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By Douglas E. HeimburgerAS OCIATE EWS EDITOR

Developers and citizen activistssquared off Wednesday night at apublic hearing regarding a seven-story building proposed to be builtin the heart of Central quare.

The Central Square AdvisoryCommittee, which provides adviceon projects in the area, held thehearing to discuss whether or not toapprove the project.

The building, which wouldreplace a cluster of one- and two-story buildings located at the comerof Massachusetts Avenue andMagazine Street, is the latest revi-sion of a plan originally submittedby the Holmes Trust Corp. lastspring that called for an eleven-story building.

The revised building plansinclude two stories of commercialspace with 72 luxury apartments onthe upper floors. A parking facilitywith 80 spaces would be in thebasement of the facility.

After objections at three publichearings last spring, the ownersrealized that the original proposalneeded to be redesigned, said JamesT. Rafferty, an attorney who repre-sents the owners of the site.

The n~w proposal "essentiallyputs two buildings on the site,"Raffer' id. A courtyard located12 feet above street level connectsboth sides of the corner to retailspace within the site.

Residents also objected earlierthis year to the potential eviction of

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__~edmany of the long-term tenants of thecurrent buildings, including theEthiopian Restaurant and theGolden Donut, in favor of high-priced chain stores.

However, the owners reached anagreement with many of the tenants.All the tenants except three havebeen invited to return followingconstruction, Rafferty aid.

The new building also features acommitment to affordable housingwith 15 percent of the units, or IItotal, being made available at"affordable rates" - which is cur-rently 970 for a two-bedroomapartment in Cambridge, Raffertysaid.

"I was somewhat at a loss" tofigure out how to incorporate all thedesign comments, said Michael Lioof The Architectural Team, Inc.,which designed the project. Theideal building "looks as if it hasalways been there."

Public still opposed to projectAt Wednesday's public hearing,

most people still opposed the con-struction of the new building.

A group calling itself SaveCentral Square has been meeting forseveral months to oppose the pro-ject, said Mykol Larvie G.

Prior to the hearing, the groupheld a march from Central Square tothe meeting site at the CambridgeSenior Center, and supporterspacked into the room with signs and

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Four Students Named Annual ROTC Veteran's Day VigilToAlcohOl Seminar Pays Tribute to Missing Soldiers

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Mil STONEHENGE- Twice a year, the sun shines directlydown the Infinite Corridor as It sets. Students gathered togaze upon the event.

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However, not all of thoseanswers have yet been delivered,and in the mean time it is important

in a painful limbo. "They hope theanswer will someday come. Theyalso know that the news can tellthem that their family member paidthe ultimate price," she said.

As the sun dipped below thehorizon, Air Force ROTC cadetsand Navy ROTC midshipmen gath-ered yesterday afternoon in front ofBriggs Field to conclude their day-long vigil in remembrance of pris-oners of war and soldiers missing inaction.

As Samuel H. Thibault '00played taps, cadets lowered theAmerican flag and the blackPOW !MIA flag that had been flyingfrom the Briggs Field flag pole since4:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon andcarefully folded them.

The ceremony capped off dayof remembrance which included aninformation booth in Lobby 10 aswell as a speech by Professor ofAeronautics and Astronautics SheilaE. Widnall '60, former secretary ofthe Air Force.

Widnall encourages cadets"These warriors were our broth-

ers, sisters, fathers, mothers, daugh-ters, and sons ... during their time ofaction" they were taken prisoner bythe enemy or simply disappearedand are left on the rolls with theirlocations listed as unknown,Widnall said.

America has a duty to resolvethese cases, she said, and it is pursu-ing those cases aggressively boththrough its own agencies and in itscooperation with other nations."America has not forgotten about itsPOW's and MIA's," she said.

The aim is to provide a finalanswer to families who have a rela-tive missing in action and are living

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said. "I believe the combination of aresearcher and a clinician as co-chairs is ideal."

The committee will surveyexisting programs at other universi-ties and closely study the unique-ness of the MIT environment tomake recommendations in dealingwith binge drinking.

"The overuse of alcohol arpong. students is seen at almost all univer-sities in this country and MIT is noexception," Goldstein said. "Manycolleges are watching us closelysince they have similar issues."

"Hopefully, the committee willbe able to make recommendationsthat will result in materials that willeducate students and people aroundthe students, create an environmentthat will be less receptive for bingedrinking and where it will be lessacceptable for binge drinking,"Sharp said.

"Education of the entire MITcommunity including faculty, stu-dents and administrators taken in abroad context will in itself lead tomore responsible drinking,"Goldstein said. Other areas to lookinto include peer pressure and "howto deal with stress in an appropriatemanner in the culture of MIT."

The group plans to meet weeklyor biweekly until the end of the aca-demic year to hold discussions andconsult with local and nationalexperts on a wide range of issuesrelated to binge drinking.

"There is an entire constellationof issues which need to beaddressed including injury both

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By Jean K. LeeASSOC/4TE NEWS EDITOR

Four students were named to theWorking Group on Prevention ofBinge Drinking yesterday, roundingout the group commissioned byPresident Charles M. Vest to exam-ine binge drinking on college cam-puses.

Following the alcohol-relateddeath of Scott S: Krueger '01, Vestpromised a student-faculty seminarto investigate binge drinking anddevelop educational materials. Thetwo co-chairs of the seminar,Professor of Biology Phillip A.Sharp and Chief of Pediatrics andStudent Health Services Mark A.Goldstein were named last month.

"I am very positive about beinginvolved in the seminar," Goldstein

de tination there." France, a wellas fellow ecurity council memberRu sia, China and Egypt, aretrongly oppo ed to the u e of. force,

and there icon iderable doubtabout whether Washington couldget the council' backing for U.S.air and missile strike against Iraqitargets. The United States wouldlike to maintain the support of thecoalition that opposed Iraq in the1991 Persian Gulf War.

The late t development in thetwo-week stand-off began Thursdaymorning when Iraq informedSecretary General Kofi Annan SM'72 that the six Americans had toleave within six hours. Shortly after-ward, Richard Butler, the Australiandiplomat who is executive directorof U SCOM, announced that hewould withdraw the non-Americancommission employee, leavingbehind a skeleton staff of nine tomonitor and maintain UNSCOM'sequipment and headquarters inBaghdad.

Those inspectors who staybehind will continue monitoringUN SCaM cameras and sensorsused to detect various kinds ofweapons research and production,Butler said. But he added: "I wouldbe misleading you if I thought thatgave us any confidence. The fact ithat every day that has passed sincethe' 29th of October announcementby Iraq (ordering the Americans toleave) has harmed our monitoringeffort: and certainly the absence ofinspections has been a matter ofmost serious conc'ern. Every daylost makes the situation worse."

