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on the problem of housing.

Conte t to addre questionThe design contest asks partici-

pants to consider one of five "com-pelling questions" laid out in anopen letter to participants. The ques-tions will serve as a discussion baseand a starting point for designs.

According to Kolenbrander,designs must conform to specifica-tions that will be given to partici-pants at the first meeting. Thedesign must address the timing andformat of the Fraternity, Sorority,and Independent Living Groupselection process, the residence hallselection process and address waysto 'mentor first year students in amanner similar to that presently[taking place] ... in the FSILG sys-tem."

Kolenbrander said that Institutehousing currently provides mentor-ing for students but said that there is"no question that the FSILG systemoffers some important benefits" tofirst year students.

Designs must also consider howto assist independent living groupsduring the transition to housing allfreshmen on campus as well as waysof improving faculty-student inter-action.

The questions and specificationspresented in this contest deal withthe residence system in a long-termperspective. "We are asking studentsto look far beyond their life at MIT,"

Wedne day, January 13, 1999

esi e ·al SY1 ternCo test Begins

Starting today students willapply their design skills to a prob-lem close to home - MIT's resi-dence system.

The Independent ActivitiesPeriod residence system design pro-gram, sponsored by ChancellorLawrence . Bacow '72, beginstoday with a kickoff event in theBush Room at 3 p.m.

The contest, which stretchesthrough January, asks teams of stu-dents faculty and staff to create adesign that addresses a series of, compelling questions" and lays outthe future of MIT's residence sys-tem. The designs will eventually beevaluated by Bacow and will influ-ence the Institute's new housing pol-icy.

Process Manager Kirk D.Kolenbrander described the designcontest as MIT "looking to all itsmembers and saying: 'We need yourhelp in shaping our future.'"

He said that the proposals willplaya large role in the formation ofthe new housing policy. It is "diffi-cult to overstate how large a poten-tial impact ... the output of a designteam might have," he said.

Eric Liu '00, a member of thesteering committee, said that thecontest represents a chance for stu-dents to make "a large and dramaticchange in their daily lives."

Liu added that the contest repre-sents "an honest effort by ... theadministration to get student input"

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ANGELA PIAU-THE TECH

Aimee B. Angel '00 works on a stool In her Intro to Woodworking class yesterday In the MITHobby Shop.

accommodate the growing interest incomputer science and work to inte-grate the two branches of the EECSdepartment.

In January's edition of the EECSNewsletter, Guttag explained that "itseems clear that some movementtoward computer science is appropri-ate, but how much movement andtoward which aspects of computerscience are less clear."

lAP Diversions Help Students Unwind

GlassblowingLocated in the basement ofMIT's

main building, the glassblowingworkshop offers classes during lAPthat teach students the art of shapingglass figurines, vases, and bowlsfrom molten hot glass.

Taught by Professor of Mater-ials Science and EngineeringMichael 1. Cima, this class allowseach student to make a small glassanimal in their first week, a paper-weight the second week, and abowl or vase in the last week.Glassblowing meets for four hourseach week, two hours of lecture andtwo hours spent practicing tech-niques in the lab.

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By Kristen landinoSTAFF REPORTER

Independent Activities Period isa time to try something new,something different, and even a.time to get one's hands dirty.Glassblowing, woodworking, andinvestment casting of silver arethree classes during lAP whichoffer what is far from traditionalMIT fare.

Guttag has a long road aheadGuttag, like Penfield, will also

have to face the difficult task of pro-viding a high quality education inwhat is the largest department atMIT. Typically, just below 300 stu-dents major in Course VI each year,but that figure is rising - the classof 200 I has 360 Course VI majors.

Within the department, Guttagalso plans to shift teaching staff to

program.

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NOTSOFROS1Y- January's weather has substantially shortened the lifespan of snowmen on campus.

Penfield praised by colleagues"Professor Penfield has been an

extraordinarily effective departmenthead," Guttag said. "His most tangi-ble contribution is probably ourhighly successful Master ofEngineering Program," introduced in1993.

The program produces about 200graduates each year, about two thirdsof whom were undergraduates atMIT.

Penfield also began a review ofthe department's doctoral program.

As a result of the review, "we'reimplementing several reforms inthe admission, advising, and quali-fication of students," Guttag toldthe EECS Newsletter. It will be upto Guttag to implement the sug-gested revisions to the doctoral

This Friday, Professor Paul L.Penfield Jr. ScD '60 will step downafter a nine and a half year stint ashead of the Department of ElectricalEngineering and Computer Science.

Penfield will be succeeded byProfessor John V. Guttag who hasserved as associate department headsince 1993.

Guttag picked Professors RafaelL. Reif and Tomas Lozano-Perez '73as his new associate departmentheads for electrical engineering andcomputer science, respectively.

"I've put my heart and soul intothis job for years," Penfield said;now "it's time to let the leadershippass to someone else." As Penfieldremarked, his was the longest tenureas of a department head in EECSsince World War II.

Penfield says he "will focus onthe teaching side of things instead ofthe research side." Penfield willteach Structure and Interpretation ofComputer Programs (6.001) thisspring. "I love to be in the class-room, Penfield said, "and I missthat."

By Rima A. ArnaoutSTAFF REPORTER

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• John Guttag Will Replace PaulPenfield as Head of EECS Dept.

•Four MIT senfors garnerMarshall scholarships.

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THE ARTSThe American RepertoryTheatre's production ofPhaedragives a profound classic new life.

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Capitol Hill."The message will be that not to

ratify would damage national secu-rity," Leavy said.

But in a speech Tuesday to theconservative Heritage Foundation inWashington, former Vice PresidentDan Quayle underscored the opposi-tion to ratification, calling on theSenate to reject the pact.

With polls showing public sup-port for a test ban running as high as

. 75 percent, however~ there are signsthat congressional Republicans riskending up yet again on the.shoTt.endof a fight with Clinton in the courtof public opinion.

The urgency for. ratificationincreased last year after nuclear testsby longtime foes India and Pakistanraised the prospect of a 'regionalarms race in one of the poorest,most densely populated parts of theworld.

Berger said the administration ispressing for ratification by nextSeptember, the date of a plannedinaugural conference among thenations that have signed the treaty.Because only those nations that thave ratified the pact can make deci-sions at the conference, failure bythe Senate to act would leave theUnited States on the sidelines.

or Passageest Ban 1reaty

Je se Helms (R- .C).Conservative Republicans

oppose the treaty, much as they haveresisted other arms-control conven-tions, in part because they are con-vinced that other nations will cir-cumvent its restrictions, leavingAmerica at a disadvantage.

In another move aimed at reduc-ing proliferation, Berger announcedTuesday that the United States hasimposed economic sanctions againstthree Russian institutions accused ofassisting Iran in its quest forweapons of mass destruction.

The trio - the Moscow AviationInstitute, the Scientific Research andDesign Institute of PowerTechnology and the D. MendeleyevUniversity of Chemical Technology- reportedly have supplied Iranwith technology and training thatcould be used for weapons develop-ment.

