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Sunday, August 30, 1998 Killian Housing Changes Begin Prompted by Thrmoil By Brett Altschul By Frank Dabek NEWS EDITOR NEWS EDITOR A much-modified Killian Kick- A fre hmen make their rounds touring MIT' off campus living Off started the official proce s of option this week, they are walking in the twilight of an 125 year tra- ru h ye terday. dition. A eries of event and deci ion in Despite periodic misting and ?Jsl). ~ the past year has had major repercus ions patches of mud, the weather Anal '::1:. ~ for the In titute's hou ing ystem. remained reasonable, so that the Pre ident harles M. Ve t ealed the fate event didn't need to move indoor , of fre hmen ru h when he announced to the MIT community and the as it did last year. world that all freshmen would live in dormitories beginning in the The biggest change in the Kick- fall of 2001. Vest cited the still unrelea ed report of the Task Force Off this year was the more relaxed on Student Life and Learning, which recommended moving fre hmen atmosphere, and the less-restrictive to campus, when making his announcement. regulations. Living groups were One cannot igrtore, however, the influence that a string of alcohol allowed to advertise as soon as they incidents on and off campus beginning with the death of cott S. arrived but were forbidden from Krueger '01 must have had on Vest. carrying off freshmen once rush officially began, as had been com- Potter report predates deci ion mon in previous years. The idea of placing fre hmen in In titute housing i older than the The change was designed to tragedy of last year, however. In 19 9, the report of the Freshmen make the whole event more friend- Housing Committee, known commonly as the Potter Report after it ly, said Katherine E. Hardacre '99, chairman,~Profe or Mary C. Potter, recommended that freshmen live chair of the Interfraternity Council in on-campu housing for their fre hmen year and be given the option Judicial Committee. to move off-campus during their sophomore year. The committee Freshmen and upperclassmen hoped to encourage diver ity among students and an identification were supposed to mix gradually, with the Institute. It expressed concerns that the housing system was Hardacre said. The mixing could go unprepared for the increasing number of women in entering classes. on before the official beginning of In an interview with The Tech during at the end of his first year as rush, she added. president, Vest said of the housing system and the Potter report, "I However, until the ceremonial don't think it's clear that a system that served this institution very opening of rush, upperclassmen well in a day and age when the student body was almost entirely male were not allowed to pass out materi- and extremely homogeneous in its makeup will nece sarily be the als to freshmen or to try to recruit best sy tern for 10 years or 20 years from now." them, Hardacre said. The Potter report was never even brought before the faculty for a DAVID TARIN-THE TECH Since people were no longer for- vote, however. It sweeping changes were unpopular with large por- A brother of Tau Epsilon Phi dances before a bemused audience yes- bidden from' displaying their frater- tions of the student body and with alumni faculty. terday during Killian Kick-off. nity letters, they couldn't be prohib- ited from answering freshmen's that dormitories were allowed to same kind of extensive preparation Chorover provokes debate questions about their hous-e 'even participate in Killian Kick-Off, with for the Kick-Off as the other living The tragedy of last year provided a completely different environ- before rush officially'began, she dormitory rush beginning at the groups. However, the Ea t Campu said. same time as fraternity rush. Housing, Page 9 This year marked the first time Few dormitories displayed the Klck-off, Page 9 • Hoyt C. Hottel 8M '24 Professor of Chern ical group that developed incendiaries. Engineering Hoyt C. Hottel SM '24 He also led the Armed Forces passed away August 18 at his home Special Weapons Project Panel on in Winchester, MA. He was 95 Thermal Radiation. years old. In recognition of his work, he Hottel came to M IT in 1922 was honored with the Medal ef from the University of Indiana. Merit and Great Britain's Kings After getting his masters in chern i- Medal for Service to the Cause of cal engineering in 1924, he stayed at Freedom. MIT, working as an Institute fellow Hottel was named profes or in fuel and gas and as director, of the emeritus In 1968, but he continued School of Chemical Engineering to teach and work, He lectured over- Practice. . seas at the Univer ity of ewcastle He joined the faculty as a profes- in ew South Wales, an'd 1n South sor in 1928 and became a full pro- Africa. fessor in 1941. He was named the Hottel also got involved in poli- first Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of tics. In 1984, at the height of the Chemical Engineering in 1965. Cold War, he volunteered, along Professor Hottel helped found with 55 scientists from 13 countries, the Fuels Research Laboratory and to go to the Soviet Union in directed it from 1929 to 1968. He exchange for the release of dissident also chaired th'e M IT Research Yelena Bonner, who was fighting to Committee on Solar Energy from get permission to go oversees for 1938 to 1964. medical treatment. It was feared that THOMAS E. MURPHY-THE TECH Hottel played an active role in if she went overseas she would not Jim Matthews speaks- to students yesterday In Kresge Auditorium about the dangers of alcohol research during World War ll, serv- return to the Soviet Union. on campus in "Beer, Booze, and Books ••• a guide to college drinking," an interactive presentation ing as the chair of the ational featuring video clips of MIT st ..~ents. Defense Research Committee's Hottel, Page 9

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THE WASH! Gro POST LO DO e ere to Stay hen the new from Pari reach d here early on a unday morn- ing one year ago, a tid I wave of shock and grief engulfed Britain. By Richard C. Paddock vote on whether to confirm the high as nine to the dollar, compared Then, fairly quickly, the adne over the death of Prince Diana LOS A GELES TIMES prime mini ter. to 12 to the dollar at orne locations MO cow e olved into anger - anger at Prince Charle , the cheating ex-hu - ow, Duma leader want the Friday. band, and anger at Queen Elizabeth, the eemingly cold and di ap- Acting Ru ian Prime Mini ter power to confirm or reject all But prices remained high, espe- proving mother-in-I w. Viktor . Chernomyrdin ought to Cabinet mini ter before they will cially for imported good , as some Thi weekend, a Briton troop to church ervice and memorial a ure hi people and the We t on agree to Yelt in' choice of hoppers stocked up on food that marche marking the fir t anniver ary of the fateful auto accident on aturday that Ru ia will not revert Chernomyrdin. They al 0 want can be stored ea ily - just in case ug. 31, 1997, the national orrow per it. What ha harply to oviet- tyle tate control to re - Yelt in' guarantee that the crisis wor ens. changed, though, i th public attitude toward the royal family. cue it beleaguered economy from Chernomyrdin will have a free hand In his televi ed remarks, The anger ha been tran formed into wide pread approv I. year it current cri i . in electing hi Cabinet and that the Chernomyrdin attempted to reassure after Diana' death, Queen Elizabeth, Prince h rle , and the monar- With a ummit meeting between president will not di mi the gov- bank depositor that they will not chy it elf are enjoying the tronge t popular upport that they have Pre ident Clinton and Bori ernment for at lea t a year. lose their savings, despite the seen in year . ... Yelt in cheduled to begin here The Communi t ' goal i to eizure of one major b k and a Opinion survey taken ju t after the inten ely emotional funeral Tue day, Chernomyrdin said that obtain eats in the Cabinet for at drop of at least 40 percent last week ervice for Diana la t eptember howed that only 42 percent of the Ru ia's main goal continues to be least a handful of their member and in the value of the ruble. country approved of Prince Charles' conduct; only 40 percent the e tabli hment of a market econ- win a greater say in government "The main thing is to make sure thought he would make a "good king." ew poll publi hed thi omy and a democratic ociety. policies. people don't suffer," Chernomyrdin week give the 49-year-old heir apparent an approval rating of 63 per- "We have already entered the egotiations over the power- said. cent. For the fir t time in year , a majority - 54 percent - aid he world economy, and there will be sharing pact touched off a firestorm "For thi , we should use our would make a good king. no return to the past," he aid in a of controversy earlier in the week power, and we will use it as much A year ago, 72 percent of tho e urveyed agreed that the Queen statement broadca t on nationwide when the Communists disclosed that as necessary. You can be calm. You wa "out of touch." Thi week, more than 75 percent were recorded televi ion. the Kremlin was seeking a clause will get your savings." a aying that he ha "learned a Ie on" from Diana' death. The Chernomyidin' remarks were granting the pre ident immunity Trying to ease tensions before Queen's per onal approval rating wa above 70 percent in everal an attempt to re tore calm after a from pro ecution and financial secu- the 'presi~ential summit, the acting recent poll . tumultuou week in which the rity for his family if he wa to prime minister acknowledged that The rage at Charle and hi family wa 0 trong a year ago that Caoinet wa fired, the value of the resign. "exotic' formula" offered by only 38 percent of Briton urveyed la t eptember thought the currency plummeted, and Yeltsin After Yeltsin told the nation Commu'nists to end the crisis were monarchy would survive. ow, 54 percent of the Briti h people ay was compelled to go on television to Friday night that he will not quit "scaring a lot of businessmen and the monarchy will urvive through Prince Charle 's expected reign. deny that he was about to resign. and that it would be "impossible" to politicians in the West." But he said Ju t 18 percent today agree with the ugge tion that the country Dealing simultaneously with a remove him from office before his Western countries need ,not fear a would be better off ithout th royal family. political and a fiscal crisis, term ends in the year 2000, the Communist takeover. Chernomyrdin, parliamentary lead- Kremlin said its representatives no To emphasize the point, he ers and representatives of the longer would seek the immunity and named three liberal officials who Panama Votes on Successive Kremlin met for much of Saturday security provisions. erved in the old Cabinet - includ- to hammer out a pact for reconstitut- In Moscow, the arrival of the ing acting Deputy Prime Minister Terms for President ing the government and reviving the weekend seemed to take some of the Boris Fedorov - to form a team LOS ANGELES TIMES economy. edge off the crisis mood. Angry responsible for continuing Western- The members of the negotiating bank customers no longer crowded style market policies in the new By Sunday, Panamanian must sort the lofty ideal from the per- group aid they were close to agree- sidewalks outside banks trying to governmen sonal ambitions to decide in a referendum whether their presidents - ment, but the real test will come withdraw their savings. "We have a democratic coun- particularly their current president, Ernesto Perez Balladares - can when the pre ident - a tenaci~us Russians who earlier had hoard- try," he told the weekly German run for re-election. fighter who has 10ng.c1ung to power ~d dollars out, 9f fear'that their cur- magazine' Welt aff] Sonntag. "The Constitutional provision adopted after dictator Gen. Manuel - is asked. as el!rly as, Sun~ay ~q rency, the ruble, would keep drop~ c;o~m.uni'Sts 'represent the in-terests oriega wa ou ted from power by a 19 9 U.. inva ion and arrested sign a document that will Jor~e him p'\l)g" ~fg~;.b~¥.in~! r~~,le,s:.