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proudly the world-famous profes-sors, the splendid facilities and theground-breaking research that goeson within them, but thousands ofstudents graduate without ever see-ing the world-famous professors ortasting genuine research."

The report also made ten recom-mendations to change undergraduateeducation. These included emphasiz-ing research-basedlearning,changingthe structure of the freshman year,making the freshman year a basis forfuture education, linking communica-tion skills and coursework, usinginformation technology in teaching,culminating the undergraduate expe-rience with a 'capstone' experiencesuch as senior thesis or research,improving training of graduate teach-ing assistants, changing the facultyreward system, and cultivating asense of community.

"I think that the issues raised inthe Carnegie report are the rightissues to be focusing on," saidAssociate Professor of Political

when no incidents occurred inFSILGs, Glavin said.

After The Tech requested therelease of detailed crime logs fromall Boston FSILGs during the peri-od, the Campus Police requested themore detailed computerized crimelogs from the Boston Pulice.

At that point, the Campus Policediscovered incidents at BostonFSILGs that they had not previously

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A report released last week criti-cizing research universities forneglecting undergraduate educationin favor of research and graduatetraining continues to produce dis-cussion within many areas of theInstitute.

The report, entitled "ReinventingUndergraduate Education: ABlueprint for America's ResearchUniversities" was funded by a grantfrom the Carnegie Foundation forthe Advancement of Teaching andwas written by the BoyerCommission on EducatingUndergraduates in the ResearchUniversity. The report has produceda vigorous debate within the acade-mic community as administratorsand faculty members try to deter-mine the the validity of the reportand weigh its recommendations.

The report asserts that "researchuniversities have too often failed,and continue to fail, their under-graduate populations."

"Recruitment materials display

By Zareena HussainNEWS EDITOR

Glavin conceded that the BostonPolice have been providing accurateinformation since 1996, but shemaintains that records before thenwere not as accurate.

Before 1996, Campus Policeofficers traveled weekly to theBoston Police District Four officesto look at the public police log,which is similar to the one that theCampus Police maintain themselves.

During that time, the CampusPolice frequently observed weeks

Report Criticizes FocusOf Research Universities

The Boston Police have disputedrecent claims by the Campus Policethat they failed to report incidents atBoston-based fraternities, sororities,and independent living groups in thepublic crime logs available at theiroffices. .

Brendan D. Flynn, administrativeassistant to the Boston PoliceCommissioner, wrote to The- Techlast week to criticize the initialclaims by the Campus Police thatboth the CPs and the Boston Policewere responsible for omissions ofcrime data from 1992 through 1997["Campus Police AcknowledgeOmission of FSILG Crime Stats",March 31].

"The district has provided theinformation requested consistently"since the Campus Police requestedcrime data on May 10, 1996, Flynnwrote. The CPs specifically request-ed information only on crimesrequired to be reported annuallyunder the Campus Crime PreventionAct of 1990, Flynn added.

The Campus Police recentlyadmitted that their federally-required crime summaries had omit-ted crime information from off-cam-pus FSILGs due to accounting errorson their part. They also claimed atthe time' that the Boston PoliceDepartment had been providingerroneous information both in itsfaxed reports since 1996 and in itspublic logs before that time.

A total of 135 incidents, most ofthem burglaries, were not includedin the annual crime summariesbetween 1992 and 1997. Four of theincidents involved drug, weapons, orliquor law violations. Two forciblesex offenses occurred during thatperiod.

Chief of Campus Police Anne P.

ARIFUR RAHMAN-THE TECH

Nicolas Cauchy '88, takes advantage of the good weather to practice his climbing technique alongthe brick walls near the Chapel yesterday afternoon.

By Douglas E. HeimburgerNEWS EDITOR

Boston Police Dispute CP ClaimsOf Inaccuracy in Crime Reporting

Participants hope for fundingFor houses hoping to participate

in the pilot program, the loss of ahouse bill is a serious concern.

Tau Epsilon Phi ChancellorFarhad A. Ebrahimi '00 said thatTEP had someone in mind to act asa GRT and was expecting to becompensated for the house bill of itstutor if it chooses to participate inthe pilot program. Ebrahmim calledthe possibility that funding wouldnot be available "less than ideal"and said that "if they're going toimpose something on us, it's at leastnice that they should pay for it."

He called the program "aninevitability," however, and saidthat the house was participating inthe hopes of "doing our best toshape what it's going to be.like."

Eve M. Phillips '98, president ofAlpha Phi, said that her house wasalso considering participating in theprogram. AP, like other sororities,already has a "house. director"'Yhich would be acceptable to the

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Funding for the program beyondthis first year is uncertain as well."One consideration is applying thisreimbursement across the board,"said Dorow. It is not certain whethersuch funding will be available, hesaid.

Regardless of how much fundingis available, Dorow said that the"reality is that in 1999 every houseis expected to have a residentialadvisor with or without the money."

A pilot program to place gradu-ate resident tutors in independentliving groups is proceeding, butquestions are already being raisedabout who will fund the Institute'smandate requiring all ILGs to havetutors by 1999.

The office of Residence andCampus Activities has been allocat-ed enough money to reimburse sixhouses for tutor expenses this year,said Neal H. Dorow, assistant deanand advisor to fraternities, sorori-ties, and independent living groups,but additional funding for the pilotprogram and funding beyond thisyear is uncertain.

Dorow said that "a good number[of ILGs] have expressed interest inparticipating in the pilot program."However, he said that "we have ten-tative approval for six participants"to receive funding. According toDorow, RCA will "reimburse eachof the living groups for the cost ofone house bill." The tutors ''wouldbe provided room and board [by]the house in return for the house billprovided by us."

The limited nature of funding forthe pilot program could leave somehouses paying the cost of participat-ing in the experimental program.

"If more than six houses expressa sincere interest I hope that we canwork something out," Dorow said.Given the uncertainty of findingfunding, however, Dorow said that"maybe some of them wouldn't getreimbursement."

YlNG LEE-THE TECH

Ja Hyun Shin '99 played assorted works of Beethoven,Brahms and Kreisler In an Advanced Music PerformanceConcert held In Killian Hall Monday afternoon.

By Frank DabekNEWS EDITOR

Uncertain FundingVexes ILG ResidentTutor Pilot Project

1\vo of MIT's leading economistsmixed jokes, wagers, and witti-cisms in a debate on a variety ofglobal economic topics this weekat the Sloan School.

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almost certainly would undergorevision. The debate over a perma-nent war crimes court has revealedthat a number of countries, includ-ing the United States, insist on strin-gent safeguards to ensure suchcourts do not infringe on the sover-eignty of individual U.N. membersor cannot be used for frivolous,politically motivated attacks.

The potentially biggest obstaclefacing the U.S. plan could be oppo-sition from China, a permanentcouncil member with the power toveto any resolution. During the1970s, China was a strong supporterof the Khmer Rouge, although itscurrent attitude toward the move-ment's leaders is less clear. In thtiI980s, the Khmer Rouge, as part ofvarious exile coalitions, keptCambodia's seat in the U.N.General Assembly until U.N.-orga-nized elections in the early 1990sopened the way for a new govern-ment.

missile defense a top priority, theClinton administration has vowedto put more money and effort intodesigning a workable antimissilesystem. But questions persist aboutthe project's cost, effectivenessand international treaty repercus-sions.

The current plan is considerablymore modest than the space-basedarsenal intended to guard the UnitedStates against massive nuclearattack. The focus now is on design-ing a predominately ground-baseddefense against a few missileslaunched either intentionally froman outlaw nation such as NorthKorea or Libya or accidentally fromRussia or China.

Whether that systems actually isfielded remains a subject of muchdispute between the administrationand congressional Repu1;>licans. Theadministration is resolved to devel-op a system by 2000 that could bedeployed by 2003, but has put offany deployment decision until adevelopment is complete. ,.

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A draft resolution introduced bythe United States to the 15-nationcouncil can for the proposed tri-bunal to operate in The Hague,where the United ations alreadyhas a special tribunal to try per onsaccused of war crimes in the formerYugoslavia.

Under the U.S. proposal, the newcourt would have its own judges butwould share the facilities of the cur-rent court.

The world body has also estab-lished a tribunal in Arusha,Tanzania, to prosecute thoseaccused of complicity in the 1994genocide in Rwanda.

The United ations will hold aspecial meeting in Rome this sum-mer to con ider creation of a perma-nent international criminal court to-deal with war criminals.

U.S. officials said they expectedconsiderable debate about theCambodia proposal, and they saidthe draft resolution tabled Thursday

the United Missile Defense Co.(UMDC) of Arlington had beenwidely favored to win because ofgreater experience in the missiledefense field, although Lockheedhas had recent problems developinga shorter-range antimissile systemfor the Army.

Announcing the selection, Lt.Gen. Lester Lyles said Lockheed'sdifficulties with the Army's TheaterHigh Altitude Area Defense(THAAD) system were not a majorfactor. More important, he said,were technical, managerial and costconsiderations relating to the pro-posals submitted by both bidders.He declined to elaborate until hecould brief the firms on details ofthe decision.

"We're extremely disappointed,kind of shocked really," said BillLoomis, president of UMDC. "Wefigured we had the past experienceto play upon and worked very hardon our proposal."

Under pressure from congres-sional Republicans who have made

bled program. The report, originally inspection conducted nine yearspublished in March, was not pub- earlier. The inspector and districtlicly released by Congress but a office recommended that the com-copy was obtained by The pany's products not be allowedWashington Post. into the United States, but the

The report cited several prob- FDA's drug division never sent thelems with' the FDA's systems for warning letter it had planned. Theensuring that imported drugs are FDA said the plant was inspectedmanufactured to the same standards again, however, -and found to haveas those produced in the United complied with U.S. manufacturingStates. ' standards.

After telling one foreign compa- Another inspection of a foreignny that it had to upgrade its testing manufacturer turned up serious safe-procedures, for example, the report ty program deficiencies and a possi-states that FDA reviewers accepted ble coverup - and an incident ina manufacturer's written promise to which the company shipped con-fix the problems and did not call for tainers labeled as a bulk pharmaceu-reinspection - "even though tical chemical that actually con-agency documents raised questions tained a herbicide. eabout the manufacturer's trustwor- "This report should help thethiness." FDA defuse what has properly been

One drug manufacturer in called "a ticking time bomb,' " saidIndia' was allowed by the FDA to Rep. Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) chair-continue exporting antibacterial man of the House Commerceagents to the United States even Committee, through a spokesman.though a 1994 inspection showed "We don't want to scare people butthat the company could not even we sure want this problem to betest the product or the plant's fixed immediately."water supply for impurities. That FDA spokeswoman Lorrieinspector found problems with the McHugh said that the agency recog-plant that had not been fully cor- nizes that improvement is stiJI an!ected after .~avi!l~ be~n cited in an "ongoing challenge."- .. _ ---.- ...

Co er Request____er Rouge Tribunalr

By John M. GoshkoTHE WASHl GTO POST

UNITED Ano s

The United States urged theecurity Council on Thursday to

establish a war crimes tribunal to tryleaders of the Khmer Rouge for themurders of more than J million peo-ple when Cambodia was underKhmer Rouge control in the 1970 .

Pol Pot, who headed the KhmerRouge regime that forcibly sentthousands of Cambodians to die inwhat became known as "the killingfields," died two weeks ago. Butseveral of his cohorts in the regimethat was ousted from power byVietnam in 1979 are still at large,and the U.S. move i aimed at them.

U.S. officials said they acted atthis time because the remainingKhmer Rouge guerri lla forces arebelieved to be on the verge of col-lapse, and the remaining leaders areexpected to flee into Thailand orother neighboring countries.

By Bradley GrahamTHE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON

Pentagon officials selected theBoeing Co. of Seattle Thursday tocoordinate development of a systemfor defending the United Statesagainst ballistic missile attack, alegacy of the "Star Wars" plan envi-sioned by President Ronald Reagan]5 years ago. The action effectivelyrelieves the Pentagon of some of theburden of assembling the complexand controversial weapons system.But Boeing faces many of the sametechnological and political obstaclesthat have crippled the antimissi]eeffort for years and have contributedto a bill of about $50 billion sinceReagan announced his StrategicDefense Initiative.

The decision was a blow toLockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda,which had formed a joint venturewith Raytheon Co. and TR W Inc. tocompete against Boeing for the con-tract, which is worth up to $5.2 bil-lion. Lockheed and its partners in

The Food and DrugAdministration has taken steps toensure that imported medicines aresafe, but significant problemsremain with ow the agency pro-tects u.s. consumers from low-quality drugs from foreign coun-tries, according to a new' con-gressional report.

