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In-house Rush, Page 11

I'm a fresbman, reallyI realized going in that I had

everything to lose. My own dignity,the reputation of The Tech, Envi-ronmental Engineers, the lacrosseteam, Next House, the Freshman

Test, Page 7'

By Christine R. FryNEWS EDITOR

In-house rush occurred in mostMIT dormitories Wednesdayevening.

In-house rush began soon afterthe results of .the residence halladjustment lottery were released at 7p.m. Freshmen in the dormitorieswere given the opportuni ty toexplore each floor of the dormitoryto which they were assigned. Thefreshmen were then asked to ranktheir preferences.

Many haJls at East Campus, Mac-Gregor House, and Burton-Connerserved food, gave hall tours, and hadseveral members available to discussthe various benefits of living on theirfloors .

efit of two years of MIT education,should be able to fare considerablyweJl on a basic calculus exam.

I opted to take the 18.0 I (Calcu-lus) test instead of the 8.02 (Elec-tricity and Magnetism) test becausepresumably all scientists and engi-neers use basic calculus on a fairly.regular basis.

I wanted to be entirely unpre-pared for the test as well, an attemptto make the exam a random test ofan MIT student's abilities. Thus Ichose not to study for the test andgot set for only five hours of sleep.

Freshmen apathetic about rushSome residents of dormitories

participating in in-house rush noticedthat many freshmen were apatheticabout their housing choices.

"A lot of fres~en don't seem tobe wanting to leave even theirrooms," Co-Floor Chair of BurtonFour, Daniel R. Garcia '04, said. Heis a "little worried" about this apathy.

Garcia noted, however, that"there's at least interest in hall rush."

"I feel like.[in-house rush] is

Renovations, Page 11

By Brian Loux- NEWS EDITOR

Upperclassmen always enjoytaking freshmen naivete for outrightstupidity. Is it an accurate descrip-

, tion?Rer.orter's While:J:' manyh a v eNotebook already

---------- mas -.tered and passed the courses fresh-men have yet to be taught, have weactually retained our knowledgefrom the past?

When the opportunity to pitmyself against the freshmen arose, Ieagerly decided to find out.

Yesterday morning, some mem-bers of the Class of 2006 awoke at8:00 a.m. - probably the last timefor the next nine months - to takethe 18.01 advanced standing exam. I

. figured that I, a junior with the ben-

Still Know Your Calculus?Try The Tech's 18.01 Test

. HORIZON COMICS

A cartoon Image.Mll distributed with a proposal for a $50 million grant from the U.S. Army (left) is sim-Ilar to Im~ges from Radix (right), a comic produced by Ray and Ben Lal.,

AARON D. MIHALIK-THE TECH

SI~dhartha Sen '03 (left), Mlng-Fal Fong '05 and Jorge B. Bravo '05 perfonn a sketch during aTech Theater rehearsal on Wednesday. In this sketch, Bravo talks 5en Into playing 'You GetSI~hed.'

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WORLD & NATIONAugust 29, 2002

Washington~Baltimo~eOlympicBid Eliminated .By Comnrl.ttee

Six Men Indicted On ChargesOf Terrorist Activity

Muslim Group May Be TargetingU.S. Embassy

THE 1I:4SJIINGTON POSTBEInNG

The U.S. Embassy in Beijing said Wednesday there is evidencethat an obscure Muslim organization fighting Chinese rule in thewestern province of Xinjiang has been planning a terrorist strikeagainst the U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan.

The allegation, aimed at the East Turkestan Islamic Movement(ETIM), marked the first time the United States or China has accuseda Uighur rebel group of plotting to attack Americans. Added to otherU.S. statements blaming the movement for more than 200 terroristacts in China, it suggested the Bush administration has accepted theChinese government's assertion that it is fighting radical Muslim ter-rorists in Xinjiang.

Human rights groups have accused China of exaggerating the ter-rorist threat to justify a crackdown on dissent among the region's 8million Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking ethnic group that practices a mod-erate form of Islam.

On Monday, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitageannounced that ETIM had been added to a State Department list ofterrorist groups, free?:ing its assets in the United States and fulfilling along-standing request by the Chinese government. He said the group"committed acts of violence against unarmed civilians without anyregard for who was hurt."

Al-Qaeda Drawing Fresh FundsSPECIAL TO TIlE WASJIINGroN POST

UNITED NA nONS

A global campaign to block al-Qaeda's access to money hasstalled, enabling the terrorist network to obtain a fresh infusion oftens of millions of dollars and putting' it in position to finance futureattacks, according to a draft U.N. report.

In the months immediately following the Sept. 11 attacks, theUnited States and other U.N. members moved to shut down al-Qaeda's financial network, freezing more than $112 million in assetsbelonging to suspected members and supporters of the organization.

But only $10 million in additional funds have been blocked oyerthe past eight months, according to the 43-page draft report, whichwas written by a U.N. panel responsible for monitoring enforcementof an arms, travel and ,financial embargo against al-Qaeda and itsassociates.

AI-Qaeda continues to draw on funds from the personal inheri-tance of Osama bin Laden, the Saudi-born dissident who heads thenetwork, as well as investments and money diverted or embezzledfrom charitable organizations, according to the draft report.

Westerfield Penalty Phase BeginsI.os ANGELES TIMES

SAN DIEGO

A fonner niece testified Wednesday that, when she was 7 yearsold, David Westerfield stuck his finger in her mouth while she wassleeping and began "playing with my teeth."

The testimony came on the first day of the penalty portion ofWesterfield's trial for kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Daniellevan Dam.

Under state law, a jury in a penalty trial can consider prior mis-conduct by the defendant, even if it did not result in a criminal chargeor investigation.

The young woman was called by the prosecution in an attempt toshow that Westerfield had a tendency toward making improperadvances on underage girls. Deputy District Attorney Jeff Dusek toldjurors in Superior Court that Westerfield deserves to be executed.

The witness, now 19, who was identified only as Jenny Lynn, saidshe had bitten Westerfield to get him to stop, but that she had notshouted or called for her parents, who were do~stairs at a party.

By Douglas Farahand Tom JackmanTIlE WASII/NGroN POST

Authorities in two citiesWednesday charged a total of sixmen with conspiring to supportinternational terrorism, calling onegroup in the Detroit area a "sleeperoperational combat cell" of radicalMuslims that was helping to plotattacks in the United States, Turkeyand Jordan.

