lawsuits involving its users’ package, though, is that it installs a modified, ers? — had any idea what a Pandora’s Box activities; had the Court come down on Lun- censored Web browser which walls off long Guest Column they were opening? Originally conceived as a ney’s side, American ISPs would be forced to lists of sites, individuals, and even words (like system for national defense and then for infor- cover themselves by monitoring all Web pages “Xenu” — oops, now this article is verboten!) Felix AuYeung mation-sharing among universities, the Inter- on their servers, and perhaps even e-mail. Few from Church members’ view. Essentially mak- net became the World Wide Web, and now ISPs will be willing to expose themselves to ing use of a high-tech version of the medieval Most of us are fortunate enough not to have has politicians and lawyers in a frenzy to fig- lawsuits by running unmonitored, uncontrolled Index of Prohibited Books, the Church of Sci- experienced the full benefits of our medical ure out what to do with the thing. servers. In other words, everyone except for entology seeks to limit the Web and use it as a insurance, but we feel very relieved to have There are a host of complex legal issues the few wealthy enough to set up their own propaganda tool. Is this plot the start of a the peace of mind. We deem that safety net to which the Web has generated; some are an servers will be censored by Net corporations national trend? Will we all form our own little be a good thing, and those of us lucky enough extension of the endless undermining and — not exactly the ideal free-speech solution. enclaves to avoid hearing a dissenting voice? to have health care make sure it stays that way. counter-mining battle over the First Amend- The United States Congress has gotten You’ve probably heard of Napster. The On the other hand, most of us are also fortu- ment, while some are largely brand new issues. involved in the micromanagement of libraries’ new freeware program is a system for finding nate enough not to have experienced overt All of them involve the control of information, Internet policies. Because many public and sharing MP3 files. The recording industry oppression, and for that we are also relieved. in an age when free access to facts is vital to libraries now have free-access Web-linked is livid about it, since one of the main uses However, although we deem that suffering to be everyone, or the control of the huge financial computers, it’s quite possible for children to for Napster is to share pirated music. Music a bad thing, those of us lucky enough to avoid it potential of the Web. Much is at stake in the walk past these terminals and find adults using publishers face the very real danger that also don’t do much to eliminate or challenge it. legal wrangling over the largely unregulated them for pornography. The question is every song they release will, like the bootleg On April 21, The Tech asked the question Web, and we need to make some fairly quick whether to force libraries to install content-fil- copies of Star Wars I, which hit Hong Kong “Is discrimination an issue at MIT?” and got a decisions before other people make them for us. tering software for this purpose; libraries have within 48 hours, instantly become available split response. The people who would reply yes Prodigy 1, Demon 0. Two landmark court resisted the move on First Amendment elsewhere. Music piracy is a threat to con- are probably working to eliminate discrimina- cases show how the Web is creating interna- grounds even though Congress has threatened sumers as well as musicians and publishers; tion. The people who would reply no have not tional problems which will necessarily find to cut off their funding. Part of Congress’ where’s the incentive to produce music if been discriminated against and probably don’t international solutions. In the United Kingdom, decisive solution was to consider declaring everyone will simply copy it for free? a man named Laurence Godfrey sued his Inter- October 1999 to be Children’s Internet Protec- It’s not possible or reasonable to ban Nap- net Service Provider (ISP), Demon, because tion Month (meaning nothing); Senator John ster and all other music distribution systems. another person was able to impersonate him McCain is working on a “Children’s Internet Like VCRs, Napster is a tool which has legal As MIT students, it is very online and post material which damaged God- Protection Act” which would apply to both uses, and only its users can be held account- frey’s reputation, and the ISP did not forcibly libraries and schools, trading a little freedom able for illegal actions committed with it. The much in our nature to be remove the material. Demon has settled with for a little decency. Is that a good bargain? music industry needs quickly to release Godfrey for over £15,000. British libel laws are In some ways more disturbing than the diffi- secure, encrypted music technology — in fact, curious, to ask questions, to slanted towards protecting reputations and pri- cult issue of government Net-filtering is the pri- they have already begun — to take advantage define problems, to determine the vacy more than free speech, and this case sug- vate use of the same filtering technology. In of the Web without letting totally free distrib- gests that in the future British ISPs will be held 1998, the Church of Scientology (head of the ution ruin the industry. causes, and to seek solutions.As accountable for any libelous material which is new and remarkably profit-driven religion) The Web is the chaotic frontier of society. “published” through their Web servers. began offering members a software package The Web is definitely not a totally anarchic such, we are naturals at dealing In sharp contrast, the United States Supreme allowing them to set up cookie-cutter home domain — think of the fairly centralized con- Court has ruled in favor of the ISP Prodigy pages listing their enlightenment level and trol of domain names — but there is a legal with social issues. against Alexander Lunney, who was similarly favorite L. Ron Hubbard quote. The Church’s and social vacuum there which will inevitably impersonated as a teenager. The Supreme Court home page help seems to be a plan to jam be filled. Whether it is filled by careful plan- ruled that an ISP is legally more like a tele- search engines with thousands of friendly sites, ning or random accident is up to us. discriminate against others; so for them, they mind their own business and the topic is a non- issue. No one is actively doing anything bad. Iraq Under Siege This is a descriptive example of why a col- lection of people without bad intentions still cannot resolve persistent problems. Imagine Punitive Economic Sanctions Killing Children by Thousands people who have experienced discrimination children, the United Nations Security Council end to sanctions and vigorously protest military are red beans and people who have not are Guest Column passed resolution 986/1111, which is com- strikes against Iraq. The Arab League has green beans, and all the beans are placed in a Brice Smith monly referred to now as the “Oil for Food” called for an immediate lifting of all sanctions pot. When the question is posed again, the red program. In 1998, Dennis Haliday, then UN as well as an end to US threats to bomb Iraq. beans will of course say yes. The green beans, Despite more than nine years of crippling humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, stated that Hans von Sponeck, UN Humanitarian despite being next to red beans, will say no. economic sanctions and repeated