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from .the rear passenger seat" of acar on Endicott Street, near PBE, at1:30 a.m. on February 24, accordingto the report filed by Officer MarkR. Kelleher.

"Mr. Lee appeared intoxicatedand informed me that he had [had]four to five shots of Bacardi rum,"Kelleher wrote. Lee and his com-panion, William Jim; then indicatedthat they had been staying at 400Memorial Drive, the PBE house.

Lee was subsequently transport-ed to Mt. Auburn Hospital, wherehe stayed overnight.

Kelleher reported that "therewere no signs of alcohol or partygoing [on]" at the fraternity housethat night.

The Interfraternity Council '.s

SAVE Kicks Off Earth DayEvents With Meyer Lecture

Underage male found intoxicatedMIT Campus Police officers

found Bobby Lee, a 17-year-oldfrom Dorchester, Mass., "vomiting

23, following an incident in whichan underage male high school stu-dent was found intoxicated at thehouse in February.

The fraternity has voluntarilybanned alcohol in the house for theremainder of the spring term. Thedecision to forbid the presence ofalcohol in the house was made vol-untarily by PBE' s executive board,Interfraternity Council PresidentAndrew T. Yue '03 wrote in an e-mail to the executive officer of theCLC.

The IFC will not impose anysanctions beyond thos~ pu~ in placeby the fraternity..

By Rlcha Maheshwari pers, and I know that we'll collectSTAFF REPORTER dozens of bags of garbage."

Celebrating the 32nd anniversary' To start off the weekend, Profes-of Earth Day, MIT's Share A Vital sor Stephen M. Meyer held a talk

. Earth (SAVE) club is kicking off entitled "From the Ice Age to Bush:the week- a History of America's Environ-Feature end with mental Policy" last night 'in Room

________ free plants, 10-250.bike repairs, a Green "family feud," "When thinking about the stateand a folk-music performance by of the environment, there's a lot toDavid Rovics on the student center be depressed about," Meyer said atsteps. the.beginning of his talk.

Daniel R. Feldman '02 is also Although Meyer said thatplanning this year's annual Charles progress has'been made to rectifyRiver cleanup on Saturday, April the human damage on the en~iron-20th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ment, he understands the challenges

"It's surprising how much of making real strides in environ-garbage is on the Esplanade," Feld- mentalism under the Bush adminis-man said. "There's everything fromclothing. to ordinary candy wrap- .

WAN YUSOF WAN MORSHIDI-THE TECH

Grand Inquisitor Don Alhambra del Bolero (E. Webster Heffern 'OS) menacingly lectures Venetiangondoliers Marco Palmieri (Stuart Stanton G) and Giuseppe Palmieri (Domenick Freda) about thehorrors of equality for all In the MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players' produ~tion of The Gondoliers.

By Jennifer KrishnanNEJVS EDITOR

MIT's chapter of Phi BetaEpsilon will appear before the Cam-bridg~ License Commission April

PBE to Face License CommissionAfter Male, 17, Found Intoxicated

• NEW YORK ROAD,RUNNERS

Danlel,R. Feldman '02 plac'ed 32nd In this year's Boston Marathonwith a time of 2:23:32.

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"President [Charles M.] Vest andothers at MIT have been active inWashington to make sure that poli-cymakers are aware of the impor-tanceof not overreacting to the CUf-rent security concerns," said Deanfor Undergraduate Education RobertP. Redwine.

"I think the main message thatwe're trying to send to lawmakers isthat we would like to work togetherwith them to develop policies thatdo not impact our open campusesand the ways we pursue research,"said Professor Alice Gast, MIT'sVice President forResearch.

The Immigration and Naturaliza-tion Service recently implementedmore stringent regulations on inter-national students studying in theU.S. A new regulation that tookeffect in early April requires all for-eign nationals to obtain studentvisas' before they can enroll in anAmerican school. Previously, inter-national students were able to studyin U.S. with only tourist or businessvisas while their student visarequests were pending. The policychange did not require the approvalof Congress.

MIT active in Washington talksMarburger stressed in his

address that universIties need to'think their responsibilities through

Restriction ProposalDisputed by Colleges

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By Sam. HwangSTAFF REPORTER

MIT senior Daniel R. Feldmantook 32nd out of more than 14,000runners in the 10'6th BostonMarathon Monday, finishing the26.2 mile course in 2:2'3:32 for thesixth-fastest time among Americanrunners.

"I surprised myself with themarathon because I honestly didn'tthink I could run that fast," Feldmansaid. "It was a good day for runningbecause the conditions were justabout right. ;.. I went out at a goodpace and ended up finishing with thesame pace."

Feldman has been running incross country and long-distancetrack events since high school andhas been running at MIT since his .freshman year. When asked abouthis training, Feldman said, "I ran 10to 15 miles a day to train for theBoston marathon. I pretty -muchtook it easy in preparation for therace. I ate healthy and trained aboutfive days a week with regular runs

By Eun J. LeeNEWS EDITOR

The White House is currentlydiscussing proposals to restrict uni-versity course offerings available tosome international students, TheChronicle of Higher Educationreported this week. Thus far, collegeofficials have been excluded fromthese discussions.

Under the proposals, studentsattending American universitiesfrom a list of origin countries wouldbe forbidden from taking coursesjudged to be potentially helpful inthe production of weapons of massdestruction.

"The institutions that producescience and technology are not onlysources of solutions and advice,they are also potential targets andmeans of exploitation for terror-ism," said John H. Marburger III,the president's science advisor, inan address at the American Associa-tion for the Advancement of Sci-ence on April 11. "Universities caninadvertently provide materials,skills, and concealment for terroristoperations."

In addition, there are severalother anti-terrorism proposals instate and national legislatures whichwould effect college students. Mem-bers of the MIT community havebeen making their voices heard onmatters important to institutions ofhigher learning and research.

MIT Senior,Places ~32ndInBostonMarathon

Nobel'LaureateDesmond Tutuspoke in Bostonlast wee,k..

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Comics

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OPINIONKen Nesmith discusses Wal-Mart's impact on the Americanlandscape.

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WORLD & NATIONApril 19, 2002

Bush Endorses. Sharon's S~psTo End Israeli Military Assault

Plane ffits Building in MilanAfter Sending Distre~Signal

Annan Calls for West BankPeacekeeping Force

/.OS ANtiEI.ES TIMESUNITED NATIONS

Despite U.S. and Israeli opposition, secretary-general Kofi A.Annan SM '72 on Thursday urged the U.N. Security Council to dis-patch a large multinational force to the West Bank to guard aid deliv-eries, provide security during the rebuilding of devastated Palestinianareas and monitor an eventual cease-fire.

U.S. officials have said they oppose the introduction of outsideforces so long as Israel objects - and Israeli officials here reiteratedtheir opposition Thursday.

For practical and political reasons, most council members con-cede, a Middle East peacekeeping force would require strong U.S.diplomatic backing and probably logistical support. The UnitedStates, with its veto power on the council, retains control over anysuch decision.

Yet Annan, described by aides as deeply disturbed by the council'sseeming inability to brake the violence and emboldened by Europeanand Arab calls for direct international intervention in the region,decided to press ahead with his proposal despite U.S. opposition.