In an indictment of five Detroitmen handed up by a federal grandjury, prosecutors alleged that foursuspects "operated as a covertunderground support unit for terror-ist attacks." The cell, part of anorganization affiliated with al-Qaeda, was responsible for procur-ing false passports, Social Securitynumbers and other documents sotheir "brothers" could enter the

, United States.The indictment says the men

were specifically tasked with buyingweapons and finding security breach-es at Detroit Metropolitan Airport to"directly access airlines." Two of thesuspects worked in the kitchen of anairline catering firm at the airportduring the sununer of 200 I.

Seized in a Sept. 17 raid on theDetroit apartment where three of the

By Johanna NeumanLOS ANGELES TIMES "

WASHINGTON

The U.S. Olympic Committeehas rejected Washington, D.C.'s bidto host the 2012 Olympics because;Washington organizers of the effortsay, the European-dominated Inter-national Olympic Committee wouldnot smile on an application from acity planning an unpopular waragainst Iraq.

Once again, it seems, the foreignpolicy of the federal city has torpe-doed the well-meaning, painstakingefforts of Washington to act like anormal town.

Through the civic smiles, it washard to hide the disappointment.

"It's difficult to reconcile thefact that we had such a strong tec~-

WEATHER

men lived was a videotape "that.appears to depict surveillance" ofU.S. 'landmarks, including Disney-land and the MOM Orand hotel inLas Vegas. Several of the men havebeen in custody ever since, but

, authorities Wednesday alleged theextent of the plot for the first time.

An FBI spokeswoman said thatthe indictment represents the firsttime that anyone has been publiclyaccused of being part of an active"sleeper cell" in the Umted States.

Authorities have made severalother arrests, since the Sept. 11attacks of people Jhey accuse ofcooperating with terror groups,including American citizen JosePadilla, who they allege'was part ofa plot to detonate a radioactivebomb in the United States. But theDetroit indictment describes some

, of the most extensive efforts to date, in the United States to aid the al-Qaeda network.

In an unrelated indictment hand-ed up Wednesday in Seattle, prose-cutors charged 36-year-old James

, Ujaama with attempting to set up anal-Qaeda training camp at a farm inBly, Ore., where he and others'hoped to prepare future terrorists for ."global violent jihad."

Accordin~ to the indictment,

, nica1 bid with the decision not to. t I - 4

move us for:ward," said Dan Knise,one of the torch carriers for Wash- 'ington's six-year, $10 million,

, Olympic campaign. "We alway'sknew that Washington had a uniqueposition, pro and con. But we.>weresomewhat blindsided at the end bythis amorphous sense that Washing-ton might not be the right place."

In making its decision Tuesday,'the U.S. Olympic Committee elimi-nated bids from Houston and theWashington-Baltimore region, leav-ing alive the hopes of San Franciscoand New York to be the U.S. choice-to host the 2012 event. Even at that,the U.S. choice faces stiff opposi- 'tipn from several Europeal! cities -

'among them Paris, ,Rome andMoscow.

Ujaama and others traveled in Octo-'ber, 1999 from Seattle to Bly, wherethey took firearms practice. Aftervisiting the property, Ujaama faxeda proposal to Abu Harnza ai-Masri,a militant Muslim cleric in London,describing the location's benefits,including its availability as a safe-h'ouse location and suitability forweapons storage, the indictmentalleges.

Ujaama is also accUsed of design-ing web sites for al-Masri advocatingviolent jihad. against America. Al-Masri has been foimally designated aterrorist by the U.S. government andlinked to such incidents as the bomb-

. ing of the USS Cole in Yemen,which killed 17 American sailors inan attack that the U.s.. governmentblames on al-Qaeda. But al Masri 'has not been charged.

The two,:,count indictmentalleges Ujaama provided ~'training;facilities, computer services, safe-houses' and persoJlilel" to al-Qaedaas part ofa conspiracy. ,

Ujaama, a' Denver native who isbeing held in Alexandria, Va., as amaterial witness, issued a statementTuesday night saying he is "inno-cent of any wrongdoing and .. ; fullyprepared to face my accusers anddefend mys,elfin a court of law."

The committee will announce its,finat'selection _~nNov:'3. }', "~',

Officially, the U.S. committee'said oruy that the narrowing of thefield was a conserlsiis choice. Unoffi-

, cially, according to leader's of the, W ashingtQn- Baltimore team, there

was sentiment

August 29,2002 'WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3

Charges Filed Against MoroccanConnected With Terrorist Attacks

Former WorldCom ExecutivesIndicted For Securities Fraud

The rapid expansio.n 'o.f paved-o.ver and develo.ped land in metro.-po.litan areas has made already intense dro.ught co.nditio.ns evenwo.rse, a ,repo.rt released Wednesday said.

Water that used to. seep into. fields o.r,grasslands no.w rushes o.ff newroads, roo.fs, driveways and parking lo.ts, turning into. po.lluted runo.ff.

"Sprawl develo.pment is literally sending billio.ns o.f gallo.ns o.fbadly needed water do.wn the drain each year - the sto.rm drain,"said Betsy Otto., senio.r directo.r fo.r watershed pro.grams at AmericanRivers, a natio.nal environmental o.rganizatio.n. "Sprawl hasn't causedthis year's dro.ught, but sprawl is making water supply pro.blemswo.rse in many cities."

In Atlanta and its surro.unding co.unties - where mo.re than609,000 acres were develo.ped between 1982 and 1997 - develo.p- .ment is sending 57 billio.n to. 133 billio.n gallo.ns o.f po.lIuted runo.ffinto. streams and rivers each year, acco.rding to. the repo.rt, which wasprepared by American Rivers; the Natural Reso.urces Defense Co.un-cil, ano.ther natio.nal environmental o.rganizatio.n; and Smart Gro.wthAmerica, a gro.up dedicated to. sustainable develo.pment.

This water - which the repo.rt said co.uld suppo.rt the average',annual ho.useho.ld needs o.f between 1.5 millio.n and 3.6 millio.n peo.-pIe - wo.u1d o.therwise be filtered through the so.il to. rechargeaquifers and provide undergro.und flo.ws to. rivers, streams and lakes.