military Iraq would need in the neighborhood of 30 Relief Coordinator for Iraq, and Jutta But when the pot is placed over a fire, what attacks, Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi govern- billion US dollars per year to meet its current Burghardt, World Food Program Chief in Iraq, comes out is some brown mush. Just because ment remain firmly in power, so who is the requirements for food, medicine, and for both recently resigned their posts in protest we do not experience the problem directly West really targeting with its policy of rebuilding its infrastructure. against the sanctions imposed on Iraq. In his does not imply that the problem does not enforced starvation and disease? Resolution 986 initially allowed Iraq to resignation letter, Mr. von Sponeck said that exist, nor does it imply that we can go about As of June 1997, the United Nations had sell up to 2.14 billion dollars’ worth of oil the “Oil for Food” program failed to meet even life as if it did not exist. verified that more than 1.2 million people in every six months. After allocations were taken the minimum requirements of the civilian pop- The first step is to pay attention and recog- Iraq, including 750,000 children below the out to pay for Gulf War reparations and UN ulation, and that, as a UN official, he should nize the problem. If some people are experi- age of five, have died because of the scarcity not be expected to remain silent to what he saw encing discrimination, then indeed, as Ayida of food and medicine caused by the economic as a true human tragedy that needs to be ended. Mthembu, dean of the committee on racial sanctions that have been in place since Even within the United States, there is relations, states, “There is no doubt that there August 6, 1990. As of June 1997, the United growing opposition to the sanctions. The is discrimination on campus.” The second step Since then, the conditions for the Iraqi National Gulf War Resource Center (NGWRC), is to diagnose the problem correctly. For people have certainly not improved. In 1998 Nations had verified that more the largest Gulf War veterans’ organization in example, diversity and discrimination are not UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s the country, has come out against the economic directly coupled. The most obvious case is Fund, reported that since the imposition of than 1.2 million people in Iraq, sanctions imposed on Iraq. In addition, on Janu- that women make up over half of the world economic sanctions on Iraq, the mortality rate including 750,000 children ary 31, 2000, 70 congresspersons signed the population; yet gender oppression has persist- among children under the age of five has “Campbell-Conyers letter” to President Clinton, ed for centuries. The third step is to care increased by more than 40,000 deaths per below the age of five, have died urging a lifting of economic sanctions on Iraq enough and do something about the problem. year, due primarily to preventable causes such while leaving military sanctions in place. And once at this stage, I think most people as diarrhea, pneumonia ,and malnutrition. because of the scarcity of food and MIT professor Noam Chomsky, along would respond positively. In addition, chronic malnutrition among with Edward Herman, Edward Said, and As MIT students, it is very much in our children under five had reached 27.5 percent medicine caused by the economic Howard Zinn, summed up the impact of the nature to be curious, to ask questions, to by this time. The report also stated that the sanctions that have been in place sanctions best by stating that “this is not for- define problems, to determine the causes, and mortality rate among children over the age of eign policy — it is sanctioned mass murder to seek solutions. As such, we are naturals at five has increased by more than 50,000 deaths since August 6, 1990. that is nearing holocaust proportions. If we dealing with social issues. per year due mainly to causes such as heart remain silent, we are condoning a genocide There are a great many people in the Unit- disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, liver, that is being perpetrated in the name of peace ed States and in the world who are marginal- and kidney disease. administrative expenses, the amount of money in the Middle East, a mass slaughter that is ized. We may not perceive ourselves as one At the time of this report, approximately which actually made it to the average person being perpetrated in our name.” of those people, and I hope we are also not 250 people were dying every day in Iraq due in central and southern Iraq was less than 25 As citizens of this country, we have the people who will turn away and ignore their to the effects of the economic sanctions. The cents per person per day. The UN did increase power and the responsibility to stop this plight, which, in one way or another, is con- UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs and the allowed quota to 5.26 billion dollars’ wholesale slaughter of children. nected to all of us. the World Health Organization report that worth of oil every six months, but due to dete- Brice Smith is a graduate student in the Felix AuYeung is a graduate student in the basic public health services are near total col- rioration of oil field equipment under the Department of Physics. Department of Mechanical Engineering. lapse in Iraq due to a desperate shortage of sanctions, Iraq is only capable of pumping 4 basic medicines, life-saving drugs, and other billion dollars’ worth of oil every six months. essential medical supplies. They also stated Another UNICEF report stated bluntly that Got the end of the term blues? that up to fifty percent of the rural population there has been no sign of any improvement in has no access to clean water and that the the living conditions of the Iraqi people since Write a letter to: waste water treatment facilities have stopped Resolution 986 was passed. functioning in most urban areas, dramatically The clear failure of this policy to have any increasing the spread of disease. impact on the stability of Saddam Hussein’s From these reports, and many more I have government and its devastating effect on the not mentioned, it is clear that the UN sanc- people of Iraq have generated a large interna- tions against Iraq are in blatant violation of tional movement in opposition to the sanctions. the Geneva Protocol 1, Article 54, which France, Russia and China, all permanent mem- states that the starvation of civilians as a bers of the UN Security Council, have continu- method of warfare is strictly prohibited. ally challenged the US position on sanctions To prevent the appearance that the West- and have opposed US military strikes. ern powers, led by the United States and Great The pope, 53 bishops, the World Council of Final issue of the term: Tuesday May 9 Britain, were simply standing by while their Churches, the Presbyterian Church, and numer- policies destroyed an entire generation of Iraqi ous other religious leaders have called for an Page 6 THE TECH THE ARTS May 5, 2000 May 5, 2000 THE TECH Page 7 THE ARTS MUSEUM REVIEW MUSIC REVIEW New England Aquarium State of the Airwaves Nyanja! Africa’s Inland Sea Supergrass, Satisfied, and Steer Roast By Heather Joy Anderson eye’s forearms. In addition to these, there are By Dan Katz STAFF WRITER assorted varieties of fish, ordinary birds, and, STAFF WRITER like zoos. I like them because they give for some reason, a lot of impressionist paint- rgh. Why do all the good concerts in town have to be during Steer Roast week- you a chance to connect with nature, on