White House spokesman DavidLeavy said Clinton will make "aforceful presentation"_ for ratifica-tion of the test ban treaty during hisState of the Union speech later thismonth. Senior members ofClinton's foreign policy team willthen try to increase pressure on theSenate by pushing for ratificationin speeches and in testimony on

January 13, 1999

By Tyler MarshallLOS ANGELES TIMES

The Clinton administra nannounced Tue day it will make rat-ification of a global treaty banningnuclear testing a priority for 1999, amove that launches Pre identClinton on a collision course withkey Republicans already sworn in asjurors in his Senate impeachmenttrial.

Speaking at an international con-ference on nonproliferation here,national security adviser Samuel R."Sandy" Berger said Clinton willpress the Senate to ratify theComprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

"This treaty is in America'snational interest," Berger said. "Ifthe Senate rejected or failed to acton the test ban treaty, we wouldthrow the door open to regionalnuclear arms races and a much moredangerous world."

The United States signed thepact in 1996, and Clinton submittedit to the Senate for ratification thefollowing year. It has languishedthere since, largely because of oppo-sition from powerful Republicans,including Majority Leader TrentLott (R-Miss.) and ForeignRelations Committee Chairman

WA H GTO

Dissenting Anny Officers AreArrested by Mexican ~ta.rY

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By James F. Smith remained in hiding Tues~ay. His ,send a Vf/CY t9ugh message that any-LOSANGELESTIMES organization, meanwhile, protested one who goes out into public and

MEXICO CITY that the arrests "reflect the abuses of makes statements critical of militaryFaced with an embarrassing authority that are committed con- policies is going to be dealt with in

mini-mutiny, the Mexican military stantly by high functionaries of the a severe manner," he said.has opted for a hard-line approach Ministry of Defense." But Camp added that, while theto dissent, jailing five army officers Mexico's armed forces, unlike dissidents appear to have little sup-on sedition and insubordination those in some Latin American coun- port, some of the issues they arecharges for leading the first orga- tries, have consistently stayed loyal raising, such as unfair and outmod-nized protest by Mexican soldiers in to the government since the ruling ed military justice, "do resonatemodem memory. Institutional Revolutionary Party, or with other military officers - and

The arrests Monday followed PRI, first won power in 1929. In that's what makes this so important."repeated public demonstrations by return, the government has largely The public protests sparked majormembers of the "Patriotic Command left the military to run its own inter- debates in Mexico over the militaryto Raise the Consciousness of the nal affairs, including discipline. and its relationship with civil societyPeople" since the group of about 50 Roderic Ai Camp, a specialist in in an era of increasing openness. 4officers first emerged Dec. 18 with a the Mexican military at Claremont In announcing the chargesmarch down Mexico City's main College, said the arrests "obviously Monday night, the military prosecu-boulevard. reflect a hard-line attitude" by the tor general's office said five lieu-

Th leader of the grpup, Lt. Col. Mexican military command. "They tenants were consigned to the mili-Hildegardo Bacilio, was also have really been very orthodox in tary prison in Mazatlan on thecharged but evaded arrest and their attitude, (and) they want to Pacific coast.

THE WASHINGroN POSTBarr's Divorce Answers Draw Fire

LOSA GELESTIMES

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Senate Sets Legislative Agenda

WASHINGTO

In a bit of televised theatrics, Hustler publisher Larry FlyntMonday night accused Rep. Robert L. Barr Jr., (R-Ga.) of hypocrisyfor refusing to answer questions in a divorce proceeding about hisrelationship with the woman who is now his third wife.

Flynt contrasted Barr's invocation of a judicial privilege underGeorgia law with the congressman's harsh criticism of PresidentClinton for evasive testimony under oath about his relationship withMonica S. Lewinsky. Barr is one of the 13 House "managers" whowill present the case for Clinton's impeachment. at the Senate trial.

Flynt, whose investigations of Republican politicians' personallives have made him the focus of enormous media attention, leveledhis charge on C BC's "Rivera Live" and planned to repeat it at a LosAngeles news conference (which C-SPA executives canceled plansto air after watching the Rivera broadcast).

"I believe that Congressman Barr has taken a moral and ethicalposition that is inconsistent with the position he's taken as a congress-man," Flynt said.

WAHINGTO

AU.. warplane fired a mis ile at an Iraqi antiaircraft radar in tal-lation Tue day, punctuating a low-intensity but potentially lethal con-flict made increa ingly dangerou by Iraqi Pre ident SaddamHus ein's growing level of fru tration.

In the econd such incident in two days - and the ixth in ju tmore than two week - the F-16 fired a radar- eeking rocket at anIraqi ground-to-air mi ile site in the "no-fly" zone in Iraq' northafter the installation signaled hostile intent by training its radar on theplane, the Pentagon said.

U.S. officials said such military face-off: are a symptom of theIraqi leader's attempts to break out of the strategic box that has con-fined him since the 199 I Per ian Gulf War.

Hussein's regime clearly h the power to bar the inspectors, butWashington and London insist that unless UNSCO certifies thatIraq's weapons of mass destruction have been dismantled, the sanc-tions will remain in place.

Hussein ha signaled his intention to challenge the no-fly zonesimposed after the Gulf War to prevent him from attacking restiveKurds in the north and Shiite Muslims in the outh.

In response, Kuwait authorized the United States to base eight F-16 warplane on Kuwaiti territory.

WASHINGTON

Caucusing behind closed doors, nervous Senate RepublicansTuesday began crafting a legislative agenda for the new Congress,vowing to cut taxes, reform Social Security and Medicare even asthey staTt the year with the impeachment trial on whether to removePresident Clinton from office.

"The people's business will go forward," said Sen. Larry E. Craig,(R-ldaho) chair of the GOP policy committee. "You're going to see avery busy Senate during the period of the impeachment (trial) andfollowing that."

But such work, at least for several weeks, will have to be sched-uled around the trial, which is to start Thursday afternoon and may gowell into the evening on most days.

With less than 48 hours before the trial's opening arguments, theSenate's 55 Republicans met with some sense of urgency to talkissues - lest they come across as single-minded partisans out toremove a Democratic president from office.

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). said, "We're not going to allowour legislative agenda to be sidetracked by this triaL"

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WEATHERWeather on a Hair Line Trigger

By Greg LawsonSTAFF METEOROLOGIST

An overhead front is being held stationary by two out of phase high pressure systems, one to thenorthwest of the front up in Ontario and Quebec, the other to its southeast out over the Atlantic east ofthe Delmarva area. The front is the leading edge of a large trough of very cold air which originated inwestern Canada. As the edge is held stationary it will be able to support small waves propagatingnorthward on it, much like a taunt guitar string. One such wave is now rapidly approaching the north-east, and a broad low over Texas will soon likely feed the front another wave. Predicting whetherthese short waves will bring us snow is a delicate matter of predicting the pull-and-tug effects of thetwo highs on the front - a matter of a few hundred kilometers could make all the difference.

