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Colleges Collaborate on Alcohol Abuse

Friday, November 26, 2002

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Students have mixed feelingsSome students find the entire

process' wrong and are unhappywith the singling out of certaincountries and invasiveness of someinterviews. Others think that there issome use to it.

"This is unfair, and it won't pre-vent anything," said Peyman Khor-

the INS last Wednesday. During theinterview, he was asked personalinformation such as his cell phonenumber, contacts in the UnitedStates, relatives' addresses, andsocial security number.

"They asked other things such aswhat airline and flight I used toenter the U.S," he said. "If I could-n't answer some things, they did notpush. They were very polite."

The interviewer also requestedvery private information such as hiscredit card number, and even lookedat his wallet for numbers on othercards. "I'm uncomfortable with thefact that they have this informationabout me. I don't know where it willbe and how it will be used," Rah-mandad said. Mehdi Alighanbari Galso said his wallet was searched.

AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH

Irene E. Brisson '05 dances to "Silent All These Years" Satur-day night during Dance Troupe's biannual performance. Morephotos, page 8.

driver's license, and social securitynumber. "They were not very inva-sive with me," he said. "I think thatpeople were treated differentlybased on English proficiency."

Hazhir Rahmandad G went to

and Naturalization Service yester-day morning.

Students reported varyingdegrees of questioning from theINS. Mehdi Yahyanejad G wasasked for a United States contact,

tickets and the consequent lack ofmoney to pay for them. Luckily forher, all of her work is due theThursday and Friday of next week,so she said, "I'll find some stuff todo."

For some, the idea of Thanksgiv-ing is deeply tied to the image of ajuicy, lightly-browned turkey, whilefor others the chance to visit parentsand old friends is just as valuable.

Heading home to New Yorkearly, Kelvin Chan G said that hehas "tied up all the loose ends" andso will punt his full schedule ofWednesday classes and leave on

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the "Commitment to Collaboration."Member schools will also "explore prevention

steps appropriate for each campus" and share suc-cessful strategies.

AgreemeDt nOD-biDdingMassachusetts schools are "committing to work

together," said Daniel Trujillo, associate dean foralcohol education and community development, butthey are not bound to the Action Plan. However,

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By Beckett W. SternerSTAFF REPORTER

Three days can seem. like aneternity right before. Thanksgivingbreak, made worse by the fact that

many of us

Feature :~:eea~~~et to free-

dom - anywhere off campus.Some had the foresight to buy

early and cheap, while others arepiecing together plans at the verylast moment.

Margeaux S. Randolph '04 isone of the unlucky ones stuck oncampus. She said she was stayinghere because of a late attempt to buy

Iranian MIT Students Register with INS

AARON D. Mf}{ALlK-THE TECH

Iranian citizen Mehdl YahyaneJad G stands In front of the JFK building Monday morning before headingto register with the INS. Male Iranian citizens are required to register by Dec. 16.

Thanksgiving Means It'sTime for Travel, Turkey

.By Jenny ZhangSTAFF REPORTER

Seven Iranian MIT students wentto the John F. Kennedy FederalBuilding in Boston to undergo reg-istration with the U.S. Immigration

By N..... CollinsEXECUTTVE ED/TOR

MIT recently signed an agreement to work toaddress alcohol abuse in collaboration with 47 otherMassachusetts colleges and universities, but theagreement serves merely for guidance and does notbind MIT to 4lIlY action,

The Massachusetts Statewide College and Uni-versity Coalition on Underage and Problem Drinking'"will use the Action Plan developed by its membersaI. a guideline," and "commit to address issues ofalcohol abuse," according to the agreement, called

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By Shan Riku

After vocal complaints from res-idents caught MIT's attention lastweek, prompt action by both MITand Bon Appetit have led to notice-able improvement at Simmons Din-ing.

Simmons resident Chloe rTergiman '03 said that the foodquality was back where it was at thebeginning of the term, after therecent decline. "They had toimprove, and yes, there was animprovement," she said.

Students said that Bon Appetithad also addressed concerns aboutthe presentation of food. "The pre-sentation is much better now," saidJoel A. Sadler '06. "We appreciatetheir effort."

Some students complained aboutthe quality of desserts served atSimmons Dining. "We had frozen;dessert, and it was not ice cream,"Tergiman said. This problem hasalso been addressed, and dessertsare now served warm.

One major issue with SimmonsDining had been the amount of foodstudents took from self-servicetrays. Overly generous helpingsoften led to food running out wellbefore the official closing time, andBon Appetit was losing money.

Supervision from Bon Appetit,including Chef Charles Griffin, nowlimits how much students can take.However, some Simmons residentsprefer the new serving methods."Quality over quantity," saidMeghan E. O'Kane '06.

Benedict responds to criticism'Dean for Student Life Larry G.

Benedict responded to criticismfrom Simmons residents in a Nov.19 e-mail message to sponge-talk,the public Simmons Hall discussionlist, of which Benedict is also a sub-scriber.

SimmonsDiningImproved

Pirates ofpenzance isfull of enthu-siasm.

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Comics

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OPINIONShefali Oza criticizes the UnitedStates' policy on AIDS drugs.

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WORLD & NATION

U.N. Inspectors AIrive in Iraq,Pledge to Search for Weapons

Bush Signs Bill, Creates NewDept. of Homeland Security

SEC Imposes Fine on Siebel,Cease-and-Desist on 2 Companies

THE 1I:4SJ//NGTON POSTWASHINGTON

The Securities and Exchange Commission fined Siebel Corp.$250,000 and imposed cease-and-desist orders on two other companiesMonday in the agency's first enforcement actions under a rule requiringthat companies disclose key information to all investors, not just a few.

SEC officials said the fine against Siebel - and the cease-and-desist orders to Secure Computing Corp. and its chief executive, JohnMcNulty, and to Raytheon Co. and its chief financial officer,Franklyn Caine - underscore the agency's seriousness about uphold-ing what is known as Regulation Full Disclosure, or Reg. FD forshort. The rule, which was decried by many publicly traded compa-nies when adopted in October 2000, says that if a public company isgoing to disclose important, non-public information it must do sopublicly rather than selectively.

The goal was to put all investors on equal footing rather than let-ting investment bankers or large, institutional shareholders trade onvaluable information ahead of others.

Judge Orders ArchdioceseTo Hand Over Sensitive Records

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In a pointed rebuke to Catholic Church officials here, a judge onMonday ordered the Boston archdiocese to release 11,000 previouslyclassified documents pertaining to 65 priests charged with molestingchildren over a 30-year period.

A separate ruling Monday by Judge Constance Sweeney requiresthe archdiocese to turn over psychiatric records of a priest linked tothe case ofretired priest Paul Shanley, whose trial on multiple countsof child rape is set to begin early next year.

Roderick MacLeish Jr., a lawyer for dozens of alleged clerical-abuse victims here, hailed the decisions as "a huge victory for us, themost significant rulings that have been handed down in any churchabuse case in Massachusetts in terms of potential liability for thearchdiocese and for Cardinal Bernard Law."

Yielding to an earlier court order, the archdiocese delivered thedocuments late Friday to lawyers for the alleged victims. A requestfrom church lawyers that the documents be sealed from public viewuntil at least January brought sharp criticism from Sweeney.

Capitol's Emergency Plans FlawedTHE 1I:4SHltJGTON POST

By John MintzTHE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON

President Bush Monday signedinto law the long-awaited bill to cre-ate a new Department of HomelandSecurity, the cabinet level supera-gency that will combine 22 separatefederal agencies to protect Americafrom terrorism, and nominated for-mer Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridgeas its secretary.

Ridge, who has advised Bush onhomeland defense for the past yearas head of the Office of HomelandSecurity, now faces the mammothtask of melding together federalorganizations with unique and attimes conflicting mandates, tradi-tions and cultures.

"We're taking historic action todefend the United States and protectour citizens from the dangers of anew era," Bush said at a WhiteHouse signing ceremony momentsbefore he placed his signature on thenew law. "We're showing theresolve of this great nation to defendour freedom, our security and ourway of life."

Ridge will take office on Jan. 24and begin appointing' top subordi-nates, and on March 1 a number ofthe component agencies will be

transferred mto the new department.All the agencies will be merged intothe department by Sept. 30,2003.

Bush nominated two othersenior members of his administra-tion to join Ridge in the newagency: Navy Secretary GordonEngland to be Ridge's deputy sec-retary; and Asa Hutchinson, cur-rently the administrator of the DrugEnforcement Administration andformerly an Arkansas congress-man, to head the division that over-sees border and transportationsecurity.

