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Volume 116, Number 19 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, April 19, 1996

Faculty.OKs ROTCProPQsal Revisions

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Toshiyuki Hino G runs for daylight to score as MIT beat. UNH rugby match 33-0 on Saturday.

By Stacey E. BlauNEWS EDITOR

The faculty voted to approve anamended version of the ROTC taskforce's final proposal at Wednes-day's meeting. .

The faculty also discussed ameasure that would alter MIT's pre-sent policy on incomplete gradingand nominated Professor of Man-agement Lotte Bailyn as the nextfaculty chair.

Professor of ManagementStephen C. Graves, chair of the taskforce, presented several revisions tothe task force plan, which wasannounced before the faculty at lastmonth's meeting. The proposal nowcalls for a modified ROTC program,a change from what the task forceoriginally billed as a model program.

The idea is to better align ROTCwith the values of MIT. The groupdecided to change the name from"model" to "modified" because theprogram still discriminates againstgay students, Graves said.

The task force also amended itssuggestions for the inquiry process,should an ROTC student comeunder investigation fOI:homosexualconduct. Originally, the task force

recommended that a .member of thedean's office serve on any suchinquiry, but the revised recommen-dation suggests that a dean's officerepresentative instead counsel thestudent to assist with any disrup-tion the student may experiencebecause of the inquiry.

The new plan outlines what thetask force expects from the Depart-ment of Defense, both in term ofcompliance with the new recom-mendations and in overall progresstowards ending its current policy,which discriminates against gays.The task force will report back tothe faculty annually, and expectsacceptable progress by 1998,

The revisions also aim to explainthat MIT's continuing "constructiveengagement" with ROTC - keep-ing the program on campus - isimportant so that MIT can maintainleverage in the debate over theDoD's policy on gays, Graves said.

Faculty express qualified supportProfessor of Philosophy Ralph N.

Wedgwood said that the amendedproposal is "a considerable improve-

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By Varon KorenSTAFF REPORTER

The small-time funk band SoulCoughing will kic,k Qiif SpringWeekend this year with ~n indoorconcert on Friday, May 3.

Past Spring Concerts have fea-tured better known college-rockfavorites, including They Might BeGiants, Belly, and Sonic Youth' lastyear.

It "Soul Coughing is a dynamic andfantastic l.ive band. They-are kind of ajazz-funk-rap-beatnik type of band,"said Student Center Committee mem-ber Sarah Sarvis, who is in charge oforganizing the annual SSC event.

Soul Coughing has "played topacked ... crowds in New York

r Soul Coughing to Play TenReceive Washington Internships•0 'S. ' By Carina Fung "ence Charles Stewart III, who is intersection of science/engineeringn pnn' g 'I~el7'"end STAFF REPORTER responsible for the overall guidance with public policy," Ste~art said.,,\:I .I.\: Ten students have been chosen of the program, and Department of The program also alms to help, to take part in the MIT Washington Political Science Administrative students understand that many polio!

clubs, as well as here in Boston at Internship Program this summer. Assistant Tobie F. Weiner, the pro- cy makers actually have no back-the Paradise," Sarvis said. The program aims to foster stu- gram's administrator. ground in the fields they regulate,

The concert will take place at dents' technical interests in public The students participated in three Stewart said.Walker Memorial. Tickets will be $7 policy through a two-month summer days of seminars on nuclear' waste "In the long run, we would likein advance and $10 at the door for internship. clean-up, telecommunications poli- to be part of the solution thatMIT students, ana $10 in advance The students - Laura L. cy, communications law, and global changes this fact, so that more tech-and $12 at the door for oth~r mem- DePaoli '97, Tara L. Fernando '97, warming, Weiner said. nically sophisticated people go intobers of the MIT community. David J.D. Hully '97, Phoebe J. The Institute's Technology and policy-making in technical areas,"

Soul Coughing has released one Lam '97, Eugene Lee '98, Angela Policy Program hosted a reception Stewart said.album so far, 1994's Ruby Vroom, Y. Liao '98, Rosemary for th~nterns-at the Capitol build- Last year, the program matchedSarvis said. The band also has a McNaughton '97, Jacob 1. Seid '97, ing, to which political science students with organizations like thesong on the new X-Files soundtrack Mayukh V. Sukhatme '97, and Ben- department and TPP alumni and American Electronics Association,album. son P. Yang '96 - spent spring current TPP students were also the American Association for the

According to Matt H. Gold, a break in .Washington, D.C. inter- invited to attend. Advancement of Science, the Amer-Newbury Comics employee, Soul viewing with potential summer ican Enterprise Institute, the Her-Coughing plans to release a second employers. Students explore public policy Itage Foundation, the Climate Insti-album, Irresistible Bliss, on May 14. They were accompanied on their "The purpose of the program is tute, and the M IT Washington

four-day, all expenses-paid trip by to encourage technically sophisticat-Coughing, Page 6 Associate Professor of Political Sci- ed MIT students to explore the

Molina Reflects on Prize-winning ResearchIf

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By Orn G. BahcallASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

MIT faculty have traditionally~~~~~~~!!! e nj oy e dD t much suc-

.L' ea Ure c~ss in win-ning Nobel

Prizes; 12 current faculty membershave won the award.

But when Professor of Earth,Atmospheric and Planetary ScienceMario ~olina shared the NobelPrize In Chemistry last year, itmarked the first time the SwedishAcademy has awarded the prize for

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work on man's impact on the envi-ronment.

Molina shared the prize with twooth~r environmental scientists, F.Sherwood Rowland at the UniverSI-ty of California at Irvine and PaulCrutzen at the Max Planck Institutefor Chemistry in Mainz; Germanyfor finding that chlorofluorocarbonscontribute to the depletion of theozone layer. That discovery has ledto an international environmentaltreaty, which, by the end of thisyear, will have banned the produc-tion of industrial chemicals respon-sible for ozone depletion.

Disc0'Yery was far from expectedMolina recalls the first day that

he came to understand the harmfulnature of the compounds he wasstudying. "I looked at the numbers

.and calculations and realized sud-denly that there was a problem ofglobal proportions," he said in aninterview this week.

His initial reaction was that hehad made a mistake. "I was not real-ly ready for a discovery of theseglobal proportions. It did not makesense to me that the chemicals used

in deodorants would cause such aglobal problem ... ~o Ik~t recheck-ing the data."

By showing for. the first time thatindustrial activity adversely affectedthe atmosphere, he made a clearcas,e for discussion of the issueglobally. This helped to develop thepublic's "consciousness of thehealth [and tlte finite size] of theplanet," he said.

However, Molina and Rowland'sinitial discovery came in the 1970s,a decade before the environmentalmovement reached prominence, andso the consequences of ozone deple-tion were not initially obvious to thepublic. The problem was just tooesoteric at the time, Molina said.

."The ozone layer and ultravioletradiation was just not somethingpeople new about."

"Since we had uncovered apotentially serious problem forwhich there was no precedent," andsince there was no established orga-nization through which to advocatechange, Molina realized that he andhis colleagues would have to go

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INDRANATH NEOGY-THE TECH

Naomi S. Korn '97 and Jamie H. Rosenblum '96 honor the vic-tims of the Holocaust in Lobby 7 Tuesday.

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the reception desk well into theafternoon.

Sam Glykis, 62, said he had b~enstanding in the crowded driveway,hoping for a good seat on the .bus,when his wife asked him to accom- .~pany her back to their room. He waswatching impatiently from his sec-ond-floor balcony, eager to board,when he heard what sounded likeexplosrnns from the street.

"I turned my eyes and saw. thesmoke of the bullets," he said. "Isaw a woman in front fall down, andI saw the blood in the road. Iwas sostupid that still I came back to thefront of the balcony and Iwas look-ing."

With bullets tearing .through thehotel's'glass facade and th~taircase 11blistering under the fire, the terrifiedcrowd fled into the lobby and backto the Europa's restaurant for cover.

Bloody footprints, hours later,ran through the lobby to the left andthe right and then down a staircaseto the level below. Larger pools ofblood marked where some of thewounded had fallen or been carried.

"It was panic," said Bill -Pandos,60. "I was hiding behind a big col-umn in front of reception. I sawpeople run in injured, with bloodrunning from their legs. One felldown and I picked him up and •brought him to the table." The num-ber of casualties, and witnessaccounts of intermittent pauses inthe attack, suggest that the gunmenreloaded after emptying their maga-zines. There were conflicting reportson the .number of gunmen, onwhether they entered the hotel, andon what, if anything, they said.

Seven of the wounded were inintensive care Thursday afternoonand another 14 in the generalsurgery ward.

mates. The guerrilla rocket attackshave injured about 50 Israelis, butno one has been killed in Israel. ~

Israeli officials expressed regr~tfor Thursday's shelling but'blamedthe trageay on guerrillas fromHezbollah. In Jerusalem, officialssaid Israeli gunners were trying tohit Hezbollah fighters who momentsearlier had fired Katyusha rockets'toward Israel from a position esti-mated by U.N. spokesmen as lying350 to 400 yards from the com-pound.

"We don't want to see anywoman, or child or Lebanese civil-ian killed, but they are the victims -4of Hezbollah," Peres told reporters.

U.N. spokesman Lindvall esti:mated th~ number of dead at 94.Other accounts from Lebanese res-cue teams and police around Tyreranged from 75 to more than 100.The precise total was difficult toestablish because bodies, many of .them in pieces, were taken to sever-al hospitals.

U.N. officials accused the Israeligunners of disregardiitg th~ safetyof the refugees and noted they had'repeatedly iirotested to the Israeli ,~army in recent days after incidentsin which Israeli shellirrg imperiled~ivilians and U.N. personnel.

After a surge in HezbolJahattacks on the Israeli-occupied bor-

• def strip and nQrthern Israel 'inrecent months, Israel began itsoffensive April II in an effort toforce the Lebanese and Syria gov-

.ernments to rein in HezbolJah guer-rillas. Hezbollah says it is fightingto' drive Israeli troops from theLebanese territory they occupy aswhat Israel calls its "security zone."

mu t end. U.S. officials announcedSecretary of State Warren Christo-pher will travel to the Middle Easton Saturday, breaking off fromClinton's traveling party in Russia.in a peacekeeping attempt.

Prime Minister Shimon Peres ofIsrael, responding t9 Clinton's callin a C interview, said Israel isready to implement a cease-fireimmediately if HezbolJah alsoagrees to halt its rocket attacksagainst Israeli soldie~s in southernLebanon and towns in Israel. "Ithink we can negotiate a solution oran agreement without shooting ateach other/' Peres said. ':There is noneed for fire in order to reach anagreement."

There was no immediateresponse from fIezbollah, the Iran-ian-ba~ked politica! party and mili-tia. who e membership is mostlyfrom Lebanon's Shiite Muslims.

The shelling at the U.N. installa-tion instantly compounded the pnceLebanese civilians have paid duringIsrael's intensive wave of assaults,designed to punish Hezbollah guer-rillas for their attacks on Israelitroops in an Israeli-occupied portionof southern Lebanon and their'cross-border rocketing qf towns inIsrael's northern Galilee region.

In a separate incident Thursday /morning near the southern Lebanesemarket town of Nabatiyah, an Israeliair attack killed II people, includinga mother, her 4-day-old baby andsix other 'children, according toLebanese news reports. The deathtoll from the Israeli campaign. nowstands at about 1.S0, most of themLebanese civilians, according tounofficial U.N. and Lebanese esti-

these p'eople thought they wereJews."

