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UA Removes Three Candidates Student-Led Teach-inFrom Freshman Council Ballot Covers New VzewpointBy Brian louxASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Joyce Y. Chung 05 and Kathy H.Li running together for publicitychair, will no longer be able toposter A A boards along the infinitecorridor. Both of thee punishmentsare due to postering violations.

Chang! Lim and Goswami couldtill win on write-in vote .

Alejandro and Chung/ Li remainon the official ballot. Their sanc-tions only apply to ASA-controlledbulletin boards.

"We have no jurisdiction overthe dorms," said Judboard ChairLeah S. Schmelzer '02. Each dormi-tory government controls its ownbulletin boards.

Goswami feels that the decisionwas harsher than it should have been."The decision was overly severe,"she said. "I don't think that my viola-tion of the rules warranted the sanc-tion it received. '" It seemed theywere acting to keep the election fair,

Two ticket have been droppedfrom the official ballot for theClass of 2005 elections, and prob-lems with the voting system causedall votes cast during the first 16hours of online voting to be di -carded.

The Undergraduate AssociationJudicial Review Board decidedThursday to remove Emily I. Chang'05 and IsseI A. Lim '05, co-candi-dates for Social Chair, and ShimaGoswami '05, a candidate for Secre-tary, from the ballot. Judboardfound that Chang, Lim, and Goswa-mi had begun campaigning beforethe time set by the UA.

JudBoard also revoked the rightsof Jesse A. Alejandro '05, a candi-date for Treasurer, to poster on anybulletin boards controlled by theAssociation for Student Activities.

STANLEY HU-THE TECH

Sean P.r. Nolan '03 eyes the finish line in the Codfish BowlInvitational at Franklin park; he finished the 5-mile course In25:32. Although teammate Daniel R. Feldman '02 and Nolanfinished 1-2 In the race, the men's cross country team lost fOrthe first time this season to UMass lowell.

but their ruling was not fair."

oting bug can e 10 totesA glitch on MIT's voting web-

site which led to the 10 s of numer-ous fre hman vote caused theUndergraduate Association ElectionCommission to discard all votefrom the first 16 hours of online vot-ing. Freshman were alerted to thiproblem last night in an e-mail.

, tudents are encouraged toreca t their vote online, or by paperin Lobby lOon Thursday," said UAElection Commissioner Helen H.Lee '02. "Those [whose votes are inquestion] should check to see if theycan acces the voting website. Ifthey cannot, it means their vote haalready been counted."

The glitch was discovered at 3:45p.m. Sunday by Election Commis-sion member Bradley T. Ito '02, whoreceived a large number of com-plaints regarding the voting web site.

"The problem resulted from a cor-rupted database," Ito said. Becausethe vote count could not be assuredlyaccurate, all votes cast before 4 p.m.were invalidated, and a message on<http://vote.mit.edu> asked thosewho voted to do so again.

Roommates Craig J. Rothman'05 and Scott M. Edinburgh 'OS,who are running for Vice Presidentand Treasurer respectively, noticed

By W.S. WangSTAFF REPORTER

MIT students, faculty, and staffgathered in 26-100 for the econd ofsi teach-ins in re pon e to thetragedies in ew York and the Pen-tagon. The only teach-in with a stu-dent-led panel, the focu of thisevent was "international tudentperspectives."

Aimee L. mith G, clad in Mu -lim garb, aid that she i "actingpatriotically in fighting for freedomof religion for everyone." he said

she has found that some others were"not as friendly."

oulaymane Kachani G said"there is an extreme lack of knowl-edge about Islam, Mu lims, andArabs," who are now all beinggrouped with the terrorists.

However, Presley H. Cannady'02 said that "if they want to avoiddiscrimination, they better be 110percent for America, or they will getwhat they de erve."

MIKE LIN-THE TECH

Social justice activist Aimee L. Smith G spoke last night at a Teach-In regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks. The Teach-In, heldin 26-100, focused on international student perspectives.

freshmen and 1500 for upperclass-men. Food ervice operations in thestudent center and elsewhere oncampus would provide food duringthe day, but students would eat din-ner in dormitory dining hall .

"A meal plan is not about mak-ing students to accept what is therenow, but rather giving them theopportunity to experience some-thing completely different - furtheroptions on nutritious food of betterquality," said Ward L. Ganger, din-ing manager.

Student unsure about meal planStudents have mixed opinions on

this proposal. "I like to have theoption to eat whatever I want and beable to cook for my elf," said Zar-

plan is supposed to allow morecompetition among vendors on cam-pus, thu providing more diningoptions for the MIT community.

However, student complaintsarise due to the fear that the planwould cause students, especiallythose who have access to kitchensand prefer to cook for themselves,to spend more money on food theywould necessarily eat.

"There will be some form ofmandatory meal plan on the cam-

MIT to Impose Mandatory Meal PlanStudents Express Concern Over High Cost of Plan, Loss of Choice

Comics OPINION

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Jefferson Parker says that itshould take more rain to driveprotesters away.

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dosht Kasheff '03. "It seems that thenew meal plan does not allow me todo that. However, I'd like to havemore facts before I can make a finaljudgment."

Dormitory Council PresidentMatthew . Cain '02 said that heha not yet decided whether he sup-ports the idea of a mandatory mealplan. While he recognizes the needfor better food service on campus,Cain does not want to force studentsto eat all their meals at dining halls.

"I certainly don't want anythingthat s. going to keep people fromcooking for them elves" he said.However, Cain also said that thequality of the food at MIT dining

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UA Encourages Discussion of Meal Planpus," said UA President Jaime EDevereaux '02. However, the detailsof the issue are still open to discus-sion.

In response to student com-plaints, the UA resolved that MITshould not proceed with their planswithout exten ive feedback fromtudents. In order to facilitate this,

the UA will provide online feedbackform for tudents, as well as a town

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AVegetari-an's Guide tothe MITArea

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By Maral Shamloo

With Aramark's contract comingto an end this June, MIT is onceagain restructuring its dining sys-tem. As announced at a DormitoryCouncil meeting on Thursday night,a meal plan will be required for allstudents living in undergraduatedormitories next year.

"This is a move towards buildingcommunities among students bygiving them the opportunity to dinein a more sociable environment,"said Richard D. Berlin Ill, directorof campus dining services.

Under the plan, all students liv-ing in dormitories will be requiredto pay an up-front fee for dining,which would be around $1900 for

By Aaron Du

The Undergraduate AssociationCouncil pa ed a resolution lastnight asking the administration toacknowledge the complaints voicedby the undergraduate populationregarding the new mandatory mealplan.

The MIT Office of Campus Din-ing announced recently that someform of mandatory meal plan wouldsoon be put into effect. The current

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WORLD & NATIONPakistan Removes RemainingDiplomats From Mghanistan'Ialiban Ambassador pset 0 er uslim a ions Siding with Bush

R bo d r BrutalNEWSDAY

EWYORK

core one for the inve tor. ajor tock averages got up off themat onday for the first time since equity markets reopened ept. 17,bol tered by bargain-hunter su pecting that the bear' pectacularpummeling of the market la t week was overdone.

All three major indexes registered trong gains onday, with theasdaq compo ite index making its bigge t one-day leap ince la t

April. The a daq, which 10 t 16 percent last week ro e 5.33 per-cent, or nearly 76 points to 1 99.11.

The Do Jone Industrial erage which had plunged by 1 .3percent during the first five trading day after the ept. 11 terroristattacks, rose onday by .46 percent, or 367.63, to 603.44. The

tandard Poor' 500 inde climbed 3.9 percent to 1003. .While some market profe ional called onday' rise in tock

price a fluke, other aid tocks may be close to a bottom, and readyto turn up oon. "The mar et has been terribly beaten down to a pointthat i e ce ive, e en given everything that has gone on," aid Jef-frey arantz a mar et trategi t for alomon mith Barney.

ou have buyers aying Enough i enough; it' time to coop upbargains.' ,

By John OaniszewskiLOS ANGELES TIMES

rori m network.Zaeef aid that the Afghan peo-

ple want peace and are praying toBah the almighty that this war

would not happen between the twocountrie of Afghani tan and Amer-ica" and that 'efforts be fruitful" toavoid the conflict.

The ambassador welcomed areport Sunday that the Bush admin-istration plans to make publicevi-dence to support its contention thatbin Laden, who has been harboredby the Taliban since 1996, is themain suspect in the World TradeCenter and Pentagon attacks thathave left more than 6,000 peopledead or missing.

The Taliban leadership previous-ly has maintained that it cannot turnover bin Laden without proof of hisguilt. Zaeef said it was "very goodnews to provide evidence ... Wehave always condemned terrorism."

ghani tan hand over Osama binLaden, a audi militant it con iderthe prime uspe t in the ept. 11attack in ew York and nearWashington, D.C.

The nited rab Emirate ev-ered relations with the Taliban overthe weekend.

t a new conference held on thelawn of one of the Taliban' lastfunctioning embassies, Zaeef urgedMuslim countries to stop aiding theUnited States and instead use theirinfluence to help prevent a war.

'Before extending cooperationand support to America, they shouldcome forward and create an envi-ronment of understanding. ... Thisissue can be solved and it is up tothe Muslim countries," Zaeefdeclared referring to the U.S.demand that Afghanistan uncondi-tionally surrender bin Laden anddismantle the Saudi militant's ter-

The Pakistani governmentannounced onday that it hadrecalled the la t of it diplomaticofficers from fghani tan in a movethat add to the Taliban regimegrowing international i elation.

In view of the abnormal situa-tion and the ecurity of our person-nel they ere withdrawn over theweekend. They are all in Pakistan,"Foreign Mini try poke man Riaz

ohammed Khan said, adding thatabout 12 diplomats had been pulledout.

The Taliban ambassador to Pak-istan bdul alam Zaeef, soundedaggrieved onday that Pakistan andother Muslim nations have sidedwith the Bu h administration inefforts to combat terrorism. TheUnited tates is demanding that

Quiet Period Shattered by JihadAmbush on Israeli Conple

THE BALTIMORE SUNJERU ALEM

Until dawn onday, truce ta between I rael and the Pale tinianuthority seemed as if they might finally take place. 0 guns had

been fired by either side for 12 hours. I raeli Prime inister Arielharon even acknowledged the possibility that the Pale tinians would

one day have their own state.That period of hope ended shortly after dawn when Palestinian

gunmen ambushed a car in the Jordan Valley, killing an Israeliwoman and wounding her husband. The militant group Islamic Jihad,which oppo es talks between the two sides claimed re ponsibility forthe attack.

The cea e-fire meeting that was canceled on Sunday by Israelhours before it was about to take place was canceled yet again Mon-day.