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they have few option that mightcompel Iraq' cooperation withweapon in pector . Even if interna-tional support could be mu tered formilitary action, a mas ive attackagain t Iraq might be required toachieve results, a enior administra-tion official aid.

Clinton aide aid they expectedthe cri i to unfold on the diplom~t-ic front for at lea t everal moreday before any military actionmight become imminent. Clintonplans to stick to plans for a politicaltrip to evada and California thiweekend.

White House press secretaryMichael McCurry, asked if Clintonsees the 1991 Persian Gulf War as amodel for succe ful confrontationof Iraq, responded: 'It's a model ofhow you respond to an armed inva-'ion of a sovereign nation. We're

not talking about that kind of a situ-ation here.

"We're talking about deliberateprovocations in defiance of theUnited ations, which is a differentmatter," McCurry said. "But r thinkpatient diplomacy, building a coali-tion, trying to hold that coalitiontogeth~r is useful and instructive."

McCurry added that the UnitedStates is prepared to act unilaterally.He noted that some countries urgingthe United States to be cautious,including Arab countries andFrance, may be more directly at riskthan the United States from Iraq'sdevelopment of advanced weapons.

Asked if this was a message tothe French government, McCurryresponded, "I carefully chose my

Iraq dramatically rai ed thetake in its confrontation with the

United ations Thur day byexpelling six Americans on a U. .weapon in pection team, leadingthe world body to in truct the entireteam to leave the country.

In re ponse to Iraqi order, themerican reportedly were enroute

by road to Jordan late Thursday.eventy-two non-American mem-

ber of the weapons in pection teamare to depart Baghdad by plane onFriday, leaving behind a mall, care-taker staff. .

The Iraqi move wa a defiantre pon e to the ecurity Council'sdemand Wedne day that Baghdadtop interfering with the U. .pecial Commis ion earching for

hidden Iraqi weapons programs. Atthe request of the United State , the15-nation council began urgent con-sultation Thursday night about howto deal with the I test Iraqi chal-lenge.

Following the expulsion order,the White Hou e convened two longsession on Iraq involving Pre identClintons' senior national securityadvisers. After participating in thefirst session, Clinton said, "Iraq'sannouncement this morning to expelthe Americans from the in pectionteam is clearly unacceptable and achallenge to the international com-munity." He promised "to pursuethis matter in a very determinedway."

But administration officials say

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Veteran con umer activist Ralph ader joined the fight again ticro oft Corp. Thur day, pre iding over a a hington conference

in which a choru of the huge oftware company' critic charged it iunfairly trying to dominate the Internet.

ot many con umer were in ight at the conference, which hadan adverti ed ticket price of 1,000 a person. It wa a corporate gath-ering, one that ader claimed could have attracted more participantif they weren't 0 worried about retaliation from icrosoft.

"What Ralph i trying to do is get people in the bu ine commu-nity mobilized about not rolling over for icro oft," aid JohnRichard, director of Es ential Information, a ader organization ..

The conference occurred in the mid t of a confrontation betweenthe Ju tice Department and icro oft over whether the company ishonoring a 1995 con ent decree created to curb orne of it busine spractices.

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ATF Allows Assault WeaponsInto U. ., Irritates White House

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A federal agency i ued permits allowing 150,000 assaultweapon into the United tates la t month despite the fact thatPre ident linton wa preparing to sign an order prohibiting theimport of exactly tho e types of guns, administration official aidThur day.

The action by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm trig-gered outrage at the White Hou e, where aide fumed that it defiedthe will of the pre ident. The Trea ury Department and the ATF havelaunched an internal review to determine how the permit were i suedand in the meantime have frozen any new permit pending action.

"I am up et that it happened," aid Rahm Emanuel, enior adviserto Clinton handling the gun i ue. "It's irritating while we're dealingwith a problem and ATF and Treasury are in the room working withu on language ... that another 150,000 got approved."

Emanuel aid he had no reason to believe it wa intentional, yetneither he nor other officials could explain why the permit wereallowed to go through at a time when an interagency review of thepolicy wa underway.

'It should have been abundantly clear that that wa not to be donewhile the review wa going on," said a Treasury official who spokeon condition of anonymity.

Americans Guard AgainstFurther Retaliation in Pakistan

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Americans in the Pakistani port ity of Karachi took extra precau-tions again t po sible anti-U .. attack' Thur day, and Prime Minister

awaz harif telephoned Pre 'ident Clinton to promi e aggressiveaction to find the gunmen who killed four American oil companyworker. The tate Department warned American to postponenone sential trips to Pakistan becau e "the security situation inKarachi deteriorated eriously" with Wednesday's ambush in rush-hour traffic that killed the four employees of Union Texas PetroleumCo. Two previou Iy unknown groups separately took credit forkillings.

But an official of the U.S. Emba y in Islamabad indicated theclaims are not considered credible. A third group, Harkat ul-An arblamed unnamed groups seeking to-de tabilize Pakistan.

Pakistani security officials have said members of Harkat ul-Ansarmight have carried out the attack to avenge the conviction Mondayof Mir AimaJ Kasi, a Pakistani charged with the J993 killings of twoCIA employee . The travel advi ory also cited the conviction in ewYork of Ramzi Ahmed Yousef - extradited from Pakistan in 1995- in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

week. The Interior offi ial whorejected th application, deputya i tant ecretary MichaelAnder on, told enate inve tigatorhe wa hurried into making a deci-sion July 14, 1995 on in tructionsfrom "up tair " that it had to be., igned that day."

Regional officials of the Bureauof Indian Affair had recommendedapproval of the off-re ervation ca i-no on behalf of the three Chippewaband . Higher-up at Interior reject-ed it after lobbyi t for ca ino-richtribe opposed to fre h competitioncontacted Pre ident Clinton, presi-dential coun elor Bruce Lind ey,White Hou e deputy chief of staffHarold Icke and Democratic

ational Committee chairmanDonald L. Fowler.

Lee on the nominee's upport ofaffirmative action in general andLee's pec i fic critic ism ofCalifornia's Propo ition 209, whichprohibits uch programs at the stateand local level.

During the hearing, Sen. DianneFeinstein, D-Calif., pleaded with herGOP colleagues on the panel to atleast support a move to end Lee'snomination to the full Senate for avote .