The report from the GovernmentAccounting Office praised theagency for streamlining operationsand making progress in speeding upturnaround time on inspectionreports, which constitute the firstline of defense against dangerousproducts entering the country. Still,almost 60 percent of reports weresubmitted later than the agencystandards called for, the GAO said.

The FDA is responsible for thesafety and effectiveness of drugs,medical devices and other productsconstituting nearly 25 cents of everyconsumer dollar spent.

Its vigilance over drug importshas been questioned for years. Thenew criticisms tracked those of twoprevious studies of the long-trou-

Report Questions Safety of FD.NsStandards for Imported DrugsBy John SchwartzTHE WASHINGTON POST

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IRA Balks at Peace DealRequirement of Giving Up Weapons

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The terrorist Irish Republican Army offered a vaguely-wordedendorsement of the orthern Ireland peace deal Thursday, but threwa wrench in the works by insisting it will not give up its arsenal ofweapons, as the agreement requires.

The IRA, one of orthern Ireland's most murderous sectarianstreet armies, called on its members to follow "the advice of theirpolitical leaders" in the vote on approving the peace agreement. Sincethe IRA's political wing is expected to back the deal, that amounts toan endorsement.

By refusing, though, to follow the requirement for disarmament,the IRA seemed to suggest that it will pick and choose among theterms of the deal. That sparked fear and anger among people on theother side of the bitter divide in the British province.

Over the past three weeks, there has been considerable politicalmomentum toward approval of the deal.

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WEATHERCome What May

By Marek ZebrowskiSTAFF METEOROLOGIST

With a nod to its Biblical charter, I rael marked 50 years of mod-em statehood Thur day by celebrating its strength and vowing aneternal hold on Jerusalem. The anniver ary of the founding of theJewish state was honored with swooping jets, the moke waftingfrom thou and of barbecues, and the melancholy note of theHatikvah national anthem.

"We have sewn back the heart of the Jewish people. We haveunited this city, never to be divided again," declared Israeli PrimeMini ter Benjamin etanyahu, peaking at the Hollywood-styleentertainment gala produced for the anniversary.

Quoting from Hatikvah, which means "the hope," etanyahu said"hope gave u the immen e strength we needed to rise from the a hes.and tart again. We overcame obstacles that no other nation has expe-rienced."

U.. Vice President Al Gore, the only international leader to cometo the I raeli ceremonie , re ponded with halting phrases of Hebrewand equally far-reaching vows.

"American ties with I rael are eternal," he said. "PresidentClinton and I are proud, as are all Americans, that the United Stateswa the first to recognize the state of Israel II minutes after you pro-claimed your independence."

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The percentage of teenagers having "babies declined for the sixthyear in a row, falling in every tate and the District of Columbia, andamong every major racial and ethnic group for the first time, the fed-eral government reported Thursday.

Although nearly a half million American teenagers still give birthevery year, the overall rate has fallen 12 percent since 1991. The birthrate for Afro-American teenagers is down 21 percent since the begin-ning of the decade to the lowest level ever reported.

The rate for Hispanics, the nation's fastest growing minoritygroup, remains the highest, but the new statistics show it falling forthe first time, by 4.8 percent between 1995 and 1996.

"These are not isolated statistics from certain parts of the coun-try:' said Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala."In every state, teen pregnancy rates are starting to come downbecause we have sent a consistent message to young people that hav-ing sexual activity before they are ready to take on permanent respon-sibilities is unacceptable."

Researchers and others who study teen pregnancy attributed thedecline to a combination of factors, but said they suspect the chiefreason is that teenagers are having less sex and using more contracep-tives.

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Our brief spell of summer will be but a pleasant memory. Weatherconditions will deteriorate over the Northeast for the next severaldays. A complex low pressure system will approach from the OhioValley during Friday and bring rain around nightfall as another wavedevelops on the front around the Chesapeake Bay. By Saturdaymorning a warm front will be traversing our area, heading north, withmost of precipitation ending temporarily. More unsettled weather willthen follow for Sunday and Monday as another short wave from theupper midwest and a slow-moving cold front head towards theAtlantic coast. Some locally heavy shower activity is likely in thisunstable air mass with markedly cooler air aloft. Unfortunately, evenTuesday looks wet and unsettled at this time. May marches in withrain, you might say.

Today: Increasing cloudiness with rain developing towardsevening. Mild morning will be followed by cooler afternoon as windsbecome onshore, with an early high near 70°F (20°C) slippingtowards the low 60s (16-18°C) with the onset of rain.

Tonight: Cloudy and rainy. Low 52°F (11°C) with moderatesoutheasterly winds.

Tomorrow: Morning rain tapering off to leftover drizzle andsome coastal fog. A few afternoon breaks in the cloud deck may leadto further showers late in the day. High 61°F (16°C).

Sunday outlook: Continued wet and unsettled, with highs in thelow to mid 60s (J6-J9°C) and lows in the mid 50s (l I-J3°C).

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China Maintains Its Har LineStance Prior To Clinton's VISit

Hearings Reveal IRS Agent'sPlot to Frame Lawmakers

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'Springer' Owners Say They WillEliminate All Violence on Show

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The owners of the "Jerry Springer Show," which in the past fewmonths has become the nation's top-rated syndicated talk show atthe same time it has been embroiled in controversy over the brawlsamong its panelists, announced Thursday it will eliminate all phys-ical violence from the series.

"We are getting out of the fighting business," Greg Meidel,chairman and chief executive officer of Studios USA, which pro-duces and ~istributes the show, told the Los Angeles Times. "Thisshow will not be a boxing match,"

The decision marks a complete reversal from the unapologeticstance Springer and the show's producers had only a few monthsago about the show's content.

A rogue Internal Revenue ervice agent tried to frame formerenate majority leader Howard H. Baker Jr. (R-Tenn. on money-

laundering and bribery charges in a bizarre attempt by the agent toadvance his career, current and former IRS agents told the SenateFinance Committee Thursday.

The witnesses, describing the agency as riven by fear,favoritism.and foul-ups, said senior IRS managers in Tennesseethen covered up for the rogue agent when the scheme was uncov-ered by his supervisor and two other IRS workers. Top officialsinstead placed the complainers under investigation, driving one outof the Tennessee office and two out of the agency.

The phony charges were made in 1989, after Baker had left theSenate and completed a stint as President Reagan's chief of staff.The agent, meanwhile, kept his job despite other complaints ofdrunkenness and sexual harassment - losing it only after an arreston suspicion of cocaine possession several years later.

Other witnesses also described how agency supervisors oftenconcede multimillion-dollar tax cases to wealthy corporations andindividuals, sometimes in hopes of curryin,g favor and perhapswinning a job. Major cases were also closed, witnesses said, inorder for managers to improve their rankings on internal agencystatistical measures. IRS Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti calledthe testimony about the bogus case against Baker "deeply disturb-ing."

In previous hearings this week, the panel heard IRS employeesdescribe how misconduct complaints against superiors are down-graded or shelved and business owners tell of being raided byarmed IRS agents on trumped-up or nonexistent charges.

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three months that ended March 31.'That was' lower than the 1 percentrise in the fourth quarter of last year,and considerably lower than manyanalysts had expected.

At a news conference, PresidentClinton hailed the reports as freshevidence that his policies are work-ing to foster the healthiest economicexpansion in more' than a quartercentury, and he declared: "Weareliving 'in an American economicrenaissance in which opportunity isabundant."

But the remarkable continuedconfluence of low unemployment,inflation and interest rates is attrib-utable in part to the economic tur-moil in Asia, according to privateeconomists.

and end tho e 1989 demon tra-tion.

Clinton's trip to China, sched-uled in late June, will be the fir tpresidential visit since 1989.Albright and other U. . officialscame here now to see what agree-ments can be reached in time forClinton's trip. There is still morethan a month left before Clintonembarks for China and officialstraveling with Albright repeatedthat negotiations on subjects suchas arms control and human rightscontinue. And while China may beunyielding now, it' could still makeconcessions.

But some experts believe thatno significant or far-reachingagreements will result from thediplomatic visit.

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caused by fears that the Fed mightbe on the verge of boosting rates.

In one report, the CommerceDepartment's Bureau of EconomicAnalysis said that in the first threemonths. of 19.98the economy grewat a 4.2 percent annual rate aft~radjusfinent for inflation, the fastestpace in a year, th~nks larg~ly to asurge in both consumer spendingand business investment.

Despite the robust growth, theprices of goods and services boughtby Americans didn't go up at all,according to the report.

Separately, the Bureau of LaborStatistics said its employment costindex, which tracks employers'costs for both 'wages and salariesand benefits, rose 0.7 percent for the

las. On Tibet, for example, ChineseForeign ini try poke man TangGuoqiang unleashed a long denun-ciation of the Dalai Lama theTibetan spiritual leader. TheClinton administration is urgingChina to begin talks with the DalaiLama, who fled from his homelandfour decades ago. Instead, Tangsaid Thursday that the Dalai Lamashould 'size up the situation (and)forego his illusions." .

Rather than easing their poli-cies, Chinese officials told theadministration to give ground bylifting all remaining sanctionsimposed on China after the bloodycrackdown on protests inTiananmen Square nine years ago.Tang said that the Chinese govern-ment was right to call in the army

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By John M. BerryTHE WASHiNGTON POST

WASHINGTON

Two government reports issuedThursday showed the U.S.~economyoperating in a near-ideal state, withontinued ~trong growth but nopward pressure on the nation's

extraordinarily low inflation rate.The reports triggered sharp. ral-

lies in both the stock and bond mar-kets, as analysts concluded the goodnews on inflation means the FederalReserve is unlikely to raise interestrates in coming months.

The Dow Jones IndustrialAverage rose 111.85 points or 1.2percent, to close at 9063.37. Withth:it rise: stocks have virtuallyrec~ver~d. from a tumble Monday

China took a hard line Thursdayin intense negotiations over:Oresident Clinton's upcoming trip

ere, turning aside requests bySecretary of tate MadeleineAlbright to make concessionstimed to the presidential visit.

Albright, joined by a host ofother U.S. officials, appea~ed forchanges in China's policies onissue such as Tibet, human rights,trade and weapons proliferation.But after two days of meetings, sheand her aides could point to little orno progress in these areas:

Instead, the Chinese adopteduncompromising positions, oftenreturning to old words and formu-

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an apology is owed to .the Police Commissioneron whom this reflects and the men and womenof District 4 who work day and night so thatthe students of MIT can enjoy the safety of this,city.

Brendan D. FlynnAssistant to the Police Commissioner

Scott T. TrzaskaVisiting Scien~st

Editor's Note: At the time the news storyand editoral were written, the Boston Policedeclined to comment.

ID Cards Smart;Open 'Campus Unsafe

The recent column by Anders Hove G["Through A Locked Door Ambivalently "April 28] is a testament to the lackadaisical atti-tude toward student- safety prevalent at MIT.What will it take for the administration to real-ize the practice of leaving the campus open tothe community is an invitation for criminalactivity? This campus is not an isolated micro-cosm and is surrounded by an urban setting.The police log iri the very same issue of TheTech in which Hove's article appeared listedover a dozen larcenies, multiple arrests for tres-passing, reports of suspicious activity, onearrest for assault and battery on a police officer,as well as an attempted breaking and entering.It is shocking that it will take an unfortunatestudent to become the victim of a horrific crimesuch as rape or murder within an open buildingto realize the degree to which o~r security iscompromised by an open campus.

As a denizen of Building 18, I know of pre-vious endeavors by students to have the build-ing secured. I welcome the card readers andany increased security measures MIT is takingto guarantee my safety. I would like to see thecampus use one standardized system and incor-porate identification card readers in moreplaces to allow 'access instead of installingnumeric combination locks giving me morecombinations to remember. It would eliminatemy need to carry keys, magnetic key cards, anathletic card, and several numeric combinationsin addition to my identification card to moveabout the campus after hours and would add asemblance of technological convenience to mylife.

Editorial On BostonPolice Inaccurate

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Under threat of fines for alcohol violations, myfriend and I, both 23 years of age, were toldrather gruffly to go fjnish our beers in. anupstairs bedroom, preferably with the door shut.