Official said uch a meeting is now unlikely before late Thurs-day the end of Yom Kippur the Jewish Day of tonement thatbegins at sundown Wednesday. Sharon said through a spokesmanthat the 4 hours of' ab olute quiet" that he has said must precedeany meeting between Foreign Minister himon Peres and Palestinianleader Yas er Arafat had to tart again from zero.

Annan Urges Larger UN RoleInStruggle Against TerrorismBy Colum LynchTHE WASHINGTON POST

works in Afghanistan or elsewherewould be the start of an open-endedcampaign that could provoke amajor rift between Muslim countriesand the West .

"Responding appropriately tothis vicious onslaught is indeed avital task," Annan said. "Let ustherefore respond to it in a way thatstrengthens international peace andsecurity by cementing the tiesamong nations, and not subjectingthem to new strains."

A senior State Department offi-cial said Monday the United Stateswelcomes a more active U.N. roleas long as it does not interfere withAmerica's right to use military forceagainst terrorists.

"We are working with othercountries on a resolution that couldstop the financing of terrorists," theofficial said. "On the other hand, wedon't think we need any further-authorization for what we may haveto do to get at the people that mur-dered American citizens."

The effort to place the U.N. at

the center of the anti-terrorism cam-paign comes less than two weeksafter the I5-nation Security Counciladopted a resolution: expressing itsreadiness to "take all necessarysteps" to respond to the attacks. TheBush administration has interpretedthe resolution, passed Sept. 12, theday after the attacks on the WorldTrade Center and the Pentagon, as ablank check for military action.

Despite initial calls for addition-al U.N. approval for U.S. militaryaction by some countries, diplomatshere said the Security Council isresigned to the fact that the UnitedStates will respond to the attacks asit sees fit. But many of the UnitedNation's key members, fearful of abroader U.S. military campaignagainst terrorists around the globe,have since pressed for a greaterU.N. role in shaping the response.

. European Union leaders said at asummit Friday that the SecurityCouncil resolution provided theUnited States with the legal backingfor using force.

U. . Secretary General KofiAnnan urged the United States tooffer a measured response to theattacks against New York andWashington and to enlist the sup-port of the United ations for a"long-term struggle against terror-i m."

Annan's comments Monday, in amajor address to the 189-nationGeneral Assembly, reflected grow-ing support within the world body,including among some of Washing-ton' sallies to increase the United

ation's role in the battle againstterrorism.

Annan stopped short of callingon the United States to seek U. .Security Council approval for mili-tary reprisals against accused terror-ist mastermind Osama bin Ladenand his supporters. But his call forcaution reflected growing concernamong U. . members that a U.S.military strike against terrorist net-

Taliban Battles Foes in the NorthEWSDAY

ISLAMABAD, PAKIST

Rockets and artillery set homes ablaze in northern Afghanistanonday as Taliban troops battled the Afghan opposition.The civil war between the orthern lliance, which represents

Afghanistan's internationally recognized government, and the Tal-iban militia, which controls 90 percent of the country, has intensifiedas the United States readie for po ible military action.

In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin announced that his countrywill increase its support of the Afghan oppo ition and is prepared tosupply it with weapons and military equipment but not troops.

The Taliban regime meanwhile, continued to claim that it did notknow the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, who is reported to havemade a statement exhorting followers to stay "steadfast on the path ofjihad" or holy war.

The statement reportedly signed by bin Laden on Sunday, wasprovided to Qatar's Al-Jazeera satellite channel, which the exiled

audi multimillionaire often uses to talk with the outside world.

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Russia Vows to Give SupportTo Rebel Forces inAfghanistan

Mayor Closes Door on HopesOf Finding More Survivors

LOS ANGELES TIMESNEW YORK

Gently clo ing the door on hopes of finding any more urvivors,ew York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani on onday announced that

the city would begin a isting the families of World Trade Centervictims with the nece ary court paperwork to have their loved onesdeclared dead. In making the announcement Giuliani acknowledgedfor the first time ince the September 11 terrorist attacks that chancesare virtually nil that any of the 6,543 people listed as mis ing are stillalive in the rubble.

, I believe it is certainly time to say the chances of finding anyonewould now involve a miracle," Giuliani said at his daily news brief-ing." iracles have happened, but it would be unfair to offer anybroad hope to people."

Meanwhile, ew York Gov. George Pataki on Monday signed anexecutive order streamlining court procedures for victims' families toget death certificates, as well as payouts from life insurance policiesand government benefits.

The moves in ew York and Albany mark a major psychologicalturn in the rescue efforts at the World Trade Center site, where recov-ery has been painstakingly low. So far, only 276 people have beenconfirmed dead, 206 of whom have been identified.

By Susan B. GlasserTHE WASHINGTO POST

Monday night peech, howev-er, clarified Russia's po ition on anunprecedented .. military pres-ence in former Soviet entral Aia.While Putin did not explicitlyendor e the u e of Central Asia as astaging area for an as ault on

fghanistan, he said his positionwas shared by Central ian leadersand that they 'do not rule out' useof their air base .

Despite much debate it wasfinally agreed that Ru sia is notgoing to confront the leaders ofCentral A ian states" if they chooseto cooperate with the United State ,said Grigory Yavlinsky, a parlia-mentary leader who attended aclosed-door briefing by Putin beforethe speech.

fter private consultations withadvi ers and Pre ident Bush Putinpelled out a relati ely restricted

role for Ru ia. He offered use ofRussian air pace for humanitarianflight expressed readiness to takepart in " earch and rescue opera-tions" resulting from any Afghanconflict, and vowed to share intelli-gence about international terroristgroups and their locations.

At the same time, he made clearRussia remains wary of militaryin olvement in a new Afghanistanbattle little more than a decade afterthe oviet Union's defeat there.'Other, deeper forms of coopera-tion" are possible, he said, withoutelaborating on what additional stepsRussia would consider.

MO em

President Vladimir Put inpledged onday night to tep upRussia's military upport for oppo-ition force inside Afghanistan and

gave tacit approval for the nitedStates to use former Soviet air basesin Central Asia as part of any retal-iatory strikes.

In a televi ed speech pronounc-ing Russia "ready to contribute tothe fight against terror" Putinvowed to send more weapons andbadly needed equipment toAfghanistan's orthern Alliance,which has been battling the rulingTaliban regime that is suspected ofharboring Osama bin Laden.

Many Hijackers Were SaudisDedicated to Islamic CausesTaliban Takeovers Inhibit UN Aid,

Mghan Militia Mobilizes Thousands THE WASHINGTON POST

As many as a dozen of the 19 suicide hijackers who inflictedAmerica's worst terrorist attack were young Saudis dedicated to fight-ing for Islamic causes, the majority of them with roots in a remote,southwestern region of their country that has been a center of reli-gious dissent, according to a U.S. government official and experts onSaudi Arabia.

ix of the men, mostly in their twenties, left their homes in thepast two years, telling their families they were going to fight withMuslim rebels in the breakaway Russian province of Chechnya,according to Saudi newspaper reports.

Many of the hijackers appear to have come from the isolated,poverty- tricken provinces of Asir and Baha, a stronghold of tradi-tional beliefs and distrust of the central Saudi government. In severalinstances, family member reported that they had grown increasinglypious before leaving home.

Since the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center and thePentagon, a good deal has become known about how the hijackersblended into American society, studied at flight schools and movedaround the United States. In a few cases, the trail has led back to Ger-many and Egypt.

Meanwhile, a statement attrib-uted to bin Laden, the prime suspectin the terrorist attacks in ew Yorkand Washington on Sept. 11, urgedMuslims in Pakistan to fight a holywar against "America' crusaderforces" that are preparing to strikehis bases in Afghanistan, accordingto an Arab television broadcast.

TaJiban officials said they weredispatching 300,000 fighters todefend Afghanistan's borders, a fig-ure Western officials and analystscalled a gross exaggeration. TheTaliban is estimated to have about45,000 fighters, 20,000 of whom arefighting the opposition orthernAlliance, with the rest probably tak-ing up defensive positions against a,Possible U.S. strike" analysts said.

its diplomats out of fghanistan.Pakistan had been one of onlythree nations to formally recognizethe Taliban as Afghanistan's legiti-mate government; Sunday, theUnited Arab Emirates severed tieswith the Taliban, and Saudi Arabiareportedly is considering a imilarmove.

In another blow to the Taliban,which has harbored bin Laden forfive years, Russian PresidentVladimir Putin said his governmentwill increase its assistance toAfghan opposition forces, and hegave tacit approval for former Sovi-et republics in Central Asia to givethe United States access to airfieldsand military bases for a potentialstrike on A~ghanis~.

By Rajiv ChandrasekaranTHE WASHINGTON POST

I LAMABAD, PAKISTAN

With a U.S. military strikeagainst Afghanistan appearingincreasingly likely, the country'sruling Taliban militia said Mondaythat it had mobilized thousands offighters to guard its borders. At thesame time, U. . officials said theTaliban had taken over several aidagency offices, severely impedingmost humanitarian relief operationsin the country.

1 Here in Islamabad, a ForeignMinistry official said Monday thatPakistan, which has pledged tosupport the United States in itsefforts to capture alleged terroristOsama bin Liden, has pulled all of- , ,

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September 25,2001

ClashOf the Titans

hay Patil

Tonight my dorm i holding an armwrestling competition and I know of no betterway to make me feel like a puny, insignificantweakling.

ure, whenever I go to work out, it doe n'thelp to walk into the room and find orne gar-gantuan male with bicep the size of ontanacurling what appear to be the GreenBuilding. I've gotten u ed to the fact that thereare people in thi world who can bench-prestwice my weight, while I till remember theec tatic euphoria of benching 135 lbs. for thefirst time in my life like it wa la t week,which, strangely enough, is when I benched135 lbs. for the first time.

What makes the arm wrestling tournamenteven scarier is the fact that I qualify as a"heavyweight." It's not that I don't considermyself heavy - I had to spend my summertrying to shed my freshman 9 - but setting155 as the cutoff for the divisions seems a bitunfair. I'm not that much over, and an annoy-ingly significant amount of that weight can beattributed to parts of me that make me feellike the Pillsbury Doughboy. In my humbleopinion, a much better division criteria wouldbe "muscle t-shirt" vs. "baggy-I-hope-my-gut-doesn't-show-from-under-this-t-shirt." Thenwe'd get some fair play.