"I think this nomination is reallya big deal, because if Bill Lann Lee

. can't be confirmed for this post, Idon't really believe that anyone canbe confirmed ... who believes thatthere are civil rights injustices stillbeing done in this country,"Feinstein said.

in the n t 90 day there are no, rea onable ground to believe fur-ther in e tigation i warr nted."

Ju tice Department ource aidthe truthfulne of Babbitt's recentte timony to the enateGo ernmental Affair Committeeabout the ca ino controver y i acentral fo u of the inquiry.

Babbitt has denied that politicalpre ure wa a factor in the 1995scuttling of the off-re ervation ca i-no project that three impoverishedWi cons in Chippewa tribe wantedto build on the ite of a failing dogtrack in Hud on, Wis., 26 mile ea tof Minneapoli .

Reno's action came amid a flurryof disclo ure temming from a the

enate committee's inquiry into thecontroversy over the past few

Specter upporting Lee, this wouldhave produced tie votes, which loseunder committee rules.

The two-hour committee meet-ing on the Senate's last scheduledsession of the year was marked bydrama, with Specter warnin$ thatdefeating the first Asian Americannominated for the JusticeDepartment post "will make it hard-er for us to elect a Republican presi-dent in the year 2000."

But committee chairman OrrinHatch, R-Utah, whose recent deci-sion to oppose Lee was the crucialblow for the nomination, declared:"We're tired of preferring one groupover another, of preferring groupsover indi iduals."

Hatch based his opposition to

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Attorney General Janet RenoThur day tepped up the inve tiga-tion of Interior ecretary BruceBabbitt' role in the rejection of anIndian ca ino oppo ed by tribe thatcontributed heavily to theDemocratic Party for the 1996 cam-paign.

Reno notified the special federalcourt panel in charge of appointingindependent counsels that he wacommencing a preliminary inquiryto determine whether one hould benamed in Babbitt's ca e.

Under the law, Reno must askthe court to appoint an independentcoun el un Ie she can certify with-

Democrats Block Committee VoteOn Clinton Civil Rights NomineeBy Ronald J. OstrowLOS ANGELES TIMES

Facing certain defeat, Democratson Thursday blocked a SenateJudiciary Committee vote on thenomination of Los Angeles lawyerBill Lann Lee as the United' States'civil rights chief, leaving it up toPresident Clinton to decide whetherto renominate him next year.

With only Sen. Arlen Specter, R-• fJpa., breaking ranks, the committee's

nine other Republicans said theywould have rejected Lee. And theyopposed even sending his namewithout recommendation for a fullSenate vote, as Democrats hadurged.

With the eight Democrats and

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Andrew 1. Kim

A FaultyHousingProposal

It' been nearly two month ince a tragicincident changed the way of life here at MIT.During that time, committees have beenformed left and right to the point that few cankeep track. Each committee has distinguishedmember, and hold open forum and townmeeting to gather the con en us of the MITcommunity. Ora tic change have been pro-po ed, yet few of them eem reali tic or pru-dent.

The mo t ill-thought-out proposal out inthe air i to hou e all fre hmen on campusnext fall in pre-assigned dorm . The firstlogi tical problems that pop up in my mind isthe lack of facilitie to hou e another fourhundred fre hmen next year. I know MIT'sdone some amazing thing in the past, but Ican't foresee it building a brand new dorm bynext August. That would mean large- cale

. crowding in the existing dorms that don'thave a whole lot of extra pace to begin with.One of the goal of this propo al i to buildtronger relations within the MJT community,

but having ix roommates in a quad doe n'teem to accompli h that goal in any way.

Randomized hou ing is the other part ofthat proposal that I find faulty. One of thebigge t deci ion of Residence andOrientation Week is to find a home for thenext four years. It is a proce s that everyonetake eriou ly becau e only the student (asidefrom the hou ing lottery for some) makes thatimportant deci ion. A a result, people tend tobe very happy with their living groupbecau e they chose to live there. The samecan't be said if every incoming fre hmen got aJetter in the mail sometime in July saying thatthey would be living in "X" House with JohnR. Smith '02 from Lo Angeles and two oth-ers come fall. With the randomness comes ahuge group of unhappy freshmen who wantnew housing assignments. This legion of dis-gruntled residents does very little to promote asense of community, and at a harsh place likeMIT, if a new student can't feel comfortablein his own room, then there are few places toturn to.

This housing change- also alters the land-cape for fraternities, sororities, and indepen-

dent living group. Freshmen comprise one-fourth of mo t of these groups and to uddenlyturn around and tell them that they can't havefreshmen until lAP or even later eemsimproperly thought-out. The almost impul ivechange given without proper notice would bevery unfair to FSILGs, and some would havea hard time surviving given the unju t circum-tances.

Changing the rush period would al 0 hurtF ILGs in many ways. Ru h works logi tical-ly as it is. I don't know how many fre hmenwould trek out in the dead of winter to checkout FSILGs, and then have to move allbelongings out of a dorm room to a new placewithout the generous aid of moving vans.Moving rush even later into the year createseven more logistical nightmares for FSILGsdue to reductions in numbers and financialresources. Given the short time period of oneyear, few FSILGs would be able to cope withthe drastic change.

The most interesting item of the freshmenhousing proposal is the logic behind it or lackthereof. This proposal first came about at ameeting of the faculty, or the small contingentthat actually attends the faculty meetings.Rather than a solution to the alcohol-relatedincident of two months ago, this proposalseems to be the brain-child of a few memberof the faculty who have gripes againstFSILGs, and now have the perfect opportunityto air them.

The proposal is a flashy way to gain pub-lic support, but it only skirts the underlyingproblem. The real issue here is to preventanother alcohol-related tragedy from happen-ing; changing where a freshman lives doesnothing to this effect because there is alcoholavailable in dorms as well. Thi proposalleads MIT right back to its current path whileleaving FSILGs wounded on the side of theroad.

The time will come soon for the variouscommittees to release their recommenda-tion:;, and for President Charles M. Vest andsenior administration to make crucial deci-sions that will affect the way of life at MIT. Ijust hope their conclusions will be realisticand rational solutions to the real problemsthat exist here, not phony crowd-pleasers thataccomplish nothing at the expense of theMIT community.

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on an electronic board that beeped if I madean illegal move, which wa common. After awhile I graduated from electronic che toplaying with a computer. "Battl che "wathe thrill of many a grade- chool friend ofmine.