MIT's new drinking policy is a completetravesty. There is no need for a sober adult andhis friend to be harassed by the Campus Policefor consuming a single beer. The policy hasmade people afraid to get medical help for fearof reprisals from the CPs and has forced stu-dents to resort to illicit and devious methods toget alcohol. It is an affront to the intelligence ofthe MIT population, 'and an unfair abridgementof the rights of legal-age students. It seems tome that as far as MIT's policy on drinking isconcerned in the donnitories, the hypocriticalmessage is clear: drink all you want, but makesure you do' it in a place where MIT is not aslegally liable.

On the Boston Police Commissioner'sbehalf, I would like to register, in the strongesttenns, our outrage for the blatant lie containedin the statement in your newspaper ["An AboutFace on Off-Campus Crime," April 3]: "This isan egregious breach of trust between lawenforcement agencies and displays, at best, aserious lack of organization at the BostonPolice district offices." Had your newspaperinvestigated the matter further, you would havefound that it is an untrue statement.

On May 10, 1996, the MIT Campus Policesent a list of 25 FSILGs to District 4 requestinga weekly report of any Part 1 crimes that occuron the respective properties. They specificallydeclined to have any other crime statistics. Thedistrict has provided the infonnation requestedconsistently since then to the MIT CampusPolice. .

Two months ago, after the incident involv-ing the New York student who succumbed toalcohol poisoning, they requested reports of allcrimes at the FSILGs pack to 1993. In. that thedata base only goes back to 1995, that was thelimit of our report. However, it should be notedthat the district was keeping statistics onFSILGs before the Campus Police first request-ed them. Does this indicate a serious lack oforganization at the district? At the very least,

The two cover stories of the April 24 issueof The Tech ["Clinton to Address Graduates atCommencement;" "Redesigned TechnologyReview Will Shift Focus to Innovation"] con-trasted poorly and displayed the shortsighted-ness of Technology Review. One article boast-ed that President Clinton would honor MIT byspeaking at Commencement, most likely on an"important topic ... " that will involve policystatements regarding science and technology,'"according to Presic'.ent Charles M. Vest.Meanwhile, the article below includedTechnology Review publisher Martha Connorstrumpeting that technology and policy "wasrelevant in the 1970's, but that has reallychanged," and using this preposterous rationaleas a basis for gutting the magazine of technolo-gy policy 'issues. Perhaps Technology Reviewshould tell President Clinton to go elsewherewith his "irrelevant" speech about technologyand policy.

Poo Lanning and Worse CommunicationThe recent deci ion by the administration to move a number upercede tho e of graduate student . The admini tration hould

of undergraduate to Tang Hall how limited fore ight and take more care to balance the need of the e two element of thedemon trate a di turbing change in policy. This move high- community. Gradu.ate tudent de erve to know where they tand

light the dangerou Iyovertaxed with respect to the admini tration.Editorial nature of the hou ing sy tern and In addition, the neces ity ofthi move demonstrates theagain bring into que tion the tatu instability inherent in MIT' housing ystem. Housing on and

of graduate tudent in the admini tration' housing philosophy. off-campus i overtaxed. The administration has hown a callouMembers of the graduate community, including repre enta- indifference toward it tudent body by operating a dormitory

tive of the Graduate Student Council, have raised erious objec- y tern at over 100 percent of capacity and by depending heavilytion to the propo al that undergraduate be hou ed in Tang. on the a umption that incoming students will choo e to live inGraduate student hould have been consulted about a decision fraternities, sororitie ,and independent living groups. The rela-which will affect their opportunities for on-campus housing. The tive stability of this system in the recent past wa more the re ultfact that no ub tantive dialog on thi i ue seem to have of chance than of good planning. Permanent changes, such as theoccurred demonstrate that the administrati9n still doe not wi h undergraduate dormitory planned for Vassar Street, will be ato include tudent in the decision-making proce on housing, tep in the right direction, provided that the number of acceptedan attitude The Tech ha condemned in the past, and does again freshmen is not increased to maintain the current levels of occu-here. pancy.

A a con olation to graduate student , the administration has Although the move to house undergraduates in Tang wasoffered to provide sub idies for apartments in Worthington inconsiderate and abrupt, good may come of it. As more under-Place .. lfthe ub idized rent there are beyond the range of grad- graduates take up residence in graduate dorms, these arrange-uate student , however, the move will do little to relieve the . ments have become an experiment in integration by creating aproblem. If sub idie can bri'ng down rents to par with other unique opportunity for graduate students and undergraduates tograduate housing, this problem will be mitigated, although the live together. Perhaps these changes will become a model foradded expense of furniture remains a consideration. future housing policy. Hopefully, however, the decision-making

However, even if equivalent housing is found, the Tang practices that led to them, and to the unfortunate dislocation ofdecision still send the message that the needs of undergraduates graduate students, will not be repeated.

MIT's Alcohol PolicyMyopic, Unfair

In the last year, MIT's policy on alcohol haschanged dramatically in response to theuntimely and tragic death of Scott S. Krueger'01. The Institute would like us to think that.theactions taken in the wake of last fall'supheavals are done with the best interests ofthe students in. mind. However, I'm repeatedlystunned by how myopic and out of touch withreality the administration really is. Most stu-dents around campus will tell you in all certain-ty that underage drinking has not significantlyslowed down in recent months, only that thepolicy has forced students to drink in theirrooms, behind closed doors, where it can't bemonitored or kept under control. Last Friday,this is exactly what I was told to do by the cam-pus police.

At a dry, registered donnitory party that Iattended last Friday, members of MIT's ownintrepid Campus Police told me in no uncertaintenns that I was not allowed to drink a beer inthe lobby area, inside the actual party, thelounge, or even in the elevator, for that matter.

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Commencement CommuniqueOP o CD Page 5

MEMORANDUM

May 1, 1998TO: President Bill ClintonFR: Raajnish A. Chitaley '95RE: MIT Commencement addre s

Dear Mr. President:As an alumnus, I am very pleased that

you will speak at MIT next month. We arehonored to have you visit the nation's fore-most center for science and technology.Your visit is particularly significant as tech-nology plays a central role in shaping thenext century. In that context, let me kindlysuggest some topics for yo address to thegraduates:

1. Who will pay for science in the nextcentury? For the last fifty years, Americanuniversities have relied on the federal gov-ernment for support. In the env' onment ofthe Cold War, government support for sci-ence was easy to defend. With the end of theCold War, MIT and other research universi-ties have suffered in the era of "small gov-

_ ernment." The private sector cannot musterthe level or intensity of resources of the gov - .

emment; their incentiv s are different. Mr.Pre ident, tell us who wjll pay for cience inthe ne t century. And who will decide whereour science dollar should be spent? Will thebest science win?

2. How can we improve the technologyequality"? As technology become criticalfor jobs, the gap between the technologyhaves" and' have nots" is widening. Today,

your average Electrical Engineering andComputer cience graduate will fmd a betterjob than 10 ye~IS ago but what will happento the millions without basic technologyskills? Who is training the 'blue collar'technology workforce of tomorrow? TheInternet has expanded access beyond acade-mics' and corporate America. But what per-cent of low-income American adults haveaccess to the Internet? What should MIT doto bridge the "technology equality" gap?

3. What is America's next great chal-lenge in science and technology? Yes, I'mhoping for something Kennedy-esque: anational commitment for the next 10 years.Think about the power of national purpose:the Manhattan project, the moon race.What's next? The cure for cancer. Or maybepollution-free, inexhaustible, cheap, fusionenergy. Let's be bold.

4. How should American democracy

change in response to technology? TheConstitution was written in an era when ittook week to deliver a mes age across thecolonies. Today, it takes seconds to commu-nicate across the globe. Are we using theright model of democracy? You hold manytown meetings" to encourage and informpublic discourse." What about real direct

democracy through electronic town meet-ings?

5. How will law and ethics keep pacewith science and technology? From Dollythe sheep to D A testing, ethics and law areyears behind technology. And the pace oftechnology evolution continues to increase.We will see more fundamental conflictsbetween the law and technology. Some con-flicts, like software architecture and monop-oly law (e.g., U.S. v. Microsoft, are top ofmind. Others, like ,cryptography and thenature of privacy rights, are more obscure.Will we ever get a "step change" in ethicsand law to reflect our modem reality?

. , 6. What is the public duty of America'stechnology elite? America's intellectual elitehas traditionally felt the pull of national ser-vice - such as duri,ng the RevolutionaryWar, the Civil War, and during the GreatDepression. During World War II, publicduty meant the Radiation Lab and the

Manhattan project. Dr. Vest is skipping hisusual' Charge to Graduates." Take theopportunity to give America's technologyelite their charge. What is their public duty?

7. Can scientists and engineers makegreat leaders? Very few political leadershave had a science or technology ba'ck-ground. Jimmy Carter, a nuclear engineer inthe avy, was an exception. Your adminis-tration has been especially active in scienceand technology issues. Will scientists andengineers, as opposed to politicos and cor-porate leaders, ever exercise significantinfluence over public thought? Why didn'tyou choose a science or technology field foryour career?

These are big topics, but you're the presi-dent. And you'll be speaking to some of thewor d's newly minted science and technolo-gy cognoscenti, who will also be new col-lege graduates. Your speech should be asmemorable as the happiness ofCommencement day for graduates and fami-lies. Some final advice. On length, the short-er the better. And learn the words to "We arethe Engineers." I look forward to hearingyou sing in June.

Raaj Chitaley '95, a former OpinionEditor, is a management consultant inBoston.

The Real Rose of Britain1bny Blair~ Lab~r Party is Delivering the Reforms That it Promised

Michael 1. RingUnited Nations, rightfully assuming a posi-tion of leadership in the world. The govern-ment has decided not to join the first wave ofthe European monetary union, but it isexpected that they will do so after the turn ofthe century. New Labor recognizes Britainmust integrate, not isolate, to playa leadingrole in the global economy.

By far Blair's greatest foreign policy tri-umph has been the peace settlement inNorthern Ireland. His predecessor was bravein starting the process, but it was Blair whobrought the determination and courage to

Ulster to work out a fairand hopefully lasting set-tlement for those whoselives have been marred byviolence. Active through-out the negotiations, it wasa [mal push. by Blair him-self which produced whatwas truly a Good Fridayfor the people of northernIreland. The peace settle-ment is testament toBlair's and New Labor'swillingness to take risksand commitments to fair-ness and honesty.

In yet another area ofkey need for the Britishpeople, political reform,New Labor continuesundaunted. It has success-fully achieved devolutionin Wales and Scotland,giving those sections ofthe United Kingdomassemblies so that they

have more local control over local affairs.New Labor has been the strongest voice for amayoral system of goV@mment in London togive the people of that city the voice theyneed and deserve. And finally, New Labor iscommitted to reforming the Upper House ofParliament by 'revoking the voting privilegesof hereditary peers in the House of Lords.

The case for New Labor has been madeeasier by the Tory opposition. The Con-servative Party under William Hague hasdrifted right, adopting a largely Europhobicagenda at a time when Britain is clearly prof-iting from the leadership in Europe. Insteadof offering constructive ideas, Hague's styleof opposition leadership has largely consistedof attacks of Cabinet members. Many of theseattacks, however, have backfrred. When, forexample, Blair ordered 'a large donation froman auto racing organization returned at eventhe slightest appearance of a conflict of inter-est, Hague relentlessly assailed the govern-ment. But when it was discovered that Laborvoluntarily disclosed the names of its donorswhile the Tories did not, the leader of theOpposition was exposed as a hypocrite.

The United Kingdom's young, energetic,forward-looking prime minister has oftenspoke about how though Britain may nolonger be the biggest nation on earth, there isno reason why it cannot be the best. If thenext four years of his government mirror thefirst, there is every reason to believe this ulti-mate goal will be achieved.

British education standards declined; testscores in Britain, like those here, fall behindthose of continental Europe and east Asia.New Labor has accepted the challenge ofrepairing the schools of Britain. Smaller classsizes, nursery school seats for all four-year-olds, and "zero tolerance" of underperform-ing schools are a few of the manifestopromises. Indeed, New Labor has war.nedunderperforming schools that they will beclosed and started anew if that is what it takesto make them work. In the year since theLabor Party has returned to power, £2.5 bil-

'lion beyond Tory spending plans have beeninvested ~ Britain's educational system.

traditionally, Britons have enjoyed one 'ofthe finest health plans in .the world throughtheir government. Under the Thatcher-Majorreign of error, however, the National HealthService was pillaged. HospitalS closed, wait-ing lists skyrocketed, and the quality ofhealth car:e declined. Under New Labor's firstbudget, billions of pounds were poured intoto the National Health Service. These moniesare badly needed to preserve this socialistenterprise. Blair admits that change will comeslowly, but a continued commitment by hisgovernment to the National He lth Servicewill reap great rewards for the people ofBritain, who will again universally haveaccess to one of the best health care systemsin the world.