ings. Much of the hall space is filled with end? Well, the competition can’t stop the Airwaves Show of the Week from your own terms. I especially like aquari- plaques telling you that the Nile perch is the being the big bash at Senior Haus, going down Friday and Saturday night and I ums because I don’t have a scuba license, Lake’s Antichrist, destroying native fish and A featuring nine bands selected by WMBR Program Director Marianna Parker. but I still like to feel connected to the greatest thus local economies. (Hey, that’s Darwinism Playing at the Roast will be Lockgroove, Dan Personals, and Moon Patrol, as well as my part of the Earth: the ocean. So it was with at work, right? For the fish anyway.) own personal booking touch in the form of Hip Tanaka, a terrific band from Allston. eager anticipation that I looked forward to vis- Many of the computerized exhibits were not I suppose if you’re going to be lame and miss Roast, though, I should probably tell iting the New England Aquarium to experi- working when I was there (isn’t that always the you all the other awesome stuff going down. Tonight, some of my favorite locals, Orbit ence Nyanja!, known to most of us as Lake case?), and a few animals had not yet arrived. and Angry Salad, get together with the Push Stars at the Middle East for one of many Victoria, which is the second largest body of But even if everything was in place, the whole benefit concerts this week for Mikey Dee, an avid Boston concertgoer who recently suf- fresh water in the world, right after our aptly shebang won’t take more than 45 minutes, even fered a serious stroke. Also in town tonight are one of England’s more underrated rock named Lake Superior. for the careful observer, so you can get on to bands, Supergrass, as well as up-and-coming Canadian songstress Chantal Kreviazuk, I did enjoy my visit, despite the miniscule the good part — the actual aquarium. And who is married to Our Lady Peace’s Raine Maida. Tomorrow night, performance artists number of specimens and the politically correct lucky for you, because the admission price gets Negativland finally return to Boston at the Copley Theater, while Avalon boasts a regular theme (more on that later). Nyanja! occupies a you into Nyanja! and the year-round portion. psychobilly hoedown featuring the Reverend Horton Heat and Hank Williams III. tiny corner in the front of the aquarium, which If you haven’t been to the New England Wow, look at all the CDs Dan’s gotten recently! Wow, look at all the absence of isn’t very large to begin with. One of the two Aquarium, go. That’s it. There, for a modest free time Dan has to review them! Wow, look at Dan throwing capsule reviews into spectacular animals there can be seen right as fee, you can travel to distant worlds to view Airwaves! With a sound somewhere between Creed and Pearl Jam, what In Modera- you enter: an adult crocodile (yes, it’s real). grotesque and wonderful aliens far stranger tion by 8Stops7 lacks for originality, it makes up for with intense guitar playing and Although its cage seems entirely too small and than those created in the never-never land of good songwriting. You’re likely to know the band from “Satisfied,” a Creed sounda- thus provokes more pity than fear, the croco- Hollywood. True, it’s not very big, but it like single which is starting to get airplay but still nowhere near as much as it dile really makes the whole trip worth it. packs in more weirdness per square foot than deserves. To add contrast, there’s a slower-paced song three tracks in called “Ques- Unfortunately, most of the exhibits are vir- Harvard Square on a Saturday night. From the tion” that’s absolutely gorgeous, displaying some nice versatility alongside fierce tually littered with irrelevant cultural facts that eight-foot long jewfish to the Surinam toad songs like my favorite, “My Would-Be Savior.” seem to replace the biologic. In fact, there is that looks, I swear, like swimming roadkill, On the other hand, intensity is missed quite a bit on Travis’s The Man Who, which even a “marketplace” exhibit, replete with the aquarium is a definite must-see. Of course, has finally appeared in the States after massive critical acclaim and popularity in Europe. authentic crafts, that made me wonder what you should try to catch a glimpse of the myri- While the album is very soothing and very powerful, I can’t help missing the rock flavor animal gave up its right to be seen and studied ad teeth on the sand tiger shark in the main of songs of their first album like “U16 Girls.” On the other hand, I haven’t been able to so we could marvel at African shoes and tank. According to the sign, when the shark get the current single, “Why Does It Always Rain On Me?” out of my head for days, so shampoo. If you do take your time to look at hatches in utero, it promptly devours its sib- the new formula must work … all the animals closely, you can at least get the lings before bothering to be born (which I tend to like covers more often than not, but two recent efforts strike me as sorely feeling that you are in a whole new building, makes it more competitive than piano majors unnecessary. Bif Naked’s version of Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” if not on another continent. at Juilliard). And if you go, don’t skip my produced for the soundtrack to Ready To Rumble and now the theme song of current A couple exhibits are unique, if not alarm- favorite; the exhibit on Boston wastewater is, WCW Champion David Arquette (Vince Russo, are you on crack?), tries to mimic the ing, such as the enormous orb spider that is to put it mildly, no less than awe-inspiring. song exactly, succeeds, and is therefore not worth listening to. On the other hand Les Not Behind Glass. The very helpful and mild- Of course, for the MIT-centric, there are Rhythmes Digitales’ attempt to reinvent “Hey You (What’s That Sound)” changes it ly scientific plaque tells you that the spider some neat, although misplaced, photos taken into a cold, mechanical beast that’s more inventive than Bif Naked’s track, but just as wouldn’t want to come over to you anyway, by Harold Edgerton, but they are nothing painfully unlistenable. but its classic in-the-window-at-Halloween compared to what’s in the MIT museum. And, Relatively short edition of Airwaves this week, what with my being gradually crushed look makes it scary enough for this arachno- last but not least, are the too-cute-to-be-real by the pressures of the Institute and all. But keep on contacting me with your gripes and phobe without the barrier removal. penguins that grace the center of the building gratitude about the column and the rest of the rock music world. The term’s almost over, The other impressively frightening animals and who always begin and end every visit to but as long as you like me, you can bet I’ll be right back with you next year for more rock are the two 23-inch long African rock pythons the wonderful place. ’em sock ’em Airwaves action, provided I don’t get eaten by a shark or something. Until (yes, plural). These lethargic creatures have For more information on the New England that happy day, have a great week and keep expanding your horizons. diameters that have got to be the size of Pop- Aquarium go to
Playwrights in Performance 100% MIT Drama Playwrights in Performance, an annual production directed by Professor Alan Brody, associate provost of the arts, presents three one-act plays written by MIT students for the 21M.785 playwrit- ing class. The show debuted last night and continues with free performances Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Kresge Rehearsal Room B.