Bush initially resisted calls toestablish a homeland securitydepartment, but changed his mindlast summer as congressional pres-sure grew and as criticism mountedof the performance of the CIA andthe FBI before the Sept. II attacks.Ridge had said for months that hewas not seeking the job of secretaryof the new agency, but he, too,reversed course and ended up work-ing for the appointment, govern-ment sources said.

Legislation to create the newdepartment was delay~d formonths by Senate Democrats whoresisted demands by Bush for newauthority to establish work forcerules for the department's employ-

ees. This month's election, whichgave Republicans control of theSenate, guaranteed a victory forBush and Democrats quicklyrelented.

The new department will have170,000 employees and bringtogether such agencies as theImmigration and NaturalizationService, the Secret Service, theCustoms Service, the FederalEmergency Management Adminis-tration, the Transportation SecurityAdministration, and the BorderPatrol.

It will analyze terrorism intelli-gence to match it against thenation's vulnerabilities, developnew technologies to detect threats,coordinate the training and fundingof state and local police and firedepartments, and scrutinize Ameri-ca's borders and ports of entry.

A number of the largest agencies- the Coast Guard, the Secret Ser-vice, Customs, the INS and theTransportation Safety Administra-tion - will transfer to the newdepartment on March 1, according tothe master plan. Other agencies willmake the move later; the AgricultureDepartment's Plum Island AnimalDisease Center, among others, willjoin the department on June 1.

WASHINGTON

Lax emergency planning threatens the safety of more than 30,000lawmakers and employees who work in the U.S. Capitol complex andof the national treasures stored at the Library of Congress, accordingto a congressional report released Monday.

The Office of Compliance, Congress's health and safety arm, con-cluded that although significant progress had been made over a two-year period before and after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, fur-ther improvements are needed in plans for responding to chemicaland biological threats and in fire safety, alarm systems and emer-gency communications.

The biennial report to Congress includes a 31-page summary ofsafety and health hazards identified by inspectors. The report isrequired by the Congressional Accountability Act, enacted in 1995 tobring the legislative branch under national workplace safety laws.

The report says U.S. Capitol Police lacked an emergency responseplan suitable to last year's anthrax crisis, potentially endangering offi-cers, and that the Library of Congress Police failed to evacuate thelibrary's main building during an April fire. It also says workers hadcomplained that fire alarms are inaudible in parts of the complex.

By Rajlv ChandrasekaranTHE WASHINGTON POST

BAGHDAD. IRAQ

The first contingent of U.N.inspectors landed here Mondayevening pledging to push hard inscouring Iraq to determine whetherPresident Saddam Hussein's gov-ernment still possesses weapons ofmass destruction or has revivedsecret programs to develop them.

The inspectors said they plan toassess immediately Iraq's pledge togive international experts unfetteredaccess to any site they wish to visit,a daunting assignment whose resultscould decide whether the Bushadministration launches a waragainst Saddam' s government.

The U.N.'s chief inspector, HansBlix, told the Security Council at

U.N. headquarters in New York thathe has informed Iraq he will,exer-cise his right to inspect Saddam' spresidential compounds and othersensitive sites. But he also notedthat Iraq, while pledging coopera-tion, insisted inspe~tions of the pres-idential sites and government min-istries could not be conducted in thesame manner as those of other facil-ities.

"We've had a lot of promises ofcooperation," said Melissa Fleming,a spokeswoman here for the Interna-tional Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA), which is coordinating theinspections with a special U.N.commission assigned to examinebiological, chemical and missileprograms in Iraq. "We believe that'sa good start. But we have suspicious

minds. We're here to test coopera-tion among other things."

In an apparent reference to U.S.criticism of the inspectors' plan tobegin with low-key searches, Flem-ing said the IAEA and Blix's U.N.Monitoring, Verification andInspection Commission have"appealed to countries to give us thepatience that is needed to carry outcomprehensive inspections." Sheadded: "We have a huge mandate.It's going to take time."~ Iraq has declared it no longerpossesses any weapons or missilesbanned by U.N. resolutions. TheU.S. government repeatedly has saidIraq has secretly held onto chemicalweapons, may have biologicalagents and is seeking to developnuclear arms.

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FEC Decision Allows CandidatesTo be Paid with Campaign Funds

By Anthony M. DeStefanoNEWSDAY

NEW YORK

In a nightmare case for Ameri-can consumers, federal investigatorssaid Monday they uncovered thelargest identity theft ring ever seen,which victimized more than 30,000people and led to millions of dollarsin losses.

The scam allegedly involved aformer employee at a Long Islandsoftware company who, with noth-ing more than a laptop computerand some passwords, worked withNew York street criminals to stealcredit and financial information ofvictims around the country.

"With a few keystrokes, thesemen essentially picked the pock~ts

By Thomas B. ~dsallTHE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON

The Federal Election Commis-sion voted Monday to allow chal-lengers in congressional races topay themselves a salary from theircampaign funds, a move designed toenable more people with modestincomes to run for the House andSenate.

Republicans and Democratsdescribed the 5-1 vote, which over-turned past rulings, as a way to levelthe political playing field for middleclass Americans wanting to runagainst a senator or representative,whose annual salaries next year willgrow to $155,000.

"This is very significant," said

of tens of thousands of Americans,"U.S. Attorney James B. Corney saidat a Manhattan news conference:

Three men, Corney said, havebeen charged, and investigators arepursuing leads to more than 20 sus-pected accomplices.

The scheme involved the fraudu-lent accessing of the computer sys-tems of the three major creditreporting companies - Experian,Equifax and TransUnion - Corneysaid ..

Philip Cummings, 33, a former'employee of Teledata Communica-tions Inc. of Bay Shore, N.Y., wasarrested Monday on charges thatover a two-year period he usedunique client passwords assigned to

.Ford Motor Credit Corp. and some

Sam Popkin, a University of Cali-fornia-San Diego political scientistwho has advised several Democra-tic presidential candidates. "Ithelps a lot of candidates move upthe food chain, risking a shot atCongress and still feeding the fam-ily."

Michael Toner, the FEC Repub-lican member who pushed the regu-lation, said under the new rules,"blue collar workers, teachers, mid-dle class people" can afford to taketime off from work to campaign."Why should the only people run-ning be incumbents or multimillion-aires?" he asked.

The new rule also will apply topresidential candidates, who theo-retically could pay themselves up

banks, which allowed him to accesscredit bureau files and then sell theinformation to his cohorts.

The company provides softwarethat allows clients to obtain credithistories of consumers from creditreporting agencies. Cummingsworked at Teledata's "help desk"and had access to computer pass-words of clients like Ford, whichprovided access to the credit bureaufiles, prosecutors said.

Two other men, Linus Baptisteand Hakeem Mohammed, werecharged earlier as the investigationgathered steam over the last eightmonths. Mohammed, 37, a Nigeriannational, pleaded guilty last monthto related charges; Baptiste wasarrested Oct. 29, Corney said.

to $400,000 a year - the presi-dent's salary - if they could raisethat much money. But presidentialcandidates who accept publicfinancing, as many serious con-tenders do, would be ineligible fora campaign-funded salary. Ana-lysts said the rule will have muchmore impact on congressional con-tests.

The campaign-fmanced salarieswould be limited, and challengerscould receive them only if theyraised sufficient donations from sup-porters. A salary could begin once acandidate files for office, and itwould be limited to the lower of twonumbers: the challenger's salary inthe previous year, or the salary ofthe office sought.

A report released Monday by the State Department discloseddetails of U.S. suspicions that Ukraine sold aircraft tracking equip-ment to Iraq and reported that an Iraqi delegation last summer visitedthe Ukrainian city where the radar equipment is manufactured.

The report by a team of U.S. and British experts also said aUkrainian contract to sell the highly sophisticated equipment toChina may have been altered to allow its resale to a third country.

The experts who visited Ukraine last month ruled out a directtransfer of the Kolchuga systems to Iraq. But they left open the ques-tion of whether Ukraine covertly sold the equipment to Baghdad, say-ing Ukrainian officials were uncooperative and evasive.

"Frequently Ukrainian officials refused point blank to answer specif-ic questions central to the team's work, especially when questionstouched on the role of senior Ukrainian figures," the 15-page report said.

