The Johns Hopkins University News-Letter, Volume 105, Number 22 (2001 April 5)

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McGee headlines U.S. News
Spring Fair lineup
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$40,000.00 1,484.63%
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35,000.00 1,165.97
13,955.50
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holds steady at No. 2 145.91
among medical schools. 7 682.43 Modi 138.46
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The Pat McGee Band will be the featured act at this year’s Spring Fair.
Report annual graduate school
SAC approves5 0 1-02 budget
rankings, which were released on
BY DAVID CRANDALL The band will come to campus on Monday. Harvard University main-
THE Jouns Hopkins News-Letter Sat., April 28, as the closing act for | tained its hold on the No. 1 spot.
Spring Fair’s nighttime entertain- Hopkins retained its No. 1 rank
The Pat McGee Band will headline ment. The event will last about two for biomedical engineering and
this year’s Spring Fair. The band is hours, including an opening band that moved from ninth to sixth place in BY WILL ADAMS Tae Kwon Do club followed with charged us and what we had bud-
currently opening for Blues Traveler has not been determined, Sahu said. environmental health. But Hopkins | THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LetTer $9,a5nd $57,8941.95., re5spec2tive ly. geted.”
and will be touring college campuses The band hails itself as similar to fell from No. 24 to No. 27 in overall Sports and performance groups Roecker said that the SAC has not
and community centers later this the Dave Matthews Band and has re- Engineering. The Student Activities Commis- were the leading recipients of fund- finished examining the situation.
month. leased two albums. The engineering schools at MIT, sion (SAC) General Assembly unani- ing, received more than $70,000. Other groups that received signifi-
“They’re hugely popular locally,” Other Spring Fair entertainment | Stanford and the University of Cali- mously approved next year’s SACbud- The Charles Street Standard, which cantlyless than they requested included
said Subir Sahu, executive director of incluad treousp e of Def ComedJya m | forniaat Berkeley once again received getallocationsinameetingon Monday. was awarded the largest overall allo- the College Republicans, the Korean
Spring Fair. “We had a lot of requests comedians will also be coming to the overall rankings of first, second and More than $272,000 was allocated for cation last year, received nothing be- Student Associationand the Caribbean
for them specifically.” 2001 Johns Hopkins Spring Fair. The third, respectively. student groups, or 83.52 percent of the cause their SAC account is frozen, Culture group, who received 10.19 per-
group, from the HBO television se- Hopkins tied Harvard for the top money that had been requested. said Assistant Treasurer Elise cent, 23.78 percent and 27.85 percent,
CS faculty, _ ries created by rap mogul Russel | spot in internal medicine and second The Barnstormers theater group Roecker. respectively, of what they requested.
Simmons, will perform a two hour place in AIDS, as well as drug and | received $13,955, the largest amount Liz Austin, assistant secretary of Overall, the annual allocation rose
show on Thurs., April 26. alcohol abuse. Hopkins was first in given to any group. The Black and SAsaCid t,hat the magazine’s account by $30,286 from last year. Thirty-one
CONTINI UED ON PAGE: A3 CONTIITINN UED ON PAGE3 A4 | Blue Jay humor magazine and the originally had been frozen because groups got at least 90 percent of the
graduates
the staff missed an SAC General As- funding they had requested, includ-
Dan Savage criticizes gay culture.
sembly meeting. ing 22 groups that received 99 per-
Charles Street Standard co-Edi- cent or above.
tor-In-Chief Edward-Isaac Dovere According to SAC Chairman
to move to explained that “there was a discrep- Vadim Schick, the process of making
BY AARON GLAZER The concept of a ancy between what our printer CONTINUED ON PAGE A4
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeETTER gay community Fewer students apply
new offices where everyone is
Advice columnist Dan Savage dis- supportive is a fic-
cussed his problemswith the gay com- tion harmful to
munity Tuesday nightas parto fS peak young closeted gays to Hopkins for 2005
BY JEREMIAH CRIM OUT 2001, the thirteenth annual andlesbians, he said.
THE JoHNs Hopkins News-LeTTER awareness month sponsored by the “Thavea problem
Johns Hopkins University Diverse with a culture of af-
_. The Department of Computer Sci- Sexuality and Gender Alliance firmation which says
ence (CS) will be moving the offices (DSAGA). sometha igany pger - BY LIZ STEINBERG tive students received materials in
of some faculty and graduate students “T have a problem with this,” said son does can’t pos- THE JoHNs Hopkins News-LeETTER time to apply.
to the fourth floor ofthe Wyman Park Savage, pointing to a rainbow flag sibly be wrong,” he Because he did not know howlong
Professional Building (WPPB), across draped behind him. said. “What I’m The number of applicants to the the problem existed, McNair said he
Wyman Park Drive from Garland He said that young homosexuals looking for is Johns Hopkins University dropped didn’t think it affected this year’s ap-
Field. Administrators said that this feel oppressed by their straight com- baseline equality, by 3 percent this year, a decrease that plicant pool.
move is a result space shortage in the munities and flee to urban gay cul- meaning we have administrators speculated may be the “[The glitch] has probably been
GWC Whiting School of Engineer- tures. He claimed, however, that gay equal rights to be result ofalower ranking by U.S. News existing for quite some time,” said
ing (WSE). communities are sometimes as abu- assholes.” and World Report. McNair, who explained that students
“The engineering school is very sive as the straight communities that Savage said that University officials also reported have been able to request applica-
short of space and has been for some people are fleeing from. gays should also technical difficulties that prevented tions online since 1996. “It’s just one
time,” said Ilene Busch-Vishniac, “They think that this gay commu- have equal rights in prospective students from receiving of a laundry list of problems associ-
dean of the WSE. “In fact, a study of nity will always help you, but that is a the realm of mar- applications, ated with our old information sys-
the campus conducted for the Master load ofhorse shit,” he said. “Gays and riage. He said that COURTESY OF JOHN GROCE Due to a systems error that was tem.”
Plan showed that WSE was well be- lesbians are just as likely to fuck you gays are being pre- Savage believes gay culture can be oppressive. discovered in late November, stu- McNair said that Hopkins’ drop
low the space-per-faculty member over. We say [the gay community] is vented from getting dents who requested applications from No.7 to No, 15inlast year’s U.S.
that should be expected based on our always upright and moral; we don’t benefits simply because people are are already occurring. online did not receive them, said In- News rankings might have affected
CONTINUED ON PaGE A3 tell gay youth the truth.” opposed to religious ceremonies that “{Having] churches do commit- terim Director of Admissions Sam some students’ decision to apply.
ment ceremonies is the ultimate McNair. “I think many students decide
irony. Most people don’t have a “Tt was a pretty serious system which schools they'll apply to based
problem with civil benefits [such as problem,” he said. on rankings,” he said.
Get your use on
health insurance and visitation Dean of Students Susan Boswell, This appears to contradict state-
rights], but they picture a couple of who currently oversees the Office of ments made by former Dean of Ad-
guys in a church at the altar being Admissions, explained that prospec- missions Lorna Whalen, who told the
joined and they have a visceral re- tive applicants’ inquiries “were accu- News-Letter last September that the
action. And that’s happening al- mulating in a file [that the office had new ranking should not affect the
ready.” not known was there].” number of applicants.
Savage said that, though gays and Although he declined to give exact “Tm not sure [the jump to No. 7]
lesbians still do not receive equal treat- figures, McNair said that “a lot” of affected admissions last year and |
ment, they have made progress. students were affected. don’t expect that they are going to
“Now, it’s OK to be out and gay on Both McNair and Boswell said the impact this year,” said Whalen (see
a bowling league. There is no error was discovered before the ap- “Hopkins falls to No. 15 in U.S. News:
CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 plication deadline and that prospec- CONTINUED ON PaGe A3
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plicants nation-wide 50.4 percent Services, said there was a keen inter- dejected fans who had gathered at hours. ing and causing between $1.25 mil- George’s Hospital Center where ie
were women. This was a marginal est for women in pursuing law careers. Cole Field House to watch the tele- One group ofa ngry fans burned a lion and $1.5 million in damage to was treated for smoke inhalation, fig
increase over the 49.4 percent of fe- “L encourage them,” he said. But | vised game “appear to be leaving Cole Blue Devil in effigy next to Testudo in the fiber optics. degree burns to his legs and secon§.
male students who enrolled in law “T let them know that there remainsa | in an orderly manner.” front of McKeldin Library. Passersby A PEPCO spokesman said they and third-degree burns to his hands.
schools last year. serious shortage of female partners at “We won the game and the refs were kicking and spitting on it. didn’t have any power outages due to He was released Sunday morning'
Law schools in Virginia have been law firms, so that while the law stu- took it from us,” said sophomore A trash can was thrown through a Saturday night’s activities and The other man burned was four
aware oft he increase in female appli- dent demographic may be 50/50 be- business major Kenny Takata. “We large window at the Ellicott Diner. Verizon Spokesman Harry Mitchell by University Police on Fraternj
cants in recent years. tween the sexes, there is still much had momentum and the refs made On Guilford Rd., three or four indi- reported two lines damaged by fire. Row, Atwell said. The police depart.
According to Law Prof. John work to do before women can have | bad calls and we lost the momentum viduals set upon a Dominoes delivery About 100 people were out of tele- mentcalledan ambulance to thescere
Jeffries, who will take over as dean of quite the same voice in the legal field | completely.” car parked at a stop sign, kicked in a phoneserbvuti itcsheo,ul d have been to treat him and sent him to Wash.
the Univerosf Viirtgiyni a Law School as men.” After about five minutes of window and stole four pizzas from restored by 4 a.m. ington Adventist Hospital. However,
in July, “such changes have already Firefighters managed to put the when police contatchet amebuldanc e
Report: More students taking out
occurred” at the University. fire out by 11:15 p.m., but students crew and the hospital later, neithé
Two years ago, the Law School almost immediately began chants of had a record of the man. %
admitted its first class with more “Restart the fire!” and the intersec- Bowers said Fire/EMS department
women than men, Jeffries said. loans, resulting in higher debts tion was again ablaze by 11:30 p.m. personnel transported a man witha
The admissions offices at the Uni- Those tending the fire ripped down head injuryt oW ashington Adventist,
versity of Richmond and Washing- road signs and added them to the He also said a man with an ankle jy-
ton & Lee University law schools re- blaze. The smell of alcohol pervaded jury was not transported to a hospital
ported that in past years they have the air at the scene, and people threw and treated at the scene. Since myj-
admitted roughly equal numbers of BY MICHELLE MINON costs, students sometimes borrow the amount of money borrowed in their empty bottles into the fire. tiple departments handled injuries,
female and male applicants. DaILy COLLEGIAN more than they can afford and expe- the form of Stafford loans has also Looking disappointed, Eddie some of the injury reports could in.