New Labor has stood for the rights of theenvironment. Britain was perhaps the loudestvoice at the Kyoto Conference, calling for a15 percent worldwide reduction in green- .house gas emissions by the year 2010. On thehome front New Labor has proposed funds forimproving rural transport, and the party hasblocked a Tory plan to privatize LondonUnderground. New Labor seeks to encourageenergy conservation and investment in non-polluting technologies. Blair's ew Labor isa party which strives to preserve the environ-ment, both in Britain and worldwide.

In foreign policy Britain has becomeaggressive in the European Union and the

and British Airways, but it does require thatthey share their. newfound wealth and profitwith all the people of Britain. To accomplish

It was one year ago tonight when a jubi- this goal, Blair placed a windfall tax on thelant, energetic Tony Blair asked his support-' enormous profits of these companies, a move

,ers, '.'A new day has bitterly opposed by the Conservatives.dawned, has it not?" New Labor has also set the Bank of

The first of May, England on an independent course.1997 marked the most .Previously the Chancellor of the Exchequer, aclimactic shift in the Cabinet member responsible for fiduciarypolitical landscape of affairs, had the power to set interest rates.the. United Kingdom .in Thus the Bank's policies were subject. to thenearly a century. The whims of the governing party. Th~ new inde-Tories were routed in pendence of thethe general ele'ction Bank ofand Blair's Labor England, similarParty . captured a to that -erijoyed

majority of 179 in the 659 seat House of by our FederalCommons. Britain had clearly rejected. Reserve system,Conservative rule, and the RighfHonorable allows for sta-Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury ble, sustainableand Minister for the Civil Service Anthony growth in theCharles Lynton Blair MP had a clear mandate United Kingdomfor a leftist program. for the coming

But the program which the British people mill e n n i u. m .demanded so firmly was a program of the True to Blair'sNew Left. In assuming the leadership of the word, NewLabor Party, Blair rejected the bloc's com- Labor hasmitment to state socialism. He rewrote Clause indeed becomeIV, which had previously committed Labor to the party of fis-a course of socialism, to espouse both social. cal responsibilijustice and free enterprise .. Blair 'pledged ty in Britain.instead a pragmatism; New Labor would pro- Blair hastect those services which the government was committed tobest fit to run while encouraging innovation reforming theand enterprise in the private sector. Blair welfare behe-promised the British people t~at New Labor moth in thewould find la troisieme voie. U nit e d

One year after that dawn, the sun is still Kingdom. Noshining brightly on the United Kingdom and longer will benefits recipients be allowed toon New Labor. Blajr's government has kept rest idly on the dole; in fairness to the taxpay-its promises, becoming a hallmark of fairness ers of Britain they must take an active role inand integrity. Britain is again the strongest society. But this is far from the myopic pro-nation in Europe. While continental Europe posals advanced by the Republicans in thisstruggles with high unemployment, the nation which push recipients into work with-British economy i.s roaring. The British peo- out creating long term solutions to the bene-pIe, renewed in spirit and. destiny, will enter fits dileinma: Blair's plan reaches deep andthe next millennium confident of their place addresses the structural problems in society.in~the modem world. It is the sensible poli- It is a firm and sound plan which willcies of New Labor which have made all this enhance .British productivity in the years topossible. come.

Blair and company have faced some The New Labor welfare reform plan givesgrumbling from aging backbenchers that they the unemployed several choices. They mayhave deserted the core values of the Labor enroll in volunteer work, continue their edu-Party. Times change, however, and a wise cation, or take full-time employment. Thegovernment will recognize that the approach- prime minister, realizing that welfare depen-es of previous generations are not always deney has dragged on for several generationsvalid in the present. Blair has built a new in some families, does not foolishly pushapproach to the economy, one which can bet- recipients off into a dead-end job. His plan,ter fulfill the Labor values of social justice, especially with its emphasis on education,ql,lCllityeducation and health care, and a clean gives long term solutions for the welfare sys-environment. tem and British society and will improve

New tabor, in its first year, has kept all its both. .'maIDfesto promises. It has not raised income While Blair has reformed the party's eco-taxes, just as it promised. It has begun to nomic platform, he has recognized Labor'sreform Britain's welfare system. It has traditional commitlnents to social issues suchreturned Britain to a position of international as education and health care. Long neglectedleadership. It has committed itself to improv- under Conservative rule, the schools and hos-ing Britain's educational system and National pitals of the United Kingdom are beginningHealth Service, two institutions decimated by to show signs of a New Labor renaissance.nearly two decades of Tory rule. Labor's manifesto states, "Education has

Blair's government does not seek to rena- been the Tories' biggest failure. It is Labor'stionalize companies such as British Telecom number one priority." Under the ToriesI..... . . ._ _ _

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EATER EW

Nomathemba i a delight;fil di ~lay of African hopetage by the vocal group that made Paul

Simon's "Graceland" uch a success,Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

The story that grew out of the group's threeminute song," omathemba," is inspired by thehopes and experiences of the group's leader,

Jo eph Shabalala. Shabalala washimself struggling in the townshipsof Durban when he recruited mem-bers of his family for the vocalgroup. Their talents were soon dis-covered and" the group gained awide following both at home andabroad. But South African realitycaught up with them in 1991, whenJoseph's brother and foundingmember of the group was gunneddown by an off-duty security guard.When as~ed what they would doafter the slaying, Shabalala simpleanswer was "We will sing." This

.uncompromising dedication to builda future despite hardship and set-back. is strongly felt in the inspiringNomathemba.

The production, first staged byChicago's renowned SteppenwolfTheatre Company in 1995, is aneclectic mix of Ladysmith BlackMambazo's subdued singing, thecast's forceful African dancing, andpure dr'!ma as enacted by theaccomplished African actors. Thevisual framework for the story isprovided by Loy Arcenas' expres-sive stage design. Subtle changes inlighting transforms the visual land-scape from a woodcut-like depiction

of the African countryside to a haunting anddepressing urban ghetto.

Thanks to Eric Simonson's excellent direct-ing, the different elements and styles are blend-ed in an effortless and smooth mix that is a wor-thy vehicle for Joseph Shabalala's noble wishesfor a .new and hopeful South Africa.

under a tree. It is omathemba. The grandfinale of the musical is an invigorating weddingceremony for the two young lovers performedin true African spirit.

This heartfelt production evolves as a seriesof vivid images, each conc~ming a different

aspects of South-African reality. The sleepy buttrustworthy village community, the crowdedAfrican bus, the sleazy brothel, and the depress-ing township hostel are all stations inNomathemba's odyssey through modem SouthAfrica. The scenes are beautifully stringedtogether by a musical narrative performed on

lage life for the promise of the bustling bigcity, she soon realize that her hopes of find-ing happines and fulfillment are compro-mi ed by a fragmented society where cyni-cism and crime are the main means ofurvival.

Meanwhile back in the village, the lonelyBogani is getting increasingly love sick for

omathemba, and after a fruitless letter writingcampaign, .he goes after her into the urban jun-gle. Unable to find her, Bogani returns to thevillage, disillusioned by what he has experi-enced. On his way back he sees a girl weeping

T. CHARLES ERICKSON

Leelal Demoz, Thulanl Shabalala, Thamsanqa Shabalala and Sibongiseni 'Shabalala In a scene fromNomathemba, running from now through May 10 at the Shubert Theater.

By Bence OlveczkySTAFF REPORTER

NomathembaShubert Theatre, 265 Tremont Street, throughMay 10Tuesdays-Saturdays at 8p.m., Sundays at 7p.m. (excluding May 3). Matinees onSaturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. and onWednesday April 29Tickets 20- 60

friend of mine recently went toouth Africa for a relaxing vaca-

tion - bad idea. On his first dayin Johanne burg he was robbed

three times, e caping from the ordealwith nothing but his boxer hort .

With 40 percent unemployment andsoaring crime rates, the legacy ofapartheid and the social inju'tice it fos-tered i jeopardizing the dream of a newand prosperous outh Africa. It is thetrange mixture of hope and de pair in

po t-apartheid South Africa that providethe ocial context for Nomathemba, anenchanting musical about two younglovers.

Nomathemba, Zulu for hope, playingat the Shubert Theatre until May 10,blend the talent of the South Africansinging group Ladysmith BlackMambazo and Cnicago's Steppenwolf II!JIII._~~~Theatre. The re ult of their collaborationis as original and professional as it ischarming and beguiling.

The musically driven plot is bothsimple and symbolic. omathemba(Erica Lavonn) is a spirited and naivefarm girl who leaves her slacker fiancee Bogani( athan Hinton) behind to explore the opportu-nities of the new South Africa. "Like my coun-try, I'm adjusting my perimeters," she sings."So many people, so many buildings, so muchto learn."

Trading the security and safety of her vil-

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THEATER REVIEW" '/1 •

Dramashop proves that success can be Illusory

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period, era, style, costumes, mood, etc~tera....-J must admit that the' decision to use this

song is so startling that for a while I suspect-ed that there was some deep meaning which1 was simply missing. Maybe the point is adeliberate deconstruction of the theatricaliJJusion? Or maybe I'm just reaching.. In any case, this is the only element

which doesn't work. Otherwise, TheIllusion, with its magnificent set, strong act-ing, and plot twists, proves to be an excel-lent production and an 'impressive proof ofthe power of theater.

impressive as well. The costumes are justright, the lighting design is s'eamless, andthe set is simply amazing, and has a few ofsurprises as well (I only wish those largegears would really turn).

There is only one mi.sstep inDramashop's production, and that occurswhen the show is ending. I'm -speakingabout the song played over the final sceneand during the audience's exit. This instru-mental, quoted from a cert"ain twentieth-cen-tury musical (No, No, Nanette!, I believe), isjarringly inappropriate, and clashes withabout everything else in the production:

humor and menace. Butler's Pridamant. is ahaughty lawyer in the beginning, whichmakes his character transformation - andhe is the one that changes the most - evenmore impressive. Professor of Music andTheater Arts Michael Ouellette, asAlc;ndre's mute (or is h~?) servant doeswonders with a smaller part.

Special kudos ShOllld go to the actorswho perform in the illusions themselves,since they have to play three different char-acters each, and each of these characters is atheatrical cliche (intentionally, of course).There's the romantic lead, Pridamant's son,in a suitably physical perfor-mance by Franz Elizondo-Schmelkes G. There's theleading lady, embodied byStacy J. Pruitt '99 in perhapsthe most dramatically con-sisten.t performance of theproduction. Less consistentbut more exciting is RachaelA . But c her ' 98. as thescheming maid - there arescenes wl,len it is spellbind-ing to observe her emotionalrollercoaster. Richard S.Thompkins '98 does threedistinctly variations on theromantic rival, and there'san excellent sword fightbetween him andPridamant's son (whose realname is not mentioned formost of the play).

The show is completelystolen by Robert W.Marcato G, who playsMatamore, a lunatic whowants to go to the moon(pun intended, I presume, byboth Corneille andKushner). His performanceis laugh-out-loud funny, andthe way Marcato digs intohis character to unearth hisessential humanity is amaz-ing. He's utterly heartbreak- :.4JJOR CSANYJ-THE TECH

ing by the end of the play. The Maid (Rachael A. Butcher '98) comforts her mistress (Stacy J. Pruitt '97) In Dramashop'sThe technical aspects of remarkable production of The Illusion. .

the production are highly

MIT DramashopWritten by Pierre Corneille, freely adapted

by Tony Kushner. Directed by JanetSon enberg, Fights directed by Robert Walsh,Set designed by William Fregosi, Costumesdesigned by Leslie Cocuzzo Held

April 30. May I and 2 at 8 p.m. in KresgeLittle Theatre

By Vladimir ZelevlnskySTAFF REPORTER

Tf:e Illusion is a play about theater -but it is written with enough graceand conviction that it escapes theusual pitfalls of the self-referential

theater that I usually carp about. It certainlyhelps that it wa originally written in 1636by Pierre Corneille (1606- J 684), and there-fore works not only as a postmodern medita-tion on the nature of theater, but also as aclassical comedy/d ma.