"I believe the operation is con-nected to Lebanon because theEuropa Hotel is known for accept-ing Israeli tourists," said Majdi Hus-sein, editor of the Islamic oppositionnewspaper Shaab. "The timingseems to make this the logical con-clusion. Also, according to myinformation, these Greek touristshad come originally from Israel andhence the mistake."

The Muslim Brotherhood,Egypt's most influential fundamen-talist group, denounced the attack as"a disgrace to humanity." MamanHodiebi, a spGkesman, said such"criminal acts" are "not acceptable,no matter what the cause."

The Greek tour's operator, Mis-takidis Tours of Athens, had takenthe group to Jerusalem for theOrthodox celebration of Easter lastSunday before heading on to Cairo.Thursday morning the visitors weresetting out for a day trip to the portcity of Alexandria, founded by theancient Greeks to link Athens withthe land of the pharaohs.

Marina Engliera, 45, gathered ablack handbag, a purple silk starfand a sling .to hold her water bottlefor a long day's tour under pleasant,sunny skies. She was standing in thelobby when a burst of gunfirecaught her in the chest, apparentlyfired from outside.

"I heard the machine gun andfe)) on the floor to save myself and Iheard screams," said a middle-agedwoman afraid to give her name. "Isaw my friend. I called her name,'Marina! Marina!' and she movedher eyes and then she was still. Theycovered her. She was dead."

Engliera's scarf and water bottleremained in a pool of blood next to

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By John LancasterTHE WASHINGTON POST

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s~ae • Artillery Blasts CampWhere Civilians Took Refuge

By Barton Gellman.THE WASHINGTON POST

Militant Radicals Shoot Down. . .

Eighteen Outside a Cairo HotelCAIRO

Masked gunmen raked automaticweapons fire through a dense crowdof tourists outside their hotel Thurs-day morning, killing 18 people andwounding 21 in Egypt's most dead-ly terrorist attack.

The visitors, all from Greece,were gathering to board tour busesshortly before 7 a.m. in the maindriveway of the Europa Hotel, amid-priced establishment in Cairo'sGiza district, nearly in sight of thepyramids two miles away.

Witnesses said three'or four menstopped traffic on the main boule-vard outside and then opened firewith automatic rifles and a pistol.The gunmen then jumpe<i into awaiting van and sped away.

There was no claim of responsi-bility Thursday, but su~picions cen-tered on Islamic militants who havewaged a four-year campaign' toundermine the secular governmentof President Hosni Mubarak throughvarious means, including attacksagainst Egypt's lucrative touristindustry.

The Islamic Group killed eighttourists in 22 terrorist attacksbetween 1992 and 1994, but a brutalsecurity campaign by the centralgovernment appeared to have themilitants on the run by the middle oflast year.

There was also speculation,however, that Thursday's shooting-might somehow be linked to theeight-day-old Israeli offensive inLebanon, for which Lebanon'sHezbollah, or Party of God, hasvowed revenge. The group of mid-dle-aged and elderly Greek visitors,opined photographer Essam Said,30, "looked like Israelis, so maybe

SARAJEVO

April ShowersWEATHER

Bosnian Armies Are Demobilizing

Congressional Leaders Say TheyAre Close to a Budget Agreement

Saudi Dissident to Stay inBritain

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Bo nia's annies were working Thursday to meet the final militarydeadline in .the Dayton peace agreement, warehousing their tanks andmis ile and sending their soldier to barrack or home.

As many as 150,000 Mu lim, Croatian and Serbian soldiers werebeing demobilized - half the number of troops who waged war dur-ing the past four years - and heavy weapon were being stored at600 site around the country. '

"It means, in essence, that the war is over," said British Maj.imon Haselock, the spoke man for ATO's peace implementation

force in Bosnia-Herzegovina.ATO officials said the formidable undertaking would not be

completed by the midnight Thursday deadline. But senior ATOcommanders said they have seen the intention of the three ide tocomply, and that's g~od enough for them.

THE WASHINGTON POST

Israeli artillery shells, fired inretaliation for a rocket barrage,

. slammed into a United ationscompound filled with. hundreds ofrefugees near Tyre in southernLebanon Thursday, killing'about 90people, many of them women andchildren, and wounding at least 100.

The blasts of several 155mmartillery shells turned the shelterinto a bloody nightmare of dismem-bered bodies. Lebanese camerateams recorded gruesome images ofdead children being zipped into

WASHI GTON body bags, grief-stricken parents,Congre ional Republican and Democratic negotiators said Thurs- and hospital floors slick with blood.

day they were close to an agreement with the White House on a $163 U..' relief workers cried andbillion spending bill for nine Cabinet departments and d~zens of hugged each other for support asagencies that would bring an end to a prolonged budget dispute that they 'Yent about their tasks.triggered two partial government shutdowns. An older man pounded his tem-

GOP and Democratic leaders acknowledged that they still had to pIes and wailed, "God, why did theyresolve a number of sticky environmental and spending differences. do this to us? Why did they do thisBut all sides agreed that a compromise was likely before next ~~ to us? Oh my God. Oh my God."Wednesday, when a temporary spending bill expires. "I couldn't count the l:1odies,"

"'We've made real progress," said Senate Appropriations Commit- Mikael Lindvall, a U.N. officialtee Chairman Mark O. Hatfield, R-Ore., while House Appropriations who visited the compound shortlyCommittee Chairman Bob Livingston, R-La., said, "We still have after the attack, said in an interview.some unagreed-upon, unconsummated is ues, but we expect to havea "There. were babies without heads.bill by Tuesday." Rep. David R. Obey of Wiscon (Wis.), ranking There were people without arms andDemocrat on the House Appropriations Committee who had been leg-s."highly critical of the Republicans' previous offers, told reporters, "I The attack marked a turningthink we are moving significantly closer." point in Israel's eight-day-old air

and artillery campaign in Lebanon,which until now has enjoyed nearlyunbridled support from the Israelipublic as well as from the Clintonadministration in Washington.

President Clinton, on arrival inSt. Petersburg, Russia, called onboth sides to observe an imm'ediatecease-fire, saying it has become"painfully clear" the border conflict

THE WASHINGTON POST

LONDO

The British government Thursday reversed an earlier decision toexpel a leading Saudi Arabian dissident whose high-tech propagan-dizing from here had prompted the Saudi regime to threaten its traderelationship with Britain.

Mohammed Masari will be pennitted to stay in Britain for at leastanother four years, the government decided. The action Thursday fol-lowed heavy criticism of the earlier expulsion order from civil liber-ties organizations and members of Parliament, who accused the gov-ernment of buckling to pressure from businesses that sell arms to theSaudis.

An immigration judge also had challenged the action, ordering thegovernment to reconsider on the grounds that. it had failed; underBritish law, to adequately consider Masari's personal safety.

Masari, 49, is a fonner physics professor at King Saud Universityin Riyadh who was jailed in Saudi Arabia in 1993 after joining withother dissident scholars to form the Committee for the Defense ofLegitimate Rights. Saudi author' ties accused Masari of trying toundermine the regime by advocating, among other things, a multi-party state: After being beaten during his six months in prison,Masari has said, he was released to house arrest and fled to Britain,which is traditionally hospitable to exiles.

Here, using computer's, modems and faxes, he sent back to SaudiArabia newsletters filleg with embarrassing stories about the Saudiroyal family and government.

When the British ordered him shipped off to the Caribbean island-state of Dominica in January, officials acknowledged they wereresponding to pressure not only from the Saudi government but fromBritish anns manufacturers who were pressured by the Saudis.

By Marek ZebrowskiSTAFF METEOROLOGIST

A more spri~g-like weather pattern with a broad southwester~~flow wIll result In a few wanner days ahead, at long last. However,'alow pressure system advancing from the Midwest with showers, willlikely dampen our surging spring fever by Friday night. As this sys-tem'departs early on Saturday, southern and western New Englandwill (with a bit of luck) remain in the warm sector for a good part ofthe weekend. Another shortwave, approaching us by late Saturdaymay bring some more unsettled weather for Sunday, with a coid frontto follow, ushering in fairer skies early next ~eck.

Today: Clear early, with clouds slowly increasing throughout theday and showers moving in latc from the west. High near 60°F(15°C) close to the shore, mid 60s (17- 19°C) elseWhere, withseabreezes turning to fresh southwesterly winds toward evening.

T. night: Showers likely. Chance of widely scattered thunder-storms, especially to the south and west. Mild, with lows near 50°F(10°C)

Saturday: Partly cloudy and mild, especially from Boston southand west. Chance of showers moving in at night. High near 65°F(18°C) with afternoon seabreezes likely along the coast.

unday outlook: Partly to mostly cloudy with a chance of show-ers. Some clearing in the evening p06sible. Highs mostly in mid 60s(17- 19°C), lows 45-50 OF (7-1 O°C).

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"Clinto Ends "Trip With Positiveote On U.S.-Japan A 0 Tra g

Scientists Find Insect FossilsFrom 200 Million Year Ago

THE WASHINGTON POST

ouse Passes Anti~TerrorismBill onAnniversary of Oklahoma Bombing

By Kevin Sullivan- THE WASHINGTON POST

TOKYO

Ten months after a eries of bit-ter,auto trade negotiations withJapan, President Clinton toured aChrysler dealership here Thursday,puttered under the hood of a carbuilt in Illinois, and said he was"feeling very good" about V-.S.automakers' chances in the Japanesemarket. '

For years, the auto trade talkshave symbolized the frustrations ofAmericans trying to do business inJapan, and Clinton's administrationhas focused considerable energy onprying open the market here.

But when mentioning trade dur-ing his two-day state visit thisweek, Clinton has been nothing but

By Helen Dewar .THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON

The House Thursday gave finalapproval to a compromise billaimed at fighting terrorism andcrime, sending the measure to Presi:.dent Clinton in time to mark Fri-, ay's first anniversary of the Okla-homa City born bing.

Clinton plans to sign the billearly next week even though it doesnot include some of the most strin-gent anti-terrorism proposals hesought, according to senior WhiteHouse adviser GeorgeStephanopoulos, woo said Clintonwill push for their passage in sepa-rate legislation. ,

The legislation includes unprece-dented curbs on federal appeals by

sunny. In his 30-minute showroomtour - the only trade-related eventon his schedule and his last stopbefore leaving for Russia - Clin-ton chatted with cheerful, -photo-genic Japanese familie , while firstlady Hillary Rodham Clintonchecked out the bucket seats in asporty red coupe.

The Japanese are still annoyedabout President George Bush's 1992visit here, accompanied by execu-tives of the Big Three automakers.To the Japanese, Bush seemed morecar salesman than statesman, whileClinton, by glossing over a wholerange of trade frictions between thenations, has charmed and delighted'the nation this week. '

Outside the dealership, crowdswaited for Clinton, shouting "Kurin-

death-row inmates as well astougher pynalties for terrorist crimesand strengthened governmentalpowers to exclude suspected foreignterrorists from the United States.

The bill was approved by abipartisan vote of 293 to 133 in theclimax of a yearlong struggle duringwhich it almost fell victim to anunlikely coalition of fiberals andconservatives who found commoncause in opposition to expansion ofgovernment law enforcement pow-.ers.

The final compromise "main-~tains the delicate balance betweenfreedom and order" in, enhancingthe government's ability to fightcrime and terrorism within limitsdecre d by the Constitution, saidHouse Judiciary Committee Chair-

ton-san! Kurinton-san" and "Wewant Bill! We want Bill!" They

. whooped and cheered and whistledwhen Clinton appeared, and theyscreamed even louder for the firstlady.

Clinton is also appealing to vot-ers at home. It is positive campaign-ing: rather than hammering tJ1eJapanese over insurance, film, semi-conductors and other trade prob-lems, Clinton has stressed his suc-cesses, claiming that hisadministration has steered U.S.-Japanese trade relations in the mostpositive direction in years.