"He knows he is going out on a limb with this," said a diplomatfrom a European member of the Security Council.

Senate Kills ANWR Drilling BillUJS ANGEU;S TI.\IES

WASHINGTON

The Senate on Thursday blocked oil and gas drilling in Alaska'sArctic National Wildlife Refuge, handing President Bush a key defeatand putting in doubt the future of comprehensive energy legislation.

In the closely watched roll call, pro-exploration forces fell wellshort of the 60 votes needed to overcome a Democratic-led filibusteragainst the drilling plan. Only 46 senators voted to end the debate,while 54 opposed the motion.

Drilling advocates had hoped to win at least 50 votes. Their fail-ure to achieve that goal increased already steep odds against the pro-posal being part of any final energy bill.

Still, neither side in the dispute thought the vote would end thedecades-long debate on whether to open a portion of the 19 millionacre refuge in Alaska's northeast corner to drilling.

Foes of the drilling say it would endanger one of the nation's mostprecious wildlife habitats, and they exulted in their victory.

"Development would irreversibly damage this natural resource,"said Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., a leader of the filibuster.

Andersen Settlement Talks DeadTIlE U:~SIffWiTOS POST

WASHINGTON

Settlement talks between Arthur Andersen and the JusticeDepartment broke off Thursday, with the firm refusing a deal thatwould have deferred an obstruction of justice prosecution.

Justice Department Enron task force chief Leslie Caldwell, whohad set a deadline of Wednesday for reaching a settlement agreement,withdrew the department's offer Thursday morning after Andersenlawyers said they were not in a position to accept it on the partners'behalf The Andersen lawyers unsuccessfully sought to have the offerextended indefinitely.

"We just agreed that we're just not there right now," said leadAndersen lawyer Rusty Hardin. "We rejected certain proposals by thegovernment and agreed to continue to review other proposals of thegovernment, but we could not complete that review withiQ the timeframe the government was demanding."

Hardin refused to detail the areas of disagreement, saying he hadhopes of reviving the talks before the firm's trial May 6 in Houston."You're talking to someone who doesn't want to close the door forthe future," he said.

By Tom HundleyCHICAGO TRIBUNE

ROME

A small single-engine planeslammed into Milan's tallest officetower Thursday evening, killingfour, injuring more than 20 peopleand stirring fears of a replay of theSept. II terrorist attack on NewYork's World Trade Center.

The incident briefly sent shock-waves through global financial mar-kets Thursday. Stocks tumbled inEurope, the U.S. dollar and the euroweakened, and in Washington, Pres-ident Bush was alerted.

But Italian authorities quicklyruled out terrorism as a possiblecause of the crash. They said thepilot, a 67-year-old Swiss citizenwho was flying alone, radioed thathe was having mechanical problemsa minute before he plowed into theZ5th floor of Milan's Pirelli Build-mg.

"I heard the noise of a plane andI asked myself why was it flying atthat altitude. Then I heard an enor-mous explosion," Michele Ferretti, .who works in a nearby office build-ing, told Italian journalists. "We allevacuated down the fire-escapestairs. We were frightened, I sawpeople in shock. You had the feel-

By Peter Slevinand Mike AllenTHE WAS}{fNGTON POST

WASHINGTON

President Bush stronglyendorsed Israeli Prime MinisterAriel Sharon as a "man of peace"Thursday, crediting him with taking ,satisfactory steps to end Israel'sthree-week-old military assaultdespite Sharon's rejection of thepresident's demand for an immedi-ate withdrawal from Palestiniancities.

Sounding strikingly a conciliato-ry just two weeks after he declaredthat "enough is enough," Bush saidhe understood why Israeli forceswere laying siege to the West Bankcity of Ramallah, where Palestinianleader Yasser Arafat has his head-

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ing of living in a film you hadalready seen."

The crash sent plumes of smokebillowing into the sky and debriscrashing to the sidewalk below.

Office worker Maurizio Sala wason the 20th floor when two explo-sions shook his building.

"We all rushed to the windowand we suddenly realized it wassomething similar to the WorldTrade towers because thousands ofpieces of paper were flying throughthe air. It was the same image," hesaid.

The plane "was in flames beforeit hit the building and it did not tryto deviate its course but just wentstraight in," said Fabio Sunik, asports journalist who said he saw.the plane smash into the sky-scraper.

"Then I saw rubble falling fromthe building," said Sunik, who wasstanding in front of the central trainstation, some ZOO yards from thecrash.

The crash left gaping holes inboth the front and back of the bu1ld-ing. It caused heavy damage on twofloors,. but authorities said there wasno danger of the glass, steel andconcrete building collapsing.

The 30-story P~elli Building is

quarters. He said the United Stateswould demand that Arafat deliverresults to match his recent condem-nation of terrorism.

"Israel started withdrawingquickly after our call from smallercities on the West Bank. History willshow that they've responded," Bushsaid in greeting Secretary of StateColin Powell, who returned earlyThursday from a 10-day Middle Eastmission. "And as the prime ministersaid, he gave me a timetable andhe's met the timetable."

White House officials laterinsisted that Bush did not intend to

.tip the scales for Israel. A senioradviser said the president continuesto insist that Israelis and Palestini-ans alike must take steps to end theconflict.

Milan's tallest. Built in the late1950s, it served as headquarters forthe Pirelli Tire company until1978. It now houses the offices forthe regional government of Lom-bardy.

By 5:55 p.m., the time of thecrash, many of the civil servantswho worked in the building' hadgone home for the day. Emergencyworkers quickly evacuated thosewho remained.

Ang~la Fassina, 40, said shemanaged to get down 21 floors in 15minutes. "We were down the firstsix flights without noticing, but thenwe started meeting emergencyworkers coming up and asking ifthere were injured. I 'told them tohurry because there was a' womanseven-months pregnant who wouldnever be able to get' down by her-self," she said.

The plane, identified by aviationauthorities as a Rockwell Comman':der, had taken off from Locarno,Switzerland, 50 miles northwest ofMilan, and was heading to Milan,about 20 minutes away. The pilot,Luigi Fasulo, was alone in the four-seat aircraft when he radioed a dis-tress call. His friends described himas a skilled amateur pilot with morethan 30 years of flying experience.

, But with Israeli tanks and troopscontinuing to enforce a tight cordonaround the West" Bank's major -cities, the president's remarks riskedfurtlier inflaming Arab opinion aweek before he entertains SaudiCrown Prince Abdullah at his Craw-

. ford, Texas, ranch."When I hear the president say-.

ing that Sharon is a man of peaceafter he has' destroyed our way oflife, and after the Jenin refugeecamp,'I don't know if this is not areward for Israeli terrorism against,the Palestinian people," said SaebErekat, a top Palestinian negotiator.

-"And when he says history willprove that Sharon is withdrawing,"Erekat continued, "all I can say isthat President Bush is as wrong aswrong can be." -

Hot, Cold, Hot, ColdBy Bill RamstromSTAFF J/ETEOROLOGIST

The wild swings in temperature over the last couple days may continuetoday, but starting tomorrow, more tranquil weather will prevail. The culpritfor these drastic changes is the large temperature difference between the landand the ocean which is common in the spring. The temperature at Logan Air-port dropped 32"F (18°C) in one hour late in the afternoon Wednesday -from 91°F to 59°F, as the wind shifted from westerly to easterly.