Nonetheless, many law school of- (PENNSYLVANIA STATE U.) rience difficulty repaying their loans. more than doubled from $15 billion Satinover, a 1973 graduate in Spanish volve the same people. 4
ficials said crossing over the halfway The PIRG said most graduating to $35 billion.
pointin female applications numbers (U-WIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, students experience “sticker shock,” Those students most likely to fall G
marked a significant milestone for Pa. — Higher education doesn’t come which is finding out that their debts into the trap of growing debtare fresh- THE JIOuHN S HOP KIN S
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women trying to compete in a tradi- cheap, and according to anew report are much larger than they expected. men, sophomores and low-income
tionally male-dominated profession. the cost is becoming more than some As a result, students sometimes end students who underestimated their
According to Susan Palmer, asso- students can handle without many up defaulting on their loans and fac- debt more significantly than their
ciate dean for student affairs and ad- loans. ing other financial problems. peers, the report said.
missions at Washingt&o Lne e School Because grants are not keeping “Tn this economy, a college educa- Students, especially those in the PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JOHNS HopKINs UNIveERsITy '!
of Law, law classes are now more re- pace. with the rising cost of college tion is the best investment you can first and second years of college, are EDITORIALBOARD £
ceptive to women than in the past. education, more students are turning make in your future,” said Ivan borrowing without an understand-
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The old method “of teaching stu- to loans. As a result, more students Frishberg, director of the project. ing of their consequenocf edesbt , and
Editors-in-Chief Tom Gutting, Chris Langbein
dents by abusing them is gone. are graduating with an alarmingly “But with big loans cobmig epro b- larger debt onlyc ompoutnhed prsob -
Women don’t have to learn by com- high level of debt. lems. Students are forced to take out lem, the PIRG said in a press release. Business Manager Patrick Deem, Ie
bat,” Palmer said. A report released Tuesday by the student loans to pay for college, but Some students agree with the re-
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~ Dean of Yale University’s, Law Highest aienlon BiGed badm ost most will end up with significant search findings and said they don’t. |M anaging Editors — Charbel Barakat, S. Brendan Short
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scrithbe teeacdhin g methodas“ruth- | students do not have a clear under- repayment.” Wes Miller( senior-businleosgsis - pies Cee cee =ePRe Choi, james ail
lessly interrogat[ing] students and | standing of the implications of debt According to the report, about tics) saidhe was part ofthe group that | Classifieds Editor Jackli
reduc[ing] them to tears.” they takeon. Asaresultofnotunder- eight out of 10 students underesti- had no clue about his loans when he : a
Changes in social attitudes to- | standing loan repayment and loan mate their debts. Ina survey of more _ first signed for them. Photography Editors Chung Lee, Ana Zampino
than 1,000 students, PIRG found that I'm fortunate enough tobe gradu- |G opy Editors Sabina Ropers, jaliaseue a
Supreme Court hears
78 percent underestimate the long- ating with less than an $8,000 debt,”
term cost of their loans and graduate Miller said. “HadI known that I would Special Editions/Focus Editors Charles Donefer, Natalya Minkovsky
with $4,846 more debt than expected. be taking out a lot of money, I would
marijuana arguments Two factors that lead to sticker have researched it more.” News Editors Jeremiah Crim, Liz Steinberg
shock are underestimating interest Miller also said he thinks there Features Editors Shannon Shin, Michael SpeBcteo r
and overestimation of student’s ex- should be more information on
pected income when graduating, ac- grants, possible scholarships and | Sports Editors David Gonen, David Pollack
cording to the report. loans so students are aware of all the ‘Reiahdi Tae :
BY JIM WELTTHE people, in a public referendum, up- “In general, studentsoverestimate options available to alleviating their Teptors Matt O’Brien, Caroline Saffer
Daly Free Press (Boston U.) holding the fundamental right to the | their expected income. Whereas the debts. Science Editor Brian Kim |
possession of cannabis. ... The state, |a verage income for recent college Jennifer Kelleher (graduate-eco- = ; Lon
(U-WIRE) BOSTON — Attorneys of California is notjust trying to help | graduates is $27,000, students re- nomics) saidsheunderstandsherloan | Opinions Editor Kathy Cheung
forthefederalgovernmentandasmall a bunch of hippies trying to get |p orted an average expected income _ information well, but thinks others : :
cooperative BF ai growers and _ stoned,” Raich said. of $39,016,” the report said. don’t because they choose to ignore males alee Michele Fan
users yesterday finished oral argu- Raich also said Congress never The report entitled “Big Loans, _ it. Electronic Editions Editor Andrew Pinzler
ments before the Supreme Court as intended the Schedule 1 classifica- Bigger Problems: A Report on the PIRG encourages students to
the fate of medical marijuana in Cali- tion to prevent access to marijuana as Sticker Shock of Student Loans” also know their options and learn about Systems Manager Jason Gordon
fornia h in the balance. medicine, only to prevent its use by | found that over a recent three-year their loans early. Different loans are ; : a
"The So ae the Justice De- _ the general Subhee period, the numbers of students more expensive then others and re- Srepeies Eaitor Jeffrey Freiling
partment against the Oakland Can- “The federal government is really |g raduating with debt over $20,000 payment plans vary in levels, which NEWSASSISTANTS ADVERTISINGASSISTANT
nabis Buyer’s Cooperative, is the first wrapped up ina post-reefer madness nearly doubled. In the last decade, can change the life of the loan. Will Adams, David Crandall, Chun Ye 5
test of a state law permitting medical _p eriod ... They view any deviation in David Merrick, Jessica Kronish 5
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case, Raich said, boils down to “the June, will have on these states. BY JEN FISH ing the 6th Circuit’s decision “totally Gurbani, Sheryl Kane, Erin Kilian, Jessica Kronish, Matt Kroot, Yong.
right of patients to have the access to The case began in 1998, when the MIcHIGAN Dally expected.” J Kwon, Antonia Lee, Marcus Leung-Shea, Chris Lui, Daniel MacNeil,
the medicine they need.” Justice Department filed an injunc- It has not been determined when Jorden Manasse, Robin Mohapatra, Andy Moskowitz, Jessica Myers, ,
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i d the su- juana distributors, including the Co- |— The University of Michigan ments in the case, but each side must Lindsey Saxe, Jason Shahinf: : > :
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ApRIL 5, 2001
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter A3
NEWS
Student housing Savage discusses his column Spring Fair
rights discussed performers
CONTINUED FROM PAGE AI few years of his column’s publica- To determine if something is
longer a need for gay journalism,” tion, saying that it was part of a moral, he said, one should ask if
he said. movement to reclaim hate terms so “you are hurting someone who announced
As gays obtain more rights, he that they could no longer be help- doesn’t want to be hurt. If you are
BY JULIA KARWOWSKI Before signing a lease, tenants acdodmemdu,n itthiee sn eewdi llf orn og alyo nagnedr leexsibsti.a n ful. Gays believed that, by calling not,H otwheevne ri,t’ s hoek aayd.d” ed that just be-
THE JouNns Hopkins News-Let TER should also drive through the com- “The parallel universe isimplod- each other “faggot,” they would cause something is moral, it is not CONTINUED FROM PaGE Al |
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“aSntdu doefnf tC aPmrpiuvsa,cy” adnudr inPgr otwehcitciho n thoeny taon ds echuorwi tyr ecsopnocnesrinvse, ” mashnea gseaimde. nt is termSsa.v”a ge also answered questions cash oas ew a‘yh eyf,o rf asgtgroati’g hats tpheeo pslael uttaot i[obne dicaStaevda gec owlruimtens “thSea vnaagtei oLnaolvley” saynnd- inclDeufd edC omceodmye dJiaem,s wshuicchh ina st heC hpraisst
addressed resident advisor (RA) BNI’s golden rule is that a ten- about his column and his moral exposed to] the word.” is an associate editor for a Seattle-
searches and tenant rights in rented ant should not make improve- code. Savage outlined the moral code based newspaper, The Stranger. EAE I
properties. ments or repairs to a landlord’s He discussetdhe use of “hey, fag- by which he operates and which, he Organizers felt that the event We're promoting
Aguero explained what RAs are property without the permission got” as a salutation during the first says, 1s apparent in his columns. went well.
permitted to do during searches. of the landlord, according to Cor- “T thought the format was really [Friday night's act] as a
“The RAs just conduct a plain nish. appropriate — it was like a “Savage
view search,” she said. “Nothing is “Such permission should be in More social science | Love’ live,” said senior Kelly Visconti, surprise. Everything's
Qpened. We also try not to move writing,” she said.
| a DSAGA member who also made
anything.”
She said that safety checks are con- students apply for ’05 | the program for Awareness Days. looking good.
SSSA BSE OS “I thought some of his views were
ducted five times per year — once Although students are | controversial and I don’t really agree —SPRING FAIR CHAIR
€very semester and during Thanks- with them, but I thought it was really
giving, Christmas and Spring breaks. not specifically funny,” she added. SUBIR SAHU
“The RAs are simply looking for CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al The number of applications re- The speech was co-sponsored by
proper use ofe lectrical outlets and to | rankings,” Sept.7, 2000). “Every story ceived was “virtually the same” for the Graduate Representative Organi- Rock, Martin Lawrence and Chris
[protected by non-
make sure windows are closed and I have seen so far ... talked about us the entering classes of 2000 and 1999, | zation; Bisexuals, Gays and Lesbians Tucker, sponsors comedy tours. The
locked,” she said. and what happened to us, so thamta y McNair said. There was an approxi- in Public Health; The Gertrude Stein act is known for its politically incor-
“A lotofthe time, we go inas pairs. descrimination laws], actually have some good, positive mately 10 percent increase from 1998 Society; and the Hopkins Student rect humor and its sponsorship of!