(above) Eddie (Rony Kubat ’00) (left) plays in the sand with his younger brother Oliver (Aaron San- tos ’01) in Sandcastles, written by Thomas Cork ’00.
(left) Eban (Sean Austin ’99) professes his love to Dara (Teresa Huang ’97) in the play Holes, writ- ten by Viengvilay Oudonesom G.
Playwrights in Performance also includes the play The Shape of my Heart, written by Damian Isla G.
Photos by Roshan Baliga—The Tech Page 8 THE TECH THE ARTS May 5, 2000 MUSIC REVIEW The Dead Bands Society Throw That Beat in the Garbagecan! By Jacob Schwartz This geekiness manifests itself in the lyrics as well, and is probably part of the The Dead Bands Society is series of articles attraction for me. I can identify with a lot of documenting some of the best bands of the the band’s themes. Many of Throw That 90’s which are sadly no longer with us. We’re Beat!’s songs are about childhood, from the talking demised, kicked the bucket, shuffled off seemingly innocent “Chocolate Bar for the mortal coil, rung down the curtain and Breakfast” (which bears a striking resem- joined the bleeding Choir Invisible. This is the blance to “Cake for Breakfast” from the sec- first installment of the series. ond Carmen Sandiego soundtrack, perhaps my all-time favorite kid’s album) to jörk, Lightning Seeds, KLF, Pet “Mummy Mummy,” a song about being Shop Boys, They Might Be Giants, picked on at school. Even the band’s love and … Throw That Beat! These are songs are often just about innocent, hearts- B bands that appeared on a web page I and-lollipops crushes. One of Throw That came across while doing research for this Beat!’s most kid-inspired albums, with songs article. When I first read the list, it struck me about Superman and Mickey Mouse, is as an interesting collection of bands — called Large Marge Sent Us! How can you almost without a common link. Most of you go wrong with a band that makes PeeWee probably read the list and wondered, “Who Herman references? It’s all part of the bub- the hell is Throw That Beat!?” They’re the blegum image, and the band admits that they common link. make music that’s fun. Throw That Beat in the Garbagecan! (named Throw That Beat in the Garbagecan! offi- after a B52’s song, although the exclamation cially shortened their name to Throw That point is their own touch) are a quirky, alterna- Beat! when they released their last album, tive, pop band from Germany. One web site Sex Tiger, in 1996. This album was a serious from the UK goes so far as to call them “Ger- departure from their previous albums, which many’s top pop band.” They did win MTV — along with the name change — gave crit- Europe’s award for best new band in 1993. But they’re impossible to find in the US, even though the band sings totally in English (with the exception of one of my favorite songs, “Je Pense Toujours À Toi”). I stumbled across one of the few albums of theirs that you can buy here, The Cool Album,
and fell in love ANNIE S.CHOI—THE TECH immediately. Throw Movements in Time Artistic Director Robin Hamilton performs with Jeff Hall dur- That Beat! is what I ing the company’s Spring Concert, “Liquid Sky,” Saturday evening at Roxbury thought The Cure Community College’s Media Arts Center. sounded like until I actually listened to a Cure album. That’s not to say that they FILM REVIEW (**1/2) Ancient Rome in living glory on the screen. don’t sound similar, Just the shots of Coliseum, intact and swarm- but — and I’m sure ing with crowds of spectators, are breathtaking. I’ll get a lot of flack In addition, Scott stages half a dozen elaborate for this — Throw Gladiator action sequences like there’s no tomorrow, That Beat! is so pulling out all the stops, and filling the screen much better. A Transporting Experience with swords and tigers and chariots, oh my. The band has three singers. The first two ics a reason to think that Throw That Beat! The way these sequences are edited brings are female vocalists, Iwie Candy and Lotsi was on its way out and struggling to recap- By Vladimir Zelevinsky to mind Saving Private Ryan more than Ben Lapislazuli, whose voices are so unbeliev- ture its popularity. About this time, the band ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR Hur: in older movies, the film camera was the ably adorable that I melt when I hear them. played a New Year’s Eve show in Japan Directed by Ridley Scott Eye of God, the objective view on the proceed- The third belongs to the genius behind the with Shonen Knife. Now that must have Written by David Franzoni, John Logan, ings; here, the audience is right there, with fast band, songwriter Klaus Cornfield, whose been one hell of a show! Shortly after, the William Nicholson cutting, closeups, and enveloping design all cartoonish voice is also so soft and fuzzy that band broke up. Klaus still has a solo career With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie functioning to put the viewers right into Colise- you can’t help feeling warm and happy when but has also returned to drawing comics; you Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon um. The movie drags almost any time the char- you listen to his songs. There’s also a hefty can see his work at
1 Keeping the Faith (★ /2) What do you get when you cross a priest, a rabbi, and a blonde with a clichéd love triangle story line? A tepid film that is too serious to be really funny, too light-hearted to be serious, and ultimately leaves the viewer dissat- isfied. Do yourself a favor and don’t keep the Faith. — Rebecca Loh Onegin (★★★) Three Feinnes (director Martha, actor Ralph, and composer Magnus) combine forces to create this visually enchanting film. Ralph Feinnes is excel- lent as the title character, but a poor per- formance by Liv Tyler in the role of the love interest Tatyana and an abrupt end- ing mar what would otherwise be an excellent, captivating film. — Lianne Habinek
1 The Road to El Dorado (★★/2) In this animated movie, Dream- Works attempts to beat out the popu- larity of recent Disney films … by employing the same writers, voice tal- ents, and song writers who previously worked on recent Disney films. While The Road to El Dorado is consistantly watchable and never boring, it is in GLEN WILSON—TOUCHSTONE PICTURES danger of coming off as a pale copy of The rivalry in Keeping the Faith between Brian Finn (Edward Norton, left) and Jake Schram (Ben Stiller, right) over the affections of Anna a not-too-sharp Disney picture. — VZ Reilly (Jenna Elfman, center) begins almost immediately after Anna steps off the plane and into the two men’s lives. Page 10 THE TECH THE ARTS May 5, 2000
