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2500 by 2010
University looks to boost enrollment to meet
financial needs; space already at a premium
By Richard Duncan
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wenty-five hundred by 2010.
Thatʼs the plan IIT is
now “vigorously pursuing” to
increase undergraduate enrollment on
the Main Campus.
Nearly one year after the university underwent a budget freeze due to
poor enrollment figures at the Stuart
Graduate School of Business, IIT
President Lew Collens says the universityʼs financial situation will continue to be “tight” until enrollment
can be boosted to fit current financial
demands.
In an interview with TechNews,
Collens addressed a number of issues
regarding the current state of the universityʼs finances. He noted that last
yearʼs freeze became a much bigger
issue than it probably should have,
saying that only major purchases and
new hirings were affected. He could
understand, though, why students
were so interested in the action. Many
believe that after a year filled with the
opening of two new buildings on the
Main Campus, as well as the now
yearly increasing new student class,
that students in general were taken
aback by the freeze, especially Main
Campus students who are often very
disconnected from IITʼs other campuses.
Collens said that in the past year
positive changes have been made at
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Stuart and continue to be done. Provost and Senior Vice President Allen
Myerson took over the role of Interim
Dean there in the summer of 2004,
and has brought costs down and
changes to the methods of recruitment for IITʼs downtown business
school, according to Collens. While
Dr. Myerson certainly does not plan
to serve as Interim Dean indefinitely, Collens noted, there is currently
no timetable for hiring a new dean.
Other Main Campus personnel have
also moved to jobs at Stuart, while
some of Stuartʼs faculty have made
the move to the Main Campus to help
facilitate the new undergraduate business program here.
Despite improvements at Stuart, the overall outlook for the university financially will be a difficult
balance until the enrollment goal is
met. “Weʼre still committed to small
classes,” Collens said, but that they
are likely to increase some. When
asked about present difficulties in certain departments, he noted that while
it is very hard to specifically target
students in one discipline or another
as a rule, one department – the College of Architecture – has already
been forced to limit incoming students due to rapid growth there over
the past two years. Addressing older
student resistance to the new class
sizes and other changes, he joked that
older students and the elderly seem
to hold the same aversion for change
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and risk, but that he fully understood
why students who had a certain experience would be worried any changes
to that experience could end up negative for new students.
As for what many have perceived as a growing list of upper administration positions, Collens said
that he did not feel that the group
had really grown that much in the
past few years, only that some positions have had a cyclical nature in
the past, and continue to do so. One
example of this is the restructuring of
Enrollment and Student Affairs back
in 2002. Previously, the Dean of Students and Dean of Admissions positions filled much of the role now held
by the Vice President for Enrollment
and Student Affairs, a position that
remains vacant.
One position that will be changing soon is the addition of a new
Chief Financial Officer. Previously
held by Vice President for Business
and Finance John Collins, President
Collens said that with a number of
new residence halls and the building
of a research park in the southwestern
quarter of the campus needing most if
not all of his attention, Vice President
Collins decided it would be best to
relinquish the role. A search firm has
been hired to find a new CFO.
Speaking about the staff and
administration of the university in
general, Collens said that perhaps the
most difficult job of any manager of a
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large corporation (profit or nonprofit)
is to match the best people with the
best jobs. “Itʼs hard to find all great
people” for pre-existing roles, he
said, and so focus has been placed instead on finding the best roles for the
great people IIT already has. Terming
the matching of personnel with the
proper roles as an on-going process,
he said that it can be easy as students
to see what can be done better – and
usually students are right – but since
most students are only at the university for four to six years, they often
see only one step in the process as opposed to the whole thing.
Overall, Collens explained that
a private institution like IIT, which
produces great research knowledge
in addition to degrees, would never
reach the profitability of some of the
newly popular for-profit universities
that focus more on vocational-type
education and do not engage in research. Each year the difficulty is
to find ways to fund the deficit that
will inevitably exist, and how large
a deficit can be withstood. While he
noted that such things are difficult to
predict, he did not foresee another
freeze like the one last year occurring
this year. Collens said that in all, by
continuing to grow the universityʼs
endowment, increasing the philanthropic donations given to the school,
and increasing revenue through a
larger enrollment, the future of IITʼs
finances looks good.
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Enrollment Numbers
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from Volume 46, Issue #2, 10/1/1947
Enrollment Soars to 8200;
Evening Registration Up 40%
Figures released last week by the registrar’s office after virtual completion of the largest registration in the
school’s history place the student body at over 8,200 persons in all divisions, undergraduate and graduate, day and
evening.
As of September 25th, 3476 students were enrolled in day
school and 4774 people had registered for evening classes:
a total of 8250.
Of the 3476 in day schools, 3244 are undergraduates and
the remainder, 232 are pursuing graduate studies. In the
evening division the undergraduates number 4335, of which
525 are enrolled in the downtown campus, and the graduates
total 489. It was emphasized by the registrar’s office that
these figures are correct only as of the date given – late
registrations are still being accepted.
Comparison with the registration of last semester shows
that enrollment is up by 30%, greatest gains being made in
the evening school where a jump in registration of over 40%
was noted.
The rise in registration may be attributed to the completion of the new Chemistry building and the five temporary
units that provided a total of some 150,000 square feet of
floor space. Further increases in enrollment may be expected
next semester when the Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering building is completely finished.
from Volume 36, Issue #10, 9/18/1944
Over 2000 Applications for
Enrollment Received for Fall
Evening School Term
More than 2000 applications have already been received
for the fall term of the evening school, according to Dean
H. P. Dutton. The largest number ever enrolled in the evening division of Illinois Tech is over 4000. This record
was made during the first semester of ’40-’41. However, Dutton stated that with servicemen returning, the record will
probably be broken.
According to Dutton, it takes the average student from
8 to 10 years to get a degree from evening school. However, 5 degrees were given last semester. Dutton said that
in the past the purpose of evening school was to enable men
to complete their college work in their spare time. “In the
future,” Dutton said, “the evening school will have three
functions: First, continuance of the regular under-graduate
and graduate work. Second, the teaching of specialized college credit courses. Third, the presentation of industrial
courses non-credit, to enable persons of industry to get a
better grasp of their job.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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2004 “Success” in review
RICARDO GONZALEZ, EDITOR
By Ricardo Gonzalez
OPINION EDITOR
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ell, now that we are all back,
with New Years resolutions
being carried out at best
as successfully as the war in Iraq and
brand new classes to enjoy, we are all
ready to get another political season up
and running. Last year was a blast and
one can only hope that this year is even
more marred in controversy, presidential blunders, and love. *Note:By order
of the Deparment of Homeland Security
love is only meant to apply to heterosexual love, or fraternal love (but not in a
gay way)*. Some of you might ask, “Ricardo, what happened last year?” Well
for those of you that spent most of 2004
in a daze, Iʼll tell you:
1. We elected a president. Well, kind
of.. With just over 55% of the eligible
voters turning out this year, it still means
that about 45% of the population still
donʼt care enough to go vote for president. This of course means that more
people decided to take a nap/eat tacos/get tore up than voted for President
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Bush or Sen. Kerry, but thankfully that
doesnʼt matter. We can look forward
to another 4 years of Bush, and that is
something everyone can look forward.
If youʼre a Republican, you get to rub
it in the faces of those traitors/freedom
haters/tree huggers who voted for Kerry.
If youʼre a Democrat (or other), you get
four more years of righteous anger to
make you look so much smarter/more
compassionate/less bigoted/etc. than
your Republican compatriots. Itʼs pretty
much a win, win! Now that the election
is over the president can go back to the
difficult task of imposing morality on
the country and “Democracy” on the
rest of the world.
