MIT's The eather Oldest and Largest Today: Partly sunny, 40°F (9°C) Tonight: Mo tly clear 30°F (O°C) ewspaper Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, 40°F (9°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 121, umber 58 02139 Friday ovember 9, 2001 Murphy, Simmons Fill Vacated Cambridge City Council Seats By Harold Fox STAFF REPORTER ewcomers Brian Murphy and Cambridge City Council Denise Simmons won eats on am- bridge' City Council along with all Election Results seven incumbent candidates. Elected/defeated Murphy, a former Democratic Candida;...::..te"-- ~ _ ---=1s:.=..::..t..r1acevotes on count* _ campaign manager, and Simmons, a Anthony D. Gallucio 3,230 1st long time member of the Cambridge Brian Murphy 1,716 1st chool Committee, fill the vacan- Henrietta Davis 1,713 1st cies on the Council left by the Marjorie C. Decker 1,540 9th retirement of Councillors Kathleen Timothy J. Toomey Jr. 1,402 13th Born MAR '77 and Jim Braude. E. Denise Simmons 1,339 13th The Community Preservation Michael A. Sullivan 1,315 2nd Act, the only issue on the ballot, Kenneth E. Reeves 1,141 14th passed with 71 percent of the vote. John Pitkin 1,091 13th David P. Maher 1,017 14th NATHAN COLLIN. THE TECH Murphy elected on first count Etheridge A. King 378 12th An MIT ROTC member marches on the steps of the Student Eric Pugatch, Murphy's cam- Steve Iskovitz 345 11th Center as part of the annual POW/MIA vigil. The vigil paign manager, said that the key to Steven E. Jens 278 10th began Wednesday and went through the night, ending the election was sweat and smiles. Jacob Horowitz 155 8th Thursday morning. "We won, because we worked Robert L. Hall 153 9th really hard for a really long time," Vincent Lawrence Dixon 92 7th he said. "Brian was knocking on Helder Peixoto 69 6th doors since June, and we were James E. Condit III 63 5th holding small coffees. We had a James M. Williamson 58 4th Proposal Would Give midnight mail drop on Monday. ------- Total 17,126 Anyone who offered Brian their vote, we made sure all of them got Winners' names are in boldface. FSILGs Financial Aid a phone call before the election. We were offering rides to the polls * Elections are done using a preferential ballot system. A number of votes By Brian Loux Residential Life and Student Life all day." equal to one-tenth of the ballots cast (1,713) are needed to be elected. When a candidate receives enough votes, his/her surplus votes are redis- ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Program office, presented its draft to Simmons was elected on the tributed to other candidates. If no candidate is elected in a round, the candi- Under a student committee's the !FC President's Council yester- 13th count when fellow Cambridge date with the least votes is eliminated and his/her votes are redistributed. proposal, the Institute would give day. The proposal was loosely based Civic As ociation endorsee FSILGs 80 percent of the fixed on a D cember 1999 report writt n Eth ri g . King was liminated. facility cost for each empty bed and by Lawrence S. Bacow'72 during The CCA, a historically dominant editor of the Cambridge Civic Jour- council seat two years ago. half the fixed facility cost of fifth- his tenure as Chancellor. progressive political organization nal and long time Council watcher. Among the incumbents, Ken- year students filling spaces in the "We want the proposal to the ailing in recent years, managed to "He has an incredible amount of neth Reeves was considered the 2002-2003 school year. administration as pro-student as elect three of its six endorsed candi- support in orth Cambridge. If most vulnerable because of the can- The 2002 financial transition possible," said Kristie A. Tappan dates to the council. there's ever been a guy from Cam- didacy of Simmons another committee drafted the proposal '03, a member of the transition Mayor Anthony Galluccio fol- bridge who has a good shot at higher African American with a large sup- requesting Institute assistance for committee. "We are hoping get a lot lowed up on his trong showing two office, Anthony the guy." port base in Ward 4 around Central fraternities, sororities, and indepen- of student feedback now." years ago with 3,230 first-place MIT alumnus teven E. Jens '98 Square. Reeves was elected on the dent living groups during the period votes, nearly double the number wa eliminated in the tenth count, l3th count. when all freshmen move on campus. Bacow's report u ed as guide received by his nearest challenger. placing him in the final thirteen of "That's one of the thing that The committee, consisting of Bacow's 1999 report, entitled "Galluccio is as powerful now as the nineteen candidates who ran. happens in Cambridge politics," students affiliated