Last spring the U.S. and British governments began investigatingwhether Ukraine had sold Iraq the equipment in violation of interna-tional sanctions. The questions were raised after a former presidentialbodyguard released a tape recording of a July 2000 conversationbetween Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and Valeri Malev, thenhead of the state-owned arms sales company. The tape purported toshow that Kuchma approved a $100 million sale of four Kolchugasystems to Iraq through a Jordanian intermediary.

SAT Firm Probes CheatingTHE WASHINGTON POST

The company that administers the SAT IS conducting a wide-spread investigation into allegations of cheating after eigh~ boys atthe Landon School in Bethesda, Md., admitted to copying and shar-ing answers to boost their scores.

Although they declined to comment on the specifics of their inves-tigation, officials with the Educational Testing Service said Mondaythat they are reviewing not only the tests taken by the eight Landonseniors but also those of every student in the room at the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, where the college entrance exam wasadministered Oct. 12.

On that day, students from a number of area schools, includingHolton-Arms and Georgetown Preparatory School, were in the test-ing room. Sources familiar with what happened said the room waspoorly proctored, opening an opportunity for sharing and copying.

"Some chitchatting started, and the next thing, kids were exchang-ing information," said Rob Bordley, coach of Landon's top-rankedlacrosse team, some of whose players admitted cheating.

ETS opens an investigation if a student's combined math and ver-bal SAT scores rise 350 points from one administration of the examto the next. The New Jersey-based company also looks into irregular-ities when contacted by schools or test centers.

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A Dark Policy on AIDSpatent protection? But recent evidence sug- companies operating in Africa have started to

Shefali Oza gests otherwise. Pharmaceutical lobbyists provide them to workers.have argued that patents are necessary in pro- Many Americans think that treatment

This World AIDS Day, Dec. 1,40 million moting innovation and providing incentive should be ignored in favor of "prevention-people across the world will be among those for innovators to bear the cost of innovation. only" initiatives and argue that if Africansnot affected by the expansion of new AIDS Yet they do not mention that the top AIDS didn't get HIV in the first place they wouldn'tprevention campaigns - because they are drugs were produced under publicly-funded need treatment. But this contention is noalready infected with my. These 40 million research and development efforts through the longer accepted by the public health commu-people, 95 percent of whom have no access to clinical trial stage. They do not mention that nity, which calls this idea a false dichotomy.antiretroviral drugs, have joined countless they sell these drugs at Prevention is essen-other persons in a questfor increased access between 75 anq 98 per- ---------------- tial, but in an envi-to medicines. But for years, this quest has cent above production ronment where HIVbeen a battle against intellectual property and price (according to Har- For the nearly 40 million people equals a death sen-trade laws.' vard Medical School's h ld d h . tence, little other

That battle appeared to come to a progres- latest survey). And they W owou ie wit out It, than stigma andsive conclusion a little more than 'one year do not mention that while generic accessis key. blame can ariseago in Doha, Qatar. There, trade ministers they make more profits as from prevention-signed the Doha Declaration, officially stating a percentage of revenue The catastrophes ifAIDS will only programs.that global intellectual property law should than any other Fortune b 1 d by 1 Reports from thenot prevent persons in any country from 500 industry (19 percent), not e so ve prevention a one. recent internationalaccessing medicines. The Declaration was companies like Merck conference onheralded as a new era for those with HIV. But spend just five percent of AIDS revealed thatwhen we hear about the state of the AIDS the profit on R&D while offering appropriatepandemic this Sunday, we will hear that the spending 13 percent on advertising. (Pfizer treatment is the only way to save whole soci-situation has not improved. similarly spends 15 percent on R&D and 35 eties where nearly all adults are already

Behind the closed doors of trade meetings percent on marketing, while Bristol-Myers infected with HIV, and would leave countlessover the past month, the U.S. trade represen- spends 12 percent on R&D and 27 percent on orphans ifthey do not receive treatment.tative has slowly repealed the Doha Declara- marketing, according to Fortune and the As the government of Brazil has shown bytion's mandate. In early November, he draft- industry's latest SEC filings.) providing antiretrovirals to all of its infecteded the Free Trade Area of the Americas And so this leads us to one conclusion: constituents, treatment dramatically reducesproposal, an expansion of the North Ameri- generic medicine access is legitimate and stigma, denial and blame and improves pre-can Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for the 'necessary. For the nearly 40 million people vention efforts by taking the death sentencerest of the Western Hemisphere. The patent who would die without it, generic access is a message away from the disease. As one Southprotections in this agreement are far beyond ,key to survival. The catastrophes of AIDS African woman recently said: "When theythe scope of those set by the WTO; they pro- will not be solved by prevention alone; the heard I was positive, people were scared tovide 20-year patent prevention efforts must come into my [AIDS education] office andlifetimes and intro- ---------------- be paralleled with they treated AIDS as something which wasduce a number of greater access to treat- removed from them. They had no informa-new exclusive As the government ifBrazil ment. Does this con- tion; they didn't know much .... One day,arrangements that no tention seem ridicu- after seeing how unfair it would be to die andother country in the hasshown by providing lous? The evidence leave my three kids with all the stigma ofworld recognizes. antiretrovirals to all in+eded suggests otherwise. HIV/AIDS, I decided I am going to live." TheJust a month after !If:. mv rates are so high in woman received appropriate AIDS treatmentproposing this new constituents, treatment some African locales and found that once others in her communityfree trade agreement, that death rates are realized that she had a treatable disease, andthe U.S. Trade Repre- dramatically reducesstigma undermining the labor not the plague, she received "much traffic insentative flew to Syd- 'd" . effi force and promoting [her] office, because people are more aware."ney, Australia, where an ImprovespreventIOn orts instability in countries While the policies of politicians like Southhe pushed trade min- by takino aW(1V where antiretroviral Africa's Thabo Mbeki are slowly changingisters to reverse the ~ .-1 treatment will be the for the better - South Africa now has severalDoha Declaration's the death sentence message. only measure to pre- pilot antiretroviral treatment projects -mandate by forcing a vent total social col- attention must be paid to the role of interna-repeal on generic --------------~- lapse. In fact, providing. 'tional trade agreements as well. The Freeexportation laws. appropriate HIV treat- Trade Area of the Americas and other pro-That fight is continuing behind closed doors ment has been deemed immediately feasible posals by the U.S. Trade Representative aretoday, and we will see its results at the WTO in even the poorest locales, such as the Cen- undermining the chance for over 40 millioncouncil meeting on Dec. 10. tral Plateau of Haiti, and with generic medi- people to survive. It is our responsibility to

All of this may seem like progress for the cine use would cost less than three percent of keep our trade representative accountable toresearch and development of future drugs. what it would using patented medicines. our desires. This World AIDS Day, let'sAfter all, isn't that what the pharmaceutical AIDS drug prices come down significantly rethink our priorities and make an effort toindustry has been telling us for years about with generic competition, and multinational change U.S. policies on AIDS.

Mark Their Words

On Saturday in Romania,Bush said, (The world has

sz,ifferedenough from fanaticswho seek to impose their will

throughfear and murder.'

Andrew C. Thomas

I just find this hilarious.Last week, the communicationsdirector for

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien wasquoted as calling President Bush a moron. Thecontext of the quote is, of course, unimportantin the eyes of global news agencieswho seizedupon the story. Since this issue is fairly black-and-white, only two responses could be seen

. - either that it was embarrassing and improp-er for an official of the Canadian governmentto make such a claim, or that the feat tookextreme bravery.

I, for one, would like to applaud FrancoiseDucros on her comment. Though even a littleinvestigation will reveal that the comment wasmade offhandedly and supposedly off therecord, the comment is reflective of the mindsof many citizens of this planet, and not just ahigh percentage of citizens of this country.

The comment was made in the middle ofthe recent NATO conference in Prague.

The issue at hand is the invitation of sever-al countries formerly behind the Iron Curtain- Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Roma-nia, Slovakia and Slovenia - to begin talks tojoin the organization. This follows a recenttrend in Russia's own efforts to cooperatewithNATO, beginning with the creation of theNATO-Russia Council in May 2002. It is clearthat the conference represents the greatestintentions of international cooperation, at leastsymbolically.

In typical Dubya fashion, the Presidentused the opportunity to espouse his vision fora new Iraq, the same one he has force-fed the

world with little break for breath. At least inthe past he has been within his respectablelimits, both as the Commander-in-Chief ofthis country and as ad hoc diplomat to theUnited Nations. But to use his speech as asoapbox for his own views is both repugnantand completely unsurprising. It was for hispersistence, or if you prefer, his obstinateness,that Ducros 'made her off-the-cuff remark.