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TechCalendar appears in each issue of The Tech and features events for members of the MIT community. The Tech makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of this information, and The Tech shall not be held liable for any loss- es, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an event. TechCalendar Contact information for all events is available from the TechCalendar web page. Visit and add events to TechCalendar online at http://tech-calendar.mit.edu Friday’s Events 3:00 p.m. – Emerson Scholars Recitals. Student recitals. Admission 0. Killian Hall. 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. – Policy Studies in Engineering Education: A Tribute to Professor Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Richard de Neufville. A colloquium sponsored by ESD’s Technology & Policy Program as 4:00 p.m. – Rudrapatnam Brothers, vocal. Presented by MITHAS (MIT Heritage of a tribute to Professor de Neufville’s leadership of this program for the past 24 years. South Asia). $15, $12—MITHAS & New England Hindu Temple members, students & Wong Auditorium E51-115. Sponsor: Engineering Systems Division. seniors; $10—MIT students. Wong Auditorium. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 2:30 p.m. – Turbulent Plumes in the Environment: the Crucial Importance of 4:00 p.m. – “Company”. Musical Theatre Guild’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Source Conditions, Dr. Colm Caulfield, Dept. of Mech. and Aero. Eng. — UC, San ground-breaking musical. $9, $8 MIT faculty & staff, seniors, other students. Admission Diego. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in Room 2-349. Open. More info: Call 6.00. Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. John Bush at 253-4387. Email [email protected]. Rm 2-338. 7:00 p.m. – Chamber Music Society Concert. Students perform works by Grieg, Har- 4:00 p.m. – Landfill Cover Systems and Other Engineered Barriers, Subijoy Dutta, bison, Messiaen. Admission 0. Killian Hall. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. EPA.Refreshments at 3:30. Open. More info: Rm 1-350. Monday’s Events 4:15 p.m. – Structure of coinvariants of affine $sl_2$ integrale modules., Rinat 2:30 p.m. – Protein Folding as an Optimization Problem, Professor Ken Dill, Dept. of Kedem, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Univ. of California, San Francisco.Refreshments will be PM in Room 2-349. Open. More info: Call Michael Kleber at 253-7905. Email served in Room 2-349 following the colloquium. Open. More info: Call Professor Michael [email protected]. Web: http://www-math.mit.edu/~combin. Rm 2-338. Brenner at (617) 253-3661. Email [email protected]. Web: http://www- 5:00 p.m. – Chamber Music Society Concert. MIT students perform works by math.mit.edu/amc/spring00. Rm 4-237. Shostakovich and Smetana. Admission 0. Killian Hall. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 3:30 p.m. – Progress Toward Penning Fusion/Work sponsored by the USDOE, 6:00 p.m. – Graduate Christian Fellowship Meeting. Elizabeth Mansfield will be Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, Dr. Daniel C. Barnes, Plasma Physics speaking on “Dealing with Depression.” W20 West Lounge. Sponsor: Graduate Christian Applications/Los Alamos National Laboratory.Refreshment in Room NW14-1112 at Fellowship. 3:00 p.m. Open. More info: Call E. Parmelee at 253-3801. Email [email protected]. 7:00 p.m. – The MIT/Wellesley Toons 10th Anniversary Show. Coed a cappella Rm NW14-1112. ensemble. In addition to new songs performed by the Toons & a guest group, Toons 4:00 p.m – Innovative Design and Fabrication Techniques for Integrated Bragg alumni will rejoin the group to perform older songs from the repertoire. Admission 0. Rm Gratings FiltersGratings Filters, Thomas Murphy, Jalal Khan, and Michael Lim, EECS, 54-100. Sponsor: Real World Colloquium. 2000 Lemelson Prize Winning Team.Reception with speakers and faculty/industry pan- 7:00 p.m. – The MIT/Wellesley Toons 10th Anniversary Show. Coed a cappella elists at 3:30 pm in 34-401A. Refreshments will be provided. Open. More info: Call ensemble. In addition to new songs performed by the Toons & a guest group, Toons Materials Processing Ctr. at 253-6472. Email [email protected]. Web: alumni will rejoin the group to perform older songs from the repertoire. Admission 0. Rm http://web.mit.edu/mpc/www/Events/events.html. Rm 34-401A. 54-100. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 4:30 p.m. – Interfacial Fluid Mechanics, Professor Stephen H. Davis, Mechanical 7:30 p.m.– Zpatista, an outdoor video showing. Walk by the student center steps Engineering, Northwestern University.The 7th Annual Ascher Shapiro Lecture in Fluid this spring Friday after sunset and learn about the women who struggled for their free- Mechanics. Prof. Davis will speak on small-scale systems by sketching 3 examples. dom in the Chiapas. Open. More info: Call Brice Smith at 225-1324. Email Refreshments will follow the lecture. Open. More info: Call Claire Sasahara at 3-5365. [email protected]. Web: http://web.mit.edu/justice. Student Center Steps near Kresge Email [email protected]. Rm 34-101. Oval. 5:00 p.m. – Chamber Music Society Concert. Students perform Brahms & Martin. 7:30 p.m. – Lawrence of Arabia. British lieutenant T.E. Lawrence rewrites the politi- Admission 0. Killian Hall. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. cal history of Saudi Arabia. Peter OToole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins. 5:00 p.m. – Chamber Music Society Concert. Students perform works by Schutz, Admission 2.5. 10-250. Sponsor: LSC. Shadle and Haydn. Admission 0. Killian Hall. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 8:00 p.m. – Piano Recital. James Steele, senior postdoctoral associate, Lab for 6:45 - 9:00 p.m. – Kendo Practice. Come learn the Japanese art of swordfighting Nuclear Science. Admission 0. Killian Hall. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. under the instruction of sensei Junji Himeno, 7th dan from Harvard. No experience is 8:00 p.m. – “Company”. Musical Theatre Guild’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s necessary. DuPont Gym (Court 2). Sponsor: MIT Kendo Club. ground-breaking musical. $9, $8 MIT faculty & staff, seniors, other students. Admission Tuesday’s Events 6.00. Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 12:00 p.m.– Self-assembled Photonic Crystals, David Norris, NEC Research Insti- 8:00 p.m. – Playwrights in Performance. Associate Provost of the Arts, Prof Alan tute.Refreshments served following the seminar. Please see web.mit.edu/spec- Brody directs a series of one-act plays written by members of the MIT community. Admis- troscopy/www for more detail. Open. More info: Call Alison Hearn at 253-4881. Email sion 0. Kresge Rehearsal Rm B. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. [email protected]. Web: http://web.mit.edu/spectroscopy/www/. Rm 37-252. Saturday’s Events 2:30 p.m. – Singularities in the Deformations of Elastic Plates., Arezki Boudaoud, 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. – Chinese Movie Premier. This is the movie version of one of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in the most famous Chinese drama “Beijing Man.” The author of the drama is the most Room 2-349. Open. More info: Call John Bush at 253-4387. Email [email protected]. famous drama writer Cao Yu. Admission 15.00 and 7.00. 26-100. Sponsor: MIT CSSA. Rm 2-338. 10:00 a.m. – “Beijing Man” (subtitled). Premiere of Chinese film by Cao Yu, with 4:00 p.m. – Semi-parametric Methods for Identification of Nonlinear Interconnect- pre-screening ceremony and performances by actresses Lu Liping and Li Jing, actor ed Systems, Kameshwar Poolla, Univ. of California, Berkeley.A short reception will fol- Cheng Qian, and director Quing Zhiyu. Admission 15.00. Rm 26-100. Sponsor: Office of low in the Osborne Room (35-338). Open. More info: Call soosan beheshti at 253-2832. the Arts. Email [email protected]. Rm 35-225. 1:00 p.m. – Emerson Scholars Recitals. Student recitals. Admission 0. Killian Hall. 4:30 p.m.– Immigration and National Security: The INS Perspective on Cuban Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Migration 1994-2000, Dan Vara, District Counsel for the Miami District, US INS.Inter- 2:30 p.m. – “Beijing Man” (subtitled). Premiere of Chinese film by Cao Yu. Admis- University Seminar on International Migration. (rescheduled from March). Open. More sion 7.00. Rm 26-100. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. info: Call Jessica Wattman at 253-1288. Email [email protected]. Rm E38-615. 3:00 p.m. – Emerson Scholars Recitals. Student recitals. Admission 0. Killian Hall. 4:30 p.m. – Aerodynamic Performance Measurements of a Film Cooled Turbine Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Stage, Mr. Rory Keogh, MIT-Gas Turbine Laboratory. Refreshments served 4:15pm. 7:30 p.m. – Logarhythms End of Year Concert. MIT’s all-male a cappella ensemble Open. More info: Call Lori Martinez at 253-2481. Email [email protected]. Rm 31-161. with guests TBA. Admission 0. Rm 10-250. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 5:00 p.m. – Emerson Scholars Recitals. Student recitals. Admission 0. Killian Hall. 8:00 p.m. – Playwrights in Performance. Associate Provost of the Arts, Prof Alan Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Brody directs a series of one-act plays written by members of the MIT community. Admis- 7:00 p.m.– Iraq Under Siege : The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War, Anthony sion 0. Kresge Rehearsal Rm B. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Arnove, Southend Press.Following Congressional testimonies by 3 UN resignees on May 8:00 p.m. – “Company”. Musical Theatre Guild’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s 3, Anthony Arnove, editor of “Iraq Under Siege” will be speaking about the decade of ground-breaking musical. $9, $8 MIT faculty & staff, seniors, other students. Admission sanctions and the impact on Iraq civilians. Open. More info: Call Brice Smith at 225- 6.00. Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 1324. Email [email protected]. Web: http://web.mit.edu/justice. Rm 4-237. 8:00 p.m. – MIT Wind Symphony & Wind Ensemble. Fred Harris, music director. 7:00 p.m. – Chamber Music Society Concert. Students perform works by Ravel and Admission 2.00. Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Dvorak. Admission 0. Killian Hall. Sponsor: Office of the Arts. 9:00 p.m. – MIT Habitat SleepOut. Join members of the MIT community overnight on 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. – Contra Dance for All. MIT Folk Dance Club presents a Contra Kresge Oval, with speakers, discussions, and fun, as we kick off our campaign for $80K Dance. No experience or partner necessary! Live music by Sylvia Miskoe & Cal Howard, to sponsor a Habitat house. http://habitat.mit.edu/sleepout.html. 12 hours. Kresge caller Steve Boylan. Refreshments served. Admission 0. W20-407 (Student Ctr.). Spon- Oval. Sponsor: MIT Habitat for Humanity. sor: Folk Dance Club. Sunday’s Events 8:00 p.m. – Israeli Independence Day. Yom HaZikaron/Yom HaAtzmaut: Memorial 1:00 p.m. – Emerson Scholars Recitals. Student recitals. Admission 0. Killian Hall. ceremony, guest lecture, festivities, food, Israeli music and dancing. Admission 0. Porter Sponsor: Office of the Arts. Room, Burton-Conne. Sponsor: AMI - Irgun Mishtalmim Israelim. Crossword Puzzle solutions, page 23 Page 14 THE TECH May 5, 2000 May 5, 2000 THE TECH Page 15 EC Residents Fear Inadequate Housing Frank to Study System, Propose Reforms Summer Housing, from Page 1 meet freshmen housing demand. Nilsson said that using doubles being shut down over the summer, as doubles would be an option if were concerned that house man- there are more requests for summer agers from other dorms would pre- housing than slots after May 15th, fer current residents of their houses but added that “traditionally, those over EC and Random Hall residents doubles have been singles over the who applied earlier. summer.” “The