WASHINGTo.NLOS ANGELES TIMES

Urban Sprawl Worsens Drought

Tax Package Meant to Boost GOP

Nonprofit Groups Seek ExemptionFrom Campaign Finance Law

WASHINGTON

Two. no.npro.fit o.rganizatio.ns urged federal regulators Wednesdayto. exempt charities and fo.undatio.ns fro.m provisio.ns o.f the new cam-paign-finance law that restrict televisio.n advertisements prio.r to.,anelectio.n. '

The plea fro.m the Sierra Club Fo.undatio.n and the Alliance fo.rJustice came as the Federal Electio.n Co.mmissio.n began debating thelaw's effo.rts to. rein in bro.adcast ads, funded by unregulated do.na-tio.ns to.special-interest gro.ups, that attack Drpromo.te po.litical candi-dates.

Under the law, the unregulated do.natio.ns - kno.wn as so.ft mo.ney- may. no.t be used to.pay fo.r ads that mentio.n a candidate fo.r federalo.ffice 30 days befo.re a primary electio.n Dr 60 days befo.re a generalelectio.n.

The autho.rs o.f the law designed these provisio.ns to. crack do.wno.n so.-called. "sham issue ads" that are o.ften used to. influence elec-tio.ns. They' feared that the proliferatio.n o.f such ads wo.uld defeat themain po.int o.f the law, which was to. pro.hibit natio.nal parties and fed-eral candidates fro.m co.llecting so.ft mo.ney.

But the law allo.ws the FEC to. create exceptio.ns, to. the pre-eJec-tio.n advertising rule. And so. the two. no.npro.fitgroups argued, in writ-ten testimo.ny, that the co.mmissio.n sho.uld cut a break fo.rpublic char-ities and private fo.undatio.ns in the interest o.f free speech.

.Fuel Source Discovered in Sugar

WASHINGTON

LOS ANGEl.ES TIMES

NEWSDAY

Clean-burning hydrogen can pro.bably be squeezed from a co.m-ino.n sugar, gluco.se, perhaps at reaso.nable Co.st,scientists in Wisco.n-sin anno.unced Wednesday.

If so., it wo.uld be po.ssible to. get large amo.unts o.f a clean, energy-rich fuel fro.m waste plant pro.ducts, such as to.ns o.f lefto.ver sugarcane, weeds and wo.o.d, and even fro.m such animal bypro.ducts ascheese whey, they said.

Based on experiments using metal catalysts and sugars, chemicalengineers James Dumesic, Randy Co.rtwright and Rupali Davdarepo.rted o.n their findings in Thursday's issue o.f the science jo.urnalNature.

"If we're using a cheap eno.ugh waste stream" to. make the glu-co.se, Dumesic said, "then I think we co.uld be co.mpetitive" witho.ther energy so.urces. But if the gluco.s~ .had to. be bo.ught fro.m thefo.o.dindustry, "that wo.uld be to.o.expensive."

Acco.rding to.Esteban Cho.rnet and Stefan Czernik, at the Natio.nalRenewable Energy Labo.rato.ry in Go.lden, Co.lo., "bio.fuels" such asgluco.se derived fro.m plant waste "are beco.ming a viable co.mpo.nento.fto.mo.rro.w's energy mix." They wro.te inNature that "crops such assugar cane, as well as switchgrass and hybrid po.plBy Carol J. WilliamsLOS ANGELES TIMES

BERLIN

Federal pro.secuto.rs filed criininal'charges Wednesday against the o.nlysuspect in their custo.dy linked.to. theHamburg. terro.rist ~ell accused, o.fcarrying o.ut the Sept. 11 attacks. _

Mo.unir EI Mo.tassadeq, a 28-year-DId Mo.ro.ccan, will face trial"because o.f his participatio.n in theterro.r attacks," the offi~e o.f federal

'. pro.secuto.r Kay Nehm-announced ina statement that ciid not ~pecify thecharges. Nehm scheduled a newsco.nference ,fo.rThursday to. disclo.sedeta~ls., Mo.tassadeq was, a frequent yisi-

'to.r to. the Hamburg apartment o.fhijackers Mo.hamed Atta and Mar-wan al Shehhi, and., his nameappeared last fall o.n a U.S. list o.f370 peo.ple Dr asso.ciations suspectedo.f assisting terro.rists. He was arrest-ed No.v. 28 after investigato.rs dis-co.vered he had a' po.wer o.f atto.rneyo.ver a ba~ account held by Shehhi

.and had been a Witness to. Atta' s laStw,ill and testament - a do.cument

, replete with extremist religiousexpressio.ns and parano.id co.mments.- In a statement at the time o.fMo.tassadeq~s arrest, Nehm's o.ffic'esaid the suspect managed the bankacco.unt fo.r Shehhi fro.m May to.

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The'more theories students areexposed to, the nl0re

well-irifOrnled studentsunll be when comparing theoriesand deciding which nlakes the

nlost sense to theln .

The Cobb County school district in Georgiarecently adopted a policy requiring biblicalinterpretations of the origins of life to bestressed in schools as much as the theory ofevolution. This policy passed amid uproar frommany that this was a backdoor route to havingpublic schools endorse religion.

All the separation':of-church-and-statefanatics can calm down. Religion is alreadytaught in schools in social studies classes. Inworld history, the basic tenets of the major reli-gions in the world areas studied are introducedto students. The unit on Southeast Asiaincludes some basic information about Bud-dhism and Hinduism, for example. Likewise, Ican recall learning about Catholicism and otherwestern religions to a degree in my tenth gradeEuropean history class. Some basic understand-ing is needed to effectively understand the cul-tures of various peoples.

Teaching creationism will not necessarilyingrain it in students' minds. It will merelyexpose them to the existence of another theoryon life's beginnings. The more theories stu-dents are exposed to, and the more each theoryis taught, the more well-informed students willbe when comparing theories and decidingwhich makes the most sense to them.

On that note, a study in 2000 conducted byLawrence Lerner of the California State Uni-versity at Long Beach found that one third ofschools in the United States do not teach evolu-tion. Exposing students to only creationism andnot evolution is no better than teaching evolu-tion and banning creationism.