It is just a safety precaution to en- spin for us,” she said. to 1999. Council. black comedians.
sure that we are being respectful of renters may not Despite the technical difficulties Spring Fair does not yet know
the students,” Aguero added. “We and lower rankings, 9,127 students which comedians will perform at
consider [conducting searches] a discriminate on the applied for admission to Hopkins’ Hopkins.
privilege and try not to abuse the class of 2005. WE KNOW YOU'RE Spring Fair Co-Executive Direc-
power.” grounds ofa ge. The average SAT I score for the tor Elise Cummings said Def Comedy
, When it comes to damage done to | admitted pool of students is 1440, up Jam wasp ickedi n part because Spring
common areas inside the dorms, from 1430 last year. THINKING ABOUT Fair “wanted to create something for
Aguero made it clear that Res. Life McNair noted that applications everyone.”
“tries very, very hard to find out who Federal law protects many groups and admissions were up in humani- Several new features will be com-
did it.” from housing discrimination, Cor- | ties and social sciences. SOMETHING. | ing to Spring Fair 2001. Extreme
Students still have the right to dis- nish noted. Although studentsarneo t | “We've been making [the at- Games, a company specializing in
pute charges of damage, she added. specifically included in this group, | traction of more applicants in bringing physically-oriented events to
However, if students do not con- renters may not discriminate on the | those fields] an enrollment goal carnivals, will come to Hopkins fo:
sult the proper housing authorities in grounds ofa ge. for as long as I’ve been here,” Spring Fair.
response to incidents such as leaky “Tf the landlord refuses to rent be- said McNair. He said that the “It’s things like climbing walls and
ceilings or broken toilets, the school cause of age, you have a case there,” school has used publications as like stuff from ‘American Gladiator’,”
is not responsible for compensating she explained. wella s face-to-face recruiting and TELL US ABOUT IT AND WE'LL Sahu said.
for private property that is damaged Baltimore City law requires the on-campus group information The Spring Fair committee will be
as a result. landlord to give at least 60 days’ writ- | sessions in order to try to boost TELICEVERYONE' ELSE: bringing another group to Hopkins
Cornish focused on tenant rights ten notice before the tenant is asked | applications “jn areas for which to perform on Friday night, although
in apartment buildings and rented to leave. Nationally, the tenant only | we are not widely known.” the name of the group has not yet
‘houses and stressed that students has to give 30 days written notice. The gender breakdown was very been released. It will be announced as
Know what is in their leases, whether BNI is a non-profit organiza- similar to that of last year, although son as the group’s appearance is con-
E-MAIL [email protected],
they are oral or written. tion whose goal is to inform and no exact figures are available, said firmed.
In addition, students need to care- protect Maryland tenants. The McNair. ATTN:O PINIONS. “We're promotingi t asa surprise,”
fully check their rental property be- group also offers services such as The University’s target enroll- said Sahu. “Everything’s looking
‘fore signing the lease, she said. model leases: ment is 1,005 students, which is good.” ,
,. “Tenants should request the land- The program which was held this up from 985 for this year’s fresh- i et AFAE DERE cea ers UE Neog s He did not say when the group’s
es ORTISG EG GAS panibense
lord to provide a written list of exist- Tuesday in the McCoy Multi-Pur- man class. McNair expects that %: identity might be revealed. .
ing damages to the premises,” Cor- pose Room was sponsored by the the number of students who de-
-nish explained, in order to ensure that Johns Hopkins University chapter cide to enroll will be up slightly
‘tenants are notlater charged for dam- of the American Civil Liberties from this year’s figure of 33 per-
age that existed prior to moving in. Union. cent.
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The fourth floor of the Wyman Park Professional Building will now house offices for the CS department.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al Busch-Vishniac said that having “The growth of the undergradu-
sister institutions.” offices in the WPPB is no different ate population taking courses in
© “The School of Engineering is than having them on campus, and [CS], as wellas the incredible growth
running out of space,” agreed CS she suggested that these new offices of our research in the area, has
Department Chair Rao Kosaraju, might even be more convenient for meant that the department has been
who is in charge of allocating the students. put in desperate straits,” she ex-
new space in the WPPB. : “It takes roughly one minute to plained.
Kosaraju called having offices in walk [to the WPPB] from the lower Providing the CS department
the WPPB “unfortunate” but said quad, significantlleys s time, for in- with additional space will also al-
“that it was necessary “given the stance, than it takes to walk to low the WSE to remove construc-
space constraints.” Bloomberg Hall or even to [the tion trailers in which teaching as-
He stressed that the move should Alumni Memorial Residences],” she sistants previously had offices from
have no effect on undergraduate said. “We are delighted to have . around the Student Arts Center,
education. managed to obtain space so close to said Busch-Vishniac.
* Graduate students who serve as the other engineering buildings, and However, she admitted that the
teaching assistants for CS courses fully expect the accessibility to the space on the fourth floor of the
will continue to hold office hours programs in the building to be just WPPB will not solve the school’s
mainly in computer labs on cam- as they are for the rest of space constraints, and she specu-
pus, said Kosaraju. Homewood.” lated that the problem will continue
| He added that for classes with a Kosaraju added that graduate in the future.
be number of students, some of- students and faculty whose offices “In light of the fact that our re- 3333 N. Charles St.
_ ficehours mabey he ldin the WPPB, are moved will have access to the search grants continue to rise, we
but he said, “if [this is] inconve- same technology that they do on anticipate that the space needs will
pient, we will try to accommodate campus. continue in engineering for the near 410-243-8844
[the students].” “It is not a second-class office,” future, even with the Wyman Park
. “Weintendtokeepundergradu- said Kosaraju. Professional Building space and the
ate activities [on campus],” said Currently, only graduate stu opening of Clark Hall,” she said. Yuengling Pints only $1! :
- Joanne Houlahan, director of un- dents and faculty from the CS de- Busch-Vishniac said that the
dergraduate studies for CS. partment are scheduled to open of- WSE is currently exploring addi-
_ Kosaraju, agreed, saying that he fices in the WPPB. tional spaces that they can use to
cted an offer of space at Eastern Busch-Vishniac said that this is expand.
h School last year because he because the department has ex-
undergraduate education panded recently, making the lack of —Staff Writer David Crandall
space a larger problem. contributed to this report
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APRIL 5, 2007
A4
THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER
NEWS
Hopkins retains
Council recalls funds from CultureFest,
top BME ranking approves three committee nominations: 4
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ciplines of literary criticism and Accordingto U.S. News, graduateand “When we’relookthie nacgcoauntts , of study, over haloff th e Ethic Board Class of 2004 President Bob Alleman said. Currently the eventis.
theory as wella s American literature Ph.D. programsareranked primarilyo n we want to know where the money nominees said they were pre-med stu- Alleman expressed concerns about not scheduled to happen.
after 1865 received sixth and fourth the basis of reputation, which accounts was spent. They wouldn’t show us dents. In addition, none of the 14 aS if
places, respectively. The history pro- for 40 percent ofindividual scores. Repu- their finances.” nomweire enngineeerineg stsuden ts.
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son at Wisconsin;and the U.S. colo- ulty and residency program directors. numerous times, citing that most of “The Ethics Board should reflect this.”
nial history discipline was placed U.S. News did not update all their CultureFest’s funding came from the Other Council members disagreed Executive Officers
fourth. rankings. dean’s budget, and not Council. with Goutman, saying that student President Anuj Mittal 662-4992 Present
Hopkins Provost Dr. Steven Ph.D. programs in biological sci- CultureFest received $12,000 from the ethics goes beyond any major. VVPP IAndsmtiintiustitornaatli oRne laHtairoonos n GrCehga uWduh ry 456176--32759755 PPrreesseenntt
Knapp was not concerned about ences have not been re-ranked since deans last year and the debated “T’min both Engineerinangd Arts Secretary Manish Gala 516-3229 Present !
