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By Matthew PalmerEWSEDITOR

Even though the investigation ofWen Ho Lee ha ended, a recentforum at MIT showed that the manyis ue urrounding the case of us-pected espionage are still as fresh asever.

The colloquium, titled' ationalecurity Civil Rights, and Politics:

Lesson Learned from the Wen HoLee Case," tried to answer why theinvestigation was bungled and whatcan be done in the future.

"I was surprised .. , to see aslight man [Lee] be led in shacklesas ifhe'd attack the court," said Pro-fessor of Physics Philip Morri on, apanel member. "I knew then thiswas no espionage trial - it was forpolitical purposes."

Several panel members ques-tioned what motivations the FBI hadfor charging Lee and what evidencethe bureau had gathered againsthim. Juliette Kayyem, the ExecutiveDirector of the Executive Sessionon Domestic Preparedness at theJohn F. Kennedy School of Govern-ment, said that when the FBIapplied for a permit to wiretap Leebased on the Foreign IntelligenceSurveillance Act, the court denied itbecause of lack of evidence. Shesaid it was the first time she couldthink of that a FISA request has

been rejected."The le son here is that the gov-

ernment can, from time to time, getit ery wrong," aid teven After-good, the director of the Project onGovernment Secrecy. However, hetressed that the ca e was not all

negative. everal heroe emerged,he said such as the Internet, whichallowed people to share informa-tion, Judge Parker, who freed Lee,and Lee's skilled defense team.

In 1999, nuclear scientist WenHo Lee wa arrested and chargedwith 59 counts of mishandling sen-sitive information. He spent 278days in solitary confinement beforebeing released, with an apologyfrom the presiding judge, last Sep-tember. The case was an embarrass-ment for the government, whichthought it had found the personleaking nuclear weapon secret tothe Chinese.

Dean for Undergraduate Educa-tion Robert P. Redwine said thisevent may be the first in a series ofcolloquiums at the Institute.

Overzealous media blamed in caseSeveral panel members spoke

about how they felt Lee was treatedunfairly by the media.

"When a case is leaked to the

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JORDAN RUBIN-THE TECH

American Red Cross nurse Erin long prepares Sanjay Gangad-hara G to donate blood in La Sal a de Puerto Rico Wednesday.The Boston Red Cross, along with Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream,came to campus to solicit blood donations. More than 1.80people donated a total of 1.46 pints of blood.

02139 Friday, Apri127, 2001

KA7'HY CHEN-THE TECH

Professor Paul Watanabe was among the speakers who participatedin the panel discussion entitled "National Security, Civil Rights andPolitics: lessons learned from the Wen Ho lee Case" on Wednes-day in 1.0-250.

MIT Hosts Science ExpoMiddle chool tudents Present Projects at Fair

The atherToday: Mo tty sunny, 68°F (20°C)

Tonight: Clear, cool 43°F (6° )Tomorrow: unny, cool 55°F (l30C)

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Selection Processainly Affects EC

By Jennifer KrishnanASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

This year's lottery for summerhousing left about 130 applicantswithout a place to stay for the sum-mer, including 63 residents of EastCampus. It was the first time a cen-tralized selection process has deter-mined summer a signments.

About 200 residents of EastCampus and a handful of studentswho live elsewhere listed East Cam-pus as their first preference. PhillipM. Bernard, Manager of Undergrad-uate Residential Services, said 100to 130 people typically list EastCampus as their. first choice. Only100 spaces in the dormitory areavailable this summer, Bernard said.

"We need to reassess how manyspaces are available in East Cam-pus," said East Campus PresidentBrandy L. Evans '01, "I'm surethere's room for more than 100 peo-ple." She said East Campus HouseManager Siobhain Blank is current-ly arranging for more East Campusrooms to be made available.

Bernard said that portions ofEast Campus are closed due to reno-vations. Evans said most of thework being done would only requireresidents to move out for a shortperiod of time and that the lotterydid not take into account whetherhousing for the full summer or halfthe summer was requested.

Wen Ho Lee Case Discussed at Colloquium HousingLotteryStrands .Students

By Brian LouxASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

start with seedlings and checked ifthe water supplies did or did notmake them grow."

MIT students helped out at theevents by walking around and lis-tening to the participants presenttheir projects. The MIT students didnot actually judge the presentationsbut rather discussed their own scien-tific knowledge with the participantsto promote their interest in the sci-ences. Other MIT students took theparticipants on tours of variouscampus locations, such as thenuclear reactor, the wind tunnel, andthe Edgerton Center.

"Most of the [MIT] studentsevaluate the projects, talk to the

, lot more application ' received"This year we've had a lot more

applications than we can rememberhaving," Bernard said. The Office ofResidential Life and Student LifePrograms received 1,011 applica-tions this year, compared to their

Over 250 seventh and eighthgrade students from Cambridgeschools filled Johnson Athletic Cen-ter Wednesday to present their sci-ence projects at the 2001 MIT/Cam-bridge Science Expo.

Research was designed to be avery large part of each project. "Weread a lot of books about sources ofwater to see how they each vary,"said Carrie Simcoe, who teamedwith classmate Gina Gentil1e toexamine what various water sourcesin Cambridge did to plants.

"We also have to recommendwhat further research we wouldwant to do," Gentille said. "We real-ized that we should have tried to Science, Page 21 Summer Housing, Page 15

Spring Weekend to Feature Many EventsBy Sonali MukherjeeSTAFF REPORTER

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Spring at the Institute has finally arrived.MIT's celebration of the new season manifests

itself in Spring Weekend, a variety of events eagerlyanticipated by the campusFeature community,L' ~. I r> Spring Weekend waskicked off by lpha Chi

Omega's Lip Sync Contest yesterday and continuestoday with the International Students' Association 1-Fair and the Spring Weekend Concert featuring theRoots and Blues Traveler. Saturday' events willbegin with Kresge Kickback, and the weekend willglamorously conclude with the Odyssey Ball.

AXOLipSyncYesterday, Phi Sigma Kappa won the Alpha Chi

Omega Sorority's 14th annual Lip Sync competition.Event co-chairs Janaki T. Wickrema '02 and Judy Y.Chen '03 said this year' contest was a night of talentand entertainment.

"Teeny Weenies" received the funniest award,"Phi Delts '04' were the be t choreographed, andMi k Jagger (played by Matt M. Wilkerson '04) wasthe most innovative.

Each competing group lip-synced to various typesof songs with emphasis on choreographed or comedicperforming styles.

'I'm always impre ed at how creative and enter-taining the MIT community can be " said Wickrema,

Different organizations such as s veral fraternitiesand sororities the class councils, the MIT VarsitySwim Team, and various other student group werescheduled to perform, in addition to a live band that

Comics OPINIO World & ation 2Opinion 4Art 7On the Screen 9On the Town .10Events Calendar .13

The TechinterviewsUA President-Elect Jaime E.Devereaux '02.

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Jason H. Wasfy advocatesincreased funding for theimprovement of MIT s facilities.

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April 27 2001

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a fr m on PolLOS ANGELES TIMES

From a runway of snow lighted by smudge pot and bonfires arescue team flew out of the outh Pole on Wedne day with an ailingAmerican doctor aboard. It was the fir t time an airplane crew bravedthe swirling ice pellet and freezing polar winds so late in the Antarc-tic winter.

They completed the first and most hazardou leg of the journeywhen they landed about eight hour later at a ba e maintained by theBritish Antarctic urvey at Rothera on the Antarctic Penin ula.

The perilous flight from the world's most remote human outpostacross 1,550 miles of polar plateau was the econd emergency med-ical evacuation of U.S. personnel from Antarctica in 24 hours. Tue -day, in less difficult conditions, a Royal ew Zealand ir Forcecargo plane evacuated II American from cMurdo tation, themain ational Science Foundation re earch ba e in Antarctica.

F officials said Dr. Ronald . Shemenski, 59 the only doctor atthe outh Pole station, wa flown out on a chartered Canadian TwinOtter aircraft and was expected to complete the journey Thur day byflying to Chile. He will then return to the United tates.

pIdentify AncienOld st inAmericas

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Archeologist have identified the oldest city in the Americas, amassive 4 600-year-old urban center caIled Caral in the upe Rivervalley of Peru.

Researchers have known of the exi tence of Caral for nearly acentury but had no idea, until now, of it true age.

The city and as many as 17 others nearby were constructed aboutthe same time the pyramid were being built in Egypt about 800years before the oldest previou ly known cities in the ew orId.

The monumental construction project wa carried out at a timewhen early Americans were thought to be living only in small coa talfishing villages.

The city was built before corn was domesticated or pottery tostore it in was developed - both of which were thought to be crucialin the development of civilizations.

"This is one of the most important discoveries in ew Worldarcheology in the last 30 years, ' said archeologist Brian Billman ofthe University of orth Carolina at Chapel Hill, who was notinvolved in the research. "It completely shake up our notion of whatis going on in this time period. Every textbook on Andean archeologywill have to he rewritten as a result."

Ukranian ParliamentDismisses Prime Minister

THE WASHINGTON POSTMOSCOW

Communi ts and business tycoons united Thur day in Ukraine'sparliament to dismiss the country's reform-minded prime mini ter,intensifying a five-month-old political crisis in the econd most popu-lous former Soviet republic.

The ou ting of Victor Yushchenko was widely een as a triumphfor the busine s clans that back Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchmaand as a blow to the West, where Yushchenko was viewed as thecountry' be t hope for economic reform and ales ening of corrup-tion.

The vote, 263 to 60, roused anti-Kucbma demonstrators, who hadbeen flagging after weeks of protests against the scandal-tarred presi-dent. orne 10 000 to 20,000 demonstrator thronged the streets ofKiev, shouting;' hame, shame. Kuchma out, Kucbma out."

WEATHERBright Skies for Spring Weekend

By Michael J. RingEDITOR IN CHIEF

If you are planning to attend one of the upcoming pring Week-end activities, the weather should cooperate.

A system of high pressure i firmly entrenched in the region,bringing unny skies and ea onable temperatures. 0, we won'treach 5°F (29°C) like we did last Sunday, but the weather willnonethele be plea ant for activities such a Kresge Kickback andthe Ody sey Ball.

Around the nation the major weather headline continues to beflooding in the Midwe t. Yesterday the flood crest on the MississippiRiver reached IHinoi . However, damage there was much les severecompared to the 'flooding seen in Davenport, Iowa earlier in theweek.

Weekend Outlook

Toda: 0 tly sunny. High of 6 OF(20°C).

onigbt: lear and cool. Low of 43°F (6°C).

Tomorrow: unny and cool. High of 55°F (l3°C). Low of 35°F2° ).

unda : Clear. High near 60°F (15°C. Low near 40°F (5°C).

onda. ; Partly cloudy and warmer. High near 70°F (21°C).

In Charged Debate, HousePasses Fetus Protection Bill

Bold Picks for Japan Cabinetew Prime Minister,

Shunning Tradition,Appoints MavericksBy Doug StruckTHE WASHINGTON POST

By Juliet EilperinTHE WASHINGTON POST

WA HI GTO

The Hou e of Repre entativeapproved legi lation Thur day mak-ing it a crime under federal law toharm a f tus during an a ault on apregnant woman, the first in aeriesof abortion-related measures that con-ervativ plan to offer to take advan-

tage of Pre ident Bush election.The bill p sed 252 to 17 , with

53 Democrats and one independentjoining 19 Republicans in backing apropo al that supporter aid wouldhelp pro ecutors combat the growingproblem of violence against pregnantwomen. Opponents called the bill abackdoor attack on abortion rightsbecause it effectively would defmethe fetus as a eparate person.

Sponsors of the Unborn Victimsof Violence Act said they hoped itwould be the first of several abortion-related measures they can now enactinto law because they are no longeropposed by a Democratic president.

'I think there's been a shift frompro-abortion votes to more of a mid-dle ground:' aid the bill's author,Rep. Lind ey Graham, (R-S.C).Other measures, such as a ban onabortion procedures that opponentscall "partial-birth" could soon fol-

TOKYO

ew Prime Minister JunichiroKoizumi put a fresh face on theJapanese government Thursday bynaming a cabinet of unprecedenteddiversity, including five women, aneconomics professor and two otheroutsiders.

The man who ran as a reformersought to quickly deliver on hiscampaign promises by largelyrejecting the traditional payoffappointments to win the support ofother camps.

''This may lead to a great war:'Diet member Shigefumi Matsuzawapredicted of the reaction of factionsin the ruling Liberal DemocraticParty left out by Koizumi.

But Koizumi' s appointments

low he added.Th circum tances urrounding

the vote underscored how dramatical-ly Bush's election ha altered theabortion debate on apitol Hill. Anidentical 1999 mea ure that passedthe House by a similar margin talledin the enate under a eto threat fromPresident Clinton. Thi week, theWhite House is ued a statementendor ing the legislation, sayingBush " upports protection for unbornchildren."

" ow we have a pre ident whowill ign anti-choice legi lation," aidRep. Diana DeGette, (D-Colo.) whooppo ed the measure. "Every mem-ber of Congre s is on the front lines,both Hou e and enate."

With its passage in the House, thebattle hifts to the evenly divided

enate, where its fate is uncertain.During Thursday's emotionally

charged House debate, proponentsdeliberately avoided using the wordabortion to characterize the bill.Hou e Judiciary Committee Chair-man James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)cited a recent University of Marylandstudy showing that homicide ranks asthe leading cause of death amongpregnant women.

"This is not an abortion bill,"Sensenbrenner said. ''Killing an inno-

were a certain crowd-pleaser to aJapanese public accustomed to theusual parade of bland, male, partyloyalists who typically are rotatedthrough the cabinet positions as areward for their patronage.

"This is the most revolutionarycabinet Japan has seen in manyyears, ' said political analyst YukioOkamoto.

The most visible symbol of thatwas the appointment was of MakikoTanaka to the post of foreign minis-ter. Tanaka, 57, the daughter of alegendary party boss, is consideredthe most popular Japanese legislatorfor her outspokenness and herunabashed sense of humor. But shehas long been barred from importantpositions in the government asbeing an unpredictable maverick.

"She will create a MakikoWhirlwind that will be feIt aroundthe world," said Takayoshi Miya-gawa, a political commentator."Japanese diplomacy has alwaysfollowed the footsteps of the bigcountries. She will lead."

cent unborn child hould be pro ecut-ed to the fullest extent of the law. '

But abortion rights advocates saidit demon trated the GOP' determi-nation to di mantle th upremeCourt' 1973 Roe v. Wade decisionlegalizing abortion.

'Everyone in this chamber under-tands what is going on here today,"aid Rep. Louise laughter (D- .Y.).

''The majority did not bring this billto the floor to protect pregnantwomen. The majority brought thismeasure to the floor today to launchit battle to end a woman's right tochoose in the 107th Congre s."

Lawmakers engaged in contortedlingui tic arguments to buttres theirrespective positions on whether themeasure would change existing abor-tion law. "The only people who haveanything to fear from this bill arecriminals who engage in violenceagainst pregnant women and theirunborn children," said Rep. SteveChabot, (RsOhio).

Opponents pounced on such lan-guage, arguing it revealed the under-lying intent ofthe bill's backers. "Thewhole purpose of this bill is preciselyto label an unborn fetus ... a personin the whole sense of the word," saidRep. Jerrold adler (D-N.Y.)."Therefore, it is an abortion bill."

There was disappointment overKoizumi's appointment of a 79-year-old campaign insider, Dietmember Masajuro Shiokawa, to thejob of Finance Minister. Koizumi'sproclaimed rejection of faction poli-tics did not extend to his own fac-tion, as he also rewarded anotherveteran of his political camp, KojiOmi, with the post of Science andTechnology minister.

Shiokawa has little experiencedealing with economic matters, buthe was to leave immediately afterhis appointment Thursday to 'fly toWashington for a meeting of thefinance ministers of the Group ofSeven industrial nations.

"1 don't have any specific, pro-fessional experience in the area,"Shiokawa acknowledged. He saidhe will discuss what Japan might doto try to head off a global economicdownturn.

"The discussion will includeJapan's role. But I regard the U.S.slump as serious, so 1 wish the U.S.would take action:' he said.

Kerrey Admits Vietnam KillingsFormer ebraskaSenator Had RoleIn Civilian MassacreBy John J. GoldmanLOS ANGELES TIMES

NEW YORK

Former ebraska senator andgovernor Bob Kerrey, a potentialDemocratic presidential contender,has revealed that he commanded araid on a village during the VietnamWar that killed only women, childrenand older men.

Kerrey stressed that members ofhis seven-man avy SEAL teambegan shooting after they were shot atand assumed they were facing firefrom Viet Cong oldiers.

He said the secret incident has'haunted" him for 32 years.

, ow I can talk about it. It feelsbetter already," Kerrey aid in aninterview Wednesday.

Kerrey made his comments afternews reports about his involvementin the Feb. 25, 1969 raid in the

Mekong Delta.Then a 25-year-old Navy lieu-

tenant, Kerry got a Bronze Star forthe raid and later received the Medalof Honor, the nation's highest valoraward, for another SEAL action thatcost him part of his right leg. His warhero background has been an impor-tant part of his political profile.

Kerrey's account, however, hasbeen dramatically contradicted by amember of the SEAL squad he head-ed and by a Vietnamese woman whoclaimed to be a survivor of the raidand who alleged the villagers werebrought together and massacred.