There are many critics of creationism in thescientific community. One major qualm theyhave with teaching cre'ationism in scienceclasses is based on the nature of scientificobservation and theory. Science tends to becharacterized by the questions "Why?" and"How?" and also by the ability to provideanswers to these questions with laboratory dataor field evidence. Creationism doesn't reallyhave laboratory data to offer up in support ofitself. The best it can do is to discredit the evi-dence of evolutionists.

Furthermore, some evolutionists point out

Jyoti R. Tibrewala

The CobbCountyDecision

Creationism Should beTaught as a Social Scierue

the fact that each religion's story of creation dif-fers. Therefore, to do juStice to creationism, allthe stories would need to be taught, each withequal weight. Then, the argument goes, one isdealing with comparative religion, 'not science.

On both fronts, the evolutionists have apoint. Science classes can't very well teachmaterial that can not be backed up scientifical-ly. Likewise, science class is not the appropri-ate place to contrast the many religions of theworld. It also wouldn't be fair to stress one cre-ation story as being more important than anoth-er, simply because the two represent the beliefsof different religions.

So then teach the various creationist theo-, ries' in a social studies class. Who said that sci- .ence was the only type of class taught inschool? Students can be just as exposed - ifnot more so - to creationist theories in a socialstudies class. After all, social studies is the sub-ject in which one studies different peoples andtheir beliefs and values. '

There is no harm in teaching creationism inschools. Perhaps the appropriate subject area(in, which it should be taught) needs to bedecided upon, but the properness of even teach-ing the subject matter should not be a concern.Students will be better off for learning creation-ist theories in school. They will emerge asmore well-rounded individuals, with richereducational 'experiences and more ideas fromwhich to choose a belief system, Since when isa more complete education a bad thing?

them, and in turn allowing us to take moreaway from our HASS educations.

The idea of a .concentration, although notdetrimental to' the educational process, isfundamentally a bureaucratic hoop that stu-dents must jump through to graduate. It's theadministration's way of saying, "There's alot of red tape 'Out there, kid-might as wellpractice dealing with it before we allow youto graduate to the real world.", Let's face it:taking three classes in one area of the HASSspectrum gives me the ability to do nothingin that field. Taking three classes in the phi-losophy department will not make ~e thenext Socrates, nor will taking three classeswithin the public policy program make me'the next Tommy Thompson.

,When students at MIT and at otherschools spend four years majoring in HASSsubjects, it is ludicrous to think that a mere'three classes in one of these areas will equipus with a de'ep understanding of the subject;just as it would be ludicrous for a student to

take three courseeight classes and sayhe now understandsphysics. Three classesenable a student tomove slightly deeperthan a surface-scratching of,the sub-ject at hand, but arethe slight gains indepth, associated withmultiple classes in agiven area worth thetrade-off that a stu-dent can now explorefewer areas? This is adecision that shouldbe left up to e~ch stu-dent. Anyone wishing

to concentrate in an area should have thatoption, while students who desire that theirHASS education be more exploratory shouldhave that freedom.

Gretchen K. Aleks is a member oj theClass oj 2004.

bridge, and in all the buildings that MITowns, from Technology Square to Universi-ty Park, the janitors who maintain them arealso covered under this master contract.

So ask yourselves: does it make anysense that, while the janitors who work at

. MIT can earn $15/hour and have benefitssuch as health insurance, the janitors work-ing part-time in a building owned by MITdown the street are making only $10/hourwith no health insurance? MIT has a respon-sibility not only as an academic institution,but also as a building owner in this case, touphold basic workers' rights to a decentstandard of living. MIT collects ever-increasing tuitions from its students andconstantly asks for donations from alumnifor "the evolving campus," the research pro-jects, and the expansions into Cambridge.What about the more than one hundred jani-tors working on campus who are under themaster contract? Why are they not treatedequally to the direct employees of MIT? IsMIT's endowment so low that it is simplynot feasible financially? It is time for MIT torecognize that the janitors who clean ourcampus and MIT -owned buildings are just asintegral to the MIT comrri~nity as any stu-dent or member of the faculty or staff.

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Frosh Bravely FaceFirst MIT Math Test

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. take the derivative of that and thecritical value will be the maximumx value. Plug that ba,?k into theoriginal equation. (Correct)

2. Man. Well, since you can'thave a zero denominator ... wait(friend tries to steer him in the rightdirection). Nuts, I don't know. OHMAN! It's a little dishearteningthat something so obvious isn't rec-ognizable after so short a time.(Incorrect)

3a) Chain rule. Simple. (Cor-rect)

3b) Quotient rule. I rememberthat one. Denominator derivativetimes the numerator minus theopposite of'that ... over thedenominator squared. (Correct)

4) Yeah, it's basically the chainrule and you have to factor out ady/dx term each time and'you'reok. (Correct)

5a) Hmm, pretty much thereverse chain rule. Is it indefinite?Then add a constant. (Correct)

5b) That's just substitution. uwould be 'x:3 + 2 and we get rid ofthe numerator through duo (Cor-rect)

Total: 80%

Junior, McCormick1) Easy. You plot the tWo on

the X- Y coordinate system. andtake the 'line .... draw the two ...Wow, this has been a while. It'salmost embarrassing. Take theintegral between the two lines? Ok,I don't know. (Incorrect)

2) Either sirilplify it first or use -I'Hopital's rule. Hmm, doesn't it

. look like the definition of a deriva-tive? (Incorrect, but close)

3a) O~ gimme a sec. You cansee that I don't do these on a daily

. basis. How's that? Oh, I forgot theexponent! (Arithmetic error)

3b) All right, I'll be more care-ful on this one. I'm not gonnaremember the quotient rule so I'lldo the product rule instead. (Cor-rect)

4) I don't know what implicitdifferentiation is! I think I'd try tograph the function to get it's tan-gent line. (Incorrect)

5a) Wow. This would havebeen pretty easy freshmen year.Je'ez. Junior's not that old. Ahh,nega~ve cosine! (Arithmetic error)

. 5b) OK, tell the 'freshmen towrite down as much as they canand confuse the graders and getpartial credit. (Incorrect) .