2. Gay Marriage. Thanks to a Massachussets court gay people are rushing to
the courthouses, whether to get married
or sue the government for not letting
them. Thankfully we have groups of
concerned citizens to stop them. Bush
tried to get an amendment to the constitution that would have stopped gays
from destroying the sanctity of marriage. I am not sure what that means, because to say that gay marriage destroys
the sanctity of straight marriage would
imply that the government is sanctifying
something, which according to the first
amendment they cant do (something
about separation of church and state).
But we canʼt go reading that pesky Constitution every time we have a moral issue at hand! Well, thankfully however,
during the November elections many
states passed laws that disallow homosexual couples from marrying. This of
course gives us a chance to look back in
50-100 years once we change that and
be shocked at what a bigoted society we
used to be, and pat ourselves in the back
for all the progress weʼve made. So in
most states gay people are once again
only allowed to plan marriages as long
as itʼs not your own.
3. Abu Ghraib. To quote Guy Womack,
the Defense Lawyer for the soldiers involved in this torture scandal: “Donʼt
cheerleaders all over America make
pyramids every day? Itʼs not torture!”
Enough Said.
4. Janetʼs Breast. Thanks to Janet
Jacksonʼs “Wardrobe Malfunction” we
now have some of the strictest censorship laws for the public airwaves in the
free world. You can still see breasts on
late night cable, but thankfully the FCC
is looking into starting to regulate those
as well. In fact FCC Chairman Michael
Powell is thinking of outlawing breasts
all together, for the sake of the children.
With Howard Stern and Chicagoʼs on
Mancow getting fined for being obscene
(read funny) on the airwaves, broadcasters everywhere are putting the breaks on
obscene (funny) programming everywhere for fear that they might be fined
infinity billion dollars by the FCC.
5. The 9/11 report. I never read it, or
heard much about what it said, but I
think it happened. Iʼm pretty sure it
doesnʼt matter anyway.
6. Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his wife. Iʼm sure all our lives will
be much better now that he is no longer
roaming the streets, killing his wife. I
know no one cares, but judging by the
amount of media coverage this received,
I am assuming that all news organizations are required to report on it; because
otherwise it makes no sense that we ever
heard anything about it.
7. The government spent money like
drunken sailors. In a clever move by
Bush we cut taxes and increased spending showing the rest of the world that
weʼre so rich we donʼt even care.
8. Michael Mooreʼs head (and wallet)
got fatter. Like a master Chef Michael
Moore crafted a tasty political mélange
pie with one part truth, two parts halftruths and a dash of lies. When confronted with this he said “All of the facts in
the movie are true” and threatened to sue
anyone who said otherwise. The second
part of the statement “all of the other
stuff was made up though” was barley
audible over the crunching sound made
by the Doritos stuffed in his mouth.
Immigrants: What we can learn from them
By Tim Saylor
CONTRIBUTOR
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he Chicago Tribune has an article about the effect of globalization on Mexican immigrants.
Many of them came to America looking
for jobs with higher wages that didnʼt
require education or language skills.
For some time they have flourished in
unionized assembly line jobs, but for
the last ten years the effects of NAFTA
and the North American employment
market have caused the factories they
came here to work in to be moved to
Mexico.
The article itself is interesting,
but what struck me the most was the
attitudes of the former employees.
Theyʼre not crying to the Government
about how theyʼre victims of a global
marketplace. Theyʼre not saying they
never had a chance to compete for todays jobs where you need a diploma
and computer skills to get in the door.
Instead, theyʼre going out there every
day and learning the skills they need to
compete for employment.
Take Jose Chavez, who was laid
off after the Brachʼs candy plant he
worked for 20 years moved to Mexico. He said, “It makes sense for the
owner, I guess. He wanted to make
more money. I guess we got too expensive.” When he could be complaining to union lobbyists and state representatives about a lack of outsourcing
controls, he recognizes that the owner
owns the plant, and as such can move it
wherever he pleases.
Victor Ibarra is another Mexican
who lost his factory job to outsourcing. Ibarra dropped out of High School
to work with his father in the factory,
earning enough money between the
two of them to send his four siblings
to trade school or college. But does he
paint himself as a hapless victim of so-
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factory, but you canʼt read the manual
or operate the computer. They have no
alternative but to go back to the bottom
of the economy.”
Really? No alternative? Tell that
to the 3200 workers who applied for
the Department of Laborʼs retraining program, or the 300 immigrants
learning new skills at the Institute for
Latino Progress. Theyʼre not taking the
victimʼs way out like so many before
them. Theyʼre taking responsibility for
their lives and changing their skills to
meet the needs of the new market. They
may not all succeed, but with an attitude
like that they wonʼt be out for long.
ciety with no future? On the contrary,
“I admit this is my fault. When I was in
school, I wasnʼt into it. Now I have to
deal with it. Iʼm into it now. ... Hopefully, in the end, this will all pay off,
and Iʼll be going in the right direction
again.”
In fact, the only person in the
whole article who seems to embrace
the victim mentality is DePaul University Professor John Koval, an expert
on the Chicago workforce and Latin
American studies. He says, “Youʼve
got low skills, low education, low literacy in English. That really limits you.
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ADEJOKE AKIN-ADERIBIGBE, EDITOR
Editor’s
Diary
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tʼs definitely a New semester, New Year, and hopefully
New beginnings. For me, itʼs
an opportunity to reflect, count my
blessings, and utilize the wisdom
gained from the previous year, but
for others, itʼs all about the New
Year resolutions. Speaking of resolutions, what is yours? Some IIT
students have let us in into their
hopes and wishes for this Year.
The good thing about this vacation
is the opportunity it has given for
most students to refresh, recuperate
and rejuvenate, though I canʼt say
that much for myself. With all the
Happy New Years said, and Welcome backs out of the way, its back
to the books and business as usual.
But we at I-Tech have regrouped to
make it a year of business unusual.
We have a lot in store for you, especially with the spring semester being one filled with a lot of activity.
Iʼll like to seize this opportunity to
empathize with victims of the tsunami incident. Though it was such
an unfortunate occurrence during
a festive season, I hope it would
awaken us all to the need to count
our blessings and appreciate those
little things we take for granted.
Enough of the philosophies and
sermons, so come out in great numbers to the fundraising events for
the victims and lend your support.
Iʼll also like to hear from you. We
always want you to know that your
comments are greatly appreciated,
because itʼs the only way improvements can ever be made. Thank
you all for stopping by, read on
and have a great semester! Adejoke
Akin-Aderibigbe I-Tech Editor
AKINADE@IIT.EDU
Donations and events for tsunami victims
By Ayomide Fawole
TECHNEWS WRITER
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his year definitely did not start
like we expected it to – too
many lives have been lost and
tons of families are left in misery.
ʻShow must go onʼ as one of our professors would say and our objective as
humanitarian people should be to do
all that is within our capacity to help
the survivors of the Tsunami disaster
to continue living. Many organizations have been donating proceeds
from their activities to the survivors.
We also have the following activities
on the IIT campus:
Union Board Movie Donations,
January 20
All admissions from the Union
Boardʼs first movie of the semester
will be donated to the three charities.
The movie “Troy” will be shown at
the MTCC Auditorium on Thursday,
January 20 at 8 P.M. , Friday, January 21 at 7 and 10 P.M., and Sunday,
January 22 at 7 and 10 P.M. The UB
will be donating the proceeds from all
of these showings.