Now, if that wasn't enough,Bush fired one off that almostwent unnoticed. On Saturdaythe President made a tour ofLithuania and Romania to com-memorate the new era of coop-eration ahead. While inBucharest, Romania, Bush hadthis to say: "The world has suf-fered enough from fanatics whoseek to impose their willthrough fear and murder."

I know I'm not the only one who finds thisironic. Hilariously ironic, even.

The people of this country are being kept inline through a blitzkrieg of fear tactics. Mostimportantly is the fear of criticizing the BigCheese himself. After all, we are being toldthat to question the plans or motives of thegovernment is tantamount to treason, ratherthan an integral part of the political process,and everyone has bought the argument withoutlooking over it for dents or flaws.

I trust I don't need to outline who the fanat-ics are. I am, however, grateful that ColinPowell is around at the highest levels of gov-ernment, as he is a man who has repeatedlystood up for his own principles, and in spite of

this still earned the respect of the country andits leader.

Is the American government engaging in acampaign of murder in order to reach itsgoals? I would contend that with a war on Iraqseeming inevitable at this point, murder willbeget murder on both sides, not to mention thecasualties that American military operations

have pro-duced in thelast year,largely takenin the name ofrevenge. Thisis a muchbroader state-ment, in noway limited tothe domesticand foreignpolicies of

any particular country, but still represents a(fairly typical) self-righteous attitude on behalfof the presidency that anyone is completelyjustified in this activity.

When Ms. Ducros made her comment, shespoke out with what can be considered aninadvertent sense of honesty. Few are unawarethat President Bush has certainly contributedmore than his share of stupid comments overtime. As the ultimate elected representative ofthe people of this country, his comments aresupposed to reflect the country's thoughts.'Blatant hypocrisy on the part of this countrycan do little but lower its international reputa-tion, but only if other brave individuals startholding the president to his poorly chosenwords.

GiveThanks,

Don't TryTo Buy It

Gretchen K. Aleks

Finally! The Thanksgiving holiday isupon us. For an MIT student, Thanksgivingis probably most closely associated with thesemester being practically finished, thosefinal projects and papers that have beenpunted all term coming due, and finalsapproaching. For the rest of the population,Thanksgiving is more commonly associatedwith other things: big family dinners, lots ofleftovers, and shopping the day after the hol-iday.,

This year Adbusters magazine is publiciz-ing National Buy Nothing Day in an attemptto rid Thanksgiving of that last association.The Friday after Thanksgiving is traditionallythe busiest shopping day of the year. Retail-ers sell a lot on that particular day, and it alsokicks off a shopping season that lasts untilChristmas in which consumers shop andspend like there's no tomorrow. Unfortunate-ly, Americans aren't overly consumeristiconly around the holidays; many feel it is ourGod-given right to consume as much as wepossibly can. This belief is especially appar-

Not only should we all refrainjom buying anything thisFriday, Nov. 29, but also we

should strive to make thisholiday season less materialistic.

ent in the proliferation of SUVs. Despite thefact that SUVs make the road unsafe for dri-vers in nonnal cars, are totally unnecessaryfor everyday driving in urban areas, and getpoor gas mileage, which translates into theproduction of lots of carbon dioxide and otherpollutants, many Americans still buy thesebehemoths. Unfortunately, there are no deter-rents to buying SUVs: gas taxes are kept lowbecause, by golly, if an American wants todrive his big bad off-road vehicle to the cor-ner grocery store, nothing should stand in hisway, especially not a tax designed to regulatehis socially-irresponsible behavior.

We should join Adbusters in turning ourback on the rampant consumerism in today'ssociety. Not only should we all refrain frombuying anything this Friday, Nov. 29, butalso we should strive to make this holidayseason less materialistic. Anyone who needsto give Christmas gifts should consider,rather than buying a gift at the local mall, vis-iting , the homepageof Heifer International. Heifer International isan organization attempting to promote sus-tainability in the third world. Donors givemoney to Heifer International, which in turnpurchases livestock to give to a family in aneedy area. For instance, for twenty dollars, afamily will receive a flock of ducks, whichwill provide them with eggs and poultry, butwill also provide agricultural benefits by eat-ing insects and providing organic fertilizer.The family will therefore benefit for manyyears from the original flock of ducks and itsoffspring; additionally, a condition for receiv-ing livestock from Heifer International is thatthe family will then give some of the off-spring to another family. In this way, multiplefamilies benefit for multiple years from onesmall gift. This is a much better return thanyou would get by purchasing a CD or asweater.

Instead of shopping on Friday, go volun-teer at a homeless shelter, a blood drive, or aretirement home: Instead of harming societyby playing into a game which creates lots ofwaste and drives inequity in society, dosomething beneficial, even if it is just stayingat home and working on a problem set. What-ever you do, buy nothing, and try to minimizeyour consumption through the season.

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.'Liveat Fo~om Field' Fal~ Slwrt ofExpectationsJet Another DMB Album

out track on thisalbum. Thoughit's quite long, itshows heavy bluesinfluence andincludes back-ground vocals bythree women,Tawatha Agee,Cindy Mizelle,and BrendaWhite-King. Thetrio is quite amaz-ing, and whencombined withButch Taylor'spiano and LeroiMoore's saxo-phone, makes foran impressivesong. Unfortunate-ly, the mood isshattered in thenext two, oldertracks, "Ware-house" and I."Recently." Theband plays thesewell, but onceagain, previous ,live versions, such Dave Matthews Band s latest, Live at Folsom Reid, falls to deliver.as on Red Rocks, are much better. similar to the one on Listener Supported, and

Carter Beauford's drumming has only got- includes Butch Taylor on piano. "Ants March-ten better, as heard in "Recently," but the ing"'is sub-par for the band, and can't comparerecording fails to bring it out as in older albums. at all to the version on Red Rocks.The difference in the recording is especially IIi short, all the newer tracks sound similarnoticeable in "What Would You Say," in which to their studio versions, and aU the older tracksthe violin and sax are quieter than expected. are worse than the previously released live ver-"All Along The Watchtower," DMB's staple sions. I would only consider buying Folsomlive song, is unique on Folsom Field because Field if I didn't already own Everyday, but inDave plays the electric guitar solo. Disc two that case, I would recommend buying Everydayends with a good rendition of "Stay (Wasting instead. It's a better album and will give you aTime)" and a poor encore of "Two Step" and better idea of where the band is headed than"Ants Marching." The version of "Two Step" is Folsom Field.

of music. The problem lies in the transition ofthe songs from the studio to the stage. Everydaymoved the saxophone and violin to the back-ground in most of the songs, almost completelyremoved their solos that were present on all pre-vious releases. Without the solos, I imaginedthat it would be hard to differentiate the studioversions of the songs from the live versions, andthis is exactly the case on Folsom Field. Withthe exception of "Angel" and possibly "SoRight," most of the songs from Everyday areindistinguishable from their live versions on"Folsom Field."

Disc one opens with an older single, "Don'tDrink The Water," from Before These CrowdedStreets. Butch Taylor's keyboards add some-thing to the song that isn't present on the studiorecording, one of the few things on this CD thatimpressed me. Of next few songs, "So Right"and "Big Eyed Fish" are mediocre, highlightedin the latter as the crowd cheers not with themusic, but with Dave's cursing. "What YouAre," another track from Everyday, includes theaddition of keyboards, but is still very similar tothe album version. While the band's perfor-mance on the old favorite "Crash Into Me" isgood, I prefer the live version on Listener Sup-ported.

Disc one closes with a rarity: two songs thatare' actually worse than their studio counter-parts. "I Did It" and "If I Had It All," both fromEveryday, seem to drag on, despite their shortlength. The band seems disinterested and apa-thetic, which I find shocking considering theirprevious live albums.

"Angel," which starts disc two, is the stand-

By my count, Live at Folsom Field isDave Matthews Band's fourth full-length live album. It's quite an impres-sive accomplishment, considering theband has only released six studio albums. Butthrow it in your CD player, and you might bedisappointed. Rather than containing the trade-marked raw jam sessions that distinguish theband's live performances, Folsom Field is ahighly refined recording of a nondescript DMBconcert. The band plays very well, but the CDlacks the energy that has popularized their pre-vious live recordings.