Clinton told audiences this weekthat the 21 trade deals struck by hisadministration and Japan in the lastthree years ha've yielded strongresults.

man Henry 1. Hyde, R-Ill.But critics argued it tips the

scales too far toward government-enforced order, sacrificing constitu-tional principles to ~'political expe-diency" prompted by the publicclamor. for action against crime andthe nation's horror over terroristacts. "We cannot sacrifice our con-stitutional principles because we areangry at people who are bombing,"said Rep. Melvin L. Watt, D-N.C.,in arguing against the limitations ondeath-row appeals .

The Senate approved the mea-sure Wednesday by a vote 'of 91 to 8after Democrats failed in a series ofefforts to toughen the measure. Inthe House, Democrats tried torestore one key Clinton proposal,but failed, 274 to 148.

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A stone quarry straddling the border between Virginia and orthCarolina has yielded some of the world's most impressive insect fos-sils from the Triassic period more than 200 million years ago, a timewhen dinosaurs were coming into their prime.

The shimmering silver imprints of flies, beetles and other insects- perfectly preserved in a finely grained, charcoal gray shale -show in astonishing detail the insects' mouthparts, head hairs andeven the fine fringe found on some species' wings.

Scientists said the collection, which includes some of the oldestknown example of several major insect groups, reveals for the fir t

. time a bustling aquatic ecology that flourished during the Triassi~period around the shores of a large lake near Danville, Va. It alsoindicates that insects had recovered quickly from the massive "Permi-an extinction" 20 million years earlier, which mysteriou ly wiped outabout 95 percent of the Earth's animals and plants.

"This site may be one of the best in the world in terms of preser-vation," said Conrad C. Labandeira, a paleobiologist at the Smithson-ian's National Museum of atural History in Washington, who isfamiliar with the discovery. "It also confirms that by the late Triassicwe had insect communities that were structured very much alongmodem lines."

Scientists Find Brain Growth GeneNEWSDAY

Discovery of a fundamental mechanism that helps young nervecells get to ~heir final destinations as the brain is being built wasannounced Thursday by researchers in New York.

The findings are important toward understanding how the nervoussystem gets put together while a baby is still in the womb, and forseveral years after birth. Such cells, neurons, must make proper con-nections for life to be normal.

The scientists, at Rockefeller University, have identified a gene inmice that is central to the homing mechanism. The gene makes a pro-tein, astrotactin, that neurons need so they can attach to fibers, andthen migrate along the fibers to their proper positions. The fibers arelaid down in advance by brain cells called glial cells.

Astrotactin "is required for young neurons to migrate along glialfibers to find their comect positions in the growing brain," said neu-robiologist Mary Hatten. "This journey is important becal)se it is theway young neurons gain their identity." Hatten and her colleaguesreported their findings Thursday in the journal Science.

If neuron migration is faulty or incomplete, the result can be seenin some nervous system disorders. "The most clear-cut of these ischildhood epilepsy," Hatten said, but others thought to be caused bymiswiring also include schizophrenia and microenchephaly.

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uled to take place four days after theUnited Stares and South Korea pro-posed joint negotiations with- NorthKorea and China on a formal treatyto end the 1950-1953 Korean Warand related measures to reduce mili-tary tensions on the Korean penin-sula. In a statement that surprisedsome U.S. officials, North Koreaindicated Thursday that it did notplan to reject the talks outright.

'Washington considers NorthKorea's ~teadily, improving missile. 'arsenal one of its top security con-cerns because of the country'S prox-imity to South Korea and Japan andits history of selling Scud-B rockets

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WASHINGTON

Senior U.S. and North Koreanofficials are scheduled to meet inBerlin on Saturday and Sunday todiscuss long-standing U.S. concernsabout North Korea's ballistic mis-

,.sile program, including its exportsof medium-range missiles to theMiddle East, U.S. officials saidThursday.

The talks are the opening stageof what the officials say'couldbecome formal U.S. negotiationswith the communist regime aimed atshu!ting down the North Koreanmissile' program, possibly inexchange for an eventual looseningof U.S. restrictions on trade andinvestment in North Korea.

The missile discussion is sched-

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dinner with upperc1a men, even when the din-ners tarted with a large group of overly-friend-ly upperclass~en running to meet the fre h-men. If having the fre hmen enjoy their-fir tfew day at MIT is the goal, MOYA should beaboli hed, not .Thursday ight Dinners.

Even if we agree that the mob should beprevented, we can still keep the dinners. TheInterfraternity'Council Rush Council hascome up with several suggestions, all ofwhich seem to have been ignored by the MITofficials in charge of RIO. One of these pro-posals is to move the place where fre.shmenmeet upperclassmen for the dinners from theKresge Oval to a more suitable place, like thefootball field or Killian Court. That wouldavoid the bottleneck of freshmen coming in,and all upperclassmen would get to meetfreshmen simultaneously instead of the upper-classmen in back meeting only the stragglersafter the first waves have gone off to restau-'rants. Another proposal is to send freshmenwith their MOYA leaders to meet six or sevenupperclassmen at a restaurant, which avoidsthe issue of a mob altogether. In short, if thecharging mob is the problem, destroyingThursday Night pinners is not the solution. .

Why is the IFC so interested in Thursday NightDinners? Rush. Why should the administration keepThursday Night Dinners? Rush. It is in the best inter-ests of the administration to have as many freshmenas possible out of overcrowded donnitories and intoFSILGs. Many freshmen first encounter "frat boys"at Thursday Ni~t Dinners, and it is the first timethat they that see we are not fat, drunk, and stupidslackers who for some unfathomable reason decidedto enroll at MIT instead of some party school, wheresuch people belong.

FSILG members are a wide range of peo-ple, a range as wide as MIT students as awhole. Thursday Night Dinners are our firstchance to show this to freshmen, to convincethose who'otherwise might not rush to take aserious look at fraternities. In the past threeyears, my fraternity has met only two of. itsmembers through 'Thursday Night Dinners,but we have many more members who onlyconsidered FSILGs because of meeting people'at Thursday Night Dinners who dispelled theirstereotypes about frat boys. .

David W. Lewinnek '97Rush Chair, Pi Lambda. Phi Fraternity

'Tm slain," he said. "The poison tippricked me in the shin. How could you do thisto me, Hove?"

I was aghast. The man who had outsmartedStepinac's fascists and evaded Mihailovic'snationalist thugs stood dying before me, thevictim of a tragic accident.

"Radovan, it's not myfault. Tell me you'll pullthrough!"

"You've had it out forme all along, you conniv-ing conspirator. As theauthor of these columns,you are ultimately respon-sible for my fate."

I turned toward thenearest bookshelf, cursingmy cruel thoughts. I feltovercome by a wave ofbitterness.

"It's true, Rado. Youand I have failed. This newspaper has beenprinting columns about our conspiratorial gos-sip for three years now. In spite of that record,there is not a student on campus who under-

Issam A. Lakkis GLebanese Club President

ing: If the Lebane e don't re ist this occupa-tion, there will be no fighting and I rael canju tify it presence in the o-called securityzone as effective. On the other hand, if theLebanese resist the occupation, I rael can jus-ti fy its pre ence as necessary to protect itsborder. The aim is to pennanently and militar-ily control a part of Lebanon.

But the Lebane e have chosen to resist themilitary oppre sion, and the Israeli army isdetermined to crush their resistance by target-ing civilians. The victims are children andfarmers. The result is hundreds killed, andhundreds of thousands of refugees losing theirhomes overnight. More than 10 percent ofLebanon's population was displaced in lessthan 96 hours. Reuters reported that "anIsraeli helicopter rocketed an ambulance flee-ing south Lebanon Saturday, killing six pas-sengers including two women and four chil-dren." Yesterday, Israel shelled a United

ations peace keepers' base, killing 74Lebane e and wounding 109. The casualtieswere among this week's refugees.

Why is it that we ask the resisters to stopresisting but we do not ask the occupier tostop occupying? If I am to speak for. the400,000 direct victims of Israel's blindshelling of Lebanon, two words come tomind: Please help!

MIT Should KeepThursday Night Dinners

Recently there has been a lot of talk aboutthe traditional Thursday Night Dinners forfreshmen during Residence and OrientationWeek. The problem, as I see it, is that there hastraditionally been a large group of fraternity,sorority, and independent living group memberswho try to be the first to offer to take freshmento dinner. But the refonners want to prevent thisso-called charging mob by destroying the wholeinstitution of Thursday Night Dinners.

Since this whole issue began, I have won-dered why the charging mob is such a badthing. While only 17 percent of the freshmanclass enjoyed Project Move Off Your Assump-tions, according to a recent poll, the vast major-ity of freshmen to whom I've talked enjoyed

historic find I had made?As myoId friend bent over a little to give

the object a closer look, his eyes widened. "Ofcourse," he sighed, "this is the very umbrellaused by - well, a friend of mine - to knockoff Georgi Markov! I'd recognize the KGBdesign anywhere, not to mention the Zhivkovcrest on the handle. Geor-gi's loss is our gain.Where did you come'across this treasure, Mr.Hove?"

"State secret, old boy,"I said with a smirk.

"Heh," he grunted,"you probably picked it upat a cheap bookstore in

ew York last week.Here, let me take a closerlook."

Radovan gingerlygrasped the umbrella han-dle with his shaking, grey hand. I let my griploosen, but his hold was not yet firm. Theumbrella slipped from our hands. .

"Ah!" shrieked my 'old friend, his facewrenched with pain. There was a clatter on thefloor. Radovan bent over, clutching his foot.

Students Support ROTCTask Force Proposal

The Tech received a copy of the followingleIter addressed to Chair of the FacultyLawrence S. Bacow and President Charles M.Vest.

We write in support of the recommenda-tion of the "Final Report of the RQTC TaskForce." Con idering the limitation on MIT'sability to affect Department of Defense poli-cy, we con ider this proposal a good re ponseto the discrepancy between MIT's policy ofnon-di crimination and the DoD's ban onhomosexual members. Such a "model pro-gram" also provide a basis on which MIT canand must continually engage the 000 on itsunacceptable policies of discrimination. Wefeel that an inclusive policy like the onedescribed in the task force's report is the onlyway to reconcile MIT's policies with the pres-ence of ROTC on this campus. We urge theadoption of this proposal by the faculty andthe MIT Corporation, together with provi ionsfor specific measures to be taken in the eventthat the ROTC task force's propo al is notimplcmented in a timely fashion.

Jessie M. Stickgold-Sarah '96and 15 others

Victims of Israeli RocketAttacks Need Help

In the past seven days, the Israeli armyoccupying south Lebanon has raided andbombarded 49 villages in south Lebanon, air-raided civilian neighborhoods in Beirut,destroyed two power plants in Beirut, killed114 civilians and injured 270, and forced400,000 civilians - 20 percent of Lebanon'spopulation - out of their homes.

An Israeli army communique states,"Civilians who live next to Hizbollah activistcenters and homes may be hurt," but an Israelimilitary commander was quoted by UnitedPress International as saying, "We are shoot-ing at everything that moves."

Israel is currently occupying a 15-kilome-tcr wide "buffer" in south Lebanon that itclaims as a security zone to protect its north-ern border. The plan behind this is the follow-

Bookstore Proprietor Ends ConspiracyColumn by Anders HoveEXECUTIVE EDITOR

A few weeks ago, as some readers mayrecall, I stopped by for a visit to myoid hang-out, the Balkan Subversive and RevolutionaryBookstore. I had come for a reason, but theproprietor of the establishment, the wizenedRadovan Icic, had interrupted my train ofthought by launching a stream of invectiveagainst yet another group of fictional-conspir-ators. I had to spend the better part of an hourdisabusing him of the theory, proving conclu-sively that I did not subscribe to any back-wards, reactionary, syndicalist society. At thatpoint, Radovan noticed the object I was carry-ing: a tattered, black umbrella, which wascarefully folded, and caked in dust.