Hopkins’ placementin the rankings. 1999. In 1999, JHU was sixth for bio- $758.50 from Council. and Sciences, and I cheat equally in Treasurer Vadim Schick 662-9733 ABSENT
“I wouldn’t make much of [the logical sciences, and took first in the “Their argument is we didn’t give both my classes,” joked Margaret un
rankings] mov|ing] in either direc- discipline of pharmacology and toxi- them that $12,000 so we can’t look Richards, president of the Class of Class of 2001 K
President Margaret Richards 235-6813 Present
tion,” he said. cology. Other graduate programs and into their finances,” said Mittal. 2001. Vice President Kristin Marconi 662-9555 Present
Knapp added that the rankings their respective disciplines that have Mittal said that the primary rea- “T think this past year we did not” Secretary/Tresurer Ramesh Singa 443-831-3657 ABSENT
“aren tn ecessarily current” because not been updated since 1999 include son for the recall is that CultureFest spend enough time on selecting mem- Representative Steven Chang 243-4894 Present 3
they are “based on subjective im- chemistry, physics, mathematics and did not prove it was responsible with bers of the Ethics Board, said Representative Nakul Kapoor 662-7513 Present t
Representative Eva Chen 235-2143 ABSENT 4
pressions.” : computer science. the money that Council gave it. Goutman, “[although] I think the
candidates are incredibly well quali- Class of 2002 }
fied.” President Stephen Goutman 889-3421 Present y
U.S. NEWS GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS FOR 2002 Junior Benjamin Silverman was Vice President Shanu Kohli 889-7236 Present
Secretary/Treasurer Olivia Elee 889-8802 Present i
appointcheaidr aofst he Ethics Board. Representative Katherine Dix 516-2567 Present
Other appointments include sopho- Representative Henry Huang 516-2251 Present it
more John Tiberi, sophomore Jessica Representative Priya Sarin 366-7766 Present +t
Myers, junior Amina Abdeldain, ;
Public health Medical research Biomedical engineering sophomore Babar Khokhar, sopho- Class of 2003
President Andy Woo 516-3501 Present
more Jonathan Lissauer, freshman Vice President Andy Gettens 516-3664 Present 4
Kern Kapoor, junior Mili Thomas, Secretary/Treasurer Lili Daniali 261-1842 Present A
No. 1 Johns Hopkins University Harvard University Johns Hopkins University sophomore Eddie Morales, sopho- Representative Priti Dalal 516-3754 Present ;
Representative Yotam Goren 443-621-4609 Present {
more Richard J. Hagerman, freshman
No. 2 Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Duke University Representative Sagar Thaker 516-3274 Present |
Ankush Gupta, sophomore Michelle
No. 3 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Duke University University of California, San Diego Baker and sophomore Erica Phan. Class of 2004
Junior Ashita Batavia was not ap- President Bob Alleman 516-5927 Present ;
Z University of Michigan, Ann Arbor _ University ofP ennsylvania _ Massachusetts Institutoe fTe chnol proved because she was not present. Vice President Simone Chen 516-5660 Present }
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iV TSIU eve sileyeiea ys eae Present
nees should be voted on'separately or Representative Ali Fenwick 000,01 516-5901 Present
as a group. Class of 2004 Representa-
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-Letter
NEWS
Budget allocations approved
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ordinary Indonesians, he discovered links between television violence and School officials and researchers | Area crime report, March 23-29
that “they still have my picture on the increased aggressive behavior in announced recently that they have
walls.” preschoolers. Risky behavior de- raised $50 million for the Blanchette
denWto lfwohwoi tz,i s 57d, eits esremrivniengda prtehsait- bpiecetne d asisn oceinatteerdt aiwnimtehn t incmreedaisae s haisn $R3o0c kemfiellllieorn Noef uwrhoiscchi enwcilels fuInnsdt itcuotne-,
wAimlel ribcea ’gso vearpnperdo acbhy htuom itlhiet y,w orbludt dsrueg xusue, ashle asadircdi. ntkinig,v simotkiyng ,an d srtersuecatricohn anodf ta re1a0t0m,e0n0t0 -cseqnutearr.e -foot March 23 March 25 Sfursopme ccto nssttorluec tpiroonp ersittye. valued at $500
no one has ever accused Wolfowitz Copyright 2001 San Francisco The institute, created in 1999 asa * 6:00 am — 800 Blk. E. 33rd St. *9:29a.m— 400 Blk. W.29thSt. Suspect
of being particularly humble. And Chronicle joint effort of WVU, the Johns Hop- Playstation and printer stolen from broke into car.
as the Pentagon’s second in com- kins Universaindt yth e private sector, home. * 9:45 am — 500 Blk. E. 33rd St. A *6:00p.m26—00 Blk. Sisson St. Suspect
mand, he is likely to become an is the world’s only research center GO Aen 2800 Blk. cellphone worth $150 was stolen from stole property worth $1200 fromhome.
even more “major international Huntington’s disease devoted to brain and memory Greenmount Ave. Suspect arrested patron at tavern. * 9:27 p.m — Unit Blk. E. 33rd St. Store
figure.” disorders. for shoplifting. * 10:00 a.m — Unit Blk. W. 27th St. T.V robbed of $100.
In his audition for the job, he per- findings could lead to About 14 scientists are alreadya t * 11:56 a.m — 2500 Blk. N. Calvert St. and VCR stolen from home.
suaded Defense Secretary Donald H. work at Johns Hopkins, and more 3 foot by 6 foot section of iron fence - 2:00 p.m — 3800 Blk. Cantebury Rd. March 27
Rumsfeld to make him his “alter ego.” acure are being recruited to join Dr. stolen. Suspect stole property from victim’s
As Wolfowitz later explained, Bernard Schreurs at West Virginia * 1;42 p.m — 300 Blk. E. 32nd St. home. * 8:00 a.m — 3800 Blk. N. Charles St.
“You want to be as close to the University. Vehicle was stolen from street. * 3:00 p.m — 3100 Blk. Abell Ave. The victim’s vehicle was stolen.
secretary's thinking as you can get In a finding that could lead to a Over the next five years, the insti- + 2:28 p.m — 800 Blk. Venable Ave. Suspect trespassed into home. *10:00a.m2—00 Blk. E. 25th St. Suspect
andt o some extent substitutable.H”i s cure for Huntington’s disease, scien- tute plans to raise $108 million to Vehicle was stolen. * 6:00 p.m — 3700 Blk. Tudor Arms wrote two bad checks.
other role, he said, is to “take care of tists on Thursday said they have de- help fund the research they say has * 2:50 p.m — 2800 Blk. Sisson St. Ave. Suspect broke into home. - 11:00 p.m — 2900 Blk. Miles Ave.
as many things as possible that termined how the gene responsible globalimplications as well as regional Suspect broke into warehouse. - 7:00 p.m — 2900 Blk. N. Calvert St. Victim robbed for $25.
shouldn’t clutter” his boss’s desk. for the fatal hereditary disease kills importance. * 6:35 p.m — 2600 Blk. N. Calvert Suspect hit victim with a bat.
Wolfowitz has already made news nerve cells in a key part of the brain. “We believe this is a critical area St. Suspect stole mailbox worth + 8:39 p.m — 3200 Blk. Greenmount March 28
in both roles. He and Rumsfeld Researchers at Johns Hopkins for West Virginia,” said Dr. Robert $250. Ave. Suspect arrested for robbing
rattled the Russians with a joint in- Universityi n Baltimore found that in D’Alessandri, vice president for tavern. * 8:00 a.m — 3200 Blk. Keswick Rd.
terview with Britain’s Sunday Tele- brain cells marked for destruction by health sciences and dean of WVU’s March 24 * 9:30 p.m — 3400 Blk. Ellerslie Ave. Suspect attempted to take victim’s
graph two weeks ago in which they the progressive brain-wasting disor- School of Medicine. Suspect forced victim into home at gun vehicle.
branded Russia a proliferator of der, a mutant protein “hijacks” a key Already, more than 15 percent of * 3:36 a.m — 1100 Blk. W. 41st St. point, but did nottakevictpirompe’rtsy . *9:5200 0Blk.a W.2.7thSmt. —Susp ect
dangerous weapon technologies. molecule in a cell’s survival system. the state’s population is over 65. By Suspect arrested for robbing store at * 10:08 p.m — 500 Blk. W. University arrested for breaking into victim’s
And as the official responsible for In laboratory cultures of human cells 2020, more than a quarter will be in gun point. Pkwy. Seven porcelain animals were home.
second- tier issues, Wolfowitz ne- containing the mutant Huntington’s that age group. * 12:32 p.m — 700 Blk. Chestnut stolen from home. * 6:45 p.m — 800 Blk. Venable Ave.
gotiated a compromise on head- disease gene, researchers were able to “Research in neuroscience is vital | Hill Ave. A speaker worth $300, an * 11:00 p.m — 200 Blk. E. University Pager stolen from home.
gear for the United States Army reverse impending cell death. to the well-being of our citizens and | amplifier worth $50 CD player Pkwy. The victim’s vehicle was stolen. °7:35000 Blkp. E..4 3rdm St.— Susp ect
(black berets for the regular Army, Dr. Christopher Ross, who led the the health of our state,” D’ Alessandri worth $60 and a radar detector arrested for assault.
tan for the Rangers). study, said the findings could lead to said. worth $100 were all stolen from a March 26
Copyright 2001, The New York Times the development of an effective drug Science director Dr. Daniel Alkon car. March 29
Company treatment for Huntington’s disease said the institute is one of the few in | * 4:00 p.m — 3900 Blk. Lowndes Ave. > 8:30 a.m — 2500 Blk. Barclay St.
(HD), which affects about one in the world that embraces “very basic | Suspect stole propervatluyed at $2550 Suspect broke into home. * 12;00 p.m —, Unit Blk. E. 33rd St.
10,000 people; including 25,000, to science” done with a vision for real- from home. + 2:30 p.m — 3400 Blk. N. Charles St. Victim’s pocket book was stolen.
Children mimicTV sex 30,000 Americans. life application. :
“We use the word (cure) alot. We Research will focus on memory
and violence use it carefully,” Ross said in a tele- disorders and other
phone interview. neurodegenerative diseases and cog-
“What we’re really aiming for is nitive disorders, including
Asweeping newsurvey ofresearch something more like in diabetes Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, schizo-
on media violence, sex and risky be- where we know this will be (merely) a phreniaand post-traumatic stress dis-
havior over the past 10 years con- chronic disease,” he added. “At least order.
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THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER
NWotE eaWd SOl -etnL: SsE HT OTP EKIRN Embrace musical variety, not
PUBLISHED SINCE 1896 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE JoHNs Hopkins UNIVERSITY just theDave Matthews Band
EDITORIAL
Bigger bang for our buck MATTO’BRIEN
sicians at once, gathering big names jp
n fall 1998, when I was a fresh-
ska, hip-hop, jazz, punk, reggae and
man, | dutifully went to see a
campus concert by the Agents evenartrock, inone big concert, there}
of Good Roots, a Virginian GUIDED BY VOICES pleasinga much wider student popula-
tion. Can Hopkins attempt this on g
band on Dave Matthews’ Red
Onceagain, the Student Activities Com- alloHopckinas wats giraceod wnitha, la ck- much more low-key level?
Light Management label. Although I
mission has released its annual budget al- luster lineup of speakers. John Sweeney? | didn’tthek tinme othawt taheyt we re Hopkins’ caliber. As much as one Even Harvard, the school we are
affiliated with the Dave Matthews might appreciate his musicianship, expected to use as our utopian com-
locations, one of the News-Letter’s favorite Bell Hooks? Martin O'Malley? These Band (DMB), that fact was soon plas- Reynolds was far from able to pro- parison, has had some of the worst
times of year. We must extend our compli- barely-attended events served little but to || je. teredo0 nn alloO F tf heNS f lByYeErSs aadcvveerrtuiissii ng vide the mood and atmosphere one bands imaginable headline some of
ments to Vadim Schick, head of the SAC, draw valuable funds away from more needy | the Ist hwoaws. a great show, nonetheless. cwoonucledr tsh ocphea ratco tearcihsitiecv e oifn otthhee r spcroimn-g ptheeoipr leev,e nts.e sSpoe cyieaalh,l yi t’s hdairsdg rtuo nptlleeasde
andhis fellow committee members for their groups who might have done more with The Agents of Good Roots played to parable universities. No one would Hopkins students. This entire com-
a dancing crowdat E-Level back when dare getav iolinistt oh eadlais nprein g ment shouldn’t be taken as a com-
efforts. Distributing this year’s impressive the money. They certainly could not have E-Level was a regularly active cam- festival, so why a guitarist? It was, plaint, either, but more like a chal-
$395,000 budget was undoubtedly a tall done much worse. pus social spot. once again, because of Dave lenge: Let’s do better next time.