University Day of Giving, January
26, 2005
On the Main Campus, tables will be
set up in the McCormick Tribune
Campus Center from 8:00 A.M. to
6:00 p.m. to accept donations by cash
or check. Donors can choose among
three Charities: The International
Red Cross Doctors Without Borders
and UNICEF. Donor sites will be set
up at all of IITʼs other campuses that
day.
Ecumenical Tsunami Remembrance Service, January 26, Noon
On the 26th, the school is inviting
all members of the IIT community
to come together for an Ecumenical Tsunami Remembrance Service
which will be held at noon in the
HUB. The service will include clergy
and representatives from each faith
affected by this tragedy.
Suitcase Dance Donations, January 28
Donations will also be taken and part
of the proceeds donated from the
Suitcase Dance on Friday January,
28. The dance runs from 9 P.M. to
Midnight and will take place in the
HUB Ballroom.
In addition, some donation boxes
can be found at front desk of the resi-
What did you do over
winter break?
By Govind Wakhlu
TECHNEWS WRITER
W
inter break for me, personally, came at an essential time. It was both
the much-needed rest after a strenuous workout and the lull preceding
the storm of complex courses. The
students Iʼve spoken to since I came
back comprised of a large pool of
freshmen. For them, this winter break
was a time to come to terms with
their newfound freedom, meeting old
friends while sharing stories about
new ones and taking a break from
their nocturnal existence.
Many students visited home,
some traveling to distant countries to
meet friends and family after almost
two years. Students talked about how
they felt that they now had two homes
and missed one when they were in the
other. It was also seen that students
living in the vicinity of Chicago found
more to do in the winter as compared
to people who live further away like
skiing for example. The ones who
had not visited home in a long time
preferred to enjoy the comfort and
care of their homes rather than make
the winter a time to travel a lot.
The festive season was slightly
dampened by the news of the Tsunami, especially for students visiting
home in or close to the affected areas.
However, most students celebrated
Christmas and the New Year like
they always do- visiting family, receiving gifts and enjoying dinner by
the fireplace. Some less intelligent
souls like me also decided to catch a
glimpse of the ʻBall Dropʼ at Times
Square in New York, not knowing
that over 2 million people also wished
to do the same. So for those in doubt,
just choose to sit at home and watch
celebrations from all over the world
on television, unless youʼre fond of
getting knocked around for a couple
of hours. Even though the number of
people from IIT visiting various holiday spots was small, the ones who did
went to places like Las Vegas, San
Francisco and Florida. Some even
went to Mexico or the Bahamas.
Whether you were busy playing music with the people from the
Andes or studying coral reefs off the
east coast of Australia, its back to the
rigmarole of school for you. Hopefully, the holidays have rejuvenated
you and prepared you for the rocky
road ahead...Good luck!
Personal Experience of The Detroit Auto Show
By Abishek Srinivas
TECHNEWS WRITER
B
eing a very passionate person
about cars, I was very bent
on going to the auto show in
Detroit. From the very time I came
to this country to start my undergrad
studies, I was waiting for this auto
show to happen and to go to it. Let
me tell you also that I have about a
hundred model cars in my collection,
for real!!
The show this year was .... I
donʼt know, better than last year? Not
as good as last year? I donʼt know.
Because this is my first show! I followed the Detroit Motor show for
the past 3 years in the newspaper and
auto magazines, which I had special
subscriptions for. But magazines
donʼt give you the complete picture.
So, visiting the show for the first time
was a very memorable experience.
Let me tell you.
The show happens in Cobo center, in downtown Detroit.... Oops you
already know that. Let me go directly
to the inside of the show (you donʼt
want to know about the tickets too,
believe me!!) There are about 4 entrances. I entered from the one which
opened into the Ford and Lincoln
companies. First thing that catches
the eye is a model of an engine. A
complete details, labeled (not working sadly) model of an engine. Then
the cars begin. Or maybe I take back
my word. It began with an SUV....
is that a car too? No ITS AN SUV.
AN SUV IS NOT A CAR. It was the
Lincoln Navigator. Helluva SUV. It
was brilliant. Big, spacious, technologically advanced and all you could
ask for, even a number password to
get into it. Then there was the Aviator, another SUV from Lincoln. From
the Lincoln exhibitor, the path leads
to the Land Rovers. Rover means a
small vehicle launched from a lander
and used to explore the surface of the
moon or a planet. Yeah, I am pretty
sure that Range Rover is ʻtheʼ vehicle
to explore this planet. Itʼs was good
too, what I really liked was the new
front grille designs and the lights and
the classy interiors. Range Rover
Sport and the face-lifted Range Rover
were the new launches. Next section,
the sporty cars. Jaguar comes first in
the line. There shiny new green cars
which come under two categories, the
business type S-type, X-type, XJ-type
and the sport XK-series. Next in line
is the prestigious hand built Aston
Martin Company. They had the DB9
and the Vanquish models on display.
Next is a large section of Ford
cars. Ford has made arrangements
to satisfy there possible customers.
Freebies were given and the crowd
was entertained like anywhere else.
Their main attraction was the new
Ford MUSTANG Convertible, and
the Ford GT. The GT is an awesome
looking sports car, absolutely attractive. Ford also had concept cars. The
SYNus and the Shelby. Next to Ford
are their rivals, the Honda. Honda had
pretty decent cars too. The Ridgeline
was a new car they had. They had all
the other ʻnewʼ cars too, the 2005editions. The Accord, Civic, Odyssey, Pilot, and also a boat!!
In between the Ford and the
Honda exhibitors, there was a path
which leads to all the GM companies.
The Hummer, Pontiac, Jeep etc. Noticeable cars were the Hummer H3
and the Pontiac G6. In the Jeep section they had two new concepts. The
Gladiator and The Hurricane, both
truly Jeep jeeps. What can I say. Jeep
doesnʼt make cars, it makes Jeeps!!
And there were next in the line, the
Mazda and Volvo sections. Mazda
also had a big show presentation of
all their cars. Volvo had the most
futuristic looking concept car. Then
going around and around, I had go to
see the BMW section. Its was a sight
worth to keep forever in memories.
BMW did a great job in putting up a
very impressive exhibit of all its cars.
The new 5-, 6-, 7-series(s) were just
too good. The new 2005 cars for the
3-series is just as impressive as the
other once. They also had a hybrid
car on exhibit.
Next to BMW a few exhibits
away is my personal favorite, Mercedes Benz. They had the best sports
car around, the Mercedes SLR Mclaren. It is by far the most technologically advanced car. It was inspired by
the world famous formula 1 racing
series. They also had the brand new
E-class, S-class, M-class and the new
Grand Tourer. Next to these was the
costliest car ever. The MAYBACH.
A class of its own, made by Mercedes, marketed under the name the
Maybach. Itʼs a limousine in disguise
and fully loaded.
Next are a whole lot of other
companies. Audi, Chrysler, Porsche,
Dodge, Subaru and the expensive
Bentley. The other ʻsportyʼ cars I
liked were from the continent of Europe. The Maserti, Ferrari, and Lamborghini. Ferrari impressed me the
most as they had a formula 1 car in
their ʻstableʼ (to the people who no
not, Ferrari is called the prancing
horse and so it needs a stable!!) Lamborghini also had the impressive Gallardo. Next to these sporty cars was
the ʻSMARTʼ car. The little car being
marketed by Mercedes built by the
Swiss Army company is a small car
to move around in city traffic.
Thatʼs the sight I have seen...
The magic I have experienced... The
auto show I have seen!!
dence halls. (SSV & MSV). The following organizations are also raising
funds: the South Asian Student Association, the Hindu Student Association, the Indian Student Association,
Union Board and the International
Student Organization. The Graduate
Student Association and the Student
Government Associations have been
giving direct support through promotions and volunteering; and the
Indonesian Student Association and
the Honors Medical Society may be
planning additional programs.