average house manager Rooming will also be affected by picks from among [current] resi- residents of Kappa Sigma and dents,” said outgoing Dormitory Alpha Tau Omega, who will live in Council President Jennifer A. dormitory housing during rush and Frank ’00. through the end of their suspensions Over the summer, Frank will be from living in their houses. working to reform the summer “We really don’t know what to housing system. Her work will expect [with summer housing] until examine the effects that conference the drop date [May 15th],” Nilsson housing has on students and the way said. Both Frank and Nilsson that preference is given to current stressed that summer housing was residents of a dorm. Frank’s propos- not guaranteed to any dormitory al may include a lottery. resident. “It can’t continue like this,” Frank said. Matching quotas with preferences Another applicant concern, said Demand may exceed supply Frank, was that the quotas did not Frank also said that there is no necessarily match the preferences of guarantee that enough housing will EC and Random students. be created to meet demand. Only Senior House, the first choice of 100 summer slots were allotted for many EC/Random applicants, was EC residents and 60-70 slots for filled quickly. Senior House’s avail- Random residents after the allot- able space was limited because ment of rooms for summer pro- some of its rooms are used for con- grams and conferences, Nilsson ference housing during the summer. said. During the term, 362 residents Conversely, New House and live in East Campus and 93 resi- Next House were the two last hous- dents live in Random Hall. es to reach capacity for the summer. Before allocating summer “We were hit with a lot of peo- rooms, house managers allotted set ple who got pushed” from other amounts of EC and Random stu- houses, said Next House Manager dents to each dormitory, according Julie Mills. “I didn’t turn people to MacGregor House Manager Bob away.” T. Ramsay. Next House was asked Many FSILGs are still open to to house 50 EC/Random students, summer residents. A list of open Senior House was assigned 46, Bex- houses is available at ley 40, New House 28, Macgregor
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Stata Center •A new construction fence is being installed around the entire site. • The squash courts attached to the Alumni Pool are being demolished. Building 18 •Temporary Faculty Offices will be delivered and set up next week on the paved section of McDermott Court. Building 33 • Scaffolding is being set up for renovation of the east façade. When completed this summer, the façade will have new windows as well as a new finish. •A slab for the hanger addition has been poured. The construction, which begins this week, includes struc- tural steel installation, windows and roofing. This information is provided by the MIT Department of Facilities. May 5, 2000 THE TECH Page 23 DormCon Examines Plausibility of Pets Committee Formed to Develop New Policy Pet Policy, from Page 1 pet policy.html> is modeled on the Caltech program, which allows resi- academic year. Frank was optimistic dence halls to independently set a about the chances that the committee limit on the number of pets. Howev- will reach a decision this Tuesday. er, Caltech’s pet policy differs from The committee will specifically the MIT proposal in that it allows address the idea of a limited-scale both cats and caged animals. pilot program which will allow cats, Each of the dorms participating but not caged pets, in East Campus, in MIT’s trial program will desig- Senior House, Random Hall and nate pet-friendly areas and the max- Bexley Hall. imum of number of cats appropriate Nilsson said that caged pets are for the dorm layout and size. not included in the pilot because she To ensure the success of the pilot is “looking at a very defined pro- program, Frank emphasized that gram that does not include a lot of house managers and cleaning crews exceptions.” cannot be given added responsibili- Reconsideration of the unpopu- ties as a result of pet presence. Pet- lar policy came about when students owners must register their pets and strongly objected to the enforcement ensure that any problems that arise of the ban, alerted the Housing with animal behavior or property Office of Caltech’s pet-allowing damage are resolved quickly. policy, and began work on a pet pol- According to the proposal, des- icy for MIT. ignated students will “be in charge of all paperwork and follow-ups Pilot success depends on students related to pet ownership, and each The working draft of the Pet dorm’s Judicial Committee will be Policy Proposal, available online at responsible for settling disputes This space donated by The Tech The Tech congratulates our award-winning staff members: Howard L. Brown Gábor Csányi G Deborah S.Won ’00 James N. Murphy Award Laya and Jerome B.Wiesner Award Pewter Bowl Award Page 24 THE TECH May 5, 2000 McGann, Frank, and Spohr Win Compton Awards By Dana Levine Undergraduate Teaching ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR went to Physics Professor Jennifer A. Frank ’00, Matthew Alan Guth. L. McGann ’00, and Christopher A. The Bose Award for Spohr G are winners of this year’s Excellence in Teaching, Karl Taylor Compton prize, the which recognizes a faculty highest award that MIT can bestow member from the School of upon a student. Engineering for excellence “It was a great honor to receive in teaching, was presented to the prize,” said Frank, who received Professor Gareth H. McKin- the honor for her work as president ley of the Department of of the Dormitory Council. After Mechanical Engineering. coming to the helm of a crumbling The Arthur C. Smith DormCon last year, Frank proceed- Award is given Biology Pro- ed to revitalize the organization. fessor Graham C. Walker for “At the end of last year and the his interest in undergraduate beginning of this year, there was a affairs. lack of enthusiasm over the issues The Albert G. Hill Prize is that were important,” said Frank. awarded to minority under- Frank worked hard to change this, graduates who have been making sure that the interests of committed to improving the dorm residents were included in the quality of life