"Mr. Hove," Radovan grunted, twisting thefeatures of his contorted physiognomy. Hisshock of white hair stood in stark contrast tothe dark, soot-caked interior of the store. Hisface, though tired, was lit with a sort of ethe-real glow. "What is this umbrella for?"

"You don't recognize it, do you?" I asked,knowing full well he could hardly see. I liftedthe umbrella closer to Radovan's face, nearlygiggling with anticipatiorr. Would myoIdfriend from the underground recognize the

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Professors, Students Must Share Blame for DishonestyColumn by Audrey WUSTAFF REPORTER

.I took my Graduate Record Examinationla t aturday. For the most part, I thought itwas a pointless experience and pretty much awa te of a Saturday morning, e pecially inceI'm a enior who accepted a job offer wayback in December. With Ie s than two monthto graduation and less than a month beforeclasse end, the la t thing I wanted to thinkabout w"as what the opposite of "pu illani-mous" is.

But things did get a little more interestingfor me after I finished a math ection a fewminutes early. I was pretty bored, and I waslooking around the testing hall when I noticeda person sitting nearby was working intently- and illegally - on section three. The proc-tor was standing in the back of the hall; theother GRE admini trators were sitting in frontreading b.ooks.

It was pretty clear to me that this personwas probably going to get away with cheating.But more upsetting was that the the personwas wearing an MIT baseball cap and a brassrat. And ev~n more disturbing was when Inoticed another M IT student, one who I rec-ognized, cheating in the same way. So muchfor academic integrity.

To those two I'd like t6 say, you're prettypathetic. You've demonstrated a lack of acad-emic integrity that brings shame not only toyourselves but to your institution. But thenagain, we have all done our share of c}1eating

during our years here. The ad thing i , mo tof us don't even realize that we're doing it.

I have three questions for you: Have youever collaborated with a friend on a problemet in a cla s where the profes or explicitly

stated that problem ets hould be an individ-ual effort? Have you ever u ed a bible? Haveyou ever given another student a bible? Themajority of students here will answer yes to atlea t one of these questions.. I remember the fir t time I got my handson a bible. It was second seme ter my fresh-man year, and I was struggling with a problemset. The first time I copied a olution from thebible, I was careful to try to understand theconcepts .behind the answer. By doing so, Irationalized, I wasn't really copying the olu-tion. That's how I managed to quish the littlenudge my conscIence was giving me. But itdidn't take long for me to get lazy and copysolutions while pushing off learning the con-cepts later. "

And it didn't take long for me to see thatmost of my classmates were using bibles, too.Who hasn't received frantic electronic mail atthe beginning of the semester in which thesubject is "Help!" and the content is some-thing along the lines of "Does anyone outthere have a bible? J would be forever grate-ful!" Who hasn't come home late at night to amessage scrawled on your message board thatreads something like: "I need help!'Have youlooked at the problem set yet?"

In my four years here, 1 have learned that

problem sets, regardles of what the profes orsay on the first day of clas , are a groupeffort. I have learned that bible are an accept-able and even necessary tool, usually evenmore so than a textbook and class notes, forgetting problem sets and lab reports done.

To a certain extent, we can place part ofthe blaij1e on profe sors who believe in recy-cling problem set questions and lab proce-dures like soda bottle with lO-cent deposits. 1have heard the rationalization: "Well, if theydidn't want us to use bibles, they wouldn't usethe same questions every year."

But to be fair, the problem does not re tsolely on professors, admini trators, or stu-dents. The 'problem finds it roots in a wide-spread attitude at the Institute in which stu-dents are constantly saying, "Oh, just use mybible," or, "Hey, buddy, here's the problemset if you need to take a look at it." This atti':tude is so accepted that we forget that whatwe are doing amounts to cheating.

"But," some say, "everyone is doing it - Ihave to use a bible and I have to work withmy friends to keep up." So I ask you then, arethere different degrees of cheating, like harm-less little white lies as opposed to great bigbad lies? The acceptance we have at M ITtowards' collaboration and using bibles wouldseem to point to different degrees of cheating.Does that then make collaboration and usingbibles on problem sets morally correct? Is itokay tD cheat because everyone is doing it andbecause professors and teaching assistants

eem to turn a blind eye? Or is the truth that inour struggle to stay afloat at the Institute,we've jettisoned a big chunk of our notion ofacademic integrity?

My sister is a student at Princeton Univer-sity, a school in which academic integrity is

. maintained through an honor code. Beforeevery exam, she must write, "I pledge myhonor that I have not violated the honor codeon this examination." She must do somethingsimilar for written reports. I'd like to make itclear that I'm .certainly not advocating anhonor code system.

Princeton has its own problems with thehonor code. But I do believe that we couldn'thave an honor code here at MIT because ournotion of what constitutes academic integrityis too blurry for us as students to uphold aclearly defined honor code.

I 'will receive my bachelor's degree onJune 7. The piece of paper I will get that daywill embody a lot of legitimate hard work thatI put in over the past four years, But it willalso embody many hours of working withfriends on problem sets, copying solutions andlab reports from bibles, and studying frombibles - activities that have become secondnature to me and many other students. MaybeI haven't bcen as' flagrant about cheating asthe two students I aw cheating last aturday.But I sadly admit I won't be graduating fromMIT with a clear conscience. Students andfaculty alike need to take more care in defin-ing what constitutes academic integrity.

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stands what we are trying to do. The motif ist'oo artsy, too abstract. It's an arrogant thing tosay, Rado, but maybe MIT isn't ready to mixblack humor with real issues."

"I understand how you feel, Hove,"Radovan said. He stood' up and put his gr:islyhand on my shoulder. 'fyou think you're mis-understood, try running a. bookstore that spe-cializes in revolutionary and subversive litera-ture. I took up shop here nearly 20 years ago,thinking that Cambridge would be the oneplace in America savvy enough to develop ataste 'n the underworld."

"I couldn't-have been more mistaken,"continue<;i Radovan. "conspiracy-monge saround here only care about John Kennedy.

The international set only cares about high-powered conferences attended by washed-updiplomats. No wonder they know nothing ofthe underground. For 20 years, then, I've hada mere shadow of clientele. I've survived offthe charity of backward Communist states."

Myoid friend hobbled to an oak captain'schair in a dark corner of the shop, easing him-self into a sitting posture.

"Eyen my loyal brothers, Milovan andRatko, have deserted me," he said. "They areback in Banja Luka, making another go of itwith General Mladic. But I was too old forthat. To think I might have lived had Ireturned to the mountains near my home."

. "Radov.an, what will I do without you?" Iasked.

"I suppose you'll have to go back to writ-

ing real columns," he said. "You'll have to gob~ck to the conventional way of bashing peo-ple. You'll have to attack a real fraternity forabusing alcohol and passing around womenlike dog chew toys."

I wanted to find out more. I wanted to plugRadovan for more insider information aboutCambridge, students, and administrators. Iwanted to uncover his sources, get the combi-nation to his vault, and find out how to contacthis brothers. I wanted to take myoid friend tosome small cafe in Belgrade where we couldsip some coffee and discuss the collectedworks of Milovan Djilas.

But it was too late for that. Radovan' seyes were closed. I imagined that the poisonhad already turned his limbs cold. Th€ room.,was growing dimmer - so dim I could hard-

Iy see the books, the door, or even Radovanhimself. I began to my way to the door, press-ing my hands against it and pulling it slowlyopen,

Glancing back through the crack, I sawthat Radovan's head had slumped down onhis chest. I pulled my body into the alley andwalked' a few paces. Feeling a sudden pangof remorse, I turned around to take one lastlook at the vine-covered basement door, andthe flickering "Balkan" neon light. But it hadall disappeared in a mysterious Harvard fog,J could make out nothing, not even the rowof brownstones from which I had ju temerged.

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. . Ithe day-to-day b~smess of Washmg-ton wi)) not only supplement thetechnical backgrounds of many ofthe interns but also dispel the mys-tique that surrounds the nature ofpolicy-making," said Yang, who ismajoring in electrical engineeringand computer science.

Seid, also an EECS major, willbe working at the Brookings Insti-tute developing an economic/math-ematical model for how spending inthe defense industry's communica-tions sector affects the telecommu-nications industry as a whole.

"I was interested in '[the Wash-ington internship program] becauseI wanted to learn more about howgovernment affects technology andthe high-tech industry," Seid said .

Fernando, who is double major-ing in chemical engineering andmusic, said that the internship pro-gram gave her the opportunity to"find a position in Washington thatwould integrate technical knowl-edge with policy making.'; She is •planning on working at the Ameri- (can Enterprise Institute, a nationalthink tank. .

McNaughton, a physics major,wants work in the area of civil liber-ties on the Internet, which she feelsis very important and has beenunderexamined by policy-makersuntil this year. She will be workingwith the National Assoc'iation ofState Universities and Land GrantColleges', where she ,will be incharge of monitoring informationpolicy issues .

. DePaoli, an environmental engi-neering major, hopes to see "a dif-ferent school of thought" throughher summer placement. She is con-sidering an int rnship with theDepartment of Energy's Office ofEnvironmental Ma.nagement. "MIThas provided me with the analyticalthought and now I am seeking todevelop the ability to think on a dif-ferent level," she said.

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with the band. ."I probably won't go. There hasn't been any pub-

licity for" the concert, said Michelle L. Evans '99."I'm not ure ifI've ever heard of them,"

Timoyin H. Pervane '98 said he was sure he hadnever heard of Soul Coughing. But "I don't usuallygo to those kinds of events," he said.

"We pride ourselves in having up and comingbands," arvis said. "We are also trying to bring actsthat would expose people at MIT to music they mightnot ordinarily listen to."

Concert only the beginningThe concert will not be the only activity on the

slate for students. Spring Weekend regularly featuresother activities sponsored by various campus livinggroups, most of which will take place on Saturday.

Alpha Phi will be sponsoring its annual Alpha. Phlea Market, featuring students offering services

such as tutoring, cooking dinner and serenading, to beauctioned off to the highest bidder. All proceeds willbenefit the American Heart Associat'on.

The Sigma Chi fraternity will offer a three-on-three basketball tournament to benefit the GenesisFund, said member Philip K. Kim 'Q9. "We'reexpecting a pretty good turnout," Kim said. .

Other activities will include Alpha Tau Omega'sLas Vegas night, the Women's Independent LivingGroup's Mr. Spring Weekend contest, and a commu-nity service road race, according to Sarvis.

Sarvis said th,a't the weekend will feature somenew events, including a vegetarian food fest and aBlack Theatre Guild production of "Home," both ofwhich will take place on Sunday, May 5. .

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currently working on, Stewart said.Students will be making presenta-tions on this work at the end of thisterm. When they return in the fall,they will write a paper about a poli-cy issue they encountered during thesummer and present and defendtheir ideas, he said.

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"It' great," he said after hearing an advance copy ofthe album. "People who liked them before are notgoing to be disappointed," he said.

It is not yet clear who will serve as the band'sopening act. The co-winners of this year's Battle ofthe Bands, Shifty and Hello Kitty, have both beenoffered the spot, but neither has definitely accepted sofar, Light said.