To me, the fir t time a computer beat ahuman at che wa more worthy of note thanDeep Blue' feat. What urpri ed me mostwa not that a computer could beat a grandmaster, but that 0 much time - nearly twodecades - pas ed between the fir t electronicche -playing game and the victory overKa parav. During that time period, computertechnology advanced by leap a'nd bound .More than anything el e, it demon trate thatthe range of kill among che player ivast.

With music, the ca e is even tronger.True, computers haven't been compo ing likeBach for decade; as far a I know, EMI' tri-umph i a fir t in this area. In my view, thereal coop, however, ha nothing to do withhuman compo ition. The real advance wawhen humans topped Ii tening to humansplaying music and started Ii tening to comput-ers. Completely mechanical music did notoriginate with the phonograph, but that inven-tion did make mechanical reproduction ofhuman music a widespread phenomenon.

ow, nearly a century after mechanically-generated music became a popular occur-rence, we see music-lover running aroundin a daze becau e a computer composedomething. In a week, who will care?

Whether the mu ic is clas ical, rock, orheavy-bass techno, the mu ical experience

remains a deeply social one: People listen tomu ic together, attend concerts together, andtalk about their favorite group . The same canbe said for chess: Although computer chess istill around, and many enjoy playing chessover the network, people still hell out bigbucks for real chess sets that can only be forinter-human play. Plenty of humanity there.

Meanwhile, little is said about the drovesof people staying home for "must ee TV."Few rai e their eyebrows at skiers plowingdown the slopes with Walkmen plugged intotheir ears. At MIT, hundreds of undergradu-

ates head to the Student Center Athenacluster for a good time every

Friday night.It will come a no revelation

to most people that the' uses oftechnology depend on the choic-es people make. To me, there isno question about machines sur-passing humans. Commentatorswho rave on about this topic areseeing a competitiQn wherethere is none. I am more con-cerned with the choices myfriends and I make in our dailylives: Are the technology-relat-ed decisions we make movingus closer together, or furtherapart?

Oscar Wilde once said, "To live is very rare.Most people exist, that is all." Michele notonly existed, she lived and she helped othersto live. She taught us the lessons of love with-out barriers and giving unselfishly of oneself.

The opportunity to travel to Californiagranted us the chance to communicate ourfeelings and love to Michele's family and tobegin to lift the veil of sadness which hadcovered, us. Words of comfort from Michele'sfamily and church began to ease our hearts'pain over her loss. We saw the tremendousaccomplishments which Michele had achievedbefore she arrived at MIT. We realized thatMichele had lived a fuller life in nineteenyears than some people can live in a hundred.

We wish to express sincere gratitude toDean Robert M. Randolph and everyone whoworked with him to make our trip possible.The generosity and caring he showed us arefar above and beyond what was expected.This trip has touched all our lives.

The Tech received this column as a letteron behalf of 22 students: Ricci H. Rivera '00,Rosanna A..Alegado '00, Shelby J. Savage'99, William 1. Melendez Diaz '99, Samuel TWong 'OJ, Baruch P. Feldman 'OJ, JacquelynL. Baskin '00, David R. Dunmeyer '00, AnaK. Claudio '99, Jennifer T. Grewen '99,Charles 1. Morton G, Anjli Chokriwala '00,Susan E. Rosenthal '00, Alberto 1. Cividanes'00, Allison L. Waingold '00, Danielle A.Hinton '00, Jomaquai Jenkins, Kareem A.Benjamin G, Marcus W. Baynes '00, DeborahCheng 'OJ, Heileen Hsu 'OJ, Anna Orenstein-Cardona '99, and Aleksandra Markina '99,Shawn E. Atlow '97, Xilonin Cruz.

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till Control Their Own Destinieot} HumanIBM announced a trategi r treat from theche indu try.

Ka parov' defeat wa the occa ion foreven deeper di cu ion of comput r nd theirapparent capa ity for overtaking the humanmind, at lea t in the field of che playing.Columnist for the nation' major new paperjumped at the chance to e pre S their fearsthat technology might someday urpasshumans at other, more embarra ing ta k .Although the composing computer hareceived les pre than Deep Blue, surely itwill prove the cau e for at lea tome Op-edrantings, beyond my own.

Every time I read about computer ormachine doing omething better thanhumans, or replacing human , I get a littleworried. The implication is alway the ame:Humans have been surpas ed.

At second glance, however, mo t of thethings computer and machine are touted fordoing are quite mundane and non-threatening.

Take chess, for example. Chess is aophisticated game, all right. But I've been

losing to computer at die since I was asmall child - infact, I learned toplay chess byplaying

When you love somebody, andthat person leaves you,

the pain of their absence is likean open wound.

For us, the process of healingthis wound began when we

arrived in California.

with family members and friends. Michele'smother said that one of Michele's goals hadbeen accomplished with our presence:Michele had managed to bring the East Coastto the West Coast.

Our visit was incredible meaningful to allof us. When you love somebody, and that per-son leaves you, the pain of their absence is

like an open wound. For us, the process ofhealing this wound began when we arrived inCalifornia. Michele's family was not onlyhappy' to see us, but they were filled with joyto see how many lives Michele had touched insuch a short time.

One of Michele's favorite phrases was "miamore," because that was exactly what shefelt and expressed to those around her. Shewas the pride and joy of those who knew her,an exceptional person filled with qualitieswhich many of us can only dream of. As

orBach to Ba ic

Composing Computer.Ander Hove

La t month, according to The New YorkTimes, a computer program calledExperiment in Mu ical Intelligence (EMI)

competed with teveLar on, a mu ician atthe University ofOregon, to composeseveral work in thetyle of Johanneba tian Bach. At a

performance of pieceby Lar on, Bach, and

'jI/ f..-j :! c,... EMI, the audience wa,_ "J~tl~~~asked to match thegl~ ~~~j~~~ pieces with their com-po ers. The audience wa duped: It matchedLar on's piece with the computer, and deter-mined that EMI's invention was genuineBach.

The musicians pronounced themselveshorrifi.ed. Larson found the experience "dis-concerting. "

Earlier this year, of course, GarryKasaparov met his first defeat at the hands ofa computer. His opponent, Deep Blue, is per-haps the most famous chess player in theworld today, even after

On Friday, Oct. 31, the loss of Michele S.Micheletti '00 struck the MIT community. Itespecially struck all those who in one way oranother knew Michele and were touched bythe love she spread to those around her. Thislove - which saw no color, race, or differ-ence - was.a never-ending fountain of hap pi-ness, inspiration, and joy, which we. wereblessed to have known. Losing her was verypainful and difficult for many of us to handle.However, the MIT administration was a pow-erful and effective force which providedstrength, leadership, and guidance for all ofus. We wish to thank the Dean's Office, theCounseling Department, the MIT Chaplain'sOffice, and President Charles M. Vest. Theyall worked together to provide a solid founda-tion for those of us affected by the passing ofMichele.