The story is quite simple: a rich lawyer,Pridamant (Jeremy Butler '98), travels to thecave of a reclusive magician, Alcandre(Edward W. Kohler G), to buy informationabout his son who ran away many years ago.In response, Alcandre shows Pridamantthree magical illusions - the life of his son.

Produced by MIT Dramashop and direct-ed by Theatre Arts Professor JanetSonenberg, The Illusion is a showcase fortruly excellent acting, and this can't be over-tated. The play presents a certain problem,

since the three illusions are all separate sto-ries (although there are connections betweenthem), and it takes an effort to get used tothe jump of the narrative. Both the framingstory and the second illusion (the longestone, spanning about half of the total runningtime) are the best; the first illusion is some-what slight, working only as a divertingromantic comedy, and the last one is,frankly, at bit on the boring side - late inthe play is not the time for long conversa-tional scenes when pretty much nothing hap-pens. The cast, however, makes any roughtransitions in the playas smooth as possible.

It would be hard to single out any of theactors; they are strong both alone and as partof the ensemble. Kohler avoids histrionics,instead giving Alcandre a soft-spokendemeanor with strong undercurrents of both

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EREVIEW

SpikeandAfikesFesUvalojAni1naUonBy Vlaclmlr ZelevlnskySTAFF REPORTER

Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street.Brookline, until May 7.Daily. 7:30 and 9:15pmTickets, $7, available at the box office on theday of the show

or more information, (617) 734-2500

Animation is not a genre; it is an artform, encompassing in itself many gen-res. After all, it ranges from simple TVcommercials to crude Saturday morn-

ing cartoons to full-length theatrical features tohigh-tech stop-motion puppet and computeranimation - and this is only in this country. InJapan, there are also animated prime time soapoperas and sitcoms, movies geared at adults,etc. Right now, you can witness for yourself thebreathtaking ~cope of this art form on display. Itis the 20th anniversary of the famous Spike and

Mike's Festival of Animation.There are fifteen short , ranging in length

from under two minute to half an hour, comingfrom America and Europe, and presenting awild spectrum of genres. A word of warning,though: the ad says, in capital letters, that thisshow is suitable for all ages; I would take anexception to that. While this is not the notorious"Sick and Twisted" variety of Spike and Mike'sshow, some cartoons are definitely not for theyoung kid ; I would not recommend taking any-one under high school age.

The animations range from the imple, one-joke shorts ("The Tenor"), to the more elaboratetraditional animations ("The Great Migration,"and a hilarious School House Rock spoof"Political Correction"). There is modem art;two of the shorts ("Touched Alive" and"Stressed") look like they were painstakinglypainted, frame by frame. The pace is too rapidfor the viewers to see everything that's happen-

ing on the screen, but this fits with the subjectsof the e two, since they are dealing with thestress and impersonality of modem urban life.

The mo t-represented technique, however, istop-motion puppet animation, whether using

traditional puppets, play-doh reliefs on a flatsurface, or, of course, claymation. 'Devil WentDown to Georgia" is a music video from thesame studio that made" ightmare BeforeChristmas" that hows the wealth of highlyinventive visual detail. There's al 0 "Barflies,"a story of two drunk flies sitting in a bar, but theless that is said about that exerci e in tastele -ness the better.

As a bonus, the program includes ickPark's "Close Shave" - the one with Wallaceand Gromit, plus a big scary dog, a damsel indistress, and many sheep. "Close Shave" notonly demonstrates the virtually limitless possi-bilities of the art form, but also clearly displaysthe necessity of a good screenplay. There are

more thrills, suspense, and excitement in thosethirty minutes than in all of the Hollywood'soutput thi year so far - combined. Watching iton the big screen adds an extra level of enjoy-ment, since Park fills the frame with throw-away gags that simply can't be seen on video.

Finally, there are two more shorts, bothdealing with the same topic - a game of chess- and represent two ends of the technologicalspectrum. "Chessmaster Theatre," a parody ofPBS "Masterpiece Theatre," uses only the chessboard and pieces, with the occasional humanhand filmed in live-action. "Geri's Game" isthis year Oscar Winner, produced by the PixarAnimation Studios, the team behind Toy Story."Geri's Game" is, simply, a story of an old manplaying chess against himself - and the anima-tion of the old man is amazing. "ChessmasterTheatre," though, wins on originality - it is byfar the funniest short in the whole program, andthe most memorable.

I have advice for those going to see Spikeand Mike's. The show is very popular, so it's agood idea to show up at least one hour beforeshow time. And even then you might have trou-ble getting tickets.

MOVIE REVIEW

.LesMiserables are the ones in the audienceActing is, however, a noticeable asset.

While Liam Neeson isn't given much to workwith (other than during the first five and thelast five minutes), he has enough screen pres-ence to keep the viewers' attention -Geoffrey Rush is very good and UmaThunnan is excellent. On the other hand, poorClaire Danes is saddled with a ridiculous part,and her acting is all wrong. Her Cosettespends half of her screen time whining, andthe other half staring at Marius as if she werea hungry dog and he a bone.

However, lest I be too negative, this is stillbased on an excellent book, and it shinesthrough despite'the mud. There are quite afew powerful scenes - in the court, whenanother man is accused of being Valjean; inThenardier's inn, where the owner andValjean are playing a mental game withCosette as a prize; in the Paris sewers, whichdo look quite impressive; and a few others.Even the tacked-on crowd-pleasing endingworks very well. Of course, 1 would verymuch rather recommend you read the book(and get the full translation, none of thoseabridged ones) - but there is an echo ofgreatness in the film version.

Finally, let me warn you that the trailer ishighly misleading. Enya's (or Enya-like)music doesn't play at any moment in themovie. The love story is only a subplot, andby far the worst one of the movie at that. Andthe two most effective shots in the trailer -the soaring dove, and Valjean tossing the bitsof his tom yellow passport into the wind -are nowhere to be seen. Here's for truth inadvertising!

spiritual journey of Valjean was mirrored byhis real-life adventures; since there is no spir-itual journey in this film, all of the adventuresfeel largely inconsequential.

However, let me pretend that I haven'tread the novel - the novels are usually betterthan the films based on them anyway (rareexceptions like The English Patient except-ed). How does the movie work on its owntenns?

Not so great, I'm afraid. Director BilleAugust made an excellent family epic filmBest Intentions back in 1991, which, despiteits almost total lack of action and three-hourrunning time, is still much more excitingthan this work. August films most of thismovie with bland static shots, and this getsvery boring. The action is mostly blah(there's only one crowd scene), and the cine-matography limits the color to dirty shades ofblue, dark green, brown, and black. This isone of the least visually exciting picturesI've seen in quite a while; only a rare shot(the aforementioned crowd scene with brightunifonns of soldiers, for example) is interest-ing.

This leaves the bulk of the responsibilityon the shoulders of the screenwriter and theactors. The screenplay doesn't work too well- while preserving some elements of thebook, it jettisons a good deal of charactermotivation, which results in quite a few"Why is he doing that?" moments. It's mostobvious in the romantic subplot, whereCosette and her beaux, dashing revolutionaryMarius, are forced to perform totally ridicu-lous actions and utter the corniest dialogue.

highly exciting to read, and the story is thestuff that grand adventures are made of. Thenovel has spawned many films, a musical(wildly successful financially and only mildlyso artistically), and now there's yet anothermovie. Watching it, I felt like I was staringthrough dirty glass, and the utterly inept pro-jection job (Sony Cheri, consider yourselveswarned), which failed to achieve perfectfocus during the two-hour-plus running time,is only partly to blame for that.

The story begins with the just-releasedconvict Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson) receiv-ing a lesson about forgiveness and redemp-tion from a small-time bishop in a provincialtown. From that moment on, Valjean, turnedalmost into a beast by his 19-year imprison-ment, starts the long and hard journey of self-improvement - tuning himself into a truehuman being. Or, at least, that's how thenovel goes. In the film, after the openingsequence there's a cut, a subtitle "Nine YearsLater," and the appearance of an almost saint-ly Valjean.

For the remaining two hours he goesthrough some of Hugo's plot, although themost exciting adventures are, regrettably, leftout. He is chased by the police in the fonn ofthe grimly determinate inspector Javert(Geoffrey Rush), takes care of a hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold Fantine (Uma Thunnan), andbrings up Fantine's daughter, Cosette (playedas an adult by Claire Danes). He fights in the

. streets and on the barricades of Paris duringthe armed uprising, crawls through the sew-ers, and so on. And very little of this matters.The marvel of Hugo's book was the way the

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magine that you are looking at a famouspainting, one you know is a masterpiece,supreme in its detail, balance, color, andcomposition - and imagine you are look-

ing at it through a layer of very dirty glass.You can still get the overall impression of theartwork, and a few details gleam here andthere through the mud, but all the colors aremuted virtually to the point of fusing togeth-er, the shapes have lost their bold outlines,most of the details have disappeared, andyou're not even sure how much of the paint-ing is completely covered and invisible toyou. Sure, you are still looking at somethingvaguely impressive; but this only makes youregret even more that you can't see the realthing.

Victor Hugo's Les Miserables is the bestnovel ever written, bar none. It is a sprawlingmass' of 1,200 pages, which, to a large extent,consists of digressions. For example, Hugospends 70 pages describing in minute detailthe Battle of Waterloo, only mentioning arecurring character in the last paragraph. Butthese digressions work as wonderfully as thechapters devoted to plot. The chapters aboutcriminal slang of the Paris underworld, or thatdetail the history and the inner workings ofthe literal Paris underworld, its sewers, are

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Museum of ScienceScience Park, Boston. 723-2500, Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri.,9 a.m.-9 p.m. Admission $9, $7for children 3-14 and seniors.Free with MIT 10. Admission toOmni, laser, and planetariumshows is $7.50, $5.50 for chil-dren and seniors.The Museum features the the.ater of electricity and more than600 hands-on exhibits. Ongoing:"Discovery Center," "Investigate!A See-For-Yourself Exhibit,."Welcome to the Universe."Through Apr. 26: "BalancingActs .•Through May 3: "Living on theEdge .• Feb. 18, at 7 p.m.:"Reminiscences: McKinley-Matterhorn-Everest," lecture byBradford Washburn.Now showing in the theaters:"Laser Space Odyssey," .Fridaythrough Sunday, 5:30 p.m."Laser Grateful Dead," Sunday,8 p.m.; "Laser Rage Fest,"Thursday through Saturday, 9:15p.m.; "Pink Floyd: The Wall,"Friday through Saturday. at10:30 p.m.; "Laser Doors,"Sunday at 9:15 p.m.

Computer Museum300 Congress St., Boston. 423-6758 or 426-2800, Tues.-Sun.,10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $7,$5 for students and seniors, freefor children under 5. Half.priceadmission on Sunday from 3-5p.m. Tours daily of "WalkThrough Computer 2000," aworking two-story model of a PC.Museum features a collection ofvintage computers and robotswith over 150 hands-on exhibitsillustrating the evolution, use,and impact of computers.Featured exhibits include "TheHacker's Garage,. a recreationof a 1970s hacker's garage withsuch items as an Apple I andPong, "The Networked Planet:Traveling the InformationHighway,. an electronic tour ofthe Internet; "Robots and OtherSmart Machines,. an interactiveexhibition of artificial intelligenceand robots, and "Tools & Toys:The Amazing PersonalComputer"; "People andComputers: which Milestones ofa Revolution," explores a num-ber of ways computers impacteveryday life.Through May 31: "Wizards andtheir Wonders: Portraits inComputing."

Museum of FIne Arts465 Huntington Ave., Boston.267-9300, Monday throughTuesday, 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m.;Wednesday, 10 a.m.-9:45 p.m.;Thursday through Friday, 10a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday throughSunday., 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m.We&t Wing open Thursdaythrough Friday until 9:45 p.m.Admission $10, $8 for studentsand seniors, children under 17are - free; $2 after 5 p.m.Thursday through Friday, freeWednesday after 4 p.m. Mondayhrough Friday, free with MU' \0.

Introductory walks through allcollections begin at 10:30 a.m.

. and 1:30 p.m.; "Asian, Egyptian,and Classical Walks" begin at11:30 a.m.; "American Paintingand Decorative Arts Walks.begin at 12:30 p.m.; "EuropeanPainting and Decorative ArtsWalks. begin at 2:30 p.m.;Introductory tours are alsooffered Sat. at 11 a.m. and 1:30p.m.Ongoing exhibitions: "Beyond theScreen: Chinese Furniture of the16th and 17th Centuries"; "TheArt of Africa, Oceana, and theAncient Americas. "

Holyoke Street, Cambridge (547-8300). through August 11. 8p.m. Tuesday through Saturday;2 and 7 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets$25 to $35.Actor Stephen Rowe, a foundingmember of the ART, in collabora-tion with three-time Pulitzer-win-ning playwright EdWard Albee anddirector Glyn O'Malley, has com-piled this one-man show explor-ing Albee's world from the maleperspective. The piece exploresfear and loss, longing and aUell-ation, and, of course, the storyof Jerry and the dog.