While a large mass of warm air has been building over the middle of thecountry all week, water temperatures in Boston Harbor remain in the chillyupper 40s F. This large temperature contrast also 'implies that the density ofthe cool air over the ocean is much higher than that of the warm air over theland. In the absence of strqng flow, the configuration of a vertical column ofwarm air next to a column of cold air is not stable. The cool air will tend toslump inland, while warm air moves offshore at higher levels.

A cold air mass from Canada will begin to move into the area on Saturday,putting an end to the hot weather that we have had. A few showers could formahead of this on Friday night, but not much precipitation is expected. Sundayand Monday will also feature sunny skies, but cool temperatures ..

Extended Forecast

Today: Breaking clouds, then sunny. High 7ZoF (ZZOC).Tonight: A chance of a shower. Low near 50°F (10°C).Saturday: Some sun. High 71°F (Z2"C).Saturday Night: Much cooler and clearing. Low 43°F (6°C).Sunday: Sunny but chilly. High 55"F (IZ °C).Monday: Continued fair and cool.

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Senate p~ Tighter RestrictionsFor Entry of Foreigners Into ,U.S.

u.s. Pilot Accidentally BombsCanadian'Troops, Killing Four

EPA To.Release Cancer Warning

Judge Throws Out Hostage Suit

KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS

Americans have a cancer risk from toxic chemicals in the air thatis at least to times the Environmental Protection Agency's acceptablelevel, and 12 million people experience risks 100 times higher,according to an unreleased Environmental Protection Agency study.

"Millions of people live in areas where air toxins may pose poten-tially significant health concerns," says the report, portions of whichwere obtained by Knight Ridder. "Although air qualitY continues toimprove, we feel that more needs to be done to reduce the potentialfor harm from exposures to these chemicals."

The study, whose release is nearly a year overdue, modeled theeffects of powerful poisons including benzene, formaldehyde, arsenicand chromium. These chemicals are produced mainly by vehicles andindustry and cause an estimated 150 cancer cases yearly. An addi-tional 350 cases a year are believed to be caused by chemicals indiesel exhaust. .

Overall, the added cancer risk from toxics in air - most of themlung cancer cases; exp~rts think - is small, on the order of one caseper 10,000. By comparison, smokers have a one-in-nine lifetime lungcancer rate, according to the American Cancer Society.

THE WASJl/NGTON POST

The 52 Americans held hostage in Iran more than 20 years agocannot sue their captors, a federal judge ruled Thursday, dismissingtheir suit and barring the once iconic figures from collecting damagesagainst a nation still designated by the State Department as theworld: s chief financier of international terrorism.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled that the AlgiersAccords, the executive agreement that ended the 444-day crisis, stillrequires the U.S. government to "bar and preclude" any suits by thehostages or their families. Laws passed by Congress in recent yearsthat allow U.S. victims of state-sponsored terrorism to sue their tor-mentors, and specific congressional support for the Tehran hostages,were not enough to overcome that legal hurdle, Sullivan ruled .

"There are two branches of government that are empowered toabrogate and rescind the Algiers Accords, and the judiciary is not oneof them," Sullivan wrote. "The political considerations that must bebalanced prior to such a decision are beyond both the expertise andmandate of this court .... This court has no choice but to grant thegovernment's motions and dismiss this case."

The emotional suit was seen as a test case for the validity of U.S.agreements and treaties with other nations in the light of antiterrorismlaws that seek to financially punish sponsors of terrorism.

The Justice Department, representing both the White House andthe State Department, argued in court that national security interestsdemanded that the United States live up to those agreements - evenif they were with countries the State Department designated as terror-ism sponsors. Those interests must outweigh the rights of individualvictims, they argued.

tions at U.S. ports of entry.Despite-its broad support, the

bill had bogged down in the Sen-ate, where'Robert C. Byrd, D-W. Va., ,.complained that it wasbeing -pushed with inadequatescrutiny. -. In addition, Byrd insisted ondropping a measure that wouldhave temporarily allowed immi-grants who have overstayed theirvisas to apply for U.S. residencywhile still inside this country,rather than returning home to sub-mit such requests.

The provision, known as 245(i),is ardently supported by immigrantrights advocates and had beenincluded in the House version ofthe border security bill.

regrets to Chretien Wednesday nightand promised in a statement Thurs~day to work with Canada to deter-mine how the accident occurred."We will draw every possible lessonfrom what happened and do every-thing we can to protect coalitionforces engaged in this vitally impor-

. tant mission," the statement said.Canadian officials promised to

convene a formal inquiry, saying theywanted to question the Americanpilot, whom the U.S. has not named.

Pentagon officials said two AirNational Guard F-16s were on rou-tine patrol over Kandahar about5:25 p.m. Eastern time. Wednesday,when one pilot saw ground firebelow and apparently thought it wasan enemy attack.

unclear why the American pilot andcontrollers apparently were not awareof the training exercise at a former al-Qaida camp about 10 miles south ofKandahar's airport. Canadian offi-cials said Thursday that they were"absolutely" convinced" U.S. forces inthe area had been fully notified.

Canada's military and govern-mental leaders were stunned andbaffled by the incident, the first

. Canadian deaths in a combat zonesince the Vietnam War.

- "We have so many questions thismorning," Canadian Prime MinisterJean Chretien said in addressing theParliament in Ottawa. "Extensivetraining for combat is ,meant to. savelives. How does this happen?"

President Bush conveyed his

Advocates said the legislation,projected to cost more. than $3. bil-

WASHINGTON lion over three years, would'The Senate overwhelmingly" improve the nation's security with-

apPI:oved measures Thursday to .out compromising freedoms orenhance U.S. border security, endangenng the economy.including new rules for monitoring - 'Compared with last year's USAforeign students, more effective use .PATRIOT Act, which gave theof intelligence data and 2,000 extra, adminis'tration sweeping new pow-immigration investigators and bor- ers to prosecute suspected terror-der inspectors." ists, the Border Security Act is a

The popular legislation, pro mot- narrower set of measures designeded as a response, to the Sept. II ter- to strengthen America's traditional-rorist attacks, passed by a vote of Iy relaxed entry system. -97-0. - For example, it would lift the

-The House", which has passed a 45-mimite time limit for U.S.similar bill, is expected to approve inspectors to process incomingthe Senate legislation this week and flights, a requirement that had.send it to the White House for placed the convenience of air trav-President Bush's signature. elers ahead of methodical inspec-

By Jonathan PetersonLOS ANGELES TIMES

WASHINGTON

By Craig GordonNEWSDAY -

Mistakenly believing he wasunder attack from the ground, anAIDerican F-16 pilot in Afghanistan .dropped a' laser-guided bomb thatinstead hit friendly forces, killingfour Canadian soldiers and injuringeight others taking part in live-ammu-nition training exercise below him,Pentagon officials said Thursday. ,

Air controllers alreadY had deniedthe pilot's request to fire after he firstreported he was under attack, defenseofficials said Thursday, but on a sec-

. ond pass, the pilot dropped a 500-pound laser-guided bomb, believinghe was acting in self-defense.