It was on Oct. 31 that Michele passedaway, Nov. I, 'when the news spread, andNov. 4 when a group composed of 26 stu-dents, two faculty members, and a floortutor boarded an airplane heading to SanFrancisco to attend Michele's funeral ser-vices. While there, we attended Michele'swake, went to a Rosary service at S1.Dunstan' Parish where Michele spent herelementary school years, and attended herfuneral and burial services.

At every moment, we felt like we werepart of Michele's family, sharing ourthoughts, grief, prayers, stories, and laughter

Guest ColumnJennifer Grewen

A Trip That Healed Grief's Wounds

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THEARrsA night of Dramas hop 'sstudent written One-Acts

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Richard Thompkins '98 and Jon Levene G In AUditions, written by Rob Marcato G. Itwas one of three student-written plays performed last weekend as part ofDramashop's One-Acts.

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One Acts? Kohler ha certainly outdone him-self with a new script tha't is much more fierceand calm at the same time.

Directed by Drama hop veteran MonicaY. Gomi '96, Triple Fable is narrated byKate (Elizabeth Stoehr G), who sits in anarm chair next to a standing lamp at tageright and exudes an incredible warmth abouther. She tells the story of two men. The cen-tral character is Adam, played by freshmanPeter A. Shulman '01 with a wide-eyed inno-cence and emptiness of a boy without a place

sure as Eric himself audition for Dick with apiece his roommate Danny has written. Hisaudition is remarkable becau e though Ericspeaks, he's speaking words from Danny'smind which recognize his fear of failure, mak-ing his character even more interesting. Theidea that his fear and regret are somehow partof him and that he accepts it and acknowl-edges it enough to write it on paper is a ton-ishing.

The final play of the evening was TripleFable, written by Eddie Kohler G. Perhapsyou remember his whimsical play, Five FakeDreams in Six Short Scenes, from la t year's

Rob arcato G, who a ted in la t year' fallOne-Acts production of Cyril and Harry.Through the live of two roommates and aerie of glimp e into an audition, Marcato's

play explore theme of rejection, di appoint-ment, and failure. The character he' createdare real and the interaction between them andthe simple piece of the et are believable andkilled.

The meat of the plot revolve around tworoommate and the different way in whichthey take risks. Eric (Richard Thompkin '98)i a truggling actor who audition a lot, butcan't seem to get ca t a anything but a crimi-nal. . till, he trie . His roommate Danny (JonLevene G), on the other hand, i not a daringwhen it come to his life and women. Ericnotices that hi roommate goe to the FilmForum a lot, though Danny in i t he' onlyintere ted in the old movies. We see later thathe actually goes to meet ora ( adia Muna'99), a woman he' been meeting for severalweeks. ora asks Danny to dinner, and theway he handles the invitation shows us a lotabout his fear of rejection.

The drama is interjected with auditionscenes similar to the opening scene betweenthe auditioner and a random actor. They serveas both a foreshadowing technique for thefinale of the playa well as another space forthe play's themes to be ex lored. Everyone inthe play handles rejection and disappointmentdifferently. As an actor, Eric has dealt withplenty of disappointment, but he continues toaudition in hopes that the perfect part willeventually come along. Above all other char-acters, Danny represents fear of rejection. Heblows off a real date with Nora and, tries tohide his fear in rationalization. He can't evenbegin to think about a relationship becausehe's afraid. Even successes in his past aren'tenough to inspire him to try.

The final audition scene gives the play c10-

By Teresa HuangSTAFF REPORTER

ith their annual howca e of tu-dent-written, tudent-directed oneact plays, Drama hop ha hownonce again that there are true

arti t at MIT. The talent that they gather inj /, the writers, director , and production taff is

amazing and the maturity of the actors in alltheir production is impre ive. The re ults ofthis year' trio of scripts are no different. Eachwith its own look, theme, and atmo phere, theDramashop One-Acts continue to develop thetalent of new writers and directors whileachieving the gloss of great theater.

The evening's first play, Edgewordwise byAnand arwate'O I, was short but made quitea tatement. The dialogue between the lonecharacters Julian (Ira F. Gerhardt '99) andVivian (Jacqueline Kirtley G) explores theidea of finishing another person's thoughts.Julian constantly finishes Vivian's sentencesand feels justified while Vivian asserts thatthere's a difference between interrupting andcompleting. As the wordplay escalatesbetween the two, their sentences start tomerge into each other until you're not surewho started what sentence.

Almost completely void of set design andlighting cues, the words themselves were infocus. Sarwate's clever script was a real testof intensity for actors Gerhardt and Kirtley.With the dialogue switching almost instanta-neously and getting faster, they really had to

(I. /work together and trust each other to be -com-fortable enough with the text to keep the playgoing. The faster the words got, the morechallenging it was. They handled the task withseeming ease, producing some truly humorousand impressive moments and bringing a gen-eral snappiness to the text.

The second play of the ev.ening, Auditions,was an impressive achievement for playwright

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I'll take Political Bigwigs for 5400.Alex has set up shop in Washington, D.C.with a group of contestants he calls the realPower Players. Watch Oliver "Ollie" Northduke it out with Oliver "let's make anotherfilm about the government" Stone. See howBill Maher of ABC's Politically Incorrectfares when he's not in his cushy host posi-tion against Arianna Huffington and JesseL. Jackson, Jr. Is AI Franken even smart?The week of shows will be worth watchingjust to see some of Washington's biggestmouths can stay shut until called on.

Chri tma bell are ringing ..• on Tat aks. It's not even Thanksgiving yet, butof course the retailers of the world are alreadyprepping u for the hyped, con umeri t galaknowp as Chri tmas. Case in point, the Tenth

nnual Chri tma Festi aJ will be held -thiweekend at the World Trade Center inBoston. Catch the free shuttle from SouthStation, pay the obligatory $7 admission fee,and explore the enormous craft and culinaryevent. Get some early hopping done whilesnacking on food samples or watch MarthaStewart-types compete in the wonderful

ecco Gingerbread Hou e Competition. Thefestival's 350 plus exhibitors come from allover the country, bearing etched-glass sculp-tures, pottery, wood carvings, handmadeornaments, and an array of culinary master-pieces. Call the World Trade Center at (617)742-3973 for more details. Today, 12:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.Sunday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Not all breakfast foods start with"Me." The craving for pancakes and realpoached eggs has hit you. If you're lookingfor a terrific morning meal and don't feellike dealing with the sticky tables at IHOP,step into the Greenhouse Cafe at 3 BrattleStreet in Harvard Square and leave winter"atthe door. The garden decor is gorgeous and ",',everything on the breakfast menu is simpleyet perfectly cooked. If the freshness oftheir food doesn't win your heart, try a sliceof their mile-high cake. Okay, it's only onefoot tall, but that's still quite a dessert.