with the Interfra- any mayor we have had in the city of Jens' run followed the unsuccessful ternity Council and staff from the Funding, Page 17 Cambridge," said Robert Winters, bid of Erik C. nowberg '99 for a Elections, Page 18 Necco to Close Massachusetts Avenue Factory, Move Operations to Revere By Sandra M. Chung assistant at the Massachusetts be modernized. The renovated ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR Avenue facility, said producing candy factory will be known as the The New England Confectionery candy in Cambridge has become too ecco Technology Center, with a Company is moving out of its his- expensive. "It's time for a change, a character similar to that of the tech- toric facility near Random Hall. The new place," Cordeiro said. nology:firm in Kendall quare. new, larger Necco headquarters ecco has been looking to con- The final move to Revere is located on American Legion High- solidate its Cambridge operations scheduled for May 2003. way about a mile from Wonderland, for the last two years. Cordeiro says the factory might is currently being renovated and lose a number of the workers who outfitted with up-to-date candymak- Factory to become tech center already have a long commute to the ing and assembly line equipment. According to Zembalati, the Mas achu etts venue factory and Marketing manager Lori Zem- Ma sachusetts Avenue factory still' are unwilling to commute an even balati cites two reasons for the move lacks a firm buyer. Zembalati aid longer distance to the Revere facility. to the Revere area. The lease on the the factory's purchaser would likely company's East Cambridge Havi- be a high-tech or biotechnology ecco ba a place in hi tory land facility expires soon, necessi- firm. Two other ecco factories in The ecco company is famou tating a relocation of that branch of Wisconsin and Louisiana will for manufacturing several different ecco. remain unaffected. kinds of distinct candie , including Also the equipment at the facili- According to Zembalati the malted milk ball candy buttons ty, which dates back to 1927, has Ma sachusetts A venue facility "is Mary Janes®, Sweethearts P", ROY ESAKJ-THE TECH become dated Zembalati said. The considered a historic landmark" and Clark® Bars, Haviland® Thin David Nemtzow, president of Alliance to Save Energy, Revere facility is both more spa- , is going to keep it character. Mint , and the self-titled wafer that addresses energy conservation policies during Tuesday's cious and easier to outfit with new Cordeiro say the exterior of the lend their familiar aroma to the area Energy and Climate Symposium. equipment. building and the wooden sign will David Cordeiro, a production rema~n intact, but the interior will Necco, Page 16 ARTS Comics World & ation 2 As You Like Opinion 4 It i a mixed Event Calendar 8 bag. Arts 9 cience 12 Page 9 Page 6 Page 5 Sports 20 Page 2 ORLD & NATION Cipro c on Fee Push Cn Bush Addresses Nation, Urges o of AID rugs 'EWSDAY ngry that the Bush admini tration was willing to force price Commitment Against Terrorism reductions for Bayer's anti-anthrax treatment Cipro, but unwilJing to exercise similar clout to reduce the co t of AID drugs, the leaders of By Mike Allen Hi announced theme was home- half believe the government is pre- 60 poor nation teamed with activi t worldwide to challeng the THE WASHlNGTO POST land defen e, but Bush u ed the pared to prevent future attack. orId Trade Organization meeting Friday in Doha, Qatar. ATLANT oc asion to deliver a broad me age dmini tration official aid they At issue i the organization crucial Trade Related Intellectual Pre ident Bush urging the that ranged from call for personal hoped the addre would help Bush Property agreement, or TRIP, which affect worldwide patent protec- nation to avoid both a state of panic vigilance and community service, to convey his mastery of the war at tions for medicine . _4 and a state of denial, said Thursday a progre s report on anthrax investi- home as succes fully as he framed Prote ters are demanding weeping change in the agreement to night that individual citizens will be gations, to a renewed commitment his goal for the military strikes on allow rival generic manufacturers, on a limited basis, to en di count responsible for personally con- to destroying a ama bin Laden and Afghanistan in his address to Con- ver ions of patented drug for a ho t of disea in poor countrie . fronting terrori m in coming year his al-Qaida terrorist network. gress on Sept. 20. However the pharmaceutical indu try oppo e u h teps, arguing de pite a go emment pledge to pro- Looking relaxed and confident, Since then, the White House has that without a guarantee of high returns on their re earch, they can't tect American soil.