,.. MlT'S' The Weather \ Oldest and Largest Today: Overcast, cool, 48°F (9°C) Tonight: Cloudy, 36°F (30C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Showers, 20°F (-7°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 119, Number 16 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, April 2, 1999 'Click and Clack' Will Deliver 1999 Commencement Speech By Frank Dabek MIT's best-known and best-loved have been pretty serious and 1think NEWS EDITOR graduates." MIT is in serious need of humor." The Tappet brothers, 'Click and Clack,' of National Public Radio's . Student leaders tickled by choice Ray operates Cambridge garage ) Car Talk fame, have been selected Pooja Shukla '99, president of Tom Magliozzi earned a Ph.D. as MIT's next commencement the graduating class, said that Click in management from Boston speakers.. and Clack were a "hilarious pair." University and served as an associ- Known as Tom and Ray Shukla thinks that "the class will ate professor at Suffolk University Magliozzi to those who don't listen be really pleased to have a unique for five years before leaving to take to the show, .the two are graduates and genuinely fun commence- up Car Talk full time. of MIT. Tom Magliozzi graduated ment." She said that the brothers Ray Magliozzi continues to 1. in 1958 with a degree in economics "can speak to the intellectual side operate the Good News Garage in while his brother took a humanities of the audience .as well as the play- Cambridge. degree in 1972. ful side." . Between the two of them, the President Charles M. Vest said, Graduate . Student Council brothers have taken Physics I (8.01) " "We're proud and excited that Tom President Brian 1. Schneider G also a total of four times. and Ray Magliozzi will be returning praised the selection of a humorous Commencement speakers in to their alma mater as speaker: "I'm excited to see a little recent years have included President "/ Commencement speakers." He said humor visit MIT at this year's com- Clinton, David Ho, and UN .that the brothers "rank among mencement. The last couple of years Secretary General Kofi Annan. \.Licensing Board Allows Sigma Nn To Reside inFonner Fiji Honse By Rima Arnaout about the outcome of the hearing, dedicated to their futures." ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR said Nathaniel V., Houle '02, "but Dorow represented MIT in sup- For the first time since Phi we knew we had a strong case, and port of Sigma Nu at Wednesday's Gamma Delta's dormitory license then during the hearing there wasn't hearing. "The tragic history of this was suspended in January 1998 , an really a lot of opposition at all." particular address is one in which MIT fraternity will reside at 28 The Elizabeth Dooley of the Ladies' the members of Sigma Nu had no AJAI BIfARADWAJ-THE TECH 1;' Fenway. Yesterqay, the Boston Guild next door to Sigma Nu was part, and for which they certainly Lanl Rapp '01 avoids a Babson College opponent as she takes Licensing Board granted the MIT "very concerned that people thought bear no responsibility," Dorow said. the ball upfleld Tuesday. chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity a they were a drinking organization. (:. dormitory license to move from 523 They are good neighbors and... are Sigma Nu, Page 18 Newbury Street to 28 The Fenway, . formerly home to Fiji. , The license is cont,ingent upon Barney Frank Promotes Student Political Activity ''-, Sigma Nu'g"maintenance,of its poli- By Frank Dabek , Frank advocated voting and The majority of Frank's remarks sometimes see from the results) do cy that there can 'be no alcohol on NEWS EDITOR other forms of traditional involve- were dedicated to addressing rea- not give a voting test." the premises at any time. The Democracy Teach-Ins con- ment in the democratic process as sons why.students fail to vote. He "I'm very happy for Sigma Nu tinued last night in Rm. 54-100 with the best means of affecting change. systematically proposed and Voting and civil disobedience ': and very happy that the board a talk by Rep. Barney Frank, D.• Frank began by pointing out that debunked common complaints Frank devoted a great deal of allowed them to occupy 28 The Mass 8th. Frank's free-wheeling "most 18 to 21 year olds militantly about the voting system. time to comparing civil disobedi- Fenway," said Neal H. Dorow, and often irreverent speech focuse.d refuse to vote." When students fail Frank addressed concerns that ence to voting. He pointed out that . , adviser to fraternities, sororities, and on encouraging students to vote but to vote they shouldn't be surprised voting is complicated by pointing the great activist movements of this .