Thenext year, Tim Reynolds came Matthews. Iknowit’salittle much, andalittle
order; not only did they meet the task, the The misadventures of the Hopkins Or- to headline Spring Fair. After quickly Now the Pat McGee Bandis slated selfish, for me to hope that someone
SAC handled it admirably. By and large, ganization for Programming have already dissipating rumors that the Flaming to headline our 2001 Spring Festival, like the Flaming Lips couevler dco me
Lips mightb ec omingt o provide their and I’ve finally started to wonder: to Hopkins and play a Shriver show,
the allocations were generous, yet fair. been well-documented within these pages. Does Dave Matthews go to this After all, they haven’t been on MTY
However, it is as true with SAC alloca- Yet, after receiving another $40,000 fornext school? Because his friends sure keep in years, and have since gotten ex-
Now the Pat McGee coming to visit. tremely better.
tions as anything else: It’s not the size of the year, perhaps they bear repeating. While Whether you like these Virgin- Is this whole thing a Daye
budget that matters, it’s how the group uses the News-Letter gives its compliments to Band is slated to ian DMB-openers or not, most Matthews conspiracy? No, probably
people would be hard-pressed to not. And it’s certainly not at the level
it. Time and again, some of the groups with Ms. Cozewith and company for securing consider them an appropriate col- of aC lintonian pardoning scandal,
headline our 2001
lege spring concert act. Although But then again, maybe you can
the tiniest resources consistently manage Shaggy before his commercial rebirth
fame is not at all indicative of qual- blame the former president after all.
Spring Festivalan,d l've
touse them effectively, reachinga far greater made him unattainable, unfortunately, at ity, the little fame they do have rests As he said in an appearance at the
on their relationship with the Dave 9:30 Club during his last days as the
audience that some of their wealthier coun- the time, he was still just Mr. Boombastic finally started to Matthews Band. I can’t wait to see Grand Poo-Bah of Washington, “You
terparts. to us. Bill Bellamy was just sad. Far worse, the signs this year. know, people always ask me what I’m
| wonder: Does Dave The Pat McGee Band is worth a going to do when I leave office. The
Take, for example, the ubiquitous Men- perhapsw,a s the HOP’s continual subsidi- concert another time during the year answer is, I’m flacking the new CD by
tal Notes, the Buttered Niblets, or the Black zation of unnoticed, unattended events. Matthews go to this (hell, anybody is worth a concert), the Pat McGee Band.”
but Spring Fair? Spring concerts are Apparently it worked. |
Student Union. Look at the Catholic Com- We'd name a few, but we can’t remember school? Because his meant to be energetic and somewhat
munity, the Chinese Students’ Associates, any of them. democratic. How about taking stu-
Is this whole thing a_,
dent polls for events like these?
and HopSFA. Or how about the efforts of We can only hope that next year, with friends sure keep It’s impossible to please every-
the Hopkins NAACP, OLE, or even allocations identical to those received this body, but I remain unconvinced that Dave Matthews
| coming to visit.
stereotypical “college bands” some-
Women’s Softball? For less than $3,500 year, both the HOP and the MSE Sympo- howrepresentthe interests of the gen- conspiracy? No, i
(some even less than $1,000), each of these sium can follow the example of their less- eral student population. I know also
unique multimedia live show in that it’s extremely difficult to orga- probably not. And it’s |
student groups valiantly fills their niche in financially-gifted fellow groups and uti- Shriver, it was reported instead that nize these events and acquire suitable
the tapestry that is Hopkins culture. lize the resources they have more effectively. Reynolds, a guitarist, would be per- performers. UPenn, obviously a certainly not at the
forming. Once again, his relationship much larger school, waslucky enough
Compare their valiant efforts to those of Perhaps it is time that the SAC took these with the DMB was milked for all its to get Ben Harper and the Black Eyed
level of a Clintonian
this year’s Milton S. Eisenhower Sympo- groups to task for their failure to produce, advertising worth. Peas as their main acts this year,
It was questionable judgment to thereby appealing to two completely
sium which received at least 10 times as teaching them some fiscal responsibility accepta guitarist to headlinea college different audiences. Penn has also pardoning scandal.
spring fling event, especially one of regularly provided a number of mu-
‘much funding as any of these groups. For by demanding a return on their invest-
pearly nep ercent ofl asty ear’s entire SoC
Pilguee
* —— — Je( , eae 3se,e rSiase s ad
Hopkins’ kosher discrimination 7 a yeonmy o Fy i
Ut, YAY aay
®
everybody’s idea of a good time, but
he Johns Hopkins Univer- (Sophomore year, for example, a menting a food charge price hike that “Suck a polar bear’s funky ass. Suck isthat reallya r eason to criticize some-
sity discriminates again friend of mine who is a vegan applied affects only a section of the student a racehorse’s cock with Heinz tomato one? Thisisart, people. This isa man’s
members of the Jewish for a housing exemption based on body selected soleforl tyhei r religious ketchup. Suck a donkey’s shitty ass. soul.
religion. With its an- her dietary needs — she was turned practices, Hopkins has just discrimi- Suck a male camel’s dick with Hoisin In all truth, Willis is doing us a
nouncement last week down.) Exemptions for being Jewish nated in a university-administered sauce. Suck a cheetah’s dick!” favor: He is attempting to save us,
that those desiring to eat kosher food and having special kosher dietary program on the exclusive basis of re- froma culture of harmful products, a
will be required to pay 15 percent needs are not and will not be granted. ligion. hese profound words, system of continuous buying and sell-
more for their meal plan, JHU officially To view the issue from another resonant as they are po- ing that will hold us captive until our
demonstrated that not only has it no AARONGLAZER side, think of the consequences of etic, are the creation of deaths. In “Rock and Roll
concern for its students, but also that it imposing a 15 percent higher hous- singer/songwriter McDonald’s,” his quintessential mas-
is prepared to commit illegal discrimi- ing cost on disabled students because Wesley Willis, who, since terpiece, he sings, “McDonald’s ham-
In OTHER Worpbs
nation to pad its own pocketbook. they force the University to build entering the musical community in burgers are the worst. They are worse
Members of the Jewish religion, wheel ramps and special housing fa- 1992, has published over 20 albums, than Burger King. A Big Mac has 26
especially Orthodox and Conserva- cilities. Civil rights and disability ac- two of which are greatest hits compi- grams of fat. A Quarter Pounder has
tive Jews, are required by their reli- Because kosher food is provided, at tivist groups nationwide would bel- lations. In his songs, Willis, an Afri- 28 grams of fat. Rock and Roll
ANDYMOSKOWIT
gion to follow certain rules regarding present, the logic works fine. While low about the discriminatory can-American, 350-pound paranoid syst be What beautiful hon-
dietary intake. The laws include sepa- forcing students to be on the meal practices — with good reason. Re- schizophrenic, has made it his own
rate dishes for meat and dairy prod- plan may not be a pleasant experi- quiring Jewish students to pay more personal mission to “expel his de- WIFE ove Willis has also dabbled in
ucts, requirements about slaughter- ence, it is acceptable simply because for food is just as discriminatory and mons.” musical review. His rating scale is
ing animals and no eating of animals all students are treated equally. just as illegal. While this has suffered from a va- unique: the larger the animal whose
with cloven hooves. The rules come The problem arises, then, when All of this leaves the University riety ofinterpretationsh,i ss ongs con- ass a performer can “whup” signifies
from the Talmud, the religious law students are treated differently based with a few decisions to make before it tinually have but one goal: to con- greater quality. A show by Black Sab-
books of Judaism. All observant Jews on a shared characteristic— in this is hit with a massive discrimination front all traditional social values and his forehead, it is evident that this bath, one of his favorites, “whupped
are required to uphold them and to case, their religion. In this case, in lawsuit. Hopkins administrators can popularissues. Take for example’ rCAL behavior continued for some time. a hippopotamus’ ass” while Snoop
only eat food that is prepared in a order to stay enrolled in the school, drop the absurd idea of charging Jews Simpson.” Willis sings, “O.J. Doctors eventually diagnosed Willis Doggy Dogg can only manage a
kosher manner. students are requiredt o buy their food more simply because of their religious Simpson was a no good jerk. Heisa with paranoid schizophrenia, no Zebra’s. Alanis Morrisette, however,
For the past two academic years, from the University. Jewish students, obligations, and they can raise food fucking asshole. He had no busi- doubt validated by his claims that his has them all topped: She can Buin:
Hopkins has provided kosher food at by virtue of their religious laws, have prices even more than they have al- ness killing his ex-wife Nicole and mental “demons” were ending his Saddam Hussein’s ass.
a separate serving statiion nth e fresh- to eat kosher food. Therefore, Jewish ready done to cover whatever addi- her friend Ronald Goldman. O.J. “harmony joy rides” only to put him So what does the future hold for
man dining hall, Terrace Court Café; students are forced by the Johns tional costs maybe accrued, although Simpson played on the Naked Gun, on “torture hell rides.” Oh, and then Wesley Willis? He shows no signs of
ee Hopkins University to spend 15 per- that is certain to be unpopular with but as for now, he is a hardened he got a contract with Dino Paredes slowing down as his latest albu
cent more than their gentile counter- students. A much less advisable plan criminal. O.J. Simpson!” One can and American Recordings. “Darren Hacker,” was released last
Requiring Jewish parts. They do not have the option of is to keep the 15-percent discrimina- picture such social critics as Bob Sure, 90 percent of his songs re- year. But as for a possible concert,
eating non-kosher food, nor do they tion tax in place and permit Jewish Dylan and Roger Waters fuming peat variations of the same four even touring, nothing seems certain.