~~~ip; of a corisiles, aha es'ts, ille'y 'shouhj' mfluence.ifle' gov- The idea was to break with Panama's tradition of trongman rule the Communi,st-dominated Duma, I the currenc,Y'~ vatue rose somewhat. ernmtint.' Naturally: 'by derrfdcratic by forcing presidents to leave office after five years. the lower house of parliament, must In some places, it was trading as methods:'" '. ' , ow, critic in both Panama and the United States am that rein- stating re-election would threaten the fragile democracy e tablished at the cost of hundreds of U.S. and Panamanian live. They point out that Peru permitted re-election earlier ~n the decade and that its re- Clinton RevealS New Plans for elected president appear to be po itioning himself to eek a third term. Albania Expands Crackdown Managed Care Patient AppealS By Alissa J. Rubin would say medical decisions should insurers feared a wholesale backlash Against Arabs LOS ANGELES TIMES be made by doctors, not accoun- against managed care, which could WASHINGTO THE WASHINGTON POST tants." end up raising the cost of health With Republicans and Demo- In making health care the topic care. Albania has launched a broad crackdown on Arab and Islamic crats stiII at odds over a comprehen- of Saturday's radio addr ss, Clinton "Much of what patients are con- I groups and individual at the urging of U.. , Italian, and German sive bi II to protect patients, appeared to be reminding people cerned about could be taken care of. intelligence officials who helped uncover a series of terrorist net- President Clinton announced a sig- that he intends to fight for his public by responsible regulating," said works here, including one as ociated with audi expatriate Osama nificant regulation that would dra- policy agenda despite his personal Paul Dennett, vice president for bin Laden and another organized by radical Algerians, officials here matically speed up the appeal troubles. health policy at the Association of say. process for the 120 mill ion He criticized Republican leaders Private Pension and Welfare Plans, The effort amounts to a substantial expan ion of the intelligence Americans who have private, for blocking a full debate on man- which represents large and midsized ' probe earlier this summer that led to joint arrests by the CIA and employer-sponsored health plans. aged care regulation. "The employer benefit plans. "There's Albanian authorities here in late June and mid-July of at lea t three When a treatment is denied, Republican leadership in both hous- absolutely no reason that the Labor Islamic militants who allegedly are associated with bin Laden. Some patients would be entitled to an es has not allowed full and open Department's regulations and Albanian and U.S. officials now say they believe - without being expedited appeal. debate on the issue. The-Senate approach shouldn't be updated to able to prove it - that those arrests likely influenced the timing of Health plans would have 72 hasn't even held a single vote," he reflect a new reality." the Aug. 7 bombings of U.S. e.mbassies in Tanzania and Kenya, hours to rule on an appeal in an said. "But, remember, this is not a The American Association of which Washington has blamed on bin Laden's organization. emergency and 30 days if the con- partisan issue. Nobody asks your Health Plans, which represents more The Albanian investigation is still in an early stage and no clear tested procedure was not an emer- party affiliation when you visit your than half of all managed care plans picture has emerged of the extent of infiltration by terrorist groups, gency. Currently, plans have up to doctor." nationwide, also endorsed the prin- officials here say. 90 days to respond in non-emer- 1\.10stprivate plans are governed ciple of a quicker appeals. But several said they already have confirmed that the groups not gency cases and an appeal can often by the 1974 Empl9yee Retirement "We've been very supportive of only were using Albania as a haven from foreign law enforcement take as much as six months. and Income Security Act and its an expedited appeals process that agencies but also were organizing support networks here to help ter- But the federal regulation is a far health care rules have gone virtually would work as quickly as a patient's rorists use Albania as a gateway between the Middle East and other cry from the comprehensive patient unchanged for nearly 20 years. In copdition warranted it to work," countries in Europe or elsewhere. protections that Clinton, congres- that time the health insurance sys- said Susan Pisano, a spokeswoman "Islamic terrorists had been hiding in this country ... [including sional Democrats and a handful of tem has been transformed from one for the group. some] who were thinking of organizing a bomb attack against the Republicans are pushing. Those dominated by fee-for-service insur- Over the past year, the White American Embassy or against the [U.S.] aid community," said protections would provide easier ance to one ,dominated by managed House has put in place guarantees Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano in an interview. He said that access to specialists, appeals to an care. for patients in government-run pro- "due to aggressive action by this government, we blocked many independent review board outside of Today, 75 percent of all private grams such as Medicare and things" and extradited some of the alleged terrorists to Egypt. he health plan and guaranteed cov- insured Americans are in some kind Medicaid, including access to an T erage at the nearest hospital for of managed care plan, which independent appeal, payment for emergencies. attempts to hold down costs by lim- emergency treatment at any hospital "What we're doing today is trY- iting access to specialists, expensive and access to specialists. WEATHER ing to give quick and prompt treatments and tests. But for Americans who get their appeals through an internal review Indeed, the old rules are so itI- health care through a plan offered process to the insurance companies suited to today's health system that by a private employer or who buy it Return to Sunny Skies and plans that are within our juris~ private employers and health insur- on their own, the government's NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE diction," Clinton said in his anc~ plans have even urged the powers ar,e far more limited. Sunday: Partly sunny. High near 85°F (29°C). Southwest wind Saturday radio address. "But it is Department of Labor, which over- Clinton's announcement Satutday 10 to 20 mph. simply not enough. That's why I've sees the employer plans, to overhaul represented his first effort to make Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low near 65°F (18°C). worked so hard to pass a patient's the old regulations. changes for them in the regulation onday: Partly sunny. High near 80°F (2rC). bill of rights available to a)) In part, such urgings were self- of the private health insurance sys- Americans in all plans ... [a bi11]that interested since employers and tem. TIJE TEC~, Page 3

e 0 ces Kohl Confronts Disillusionment In Germany's East

THE WASHINGTON POST __-.....orarily Cancel BRA DE BURG,GERMANY By Frank Swoboda said she wanted to give both ide a before a union is free to trike. The boos and whi tles began raining down on Helmut Kohl as THE WASHINGTON POST few day to "rea se their po i- In the meantime, the Department oon as he mounted the stage in the market square of this dilapidated tion ." It is unlikely that there of Tran portation and the ational industrial city. When the chancellor of Gennan unity began reciting orthwest Airlines aturday would be any new talk before mid- Economic Council have scheduled a his achievement , the chorus of catcalls nearly drowned out his canceled all flights until at lea t mid week. Monday morning briefing at the amplified voice. week in the face of a pilots strike The airline's labor trouble will White. Hou e to provide an as e s- 'Kohl mu t go! Kohl must go!" chanted many protesters in the that may be just the the beginning of move to a econd front Monday . ment of the economic impact of the crowd of 1 000 people, who had come to a campaign rally Thursday potential labor troubles for the when orthwest will have to an wer trike, according to admini tration night to hear Europe's longest- erving leader make his pitch for an nation's fourth-largest airline. a request by it large t union - the official. unprecedented fifth term after 16 years in office. As police in riot The airline announced it was International Association of President Clinton has refused to gear shoved unruly demonstrator behind barricades, other spectators canceling all of its 1,700 daily Machinists - that it be allowed by intervene in the orthwest dispute, jeered and waved ign saying: "Thanks for 20 percent unemploy- flights after more than 6,000 mem- the ational Mediation Board to saying the two sides should settle ment" and "Enough with your broken promises!" bers of the Air Line Pilots strike in 30 days. The lAM repre- their differences them elves. But the As he tours ea tern Germany courting votes for the Sept. 27 Association walked off their jobs sents 27,000 orthwest employees. White Hou e ha left the door open national election, Kohl is confronting an ugly mood of disillusion- shortly after midnight Saturday in a orthwe t's 14,000 flight atten- to future intervention if the strike ment that has jeopardized his hopes for another comeback victory. dispute over a new labor contract. dants also are involved in contract i n't resolved quickly. Clinton could Although some polls indicate he has narrowed the gap with Social Also canceled were hundreds of negotiations, but under the lengthy impose a 60-day cooling off period Democratic rival Gerhard chroder to as little a 3 percentage points, daily flights on Northwest's com- and cumbersome provisions of the and send the strikers back to work the ho tility Kohl encounters at nearly every stop in the ea t suggests muter operations that often provide Railway Labor Act which governs while a special government panel he i making no headway in recapturing the allegiance of Germany's the air link for thousand of small labor relations in the airline indus- makes recommendations for a set- mo t fickle swing voters. communities in the nation's mid- try, they are a long way from being tlement. Rampant de pair over wide pread joblessness and embittered dis- section. able to strike. . orthwe t officials acknowl- may with capitali t society have compelled many easterners to turn Maggie Jacobsen, chairwoman Under the Railway Labor Act, it edged that at least for the moment against Kohl with a vengeance. Many politicians and commentators of the National Mediation Board, is not uncommon for the negotiation the trike has had much Ie s of an now believe Kohl's Christian Democrat could tumble to third place who has been mediating the dispute, proce s to last two years or longer impact than they had expected. in the east, behind Schroder's Social Democrats and the former Justice Investigates Republicans' Communists known a the Party of Democratic Socialism. . Potential CollUSionWith Tobacco Welcome back~~~ By Jonathan Weisman statutes," wrote Assistant Attorney ances from the industry before the wow (70 AWAY! THE BALTIMORE SUN General L. Anthony Sutin. "The vote. Instead, said McConnell's WASHINGTON criminal division is presently exam- spokesman, Robert Steurer, the sen- G-r<,<;"" Great deals on e, The Justice Department's crimi- ining this allegation to determine ator merely made "a statement of -) ~. study, work and nal division is investigating allega- whether any further investigation is the obvious": that he was sure the tions that Senate Republicans and warranted. " industry would continue to run ~ volunteer programs, the tobacco industry violated federal The landmark tobacco legisla- advertisements simply because it law by illegally colluding to torpedo tion collapsed in Congress on June would be in the industry's best airfares, and hotels. anti-smoking legislation in June. 18. Before the vote, Sen. Mitch interest to do so. 1.t(.~ ..o~\... Gift certificates for sale! The department quietly informed McConnell of Kentucky reportedly Industry officials say the TV com- Senate Democratic Leader Tom told fellow Republicans that tobacco mercials amounted to perfectly legal furopban rail passes, and international Daschle of South Dakota on Aug. industry officials had promised to issue advertising that was not tied to 17 that it would examine whether continue running advertising any political support they might have student /0 cards issued on the spot! through the November elections to received from Republicans. But the industry and Senate Republicans ~------"'- eng~g~d in an illegal quid pro .quo: try to provide political cover to Justice Department investigators rtf.f.: Council on Inlfrnalional Educalillnal E:ac,c6 demn the antl-Slnoking bill, which The probe was prompted by comp,anies t;Tlay.hfl~~ pn?"1ised would impose sharPly higher ciga~ Daschle's July 2 request that 12 Eliot 5t.. 2nd FI., C~lIl1brjdge favorable political advertising in rette taxes, as another effort to raise Attorney General Janet Reno exam- (617) 497-1497 exchange for a senator's vote on taxes on ordinary Americans. ine whether an explicit promise of specific legislation raises ... con- McConnell denies any quid pro advertising in exchange for votes MIT Student Center. W20-024 cerns under the bribery and gratuity quo. He says he received no assur- would violate federal election laws. 84 Massachusetts Ave .. Cambridge (617) 225-2555 Graduate Stude.nt Council m Walker Memorial, 50-220 11' 253-2195