''It was very crowded, so it wasn'tpossible for them to cut everybody'sthroats one by one," Pham Tri Lanh,who said she was an eyewitness, toldCBS News' 60 Minutes II. The net-work released excerpts from theinterview Wednesday.

"Two woman came out andkneeled down," she is quoted as say-ing. "They shot these two old womenand they fell forward and they rolledover and then they ordered everybody

out from the bunker and they linedthem up and they shot all of themfrom behind."

Gerhard Klann, a member of theSEAL commando team headed byKerrey, described similar events inanother interview with the program.

"We herded them together in agroup .... We lined them up and weopened fire," Klann is quoted as say-ing.

Klann also told the New YorkTimes that Kerrey at one point helpedpush an older villager to the groundand put his knee on the man's chestwhile Klann drew a knife across theman's neck. Kerrey disputed thoseaccounts Wednesday night.

The accounts contradicting Ker-rey were part of a joint investigativeeffort by CBS and the New YorkTimes. The New York Times posteda story by Gregory L. Vistica on itsweb site Wednesday in advance ofpublication in the newspaper's Sun-day magazine and indicated that theKerrey story had been in the worksfor two and a half years.

WORLD &

Beijing Criticizes WashingtonOver Bush's Taiwan RemarksBy Frank LangfittTHE BALTIMORE SUN

BElJl G

A day after President Bushpledged that the .. military woulddefend Taiwan if China attacked,Beijing criticized Washington formaking "erroneou remark' andcautioned the United tates not tofurther damage relations at a sensi-tive time.

t a regularly scheduled Foreigninistry news conference, spokes-

woman Zhang Qiyue also accu edthe United States of violating itslong-standing "One China" commit-ment, which holds that there is onlyone China in the world and Taiwanand mainland China are part of it.However, when asked if Bush's

remar s con tituted a hange in.S. policy or what concrete stepshina might take in retaliation, she

de lined to answer.President Bush roc ed already

haky ino- . . relation when hesaid in a Wednesday interview thatthe United tates would defend Tai-wan if China attacked the island as ithas threatened to do in the past.While such a pledge ha alwaybeen implied, Bush' statementswere the most explicit by a U.S.president in more than 20 years andcame one day after news that Wash-ington would sell Taiwan the biggestweapons package in nearly a decade.

Asked on ABC's "Good Morn-ing America" if the United Stateshad an obligation to defend Taiwan

if hina attacked, Bush saidWednesday: "Yes, we do. And the

hin e mu t under tand that."Asked if the United tates woulduse the full force of its military,Bush responded: 'Whatever it tookto help Taiwan defend her elf."

Bu h appeared to soften hipledge in other interviews, denyingthat the U .. po ition had changedand voicing support for the "OneChina" policy, a legal fiction that hashelped keep peace across the TaiwanStrait for more than two decades. ButBush's remarks implied that he wastaking a harder line against Beijing ata time when nerves between the twocountries are already frayed after theApr. 1 collision between a U.S. spyplane and a Chinese fighter.

Political Battle Surrounds NewScientific Research on Stem CellsBy Aaron ZitnerLOS ANGELES TIMES

WASHINGTON

Offering new hope for diabetics,scientists on Thursday reported thelatest marvel from stem cellresearch: mouse embryo cells thatcan grow into the insulin-producingsection of the pancreas.

The report from researchers atthe National Institutes of Health,which appears Friday in the journalScience, raises the remarkableprospect that scientists may some-day be able to grow human organsin the lab that can be transplantedinto patients.

But the latest news about stemcells is more than a dispatch fromthe lab. It is also a cause for new

skirmishes in the widening politicalwar over whether to fund potentiallylife-saving stem cell research.

Other teams have inducedembryo cells to grow into simplestructures, but the NIH team hasshown that a single embryo cell cangrow into a more complex organinvolving four different cell types,scientists who reviewed the studysaid.

"In trying to make replacementtissues for diabetics, this is the mostimportant paper that has appeared ina decade," said Douglas Melton,chairman of Harvard University'sDepartment of Molecular and Cellu-lar Biology.

Stem cells are powerful cells thatgive rise to other, more specialized

types of cells in the body. Scientistshope to grow stem cells intoreplacement parts for patients: hearttissue for cardiac patients, braincells for people with Parkinson'sdisease, and insulin-producing cellsfor the nation's 16 million diabetics.

The NIH wants to offer its first-ever funding for experiments usingstem cells from human embryos,which many scientists say are themost potent and versatile. Antiabor-tion groups, however, are lobbyingPresident Bush to block the moneyon grounds that destroying humanembryos is immoral and unneces-sary. They say that somewhat differ-ent types of stem cells found inadults are proving to be as versatileas cells from embryos.

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Hubble Re als Fir t Direc·dence of Plane Formation

THE WASHINGTON POST

Astronomers have seen the first direct evidence of the birth of aplanet in the form of nowballing dust grains, helping to confirm thetheoretical scenario for how Earth and the other planets formedaround the infant un.

Related observations suggest that the process of planet formationis so hazardous that planets may be rarer than many researchers hadthought.

The findings, announced Thursday by a team using the HubbleSpace Telescope portray a life-or-death struggle for survival by babyplanets forming in a giant cloud of gas and dust in the vast Orion

ebula, 1,500 light-years from Earth.If the planetary seedlings don't grow rapidly enough, the

researchers said, they get "blowtorched" to oblivion by a relentlessblast of radiation from the nebula's large t star, Theta 1 Orionis C,which is visible through a small telescope in a formation known asthe Trapezium cluster.

In findings released by the journal cience, a team led by JohnBally of the University of Colorado in Boulder, and Henry Throop ofthe Southwe t Research Institute there, used the Hubble tele cope todetect the building blocks of planets as they formed inside the mil-lion-year-old dusty disks whirling around dozens of stars in the nebu-la which is the closest star nursery to Earth.

Government LimitsElectricity Prices in California

THE WASHINGTON POSTWASHINGTO

A divided Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Wednesdayapproved restraints on the sharp electricity price spikes expected thissummer in power-starved California, but it stopped far short of whatstate officials had called for.

On a 2 to 1 vote, reached after a full day of closed-door debate,the commission voted to establi h a single benchmark price forwholesale electricity sold in California on days when emergencypower shortages are declared.

Wednesday's action may provide more fodder for a runningdebate among California officials and the Bush administration overwhether to impose hard price gaps on electricity price. FERC Chair-man Curt Hebert Jr. and President Bush have rejected price caps. ButFERC commissioner William Massey, who dissented from Wednes-day's vote, said the failure to impose caps leaves the state vulnerableto another siege of escalating prices.

The benchmark price would be based on the power-productioncosts of the least efficient - and thus most expensive - generatorwhose power is needed that day. All generators who bid at or belowthat price would be entitled to receive it.

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o 1 10Re-e a ining Do ow's Departure

It has been three and one-half year ince the death of cott believe that Donald a not properly e e uting hi function. Krueger '01, but MIT i till hyp r- en iti e about it image a and kno of no rea on why he could not hai e continued

in the media and it attempt to break any and all connection to to do 0 after the alleged a ault. TIl incident alleged at Dthat tragic night at Phi Gamma wa the action of on p r on - not the hou e a a whole. TheEditorial Delta. nfortunately the In titute end of cDonald tenure a RA - coming after an admini tra-often allow thi e treme caution to tion reque t for him to do 0 - ap goats him for an alleged

cloud it judgment overreact , and make the wrong de i ion . incident in which he had no part.The circumstance urrounding th re ignation of former F ILG advi er Doro had the right to refu e to hire

i tant Dean eal H. Dorow i th latest exampl . Donald. He did not and allowed cDonald to erve at DU..On Tue day The Tech reported that Dorow d parture came That orne may question thi deci ion i under tandable, but at

after MIT official learned that he had alIo d Kevin E. D cDonald appeared to have been doing a good job, and'cDonald 00 Krueger' 'big brother" at Fiji to erve a are - certainly had zero re ponsibility for the alleged incident. lfthe

ident advi er at Delta pilon. The campu media, in luding admini tration wa 0 concerned with who wa being hired asthi outlet, had pre iously peculat d that the re ignation of the RA it hould ha e checked up earlier, rather than taking ha ty,former F ILG advi er a prompted by the administration' un upported action upon accidentally di covering McDonald inde ire to rid it elf of Krueger-era admini trator . the RA role.

The admini tr tion learned that cDonald a rving a If the alleged incident had occurred at any other livingRA upon inve tigating an alleged incident at DU. In eptember group cDonald would probably till be at DU and Dorowa guest of a DU brother wa allegedly a aulted by the brother could till be F ILG advi er. Yet both of them have lost theirprompting the admini tration's investigation. The T Campus po ition becau e of an alleged attack in which neither playedPolice concluded that DU was not at fault for the alleged inci- any part. MIT ha placed politic and image above what wasdent. working for DU re idents in this affair.

e do not blame DU for eeking to hire McDonald a it What ha MIT gained from the end of Dorow's andRA. cDonald wa known to the hou e - his younger broth- McDonald's tenures? The Institute might have a nicer politicaler is a DU member - and was comfortable erving there. face to show to the TV cameras. But it brushed aside an RAHou e deserve the right to a great amount of input in hiring whom it had no reason to believe was performing poorly, and anRAs, and RAs thems Ives hou1d not be qua i-admini trators F ILG adviser who had made mistakes in the past but was trust-dropped into F ILGs to police members but rather people ed by the FSILG community. McDonald's and Dorow's resigna-

hom re idents can trust. If McDonald was that person for tions (which were technically" oluntary," though assuredly notD , we do not fault the fraternity for a king the administration without administration pressure) punish them for an isolatedto hire him. incident in which they had no role. MIT's actions in the after-

McDonald ha been treated unfairly by the administration. math of the alleged incident at DU are unfair overreactions, andHis departure as D 's resident adviser came only after MIT punish those who had no role or responsibility in the allegedofficial learned of an alleged incident in which McDonald assault.played no part. While orne may que tion the wisdom of placing Editorial board member Mike Hall has recused himselfMcDonald in the role of RA, it i clear that he had done nothing from this editorial.wrong while performing his duties at DU. We have no reason to

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Paving the RoadFor Third World Prosperity

Dan Tortoric

In Quebec City this pa t weekendPre ident Bush met with leader of 33 nationsto discu s the establishment of a free tradezone in the western hemi phere. A tarbu kseem to appear on every corner, and large

multi-national corporations eem to growlarger and larger each pas ing day, individualshave developed a di tinct di trust of largebusiness. They see free trade as just anotherextension of this corporate influence, an influ-ence, they claim, that sacrifices human dignityon the altar of corporate greed. But thi viewis misguided, for free trade is an engine ofeconomic growth that lifts developing nationsfrom poverty to prosperity. In fact, Americansneed to look only at their neighbor to theSouth to see free trade spurring economicgrowth.

In 1995, after a dramatic fall in the valueof the Mexican peso, Mexican GrossDomestic Product, the total income generatedin Mexico, plummeted to a level seven percentlower than in 1994. This dramatic reduction ofMexicans' income had the potential to last fora very long time. The only two governmentalpolicies available to remedy the situationwould have proved ineffective. The Mexicangovernment, having run long standing budgetdeficits, no longer had the fiscal resources tospur growth through government spending.The central bank could not cut interest rates,since such a move would have reduceddemand for Mexican assets further weakeningthe beleaguered peso.

Yet there was hope for the Mexican econo-my. The United States, its neighbor to the

north and the world's large t economy, waexperiencing an economic boom of epic pro-portion . Thi economic boom resulted inin reased demand for Mexican goods. Thisdemand increase, coupled with the strong dol-lar relative to the Mexican peso, had thepotential to increa e Mexican exports, reviv-ing exico' ailing economy. And that's exact-ly what happened. After 1995, Mexico saw anaverage yearly GDP growth rate of five per-cent, and, as Wi Hi am C. Gruben of the FederalReserve Bank of Dallas rightly points out themain force behind this growth was growth inMexican exports. For exports grew at anastonishing rate of 20 percent after 1995, andexports make up one-fifth of the entire grossdomestic product of Mexico. Moreover, 80percent of all Mexican export go to theUnited States. If it were not for the trade liber-alization of AFTA, this export-orientedgrowth could never have taken place. Mexicowould still be mired in poverty instead of onthe path to prosperity.

ow some will rightly point out thatincreased overall growth for Mexico doesn'tmean that everyone benefits, maybe somepeople are made worse off by free trade. Thismay very well be true. However, the solutionto this problem is not to restrict free trade.Restricting free trade would only have madeMexico as a whole poorer, reducing theresources available to help those most in need.Instead, we should support free trade and hopethat the democratic government on Mexicowill redistribute income to help those who arehurt by free trade. And if the government failsto do so, then we should blame the govern-ment, and not free trade itself.

But who are the people that are hurt byfree trade? Though individuals maintain thatfree trade marginalizes the wor ing poor,logic dictates that free trade will benefit theworking poor of developing countrie . Thereason is fairly simple. Developing countrieshave an abundance of unskilled labor, andwhen you open up to free trade foreigninvestor will move into developing countrieshiring workers. Thi increased demand forunskilled labor will drive up wages in devel-oping countries helping unskilled workers indeveloping countries. More people in develop-ing countries will have job and at higherwages

A you may have realized, the oppo iteeffect is seen in developed countries. As busi-ness leaves, demand for unskilled labor in thedeveloped country falls, reducing the wage ofunskilled labor. That's why the AFL-CIO sentprotesters to the World Trade Organizationmeeting in Seattle and to Quebec City thispast weekend. However, they aim to restrictfree trade and advance their prospects, harm-ing the prospects of workers in developingcountries in the process. One must questionthe morality of such an action. It seems muchmore morally palpable to have wealthy, devel-oped countries provide job training to theirworkers who lose their jobs to free trade thanit does to harm some of the poorest people inthe world by restricting free trade.

Free trade provides the opportunity fordeveloping countries to become developed.The developed world, by allowing free andunrestricted trade with developing countries,can pave the road to prosperity for the devel-oping world.

A Lung Full of Tear GasMichael Borucke

What did we accomplish?The protests in Quebec didn't stop the

Summit of Americas as planned. All the headsof state in the Western Hemisphere, save forFidel Castro, met and discussed a secret docu-ment known as the Free Trade Area of theAmericas (FTAA), much to the chagrin of atleast 30,000 people who would have likedvery much to have been included in the dis-cussion. These outsiders tried to make theirway to the meeting place, managing to downsmall sections of the chain-link fence sur-rounding the meetings, but as far as I know,no one ever got close to the buildings.

Instead, the majority of the weekend wasspent playing with Canadian police: protestersthrew rocks, sticks, and firecrackers, andcaught the raw end of the water hoses and therubber bullets. The favorite of the police wasthe hurling of tear gas canisters into thecrowds. At first, protesters acted like stamped-ing cattle, after awhile protesters got used tothe burning eyes/throats/noses. Luckily thepolice threw enough canisters so that protest-ers began to develop and refine their tactics:diffusing the canisters with buckets of water,simply staying upwind of the gas, or outrightthrowing the cans back at the cop (don'tworry, the police were wearing gas masks).

But as I was cheering and choking andwatching the conflict between protester andpolice outside, I wondered how we wereaffecting what was going on inside. Take awaythe guns, the batons, the dogs, the armor, andthe gas masks, and a cop is just a person fol-lowing the orders of another person who istaking orders from the people who are runningthings (into the ground). It's these people, notthe cops that we wanted to confront. So wasthe protest a failure?

Early Saturday morning reports were com-ing in that the protests had canceled a numberof smaller side meetings and had cut short themain meeting of the Summit. Bush did notobtain the authority to muscle the FTAAthrough Congress, though I can't say howmuch responsibility the protesters can take forthat. More importantly, however, the protestersput the FTAA in the public conscious in a waythat officials and the media never could havedone. Now people are talking about theprotests either with zeal or disgust.Consequently, people now know that theFTAA exist and that at least some people arepretty pissed about it. It doesn't matter that themedia distorted the complaints the protestershave with "free trade". It doesn't matter thatthe Thomas Friedmans of the world cha tisethe movement as a mass of ignorant people. Ifthere were no protest, there would be no need

to justify the FTAA or even to talk about it.And I wouldn't have an opportunity to discusssome of the points that are overlooked when itcomes to "free trade."

But free trade, isn't that good? Countriestrading commodities with other countries soeveryone has what they need; that's free trade,right? That's what they want you to think, butthat's not what the recent free trade agree-ments have been agreeing to. Let me back up.

o one knows what the Free Trade Area ofthe Americas actually says. Like other tradeagreements, the contents of the documenthave been kept secret from the public. Onlyimportant corporations, heads of state andtrade officials are privy to such information.We can only take previous agreements as anexample of what to expect from the FTAA.This is a fairly safe asswnption given the des-ignation of the FTAA as the extension of

AFTA.

Luckily the police threw enoughcanisters so that protesters beganthrowing the cans back at the

cops; don't worlYJ the police werewearing gas masks.

Given this progression, the FTAA willmost likely grant more rights to corporationsas the Western Hemisphere is turned into asingle economy. NAFTA has given corpora-tions the power to sue governments when theirregulations don't coincide with profit margins.FTAA will likely continue to strengthen cor-porate power over governments. Through theFTAA, corporations will be able to find theabsolute dirt cheapest labor that the Americashave to offer. They will wear the cloak ofbenevolence as they set up shop in these coun-tries and offer "real work to real people" withwages that keep workers in perpetual starva-tion, but not death. Really, what other alterna-tive is there?