Folsom Field comes at an awkward time forthe band. Following the release of Everyday in2001, DMB released Busted Stuff this July inresponse to fans' trading the unreleased albumon. the Internet. Busted StufJ, known to fans asthe Lillywhite Sessions, is more similar to theband's earlier recordings than Everyday, whichmarked a divergence in the band's style. As onewould expect, Folsom Field contains mostlysongs from these two newer albums, with themajority of their playing time dedicated totracks from Everyday. And therein lies theproblem. '

It isn't that Everyday was a bad album; itsold over 3 million copies, and personally Iliked hearing the band playing a different style

. By Roshan BallgaCONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, ColoradoDave Matthews BandRCARecordsNov. 5

The next song was sadly the one blemishon the Chorallaries' otherwise well-preparedset. Aneal Krishnan '03 has a great voice, buthe just was not able to hit the high notes inHoobastank's "Running Away." NewbieAlexander S. del Nido '06 did a generallyfabulous job, though, with the subdued super-high solo in John Ondrasik's "Superman."The audience, so eager to applaud, even inter-rupted the song in the middle.

The Chorallaries astounded with theirfinale, Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer's "It'sRaining Men.". Vincent and Leah K. Premo'04 displayed an astonishing array of vocaltalents on top of a flawless background andb~pping choreography to boot. Playing off ofeach other and the rest of the group and tak-ing all sorts of crazy ornamental risks, Vin-cent and Premo made it look effortless. Thebootleg I made sounds like it could be on oneof the Chorallaries' CDs.

The Chorallaries finished up with a vener-ated group staple - the group's arrangementof the Engineers Drinking Song. And Krish-nan redeemed himself on the group's encore,an energetic version of Blur's "Song #2." Thecrowd would not be placated by just oneencore, though, forcing the Chorallaries tocome back and sing what they insisted was anunrehearsed version of Shakira's "Suerte,"with Premo as the soloist.

The Chorallaries have set a high bar -not just for their rivals this a capella perfor-mance season, but also for themselves in thefuture, with their near-perfect solos, inventivearrangements, and energetic choreography.One hopes they know what they've got them-selves into.

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Sandra Rlndler '06 sings her heart out at the Chorallarles' fall concert, Choralpalooza.The Chorallarles teamed up with Brown University's Harmonic Motion to sing on Nov.22 at 8 p.m. In 54-100.all-MIT co-ed secular a capella group that is.not called "Resonance." The Chorallariesleapt on the stage (stage? lecture area?),cleansing the palate and jumping straight intoan ensemble version of G. Brown's word-jazzy "The Distance." This also gave thegroup a chance to show off their choreogra-phy - something not captured in the group'sline of relentlessly-hawked CDs - as theyran around 54-100 like syncopated race-cardrivers.

After giving us something completely dif-ferent from what came before, the Chorallar-ies did it again, spitting out a pearl with a135-second rendition of Stephen Stills'"Helplessly Hoping." The trio of Emily C.Vincent '04, Daniel O. Bates '05, and Kuang-shin Tai G was perfectly locked in harmony,and the understated arrangement was well-performed all around.

Changing gears again, Ross I. Runnion'04 turned red under his cowboy hat as heground out an energetic and crowd-pleasingcountry performance of Aaron Tippin's "KissThis." Runnion wasn't always quite with hisbackground, but the group did a great jobwith a challenging arrangement. The hightenor line, in particular, was performed par-ticularly solidly.

The background was not quite so greatand had some intonation problems on thenext song, Sadu Adu and Ray S1. John's"Smooth Operator." Soloist Amy L. Schon-sheck '03 had a few intonation issues, too,but her silky voice was the aecon of noir, and- a few technical issues aside - the songwas generally well-performed and appropri-ately moody.

show and had the crowd laughing uproarious-ly with their Celebrity Jeopardy-themed skitand a rendition of the Divinyls' "I TouchMyself' that most prominently featured lotsof touching.

Vocal highlights included James L. Ollen-Smith on Jan Wayne's "Only You." The Har-monic Motion arrangement was uncharacter-istically subtle, and Ollen-Smith is clearly avery talented singer who was backed up by anexcellent soprano in the background. The per-formance would have been even better,though, if Ollen-Smith and the rest of thegroup had been able to agree on a tempoinstead of fighting it out during the choruses.

The Motion finished their set with JohnDenver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane." It wasalmost paralyzing to hear the lilting voice ofthe previously unassuming Indrani R. Haladyhaunt us with the Motion's plaintive, almostgospel version of the song. By the end, theaudience was hanging on her every breathand begging for more.

At this point, it was time for MIT's only

By Keith J. WlnstelnNEWSEDlTOR

The Chorallaries of MIT54-100Nov. 22, 8 p.m.

JINA KIM-THE TECH

Charlene Chuang '05 (left) and Bo Kim '04 (right) sing sweetly at Choralpalooza. TheChorallarles' repertoire at their fall concert Included crowd favorites such as "It'sRaining Men" and "The Engineers' Drinking Song."

CONCERT REVIEW

The Chorallaries treated MIT to theirfall concert last Friday, packing 54-100 and Pl!shing the limits of a capel-la with an impeccable concert. ,Theirguest group, Brown University's HarmonicMotion, was almost as good and had thecrowd giggling throughout.

As my colleague Pey-Hua Hwang '04observed in this space the last time theChorallaries performed with HarmonicMotion, in May 2001, the Motion can sufferfrom a lack of balance. Their songs all hov-ered around the same volume, and the back-ground was sometimes not quiet enough to leta soloist be heard over 15 voices singing"doooo," something the Motion's arrange-ments featured too often.-

Nonetheless, the Motion put on a good

Theorem: Chorallaries'-Superb--in Fall-Concert

Corollary: Browns Harmonic Motion Okay, Tho

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MIT students and affiliates perform In Dance Troupe's biannual concert last weekend.

1. (Left to right) Amy C. Flsher '05, Enid W. Chol, Nikki Johnson, Jessica Vechakul 'OS, JI Han'OS, and Justine C. Wang '06 leap across the stage In "Conjunction Junction."2. Michelle K. Cheng '04 dances In "Heavenly."3. Erika N. Ebbel '03 performs In "Worship."4. (Left to right) Irene E. Brisson 'OS, Taly Dvorkls '04, and Michelle S. Machon '04 artfullypose In "Silent All These Years."5. (Left to right) Juliana D. Olmstead '06, Justin M. Schmidt G, and Jennifer L. Wong '06 bop tothe beat In "Nod Ya Head."6. Ralltsa I. Kalmukova displays a talent with ribbons In "Rhythm and Flre."7. Irene M. Rahman '06 and Alycla G. Hillman '03 kneel on either side of the glowing figure ofAmber R. Jaycocks '04 In "Worship."8. Sherry C. Kan '04 (left) and Enid W. Chol run In "Tribute."9. Lights bring out the silhouette of a dancer In "Trio."

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November 26,2002

allow for depth of movement on the stage andsome comic moments involving disguises.The less-than-subtle beaver sculpture in themiddle of the Castle Garden was also anamusing addition. The lighting was basic andthere didn't seem to be any changes in colorswaths; nevertheless, the necessary characterswere spotlighted when needed and kept theshow pleasing to the eye..

What this show lackeq in substance, itmade up for in enthusiasm. I think I wouldhave enjoyed the show more had I read thelibretto first and been familiar with the songsso I could understand what the actors weresinging. All in all, G&S succeeded in devel-oping the character of a "Rollicking Band ofPirates" who still love Queen Victoria.

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Frederic (Stuart A. Stanton G, left) and Mabel (Mlr~nda E.Knutson '06) serenade each other in the MIT G8cSPlayers'production of The Pirates of Penzance.

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ty of G&S satirical style. The show was soldout and even though people who had reservedtickets showed up the suggested 20 minutesbefore the show, the 8 o'clock show dido'.tbegin until 8:20.

The orchestra conductor, Jimmy Y. Jia G,was the first to speak to the audience andinstructed everyone to stand up and sing"God Save the Queen." I was not surprisedthat everyone stood up, but I was surprisedat the number of people who actually decid-

THEATER REVIEW

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The Pirate King (Graham T. Wright G, center) Is paraded aroundby two pirates (Rob Morrison '96, left, and Gregory J. Lohman G).