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Letter. To The Editor rent Orientation proce . In this ca e, I operate ally in a very po itive en e of the term, to learn ad according to the old ma im, "If it ain't broke, how to be ocial. aturally, there have been don't fi it." In my view, Orientation at MIT exce es in thi regard, and thi i in no way ark ha worked well, for the va t majority. The intended to exonerate chapters for tragic inci- Ch irm n The Tech received a copy of thi letter la t time I che ked, the overwhelming majori- dents arising, perhap , from social pre suring. But, if my memory erve me correctly, if we Jo h Bittker '99 addres ed to President Charles M. Vest ty of MIT tudent stay in the ame place for four year - there i no other chool in the were to do a tally of sub tance-related deaths in Editor in hief an IT alumnus and previou country that can make that claim. the past 10 years, there would be an even bal- I have argued, since the days of Dean for ance between the dorms and fraternities. Dougla E. Heimburger '00 Interfraternity Council pre ident, I mu t hare with you my incredulity and anger at a deci- tudent Affairs hirley M. McBay, that MIT It would be a huge tragedy if the FSILG sy - Bu ine anager ion that eem to have been made behind the tudent adhere to this "low mobility" pattern tern, the cornerstone of MIT undergraduate life, back of the entire fraternity, orority and for two reason : first, that M IT i a really were to be undermined by what appears to be Joey Dieckhan '00 independent living group sy tern and the demanding place, and mall group olidarity admini trative fiat. I wonder if MIT students or is crucial to one' psychological tability the IFC or the Alumni IFC got a vote on this? anaging ditor alumni of that y tern. Clearly, the sy tern and MIT in general ha throughout one's MIT career, e pecially in Pre ident Vest, I am sure you do not wish Erica . Pfister '00 been under an inten e amount of crutiny this year one; and second, that most students are to be remembered as the president who funda- year, but until I read your o-called "open let- happy with the choices they make. mentally changed MIT undergraduate life for ter" (you mu t have been u ing this phrase This is not to sugge t that Orientation is the worse, but I fear that twenty years from Editor: Brett All chul '99, Frank perfect. If it were up to me, I would make now, that is how you will be remembered. Dabek '00, Zart:ena Hus ain '00; date ironical1y, a it tate a policy made in ecret), Orientation longer, if po sible. But I think on You can rest assured, as well, that I will make Editors: Carina Fung '99, Jean K. Lee '99, I had much admiration for the way you and u an Buchman '0 I, Jennifer Chung '0 I, your admini tration had been handling the the whole the ystem as it existed from the no further donations to MIT if this policy is Kri ta L. iece '0 I; taU: Orli on laught of media mi - and di information. It 1970 through the I990s worked quite well. It carried forth. G. Bahcall '99, hawdt:e E hghi '99, Eric eemed to me that you were tanding firm on wa inten e, chaotic, and somewhat harsh, as Jeffrey M. Hornstein '89 it '99, ilt:en Tang '99, May K. the principle that MIT is a unique place in the well a exhilarating, challenging, and lot of T t: '99, harmin Ghaznavi '00, tuart U.. university y tern, and that MIT tudent fun - giving freshmen an accurate capsule Jack on '00, Dudley W. Lamming '00, are de erving, by and large, of adult tatus. portrait of MIT life. Katie Jeffrey '0 I, Dalie Jimenez '0 I; learly, I wa wrong. Unfortunately, this new policy means that etcorologi t : Michael C. Morgan The policy of forcing freshmen to live in many of the choices that I and my cohort had PhD '95, Greg Lawson G, Gerard Roe G, dormitorie indicate that MIT i following will cease to exist; the FSILG y tern ; Errata Chris E. Fore t, Marek Zebrow ki. the nationwide trend toward returning to en undoubtedly will contract everely. Assuming Yesterday's housing guide in The loco parentis. Some have said that this is that the "low mobility" pattern of MIT tu- Tech ["Residence Selectlon '98"] PRUDUCTION STAFF about allowing student to have more time to dents with regard to housing continues, few incorrectly labeled three living groups Editor: Ryan M. Ochyl ki '01; ociate make choice , that Orientation causes undue will make the effort to attempt to join fraterni- as all male when they are indeed male Editor: Moksha Ranasinghe '99, tre , etc. But, M IT by nature is a place that ties once they've gotten comfortable with and female housing. The three groups Francisco Tanudjaja '00; taff: Ja on C. force tudents to think and act quickly - you dorm life. MIT will become like everywhere are Delta Psi (No.6), Epsilon Theta, Yang '99, Roxanne Lau '0 I, teve K. have undoubtedly heard the metaphorical else - with 10-15 percent of the men choos- and Fenway House. Lim '01, Agne Borszeki. expre sion that MIT is like taking a drink ing to go through rush. I predict that 30 per- Additionally, the guide had incor- from a firehose - and the Re idence and cent of the FSILGs will shut their doors with- rect greek symbols for Chi Phi and Tau OPINION STAFF Orientation Week y tern as it existed from in four years, many of these the newer and Epsilon Phi. 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Bo ton' ymphony and Englanders today, Plymouth Colony i only ferent tour during Orientation at your dispos- Pop Orche tra are already known to you the beginning of our storied history. al and explore the cities of Boston and By now you have received many warm w 11. Throughout colonial time we were the impe- Cambridge. They are yours for your career at welcome to the MlT community. Through ew England i al 0 the center of the tu for change, reform, and independen e. It MIT; learn to enjoy and appreciate all they the various Orientation activitie in which you nation' finance and technology. There i an wa in two mall towns only about 15 mile have to offer. In addition, I hope yoy wiH take have participated, and excitement in the air of downtown Bo ton, a from MlT where' the hot heard round the orne time during your college career to travel through the 'early banker and broker bu tIe through their daily world" wa fired. Over the hi tory of the to other parts of the region. I am ure they will tage of ru h, you bu ines . As an MlT tudent, you are likely United State the ons and daughter of ew charm and delight you a well. 0 other have hopefully begun very e cited by the cientific and engineering England, from Adam to Webster to oolidge region of the nation offer the e contrasts. to ample and savor a developments at all the computer and biotech- to Kemiedy, have erved with honor in the Where else in America can you find both a mall taste of In titute nology companie which have prouted in the government, fighting for value of tolerance, vibrant, cosmopolitan metropolis and small, life. But what have you region. The e companie offer you a wealth of freedom, and under tanding. quaint, picture que town? Where else can learned about the larg- opportunitie through internship , re earch, Out ide the urbanized outh, with which you find a region so deep in history and cul- er world around MlT? and employment. you are probably more familiar, you will dis- ture yet alway on the cutting edge oftechnol- How welcome do you However, at the same time we ew cover a econd, more ru tic but equally hand- ogy? I don't believe any other place in thi - feel in the communlty Englanders look to our future, we al 0 remem- ome ew England. From the hamlets of country can really compare to ew England. of Boston and ew ber our pa t. This region i the birthplace of We tern Ma achu ett through the mountains ew England will always hold a special England, the region where you will spend the America. Plymouth, although the econd per- of Vermont and ew Hamp hire into the place in my heart. This i where I have always next four years of your life, and very pos ibly manent Engli h colony in the United tate, forest of Maine re ide the other face of ew lived and where I always hope to live. ew many more beyond that? reflects more truly the American spirit than the England. Thi side is one of nature' pri tine England will always be my home. I hope soon Allow me to say: Welcome to Boston. gaggle of royali ts who landed thirteen years beauty, of mountain and forest and water- you will take pride in aying it is your home Welcome to New England. Welcome to the earlier everal hundred miles to the outh. fall. It i one of a vibrant land cape, glowing as well. Welcome to ew England and enjoy finest city in the nation, and welcome to the Settled for the principle of religiou free- and changing with the ea on . It i one of your tay. I hope it i both long and prosper- 010 t di tinctive and charming region of the dom, and reflecting the value of hard work mall town and warm and friendly people. ou . United States. ,.....------, I must admit to being just lightly bia ed. I was born and raised in Massachusetts, went to high chool in Rhode Island, and have now returned to the Bay State for my coJ)ege years. But when you begin to learn about and explore this region, you will find I am not so biased at all. New ~ngland is a region of wondrous contrasts. It is the nexus of both our nation's history and its future. It is a place of technology yet antiquity, a region which is both urban yet rural, sheltering a people holding steadfast to tradition yet often creating changes in our society. Bostonian Oliver Wendell Holmes called the Massachusetts State House "the hub of the solar system." Over the years we've cor- rected his modesty and now refer to Bost9n

as "Hub of the Universe." It is a title with I much justificatio.n. You are privileged to be attending one of the world's finest academic institutions. Many other colleges and universities in ew England are of the same caliber. We boast four Ivy League schools and a number of small, prestigious liberal arts institutions. The_ educational opportunities in New England far' surpass those of other regions of the nation, something which you are now well-posi- tioned to utilize as a student at MIT. This city offers some of the nation's finest museums and cultural in titutions as well. Our Museum of Fine Arts is world- renowned, and the Museum of Science, New England Aquarium, and Isabella Stuart The Meltdown of a Nuclear Crisis What happened to a highly touted problem that began only four months ago? tion to give any advice regarding American politic, sometimes motivating and Naveen Sunkavally nuclear arm rests on a highly pre- determining politic in thi nation. Who can carious position given the U.S. track forget the power that Tammany Hall, Boss Four months ago, the world was supposed record. Here is a country that on one Tweed, Carnegie Steel, and Rockefeller oil to be fretting over a nuclear war. India had hand has developed nuclear weapons for have levied on American politics? Today, conducted two rounds of nuclear testing, once more than half-a-century, almost oblit- tobacco and other lobbie play the same role on May I I, and again erated two cities, conducted over and with the same intent, though seemingly two days later on May 1,000 nuclear tests, maintains to more subdued. 13. Two weeks later, this date the largest nuclear stock- In the current situation in South Asia, Pakistan responded by pile, and yet has the audacity to America has realized that putting sanctions on conducting five tests of dictate foreign policy. India might hurt America more than India. In their own, matching Internationally, other fact, a San Jose Mercury News investigation the number conducted countries have not done as weapon . Maybe revealed that Themis Computer of California by India. much as the United States the United States supplied India with some of the core nuclear At that time, initially hoped. Most will help Japan out if technology necessary for India to manufacture President Clinton EU,ropean countries, such as Japan is in trouble, but its reactors. In terms of human capital, responded with anger, France, have not levied any who will rally to the side America and Silicon Valley have a lot to lose calling the tests a "ter- sanctions on India despite the of India? And at the same in the computer industry. Other companies rible mistake," that would destabi1ize the actions of the United States. time the United States engages realize that by cutting off ties with India, they region. He levied harsh sanctions against both Despite the typical words of in nuclear technology deals will only lose Indian business to Europe. For countries, cutting off virtually an aid except condemnation and concern, with China that threaten India. example, Boeing has $2.5 billion at stake with humanitarian aid and restricting exports that most countries did not stretch far The United States has India_n airlines, and it is losing bu iness and could be used for weapons development. enough to cut off aid. Most countries lamented that India, Pakistan, ground to its archrival in Europe; Airbus