Not that I'd have much better luck in the"lightweight" division. But at least it wouldn'thurt as much. Plus, there's something less ego-crushing about being getting beaten by Mr. Tthan by Mini-Me on steroids. Let's not forget

Sure, whenever I go to workout, it doesn't help to walk into

the room and find somegargantuan male with bicepsthe size of Montana curling

what appears to be the GreenBuilding. I've gotten used to thefact that there are people in this

world who can bench presstwice my weight.

the fact that competing would be like a slothcrossing the Indy 500 speedway in terms ofpossible bodily harm. I can just imagine mymaiming defeat:

Announcer #1: "Well folks, welcome to theFirst Annual Next House Arm Wrestling Tothe Death Competition. It looks like a festivecrowd here in the Tastefully FurnishedLounge, awaiting an entertaining hour ofhumiliation, torture, and certain pain."

Announcer #2: "I agree Jim, the fans arelooking particularly bloodthirsty tonight. Oh,it looks like the tournament is beginning. Thefirst match of the tonight is in the heavyweightdivision, where we have Akshay Patil againstwhat appears to be The Incredible Hulk."

Announcer #1: "Whatever it is, it definitelylooks like a rather muscular mean green fight-ing machine. Akshay certainly has his workcut out for him."

Announcer #2: "The referee has just blownhis whistle ... And it would appear that notonly has the Hulk already won, but he hasripped off Akshay's right arm in the process.That looks pretty painful Jim."

Announcer #1: "That it does. Oh my! Itnow seems that The Incredible Hulk hasdecided to eat Akshay alive."

Announcer #2: "Ouch. He'll be feeling thatone tomorrow."

Faced with the threat of almost certain dis-memberment, I'm proud to say that I'vedecided to relinquish my manhood and notcompete. The competition hasn't happened,and already I feel like a worthless humanbeing. My chances of winning are null, non-existent, not even countable. The probabiJitythat I'd even make it past the first round are nobetter than those of finding a llama inAntarctica. Yet, for some reason, I feel likeI'm chickening out of something.

Tonight, I think I shall content myself withwatching the gladiatorial combat- from thestands. From there I can content myself byknowing that I have avoided the disgrace andpain that I shall see before me. But it will belittle comfort as I nurse the shattered remnantsof my manliness.

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Where's Your NextMeal Coming From?

1Oday~ declining balance system is quiteconvenient, and itsflexibility suits our varied

schedules and eating preierences almost peifectly.The problems with the present system are the

limitations on where the card can be used.

Roy Esaki

Enough has probably been written, forthe time being, about the terrorist bombingsand our reactions. Allow last one plug formonetary donations; in his delivery to thenation last Thursday, President Bush sug-gested a website, <www.libertyunites.org>,for a comprehensive list of venues throughwhich one may contribute. It's worth a look.Also worth a look is an issue of lesser, butstill significant magnitude: that of MITDining's planned establishment of a manda-tory meal plan. It's a policy that will certain-ly have a very far-reaching and permanentimpact on students, in both the extent towhich it influences everyday life and thenumber of students it concerns.

Passions wiJI surely be redirected fromu.s. foreign policy to the meal plan, andmuch will be ardently written in these pagesin the upcoming weeks as people argue overthe pros and cons of such a plan. As studentfeedback and responses will determinewhich of the various packages and counter-proposals is finally implemented, it is imper-ative that all students actively voice theiropinion on the matter.Here is one possibleopinion on the matter.

It's not positive tohave one's way of lifeforcibly changed.Today's declining bal-ance system is quiteconvenient, and its flexi-bility suits our widelyvaried schedules andeating preferencesalmost perfectly. Theproblems with the present system are thelimitations on where the card can be used,and the poor value of Aramark food. Thenew plan should definitely allow the cardto be used in more locations, most impor-tantly La Verde's, and it should make thefood a better deal.

However, we must carefully scrutinizethe argument that increased competitionamong food service providers and a guaran-tee of a consistent market for retailers willdefinitely improve the quality and value ofmeals. If meals must be consumed at a limit-ed number of dining locations, regardless of

the range of options or of the value of thefood, then there may not be that great anincentive for the quality to improve, even ifthere is a requirement to provide sub-fivedollar "value meal."

There's also a fundamental inequity in amandatory plan, even if exceptions are grant-ed to cultural houses and to Random Hall.Firstly, and most importantly, if we were toprepay for blocks of meals, I would have toget out of my room and walk out of my dormto eat at one of the dining halls. The new planalso denies people the ability to eat off cam-pus frequently. Even if people who cook ontheir own for health, recreational, or economicreasons could buy groceries on the meal plan,this precludes purchases at cheaper, more var-ied stores not covered by the plan - a frus-trating inconvenience.

Perhaps the most significant factor is thecost. The minimum cost may be much higherthan the amount that a student currentlyspends or could afford. The cost of the cur-rent proposals is in the range of 3,000 dol-lars, and it seems this amount would beexcessive and burdensome for most. A pub-lic, readily understood pecuniary analysiswould certainly be in order.

There is a cogent "Statement AgainstMandatory Dining" being circulated nowwhich poses many of the same arguments asabove. The abilities of the various studentleaders, such as those on the UndergraduateAssociation Committee on Student Life, willbe tested by the process of deciding thefuture of our meal plan; reconciling theopinions of a diverse student body is alwaysa formidable task. We should not let com-mittees and a few select vanguards dictatepolicies, however, and it falls on each stu-dent to figure out where his next meal iscoming from.

TowerPosterKnifed

An AnonymousAttack On Free Debate

Guest Columntuart McGillivray

A roll of paper under the MIT dome hasbecome perhaps the mo t controversial itemon campus. Established as a way to let stu-dents express their feelings over the attac in

ew York, it has evolved into a written ver-sion of the political bully pulpit. I welcomethis as a healthy way to discover the thoughtsof fellow students.

I expected that the di cussion would turn alittle raucous at times. However, several peo-

The terrorists soughtto attack U . values; removing

anothers ideasfrom a publicplace is an attack onfree speech.

ple have crossed the line of even the loosestdefinition of decency. One, in particular, creat-ed a large hole in the scroll by cutting outsome text they presumably opposed.

In perpetrating this act, some individualhas chosen to side with the World TradeCenter attackers. This may seem like a strongaccusation, but consider the similarities inintent, though hardly in scope. The terroristssought to attack U.S. values; removing anoth-er's ideas from a public place is an attack onfree speech, the first and most fundamentaltenet of the Bill of Rights. The terroristswanted to bring fear and uncertainty to theUnited States; likewise, those who now writeon the board cannot be sure their prose wiJJsurvive. Finally, the terrorists acted by sur-prise, never publicly revealing their motive;the person who removed the text from thescroll revealed neither their identity nor theirreason.

Overseas, such action would not be a bigissue. However, it is a particularly harsh blowhere, since the U.S. is perhaps the only FirstWorld country that has continued to defend itsvalues. It is easy to miss the worth of U.S.resolve unless contrasted. As a European citi-zen, I am constantly ashamed of the vulnera-bility of Europe's national leaders, submittingto the often-ludicrous demands of the United

ations, a body dominated by legions of dic-tatorships, monarchies, and pseudo-democra-cies.

With the U.S. expending great financial andpolitical capital to protect free speech and indi-vidual rights, it is an indignity that certain U.S.residents or citizens undermine those same val-ues. I am ashamed to share a campus with them.

Stuart McGillivray is a graduate student inthe Engineering Systems Division.

If Even Rain Deters You ...Guest Column

Jefferson Parker

I would like to relay my thoughts on a per-sonally disturbing event that I witnessed theother night. I was heading to the T station inHarvard Square at the "pit" entrance. On thebenches outside the station, a peace demonstra-

Rain should never break upa demonstration. If you leave

when it rains, what aboutwhen the police show up?

tion was being held. There were probably 50-60people ranging from their late teens to earlytwenties gathered around a young man whocheered about how war won't solve anything inthe fight against terrorism; don't slaughter theinnocents, etc. This is all fine and good, but thatdidn't bother me. What bothered me was the

rain. OK, it was actually a stiff driz- dzle, but that is not the point. Therewas water falling from the sky.

What bothered me was thedemonstrators leaving. Since I am dnot telepathic any more, I can onlyassume they were leavingbecause it was raining.They left the demon-stration for whichthey had gotten dressedup in their peace sign stickersand had made their glitter-coatedsigns on multicolored poster board, becauseit was raining. Raining water from the kyo

I was bothered and maybe even angeredby this because rain is prettyharmless. OK,it makes non-colorfast dyes run,but that isn't so terrible. Itshouldn't fade your resolve ona matter that is important toyou. It shouldn't make youleave something that youbelieve in, like peace, or war,or freedom of speech, or your right to eatmarshmallows.

Rain shouldn't break up a demonstration.ot now, not ever. So I ask you, and the

demonstrators who went home,A and the demonstrators who got

(J wet, and the readers, and I especial-ly ask myself:

d what will it taketo make you go

home? Will youleave when it rains?

How about when itsnows, because it

does that some-d times around here.I might head in

during a or' easter;let's face it, anumbrella just won't dothe trick then. Whatabout when the police

show up? What if they bring dogs, andsticks, and shields and the plastic handcuffsthat cut into your skin because there are toomany people to use the pinching metal ones?What if they come with gas?

What if they come with guns? Will you gohome, or will you stay and stand up for whatyou believe is right?

Jefferson Parker is a graduate student inthe Department of Biology.

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THE ARTSRESTAURANT REVIEW

Island HoppingIsland Hopper offers diverse cuisinesBy Winnie YangSTAFF WRITER

Island Hopper91 Massachusetts Avenue(61 ~ 266-1618

M...alaysia's population is remarkablydiverse, and its cuisine very muchreflects the influence of the

alay Indians, Chine eEura ians and variou other peoples who callthe country home. I learned a little about thiscountry from a few natives who accompaniedme on a recent isit to Island Hopper, the newSouth Pacific restaurant on Ma sachusettsAvenue. Profe sed regulars, my companionswere eager to confirm the authenticity of theofferings here - which also include inga-pore an, Indonesian, Burmese, Thai, and Viet-name e specialties.

Just three months old, Island Hopper iseager to please. The interior is warm andinviting: colorful Indonesian shadow pup-pets give the dining room an exotic flavor,while the multicolored lamps suspendedfrom the ceiling add a touch of IKEA.Though the formica tables are cheerless, thebar is pleasant enough. The waitstaff is quitefriendly and accommodating, if a little inex-perienced.

We began with the roti Island Hopper,their take on roti canai, a light, crispy, andpuffy crepe accompanied accompanied by asmall crock of tasty chicken curry. Sotonggoreng is the Southeast Asian version of cala-mari, and here it is a marked improvementover its Western cousin: a light, tempura-Iike

batter oating each tender,slightly spicy piece of quid.I preferred the ambal chiledipping sauce at the tableover the pepper and dicedonion auce that came withthe dish. The e dishe areboth commonly old by streetvendors in alaysia, andwere definitely the best partof our meal, deeply sati fyingin their avory simplicity -Asian comfort food, indeed.