students to pay more have the option of purchasing their students to opt out of on-campus with jealousy. chords for their entire duration, and Only onethingisreally sure — Wesle
food elsewhere. They are clearly be- housing and meal plans, stifling their hey, I'll admit it, maybe licking a Willis can really whup a Blue Whale's
ing discriminated against. ability to easily integrate into the bulldog’s nasty asshole isn’t ass.
for food is just as
This blatant inequality not only Hopkins community. Ideally, the ‘While this has suffered
goes against every value of freedom University needs to remove its hand |
discriminatory and just taught by the University but violates from its wallet and realize that issues from a variety of
Hopkins’ own non-discrimination of equal rights and equal access sur-
as illegal. policy as well. The University Non- mount the need to earn money from
interpretations, his
Discrimination Policy reads, accord- its students. By removing the absurd
ing to the 1999-2000 Compendium, price hikes, the University can dem-
songs continually have
as: “The Johns Hopkins University onstrate the principles of equality and
those desiring kosher food were per- admits students of any race, color, non-discrimination for its students,
mitted to eat it asp art of the regular sex, religion, national or ethnic ori- something that willh avemauc h more but one goal:t o
meal plan. Now, say dining services gin, age, disability or veteran status to lasting effect that a few more dollars
officials, the cost has become too all the rights, privileges, programs, from the Jewish students’ pockets. confront all traditional
and the price of kosher food benefits and activities generally ac- Hopkins’ students have the ability
mustbe raised to higher levels than corded or made available to students to repel these discriminatory acts of social values and
=e food all “normal” students eat. at the University. Itd oes notd iscrimi- their own accord. They can hold ral-
spe And thata ction aa deaphroe nate on the basis ofr ace, color, sex, lies protesting their treatment and popular issues.
religion, sexual orientation, national write letters to both the deans and
sabi The argument goe+s a clio All or ethnic origin, age, disability, or President Brody. As a final recourse,
- freshmen. and sophomores who at- veteran status in any program or ac- they have the legal and moral author-
see arene easi ets tivity, including the administration ity to filea legal challenge to the | For such a notable public figure,
$ 2 ea a admissions University’s discriminatory practices. ‘Mr. Willis’ past is surprisingly
mS; aces and loan pro- — Students have the opportunity to op- shrouded in nyste y. For. gh he
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‘APRIL 5, 2001 THE JOHNS Hopkins News-LeTTER
OPINIONS
With the exception ofe ditorialst,h e
opinions expressed here are those of the
contributors. They are not necessarily
those of The Johns Hopkins News-Letter.
What am I doing here? The rite of the approaching spring
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Well, after a disastrous freshman and a very tight-knit group of friends. amorous play, birds sing brightly with titudes of the peasantry. How deceived were those before able — that we are not they.
"year, I went back to L.A. for an in- Some of those are things that an educa- the force and conviction of spring. But never have we honored you as us in their hopes for a better future And then after some years, where
‘ternship at a computer company and tion at Johns Hopkins or any school There could not be a more de- a father should be honored, Adam. accordingt ot heir standards? To think will that youth have gone? But other
Yended up staying to help a startup could have never given me. pressing time of year. Seldom do I Somehow, when looking at you, man hopes will arise, to be found in our
“Internet company for two years. Now, Honestly, besides basic writing | reflect that we suffer under a cruel for once attains some wisdom, and children and ourc areers. We will have
‘instead of wondering why I came to skills, I barely applied anything I and taunting G-d, but with the com- realises that the worldis merely acom- Adam could have had regrets, but they will be mitigated by
“Hopkinsin the first place, [keep won- learned in my 13 years of schooling ing of each spring, such reflections pilation of tragedies interrupted by hope for the futthue ferelineg t,hat all
‘dering why I wanted to come back. when I was working. This is not to say invariably surface in my thoughts. For very brief intervals of love, laughter, another woman, that is for the best after all. If for nothing
‘The money had been good, work was that what you learn in school will not spring is ever accompanied by hope, or drunken—n aned tshastal l of these else, we are now wiser! Adam must
hard, but it was all very rewarding. I further your career. I just happened and hope, my dear readers, isthe most tragedies which infect the world stem have felt the same way.
did not want to come back at all. dreadful curse Providence ever al- from your weakness, and the weak- fool! Our beauty will fade, our careers
w But working taught me one lesson, lowed to descend upon man. What ness inherited from you. And yet, you will wane, our once passionate loves
andthatisthatno matterhowmany Bill Although | can't say else could have compelled Adam and have the audacity to think that the shall deteriorate into contented tol-
Gates you see out there, you still need a | Eve to continue their mad and ac- world we endure is light out of dark- that our ancestors dreamed ofa time eration at best — our lives will be-
degree to be a force in the real world. I that it’s all been cursed lives, the bane to which we all ness, worthy ofr ejoicing, much more when their descendants would be come clinging leaves in ever more
made my way up to middle manage- trace our lineage? Only hope, the hope good emanating from your fall? creatures who preserve only the most menacing and cold winds. And then,
ment, but without the little piece of peachy, it’s definitely that was given to man so thathe might This is hope, the mad folly which shallow vestiges of religion at best, our hope shall be directed towards
paper most Hopkinites pay 120Ks for, continue in spite of himself, his mad first infected Adam, and has since men who have no sense of responsibil- our children and grandchildren, those
there isn’t a clear way up the ladder. musings and his unthinking lusts. found its way into every human ity, women who dress and behave like who live still, those in the blossoming
To be 18 years old and working much better. This curse must have infected Adam breast. And nothing represents hope men and call themselves feminists. spring of youthful arrogance! And
your way up in the corporate envi- from the moment of his departure more than spring, that season which Yes, let us think for a moment of they will look at us and only pity us,
ronment didn’t start out as difficult from Eden. Milton’s accountof Adam tempts us to believe that our dark and our ancestors whose beliefs we, with but we will not see it. Or perhaps we
as it became. One thing that I did not to workin an industry where the train- is most probably accurate in this re- cold life on earth may yet improve few exceptions, entirely mock and will see it, but we will politely ignore
anticipate was the office politics. I ing was not provided in school. gard, and Adam’s thoughts as to his beyond what it was formerly. reject. They certainly hoped fora bet- it. And perhaps, in the days before we
had to learn this the hard way. What The pros about attending such a banishment, his Paradise Lost, could Homer reputedly asserted, “A gen- ter material future for their progeny, are scattered away, dead leaves to be
started out asa simple setting and flat prestigious university include the nothave gone other than thus, in con- eration of men is like a generation of and surely one did come — our trampled upon, we will turn to the G-
organizational plan ended upin much name recognition, somewhat like templating the future presented to leaves; the wind scatters some leaves present. But what would they have d whom we ignored our entire lives
disaster. Friendships were started and branfdori prnodugcts . When you fin- him by the Archangel: upon the ground, while others the thought had they seen what their de- — or perhaps we will be proud
_broken. Trustbetween coworkers was ish up here and get out, you'll truly “Light out of darkness! Full of burgeoning wood brings forth — and scendants would be like? enough not to do so.
built up and then left in ruins. Al- understand what “Graduate of Johns doubt I stand,/Whether I should re- the season of spring comes on. So of From wherever our ancestors But those times are far away! As we
though this may sound worse than it Hopkins” means and how much it is pent me now of sin/By me done, and men one generation springs forth and came, should they see their descen- walk amongst gleefully chirping birds
actually. was,.ta,anaive mind inthe. preally worth inthelong rune gs {oTchacta smiuocnh edn;oo rre r egjooiocde /tMhuecrhe,o fm osrhea,l another ceases.” 2 - dants today,they would do little more and, beauteous flowers this spring,
business, world this was a pretty big _ Anothethrat ttruhly istanndgsou t . HowcorrSeagce wtast, ohnee ge n- -than rary pores All their desire who,i n his,right mind,waattso ,r e-
shock — even more than the culture ~ between students who attend schools spring.’ eration rising inits spring, fullo fhope to seea ife for their offspring memtbhate aurtum n will come? ~
shock I received at Hopkins. of our caliber and those from other Only the idiot who relinquished and brazenness, only to fall away would be dispelled by their abhor- Nos moritori te salutamus.
T—t ' TPmnow back here and living in the schools is their competitiveness and paradise for a woman and an apple
‘Homewood, whichis definitelyamuch the willingness to strive for something could be capable of such thoughts.
bettersthiant whuataletxpeirioennce d better, they have an eagerness to learn Adam could have had another Undergrad advising useless
freshman year. The working experi- and get to the next level. Having that woman, that fool! He wouldhavbeee n
ence I have under my belt not only work ethic and ability will give any- given an even better woman had he
“tameua lgoto hft hting s, ithelpedmeto one a big edge in life. not been driven to folly by his mad
Party hard on the Beach again Registration is about as fun as shoving a rusty nail in your leg.