Exhibits

Isabella Stewart GardnerMu.eum280 The Fenway, Boston, 566-1401. Tuesday through Sunday.11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $10,$7 for seniors, $5 for studentswith 10 ($3 on Wednesday), freefor children under 18. The muse-um houses more than 2500 artobjects, with emphasis on ItalianRenaissance and 17th-centuryDutch works. Among the high-lights are works by Rembrandt,Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, andWhistler. Guided tours givenFridays at 2:30 p.m.

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AmareloTheatre.Studio, Inc., 750 8thAve, Suite 200 (near 46th St),New York, NY. (212) 719-0500.May 3 at 2 p.m., May 2 at 5p.m. $12.A play by Paulo A. Pereira '95,directed by Charles Armesto '97.Amarelo tells the tale ofConceicao, a passionate wQmanfrom the Portuguese AzoresIslands who struggles to achieveher dreams through the unex-pected joys and sorrows of herlife. In this play about hope,loss, and holding on to one'sroots, we see her story unfoldmagically as we sail through timefrom Conceicao's life in SaoMiguel, Azores, to New Bedford,Mass.

Theater

Blue Man GroupCharles Playhouse, 74Warrenton Street, Boston. 426-6912. Playing indefinitely. 8 p.m.on Wednesday <;iIndThursday, at7 and 10 p.m. on Friday andSaturday. and at 3 and 6 p.m.on Sunday. Tickets $35 to $45.It would be difficult and unfair tocatalogue fully the antics of theDrama Desk Award-winning trioof cobalt-painted bald pates whohave settled into long runs OffBroadway and at the CharlesPlayhouse. They begin theirdelightful and deafening eveningof anti-performance art beatingdrums that are also deep buck-ets of primary paint, so thatsprays of color jump from theinstruments like breaking surf,and end by engulfing the specta-torship in tangles of toilet paper.

Albee's MenPresented by ART New Stages atth~ Has~y P~dd.!..ng_Theat~, 12

rush seats $7.50 day of concert,on sale Fridays from 9 a.m.,Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5p.m. Free tickets for Mil stu-dents Tuesday evenings andFriday afternoons. Call 638-9478for ticket availability.May 1, 2: Shostakovich, Sym-phony NO.1. Barber, 'Medea'sMeditation and Dance ofVengeance.' Ravel, 'Daphnis etChloe' Suite No.2. StaislawSkrowaczewski, conductor.

Jul. 31: Allman Brothers Band.$38.50, $28.50 pavilion,$23.50 lawn.Aug. 8: Deep Purple andEmerson Lake and Palmer. TBA.Aug. 18: Shania Twain. TBA.Aug. 26, 28, 30: Jimmy Buffettand the Coral Reefer Band. Soldout.Sep. 15, 16 (sold out): PearlJam. $26.50 all seats.Sep. 19: Allman Brothers Band.$38.50, $28.50 pavilion,$23.50 lawn.

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$26. On sale May 9 at 11 a.m.Jul. 21: British Rock Symphony &Choir with Roger Daltrey playingBeatles, Rolling Stones, TheWho, Led Zeppelin, and PinkFloyd. $46, $38.50, $32. Onsale May 10 at 11 a.m.Aug. 1: Huey Lewis & the News.$36, $26. On sale May 9 at 11a.m.Aug. 3: Buddy Guy, Johnny Lang,and Susan Tedeschi. $33.50,$26. On sale May 9 at 11 a.m.Aug. 6: Patti Labelle. $36, $26.On sale May 3 at 11 a.m.

Harborllghts Pavilion Aug. 13: The Robert Cray Band. J M'Fan Pier, Boston. Tickets: 423- $33.50, $26. On sale May 10 at azz USICNEXT or 423-6000. noon.Jun. 13: Anne Murray. $36, $26. Aug. 18: Tony Bennett. $48.50,Jun. 17: The Chieftains and $36.50. On sale May 10 at 1 RegattabarSinead O'Connor. $38.50, p.m. Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett Street,$28.50. Aug. 22: Franki Valli & the Four Harvard Square, Cambridge.Jun. 18: Richard Thompson, Oar Seasons. $32, $26. On sale Information: 661-5000. Tickets:Williams, Bruce Coburn, and May 3 at 10 a.m. 876-7777.David Wilcox. $28. Aug. 25: Blues Music Festival May 1: Ron Carter Quartet, 7:30Jun. 19: Jonathan Butler, Marc 1998 with B.B. King, The Neville and 10 p.m. $18. TheAntoine, Kirk Whalum, Richard Brothers, Dr. John, and Thelonious Monk InstituteElliot, and Maysa. $31.50, Storyville. $43.50, $33.50. On Sextet, 7:30 and 10 p.m. $18.$26.50. sale May 10 at noon.Jun. 24: Michael Bolton. Aug. 26: Vince Gill. $38.50 and May 2: Ron Carter Quartet, 8$47.50, $37.50. On sale May 3 $28.50. and 10 p.m. $16.at noon. Aug. 27: The Temptations and May 5: Matt Gordy Quintet. 8:30Jun. 25: Grover Washington Jr. The Four Tops. $36, $26. On p.m., $8.and Roy Hargrove Sextet. $31, sale May 3 at 10 a.m. May 6: Luciana Souza Quintet. .8$26. Aug. 28: Bonnie Raitt. $38.50, and 10 p.m. $12.Jun. 28: Phil Collins Big Band in $28.50. On sale May 9 at noon. May 7-9: Joe Lovano GonzaloConcert and Oleta Adams and Sep. 4: Wynonna. $33.50, $26. Rubalcaba Duo. 8:30 p.m. onGerais Albright. $33.50. On sale May 10 at 11 a.m. M 7 $12 8 d 0 $ 4Jun. 30'. Yes and Alan Parsons S 9 10 G ay, . an 1 p.m., 1ep. • : ypsy Kings. on May 8, $16 on May 9.Project. $53.50, $40, $31. On $43.50, $33.50. On sale Maysale 5/3 at noon. 16 at 11 a.m. Sculler'sJul. 7: Chicago and Hall & Oates. 400 Soldiers Field Rdoad,$48.75, $36.25. Boston. Tickets: 931-2000.

Jul. 8: Widespread Panic, G Love ~laSSI'cal MUSI'C Information: 562-4111.& Special Sauce, and Guster. May 1, 2: Alvaro Torres.$26. On sale May 9 at 9 a.m. May 3: Claude "Fiddler" WilliamsJul. 9: Mary Chapin Carpenter 90th Birthday Tour, featuring Redand Joe fly. $38.50, $28.50. On Boston Symphony Orchestra Richards and Norris Turney.sale May 4 at 7 p.m. Symphony Hall, 301Jul. 10: Pat Metheny Group. Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. May 5: Warren Hill.$33.50, $26. On sale May 9 at 266-1492, 266-1200. Tuesdays, May 6: Ida Zecco.10 a.m. Thursdays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; May 7, 10: Patricia Smith and

.J~I: ~~:.l?~n ~~~I~e!~ .. $~~.?~, •• !~i~~y.S: .1:~O. p',"!', $.2.3:~7}..i . , ~h~ Jeff. Robinson .Trio.

The Middle East472 Massachusetts Avenue,Cambridge. Information: 497-0576.May 1: Groovasaurus. $8.May 9: Jiggle the Handle,Rockett Band. $8 advance, $10doors.May 23: Skavoovie & theEpitones, Pressure Cooker, andEdna's Goldfish. $7.Great WoodsRt. 140 South Main Street,Mansfield. Tickets: 423-NEXT or423-6000.May 30: KISS Concert, withMatchbox 20, Third Eye Blind,Mariah Carey.May 31: WBCN River Rave, withBig Wreck, Semisonic, JerryCantrell, Creed, Green Day, ScottWeiland. $28.Jun. 3, 5, 6: James Taylor. $36pavilion, $20 lawn. Sold outJune 5.Jun. 12: Stevie Nicks and BozScaggs. $53.50, $38.50 pavil-ion, $25 lawn.Jun. 14: The Moody Blues withFestival Orchestra. $38.50,$28.50 pavilion, $21 lawn.Jun. 19: Allman Brothers Band.$38.50, $28.50 pavilion, $21lawn.Jun. 20: B-52's and ThePretenders. $31 pavilion, $21lawn.Jun. 21: WKLB Boston CountryFestival, featuring Randy Travis,Joe Diffie, Martina McBride, LeeRoy Parnell, and Jo DeeMessina. $28.50 pavilion,$18.50 lawn.Jun. 24: Ani DiFranco. $25 pavil-ion, $22 lawn.Jul. 1: Further Festival, "TheOther Ones" featuring MickeyHart, Bruce Hornsby, Phil Lesh,Bob Weir, Dave Ellis, StanFranks, John Molo, Hot Tuna,and Rusted Root. On sale May 2at 11 a.m.Jul. 7: Ozzfest, featuring OzzyOsbourne, Tool, Megadeth, limpBizkit, Soulfly, Coal Chamber and7-Dust, Motorhead, The Melvins,System of a Down, Snot,Incubus, Ultraspank, and Kilgore.$42 reserved, $28.50 lawn.Jul. 8: Spice Girls. Sold out.Jul. 18, 19: Metallica, Days ofthe New, and Jerry Cantrell. $43pavilion. $31 lawn. Sold out Jul.18.Jul. 22: Rod Stewart. TBA.Jul. 23: An Evening with MichaelCrawfort. $55, $45 pavilion, $25lawn. On sale May 17 at noon.Jul. 24: Smokin' Grooves. lineup TBA. On sale May 2 at noon.Jul. 25: Steve Miller Band andlittle Feat. $30 pavilion. $22.50lawn.Jul. 30: HORDE Festival 1998,featuring Blues Traveler,Barenaked Ladies, Ben Harper,and Alana Davis. $25.

Avalon15 Lansdowne Street. Boston.Tickets: 931-2000. Information:262-2424.May 2: Our Lady Peace andBlack Lab. $13.May 12: Foo Fighters and Rocketfrom the Crypt. $17.50.May 28: The Roots, Goodie Mob,and OJ Guest Love. $15advance. $17 day of show.

Somervll/e Th aterDavis Square, Cambridge.Tickets: 628.3390 or 931-2000.May 8: Babatunde Olatunji andAbdoul Doumbia and his WestAfrican Drum Ensemble.

The Orpheum TheatreHamilton Place, Boston. Tickets:423-NEXT. Information: 679.0810.May 5, 6: Bonnie Raitt and KebMo. $36, $26.

FleetCenterTickets: 931-2000.May 21: Van Halen and KennyWayne Sheperd. 35, $25.Jul. 13: Page/Plant. $50, $35.Aug. 21: Celine Dion "In theRound" and Andre-PhilippeGagnon. $60, $40. On sale April20 at 11 a.m.

Paradise Rock Club967 Commonwealth Avenue,Boston. Tickets: 423-NEXT.Information: 562.8800.May 1: Lisa Loeb and TaraMaclean.May 2: Robin Trower.May 3: The Call, Ramone Silver,and Harrod & Funck.May 7: Heavy Metal Horns andTwo Ton Shoe.May 8: Dvision Street and AngrySalad.May 10: Southern Culture on theSkids and The Woggles.May 12: Freddy Jones Band andFighting Gravity.May 14: Mike Watt.May 15: Holly Cole and ChrisStills.May 16: Letters to Cleo.May 19: Harvey Danger.May 22: The Urge, Two KinneJ's, and Golda.

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Swatch MUHUm57 JFK St., Cambridge. 864-1227. Monday through Saturday,10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun., noon-5p.m.Ongoing: Swatch watches byKeith Haring, Christian LaCroix,Sam Francis, and others.

M/TMUNum265 Massachusetts Ave. 253-4444. Tuesday through Friday,10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun.,noon-5 p.m. Admission $3, freewith MIT 10.Ongoing: .Gestural Engineering:The Sculpture of Arthur Ganson";• Lightforest: The HolographicRainforest"; • Holography: Artistsand Inventors"; "MIT Hall ofHacks," chronicles of MIl's his-tory of pranks, wit, and Wizardry;.Ught Sculptures by Bill Parker";"Math in 3D: Sculptures byMorton G. Bradley, Jr.";.MathSpace,. a hands-on explo-ration of geometry.Through June 14: "Piranesi inPerspective: Designing the Iconsof an Age."