Having never seen a Gilbert and Sulli-van musical before, I wasn't quite surewhat to expect when I walked into LaSala de Puerto Rico on Saturday nightto see a performance of The Pirates of Pen-zance. All I knew was that the show was sup-posed to be a comic operetta and include plen-

The Thry Model of a Modern PlayMIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players Present Pirates ofpenzanceBy Pey-Hua Hwang ed to sing. Jia then launched into an overture the opposite problem. HeSTAFF WRITER that was over eight minutes long, after had good pitch and dic-The Pirates of Penzance which the first actors were finally seen on tion, but he lacked projec-La Sala de Puerto Rico the stage. tion. Edith (Vanessa H.Nov. 21-23, 8 p.m.; Nov. 23-24, 2 p.m. The first act detailed the end of apprentice- Quinlivan '06) andBy William S. Gilbert and Arthur S. Sullivan ship for Frederic (Stuart A. Stanton G), who Samuel (Jonathan E.Stage Directed by Brian Bermack '95 was supposed to be a pilot's apprentice but Blum '06) had the sameVocal Directed by Jen Hazel was wrongly apprenticed to a pirate through projection problems.Orchestral Directed by Jimmy Y. Jia, G the poor hearing of his nursemaid Ruth In contrast, Major-

(Sonya C. Tang '04). Frederic then sees General Stanley (Evanyoung women for the first time in his 21 years Xenakis) was delightfully .of life, falls in love, and vows to exterminate pompous and pitiful, withthe pirates to whom he was once indentured. all of his solos easy to

This sort of wordplay, paradox, and run- understand.ning gag is found throughout the rest of the After a 20-minuteshow. (For example, the pirates will not kill intermission, whichanyone who claims to be an orphan.) seemed to this writer

The first act featured unnecessarily long for aa mix of songs ranging two hour show whichfrom a drinking song, began almost a half-hour"Pour, 0 Pour the late, the second actPirate Sherry," to a love began. It was decidedlysong, "Poor Wand'ring more exciting than theOne," to pure comic first act, featuring ansilliness, "I Am the attack on a castle, loveVery Model of a Mod- lost and found, the hard-ern Major-General." ships of being a police- .With the exception of man, the joys of being athe love duets and the pirate, and lots of pl}.ysi-finale at the end of the cal comedy. The singersact, most of the num- seemed to have used thebers were also either first act as a warm up, asentirely female or male the real performancesensembles. kicked in during the sec-

The singing abilities ond act.of the chorus as a The Sergeant and Policemen in "When awhole were decent; Felon's Not Engaged," were highly entertain-however, the incredibly ing, especially when the bass section demon-fast pace of the lyrics, strated just how low their voices could go.volume of the orchestra, The Pirate King (Graham T. Wright G) andand lack of perfect dic- Ruth, the pirate maid, were also vivacious as

tion made it very hard to understand what they they danced about and triumphantlywere singing, especially in faster songs such announced to Frederic that he was born on theas "Climbing Over Rocky Mountain." 29th of February during a leap year and there-

The romantic leads, Frederic and Mabel fore, much to his dismay, was actually still(Miranda E. Knutson '06), were also hard to indentured to the pirates. "With Catlikeunderstand, but for different reasons. Knutson Tread," which involved the pirates singinghad 'amazing projection and high soprano about how quiet and stealthy they are while!ange, but she seemed to have difficulty con- stomping heavily across the stage, was also atrolling pitch and tended to slide words highlight of the evening.together in favor of tone quality over clarity of The costumes were fairly simple but effec-lyrics. Stanton's performance suffered from tive, and the set was just elaborate enough to

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Enter MIT at the main entrance, Lobby 7,77 Massachusetts Ave (domed building with tallpillars).Proceed down the center corridor to Room 10-100 on the right.Following the Admissions Information Session isa Student Led Campus Tour which begins in Lobby 7 (main entrance lobby).Groups over 15 people need to make spe-cialreservations. free. Room: Admissions Reception Center, Building 10, Room 10-100. Sponsor: Information Center.10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Chanukah Sale. Sale of Chanukah related items including menorahs, candles, dreidels,Chanukah decorations, chocolate gelt. and small giftitems. free. Room: Lobby 10. Sponsor. Hillel,Mil.10:45 a.m. - Campus Tour. Student Led Campus Tours are approximately 90 minutes long-and provide a generaloverview of the main campus. Please note that campus tours do not visitlaboratories,livinggroups or buildings underconstruction. Groups over 15 people need to make special reservations. 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Room: Lobby 7 (Main Entrance Lobby at 77 Massachusetts Ave). Sponsor: InformationCenter.3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - PSFC Seminar. Plasma Window for Yarious Applications with Some Puzzling Physics. free.Room: NW17-218. Sponsor: Plasma Science and Fusion Center.4:00 p.m. - Mil Astrophysics Colloquium: TRACY CLARKE. Diffuse Radio Emission and Magnetic Relds in Clusters ofGalaxies. free. Room: MIT Center for Space Research, 70 Vassar Street, Room 37-252, Cambridge, MA. Sponsor: Astro-physics.4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Media Lab Colloquium Lecture Series. Twinkling, humming and teaching new dogs old tricks:some experiments in the spectacles of partiCipation.free.Room: Bartos Theater, Media Lab. Sponsor: Media Lab.4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - MechSemlnar:On Strange Vibrations and Mysteriously Sinking Tones In a Hot Coffee Mug.Prof. Kausel discusses, demonstrates, and explains the reasons for a peculiar and intriguingacoustic phenomenon thattakes place when a ceramic mug containing cold coffee is heated in a microwave oven. This lighthearted,down to earth,yet rigorous presentation should be delightfulto all.Not to be missed!. free. Room: 1-390. Sponsor: Engineering &Envi-ronmental Mechanics Group.4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - GTl Seminar Series. The Ecstasy and The Agony of Axial/Mixed-Flow Compressive Turbomachill-ery Aerodynamic Design. free. Room: 31-161. Sponsor: Gas Turbine Laboratory, AeroAstro.4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Magic of Materials: From Metals with a Memory to BrilliantNew Lasers. Department ofMaterials Science and Engineering Distinguished Lecturer Series. free. Room: 6-120. Sponsor: Dept. of Materials Sci-ence and Engineering.6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Toastmasters@MIl Evening Meetings. 77 Mass. Avenue, Cambridge, Building 2, Room 2-131.free. Sponsor: Toastmasters.6:30 p.m. - Architecture Lecture. Landscape, Space, and Structure. Lecture by Jurg Conzett, structural engineer, Chur,Switzerland. free. Room: Rm 10-250. Sponsor: Department of Architecture.7:00 p.m. - Women's Basketball vs. Anna Marla. free. Room: Rockwell Cage. Sponsor: Department of Athletics.7:00 p.m. - Rim: "The Garlfuna Journey": Dlaspora Is Not the End of the Story. The Garifuna are an indigenous peopleof African and Caril>-Indiandescent who resisted slavery and stilllivein parts of the US and Latin America. Join us for afilm (45 mins.) on the Garifuna community in Belize. One of our members is going to Belize in January to work onHIVjAIDS education. Ifyou have experience to share, please attend. Or stay afterthe filmto find out how you can getsupport for your own research, volunteer work, or activism abroad. free.Room: Mil 4-231. Sponsor: MIT Western Hemi-sphere Project..8:00 p.m. - 9:40 p.m. - Movie - Leela. Leela, a Hollywood production with Indian stars, is a dynamic expression of thestruggles and celebrations of expatriate lifestyle,a true reflectionof how the South Asiall-American community is begill-ning to emerge, blend, and influence the mainstream American culture in its own exquisite ways. Leela is an aware, IiI>-eral woman who struggles with the true meaning of independence. Krishna, bom of Indian parents in America, is uncom-fortable with his hyphenated existence. Itis a universal story of two paths that cross each other and pause a momentbefore moving on. $5.00. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: AID-Boston.9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - L1VEmuslc@theEar: Krysalls. Krysalis,a monthly night of psychadelic trance. Pub Hours: MOil-day: 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Tuesday -Thursday: 7 p.m. - 1 a.m. Friday:4 p.m. - 1 a.m. The Thirsty Ear Pub is located in thebasement of Ashdown House. Enter through the courtyard. Must be over 21. Proper 10 required. free. Room: The ThirstyEar Pub. Sponsor: The Thirsty Ear Pub.