"Overall, I think Soul Coughing is a great band.People who like G. Love wiJI dig'Soul Coughing. Evenpeople'who don't like G. Love will dig oul Coughing.They have a unique funky sound with tons of weirdsound sample and interesting lyrics," Sarvis added. •

Soul Coughing and SCC are still handling contractnegotiations, but Sarvis said chances are good he bandwill be coming. "I would say count on it," she said."We have the contract, and are waiting its approval."

Soul Coughing will charge a $3,000 flat fee, asmal.ter-than-average amount for a Spring Concertband.

"When we realized our budget for Spring Concertwould have to be smaller than previous years, welooked for a smaller band that we sti)) thought wouldput on a memorable show," Sarvis said .

The concert will have metal detectors, and no onewill be admitted after 12 midnight, even with a ticket,Sarvis said. Those'new rules come as a result of cur-rent MIT policy regarding large, late-night parties.

StudeRts not sure about the bandOverall student reaction to the announcement has

been lukewarm, as many of them were not familiar

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discussed change that would makeMIT's policy on incomplete gradesmore strict. Under the new policy,tudent would be required to make

up incompJetes by the Add Date ofthe term folJowing ,that for whichthe incomplete wa given. The newpolicy would also require studentsto re olve all incomplete by gradu-ation. Furthermore, students andprofe sors would have to agree to awritten plan outlining how anincomplete would be made up.

The pqlicy, which was developedby the Committee on Academic Per-formance, is meant to tighten up, cur-rently lenient rules and reduce thelarge number of incomplete-related.petition that the CAP faces everyterm, said Faculty Chair Lawrence

. Bacow. Faculty will vote on theplan at next month's meeting.

Also at the meeting, Professor ofBiology Graham C. Walker, chair ofthe omin~tions Committee,announced the nominations for offi-cers of the faculty and standing com-mittees. Bailyn wa announced as .the next nominee for faculty chair.

Professor of History Anne E. C.McCants was also named this year'sEdgerton Award winner. McCants,who is also an associate housemas-ter of Green Hall and has receivednumerous awards in the past, is aneconomic historian who hasresearched and written about charityin e'arly modern Amsterdam.

The faculty also discussed a clar-ification to the language in its newcalendar. The new wording willmake clear that the last day thatclasses with finals can have examsand assignments is the Friday beforethe start of reading period.

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, I don't think it's a bad propos-al," Wedgewood aid. But the fun-damental flaw of the plan is that it"overestimates the degree to whichwe can help," he said.

"In general, I'm in favor of theproposal," aid Professor of Eco-nomics Michael J. Piore. "I don'tthink MIT can distance itself withthe military by kicking ROTC offcampus."

"What makes me feel uneasy ...[i ] thi sort of self-congratulatorysen e" the faculty has had in its dis-cussion of the revised plan, aid Pro-fessor of Literature DavidThorburn. The discussion hasignored "the really horrific fact. ..[of] institutionalized homophobia,"he said. "I would be much morecomfortable if we were more explic-it on thi matter."

Piore emphasized the importanceof addre sing the policy of "don'task, don't tell," which he said is per-vasive at MIT in general. "We are,for better or for worse, stuck withthe e issues on campus," Piore said.Gay studies at MIT should be paidmore attention, he said.

"We've got to take a strongstance" in two years if progress hersbeen insufficient, said Associate Pro-fessor of Literature Henry Jenkins.

Professor of Ocean Engineering1. Kim Vandiver PhD '75, a memberof the task force, disagreed. "Wecan't predict where we will be twoyears from now," he said. The facul-ty should decide what action isappropriate two years down theroad, not now, he said.

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how to develop in a sustainableway," he said. "The world has towork together, so that developingnations continue to develop in a waythat doesn't damage the environ-ment as much as it has donebefore."

The first person outside of Mexi-co to be inducted into that country'snation'a] academy of engineers,Molina regularly returns to Mexicoand Latin America to try to promoteinterest in the sciences. "There aretoo few scientists in developingcountries," he said. "I am hoping tocontribute by being an example, oreven setting up a scholarship, tosimply entjce more young people toget into these fields."

Key is to 'keep fas.cination alive'MIT has realized that the envi-

ronmenta] science will play animportant role in the near future,and bas d~veloped a serious interestin instilling 'these concepts to stu-dents, Molina said. But a new fron-

.tier is opening in the study 'of earthand atmospheric ~cience that unitesinterdisciplinary research intoresearch ranging from pure scienceto applications- to science policy, hesaid, one in which there are manyopportunities for talented students tobecome involved.

This year, Molina is offering anew undergraduate seminar'inatmospheric chemistry. The semi-nar, which describes the principlesthat govern the chemical behavior

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EnviroD"'.lental awareness pivotalEnvironmenta]ism "is no longer

a worry just for futqre generations- we already have a number of

environmental 'issues upon us,"Molina, said. Currently, the qualityof life in many large cities is affect-ed by extreme pollution, and whilemany people still consider the stateof our environment as someoneelse's problem, "the world is soc.onnecte.d that this is a problemaffecting everyone.". .

As far as work on spreading thatmessage goes, Molina is moderatelysatisfied with the e tent of environ-menta] consciousness today. But

" hile on the whole there is a univer-sal trend in the right direction, "it isby no ,means clear that the world asa whole is moving sufficientlyrapidly in the right direction."

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Molina developed an interest inchemistry while playing with chem-istry sets and microscopes as.achild. For years, his goal was to dopure academic research. It was notuntil he left Mexico City and begangraduate work at the University ofCalifornia at. Berkeley that hebecame interested in the moreapplied field of atmospheric chem-

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The lOath Boston Marathon that took place this .MOQdaywas special not only becaus of the lOathanniversary celebratiQnsbut also the astounding

run of Uta Pippig from Germany, who is the first woman towin the marathon three times in a row.But marathon events were not limited to th~ race itself.The Prudential Center illuminated its window before andduring the marathon in the form of a 100, while thBoston Police prepared for the race by barricading themarathon route to insure the runn rs' saf ty.Th~ finish line of the lOath Marathon was on BoylstonStreet. Some spectators sat on bl a hers, but v n morlined up, specially along Heartbr ak Hill, to cheer thosnearing the end of their strength.

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chased by his ugly evilaunts. The entire scene isfilmed in the clumsy ani-mation that you wouldexpect to see on "SesameStreet,' and when thesequence ends (just assuddenly and randomly ait began), the audience isleft thinking, "Huh?','There is also one scene inwhich Jame arid hisin ect friends are singing,and for some reason, theyare in outer space and arandom canoeist paddlesby. However, these ratherstrange scenes don'tdetract from the fact thatthe movie scores bigpoints for being originaland visually intriguing.

Aside from the fasci-nating stop-motion anima-tion, the characters are allwonderful. 'They overflowwith exuberant personal i- " L- .;:..:..;;; ...;.. ......

ties and are a lot of fun to James (Paul Terry) travels to New York In a peach In Jameswatch. They include an and the Giant Peach.intelligent, academicgrasshopper (voiced by Simon Callow), a ,.Iy with humor and adventure. Unfortunately,feisty centipede (Richard Dreyfuss), a sweet the movie falls apart after the giant peachgrandmother-type ladybug (Frasier's ~ane crash lands in New York City. The ending is

. Leeves), a sophisticated French spider (Susan . no much more than a cheesy "boys and girls,...Sarandon), and a cowardly earthworm (David' the lesson of the movie is ,~ somethingThewlis).' that you would expect from a bad sitcom but

As the giant pea~h makes its way .to 'New not from Disney. However, the movie is visu-York Crty, James and his insect friends ally appealing, weird enough to fascinateencounter a Jules Verne shark and band of audiences, and at only 80 ~inutes long, itghost pirates, and the plot moves along quick- won't bore you.

JAMES A D THE GIA T PEACHDirected by Henry Sefick.Adapted from the book by Roald Dahl.Starring Paul Terry. Simon Callow, RichardDreyfuss. Jane Leeves, Susan Sarandon, andDavid Thewlis,

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laughing ... and don't worry - thi i n't actu-ally shown in the film). James i then adoptedby his two aptly-named aunts, Spiker andSponge (it goe without saying that they areugly and evil). They abu e him (don't worry- they never actually beat him in the film,but beatings are alluded to and James walks

By Audrey Wu around for the rest of the movie with a sad lit-STAFF REPORTER tIe scratch on hi face), and he becomes lit-

lthough it seems we have stagnated in tIe-boy ver ion of Cinderella. ot since Oliverthe too-quiet month before the movie Twi t ha a boy led such a pathetic life.industry re!ea e its summer block- Then one day, James meets a mysteriousbu ters, Di rrey has thankfully decid- man, and through a rather complicated series

ed to fill the void with a bright little beacon of events, he ends up as a puppet inside anamed James and the Giant Peach. It's a giant peach, where he meet and befriends amart move on Di ney's part; Disney is the group of insects inside the giant peach, and

industry standard for children's films, and by they decide to fly to ew York. City in thereleasing a movie now, they will probably giant peach ..make a nice profit and have another chance to The movie virtually oozes with a dark,hype their soon-to-be-released animated film, urreal, stop-animation style that is evenThe Hunchback of Notre Dame. more extreme than that of The Nightmare

For James and the Giant Peach, Di ney Before Christmas. The movie is bbviouslyhas called on the surreal creativity of director not meant to be realistic - the moral of theHenry Selick and producers Denise Di ovi story, after all, has to do with the importanceand Tim Burton (all of The Nightmare Before of dreams. In the scenes that take place out-Christmas fame) for a film that feature stop- side of the peach, the movie mixes live-actionmotion animation (which was used in Night- filming against the backdrop of starkly fakemare) and is visually intriguing. The movie sets. Inside the peach, James and his insectalso features the Disney trademarks of charac- friends come to life through stop-motion ani-ters with exuberant personalities and a plot mation.full of adventure. At the end of the film, when James, the

James Henry Trotter (Paul Terry) is a giant peach, and his insect friends crash-landyoung boy who led a peaceful, carefree life in in ew York City, the stop-motion anima-London with his lovely parents, who enCOUf- tion is fused. with the live-action filming.aged him to dream and to be creative. The , .. However, there were some scenes in the filmTrotter family planned to move to ew York that were ~o completely random and "outCity, which was full of hildren w,hom James there" that I had to wonder what the makerscould play with. Sadly, these dreams ended of the film were on when they made thequite suddenly when Mr. and Mrs. Trotter film. For example, in one short scene Jameswere tampeded by a vicious rhinoceros (stop is dreaming that he is a caterpillar being

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Astndh o d aye it, there.can be no Utopia.UTOPIA (LTD.) OR THE FLOWERSOF PROGRESSThe M/T Gilbert and Sullivan Players.Stage directed by Joe Sweeney.Music directed by Jay Lane.Book by Sir w.s. Gilbert.Score by Sir Arthur Sullivan..S'tarring Sheldon Brown, Anita Costanzo.Holly Teichholtz. and Mario R Sengco G.La Sala de Puerto Rico,April/9, 20 at 8 pm,

By Teresa HuangSTAFF REPORTER

The MIT Gilbert and Suilivan Playerslatest production of Utopia (LId.), orThe Flowers of Progress, is a some-what unbalanced production featur-

ing many excellent leads among a crew ofnear amateurs. Though the singing is on thewhole excellent, the acting varies in qualityfrom professional to high school level, whichbrought the show back from being trulygreat.