• independent ljving groups. he also shared his views on gay when they are ignored by politi- out that voting is easier than getting century, led by Ghandi and Martin A hearing to grant the license rights and drug laws.. cians. a driver's license: "we (as you can Luther King Jr. were forced to civil was held Wednesday at Boston City disobedience precisely because the 4 ; Hall. The official decision was made groups were barred from vot!ng. the following day. Such disobedience should be a last Sigma Nu President Justin M. resort, he said. Schmidt '01, Vice-President David Frank said that while many may (: B. Berman '99, and President of the consider voting to be "weak tea" Sigma Nu Alumni House and refuse to vote to punish politi- Corporation Michael D. Plusch pre- cians, such arguments are "nuts." .,i'. sented Sigma Nu's case to the He said that while corporations Licensing Board. may be affected, "demonstrations The mention of 28 The Fenway, rarely affect politicians." Negative the location of the drinking death of demonstrations and "being . t Scott S. Krueger '01, initially attacked by your enemies only brought up concerns on behalf of leads to an increase in fundrais- the Licensing Board about letting ing," Frank said. another MIT fraternity occupy that Frank related a personal anec- building. Chairman of the Licensing dote of a sit-in threatened by sup- " Board Daniel F. Pokaski expressed porters of Lyndon LaRouche. "concern about MIT's really not Frank said that he advised his staff ',' getting it as far as taking care of to call the press first, then the people under their care." police: "I want the credit for arresting them." Dorow, ,neighbors defend Sigma Nu The message the Frank drove ,<•. Even at the hearing, however, home over the course of the address Sigma Nu's track record of good was that voting was a more effective behavior, its references from neigh- method of influencing government '.... bors, and its no-alcohol policy than demonstration. He classified " seemed to convince the Licensing the National Rifle Association as Board that Sigma Nu would be a GREG KUHNEN-THE TECH "very effective" but pointed out that responsible member of the Fenway Congressman Bamey Frank talks about how students can have an Impact on politics and the govern- they "never had a shoot-in" nor did community. ' ment last night In 54-100. The lecture was part of the 1999 Democracy Teach-Ins which will continue tonight 7pm and tomorrow night Spm. "We were a little apprehensive" at at Frank, Page 19 ... Ray Stat~ wW_ Comics Daylight Savings World & Nation 2 Time begins help to Sunday. Don't Opinion ' .4 launch a $1 forget to set Arts 6 billion capi- your clocks one On The Screen 10 tal campaign. hour forward at 2 a.m. Crossword Puzzle .14 Page 17 Page 12 Sports 20 Page2 THE TECH April 2, 1999 "... WORLD & NATION Clinton Urges Patience iIi Kosovo .. TilE "~4.SIlINGTON POST Three U.S..Soldiers Missing NORFOLK. VA. President Clinton, facing perhaps the gravest military challenge of ," his presidency, came to a major naval base Thursday to thank those Amidst Widening in the armed services and to urge public perseverance in the battle Conflict against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic' s forces. Clinton received a warm welcome in a giant hangar, but his mes- By James Gerstenzang, Paul Infantry Division based in planners preferred. They have fired .., sage was complicated by his administration's ongoing struggle to ful- Richter and Elizabeth Shogren Wurzburg, Germany. They had more than 100. All told, the military fill its mission in Yugoslavia and by military families' unhappiness LOS ANGELES TIMES arrived in early March to relieve campaign is costing the Pentagon an over low pay, poor housing and long periods of separation. WASHINGTON another contingent. estimated several hundred million .• Before speaking to several hundred people at the Norfolk Naval Three U.S. Army soldiers in The soldiers are part of Task dollars a week. Station, Clinton met privately with 18 spouses and children of enlist- Macedonia patrolling Yugoslavia's Force Able Sentry, which had been -A United Nations court said it ed personnel deployed in the Balkans, the Persian Gulf and else- southern border were reported miss- in Macedonia to stabilize the region has indicted Zeljko Raznatovic, a where. There he heard blunt complaints, "steeped in candor," about ing late Wednesday after they but was supplanted by a NATO notorious Serbian paramilitary : the frustrations of military life, according to officers who attended. radioed fellow soldiers that they force, whose original goal was to leader known as'" Arkan," in One mother, the wife of a full-time military employee, told Clinton were under fire, according to NATO enforce any Kosovo peace accord. September 1997 on allegations of she is drawing welfare benefits because her husband's pay is so low. and Pentagon officials. The names of the soldiers were committing war crimes during the "As a patriot ..