These days, shock and astonishment over realize that Pakistan's and India's actions and Israel have not signed the < Industries. Banks and credit firms, such as the possibility of a nuclear confrontation in were security measures, not attempts to go to Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty American Express and Citicorp, also have lost South Asia have all but disappeared from war with each other. yet. However, India has invited other coun- a lot since bank lending to India has been headlines. Sure, there are some overriding fac- Clinton has spoken much about closing tries numerous times to sign a treaty forcing restricted by U.S. sanction. tors that have made it easier for the United membership to the nuclear club and keeping all countries to do away with nuclear On the flip side, U.S. sanctions do not hurt States to forget about India and Pakistan and the number of nuclear powers to five. But weapons. The United States, among others India that heavily. To start off with, most their nuclear tests last May. For instance, with a certain subset of countries maintaining already with nuclear weapon , has not agreed. Indian exports: such as gems, timber, elec- developments surrounding a certain scandal nuclear weapons and also trying to keep other And why would the United State agree? tr~nic , and indu try, are not affected .by the .compelled Clinton to reappropriate his time to countries out, the whole world is in danger. There's always the pos ibility of nuclear war, sanction . Second, India i a elf-sufficient quell domestic problems. Then, after two The policy must be all or nothing. Either and for the United State, as for India, that country for the most part, and any lost U.S. embassies were bombed and Clinton delivered every country has nuclear arms or no country po ibility, however minute it may be, out- bu ines can be made up in Europe. his speech on August 17 to the nation, ha nuclear arms. Security concerns are fir t weighs any other concern for total peace. The reality of the situation is that the U.. America went ahead and bombed alleged ter- for any nation, and with other countries pos- And so India continue to withhold signing is uffering from withdrawal symptoms in an rorist facilities in Sudan and Afganisthan to ses ing nuclear weapons and trying to main- the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The age when power has shifted away from the thwart terrorism. But I think there are other tain that position, no one is safe. treaty is simply not very comprehen ive at all. United States towards other countries. The reasons that the supposed nuclear crisis of this India and Pakistan face particular threats in United States business interests have also real threat India's and Pakistan's weapon past May has disappeared. that they are each bordered by two nuclear had an effect on the disappearance of a pose is not to each other but a perceived one First and foremost, the United States has countries and in that they also have little pro- "nuclear crisis" from the headlines. Bu iness to the United States and its record of dictating tection from other countries with nuclear interests often have had a strong root in and trying to enforce world policy . b~en e~p~.~~. !i.s..t! .~y'p'~~r~te. T~e. ~.S .. P~s.i.- .. .. - '" .. .- - .._ ..______.-.__ __ ... Page 6 August 30, 199

c c Phish'Lernonwheel Ligh~ and music delight Phans under theMaine By Joel Rosenberg to me, In any event, all the e toy had the ARTS EDITOR crowd re tie for royalty to make their Phish 's Lemonwheel entrance. August /5 and /6 Lime tone, Maine I thi the rum n ho ? The crowd exploded when the band • econd of Two Parts entered, and a they opened with "Mike's ong," the ky began to wirl. iraculou Iy, he ky up in aine i huge, and gives whether from the energy in the crowd, from the feeling of being a dome with 'a the energy in the band, or from the invi ible hundred mile diameter. Before the fir t dome that really wa urrounding the concert et on the first day of Ph i h' s area, the clouds directly above the tage began Lemonwheel it was overca t, filled with a to di appear. It was the ame thing that had gray haze that gently subdued the anxiou ne happened the year before at the Great Went, of the ten of thousands of fans waiting in and I wa once again stupefied by their mysti- front of the stage that was to be the throne for cal control over the weather. Cour e 12 would Fans look on as Phlsh performs at Lernonwheel In Umestone, Maine. the kings of the land. have had a field day. When they played "Divided Sky" about heads! More Phish-heads!" And with that, the of their new album due out in October. "When obiu Better Blue halfway through their nearly two-hour first lights went out and the band returned for the the Circus Comes" was appropriate to In an almo t religiou pilgrimage, the fan set, I lost my elf in the fractal patterns the second set. describe the traveling show that is the culture had s"treamed en masse from the heavens were providing, First they did it, then The chefs tag line: "It's all in how you tell surrounding this band. The highlight of the parking/camping lot to the concert area, which they played it, and it was phenomenal. And as it." set, though, was when drummer and comic wa half a mile away to preserve pre- how if that wasn't enough to get this party started, relief Jon Fishman took center stage and secrecy and during-show eclu ion. The logo "Citie ," a Talking Heads cover that has Energizer Bunny ets announced he was going to sing "a love song for Lemonwheel wa a distorted Asian face become the anthem of nomadic Phish-heads, The weather was as perfect as the music about a turtle." Instead of the Grateful Dead's with lemons for hair, and that' a decent rep- declared Lemonwheel open for business. If as the show got started again. Outside in the "Terrapin Station," however, which Phish had resentation of what was every audience mem- dark, light master Chris Kuroda illuminated covered for the first time just days earlier at to be found in what gui- ber was a string in the night sky with the bold colors and intri- Virginia Beach in honor of the anniversary of tarist and lead singer Phish's instrument, cately patterned designs that are Phish' s Jerry Garcia's death, Fishman, wearing his Trey Ana tasio labeled Jf every audierl£e memlJcr they had us perfectly trademark. With just the right amount of haze traditional tie-dyed dress, completed the ulti- The Garden of Infinite tuned by the time they in the air, the beams shined up to the heavens. mate' dare and sang "Sexual Healing"--quite Pleasantrie . A play- was a string in Pkisks closed the set with And the Lemonwheel was now lit, it's fluo- well, in fact. Fishman's vacuum solo created .. ground designed to sup- instrument, they had ~ all "Weekapaug rescent bulbs, while not light board con- "sounds of love." And after "Run Like An • plement Ph ish when Groove". trolled, flowing in and out of the circle hyp- Antelope," just one set remained. they weren't playing, it perfectly tuned I: "Mike"'s Song" notically for those who were watching it. wa guarded by two 30- > "Simple," "Beauty During "The Horse," standing under deep I: "Ginseng Sullivan," "Bathtub Gin" > foot-tall bird-shaped of My Dreams," purples and a white spot, Trey made the place "Rift," "Punch You'ln The Eye," "Lawn weather vanes. "Roget," "Split Open and Melt," "Poor feel as small as a night club, which was part - Boy," "Ya Mar" > "AC/DC Bag", "Relax", Exploration revealed bridges and lake , a Heart," "Morna Dance," "Divided Sky," of the intimacy the band was going for as "Birds of a Feather", "Guyute", "Possum" (98 porta-potty tower, and a rock garden that "Water in the Sky," "Funky Bitch" > "Cities" indicated by their decision not to use video minutes) yielded hours of amusement for those who > "Weekapaug Groove" (III minutes) screens this year. "Silent in the Morning" had II: "Down With Disease" -> "Piper" -> chose to create their own Zen structures. me on the' brink of tears thinking back to how "Story of the Ghost" > "Flufthead," "When Mounted. on a platform were kegs, car doors, The e sence of Phish "this exact thing happened to me just last the Circus Comes," "Wading in a Velvet barrels, and fuse boxes that people could beat You're either in on the joke, or you're not. year," "Chalkdust Torture" brought thoughts Sea," "Hol.d Y:9ur Head. Up" > • Sexual on together, a nice group dynamics project. And Phish loves inside jokes. of .impending s hool, and "'Slave To The Healing" > "Hold Your Head Up," "Run Like Hiding spots ranged from huts with motion- Between the first and second set each day Traffic Light" reminded of: the daily grind an Antelope" 101 minutes) sensitive lights to thickly thatched wisps of was a long dinner break, which also gave time that was still several sets and hundreds of wood that provided unique solitary confine- to find friends and look around the Garden. mile~away. Fin ment. Man-made mounds of dirt gave extraor- After meeting up with people and getting After another break, the third set and Exploding into the beginning of the end . dinary vantage points for those who reserved food, we started wandering and came upon a encore was 80 minutes short. It was hard to with the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage," they their places early enough, and musicians and strange ceremony. Kids in Asian masks that believe they had played more than four hours moved into a rockin' A Iso Sprach street performers were scattered throughout resembled the logo walked slowly In a line, already, especially when Trey announced they Zarathrustra, the theme from 2001 they build this fantasy land. banging on chimes, while some tended a fire were going to fill the stage with candles, sur- to high tension only to crest to nothing, over The centerpiece of the Garden was "the in a pit, and still others chopped vegetables. I round the concert area with a "ring of fire," and 9ver. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Lemonwheel," a ferris wheel whose cars had wa intrigued and decided to stick around to and playa Brian Eno-esque ambient fourth was a beautiful way to close the set, and the been rearranged so that every two cars faced watch, even though my friends didn't care set. Some people left for home, while others sea of lighters quickly followed. each other. The trace of each car would make much about this strange cooking show. Phish settled in for the half-hour delay. And while I Returning to a crowd that even after hours for an interesting mathematical function as rewards patience. was thinking about other things once the band and hours still wanted more, they played they orbited around each other, facing the car A guy with a half-smirk and a chefs hat started playing yet again, people described "Harry Hood," after which Trey lit a fuse that in front up top and the car in back down started narrating: being in a dream-like state without being traveled up, across, and down the front of the below. If "lemon" implies "defective," the "One day, the master returned home with a asleep during the hour-long jam. They finally stage, then along the fence of the concert area genius who thought of this setup certainly had lemon." stopped playing near two in the morning, well to the elephant. When it got there - life! • a lemon way of thinking. As great an idea as it The master, a sinister-looking, slightly past the curfew they normally' encounter at Fireworks marked the birth of the creature, was, I was di appointed to find a ride on the scruffy guy, held up a lemon, to which every- mainstream venues. which raised it's trunk and squirted out water. wheel was $3. Worth it, I suppose, but the one associated with the show announced "One Making it' way through the crowd, the ele- time spent" in line seem~ investment enoug~emon!" II: "The Wedge" > "Reba, Gumbo" > phant moved towards the campground while The chef explained how the "Sanity, Tweezer" > "The Horse" > "Silent In the band jammed Mancini's "Baby Elephant master asked him about the sig- The Morning," "Chalkdust Torture," "Slave Walk" to the cheers and applausy.of all. There nificance of the lemon, to which To The Traffic Light" (85 minutes) was no second encore, but then, not mucn the chef made some kind of pro- III: "NICU" > "David Bowie," "Strange could have topped that finale. found remark which "caused the Design," "Limb by Limb" > "Brian and chef to gain two games on the Robert," "Loving Cup" III: "Sabotage" > Also Sprach Zarathustra, Orioles." Over the next several E: "Halley's Comet" > "Cavern," "Wilson;" "The Mango Song," "Character minute the master brought home "Tweezer Reprise" (80 minutes) Zero," "Bittersweet Motel," "While My ginger, carrots, and other vegeta- IV: Ambient Jam (55 minutes) Guitar Gently Weeps" (55 minutes) bles, all of which the chef had a E: "Harry Hood," "The Baby Elephant strange comment for, and for Circus in town Walk" (25 minutes) which he received a similarly After a good night's sleep and several strange reward. The split. in the hours to recover the next day, the troops Back on t~e wagon crowd between the mesmerized returned to the trenches in mid-afternoon to The ride home gave me a chance to reflect and