Ostensibly, the FTAA win seek to destroybarriers to trade (tariffs, laws, regulations),which is only natural if trade is to flow freely.Makes you wonder why the barriers were eventhere to begin with. But what happened in the80 when the price of coffee on the globalmarket crashed once a nasty barrier to tradewas eliminated (in this case an agreement bycoffee producing companies to keep pricesartificially high)? With coffee no longer aprofitable crop, Colombian farmers turned togrowing what was their comparative advan-

tage - coca plants. Likewise, Mexico's cheaplabor force and proximity to the United Statesgive it a comparative advantage in producingAmerican electronics while southeast Asiagets to specialize in U.S. textiles.

Of course, free trade in the popular senseis relative like all things. For the powerfulcountries that make the trade agreements, youcan pretty much keep your markets closed toforeign products by imposing barriers to trade.Britain did this a couple centuries back byblocking superior Indian textiles from enteringBritish markets. For the smaller countries thatcan't attempt to disagree with the larger coun-tries, free trade, free market theory and com-parative advantage are concepts that work wellenough.

Sure, times may be tough for these peoplenow, maybe their children will starve to deathor die of some curable illness; but theireconomies will eventually benefit from tradeand the corporate presence and the benefitswill come a-trickling down. We are thus com-forted by people in the know (except for thechildren part; it's not too helpful an argumentto mention dying children as part of yourplan). These lovers of nee-liberalism offer notime-table for the first trickle to have started,however. And they have no historical proofthat the trickle will ever raise the standard ofliving of a country. The fact is that no countryhas ever developed through free-market prac-tices' rather it has been through closed mar-kets that industries in the now-first world havebeen able to develop. America was certainlynever a fan of free trade when its still nascentindustries were producing goods that wereinferior to foreign commodities. America hasalways protected its corporations; providingsubsidies, tax breaks, publicly funded tech-nologies, high tariffs on imports and otherbarriers to trade to make ure foreign goodscouldn't compete. Even now we see the U.S.Air Force selling Boeing cargo planes to othercountries on behalf of Boeing, offering to pur-chase them back in case of war.

ow that you've read at least one versionof what the FTAA promises for the future, youhouJd read what other people have said about

the FTAA. This deal is too big for the publicto simply watch it happen. Besides messingwith the environment and labor, FTAA wilJprobably privatize education and heaJth care(even more). You'd be hard-pressed to findsomeone who hasn't felt the effect of theFTAA within a few year . The good news isthat the protest i not over yet. Contrary towhat the media would have you believe, theagreement won't be signed for at least anothertwo year . This gives everyone plenty of timeto tudy up on free trade theory, it history, aswell as the best technique for combating theeffects of tear gas.

MIT'sFacilities

Challenge

I drove up to Lewi ton, aine a couple ofweeks ago with my younger brother to visitBates College, one of the colleges my brotheris considering after he graduates from highschool in June. Bates has a gorgeous campus.The athletic facilities are modern and exten-sive, the dorms are spacious and well-main-tained, and the campus is dotted with func-tional, yet appealing paces where studentscan study, participate in activities, and interactwith one another informally. I had the sensethat the people at Bates who plan the campusare sensitive to tudent need and are willingto spend the money to address those needs.

Even cifter this investmentin campus facilities) MIT's

campus will lag signifUantlybehind those ifour peers.

Bates certainly is a very fine school. Itdraws students from all over the country andconsistently ranks among the best 25 liberalarts colleges in America. But Bates is no MIT.From Technology quare in Cambridge tosmall towns in the developing world, mostpeople consider MIT the finest institution ofscience and technology on the planet. MITmatriculates the most promising young scien-tific minds in the world, and research fromMIT often graces the pages of major newspa-pers at home and abroad. MIT's worldwideprestige, extraordinary students, and top-notchfaculty allow the Institute to raise huge sumsof money for a wide range of important pro-jects.

So why then is Bates able to build andmaintain such wonderful facilities while welive among so many eyesores? For sure, theproblem isn't a lack of money. MIT can raiseenormous amounts of money. Last year's

350 million pledge from Patrick J.McGovern, Jr. '59 to establish an institute forbrain research at MIT - at the time, thelargest donation to any university ever - leftno doubt about that.

I know that some may think that for me toadvocate more fundraising for facilities seemsa little odd. After all, construction crews areworking on a new undergraduate dormitory onVassar Street, graduate housing both onAlbany Street and at the corner of Sidney andPacific, the Zesiger Sports and Fitnes Center,the renovation of Building 18, the StataCenter, and other projects.

But the reality is that even after this invest-ment in campus facilities, MIT's campus willlag significantly behind those of our peers.Undergraduate labs will still need renovations,MacGregor House will still have dim andprison-like lighting, what looks like an aban-doned warehouse will still stand across from

enior House, ru t will still blemish the win-dows around Killian Court, and WalkerMemorial - the main student life facility onthe east side of campus - will still bedecades past due for a renovation.

We're still going to live and learn in facili-ties - particularly facilitie that serve under-graduates - that desperately call out forrepairs and rede ign. President Vest says in thecurrent issue of Technology Review that "ourcampus is in danger of becoming old, gray,and uninspiring." That's an ominous message.

New research institutes are wonderful, butMIT should do more to emphasize facilitiesthat play roles in undergraduates' lives in waysother than the DROP program. The undergrad-uate experience is more than just re earch, andif MIT believes that undergraduate educationis a serious part of what goes on here, thenMIT should push donors to consider giftsaimed at improving classrooms, libraries, andstudent life facilities.

Otherwise, MIT will continue to losebright students to our peer schools, nearly allof whom have more attractive and more usefulfacilities than we do. Marilee Jones IT'sdean of admis ion , has said that MIT losessome of its best prospects to other universitiesjust because of facilities. And if we don't act,the students already here will continue to suf-fer the distraction, unpleasantnes , and incon-venience of sub- tandard facilities for studentlife and learning.

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Foolishnetalk theHa of

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Let's hear it for the Objectivists! Who elsecan praise reason to the kies in one breathand threaten physical violence tov ard a dis-senter in the next? With "intellectuals" likethese, who needs fool ?

If there had been room la t Thursday in6-120 for more than the peaker' quite izableload of hogwash, the audience could haveheard the following (instead they were treatedto a visit by the Campus Police, called in toremove yours truly for having voiced orneserious doubts - many thanks to the officerswho found hi request to silence me as ridicu-lous as I did).

Lais ez-faire capitalism would fail to bringthe greate t economic wealth to all, and evenif it did, that wouldn't make humanity anyhappier. The theoretical benefits of free mar-ket ideology are more mystical and elusivethan the rewards of heaven for true believer .To bring about their messianic age, capitalistswould need to create perfect information, mar-kets for every pos ible good now and infinite-ly far into the future, perfect rational behaviorand perfect competition. ot only i each ofthe e things impo ible, but it i n t even to theadvantage of capitalists to create them - inthe perfect world, with no asymmetries toexploit, there is no profit either. ore impor-tantly, it's been shown that above a certainlevel of income, additional income doesn'tnecessarily bring greater happiness. Think ofit this way: Do you like sex? Would you ratherha e it because omeone actually likes you, orbecause you can pay for it?

Owners of resources ha e no particularincentive to preserve them. If they can realizea greater return on investment by cutting orextracting it to death and then taking the prof-its and moving on to another investmentopportunity, they will. Local fishermen orwoodsmen, on the other hand, can plan togeth-er to manage the resource for the long term.

Human ingenuity and n tionality is noguarantee against di aster. A great many civi-lizations have risen and fallen already (and no,not because they were dark and primitive).Let's say, by tomorrow, you need to figure outhow to feed 80 billion people using onesquare foot of land. Impossible? Maybe.Perhaps you could do it, given enough time?While you ponder, 0 billion people die. Thepoint is, we're not UTewe can olve the prob-lems we have now - much le s any new oneswe create for ourselves - in time to prevent acollapse.

Rapid climate change is a serious problem- not a neutral, some win-some lose situa-tion. In an unstable environment, certaintough and spiny species of plant and animaladapt and thrive faster than others. Generallywe call these "weeds and pests" - their pro-liferation is bad for humans and "bad for theeconomy," but beneficial to certain adaptablepesticide companies we call "profiteers".Furthermore those humans least equipped tocope with the greater variability and risk aresure to be most exposed and least involved indecision-making (the poor and powerless,children and future generations, etc.).

By-products of production need not be pol-lution. For example, on a small farm thatkeeps pigs and grows com, farmer can feedcom husks and cobs to the pigs and spread thepig manure on the soil to help grow morecorn. In an industrial hog farm the pig wastesbecome concentrated and toxic.

Environmentalists don't promote asceti-cism and self-denial - they promote qualityof life over quantity of stuff. It is important forenvironmentalists to ay this more often, incemany people perceive environmentalism thisway. The idea is that when people ask thequestions 'How much is enough? Too much?What make me really happy? ' they lead rich-er, more fun-filled and satisfying lives anddon t de troy the means for others to live awell.

I encourage anyone who would like tolearn more about environmentalism to reade ay by Donella eadow - they're shortand to the point and she cite her sources. ee<http://iidl.iid.calpcdJlmeadows>.

oemi Gi zpenc i a member 0/ the Class0/199 .

OPINIO

Who's That Camgirl?Philip Burro

It' happened to all of you one time oranother. Your friend tell about thi great newone he started vi iting. You don't u ually dothat ort of thing but he's 0 adamant about ityou decide to give it a try. Before you know it,you've run out of money to fund youranachroni tically geeky Dungeons andDragons habit. In tead, you're trying to ingle-handedly purchase the wishli t of a - that'sright - webcam girl. I, however forgive you.

ure being by computer 0 often haskewed your life away from fantasy to fac im-

ile. Ye , any relatively ane camgirl must con-sequently enter into their profe ion with uchlow tandards as to actually respond to yourbumbling ad ance . Let' not forget the mi -guided perception that you have nothing betterto do. 0, th real re on I don't berate cam-girl addict i because it' already been done.

How me to backtrack for the uninitiated.Camgirls are females of any age who haveweb ite dedicated to picture of themselvetaken by computer peripherals. uxiliary con-tent often include Amazon.com wi hli t sothat vi itor can purcha e gift for these peo-ple. orne "V ebcam are merely part of variouscamportal which depict multiple camgirl ona creen without di tracting text. While it mayeem like an e erci e by only the narci si tic,

exhibitioni t and paradoxi ally insecure forthe socially inept both ides are far morediverse.

More importantly, the negative ide havealready been brutally ripped apart.

ebmaster can devote entire sections of theirites (Aaron McCray) or the site itself (Daign)

to critiquing (mocking) the more [in]famous

camgirl . Even camguy ( light) and the por-tal themselve - e p ciall tile' - do lit-tle more than exploit or belittle their femalecompatriots. a re ult, over a hort timepan the very be t in ult have already been

taken. otably, a random per on e-rnailedDaign with a near-brilliant comparison togei ha. Why try and top that when I can takethe opposite route and bottom' it, if youwill? That' right, it about time omeoneprang to the defense of camgirls and addict

alike.For starter sometimes it' just clean fun.

ot every site i run by a ubdebutante eek-ing praise and pre ents from fan for pornog-raphy. ometimes camgirls have entertainingand poignant me age next to their relentIeself-promotion. Or maybe a camgirl is ju ttrying to keep visual contact with acquain-tance he would otherwise be distant from.Who care if some of tho e people used to becomplete stranger before he had a web cam?Isn t that sort of thing what th internet i fora futuristic multimedia exchange previou lyrelegated to The Jet ons and T&T video-phones?

Even those not-so-forward-thinking indi-vidual can appreciate a good camgirl site.

ince you're already suppo ed to be looking atthe cam girl , there isn't the accrued guilt orocial stigma as ociated with imilar use of

yearbooks and covert satellite photos.CamgirIs take the place of more deviantfemales, like nuff film stars or Olympic gym-na ts. They add a human touch to an other-wi e impersonal class, thereby inhibiting per-verse inclinations. In the grand tradition ofThe Patch™ and marijuana, camgirls offer agateway towards real life (or "Rl," as the kidssay) interaction.

for amgirl enthu ia t they aren tfeeding into the delu ions and v himsof theirentertainers. There' nothing wrong with a lit-tle ardent prai e or even phy ical enumerationfor a job well done. uch po itive reinforce-ment can do wonder for the self-e teem onboth ide. In fact the notion that this onlyencourage camgirl to u e their bodie for per-onal gain couldn t be further from the truth.

Discerning and di criminatory visitors al 0

pay attention to the technical aspects of theite uch as an optimal refre h rate on the

camera and proper lighting, not to mention thearti tic kill of makeup.

Those who would say that uch pretensepreclude camgirls from operating in "Rl,"neglect the valuable veri imilitudinous lessonsthat the adoring public passes on. Cam girlsthat overindulge salaciou activity such astripping are often pressured to go too far,

teaching the importance of teasing withoutany actual fulfillment. Once camgirls havepeople worshipping at their feet, requestingundignified actions lead to in ults from thecam girl and her crew, exhibiting the necessityof protecting one s friends.

Of course, being a camgirl isn't all peach-es and cream. For one, despite the prevalenceof "camgirls" I 8 and over, nobody is about tostart calling people "cam women." Webcampatrons get the short end of the stick as well;they don't even have a name. Although suchminor imperfections abound, these modernday geisha deserve our respect, not our deni-gration. Remember that the next time yourroommate sells your CD burner to buyChelle that Meade DS-70EC Telescope she'salways wanted. Just think of it as a capitalinvestment in the space age or informationage or whatever.

Our Modern Dictatorship

Prisons) welfare) and schools are all targetsfor corporate takeover. Government prisons are

already human-rights-violating hell holes.Do we want prisons to be run by institutions

whose roots lie in fascism?

Guest ColumnAnton Van Der Ven

I used to think that we live in a free coun-try. I am now convinced that we live in a dic-tatorship.

To be sure, the dictatorship is not as bad asthe Soviet Union under Stalin, at least ifyou're not poor and either African AmericanLatino or ative American.

everthele s the majority of us well-to-dofolks at MIT live a relatively unmolested life.After all, we can all participate in a represen-tative democracy, though our participationwasn't really taken very eriously when thecurrent president was selected. Even then, theU. . government guarantees us unparalleledcivil liberties, at least to the lighter and richeramong us.

o what do Imean when I say we live in adictatorship? I'm talking about a systemwhere the meaningful and important deci-sions in society are not made by us the peo-ple, but by highly concentrated undemocraticcorporate institutions. The dictator-ship I'm referring to is a corporateone.

A corporation is itself a totalitari-an institution in which orders arepassed down a hierarchy. Once yourent yourself out to one you leavemany of your constitutional rights atthe door. But increasingly, we aren'tsubjected to corporate tyranny forjust those eight or more hours wetoil for them. During the la t fewyears, corporations have gotten solarge that often only a handful domi-nate whole sectors of the economy and thusmuch of our social life. This was even true inpast decades, when, for example, GeneralMotors, tandard Oil and Firestone bandedtogether to buy up the public electric trans-portation ystems in 45 U.S. cities so theycould subsequently dismantle them and pavethe way for a society of suburban sprawl andmassive air pollution.

One thing Bill Clinton will be rememberedfor in the future is that he presided over recordnumbers of corporate mergers - to be exact,70,000 of them. By comparison, the Reaganera saw 40,000 corporate consolidations.

arket central to our exi tence, such as fooddistribution pharmaceutical and energy, areoligopolies that can be characterized as highlycentralized commandeconomie only a shademore competitive than the economy of the for-mer oviet nion.

Lately, corporations have been expandingtheir reach even further by preying on socialervices, traditionally the re pon ibility of

the tate. Pri ons, welfare and schools are all

targets for corporate takeover. Governmentprisons are already human-rights-violatinghell holes. Do we want prisons to be run byinstitutions whose roots lie in fascism? Ifcurrent trends continue, it will only be a mat-ter of time before a corporation likeLockheed Martin takes over our publicschools. Do we want this military contractorto turn our children into war mongers so ourgovernment will have even less public resis-tance when it procures weapons of massdestruction?

Especially harmful to democracy are therecord-breaking mergers that have occurred inthe media business during the last two to threeyears.

This sector is now dominated by eightmulti-billion dollar corporations that controlmore than half of all media outlets. Their con-trol is vertical in that they simultaneously ownmultiple TV, cable and radio stations as well asnewspaper , magazines and book publishingcompanies.

One large corporation in the media busi-ness is General Electric, which owns BC.GE also makes large profits selling green-

house gas producing power generators andemploys roughly IOO,OOO workers. Will GECEO Jack Welsh allow NBC to host honestcoverage on global warming or labor issues?We can be sure that environmentalists andlabor unions don't have access to similarresources to mold a public perception favor-able to their interests.