The efforts of all the organizations
mentioned above would definitely be
greatly appreciated, and everyone is
strongly encouraged to donate a little
because youʼll be touching someone
directly.
Paris
summer
program
Contributed by
TECHNEWS
Study this summer in Paris!
Immerse yourself in experiential
learning in the City of Lights for 4
weeks. Here are the details you have
been waiting for!
Dates:
June 1st-June 30th, 2005
Location of Studies:
IIT Paris Studio, 77, rue La Fayette
(9th Arrondissement Metro: Cadet)
Courses:
PHIL 380 Philosophy of Art in Paris
SOC 390/PS 390 History and Topology of Paris from Julius Caesar to
Present
(These courses can be used for both
“H” and “C” credit.)
In order to secure placement, please
fill out the application form by January 31st, 2005. The form can be found
at:
http://www.iit.edu/~internat/
forms/Paris_app.pdf or available at
the International Center, Main Building 405.
A deposit of $500 will be required
at the time of application, $400 of
which is applied to your housing reservation. Cash or check is acceptable,
payable to IIT.
Program participants are required to
use the housing provided by the IIT
Paris program.
For more information please contact:
Krisztina Radi
International Center
312-567-3686
radi@iit.edu
TECHNEWS
6
TUES., JAN. 25, 2005
LIFE IN THE WINDY CITY
CHICAGO
MARIA VASOS, INTERIM EDITOR
VASOMAR@IIT.EDU
Snow-fun ideas for livening up no fun days
By Maria Vasos
COPY EDITOR
Winter in Chicago consists mainly of an abundance of one thing:
snow! But, many people do not
know that beyond the typical
snowball, snowman, and snowangel activities, there are many
other laughter inducing snowy
pastimes. Compiled here is a list
of the top ten:
7) Make a big pile of snow in an
open area. Make dragging marks
in the snow leading to the pile.
Splatter ketchup along the dragging marks. Look from afar to
see if anyone bothers to investigate the pile. Feel uncomfortable
walking home after discovering
no one came to the rescue.
10) Pour lemonade into a pile of
snow by the sidewalk. Whip out
a spoon and casually eat yellow
snow while passersby give you
funny looks.
6) Snow bowling... make an extra
large snowball. Dip it in water so
that it freezes into a hard bowling
ball type structure. Make pins out
of snow and line the up on what is
left of a sidewalk. Roll the ball to
hit the pins. *This one might be
better if you are over 21 years of
age. Hint Hint.
9) Make an anatomically correct
snowman or snow-woman.
8) Take a dustpan out to your car
with you. Use it to collect the
snow that you scrape off of your
car and dump that snow onto the
annoying car next to you that is
parked too close.
5) Carefully shovel out a perfect
circle of snow from an open field.
Then call the tabloids and claim
to have discovered the new breed
of crop circles.
4) Make a snowman and snowwoman in a compromising position in a public place. Extra credit
if you get a warning from the police for indecency.
3) Find a friend from a warm climate and ask them if they know
what a “white wash” is. When
they do not know, demonstrate it
for them.
2) Attempt to make an igloo to
not only have something interesting to do in the snow, but also to
combat the sometimes cramped
IIT student housing situation.
Double extra credit if you invite
a friend over to your igloo to perform a test of how much “heat”
you can generate before the igloo
starts to melt.
Picture taken by: Maria Vasos
1) Sabine, the expert, says, “Pee
in it.” But, not on campus please.
Some IIT students are pictured here building a version of the traditional snowman in front of the graduate
apartements last Saturday.
Do you know Chicago really well? Do you think
you have the skills to be the new Chicago section
editor for Technews? Email technews@iit.edu
wed.jan.26
Dremana
With A.R.E. Weapons, Terminal
Bliss,
And Backyard Tire Fire
Carrot Top
@Star Plaza Theatre
sat.jan.29
@ Metro
Streetlight Manifesto
Chicago Bass Summit #1
With Voodoo Glow Skulls, MU330,
And Plunket
With Josh Abrams, Kent Kessler,
Nate McBride,
And Jason Roebke
@ Empty Bottle
Tin Hat Quartet
With Jazz Without Borders
@ HotHouse
@ Metro
Styx
@ Star Plaza Theatre
The Mʼs
With The Changes, By Divine Right,
And DJ Poseur
@ Empty Bottle
Carmineʼs Clamhouse
thurs.jan.27
Matthew
1043 N. Rush St.
Hours: 11:30am – 11:30pm Daily
With Emily Shrine
And Audible Campaign
@ Empty Bottle
So you are looking for a nice and warm place to take your your significant other to retreat from the cold weather? Well,
look no further. This somewhat pricey restaurant and bar is upscale enough to create a warm lush atmosphere, yet requires only basic dressing up because itʼs a prime hangout for off duty worker bees downtown. “Ribbons from Heaven”
is their famous pasta dish with handmade ribbon pasta, shrimp, veggies, and a delicious light sauce. And, the portion
is way too much for one sitting, so youʼll have something to snack on...um later. Their prime location is a definite plus
because you can valet your car before you eat, and afterwards stroll around to the other hot spots in the area. Then, you
can come back when youʼre done, and not have to worry about parking, which is always a plus, especially in the cold
weather. Speaking of which, Carmineʼs has a coat check too, but if you are sitting at a table and not at the full-scale bar,
itʼs probably just as easy to hang your coat on the back of your chair. The perks and food of Carmineʼs make it a luxurious night on the town away from Sodexo, but the fish and business crowd is not as mood setting as possible. Therefore,
Carmineʼs receives a B+.
Howl at the Moon
26 West Hubbard St.
Hours: Mon-Fri 5pm – 2am, Sat 5pm – 3am, Sun 7pm – 2am
Youʼre having a few drinks with friends, singing along to a rendition of Guns ʻN Roses “Paradise City,” and trying to
find an attractive distraction for the night, only youʼre not at a fraternity house. This is what goes on nightly at Howl
at the Moon, a party-like piano bar that caters to those looking to have a good time. Along with two pianos, there is a
wide-variety of instruments including drums, guitar, and even a tambourine, that are played by humorous entertainers,
which liven up Howl far beyond the typical bar scene. Theyʼll play requests for a few bills, and for a few more bills,
theyʼll stop the current song and play a new one. Itʼs like ʻbiddingʼ in order to get your songs played. So, get a feel for
the crowd when you go, pick good music, and donʼt cut off a song that people like. Also, try to go in a group and order
the ʻBad Apple.ʼ Itʼs an Apple Pucker party-pleaser served in a bucket with a handful of straws. Fortunately during cold
ʻn flu season, the alcohol content serves as a germicide, so you donʼt have to wait to enjoy! Consequently, Howl at the
Moon gets an A. *Adapted by Maria Vasos from Kiza Brunner.
Queensrych
(Jan. 27,28,29, sold out)
@ House of Blues
Chicago Samba
@ HotHouse
43rd
fri.jan.28
Annual
Carquest
World of Wheels
sun.jan.30
Bronzeville Jazz Festival
With Talking Tenors fet. Fred Anderson,
Ari Brown, and Ed Wilkerson
And The Bronzeville Divas
@ HotHouse
Tristeza
With LʼAltra, DJs Yves St. LeRoc
And Coco LeRoc
@ Empty Bottle
mon.jan.31
King Khan and BBQ Show
@ McCormick Place
And The Night Terrors, The Brian
Costello Show
With Gabe Fowler, Cynthia Plastercaser, and King Khan...