the bored was seen in who catch day two. There were more street per- back on the exhausting weekend. I couldn't seemed concerned that the set former and more wandering minstrels, figure out why there were virtually no minori- break was drawing to a ,close. including an incredible musician, Jamie ties at the show - it was almost exclusively "One day the master returned Janover, playing the hammered dulcimer, caucasian. I also couldn't decide if the consci- home with a mushroom." kind of like a harpsichord you bang with entious friendliness everyone showed all "What is the significance of mini drumsticks. Incidentally, he had a bag weekend could or would follow people home, the mushroom?" the master asked from the Fourth Annual World Wide Web especially once the crowd was no longer the chef. Consortium Meeting, and there was an MIT homogeneous. I'm fascinated by the social "The mushroom ... ," the chef emblem on it. contract that exists up there, and wonder if it's ~ paused. " ... is a shortcut to The sky started clear this time, if every- possible to somehow transfer it to everyday ~ enlightenment. But it tastes good one's heads didn't, and there was a new addi- life. in a stew." Words of wisdom. tion to the landscape - a giant gray elephant Some people complain that Phish has got- More bustling around the scene. float that was to play into the evening's festiv- ten too big, too mainstream, that there are too "Finally, one day the master ities. Another marathon opening set included many fans, and tickets are too hard to get. returned home with a fish." "Rift," "PYITE," and "Birds of a Feather," Well, the band tried to accommodate their "What is the essence of the which I was disappointed they played in the entire wagon up there, and I think they were fish?" the master asked the chef. daylight, since it's accompanied by a great hugely successful. If you want to check them "The essence of the fish... "- light show. Pianist Page McConnell was the out, they're playing The Centrum in another dramatic pause - " ... is textbook lounge lizard, playing to the crowd Worcester the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday the head." on "Lawn Boy." of Thanksgiving weekend. Tickets are $23.50 c. An Asian mask brought out a et break came and went, and in set six and go on sale October] 7. Phlsh's lead singer, Trey Anastasio, expresses the bow] of fish heads as the players (counting the extra late night set) they told And so, I leave you with this: "Teach a essence of the band at Lemonwheel. all started chanting, "More fish "The Story of the Ghost," which is the name man to Phish, and he grooves forever." Tn T cn Page? , ca g

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In fact, Chorover At the ame time he announced ignored by the crowd of freshmen, fe or in the department of Brain made a complete repudiation of hi plan for a new dormitory, Ve t contingent included everal people, who were already conversing with and Cognitive Sciences, introduced original motion when he aid after called for the graduate re ident tutor both male and female, dressed in upperclassmen. a motion at the October faculty the econd meeting that he wa program of the dormitory sy tem to gra skirt and coconut bras. The first speaker was Manju V. meeting stating "It is the sense of 'never and not now primarily inter- be extended to off-campus hou ing. Madhavan '99, president of the ingling proceed confu edl I e faculty that commencing the e ted in moving freshmen to cam- That program will begin this year Dormitory Council. He reminded academic year 1998 all freshmen pus." Chorover called the original after a number of confu ing change The proce s by which the fre h- freshmen not to forget about the hould live on campus." motion simply an "attempt to learn in timing that left ILGs scrambling men and upperclassmen were sup- "widely ignored" dormitories during In upport of his motion, what the en e ofthe faculty i ." to find tutors in the last month of the po ed to meet and mingle did not go rush. Chorover said that "Increasingly, After Chorover's ub titute summer to avoid being forced dry or off without any hitches. Madhavan al 0 advised the the impressions students gain [of motion pa sed, Vest expressed his 10 ing fre hmen housing privileges. As the freshmen began to clap at freshmen to enjoy rush as much as M IT] are set long before they approval: "1 do not believe it would All of these events led up to the end of the Class of 2002 picture, possible. "Make use of all the encounter the [faculty] and before have been appropriate to ask all Ve t' announcement this week that Kappa Sigma brother charged for- upperclassmen waiting to erve you, they see the inside of a classroom." freshmen to live on campus in the freshmen will be hou ed on campus ward, followed by several other fra- because that's not going to last," he A month of intense debate fol- fall of 1998," he said. in 2001. ternities that were po itioned near said. lowed the introduction of The past year has seen a battle the southern end of Killian Court, ext, Connie W. Pong '99, chair Chorover's resolution. The motion Vest takes action also waged for the status quo in housing, far from the freshmen. of Women's Conference spoke, was opposed by groups on and off Chorover's motion wa not the with many of the participants point- After the first surge, members of reminding women about the options campus, while it found a number of only institutional respon e to ing to Krueger' death as a turning the (FC Judicial Committee ordered for them, while men are involved in upporters in the faculty. Krueger's death that affected hou - point. While it is clear that the death the fraternity members back towards their "ru h adventure." Don't At the. following faculty meet- ing. Shortly after Krueger's death, of a fre hman timulated debate, the Memorial Drive until the freshmen worry, she said, "you won't be left. ing, Chorover substituted a new, far during a period of intense media changes in the housing system had could de cend from the steps of out." weaker motion that called for a focu on the Institute, Vest pledged root long before the events of the Building 10. Finally, Hongsup Park '99, the review of the housing system, and a to undertake the construction of a past year. "First the fraternity people IFC ru h chair, spoke to the class of surged forward, and the freshmen 2002. He congratulated the moved toward them," said Noah Z. Orientation committee, drawing a Bray-Ali '01, a member of Alpha feeble round of applause from the Delta Phi. audience close to Building 10. Then both ides receded, but Park emphasized the changing they quickly moved forward again, nature of rush. "You are the first then receded again, before the actual people to come through the system," mingling began, he said. "It was like he said. a simple harmonic oscillator." He also provided more of the standard advice given to freshmen, Speaker largely ignored saying "know what you want in a Although the Kick-Off still fea- living group before going there," tured the three traditional student before finishing with the canonical speakers, all three speeches were phrase, "Let the rush begin!" Hottel Had Interests in Music and Carpentry Hottel, from Page I

DAVID TARIN-THE TECH The Class of 2002 poses In Killian Court yesterday for Its freshman picture before Killian Klck~. After a series of hunger strikes by her husband, outspoken dissi- dent and Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov, Soviet Premier Mikhail S. Gorbachev allowed her to go overseas without the need for wit- TechCalendar nesses. "He was a man of so many TechCalendar appears in each issue of The Tech and features events for members of the Mil community. The Tech makes no guara~ interests," said his daughter, Lois tees as to the accuracy of this information, and The Tech shall not be held liable for any losses, including, but not limited to, damages H. Wood. "Classical mu ic cer- resulting from attendance of an event. Contact information for all events is available from the TechCalendar web page. tainly was at the top of his list - he enjoyed the Boston Symphony For further Infonnatlon on any of these events, visit regularly with my mother, a http://tech-calendar.mlt.edu. singer, for as 'many years as ( can Visit the TechCalendar web site (http://tech-calendar.mlt.edu) to add Infonnatlon on events to be Included In the remember." rlnt and online versions of TechCalendar. A skilled woodworker, Hottel COURTESY OF MITNEWS OFFlCE al 0 built kayaks for his daughters, Hoyt C. Hottel SM '24 hardwood coffee tables, and his Sunday's Events own Christmas decorations. 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Christian Fellowship Lounge. Come drop by to meet and chat with Christians In recognition of his contributions, MIT instituted the Hoyt C. from all over MIT! We have free refreshments and plenty of games! Basement, Religious Activities Hottel Lectureship in 1985, and Hottel delivered the inaugural Center (Wll). Sponsor: Cross Products address. The Institute established the Hoyt C. Hottel Professorship in 1995. 8:00 p.m. - Into the Woods. Musical by James Lapine (book) and Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics). $3 He served as a member of the ational Academy of Sciences and admission for freshmen; $6 for MIT students, various prices "for others. Kresge l:I~e Theatre. Sponsor: the National Academy of Engineering and also was a fellow in the Musical Theatre Guild American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Monday's Events He also accumulated a large number of awards, including the Sir Alfred Egerton Gold Medal from the Combustion Institute and the 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Christian fellowship Lounge. Come drop by to meet and chat with Christians Melchett Medal from the Institute of Fuel in Great Britain. He was from all over MIT! We have free refreshments and plenty of games! Basement, Religious Activities also honored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and Center (Wl1). Sponsor: Cross Products the International Solar Energy Society. In addition to his daughter Lois, Hottel is survived by his son, Tuesday's Events Hoyt Hottel Jr., two other daughters, Barbara H Willis and Elizabeth H. Barrett, and 10 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Christian fellowship Lounge. Come drop by to meet and chat with Christians A memorial service will be held at the Winchester Unitarian from all over MIT! We have free refreshments and plenty of games! Basement, Religious Activities Church in Winchester on Saturday, Sept. 12 at II a.m. Center (Wl1). Sponsor: Cross Products 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Activities Midway. The midway is a bazaar of student activities recruiting new mem- bership and advertising services. Johnson Athletic Center. Sponsor: Association of Student Activities 8:00 -11:00 p.m. - Patrol. Shoot Your Friends! 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transportation. after a long day. We'll be here unwinding brothers will show you the best that 10:30 - ChI PhI - ICE CREAM SUNDAE Dally Confusion, from Page 10 7:00 - EpIIIon - ROAD RAll YEI Join too, so come join us and take a tour if Bean Town has to offer. We'll then return DESSERT. Pick your favorite toppings. 247-8691 for reservations. a team and zoom around Boston on a you'd like. to the house for a Sundae Feast like For the ice cream, of course. you've never seenl Call 247-8691 for a 6:00 - PIlI Theta - Rib Dinner wild quest f~ all the answers. Follow the 8:00 - Bwton-Connor - Come RELAX with 10:30 - PhI Delta Theta -Ice Cream ride. prepared by out chef Mark. Mark's band directions carefully! our Movie Marathon! Our movie Social. Along with our laid-back, casual Babaloo fires up a storm, and his ribs 7:00 - Fenway House - And the chef said, collection is extensive and we're ready 9:00 - PhI Kappa Theta - Come and chill atmosphere, you can't beat this ice are no different. .let there be dinner." And there was and willing to show your favorite mo es! at PKT's movie night. cream sundae fest. Its simply incredible! Phone 253-3261 for assistance or come Call 247-8691 for a ride. 6:00 - PllMnbda PIlI - Feeding time is dinner. The Fenbeings tasted the dinner. 9:00 - Zeta Beta Tau - Even if you to Burton-Conner, 410 Memorial Dr. just around the corner, and unlike last Mmmmmmmm ... not bad. Call for a ride. missed Go-Karts at ZBT, call Rick for a 10:30 - PhI Kappa Theta - PKT Roofdeck night's Steak and Lobster, tonight at Pi 437-1043 8:00 - New House - Relax with people ride at 232-3257 and hang out with the IceCream under the stars! Come sample lambda Phi we're eating like Barbarians: 7:00-12:00 - Kappa SICma- Ha e the from New House. brothers here while you take up a late the bounty of our scrumptious roofdeck no silverware, no manners, just men time of your life at Jillians, this pool 8:00 - PhI Beta EpsIlon - • COMEDY n ght snack. Oon't forget we have a sundae bar! Fresh ice cream from a being Men. Grraahgahagh=85 Call 267- hall/virtual arcade on us. CLUB, need a LAUGH? Join us at the beach trip and laser tag tomorrow. great local dairy! 