Total: 20%

2) No, I can't do that one.(Incorrect)

3a, b) Fuck, I don't care. That'stoo much work. (Incorrect)

4) Differentiate each segmentand place them together? That'takes too long. (Incorrect) ,

5a) Sin of 5x plus pi times -no, divided by five. And a negativesign. No! Cosine! I eventually gotit! (partial credit)

5b) Oh man. (Question changedto identify the method needed)What method? I don't know that.(Question changed to what termwould be needed for substitution)What term? OH! u! That would bex3 + 2. (partial credit)

Total: 10%

Junior, Stupid, Iowan1. x4? Well, that's not reaily a

parabola then. Well, you would usea set of p~etric equations andthen take the' derivative of each .(Incorrect)'. _

2. Let's see ... that's one ...shoot! Cosine of pi is negative!(Arithmetic error) .

(rest cut short due to other timecommitments)

Junior East Campus. 1. Ok, the area of the rectangle

will be two times x times theparabola's y value in terms ofx. So

Junior, Next House1) Draw the parabola ' .. ok,

then write a function f{x) ... g(x) ,which would be th~ functionsquared '" ok give me some paper.(Draws a positive parabola) Damnyou. (Draws a negative parabola)Hell, the hard part is writing thefunction here. (Incorrect)

2) That's the cosine of pi, sothat's negative one. (Correct)

3a) Oh, these are evil. (Writesanswer) This is a chain rule prob-lem. (Correct)

3b) Well, I only mow the prod-uct rule so I'll do it the hard way.

. (Correct)4) (derives equation, pa~es to

recall to factor out dy/dx for each- term) so now I can just plug in the

coordinates and y prime is negativefour. (Correct)

5a) So this 'would be ... what? Iforgot the plus C? (Incorrect)

5b) OK, well you have to do. substitution, Now I don't remem-.ber how to do it. Let me keepgoing. Oh, no~ the problem is sim-ple. And I replace 'the u .:. that's it.(Correct) ,

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. Wednesday morning's 18.01 (Cal-culus) advanced standing exam.Participants' answers are directquotes made while writing out orverbally explaining the problem.To protect the dignity of some par- .ticipants in this survey, the inter-viewed were able to classify them-selves,in any way they chose,though they had to provide theiryear. Questions are weighted even-ly, with sub-questions given 10percent apiece. Arithmetic errorswere given half credit. The real18.01 test required students toreceive a grade of 70 percent orhigher to pass out of the class.

For a challenge for the readers,answers are not listed, though solu-tions and. solution methods can bediscerned from the responses.

Need somepaper?

Sophomore, Female, Asian1) OK, for-this you have to take

the Reimann or Rye-man sum"either that or you take .the integralof the parabola. No? (Incorrect)

1) Find the maximum possiblearea of a rectangle that could fit inthe space betWeen the x-axis andthe parabola -2r + 8.

2) No paper needed. What is,the value of the 'limit as Rapproaches zero of (sin(pi + R) -sin (Pi))/R? ,_ .

- 3) Differentiate thefollowing:a) sin{sqrt(x'+1)) .b) x' / (r + 2,r +4)

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curveyr +r -2]1 = O.5) Integrate the following:'

a) sin /5x :I-pi)b)r/(r +2)2

Two graduate students,French .

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1) One argued with the athernot undersianding the method hewas using. EventUally,- he was won

-. over. (Correct). ofI~' 2) (Correct) ..~. ' 3a, b) (Correct)

4) (Correct)Sa, b) (Correct, 'though {hey

complained that it was adifftcultproblem.)

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extreme amount of duress, but noneof them showed the slightest bit ofquivering. I conimend the freshmenfor the job they did and hope thattheir nerves stay for the rest oftheir years.

I f~lt confident when I finishedthe test. Botching three of 15 ques-

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Urban Program, and most impor-tantly the respect of NoraBuchanan, who taught me this stuffback in my senior year of highschool.

After a long string of personal-, foolish mishaps, such as locking

myself out of my dorm room, goingto the wrong test room, and forget-

" ting a pencil, I finally got into 10-250 half an hour late. I was nervous How smart is you?that today wasn't going to be the As a researcher, I felt a tadday to test my intelligence. unsatisfied from the test. How help-

For full effect, I wore my South ful is just one person's experience?Lakes High School Seniors shirt -to So recalling some of the problemsmake my fre~hman appearance all that I just faced, I wrote up Thethe more convincing. The overseer Tech's own calculus quiz and took iteagerly accepted my apology abo!lt to the streets.tardiness (I didn't even have to use, i was actually also' hoping tomy excuse about being at a manda- find a mathematics professor andtory event) and let me sit in the grade h~m really harshly, but withfourth row. I felt pleased to appear classes a week away, it was aso young. Miraculously, th~ gradu- tougher job than I expected. Gettingate student who asked to see my .students to take a math test was noID Card did not notice that .it picnic, either. I frequently heard theexpired in 2004 and not 2006. phrase "I'm no math major!" as IThus I was able to finish .the test walked around campus. "I don'twithout incident. want to d

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over her as her "guardian drag queens."'Clearly Cho's choice in subject matter .is

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spot, and fisting(which, she pointsout, is not a newtype of workoutlike Tae-Bo).

Among thehighlights is asurprisinglyentertainingextended segmenton menstruationin which sheimagines what itwould be like ifstraight men hadperiods and quips,"They'd use oldsocks ... Everybachelor's apart-ment would looklike a crimescene." Cho alsoshares her latestexperiences insexual experi-mentation andpoints out theeerie connectionbetween people'who like StarTrek, the Renais-sance Fair, andS&M Clubs ..

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tured tightly in that it began with traditionalcomic shtick but quickly moved into a narra- .tive concerning Cho's ill-fated sitcom AI/-American Girl and her subsequently painfulfall and bout with depression and alcoholism.This long story arc provided a framework inwhich Cho could delve into subjects rangingfrom "Asian glow" to being propositioned bya producer. Without a story are, NotoriousCH.0. tends to meander from subject to sub-ject despite, Cho's smooth, effortlessly con-trolled delivery.

The movie also includes filler in the formof a brief cartoon segment written by Choabout how blacks and Asjans should getalong, brief quotes from the audience enteringthe theater, many giving bad deliveries oflines from Cho's first movie, and a short inter-view segment with Cho's parents, undoubted-ly calculated to induce the audience's"Awww" reflex. All of this proves to beunnecessary padding for what is already anentertaining movie.