The drinks, however,weren't all that impre sive;the limeade lacked the ze ti-ness of Ph6 Pasteur's ver-sion, and the 'awesome pas-sion' mango moothie wasrather unmemorable. Bothwere cloyingly sweet.

For the main course, the Island Hopper is located at 91 Massachusetts Avenue.Kari chicken didn't quitemeasure up to the more robust curry thatcame with the roti canai; it was a bit on thebland side. The chicken, however, wascooked properly - not overly dry, as it tendsto be at many Indian restaurants in the area.Unfortunately, the chunks of potato wereslightly overcooked, and consequently, ratherdry and mealy. I found the grilled salmondish underwhelming; it was dense, salty, andfishy and reminded me somewhat of Goose-beary's. I'm a strong believer in using a lighthand with salmon to preserve the rich, fleshytexture and clean flavors inherent in a reallyfresh fish. The kangkung, a green leafy veg-

etable known also as water convolvulu , wastasty auteed in belacan, a pungent shrimppaste. The char kueh teow was excellent, thebest of the entrees. These flat rice noodleswith shrimp, squid, egg and bean prouts stir-fried in a soy sauce base are authentic andcomforting. The Thai-style pineapple friedrice didn't suffer from the oiliness and salti-ness that plague so many other versions offried rice in the area. Tangy pineapple chunkslent a welcome bit of island flavor to the scal-lops and shrimp, while the cashews added apleasant crunch. The dish would probablywork better with a different rice grain, as the

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texture of the jasmine rice suffered from theadditional cooking. Island Hopper also offersversions of ph6 noodle soup pad thai, andudon noodles, as well as sundry Chineserestaurant tandards.

For dessert, the fried ice cream was satis-fying but not particularly in piring. I wasreally surpri ed to see creme brulee at the topof the dessert menu, but the server recom-mended it with such enthusiasm that it mightbe worth trying on a return visit. With suchrea onable prices (main courses run about 8to 15) and superb food, a return visit will beinevitable.

Being Good:A ShortIntroduction to EthicsFinding Standards to Live by

Most books on ethics resembleKant's writing: dense in words,but not in meaning. It's hard tounderstand what authors are ay-

ing, and when you occasionally do, itbecomes obvious that the reward wasn't real-ly worth the effort.

For those who are interested in ethics, itis better to start off with books like BeingGood: A Short Introductin to Ethics bySimon Blackburn, a ,..------------ .......--------,professor of philoso-phy at the Universityof Cambridge.Blackburn knowsKant and all his styl-istic followers; behas read the count-Ies pages in whichthese philosophersinvented new lan-guages to conveytheir genius, and hehas skillfully com-pressed their ideasinto an accessible lit-tle volume just over .~~~~z:r::::=-_........:...,;.;.;....:.....:.___ ..,.:;._--'one hundred pageslong.

Being Good introduces answers for peoplewho dare to ask "Why be good?", and di cuss-es the elas ic views of Plato, Aristotle, Kant,and Hume. He also addresses what Blackburncall "threats to ethic ." The e threats includerelativi m, skepticism, nihili m, challenges tofree will, and altruism. He dismis es the argu-ment that "I'm not responsible for my actionsbecause my gene made me do it" by e posingthe patent fallacy of genetic determinism. sfor egoism Blackburn demonstrate that it isbased on a meaningle interpretation of self-interest that implies every voluntary act as, bydefinition selfish. Of course, you can find these

By Izzat JarudiSTAFF WRiTER

Being Good: A Short Introduction to EthicsBy Simon BlackburnPublished by Oxford University Press$1 .95

refutations elsewhere, including books by evo-lutionary theorists. Blackburn's book, howev-er, manages to address all of these threats toethics in a concise and convincing manner.

After discussing his refutations of threats toethics, Blackburn does not explain his reasonsfor maintaining a code of ethics. Instead, heinserts a potpourri of ethical ideas that he thinksare important to mention. The list of topics inthis ection includes birth, death, desire and themeaning of life, pleasure, the greatest happine sof the greatest number freedom from the bad,freedom and paternalism, and rights and naturalrights. Blackburn also touches upon a numberof practical ethical issue , including topics likeabortion and euthanasia and offers a thought ortwo on each debate. However, this whole sec-tion, though 'persuasive and perceptive, is adigression from his aim of setting the founda-

tions of ethics.Blackburn's

writing style shiftsin these chapters.Without the struc-tured discussion ofthe previous sec-tion, his stylebecomes a little tooloose and informalfor a precise analy-sis of ethical top-ics. He also didnot have much tosay about themeaning of life,except to quotewhat Hume

ob erved about a cynical attitude toward life:"It is no way to make yourself useful or agree-able to others."

Blackburn redeems himself in the finalsection of the book where he regains hisfocus on the foundations of ethics. Heshow a great deal of subtlety in his analysisof the ethical theorie , revealing how each ofthem have flaws. Yet he never replacesthem with hi own "Grand Unifying Theo-ry. ' The message of his book is that there isno ingle' reason" for why we should begood, but at least we should consider whatwe should do, and know that we all have andneed some standards to live by.

THE ARTStheir ans, Penn i e i known for seeking album.methods of eeping their tic et and mer- The title tra " L nd of the Free?",chandi e rea on bly priced. Thi in lude bring up th que tion of ju t how free wegoing 0 far foregoing the vendor at the r lly are. Like a bat to the ace thi album

arped Tour and selling their merchandi e i designed to grab attention. ith line Ii eout ide of the venue. They have never even "a olotov ocktail, freedom ill prevail'had a manager or ta en a meeting with any thi r cord is g ared toward action. It' anlarger record labels. In 199 , P nny i e emotional plea with the citizen 0 Americaturned down an offer to play the main tage to top standing idly by while greed takeat Lollapalooza becau e the tic t pric was over our country. They peak out again t

P ennywi e is back with their eventh too high. ore recently, fifteen fan ere groups a diver e as the orId Trade Orga-album on Epitaph Record Land of randomly cho en by the band to ing back- nization and evangelists who are "richerthe Free? Jim Lindberg (vocal , up vocals on a tra for Land of the Free. than God.'Fletcher Dragge (guitar , Randy ery ew band give a high a priority to Pennywi e leave no corrupted tone

Bradbury (bass, and Byron c ac in their fan a Pennywise does and their fans unturned. ot to be mi under tood thi(drums) always deliver hard-hitting ener- remain loyal for thi reason. album i not about negativity, but aboutgetic rock, and thi album i no e ception. Land of the Free i a traight-up pun realizing the potential the people have toLand of the Free pulls no punche , and that' rock album. 0 gimmick or synthesizer, enact change in thi country. Questioningjust the way the fans like it. It is clas ic Pen- ju t fa t guitar and politically charged the government big bu iness and organizednywise, and true to the spirit of punk roc . lyric . It' a formula that' tood the te t of religion, Pennywise belie e in the power of

Pennywise wa formed in 19 by Lind- time, and it works. It doe n't deviate too far rou ic to change the world. This is freeberg, Dragge, c ackin and the late from the standard punk-rock ound whi h peech in action, a soundtrack for civilbassist Jason Thir k. In a time when grunge mayor may not be a good thing, depending prote t and political activi m. Withtrongwas king and irvana ruled the orld, Pen- on taste . The fIT tingle from the album, mu ic and equally trong word Land of thenywise strove to make their mar a a pun 'Fuc uthority i a pretty good indicator Free doe not di appoint. Hypo rites, capi-band with an optimistic me sage. Their fir t of what li in ide the pIa tic asing of thi tali t and politician need not apply.album Word from the ~--------------""';"----"";;'--------'-';;'-------"';;";;;"";;'---.,Wise/Wildcard (relea ed onTheologian Records in1989) eventually found itsway to Brett Gurewitz ofEpitaph record , and hesigned the band in 1990.

The next year theyreleased their self-titledfirst major label album, andthe band became a word-of-mouth hit in the under-ground punk rock scene.The band released fivemore albums from 1993 to2000, including the suc-cessful Straight Ahead in1999.

Pennywise continues tohave a following that is asstrong and committed todayas they were in the begin-ning, if not stronger. In1996, the band had to dealwith the suicide of foundingbassist Jason Thirsk, whowas battling with alco-holism at the time. RandyBradbury, who had beenserving as temporary bassplayer while Thirskattempted to rehabilitatehimself, became a perma-nent fixture in the band.Their subsequent album,Full Circle, shows theirgrief and also their resolu-tion to continue to upliftand empower their fansthrough their music.

Extremely dedicated to

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WEB REVIEW

lt1tere the Sidewalk Ends, Love BeginsGraham proves her worth in Burns' date movie for jaded laversBy Sandra M. ChungASSOClA TE ARTS EDITOR

Arts on thembFlashy EntertainmentBy Fred ChoiASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR

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M·.0 t people kn. ow about FlaSh. ani-mation. Flash ha , for many rea-on quickly grown in popularity

with animators and audiences aliketo become one of the most visually effectiveand widely used methods of animation on theweb. Unlike bitmap-based graphics, whichrequire each pixel to be painstakingly speci-fied Flash animation relies on vector-ba edgraphics (think Monty Python's animatedcutouts, but not quite as cheesy). Vector-basedgraphics scale easily and require significantlyless storage than bitmap-based graphics,which allows even users with mediocre con-nections to download or stream animations inreasonable amounts of time. (For a clear andconcise introduction to Flash animation, checkout the tutorial at<http://hotwired.lycos. c o m/w eb m on-key/98/3 2/index3a.html».

Like many of the new Internet artforms,Flash animations have popped up all aroundthe web. orne mini-masterpieces are passedaround through word of mouth, while otherhigh-quality works still remain in relativeobscurity. Below are a few Flash animationsthat have crept into the minds of hapless websurfers worldwide.

Written and Directed by Ed BumsStarring Ed Burns, Rosario Dawson, HeatherGraham, Stanley Tucci, Brittany Murphy,David KrumholtzRatedR

Sidewalks of New York is about sixbeautiful actors portraying every-day, middle-class ew Yorkers -none of whom die, blow anything

up, overcome odds to save the planet, dis-cover a government con piracy, or realizeanything profound. In hort it's a well-madefilm that will neither shock you nor changeyour life.

Writer/director Ed Burns' attempt tomake a "real" movie about love, ex, andrelationships takes the form of a mock docu-mentary minus narration. The camera fol-lows the six lead characters a they stumblethrough their interwoven lives. Clips of"interviews" with the six reveal their differ-ing thoughts and feelings on love, sex, andrelationship .