Alter Bridge
@ Empty Bottle
(Jan. 28,29,30)
With Silvertide
And Submersed
@ Congress Theatre
Abstract Giants
With Treologic, Bad News Jones,
Farm Crew,
And Star People
@ Metro
tues.feb.01
StarPeople
@ HotHouse
TUESDAY, JAN. 25, 2005
TECHNEWS
7
LOCAL NEWS
MEHJABEEN NAZIM, EDITOR
NAZIMEH@IIT.EDU
Editor’s
Column
SGA joins university in
declaring Day of Giving
By Richard Duncan
SGA PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR
I
ITʼs Student Government Association voted unanimously Tuesday night to join the university in
declaring January 26, 2005, a Day of
Giving in honor of those affected by
last monthʼs earthquake and tsunami
in southern Asia. In addition, SGAʼs
Voting Body approved a measure to
allow student organizations to donate
proceed from their events that would
previously have return to the Student
Activities Fund (SAF), at the discretion of SGAʼs Finance Board. Many
organizations have already pledged
funds from events both SAF-spon-
sored and organization funded, and
many more are in discussion to do the
same.
The Student Government Association, which counts as its membership all members of the IIT community and all student on Main and Rice
Campuses, serves to better student
life and the academic experience at
IIT through productive challenges to
both the faculty, staff, and administration as well as the student body.
For more information, contact SGA
at sga@iit.edu, or visit http://sga.iit.
edu
By Mehjabeen Nazim
NEWS EDITOR
A
The SGA Voting Body unanimously approves the measure declaring January 26, 2005 as a Day of Giving for
tsunami relief. Courtesy of Richard Duncan
Student organizations take part in tsunami relief fundraising
By Shravani Pasupneti
NEWS STAFFWRITER
A
s the one-month anniversary
of the Indian Ocean Tsunami
approaches, the IIT community has a series of events planned over
the next few weeks to raise money
to aid the victims of the tsunami and
their families.
The epicenter of the earthquake
was located on the west coast of the
Indonesian island of Sumatra. The
magnitude of the earthquake measured
9.0 on the Richter scale, making it
one of the strongest earthquakes in
decades. This brought killer waves that
claimed more than 150,000 lives from
the 11 countries that were hit. While
donations have been pouring in from
all over the world, many organizations at IIT have a multitude of events
planned to raise more aid.
One of the largest efforts will be
the University Day of Giving, planned
for Wednesday, January 26, exactly
one month after the waves first hit. In
the MTCC, there will be tables with
donation boxes set up throughout the
building. Members of the IIT community can choose to donate in cash
or check to one of three charities:
the International Red Cross, Doctors
Without Borders or UNICEF.
In addition, Union Board will be
contributing all of the money collected
from ticket sales to the upcoming
Suitcase dance as well as from last
weekʼs showing of the first movie of
the semester, Troy. These funds will be
donated to Doctors Without Borders.
As UB Movies Programmer Hoa
Nguyen reflected, “To us, [the money]
will just be extra funding for movies,
but to the victims of the tsunami and
their families, the money can bring so
much more.”
Yet another organization that is
planning on raising funds for tsunami
victims is the International Students
Organization. However, instead of
using large corporations to distribute
the aid, ISO is working with the International Center to develop personal
relationships with individuals in the
affected countries, namely students
who have graduated from IIT. These
students will represent IIT and work
to ensure that funding is distributed
not only in the immediate future, but
also in the long term. SGA recently
passed a proposal to allow all money
collected from ISO events approved
last semester to go directly to tsunami
relief funding and is waiting for the
final approval from Finance Board.
One of these events will be a trip to
see Blue Man Group perform later
this semester. Based on the success
of last semesterʼs trip, it is expected
that all 40 of the tickets will be sold,
and at a price of about $15 - $20 per
ticket, this event promises to provide
a considerable amount of aid. In addition to providing monetary support,
The 55th presidential inauguration
By Floriann H. Stankovich again named Time Magazineʼs Person
TECHNEWS WRITER
I
n November of 1999, following an
aggressive campaign he outlined
sweeping proposals to reform
Americaʼs schools, by way of education vouchers used to allow those who
wanted to attend better performing institutions. In addition, he transformed
our national defense and reduced taxes
along with other Social Security and
Medicare proposals. He beat his opponent, Albert Gore, by a slim margin
to become the 43rd President of the
United States, to be sworn in to office
on January 20, 2001.
After four years in office, his
services include the No Child Left
behind Act, the Economic Growth and
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (which
changed the way taxes were paid and
introduced alternatives to retirement
and pension plans for senior citizens
), US Patriot Act, the creation of the
Office of Homeland Security and
Clear Skies Act. As these bills, which
wrought his ideology, were passed,
other incidences also shaped his first
term: the terrorist attack of 9/11, invasion of Afghanistan and Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
Despite intense conflicts of interest, he ran again for the 2004 election.
His platform did not change from that
of the 2000 election. Thus, on the eve
of November 2 of 2004, after much
hype and numerous projections, John
Kerry lost by 34 electoral votes against
this incumbent.
On December 19, 2004, he was
of the Year. Irrespective of whether or
not you agree with his politics or if he
was for good or for ill, better or worst,
he stuck to his agenda and reshaped the
rules of politics.
On January 20, 2005, all will look
back on the celebration of our countryʼs democracy as well as freedom,
with our 43rd president, to mark his
second inaugural. This was a four day
festival that included such festivities
as fireworks, parades, presidential and
vice-presidential oaths, nine inaugural
balls, and signing the original Declaration of Independence. Thousands of
police provided unparalleled security
for this day. As spectators looked on,
some dressed in their finest attire were
seated while some stood with sulking faces bouncing behind the metal
fences. For whatever purpose, they
waited in the blistering cold, reportedly in the low 20ʼs.
U.S Chief Justice William
Rehnquist, weak from thyroid cancer,
walked with a cane to the stage. The
chief justice administered the oath and
congratulated the president.
It was now the presidentʼs turn.
Speaking firm and eloquently, he
delivered a speech that was intended
to spread freedom, he says, “to the
darkest corners of the world.” He stood
on capital hill, as he did four years ago
for the first time, and said “I will speak
about freedom. This is the cause that
unites our country and gives hope to
the world.” To those who still live in
countries without liberty the president
said that “all who live in tyranny and
hopelessness can know: The United
States will not ignore your oppression or excuse your oppressors.” He
said to the crowd about the war and
terrorism that his objective was “of
ending tyranny.” He declared that “we
have a calling from beyond the stars
to stand for freedom, and Americans
will always be faithful to that cause.”
He also clarified “this is not...the task
of arms, though we will defend ourselves and our friends by force when
necessary.”
He proceeded to say that “with
the campaign behind us, Americans
lift up our sights to the years ahead
and to the great goals we will achieve
for our country. I am eager and ready
for the work ahead.”
The nationʼs motto is : E pluribus
unum which means ʻFrom many, one.ʼ
Our countryʼs ideals were based on
freedom, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. The president said that
“now...is the urgent requirement of
our nationʼs security, and the calling of
our time.” With that he concluded, “the
best hope for peace...is the expansion
of freedom in all the world.”
He is the 43rd President of these
United States. He is President George
W. Bush.
Writers
wanted
ISO is also working with the Counseling Center to provide counseling for
members of the IIT community who
have been personally affected by the
tsunami.
The Honors Medical Society is
also planning on doing what it can to
help raise funds for tsunami victims.