Despite these faults, Notorious makes for agood 95 minutes of Margaret Cho's trademarkhumor, although with rather more explicitsubject matter than usual, impossible as thatmay sound. Familiar subjects are included,such as playful jabs at Asian stereotypes, cari-catured depictions of gay men, straight men,and valley girls, and a warm, fuzzy segmentnear the end dutifully devoted to self-esteemissues and prejudice, along with new topics,such as getting a colonic (a segment whichgets old a little too quickly), finding her G-

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There are many reasons that the moviefalls short of the first. Dressed in an oddlyHowdy Doody-esque checkered shirt, Choseems a little subdued in her delivery, whichmay have been happenstance, or due to thefact the movie was taped in Seattle. One ThatI Want was taped in San Francisco, Cho'shometown, in front of a crowd that she wasclearly comfortable with, and in NotoriousC H. 0. Cho lacks her usual sparkling, slylynaughty delivery.

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Re~o .....Sea-vicesMIT ChapelFriday.Sept. 6 6:30 pmSaturday. Sept. 7 10:30 am

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- Mezzanine Lounge,Stud~nt CenterFriday,Sept. 6 6: 15 pm,Saturday,Sept.7 8:45am & 6:30pmSunday, Sept 8 8:45 am & 5 pm

Roti canai and kangkung belacan at Penang(Chinatown or Harvard). The first is an addic-tive, chewy fried bread, accompanied by a currydipping sauce, while the other is sauteed greens(water convolvulus) dosed with the distinctive,pungent Malaysian shrimp sauce.

The egg tart at Ho Yuen Bakery (China-town) has a tender, flaky crust and a silky cus-tard filling with just a hint of sweetness. Yum.

Best Indian: Tanjore (Harvard Square) andPunjabi Dhaba (Inman Square).

There's also the konna from Bombay Cafe(Back Bay/Symphony). Be sure to specify "ashot as your grandma makes it." Probably best tostick to delivery here.

Winnie Yang '02 is heading off to New YorkCity to pursue a career (and fame and fortune)as a food writer. More restaurant reviews andgastronomic tidbits can be found at her Website: .

For those fortunate to have access to akitchen and a serviceable knife and pot, I rec-ommend that you leave The Joy of Cooking onyour mother's shelf and get a copy of MarkBittman's How to Cook Everything and Cook'sIllustrated's The Best Recipe.

Best flan (and overall Mexican), Tu Y Yo(powderhouse Square, in Somerville).:

Mango juice with lychee at the ChinatownEatery. The counter here is bedecked with signslisting dozens of flavors of smoothies, juicesand teas, some of which come with thosegummy - yet strangely appealing - marble-sized tapioca balls. If you go for the more well-known pearl milk tea, the extra-wide strawsserve particularly well for launching the balls atunsuspec~g passers-by.

dollars, you'll get a sizeable bimh mi sandwich.Pronounced "bagne-mee," where "bagne" islike the French pronunciation of "champagne,"this is one of the few miraculous results of colo-nialism: a Vietnamese sandwich that combinestangy pickled carrots and cucumbers with a richpork pate and slices of ham and other lunch-meats, all on a crusty, buttery, slightly toastedFrench baguettine (or mini-baguette). There area multitude of versions, each with different fill-ings, but this is the standard.

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. Some people go to Wuchon House (UnionSquare, Somerville) for their bulgogi or the'Imlbi; I'm there for the tofu chigae. You knowKorean food's good when the sweat starts pour-ing and your nose starts running.

The ffi!Ouzia at Argana (East Cambridge) isone of'the be~t braised lamb dishes in the city(Second only to Amanda Lydon's much-lamented gigot a sept heures at Metro. She'ssince left for bigger and better things, taking hertasty lamb with her). For lamb loin, there'sRadius (DowntownlFinancial District). You canalmost taste' the sweetness of the grass the littlefuzzy guys were raised on in each meltinglytender bite.

Best breakfast, part I: potato pancakes andbanana-stuffed challah French toast at ZaftigsDelicatessen (Brookline). Everyone seems tooffer a version of challah French toast, but nonedo it like the fat lady. Decent borscht as well.

lose the fascination with their overrated pies.For fancy pizza, go to Emma's (Kendall) orFigs (Beacon Hill & Charlestown). For realpizza, get thee to Santarpio's in East Boston.

I salivate just thinking about the goat curryor the stewed oxtail at Rhythm & Spice. Get itwith roti instead of rice and beans. And don'tforget the fried plantains (I usually prefer thegreen kind).

Butternut squash soup at Salts (Kendall).None better.

Best breakfast, part II: Belgian waffle atNeighborhood Bakery and Cafe (Union Square,Somerville). Comes with the most deliciousbowl of Cream of Wheat you'll ever taste.

Lemon and sugar crepes at Le Gamin (South, End). The butter and sugar ones are also excel-

lent. Less French ambience than in years past,but still a charming place. Good for a first date.Mr. Crepe (Davis Square) is cheaper and lesscharming, but a fierce contender.

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Speaking of Bertucci's,do yourself a' favor now and

Creme bnl1ee at blu(Downtown Crossing). '

Hiroshimayaki at Kiyoshi(Brookline): the proprietor'sversion of that tasty Osakanspecialty, okonomiyaki. Themenu claims these pan-friednoodles are "healthy," butsomehow, the shiny slickcoating on the noodles underthat generous drizzli'ng ofmayonnaise leaves me think-ing otherwise. The chickenskin and chicken bone yaki-tori are also 'not to be missed.

Mashawna soup -at The Helmapd (EastCambridge). Hearty and spicy, this is perfect ona bitterly cold New England day.

Octopus salad at Atasca (Kendall Square).Briny and tender, this is one tasty cephalopod.

The Jimmy Carter at The Wrap: a peanutbutter,- banana, and ice cream smoothie. Friend-ly, just like,our former president.

Best all-around high-end restaurant: Radius.i've hung out in the "kitchen for several monthsand seen fIrst-hand their relentless pursuit ofperfection in all aspects of the dining experi-ence.' The '~ttention to detail is mind-boggling.If you ever eat a salad there, note how' beautiful

, each leaf of lettuce is. Somewhere back in thebowels of the place, there's someone who

, hunched over enough greens to sustain all the,rabbits in Australia and painstakingly selectedonly those that are flawless and blemish-free .Yeah, I did that for four hours once. Needless tosay, you better finish that salad.