The National Weather Service is officially forecasting an 80% chance of precipitation fortoday, with accumulations of snow around one or two inches. I believe that there will definitely besnow in the afternoon, but no more than an inch, and perhaps some light rain in the morning. Asthe high out over the ocean drifts eastward and as the Canadian high is pushed eastward, the sta-tionary front will begin to slowly drift southeastward, ensuring we will be on the cold side of thetrough. Temperatures will drop steadily during the day tomorrow leaving us with a blustery nightand a frigid Thursday. The second short wave will arrive Thursday evening sometime and threat-ens yet more snow. It may only be rain, however, thanks to the Canadian high passing to our northand bringing in relatively warmer air from off the ocean with its easterly winds. The easterly windwill help to warm things up a bit on Friday and hopefully bring us a less active weekend.

Wednesday: Temperatures dropping. Light rain in the morning giving way to snow in the after-noon. Accumulations of an inch at most. Northerly winds with speeds increasing through the day.High early on of 37°F (J°C).

Wednesday ight: Blustery. Snow will stop, but persistent winds to continue. Bone-chillinglow of 14°F (-10°C).

Thursday: Frigid. Winds shifting to northeasterly. Chance of snow throughout day, but most likelyin late evening. High of only 21°F (-6°C), which is also the nighttime low as a warming trend begins.

Friday: A bit warmer. Snow or rain will slow and stop. Easterly winds. Highs in the low 40s(5-7°C).

Situation for Noon Eastern Standard Time, Wednesday, January :13, 1999

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u.s. Supreme Court Blocks StateMove to Restrict Ballot Initiatives

C. to Makes Final Payo t.Jones Sexual Harassment Suit

WASHINGTON

LOS ANGELES TIMESJERUSALEM

NEWSDAY

etanyahu Relaxes Fiscal Controls

After more than two years of tight fiscal control over the Israelieconomy, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided that it istime to loosen the economic reins and boost spending on popularsocial programs.

The decision is not sudden, the prime minister insists. And it hasnothing to do with his battle to win re-election May 17,he says.

But Israeli opposition leaders and political commentators saidTuesday that etanyahu's recent reversals - supporting legislation toprovide free nursery school for 3-year-olds, for instance, and reject-ing a proposal to cut benefits to senior citizens - are blatant election-year economics. And they're crying foul, charging that Netanyahu,who acts as his own finance minister, is trying to buy votes.

"He is changing his policy totally from positions that he took onlytwo or three months ago," said senior Labor Party legislator AvrahamShohat, who served as finance minister under the previous, LaborParty-led government. "The cost is going to be billions of shekels tothe state, only because he wants to be elected again."

The subject was the topic of the day Tuesday for many Israeliradio talk shows, with callers hotly debating the merits of candidatestrying to pour money into an election-year economy. But not manyappeared to believe that the promised benefits will actually material-ize.

u.s. Supreme Court Dismisses Suit()ver Israeli Airline Security Search

The Supreme Court Thesday threw out a lawsuit brought againstEI Al Airlines by a New Yorkwoman who claimed she suffered emo-tional trauma from a security search by airline personnel.

In an 8-1 opinion, the court sided with the Israeli govemment-owned airline and ruled that an international treaty, known as the ~Warsaw Convention, governs air carrier liability for internationalflights and bars state court claims such as that brought by Tsui YuanTseng, a hospital clinical nutritionist,

She sued the airline over an incident on May 22, 1993, when shechecked in for a flight to Tel Aviv.She said she was taken to a securityarea and treated as a "high-risk" passenger, confined for more than anhour, questioned and touched inappropriately by a female securityofficer who searched her. No contraband was found, and she wasallowed on the plane.

Tseng later testified that the search caused her to be "emotionallytraumatized and disturbed" throughout her vacation and that sherequired medical and psychiatric treatment upon her return.

She sought $5 million in damages in her state court suit. The air-line got the case moved to federal court, where a U.S. District Courtjudge dismissed it, saying the Warsaw Convention precluded such

. claims. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held, however, that she,could sue under state law because the treaty applied only to bodilyinjury.

The Supreme Court's decision Tuesday reversed the circuit court."We hold today that a passenger may not recover damages underanother source of law when the convention excludes recovery,"

. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said for the court.

political trouble without provokingnew criticism by agreeing to acceptloans or outside donations fromwealthy friends.

"It would raise a lot of issues:'said a Clinton confidant who askednot to be named. "In the presentenvironment, it's just better to goahead and pay it and be done withit."

Clinton settled the case after 41/2 years of legal battling that wentall the way to the Supreme Courtand ultimately led to the evidence-gathering process that uncovered hisaffair with former White Houseintern Monica S. Lewinsky and tothe chain of events culminating nowin the Senate.

Jones accused Clinton of luringher to a Little Rock, Ark., hotel suiteduring a state conference May 8,1991, when she was a $4.93-an-hourstate clerk and he was governor ofArkansas.

speech."The First Amendment requires

us to be vigilant ... " Justice RuthBader Ginsburg wrote for the court,"to guard against undue hindrancesto political conversations and theexchange of ideas."

Chief Justice William H.Rehnquist dissented from the rulingentirely. Justices Sandra DayO'Connor and Stephen G. Breyerdissented only on the portion of theopinion striking down voter registra-tion and'financial disclosure require-ments. . '' ... Dissenting Justices, as well as aColorado official, warned that theruling would make 'j- harder forstates -to protect the integnty 'of peti-tion drives. But advocates of theprocess said the decision safeguardsan important access that citizenshave to the political process.

major breadwinner during his 25-year political career - was apainful reversal for the president,who agreed to settle the case afterbeing told by advisers that theywould be able to come up with thecash independently. "When all issaid and done, not a penny willcome out of his pocket," one suchadviser vowed the day the deal wassealed in November.

But in the intervening weeks,Clinton's lawyers discovered theycould not tap his legal defense fundbecause it was restricted to payingattorney fees and expenses. Theyalso failed in efforts to pressureanother insurance company into aseparate buyout.

With opening arguments startingThursday in his impeachment trialon charges that he lied under oathand obstructed justice in the Jonescase, Clinton concluded in the pasttwo weeks that he faced enough

By Peter BakerTHE WASHlNGTON POST

WASHINGTO

President Clinton sent an850,000 check to Paula Jones on

Tuesday,finally closing out the sex-ual harassment lawsuit that contin-ues to imperil his presidency - andin a surprise move, financed nearlyhalf the settlement with his ownmoney.

To come up with the funds heagreed to pay two months ago, thepresident had to take $375,000 outof a blind trust containing invest-ments for him and Hillary RodhamClinton. The other $475,000 camefrom a separate deal with an insur-ance company that funded part ofhis legal defense and agreed to buyout the president's personal liabilitypolicy.