HMS is planning on selling water
bottles for $1 at the upcoming student
organization fair and donating the
funds to such organizations as Doctors
Without Borders or the Red Cross.
David Zaboli, Vice President of HMS,
said, “Many of our members wanted
to help and we hope that many other
student organizations will take part in
the day of giving. Everything helps.”
Also, the South Asian Students
Association is planning on donating all of the money from Bhangra
Night, planned for later this semester.
However, SASA has not yet been determined which organization to donate
the funds to.
new year. A new semester.
Many resolutions made,
many already broken. The
highlight of last week for me was
listening to the Presidentʼs inaugural speech. The ghost of Iraq hovered around the pomp and show
and fireworks of President Bushʼs
inaugural speech. Defiance rang
loud and clear in his tone, even
when he referred to Iraq and said
“our country has accepted obligations that are difficult to fulfill, and
would be dishonorable to abandon.” He added that millions have
achieved freedom as a result of his
Iraqi policy. “And as hope kindles
hope, more will find it,” he said.
It is hard to picture liberty, freedom, democracy and peace in a
war ravaged Iraq where there is an
increased surge of violence these
days. The task he has set before
him is lofty and ambitious. Easier
said than done, I say.
In other news, after more
than 30 years since the stateʼs first
gay rights bill was introduced in
the General Assembly, Gov. Rod
Blagojevich on Friday signed significant changes in state law that
ban discrimination against gays
and lesbians by landlords, real estate agents, employers and lenders.
About time!
The largest plane, the new
Airbus A380 was unveiled last
week near Toulouse, southwestern
France making it the worldʼs largest passenger plane. A 66- year
old Romanian gave birth to a baby
girl making her the worldʼs oldest
recorded woman to give birth. An
amazing age we live in. Well, enjoy the snow and have a fantastic
week!
Happenings
By Maria Vasos
COPY EDITOR
~Johnny Carson, King of Late Night,
died January 23 at the age of 79. He
was an American icon, comedian,
and entertainer for 30 years. America will miss him greatly.
~A severe snowstorm caused severe
damage to the Northeastern part of
the country, forcing Massachusetts
and Rhode Island to declare a state
of emergency. At least six deaths,
3 in Ohio, 2 in Wisconsin, and 1
in Pennsylvannia, have resulted, as
well over 500 grounded flights.
~The Center for Disease Control
conceeds that there is a surplus
of the flu vaccine, instead of the
projected shortage, and if not used,
will go to waste. So, states that were
restricting the vaccine to only those
at the highest risk are now able to
lift the restrictions before the peak
of the flu season in 1 to 2 months.
in the NBA for the past five years,
are now on a seven game winning
streak. Approaching an even record,
they are redeeming themselves from
their earlier 0-9 record at the beginning of the season.
~A New Jersey jury awarded $135
million this week to the family of
girl who was paralyzed from the
neck down in a 1999 car accident
caused by a drunk driver.
~Peaches, the 55 year-old elephant
at the Lincoln Park Zoo and the oldest elephant in U.S. zoo captivity,
has died due to complications of
old age. However, activists claim
that the animalʼs death was brought
about by the smaller living space
and colder conditions than it had
become accustomed to at the San
Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park in
Southern California, its previous
home.
~The Chicago Bulls, the worst team
Interested in writing for the Local News
section of TechNews? If yes, then e-mail
Alex Belzer at: belzale@iit.edu. Fifteen
bucks for each article. Huzzah!
TECHNEWS
8
TUES., JAN. 25, 2005
WORLD NEWS
ALEX BELZER, EDITOR
BELZALE@IIT.EDU
News Briefs
Baby steps to an Iraqi democracy
By Alexander Belzer
By James Tschirhart
NEWS EDITOR
TECHNEWS WRITER
Middle East
he days count down as elections in Iraq are about to take
place on January 30. The main
objective of this election is to elect
a 275 member national assembly to
meet together and draft a new constitution for an Iraqi democracy, which
will then be put before the people in
a referendum, and if passed, will lead
to elections for a permanent government. 18 provincial assemblies will
also be elected as well as one for the
autonomous Kurdish parliament.
Election campaigns kicked off
last year on December 15 with more
than 120 parties running. Each party
is required to list at least 12 candidates and every third name must be
a womanʼs to make sure that 25% of
the assembly is made up of women.
Of the parties appearing on the ballot
are the prominent Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union
of Kurdistan, the Supreme Council for
the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the Is-
A nameless retired United
States general told Washington
Times on January 17th that officers
in Iraq often request upwards of fifty
thousand more troops contrary to the
Pentagonʼs claims that the 150,000
troops currently there for the January
30 elections are sufficient.
Africa
In order to prevent a terrible
humanitarian crisis in Mauritania,
the United Nations World Food
Program requests the equivalent of
30.8 million dollars to assuage the
deadly food shortage brought on by
a double whammy of locusts and a
drought.
French-run aid group, Doctors
Without Borders, was attacked on
January 18th by Congolese gunmen
in the volatile eastern Congo. The
organization responded by freezing
all projects in the region and fleeing
for their lives.
T
lamic al-Dawa, and the Iraqi National
Congress. Even the Communist party
may feature. However the Sunni party
is a big concern, seeing as how they
refuse to participate due to the ongoing
violence surrounding the elections.
The Sunni party wishes to extend the
voting date, but interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is stern in holding the
elections on the original date. Allawi
is said to be negotiating with the Sunni
party for their participation. Their lack
of participation could have long-term
repercussions in the legitimacy and
stability of the government elected.
Almost 2 years have passed since
Saddam Husseinʼs regime was crushed
in April 2003 for his alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction,
in which recently on January 13 it
was said that the hunt for the W.M.D.s
ended with no evidence of W.M.D.s
found in Iraq. It is after Saddamʼs more
than two decade military rule that the
Iraqi people now have the right to an
un-coerced vote. It was not only but
3 years ago that Saddam won his last
election by an 11 million to 0 margin
with a turnout of 100 percent. This
time it is expected that voters will vote
according to their own sect and ethnic
divides with an estimated turnout of
57 percent. It is also expected that
the Shia party will hold a majority of
positions on the assembly because they
are the majority in Iraq.
Insurgent attacks have been high
in frequency for the past month in
hopes of halting the election. Political headquarters have been attacked,
candidates and even the governor of
Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri, have been
assassinated. So far, no such luck in
derailing the elections. Interim Prime
Minister Allawi says, “We will not
allow violence and we will not allow
terrorists to derail this process in Iraq.
Giving in to insurgents will only escalate the violence in Iraq.”
Preparations for Election Day
have been high in numbers and secretive to stave off the daily insurgent
attacks. The locations of ballots
have been kept secret and wonʼt be
released until Election Day. Over
35,000 American troops will be de-
ployed on the streets of Baghdad to
help protect and make sure the voting
process goes smoothly. In addition to
the deployment of troops, the nationʼs
borders have been sealed off from
any impermissible entry or exit. Only
pilgrims from the Hajj in Saudi Arabia
will be allowed to cross. But, due to
the limited security, there are still
four provinces unsafe for voting due
to ongoing battles between insurgents
and U.S. and Iraqi troops.
Once the elections are completed,
Iraqi officials will ask the U.S. for a set
date for the withdrawal of its 170,000
troops. The U.S. is still speculating on
when and at what rate the withdrawal
will be done. U.S. generals are still
not confident on withdrawing when
Iraqi police forces and troops are still
inadequate for defending against the
insurgents without U.S. support. They
want to make sure that Iraq will be
able to hold their own when the U.S.
pulls out. It is suggested that as the
rate of insurgent attacks decreases, the
amount of U.S. troops will decrease.