But mega-corporations do not need to owna TV network to influence the media. Powerfulrogue corporations are quick to use bullyingtactics like threat of massive lawsuits whenreporters expose unsavory corporate behavior.Furthermore, media corporations are alwayscareful not to offend their important sponsorswho are more often than not other large cor-porations. It is in exactly this way that severallarge chemical companies, most notableamong them the Monsanto corporation, havebeen able to surreptitiously transform a major-ity of our food supply to one that is drawnfrom genetically modified crops. We the peo-ple of thi country were never consulted aboutthis fundamental change in our food. Even as

consumers we- are denied the right to not eatgenetically-modified food since they are notlabeled as such. The media has been all butsilent on this issue. This is no surprise consid-ering the clout that Monsanto has. Monsanto,for example, forced Fox TV to rewrite a docu-mentary that mentioned potential health risksassociated with its genetically modifiedbovine growth hormone used to boost milkproduction in cows. When the two reporters ofthe documentary failed to sufficiently white-wash the piece after 83 rewrites, they werefired. The reporters filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against Fox and won. A jury awardedthem almost half a million dollars. Fox isappealing the ruling. It argues that "there is nolaw, rule or regulation against slanting thenews."

Despite the overwhelming dominance andpower of corporations in our society, there arestill a few laws that restrict their behavior. It iswell-known that corporations expend mucheffort buying off politicians to dismantle lawsand regulations. Lately though, they have alsobeen using international "free trade" agree-ments as a conduit to slip in new rights for

corporations, often at the expense ofdemocracy in countries.

The next major free trade agree-ment on the table is the Free TradeAgreement of the Americas (FTAA) ,which was the subject of a meeting inQuebec City this past weekend. Traderepresentatives of all the countries ofNorth and South America (exceptCuba) met in Quebec to work on anagreement similar to AFTA.Although agreements like AFTAare widely acknowledged to impactall strata of society, only trade repre-

sentatives and CEOs of large corporationsparticipate in the drafting of these "freetrade" agreements. In fact, most of the FTAAdraft remains a secret; even Congress has notseen the full text. While the trade representa-tives in Quebec were accompanied by severalhundred corporate representatives, the rest ofsociety was kept out of the meeting in truedictatorial style. A large 10-foot wall waserected around Quebec City and held in placeby close to 10,000 heavily armed police whoused tear gas and plastic bullets to intimidateprote ters. Ironically for corporations, it is thefree trade agreements that have spurred anencouraging pro-democracy movement ofresistance to corporate domination. This wasdramatically evident during the Seattleprotests of ovember 1999, the IMP-WorldBank protests last spring and the massiveprotests last weekend in Quebec where60,000 citizens despite tear gas and a con-stant shower of rubber and plastic bulletstook a tand against the corporate takeover ofour ociety.

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THE ARTSLove's a Bitch: Amores PerrosInternational Film Captures Essence ofMexicoBy Jed HorneSTAFF WRiTER

Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez IiiiarrituScreenplay written by Guillermo ArriagaStarring Emilio Echevarria, Gael GarciaBernal, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero andVanessa BaucheUnrated

Itsuddenly occurred to me that maybeSteven Soderbergh's Traffic, for all of itsastute perceptions about the drug war, gotit wrong when it came to depicting

Mexico. For anyone who's never been south ofthe border and, on the basis of Traffic, decidethat Latin America is a little too dusty andyellow-tinged for their taste, my suggestion isto invest 20 bucks in seeing three movies outnow that might change your mind. In order ofincreasing worthwhileness, those movies are:Blow, Before Night Falls, and theenigmatically titled Amores Perros.

Continuing a tradition that, to the best ofmy knowledge, began with the beautifullyshot (and more subversive than Traffic) ThreeKings, these recent additions to the art-moviegenre take advantage of a very different cine-matographic technique to emphasize the richemotional landscape and physical reality ofMesoamerica and the Caribbean. Correctly,these films recognize that color-saturation andimpressionism are cinematographic elementsbest suited to countries where even death andpoverty are filled with color and hope.

When compared to the photography inTraffic reminiscent of 90-year-old daguerreo-types of the Mexican Revolution, it is clearthat the two visions are mutually exclusive.My contention is that the impressionists haveit right. And, I might add, any other way oflooking at the situation helps perpetuate someof the worst stereotypes about Mexico thatdon't make the fight against narcotraficantesany easier.

Amores Perras, on a purely visceral level,is masterful. Telenovela-style emotion is doneup to great effect by a visual flair that is bothgut-wrenchingly blood-soaked and beautiful.

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And despite the film's pessimistic exterior andploddingly inevitable descent into emotionalrock-bottom (think Requiem Jor a Dreamwithout drugs), the uniquely Latin fascinationwith hope hines through.

The film opens with a shakily-shot andhorrifically violent car crash, the central plotelement in a movie that has been comparedstructurally to Quentin Tarantino's PulpFiction. The crash sequence is the linkbetween three disparate urban-legend stylestories bridging ocial and emotional divides.

The first of the film's ubplots, "Octavioand usana," is the reason that ArnoresPerras carrie a disclaimer that no animalswere harmed during the filming (anyonewith a weak stomach, or a PETA card intheir wallet, be warned). Desperately in lovewith his deadbeat brother's abused wifeSusana (Goya Toledo), Octavio (Gael GarciaBernal) enters his dog Cofi in an under-ground dog fighting competition secretlyhelping Susana save money so she canescape Mexico City with him. Octavio'srelationship with Susana looks and feel likea fairy tale, but it is unmistakably infectedwith the hard-edged, fatalistic negativi m ofRequiem Jar a Dream.

Octavio's nice-guy veneer and implacableoptimism eventually lands him the disfavor ofanother group of dog-fighters, whose blood-lust is at fault during the film's opening acci-dent. Enter Daniel (Alvaro Guerrero), awealthy magazine executive whose love-affairwith glamorous model Valeria (VanessaBauche) is tested when her leg is destroyed inthe collision with Octavio's car. Some of themovie's funniest (and most emotionallycharged) moments come at the expense of thecrippled Valeria, forced to watch her formerself on a billboard outside her window everyday and tortured by the pathetic yips of herpampered dog Richie, caught under the floor-boards after chasing a ball into a hole in theground.

Hovering over the whole scene like a crossbetween a vulture and an angel is professor-turned-guerrilla-turned-crazy-homeless-

COURTESY LIONS GATE FILMSEI Chivo (Emilio Echevarria), professor-tumed-guerrilla-turned-crazy-homeless--guy andassassin, stars in Amorres Perros.

guy/assassin EI Chivo (Emilio Echevarria),who witnesses the accident and savesOctavio's dog, a life-changing moment andwatershed in his relationship with hisestranged ex-wife and daughter.

The film's title, translated into English, is alittle misleading: billed as "Love's a Bitch" inAmerican theatres, Amores Perras, in Spanish,is a double entendre. When pronounced arnoresperros, the film's title means, literally, "LoveHopes," maybe a more apt description. But thepoint of the movie (and what is conveyed soeffectively) is preci ely that ambiguity famil-iar to anyone with even a passing acquain-tance with the Latin American artistic and lit-erary tradition. And it is precisely thistradition that makes a case for Ifiiarritu's

vision over Soderbergh's. Amores Perros s out-look on life might as well have come straightout of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One HundredYears oj Solitude.

Perfectly acted and paced by a mostly-on-target musical score, Amores Perros is richlydeserving of aU the accolades it has received,including a nomination for best foreign lan-guage film in last year's Oscars, an award thatI think it deserved infinitely more thanCrouching Tiger; Hidden Dragon (one of myfavorites for most overrated mo ie of theyear). Crouching Tiger notwithstanding, thedeserved impact that Amores Perros has madeon the international film scene is certainly aplus for the fledgling art scene in Mexico andfor cinema as a whole.

Finqered: Same Green, Big ScreenInvolving Multiple Animal "Encounters," Tom Greens Latest is Puerile, Jet Gets the LaughsBy Sandra Chung

Directed by Tom GreenWritten by Tom Green andDerekHarvieStarring Tom Green, Marisa Coughlan, RipTom, Julie Hagerty, Eddie Kaye ThomasRatedR

His directorial debut is a work ofmagnificent beauty and depth.

. Poignant memorable characters andsweeping cinematography grip the

audience with ...Oops, wrong movie.Tom Green stars as Gordon Brody, a 28-

year-old aspiring animator who assemblescheese sandwiches for a living. After a disrup-tive incident involving a large sausage leaveshim unemployed, he trudges home to live withMom (Julie Hagerty of Airplane fame) andDad (Rip Tom, The Insider and Wonder Boys).

Gordy, unlike his successful youngerbrother Freddy (Eddie Kaye Thomas,American Pie), has trouble focusing and land-ing steady work. His extreme incompetenceand bizarre social skills severely hinder hisstruggle to escape his father's belittling judge-ments by finding the means to move out andlive on his OWD. On the road to a steady job helands and loses more lame jobs, molests sev-eral animals (five if you count the one in theouttakes), uses sausage and cheese in manycreative or offensive ways, and alienates hisfamily and girlfriend. Oddly enough he even-tually doe find financial succes and peacewith his father, though he spends a fewuncomfortable months as a prisoner inPakistan.

Actor Anthony Michael Hall (The Piratesof Silicon Valley, Sixteen Candles) isDavidson the executive who wields the powerto make or ignore Gordy's cartoon show.Marisa Coughlin plays the obligatory loveinterest a handicapped nurse who dabbles in

CHRIS HELCERM fAS-BENGE-FOXIt's really just an udder .•. one of many things to cringe at in Tom Green's directorialdebut, Freddy Got Rngered.

rocket science and enjoys having her para-lyzed legs beaten with a bamboo stick. Briefcameos from Shaquille 0' eal and DrewBarrymore add a little spice to the mix.

Because of the severely limiting material,none of the actors turn out remarkable orinsightful performances. Gordy's dad, Jim,randomly invoke various accent and regre -e into wacky, violent antic .

This is not a movie that beg to be takenseriously even though it manages to e plore

many general and complex aspects of thefather-son conflict between Gordy and Jim.However, it also mocks that p ychoanalysiswith an outrageous cene in which Gordy ab-otages a family therapy se sion by accusingJim of mole ting Freddy.

Green's passable directing skills makeample but not overwhelming use of filmcliches. Many of the cliche scenes are dubbedwith crowd-pleaser from the tongue-in-cheek

oundtrack Moby's " atural Blue ,"

Eminem's ''Will The Real Slim Shady Pleasetand Up," and Joe Cocker's "When A Man

Loves A Woman," to name a few). Fan ofGreen's MTV show who expect to see some oftheir favorite set pieces will not be disappoint-ed.

One wonders if the editor had much trou-ble doing his job as every scene that isn't acliche looks like an outtake (and the outtakesshow during the credits don't look any differ-ent from the rest of the movie). Consequentlythe film never 10 es momentum; you can restassured you will be either laughing, puking, orwanting to laugh or puke for the whole 90minutes. Be sure to stay alert and catch all thevisual gags, some of which, such as a bamboostick reprise and a statement about the movie'srun, timefIash by so quickly you'll miss themif you blink.

The R rating is mostly for crudity and ex-ual humor. The only nudity credits belong toTom, who e character 10 es some inhibitionafter imbibing a generous quantity of WildTurkey. Green's irreverent sen e of humor idefinitely not for everyone.

I ve heard about audience members walk-ing out of the theater at various points in thefilm (though the only casualties I noticed dur-ing my viewing were two high chool girls).One of the running gags consists of repeated,graphic close-ups of bloody injuries on theseverely accident-prone child of a neighbor.Green pretends, among other things, to swinga baby around by its umbilical cord and lickblood off flesh wounds. At certain choicemoments I was laughing so hard I could havesworn Gordy's car changed color. But at timessome of the laughter in the theater (includingmine) ounded a little uncomfortable.

If you are willing to cough up eight bucksor more for an especially long Closeof the TomGreen how, thi is your ticket. But if you'reeasily horrified and hold many things sacred,don't see this film or at least don't pay to see it.

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BSO, Lemn Brew BrillianceIn E eninq ofBeethoven Pianist Robert Levin Gi e agnificent PerformanceBy Jonathan R'chmondADVISORY BOARD

All-Beethoven Concert, Coriolan Overture.Piano Concertos o. 2 and 4Boston Symphony OrchestraRobert Levin, pianoSeizi Ozawa, conductorSymphony Hall, April 24

icture poor Orpheu separated fromhis beloved Eurydice and de cendinginto Hade in the vain hope ofretrieving her. Wellesley Profes or

Owen Jander ha persua ively argued thatBeethoven' Fourth Piano Concerto take the

HARVARD 'EWS OFFICEPianist Robert levin, accompanied by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, played atSymphony Hall on Tuesday.

well-e plored ork. Brendel pre ented themwith a vibrancy that made them appear fre hand ne - a if the ink of the compo itionhad dried ju t today.

The slo movement of the fourth concer-to pro ided the mo t profound moments of aspellbinding evening. Le in' piano opening

a very eriou and beautiful in it gentle-ne . By thi tage in Beetho en's career theoft pedal had been de eloped to re tri t

piano hammer action to one of three strings(una corda) when a oft effect was desired.Likewi e we heard in Levin's dulcet playingthe terrified but love-en nared Orpheu ven-ture forth into Hade balanced precariou lyon an una corda tightrope.

The piano not only relay the hope andfear of Orpheu but in three- tring modebears witne to the brutality of the Furies ofHades intent on hi destruction. Levin's mus-cular playing evoked the savagery, the night-mare rammed home by a olid wall of pre-cisely controlled BSO trings barringOrpheus de cent into the depths and, indeed,telling him to get the hell out of there.Levin' piano venturing forth in una cordadi regard of the danger, poke of lonelinessand pain but in delicate nuance, communi-cated the e sentials of hope to make this adeeply human performance.

Levin brought an inspired logic to theperformances of both concerti, gripping anddrawing his audience into the most fantasticof journeys. His ability to move naturallyfrom serene legato to violent cacophony wasmagnetic. His improvisation of cadenzas inboth concerto showed extraordinary daring:his solo ravings in the fourth concerto firstmovement cadenza reached such a level ofbrilliant madness that it seemed as ifBeethoven himself were seated at the key-board. His control here was fabulous. The

interv eaving of theme from the work duringthe cadenza howed a fine intelle tual under-tanding, coupled with a dri e to make

Levin teinway at once an instrument offine mu ic and the outlet of the manic andde pairing genius of the composer of thework driving the oloi t to heights of excel-lence.

Conductor eiji Ozawa narrowly missed ana ty accident during this cadenza. He stoodnervou ly watching the pianist's hand quiteun ure when the Devil would leave Levinalone and allow the orche tra to come backand bring the work to its conclusion. At onepoint Ozawa mi takenly raised his arms tothe orche tra, dropping them ju t in time toallow Levin to continue his unfinishedmachination unhindered.

The third movement of the fourth concer-to sees the demi e of Orpheus a he fallsprey to tibia, cornu, timpanaque (Ovid, XI 1-19, a cited by Jander). While the orchestrahad at times been on the heavy side duringmore tender moments, Ozawa certainlyknows how to kick up a storm and the B 0showed its strength and determination towipe out the struggling seeker of lost love,much as Levin's Steinway seemed disinclinedto admit defeat.

The Second Piano Concerto was alsogiven a magnificent performance. Levin'splaying was a model of cIa sicism for thisearly Beethoven work, but never missed anopportunity to experiment with an illuminat-ing nuance here, a highlight there. The com-bination of fluency and subtlety on piano wasbracing, while the BSO played with a sunnydisposition, making the performance of thiswork along with that of the fourth a life-affirming experience that will go down asone of the greatest accomplishments in theBSO's hi tory.

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Orpheus legend a it program, nd thepatho and po er of Robert Levin'performance of the ork Tue day night in

ymphony Hall revealed that Jander i deadon target.

Levin a standing in for piani t lfredBrendel, who had flown back to Germany formedical advice on an injury to hi arm andput on what must be one of the most pectac-ular performance ymphony Hall ha everho ted. Playing Beethoven econd andfourth piano concerto he brought not onlyendle s energy but al 0 a depth of in ightand creati ity that re ealed wonder anew ineach and eery nook and cranny of the e

Back and Better Than Ever·By Devdoot MajumdarARTS EDITOR

Janet's 'Allfor You'Lives Up toExpectations

Janet Jackson'All For You'Virgin Records$18.97

Either Janet Jackson has her own unique tyle that seepsinto each of her albums or she' got an incrediblyconsistent production crew that does it for her. Eitherway, she epitomize all that is lacking in this new age

of Brittneys and Christinas, for better or for worse.porting this carefully crafted originality, Jackson's never

shrill, ever-silky voice graces her latest album, All for You.amed after her latest MTV entrance, the album follow

tandard Janet features and format, delving into experimentalbeats and rhythms that require a listening or two before et-ting in.

De pite her newfound' icon" status, Janet deliver vocalswith the same awesome range and control characteristic ofonly the Jacksons. All for You take that sublime voice andpackage it into some memorable songs, and others made formediocrity.

After successfully proving that even depre sing themescan produce good music (but not fun music!) with her tear-jerking The Velvet Rope (1997), she seems now to have aban-doned the depression she once knew. With songs entitled"Come On Get Up" and a duet with Carly imon bearing thefamous lines "I bet you think this song is about you," All forYou is all about self-righteousness, happiness, and Janet'sebullience thereof.

But once the happy Janet surfaced, the angry Janet ( 'whatabout the shit you done to me? whatabout that? what aboutthat?"

from an album ago) got stuck with the "ooh baby oooh baby(X8)" genre. Entering that realm known to many of us as" ex music," Janet is now but the lovechild of Sade and BarryWhite, spawning "sex mu ic ' for a new generation.