The decision to use personalmoney - most of it made by thefirst lady, who has been the family's

By Joan BiskupicTHE WASHlNGroN POST

flurry of ballot initiatives designedto buck the political status quo. The

WASHINGTON initiatives are permitted in 24 statesThe Supreme Court on Tuesday and Washington, D.C., and have

struck down a state's aggressive been used to rewrite state laws gov-effort to regulate ballot initiatives, in erning everything from term limitsa decision extolling the free speech and tax caps to gay rights and therights of people who circulate such legality of assisted suicide.petitions and sending a strong wam- But as the populist tool hasing to legislators who try to rein developed into a multi-million-dol-them in. lar industry dominated by profes-

In a split decision, th~ justices sional firms and powerful nationalrejected Colorado's requirements lobbyists, states increasingly are try-that people who circula4: petitions ing to devise ways of regu:latingthewear ia~tifica!ion '~¥tg~s,~be r~~ pfQceSS. And Colorado, which has.istered':'v9teis..:iIlt.tffe_:st~e.aridk. seeil ..an~abundanceof. initiati~es onsubject' '0 requirements on how the ballot this decade, has been at'.muchrtn wetc'pa -'Collectsig-l~" the forefttmf of that effort..' I '" " Inatures!.;'. ~ ,,":' ',"v.. .~ "."., . ',' ;li1-tlieir de'etS'ion,Tuesday, the,

The' decision'ls 1ikelyto be'care'- • justices made clear 'that regardlessfully evahiated by states lawthakers ' of how commercialized the processaround the country who have been has become~they still view the ini-overwhelmed in recent years by a tiatives as an important form of free

Calendar

- General Council Meeting *

- Spring Welcome Social, 5-7 PM, 50-220- Bruins vs. Islanders Game, meet in 50-220

- Activities committee meeting *

- Graduate Student News Published

- PUblicity committee meeting *

- Professional Develeopment seminar,3:30 - 5 PM, Hulsizer Room, Ashdown

* = at 5:30pm in Room 50-220. All graduatestudents are welcome. Food is provided.

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Graduate Student CouncilOFFICE: Walker Memorial, 50-220 PHONE: 253-2195EMAIL: gsc-request@mit.edu WEBSI~E: www.mit.edu/activities/gsc

Tickets are sold out for the Bruins/Islandersgame and for. the ski trip to Smuggler's Notch. :

Spring Welcome Social- Feb. 45 - 7 PM IN 50-220. Come meet other graduate studentsand~enjoy free food.and drink. Pro~er ID is required..................................................................... SpringfSummer. 1999 Travel GrantThe.i1ew1fifortrtatiort for the Travel Fund arwlicationsis available ,at www.mit.edulactivities/gsc. The dead-'line for all applications is Feb. 2, 1999...................... / -

Professional Development SeriesComing in February. Seminars will be held in the Hulsizer Room inAshdown House from 3:30 - 5 PM. The fIrst seminar is Feb. 10 andthere is another seminar every Wednesday until April 28. Topicsinclude Careers, Communication for Professionals, Working inGroups, and Sdence Policy Issues.

CAREERS:Feb. 10 Manager, Researcher, or Professor (lloyd Baird, BD)Feb. 17 Self-Assessment (Hannah Bernstein & Elizabeth Reed, CSPA):.

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fields they might not otherwi e have time to explore. This explo-ration may very well include academic ubject; students canuse this period to check out subjects-off the main track of theirmajors and may pick up a few useful credits. Students shouldalso be encouraged to devote lAP to non-academic activities. Inaddition, tudents can interact at a more personal level withMIT faculty, who have more free time than usual.

Departments that would like students to do more course-work for their majors houJd offer those courses during the aca-demic seme ter a well. An excellent example of uch a courseis the ever-popular 10.00 1, Introduction to Computer Methods.That way, students that who value booksmanship can devotetheir off-month to more coursework, and students who value adiversity in education can broaden themselves.

lAP has helped to broaden the perspectives of a generationof MIT students. This unique period should not be robbed of theability to provide an important and di parate supplement to therest of MIT. It is unfortunate and sad that certain departmentswould prize the fulfillment of students' majors over the diversityof education that lAP promotes and was intended to promoteupon its creation three decades ago.

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Independent Activitie Period tarted in 1971 to promotetwo major goal : to give tudent a breather from the tr fulacademic year, and to broaden tudent 'perspective through the

Edzetorlea1 pursuit of activitie not nece sariJytied to their major. Unfortunately,over the pa t everal year lAP has

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Guest ColumnVeena Thomas

Stuck onMagnetic

Poetry

My sister didn't get me anything lastChristmas. When you're fourteen, it's a littlehard to find transportation in order to shop forpresents. Instead, she gave me some money,and told me that I could use it as a sort of all-applicable gift certificate to buy myself any-thing I wanted. After looking around the mallfor hours, something caught my eye: a smallbox filled with words.

A magnetic poetry kit? I had scoffed atthese: Who would spend twenty dollars for alittle box with even smaller words inside thatcould be stuck to a refrigerator? Heck, if Iwanted, I could write words on little pieces ofpaper and tape them up to my refrigerator. I'dsave myself a lot of money.

But the day after Christmas, I felt a lot lesscynical, and quite willing to spend someoneelse's cash. Besides, it's always fun to spendgift money on something that you would notusually buy yourself.

So a few minutes later I left the store withmy brand-new magnetic poetry kit, trying todecide whether I had just blown twenty bucks.When I got home, I immediately started toarrange the words on the refrigerator. Nope,Mom said, the magnets might scratch thefridge. And the poetry box warned, "Poetrycan be digested figuratively, NOT literally. Becareful not to swallow these words especiallyif placed on a refrigerator where they mightfall or get knocked into something you plan toeat."

I ended up buying myself a cookie sheetand arranging all of the little words on it.For the next few days, the tiny magnets con-sumed my life. Never before was lone towrite poetry in my spare time, but with a lotof words in front of you, it is easy to look atthem and arrange them into something seri-ous, humorous, beautiful, or whatever fitsyour mood.

The words in a poetry kit include thebasics: he, she, the, and, it; but they alsocover the poetic: eternity, vision, bitter, wor-ship; and they even venture in to the bizarre:sausage, manipulate, luscious, rust. It'samazing how having words in front of youopens up so many possibilities, eliminatesmental blocks, and causes you to think instrange ways. Somehow I found myself writ-ing beautiful (in my opinion) poetry aboutraw sausage.

For twenty dollars, I had bought myself alittle psychiatrist in a box. Sure, it couldn'ttalk back, but sometimes a therapist justprovides an opportunity for people to talkabout how they feel and reflect upon theirinner thoughts. Poetry provides the samekind of release. And how many other psy-chiatrists can be carried around on a cookiesheet?

Upon encountering magnetic poetry on arefrigerator, or on a cookie sheet, it is difficultnot to fiddle with the words in an attempt tocreate Pulitzer-winning poetry or prose, or atleast something worthy of being displayed forothers to see. One day I came into my roomonly to see that my sister had contributed herown addition to my cookie sheet: "I latherapparatus and recall drunk easy gorgeoushim."

A few months ago, Harvard Square had apoetry project. A large magnetic board withseveral poetry kits on it was set up in thesquare. People were free to create their ownpoetry by rearranging the words in any waythey saw fit. Every week, whoever was incharge of the project would choose one poemand attach a plastic board over it with thewords "poem of the week" on it so that thewords could be preserved for others to see.Instead of randomly scribbling initials on awall, people have the opportunity to con-tribute something positive to society, some-thing entertaining, and something that otherscan appreciate.

My initial reluctance at spending twentydollars on my magnetic poetry kit wasunfounded. Magnetic poetry allows anyoneto write spontaneous poems without thefear or intimidation that often accompanieswriting poetry. If it takes magnets to re-introduce society to the wonders of poetry,then so be it. Or, in the words of my poetrykit, "It is time to think about how to pro-duce true meaning without elaborate lan-guage."