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devoted I am in bringing you the be t inweekend entertainment? igh ... the re pon-ibilitie are endle

Say you'll be there. The groovy galsknown as the Muses give their winter con-cert tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Room 6-120.Think Spice Girls with talent, minus theannoyance factor. Aside from their usualsass and song, the concert will feature theColumbia Kingsmen and a special appear-ance by Nate Ahlgren, reprising his LateNight with Sigma Kappa performance of hisoriginal song "Organic Chemistry Chick."The song's a hoot. Don't miss it.

. We still don't know the truth. When Isaid last week that I wanted closure, I didn'tmean at the expense of the story, for good-ness sakes. She's cured! It's a miracle! Puh-lease. Nevertheless, The X-Files continues toopen its fifth season with a bang by focusingthis Sunday'S episode entirely on the lovablelosers known as the Lone Gunmen. RichardBelzer guest stars as his character DetectiveMunch from Homicide: Life on the Street inyet another sweeps crossover stunt. I guess itwasn't enough that he infiltrated Law &Order for sweeps iast week. What's next?Munch on Beavis and Butthead?

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ripoff is like a lesson in abuse of OpenGL.Some people just shouldn't have the power tocreate badly formed polygonal models. Fromthe weird plot - as Merlin's incredibly uglyniece Beth, you must recover the stolenExcalibur in the year 2555 AD - to the terri-ble graphics - Beth is an attractive 30-30-30walking tetrahedron - this game was notworth the effort to port from the Playstation.Don't bother playing the demo, and definitelydon't buy it when it hits, and drops from, theshelves this weekend.

that' Carmageddon, sorry). NjS2 upportsvarious multiplayer option and force feed-back input device , but the experience I hadwith the Microsoft ideWinder ForceFeedback Pro wa a nightmare: I felt as if thesoftware wa controlling me, sensing myevery move, and reporting them back to head-quarters for further processing. In any case,NjS2 SE offer the chance to drive a dozendifferent cars and race on several visuallytunning tracks; a cute game.

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zation continues to give great opportunitiesfor student talent to shine, and this year's one-act plays were no exception.

EdgewordwiseWritten by Anand Sarwate '01. Directed byJeremy Butler '98. Starring Ira F. Gerhardt'99 and Jacqueline Kirtley G

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eed for Speed II SEElectronic Arts' wildly popular Need for

Speed was a hit among twelve-year-old kidsaround the globe, but EA violated the First Ruleof Sequels when it released Need for Speed /J asjust a bigger, slower, more disappointing relativeof its predecessor. They've attempted to allaysome of the criticisms of NjS2 - namely, that itwasn't a joke, as most had thought, to requireMMX and 32 MB of RAM to play- by releas-ing a 3Dfx-enhanced version of the game.

I have to say that I was surprised by howfun it was to play. If you're looking for a realdriving simulator, try Grand Prix byMicroprose, but if you just want to sit downand release some adrenaline, NjS2 might beworth your time. The graphics are superb with3Dfx, and the cars are to die for (whoops,

Sid eier' Getty burg!id Meier know how to make game.

He' done it for most of his lIfe. Trust theman.

In Gettysburg!, a real-time wargame fromrookie Firaxi oftware, you take command ofyour choice of ide during the most strategi-cally taxing campaign of the Civil War. Afterelecting a ide and launching the game,

you'll find that the interface is immediatelyintuitive and the gameplay is properly paced.Graphics are rendered in a minimalist fashion,but they remain both informative and plea ingto the eye.

There's something elegant about simplici-ty. Gettysburg's intense focus on the art ofwar, rather than the art of raping the landscapeand laughtering your enemy, sets it apartfrom bloated games like Dark Reign and theupcoming Starcraft. In a genre that's slowlybeginning to merge with action, Gettysburg!stands out as a classic example of a well-designed strategy game.

Sid Meier's Gettysburg/lets you take command of Union or Confederate armies.

soul i present in everything in his life - athis desk job, at home, and at his job on thefarm.

The story told by Kate weaves through thelives and experiences of all the characters,explaining so much and yet nothing at all.Ambiguity in clarity seems to be Kohler'sspecialty, and this script is no less than bril-liant when it comes to the deceptive techniqueof giving the audience flashes of insight into

• the characters while really giving them muchmore.

All thre~ plays in Dramashop's fall eventwere excellently scripted, directed, and actedby a talented score of individuals. The organi-

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dred games coming out before Chri tma , thatta h of downloaded porn in Temporary

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The major rea on you'll be failing yourcia e in December is that next month willee the relea e of three of the mo t highly

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ierra, and Starcraft. Between now and then, Iknow that tho e paycheck will be burningholes in your pocket, but think twice beforegiving in to the sexy, voluptuou boxes crappygames often come in. This week' review ithus dedicated to the mediocre, unheraldedgames that are hivering on the helves ofElectronics Boutique ... you may find one ofthem at lea t amusing enough to get youthrough the weekend.

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Close Combat 2While we're being blunt, one word:

Microsoft. CC2's probably a good game, butit's boring and overly complicated as all hell.You may think that the last entence was acontradiction. r offer Window 95 a ExhibitB.

CC2 i real-time WWII strategy/simula-tion, definitely targeted towards an older,wiser, duller audience. The game offers beau-tiful graphics and great sound, but the learningcurve i a little steep for only occa 10nal dab-bler in trategy like me. The most distinctivefeature of the game is its complexity, if that'syour pain: traditional macroscopic strategy,like placement and formation, is combinedwith microscopic worries, Iik" morale andfatigue, to create an immersive environmentof pure stre .

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Adam was the most remarkable characterbecause he doesn't belong anywhere, really.He maintains a strange lack of emotion, justas the production maintains a lack of light,props, and embellishment. Adam is caught inthe world, feeling a million things yet nothingat all. The emptiness reflected in his eyes and

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Technology aid medical re earchThi cloning technology could

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For example, to tudy the inherit-ed di order cystic fibro i ,re earcher could modify the heep'scopy of the gene found mutated inhuman CF patient ,he aid. Thiwould provide'a new CF modelwhich could be used for phy iologi-cal tudie, drug development, andpos ibly gene therapy, Wilmut aid.