And yet, All for You as a whole makes for fun listening.Bouncing from orgia tic sex music to bubble gum pop musicto soulful ballads, the album contains a true range of music.

The 'pop" on the album is definitely not standard fare. Allfor You bring tingly, di co-esque sensations to the Ii tener,but perhaps more importantly, hip-shaking, head bobbingmusic. Where it might be lacking in the lyrics department(the words "all for you" are repeated 30 times), it makes upwhen it come to innovative instrumentals.

The Carly imon duet, "Son of a Gun;' brings Janet Jacksonthe rap arti t back from her "Rhythm ation" days. The songentures into the realm of the utterly cacophonous (much like

Aaliyah's Try Again"), with Carly Simon muttering on aboutclouds in her coffee. Oddly reminiscent of the sampling of JoniMitchell in ' On and On" from The VelvetRope, "Son of a Gun"is bound to make a splash due to the sheer celebrity powerbehind it. As with much of the rest of the CD, "Son of a Gun"took a few repetitions to become enjoyable.

Aside from the easily identifiable "pop" on All for You,many songs begin with the casual pattering of a jazz organ, acharacteristic element of Jackson's songs. A pleasant breakfrom the meticulously edited, complex, and saccharinemelodies of recent MTV regurgitates like 1. Lo and Destiny'sChild, Jackson's melodies for the most part are simple, pleas-ant tunes. In truth, they end up being a demonstration of theversatility of Jackson's voice proving that she can sound per-fect without a herd of backup singers andoverpowering background music.

The ballads emotional andunabashedly sexual, are

numerous and catchy.Lacking the

signature elaborateness of "All for You" or other radio-readymaterial, they each have unique instrumentals (undoubtedlycomputerized) with organic sounds, melding Janet's smoothvoice with the music. Though seeming initially unremarkable,Janet's slower songs are distinct and bubbly in character. Herproducers also have a predisposition to releasing dance mixesof everything, so Ipresume many of the slower ballads willfind themselves reincarnated on the dance scene, withobscenely fast and unfitting techno tunes.

In general, the album doesn't have any ingenious lyrics toboast. But the music industry abandoned the quest for goodlyrics ages ago, so I suppose we review these days simply onsound and rhythm and leave the lyrics business for the AniDifrancos and Sarah McLachlans out there. Aside from thelyrics, there are a series of odd interludes (a regular elementof Janet's CD's) that are especially irritating after listening tothe album a few times. It is basically Janet imitating FranDrescher, Janet commenting that "guys are lame," and othersuch meaningful moments.

At any rate, bubble gum pop, easy as it comes, gets a twistwith Janet, elegantly escorted with acoustic guitars and thewhole gamut of computerized yet natural-sounding instru-mentals. Perhaps what sells the album, more than the songs,is Janet's voice and her innovative (and frankly, courageous)use of beats and harmonies. Janet's voice is as pristine asever, and, never outshined backup singers, she overpowersevery track.

Her sizzling voice in this new, effervescent mix of 14 newsongs, with sex music, good pop, and soulful ballads, is idealfor fans and head bobbers alike.

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que t to please his slightly disturbed, controllingfather (Rip Torn). - Sandra Chung

Heartbreakers (**)igourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt

star as a devilishly crude mother-and-daughterconning team. The mother hooks a rich bache-lor, marries him, and catches him in a compro-mising position with another woman (herdaughter). Acted poorly, written decently, theonly merits of the movie stem from its unortho-dox and frighteningly unbelievable theme. -Devdoot Majumdar

The following movies are playing thi weekendat local theater . The Tech suggests using<http://www.boton.com> for a complete li t-ing of times and locations.

**** Excellent***Good** Fair* Poor

Amore Perro (***~A horrific car crash ties together the lives of

five emotional refugees in what is certainly oneof the mo t important cultural and styli ticmovies to ever come out of Mexico. Beautifullyshot (and gut-wrenchingly violent), AmoresPerros is a must-see for devotees ofinternational cinema, and for anyone interestedin, or familiar with Latin American culture.Look for more good things from a directorhailed as the Tarantino of Mexican Cinema,Alejandro Gonzalez Ifiiarritu. -Jed Horne

American Desi (**~MIT alumnus Deep Katdare stars as Krishna

"call me Kris" Reddy, a young Indian-Americanso deeply assimilated by American culture thatonly a cute Indian-American girl can lure himback toward his native side. Writer/directorPiyush Dinker Pandya sketches some hilariousportraits of kids caught between cultures, butultimately the film seems to settle for being avery lighthearted and fairly uninterestingromantic comedy. Any serious issuessurrounding cultural conflict are left entirelyuntouched. In the end, the film will onlyentertain those with a healthy appetite for Indianin-jokes. - Amandeep Loomba

emento (***~Christopher Nolan's Memento is a puzzle

box of a movie, breaking up its narrative andshifting it in time, superbly successful inputting the audience in the same frame of mindas the ticking bomb of a protagonist, who ispursuing a criminal while suffering frommemory loss. Top-notch suspense, darkcomedy, and abundance of meaning make thisa movie to be remembered. About half of thecast of The Matrix appears in colorfulsupporting parts. - VZ

The Mexican (**~The quest for a sought-after object is usually

filled with excitement and heartbreaks along theway. The Mexican is filled with Julia Roberts, agay kidnapper, and Mexican thieves. Overall itis a great comedy that is light on an action-packed plot and character development. Thoughfull of laughs, the film will leave you wantingmore. - Jacob Beniflah

ALEX BAfLEY-M1RAMAX FILMS

Renee Zellweger stars as Bridget Jones, here with Colin Firth, in the quirky "chickflick," Bridget Jones's Diary.

tand-up comedian who meets an untimelydeath. He strikes a deal with heavenly angelsKeyes (Eugene Levy) and King (ChazzPalminteri) to be reincarnated as a rich, whitebusiness tycoon. Chris Rock plays his characterwith genuine enthusiasm and sincerity, and doesnot even utter a naughty word, conforming tothe film's PG-13 rating. - Erik Blankinship

Enemy at the Gates (***)This movie i a combination of an epic war

story and a tense game of the hunter and thehunted, as Jude Law and Ed Harris play oppos-ing Russian and German snipers, respectively,in World War n. Joseph Fiennes acts as theRussian press officer who makes a legend ofVassili Zeitsev (Law) and brings him to theattention of the German army, as well as form-ing part of a love triangle between Zeitsev andfemale sniper Tania (Rachel Wiesz). This is atale of trust, tragedy, and tension. Those dis-turbed by graphic violence will not want tosee this movie. - PH

oddly restrained campiness, sappy sentimentali-ty, and '80s-teen-movie rivalry. - JH

Bridget Jones' Diary (***)Starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, and

Hugh Grant, Bridget Jones s Diary is an enter-taining screen adaptation of Helen Fielding'snovel. For any girl that has ever struggled withweight, cooking, or men, this movie is a goodlaugh and shows what one often would like tosay but refrains from saying. However, if largeamounts of action or very deep drama is whatyou're in the mood for, don't choose this movie.- Pey-Hua Hwang

Chocolat (***)A nomad opens a chocolate shop during

Lent in a small French village. She fights thepuritanical mayor while serving her friends aheavenly slice of sin. Juliotte Binoche, JudiDench, and Johnny Depp score in this scrump-tious tale of romance and food. A word of cau-tion: make sure you watch this movie on a fullstomach, because you'll want to gorge yourselfon Godiva afterward. - Mike Hall

natch (***~Madonna's new hubby Guy Ritchie, bol-

stered by the runaway success of his first fea-ture film, Lock, Stock and Two SmokingBarrels, can hardly be blamed for sticking toa successful formula - take roughly sixTarantino-esque criminals, throw in a touchof wry British humor, and mix. This fantas-tically entertaining movie, which deftlymixes a botched diamond heist with thechaos of underground boxing, is a must-see,especially for anyone unfamiliar withRitchie's first film. - JH

Blow (***)Johnny Depp plays George Jung, the

ambitious young capitalist responsible forcreating the Colombian cocaine drug trade.Nick Cassavette's and David McKenna's scriptseems to overly sympathize with Jung and omitsthe ruthlessness commonly associated withcocaine trafficking. However, director TedDemme's bio-pic does rise above its ownshortcomings. With a great lead turned in byDepp and a wonderful supporting role from RayLiotta, Blow does deliver and is one of the betterfilms available in current release. ~ J.F.Graham You Can Count On Me (***~

Winner of the 2000 Cannes' Grand JuryPrize, this is a poignant film about a sister anda brother. Offering provocative writing, sin-cere acting and engaging editing, this filmtreats you like a friend who's been inadver-tently asked to sit in the living room as a fami-ly drama unfolds. The characters are real andtheir challenges tangible. - EB

BlowDry(*~As a national hairdressing contest invades a

small town in Britain, ex-national championPhil sharpens up his scissors for the fight of hislife against his former rivals in Simon Beaufoy's(The Full Monty) new movie, Blow Dry.Unfortunately, it is a feckless mish-mash of

Freddy Got Fingered (**)A bizarre, incompetent son (Tom Green)

encounters lame jobs, love, wild animals, andshocked people in his hilarious, action-packed

Down to Earth (**~Chris Rock plays Lance Barton, an aspiring

FILM REVIEW *x

Haven t I Seen Thil;Bfffore?New 'CrocodileDundee' Delivers Same Ol'Ston;

party guests by sharing his drunken stories ofthe days back in Walkabout Creek wrestlingcrocs with his good friend Mel Gibson (a.k.a.Melvin), which is actually funny.

Dundee in LA stands true to its original. Asa lighthearted, harmless comedy, Dundee con-trasts with the more vulgar, off color gross-outflicks (Can you say Freddy?) that we haveseen lately.

The film's simplistic postcard plot is set inmotion with Mick's journalist girlfriend ue(Linda Kozlowski) getting a call to cover thestory of possible criminal activity within asmall studio production company. Kozlow kishares little screen time with Hogan this timeout, which is quite the opposite of the previ-ous two films.

However, Mick does not find him elf wan-dering around LA all alone. Instead he dead-pans his way through tourist attractions byday, now teamed up with his young sonMickey (Serge Cockburn). While spending hisnights cruising Hollywood Boulevard in hisSubaru Outback with his Aussie crocodilehunting partner Jacko (Alec Wil on), it isMick and Jacko's nighttime escapade thatmanage to deliver some of the film's funnierscenes. But, as previously mentioned, it'snothing we have not seen before.

In the end Crocodile Dund e in LA offersnothing new. Fans of the previously popularDundee films (if they can be called popular)may find much to like with the latest in tall-ment. In the pa t there have only been a hand-ful of equeJs that have been viewed a a deadequal to their original. In some re pect, whenit comes to equel all the audience wants imore of the same anyway, and "Dundee" givesus just that.

By J.F.GrahamSTAFF WRITER

Directed by: Simon WincerWritten by: Matthew Berry and Eric AbramsStarring: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, SergeCockburn and Paul RodriguezRatedPG

Paul Hogan returns as the Outback'sfamous croc-hunter Mick Dundee inParamount's newest release, CrocodileDundee in Los Angeles.

It has been 18 years since we first sawMick lost in the Big Apple looking like theproverbial fish out of water, and with theexception of a few new wrinkles and a darkertan he still manages to look the same.Unfortunately, all the jokes and sight gags arethe ame as well.

In many of the opening scenes we seeMick doing what he does (and already did)best. He makes wild animals move out of hisway with just a squinty-eyed look and a waveof his hand. He still has trouble negotiatingthe modern hotel bathroom amenities. Hemanages to foil crimes by accident or design,fashioning whatever he can find at his disposalinto a weapon the U.S. military could use, anddisarms hand gun-toting gang members withcat-like reflexes. Last but not least, he is stillfooled by drag queens. All that is actually dif-ferent is the setting were Dundee finds him-self.

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Axis13 Lansdowne sr., 617-262-2437

Sundays: See Avalon below.Mondays: Static. Gay, casual

dress. $5, 18+.Thursdays: ChromejSkybar.

Progressive house, soul,disco; dress code. $10, 19+;$8,21+.

Fridays: Spin Cycle. Progressivehouse, 80s. $12, 19+; $10,21+.

veton15 Lansdowne sr.. 617-262-2424

Sundays: Gay Night (with Axison long weekends). Featuringhardcore house and techno.$10,21+.

Thursdays: International Night.Eurohouse. $10, 19+.

Fridays: Avaland. House. $15,19+.

Saturdays: Downtown.Modern house, club clas-sics, and Top 40 hits.$15,21+.

CircleEvery Tuesday, 9 p.m.-l a.m.A small but energy-filledplace to hear local DJs spina range of techno/trance. Noage restrictions, no dresscode. At the VFW, 371Summer St, Somerville (takethe Red Line to DavisSquare). $5, $1 before 9:30.

Karma Club9 Lansdowne St., 617-421-

9595

Sundays: "Current dancetavorltes " by guest DJs.Cover varies.

Tuesdays: Phatt Tuesdays.With Bill's bar, moderndance music. $10.

Wednesdays: STP. Gay-friendly, house. $15, 21+.

Thursdays: Groove Factor.House.

Fridays: Pure. Drum andbass, guest DJ. $15, 19+.

Saturdays: Elements of Life.International House. $15.

Man Ray21 Brookline St., Cambridge,617-864-0400

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Send submIssions to ott@the-tech.mlt.edu or by Interdepartmental mail to "On The Town," The Tech, W20-483.

Wednesdays: Curses. Goth.Appropriate dressrequired. $5, 19+; $3,21+.

Thursdays: Campus. Populartunes + House. Gay, casu-al dress. $10, 19+; $7,21+.

Fridays: Fantasy Factory(First and third Friday of Angst-ridden punk band (hed) Pe plays at Axis on Tuesday, May 1.the month. Features kinkyfetishes and industrial Fleet Centermusic.) Hell Night (every sec- Ticketmaster: 931-2000.ond Friday. 19+. IncludesGoth music.) Ooze (the las Jun. 5-6, 8-9: U2. Sold out.Friday of the month.) $10,21+. reduced prices for thosewearing fetish gear.

Saturdays: Liquid. Disco/house Central Square, 354-8238+ New Wave. $15, 19+; $10, Ticketmaster: 931-2000.21+.

Popular U IAxis13 Lansdowne St., 617-262-2437Next: 423-NEXT

May 1: (Hed) Pe.ay 14: Kottonmouth Kings.

617-262-

pro 27: DJ Dan.Apr. 30: Badly Drawn Boy.May 1: Our Lady Peace.

ay 4: Dave Waxman.ay 10: Blues Traveler.ay 11: Jonatha Brooke.

May 12: DJ Keoki.May 12: Psychedelic Furs.May 13: Gov't Mule.May 18: Sandra Collins.

Berklee Performance CenterBerklee College of Music1140 Boylston St.Free student recitals and facultyconcerts, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.some weekdays. For info onthese concerts, call thePerformance Information Une at747·8820.

Apr. 28: Agathonas lakovidisand Kompania.May 5: Comics 4a Cause - BrettButler.

Club Passim47 Palmer St, Cambridge, 617-

492-7679

Tuesdays: Open Mic at 8 p.m.(sign up at 7 :30). $5.Apr. 27: Rachel Blssex, lindaSharar, Chris Rosser, TomPrasada-Rao.Apr. 28: Kate Campbell, DebraCowan opens.Apr. 29: Richie Havens.Apr. 30: Club Passim School ofMusic Showcase.May 2: Rob Siegel and RuralElectrification.

ay 3: Pierce Pettis.May 4: Cliff Eberhardt, KateWallace.May 5: Willy Porter.May 6: Carl Cacho and AlastairMoock.

ay 9: Storytelling Concert withDavid Massengil.

ay 10: Clandestine andPamela Morgan.

The Midd/e East

Apr. 29: Benefit for RefugeYouth.

ay 1: Abilene.May 3: Howie Daymissing Joe.May 4: Angry Salad.May 9: Black Beetle.

ay 10: Miricle Ochestra,Amusia, Gideon Freudman,Sunbather.

ay 11: Mr. lifoMay 11: GarrisonjohnnyWishbone.May 12: Am StereohighCeilings.May 13: Cappadonnaremedy.May 16: Truckerpsychotic larry.

Orpheum Theatre1 Hamilton PI., Boston, 617-679-0810Ticketmaster: 931-2000

Apr. 28: David Gray.

Tsongas ArenaLowell, MATicketmaster: 931-2000.

Apr. 30: Van Morrison.

1. 1. the Bear's .P/ace10 Brookline St., Cambridge,

617 -492-BEAR

Apr. 27: The Jupiter Project, TheDouglas Fir, Ad Frank CDRelease, Francine.

Apr. 29: The Holy Childhood,The Color Forms, Alchemilla.

Apr. 30: The Other Side Of TheBear Acoustic Series: BrendaWhite, Julie Wilson, MeghanCary.

Tweeter Center for thePerforming Arts (GreatWoods)

885 South Main St., Mansfield,MA 02048

Ticketmaster: 931-2000

Jun. 11: The Black Crowes andOasis.

Jun. 22: The Allman BrothersBand.

Jul. 25: Bon JOVl.Aug. 8: Ozzfest 2001.

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ay 2-3: Joey Caldorazzo Trio.May 4-5: Mike Stern Quartet.May 10-12: Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Trio.