Pentagon officials also said it was

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DKE N~e-CallingUnfair, {!nhelpful

I was shocked and dismayed to learn thatthe defacement of the DKE posters ["DKEPlayboy Posters Defaced With 'KKK' Mark-ings," April 12] was part of an active effort byan MIT group. DKE is absolutely right to feelincredulous at the fact that their party wascompared to one of the worst hate groups inthe history of the country. When I first saw thedefacement, I figured it was the work of somebored wanker who was trying to be witty. Thefact that it was an organized effort by mem-bers of the MIT community paints a bleak pic-ture for the future of the country and societyin general.

Racism and bigotry stem from ignorance.MIT, an institution specifically designed tostamp out ignorance, should be one of themore tolerant and rational places in the world.Instead, it is a place where parties are likenedto hate crimes.

I can understand why some women mightfind Playboy offensive but regardless, Play-boy, to my knowledge, has never lynchedwomen and strung them up from the nearesttree. I believe neither Playboy nor DKE haveburned crosses in front of houses werefemales live. I'm pretty sure the Playboy edi-tors have not dressed up in white sheets andridden across the countryside, terrorizingareas where women live, and killing men thatsympathize with women. Finally, I am almostcertain that Hugh Heffner is not referred to asthe Grand Dragon.

Aimee Smith's actions in this case arejuvenile at the worst, and reactionary at best.Neither of these are desirable qualities in aninstitution which is committed to higher learn-

ing, scientific discovery; and rational dis-course. Calling DKE members "Gyno-Nazis"(whatever that means) is merely an extensionof playground name-calling. lf indeed Smithhas the best interests of the female gender asher primary concern, a better course of actionmight be to organize an evening of debate- onthe issue, or put up a poster explaining, usinga concise and clear argument, why her groupfeels that these posters are demeaning. Drag-ging racism, the Third Reich, and the Ku KluxKlan into the debate merely serves to take.weight away from her argument.

Furthermore, I fail to understand whyDKE is being targeted by S~th's group. It isridiculous to intimate that one group can beresponsible for the entire atmosphere or envi-ronment at MIT. According to The Tech, thegroup submitted their poster to Dean Rogers,who approved it. Therefore, if Smith has aproblem, she should form a coherent argu-ment and present her case to the Deans, Afterall, these are the people who have the powerto change policy. It is unfair to blame a group -that was abiding by the rules, and ridiculousto do so with childish name-calling.

-Jonathan Reed '02

Out With ArafatMillions of well-intentioned people around

the world, including me, wish a normal andfruitful life for the families in Bethlehem andRamallah. Surprisingly, few people realizethat the way to achieve this ~ream is not bykeeping them subjected to the dictatorialregime and murderous practices of the PLO.The goal of this organization is to fatten andann itself with international aid while keeping

its pe.ople in abject poverty and teaching themthat the way out is through hatred, so that it"can continue. to expend them as a novel formof "live" ammunition. Moral individuals whocare about human rights should push for. an .international effort to replace this gang with atrue democratic government.

Isaac Moses '02

Funding for D~gUsers' Education'

I am writing to request that you publiclypledge that MIT will reimburse students wholose their federal financial aid because of aconviction for drug possession. As I'm sureyou' know, George W. Bush has decided toruthlessly enforce the provision of the HigherEducation Act which mandates withholdingfederal grants and loans from students convict-ed of drug possession - yes, mere possession- until they complete a rehabilitation pro-gram. The obvious problem with this policy isthat it targets poor and working.:-claSs students,because private rehabilitation programs areprohibitively expensive, and' public programshave long waiting lists, which can cause seri-ous ~pediments to the education of poor andworking-class students. It's a petty, punitivepolicy that causes far more hann than good.

Please. follow in the courageous footstepsof Yale University, Swarthmore College,Hampshire College, and Western WashingtonUniversity and send a clear message aboutMIT's commitment to the education of all stu-dents, regardless of income.

Susan Buchman '0 IThe Tech received a copy afthis letter, whichwas addressed to President Charles M Vest.

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Standing Back FromPalestme

Dan Tortorice

ThreeProblemsFor MIT

MIT has given me many problem sets overthe past four years. Now, as I approach mygraduation, I'd like to give a problem set.

Problem 1: How do we fit well-roundedclasses into MIT's narrow curriculum?

The MIT admissions committee has takenpains to admit students with a wide array ofinterests. No longer is it interested in the stu-dent whose sole hobby is factorization. At firstglance it seems that MIT allows incoming stu-dents to pursue any academic interest. Classesare offered in a plethora of fields includinghumanities, and humanities classes are oftensmall, allowing students to receive personalattention. Despite these options, MIT is still adifficult place to pursue non-science interests.

The reason lies not in the Institute's optionsbut in its attitude. How often do MIT studentsdescribe their class schedules like this: 6.003,14.02, 6.046, and a HASS? This ubiquitousstatement relegates academic interest in thehumanities to a position lower than interest inscience or engineering. Often when I informstudents that I am taking a playwriting classI'm asked, "Why are you taking that?" or "Doyou need it for your HASS requirement?" Ianswer, ''No, I don't need to take it; I want to."But I'm always left with the feeling that mypeers can't understand why I'd be interested insomething so equationless.

You may think that students who come toMIT are not interested in non-science/engi-neering fields, at least not to the extent towhich they are interested in science. Why elsewould they have chosen MIT? But how manyhigh school seniors know what they want to dowith their lives? Haven't we all met the excit-ed freshman who wanted to major in physicsonly to spend freshman year hating 8.01 andvoting for Hal Bradt in the Big Screw contest?

As MIT admits more "well-rounded" peo-ple, it will admit more and more people whodon't know what they want to do, or who wouldrather pursue an interest outside science andengineering. But if the MIT culture doesn'tchange, these students will be discouraged frompursuing what they love. They will chooseinstead something that they don't like but that isaccepted. And they will be unhappy. Unless wecan change MIT's culture, I fear that we will, beadmitting more and more unhappy people.

Problem 2: How can we deal with gender. segregation in classes across MIT?

As a math major I've noticed there are someclasses at the Institute that make me think I'min the 1920s. I'm in two math classes this term.The first class has one female in it; the other hastwo. In total the two classes have at least 35 stu-dents. While MIT has been successful in shrink-ing the overall male-to-female ratio, it has notbeen successful in changing the ratio in allmajors and all classes. One can argue that thisshould not be it goal of MIT. That is fairenough, but to be the only female in a classmust be a bit disconcerting. If MIT wants allmajors and classes to be comfortable environ-m~nts for females, it must address this problem.

~Problem 3: How can we make MIT a morecreative environment?