VeenaThomas is a member oj the class oj2002.

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United States will now have a hard time gener-ating an excuse to launch a ground strike tooverthrow Saddam. With no weapons inspec-tors for Saddam to throw out, how can Americaget rid of Saddam? America should havelaunched a ground strike in December.

The U.S. co-option of a world council topress forth maneuvers of its own interestsjeopardizes America's relations also with therest of the world. While no one wants to seeIraq continue its arms program, more andmore countries are actively coming out inopposition to the hard-line US. stance andare advocating lifting sanctions against Iraq.Malaysia and Denmark have asked for sanc-tions to be redone. France has drafted a pro-posal to end the oil embargo against Iraq.Russia has called for the dismissal of Butler,and Britain, our comrade in arms against Iraqlast December, has stated a new inspectionsprogram is necessary. Butler himself hashinted numerous times that he will stepdown. As the US. position gets weaker andweaker, Saddam's positions simply getsstronger and stronger.

It's amazing in the first place that a singlemember country can so monopolize a council.It is not surprising that the United States woulddominate UNSCOM, since Washington isoften the pipeline for UN. committees.However, ever since the creation ofUNSCOM,jt has been largely understood by the Americanpublic that UNSCOM is an independent body.Recent news once again adds to the long lineof fiascos the Clinton administration hasundertake . Both domestically and interna-tionally, America can only be ashamed.

tryingto walk1 i k eJ 0 h nWayne?In a word,

notsomuch.Even the hosts

begin to look uninter-ested by the 80s; it takes a new breed, led bysuch stars as Alex Trebek and Pat Sajak, torestore vitality to the industry.

The game show is largely gone today,replaced to some extent by so-called "realityTV" featuring real-life cop-and-robber chases.Maybe in twenty years future sociologists willglean as much information from Fox's"COPS" and "Worst High-Speed Wrecks VII"as I have from watching bell-bottomed, poly-ester-clad yuppies trying their luck on theGame Show Network.

Many shows feature celebrities; somefeature only celebrities, and one wonderswhat the point is. I aw Alan AIda, paneliston a 197x episode of "To Tell the Truth,"win a plastic shopping cart with his nameimprinted on it. Why? On "Tattletales,"celebrities playa sort of" ewlywed Game:'but don't seem to win anything. The conceptof featuring working-person contestantsseems to have been re urrected from its1950s ashes only after a considerableamount of celebrity dabbling.

Maybe networks were keen to keep regularpeople off their shows because most regularpeople are idiots.

This was nicely illustrated by an episode of"Blockbusters" I saw, in which the contestantwas asked, "Which sodium-chloride com-pound sits on your table?" and was also toldthat the answer started with "S."

"Pass:' said the befuddled contestant.Later 1980s games, like

"Scrabble," "Card Sharks," and"Body Language," begin to get alittle bit ridiculous, and one won-ders why or how any of those shows

were on in the firstplace. Is it really enter-taining to see JamieFarr or Vicki Lawrence

Whether its Osama Bin Ladenor Saddam Hussein

or the Republican party,Clinton~ got an army ofvillains to take thefall

for hisfaults.

closed off any foreign inspections in hiscountry. His long-h~ld statement thatUNSCOM is plagued with U.S. spies hasturned out to be valid after all, and it providesthe Iraqi press machine another way to brain-wash the masses. More importantly, the chiefcommunications and negotiation channelbetween Iraq and the rest of the world hasnow disappeared. Saddam can now withoutscrutiny build up a massive biological andchemical weapons arsenal.

On the flip side, with relations between Iraqand the United States even more distant, the

Match Game,"as host of a modern

game show. His W. C.Fields impressions are fre-quent and pathetic. Richard Dawson on"Family Feud," though apparently suave forhis time, is slimy by 1990s standards; hetalked down to and kissed all the femalecontestants. Only Dick Clark, of "The$25,000 Pyramid," is as I remembered him,interchangeable (except for clothes) with theClark who reports from Times Square eachNew Year's Eve.

y ar into variou glaring, flashing incarna-tions meant to communicate the show'sawarene s of changing fashions.

Once you're familiar with modern offer-ing (di regard uch garbage as the new'Dating Game:' de pite the presence of game-show oracle Chuck Woolery), check out theGame Show etwork. If you're in for the fullexperience, you can shoot all the way back tothe 1950s with shows like the original "To Tenthe Truth." I recommend concentrating on thegame-show-rich 1970s - the scenery,wardrobe, dialogue and mannerisms are allguaranteed to satisfy.

The contestants' banter is unrehearsed.These people, despite going through the net-works' selection process, appear utterlyunprepared for national television exposure.

So much the better, and fun-nier! For instance, it is

impossible to imag-ine Gene

Rayburn,host of

" The

Eric 1. Plosky

Why are epi ode from the 1983 sea on of, Wheel of Fortune" so much more fun towatch than first-run episodes?

Because of the width of Pat Sajak's lapelsand the color of his ve ts (yes, vests) - andthe similarly hilariou apparel and LoniAnderson hairdos of Vanna White and thecontestants.

It's a trip to watch old television gameshows, as I discovered while parked on mycouch at home during winter break. SomehowI clicked my way to Channel 83, the GameShow etwork, which runs decades-oldepisodes of such crusty classics as "TheMatch Game," "To Tell the Truth," "What'sMy Line?" "The $25,000 Pyramid," and"Card Sharks."

At first, I derided the conceptof a network devoted strictly toreruns of obsolete gameshows. But, to my amaze-ment, these shows are gen-uinely entertaining - not asstandard TV fare, but as anovel sociological windowon American culture.

Want to take the game-show approach to learningabout American culture?There's an easymethod. First,on a week-day morn-'ing at 11:00a.m., watch"The Priceis Right" onCBS, hostedby theancient andincreasinglyfrail Bob Barker.

Barker, aston-ishingly, has been onthe show for all of its 26seasons. That's right, "TPIR"premiered in 1972. It's theonly survivor of the gameshow era; the losers, from"Blockbusters" to "FamilyFeud," ended up on the GameShow Network.

The sets and schtick of "TPIR"haven't changed in 26 years; inaddition to Barker, one of the modelshas stuck with the show for its entire run.But looking at other current game shows,like "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!"(both in syndication), you can observe anoth-er phenomenon - the game show thatchanges with the times. "Wheel" has longsince dispensed with the rotating blocks;Vanna now pushes illuminated buttons toreveal letters. And the question board on"J eopardy!" has metamorphosed over the

Downhill, Again----------------- worst. Whether it's Osama Bin Laden or

Naveen Sunkavally Saddam Hussein or the Republican party,Clinton's got an army of villains to take thefall for his faults. What's more, at this point,it's not even clear if the U.S. air strike suc-ceeded.

In addition, with the discovery that theUnited States has been, in effect, runningUNSCOM, Saddam Hussein has completely

The Late Great Era of the Game ShowWhich odium-Chloride Compound Sits on your 1able?

Blunder after blunder, the U.S. policytowards Iraq has taken another downturn, andthe ego of the petty tyrant with grand ambi-tions is higher than ever.