The ew Yorkers begin the movie in threecouples and through the cour e of the plot,rearrange them elves into three new couple .Maria (Ro ario Dawson, Josie and the Pussy-cats) is an attractive kindergarten teacher whohas been living a guarded, solitary life sinceher divorce from Ben David Krumholtz).Tommy (Burns) entice her back into the dat-ing world, if only temporarily. In the mean-time, hley (Brittany urphy, Clueless) andGriffin ( tanley Tucci) find their forbidden

relationship swiftly turning sour as disillu-sioned trophy wife Annie (Heather Graham)notices his suspicious behavior and begins toput two and two together. Add Ben's frequentvisits to the coffee shop where Ashley worksand Tommy's need for a new piece of realestate to call home and the passage of timetakes care of the rest.

Sidewalks is essentially Annie Hall withoutthe self-deprecating humor of Woody Allen.Its humor is mostly subtle, complex, and situ-ational. Carpo (Dennis Farina), a shamelesswomanizer, is responsible for most of themovie's comic relief, sheltering the newlyhomeless Tommy and offering him relation-ship advice that ranges in character fromhilariously slimy to soundly logical.

Bums' script is intelligent without beingobscure though noticeably skewed towardsthe male perspective. It focuses on developingthe six main characters at the expense ofminor character and superfluous action. Theplot is a simple circle: Tommy is kicked outby his girlfriend and meets Maria, who usedto be married to Ben who faIls in love withAshley, who has an affair with Griffin, who ismarried to Annie, who is Tommy's real estateagent. The tried-and-true-relationship-woesformat adds up to a blandly predictabledenouement: at the end of the movie everyoneends up where he or she deserves to be.

With such a mundane setting and familiartoryline, wise casting choices were the cru-

cial Ie cue of Burns' vision. Fortunately, thecasting director delivers. Graham gives a sur-prisingly competent performance, consider-ing the hefty roportion of her prior film

roles which fall into few categories otherthan eye candy. Her Annie is aloof and cere-bral, with a secret romantic vulnerability.Krumholtz pulls off another mixed-up,endearingly clumsy character akin to his tumas Joseph Gordon-Levitt's sidekick in theteen-targeted Shakespeare adaptation TenThings IHate About You. Murphy, anotherrefugee from the adolescent movie world,dusts off her ditzy Clueless character andadds light touches of maturity and worldli-ness, while her onscreen lover, Tucci, issuperbly convincing as the possessive, phi-landering dentist.

At first glance, this :film seems to be noth-ing more than a manifestation of Burns' nar-cissism; it's as if he found his own life fasci-nating enough to dramatize it and expect theworld to clamor to see the movie version. Theunnecessary soundtrack attempts and fails atfashionable edginess with short, lyricless clipsoff the Cake album Prolonging the Magic.However, the quality of the acting, script, andcinematography partially make up for whatev-er self-indulgence was responsible for thefilm's existence.

Sidewalks has anything but broad appeal.Burns' film demands a thinking moviegoerwith a genuine interest in social psychology.A piece that compares and contrasts Venusand Mars in the earthly city of ew York hasthe potential to seriously interest only peoplewho make a habit of pondering the fascinat-ingly complex behavior of our sexuallydimorphic species. If the above descriptiondoesn't apply to you, you'd be better offwatching When Harry Met Sally.

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Despite the fact that almost everyone hasseen it by now, it would be impossible toreview Flash animations without acknowledg-ing the now infamous All Your Base AreBelong To Us. AYB is an isolated Internet phe-nomenon (it is not associated with any compa-ny or band and has not spawned sequels orspin-offs) that began as a small project andquickly spread through word of mouth. It hasreceived extensive coverage, including nods inTime Magazine, USA Today, Fox News, TheLos Angeles Times, and Wired. The animationtakes an innocuous, poorly translated phrasefrom an obscure video game, adds a surprising-ly catchy electronic track featuring samplesfrom the game, and uses a slew of visuals doc-umenting "sightings" of the phrase (which, ofcourse, must be a part of some international,no, galaxy-wide, conspiracy). These are as var-ied as McDonald's signs, mug shots, and Win-dows error pop-up messages. The phrase hasbecome integrated into popular culture, to theextent that T-shirts emblazoned with the phraseare now sold in gift stores, and it is heard incasual conversations, even outside of the MITcampus. AYB will Undoubtedly be featured inthe annals of the Internet phenomenon.

Ninjai<httpi//ninjai. com>Ninjai is easily one of the best online ani-

mation series around, although it is only in itssixth episode. Ninjai focuses on more artisticrenderings of fight scenes and backgrounds.Furthermore, the cinematography and sound-track, which features impressive originalmusic, are also excellent. The most successfulaspect of the series, however, is the story andcharacterization. Ninjai is a refreshingly origi-nal character; his eerily adult yet childlikevoice and demeanor, his calm yet badass ninjaskills, and his mysterious background andquest are intriguing. The violence, while attimes graphic, is appropriately understatedand woven carefully into the scenes for vis-ceral effect. The only drawback to the series ishaving to wait for the next episode.

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> Like other bands, Three Brain used Flashanimation in making animations to accompa-ny their songs online. Although their video to"Weeeeee! ' is rather elementary, the spasticvocals, the song's lyrics, and the choice invisuals provide enough amusement to spend afew minutes of your time checking it out. Beforewarned that a significant lyric to the songis, "Gonads and strife, gonads and strife."

If you would like me to check out a sitethat you think deserves attention, e-mail me at<webstuff@the-tech.mit.edu> .

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Slap the Incubus From Spawning ClonesBand s Colorfu; Repertoire and GoodAttitude Justifies Rabid TeenageFollowingBy Sandra M. ChungSSOCl TE ARTS EDITOR

IncubusAvalon BallroomSeptember 1 -19, 2001

to take a positi e view of humanity and toavoid blaming innocent for the acts of afew individuals. Appropriately, the bandfollowed his speech with 'The Warmth,"with Boyd wailing, 'Don't let the worldbring you down / ot everyone here is thatf---ed up and cold."

The hour-plus set spanned all threealbums: S.C.I.E .. C.E. Fungus Amongus,and Make Yourself. The band either playedwithout a set list, or they ignored it, mixing

up tyles, improvising wordle s breakdowns,and granting the request of screaming fans.They were at their best on "The Warmth"and an older ong, 'Deep Inside." They wereat their worst when they leaped on the mod-ern metal bandwagon and churned out ornegeneric, muddled guitar screams that mademe wonder if I was Ii tening to Korn orStaind.

On the same mediocre note, the bandsnuck a new but forgettable number,' ice to

ATue day night how at valon ball-room drew attention to some of the

. latest advances in biotechnology.Researchers pried deep into the

genomes of the members of the funk rockgroup Incubus and i olatedthe genetic sequences thatcode for their musical style.The same scientist replicatedthese genes and spliced theminto the chromo omes of amotivated but untalentedbunch of garage musicians.Sadly, one oversight marredthis remarkable scientificlandmark. In their hast totransplant the codes for style,geneticists neglected to iso-late the genes for musical tal-ent.

Admittedly, none of thiscloning spiel is true. But letthis be a message to strugglingartists: avoid at all costs open-ing for headliners whose soundis nearly identical (but vastlysuperior to) your own. Hoobas-tank had not the requisite talentor presence to stand up to theinevitable comparison toIncubus.

In a marked contrast totheir loud, nervous, andexceedingly animated open-ing act, Incubus gave agroovy, laid-back perfor-mance reflective of their longexperience and musicalrange. Referring to the Sep-tember 11 attacks, leadsinger/percussionist BrandonBoyd implored the audience Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd delivers a charged version of "Drive."

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Know You," into the middle of the set. "Par-don Me" was a olid treatment of the populartune, though the group gave a di appointinglyfiat performance of their latest hit, "Wi h ouWere Here." Unfortunately, standout drum-mer Jose Pasillas was drowned out by themultiplied effects of the overamplification ofother instruments and the relentless roar of theaudience.

Halfway through the et, Incubu inserteda lovely re pite from the usual jaw-vibratingba s. Guitarist/backup vocalist MichaelEinziger, sporting a blonde Afro, lent hisacoustic guitar skills to complement the voiceof a long-haired Boyd on their two-man ver-ions of "Mexico" and "Drive."

Unfortunately the effect was lost on themostly adole cent audience, which screamedand swayed with complete disregard for the

quality of the music.High school kidssquished themselvesinto a sweaty, pulsatingmass, and cheeredwildly for any andevery change of light-ing or gesture from aband member.

Boyd's voice, incontrast to its mellowstudio incarnation, wasemphatic and pos-sessed on stage. Hiturns on the bongodrums can only beappreciated in a livesetting. DJ Chris Kil-more added a pleasingdimension to theband's complex mix ofinfluences, whichinclude jazz, hip-hop,rap, and early '90smetal (especially RageAgainst the Machine,an old favorite of minefrom junior high).

Despite the hyper-active crowd and for-gettable opening act,Incubus prevailed.Even in their tenthyear on the musicscene, the band contin-ues to spread hippielove.

ToriAmos: Strange Little GirlsStrange Little AlbumBy Fred ChoiSTAFF WRITER

Y0ri Amos is without a doubt one of themost consistently and thoroughly con-founding artists around. At first glanceit would be easy to write off her latest

album, Strange Little Girls, as just a spaceyfeminist manifesto that would only appeal toher almost cultish legion of fans. However, oncloser inspection the album contains intelli-gent arguments that are creatively presented.The emotional appeals, sure sense of story-telling, and strong songwriting and perfor-mance demonstrate once again that ToriAmos, while still far kookier than the averagemusician, is an artist that is more an artist thana cult leader or spacey feminist.

Strange Little Girls is comprised of twelvecover songs written by a variety of men aboutwomen, and reworked so that each song'sfocus is shifted and retold from the point of awoman with little or no lyric alterations. Toaccompany each song, Amos has donnedwigs and costumes, and enlisted the aid oflong-time makeup collaborator KevynAucoin and photographer Thomas Schenk toprovide an illustration of the woman repre-sented in each song. In addition, Amos hascollaborated with acclaimed fantasy author

eil Gaiman (author of the Sandman series),who has contributed a yet unreleased shortstory for each character.

Although it is clear that Strange LittleGirls is a side project, it stands its groundagainst previous Tori Amos albums, includ-ing such classics as Little Earthquakes andBoys for Pele. Amos turns each song insideout, in most cases presenting a valid reinter-pretation to the familiar. She reworks lOcc's"I'm ot in Love" into a slow parse trackwhich brings out the viciousness behind thepreviou ly innocuously presented lyrics, "Ikeep your picture upon the wall, It hide anasty stain still lying there .... Ooh, you'llwait a long time for me. In one of the be ttracks on the album, Amos completely rein-terprets Neil Young' lilting ballad "Heart of

Gold" as a duet between banshee twin spieswho mock Young's search for a "sweet" wifeand present the uncompromisingly powerfulwoman who still maintains her womanhood.In the most talked about track, Eminem' s"'97 Bonnie and Clyde," Amos imultaneous-ly bring out the virtuosity and the violenceof Eminem's lyric. However devoid ofEminem's original catchy music and replacedby a chilling, minimal loop and an eerily dis-embodied bedtime storytelling voice thesong forces the listener's attention to thestory of the murdered wife and the daughter

who is being forced into being an accomplicein the murder of her mother. The trac i notlikely to be any listener's favorite, but Amosclearly and effectively makes a point aboutthe violence and misogynism so prevalent insome areas of rap.