The action takes place on the island ofUtopia, an imaginary society in the SouthPacific that is ruled by King Paramount(Sheldon Brown). But in reality, he is con-trolled by the island's two Wise Men,Scaphio (Daniel P. K-amaJic '99) and Phantis(Robert W. Morrison '97), who have the

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Governess Lady Sophy (Anita Costanzo) teaches ~toplans prop-er manners lil the Gilbert and Sullivan Players' Utopia (Ltd).

power to have theking exploded by thePublic Exploder(Mike Bromberg '70)should the King everabuse his authority.The Wise Men haveforced the King topublish a type ofNational Enquirer

'publication abouthimself called thePalace Peeper, whichshocks the governessLady Sophy (AnitaCostanzo) so greatlythat she r()fuses hisexpressions of affec-tion.

Meanwhile, theKing's eldest daugh-ter Princess Zara(Holly Teichholtz)returns to Utopiafrom her five-yearcollege schooling 'inEn'glaRd and bringswith her five flowersof progress, or fivemembers of the Eng-lish el ite, who ~remeant to improve the

, social level of Utopia. The first reform dealswith recreating th,e kingdom as a' CompanyLimited, which create va-rious kinds ofhavoc on the island.

Much as I've tried to simplify it, the plot iscomplicated, and it is exacerbated by the factthat there is an underlying .political currentrunning through the dialogue that seems torequire sufficient knowledge of' English poli-tics at the time. England is presented as thereal utopia and area of civilization while theland of Utopia is most likely a microcosm forthe rest of the world in the spirit of Englisharrogance.

Holly Teichholtz as the" elegant Princess I

Zara is by far the best member of the cast.Her character is constantly a~ting and react-ing, unlike many of the characters she inter-act's with. No one in the cast even' comesclose to her level - her singing and actingare on a Broadway professional level, and herstage presence is terrific. Also excellent areAnita Constanzo as the governess LadySophy and the Wise Men played by Daniel P.Kamalic '99 arid Robert W. Morrison '97,though it was not entirely clear to me if theywere meant to be comic relief or legitimatevillains. .

While several of th'e leads have excellentvoices - many coming from professional

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The stage cenery wa relatively bare,but it had all of the essential for a goodmurder mystery - the shifty-eyed portraiton the wall, the wet bar, and the all-purposedesk that produced plot devices on cue. Thespecial effects were rudimentary but effec-tive. A nice addition to the show was thecomical choreography, which was light andgave a nice contrast to the eriousnes of theplot.

But perhap the best part of Something'sAfoot was the murder mystery itself, so wellwoven and unfolded that there were severaltime I was sure I knew who the murdererwas, only to be proven wrong. Who did it?You'll need to see it for yourself.

to abandon him to further her career. She canbe cocky one second and humiliated the nextand is believable every step of the way. Learyand Scarwid also develop well the inconsis-tencies of their characters. David is compe-tently played by two actors, Drake Bell for thescenes when he is seven, and Jacob Tierneyfor his teenage scenes.

Davies creates some intensely beautiful setpieces, as one would expect given his previ-ous work. Watch for the town women singing"Chatanooga Choo-Choo" while their men areoff being soldiers and for a schoolhouserecital of the Pledge of Allegiance whileTara's Theme from "Gone With the Wind"swells in the background. The torch-lit tentrevival half-way through the story simultane-ously allures and frightens. If .it weren't forthe absurdity of the climax and its lack of rel-evance to all that has gone before, The NeonBible could be highly recommended. Too bad.

ible overcome weak plot

'97, who lit up the tage with her elegance,truly living up to her character's name. Byfar, the star of the how, however, was theall-e ential detective herself, played withkill by Cathy D. Conley '96. Conley's por-

trayal of the "tweedy amateur detective"Miss Tweed was the perfect blend of Sher-lock Holme, Columbo, and JessicaFletcher.

Despite the strength of the female charac-ters, there were many weaknesse in the show,particularly among the men, who seemedomewhat uncomfortable in their roles. An

exception was Matt R. orwood '99, whoturned out a mature and dignified performancea the old army officer Colonel Gillweather.Also good wa the wonderfully sinister narlby Bruce Applegate '94 as igel Rancour, thedis olute nephew. The rest of the male charac-

generously assisted by his actors. Denis Learyand Diana Scarwid play David's parents,poverty-stricken and unable to support eachother, even with the revival-tent religion theyboth cling desperately to. Into their lives likean exotic night bird flies Aunt Mae, played byGena Rowlands, who becomes David's clos-est friend and the final straw in the battle thathas become his parent's lives.

Aunt Mae used to be a nightclub singer,and she still wears flamboyant clothes andstrikes one defiant pose after another. Herwashed-out sister and denim-clad brother-in-law can't deal with her citified ways and fearmightily what the neighbors might think.Everybody is supposed to be the same in theBible Belt - those who are different have gotto get out.

Gena Rowlands delivers a complete AuntMae, one who flirts with her seven-year-oldnephew, feeds his imagination, and is willing

eone

Indians. With light-hearted ongs and chore-ography, the how wa both humorou andsu pen efu! a unfore een plot twistsoccurred. We hear scream in the night inthe man ion of Lord Rancour, uddenlytruck by a evere torm that wa hes the

bridge out and trap the unwilling andunknowing gue t in the man ion with amurderer. How else would you start a mur-der mystery?

The female character in thi how havetremendous stage presence and are all-around excellent. Megan L. Hepler '98 wasolid in her portrayal of the saucy maid Let-

tie, complete with bad grammar and swing-ing hip. ally Chou '98 was both charm-ing and confident a the young HopeLangdon. Also fantastic wa Lady GraceManley-Prowe, played by Teresa J. Raine

for posthumously winning the Pulitzer Prizefor literature eight year after committing sui-cide. He won for A Confederacy of Dunces, awork which was rejected by one pub Ii herafter another during its author's life but i nowconsidered to be a major comic masterpiece.His mother succeeded in getting the bookpublished after his death, and the rest is histo-ry.

Toole wrote The Neon Bible when he was16 years old; it would probably never haveeen print without the bizarre and phenomenaluccess of his later work. It concerns David, a

boy growing up in the rural South in the yearssurrounding World War II. The narrative isframed by the nighttime musing on a train ofthis boy about events in his past. It developsthat he i running from that past and his par-ticipation in it.

Davies works as much of his magic as hecan on the material he has been given and is

e pite ome minor weakne e, theMu ical Theater Guild's productionof the murder my tery farce Some-thing's Afoot i a delightful parody

of Agatha Christie" novel Ten Little

SO ETHING'S AFOOTMIT Musical Theater Guild.Directed by Spencer Klein.Book. Music and Lyrics by James McDonald,Robert Gerlach, and David Vos.Additional music by Ed Linderman.Starring Cathy D. Conley '96, Sally Chou '98,Teresa 1. Raine '97, Megan L. Hepler '9 .Kresge Little Theater.April J 9 Qnd 20 at pm.

By Teresa HuangSTAFF REPORTER

S ro gaTHIS WEEK AT THE KENDALLThe Neon BibleDirected by Terence Davies.Starring Gena Rowlands, Denis Leary, DianaScarwid.

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t would be great to report that The NeonBible is not only worth eeing but al 0 aatisfying movie experience, but unfortu-

nately, only the first statement is true. Ter-ence Davie ' latest film looks as ravishing asDistant Voices. Still Lives, or The Long DayCloses, and it use musical cues to evoke thepast as well a any of his previous works. Buthe is not telling his own story here, and thestory he ha leaves a lot to be de ired.

The novel on which The Neon Bible ibased is a juvenile work of John KennedyToole, the eccentric Louisiana author noted

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sion to serve com-on-the-cob with most mealsis a mistake. For most of the year it is out ofseason, so has to be shipped in. As a result,the corn is tough and overgrown in all but thesummer months. Waitstaff brings out pastawith most. meals also. First, two starch courses(corn and pasta) left me overfull and dry-mouthed. Second, the pasta course tastedunderdone to me. Great sauce would havemade up for the problem, but there just wasnot enough moisture there to take my mindaway from it. I drank four glasses of water.Commendations go out to the waitstaff forkeeping my glass full, but the chefs mightwant to spend some time revising their serv-ing selections. Aside from these problems,qrillfish has a dining room worth visiting.

shellfish. I had the opportunity to try the shrimpscampi, grilled shark, salmon, and the clamstossed with pasta in a garlic wine sauce. Allseafood was cooked to perfection arid wasextremely mild. Obviously, Grillfish's name-sake is regarded with great care and pride. Theseafood is all impeccable, served on mis-matched china with com-on-the-cbb and a sideof pasta. Prices range from about $8 to $13 formost entrees. Lobster and seafood fra diavloare the exceptions, each in the $20-range. Thefra diavlo is the chefs specialty, consisting ofcubes of fish and shellfish tossed in linguinisteamed with a spicy tomato-based wine sauce.It is a real feast and comes only for two. Grill-fish has fresh fish entrees with more personalitythan most any good meal in its price range.

Besides the main course, where Grillfishreally shines, the food is average. Th~ deci-

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Mystery Science Theat~e 3000: The Movie Is like "watching cheesy movies with yourthree funniest friends."

Utopia perfonnance overalla fair show, With reasonable.singing and acting displays.

GrilHish offers a vari"ty oftastY desserts,. appetizers

fresh bananas and a homemade caramel sauceover vanilla ice cream. On a strict budget,save room for dessert, not an appetizer.

For all its charms, Grillfish stands out forone overwhelming rea on: grilled fi h. Othermeals are very good, but if you eat at Grill-fish, get a grilled filet. Know your seafood,too, because mahi mahi is very different fromrainbow trout, which is very different fromcatfish. Grillfish is not about fancy dishes oraspic-covered food presentations that aremore art than sustenance. Grillfish is not arestaurant that offers something for every tasteand preference. Grillfish is all about simplici-ty. It is about a casual enjoyment of theworld's greatest brain food which, as every-one knows, is a juicy, flaky cut of gri lied fish.

**** LeavingLas egasThis sometimes-harrowing, often-redemp-

tive look at a relationship between a destruc-tive alcoholic ( icholas Cage) and a prostitute(Eli abeth Shue) could be a spiritual antidoteto the excesses of Showgirls. Cage is a newly-fired screenwriter who e vices have tom aparthis family and led him to Las .vegas, where here olves to drink himself to death. Shue fallsin love with him for his lack of pretense, andboth embark on a journey of love and self-rev-elation. Director Mike .Figgis completelyredeems himself for tlie pathetic Mr. Jones.Here, he paints the characters with warm andnatural emotions and use the garish backdropof the Vegas Strip (where even the goldenarches of McDonald's are adorned with amultitude of flashing lights). The soundtrackof soulful contemporary songs by Sting, DonHenley, and other performers is hypnotic andartfully used. It's definitely worthwhile anduplifting for those who can take it. -SCD.Sony Copley.

**1/2 Mystery Science Theater 3000:The Movie

This Island Earth gets the MST3000 treat-ment in Mystery Science Theater 3000: TheMovie, but it really doesn't deserve it. As yousurely know, MST3000 is an experiment bythe evil Dr. Clayton Forrester who wants totake over the world by forcing its entire popu-lation to watch the worst movies ever made,thereby rendering it d~fenseless. But Mike

elson, the subject of this experiment, fightsback along with hi's robot pals by talking backat the movies. The .only problem with theconcept this time out is that This Island Earthis actually a pretty good film trapped ~ithinthe B-movie conventions of its day. Whycouldn't they have picked on The KillerShrews? -SB. Kendall Square.

tion, and grit: not to mention moral sense,than anyone else in the movie. -SB. SonyNickelodeon.