Whenever I begin a piece of creative writ-ing, be it a short story or a play, I need to leave.my normal MIT life and go somewhere differ-ent. Leaving campus is often the most inspir-ing course of action, but given time constraintsI will often just go to the coffeehouse, which isthe most non-MIT. MIT place I know of. Thereis something about MIT that stifles my abilityto reach beyond the mundane aspects of mylife and find something insightful to express.Perhaps it's the MIT approach to education:the so-called fir.ehose that inundates you withknowledge but gi.ves scarce time for you toquestion, ponder, and extend that knowledge.

Now you might wonder why this is impor-tant. MIT is hardly in the business of trainingcreative writers, but there's something creativeabout scientific research as well. Greatresearchers have the ability to reach beyond thecurrent knowledge of their discipline and find anew insight. MIT's economics PhD programhas turned out numerous Nobel Prize winners,yet an MIT undergraduate has never won an "economics Nobel: If MIT wants its undergrad-uates to become world-class researchers it mustfind ways to promote. creativity.

MIT has been a great place to go to school.I've learned much and been well-prepared formy life, and I feel blessed to attend MIT. Butwl)at makes the Institute unique has also createdproblems, and in solving these problems MITcan make itself a better educational institution.

line with the objectives and reach of itsAmerican counterpart. President Bush, how-.ever, does re-enter the occasion from time totime to see if the idea of a secure Israel to theeast of a Palestinian state is anything morethan a fa,iry tale. To do' that, the U.S. usesinfluence to restrain Israel time and timeagain, each time hoping the Palestinians havegotten knocked around enough to knowthey're fighting a losing war. Maybe then, wehope, they'd listen to reason. Hope, but notexpect. Clinton hoped eternally, and in theend the rejection of the Barak offer-at CampDavid brought the al Aqsa intifada and hand-ed Ariel Sharon and the Likud executivepower again.

I doubt the Palestinians willlearn; they're not as "thoughtful" astheir liberal defenders. And if the

. American Left can't understand thatin a contest of survival it's a basicfact that Israel holds a royal flush tothe Palestinians' straight, sooner orlater President Bush is going to"mistakenly ignore" the Middle Eastand Israel will wipe out the Palestin-ian menace once and for all. It maytake decades for another leader ofArafat's stature to rise to power.Hell, maybe the Palestinians willwake up some day fifty years from

now, see'how far they've driven their societyand political institutions into the mud 'ofauthoritarianism- and corruption, and actuallypresent the Israelis with a faithfully electedset of leaders. Then again, I doubt it. Oneother thing the President may believe (if thestories about his choices in authors are accu-rate) but cannot say in the overly politicallycorrect arena of diplomacy, is that Islamicculture is fundamentally destructive, outdat-ed and doomed to extinction. That militantIslam seizes its adherents amongst such alarge portion of the Middle Eastern popula-tion and penetrates the believer to depthsunheard of in modern Christianity andJudaism speaks of a dark future for the Arabworld.

Presley H. Cannady is a member of theClass of 2002.

'Just past thefinancial advice column is the.world news, where we see that the company's

financi~l successes are bcilanced ,by an equallyimpressive array ifmoral failings. l# read ofworkers fired for discussing pay raises,foreignlaborers young and old abused as they toil to

produce the goo~s that line Wal-Mart's aisles;and. the fabric of small town life torn t!nder the

weight if the blockish cement supercenters.

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Visit and add events to Events Calendar online at htfp:/ /events.mit.eduFrlday,April19

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Biological Engineerinl}Klds Dayl Our 2nd annual Kids Day! The day will consist of games whichinclude Science activities hosted by our graduate students and faculty. Free. Room: 56-614. Sponsor: Division of Bioengineer-ing & Environmental Heatth.10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - SAVE Earth Day Celebration. Folk Singer David Rovics (http://www.davidrovics.com) will be giving aconcert in Kresge Oval at 4 p.m. (rain location: 6-120). From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. SAVE members will be giving away free pottedplants, holding a bicycle repair workshops, a living lightly at MIT workshop and information booths on "Green" initiatives at MIT.Free. Room: Kresge Oval. Sponsor: SAVE. Environmental Programs Task Force.12:00 p.m. - People vs. Gold In Peru: An Andean Village Organizes Against the Global Mining Industry. In June, 2000, a toxicspill traced to a U.S.-owned mine in Peru ignited a battle between the villagers of Choropampa and the mutti-national miningindustry. More than a thousand people suffered mercury poisoning. Organizing themselves, the villagers confronted and negoti-ated with the mine owners and the Peruvian government; an agreement was reached to clean up the spill and to compensatethose who were injured. What lessons can we draw from this experience? Daniel Moss (MIT/DUSP '00) has worked for overtwenty years in community organizing and development. Most recently he served as South America Program Officer for OxfamAmerica. Not only will he tell us what he learned about organizing in the Andes. he will also reflect on what it's like being anactivist at home and abroad. Free. Room: Stella Room (MIT 7-338). Sponsor: MIT Westem Hemisphere Project. MIT Depart-

ment of Urban Studies and Planning.12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - ACDL Seminar. Reflections on the V-22 Commission. Free. Room: 33-206. Sponsor: AeroAstro.12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Dreamweaver Quick Start. Dreamweaver 4 is a powerful tool for creating and managing complex Websites. This session introduces users to the Dreamweaver interface and gives a brief overview of Web publishing practices atMIT. Room: N42 Demo. Sponsor: Information Systems.12:10 p.m. -1:10 p.m. - Physical Oceanography Sack Lunch Seminar. Stability of the Thermohaline Circulation: A Box ModelStudy. Free. Room: 54-1615_ Sponsor: Physical Oceanography.2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - MIT Sawyer Series, Modem Times, Rural Places. "Settling with Buffalo Bill: Myth, Nature, and theState in Wild West Wyoming. - Free. Room: MIT. Building E51. Room 095 (Basement). Sponsor: STS.3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Mechanical EngIneering Seminar. "Microscale Electromanipulation of Cells for Bioscience Discovery."