Ust Visual Arts Cente,Wiesner Building, 20 Ames St.253-4400, Tuesday throughThursday, Saturday throughSunday, noon-6 p.m.; Friday,noon-8 p.m. Free.Through Jun. 28: "Mirror Images:Women, Surrealism and Self-Representation." A sirveu pf[aomtomg. sculpture, photogra-phy, and installation work by 22

women Surrealist or Surrealist-inspired artists from the 1930sto present.

Rhode Island School of De.,...224 Benefit St., Providence, RI.Museum of Art. 401-454-6502,Wednesday through Thursdayand Saturday through Sunday,10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.-8p.m. Admission $2, $1 forseniors.Through Apr. 19: works byGeoffrey Beene.Through Apr. 26: • ArtisticExpressions from the HumanSpirit: Selections from the NancySayles Day Collection of ModernLatin-American Art. "Ongoing: .Color and Form: 20thCentury American Paintings fromthe Permanent Collection."Woods-Gerry Gallery, 62Prospect Street. Monday throughSaturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.;Sunday, 2-5 p.m. Through Feb.15: .Sculpture DepartmentExhibition. "

MIT MusicM/T Conceit Chol, A SymphonyO,ches"aMay 1: Professor of Music andTheater Arts William C. Cutter,Director. Carl Orff, CarminaBurana; Mozart, SinfoniaConcertante in E.Aat Major. KayAnn Chen '98, violin; JenniferGrucza '98, viola. 8 PM, KresgeAuditorium. $5.

M/T Concert BandMay 2: Professor of MuSiC andTheater Arts William John D.Corley Jr., Director. SpringConcert with World Premieres ofRosey Mel.kuei Lee, TheEmperor's Garden; JohnBavicchi, fusions; and Edward J.Madden, The Book of Kalis. AlsoVittorio Giannini, Praeludium andAllegro and Gustav Holst,Moorside March. 8 p.m., KresgeAuditorium. Free.

Two-piano concert.May 3: 1 p.m., KresgeAuditorium, Free.

M/T Festival Jazz EnsembleMay 3: Professor of Music andTheater Arts James R. O'Dell,Director. 8 p.m., KresgeAuditorium. Free.

Special guest a"'st conceitMay 3: co.sponsored by theBoston Classical Guitar Society.Jad Azkoul, guitarist. Villa-Lobos,Five Preludes; Piazzolla, FourSeasons; and works of Coeckand A1beniz. 4 p.m., Killian Hall.Free.

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"[In my field] we don't feel upelephants," Dornbusch responded.He adopted a more optimistic viewand blamed Gross ational Productaccounting for not adequately repre-senting the growth rate. Dornbuschsaid that the GNP does not measureservices, especially the boomingfinancial services sector, and that itdoes not take into account theincrease in flexibility afforded bythese new technologies.

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Thurow added his own criticismsof Japan to the debate. He said thatthere was a crisis in Japan's capital-istic system and that the nationneeded to change from an economy"based on debt'.' to one "based onequity." He said further thatJapanese .firms are earning a profitclose to zero and that the second-largest economy is the middle ofeight-year "great stagnation."

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fails. 'Rota said that, compared to other

research universities, MIT did fairlywell in encouraging student-facultyFacul tud nt int r ction

Another i ue brought up by the 'Boyer ommission was the need tocultivate a sense of communityamong students and faculty.

In reased faculty student il:terac-tion is 'one thing that would createmore of a sense of community,"said Kamla A. Topsey '00.However to encourage .s interac-tion would also require relieving thetime pressure on both students andfaculty, Topsey said. I don't thinkthat is something the Institute iswilling to do."

'There's not nearly enough fac-ulty student interaction at MIT,"Stewart said. The "barriers are real."

Stewart cited many factors thatcontribute to the separation of facul-ty and students at MIT. Theseinclude time-pressure and the factthat faculty often live far from cam-pus. MlT is not a residential com-munity and there is little opportuni-ty to get to know faculty and staff ina non-academic setting, he said.

"It's too easy for both sides toget away with not seeing each otheroutside the classroom." Ortiz said.

Being given a lecture by a world-class professor is not enough, Ortizsaid. "Students don't find a way toget to know these professors," hesafd, "that's a great educationalopportunity that's been missed."Faculty student interaction "reliestoo much on the initiative of a youngstudent to make," Ortiz said.

"I think if you're willing to reachout they're there:" said NatalieChouinard '01. However, intimida-tion and the fear that professors willnot take students seriously may pre-vent students from s.eeking interac-

ly red ign d the fre hman phy iccurriculum wer met with prai e.

In addition, contrary to popularassumption some professor viewt aching as a boon to their re earch."Tea bing i an integral part of myre earch," Rota aid.

cience Charles tewart III. Mydisagreement i that they ar 0 rlyalarmi t."

[The report] tends to tak anoverly utopian view of what aresearch university can do," aidprofessor of physics Thoma J.Greytak '62.

"The key idea of the BoyerCommission is it points out many ofthe problems MlT has addressed butnot completely fixed," said Luis A.Ortiz G a member of the task forceon student life and learning. 'Thereis a lot of work to be done."

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Teaching not rewardedOne charge of the report was the

lack of emphasis on teachingwithin aresearch university, best exemplifiedby the process of tenuredecisions.

"There is no incentive for pro-fessors to teach," said Professor ofMathematics Gian-Carlo Rota. '

"The problem is the rewardstructure," said Professor ofMaterials Science and EngineeringDonald R. Sadoway. The structure"is to a large extent based uponaccomplishments in research."

However, a complete shift to afocus on teaching may also be tooextreme. "It's very difficult tochange that, it has to be thought outwell," Rota said.

Despite a reward structure thatrewards research over teaching,many professors are still respectedfor their research ability. "People doit becaus,e they really care,"Sadoway said.

In addition, reinventing educa-tion is also held in high regard,Stewart said. "You are rewarded fororganizing a really great teachingsystem." For example, the facultymembers who redesigned theElectrical Engineering curriculumduring the 1940s and 1950s wereheld in high regard. More recently,the faculty and staff who successful-

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European leader face criticismThurow and Dornbusch had little

sympathy for the high unemploy-.ment rates in Europe.

Thurow said that Europeancountries should cut wages 25 per-cent. France's unemployment com-pensation is double minimum wage,he said. "The Netherlands is proudof an emploYmentrate only slightlybelow European average. Most peo-ple my age work with pain - nopain, no gain," Thurow said.

Europeans need more initiativethan simply, "Learn your Latin, eatyour spinach," Dornbusch said ..Right now, "the government haeveryone's shoe size/, he said.European countries need to stop pay-ing people not to work, he added.

Several other questions came upat the discussion. Thurow and

ombusch had few kinds words for./#ritishprime minister Tony Blair."Blair isn't doing anything; he's justsmiling," Thurow said. Dornbuschcharacterized Blair's political careeras that of "unmitigatedopportunism."

One student asked whether theFederal Reserve Board would cut.interest rates, to which Dornbuschresponded, ,'.'Yes.Next month, no.""[Ahin] Gre.enspan is a series ofgrurits,' ifhurow said. "The moreimportant >youare, the less yousay."

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Langer: Interesting question. Ithink it's a reasonably good sys-tem, although ways of trying to getapprovals more rapidly would behelpful, particularly in fields likemedicine. As opposed to a .house-hold product patent, which youmight be able to sell tomorrow,medical patents take a much longertime to develop into a productbecause it has to go through all theclinical trials. In certain areas likemedicine, perhaps patents shouldbe treated differently than say, .technology patents. Maybe it'would be good at least to considerways to get extended life on thepatent.

Tech: Products from life-critical.research tend to be closely moni-tored by the FDA. How have yourexperiences been with the FDA?

Langer: My encounter. withthe FDA have ~een quite positive.I should say, pot that it has any-thing to do with it, I'm also on theFl?A ~.c'i~nce Board, ,)Vhichjs th~highest advisory board. What hap-pens is we've. done some of themore basic stuff in our laboratoryand different companies'license it.Those companies have good regu-latory people who deal directlywith the FDA. 'What's happenedthough in general is that the FDAdeals with the kinds of stuff we'vebeen involved with as being moreinnovative. With things that areeither more innovative or more lifethreatening, the FDA fast-tracksthem. I think the FDA actually hasbeen, in our case: pretty respon-sive.

Tech: There has been recent (controversy over the use of pharma-ceutical products such as Redux.Have you, ever experienced similar

, problems with your work?Langer: In the brain tumor case,

the company that licensed the tech-nology originally wanted to get abroader approval than what theyultimately got. The way theapprovals work is often complicat-ed. With many products, indicationsstart out narrow and broaden later.A separate issue has nothing to dowith the FDA but deals with themarketing of medical products. A

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patent that." When people seeother people do it, it increa e theirconfidence and the awarene ofthe way they think, and they'remore likely to succeed.

Tech: How do we encourageyoung Americans to be innovative?

Langer: I think programs likethe Lemel on-MIT program is verygood in the sense that they givethe e awards and they have webites where students can learn about

positive role models. I learned a lotabout them myself. I read that a cou-ple of people who won these awardsspeak at programs in high schools. Ithink all of these kinds of things pro-vide po itive publicity associatedwith invention and innovation.

Tech: How well does MIT'senvironment foster innovation, forexample, with the UROP program?. Langer: As I mentioned before,

good role models, which is one of

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Lemelson-MIT Prize is to in pireinnovation in young Americans. Doyou think inventivene s can be cul-tivated? How much of this qualityis nature and how much of is nur-ture?

Langer: That's a good ques-tion. I think probably it' some ofboth: People need a to be bornwith a certain amount of curiosityand intelligence. But it's al 0 veryhelpful for people to have goodrole mooel . I wa lucky as a postdoc to have a very good rolemodel, my advisor Judah Folkman.He wa very creative, and it was agreat to see ow he believed thatanything was possible. In my ownlaboratory, I let people see exam-ples of what I do. I have peoplerunning in here all the time about"c~n you patent this, can you

haven't done big how lately, butfor a number of times I've doneshow for the IT community, for afew hundred people.

Tech: What per onal qualitiedo you think are important to beingan inventor or cientist?

Langer: To be a cienti t, Ithink, requires lot of qualities.

ome people are just incrediblycuriou . I've seen chemist in myJab just marvel at the way a crystalforms. In my case, one of the thingthat's been very important to me isto ee the work we do go someplace and help people. I've alwaysbeen a big believer in science forthe good it can do, and we've gottena lot of satisfaction out of seeingthat happen. I write cientificpapers, and some of that work ispretty basic, but I like to do it in thecontext where a real life problemmay be olved or ha the potential

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Langer was recently named therecipient of the 500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for his research withpolymers.

Tech: What are some of yourinterests outside of re earch, beyondthe world of the laboratory?

Langer: In addition to beingwith my family, I exercise a lot. Irun; I lift weights. We also have asoftball team at the lab. Other thansports, the Qne that's of a bit of anunusual type i that I do magic. I

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ets. I think he was a very stimulat-ing person to be with both by exam-ple and by interactions like buildingthe radio together. It was wonderfulto be exposed to that as a youngchild.

Tech: What's your role as a par-ent in bringing up your own chil-dren?

Langer: I have three little kidsmyself. The roles we playas par-ents, in every way as a role modeland interactions with the kids arereally important. Sometimes I bringmy kids here to the lab on the week-ends, when the post docs and evenmyself do experiments. They getexposed to that at an early age andsee that these things are possible. Onthe other hand, I also want them tohave a well-rounded life. My eight-year-old is interested in soccer, so Icertainly want to encourage that. Myseven-year-old daughter likes gym-nastics, and I encourage that also.

Tech: What are your goals foryour kids?

Langer: I want them to behappy, and that's the goal that mymother and father had for me. Theynever pushed me that hard and theyexposed me to different things. Mynumber one goal for my kids' is tojust have happy, happy lives.

Education and innovationTech: How have your parents

influenced your achievements inscience?

Langer: When I was a little boy,my father always played mathgames with me. He also got meinterested in science by giving methese chemistry sets and microscope

them all kinds of principles of poly-mer science like transport phenome-non, regulatory is ues with th FDA,and mathematical modeling 0 youcan predict what you've done.