*m not too upset that we don’t natures, you walk over to your
have online registration. Sure, advisor’s office. Assuming he is in,
% his isn’t really going to be are more than a handful of schools out That’s not the scenario we’re facing. the administration’s been you have succeeded, and may move
9 a politically oriented col- there where teachers are at least a little Rather than just accept this situation, “working” on it for five years. on to the next step. You then wait on
umn. So, for your daily al- apathetic to their students’ education. whynoto tmakteitrbetyter ? Thesimple It appears as though they’ve along line for a secretary to enter the
i lowance of leftist propa- Maybe this doesn’t justify teacher apa- truth is that it’s often a lot less difficult decided to reinvent the wheel with info into the archaic computer sys-
ganda, please turn to the thy, but Ialso doubtthat students genu- to complain about something than to security and hardware standards for tem, and hooray, your job is done.
inely dislike Hopkins solely for thisrea- act for change. It’s madeall the easier at this not-so-difficult project, rather Why can’t we cut out the middle-
New York Times, the Washington Post,
or almost any cable news station. If Hopkins because there are so many than just copying another school’s man? Why are weat the mercy of the
it’s right wing commentary you’re earswillingtolisten to your complaints. existing setup. But that doesn’t bother blessed advisor signature? I propose
looking for, there’s always talk radio JEREMYTULLY Perhaps I should qualify all that me. we write up our schedule, give it to
(or the Wall Street Journal, although I’ve said so far by acknowledging that My main problem is with the the registrar, and let them collect the
I’m not sure which is worse). LEFT OF CENTER the Hopkins administration is far less amount of unnecessatriym e we spend forms and send them through the
_ Last week, while working behind than perfect, and that I’ve done my trying to register for classes. The ad- dependable campus mail to the ap-
the Circulation Desk at the Student fair share of griping about this school. ministration drools over signatures, propriate advisor. He can skim
aUnieon t(oM -fiLnedv emly)s,e lfI swuarsr oufndoerdt unbaytea son,W hlaegti tipmoarttei oans iot fm athye bbel. ame for its sI’cmh oonlo t haasb onuott htion gp rteot ednod wtihtaht tthhee ilse atdhien g bme e altlo abenldi eveen dt haatl l a osfi gcnoautrusree JEFFNOVICH tmhalrloyu ghw otuhledm ians pcearresloens,s lya nads hsei mnporl-y
unior, a senior and a Hopkins alum- problems does the Hopkins adminis- problem, or that I somehow have registration. approve or disapprove the schedules.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
What the future holds for advances SCIENCEBRIEFS
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in organ transplantation surgery
PCs enlisted to fight Gelsinger, chief technology officer of
the architecture group at Intel Corp.,
cancer one of the project’s sponsors.
Depending on how many people
BY MARGO PIETRAS and safe solution for patients suffer- problem in the field, stemming from similar to the HIV virus and we are participate - and Gelsinger is hoping’
THE JoHNS Hopkins News-Letrer ing from such serious liver diseasesa s the fact that rejection usually occurs moving away from introducinganew The fight against cancer gained a for as many as 6 million - the time
psorosis. While kidney disease does in patoif terannsplatntastio n surgery. epidemic of AIDS through these powerful ally Tuesday: the promise required to develop new drugs could
Forthe final installmeofn tth e Pre- not demand full transplantation and As the human immune systems views methods. of up to 6 million personal comput- be cut to as little as five years from the
Health Lecture Series entitled “What allows for alternative treatments such not only alien bacteria but new or- Preventative medicine will be im- ers working in concert to uncover current 12 million, researchers said.-
the Future Holds,” Dr. J. Markowitz, as dialysis, instead, eligible patients gans as sources of infection, patients portant in the future for moving to- new treatments for leukemia. The project, based at Oxford Uni-
an assistant professor at JHMI, spoke who do undergo full transplantation are required to take drugs known as wards earlier diagnosis of disease. | The project aims to enlist people versity, is also sponsored by the Na-
Mondayto studaboeut nthet prsese nt have been proven to both live longer immunosuppressants for the rest of Earlier treatment of diabetes, the pri- willing to let their home and office tional Foundation for Cancer Re+
and future of transplantation surgery. and to enjoy a better quality of life. their life to overcome this rejection. mary cause of kidney failure, could PCs analyze data when the machines search.
Markowitz professed a fascination For the 16 million Americans who However, risks arise since these drugs possibly prevent failure entirely. The are otherwise not being used. The project uses distributed com»
with the field of transplantation sur- suffer from diabetes, a disease that make a person more susceptible to human genome project will also give Each computer will download a puting, which spreads tasks among
gery that began at age of five with causes the destruction ofinsulin-pro- other viral infections and skin and insight into potential patients at risk. piece of ac omputational challenge - many machines using peer-to-peer
news of the first heart transplant ac- ducing cells, transplantation of the lymph node cancer, as well. Tailoring the way we prevent or- in this case, the analysis of the cancer- technology. Itis the same idea behind
complished in South Africa in 1967. pancreas, which regulates insulin pro- Markowitz quoted Sir Peter gan rejectionm will continue to make | fighting properties of 250 million Napster, though processing power,
He pursued his passion as an under- duction, is a key treatment. Metaror “Only a fool will predict transplantations even more success- | molecules. When each computer fin- not music, is shared in this case.
graduate at Columbia University, However, of the approximately the future” — before excusing him- ful. Also by using techniques of mini- ishes its piece of work, it will ship the “We think this is the opportunity
where, for the first time in his life, he 4600 transplants in America each self from making any specific predic- mally invasive surgery, we will re- data back to researchers, who will fur- to position peer-to-peer computing
also dabbled in the humanities. “I year, thousands more could be per- tions about the future of his field. He duce the complications that ther study the most promising re- much more broadly than just
realized there was a lot more to life formed. Availability remains the did suggest that a major obstacle will accompany larger incisions. Cellular sults. Napster,” Gelsinger said. “We can
than science and medicine,” number one factor in determining be to overcome the donor shortage. transplants will be able to exploit these “It’s putting at the hands of re- start to show other very significant
Markowitz said, encouraging stu- the number of transplants that are He says there has already been “a gen- typesofsurgery. Aboveall, Markowitz searchers a computing resource that benefits from the approach.”
dents to explore many different performed. For all the transplanta- eral sense of distrust from the public said the key was simply to either “in- otherwise they would nevbee abrle to It is not the first time distributed
realms while following their lifelong tions performed annually, 75,000 pa- towards the medical profession. We crease the supply or decrease the de- afford or get access to,” said Pat computing has been used in thenamé
dream. After graduating a year early tients remain waiting for transplants. are no longer the gods and heroes of mand.” of science. Since 1999, nearly 3 mil!
from college, Markowitz deferred his The shortage, due both to limited the past.” Education will be the keyt o lion Internet users have taken part if
medical school acceptance to travel. donors and stringent patient/donor gaining back this lost trust from the | UpcoMING LECTURES AT HOMEWOOD AND an effort to analyze radio signals for
He went on to study surgery at Duke pairing requirements, is source of a public. signs ofi ntelligent life beyond Earth:
Medical School and completed his major problem and makes the deter- Growing organs will also be pos-
residency at Massachusetts General mination of who receives transplan- sible in the future although the liver JHMI Group to send
Hospital. tation extremely selective. and kidney are very architecturally
However, at that point in his life, The widespread blood-born infec- complex and the pancreas secretes microphone to Mars ©
Markowitz claims, “The field of sur- tion known as Hepatitis C will be a very toxic enzymes for digestion. For | Thursday, April 5, 2001
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gery was reaching an asymptote.” growing contributor to the pool of Type I diabetes there have been 15 | Dr. Gregg Gunderson
Witnessing alivertransplantasa resi- those requiring transplantation sur- successful islet transplants which have Columbia University An international group of space
dent, he became fascinated in trans- gery over the next thirty years. The been insulin free. This will be the num- “Rho G protein pathways regulate microtubule dynamics and enthusiasts announced Monday that
plant surgery and began doing re- disease infects about four million ber one cure for diabetes in the fu- organization” a microphone will be sent to Mars ift
search in an organ and tissue Americans today, 25 percent ofwhom ture, as the discovery of stem cells will 4:00 p.m., Homewood, Mudd Hall Room 100 2007 aboarda French spacecraft, eas-
transplantlab. His completed his two- will develop psorosis and about half enable growth ofi slets of langerhans ing the disappointment ofa previou$
year fellowship at the University of of which will need transplantation. to be differentiated from embryo or Tuesday, April 10, 2001 U.S. attempt that ended in failure. ~
California, Los Angeles and then left Some patients will then go on to de- adult stem cells. Dr. Mitchell Gore The Planetary Society said the mi-
to teach at the University of Medicine velop cancer. There is no way to pre- Another option in the future, even Polysciences crophone will be included in the
and Dentistry, New Jersey. vent the reoccurrence of this disease. though there are ethical issues about “Paramagnetic particles: uses and applications” French space agency’s NetLander
He has been at JHMI for two years Thus, Markowitz noted the im- endangered species, will be to use 4:15 p.m., Homewood, Remsen Hall 233 mission, which will land four small
and specializes in liver, kidney and portance that new sources for trans- animal organs as donors, specifically spacecraft on Mars. The nonprofit
pancreas transplantation. plant organs will have in the future. pigs. The problems that will be dealt Wednesday, April 11, 2001 group had funded a similar attempt
Markowitz feels that transplanta- Most transplant centers are working with relate to the philogenetic differ- Dr. Marc Ekker once before, but it ended in failure
tion is a rapidly-evolving field and to increase the number oflive donors ences between pigs and humans as University of Ottawa when the microphone and the NASA
that “the present really dictates where for paired organs, suchas the kidney. human antibodies may reject unal- “Patterning events in zebrafish development” spacecraft carrying it were lost.
_ the future will go. We choose the di- Another advance is the recent find- s. There is also the issue -12:00:p.m., Wood Basic Building, If successful this time, the group)
iegoe Pe Maise-s U PercentG ra iver Cane bess: rejectionasou struc- West Lecture Hal ~~ PaWge he Seigye li bipsO N D scyted a pLb=g yh end Yew dae _said them ember-spsopno:ns ored micro? |
~~ fransplantation already offers a ut and used as a donvr, which. very different. Une thing phone‘ would bet he fi st device to
growing solution to’ many ‘health has considerably decréaséd the mor- that mayb e doneis to make pigs more ‘Tuesday, April 17; 2001 return the sounds of another planet
problems in the US. Liver transplan- tality rate of patients. humanlike so as to circumvent rejec- Professor Jik Chin to Earth.
tation has been a relatively popular Immunology is another very real tion. Pigs may also carry a retrovirus University of Toronto “We have seen other worlds and
“Bioinspired molecular recognition and catalysis: from even touched them via robotic senses,
Hand-held computer is stereospecific recognition and synthesis of amino acids but the Mars Microphone will offer
to hydrolytic cleavage of nucleic acids” humanity the first opportunity to lis-
4:15 p.m., Homewood, Remsen Hall 233 ten to the sounds on the surface ofan
alien world,” said Louis Friedman,
Wednesday, April 18, 2001 executive director of the 100,000-
cheap laptop alternative
Dr. Ed Dennis member space exploration advocacy
University of California, San Diego group.