. Appetizers and desserts burst withflavor,but do not present the value of the maincourses. The shrimp scampi, which is themost popular appetizer, consists of four jumboshrimp dripping in butter, wine, and garlic.Though the taste is fabulous, I was disappoint-ed to get such a small serving for the price.Scampi, along with many other first courses,is over $6. Desserts are slightly better at $5,which is about the standard price for an ele-gant d(3r ~rt in Boston. Old standards liketiramisu are guaranteed to please, but I sug-gest one of the original creations, which aremuch more satisfying. Bananas with caramelcream is the best selling dessert. It features

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*** FargoJoel and Ethan Coen revisit familiar .terri-

tory, both personal and professional, in thistale of crime in the heartland. Set in the wintryMinnesota landscape from which the twobrothers escaped a few years ago, this story 0fa kidnapping plot gone bad retreads' the suc-cess of the Coens' first movie, Blood Simple.This revisiting is underlined by the casting ofFrances McDormand, Blood Simple's femmefatale, but in a very different role - a preg-nant police chief with more brains, determina-

Segal, who must sneak aboard the plan todefuse the bomb. Although the ending ISnever in question, Executive Decision keepsus hooked from one climax to the next withsurprising efficiency. - Yaron Koren. SonyCheri.

and is firmly situated in the assimilationistmainstream of gay politics ("We're just thesame as everybody else, except for what wedo in bed ... "). Still, there are many pleasuresto be had from watching the clips under dis-cussion, and it's great to hear Harvey Fier-stein speak up in defense of "sissies." -Stephen Brophy. Kendall Square.

when more than one set of lyrics were befngsung.

This production is packed with extremes interms of good and bad singing, acting, andstage presence. Though there is obvious talentin some of the cast members, because of theinequalities and political plot; lean 't say thatthe production as a w~ole is completely enter-taining. I was almost waiting from scene toscene for the more talented people to comeout. Overall, it was a fair show and maybe notrepresentative of all MIT Gilbert and Sullivanproductions.

**112 ExecutiveDecisionMuslim terrorists hijack a passenger plane

'en route to Washington and demand moneyand the release of their spiritual lea.der. Butthe Pentagon soon learns the real plan: Tocrash the plane, loaded with a deadly nervetoxin, 'into the capitol, instantly killing himselfand the rest of the passengers and sending adeadly plume of gas over much of the easternseaboard. Enter Kurt Russell and Steven

backgrounds - the supporting chorus mem-bers were relatively amateur in comparison.Their voices in full chorus' are a tremendousforce, but many of them looked like theyhardly knew what to do with themselves

hen they weren't singing. Gilbert and Sul-ivan were also particularly fond of rapidly

paced lyrics, unfortunately for us, as thefast lyrics really 10 t their volume and werebarely discernible at times. The orchestrawas good but a bit over- enthused as theytended to mu~dle the lyrics, especially

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**** The CelluloidClosetThe Celluloid Closet unclosets queers in

the American cinema, starting with an eerilyprovocative little clip filmed 100 years agoin the studios of Thomas Edison. To thesound of a silent violin we see two men

t¥. ancing, very obviously at affectionate easewith each other. Until recently, it's beenmostly downhill in film depictions of les-bians 'and gays. Based on the groundbreakingbook of the same name by t.he late Vito

. Russo, this documentary features clips fromvarious representative movies, talking headshots with famous actors and directors, and avoice-over narration by Lily Tomlin. Themovie relentlessly aims to ingratiate itself

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*** 1/2The BirdcageThe American version of the French farce

'La Cage aux Folies succeeds on many levels,thanks in part to the ebullient performances ofRobin Williams and athan Lane. Armand(WiJIiams) is the owner and musical directorof a nightclub in Miami's South Beach sec-tion, while his lover Albert (Lane) is the diva-in-drag who's the star performer at the club.The trouble starts when Armand's son (DanFutterman) starts courting the daughter of aconservative U.S. Senator (Gene Hackman)whose election platform is steeped in "moralorder" and "family values." By the time the

. film reaches its climactic, comic showdownbetween the two families, the message of, amily" and the characters' foibles are soskillfully exploited that one overlooks theexpected degrees of slapstick, even whenresorting to gay stereotypes. Director MikeNichols and -screenwriter Elaine May havestruck the appropriate comic and social chordsfor this film to be a witty, beguiling, and rele-vant film. -Scott C. Deskin. Sony Cheri.

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The Finals,Were you listening? Detroit.

M.ission. Machine. Cannot bestopped and all that. Sorry, Pitts-burgh fans, Wings in seven. Get outthe octopi.

Roenick is poised to come back,Belfour was excellent in the play-offs last year, and if Eddy does blowup, Jeff Hackett is ready to step in.Chicago in six. '

Colorado seems to. be in a first-round laugher against Vancouver;the Canucks are just another Pacifi IDivision team primed for a quickexit. The Avalanche, on the otherhand, are the one -good team WayOut West; the ex-Nordiques haveoffense, defense, playoff experi-ence, and something that was miss-ing last year: Patrick Roy, a two-time Conn Smythe winner. Watchout for these guys.

Did that dork from The BostonGlobe really pick Winnipeg to upsetDetroit? Come on. Winnipeg? Dothe Jets have a man up frpnt tomatch Sergei Fedorov? Yes (KeitTkachuk). How about Steve Yzer-man, Keith Primeau, and Dino Cic-carelli? Nope. Do the Jets have adefenseman like Paul Coffey?Nope. Do the Jets have a goalie asgood as Mike Vernon (or ChrisOsgood)? Nope. Do the Jets have achance? Nope.

The second roun.d should also beeasy for the Red Wings, though Ifthe Blues were ever to live up totheir tremendous potential, thiswould be an excellent series. Mean-while, Colorado will move past"Chicago; even with Roenick, thBlackhawks won't be able to matchthe scoring punch and physical playof the Avalanche.

The Western Conference finalshould be an excellent serie,s; Col-orado and Detroit are far and awaythe best teams in the West. TheAvalanche has the star power tomatch Detroit at every position, butthe Red Wings are a team with amission. They are a machine, benton winning the S'tanley Cup andending the 41-year drought. Theycannot be stopped. Wings in six.

Trivia QuestionDid you really think I could go

the whole column without talkingabout the Boston Marathon? UtaPippig won her third consecutiveBoston, but Cosmas Ndete wadenied in his bid to win four yearin a row by fellow Kenyan MosesTanui.

Who holds the record for mostconsecutive Boston Marathon victo-ries? Send your answers and othercomments to easport~@the-tech. mit. edu.

An wer to last week's question:Cecil Fielder stunned the world lastweek by stealing his first base in1,097 games. Did the catcher have abroken arm? Martin Duke '97 sentin the lone correct answer.

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second . The fir t boat got off to a good tart and had a substantiallead, but it lost ground after 00 meters because of technical difficul-ties. The second freshmen boat came in third, 13 econd slower thanthe fir t MIT boat.

On unday, the team traveled to Worcester to race in the cold andrain. The var ity lightweight had not beaten Holy Cros since 1993,but thank to a superb tart, MIT defeated Holy Cross by 1.5 .econds.

Var ity coach Pete Holland said that i was "one of the best racesI've seen in 27 year of coaching." MIT gained a boat length lead fromthe tart, a lead that they would never give up de pite numerous surgesby a Holy Cross. The varsity boat posted a time of 6:05.0, the fa tedtime rowed on Sunday in Worcester, including heavyweight races.

The junior varsity lost their race again t a mixed boat oflightweightand heavyweight oarsmen from Holy Cross. Although they lost, theboat ha strong per onnel and i looking ahead to a winning season.

The freshmen boat handily defeated Holy Cross on Sunday. Nei-ther of the two freshmen races were close, with both boats displayinggood peed. The first freshman boat defeated the first freshmanheavyweight Holy Cross boat,.while the second boat defeated the firstfreshman lightweight Holy Cross boat. .

Freshmen coach Greg Barringer said that he was pleased withSunday' result, since it was the first time ever that both freshmenboats defeated both Holy Cross boats.

slumping Florida Panthers in thefirst round. Looks like an easy seriesfor Boston. Don't count the Bruinsout; they had important wins overboth Philly and Pittsburgh down thestretch, and Bill Ranford is a reborngoalie since being traded fromEdmonton.

The.fi~st game of the Canadiens-Rangers series went to pvertime,and the way these teams playdefense, don't look for manyblowouts. Montreal took the firstgame away from .the Rangers inNew York, but the Canadiens lackdiscipline, and one bad penaltycould be the difference in thisseries. Rangers in seven.

Don't count on Jim Carey tosave the Caps against Pittsburgh;you need to score to keep up withthe Penguins, and Washington lacksoffensive punch. Speak{ng of offeV-sive punch, Philadelphia scoredseven goals in its first game againstTampa Bay; the scoring trendshould continue.

In the second round, Boston willstun the world by knocking off thetop-seeded Flyers. Yes, this is ahuge upset, but the Bruins are hot,the Flyers are not so hot. Ron Hex-tall has struggled in the post-seasonin recent years, and Eric Lindros has'not played well against Boston thisyear. Besides, New Jersey over.Philadelphia was a big upset, too:

Do the Rangers have what ittakes to beat Pittsburgh? In anygiven game, yes. In a seven.:gameseries, not a chance. The Penguinsoffense, featuring the top three scor-ers in the league (Mario Lemieux,Jaromir Jagr, and Ron Francis),should steamroll New York morethan once, and if Tom Barasso getshot in goal, the Pens should have notrouble moving on.

Last year, fifth-seeded New Jer-sey performed a miracle by smash-ing their way through Boston,Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, andthen winning the Cup. This year,Boston is in position to repeat histo-ry. That's not happening, though.Every Bruins fan fears playing Pitts-burgh, and with good reason; theB's have b~aten t~e Penguins some-thing like four times in the '90s.Yes, that's an exaggeration, but onewell-made; Penguins in four.

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win treak.MIT's ecret i imple: pitching.

During the la t ix conte ts, MITtarter have logged ix complete

game victories and have yieldedonly seven run . The staff's ERAduring that time is 0.78.

The staff is anchored by the trioof Aaron Loutsch '96, teveBrunelli '96, and Wil iel en '98.Al 0 contributing to the' taff' suc-ce wa Tom Epp '98.

Many coache feel that thi i thetronge t pitching staff in the con-

ference. With 16 pickoff: over theteam's first 15 games, the staff maybe on pace to break the Division IIIrecord fOTpickoffs in a sea on.

The hitter have hit three homerun in their la t four games, includ-ing Joel Morales' '99 three-rungame-winner in the la t inning onSaturday .. Central to the offen iveattack are Pete Gustaf on '99,Morales, Eddie Rivas '97, andDuane Stevens '98. The defense isalso much improved' over lastyear's.

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EVERYrHINGABOUTSPORTS

Red Sox Off to Worst Start EverHey; how about those Red Sox?

The defending AL East Championshave won a graod total of two, count'em, two games this season, and are

on pace to losesomething like140 games, eas-ily the majorleague record

for futility. With an offense thatisn't producing, the worst defense inbaseball, and pitchers who can't findthe strike zone, the Bosox look likethey need a few more weeks ofspring training. Perhaps it has some-thing to do with the weather; maybewhen spring hits Boston, the Soxwill start playing. And no, theywon't really lose 140 games, butthey'll need a major (we're talkingreally, really huge here) turnaroundif they are to contend for this year'spennant.

Meanwhile, the Detroit Tigersare threatening to become thisyear's Red Sox. The Tigers featurea weak rotation and .poor defense,but their high-powered offense, ledby a slugging first baseman, is win-ning them a lot of games. Soundfamiliar?

Of couq;e, the Tigers do thisevery year; last season, they were.three games behind Boston at theAll-Star break. You probably couldhave guessed this yourself, but don'tput any money on Detroit makingthe post-season.