Europe
Last Thursday France declared
the need for a “new trans-Atlantic
relationship” between the United
States and its European allies to
face challenges such as “terrorism,
poverty, development, instability in
the world” together, perhaps in an
attempt to bridge the distance that
has grown between the two countries
during the Iraqi invasion.
Asia
Various experts including those
from the World Health Organization
warn against the threat of pneumonia and other respitory disease
in addition to cholera, due to the
overcrowding of refugees of the
tsunami disaster.
China announced Thursday
that it plans on having its second
manned space mission in October or
September, where Chinese scientists
will conduct unspecified missions.
Evangelism:
Hate crime?
By Spencer James
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
M
ost of you are probably
familiar with December
26, 2004ʼs Indian Ocean
Tsunami--the one with a death toll
of nearly one quarter of one million
people, a generation of more than
seven billion U.S. dollars in pledges
and forces strong enough to halt the
earthʼs rotation for a fractioned second-yeah, that one. However, you
might not be aware of the rising,
and customary, friction between the
demolished Muslim, Buddhist and
Hindu communities and Christian relief workers.
For instance, the Indonesian territory of Acheh, a bustling, Muslimdominated community of separatists
striking rebellion against the Indonesian military while enjoying ample oil
reserves until the tsunami, is already
at odds with their evangelical aid
workers. Father Chris Riley, the CEO
of Youth Off the Streets (YOS), an
Australian charity, has sworn to con-
Infographic by Spencer James Elliott-Manheim Esquire, Entertainment Editor
tinue developing plans for a Catholic
orphanage to house the 35,000 sums
of Muslim children who have been
orphaned or separated from family
by the tsunami. Speculation immediately followed that he intends to convert these children to Catholicism. In
response, Hilmy Bakar Almascaty,
the leader of the Islamic Defenders
Front, warned him to provide only
aid and to refrain from evangelizing
during the crisis situation. In addition, locals were also threatened with
attack if they chose to work alongside
Father Riley. On January 9, 2005 the
exiled Government of the State of
Acheh demanded the retraction of the
Islamic Defenders Front and other
terrorist militias from Acheh on accounts that their presence “Squanders
scarce resources by the Indonesian
government which is better allocated
to the victims of the recent tsunami.”
While surveying the plot amongst the
wreckage, Father Riley stated that his
organization is entirely secular and
that he, personally, does not attempt
to convert people. For more information on Acheh, please visit www.
achehtimes.com
According to The Baltimore
Sun, some relief organizations like
World Relief, do not evangelize at
first. Instead they wait until they
have established a relationship with a
group before they return to the scene
of a disaster years later to plant their
churches. Throughout this process
they deny external accusations of exploiting their position during times of
international need.
According to the President of
Gospel for Asia, more than 14,000
native missionaries in India, Sri
Lanka and the Andaman islands have
begun distributing bibles and booklets on finding god to survivors. He
suggested, “This is one of the greatest opportunities god has given us
to share his love with people.” This
is not the first time evangelism has
been impugned. In November 2002,
Bonnie Penner Witherall, missionary
to Lebanon, was murdered in what
World Net Daily called, “So enormously different from the Muslim socalled martyrs. They give their lives
so they can kill...by the thousands
in New York, Washington and near
a small town in Pennsylvania.” The
Muslim community warranted the
murder as retribution for the Christian and Missionary Allianceʼs tactics of interweaving English lessons,
computer instruction, candies and
toys with bible lessons in an attempt
to exploit the poverty of the Muslim
children.
The U.S. Government, while
acknowledging the sometimes-violent opposition Muslim, Buddhist,
and Hindu groups, relates hopes that
American tsunami aid will improve
the international image, but has not
attempted to inhibit evangelical efforts.
The Red Cross, founded on impartiality, has no ties to governments
or religious groups.
In light of evangelism apparent
perception as a hate crime, please be
mindful of which organization you
choose to support with your tsunami
relief pledges, if at all.
Writers
wanted
Interested in writing
for the World News
section of TechNews?
If yes, then e-mail Alex
Belzer at: belzale@iit.
edu. Fifteen bucks for
each article. Yaymazing!
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TECHNEWS
9
TECHNOLOGY
THE LATEST AND GREATEST FROM THE BLEEDING EDGE
ANTHONY GADDINI, EDITOR
GADDANT@IIT.EDU
Big or Efficient: Airbus, Boeing Set to Battle
and long range, allowing for direct conTECHNOLOGY EDITOR
nects between distant
airports, instead of
n January 17th Airbus Indusletting some passentrie rolled the Airbus A380
gers off at many stops
out of the largest construcalong the way. It will
tion hangar in the world located in
also be an excellent
Toulouse, France. Prominent heads of
plane for short trips
state from throughout Europe were in
because of its meattendance at the unveiling ceremony
dium size (allowing
trying to glean whatever publicity
for easy landing and
they could from one of Europeʼs most
docking, a serious
recent technological achievements.
problem for the A380
Prime Minister Tony Blair atwhich cannot fly into
tended, as well as President Jacques
many smaller airChirac, Prime Minister Jose Luis Roports) and relatively
driguez Zapatero and Chancellor Gerlarge seating capacity
hard Schroeder, demonstrating the
(~400). This explains
multi-nation effort needed to get the
why small Japanese
A380 off the ground. 80% of Airbus
airlines that specialIndustrie is currently owned by the
ize in high-volume
French-controlled European Aerodomestic Japanese
nautic Defense and Space Company
flights have been the
and the remaining fraction is owned
biggest buyers so far.
by the UKʼs BAE systems, another
The first super-jumbo jet, the Airbus A380. Courtesy of Airbus.
The key to the 7E7s
European aerospace company, but
improvements, and
it took the backing of the European
One of the greatest hurdles was
the future success of Boeing, Inc., ficulty of forming it into the correct
Union, in the form of nearly $15 bilhinges greatly upon untested technol- shapes, but Boeing may have finally overcoming the surface imperfeclion of repayable loans with interest
ogies, principally the use of compos- developed the technology necessary tions of the fuselage barrel, a part
for aircraft development to complete
ite materials in the construction of the to form composites into an economi- where even tiny imperfections can
the A380 project. The planeʼs develhave disastrous results.
fuselage and wings of the 7E7. Boe- cal fuselage.
opment was nearly $2 billion over
“This is probably one of the two or
“With composite materials thereʼs
ing is betting that plastic can fly.
budget, which sparked some controComposite materials offer several three major milestones . . . for com- a volume effect,” said Mike Hyer,
versy in the UK, but all has been foradvantages over conventional alumi- mercial aviationʼs second century an engineering professor at Virginia
gotten now as Europe basks in their
num skins because they are slightly of flight,” boasted Walt Gillette, the Tech who has written a textbook on
achievement.
the subject. “The flaws are proporstronger and offer much greater re- 7E7ʼs chief engineer.
Currently 149 A380s are slated for
Many of Boeingʼs manufactur- tional to the size of the object.”
sistance to fatigue and corrosion,
sale to airlines and two delivery comGiven the size of the 22-foot-bythus making long-term maintenance ing partners, particularly their Japapanies, UPS and Federal Express. It
costs for the airplane much lower. A nese partners (Fiji Heavy Industries, 19-foot fuselage barrel, Boeing deis expected that at least 350 will have
common problem with aluminum fu- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and cided to employ an automated, comto be sold for Airbus to break even
selages is the fatigue Kawasaki Heavy Industries), have puter-controlled system to meet out
caused by repeated been skittish, and alarmed at the new surface irregularities and structural
pressurizations
of engineering hurdles that must be imperfections.