“Structure and Function of PLA2” The group paid for a $100,000
12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building, microphone that was part of the Na-
West Lecture Hall tional Aeronautics and Space
BY DAVID MERRICK Each letter must be drawn in a spe- Operating on a 133 MHz processor, Administration’s Mars Polar Lander
THE JoHNs Hopkins News-LETTER cific way for the computer to recog- this PDA offers all the basic Microsoft Thursday, April 19, 2001 mission. That robotic probe, along
nize it, but once users get used to the programs as well as hand writing rec- John Eppig with the microphone, vanished just
With the advancement of micro- writing style, text can be quickly in- ognition software similar to the Palm Jackson Laboratories before the lander was to set down on
technology, hand-held computersare putted into the Palm Pilot. Pilot. The Hewlett Packard Jornada “Tn vitro development of ovarian follicles” Mars in December 1999.
technology becoming cheaper and The Palm Pilot will also connect to 548 also has sound and microphone 4:00 p.m., School of Hygiene and Public Health, The University of California, Ber-
more powerful. Offering complete a computer allowing users to transfer capabilities along with audio software. Woodruff Room (Phipps 240) keley, developed the microphone for
mobility, these devices allow users to data, such as text files or calendar A modem must be purchased sepa- the Planetary Society. It is designed
take their work on the road without information, from their home PC to rately to connect to the internet, which Tuesday, April 24, 2001 to record whatever sounds exist on
having to lug around a heavy laptop. their PDA. costs an addition $150. The Jornada Professor Veronica Vaida Mars, including the crackle of electri-
Hand-held computers have come Some Palm Pilots even offer full 548 itself costs $350. University of Colorado cal discharges, the rustle of the wind
a long way since their simple begin- color displays and infrared ports to Compaq offers a powerful, 200 “Atmospheric aerosols as prebiotic reactors” and the spacecraft itself as it operates.
nings. Starting out as little more then communicate wirelessly with a com- MHz color hand-held PC called the 4:15 p.m., Homewood, Remsen Hall 233 The Planetary Society microphone
* fancy calculators with larger displays, puter or another Palm Pilot. They iPAQ, featuring the common is built with largelyo ff-the-shepalrtfs ,
hand-held computers have taken ad- range in price from $150 for a basic Microsoft programs in conjunction Wednesday, April 25, 2001 including a low-powered speech rec-
vantage of many of the same techno- model to $400 fora full-color display. with several Handango programs Dr. Bruce Trapp ognition chip designed by Sensory
logical breakthroughs used to develop CASIO offers av ariety of personal suchas an investment planner andan The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Inc. of Sunnyvale that is used in elec-
the laptop to become smaller, faster computers that more closely resemble financial tracker for ATM transac- Department of Neurosciences tronic toys, TV remote controls,
and more versatile all while retaining a laptop. The EM500 Multimedia tions. The iPAQ can recognize hand- “Myelination disorders” phones and car stereos.
their excellent portability. Cassiopeia offers a 150 MHz proces- writing, and can communicate to a 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building,
One major problem facing hand- sor, full color display, runs on the computer or PDA through an infra- West Lecture Hall Cloned cowsdiein
held computers was the size of their Windows CE operating systems and
keyboard. While the goal is to make has many commonly used Microsoft a ES Tuesday, May 1, 2001 California
The future for hand- Professor Emily Carter
the machines smaller and smaller, the programs such as Word, Excel, Out-
keyboard could not keep up with the look and Internet Explorer. The University of California, Los Angeles
decrease in size because it became too EM500 runs for about $500. held computers will “Simulations of metals in extreme environments” Two of three cloned calves under
hard to type. CASIO also makes the Pocket 4:15 p.m., Homewood, the care of university researchers have
Modern hand-held computers have Viewer, similar to the Palm Pilot in most likely result in Remsen 233 died in recent weeks, causing another
overcome this problem by implement- that it can store data from a PC for delay in the race to clone livestock for
inga touch screen anda pen, which can portable viewing. The Pocket Viewer smaller, faster and Wednesday, May 2, 2001 commercial use. j
beused towrite outletterson thescreen. is much cheaper then the Palm Pilot, Dr. Joseph Mindrell Researchers at California State
Handwritingrecognition software then running from about $80 to $130, but more powerful Howard Hughes Medical Institute University, Chico, believe the two
converts the written symbols to text itlacks some of the features of a Palm Brandeis University calves died from an intestinal infec-
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rather new, and still in the process of CASIO offers a complete mini- 12:00 p.m., Wood Basic Science Building, West Lecture Hall Cynthia Daley, a professor. heading
being improved. laptop PC. This device, a step up from red port. A modem must be pur- the research. j
The Palm Pilot series of Personal the PDA’s, has a complete keyboard, chased to connect to the internet, for Wednesday, May 2, 2001 A third clone nearly died froma
Digital Assistants (PDA’s) are the color monitor, and 200 MHz proces- about $300. Like the Hewlett Packard Dr. Peter Privalov similar infection, but has gained
most popular and make up about sev- sor. It folds up to 8" by 5" and weighs model, the iPAQ canalso record voice “Climbing the hierarchy of protein structure” weight and seems to be absorbing
enty percent of the market for hand- about 1.8 pounds. The MPC101 Sub data. The Compaq iPAQ costs about 5:00 p.m., Homewood, Mudd Lecture Hall antibodies from her surrogate
held computers. Palm Pilots are not Notebook offers all theM icrosoft pro- $550. mother’s milk. )
designed to replicate the functions of grams of anormal PC, such as Word, The future for hand-held comput- Thursday, May 3, 2001 The calves were cloned as part of
a laptop, rather they are intended to Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, in a ers will most likely result in smaller, Leland Chung research sponsored by Cyagra Inc.,ja
provide users with the basic functions very compact and completely por- faster and more powerful machines. Department of Urology Kansas company studying livestock
they would need froma portable digi- table machine. Internet capabilities The price willc ontinue to come down University of Virginia Medical School cloning’s commercial prospects.
tal organizer. and expansion slots allow users to on existing models as they become “Prostate Cancer” deaths reduce its cloned calf popula-
customize the Sub Laptop to their outdated. Input devices will also be 4:00 p.m., School of Hygiene and Public Health, tion to 10. )
Palm Piloverty ssmalalanrdliegh t-
weight, offering many applications individual needs. However the improved, most notably the hand- Woodruff Room (Phipps 240) “It is going slower than we ex-
such as: internet connection through MPC101 costs around $1400 making writing recognition software, so that pected,” Cyagra spokesman Audy
a cell phone, a complete operating itmuch more expensive then the fore- someday users will be able to write in Thursday, May 3, 2001 ; Spell said. “It’s a challenge because _
system, text applications and e-mail mentioned PDA’s. ; their normal handwriting and the Professor Robert Moss { a” cit we don’t experience the same prob-
services. In addition many models The Hewlett Packard Jornada 548 computer will be able to recognize it Rutgers University lems with every calf, but I’m hoping
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stock cloning could be perfected in
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where it will be as predictable and reli-
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remember, way back in the DAVEFISHMAN what’s this? It’s all out of toner. And
NASA returning to day, installing Windows 3.1
new toner is gonna take you a few
onto my IBM PS/2 Model P70- more years of saving money. Oh well,
Mars Pop TECH
386, with 20 MHz. It was a self- you think. I'll just e-mail it as an at-
contained computer: the tachment to my HotMail (or
floppy drive popped out oft he side, it other new Mac, andI cringed for ever HopMail) address, go to the HAC lab
, After back-to-back fiascoes, had its own screen (albeit black with considering buying Apple products in Krieger, download it and print it
NASA hopes to be on its way back to orange letters), and its keyboard again. out there. Sounds easy enough. But,
Mars this week with the launch oft he folded up into it to make it look sort Then] discovered that most mod- oh no! Hopkins’s ResNet Internet
_ Mars Odyssey spacecraft. oflikea briefcase. Itevenhadahandle ern laptops are now shipping with- access is down. Again.
_ x Ifall goes well, Odyssey will lift off on the top, although its weight was out floppy drives too, modular or What do you do?
Saturday and will slip into orbit totally unwieldy. Windows 3.1 in- otherwise. This is a travesty! If this You use your trusty floppy drive. COURTESY OF HTTP://HOMETOWN.AOL.COM/NOKOGIRI/
around the Red Planet in October for stalled on three diskettes. No CD- trend continues, we are looking at That’s what it’s there for. And that’s The sawfish can use its toothy rostrum as a deadly weapon of defense.
__ atwo and a half year geological sur- ROM, no Zip or Jaz or SmartDisk. the total loss of floppies in the com- why it should always be there, saving
wy. The spacecraft will map the There was something very spiri- puter industry. I don’t really care if us every time our superior methods only small fish and bottom-dwelling system allowing them to travel from
— temicals and minerals in the Mar- tual about the simplicity of that com- CD-ROMs are becoming the stan- break down. It provides the access to invertebrates, like crabs and shrimp, salty to freshwater at will. Some spe-
{ Waw"surface, partly in a search. for puter. Although I eventually hooked dard. I don’t care if half the world boot disks when. our systems break which canbe crushed and swallowed cies seem to spend most oftheirlives in
:a frozen water. up a 16-color external monitor, and owns a Zip drive. There is too much down. It lets us “flash” our BIOS to whole through the mouth. The skin is rivers and lakes. It is likely that sawfish
“Everyone has goose bumps right installed Windows 95 (about 15 dis- history, and too much usefulness left the latest version. It brings the nostal- covered bya protelcayter iofveneam - require a variety of habitats and salini-
now” because of a new video about kettes), its basic layout would always in the floppy diskette for it to be just gia and security of a safety blanket, eled scales called dermal denticles ties to complete their lifecycle; thus
the mission that was shown to the stay the same. It was reassuring not to cast aside in this manner. and this is one blanket I want to hold (which means ‘little-skin-teeth’). makingit difficult to implement breed-
team, project manager George Pace have to worry about upgrading its How did we first install on to. Teeth in sharks and rays actually ing programs for those in captivity.
said Monday. “But no stressed hardware, because it was pretty much Wolfenstein? Doom? Floppies! How
_ nerves.” He repeated: “Anxiety’s impossible. The idea of one-piece did we share files or get virus attacks
fine.” computers was pretty standard. on our computers before the silly
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