This past week, U.S. officials confirmedthat the United States has, for the last three

. years, monitored Iraqi intelligence activitythrough devices planted under the guise ofthe United Nations Special Commission.According to The New York Times, officialssay that UNSCOM leader Richard Butlerauthorized the United States to lead its espi-onage operations, though Butler denies thosestatements vehemently. Now America isback-pedalling as members of the UnitedNations are expressing reservations aboutUS. involvement in Iraq, and the opportuni-ty to depose of Saddam looks scarcer thanever.

First, the announcement calls into ques-tion the motives behind President Clinton'sdecision to launch air strikes against Iraq onthe eve of his impeachment. At that time,White House officials stated that Clinton'sdecision was based on the arrival only one ortwo days before of UNSCOM's report aboutIraqi cooperation. At the time, not-so-credi-ble senators such as Trent Lott openly ques-tioned the timing of the U.S. attack. Now, itseems that Clinton indeed may have hadsome underhanded dealings with UNSCOMto have it release the report right beforeimpeachment. Wag the dog? Given Clinton'snot-so-credible track record, I suspect the

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fuln and vigor by Benjamin Everett, whileher husband, the confident but vulnerableKing of Athens, is portrayed by the astuteJonathan Epstein. But the acting, howeveraccomplished, never really blends in with LizDiamond's simple and symbolic design.

Part of the problem may be Paul chmidt'snew adaptation of Racine's classic play. Btranslating Racine's verse into modem conver-sational English, Schmidt looses some of thedistance that is ensured by older versions. Wetake things more literally when they are spo-ken in everyday language, but it comes at theexpense of our ability to abstract from theactual story-line and enjoy the playas a para-ble, something that the highly stylized stagedesign invites us to do. It also doesn't helpthat chmidt fills the text with monotheisticreferences like "Oh my God" and "Godalmighty" - phrases that seem strangely out-of place in a play where Venus, Eros andNeptune are pulling the strings.

Make no mistakes; the slight esthetic dis-sonance does not make this a lesser produc-tion. Director Liz Diamond has' managedsomething quite remarkable. Invigorating animportant and profound classic with new lifeand relevance without making it seem forcedand vulgar (something that happens all toooften, even at A.R. T.) is not an easy task, andrequires both artistic integrity and courage."Phaedra" now showing at the Loeb DramaCenter proves that Diamond possesses boththese qualities in abundance.

sive copper til d walls move in on Phaedra,impri oning her in a clau trophobic pacesymbolic of her trapped ouI. The distortedreflections coming off the shiny copper tilessuggest pain and agony, while the eerie musicand the subtle lighting serve to illu tratePbaedra' mood shifts and inner turmoil.

The costumes, superbly designed byCatherine Zuber, are an artistic achievementin their own right. Phaedra's blood-red dresswith its golden ribbons and Hippolytusf creamcolored outfit work well both as symbols ofpassion and innocence, and as decorative ele-ments on a stage where the costumes providethe only color. As far as esthetics goes, thisproduction is a rare treat.

But the production's main strength is alsoits main weakness. Liz Diamond' beautifullyconceived theatrical setting is stylized to thepoint of abstraction, making it difficult for theactors to fit in. Randy Danson, who playsPhaedra, has the hardest task. She has toembody Phaedra's ambivalent strugglebetween lust and logic, an internal processthat is not easily communicated to the audi-ence.

Moving across the stage like an operasinger, with slow and heavy steps, Dansonportrays Phaedra as a sad and bitter womanwho is tired of fighting her emotions.Considering the complexity of her taslC,Danson does a superb job in conveyingPhaedra's distress and anxieties. The object ofher desire, Hippolytus, is played with youth-

u ed Euripides' drama, about a tormentedQueen hopeles ly in love with her tepson, toportray the contradictions we encounter whenour passions and d sire defy our moral con-victions.

Pbaedra's tragedy is that she recognizes herdesires as sinful and wrong, but is unable toquell them. In a momentary lapse of reason,precipitated by her husband's disappearanceand presumed death, she confesses her love toher young and handsome stepson. Rejected byHippolytus and faced with the return of herhusband, the devastated Phaedra tries to sal-vage the situation by accusing her stepson ofrape.

But this is ancient Greece and the mightyGods get involved, bringing a sure curse andensuing death in their wake. To make a longstory short it suffices to say that few charac-ters are lucky enough to leave the stage alive.

There is thus plenty of death and drama in"Phaedra," but director Liz Diamond haswisely chosen to tone down the external hap-penings to concentrate on Phaedra's internalstruggle.

Set designer Richard Hernandez' expres-

the old shit, and some of the new shit." Whilehe hastened to apologize for "not having anynew shit," his sensational mix of songs span-ning three decades demonstrated why BillyJoel is one of the greatest rock musicians ofour time.

The classically-trained pianist began hissuccess with the song "Captain Jack" whichled to the production of his breakthrough"Piano Man" album. Throughout his careerJoel has been known for refusing to compro-mise his artistic integrity for commercial suc-cess, waiting until his fourth album "TheStranger" for financial fortune.

Joel kicked things off with the oldfavorite, "Allentown." As the concert rolledon, Joel went on to please the fans with"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant:' "MyLife," "Longest Time:' "River of Dreams"

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There is something strange and disturbingabout Greek men; the ancient mythical ones Ishould hasten to add. Many of these seeming-ly heroic figures have a bizarre fancy for theirmothers - or vice versa. First it was

ophocles' Oedipus who longed for maternallove in a far too literal sense, then Euripidesturned things around by authoring the story ofPhaedra, a Queen consumed by passion forher own stepson, Hippolytus.

It was the tragic heroine's destiny in thelatter of these incestuous affairs that served assubstrate for 17th century French playwrightJean Racine's "Phaedra," now revived in acompelling production by The AmericanRepertory Theatre.

During his life Racine was tom betweensensual pleasures and monastic virtues. He

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He opened by saying, "Rumors of mydeath have been greatly exaggerated."

And from there, Billy Joel gave, as wouldbe expected, a first class performance - per-haps for one of the last times.

Illness had forced rescheduling and manycancellations of concerts on what could beJoel's last national tour, leaving fans anticipat-ing any concert that the famed musician actu-ally performed. A sold out Hartford CivicCenter crowd spanning at least three genera-tions was on their feet the entire night in lateDecember, appreciating their chance to see thegreat rock legend perform some of his great-est hits.

Joel set the stage by telling the audiencehis performance would be "a mix of some of

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and many of his other brilliant tunes. Joeldisplayed his ability to liven up the crowdwhen he demanded that they recite the wordsto "We Didn't Start the Fire" because he wasfeeling "a little rusty."

The most moving part of the concert wasthe performance of "Goodnight Saigon." Hugespotlights and sounds simulating a helicopterlanding in the arena began the song aboutVietnam which brought some audience mem-bers to tears.

The concert was complimented by Joel'sability to have fun while he performs. In addi-tion to the many witty remarks he interjectedbetween songs, Joel performed quite animpressive baton twirling act with his micro-

JANET HSIEH -THE TECH phone stand.A revolving stage, with three different

pianos at different levels allowed Joel to per-form for every section of the crowd. Althoughthis may be his last concert tour, Joel demon-strated that he still had the energy and talentthat made him a legend.

