Add Date Today MIT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Sunny, 75°F (24°C) Tonight: Partly cloudy, 62°F (17°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Rainy, windy, 71°F (22°C) Details Page 2 Volume 121, Number 49 Cambridge Massachu etts 02139 Friday October 5, 2001 IFC Elects Recruitment Chair DiF01Ja, Wulnall Begin Yardley Will Work Logan Security Work On New Rush Plans By Sandra M. Chung days, while the Task Force is For Upcoming Fall ASSOClA TE ARTS EDITOR expected to complete its investiga- Acting Governor Jane Swift tion. DiFava i replacing Joseph By Jeffrey Greenbaum appointed Colonel John DiFava of Lawless, who is being rea igned to STAFF REPORTER the Massachusetts tate Police to run security at the Port of Boston. The Interfraternity Council ha the interim position of public safety DiFava will begin his new job at elected Joshua S. Yardley '04 as director of Logan International Air- MIT after the interim period is over. Recruitment Chair for the upcoming port on October 3. DiFava was Ma sport administrators are cur- year, the first that freshmen will no recently announced as the new chief rently facing intense criticism and longer be able to live off campus. of MIT's Campus Police. scrutiny after several alleged lapses Yardley served 'as secretary of Swift al 0 recently chartered a in ecurity since the September 11 the IFC's 2002 Recruitment Com- pecial Advisory Task Force to terrorist attack. Logan Airport, mittee and is a member of the Zeta conduct a thorough investigation of which is run by Massport, has one Psi fraternity. He has also served as the Mas achusetts Port uthority of the wor t security records for secretary of his house and secretary (Mas port). Institute Professor U.S. airports. Massport controls the of the Junior Interfraternity Council. heila E. Widnall, of the Depart- majority of the transportation and "He is really enthusiastic to fig- ment of Aeronautics and Astronau- hipping industries in assachusetts ure. out the new rush plan," said tics, was named to the Task Force and ew England. Daniel 1. Talavera '02, president of Committee. Widnall also served a Zeta Psi. Secretary of the Air Force from Task force to advi e wift Yardley believes that one of his 1993to 1997. The pecial Advisory Task biggest challenges as Recruitment "We want to take advantage of Force on Massport was created last Chair will be to motivate students to the situation to focus on the ways in week by an executive order from live in off-campus housing after liv- which Massport needs to be Swift. According to the official Task ing in dorms as freshmen. improved, ' Widnall said. Force charter, "The government has "There are going to be some kids MiKE LIN-THE TECH the responsibility to realize that a Joshua S. Yardley '04 was elected as the 2002 IFC Recruitment that will be happier in a house," DiFava assigned to Logan ecurity more dangerous world requires a Chair on Wednesday evening. Yardley will preside over the transi- Yardley said. ' DiFava recently resigned his job critical, comprehensive review of tion from traditional rush to the new two week recruitment period Phi Delta Theta President as Superintendent of the Mas achu- . the-culture and structure of Mas - next fall. Matthew P. Van Horne '02 said that sett State Police to begin the tran i- port." this will be specifically be a prob- lived in for a year to move to anoth- process brought up the issue of the tion to hi new position at MIT. He The Task Force's duty is to lem for Boston-based fraternities. A er location," VanHorne said. new recruitment rules, which Yard- was scheduled to begin on October advise and make recommendations significant issue for the Recruitment ley will be responsible for. Yardley 15. to the acting governor on such top- Chair will be "to persuade freshmen ew rush rules more lenient Instead, DiFava will oversee to leave the dormitory that they Debate during the election IFC, Page 15 security at Logan Airport for 45 Logan, Page 16 .D.C. Police 'Ihwart Students, Admins Discuss Meal Plan By Christine R. Fry STAFF REPORTER t .Peaceful Demonstration MIT's campus was abuzz with dining debate this week, as the Undergraduate As ociation pon- sored a forum to discuss the newly This past w~~kend I learnedwhat pepper spray smelled like. proposed mandatory dining plan, It came after we had marched-halfway across Washington, D.C., and the Dormitory Council met with from Union Station to the World Bank Building; had been blockaded President Charles M. Vest. =~~~~~~'~~!!!!!! into a Plaza for nearly two hours, and Students, faculty, and staff came . R.