Wednesday, November 279:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Chlldrens' Skating Registration. Room: W35-297X. Sponsor: Physical Education.10:00 a.m. - Admissions Infonnatlon Session. free. Room: Admissions Reception Center, Building 10, Room 10-100.Sponsor: Information Center.10:45 a.m. - Campus Tour. free. Room: Lobby 7 (Main Entrance Lobby at 77 Massachusetts Ave). Sponsor: Informa-tion Center.1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Rainbow Lounge Open. MIl's resource lounge for lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgenderedmembers of the community is open. Note: Due to the LBGT Issues Group meeting, the Lounge willclose at 5 (it usuallyis open until7 PM on Mondays). free. Room: 50-306. Sponsor: Ibgt@MIT.2:00 p.m. - Admissions Information Session. free. Room: Admissions Reception Center, Building 10, Room 10-100.Sponsor: Information Center.2:45 p.m. - Campus Tour. free. Room: Lobby 7 (Main Entrance Lobby at 77 Massachusetts Ave). Sponsor: InformationCenter.4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Optlmallty In Metabolic Networks. This Harvard-MIT Seminar in Computational Biology, spoil-sored by HSl's Bioinformatics and IntegrativeGenomics Program, is offered in conjunction with a joumal club as part ofHST.588 (Special Subjects in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics). free. Room: E25-119. Sponsor: HST.5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - film: FOOD, USA 2000. Among others hear about a place where healthy food is considered arightgranted by law and about the struggle of independent farming in Canada. free. Room: 2-105. Sponsor: GraduateStudent Council. Students for Global Sustainability.7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. - Buddhist Meditation: Guide to Bodhlsattvas Way of life. Meditation. Lecture, and Discussionon Shantideva's monumental philosophical treatise.free. Sponsor: Buddhist Community at MIT.8:00 p.m. - Weekly Wednesdays @ the Muddy Charles Pub. Meet your fellow social graduate students at the MuddyCharles Pub located in the Walker Memorial Building.What willbe there for you? $1 drafts,a varietyof beers, wines andsodas, lots of free wings, Sox on the screen. Bring IDs. free. Room: Muddy Charles Pub. Sponsor: Edgerton House Resi-

dents' Association, MITEntrepreneurshipCenter. TechUnk, Wing It.8:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. - IFiLM Film Seminar. Screening of a movie followed by a discussion. free. Sponsor: Internatioll-al Rim Club.8:30 p.m. -11:30 p.m. - Swing Dancing. No partner required. Beginners welcome. free. Room: Student Center 2ndfloor.Sponsor: Undy Hop Society.

Thursday, November 281:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Conversational English Class. Join us for a free conversational English class for intemationalstudents and spouses at MIT. Most attendees are women able to speak freelywho desire to increase their Englishskills.Class covers a varietyof topics including American culture and holiday deSCriptions. Free. Room: Wl1 BoardRoom. Sponsor: Baptist Campus Ministry.8:00 p.m. -10:30 p.m. -IFILM Film Seminar. Screening of a movie followed by a discussion. free. Room: 4-237. SPOil-sor: Intemational Rim Club.9:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. - SAVE Meeting. Join us when we discuss environmentalism at MIT in allitsaspects, including:assisting the MIT administration to improve environmental conditions; taking a boat along the Charles to clean it;tripsto local nature reserves; and plants for the MIT community. free. Room: 1-246. Sponsor: SAVE.

Friday, November 2912:10 p.m. -1:00 p.m. - GABLES Lunch. GABLES is the M.I.T.glbt staff&facultygroup. The lunch is an opportunity forus to gather in a social environment to meet and greet one another. Itis also a venue for us to talk about issues ofinterestto the M.I.T. and largercommunities. Our colleagues from the wider community are invitedto join us. free.Room: Various. Sponsor: GABLES.1:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m. - F.A.T. (Friday After Thanksgiving) CHAIN REACnON. Do you reallywant to brave the mall onthe Friday afterThanksgiving? Here's a fun altemative. Round up Friends and Family and take part in MIT Museum'sannual FAT. Chain Reaction. Imagine a ball rollingdown a track that lands on a board that tips a book that fallsonto astringthat pulls six precariously balanced blocks that fallinto a pan causing itto get heavy enough to. Yes, you get theidea! Bring your own linkor come watch the action. MIT Artist-in-residence,Artum Ganson, renowned chain reaction cre-ator,willbe on hand to help with connections. Past teams have included everyone from girlscout troops to artistsandengineers, with a littlestring and duct tape, they allwork together beautifully.Registration for Participants is $10.00 fora team of up to four people. Spectators pay regular museum admission. Room: DuPont Gymnasium 120 Massachu-setts Avenue. Sponsor: MIT Museum.

Saturoay, November 309:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Chlldrens' SkatIng Registration. Room: W35-297X. Sponsor: Physical Education.

Sunday,~ber19:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Chlldrens' SkatIng Registration. Room: W35-297X. Sponsor: Physical Education.9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Buddhist Meditation and Prayers. Meditation in Buddhist Tradition:sittingand walking medi- .tation followed by chanting. free. Room: Mezzanine Lounge, Student Center. Sponsor: Buddhist Community at Mil.

Monday, December 29:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Chlldrens' SkatIng Registration. Room: W35-297X. Sponsor: Physical Education.10:00 a.m. - Admissions Infonnatlon Session. free. Room: Admissions Reception Center, Building 10, Room 10-100.Sponsor: Information Center.10:45 a.m. - Campus Tour. free. Room: Lobby 7 (Main Entrance Lobby at 77 Massachusetts Ave). Sponsor: Informa-tion Center.12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. - Introduction to Emall atMIT.This quick startgives an overview of how email works at MITand the differentemail protocols that are available.Supported programs for use at MIT are described, along with prosand cons of choosing one over the other, briefinstructions on getting started, and pointers to more information: The.spamw emall problem and what can and can't be done about itwillalso be presented. Room: N42 Demo. Sponsor:Information Systems.12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Extending the life of Buildings: From Falllngwater to Carnegie Hall.free. Room: 7-431 AVT,Dept. of Architecture.Sponsor: Building Technology Program:.2:00 p.m. - Admissions Information Session. free. Room: Admissions Reception Center, Building 10, Room 10-100.Sponsor: Information Center.2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Dreamweaver MX Quick Start. Dreamweaver MX offers a significantlynew interface to users aswell as enhanced features that make iteasier to work with templates, CSS style sheet. This session willbe gearedtoward those who are already somewhat familiarwith Dreamweaver from previous versions. free. Room: N42 Demo Cell-ter.Sponsor: Information Systems.2:45 p.m. - Campus Tour. free. Room: Lobby 7 (Main Entrance Lobby at 77 Massachusetts Ave). Sponsor: Information~nt& .3:00 p.m •. 5:00 p.m. - Rainbow Lounge Open. Mil's resource lounge for lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgenderedmembers of the community is open. Note: Due to the LBGT Issues Group meeting, the Lounge willclose at 5 (itusuallyis open until7 PM on Mondays). free. Room: 50-306. Sponsor: Ibgt@MIT.4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Rationality of renonnallzed Chern classes. free. Room: 2-143. Sponsor: DifferentialGeometrySeminar. Department of Mathematics.4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - CMSE Colloquium. Titleto be announced. free. Room: 13-2137 (von Hippel Room). Sponsor.Center for Materials Science &Engineering.5:00 p.m. - CCRR Grants Deadline. Deadline for allCCRR Grant applications. free. Room: 7-211. Sponsor: Committeeon Campus Race Relations.5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - LBGT Issues Group Meeting. Meeting of faculty,staff,and student committee dedicated toensuring MIT is welcoming and support of its LBGT members. Please e-maillbgt@mit.edu ifyou are interested injoiningthe Group. free. Room: West Lounge (2nd Floor,Student Center). Sponsor: Ibgt@MIl, Student Ufe Programs ..5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Negotiating Job Offers. This session willdemonstrate how to effectivelyhow to evaluate anddifferentiatebetween differentjob offers and how to make an informed career decision. free. Room: TBA. Sponsor:OCSPA.5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m .•- Places of Tomorrow. Part of colloquium Regulating Place: Standards and the Shaping of UrbanAmerica. free. Room: Room 10485. Sponsor: Department of Urban Studies and Planning.5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Aga Khan Special Film Presentation. Between Prayers: Proscribed Scenes from a Historic MOil-ument. free. Room: 3-133. Sponsor: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture.7:00 p.m. - Cyanide and Gold: Is a US Mining Company Poisoning the People of Honduras? JESSE BARNES spent thesummer in the villageof EI Porvenir, in Honduras, near one of the country's largest gold mines. To retrievegold prof-itably,the owner of the mine - a US corporation - uses cyanide solution to leach the precious metal out of the ore. Isthis method poisoning the people and the environment? Jesse's project aimed to find out; and to empower the peopleof EI Porvenir so that they can continue to monitor the qualityof theirenvironment. Free. Room: Mil 4-237. Sponsor:Mil Westem Hemisphere Project. MIT History Faculty.9:00 p.m. -1:00 a.m. - Monday Night Football at The Ear. Watch the game on The Thirsty Ear's big screen TV everyMonday night.Tonight: New York Jets vs. Oakland Pub Hours:Monday: 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Tuesday -Thursday: 7 p.m. - 1a.m. Friday:4 p.m. - 1 am The Thirsty Ear Pub is located in the basement of Ashdown House. Enter through the court-yard. Must be over 21. Proper 10 required. Free. Room: The Thirsty Ear Pub. Sponsor. The Thirsty Ear Pub.