4935 7:00 - New House - Getting late now. COMEDY Club. 9:00 - Zeta Psi - Eat your fill of ice cream 10:30 - Zeta Beta Tau - Even if you at Toscanini's, only a 60 second walk .6:00 - PIlI SICma K...... - Thanksgiving Come to New House, where the 8:00 - PhI Kappa 'Theta - Come and chill missed Go-Karts at ZBT, call Rick for a • Dinner. We'll be having an old-fashioned bathrooms are private and cleanl at PKT's mo 'e night. from the house. ride at 232-3257 and hang out with the brothers here while you take up a late Thanksgiving dinner, complete with 7:00 - PhI Beta EpsIlon - 8:00 - La Casa - LA CASA IS BEGINNING 9:09 - Theta Detta Chi - Get ready to feel night snack. Oon't forget we have a turkey and all the trimmings. Try a Phi SUNDAE's, make your own SUNDAE! ALL ITS SHOW OF GREAT LATIN the bass beach trip and laser tag tomorrow. Sig specialty. Call for a ride, 267-2199 you can eat ice cream. We'll provide hot MOVIES ... COME KICK IT WITH US AS WE 9:14 - Fenway Hou - How many 6:00 - saema Nu - Dinner ... have you ever fudge, caramel, nuts, whip cream, RElAX ADMIRING THE AWESOME VIEW Fenbeings can we tie together? Come 10:33 - Womens'lndependent Uvlng seen a ten foot submarine? How about cherries, strawberries. and toppings. FROM OUR LOUNGE AND WAITING FOR play Twister and find out. 437-1043 Group - I'm tired of typing our phone numbers. Prove how resourceful you are five ofthem ?!?! (Seriously, how well Come before it's all gone! THE ICE CREAM SUNDAES!!! COME TO 9:17 - Random Hall - Come to our and give us a call. cooked will that steak and lobster be?) 7:00 - SICma ChI- Steak and Lobster at OUR LOUNGE, 5TH flOOR OF HOUSE 3, roofdeck to take part in an alternate 6:00 - Theta Chi - Hungry for some Italian Sigma Chi. Call 262-3192 for a ride NEW HOUSE. reality where instead of dying, River 10:38 - pika - Swing go up. Swing go down. Swing go up ... Hey! I can fly ... food? Come on over and we'll take you 7:00 - Theta XI- Casino' Night - Do you 8:00 - Zeta Beta Tau - Come by and go Phoenix grows up to be Harrison Ford; Whoops. Come relive childhood out on the town. Call us at 267-1801 if feel lucky? Test your luck during CASINO on a trip for Go-Karts with us. The quicker it's Indiana Jones and the last Crusade. moments in the playgrounds of you need a ride. NIGHT for fabulous prizes and fun (or you get to ZBT the quicker you jump on a 9:17 - La Ca .. - GET HYPER WITH SOME Cambridgeport. Call 492-6983 and get in 6:00 - Zeta Beta Tau - Italian Buffet- How whatever we can get with the remains of go-kart. There will also be arcade games ICE CREAM SUNDAES FIXED UP WITH line for the slide. . does Chicken Parmigiana, pasta, and the Rush budget). and other thrills for you to indulge in. Call ALL THE TOPPINGS YOU WANT AT LA Rick for rides at 232-3257 11:00 - McCormick - DOOR PRIZES great Italian deserts sound. Were having 7:00 - Student House - Want to come CASA WHILE WATCHING A GOOD MOVIE. GIVEN AWAY! $50 gift oertificates to an Italian Buffet at ZBT with everything shoot pool with us? Come on by and 8:01 - Fenway House - A stealth raid by OUR LOUNGE IS ON THE 5TH flOOR OF ... (where? i forgot.) made from scratch. It's like youre we'll take you along. the secret ninjas in the house seizes the HOUSE 3, NEW HOUSE. favorite italian restaurant only better. TV and VCR to broadcast Anime 11:00 - Burton-Connor - We'll tell you what 7:00 - SIgma Nu - Comedy Connection. 9:29 - Womens' Independent Uvlnc Call Rick for rides at 232-3257 (Japanese animation) to the masses. being at MIT is REAllY about and what See Boston's top Stand-Up Comedians. Group - Are you craving some Black Come be part of the revolution (or just it's like to live in a suite system. Come to 6:03 - pika - Come raise your cholesterol See historic Faneuil Hall and Quincy Forest Cake? Or maybe you want a piece sit and watch Anime with us). 437-1043 our Meet-The-Upperclassmen Social! at pika. Rich, creamy, buttery dinner Market while we are there. of Fruit Tarte? How about White 8:02 - Fenway House - yoroshikattara, Chocolate Mousse? Stop by wilg for Phone 253-3261 for assistance or come cooked by Alexxx and company. Trust us, 7:'00 - PhI Kappa Theta - Go Kart Krash! fenway house e ani me 0 mi ni some desserts and music. Speed over to Burton-Conner, 410 Memorial Dr. it's good. There's always vegetarian 00 you think you're fast enough? Well irasshyatte itadakitain desu. denwa to the'treats in a van if you call 253- 11:00 - New House - Read lOpm! food, too. 492-6983. let's see what you can handle. ippon de doko de omachininatte ite mo 6799 or 354-1263. 11:00 - senior House - Ross UPPert 6:03 - Womens' Independent Uvlng 7:00 - Zeta Beta Tau - Come by and go omukae ni mairimasu kara denwa 9:30 - PhI Delta Theta - If you're tired out Memorial Alumni Story Hour Haus lore Group - Seating has begun for our on a trip for Go-Karts with us. The okakeninatte kudasaranai deshyou ka? from the days activities, relax and come from Back In The Day. Have some milk dinner theater production of the 6th quicker you get to ZBT the quicker you denwabango wa 437-1043 desu. mike shoot some pool with us at the and graham crackers and learn about annual Mystery Cafe! What's better-the jump on a go-kart.There will also be wa 'zetlai kite mite kure' tle moosimasu. entertainment megaplex, Jillians. Call our house's venerable history. And food or the acting? You be the judge. arcade games and other thrills for you 8:22 - Tau Epsilon Phi - You'll laugh, 247-8691 for a rid~. maybe Fox In Sox. Call quick for a ride - 253-6799 or 354- during your time there. Call Rick for rides YOU'll cry, you'll throw rotten vegetables 1263. ' at 232-3257 9:30 - PhI Kappa Theta - PKT Roofdeck 11:11 - East Campus - MMallrats. Is the at the actors (rotten vegetables Ice Cream under the stars! Come cookie stand part of the food court? Find 6:06 - Number 6 Club - around the world 7:03 - Epsilon Theta - ROAD RAlL YE provided). It's TEP's 22nd Annual Crock sample the bounty of our scrumptious out- more movies in the elegant Talbot in 20 dishes. come and savor the no.6 CONTINUES. "I think we took a wrong club with amazing food from every corner Opera! Critically acclaimed! "I couldn't rootdeck sundae bar. Fresh ice cream loungel , turn along here somewhere .... believe it'" -Ripley "This isn't art ... it's a of the world. from a great local dairy! 11:13 - La Casa - GET AWAY FROM All 7:05 - pika - Can't talk. Eating. Call 492- crock!" -N.Y. Times. Dial 262-5090 9:30 - PI Lambda Phi - Pi Lam Party - THE CHAOS AND CONFUSION, COME 6:15 - Nu Delta - SALMON DINNER. Give 6983 for a mouthful. us a ring and we'll pick you up (437- 8:27 - La Casa - COME AND ENJOY I:.IVEBAND=85 a REAL band. a REAL RElAX AND WATCH A MOVIE WITH THE 7:10 - Nu Delta - BOAT CRUISE. Relax on WATCHING A GREAT LATIN MOVIE WHILE 7300). LIVE band. Not only are these guys COOL PEOPLE AT LA CASA!!! GET SOME a tour of the Charles River and Boston MAKING YOUR OWN ICE CREAM living, breathing, people, they're good, 6:17 - La Casa - SPANISH HOUSE IS LATE-NIGHT SNACKS WHILE YOU'RE AT IT! J-Iarbor. Give us a ring and we'll pick you SUNDAE AT SPANISH HOUSE! ANISHING OFF THE LAST OF THE too. Fancy that. LIVE BAND. Call: 267- 11:17 - Random Hall- Movies, food, and up (437-7300). 8:30 - La Malson Francalse - Soiree de ROCK' SNACKS AND DRINKS .... COME DRINK good company. Come watch Ghost in the 7:10 - PI Lambda PhI- Get Primitive: Eat cinema francais! Venez coir Ie film: Au SOME BEFORE THEY'RE ANISHED!!! IF 9:30 - Sigma Chi - Coine watch one of Shell on our giant roofdeck screen. It's 'at Pi Lam's Barbarian Feast. 'We're Revoir les Enfants du metteur en scene YOU'RE FULL ALREADY JUST CHILL AND 80ston's finest stand-up comics, playing anime. It's Sci-fi. It's cool. What else do rapidly evolving back into civilized Louis Malle. Une film classique d'un LISTEN TO SOME GOOD LATIN MUSIC. live at Sigma Chi Call 262-3192 for a you want? people, so hurry and call 267-ROCK. garcon juif qui assiste soudainement a 6:22 - Fenway House - Hello. Department ride 11:23 - Epsilon Theta - ROAD RALLYE 7:15 - Nu Delta - BOAT CRUISE. Relax on une ecole catholique en essay ant of Redundancy Department. Hello. 9:34 - Epsilon Theta - ROAD RALLYE CONTINUES. "Maine! At least we're back d'echapper Ie gestapo au Deuxieme a tour of the Charles River and Boston CONTINUES. "Instructibns for crossing in the right country now ... 6:22 - Tau Epsilon PhI - Wake up from Harbor. Give us a ring and we'll pick you Guerre Mondiale. your siesta and have a Mexican Dinner the Canadian Border. ..• 11:30 - Alpha Epsilon PI- S'mores and up (437-7300). ' 8:30 - French House - Night at the French at TEP! Cal 26 -,50 nd 'II release 9:37'- East Campus - .Clerks" THIRTY- More! AEPi 247-3170. Made from the , ~ '> - " a 11 - ~. 7:20 - Nu Delta - BOAT-tRUISE, Relax on '';1 ~i"~ll!al Q~e \V,~tc./)Au.Revo\t I-es one of.~u~.waF)(Y van (I ~r ,o,colfect SEVEN!? ' best guys on Earthl < a tour 'of tti Chane's'Rlver' nd B Ston Enfants.'(directed by Louis Malle.) A you. • I I' 11:30 - Pl Lambda PhI- The party is still . H,l'rbor. Give us a rlrig and we'll pick you French classic film. A young Jewish boy 10:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight on fire at PiLam. In a figurative sense, of 6:30 ,..Alpha Epsilon PI - High class on . up (437.7300). , su'ddenly enrolls in a Catholic boarding 10:00 - Alpha Delta Phi":' Rock! Roll! Dust the high seas. Join us for dessert, music school to escape the gestapo in World course. The LIVE BAND is still tearing 7:21 - Epsilon Theta - ROAD RALLYE Up! is playing for YOU, live from our back and fun aboard the AEPi Harbor'Cruise War II times. Que'stions? x86388. apart the stage (also in a figurative CONTINUES .• Effingham Falls. and tour the sights of Boston ... a three- patio. We'd have them play in the Hot sense) you really don't want to miss it. Population: 10.' 8:30 - PI Lambcta PhI - Big Shindig at Pi hour tour. For a great time, call 247- Tub room, but they say' electronics don't 267-ROCK for a ride .. woo-hool Lam - LIVE BAND. Let me say that 3170. . 7:2~ - Tau Epsilon PhI - Only one hour to dig it. Come have fun: 57&ADPHI-BAND again. LIVE BAND. It's like a mantra. 11:58 - Fenway House - Come lounge on go before the legendary Crock Opera. (57&2792) for transport. 6:30 - La Malson Francalse - La Maison LIVE BAND .. LIVE BAND .. LIVE BAND .. our overgrown plaid amoeba. Call 437- Get your arse over to TEP so you can get 10:00 - Burton-Connor - We'll tell you Francaise - .Diner a La Maison Mmmm, I feel better 'already. Call: 267- 1043 for a pseudopod. a good seat, or call the TEP Arse what being at MIT is REALLY about and Francaise! Boeuf Bourgignon, Tomates 4935 Retrieval Squad at 262-5090'- Farcies, asperge, tartes aux mures et what it's like to live in a suite system. Midnight and Beyond 8:30 - Phi Sigma Kappa - Ice Rink. We'll pommes ... Mangez avec nous et 7:25 - Nu Delta - BOAT CRUISE. Relax on Come to our Meet-The-Upperclassmen 12:00 - MacGregor - Have you had be playing pickup hockey and, in some decouvrez Ie genre de diner typique a la a 'tour of the Charles River and Boston Sociall Phone 253-326;1 for assistance enough?? We don't care, eat more. cases, learning to "Skate at BU's hockey Maison Francaise,. Recontrez aussi les Harbor. Give us a ring and we'll pick you or come to Burton-Conoer, 410 Memorial Have some more burgers and hot dogs rink. We'll even provide the skates!. Call gens 'qui habitent a la Maison Francaise, up (437-7300). Dr. and chill at MACGREGOR's Eternal for a ride, 267-2199 Questions? x86388. 7:30 - Nu Delta - BOAT CRUISE. Relax on 10:00 - Epsilon Thetar ROAD RALLYE BBQ. 8:30 - Theta ChI- We're going to Boston 6:30 - French House - A Traditional a tour of the Charles River and Boston CONTINUES. And the winner is ... 12:03 - Spanish House - GET A TOUR OF Billiards. Come along and shoot some • French House Dinner! Boeuf Bourgignon, Harbor. Give us a ring and we'll pick you 10:00 - MacGregor - CHOCOLATE LA CASA. STAY FOR A MOVIE. 5TH pool with the brothers. Need a ride? Call ., Stuffed Tomatoes, Asparagus, ' up (437-7300). FONDUE. Fresh FRUIT. MACGREGOR. flOOR OF HOUSE 3. 267-1801. Blackberry and Apple pie ... COn;le eat 7:30 - Phi Kappa Slim- - Play some pool One more time, do it again 12:41 - Spanish House - COME CHILL 8:33 - Fenway House - Fun, games and with us - find out what sort of. meal we and video games at Jillians • 10:00 - New House - It's never too late to WITH THE PEOPLE AT SPANISH HOUSE witty banter. 437-1043 enjoy every day. Meet the people of La 7:37 - Russian House - Dinner Le Grand. join us at New House. We enjoy the AS WE'RE RElAXING WATCHING SOME 8:36 - Number Club -live jazz at cafe Maison Francaise. In French House (in Food may be served:). Join us for a 6 company. GREAT MOVIES!!I New House.) Questions? x86388. six. end the weekend on a smooth note. traditional Russian dinner ... Jt's a great 10:00 - Phi Kappa Sigma - See the 12:45 - East Campus - The final enjoy the music, coffee and sweets. 