Cloning technology could al 0be applied to treat human being , byusing cell-ba ed therapies, Wilmutsaid. One example of a proposedtreatment would involve taking cellsfrom a patient, correcting the genet-ic defect, and sub equently tran fer-ring the corrected cells back into thepatient a needed, he said.

Using germline therapy, onecould also aim to treat diseases in thecontext of a full human being,Wilmut said. This would involvedirectly changing the genetic compo-ition of a pre-embryo cell, he said.

There is a "slippery slope ... incontemplating changing [the genet-ics of] human beings," Wilmut said."We do not understand enoughabout the nature of relationsbetween genes... and where wouldwe draw the line?"

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Using cloning to overcome infer-tility, "to recover lost relatives," tocircumvent mitochondrial diseasestransmitted from mother to daugh-ter, and to create "selected children"were among the po sibilities openedby human cloning, Wilmut said.

One could envision that parentswould want to clone famed movietars to raise as their own, he said.

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project's prospects. "I think it'll bevery unlikely that they'll be able tobuild this building," Hoicka said. "Ithink we have a high likelihood ofsucce s of changing what the devel-oper plans for the comer."

ave Central quare filed a law-suit on Monday asking that the citybe required to open and rehold allmeetings with the developers.We're a king the judge to make

them do it over again and do it inthe sunshine this time," Hoicka aid.

The committee will hold an openmeeting on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. todiscuss what changes to make in itsinitial report, which called for thesignificant changes addressed at thelatest hearing.

At 8:30 p.m., the planningboard of the city will hold an openhearing on the project's request forseveral variances and waivers fromthe board needed to build the pro-ject. Both meetings are atCambridge City Hall, located onMassachusetts Avenue just beyondCentral quare.

here," Rafferty aid. ' peaking upi not for the faint of heart."

Many of tho e who upport theproject do not speak out in fa or ofit becau e of the strong atrno phereagain t the project at the publichearing Rafferty said.

Both ide optimi tic for futureBoth ides expres ed optimism

that they will prevail in the upcom-ing erie of public hearings.

The chances of building the pro-ject in its revi ed form are "reason-able, 'Rafferty aid. I think theamount of zoning relief r quired ismodest."

"The buildings there [now] arean anomaly," Lio said. Originally,they were taller, but during theDepression their upper floors wereremoved to decrease the tax burdenon the owners.

As a result, the current buildingsare not in scale with the roads andother architectural features, Liosaid.

Opponents differed about the

COURTESY OF THE ARCHlfECTVRAL TEAM. me.Artist's rendition of the proposed development In Central Square.

ms made earli r by th ommit-te, aid Clifford Tru dell.Opponent ho oppo e any con-tru tion ar pra tieing kamikaze

politic "he continued.Opponents who claim that the

construction iJJ lead to uburbiaencroaching in on Central quareare incorrect, Tru d II aid. Thathas got to be the most ridiculouthing I ve heard since Richard

i on said he wa n't a crook. 'I am fabulou Iy impressed with

the re ponse" of the owners to theearlier concerns, said RobertWinters. I have ne er seen a prop-erty owner act with uch goodfaith."

There are a whole lot of peoplesupporting the project who aren't

Donut had not been asked to r turn.Cambridge i a city of history andhara t r' said Gen Kelledi a

life-long re ident. The GoldenDonut i a meeting place for peoplefrom all 0 er Cambridg . '

We're looking for responsiblecitizenship," said attorney David A.Hoicka '77. Tell the architect

ice try, it better than the la tplan but it's not good enough. '"

'We don't need to look likeevery other suburb in the United

tates," said Kim Kalkowski.

ome support ne developmentA few residents expressed their

support for the project. I'm verypleased that this proposal has beenresponsible" in addressing the con-

Casplacards oppo ing the de elopment.

'I'm not oppo ed to develop-ment per se, I'm opposed to thisdevelopment," said Ellen El-

eqayan. This community doenot need 61 luxury apartments. '

Many residents were concernedthat the new apartment wouldcause their rents to go up. There'sno way you can put in substantialdevelopment and not have the rippleeffect occur" where rents rise inother buildings, said Jeff Duritz.'The majority of people in Centralquare are not white men in suits"

who can afford an additionalincrease, he said.

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With American and POW flags flying at full mast in the background,Ben Davis '00 of ROTC performs Veteran's Day service Wednesday.

igil e pand thi earSixty Air Force ROTC cadets

and 12 avy ROTC midshipmenparticipated in this year's ceremony,said Ken G. Iwamoto '99, whocoordinated the event. "We organizethis every year. In the past it's beenall services; this year it's been justthe Navy and the Air Force," hesaid.

"Veteran's Day is a day that isforgotten sometimes. I want peopleto remember it," Iwamoto said.

The event is to "honor those thathave made the ultimate sacrifice,"said Air Force ROTC WingCommander Sumit Agarwal '98.

"1t's an important thing to do,"said Ashley B. Clayborne '99, whomanned the information booth inLobby 10. "It's important to makeour presence known."

There was also a symbolic sig-nificance to having the informationbooth in Lobby 10; its walls arecarved with the names of MITalumni who gave their lives during atime of war.

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Last week: 11-4, season record:90-44.

Both the Chargers and theRaider are t: ding fa t so thi i akey game for both teams. Look forthe Rider to avenge their loss ear-lier thi ea on.

Monday ight pecial: MoreAFC Ea t traffic jam . The Jets, thePats, and the Dolphins are tied at6-4 and Buffalo i a do e second at

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Bill Parcell find way to win.Therefore, he doe n't 10 e too manyin a row. Take the Jet over DaBear , who can't find any way towin.

Edge Cowboys in Arcon to in their e enth in a row.Take inne ota over Detroit.

The ew England Patriot areplaying the Tampa Bay Bucaneers inthe 'could've-been hould've-b en"Bowl. Both team raced out of thegate to tart the eason only to tum-ble and 10 e big game when theycounted. ow it i time to e who iback on track. It's not the Patriots.

Eagle, eahawks will pr ailThe Eagles have been truggling

this year to no end. They had highexpectations and have been strug-gling to stay afloat. Luckily forthem, since the FC Ea t is 0 badthey still have a chance, howeverremote. Take the Eagles over theRavens.

The Seattle Seahawks aren't thatgood, but they have been winningwinning their share of games. Takethem over Ditka and the Saints.