T ch: What are you thoughtabout basic research versus appliedresearch?

Langer: Basic research is veryimportant, but ultimately you needboth. Basic re earch enables discov-ery to be made that can have verybroad impact. Applied research isimportant so you can take those dis-co. eries and use them for differentthings. Like I said earlier, ideas youinitially come up with could ulti-mately' be used in areas other thanyou had anticipated. In fact, the ini-tial research we had with polymersactually had to do with studyinghow blood vessels work. I was try-ing to develop an assay for that,which was very basic work.

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product may be only appro ed forsomething. For in tance, a drugmight only be appro ed for somepurpose, but now that it's out there,certain cliniciansmight decide to pre-cribe it for indicationsother than for

which it as approved.That make itcomplicated, and sometimes theremay be encouragement from thecompanies too. We haven't seen thatmuch controversy on the things thatI've been involved with directly. Butcertainly there are issues that havecome up. For example, silicon breastimplants is an area that was and stillis, somewhatcontroversial.

Tech: You direct and teach asummer program at MIT calledAdvances in Controlled ReleaseTechnology. What do you try toachieve through the program?

Langer: All the kinds of stuffwe've just talked abo~t. I had thisidea in 1980 and this will be the 19thyear that we've done it in the U.S.,and we've also done it in Europe. Itaims to take somebody and reallyteach them the field, so they knowhow one might take a drug or pesti-cide or any entity and be able to cre-ate a delivery systemthat could solveparticular problems. s.o we teach

Flynn said. The head of District 4has never heard of any problemsconcerning acce to information,"he added.

Glavin said that before May1996, the Campus Police never for-mally requested information fromthe Boston Police since they weretraveling to collect the information

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Glavin added that the depart-ment has been working hard tomeet the guidelines of the crimeact since its inception. "It's obvi-ous that we have been gatheringinfo since 1992" on off-campuscrime:

More important than the disputesover 'who is to blame for the inaccu-racies in the annual reports before1996,is the new relationship that theBoston Police and Campus Policehave formed to guarantee that off-campus crime .information will be.accurate in the future, Glavin said."We have worked ... to get a bettersystem."

Boston Police say logs are accurateAfter reviewing Boston Police

records, Flynn said the two incidentsin question were in the police logthat would have been available forthe Campus Police to view at theDistrict Four office. "The 1995 and1996 incidents are definitelythere."

An earlier incident in 1994 wasunable to be verified becauserecords from a manual logging sys-tem had been destroyed, Flynnadded. .

In addition, District Four stafferssaid that the Campus Police nevercontacted them before May 1996,

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The source of funding for_.GRTs in the dormitory system may

also play a role in 'the decision tofund the ILG tutors. Phillip M.Bernard, dean of students forRCA, said that the house bill andstipend for GRTs are paid by RCAto the housing and food servicesdepartment.

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Hu ain '98, Chris McGuire '00, andJoel Ford '98 wept the 1500m,while astry took an easy win in the110m high hurdles with a time of15.50. Junius Ho '01 took third inthe event with 15.99, his econdpersonal record of the day alongwith a 20'6" long jump.

MIT continued its dominance inthe 400m where Ro enfield chargeddown the home stretch to place firstwhile Karchem held on for a third.In his third win of the day, Sastrywon the 100m with a personalrecord time of 11.23, giving MITtheir sixth win in eight events.

On the field, Kalpak Kothari '01achieved personal record threetimes in the triple hump to earn asecond with 44 '2". Despite a sea-sonal best of 43' I" in the shot putby Patrick Dannen '98, Springfieldnarrowed MIT's lead by sweepingthat event. Springfield followedwith an upset win in the 800m thatcut MIT's lead to 55-49. However,Ford and Sean Montgomery '0 Itook second and third in the event tominimize the damage.

Unfortunately for Springfield,that was as close as they would get.With a daunting cross wind,Thibault and Matt Potts '00 tookfirst and second in the Pole Vaultwith leaps of 13'3" and 12'9". Seedand Anthony Pelosi '0 I followedthat with first and second place inthe 400m Intermediate Hurdles,with Pelosi making up a six meterdeficit in the final 40 meters to edgeout his opponent by only 0.03 sec-onds. Sastry and Karchem broughthome second and third place the200m. Roger Nielson '01 won theHigh Jump with 6'0". Sastry tookthird in that event while Sa!!! Sadiqi'99 had a personal record jump by11 inches at 5'6". The 4x400mRelay Team of Montgomery, Ford,Seed and Karchem then ended themeet by easily outrunning theiropponents and improving theEngineers Division III season recordto 5-1.

Next week the Engineers go upto Williams College to give every-one one final chance to qualify forthe New England Division IIIChampionships only two weeksaway. However, with 17 automaticqualifiers already, MIT promises tobe in strong contentior for the title.

In a head-to-head battle witharchrival Springfield College thipast Saturday, the Men's Track and

ield Team handily defeatedSpringfield 94-69 on their own track.

MIT entered the meet knowing-that Springfield would not go downeasily. In the rivalry that dates back14 years, Springfield has given ittheir all at their home meets andwon nearly every one. However, thistime their all just wasn't enough.

Captain Ravi Sastry '98 threwthe first punch with a victory in the

. Long Jump. His jump of 23' I" wasa personal record and enough to ele-vate him to third place on MIT's all-time list. This early victory wasneeded, however, to offset the dam-age that Springfield's throwerswould cause. Springfield's throwingsquad is one of the best in the regionand only allowed one point to bescored against them in last year'sshowdown against MIT. However,MIT's George Torres '99 was notabout to let that happen again andthrew a personal record of 158'2" inthe hammer to place third. NikolaosMichalakis '01 carried that momen-tum into the Javelin to giveSpringfield's national qualifier a bigscare and place second despite a

~ale-force headwind.The battle then moved to the

track. Leif Seed '99 and MarkStrauss '01 buried their opponentsin the 3000m Steeplechase to score1-2 with times of 9:41.40 and9:41.88. Strauss' strong kick in thefinal lap not only overtookSpringfield's number one man butalso gave him a personal record by23 seconds.

Next came what was to be themost exciting race of the day. Withboth teams seeded only 0.03 sec-onds apart in the 4x 100m relay,

. MIT's team of Sastry, NealKarchem '98, Todd Rosenfield 'Ot,and Sam Thibault '00 knew theyhad to go all out. The first three legswere strong but not enough to giveanchorman Thibault a lead when hetook the baton. With only 30 metersleft, however, he launched a furiousrush and dove for the finish line.Thibault slid face-first into the trackand won the race by just an inch.

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Christina Wilbert '01, followed bytop performers Nichols, Won, andEvans led the team to a victory andschool record time of 10:08.73 inthe 4x800. Top 400 runners Chen,Stephanie Hong '98, Smith, andThorvaldsen sped through the 4x400in 4:20.74 against tough competi-tion from Smith and Mt. Holyoke.

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- qualify Nichols for Division Ill'sand ECAC's, it also broke theschool record set by Won a weekearlier.

Robin Evans '99 also ran aspectacular race in the 800 meters.She placed fifth with a season bestof 2:29.26, but missed qualifyingfor Division Ill's by a heartbreak-ing two one-hundredths of a sec-ond.

The Engineers finished the meetby placing first and third in the4x800 and 4x400 meter relays.

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Eisenberg '98 ran a season best of19:34.46, earning her secondplace. Jan Ting '00 placed fourthwith a personal best time of20: 11.66. Ting's performancequalified her to run in the DivisionIll's.

MIT won first, econd andfourth in the 3000 meters. DebbieWon '00 had an easy victory in atime of 10:48.92, while Eisenbergand Margaret ervegna '01 beatout their competition later in therace. Eisenberg, tied for secondwith 100 meters to go, was able toout-kick her competition fromSmith, finishing in 11 :23.10.

ervegna won the battle for fourthplace with a time of 11:48.72.

Unfortunately, the 1500 meterrun wasn't as easy for distancepowerhouse Won. Won finishedsecond behind a Smith runner witha personal best time of 4:55.34.Personal bests were also set in the1500 by Tanya Zelevinsky '99 andNer-vegna. Despite a foot injury,Zelevinsky finished sixth in5:22.95, with Nervegna not farbehind in seventh at 5:24.48.

Perhaps the best performancesof the day were seen in the 800meter run. Leah Nichols '00 set thepace, taking the head of the packthrough the 200 meter mark in 31seconds. This quick start led to apersonal best race for Nichols asshe clocked an amazing 2:23.04.Not only did this performancequalify Nichols for Division Ill's

the discus, where she launched thedisc 107'01". Joy Gathers '00 set aper onal record in the discus witha throw of 71 feet.

With an excellent start in thejump and throws, the Engineerstook to the track, looking to gainmore ground on their opponents. Inthe hurdles, Alyssa Thorvaldsen'00, showed her versatility a arunner, placing first in both the100 meter high hurdles and the 400meter intermediate hurdles. In thehigh hurdles, Thorvaldsen placedthird with a time of 17.19 seconds,while in the intermediate hurdles,she placed fifth with a personalbe t of 1:10.15. French also scoredfor the Engineers in the high hur-dles, taking sixth place with a timeof 18.88 seconds.

In the sprints, Chen and atalieSmith '00 came through for theEngineers, each running seasonbests. Chen tied her personalrecord of 26.98 seconds in the 200meters, taking fourth place. Smithbolted through the 400 meter fmishin a time of 62.93 seconds, tar.ingfifth place. While Chen hadalready qualified for Division Ill'sin all of the sprints, this wasSmith's last opportunity to qualifyin the 400. She did so by runningone second faster than the neces-sary time.

The excitement really beganwhen the middle and long distancerunners competed. MIT placedwell in every distance from the800 to the 5000. In the 5000meters, Co-Captain Janis

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The women's track team endedtheir regular sea on with a trongthird place finish at the ewEngland Women's EightChampionships held at MIT onaturday. The Engineer scored 109

points, while competing teamsWheaton College, mith College,Mount Holyoke College, andWorce ter Polytechnic Institutescored 215, 144, 89, and 35 points,respectively.

The meet began with numerousoutstanding performances in thefield events. Co-Captain ElaineChen '99 took fourth place in boththe long and the high jumps, withleaps of 15'6.75" and 4'10",respectively. Chen's effort in thelong jump qualified her for theNew. England Division IIIChampionship, making this thefifth event in which she has quali-fied. In the exhibition pole vaultevent, Lila French '99, won with avault of 8'6".

The throwing events proved tobe a source of strength for theEngineers. In the hammer throw,Jennifer Elizondo '99 threw anexcellent 108'4", earning her afifth place finish, while Rena

assr '01 finished seventh with apersonal best of 86'.25". Nassr alsoperformed brilliantly in the javelinthrow, finishing second with a sea-son best of92'9.25". Crystal Harris'00 also scored in the javelin, tak-ing sixth place with a throw of85'09.75". She also took third in

unday, ay 3Sailing - Reed Trophy, 9:30 a.m.

aturday, ay 2Sailing - Reed Trophy, 9:30 a.m.Baseball vs. Suffolk University, 12:00 p.m.Men's Lacrosse vs. Alumni, 1:00 p.m.Men's Tennis vs. Williams College, 1:00p.m.

UPCOMING HOME EVENTS

ary Ellen cLaughlin' s frr t year a the head coach of themen's and women's swim teams has been an eventful one. ow thatthe season is over, she not only has a new team but eight new schoolrecords as well.

McLaughlin came to MIT from Middlebury College inVermont. There she improved iddJebury's ew England rankingfrom the mid-30s to a consistent top three ranking for both themen's and women's teams. he was elected ew England Coach

of the Year three times, in1992, 1995, and 1996. hewa also elected the CAADivision III Women'sCoach of the Year in 1996.Her succes at Middleburyha carried over to MITteam thi year, as themen's ew England rank-ing improved dramaticallyfrom 1997' 13th place toninth place this past sea on.

early every swimmer hadmultiple per onal bests at

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England Championshipswere a little different in 1998. For the fir t time since she tarted hercoaching career, McLaughlin mi sed a meet. Instead of svending theFriday evening session of the women's meet on deck, she spent theevening in the hospital giving birth to her newborn baby boy.

The team appreciated the efforts she made to be involved thisyear, even as she learned to be a mom, and enjoyed getting to knowher as a coach and friend. he helped each swimmer to improve, notonly with her expertise in swimming technique, but with her dedi-cation to the development of each individual swimmer as well.

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