Amos stays faithful to the original arti tsin some tracks such as Tom Waits' "Time"The Velvet Underground" ew ge," andJoe Jackson's "Real en,' going so far as topresent an androgynous character to accom-pany Joe Jackson' song about men andwomen) who challenge gender roles, whether

or not they are actually homosexual or het-erosexual: "What's a man mean/Is he roughor is he rugged/cultural and clean?" In thisand several other tracks, such as The Beatles'"Happiness is a Warm Gun," Amos widensher album to encompass not just commentsabout women, but also to make clearly politi-cal statements. In "Gun," Amos retells theong from the point of view of the call-girl

Mark Chapman spent time with on the nightbefore he murdered Lennon. The trippy 10-minute track is accompanied by samples ofspeeches by her father, Reverend Edison

mos, George Bush, and George W. Bushabout gun control, exposing the short-sighted-ness of such lines as George Bush's commentthat "We must work diligently to keep thissecond amendment in place, for the individ-ual with responsibility." Similarly in hercomplete reworking of Slayer's demonic"Raining Blood" and the Boomtown Rats'80's track "I Don't Like Mondays," Amoscomments on senseless violence.

Although most of Amos's reinterpretationsseem fairly valid, a few are a bit less believ-able. The most obvious is her presentation ofDepeche Mode's love song "Enjoy the

ilence.' Here Amos presents a somewhatfarfetched case of brutality against womenalong the same lines as her interpretation of

eil Young "Heart of Gold."Part of what makes the album so fascinat-

ing is the focu on Amos's music rather thanher famously cryptic lyrics. In yet a new evo-lution Amos has explored even more areas ofthe keyboard family, including a Wurlitzerorgan and a Rhodes keyboard, the latter usedin the simply fanta tic co er of Lloyd Cole's'Rattle nakes. In two tracks, "Bonnie andClyde" and "I'm ot in Love," Amos for-sakes her keyboard altogether and simplyprovides vocals. But fans of mos'sBosendorfer piano shouldn't fret, a morethan half of the album's tracks feature thepiano front and center. Although thi collec-tion is not likely to be anyone favorite, it iscertainly an intriguing and unique addition toAmo ' s increasing opus.

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Vibrations of the WindPandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Comes to Kresge

By Shruti Chandrasekhar

Hariprasad Chaura fa, Fluti tKresge AuditoriumSunday, September 23,2001

Sunday's performance by classical Indianflutist Hariprasad Chaurasia in Kresge Audito-rium was beyond description. It was genuineHari Prasad, which means "Blessings of theLord" in Sanskrit. Chaurasia's god-given tal-ent and his consummate artistry made everymoment spent at Kresge worthwhile.MITHAS (MIT Heritage of the Art of SouthAsia), in cooperation with Sangam and ewEngland Hindu Temple, organized the show.

Chaurasia is the foremost flutist in India andone of the best in the world. At the age of fif-teen, enamored by the simplicity of this instru-ment, he decided to abandon vocal training topursue the art of this wind instrument under theguidance of Pandit Bholanath. After a tenure offive years with the All India Radio at Cuttack,he was transferred to All India Radio, Bombay.It was there that he entered the most ignificantphase of his career, under the guidance of theSur Bahar virtuoso Shrimati Annapurna Devi,the illustrious daughter of the all time greatteacher and musician, Ustaad Allauddin Khanof the Maihar school of music. Her influencenot only gave his music depth and dimension,but also inspired him to pursue a new, unre-strained performing career.

Today, accompanied by Vijay Ghate on thetabla, Chaurasia set off the evening with a ren-dition of the Raag Bhimpalas. On being askedwhy he chose this Raag, Chaurasia replied that"only a raag as emotional and playful as Bhim-palas could mitigate the pain that a country asbeautiful as America is now facing."

Indian Hindustani Music is built on raagsor scales - each invoking different emotions,set at different times, and having their ownidentity, A raga is a melodic scale, consisting'of notes from the basic seven known as sa, re,ga, ma pa, dha, and ni synonymous with c, d,e, f, g, a, and b of the Western classical scale.

part from sa and pa which are constant, theother notes may be in harp or flat. Dependingon the note included in it each raga acquirea di tinct character. The form of the raga ialso determined by the particular pattern ofascent and descent of the notes, which maynot be strictly linear. Melody is built up byimprovising and elaborating within the givenscale. The level of improvisation depend onthe acumen and ability of the performer.

Bhimpalas i a Kafi thaat raaga that i

always a hallenge to perform. It has a eriousintent, and is et for the mood of the end to anafternoon. The meditati e quality of the raagwith Madhyam (F on the We tern cale) there ting place i blended with th soulful transi-tion from Pancham G on the Western cale)to Kamal ishaad (B sharp on the We terncale). This combination of note , when playedkilJfully, can bring about a sense of bli s that

i tronger than the gravene s it ymbolizes.Due to this nature, Chaurasia began the recitalwith around an hour's rendition of this raag.This piece although dexterously presented by

haura ia, was a dash too erious to captureone's complete attention.

However, the mood livened up whenChaurasia broke into a enthusia tic perfor-mance of the spry Raag Hamsadhvani. Ham-sadhwani or 'Voice of the wan,' a raag hav-ing its roots in southern India enraptured the

audience's heart and ouI. Its life and joy filledthe air with excitement, and Chaurasia'buildup of notes was uch that the audience'senthusiasm 0 cumulated that they broke into astanding ovation when Chaurasia reached hisere cendo.

On popular demand, haura ia then per-formed Raag Pahadi, in which he played ajugalbandi or musical dialogue with VijayGhate, his companion on the tabla. This iswhat I would call the heart of Indian Music -the ability to create new melodies based onthe moment. Chaurasia gave an amazing dis-play of this skill, making each one of uappreciate the joy that music can elicit.

In all, the concert this evening was onethat made us understand and experience thejoy that music can evoke. As always, the dex-terity of Chaura ia' s fingers on the bambooflute enlivened many music lovers.

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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Altus Biologics: Transiting Proteins to Product. Altus Biologics is lookingfor experienced candidates for its research and market development team. As job interview will befollowed after talk, so please contact Makiko Okuma m_okuma@mit.edu or Quan Quanqmquan@mit.edu for arranging an interview with Altus. Also, please attach your latest resume.. free. Room: E38-7th Floor, Conference Room. Sponsor: MIT Japan Program.12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Dibner Institute Lunchtime Colloquium. How Newton's 'Principia'Changed Physics. free. Room: E56-100. Sponsor: Dibner Institute.2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Markus Zahn. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in room 2-349.free. Room: Room 2-338. Sponsor: Physical Mathematics Seminar. Department of Mathematics.4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Uke-charge attraction between colloidal particles: thermodynamics orhydrodynamics? H.L.M.D. Seminar Series, Fall 2001. free. Room: Room 3-270. Sponsor: FluidMechanics Seminars.4:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m. - MTL VLSI seminar Series and Boston Area MEMS seminar. ElectronicDetection of DNA: Robust Platform for Integrated Devices. free. Room: 34-101. Sponsor: MTLVLSI Seminar, Boston Area MEMS.4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - GTL Seminar. Probabilistic Design of Compressor Blades. free. Room:31-161. Sponsor: Gas Turbine Laboratory.5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - MIT India Program Internships- Introduction. Meet students who haveinterned in India, hear about the MIT India Program internship opportunities, and enjoy somesamosas .. free. Room: Student Center 2nd fl., West Lounge. Sponsor: MIT India Program.6:00 p.m. - Field Hockey vs. Babson College. free. Room: Barry Turf Reid. Sponsor:Department of Athletics.7:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m. - Auditions for An Evening of One-Acts. Dramashop production ofstudent-written and directed plays. All welcome .. free. Room: Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor:Dramashop.7:00 p.m. - W. Volleyball vs. WPI. free. Room: Dupont Gymnasium. Sponsor: Department ofAthletics.7:30 p.m. - The MIT Writers Series: Saul Diskin. Reading by the author of The End of the Twins,a memoir about the death of his twin brother - MIT Anthropology Professor Martin Diskin -who lost a 25-year battle with leukemia in August 1997 .. free. Room: Rm 6-120. Sponsor:Anthropology Program. Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies.

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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Time Management and Organization. Planning sets you free! Thisworkshop will help you to organize your time for maximum efficiency .. free. Room: W20-407.Sponsor: Learning Strategies.12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Overview of Purchasing on the Web Quick Start. This demo integratesall aspects of using SAPweb for purchasing including requisitioning external vendors, internalproviders and preferred partners. In this session we will introduce the SAPweb requisitioningform, the new online catalogs and purchasing procedures for buying from preferred partnervendors, including Office Depot, VWR,BOC Gases and NECX. We will demonstrate how the newonline ordering system interfaces with SAPweb and we will talk about how this new processdiffers from the ECAT purchasing process .. free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information

Systems.12:10 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - "Physical Oceanography Sack lunch Seminar. Uncertainties of theDeep-Ocean Heat Uptake in the MIT Adjoint OGCM. free. Room: 54-915. Sponsor: PhysicalOceanography.3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - spouses&partners@mit: Streetwise and Safe. Presented by SergeantCheryl Vossmer of the MIT Campus Police, this program will heighten your awareness andprovide you with several tips for your personal safety while on or off campus; while walking,driving or in your home .. free. Room: W20-400. Sponsor: spouses&partners@mit, MITMedical.4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - The Ring Grooming Problem: Combinatorial Optimization in ModernTelecommunications Networks. Refreshmen s will be served at 3:30 PM in Room 2-349. free.Room: Room 2-338. Sponsor: Combinatorics Seminar. Department of Mathematics.7:00 p.m. - The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made ComputingPersonal. In _DREAM MACHINE_, Mitchell Waldrop, author of the critically acclaimed_Complexity-, brings to life for the first time the story of J.C.R. Licklider, the gifted MITpsychologist who first realized that computers could be made personal, and who set in motionthe revolution thatwould crystallize as the personal computer we know today .. free. Room: MIT 34-101, 50 VassarSt., Cambridge. Sponsor: authors@mit, The MIT Press Bookstore.7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. -Renaissance Dancing. There are many forms of Renaissance Dancingthat we practice. From Italian balli to courtly pavans to English country. We dance them all withflair and fun. Dress is common street clothing. No experience necessary; instruction is provided.free. Room: W20 (Sala or 407 or 491). Sponsor: Society for Creative Anachronism.8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.rn. -IFilm Movie Seminar. free. Room: 4-237. Sponsor: Graduate StudentCouncil, International Film Club.