Free. Room: 3-133. Sponsor: ME Seminar Series.3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. - Clean and Efficient Fossil Fuel Power Generation Environmental Challenges and TechnologyResponses. Chemical Engineering Department Spring Seminar Series. Free. Room: 66-110. Sponsor: Chemical Engineering.4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - David Rovics, Open Air Concert. David Rovics, world renowned social activist and singer, will comeperform at MIT for SAVE's Earth Week celebrations. All members of the MIT community are welcome to attend this free concert!Sponsored by the Graduate Student Council and Students for Global Sustainability. Free. Room: Kresge Oval, Stratton Steps.Sponsor: Graduate Student Council. SAVE. SGS.4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - PSFC Seminar. Electron Bemstein Wave Emission Measurements on NSTX AND CDX-U. Free. Room:NW17-218. Sponsor: Plasma Science and Fusion Center.4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Finite Groups and Probabilistic Comblnatorlcs. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in Room 2-349. Free. Room: Room 2-338. Sponsor: Combinatorics Seminar. Department of Mathematics.5:00 p.m. - Summer 2002 UROP Dlrect-Fundlng Deadline. All students requesting UROP Direct-Funding (Funding provided bythe UROP office) for summer 2002 UROPs must submit proposals and signed coversheets to the UROP Office in Room 7-104by 5PM today, Friday. April 19, 2002. Free. Room: 7-104. Sponsor: Academic Resource Center, UROP.6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - From Burnout at MIT to Joy In ute. Andrew Sears, a former MIT graduate student, will share his jour-ney of dealing with bumout at MIT and of undergoing a radical transformation to finding joy in life as he searched for his voca-tion. Free. Room: Student Center Mezzanine Lounge (W20-307). Sponsor: Graduate Christian Fellowship.7:00 p.m. - Kate & Leopold. Kate McKay (Meg Ryan) and her actor brother Charlie (Breckin Meyer) live in 21st Century NewYork. Her ex-boyfriend Stuart (Liev Schreiber). an eccentric scientist who dabbles in theoretical physics, lives in the apartmentabove. As confirmation of a new theory, he finds a spacetime gap near the Brooklyn Bridge. Using the portal, Stuart travelsback to around 1870 and takes pictures of the sights. as proof of his joumey. Leopold (Hugh Jackman), a man living in thistime. is puzzled by Stuart's tiny camera and follows him. ending up back in the 21st century. Leopold is clueless about his newsurroundings, but gets help and insight from Charlie who is under the mistaken impression that Leopold is an actor, always incharacter. Despite Leopold's high intelligence. the fast pace of modem New York is rather overwhelming, especially Kate'sattempts to climb the corporate ladder in advertising. Is there room for the love of a perfect genUeman like Leopold in Kate'scorporate world? Will Kate still want the coveted position if she attains it? Will Leopold's absence from his own century causetoo much of a paradox? Can the two lovers find their happy ending? $3. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC. -7:00 p.m. - Mil Anime Club Weekly Screening. "Black Heaven, - "Fruits Basket, - •Jubei-Chan" (8-10)." Most screenings aresubtitled in English. The MIT Anime Club is a non-profit MIT student organization dedicated to increasing the awareness ofJapanese animation (anime) on campus. Free. Room: Rm 6-120. Sponsor: MIT Anime Club.7:30 p.m. - Ajoy Pahankar, Hindustani Vocalist. Sub hen Chatte~ee. tabla. Presented by MITHAS (MIT Heritage of South Asia)in cooperation with Sangam and the New England Hindu Temple. This mature young singer is one of the new generation ofkhyal singers who has won the hearts of the old guard for the power and lyric beauty of his concerts, $17; $l4-MITHAS andNew England Hindu Temple members; $lO-students with 10; $5 MIT students with 10. Room: Killian Hall. Sponsor: MITHAS(MIT Heritage of South Asia).8:00 p.m. - The Gondoliers. $9; $7 M/T community, seniors, other students. children; $5 MIT /Wellesley students. Room: Salade Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Gilbert and Sullivan Players. MIT.8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Spring Dance Festival. Come for two dance workshops and party at 9 p.m.! Seehttp://mitbdt.mit.edu for workshop schedule and pricing. Starting at $2. Room: Lobby 13. Sponsor: MIT Ballroom Dance Team.8:00 p.m. - Tomfoolery. Tom Lehrer revue of witty. wicked, off-beat and thoroughly twisted songs.ln concerts, television appear-ances and a series of now-classic recordings, the Harvard-educated math professor delighted millions of fa~s during the195Os-\60s with dry. cynical but good-humored attacks on the A-bomb. racism, pollution, pomography, the military, boy scoutsand of course. mathematics. Nothing is sacred in this revue featuring such Leher favorites as "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.""When You are Old and Grey," "The Masochism Tango," "The Old Dope Peddler," "The Vatican Rag: and an unforgettableGilbert and Sullivan-esque recitation of the table of elements linked together with Lehrer's own inimitable concert patter. $9, $8MIT community/other students/seniors. $6 MITjWellesley students; group rates available in advance. Room: Kresge UttJe The-ater. Sponsor: Musical Theatre Guild, MIT.8:00 p.m. - Gamelan Galak Tlka Spring Concert. Featuring new works by MIT Professor Evan Ziporyn and Dan Schmidt as wellas premieres of pieces by Christine Southworth, Joshua Penman and Danielle Smith. Free. Room: Kresge Auditorium. Sponsor:Gamelan Galak Tika.9:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Communications Under the Seas: A Twlce-Rejuvenated 1.9th-Century Technology and Its SocialImplications. Dibner Institute Spring Conference. Free. Room: E56-100. Sponsor: Dibner Institute.10:00 p.m. - Kate & leopold. $3. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.

Saturday, April 20

9:00 a.m. - 3rd Annual Charles River Clean Up. Join us for the annual Charles River cleanup. We will be meeting at 9 a.m. onthe Stratton Steps and trekking up river to remove some garbage from the Esplanade. Free t-shirts and food and, as always,fun times. Free. Room: Student Center Steps. Sponsor: SAVE, Environmental Programs Task Force.

. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Negotiating the Deal: Sex, Ues a~ Valuation. How do you negotiate with investors who do this

every day? This enterprise series wi'll teach you to walk the talk. We'll cover the ins and outs of terms sheet jargon, what it allmeans, what matters, and what doesn't. Our panel of experts has lived and breathed term sheets and deals, and will sharewhat they've leamed. how they negotiate, what works, and what doesn't. $10.00 students. $45.00 Enterprise Forum memberswho are science and technology-based entrepreneurs, $65.00 Non-members who are science and technology-based entrepre-neurs. Room: Building E-51 Room 149. Sponsor: MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, Inc.11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Beaver Dash. Beaver Dash is a campus-wide design competition which will pit teams of sevenagainst each other in an intense battle of quick and creative thinking. This competition is open to MIT students, faculty, alumni,staff and high schoolers in the whole of Massachusetts. Beaver Dash is a great opportunity to meet other students, profes-sors, and alumni from the MIT community as well as interact with high school and middle school students from Boston andCambridge. You also get lots of cool STUFF like a T-SHIRT. LUNCH. and chances to win PRIZES. Free. Room: 4-2.70. Sponsor:

Society of Women Engineers.6:00 p.m. - Cohesion: African, Caribbean, African-American Cultural Show. Evening celebrating diverse culture within theafrican, caribbean, and african-american community at MIT. Performances include dance, drumming. step show, jazz, poetryand more. Dinner included. $5. Room: Walker Memorial Hall. Sponsor: Black Students' Union.7:00 p.m. - All. Cassius Clay (Will Smith) was a smart-talking, fast-stepping ball of fire, in the ring. and out, who lit up profes-sional sports in the 1960's, eventually dropping his slave name and becoming Muhammad Ali, and refusing to go to Vietnam.Champion, leader, and media super-figure. Ali was all four Beatles wrapped up in one. $3. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.7:00 p.m. - MUSES Spring Concert. All-female a capella just for your listening and viewing pleasure. Free!!! Room: 10-250.

Sponsor: Muses, The MIT.8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Patrol. Shoot your friendsl Travel to strange, new classrooms; meet interesting, unusual people; andkill them. A team game of shoot-efl'Hlp; guns provided. Free. Room: Building 36, Rrst Aoor. Sponsor: Assassins' Guild, MIT.8:00 p.m. - The Gondoliers. $9; $7 MIT community, seniors, other students, children; $5 MIT/Wellesley students. Room: Salade Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Gilbert and Sullivan Players, MIT.8:00 p.m. - Tomfoolery. $9, $8 MIT community/other students/seniors,$6 MIT/Wellesley students; group rates available inadvance. Room: Kresge Little Theater. Sponsor: Musical Theatre Guild, MIT. '10:30 p.m. - All. $3. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.