Scullers Jazz ClubDoubleTree Guest Suites, 400

Soldiers Field Rd., Boston,617-562-4111

Apr. 27-28: Michel Camilo.May 2-3: Jacky Terrasson Trio.May 4-5: Shirley Horn Trio.

Classical MusicBoston Symphony OrchestraTickets: 266-1492.Performances at Symphony Hall.Call for ticket prices.For MIT Students: Tickets areoffered for Th. evening concerts(8 p.m.) and Fri. afternoon con-certs (1:30 p.m.) and are avail-able on the day of the concertonly at the BSO Box Office atSymphony Hall (301 Mass. Ave.Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m.). Two tick-ets may be obtained with twocurrent valid IT student IDs,subjec to availability. For updat-ed MIT student ticket availabili-ty, call 638-9478 after 10 a.m.on the day of concert.

Apr. 27, 28 at 8 p.m.: AII-Beethoven Program:Consecration of the HouseOverture, Symphony No.8,Piano Concerto o. 5, Emperor.Seiji Ozawa, conductor; AlfredBrendel, piano. Sold Out.

May 1, 4: Mahler: Songs fromDes Knaben Wunderhorn;Shotakovich: Symphony NO.5.Thomas Hampson, baritone;Seiji Ozawa, conductor. SoldOut.

TheaterLes Misefab/esThrough May 20: The classicBroadway epic returns toBoston. At the Colonial Theatre(106 Boylston St., Boston).Show is at 8 p.m. except forSundays (shows at 1:30 p.m.and 7:30 p.m.), matinee Apr. 21(2 p.m.) and no show Mondays.Tickets: General: $24, $54,$64, $69, $74. CallTicketmaster 0 make reserva-tions (617-931-2000).

.Pacific Northwest Ballet . TheSleeping Beauty

May 3-20, at the Wang Center(270 Tremont St., Boston, MA).Spectacle rules when Pacific

orth est Ballet unleashes theSeattle premiere of nTheSleeping Beauty," P B's first

new full-length story ballet infive years. ChoreographerRonald Hynd, formerly a princi-ple dancer with the EnglishRoyal Ballet, has worked exten-sively in America with theHouston Ballet and AmericanBallet Theatre. Call 482-9393 tomake reservations or for moreinformation.

Comedy Connect/onMon.-Wed. at 8 p.m.; Thurs.8:30 p.m.; Fri. and Sat. 8 p.rn.,10:15 p.m.; Sun. 7 p.m. Theoldest comedy club in Bostonshowcases big-name, nationalcomedians on weekends and up-and-coming local talent duringthe week. At 245 Quincy MarketPlace, Faneuil Hall, UpperRotunda, Boston. Admission$10-$8 (weekend prices vary).Call 248-9700 for more informa-tion and a complete schedule.

Blue Man GroupCharles Playhouse, 74Warrenton Street, Boston, indef-initely. Curtain is at 8 p.m. onWednesday and Thursday, at 7and 10 p.m. on Friday andSaturday, and at 3 and 6 p.m.on Sunday. Tickets $35 to $45.Call 426-6912 for tickets andinformation on how to see theshow for free by ushering.

ExhibitsThe Institute of ContemporaryArt50 Dalton St., Boston. (266-5152), Wed. & Fri: 12 p.m. - 5p.m.; Thurs: 12 p.m. - 9 p.m.;Sat. - Sun: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.Admission $6 adults, $4 seniorsand students, free Thursdayafter 5 p.m.

Isabella Stewart GardnerMuseum280 The Fenway, Boston. (566-1401), Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5p.m. Admission $10 ($11 onweekends). $7 for seniors, $5for students with ID ($3 onWed.), free for children under18. The museum, built in thestyle of a 15th-century Venetianpalace, houses more than2,500 art objects, with empha-sis on Italian Renaissance and17th-century Dutch works.Among the highlights are worksby Rembrandt, Botticelli,Raphael, Titian, and Whistler.Guided tours given Fndays at2:30 p.m.

Museum of Fine Arts465 Huntington Ave., Boston.(267-9300), Mon.-Tues., 10a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Wed., 10a.m.-9:45 p.m.; Thurs.-Fri., 10a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10a.m.-5:45 p.m. West Wing openThurs.-Fri. until 9:45 p.m.

Admission free with MIT ID, oth-erwise $10, $8 for students andseniors, children under 17 free;$2 after 5 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., freeWed. after 4 p.m.

Mon.-Fri.: introductory walksthrough all collections begin at10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.;"Asian, Egyptian, and ClassicalWalksn begin at 11:30 a.m.;"American Painting andDecorative Arts Walksn begin at12:30 p.m.; "European Paintingand Decorative Arts Walksnbegin at 2:30 p.m.; Introductorytours are also offered Sat. at 11a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Permanent Gallery Installations:"Late Gothic Gallery, n featuringa restored 15th-century stainedglass window from HamptonCourt, 14th- and 15th-centurystone, alabaster, and poly-chrome wood sculptures fromFrance and the Netherlands;"Mummy Mask Gallery," a newlyrenovated Egyptian gallery, fea-tures primitive masks datingfrom as far back as 2500 B.C.;"European Decorative Arts from1950 to the Pr e s ent": "JohnSinger Sargent: Studies for MFAand Boston Public LibraryMurals. "

Gallery lectures are free withmuseum admission.

Museum of ScienceScience Park, Boston. (723-2500). Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri.,9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission free with MIT10, otherwise $9, $7 for children3-14 and seniors.

The Museum features the the-ater of electricity (with indoorthunder-and-lightning showsdaily) and more than 600 hands-on exhibits. Ongoing: "DiscoveryCentern; "Investigate! A See-For-Yourself ExhibW; "Science inthe Park: Playing with Forcesand Motion"; "Seeing IsDeceiving. n

The Metamorphosen Chamber OrchestraSun. Apr. 29 at 8 p.m. at the Jordan Hall, New EnglandConservatory of Music. Coleman: Work for Flute (WorldPremiere); Strauss: Metamorphosen (1945); O'Connor:American Seasons. Scott Yoo, music director; Marko 'Connor, violin; Elizabeth Ostling, flute.Metamorphosen will conclude the season accompa-nied by the phenomenal, 2001 Grammy Award-winningviolinist, Mark O'Connor, in the Boston premiere of anew work entitled American Seasons, which will laterbe recorded on the Sony Classical label. Mark won hisGrammy this year with Yo-Yo Ma in an album entitledAppalachian Journey. The commission for the eveningwill be by Dan Coleman in a work for flu e and orches-tra. This special program will also include a reprise ofthe orchestra's signature work, Strauss'Metamorphosen. Visit <www.metamorphosen.org> formore information or to reserve tickets.

Ongoing: "Friday IgntStargazmg," Frl., 8:30 p.m.;"Welcome to the Universe, n

daily; "Quest for Contact: AreWe Alone?" daily. Admission toOmni, laser, and planetariumshows is $7.50, $5.50 for chil-dren and seniors.

RegattabarConcertix: 876-77771 Bennett St., Cambridge02138,617-662-5000

Apr. 27: Dominique Eade.May 1: Sugar Ray & the

Blues ones.

OtherStorlesfr·om Another Realm:Films by Herbert Achternbusch

Through Apr. 30: A prolific nov-elist, poet, dramatist, painter,and anarchist filmmaker fromBavaria, Herbert Achternbusch -despite the evidence of 27 fea-ture films he has made to date -- remains the least known direc-tor from the New GermanCinema. Situated in a no-man'sland between dream and reality,yet laced with references toactual events and to his ownlife, Achternbusch's films com-

prise one of the most fierce-ly individualistic oeuvres infilm history. Copresented bythe Goethe-Institut Boston.All festival films will bescreened at Harvard FilmArchive, located at the lowerlevel of the Carpenter Centerfor the Visual Arts, 24QUincy St. Cambridge 617-495-4700 for more info. orvisit «www.nerveratit-marchive. org> for a com-plete schedule. Tickets $7,$5 students, seniors.Tickets may be purchased atthe Harvard Box Office,located at: Holyoke CenterArcade, 1350Massachusetts Ave.,Cambridge, MA. For ticketinginfo. call 617-496-2222 orTTY: 617-495-1642.

Apr. 27 at 7 p.m. DasAndechser Gefuhl (TheAndechs Feeling) (Dir. byHerbert Achternbusch; WestGermany 1974, 16mm, color,68 min.; With HerbertAchternbusch, Margarethe vonTrotta, Barbara Gass; Germanwith English SUbtitles) InAchternbuschus' first feature,an anxious teacher confronts alife of failure. Only a dreamfrom the past - the memoryof a former liaison with a filmstar with whom he shared "theAndechs feeling, a feeling thatwe are not alone" - providessustenance. Despite an unex-pected series of events, long-ing in Achternbuschus' worldUltimately remains strongerthan fulfillment.

~ 7th Annual Boston Gay &Lesbian Rim/Video Festival

May 2-20. Tickets $9 (students,seniors, members $8). Tickets foropening night films on May 2 and3 are $12 (students/seniors/members $10). Ticketsfor "Chrissy" on May 20 are $5.

Festival highlights include: JulieJohnson (May 2). starringCourtney Love and Uli Taylor; theworld premiere of All Over theGuy (May 3), with visiting direc-tor Julie Davis; SouthernComfort (May 5), winner of BestDocumentary at the SundanceFilm Festival, with visiting direc-tor Kate Davis; Hedwig and theAngry Inch (May 10), winner ofthe Sundance Film FestivalAudience and Director awards;and Nico and Dani (May 18), win-ner of the Youth Award at theCannes Film Festival.

Anna Myers and DancersMay 3, 4, and 5 at 8 p.m., May6 at 6 p.m. At the Green St.Studios, 185 Green St.,Cambridge. Since its inception in1992, Anna Myer and Dancershas performed the innovativechoreography of Anna Myer to asteadily growing audiencethroughout the northeast, mostnotably Boston and New YorkCity. Anna Myer's rich and variedchoreography has caught theattention and respect of some ofthe country's most prominentdance critics, including JenniferDunning of The New York Times.Anna Myer's unique language ofmovement is a fusion of classi-cal, modern, and post modernapproaches to dance; it is theoutcome of Myer's extensivetraining as a scholarship studentwith American Ballet Theatre aswell as her performance historywith the Boston Ballet and vari-ous modern dance companies.Tickets $15, children $10,$ 7 .50. For reservations, call617-864-3191. For more infor-mation, visit <www.annamyer-dancers.org>.

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TechCalendarTechCalendar appears in each issue of The Tech and features events for members of the MIT community. TheTech makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of this information, and The Tech shall not be held liable for anylosses, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from attendance of an event.Contac information for all events is available from the TechCalendar web page.

Visit and add events to TechCalendar online at http://tech-calendar.mit.eduFriday, April 27 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - MIT 2001 Odyssey Ball. 8:00 p.rn, to 12:00 Midnight, Join your friends and colleagues for the MIT

2001 Odyssey Ball, Refreshments all evening, Black Tie, cosmic or festive attire! DJ and live music by Jump Street. $5Students, $10 Faculty, Staff and MIT Community. Room: Kresge Oval (Tent). Sponsor: Spring Weekend, President's Office.8:00 p.m. - Digital Vaudeville. Asst Prof. Thomas DeFrantz performs My Digital Body. Other performers include EricaMohammed from NYU. free. Room: Walker Memorial Morss Hall. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section.10:00 p.m. - LSC Presents: The Legend of Drunken Master. Please see 7:00 p.rn. listing. $2.50. Room: 26-100. Sponsor:LSC.

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - MIT International FaIr. Over 40 of MIT's cultural groups bring the world together in a day of dancing,food, music, fashion shows and more. free. Room: Student Center Plaza and walkway from Mass Ave. For info e-mailsidsen@mit.edu or see http://web.mit.edu/isa/lfai~. Sponsor: International Student Association.11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Race in Digital Space Conference. This three-day conference, which begins April 27, explores theways technology is used, and how this interaction defines society and culture. Conversing about the development of newtechnologies and rethinking how we use the tools we already have is crucial to the development of future forms ofcorrespondence, storytelling, image and music-making. free. Room: Wong Aud., Building E51. Sponsor: CommunicationsForum, Women's Studies Program, Comparative Media S udies. USC, NYU and UC-SantaBarbara.12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m, - AI-Anon Open DIscussion: AI-Anon Meeting. free. Room: £15-101. Sponsor: MIT Medical.12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - PowerPoint QUick Start. PowerPoint makes it easy to jazz up your presentations. Get an introductionto what PowerPoint can do. Find out how to create shows. Learn how to use drawing tools, graphics, and create handouts.free. Room: 42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems.12:00 p.rn. - 1:30 p.rn, - Environment & Sustainability brown bag seminar. "Role of Coat in Sustainable World EnergyDevelopment." free. Room: E4Q.496. Sponsor: Center for Environmental Initiatives.12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - WG Open House & Spring Social Gathering. MIT Support Staff - Meet your colleagues. Learn aboutthe Working Group for Support Staff Issues. Drawing - win a free lunch with a WG member at Rebecca's. Refreshments willabound. free. Room: Bush Room, 10-105. Sponsor: Working Group on Support Staff Issues.1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Making the Wol1<placeFamily-f"riendly: Who is Responsible? Panel featuring Kathy Cassavant, KathyHazzard, and Lois Shaevel. free. Room: 1-135. Sponsor: Women's Studies Program. Kelly-Douglas Fund.3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - "Integrated Product Design Simulation." free. Room: 3-133. Sponsor: ME Seminar Series.3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - 2001 Warren K. lewis Lectureship. free. Room: El5-070. Sponsor: Chemical Engineering.4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Smoothed Analysis of Algorithms: Why the Simplex Algorithm Usually Takes Polynomial Time.Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2-349. free. Room: 4-163. Sponsor: Combinatorics Seminar. Departmentof Mathematics.5:00 p.m. - Advanced Music Performance Concert. Mathematics senior Ivan Middleton, piano student of Tim MacFarland.Chopin's Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61; Scriabin's Etudes, Op. 42; Beethoven's Sonata in Ab, Op. 26; Bach-Busoni's ten ruf' zudir Herr. free. Room: Killian Hall. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section.5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Beginner Ballroom Dance lessons. Learn to do the Cha-cha, waltz, foxtrot and swing. No partnernecessary. Come to any or all of the six lessons. Lessons taughtby members of the MIT Ballroom Dance Team. free. Room: Building 34-3rd floor lobby. Sponsor: MIT Ballroom Dance Team.LEF,GSC,Arts Council.6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Christian Testimony Night. Come hear several recently born-again Christians share how they came toknow Jesus Christ. A free dinner will be provided. free. Room: Student Center (W20-407). Sponsor: Graduate ChristianFellowship.7:00 p.m. - LSC Presents: A Hard Day's Night. The greatest rock and roll comedy adventure of all time returns to the bigscreen! Featuring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr in a digitally rernastered print of the filmwhich invented the music video. Watch the Beatles perform seven of their most famous songs, and hear them in fabuloussurround sound. $2.50. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.7:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. - Spring Weekend Concert. Featuring: Blues Traveler and The Roots. $7 MIT community, $12 otherstudents w/ valid college ID. Room: Johnson Athletics Center. Sponsor: Spring Weekend.7:30 p.rn, - LSC Classics Presents: A Taxing Woman's Return. Marusa no Onna II features Ryoko Itakura as the governmenttax agent willing to tackle the toughest cases. This time she takes on a fanatical but lucrative religious cult run by a vilelecher. $2.50. Room: 10-250. Sponsor: LSC. MISTI Japan.8:00 p.m. - Bhoma. Play by Badal Sircar. Directed by Sudipto Chatterjee. $8, $6 students/seniors. Room: Kresge littleTheater. Sponsor: Dramashop.8:00 p.m. - MIT Chamber Orchestra. Dante Anzolini, director. Works by Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Respighi. free. Room:Killian Hall. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section.10:00 p.rn. - LSC Presents: A Hard Day's Night. See 7:00 p.m. listing. $2.50. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.

Saturday, April 28

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Race in Digital Space conference. free. Room: Wong Auditorium, Building E51. Sponsor:Communications Forum, Women's Studies Program, Comparative Media Studies.9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. - MIT Ballroom Dance Competition. Come be dazzled by this ballroom dance sport competition at MIT- one of the largest of its kind in the Northeast. See ballroom dancers of all levels compete in Latin, Standard, Smooth andRythm dancing. free. Room: DuPont Gym. Sponsor: MIT Ballroom Dance Team. Large Event Funding, Graduate StudentCouncil, Arts Council of MIT.12:00 p.m, - 5:30 p.m. - Kresge Kickback. Featuring: Live music, free food and the Mr. MIT Pageant. free. Room: Kresge BBQpits. Sponsor: Spring Weekend.2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.rn. - Meet the Artist. Prof. Heller will be on hand to answer qu~OAS. sigR-j1r.ints,,angexplain the sciencebehind the images in his exhibition "Approaching Chaos: Visions from the Quantum Frontier." free. Room: MIT Museum'sCompton Gallery, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Bldg. 10-1st floor. Sponsor: MIT Museum.3:00 p.m. - MIT Affiliated Artist Concert: New Music by Matthew Guerrieri, composer and pianist. Two rags from Capital;Arsenal (music for the film by Alexander Dovzhenko). free. Room: Killian Hall. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section.5:00 p.m. - Movements in Time Spring Concert. Movements In Time Dance Company, an amateur dance group at MIT,exposes dancers within the MIT community to professional quality choreography in a wide range of dance techniques, includingballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, pointe and tap. $7. Room: William Monroe Trotter School (135 HumboldtAve, Dorchester).Sponsor: Movements in Time.7:00 p.m. - LSC Presents: The Legend of Drunken Master. Jackie Chan returns to the role that made him famous 16 yearsago. As Chinese folk legend Wei Fei Hung, he battles embassy workers stealing Chinese artifacts at the beginning of the 20thcentury. The final 28 fight sequence is the most complex martial arts scene ever filmed, and must be seen to be believed!.$2.50. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.8:00 p.m. - Bhoma. Play by Badal Sircar. Directed by Sudipto Chatterjee. $8, $6 students/seniors. Room: Kresge LittleTheater. Sponsor: Dramashop.8:00 p.m. - Mehta/lovens Duo with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. These two emerging virtuosi of the internationalimprovisational music scene of Rajesh Mehta, (MIT Class of 1986) and Paul Lovens - are artists-in-residence at MIT April 24-29. Mehta is an experimental trumpeter, composer and instrument builder; Lovens is widely considered one of the mostoriginal percussionists of our time. They reside in Europe and infrequently come to the U.S. Program will feature the premiereof a commissioned work by Mehtais former teacher and mentor, Lecturer Mark Harvey, director of the Aardvark JazzOrchestra.free. Room: Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: Music and Theater Arts Section.