6:30 - Nu Delta - SALMON DINNER- Gi.ve opportunity to meet the residents ... and astounding, and hilarious, Amazing installment- .Chasing Amy" watch as us a ring and we'll pick you up (437- it's MANDATO~Y for prospective' 8:55 - Next House - Watch movies on our Vincent, one of the world's only X-rated the characters oome together 7300). . members. Enjoy the conversation, the 3.5 story screen in our courtyard, line-up hypnotists • 12:55 - Next House - Hungry after the jokes and, last but certainly not least, to probably include: an animated short, 6:30 - PhI Kappa Sigma - Enjoy a ' 10:00 - PhI Kappa Theta - PKT Roofdeck movies? Stop by the kitchen for a filling the home-cooked Russian food and 80's comedy, and an action movie. sumptous Italian Buffet prepared by our IceCream under the stars! Come sample breakfast of pancakes (w/ chocolate dinosaurs. Swedish chef Andre 9:00 - Alpha Delta Phi - The Cafe the bounty of our scrumptious roofdeck chips :», eggs, bacon, etc. We don't Thursday continues, and the hit band, 6:30 - PI Lambda PhI - We're now starting 7:38 - Russian House - Dinner is a sundae bar! Fresh ice cream from a stop til the sun comes UP. tradition we all cherish. Prepared and Dust Up! is getting ready to play. Come to make pigs of ourselves at the great local dairy! 1:00 - MacGregor -It's still goingl Eat digested from start to finish by residents on -listen to poetry, sing us a song, tell Barbarian Feast. Pick up a hunk of meat 10:00 - PI Lambda Phi - We're rockin'the burgers and hot dogs and chill at and social members, it is not only a us a story, or just enjoy the show. Dial (or manly vegetarian alternative) and join house h.ere at Pi Lam with our LIVE MACGREGOR's Eternal BBQ. 576-ALPHADELTS (576-2792) for rides. us. Call Pi lambda Phi: 267-ROCK delicious meal, but a social event, a BAND and uhh, well, our LIVE BAND. 1:17 - Random Hall - Watch City Of Lost chance for all of us to get together no 9:00 - Alpha Tau Omega - Live Band 6:30 - Zeta Beta Tau - We still got that 267-ROCKI Children on the roofdeck. Must be seen m~tter how bUSy the day gets. Party. Alpha Tau Omega. great Italian Buffet going on at ZBT the 10:00 - Student House - Discover a to be believed. A phantasmagoric fairy- 7:39 - Russian House - Dinosaurs, aka only noo-pledging powerhouse of 9:00 - Baker House - If you're not tired constant in Student House life - tale world of cyclops, intelligent fleas, dinos-1)Bugs Bunny of the 90's, only yet, come on over to BAKER to unwind excellence. Be sure to stick around for Chocolate Parties. Our record is 17 strongmen, siamese twins. clones, purple. Often needs a bigger box. 2) with some movies, ice cream, popcorn an exciting Go-Kart and Arcade different chocolate desserts, but we're children, and dreams. French with Mostly sentient, nocturnal carbon-based and other good stUff. adventure afterwards. Call Rick for Rides always striving to top it. But, please, subtitles, not like you care. at 232-3257 life forms, who have oirce selected the 9:00 - East Campus - Movie Marathon! save us from days of eating nothing but 1:17 - Spanish House - GET AWAY FROM Russian House as their habitat, and The amazing Kevin Smith Trilogy - 6:30 - Zeta Psi - Get some old fashioned leftover chocolate - come over and ALL THE CHAOS AND CONFUSION, despite receiving their MIT diplomas, .Clerks:" a chilling vision of life after Cajun food at the world famous House of devour your share! , COME RElAX AND WATCH A MOVIE have been drawn here ever since. graduation; "Mallrats:" come see the Blues in Harvard Square. 10:00 - Theta Delta Chi - Shalako, WITH THE COOL PEOPLE AT LA CASAl!! • 7:45 - East ~.ampus - See how it all sailboat!; "Chasing Amy:" Silent Bob 6:47 - Random Hall- Major D'ohl is all organizer of the Redlight raves which GET SOME LATE-NIGHT SNACKS WHILE began! Watch Santa and Jesus duke it finally speaks! 'set to lead the Caffeine Tours. Come rocked Boston earlier in the year, and YOU'RE AT ITlLA CASA HOUSE 3 out - .The Spirit of Christmas"'and early discover the best place to get your 9:00 - La Malson Francais&- Vive Ie Caserock, spin the freshest of house LOUNGE. episodes of "South Park" in the posh Dessert! Crepes, glace. faites votre caffeine fix on campus. If we're lucky, and jungle beats, flanked by intelligent 3:17 - Random Hall - Hungry after all Talbot Lounge. propre fondant. A Maison francaise ~ Captain Jolt will make a special La lights and half a ton of speakers. those tours? Come to our second official 7:56 - EpsIlon Theta - ROAD RAllYE (a House.) Questions?: K86388 appearance. (Hey. everyone has their New 10:01 - La Casa - GETIING SLEEPY? night of Orange Tour feasting, whether CONTINUES. "Welcome to New physics nerds.) 9:00 - French House- . Vive la Dessert! COME CHECK OUT IF SPANISH HOUSE you're returning from a tour or just Hampshire." 6:55 - Alpha EpsIlon PI - You're ship's Crepes, ice 'Cream, fudge making. In IS STill SERVING UP THOSE GONNA- pretending to be. Free breakfast, your about to, set sail! Ride the wave to 8:00 p"m. - 10:00 p"m" French House (in New GET-YOU-REALLY-HYPER SUNDAES. AND fellow classmates wearing black, what's AEPi's Boston Harbor Cruise. Better yet, House.)Questions?: 1l86388. STAY TO WATCH A MOVIE UNTIL IT not to like? 8:00 - Alpha DeIJa PhI - The Cafe we'll pick you upl Call 247-3170. 9:00 - MacGreIor - CHOCOLATE RlNDUE. WEARS OFF WHILE YOU'RE AT IT. Thursday at ADP is finally here! Shall I 3:47 - RMMIom H I - Time for a Rumble Fresh FRUIT. MACGREGOR. let's get 10:08 - Fenway House - Silvafn's still at 7:00 - MKGreCor - MORE FREE FOODI part my hair behind? 00 I dare to eat a in the Bronxl Jackie Chan will grace our messy babylll it @ _~ M~e and more Anime!!! Come by Eat burgers and hot dogs and chill at peach? 00 you want to read us roofdeck screen with plenty of kicks, and watch. 437.1043 for a ride. MACGREGOR's Eternal BBQ. something? Want to just hang out and 9:00 - New House - Why get up? Keep punches, and gravity-defylng manuevers. 7:00 - Alpha Delta PIlI - DIMe" enjoy? Free ride: 576-PRUFROCK (57& relaxing with people from New House. 10:22 - Tau EpsIlon PIII- Yuppie Ice Inside we've got more movies, more continues, but lol Made weak by time 2792). People who are late are always Cream in the Back Bay Come on over caffeine. and plenty of breakfast If you're welcomed. still hungry. and fate, (and final exams) but strong In • 8:00 - Baker House - MOVIES and ICE- and ooosu~ metric buttloads of ice cream the company of more BMWs will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to CREAM Come on over to BAKER tor 9:00 - PIlI Delta TIMtta - Night on the in 4:32 - EpsIlon Theta - ROAD RAll YE than anywhere else. Call 262-5090 yield. The Mil spirit goes literaryl Call some movies and ice cream and relax Town. Come fora free, guided, insider's tor .f1NISHESI "Hey, where did everybody 57&TENNYSON(57&2792)f~ tour of Boston. By T and by foot, the some J.P. Uckin'. go?" Page 12 ugu 30,1998

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II Day buttermilk,blueberry.chocolatfH:hip and 9:30 - PI Lambda PhI - Sunday at Pi Lam Reaching for the stars. Need a boost? descriptions) or if you're an earty bird fruit varities. to combinations that you is a legendary. incredible event. The Try stilts with Max. Try making stilts with grab a sandwich from our sandwich Epsilon Theta - Come over to relax, meet create such as applfH:innamon. Call aftershock will be felt for miles. Be at Max. Try making Max out of stilts. Call feast. Call Rick for rides at 232-3257 some people, have a house tour, and be Rick for Rides at 232-3257 the epicenter for to infamous Trolley 492-6983 for a ride. 11:01 - Independent as random as you like. Call us at 734- Womens' I.MnC Tour. 267-4935 10:11- Campus - Take one of our Group - HURRY UP!!! We're leavi~ for a 9211 or 3-8888 for a ride. 8:03- 0'1 Uv East Group - Put on your sneakers. It's time 9:30 - La Casa - BREAKFAST IS STILL super-fun, Sl1'persquishy tours! And out Picnic on the Boston Commons right now. ext Hou e - Stop by any time throughout for jogging. walking, bouncing. and self- GOING ON AT LA CASA. COME MEET what a furry fish is and collect tickets for Or stop by and solve your contactability the day for a tour of our dorm. torture of many varied ilks. We've got a SOME OF THE COOL PEOPLE WHO LIVE the camival! problems with a Message Board of your Refreshments provided for your Down-Home Breakfast being served HERE AND HAVE SOME GREAT FOOD AT 10:15 - u Detta - PAINTBALL. Guns, own conception and execution! We"1Icome enjoyment. soon, too - just like grandma's! We'll THE SAME TIME. mud, and no repercussions. Come on get you if you call 253-6799 or 354-1263. Next House - Billie and Eric's cheesecake still be serving when you jogging folk 9:30 - Th ChI- Just wake up? Don't over Rambo. Give us a ring and we'll 11:06 - Fenway House - Tie-Dyeing! supply is dwindling - - quick, finish it off return ... CaJl 253-6799 or 354-1263. worry, you're not too late for our Steak pick you up (437-7300). We're dyeing to meet you. We have T- before they make more. 8:05 - Ze Beta Tau - You thought ZBT and Eggs Breakfast. Just call 267-1801 10:20 - Nu Detta - PAINTBALL. Guns, shirts, socks and dyes_ 437-1043 Theta Chi - Stop by anytime today for a just had pancakes! Nope we have if you need a ride. mud. and no repercussions. Come on 11:15 - PI Lambda Phi - For a good time. house tour. Call 267-1801 if you need a potatoes, sausages. bacon, bagels. 9:37 - Russian House - Alternative over Rambo. Give us a ring and we'll call 267-4935 - Pi Lambda Phi's Trolley ride. donuts, eggs, juices, coffee, danishes, breakfast: you pick it-you eat it. pick you up (437-7300). Tour of Boston, Wellesley, and other muffins. fruit, and other breakfast 5:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Raspberry season is almost over, so 10:22 - Tau Epsilon PhI - Coffee Hour. women's schools in the area. delights. Also, Our cook will make up come pick raspberries with us before you Mmmm ... Donuts! We do this every week 11:15 - Theta Detta Chi - Experience an 5:00 - French House - Baking for fresh omelettes. Everything will be made miss your chance! to wake up Sunday mornings. Come steal Adrenaline RUSH. Paint the whole town breakfast begins ... fresh French bread by our cook. Karen. Call Rick for Rides at the comics 'and slam Ask Marilyn with us! of Randolph red as you duke it out over and crepes! 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon 232-3257 Call 262-5090 for a ride. a paintball match. Winners get to be 5:22 - Tau Ep lion PhI - Catfish fishing in 10:00 - Phi Delta Theta - Boat Cruise. Join 8:15 - pi a - Feel like you've been 10:24 - pika - pika: probably incoherent Winnebago Warriors and drive through the Charles! Don't worry, if it's a boot or wearing the same clothes all week? us for a boat ride in the Boston Harbor as kale addicts. 492-6983 several Boston campuses. a body, we'll eat what you catch! Don't wash them! Buy a new wardrobe! we head out to St. George's Island. Then 10:30 - Nu Delta - PAINTBALL. Guns, 11:20 -Phi Beta Epsilon - .... * FRESH 7:55 - Next House: Before you run out for Come writhe in piles of cheap clothing at relax on the picturesque island or explore mud, and no repercussions. Come on FRUIT SMOOTHIES, strawberries, another day on the 'Tute, grab a quick dollar-a-pound! Scoot to the second-hand he historical fort nestled within its over Rambo. Give us a ring and we'll cherries, banana,orange! breakfast of fruit, cereals, and bagels. clothing store with pikans. 492-6983. shores. Call 247-8691 for a ride. pick you up (437-7300). 11:29 - East Campus - Pondering answers 10:00 - Alpha Delta Phl- FUEL. You need 7:59 - East Campus - Come have 8:17 - Random Hall - Regress back to to deep philosophical questions? - When fuel. Later today, ADP has a canoe trip, a 10:30 - PI Lambda Phl- Pi lambd~ Phi's breakfast at FRED. Plenty of food for you your youth (be it years ago or just last a tree falls in the woods with no one paintball game, and a Cafe Thursday, so Trolley Tour. It's been a blast for longer - everyone else is still asleep! week) and come enjoy sugary breakfast there to hear it, is there a sound? What's if you haven't had breakfast yet, come on than any of us can remember, and we've foods while watching Saturday morning happening at EC? How many licks DOES 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. over! Dial 576-TEA-EARL-GREY-HOT (576- never been arrested ... yet. Call 267-ROCK cartoons in the front lounge. Saturday it take?Cali x89780 and find out! 8:00 - Alpha Delta Phl- Brothers Pierre, cartoons 7 days a week in Random! 2792) for priority transportation. 10:30 - Theta ChI - Outdoor Paintball (limited space). We're leaving in thirty 11:30 - Alpha Tau Omega - Canoeing in Henri, and mission specialist Robert 8:36 - Number 6 Club - gourmet breakfast. 10:00 - Baker House - Breakfast at Baker minutes, so come on over or call us for a Concord. Alpha Tau Omega, (pronounced without the 'f) woke up at fortify your stomach for a day of fun at continues. Now that we're slightly more ride at 267-1801 .