Sunday, AprIl 21

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Bike Ride to Emerald Necklace lakes. We will take a bike ride to celebrate Earth Week to the pic-turesque Emerald Necklace Lakes. Free. Room: Stratton Student Center steps. Sponsor: SAVE.2:00 p.m. - The Gondoliers. $9; $7 MIT community, seniors, other students, children; $5 MlTjWeliesley students. Room: Salade Puerto Rico. Sponsor: Gilbert and Sullivan Players, MIT.2:00 p.m. - Impressions In Modem Brass Music. Jazz and jazz-influenced music performed by Tarik Ward '03 and Andy Arizpe'05, trumpets; Allison Lewis '04, french hom; Dan Benhammou '03, trombone/euphonium; Andrew C. Thomas '04, tuba. Pro-gram includes Billy Strayhom's 'Lush Life', Clifford Brown's 'Sandu' and Duke Ellington's 'Mood Indigo.'Refreshments will beserved following the performance. Sponsored by the Mil Council for the Arts. Free. Room: Killian Hall. Sponsor: Music and The-ater Arts Section ..2:30 p.m. - Wholesale K1ezmer Banet. The Wholesale K1ezmer Band has, since 1982, performed both in the traditional contextof providing music and dance leadership for Jewish weddings and other simkhes, on the' concert stage, and at school and col-lege educational programs. Credits include performances and workshops at the Conference on Judaism in Rural New England, -Conference for the Advancement of Jewish Education, the New England Festival of Folk Arts (NEff A), a Celebration of FolkMusic for the l00th anniversary of Camegie Hall hosted by Pete Seeger, and at the Inauguration of President Clinton. Theirrepertoire includes music for dance, traditional Yiddish folk songs, and Yiddish theater and vaudeville songs, including originalcompositions. The Wholesale K1ezmer Band consists of Joe (Yosl) Kurland, (vocals and fiddle), Sherry Mayrent (clarinet), OwenDavidson (accordion, banjo, guitar), Michael Suter (bass viol), Brian Bender trombone), Richie Davis (percussion), Peggy Davis(flute). $3 students, $10 non-students. Room: Lobdell Dining Hall. Sponsor: Presented by MIT Hillel, supported by ResidentialLife and Student Life Programs, Jewish Student Projects, MIT Folk Dance Club, MIT Council for the Arts, and MIT Hillel William

Abramowitz Program Fund.7:00 p.m. - Kate & Leopold. $3. Room: 26-100. Sponsor: LSC.10:00 p.m. - All. $3. Room: 2.6-100. Sponsor: LSC.

Monday, April 22

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THE ARTS"Too Much."

Of course, each member adds a flavor,and Tuesday night, the flavors cametogether. I was convinced. Rusted Rootfits together and rocks like no other. Thepercussion takes the lead and the melodyfollows, like partners dancing.

During "Weave," Wertz danced andmade faces at the audience while she sangthe jazzy, lively song. Like a snake, shewiggled her spine and shoulders and sang,"Wiggle your backbone/Dance with mebaby!" She rubbed against her chargedpartner, Glabicki, who joined in with herat the chorus, and they sang with theircheeks pressed together into one micro-phone. The music had me going and I.could only laugh at their cute stage per-formance.

At one point, they lost the melody andplayed only percussion. That is the ele-ment that makes Rusted Root unique.Every member shook or beat cowbells,maracas, tambourines, cymbals, bongos,congas, or timbales. I admit, I becamebored with this part, and felt it lasted toolong, but the crowd continued to bounce,so maybe they dido't agree.

The concert ended with a shatteringperformance of "Ecstasy," followed by a thirty-minute encore, which was the best encore I'veever experienced. They sang "Happy Birthday"to their new album, Glabicki screamed "This isthe happiest day of my life!" and then theyplayed their biggest hit, "Send Me on MyWay," which seemed to make the audiencehigh.

Rusted Root performed for and with thecrowd. We were all inside the music. Glabickiand his ladies sang loudly, freely to the rhyth- .mically wild drum beats. The sound was pri-mal, acoustic, and aggressive. Rusted Rootoverwhelmed.

-ISLAND RECORDS

Last week, Rusted Root energized Avalon with their hypnotically' addictive music.ments. Throughout the concert, recorders, ing the song beautifully true to life. And thewashboards, keyboards, flutes, banjos, marim- crowd loved it - the usual bouncing slowed tobas, harmonicas, and several other nameless nods and smiles of respect and wonder.instruments were thrown into the mix. With Liz Berlin showed off her voice. in "Toothese untamed instruments, the band played Much," also on the album. Her voice, like thebluegrass, country, African, Indian, blue~ -song, was clear and carefree. Unlike Wertz'sjazz, rock, worldly, and indie music, all throaty, blue-inspired croons, Liz sang melodi-unique and spectacular and with the same cally and simply. For most of the concert, shemtense beat and energy. The audience never added drama to the songs Without really callingstopped bouncing. attention to herself. She seemed to be that nec-

Glabicki and Wertz put their weighty, take- essary band member who takes on thecharge voices convincingly together in their unclaimed vocal and instrumental parts, butamazing ballad "Blue Diamonds," each doesn't often get yelled for. Eventually, theattempting at times to drown out the other, mak- crowd finally noticed, and cheered her on in

CONCERT REVIEW

By Allison lewisSTAFF WRITER

Rusted RootAvalonTuesday AprU9, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday night, thousands of crazy col-lege kids packed into the sticky-floored, smoky-aired, beer-smellingA valon and bounced spastically toRusted Root's electric groove. You mighthave heard of Rusted Root, six amazing musi-cians with a mostly college fan base, whohave been compared to Dave Matthews Band.Their albums, including the hit album, When IWoke, are fast, chill, and addicting." But Rust-ed Root in concert is a whole new experience:Suddenly the music is on another level- it'sIl)anic and hypnotic. The April 9 concert cele-brated the release of their new al~um, Wel-come to My Party. The band, the crowd, andthe atmosphere were charged and alive, bod-ies-moving, complete with the smell of mari-juana.

_ On stage was Mike Glabicki, with a sexy;thrilling voice and animated guitar, JennWertz and Liz Berlin, two powerful vocalists,dressed like an Urban Outfitters ad, Jim Don"o-van, the drummer responsible for RustedRoot's characteristic vibe, and Patrick Nor-man and John Buynek, the multi-talented gui-tarist and vocalist. Like any other band, thecore of their music is acoustic and electricguitars, bass, and drums. Of course, they did-n't just stick with these normal, boring instru-

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To officially qualify for theBoston' marathon this year, one hadto run another qualifying marathonwithin the past 18 months. For menaged 18-34: one had to finish thequalifying marathon under 3 hours

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cheering and rooting for MIT stu- Two Kenyans, Margaret Okayo might be remembered for the return South Africa's Ernst Van Dykdents," he said of the race. Phi and Rodgers Rop, won the women's of Kenyans to the top of the time won the men's wheelchair divisionSigma Kappa hosted its annual and men's races, respectively. sheet in the men's race. Kenyans with a time of 1:23:19, and Switzer-m~thon party with WBCN radio. Okayo again,ran in course-record had won the marathon for 10 con- land's Edith Hunkeler took the

time and Rop finished in the fastest secutive years until Lee Bong Ju, a women's wheelchair title with amen's time in four years. Keith South Korean, won last year. This time of 1:45:57.