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INS contact ongoingThose who register with the INS

must report back for an interviewevery year and inform the INS inperson if they leave the U.S. Thosewho do not register by a given datemay be subject to fines, arrest, ordeportation.

According to the INS Web site,registration is being carried outbecause "in light of the attacks onthe United States on September 11,2001 and subsequent events .,. theAttorney General has determinedthat certain nonimmigrant aliensrequire closer monitoring."

minutes. I think that with more peo-ple due to the recent addition, theprocess is a little faster because theywant to get through everyone," Rah-mandad said.

"I waited over two hours, butactual registration took about 40minutes," Yahyanejad said. "The linemoved pretty slowly, it seemed thatthey were being very inefficient."

The actual registration processincludes a photograph, fingerprints,and an interview under oath.

Yahyanejad said he thought thatmany people may not know thatthey are supposed to register. "Wewere notified bye-mail, and somepeople don't have access to theInternet," he said. "Some studentshave relatives that did not know thiswas going on."

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or before Nov. 15, 1986 who werecitizens or nationals of Iran, Iraq,Libya, Sudan, and Syria wererequired to appear at the INS byDec. 16. On Nov. 22, the INS addedAfghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain,Eritrea, Lebanon, Morocco, NorthKorea, Oman, Qatar, Somalia,Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates,and Yemen to the list. Those withcitizenship from these countriesmust register by Jan. 10,2003.

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sand, a graduate student at North-eastern University.

"I think it's good to know who isentering and leaving the country.However, they are going too farwhen they ask for parent contactsand sometimes credit card num-bers," Yahyanejad said. "I don'tknow how effective it will bebecause those who have somethingto hide may just not show up, andtake the risks."

Yahyanejad also questioned thelist of countries from which peoplemust register with the INS.

"The selection of countrieswhose citizens are required to go isvery political, not necessarily basedon national security," Yahyanejadsaid.

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. McDonald House in her neighbor-hood. She said that for seven years,she and her family have helped tohelp prepare the food on Wednes-day and then serve breakfast, lunchand dinner to the hungry. She alsosaid that after such a long day they"just chill."

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Volunteering for the holidaysIvana L. Sturdivant '04 will go

with her family on Thanksgivingday to volunteer at the Ronald

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Christine P. fleming '04 serves a slice of ham to Shawntel B. Hines'06 during a Thanksgiving dinner organized by the Black StudentsUnion In New House on Sunday night.

city, not making it home forThanksgiving means that she will"have to come home for Christmas."

THE" PHOENIX PRO~ECTShifting from Oil to HydrogenWith Wartime Speed

Because of the exponential nature of the problemsand solutions that are now evolving, we are rapidlyapproaching either a nanotechnology utopia of"biochips" and "designer genes," that will eliminateaging and disease, or an oblivion scenario of mass-starvation as global food production systems fail.The outcome may depend on how quickly a shiftfrom fossil fuels to hydrogen occurs, and as such,The Phoenix Project book and video explains howthis "transition of substance" can be implementedwith wartime speed. According to author HarryBraun, 10 million one-megawatt wind poweredhydrogen production systems would make the U.S.100% energy independent of aII fossil and nuclearfuels. Given that 17 million vehicles are made eachyear in the U.S., the 10 million wind units should bebuilt and installed within 5 or 10 years. Millions ofAmericans will be employed as the U.S. is trans-formed into a Saudi Arabia-class energy exporterand every automotive vehicle is modified to usehydrogen, the only "universal fuel" that is non-toxic,safer than gasoline, inexhaustible and pollution-free.

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Find an on-campus turkey bingeOften the sleepy, satisfied feel-

ing of the holiday is made worse byThanksgiving dinners the weekendbefore. Some dormitories scheduletheir special dinners for the Satur-d3y and Sunday before the break, tomake sure di~er is served beforehalf the floor has departed.

Jean Marie Downing '06 saidthat although she will not make ithome this year, the dinner held byMacGregor's E Entry was "a lot offun. There was way too muchfood." Often residents will maketheir own food, only to discoverlater that a smorgasbord of home-cooked food seems to inhibit pro-ductivity.

Downing said that while sheplanned to go out and enjoy Bostonwith some of her friends around the

Tuesday. In any case, he said thathis family's dinner will not be a tra-ditional one: there will be no "get-ting up early in the morning to makethe turkey," although they have din-ner together. Other than that, hesaid, the point of the weekend is"hanging around with old friends"around the city.

President Charles M. Vest willbe among those heading away fromMIT for the holiday. Vest said thatthere is "nothing like small grand-children to make one thankful," andthat he is very happy to be visitingthem over the holiday.

Along with children, however,he also said that "in our family, Irevel in taking the major role incooking the traditional turkey din-ner, including my secret recipe forstuffing."

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Adam D. Kraft '05 (left) and East Campus president Ryan D. Williams '03 gather with other residents,graduate advisors, and alumni on EC's Second West Sund~y night to celebrate Thanksgiving early.

Some Gobble Up Early' Feasts Questions Asked VaryAmong MIT Students

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top of current music.""We are an all-volunteer organi-

zation, so listener contributions godirectly to capital expenses insteadof salaries," Etlin said.

Student involvement increasesStudent involvement in WMBR

has doubled this year, Etlin said,and more than 30 students nowhave weekly shows on the station.

Etlin encouraged students seek-ing their own WMBR shows totake the group's class during theIndependent Activities Period inJanuary, "How To Be -A Giant InCollege Radio (Learn To Be aDJ)."

"Several students who attendedour last lAP course got their ownradio shows the following sum- .mer," he said.

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fromMIT.The fundraising drive was sup-

ported by local restaurants, whoprovided food to fundraising volun-teers, and by the Cambridge TrustCompany, which waived credit cardprocessing fees on donations to thestation, Etlin said.

Station upgrades to continueIn the upcoming year, WMBR

will continue to maintain its studioand upgrade its equipment in thebasement of Walker Memorial, saidJuliet L. Outten G, the station's trea-surer.

"The equipment wears out andbreaks and dies, and we have to getnew equipment," she said.

Also, Outten said, "We maintainan extensive record library. Wealways need to update and keep on

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Benjamin J. Kochan .'05, one of the DJs for WMBR's "Late Risers Club", sorts through records atWMBR on Monday. WMBR's tundralslng drive last week reached Its $75,000 goal.

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WMBR, MIT's campus radiostation at 88.1 FM, achieved its goalof raising $75,000 after this month'sweek-long drive for donations

David J. Etlin G, the station'sgeneral manager, said, "WMBR's2002 fundraiser was our most suc-cessful yet, receiving pledges fromaround 1,300 listeners and passingour $75,000 goal set by last year'sfundraiser," Etlin said.

WMBR appears to have met itsannual fundraising goal in most ofthe past several years, even as thestation's goal increased from$35,000 to the current $75,000.

The station is principally sup-ported by listener donations, wjthsome financial support, plus freestudio space and electricity, coming

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Vassar St. UtilitiesFor several weeks, due to an underground telecommunicationsductbank project, doors exiting to the rear between buildings 34 and38 will be closed. There will still be one exit from the Building 34 lobbyin the direction of Building 26.The pedestrian route from the Albany St.garage through Building 34 to the main campus will not be available.People should enter the campus using the pedestrian walkway underBuilding 39.Stata CenterWaterproofing inspection and window installation are ongoing.Construction of tunnel connection from Stata Center to Building 26 isunderway. Some odor may result from this work; air fresheners areavailable for offices that experience problems. Preparation for utilitywork between Building 56 and the Alumni Pool has begun.Vassar StreetscapePaving in front of the Stata site is complete. Curb placement on thesouth side of the street is underway. Traffic to B