The - Superburrito atAnna's Taqueria: Apparent-

~.ly, some journalist for TheNew York Times took thefoUr-hour ChinatoWn shuttle,from Manhattan to Bostonand back solely for one ofthese buiritos. I personallyfind that completely ridicu-lous, but only b'ecause it'shard to believe that there areno'better burritos to be found',in New York City. It is pret-ty damn good, ~ough. Andcheap.

Just about anything at Suitan's Kitchen(DowntoWnlFinancial District). All other Mid-

. die Eastern places pale in comparison to thisTurkish gem. '.

In my exhaustive (and exhausting) searchfor the best blueberry pancakes ever; I've deter-mined Johmly's Luncheonette (Central/Har.,.

, vard) to be t~e winner. Not too dense or too'- fluffy, these pancakes have nicely crisped edges

and are loaded with berries.

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The Miracle of Science does a mean veggieburger. Best doused with both the-Inner BeautyPapaya Mustard and Real Hot Sauce andwashed down 'Yith a Magic Hat No.9.

After a summer of working at Tosci's, I'vedecided that the best flavors are peach sorbet, . Xiaolongbao at Taiwan Cafe (ChinatO\yn). I 'l~me sorbet, cowboy cookie: cocoa pudding,' 'haven't yet figured out how to eat these Shang-arid coffee ice cream sandwich. There are those hai-stYle soup dumplings witJtout scaldingproud and:'vocal memb~ers of the. "burnt myself or spilling half the, - -caramel" camp as well, but I remain steadfast. contents onto my lap, but

they keep m_ecoming back#17 (small) ~d #31 (With beef and the flat to this little hole-in-the-wall.

rice noodles) at Pho Pasteur (Harv~d Square '. The oyster pancakes, thoughlocation) .. ' ~ . -not lik~'my mom's, are not

to be missed. Eggplant withbasil i~ q~te tasty as well.

The II P~o panini at. II'Panino Express (North End),like the Darwin's Story,combines the holy trinity ofprosciutto, fresh mozzarellaand tomatoes, but stuffs gen-erous amounts of everythinginto a foot-long crusty Italian .loaf slathered with a fruityand robust extra virgin oliveoil.'

, Best sushi, hands-down: Oishii(Charlestown). Maybe twice the size of mydorm room senior year and sometimes a two-hour wait, but totally worth the trip. Skip theusual bQring maki and try one of the .special~.The sushi chefs credentials are no less-than astint at New York;s famed No~u. ;

In my years at MIT; I've managed to c0Il!-pile !l sizeable list of favorites - some close tohome,others a bit out of the way. This is by nomeans a comprehensive liSt, as I'm still in theprocess of eating my way through the City. Andby all'means, if you feel I've missed somethingworth -mentioning, ,send me an e-mail. -Iri noparticular, order: ,

The, foie gras and warm chocolate puddingat Clio (Back Bay). Both velvety and rich. Bothrevelatory. " .

There are some that eat to. live - and, then there are those of us that live to'eat. Being notorious for a food obses-sion some might consider extreme, Iam frequently mistaken for a food snob. Quitethe contrary, in' fact; I am the least picky eater Iknow. I'll eat just about anything - as long as'it's good. Unfortunately, there are those thatwould inteIject here, protesting that one can'tpossibly eat well all the time, that one simplycan't afford to. Such people ,simply confuseGood Food With its very distant relative'- andonly by marriage - Fancy Food, .or. with thecompletely unrelated and often total stranger,Expensive Food. While I am not ~verse toordering the pan-seared flank of wildebeest ,withosetra'caviar-fennel pollen gelee' and bloodorange foam~ sometimes there's nothing betterthan E~y Cheese on Wheat 'fh!ns.

GoodSwill HuntingEating and Drinking in Boston and BeyondBy Winnie Yang On one-side ofFilene's in Downtown Cross-STAFF WRITER ing, there's a take-away counter that dishes outFirst published last year, this recently updated chacareros, the delectable Chilean sandwich ofguide is specially dedicated to the Class of grilled meat (I prefer the steak to the chicken),2006. avocado spread, sundry fresh vegetables, and

sauteed green beans '(that would be the Chileanpart, apparently), all on a large fluffy roll madein-house daily.

The honey l?3.rbecuechicken sub with a sliceof cheese and the BLr on wheat with'mayo atLaVerqe's. Or do 'yo~lf a favor and skip the

~sandwich, run t~ the dab' -aisle straighta'Yay, and get yourself a riice big tub of KozY ShackOriginal Rice Pud~g. ' . ;.

TheStory, at Darwin's (Harvard Square). Adefinitive sandwich best eaten perched on astool at the butcher-block tables. Or in a win-dow seat in the newly fmished pastry/coffeesection next door.' The Mount Auburn withswiss comes in at a close second. Darwin's alsocarries Kozy Shack Original Rice Pudding.

As a foodie, I often go to great lengths to. fmd a good, meal and I .devote an inordinate .amount of time and attention to what I eat (seemy Web page for proof). Knowing this, manypeople often come to me for suggestions -andrecommendations, and nothing pleases me more

, than sharing my discoveries with others: That'is, one of the few things possibly better tha,n

, eating is telling

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Cartoon did not help proposalYesterday afternoon, MIT issued

: ' astatem~nt saying that "MIT stronglysupports the rights of creators andMIT regrets the use of an image thatwas apparently derived from anothersource." MIT also said again that itdid not.violate copyright law and thatits nanotechnology grant' was award-ed on the technical merits of MIT'spropo~l.

A spokeswoman from the Armyconfirmed that the grimt decision wasbased on the substance of the propos-al.

Comic, from Page. I

Artists confront Institute. Upon learning of the alleged

. infringement, the Lai brothers con-. ,splted.an a~Ol'pey, who se,J;tta letter to

¥IT'requesting that it cease anddesist all reproduction onhe cartoon,Though MIT stopped distributing theimage, the Institute denied that its useof the image infringed' on the rightsof the comic creators ..