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Sunday. April 29

9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.rn. - MIT Ballroom Dance Competition. Come be dazzled by this ballroom dancesport competition at MIT-one of the largest of its kind in the Northeast. See ballroom dancers of all levels compete in Latin, Standard, Smooth andRythm dancing. free. Room: DuPont Gym. Sponsor: MIT Ballroom Dance Team. Large Event Funding, Graduate StudentCouncil, Arts Council of MIT.9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Race In Digital Space Conference. free. Room: Wong AUditorium, Building E51. Sponsor:Communications Forum, Women's Studies Program, Comparative Media Studies.1:00 p.rn. - 5:30 p.rn. - Ballroom Dance lessons. Bolero 1 at 1 p.rn., VWaltz 2 at 2 p.rn., Int. Rhumba 3 at 4:30 p.m. Freesocial dancing from 3:3Q.4:30 p.m. $1 to $5. Room: Lobby 13. Sponsor: Ballroom Dance Club.3:00 p.m. - Bhoma. Play by Badal Sircar. Directed by Sudipto Chatterjee, $8, $6 students/seniors. Room: Kresge LittleTheater. Sponsor: Dramashop.7:00 p.m. - LSC Presents: A Hard Day's Night. $2.50. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.8:00 p.m. - Violin Concert. Young virtuoso Stefan Milenkovich performs Brahms, Paganinl, and Ravel. At 24, Mr. Milenkovichis an internationally distinguished violinist and a teaching fellow at Juilliard's DeLay Institute. Celebrated as a child prodigy, heperformed extensively at the age of seven and was in ited to play for President Reagan at the age of 10, for MikhailGorbachev at the age of 11, and for Pope at the age of 14. He gave his 1,000th concert when he was only 16. Sponsored byPresident's Office and Provost's Office at MIT, Graduate Student Council, and Council for the Arts at MIT. Reception follows.Proceeds donated to charity. $10, $5 students, free for children under 12. Room: Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor: MITOrganization of Serbian Students (MOST).10:00 p.m. -LSC Presents: The Legend of Drunken Master. $2.50. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.

Monday, April 30

12:10 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - GABLES Monthly Lunch. GABLES is the Gay, Bisexual, and Lesbian Employees and Supportersgroup. Each month, on the last working day, we gather to enjoy lunch and the company of our colleagues and friends.Occasionally there are discussions of topical interest, however the focus of this event is social. The organization also works toadvance the interests of GBLTemployees at MIT. The lunches are open to anyone in the wider MIT community interested in ourwork. We have often welcomed guests from other universities and their friends. Price: The cost of your lunch. A variety of localeateries. Sponsor: GABLES.1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Special seminar. Sensory Information Processing under Physical Constraints. free. Room: 36-428.Sponsor: EECS.3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.rn. - Mellon-MIT Program on NGOs and Forced Migration - research presentation. Ms. Aoudeh, GraduateSchool of Education at Harvard, will present on "Service Provision for Domestic Violence in the Refugee Camps of Gaza andthe West Bank," and Kelly Greenhill, MIT's political science department, will speak on "Forced Migration as an Instrument ofCoercion" {emphasis on Cuba}. free. Room: E38-615. Sponsor: Center for International Studies.3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Service Provisions for Domestic VIolence in the Refugee Camps of Gaza and the West Bank/ForcedMigration as an Instrument of Coercion. free. Room: E38-615. Sponsor: Center for International Studies, Women's StudiesProgram. Mellon-MIT Program on NGOSand Forced Migration.4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - "Projective maps and Invariants of symplectic 4-manifolds." *note this lecture will be held at 4:00p.m. rather than 3:30. free. Room: Room 4-159. Sponsor: Differential Geometry Seminar. Department of Mathematics.5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Investigative Bible Discussion. Wanted: Students who are curious about 1) Who is Jesus?, and 2)..How is He relevant to my life today? If that's you, join us for an interactive search through the Bible about Jesus's life andteachings. free. Room: Student Center Private Dining Room 2. Sponsor: Graduate Christian Fellowship.7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Where Should Israel Go From Here? 4 Viewpoints on Israeli Polley Spanning the Political Spectrum.A panel discussion moderated by Stephen Van Evera about Israeli politics and policies relating to peace with the Palestinians.free. Room: 6-120. Sponsor: Hillel, MIT.

Tuesday, May 1

12:00 a.m, - 11:59 p.rn. - CCRR Grants Program: CCRR Grants Application Deadline. This month's deadline for submittingapplications to the CCRRGrants Program. free. Sponsor: Committee on Campus Race Relations.12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - The Discovery of the Electron and the Atomism Debate. RESCHEDULED:Dibner Institute LunchtimeColloquium. free. Room: E56-100. Sponsor: Dibner Institute.2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - SPECIAL SEMINAR: 5i Microphotonics and Microcavlties. free. Room: von Hippel Room, 13-2137.

ponsor: EECS_3:30 p.rn. - 5:00 p.m. - Diffusion and Ordering of Block Copolymers. DMSE Distinguished Lecturer Series, featuring world-class speakers in Materials Science and Engineering. free. Room: 4-270 (followed by reception at 4:30 p.m. in 8-314).Sponsor: Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering.4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - MTl VLSI Seminar Series. Low Power Design Challenges for the Decade. free. Room: 34-101.Sponsor: MTL VLSI Seminar.4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.rn. - Probability and Statistics: Some Thoughts on the Basic Course Sequence. Refreshments will beserved at 3:30 p.m. in room 2-349. free. Room: Room 2-338. Sponsor: Statistics Seminar. Department of Mathematics.4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Control of settlements due to tunnelling In soft ground. free. Room: 1-350. Sponsor: Engineering &Environmental Mechanics Group.4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Gas Turbine seminar Series. free. Room: 31-161. Sponsor: Gas Turbine Laboratory.5:00 p.m. - Globalization and the Future of Democracy: lessons from Greece. free. Room: Killian Hall, 14W-l11. Sponsor:MIT Japan Program. MISTI.5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Aga Khan Lecture. Weaving Historical Narratives: Beirut's Last Mamluk Monument by Dr. Howayda AI-Harithy, Department of Architecture and Design, The American University of Beirut. free. Room: 4-231. Sponsor: Aga KhanProgram for Islamic Architecture.7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Daughter of Rape/Abortion Survivor. Rebecca Kiessling, daughter of a rapist and nearly aborted, willgive a lecture on campus. This is a national speaker. All are invited. Question and answer period to follow lecture. free. Room:6-120. Sponsor: Pro-Life, MIT.8:00 p.m. - Wish You Were Here: Video documentary by Kevin Choi '0:1. Documentary by the management major aboutidentity, family, God and self-discovery during recent travels in Europe. Mr. Choi is a winner of a 1999 List FoundationFellowship in the Arts.Reception follows. free. Room: Wong Auditorium. Sponsor: Office of the Arts.

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evergreens27 Take a sample29 Communion

table32 Tex-Mex choice34 "Missing" co-star36 Fuming39 Justice Fortas40 S arts a fire42 NATO member43 Capture again45 Torments

persistently47 Up-and-comer49 Requirements50 Rouen's river52 Order of

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Show" director60 "Lyin' _,.

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French coin5 Boots on wheels6 Menace7 Scarf like a

snake?8 Set a tax9 Actual

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pril 27, 2001 THE H Page 15

Bernard AnticipatesMany CancellationsSummer Housing, from Page 1 from their pool of applicant; ever-

al u ed first come, fir t [served], ,average of900. according to the report.

Only 879 paces are available This year, all the applicationfor undergraduate housing thi were put into a ingle database andsummer. Even though during the assigned random lottery number .academic year, dormitorie hou e Each dormitory wa filled with2,595 undergraduates, during the current residents of that dormitorysummer, many of the e room are who indicated it as their firstu ed to house participant in sum- choice, in order of their lotterymer programs and conferences or numbers. If spaces remained, theyare clo ed for reno- were filled byvations. Addition- ----------- other applicantsally, no room are "U}; t' to who ranked it ascrowded during therre are expec 2ng their first choice,ummer. get enouab cancella followed by all

Bernard said he VI<

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uv:3 - tudents whoexpects more can- tions to house all the ranked it as theircellations than second choice,usual thi year. "We people on the waiting then third, andhave done housing list. "_ Phillim M fourth.a lot later in previ- ~ Frank's reportous years," he said, Bernard, Manager of also noted that"and the later you 'notification wasdo it, the less can- Residential Services done sporadical-cellations you get" ly" and "overall,because less people ----------- the notificationapply for MIT housing as a contin- timing was rather late .... The va tgency plan. majority of the student body has

"We are expecting to get enough more important things to worrycancellations to house all the people about at the beginning of May thanon the waiting list," Bernard said. where they will be living for the

summer."This year, all applicants were

notified of their assignments or theirwaiting list status this week.

Centralized system implementedRLSLP made several changes to

the summer housing process thisyear based on a report that JenniferA. Frank '00 put together whileserving as an intern. The biggestchange was centralizing the selec-tion process. In her report, Franksaid the old process "was totallydecentralized and fairly unorga-nized. Students' applications werehanded around at different ratesfrom manager to manager."

The method of selection itselfalso varied from one dormitory toanother. "Some chose at random

Other options availableBernard recommended that peo-

ple on the waiting list explore hous-ing options in the FSILGs. He alsosaid that summer sublets in thegraduate houses are available toMIT undergraduates.

People who find outside housingshould make sure to get earlyreturns, Bernard said, so they canmove back into their fall assign-ments during orientation.

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pril 27, 2001Page 16

Bias Against AsiansCommon, Panel SaysRECITALlOLl

can i 'nothing new. ' He pointedto the larger i ue of the govern-ment' and citizens' treatment ofdifferent ethnicitie throughout his-tory, including hate crime , Japan-e e internment during World War II,and the fundraising candal duringBill Clinton' pre idency.

'Why wa John Deutch par-doned and not Wen Ho Lee?"

Watanabe asked toaudience applau e.

"It was an awfulcase for sian-

mericans,"Kayyem said, "but itgalvanized them andbrought them to gov-ernment circles."

Lee, from Page I

KOVICHMILESTEFA media, all bet are off' aid Wa h-ington Po t ational ecurity or-re pondent ernon Loeb. He aidthat without the leaks, Lee may nothave been charged in the fir t place.He ailed the leaks 'highly damag-ing to Lee and the nation."

, There wa a deep political rea-on" to publi h the -----------

Lee tory, orrisonaid.

'The pres , ingeneral, i too cav-alier about the pre-sumption of inno-cence," Loeb aid.

On the otherhand the lack ofpublicly availableinformation waalso criticized.Aftergood calledthe lack of informa-tion "a void at theheart of thi ca e "but aid he expected everal reportsabout the case to be relea ed soon.

will perform

Bach, Beethoven, Bloch, Paganini,Dvorak

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1fhy was JohnDeutch pardoned

andrwtWenHoLee?"- Paul Watanabe,

Co-Director,Institute for AsianAmerican Studies,

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Tickets: 5 for students,$10 general public

sold in Lobby 10, M-F, 12-2pm

Proceeds donated to charity

Case may bringabout changes

ow that the Leecase has ended,some of the panelmembers sawlessons that could be

learned from the ordeal."The society we have is the

result of our efforts," Aftergoodaid. The case may bring about

some positive changes if people arewilling to work for them, he said.

Morrison saw the case as a pos-sible way to ease tensions betweendifferent nations, especially theUnited States and China. "Are we tolive in world that is war torn or try-ing to get over the disasters of thecentury?" he said.

Reception w·U follow the recital

Made possible by contributions

and aid from President's, Provost's

and Chancellor's Offices, Graduate

Student Council and the Grants

Program of the Council for the Arts

at MIT.

Was Lee targeted because of race?Whether Lee was singled out for

pro ecution based on his race wasanother debated i sue at the forum.

Co-Director of the Institute forAsian American Studies and Profes-sor of Political Science at the Uni-versity of Ma achusetts BostonPaul Watanabe said that the dis-crimination against Asian-Ameri-

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At 24, Mr. Milenkovich is an internationally distinguished violinist and a teaching

fellow at Juilliard's Delay Institute. Celebrated as a child prodigy, he performed

extensively at the age of seven and was invited to play for President Reagan at the

age of 10, for Mikhail Gorbachev at the age of 11, and for the Pope at the age of 14.

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Spring Weekend's Odyssey Ball to Include SurprisesSpring Weekend, from Page 1 di tinctive impromptu-style harmoni- Apart, the band's third album, was ide mu ic and free giveaway. Committee organize the Ball.

ca riffs. a commercial ucce sand pu hed Kresge Kickback will be held from However, Johnson refused to sayThe group became nationally the Roots into the mainstream noon to 5:30 p.m. too much about orne of the pecial

famou in the early 1990 when potlight. In 1999, the Roots won events of the evening, saying that histhey performed on the Late Show the Grammy for Best Rap Perf or- he Od e Ball purpose was to give the Ball a myste-with David Letterman. They have mance by a Duo or Group for The Millennium Ball held last rious air that would tantalize peoplealso performed with musician "You Got Me," a ong performed year was such a success that it was into coming to see what surprises theuch as arlo antana, Big Head with Eryka Badu. decided to have a similar event in the event had in tore for them.

Todd, and the Monster. In 1995, future. The Ody ey Ball, which will As much as the Millennium BallBlue Traveler won the Grammy Kresge Kickback be held aturday :from p.m. to mid- was a sweet reminiscence of thefor Best Rock Performance by a To take advantage of MIT's night, will be that event. The Ball, past, the Odyssey Ball is a glanceDuo or Group with Vocal for their green areas, Kresge Kickback will be which will be held on Kresge Oval in towards the future. Johnson also saidong "Run Around." held outside between Kresge audito- a heated and floored tent, will have that the daisy on the po ters adver-

The Roots, by contrast, tatted rium and Amherst Alley. dancing, plentiful de serts, and cos- ti ing this weekend' events not onlyout as an underground band in "This space isn't used nearly as mic decorations. symbolizes the coming of spring, butPhiladelphia and ew York City. much as it could be, and hopefully Members of the ,fiT faculty have also alludes to Arthur C. Clarke'Famous for their hip-hop and rap, the this event will inspire future ere- also received hand-written invita- 2001: A Space Odyssey.band is often touted as one of the ative use of spaces like that on tions from students requesting them "It's been a 'star aligned' year,"best live performers of their genre in MIT's campus," said atwiksai to attend the Ball. said Johnson. "The obvious theme forthe country. eshasai '01, co-chair of the pring "It's a chance for people to the year is 'odyssey.''' All members

The ban d ' firs t album, Weekend Committee. ocialize, dance, eat, and be enter- of the MIT community are encour-Organix, came out in 1993 in con- In addition to free sandwiches, tained," said Ted E. Johnson, aged to attend, and apparel i not onlyjunction with a concert perfor- ice cream, and drinks, a DJ from Director of Community Services, limited to black tie - any festive ormance in Germany. Things Fall WFNX will be at the event to pro- who helped the Spring Weekend cosmic attire is welcome at the event.

will be played during intermissionand judging.

Lip ync a charity event and allproceed from ticket sales will gotowards the McDowell Center,AXO's national philanthropy andthe Boston Area Rape Crisis Center.

I-FairThe International Students' Asso-

ciation i sponsoring the l-Fair onFriday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thefair, which will take place aroundKresge Oval, gives MIT's interna-tional community the chance tohowcase their cultures with an array

of fashion how, exotic foods, andother surprises.

Siddharta Sen '03, the currentpresident of ISA, believes that l-Fairis one of the most diverse activitiesto be seen on campus all year. "Oneof the major goals of this year's fairwas to make it generally more festivethan in previous years," he said.

Participating international studentorganizations represent all the majorcontinents. The e groups include theAfrican Students Association, theChinese Students Association, theSouth Asian American Students'Association, Club Argentino, andMIT-Hillel.

Spring Weekend concertA traditional part of Spring

Weekend is to invite a musical groupto perform at MIT, and this year isno exception. This year's featuredbands are two Grammy award-win-ning bands in two different genres ofmusic: Blues Traveler and the Roots.