On The IceDo you miss March Ma-dness?

Has your life seemed empty sincethe Super Bowl? Do you crave theintensity of post-season athletics? .Well, fret no more, sports fans, justplunk yourself down in front of thetelevision and watch some playoffhockey! (Alternatively, you couldseek professional help. Seriously.This living vicariously through theachievements of others has got tostop.)

Defending champ ew Jerseywas eliminated from playoff con-tention over the weekend, and withthe Devils off playing golf, LordStanl~y's Cup will have a new homein June. In the Eastern Conference,Pittsburgh and Philadelphia havebattled all season for the top spot(Philadelphia took the top seed byone point), while in the West, every-one is trying to knock off the jugger-naut that is the Detroit Red Wings.Who will win? Do you care? If so,check out the EA Sports Super-Duper HL Playoffs Breakdown.

Western ConferenceHow good are the St. Louis

Blues since picking up Wayne Gret-zky? Not that good, really. TheGreat One is still a masterful passer(the Magic Johnson of hockey,catchy, huh?), but the Blues don'thave enough scorers to go far,

Eastern Conference though they should get past Toron-Bruins fans have something to to.

cheer about; their team has made tbe For the Chicago Blackhawks toplayoffs for the 29th straight season, get past Calgary, they really need toa professional sports record. Even have Jeremy Roenick at fullbetter, the B's are playing their best strength. Without Roenick, Chicagohockey at the end of the season is forced to rely on Ed Belfour, who(13-3-2 in their last 18 games). tends to be less than stellar in bigBetter still, they get to pI y the games. Fortunately for the Hawks,-- - - --- - - - --- - --- - - - - - .- - - .. - .... _. - - - -

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Erik Balsley '96, Chris Liu '98,John Gambino '96,~Qarrett Shook'97, and Jean Paul Folch '97 bow)got off to a slow start, falling behindat the early stages of the r ceo Irineocalled a key 20 with about 700meters dow , pulling away fromCoast Guard. The boat came awaywith the victory, winning by 8.5seconds.

The freshmen boat raced next,but despite being the faster crew,they fell to Coa~t Guard by nine

s.eeded fourth, easily beat her oppo-,nent 6-1, 6-1 to advance to thel 'I •

semifinals. Humphrey played solid-'ly but lost in three sets, 6-2, 4-6,.7-5: Ramnath had a tough day, los- .'"ing 6-3, 6-2, and Kringer coujd.nol ,-convert on a 5-4 le~d in the secondset as she lost 6-3, 7-5. DeSouza,playing in yet another 3-setter, lost7-5,2-6,6-3.

Doubles play followed as Mat-suzaki and Ramnath ousted the sec-ond seed easily 6-3, 6-3 to advanceto the semifinals. However,Humphrey and Mislowsky were 'J

denied a trip to the final four as theylost 6-3, 6-2. In their semifinalmatch, Matsuzaki and Ramnathwere stopped with a tough 6-3, 6-2loss.

On Sunday, Matsuzaki play'edher semifinal match in the morning:Her focus carried her through astraight set 6-4, 6-2 win over 14th-.ranked player in the country, puttingher into the finals. However, she gotslaughtered 6-1, 6-1 by a Division Iplayer in the final match.

The team faces Harvard Univer-sity junior varsity on :Tuesday, TuftsUniversity on Wednesday, andBowdoin College ~n Thursday.

UPCOMING HOME EVEN'TSFriday, :4.pril 19Baseball vs. Albertus Magnus College, 3:30 p.m .Softball vs. Clark University, 3:00 p.m. .

aturday April 20Men's Heavyweight Crew vs. Princeton & Harvard, 9:00 a.m .Men's Lightweight Crew vs. Harvard & Dartmouth, II :00 a.m.Golf vs. Worcester P~lytechnic Institute, 1:00 p.m.Women's Lacrosse vs. Mount Holyoke College, I :00 p.m.

unday, pril 21Varsity Sailing at Match Race Invitational, 9:30 a.m.

onday, April 22 .Baseball vs. Clark: University, 3:30 p.m.Men's Tennis VS. Dartmouth, 4:00 p.m.Golf vs. Bentley College & Boston & ortheastern Universities,

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and Assistant Coach Una-MayO'Reilly guided their six players toplaying some exciting tennis.

. Match play started on Fridayevening. Carol Matsuzaki '96 andSeetha Ramnath '96 were givenbyes for their first round matches.Meanwhile, Angela Mislowsky '99,Nora Humphrey '98), Sarah Kringer, 97, ~nd Mary DeSouza ' 99 alltarted their first round matches.

AI~hough Mislowsky was unableto get any rhythm going, all the oth-ers came away with good wins.Humphrey completely demolishedher opponent with a 6-0, 6-0 win.Kringer a]so had a quick 6-0, 6-2win, and DeSouza won in three sets6-3, 1-6,6-4.

Later on Friday night, doublesplay commenced, with all threeteams having first round matches.Matsuzaki and Ramnath won with a6-7, 6-2, 7-6 victory. Humphreyand Mislowsky played a stellarmatch and won 6-3, 6-1. Play con-tinued past midnIght as Kringer andDeSouza lost a tough match 7-6,3-6,7-6.

Tournament play resumed earlySaturday morning with secondround singles matches. Matsuzaki,

By John Gambino'and Robin GreenwoodTEAM MEMBERS

The lightweight men's crewteam had a strong showing this pastweekend with victories over theCoast Guard Academy and The Col-Jege of The Holy Cross.

On Saturday, MIT hosted CoastGuard on the Charles River. .Racingconditions were fast with a tailwindand slight chop. The first boat (fromstern to bow: Joe Irineo '98 cox,Phil Hinz '96 stroke, Irving Birm-ingham '96, John Bustemonte '98,

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Naomi Stone '96 tags out a Smith College batter at first, but to little ';Ivall: MIT lost, 14-2.

The women's tennis team trav-eled to Middlebury, Vermont thispast weekend to compete in the sev-enth Annual Middlebury Tourna-ment.

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By Carol MatsuzaklTEAM MEMBER

Women Play in TenniS Tourney'

with 4'8" as well as fifth in the longjump with a leap -of 15'5". In thetriple jump, Rachel VanBuren '99placed fifth (31 '5.5"), and in thehigh jump she was sixth. KristenPrinn '99 placed eighth in the longjump, and Cristy Kalb '97 andTheresa Bruianek '99 added depthby participating in all three jumpingevents.

The team's success continuedonto the track as the 4x 100 relay ofChen, icole Sang '99, Prinn,andShawn Atlow '97 sprinted to third.

In individual competition, Chenplaced sixth in the 100m dash, earn-ing herself a berth in the ECACChampionships. Also qualifying forthis meet was Janis Eisenberg '98.inthe 3000m with a time of 10:59.Eisenberg also placed second in ahard-fought 1500m, 'finish'ing in5:05. The other scoring distancerunner was Robin Evans '99 whofinished sixth in the 800m.

The 100m hurdlers scored manypoints as they earned four out of thetop eight places. Prinn paced thegroup with a fourth place (18.04),fohowed by Kalb (18.10), Bruianek(18.32), and VanBuren (18.33).Kalb rounded olit a busy afternoonby scoring in the 400m hurdles witha time of 1:18.48.

The end of the meet was espe-cially exciting as the team scram-bled together relays and narrowedthe score. The 4x400m te'am ofCorina Serna '99, Kalb, Sang, andEvans placed fourth, and the4x800m team of Eisenberg, Buri-anek, Rebecca Metrick '98, andSerna was also fourth, bringing the.team's score to 76 points. .

"Something I'll never forget wasthe effort turned in by Serna, volun-

• teering to run in back-to-'backrelays," Assistant Coach PaulSlavinsky said.

. Although the team was stillbehind Bates at this point, the shotput results moved the score up to.82.5 points to edge out Bates with a .2.5 point margin. .

"The coaches were extremelyproud of the way the women per-formed against such high-calibercompetition. Each and every one ofthem gave it all they had for theteam," Slavinsky said.

The team will have a chance toadd more victories to its record asthe season continues with the Fitch-burg Invitational on Saturday.

throughout the entire race. It is real-ly great that we are starting to pull ittogether a a team thi early," heaid.

The second varsity eight had anextremely good race, pulling outduring the second hal f to beatWilliams by two second (6:19.72to 6:21.62). «William was a strongboat, and they rowed an aggres iverace," Cox wain Jason Wertheim'.96 said.

Following the skilled stroke ofDamon MacMillan'9 ,the boat hadan excellent last 500 meters andcame away with a satisfying win.Conn College was 15 second back,at 6:34.5.

The fir t varsity continued to beplagued with a frustrating lack ofspeed. As in the season openeragainst Columbia, their start leftthem a few seats down to Williams.Though they lost some ground overthe middle of the race, they' movedback during the last third of therace.

Though victory seemed possible,they were unable to reach Williams,who won in 6: 11.3 to MIT's 6: 12.2,with Conn at 6:24.7 and WPI at6:46.4. The next race is against Har-vard and Princeton tomorrow.

simultaneously but fared well as theday rushed by.

Jennifer Boyle '96 placed first inthe di cus with a throw of 102'6",third in the shot put in a ew Eng-land Championship Qualifying with.a throw of 33' lIS', and fourth inthe javefin with a throw of 88'4".Boyle topped off her day by qualify-ing to the ~CAC Championships inthe hammer throw with a heave of114'4".

Also placing .in the throwingevents were Marsha ovak '96 inthe discus and, in her first meet,Julie Ruiz '99 in the javelin.

Ruiz and Jennifer Elizando '99made history as the school's firstfemale pole vaulters as they cleared..the bar at 4'7.5".and 6'.5", respec-tively to claim first and second.

In other events, Elaine Chen '99scored fourth place in the high jump

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Vanessa Z. Chan G evades the clutches of the Tufts playerson her way to scoring her second try. MIT won, 22-3.

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By Toby AyerTEAM MEMBER

The men's heavyweight crewhad a largely ucces ful day of rac-ing in Worce ter la t turday. Thefir t fre hmen and the' second var i-ty eight both maintained winningrecords by beating out Williams,Worce ter Polytechnic Institute, andConnecticut College. The fir t var i-ty ju t mis ed William, and thesecond fro h eight, in the same racea their first boat, finished thirdbehind WPI.

ovice coach tuart Schmill ' 6was pleased with the condition ,ince the mild tailwind would make

for fast times. The fir t freshmeneight ea ily walked away from theother crews, fini hing in 6: 19.7, tensecond ahead of WPI. Williamwas 23 second behind (6:42.2) andConn nearly a minute back (7: 17.8).

Bowman Solar Olugebefola '99thought the crew had improved its.technique ince the first race thisspring. "We were more in ync thanfor the race agaipst Columbia," hesaid. •

The second novice eight finishedin 6:35.8, even seconds ahead ofWilliam. Their coxswain, Eric Sit'99, wa enthu ia tic. "We wereable to hold back the Williams crew

By Janis Eisenbergand Robin EvansTEAM MEMBERS

Women's 1rack Does Well at MeetThe women's track team had a

ground-breaking meet on Saturdayat Colby College, highlighted by theperformances of the school's first-ever female pole vaulters. Althoughthe team fost to Colby and BowdoinCollege, they garnered their bigge twin of the ea on over Bates Col-lege.

The team rose to the challenge asthey faced stiff competition fromthese high-quality track teams andachieved many personal best perfor-mances. "In order for a team toimprove it mu t strive for excel-lence. On~y by running againstteams of this caliber is this possi-ble," Head Coach Joe Sousa said.

The field event athletes had ahectic day as many events were held

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