"Neither MIT's limited use, northe sub~equent ~ews reports,. had any

, effect upon the potential market foror value of the image," wrote anattorney representing MIT inaresponse to the Lai brothers' request.The letter also stated that MIT's useof the. image was legally protectedbecause the image was used for non-profit purposes.

Lai, however, said that his comicbook's repu!ation was negativelyaff~cted by MIT's.actions ..

. "We're trying to sell something as .fantasy; and MIT's using the imagesaying this is real," Ray Lai said.

Lai also said that several coniic.readers have mistakenly accused him. of copying the image from MIT.

Scott Farmelant, a sPokesman forH9rizon Comics, the publisher ofRadix, said that the comic book hasceased publication -since Aprilbecause of ,"clouded issues of oWner-ship" arising from MIT's use of thesoldier image.' .

"It's really.sad. These guys spentseven years developing this comicbook," Farmelant said. "They'reafraid -the same thing could happenagain."

At this time, neither the Lai broth-ers nor_Horizon'Comics are planning -any legal action against MIT.Lai told,The Tech yesterday that he would likean apology, public credit from MITfor ~e illustration, and a promise that

_MIT would never use his work againwithout giving proper credit- "As an artist, your work is. whoyou are," Lai said ilia press releasefrom Horizon Comics. "Everybodyknows you don't put your name onsomebody else's work. If I went toMIT and did that, I would be thrownout of school."

AARON D. M/IlAUK-TIIE TECHJoseph-C. Stark '03 hands out abrown-bagged IBC root beer infront of Kresge Auditorium on.Wednesday afternoon. Althoughthe east side housemasters cameto an agreement with Larry G.Benedict, Dean for Student Life,and Robert P. Redwine, Dean to,rUndergraduate Education, thatthe students could protest aslong as they didn't e~er and dis-rupt the event, Barbara Baker,the Associate Dean for StudentLife Programs, Elizabeth C.Young, the Assistant Dean ofNew Student Programs, andMichael W~ Foley, Assoc'iateDirector of Opera.tlons of theCAC, removed the group becauseanother group had the spacereserVed. Stark and others wereremoved from the Kresge _area •The "Tech Theater" was perfonn-ing in Kresge at the time.

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Dormitories maintain individualityDorm residents are concerned

about losing the individuality of theirrespective dormitories and halls as aresult of freshmen apathy.

"We're trying hard to keep thepersonality [of Conner Three]," saidCyndi V. Vongvanith '03, a residentof Conner Three.

"I think East Campus is extremeenough [to maintain its personality],"Klieger said.

most dormitories almost immediate-ly after the lottery results wereannounced. In-house room assign-ments were made overnight so thatfreshmen could begin moving by 10a.m. on Thursday. In some previousyears, dormitories were given anextra day for in-house rush.

"Everything's hyper-condensed,"said Alan Lee G, a graduate residenttutor for First West of East Campus.

"I wish it was two days long,"said Uriel P. Klieger '04, a residentof Second East of East Campus.

MacGregor and Burton-Connerresidents said that their in-house rushschedules are exactly the same asprevious years. Both dormitorieshave always held in-house rush inone evening.

"I don't notice," Garcia saidabout the in-house rush time frame.

MacGregor. He believes that the ori-entation and residence guides distrib-uted to freshmen "just didn't stress"how the dorm and in-house rushprocesses work. He said that fresh-men didn't realize that upperclass-men in each dorm were willing tohelp the freshmen move theirbelongings if they wished to switchdormitories.

"We need to redefine exactly'what [rush] is," Bronder said.

Time for in-house rush shortenedThere were varying impressions

in the dormitories regarding'the, amount of time available for in-house rush. In-house rush began at

Freshmen give reasons for apathySome freshmen agreed that their

classmates were not engaged in dorm ,and in-house rush.

"There is an apathy," saidClarence Lee '06, a freshman explor-ing MacGregor.

Freshmen "will move if they haveto,'? Lee said, referring to freshmenwho are unhappy with their housing

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'Burton-Conner, said that she wishedthat she had the option of roomsquatting. "It was a lot of hassle"packing and unpacking, she said.

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James J. Wnorowski '06 jousts with a padded bat during Third West's hall rush in East Campuson Wednesday night.

Upperclassmen explain apathyMahler said that, there wasri't

such a perception of apathy in pastyears, "because [all freshmen] wereexpected to move." ,

"The fundamental problem [withrush] is lack of communication," saidTyler J. Bronder '93, president of

Transitions to House Apathy OfFrosh Upsets Students.Games, .Pool Tables ::o::'~:::::::'::1:00 '04,

Renovations, from Page I floor is now,". said Tatin Misra G. Burton-Co'nner rooming co-coordi------------- nator.ed upon the changes after a Strate- New Latino lounge first of its kind Brent P. Buddensee '03, a partici-gic Review and Physical Space The new Latino cultural center pant in First West of East Campus'Assessment, released last January, will be the first of its kind on cam- rush, had similar sentiments. "It's areported the unwelcoming entrance 'pus. Suggested plans for the new little slower than previous years,"and lack of sufficient lounge space facility include office and meeting Buddensee said.in the Student Center as a critical space for stu.dent groups, an Athena Residents of MacGregor alsoissue facing the M1T community. cluster, a media library, and lounge noted a reluctance of freshmen to

"This was our attempt to follow space. move from th~ir current location.the suggestions of the study," .Walsh "The ~eed,Jor a gathering place Heidi, L. Davidz G, a graduate resi-said. "It really will help to rejuve- for Latino students has been present dent tutor for MacGregor's H~Entry,nate this area." for a good while." said Kateri A. believes that this reluctance is hurt-

,- Garcia '03. "A lot of hard work and ing the residents 'of the dorm. "IGame room gets license hearing research [from former and current think it's upsetting to the upper-

M1T is currently applying for a students] has been done to get this 'classmen," Davidz said.Cambridge license to move thefar.':- ' M. Carl Mahler '04, a resident ofgame roo~ into Transitions Lounge. The new office wi.n 4ave a part- MacGregor's G-Entry, didn't want to, Th.~ nearing "for the request will time adviser for Latino students. jump to conclusions. "There's a lottake place on Sept. 3 before'the Students from the Office of Minori- of people who want to stay where

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