According to Tara Paravar '03,one of the members of the SpringWeekend committee, the bands werechosen based on the responses to anonline poll. The results of the pollindicated that most students preferredeither rock/alternative or rap and hip-hop, so the concert chairs, Sonia Garg'02 and Clifford H. Hodges '04,

_chose the bands accordingly.Based out of New York, Blues

Traveler is characterized by an alter-native and blues feel. The band is ledby singer and lead harmonica playerJohn Popper, who adds most of the

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The List Foundation Fellowship in the ArtsWish You Were HereA Documentary by Kevin Choi

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May 1, 2001 , 8 PM.MIT Wong AuditoriumReception following screening

A documentary about identity, family,God,and self discovery during

. recent travels in Europe. Filmed onlocation in England, France, TheNetherlands,Germany, The CzechRepublic, Austria, Italy, and Iceland.Mr. Choi is a winner of a 1999 ListFoundation Fellowship in the Arts.

Location: MIT Wong Auditorium, Building E51 TangCenter, 70 Memorial Drive (Wadsworth & AmherstStreets),

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Sponsors: The Albert A. List Foundation, The Provost forthe Arts, The Council for the Arts, The Committee onCampus Race Relations, and The Rainbow Coffeehouse.

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La t month Jaime E. De ereaux'02 a elected pre ident of theUndergraduate ociation for thecoming academi year. The Tech atdown with De ereaux to di cu herinvol ement ~ ith the U and herplan for the upcoming year.

The Tech: How did you getin 01 ed with the ?

De ereau : I originally gotin 01 ed with the because I gotin oled with my house governmentat acGregor.... There was a pro-po al to change acGregor into agraduate donn, and ... becau e ofthat, I got very invol ed with myhouse government to keep in touchwith what was going on. . .. Then apo ition opened up for hou e repre-

entati e to A Council at thebeginning of my sophomore year ...and I was elected to the position.

The Tech: Why did you getinvolved with the overall U true-ture instead of clas council?

De ereaux: When I first came toIT, I didn't really have any goal

of becoming involved in [ tudentgo ernment]. It wasn't until I wasactually faced with an i ue that Ireally cared about and wanted toknow more about that I started pay-ing attention to what the UA coulddo .... The opportunity came about

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Undergraduate Association President-Elect Jaime E. Devereaux '02.

to be orne involv d in the ACouncil, 0 I took it.

The Tech: orne people are con-cerned about the V becomingin ulated from the tudent body.How can you prevent yourself frombecoming insulated?

Devereaux: I think one mi con-ception that' out there right now ithat the U and the admini trationare working on their own level. Wedo work with the admini tration butwe're alway pre enting what weknow a what the tudent want.

The Tech: In your campaign,you tal ed a lot about committees.Why is it that when somebody as"What i the U doing?" the answeri alway "Oh, there' a commit-tee." Where is the specific actionthese committee are taking?

Devereaux: We know that thecommittee are people who are verydedicated to a particular field ofundergraduate life.

The Tech: What was the biggestthing Peter A. Shulman '01 couldha e done better as UA Presidentthis year?

Devereau : One thing that Petercould have done better in his admin-istration work on engaging more stu-dent in the UA .... Through theelection, we saw that a lot of stu-dents have a great deal of concernthat the UA i out of touch. What we

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The Tech: De cribe what youthink the role of the VA Vice Pre i-dent should be and ho you think

IIi on L. eizmik 02, V vicepresident-elect will fin the role acompared to Mendel huang '02,thi year' vice president?

Devereau : One of the mainrole of the vice pre ident of the VAi to maintain the internal tructure.Mendel worked with the cla coun-cils a lot. ... He wa kind of abehind the cene per on in terms ofwhat he was doing with the UA. Heworked a lot on dining and thingsalong tho e lines.

I think AlIi on, just by hernature, .. , really wants to get outand get opinions on things. hewant to work on a lot of things stu-dents care about.

She'll probably be more visiblethan Mendel. A number of the dutiesof the vice president are up to theirdiscretion. They can choose the pro-jects they want to work on, andshe'll probably pick projects thatwill put her in more direct contact.

The Tech: In this year's elec-tion, Sanjay K. Rao '02 and RhettCreighton '02, the other presidentialcandidates, showed interest in whatthe VA does. What are you going todo to get these people involved andto get them to still give their input?

Devereaux: Rhett is going to beworking with Allison and a numberof other people on the issue ofSafeRide, since that was somethinghe was very concerned about in hiscampaign.

Sanjay and I have agreed to sitdown every couple of weeks and talkabout what he thinks is going on andsome of the ideas that he had duringhis campaign. ... We definitely wantpeople to stay involved, and we wantto hear what their opinions are.

The Tech: Some people fromthe east side of campus claim tohave been traditionally left out ofthe process. What will you to makesure their voices get heard?

Devereaux: The one thing that'sreally important is just to let peopleknow how many representativeswithin the VA are already from[those dorms] ... so that if they needto talk to someone, they know whoto go talk to.

We also have Emily Cofer '04,who is from East Campus. She hasjust been elected to our Coordinat-ing Committee and one of her mainpoints during the election was thatshe really wants the VA to addressmore east campus issues.

The Tech: One of the issues thatwas talked about a lot during theUA presidential campaign was theissue of a "SafeRide Express," ashuttle that would go back and forthacross the bridge. What concretesteps have been taken toward get-ting this type of shuttle service?

Devereaux: I talked earlier thisyear with the department that runsSafeRide .... They said that theyused to run [SafeRide Express] dur-ing certain hours, but they reallydon't have the staff for it.

The concrete steps that are beingtaken are looking at SafeRide as awhole. I think they need to gatherinformation as to where people wantSafeRide to go, stops they like ...then they can come up with a plan.

The Tech: Do you have any bigplans for next year?

Devereaux: Money is always anissue. People want more money.We're trying to get more money forlarge events [and] working to getmore money for student groups.

Another big thing is SafeRide.We're looking to really make bigchanges to SafeRide next year.

Dining, I think, will also be abig issue. We want to expand the[MJT] card to a lot of vendors, ide-ally the restaurants in the area thepeople go to.

An internal VA thing is just get-ting people out there and becomingmore [visible] overall.

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Cambridge Students ExploreVarious Topics at Science ExpoScience, from Page 1 area of tree .

I eventually noticed that witheach tree the adelgid wouldmigrate to the top and remainthere,' he said.

Rocket enthusiasts Teddy Apple-baum and Bjorn aybury-Lewisfrom the Agassiz school wanted tofigure out what the be t air-to-water

ratio wa for a hydro-rocket. They designeda video detailing eachexperiment andexplaining how ahydro-rocket workand why more waterturned out to be better

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nized by the Educational tudiesProgram in the spring of 1993.Since then, it has been run annuallyby the Public Service enter and itsstaff of MIT students. This year'sevent was co-sponsored by the MITPublic Service Center and the Cam-bridge Public choo1s.

speeds" Benjamin concluded.He wa also able to e plain what

the four coefficients in theairfoil coding y tern meant, a featthat only orne Course XVI majorcan duplicate.

Lucas Riley from the Cam-bridgeport chool heard from TheBelmont Habitat Wildlife anctuary

kids, and give them ticker. A fewregular volunteers were chool rep-re entativ s who tuck around andhelped out the ambridge choolteachers," aid Geeta agpal '02who helped to organize the eventalong with Greg C. Town end '02,and Project Coordi-nator of the MITPublic Service Cen-ter Heather Trickett.The expo is one ofmany outreach pro-grams organized bythe Public ServiceCenter.

Expo speakers included Cam-bridge Mayor Anthony D. Galluc-cio, Superintendent of CambridgeSchools Bobbie D'Alessandro, andCo-Director of the MIT Office ofGovernment and Community Rela-tions Paul Parravano.

The closing ceremony's per-formers, Groove Phi Groove mem-bers Kenroy Cayetano G and gozi-ka Nwaneri '01, were well receivedby the audience. As a token ofthanks, all teachers and speakerswere given a sunflower at the end ofthe ceremony.

Topics included thephysics of baseball,holography, and materials science.

and Education Center that they hadbegun to have a problem with aninfestation of adelgids an insectfrom Japan. Rising to the occasion,Riley examined a plot of hemlocktrees and monitored their popula-tion. "They were very hard to see ...usually only their egg cases can benoticed," said Lucas, describinghow he went about examining the

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MIT Principal Research Engi-neer Dave M. Otten demonstrated tothe participants the MicromouseRobots he had created for competi-tions. One of the robots found thequickest way around a course, andanother "firefighter robot" pyro-electrically sensed a fire's locationand extinguished the blaze with afan.

The participants were given agood deal of freedom to experimentand research what they wanted tofor their projects. Topics includedthe physics of baseball, holography,materials science, the social behav-ior of dogs versus humans, andenvironmental science.

There was one project that setout to answer the age old "Howmany licks does it take to get to thecenter of a Tootsie pop?" by analyz-ing the chemical reaction of salivawith the candy and the force of thetongue.

Benjamin Miller of LongfellowMiddle School was very interestedin how wings made things fly."After I talked about a few ideaswith my dad, Idecided Iwould ana-lyze airfoils and how their shapeaffected the amount of lift and dragit created," he said.

In order to do this, Miller con-structed his own wind tunnel out ofwood, plexiglass, and a leaf blower.He cut the airfoils using a bezziertool at his school and measured theamount of washers that each airfoilcould lift in the tunnel. Using amechanical engineer's handbook, hederived the lift and drag the airfoilcreated.

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April 27 2001

SPORTS

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Jeffrey P. Augustyn '03 serves during the men's tennis match onTuesday. Augustyn beat his singles opponent in straight sets.

Men's Tennis Dominates RivalAmherst College in 5-2 VictoryEngineers Enter NEWMACChampionship Undefeated in LeagueBy Robert AronstamSTAFF WRITER

en tenni completed an unde-feated month on Wedne day bydefeating mher t ollege by a

core of 5-2. TheEngineer were 10-0in . pril.

Head oach JeffHamilton wa pleasedwith the outcome

especially after being very concernedbefore the match began. "It' goingto be a tight match," aid Hamilton.

However, the Engineers had sev-eral key individual performancethat lead to the relatively ea y win.MIT ha now beaten Amber t threetimes in the pa t two seasons.

T take double pointThe victory over Amherst began

with IT winning two of the threedouble matches thereby taking thedouble point.

The atmo phere wa intense asthe conte t began. The :fir t doublesmatch was particularly emotional.The top Amherst double team wasvocal after every point. However,this 'in-your-face" tennis did littleto rattle the MIT team.

The top MIT doubles team of Jef-frey P. Augustyn '03 and Andrew V.

Kole nikov 03 went up by twobreak ith the help of two game-ending overheads by ugu tyn. iththe match core at 4- ugu tynended the eighth game by smashingthe ball over the back fence.

In the ne t game, ugustyncleaned the court with an untouch-able backhand overhead. fterdropping the next two game,Kolesniko rallied back with a fewbackhand down-the-line winner .

ugu tyn and Kole nikov laimedthe match by a score of8-5.

arco . Hernandez '03 andni h . Parikh '01 al 0 defeated

their mherst opponents in thenumber two double match.

In one particularly exciting pointHernandez gave his opponents aclinic on how to hit overheads. TheAmher t opponents blew an easyoverhead putaway chance by hittingthe ball too hort, causing the ball tocarom high, but remain in play. Her-nandez and Parikh both retreated tothe baseline and managed to retrievethe overhead with a defensive lob.Hernandez then took the offensiveby charging the net and spiking anoverhead past his opponents.

Tech wins four singles matchesIn singles action, Augustyn,

Kole niko Ricardo . Ro ello'0] and Michael H. Ogrydziak '04each won in straight et .

The energy of the matchremained at a high Ie el during theingle matches. Uncommon to

mo t tenni matche players fromboth ide houted their support toeach other. This di play of teamupport e emplified the importance

of the match to both MIT andAmherst.

Ro sella fro trated his opponent,winning ea ily 6-2 6-2. Rosselloconsistently kept the ball deep in thecourt, not allowing his opponentmany opportunities to gain theupper hand in the rally.

When hi opponent took a riskand charged the net, Ro sello con-si tently hit textbook passing shots.This caused Rossello' opponent tofrequently toss his arms in the air infrustration.

The next challenge for the menis the New England Women's andMen's Athletic Conference Cham-pionships this weekend, wherethey are heavily to win. The Engi-neer have beaten all of theirleague opponents easily this sea-son, winning each match 7-0, withthe exception of a 6-1 win overCoast Guard.

Bas all Sweeps Coast Guard to Take Fourth tn LeagueAfter Four Game Losing treak Engineers Defeat Wentworth and Coast Guard in Intense Match-upsBy Alvan Eric P. LoretoTEAM MEMBER

road game to stretch their losingstreak to four. On April 17, ITfound itself on the short end of aclas ic pitcher ' duel, as ClarkUniversity's ike Burnham out-lasted Tech' Jeffrey J. Billing '0 Ifor a 2-1 victory.

Billing parkled, allowing ju tone unearned run and catteringsix hits in pitching the completegame, but the last-place Cougars'unearned run in the fourth inningproved to be the difference.

Two days later the Engineerstraveled to Wellesley for theirmeeting with third-place BabsonCollege, and the result was a frus-trating 12-5 etback. The win overthe Engineers gave Babson theseason sweep.

Engineer captains Billing andAlvan Eric P. Loreto 01 enjoyedtwo-hit games, but four Babsonplayers notched multiple-hitgame to power the Beavers to thewin. Tech righty Bryan P. Perry-man '01 gave a gutsy performancein going the di tance but was vic-timized by several bad bouncesand missed play by the IT

After stringing together theirfir t winning streak of the seasonon the season's last weekend, the

MIT baseball teamwill face a familiaropponent to opentheir 2001 po tsea-son experience.

Ithough theEngineers lost the first two gamesof their EW AC homestretch,the scrappy MIT squad reboundedin fine fashion. The Engineersstrung together three consecutivevictories to earn fourth place andfir t-round home field advantagein this year's conference tourna-ment.

Oddly, their opening opponent,fifth-place U.. oast Guard Acad-emy, was the same team MIT beattwice last Saturday at home inorder to earn the right to host thefirst-round game.

Engineer fall on the roadMIT started the week slowly by

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IT defeats entworthMIT returned home on Friday

April 20 for a rainout reschedulingagainst non-conference rival Went-worth In titute of Technology.Against Wentworth, the Engineersfought back from an early 6-1deficit, catching their opponents inthe seventh and going ahead in theeighth for the 7-6 come-from-behind victory.

MIT's Jonathan A. Coe '02scored the winning run, highlight-ing a 2-for-4 day for the secondbaseman.

However, the game' biggestoffensive hero was third basemanBilling, who went 2-for-3 with 4RBIs and the first home run of hiscollegiate career.

In addition, Austin S. Morris'03 pitched three scoreless inningsin relief and struck out four to pickup his first win of the year.

Engineers sweep doubleheaderApril 21 marked the double-

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Lightweight Crew vs. Rutgers UniversityWomen's Rugby vs. Bridgewater, 10;00 a.m.

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Guard, and the Engineers did notfail to excite the fans on hand.

The first game of the double-header, Billing was part of anotherpitchers' duel, this time againstBear ace Jeremy Bohn. Bohn heldMIT to one run in the first fiveinnings but surrendered three runsin the final two innings as theEngineers rallied for another victo-ry, 4-3. In contrast, Billing allowedno earned runs in the final fiveinnings to even his pitching recordat 3-3.

MIT won when a one-outbases-loaded ground ball to thirdfrom John J. Kogel '03 wasthrown to horne and then into rightfield by Bear catcher Fred Bertschon the attempted double play,scoring Patrick G. Lo '04 fromsecond.

Although seemingly impossi-ble, game two provided even moredrama and excitement. The gamewent into extra innings with a 7-7tie after the seventh.

The Bears pushed across a runin the top of the seventh, but MITanswered in the bottom half on aclutch two-out RBI single from Loto drive in Douglas L. Allaire '04.Relief pitcher Perryman heldUSCGA scoreless in the eighth andninth, and Loreto s no-out single in

the bottom of the ninth drove inKogel, allowing MIT to walk offwith the thrilling 8-7 victory.

After receiving news of theirstanding in the postseason tourna-ment, MIT played host to BatesCollege April 23. Looking ahead totheir EWMAC matchup, theEngineers experienced a bit of a let-down, losing 19-8 to the Bobcats.

Bates, carrying a 1-16 recordand a .220 team batting averageinto the game, exploded for 15hits, and the MIT pitchers aidedthe Bobcats with 15 free passes onbase (10 walks, 5 hit batsmen).

However, one positive from theblowout was MIT's improved bat-swinging. Seven players (Allaire,Loreto, Lo, Billing, David J.Ostlund '04, Robert L Wieker '04,and Edward 1. Duggan '04) cameaway from the loss with two hitsapiece.

The rubber match between MIT(7-16, 5-7 EWMAC) and CoastGuard (15-12,5-7 NEWMAC) inthe first round of the 2001 NEW-MAC Tournament was set for yes-terday, and the results will appearin Tuesday's edition. The winnerdraws conference regular-seasonchampion Wheaton (24-8, 10-2NEWMAC) tomorrow, April 28, at11 a.m.