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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Web Publishers User Group. The purpose of the Web Publishers UserGroup is to: provide a forum for information and support among its members, help membersimprove their knowledge of electronic publishing, and their expertise in its technology andstandards, further MIT's business goals of education, research by the appropriate use ofelectronic information. free. Room: N42 Demo Center. Sponsor: Information Systems.4:15 p.m. - M.LT. Physics Colloquium. free. Room: 10-250. Sponsor: Physics Department.4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Sloan Automotive Laboratory/Energy Systems Seminar Series, Fall2001. Seminar: "Mixture Preparation, Combustion, and HC Emissions at Different CrankingSpeeds". free. Room: 31-161. Sponsor: Sloan Automotive Laboratory.4:45 p.m. - Sibyl Moholy-Nagy and Modern Architecture. Talk by Hilde Heynen .. free. Room: Rm5-216 .. Sponsor: History Theory Criticism Forum, Department of Architecture.7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Entrepreneurship & Optical Networking. Desh Deshpande, the awardwinning entrepreneur of Cascade Communications and Sycamore Networks, discussesentrepreneurship, and his switch from engineering to business.Food and drinks will be served. free. Room: 1-190. Sponsor: Science and Engineering BusinessClub.8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.rn. - South Asian Cinema Series. free. Room: 4-237. Sponsor: GraduateStudent Council, Foreign Languages & Literatures, International RIm Club.

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New Plan May SpurDining Competition

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i run,' Berlin aid. 'Our aim i todevi e a plan which engages the stu-dent a much as po ible in anya pect from menu to quality andhour ."

everal local re taurants will beallowed to bid at the end of Januaryto run independent food tall in

tudent Center and the new tat aCenter dining facility. We arebringing tudents favorites on cam-pus," aid Berlin.

Although Aramark i till anoption, other major contractors arebeing considered as well. Diningmanagers emphasized that the newcontractor company would need tocommit to the changes, specificallystudents' influence on dining options.

Berlin's report, which includesall five proposed dining options, canbe found at <httpt t/pj.mit.edu/DormCon/Diningl> .

Mandatory meal plan not so newAccording to Berlin, MIT is

unique among other universities inthe sense that a mandatory mealplan does not exist at the Institute."This is not new, however," headded. "A meal plan was requiredby Institute until about 5 years agowhen the plans were dismantled."

In 1991, MIT required residentsof Baker House, Macgregor House,McCormick Hall, and Next House,the dormitories with dining halls, topurchase a $1000 declining balancemeal plan. Students living in dormi-tories without dining halls were notobligated to purchase a meal plan.

Facing high costs, MIT's Acade-mic Council resolved in 1993 toobligate residents of dormitorieswith dining halls to buy a commons-style meal plan. Several weeks later,however, in the face of strong stu-dent opposition, the decision wasreversed. Instead, the dining halls atMcCormick and Macgregor wereclosed, and meal plans became vol-untary for all students.

Students will have a chance tovoice their opinions on the latestincarnation of mandatory meal plansat a town hall meeting on October 3.

Dana Levine contributed to thereporting of this story.

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needs to be impro ed.'The current ituation is una -

ceptable," he aid. "Hopefully wecan orne up with orne compromise. . . orne minimal participation thatwould not be a burdensome as there t of the propo als.'

What i being promised i defi-nitely better than what we have now"aid Kenneth G. Jow 02 'but ithould not restrict people' choice."

Lui M. Otero 02 aid he wasappalled by the idea of having topay up front for the food. 'Thosewho want to eat out or cook forthemselves are going to lose theirmoney or be forced out of theiroptions," he said. However, diningmanagers believe that lack of choicein the dining facilities on campus atthe moment is the reason people tryto eat off-campus or cook.

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A encourages review of optionsThe Undergraduate Association

passed a resolution last night whichencourages the administration to"refrain from implementing[Berlin's dining plan] without con-iderable revision and input from

current MIT students via forums,town meetings, committees, and anyother appropriate media."

The resolution also encouragesthat the members of the UA help theadministration to review and imple-ment the new dining plan. Cain saidthat MIT Dining Services hasincluded in its process a six to eightweek period for students and com-munity members to offer feedbackand alternative proposals.

A petition addressing the short-comings of the new meal plan, writ-ten by Vikash Gilja '03, is being cir-culated among students.

Plea e join u we welcome . itchell Waldrop to the author @mit lecture erie and celebratethe publication of hi new t boo , The Dream Machine. Mr. Waldrop will di cu s hi book andthe life of the late Jo eph C. R. Licklider, MIT Profe or Emeritu .

In 1962, decade before "personal computers" and "Internet" be ame hou ehold word, therevolution that gave ri e to both phenomena was et in motion from a mall nonde cript office inthe depths of the Pentagon. In an age when the word "computer" till meant a big, ominoumainframe my teriou ly proce ing punch card , the occupant of that office-an MIT p ychologi tnamed J.C.R. Licklider-had en i ioned a future in which computer would become an excitingnew medium of expre ion, a joyful in piration to creativity, and a gateway to a va t on-line worldof information. . Mitchell Waldrop' The Dream Machine i the fir t full- cale portrait of J.C.R.Licklider and how hi dream of a "human-computer ymbio i "changed the cour e of cience andculture.

. Mitchell Waldrop, formerly a enior writer at Science magazine, i the author of the bestsellingComplexity and Man-Made Minds.

The Dream Machine is publi bed by Viking, 2001.

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hall meeting, whi h will be held onOctober 3 at 7:15 p.m. in room 10-250.

The town hall meeting will pro-vide a forum for tudents to a kque tion and get answers for pe-cific issue such as the dining optionand mental health, the two maintopics for this year's VA town meet-ing.

GSC proposes new alcohol policyJohn P. Lock G, Chair of Gradu-

ate Student Council Activities Com-mittee, propo al that funds fromdepartments and student groups beallowed to be used in alcohol pur-chases for student events.

According to the current alcoholpolicy, no Institute funds can beused to purchase alcohol for studentactivities on campus.

Lock said that the proposal willalso make students better informedabout whether there will be alcoholat the parties before they attend.

"It's important for people toknow what kind of events they aregetting into," Lock said. "That'swhy it's important to portray what'sgoing on [at the party]."

According to Lock, the new alco-hol policy is intended to strengthenthe relationship between undergrad-uate and graduate communities.

Members of the VA Council

agree that the proposal is a steptoward the right dire tion, althoughit i hard to relate to the undergradu-ate population. 'It ould affect aportion of the undergrad ," Dev-ereaux aid. But it makes it easierto plan events and to promote peo-ple to get together."

respond to tragedDuring Monday' meeting, the

VA Council a1 0 passed a resolutionthat extends deepe t sympathies tothe families and friends of the vic-tims of the September 11 attacks,and promise to continue to assi t inrelief.

"1 would like to thank everyonewho supported the VA-G C Di as-ter Relief Fund," Devereaux said."We can see a lot of people comingtogether, and I'm glad that we cando our parts to help out."

Freshman election kicks offPosters and chalk marking point

to the beginning of Class of 2005elections. Voting began Sunday, andwill continue until eptember 27.

While most students can submittheir electronic ballots over Web-SIS, traditional paper balloting willbe available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.on September 27.

Because of some network prob-lems Sunday, students who votedSunday from midnight to 4 a.m. willhave to recast their votes.

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the me age around 4:30 p.m. onunday afternoon. Rothman thenent a me age to friends addressing

the situation. The t 0 candidatesaid they were e tremely frustrated.

n offi ial e-mail hich wasent to all the candidates at :00p.m. on unday aid that the Ele -tion Commi ion as' encounteringproblems' .th the voting eb it ."This was ent because the e-mails Ireceived were not ju t revol ingaround the failure of the ite to sendvotes," id Ito. "The me age asmeant to addre all the i sue men-tioned by the voters.'

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could. 1 didn't under land that,Rothman aid. I think they houldha e ent an e-mail them el to

11 the fre hmen.The Election Board aid they

ere unable to e-mail the entireclas becau e a databa e of all theaddre e had not been compileduntil onday night.

oting problem persiThere ha e been reports inee un-

day' repairs that voting eb-ite remains low and inconsistent

It appe that they cleared thetem but the problem i till not

fi ed" Edinburgh aid. 'Friendha e told me that it has taken them30 minute for the ite to procetheir vote and e en then they arenot ure hether or not their ote

ent through. 'This ha not been the fIT t time

that undergraduate election haecaught a nag due to omputer relat-ed i ue. In the fall of 199 , onecandidate was mi ing from the bal-lot for fre hman ele tion . In pring

000 a bug in the oting programthat occurred during election periodforced the elections to be extended.The vote were eventually thrownout due to unrelated probleminvolving a Judboard decision.

Due to the e past problem they tern was actually upgraded thi

year. ccording to Ito, it was actual-ly t.hi upgrade that caused the prob-lems. The voting y tern i en i-live to orne network difficultiesthat have been occurring aroundcampu this past week," Ito wrote inan e-mail to Rothman.

Ito al 0 aid that he i the onlyper on who i re ponsibJe for they tem. 'The y tern hould be able

to ork prop rly in time for thepring ejections,' Ito said 'While itvould b nice to ha e a more effi-cient y tern the y tern wiJI runsmoother in the future. '

Looking at Judboard in the pasta lot of di repancie happened inthoe election , too,' Rothman said.I think the re ul t may be orne-

what unfair. I've talked with otherandidate who are unable to tell

others to re-vote" be au e they donot know their e-mail address orwhere they reside.

Edinburgh voiced similar con-cerns. 'What i their method formaking ure the votes are goingthrough? ' he asked.

Ito promi ed that the electionwould be fair and accurate. "Thereare reports of people voting success-fully and of individuals having pe-cific troubles involving pecific MIT

security i su s, , he aid. It is notthe work of one or two people run-ning the elections, it i the effort ofthe commi sion."

onica R. Ru h '05 was one ofthe fre hman who recast her voteafter hearing of the glitch. 'I was alittle irritated" she aid.' It seemsthey hould have had the systemprepared before it began. If I wasrunning for office, I would beup et.' Rush said if these problemshad occurred frequently in the past,then the VA had every reason to beprepared for them.

Pre ently, the deadline for onlinevoting remains to be Wednesday,

eptember 26 at midnight, whilepaper ballots will run from 9 to 5 onThursday, September 27. Resultswill be tallied Thursday at 10 p.m.