···· .ep.or......ter» were.being "escorted" - herded like to Ro orn 10-250 Wednesday sheep '"'- to Freedom Plaza. The pepper . evening to voice their opinions and "AT...oteo 00' k spray wasn't aimed at met but.I could a k questions of the administrator 1 "C still taste its bitterness. directly involved with dining issues. I went to Washington to voice my Chancellor Philip L. Clay PhD opinions on war, and came away with deep misgivings about the '75 opened the forum by outlining future of liberties in America ... the plans of the Campus Dining The day began outside Union Station at nine o'clock in the morn- Review Board. Clay said the board V/NCENTCHE -THE TECH ing, When we got there, a crowd was starting to gather. My co-pro- will take input from the community Director of Campus Dining Richard D. Berlin III addresses issues testers ranged from the militant-looking black-clad anarchists to the for 45 days, and explore other din- concerning new campus dining plan proposals. , more peaceful-looking "one-world" advocates. The first thing that I ing options which do not mandate appealing. Pangaea wanted to use the potluck noticed was that almost everyone had a bandanna. Great I thought, student participation. After the "We won't have a system that as an example of an event that let's all just perpetuate the stereotypes about crazy radicals. review period, the board will make will proceed unsati factorily," Clay might be "destroyed" by a mandato- Then my friend pulled a bandanna out of his pocket and said he recommendations to members of the aid. ry meal plan. hoped he wouldn't need it, and it all clicked. The bandannas were upper administration who would Other tudents argued during the more than just style' they were protection in case the police let loose then make the final decision. tudent oppo e new plan forum that any form of a mandatory the tear gas. The details of the board' review everal students expressed con- meal plan might end the freedom of I still wasn't too worried. After all, why would anyone gas a proce s and proceeding have not cern that a mandatory dining plan, choice that attracted many to MIT in peaceful protest? yet been finalized. which IT is propo ing a a com- the first place. A resident of Burton- Clay aid that if the current con- munity-builder might actually Conner said that many students Here come the cops cerns cannot be addre sed by the destroy existing community activi- choose the donn because of the suite On our' way to Union Station, we passed by a bus full of cops. review board, the mandatory dining tie of student and living groups. kitchen , and that mandatory dining They certainly didn t seem to be anticipating a peaceful rally- 1'd plan will be in effect only for next Prior to the forum, multi-cultural would not allow these students the year's incoming fre hmen. Howev- tudent group Pangaea sponsored a option to cook their own dinners. D.C., Page 15 er, incentives would be put in place potluck dinner. Pangaea President to make voluntary participation Jumaane A. Jeffrie 02 said that Meal Plan,.Page 17 Looking at Comics OPINIO World & ation 2 the technol- Matt Craighead ays that religion Opinion 4 ogy behind is to blame for the recent Arts 6 the wrC. terrori t attacks. On the Town 8 Science 9 Page 9 Page 12 Page 6 Events Calendar .13 WORLD & NATION H'-J~ Pakistan Says that Evidence aIami LOS ANGELES TlM£SNE EWYORK Links bin Laden to Attacks ew ark ity economy will n ed more th n 100 billion over the ne t two year to reco er from the orld Trade Center attacks, By Rone Tempest and the beleaguered country, the admin- the material as 'impre ive' and a cording to a preliminary tudy r lea ed Thursday by Ci omp- Marjorie MUler i tration' late t ffort to how it 'weighty.' troller Ian Heve i. LOS ANGELES TIMES concern for the civilian population In London' Blair pre ented to the The e timate, which significantly e ceed earlier projection , e en it targets ghanistan Tal- pecial se ion of Parliament a comes on th heels of new that ew Yor ity' muni ipal go ern- In a ignificant boo t from a key iban regime for po ible attack. dos ier against bin Laden. ment alone i likely to face a billion budget deficit later thi year. Iuslim nation to the global anti-ter- The relief i to be di tributed by ccording to the document, the And it confirms a growing perception that the nation' large t city i rori m campaign Paki tan official the United ation and private aid intelligence ources have confirmed facing an ' economic calamity" Heve i aid. aid Thur day that" ufficient e i- groups uch as the Red Cro .