Archrival Showdown II: TheCowboys take on their old nemesisthe 'Skins in Dallas this week. Forthe first time in a long time theRedskins lead Dallas in the stand-ings and they won the first meetingthis sea on. Times are a-changin'folks. This one is going to be huge.Don't miss it. Take Washington.

After coming off an embarrass-ing 34-0 disgrace last week, thePanthers are looking to regroup.

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The Falcons-Ram gam thiweek figure to be a good conte tju t becau e they are 0 bad. Withcombined record of 4-16, this i allabout pride. It certainly doe n'tmean anything in the big cherne ofthings. Who will be wor e? Take t.Loui to avenge their previous 10 sto Atlanta three week ago.

Pitt burgh i coming off a 37-0victory over Baltimore. Look forimilar destruction this week a theteelers beat the Bengals.

Denver-K.C., two of the bestteams in the AFC: talk about a

.prime-time matchup. For both teams_this is what it is all about. If Denverwins they will have an impressivethree-game lead over the Chiefs. IfK.C can pull it out they will be rightback in the race. They can't. TakeElway.

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iner watch, I am also instigating theColts Streak of Failure. Yes, they areat 0-10 hooting for an impressive0-1 I. Green Bay will kill them.

Tennessee has been up and downall season. Jacksonville should capi-talize to remain tied for the lead inthe AFC Central.

The Vikings choked last weekagainst the lowly Bears but still held

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yards on 17 carries with a touch-down against Division IAA SienaCollege on Saturday. The 13-17loss to the Saints left MIT with a5-4 record for the season.

HockeyThe men's hockey team opened

the season with two wins over theweekend in an invitational hockeytournament at the MIT rink. TheEngineers defeated the WisconsinWolves junior team by a score of 7-4and followed that with an 8-6 victoryover the New Hampshire JuniQrBruins. John Rae '99 had a hat trickin both games to lead the Engineerswith six goals. Avishai Geller '01added a goal and four assists.

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with 35 assists and 5 digs.The finals pitted MIT against

nemesis Wellesley College, the onlyteam the Engineers lost to over thelast month. Despite strong play fromBetsy Sailhamer '99 with 9 kills,Mayleen Ting '99 with 7 kills, JillEich '99 with 13 digs, and strongblocking from Katy Conley '01,Wellesley proved to be too strongand took the match and the NEW8championship 3-0 (15-9, 15-1,15-11). However, by beating SmithCollege in the semi-finals, MITeliminated them from the NCAATournament and took their spot.

The first rounds of the NCAATournament will be hosted byWellesley. MIT plays tonight at 7:30p.m. vs. Wheaton College. If theEngineers win, they will then faceSpringfield College tomorrow at 5p.m. The regional championship gameis scheduled for Sunday at 4 p.m.

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Spikers Fall to Wellesley~ngineers jumped out to a quick lead

and made it look easy as they cruisedto a 15-1 win in the first game.

t The next two games turned out tobe more of the same as MIT won15-2, 15-9 to close out the match3-0. The entire team contributed tothe victory with Lijin Aryananda '98leading the way with several killsand blocks throughout the match.Setter Jenn Svednson 'OJ came intothe third game with 15 assists.

Next up in the semi-finals wasSmith College, recently placed aboveMIT in the New England rankings.The Engineers di.sputed the rankingsas they ripped through Smith 3-0(15-5, 15-10, 15-13) to advance tothe championship match. Jill Eich'99 led the Engineers with 19 kills, 2service aces and 11 digs. Setter AliHuang '00 also had a great match

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across the country selected by theNCAA to compete in this post-sea-son tournament.

In the quarterfinals of the NEW8tournament last Thursday, second-seeded MIT hosted seventh-seededMount Holyoke College. The

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Kevin Trexler '98Football

Age: 22Major: Mechanical EngineeringHometown: West Chester, Penn.

. Years playing sport: 10Most memorable moment:

Beating Assumption Collegefor the first time ever on theirfield last year in overtime.

Future plans: Naval Offi~er"Football has given me theopportunity to meet and befriendpeople from around campus hoshare a common interest in bothacademics and athletics. footballand other athletics help bringpeople together at our normallysegregated campus."

Debbie Won '00Cross Country

Age: 19Major: Electrical EngineeringHometown: Chapel Hill, .c.Years playing sport: 6Most memorable moment:

Winning the 4x800 meterrelay state championship mysenio~year in high school.

Other sports: outdoor track,soccer, basketball

Future plans: graduate school"It's been really exciting thisseason to see the times of all thegirls on our team drop so much,but the competition from otherteams has also been gettingfiercer."

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country runner Debbie on '01 pIa ed econd 18:04 in the 3.1-mile race at the ew England Women's 8 Championship on ov.2.Kevin Trexler '98, a defen ive end for the football team had lO tack-les 9 una si ted , a tackle for loss, a cau ed fumble, a recoveredfumble, and an interception which he returned 31 yards to set up for atouchdown in a game against UMa s-Boston on ov. 1.

By Paul DillTEAM COACH

After finishing second in theNew England Women's 8Conference Tournament this pastweekend, the women's varsity vol-leyball team clinched a spot in theNCAA Division III tournament.

MIT became one of 48 teams

Spikers Clinch. SpotIn NCAA Tournantent

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LlJln Aryananda '98 gets ready to spike the set In the last homegame of her MIT career. Mil beat Mt. Holyoke ~.

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what it means to be caught with theirpants down.

The ew York Giants lost toTenne~see, beginning what willsoon become known as the footballequivalent of a stock market crashas the FL readjusts for falselyinflating the Giants this season.

Finally, I admit this is a littlelate, but I am adding a new elementto this weekly column: the Forty

iner Watch. Yes, the Niners wonyet again, defeating Philly 24-12, sothey are now 9-1. Six more gamesto go till playoffs.

Although the Cardinals are horri-ble this year, I will stick with mywords from above and pick themover the Giants. Also, if the Giantslose then the 'Skins will be in first.

Boston, Miami or ew Jersey).However it seems to me that all ofthis is just demonstrating that thereis no dominant team in the AFC East- no one to contend with Denverfor the title.

The other noteworthy score wasJacksonville over Kansas City. Thisis important because it means theBroncos have a two-game lead oneveryone else in the AFC. It is alsoimportant because Jacksonville isstill tied with Pittsburgh in the AFCCentral. But all these teams are defi-nitely a notch below the Broncos.

There are two insignificant scoresworth noting just because theydemonstrated complete and utterdominance. Denver wreckedCarolina 34-0, and Pittsburghwrecked Baltimore 37-0. I thinkCarolina and Baltimore now know

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