• 11:37 - Russian House - Russian 4:30 to prepare a danish and croissant nO.6. crepes, omelettes,cofee, and more. awake, come by to say hi and stay for a breakfast. So get out of bed and come 10:33 - Womens' Independent Uvlng Cartoons (Group Session: make your 9:00 - Alpha Delta Phi - Danish and tour of our awesome, newly remodeled eat It! Call 576-FRANCOIS-ESCARGOT Group - Engage in the great Soda/Pop own English subtitles - Russian fluency Croissant Breakfast.} Stop by and pick dormJ. (576-2792) for a ride! Debate at our Picnic on the Boston is not needed or helpful:) This will be our up some croissants for breakfast! Drink 10:00 - Burton-COMor - We offer tours Commons. Open a can of, um, tribute to Mystery Science Theatre 3000 8:00 - Alpha Epsilon PI - Just like IHOP, high-brow tea! Feel sophisticated! Get throughout the day, so come and check refreshing carbonated beverage. and go and Beavis and Butthead. but free. AII-you-can-eat Breakfast at your sugar fix. Call 576-RISE-AND-SHINE us out! We're one of the most for a cruise on the Swan Boats. We 11:38 - pika - Trying to ~each new neights AEPi. We're awake, give us a ring at (576-2792) for a ride. interesting dorms and offer great rooms 247-3170 leave in half an hour, call for a ride at in life? Try six foot three. Stilt making 9:00 - Epsilon Theta - HIKING TRIP. Get arranged in the homey suite system. 253-6799 or 354-1263. and walking. at pika. Call 492-6983 and 8:00 - Baker House - AWAKE out of the city and explore the beautiful Phone 253-3261 for assistance or come 10:36 ~ Epsilon Theta - Just stumbling a van on stilts will come pick you up. ALREADY??? Well so are we we think??? Blue Hills with the Epsilon Theta strike to Burton-Conner, 410 Memorial Dr. out of bed? That'S quite all right! There's 11:45 - Theta Delta Chi - For the less Stop on by BAKER for some bagels and force. Great scenery and more action 10:00 - Chi Phi - PAINTBALL with Chi Phi. . plenty of food left. Join us for Breakfast, sadistic folk, party at Pete's Lakehouse. donuts and stay for a tour. than a Kung Fu flick. Give us a ring at 3- Head out w1th our team of seasoned the Ongoing Morning Activity. Call 3- Water-skiing, BBQ, Boating, Volleyball 8:00 - Burton-Connor - Got up early 8888 and we'll pick you up. field paintballers. Appropriate dress: 8888 for a ride. the possibilities are limitless. today? Don't worry, we have breakfast 9:00 - German House - Breakfast outdoor shoes, jeans, and an old T-shirt. on the table for you-pancakes! Come on 10:36 - NLmber 6 Club - manchester 11:55 - Next House - Play Volleyball, 9:00 - Deutsches Haus - Fruhstiick Ort: 10:00 - Chi Phi - There's still time to go over and have a solid breakfast among beach. sun, soccer, volleyball, frisbee, and hang out, and make your own sandwhich Deutches Haus (New House 6, erste PAINTBALLING with Chi Phi. good company. Phone 253-3261 for of course, food. vans leave no.6 every 1/2 at our Deli Bar. Etage) 10:00 - German House - Raspberry assistance or come to Burton-Conner, hour until 12:36. in case of rain, join us 9:00 - PhI Beta Epsilon- ••••• Picking! Raspberry season is almost 12:00 noon - 2:0Q p.m. 410 Memorial Dr. for the isabella stewart gardner museum over, so come pick raspberries with us BREAKFAST, full continental breakfast! housed in a beautiful fifteenth century 12:00 - Alpha Delta Phi - Westward Hol 8:00 - Burton-Connor - Yep, we start our before you miss your chance! Departure: You tell us how you want it done. How venetian palace in boston. The canoe trip lauches at high noon - movies early, but those who love movies around 10:00 from the Student Center does Belgium waffles topped with fresh hurry! Barbeque lunch is also a understand. Our movie marathon is back Back: around 12:30 10:37 - Russian House - Breakfast - strawberries sound? CREPES anyone? happening thang; if you need energy in action, and you can come anytime to enjoy the delicious "bliny s vareniem" , 10:00 - Deutsches Haus - after an exhausting/y fun Rush morning, enjoy our extensive collection! Phone 9:00 - Phi Kappa Sigma - Have a gourmet and our famous Russian kasha. Chat Hinbeerpflucken. Die Hinbeer Saison ist ADP is the place to be. Call 576- 253-3261 for assistance or come to buffet breakfast, with everyone favorite with the house residents ... Gather your fast voruber. Kommen sie mit uns um LUNCHTIME (576-2792) for a ride. Burton-Conner, 410 Memorial Dr. dishes bacon, eggs, sausage and strength-for the make-your-own-subtitles welche zu pflucken vor sie aile chocolate chip pancakes cartoon session at 11:37 or the nature 12:00 - Baker House - BAKER CARNIVAL 8:00 - Epsilon Theta - BREAKFAST! veschwunden sind! Abfahrt: etwa 10:00 9:00 - Phi Kappa Theta - Helena's trip at 12:37. Miniature golf, electronic games. water You're up bright and early! Come over for vom Student Center. Zuruck: etwa 12:30 balloons, sno cones, prizes Who cares if crepes topped with your favorite fruit. banana pancakes. Helena's- famous 10:44 - Tau Epsilon Phi - Come on a 10:00 - Fenway House - Green Eggs and you're in college now, you can still act like Call us at 734-9211 or MIT extention 3- fresh fruit pancakes. The perfect wake Canoe Trip way up the Charles. See the Ham. I like them, Sam I am! Call for a a kid. Hey, we do!! Drop by for a 8888 for a ride. up after a hard first day of Rush! colossal Man-Eating Rounder and feel ride. or be denied. 437-1043 the propulsive power of a sleek 17 foot CARNIVAL anp BARBECUE the Baker way. 8:00 - La Malson Francalse - Le Petit 9:00 - Student House - Sunday morinings 10:00 - La Malson Francalse - Venez canoe. Call 262-5090 for a ride, and 12:00 - Burton-Connor - Ready for some Dejeuner aux crepes commence! Crepes, were made for big breakfasts. cueillir des framboises! Nous allons don't forget your Speedo. fun outside? Come for our Picnic and pain frais, fruits, crepes, nutella, crepes, 9:00 - La Casa - COME AND HAVE cuellir des framboises fraiches! Elles Carnival! Trust me, you won't regret it. cafe, chocolat chaud, et crepes. Venez BREAKFAST AT LA CASA !!!! WE'RE 10:45 - Alpha Epsilon PI - Problem sets seront bientot hors saison, alors Phone 253-3261 for assistance or come manger! (regardez I'activite de 5hOO). HAVING WAFFlES, PANCAKES, FRUITS, coming soon? Don't act your age, mangez-en maintenant. Rendez vous au to Burton-Conner, 410 Memorial Dr. Continuant jusqu' a midi. AND OTHER GREAT STUFF, RUNNING playing mini-golf, arcade games and Student Center ou a New House. Nous TILL 11. DON'T MISS IT!!! FIRST FLOOR bumper boats with AEPi. Call us up, we 12:00 - Burton-Connor - Get a free T-shirt 8:00 - French House - Crepes breakfast reviendrons vers 12h30. want you to be there! 247-3170 and an opportunity to tie-dye your shirt! begins! Crepes, fresh bread, fruit, OF HOUSE 3, NEW HOUSE. 10:00 - La Malson Francalse- Fresh Arst come, first serve-and we only have - crepes, nutella, crepes, coffee, hot 9:00-'12:00 - Sigma Nu - Breakfast of 10:45 - PI Lambda Phi - Never seen, raspberries and cream, anyone? We're 30 T-shirts! Phone 253-3261 for chocolate, and crepes ... Come eat with Champions!! Belgian Waffles(strawberry, Boston? Even if you have. you've never goin' a raspberry picking! (and bringing assistance or come to Burton-Conner, us! We'll keep going until noon ... unless banana, blueberry, and cherry toppings), seen it like this. Pi Lam's incredible along cream and sugar ... ) Meet at New 410 Memorial Dr. we eat all the food first. omellettes, pancakes, french toast, Trolley Tour. 267-4935 House or Student Center. Call French sausage, and BACON, BACON BACON, 12:00 - East Campus - We put the 8:00 - MacGregor - Start your day at HouSe at x86388 for directions/info. 10:45 - La Casa - CATCH THE LAST OF CARNAL back in CARNivAl! Hairdying, MACGREGOR. We've got cereal, fruits, BACON!!!!!!! Wash it down with Rorida THE BREAKFAST AT LA CASA. THE FOOD 10:00 - MacGregor - Don't forget facepainting. cotton candy, jewelry and donuts, milk, juice, bagels and cream orange juice, milk, and Columbian coffee. IS STILL BEING MADE FRESH TO ORDER. breakfast! Start your day at MACGREGOR. candJeholder-making. beanbag and dart cheese for breakfast. 9:00 - Theta Delta Chi - Wake and Bake: EAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT! NEW We've got cereal, fruits, donuts, milk, . tosses, popcorn, snocones, live music, waffles, fruit, pancakes, eggs, bacon, HOUSE, RRST FLOOR, HOUSE 3. 8:00-11:00 - McCormick - ROOTY, juice, bagels and cream cheese. and yes! - our patented, out-of-this-world omelettes, home-fries, french-toast, 10:60 - Student House - Surf the Net ~ TOOTY, FRESH, AND FREE! Breakfast at 'MOONBOUN~E!! crepes and hash. Our chef knows all the 10:00 - New House - Brunch!!! Need I say McCormick In the glass corridor You know what the net is _really- for. mqre? secrets of tasty food preparation. We'll take you to the HOnEST site. It's 12:00 - Epsilon Theta - PICNIC IN THE 8:00 - Phi Delta Theta - Pancake 10:00 - Nu Delta - PAINTBALL. Guns, John's favorite. Yep, that's right: PARK. Come join us in the park down the Breakfast. All the pancakes you can eat 9:00 - Zeta Beta Tau - You have never mud, and no repercussions. Come on www.weather.com street for a lunch of hamburgers and with all the delicious toppings you can experienced breakfast till you've had a over Rambo. Give us a ring and we'll hotdogs. Vegetarian options, too (and imagine. Bacon, sausage, eggs, and ZBT breakfast at the non-pledging 11:00 - Alpha Delta Phl- Canoe! Make pick you up (437-7300). we'll restrain Will this time). Call 3-8888 home fries served on the side. What powerhouse of excellence. Read our 8 reservations on the coveted canoe trip 10:00 - Phi Kappa Sigma - Early morning for a ride. better way to start a fun-filled day? Call a.m entry for a glimpse at the all you can immediately! We'll be underway noonish, sports with basketball at DuPont and 12:00-5:00 - Kappa Sigma - Come along 247-8691 for a ride. eat feast. Call Rick for Rides at 232-3257 so if you're not aboard then, well, YOU'll Sailing on the Charles just see all the OTHER COOL STUFF to Starland Amusement park and have 8:00 - pika - Yay! It's morning and you 9:02 - Womens' Independent Uvlng Group - 10:00 - Student House - Come on over, we're planning! Call 576-DONT-NEED-TO- fun playing mini golf, driving go karts and don't have to sleep anymore! Come have In the Wilg living room we prefer to think of take a house tour, and get ready to go to SWIM (576-2792) for a ride. hitting on the driving range. breakfast with some morning people Sunday as Saturday: The Sequel. And the beach! 12:00 - MacGregor - FREE FOOD! Eat while the rest of us sleep. Call 492- today's CARTOONS are even better - we'll 11:00-4:00 - Kappa Sigma - Go burgers and hot dogs and chill at 6983 for a ride from the sunrisemobile. skip the commercials. Don't forget about 10:00 - Theta XI- George's Island Getaway waterskiing and bathe in thesun. breakfast, we've got that too. Eggs, Bacon, - Come with us to GEORGE'S ISLAND for MACGREGOR's Eternal BBQ, 8:00 - Phi Kappa Theta - Helena's 11:00 - New House - Yummy brunch. Sausage, Hash Browns, Pancakes, Fruit .. _ an afternoon of sports, exploring, and 12:00 - MacGregor - Stop by any time all banana pancakes. Helena's famous There. I've said more. Cali for a ride 253-6799 or 354-1263. scaring the bejesus out of little kids that day for a tour of MACGREGOR. fresh fruit pancakes. The perfect wake 11:00 - Phi Kappa Theta - PKT Charles 9:03 - pika - pika: a three story house in make the mistake of wandering into the up after a hard first day of Rush! River CANOE WAR!!!!!!!!! Come and take 12:00 - MacGregor - Relax and watch a " residential Cambridge. Out neighbors are fort ruins right in front of you. movie at MACGREGOR. Stop by any 8:00 - PI Lambda Phi - PKT's famous Canoe Challenge. Bring a probably still asleep. Come have a relaxing 10:00 - Zeta Beta Tau - Were still serving time, day or night, and pick one of your Goooooooooooooooodmorningclass of towel and an attitude for WAR!! morning. Call 492-6983 for a quiet ride. up those delicious ZBT breakfasts. (See favorite movies to watch from our huge '021. Ring up Pi Lam (267-4935) for a 11:00 - PI Lambda PhI- The Trolley is the 8a.m. description to catch a glimpse video collection. chauffeured (probably in a Dodge 9:10 - Womens' Independent Uvlng pulling out, so get on board. The most Group - A Shopping Trip Anybody Can of the GREATEST BREAKFAST on Daytona) ride to a five-star breakfast of fun you'll ever have on four (or is it six?) 12:00 - New House - If you want to live in Afford!! Come visit the Garment District campus) Even if you have had breakfast cereal, eggs, pancakes, sausage. and wheels. Pi Lambda Phi's renegade a place you'll be more than happy to call with us and rifle amongst cheap vintage come by early so that you can get a spot whatever else our cook. trained in Trolley Tour: 267-ROCK. home, come by New House. and used clothing. Its definitely worth in our PAINTBALL Trip. 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