for minorities discussion of issues such as room at MIT. Danielle A. Hinton safety inspections and pet policy. ’00 and Zhelinrentice L. Andrew Gouldstone G, who Scott ’00 received this award. nominated Frank for the award, The Laya W. Wiesner praised her accomplishments and Award was given to Kather- communication skills. ine C. Liu ’00, an undergrad- Gouldstone mentioned that uate who worked to improve Frank is able to effectively commu- the MIT community. nicate with many different types of Dean Bonnie Walters of people from all over campus. “She Undergraduate Academic has tried very hard to get students to GREG KUHNEN—THE TECH Affairs received the Laya voice their ideas and realize that Dormitory Council President Jennifer A. Frank ’00 and Undergraduate Association President Matthew L. Weisner Community Award. administrators can be spoken to and McGann ’00 accept their Compton Awards from Dean of Students Rosalind H. Williams at Tuesday’s Awards The Ronald E. McNair not just yelled at,” he said. Convocation. Scholarship Award, present- Gouldstone also praised Frank’s J. Coram G. “So many previous her outstanding contributions to member organization that makes an ed to Carla M. Merritt ’01 and work ethic, noting in particular her Compton winners have inspired me intramural athletics. outstanding contribution to commu- Stephanie C. Espy ’01, recognizes preparations for the Millenium Ball. and been mentors,” McGann said. The Pewter Bowl Award was nity service, went to Phi Delta black undergraduates who have “It’s not just the fact that people McGann also said, “I am happy given to Deborah S. Won ’00 for her Theta. demonstrated strong academic per- enjoyed it, but the work that she to be able share this award with my leadership in intercollegiate athletics. The Order of Omega New Mem- formance and who have made a did” which impressed him, Gould- friend and colleague Jen Frank, and The Admiral Edward L. ber Education Award, given to the considerable contribution to the stone said. I am also honored to share this Cochrane Award was presented to IFC member organization with the minority community. As a result of Frank’s hard work award with Chris Spohr.” Alan A. Sun ’00 for his leadership best new member education pro- The Association of MIT Alum- with DormCon, many new people Spohr won the Compton prize in intercollegiate athletics. gram, was awarded to Phi Kappa nae Senior Academic Award was became involved with the organiza- for his work in founding the Gradu- The Betsy Schumacker Award Theta. given to Jonna B. Anderson G and tion. “DormCon got a lot stronger ate Student Volunteer Core, which was presented to Caroline M. Purcell The Reid Wheedon ’41 Alumni Lucy Q. Shen ’00 for academic over a short time, which was incred- has become one of the most active ’02 for her excellence in athletics. Relations Award honors the IFC excellence. ible to watch,” said Frank. service groups on campus. Eric L. Chen ’00 received the member organization that has best The Louis Sudler Prize in the Howard W. Johnson Award, which promoted interaction between its Arts goes to a senior who has shown McGann thanks others Winners of other awards honors the male senior athlete of the members and its alumni. Lambda excellence in music, theater, paint- McGann, who served as last This year, Susan Dacy G, Sam year. Chi Alpha received this award. ing, sculpture, design, architecture, year’s Undergraduate Association Jahanmire ’01, Sarah L. McDougal The Malcolm G. Kispert Awards The Frederick Gardiner Fassett, or film. The award was presented to president, said that he “couldn’t ’00, Elsie Huang ’00, Sanith honor the male and female senior Jr. Awards recognize the contribu- Thomas Cork ’00. have done it without the people Wijesinghe G, and David F. McGill athletes of the year. It was presented tions of one male and one female The Laya and Jerome B. Wies- around” him. ’00 received the William L. Stewart, to Mealani K. Nakamura ’00 and member of the IFC who have repre- ner Awards recognize achievement McGann attributed his success to Jr. Awards, which recognize signifi- John C. Olsson ’00. sented the IFC’s ideals. This year, in the creative or performing arts, former Compton Prize winners Van cant extracurricular involvement. The James R. Killian, Jr. Com- William R. Dichtel ’00 and Vicki and were presented to Gabor Csanyi L. Chu ’99, Jeremy D. Sher ’99, The Harold J. Pettegrove Award munity Service Award, which rec- W. Lin ’01 won this award. G, Jason W. Krug ’00, and Sean J. John S Hollywood G, and Geoffrey was given to Helen J. Huang ’01 for ognizes the Interfraternity Council The Irwin Sizer Award for the Sutherland ’00. Most Significant Improvement in The Harold and Arlene Schnitzer MIT Education was presented to Prize in the Visual Arts is presented Professor Jan Wempler of the to MIT students who demonstrate Department of Architecture. excellence in creating a body of work The Frank E. Perkins Award is in the visual arts. Hiep Nguyen G, presented to a professor who has Vitaly J. Napadow G, and Changhuei served as an excellent mentor to Yang G received this award. graduate students. This year’s award The Priscilla King Gray Award went to Professor Hiroshi Ishii of the for Public Service went to Anne T. Program in Media Arts and Sciences. McLeod ’00 for her dedication to The Graduate Student Council social change. Teaching Award, which recognizes The James N. Murphy Award excellence in graduate teaching, was honors dedicated employees of presented to John Doll of the School MIT. Harold L. Brown of the Cam- of Science, Yusaku Horiuchi of the pus Activities Complex received School of Humanities, and Axel this award. Kilian of the School of Architecture. The Gordon Y. Billard Award is The Goodwin Medal is given to presented to members of MIT facul- a graduate student for effective ty and staff for special service to the teaching. Megan W. Yakeley G of Institute. This award was presented the Architecture Department and to Mary R. Callahan, the Co-Direc- Catalin Zara G of the Mathematics tor of Academic Services and Reg- department won this award. istrar, and Donna R. Savicki, Assis- The Everett Moore Baker tant Dean of Engineering for Memorial Award for Excellence in Administration.