A double encore ended the concert, withthe fans not allowing Joel to leave withoutbringing out his harmonica and playing"Piano Man." His performance lived up tothe legendary status his albums have givenhim.

Last year, Billy Joel announced that hewould no longer be writing any pop songs andwould concentrate on his classical scores.Fans can still catch his music at locationsalong the east coast this spring. If this is hislast concert tour of his rock and roll career,Billy Joel will surely be missed. .

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both the Intervarsity ChristianFellowship and the Gospel Choir.She has been honored by MicrosoftCorp., Citibank (now CitigroupInc.), Intel Corp., and Toshiba Inc ..

The Marshall scholarship wascreated in honor of former Secretaryof State General George C.Marshall, as a gesture of thanks tothe U.S. for aid given to GreatBritain after World War ll. Marshallscholars receive a full scholarship tothe British university of their choice.

Students apply from five regionsof the country, either from their col-lege region or their home region.Applicants are then interviewed by asix-person panel at the British con-sulate. Students from MIT need atleast a 4.7 grade point average toapply.

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the co-president of the MIT ocietyof Women Engineers. Like Oppold,she is a member of Tau B ta Pi. Sheis also a member of Eta Kappa u,the EECS honor society.

As a freshman crew coxswain,Miyake used to ask her crew: 'Howmuch do you want to win?' 'It is aquestion that I ask myself frequentlyas I challenge myself to proceedboldly in the face of difficult ques-tions and insurmountable odds," shesaid.

Miyake worked at the MITPrecision Motion ControlLaboratory last year and has alsoworked at the WirelessSemiconductor division of Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., andRocketdyne, a division of BoeingCo .. She was named an Intel Woman

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and a founding editor of theBiology Undergraduate Journal.Bahcall was also an associate neweditor of The Tech, a tea hing assis-tant in cell and molecular biology,and an intern at the ationalInstitutes of Health.

ince her freshman year, Bahcallhas conducted research in D Areplication. She plans to work in ci-ence and public policy.

Paul T. OppoldLike Bahcall, Oppold will con-

tinue his education at Oxford wherehe plans to study medical and ortho-pedic engineering.

Oppold is currently president ofthe Undergraduate Association and amember of Pi Tau Sigma. He is alsoa member of the engineering honorsociety Tau Beta Phi.

At MIT, Oppold studied mechan-ical engineering. He helped designdrug pumping machines atMedtronic, ~c. He also works atMIT's Newman Laboratory andrecently designed a robotic therapymachine there.

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7:00 p.m. - Animation Festival. Anime, School House Rock, The Nightmare BeforeChristmas, Bugs Bunny ... All your favorite animated films and some you've neverheard of. ET (259 Saint Paul St.). Sponsor: Epsilon Theta.

Tuesday's Events6:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Innovation Forum Series. Inaugural event in a series launched and

sponsored by the Lemelson-MIT Awards Program. Speaker, TBA, will talk about top-of-mouth issues in invention and innovation. Entire MIT community welcome. Media Lab-Bartos Theatre. Sponsor: Lemelson-MIT Awards Program.

8:30 - 10:00 p.m. - Tarot Gaming Workshop. Learn the card game of Tarot, then testyour skill against other players. Decks will be provided, but bring your own if you can.Lobdell Dining Hall. Sponsor: Society for Creative Anachronism.

8:30 - 10:00 p.m. - Tarot Gaming Workshop. Learn the card game of Tarot, then testyour skill against other players. Decks will be provided, but bring your own if you can.Lobdell Dining Hall. Sponsor: Society for Creative Anachronism.

Monday's Events7:30 p.m. - Yojlmbo (1961). Sanjuro, a wandering samurai, enters a rural town in. nineteenth century Japan. Learning the town is divided between two gangsters, heplays one side against the other. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. 1 hour 50 minutes.Admission $2.50. 1()..250. Sponsor: LSC.

Sunday's Events12:01 p.m. - Service at common cathedral. Worship on Boston Common with people

who live outdoors and people who live indoors. Make and share peanut butter andjelly sandwiches afterwards. Meet at Wl1. Sponsor: Lutheran-Episcopal Ministry.

2:00 p.m. - Artist Talk: Klkl Smith. The artist leads a discussion with slides, of herwork in conjunction with the exhibit, Kiki Smith: Recent Photographic Work at the ListVisual Arts Ctr. Bartos Theater.

2:00 p.m. - Games and Play-Doh. Games! Play-Doh! Puzzles! Fingerpaint! Chili! We'vegot it all. Come play with our toys until the wee hours of the morning. Admission O.ET (Saint Paul St.). Sponsor: Epsilon Theta.

7:00 p.m. - The Hunt for Red October. This adaptatiQn of Tom Clancy's blockbusterstars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, and James Earl Jones. Virtually undetectable onsonar, the submarine Red October constitutes a deadly first strike weapon. 2 hours15 minutes. Admission $2.50. 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.

10:00 p.m. - The Joy Luck Club. The Joy Luck Club is a mah-jong club at which fourwell-to-do immigrant Shanghai women swap memories, recipes, and support.Vignettes reveal the lives of the four women in China. 2 hours 19 minutes. Admission$2.50. 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.

Wednesday's Events play. 6-120. Sponsor: Roadkill Buffet.8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Internet2: The Next High Performance Network for Higher

Education. A one day seminar on the technology behind Internet2, its history, and itsfuture. 1()..250. Sponsor: Academic Computing.

5:10 p.m. - Weekly LEM Service and Supper. Eucharist in the Chapel everyWednesday at 5:10 p.m., followed by a free fellowship supper and discussion in Wllat 6:15 p.m. Chapel and Wl1. Sponsor: Lutheran-Episcopal Ministry.

Saturday's Events11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Elizabethan Garb Workshop. Create an Elizabethan doublet,

and learn how to make a skirt or slops (knickers, pants). Please e-mail sca@mit.eduif you're coming, so we know to expect you. 20 Chimneys. Sponsor: Society forCreative Anachronism.

7:00 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. - The Joy Luck Club. The Joy Luck Club is a mah-jong club atwhich four well-to-do immigrant Shanghai women swap memories, recipes, and sup-port. Vignettes reveal the lives of the four women in China. 2 hours 19 minutes.Admission $2.50. 26-100. Sponsor: .LSC.

8:00 p.m. - Intra-rotatlonal Analytical Probing: Roadklll Buffet. Roadkill Buffet's lAPshow, presenting serendipitous improv comedy. Our biggest show of the year has ussing and act based on your suggestions. Includes a mindblowing half-hour improvised

Thursday's Events7:00 p.m. - Scurrilous Songs. Join us as we explore scurrilous songs from Period (c.

1000 to 1600 A.D.). Bring your sense of humour and fun, and come enhance yourknowledge of bawdy Period pieces. 1-150. Sponsor: Society for Creative Anachronism.