Jennifer Krishnan contributed tothe reporting of this story.

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Mental Health PlansBegin to Take ShapeBy Sandra M. ChungASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR

MIT ha initiated a pilot pro-gram for a Re idence upport Teamthat will a ign physician andcoun elor to living group. Thegoal of the program i getting toknow tudents and reducing theirreluctance to eek help when theyneed it, Mental Health Task Forceco-chairs announced at last Wedne -day's faculty meeting.

Task Force co-chairs Dr. Kri -tine Girard '86 and Efrat Sha it'02 presented the report's fmdingsand notified the faculty of recentand imminent changes to the Men-tal Health system in directresponse to the report. Thesechanges include the establishmentof the Residence Support Teamprogram, an extension of MITMental Health Services' hours, andthe hiring of four Residential LifeAssociates who will be available inresidence halls during the eveningsto offer students advice and assis-tance.

"The goal is for everyone in thecommunity to have at least one con-tact that they know as a person,"Shavit said.

The extended MIT hospitalinsurance plan for students con-tains complete coverage for unlim-ited outpatient psychotherapy visitswith no copayments, a change thatwent into effect September 1. Sev-enty percent of MIT studentsenrolled in the Extended Plan lastyear. MIT Mental Health Servicesextended its hours of operation twohours and is now open Mondaythrough Thursday from 8:30 A.M.to 7 P.M.

According to the report, utiliza-tion of MIT mental health serviceshas changed significantly in the pastsix years. In 1995, eight percent ofthe student body was seen in-houseannually; in 2000 that figure hadgrown to 12 percent.

Task Force sponsors study• A Task Force study comparing

MIT mental health statistics to thosefrom eight other major universitiesfound similar increases among allnine schools in the number of stu-dents seeking help with psychologi-

. cal problems. However, accordingto the survey, a higher overall per-centage of students utilized on-cam-pus mental health services at institu-tions otherthan MIT (14-16 percentat other schools versus 12 percent ofMIT).

The Institute ranked seventh ofthe nine schools in the study accord-ing to the ratio of mental health staffto the student population. MIT wasalso the only school in the studywhich did not have evening hours orappointments for clinical and med-ical services.

In a survey of MIT graduate stu-dents and undergraduates conductedlast spring, "The majority of respon-dents though that MIT students per-ceived the MIT Mental Health Ser-vice to be mediocre in its regard,accessibili ty, and helpfulness,"Shavit said. "Accessibility is the

main problem. 'ha it al 0 aid MIT student

t nd to function on a schedule shift-ed toward afternoon and eveninghour, here as ental Health er-

ice runs on a tandard bu inehedule.

The fi e most common tudentreque ts for changes in MIT entalHealth were quick appointments,evening hours, afternoon appoint-ments, web and e-mail acces , and24-hour on-site coverage, accordingto Shavit.

Students reported overwhelm-ingly that they would discuss anemotional problem first with friendsand family, followed by a mentalhealth provider or a counselingdean, Shavit said. While 94 percentof respondents were aware of men-tal health services, only 20 percentwere aware of walk-in hours. Of the28 percent of respondents who hadused MIT mental health services, 35percent reported a wait of 10 ormore days prior to initial appoint-ments.

The Task Force recommendedadding 6-10 full-time equivalentsto current mental health staff andhiring "moonlighters" on a call sys-tem to provide on-site coverageuntil midnight, and by increasingafternoon availability of currentstaffers. Administrative changesmight include creating a standingcommittee on mental health,redefining confidentiality, andestablishing mandatory MIT insur-ance.

Faculty unaware of rolesSome faculty members wanted

more information about their rolesas part of MIT's mental health sup-port network. Materials Science andEngineering Professor Donald R.Sadoway recommended presenta-tions to raise awareness of availablemental health services, especiallyamong instructors of core subjectssuch as Physics I (8.01) and Solid-State Chemistry (3.091).

Several professors alsoexpressed concern about currentconfidentiality restrictions whichkeep them in the dark about the con-dition of students or advisees whomthey may have referred to othermental health support .

An August draft of the reportcan be seen at<http://web.mit.edu/medical/mhtj/> by members of the MIT commu-nity. The Mental Health Task Forcewill continue to receive communityinput and modify their recommen-dations until the end of October,when the report will be finalizedand made available to the generalpublic.

The Mental Health Task Force,which consists of 20 undergradu-ates, graduates, faculty, andadministrators, first convened inNovember 2000. Its goal is "toexplore a set of issues related tothe health of the community and toreturn to the community with sug-gestions for how to address thoseissues," said current ChancellorPhillip L. Clay.

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By Paul DillTEAM COACH

The women' varsity volleyballteam received it' highe t regionalran ing in at lea t 10 year la t

week when theEngineer came inecond out of 64 col-

leges in the Cpoll for the ewEngland region.

Thi ranking comes fresh on theheel of T's two conference winsthi past eek again t ountHolyoke College and larkUniversity. These victories ga e T

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to contribute to the team' victory.MIT had a bit more work to do

again t lark niver ity on Tue daynight, but still came away ith atrong 3-1 win 0-17,23-30,30-2

30- 5. hristina lmodovar '02di hed out 1 i t while out idehitter ydia . Clayton' added1 kill to the effort. However itwas the timely kill of outside hitterJillian . Kaup '03 whi h helped toseal lark fate.

The team will play at hometonight, Tue day ept mber 25th at

:00 p.m. in DuPont Gyrnna iumagain t conference fo WPL

Earns Third Flawless WmBy Caroline T'enTEAM MEMBER

Once again, the omen s tenniteam showed no mercy again t theiropponent , winning 9-0 for the

third time in a row.The IT playershowed incrediblepatience, finesse, andtactic when pittedagainst Clark

University on Tuesday.The afternoon opened with three

straight doubles win . Julie 1. Koo

C Co egeBy Spencer Cross and TomKilpatrickTEAM MEMBERS

Maybe it was the hot, humid airor maybe it was fatigue. But what-ever it was, the Beaver football team

did not come to playin the first half onSaturday, and eventu-ally fell to CurryCollege, 27-14.

"That was theworst half of football I have everseen," said captain Robert R.Owsley '02. everal players men-tioned that the team had no life inthem, and that the atmosphere onthe sideline was almost drowsy.

'03 and Lari a . Egloff'04 blastedtheir opponent away with an -2victory. e t to them, nn Hsing'02 and hima Rayej '04 fired pow-erful hots to win -3. Caroline Tien'04 and Je ica Hall '02 walked offthe court with an -0 win a mere25 minutes after tarting theirmatch.

Very little changed a IThowed the arne aggre ion iningle matche. Due to Koo'

injured shoulder, Rayej stepped upto the fir t ingle po ition and

ho ed that ize did not matter ina 6-3, 6-2 win. ot to be outdone,Egloff launched bullet-like erveinto the corner of the ervice boxto win 6-0, 6-0. Despite havingvery little power to hit off of, Tiendecisively blew her opponent away6-0 6-1. On the adj acent courtHall used her preci e ba khand towin 6-0, 6-1. Jaclyn E. Cichon '05al 0 won 6-0, 6-0 and Ruby 1. Pai'04 claimed victory 6-1 6-0,despite a still bother orne prainedankle.

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Sarah It Perimutter '02 heads the ball Into the ~ in )1l5terday's .w win CMlI' Bridgewatm StatAl College. Thevictory brings the girls' reconI to 4-1.

amples Fatigued Beavers, 27-14 Golf TakesSeventhAt Bowdoin

The first two Beaver drives,which began deep in MIT territory,ended in an interception and a fum-ble. And just like that, the Beaverswere down 14-0. Curry cored oncemore before the half ended, and thenon their first posse ion after half-time, making the score 27-0.

Rather than giving up at thispoint, the Beavers mounted a surge,putting together its fir t drive of theday. With the help of orne goodruns by tailback Temitope O. Sonuyi'05 and a long pa s to wide receiverGregory elson 02, KipJohann-Berkel '02 tuffed it in tomake it 2 -7.

On the Beavers next po session,

Ow ley burnt hi defender on apo t-corner route and ran 74 yardsfor the score, making the core 27-14. Owsley had 114 receiving yardson the day, accounting for 53% ofMIT's total offen e.

Unfortunately, that was a far asthe comeback attempt ever got,because Curry's offense ran downthe clock. The Beavers were allowedonly one more posse sion.

Curry dominated time of pos es-ion (40:02 compared to the

Beavers' 19:58), rushing for 313yards and converting many long 3rddown opportunities. MIT only had 3possessions in the second half.

MIT's hopes did not die without

some controversy, however, asCurry took a delay of game penaltywhen they had possession withabout 3 and a half minutes left. Thegame's officials allowed the clock torun even after the penalty had beencalled. Assistant coach Chris Houseran on the field, and grabbed theline man to alert him. Startled, heassessed a IS-yard penalty againstMIT (thereby granting Curry a firstdown). As the linesman walkedaway, House caned him a "fat boy"and another I5-yard penalty wasassessed.

The Beavers, falling to 1-3, taketo the road next week to play UMassDartmouth at 1:30 p.m.

Free Safety Brian D. Hoying '03 tackles a Curry College opponent in last Saturday's game. The Beavers lost to Curry, 27-14.Yl XlE-THE TECH

UPCOMING HOME EVENTSTuesday, September 25

Field Hockey vs. Babson College, 6:00 p.m.Women's Volleyball vs. WPI, 7:00 p ..m.

Saturday, September 29Men's Soccer vs. SUNY - Plattsburgh, 1:00 p.m.Field Hockey vs. Springfield, 1:00 p.m,

By Robert ZhangTEAM MEMBER

The MIT golf team, under thedirection of its new coach JimBurke, performed well in its first

match of the fall sea-son. The team finished7th with a team totalof 677 in the BowdoinInvitational, held onSeptember 16-17.

The two-day, 36-hole tournamentwas played at the Brunswick GolfClub in Brunswick, Maine. This year,12 schools participated in the tourna-ment, and the competition was strong.

Team member Robert R. Desoe'02 shot a remarkable 79-77, whichtied him for fourth position in theindividuals rankings. Desoe wasextremely consistent throughout thetournament, and made 15 pars onday two. The scores for the othermembers of the team were: Paul E.Gorbow '04 86-85, Lucas A.Ruprecht '04 87-86, and SmithSirisakorn '04 85-92.

The MIT golf team showed signif-icant improvements in this tourna-ment over last year's team total of718.

"Breaking 340 and having RobDesoe finish tied at fourth was agreat accomplishment. I look for usto build on this and continue toimprove," said Coach Jim Burke.

The team's next tournament willbe at Holden Hills on September 26.

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