Some run, others watch -Many MIT students ran in the

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Nobel Laureate Thtu Discusses Middle East ConflictBy Rima AmaoutCONTRIBUTINC EDITOR

Nobel Peace Prize winner andfamed anti-apartheid spokesmanArchbishop Desmond Tutu spoke inBoston's Old South Church last Sat-urday, speaking this time for a justpeace between Israelis and Pales-tinians.

Approximately 200 people gath-ered outside Old South Church dur-ing Tutu's speech, holding signscalling for justice in the Middle Eastand welcoming the Nobel Laureate.

Bilal Zuberi G was one of them ."I think all of us outside the churchwere simply there to listen toDesmond Tutu, a hero for a greatmany people in this world, and toprotest against the massacre beingcommitted by Israel in Jenin andelsewhere in Palestine," he said.

In his speech, Tutu expressed hissllpport for both Jews and Arabs,while criticizing the Israeli govern-

ment's current occupation of Pales-tinian lands. "I've been verydepressed in my visit to the HolyLand; it reminded me so much ofwhat happened to us blacks in SouthAfrica," Tutu said. "I have seen thehumiliation of the Palestinians atcheckpoints and roadblocks sufferlike us when young white policeofficers prevented us from movingabout."

Tutu's speech was the keynoteaddress of a two-day conferencecalled "Ending the Occupation,"hosted by the Episcopal Diocese ofMassachusetts, Friends of Sabeel-North America, and Friends ofSabeel-New England. The latter twoorganizations' goal is to support andcoordinate with the Sabeel Ecu-menical Theology Center, based inJerusalem.

Tutu questions memor)' of JewsTutu began his address by cit-

ing "the noble religious traditions"of Judaism, beginning in ancienttimes, and recounting how manyJews aided in struggles for humanrights around the world.

"In our struggle againstapartheid, some of our greatestallies were Jews," he said. "And inthe civil rights movement, Jewswere on the side of the disenfran-chised ... why are our memories soshort that our Jewish sisters andbrothers have forgotten the humili-ation of wearing yellow arm bands.. , have they forgotten their ownhistory so soon?" Tutu said.

Tutu equated apartheid to theIsraeli occupation, saying hebelieved in Israel's right to havesecure borders, and he said thatArab states make a mistake in notrecognizing Israel's sovereignty."What was not justified, however,was what Israel did to another peo-ple to ensure its safety," he said.

Tutu also said that the demoli-tion of homes as a way to find sus-pected terrorists amounted to "col-lective punishment" of thePalestinian population. While hecondemned suicide bombers, Tutusaid that because of media censor-ship, "you don't see what thesetanks are doing to just ordinarypeople."

Applauding the works of grass-roots peace efforts in places likecollege campuses, he urged peoplenot to be discouraged by what theymay see as a small part in a largedispute. "Remember that there isonly one way to eat an elephant:one piece at a time," he said.

Moral obligation to activismAs an archbishop, Tutu framed

the importance of speaking o'utagainst wrongdoing in a religiouscontext, speaking about the "Godof salam and shalom."

"God is omnipotent ... but isalso utterly impotent. God does notdispatch lightning bolts to removetyrants, as we hoped he would.God waits for you .. , [He] is onlyas weak as the' weakest of [His]partners," Tutu said.

In closing, Tutu encouraged the, audience to "put out a clarion callto the government of Israel and thePalestinian people that peace ispossible." _

Much of the crowd was movedby Tutu's words. "Desmond Tutu'shonest speech awoke these emo-tions in me - questions which allof us should ask of ourselves,especially in this country since weare able to influence things aroundthe world much more than others,"Zuberi said.

"I hope others present insidethe hall and outside, and those whoread his speech later on felt thesame."

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FALUN DAFA.~itt_*i~Truthfulness • Benevolence • Forbearance

. What is Falun Dafa?Falun Dafa, also called Falun.Gong, is a traditional Chinese

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porates exercise and medita-tion. It'sprinciples are based:on Truthfulness, Compas-

sion, and Tolerance.People who practice itregularly find it tobring them betterhealth, reduced stress,inner peace, and deep-ened morals. The prac-tice was introduced in1992 by Mr. Li Hong-zhi in China andquickly spread byword of mouththroughout China and .beyond. Falun Gong iscurrently practiced bymillions of people in .40 countries.

,,' .Churches and mosque,s have been vandalized or de-molished. Traditional religious practices in Tibet havelong been.the target of especially harsh and unjust per-secution. And most recently. adherents of the FalunGong spiri~ual mqvement have been singled out for"ar-rest and abuse ... This persecution is unworthy of allthat Ghina has been - a civilization with a history of tol-erance. Af'Jdthts persepution is.unworthy of all that 'China should become - an open society that respectst~e spiritual dignity of.its pe~ple.". (

. President George W. Bush

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clear Testing Base and wasforced to renounce his belief.In June 2000, he went toTiananmen Square to peace-fully appeal for Falun Gong,but was illegally detained forone month under charges of"suspected illegal gathering."Later, he was forced to leaveschool by Qinghua University.In the wee hours of January 1,2001, the criminal policemenfrom Zhong Guancun PoliceStation broke into his houseand arreSted him, then illegallydetained him at the.No. 7 Divi-sion of Beijing Police Depart-ment.

We ask that you help us in tell-. ing people the truth about Fa-

lun Gong, especially those inChina and Qinghua Universitywho may have been deceivedby the Chinese government's.vicious propaganda. Theworld and China cannot letanother brilliant professor orpromising student suffer be-cause of his or her genuinewish to practice the principlesof Truthflliness, C~mpass;on,and Tolerance.

ate of Beijing City" award. OnSeptember 3, 1999, she wasforcibly taken to the policestation at Qinghua Universitybecause she openly practicedthe exercises on campus, andwas interrogated into the wee.hours ofthe next morning. Shewas later expelled from theParty and from the university.In the early morning of Janu-ary 1, 2001, the crim inal po-licemen from Zhong GuancunPolice Station broke into herhouse and arrested her, thenillegally detained her at theNo.7 Division of the BeijingPolice Department (a branchthat specially deals with seri-ous criminal cases).

Liu Wenyu was a postgradu-ate student of the class of 1997in the Heat Energy Department

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, Chinese police.

These 36 Western Falun Gong practitioners, whocame from 12 countries including the UnitedKingdom, Switzerland, Germany, United States~Canada, and Austral~a, displayed a banner stating"Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearancei• and satin meditation on the Square. One of them calledout loudly "Falun Dafa Is Good" to'the touristsand was beaten by the police. Accordi