Friday's Events1:00 - 1:30 p.m. - TechCaiendar Workshop. Learn how to enter lectures, lecture series

and events into MIl's online guide to campus events. We'll demonstrate how to add,edit, delete and modify events in the system. 2-135. Sponsor: The Tech

5:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Ust Visual Arts Center Opening Reception. Alfredo Jaar: Lament ofthe Images; William Kentridge: Weighing ... and Wanting; Kiki Smith: RecentPhotographic. Up through March 28. List Visual Arts Ctr E15.

7:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Party Sampler. The ghosts of parties past have invaded EpsilonTheta. Come over and sing your favorite 80's songs in Portuguese while dancing on thebubble wrap around the Hanukkah Tree. ET (259 Saint Paul St.). Sponsor: Epsilon Theta.

7:00 p.m. - The Hunt for Red October. This adaptation of Tom Clancy's blockbusterstars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, and James Earl Jones. Virtually undetectable onsonar, the submarine Red October constitutes a deadly first strike weapon. 2 hours15 minutes. Admission $2.50. 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.

9:00 p.m. - Potluck Performance Art Party. AKA show+tell. Bring video, poetry,slides, anything to read, show, perform and/or consume. Admission 4.00. N52-115.

10:00 p.m. - The Hunt for Red October. This adaptation of Tom Clancy's blockbusterstars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, and James Earl Jones. Virtually undetectable onsonar, the submarine Red October constitutes a deadly first strike weapon. 2 hours15 minutes. Admission $2.50. 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.

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One option to help reduce the build-up of atmospheric greenhouse gasesis tocapture carbon dioxide from power plants, or other stationary combustion sources,and inject it directly into the ocean. Most of the CO2 which we now put in theatmosphere enters the ocean anyway, but the so-called biological and dissolutionpumps are very slow; direct injection could speed the process, short-circuiting theco's deleterious residence within the atmosphere. Would this be an effective

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the Aberjona River valley. Yet, with a history of almost two centuries ofindustrial activity, the the valley has become contaminated with many otherchemicals as well. We will discussother chemicals now present in the water-

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Tuesday. February 2. 1999. 4-5PM. Rm (TBA)To all SOPHOMORESin the departments of AERO/ASTRO, CIVIL. MATS. SCIENCE& ENG., MECHAtjICAL, UCLEAR, OCEAN and UNDESIGNATED, learn to relatetraditional on-campus academic programs with off-campus work experience inindustry/government while earning joint SBLS In engineerin~ in a tq.WIof five years.

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Penfield to create new courseTeaching 6.001 is only one of

Penfield's new pursuits in undergrad-uate education. He is also taking thefall of 1999 to create a new freshmanelective course, scheduled to beoffered in the spring of 2000, withProfessor Seth Lloyd of theMechanical Engineering Department.

The new course will teach quan-titative theory of information, asapplied to computing, communica-tions, thermodynamics, and possiblybiology.

"The single most important ideain 8.01 is energy," Penfield said."This course is going to do the samefor entropy."

Professor Penfield has been onthe MIT faculty since 1960. Heserved as associate head of EECSfrom 1974 to 1978 and as director ofthe Microsystems Research Centerfrom 1985 to 1989. Penfield hasbeen head of the EECS Departmentsince 1989.

His research interests haveinc1u~ed solid-state microwavedevices and circuits, noise and ther-modynamics, electrodynamics ofmoving media, circuit theory, com-puter-aided design, APL languageextensions, integrated-circuitdesign automation, and computer-aided fabrication of integrated cir-cuits.

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Guttag seems to both take hisnew job seriously and treat it with asense of humor. "The two mostimportant jobs of a departmenthead," he writes, "are attracting thebest faculty and the best students.Once this is done, all that remains isto avoid turning a silk purse into asow's ear."

The process for choosing newleadership for the EECS departmentbegan a year and a half ago whenPenfield spoke with Provost RobertA. Brown, then Dean ofEngineering; about stepping down.

"We agreed on a time when I'dmake an announcement to the facul-ty," Penfield said.

Brown then appointed a searchcommittee headed by ProfessorAlan V. Oppenheim '59, to advisehim on the selection of a newdepartment head. Brown announcedthe appointments at the end of June1998.

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will receive a trip to Cambridge,England for up to six of its mem-bers, ostensibly to observe the hous-ing system of CambridgeUniversity. The second place teatrwill receive a similar trip to eithe?Stanford University or theCalifornia Institute of Technology.Kolenbrander said that these schoolshad "interesting systems" worthy ofobservation.

Following the steering commit-tee's selections, the designs will bediscussed at series of campus-wideevents during the spring and sum-mer and changes will be made bythe steering committee.

On September first, the finaldesigns will be submitted to Bacowwho will have the responsibility ofimplementing them. Bacow, aschancellor, has the authority tomodify the designs as desired, butLiu said that most changes to thedesigns after they are completedwill be made by the committee. Inaddition, Liu said that the"Chancellor has been very support-ive" of the design contest. "TheAdministrations view is that [theproblem] is in our hands ... we arethe experts."

Kolenbrander said that theadministration wants the finaldesign to resemble the lAP desias much as possible. We "expecextraordinary" designs, he said.

Students interested in participat-ing in the contest should come tothe .launc;h celebration today in theBush room at 3 p.m.. Liu stressedthat ma~y teams will form duringthe contest - having a team by todayi~not,a requirement for entry.

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All of the specifications consid-ered by the design contest are for-mulated under the assumption thatall freshmen will live on campus in200 I as announced by PresidentCharles M. Vest.

"That decision has been made,"Kolenbrander said. He said further,however, that "I'm not going to tellanybody that they can't try tochange the president's mind."

According to Liu, while Vest'sdecision is final, in the contest "wehave a chance to change every-thing." He hopes to "see a residencesystem that can fundamentallychange MIT's community" to fightapathy as well as self-segregationbetween faculty, students, and grad-uate students.

Steering committee picks winners .Completed designs will be pr~-

sented to the system design steeringcommittee chaired by William 1.Hecht '61, executive vice presidentof the Alumni Association. Thecommittee consists of four students,four faculty and staff members, analumnus, an alumna and is carefullybalanced between men, women, ILGand dormitory members.

. Teams were originally required tohave a similar level of diversity butthat requirement was dropped. Liusaid that the committee droppe4 therequir~mentin an attempt to be "veryunrestrictive" but said that diversitywould be helpful to any team.

The committee will decide ontwo winners. The first place. team

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tudent to have fun and feel com-fortable while learning ho to afi lyop rate a number of different impor-tant ood orking machine uch asa jointer and a band aw," aid RoyTalanian who teache the cour e.

Students enrolled in the wood-working clas over lAP learn how tobuild a mall upholst red footstoolthrough the use of a variety of different machines located in the Hobby

hop in the ba ement of DupontAthletic Center.

"I took a shop class in junior highchool, but we were not really

allowed to u e many woodworkingmachines. I thought that I couldlearn a lot more about using a varietyof different tools in this course," saidAmy C. Lin '02.

Students in the class seemed tofeel this course allowed them tolearn skills they would be able to usein the future.

"It gives me a sense of accom-plishment when I know I can safelyoperate the woodworking machinesto create something useful," saidJennifer 1. Yu '02.

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