Given the engineering hurdles
the cabin. With each overcome to make the 7E7 a possire-pressurization, bility. The project represents a risky Boeing has overcome, prospects look
the rivets and alumi- investment to them, and Japanese good for Boeing—one of Chicagoʼs
num panel seams are companies tend to be risk-adverse, premier corporations. With only half
stressed, and eventu- preferring small incremental im- the development costs (~$7 Billion)
ally many need to be provements, to great technological of the A380, Boeing has innovated
replaced. The super- leaps, the business model proposed more than Airbus, whoʼs design phistrong
composites by the patron saint of Japanese indus- losophy can be essentially summed
are bonded together, try Dr. W. Edwards Deming, whose up as: bigger is better.
Boeing has collected 126 orders
which prevents un- ideas launched Japan from a cheap
even stressing of the imitator to an innovator in the 1950s. for the 7E7, an impressive number
Boeing has been highly secretive considering the plane has not even
surface. This allows
the skin to be thin- of its new technology, but it does in- begun production, and if the 7E7
ner and lighter—and volve hi-tech tape. North Sails Group works as well as advertised, many
more efficient. Since LLC, one of the premier designers of more purchases are expected. Boeing
composites are bond- lightweight composite sails for racing aims to curb the recent market-share
ed rather than riveted, boats, had developed a machine that increases made by Airbus in the last
labor costs will fall as applies composite strips to a spinning two years, 2003 being the first year
barrel using multiple robotic tape- when Airbus sold more units than
well.
The engineers of laying heads. This tape was used to Boeing, Now that Boeing has lost her
the A380 abandoned seal fuselage segments with the aid flagship, the 747, a new, nimbler and
the extensive use of of a giant Swedish-made forklift ma- more efficient aircraft will hopefully
composites citing its chine, another innovative production step up and fly right.
expense and the dif- technique.
A fuselage section of the Boeing 7E7. Courtesy of Boeing.
By Anthony Gaddini
O
with development costs.
Given the greater efficiency and
range of the A380 when compared
to Boeingʼs 747, which has been in
service since the late 1960s, the lucrative jumbo class market will likely
be usurped by the Europeans, placing Boeing in a difficult situation. If
Boeing were to develop their own super-jumbo aircraft it would likely be
unable to recover development costs,
since the super-jumbo (600+ seats)
market would be split.
Both Airbus and Boeing were conscious of the graphic illustration of
the business risk involved in splitting a niche market demonstrated
by the simultaneous debut of the
Douglas DC-10 and the Lockheed
Tristar: similarly sized tri-jet widebody airliners, either one of which
would have profitably filled the gap
between the Douglas DC-8 and the
Boeing 747 if only the other one had
not taken half its market. Thus, it is
likely that Boeing will cede the super
jumbo niche to the Europeans, as has
been suggested by the abandonment
of the Soniccrusier project (large,
high-speed luxury plane) in preference for the 7E7 Dreamliner project
(economical, inexpensive, long-range
midsize plane).
People at Boeing said huge planes
are less profitable because fewer units
will be sold since the demand for super-jumbo jets is in decline.
“People donʼt want stopovers,”
stated a Boeing spokesman.
This is why the 7E7 dreamliner is
designed to be inexpensive, efficient
Visionary Vehicles To Bring Chinese Cars to USA
By Andrei Pop
TECHNEWS WRITER
V
isionary Vehicles LLC is a
firm created and designed for
one purpose: to search the
world for a car company they could
introduce to the United States. It is
led by venture capitalist Malcolm
Bricklin, the famous designer of the
Canadian-made Bricklin SV-1 safety
sport car and importer of the Subaru
and Yugo.
After searching through Serbia, Poland, Romania, England, and India,
Visionary Vehicles finally landed in
China, where they discovered a car
company that fit their vision—the
Chery Automobile Company, which
is owned by the Chinese government.
Just recently, Visionary Vehicles
LLC made an agreement with The
Chery Automobile Company to import approximately 250,000 Chinese
cars to America.
Two famous Italian studios, Pininfarina and Bertone, design Chery
Automobiles with quality and cost
in mind, the perfect balance for any
budget-oriented individual, such as
college students. These new vehicles
will be priced at 30% less than their
common counterparts, will feature
10-year, 100,000-mile power train
warranties, and are expected to ship
stateside in 2007.
Over the next three years, Visionary Vehicles LLC will be select-
ing 250 of the nationʼs best dealers to
sell the new Chery Automobiles. The
2007 lineup of vehicles includes models similar but not identical to current
modern cars consisting of entry-level
sedans, mid-size sedans, crossovertype sedans, sport and luxury coupes,
and SUVs.
These vehicles will be built at
Cheryʼs ultra-modern manufacturing
facilities in China with substantially
lower labor costs than most competitors.
Unfortunately China does not enforce piracy regulations very well.
Currently GM is preparing to sue
Chery for copying automotive design.
Cheryʼs QQ is a copy of GMʼs Chevrolet Spark compact, and it outsells
the real thing by three to one, according to GM officials. Some analysts
say the QQʼs sales are six times higher than the Sparkʼs. Chinese experts
advise automakers to keep bringing cases before fledgling Chinese
courts, which may be unprepared to
deal with the enormous conflicts of
interest inherent in such trials. Since
the government owns Chery, it will
be suing itself if the case is brought
before a Chinese court.
Cheaper than any imported or
American car currently made, Chery
Automobiles will be sure to take the
automobile market by surprise, definitely presenting a problem for current car manufacturers and automotive unions.
The Chery QQ, an alleged
copy of GM’s spark concept. Dispute currently before Chinese courts.
Courtesy of Visionary
Vehicles, LLC.
10
TECHNEWS
TUESDAY, JAN. 25, 2005
TECHNOLOGY
ANTHONY GADDINI, EDITOR
Product spotlight: Mac Mini
By Anthony Gaddini
TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
O
n Tuesday, January 11th,
Cupertino, CA based Apple
Computer, Inc. released the
Mac mini, the most affordable Macintosh computer ever made.
Chief executive Steve Jobs showed
off the new machine at the annual
MacWorld expo in San Francisco.
The Mac mini retails for $499 sans
monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
Anyone fed up with Windows related problems such as spyware, viruses,
and a generally ugly interface should
be elated at the release of this new
Macintosh model, which makes highquality Macintosh OS and software
available for around $500—squarely
in the budget PC market range.
“People who are thinking of switching will have no more excuses,” Jobs
said. “Itʼs the newest and most affordable Mac ever.”
To demonstrate the competitiveness of the new Mac mini, a chart
comparing features to two similarly
priced computers is included. The
Mac mini is compared to Dellʼs $499
machine marketed for home users
and to eMachinesʼ budget model for
home users.
It is interesting to note how Apple designed the Mac mini to reduce
costs externally—removing peripherals, while maintaining high-performance internals, top-of-the-line software and good build quality. Dell and
eMachines, on the other hand, have
stripped down the systems internally.
Integrated graphics is the most glaring example. With integrated graphics
some of the ram (64MB max in the
Dell and eMachines) is siphoned off
from main memory to do video work.
This leaves less RAM available for
main memory and slows overall system performance because main memory tasks as well as video tasks are
channeled through the same bus. The
Mac miniʼs dedicated ATI graphics
processor not only is designed to do
video work, unlike standard RAM,
but it has a dedicated bus and leaves
the main memory untouched. The
hardware advantage supplied by the
ATI card coupled with a RISC processor (which typically work better for graphics applications) and
Appleʼs open-source Quartz graphics engine makes for superior overall
graphics performance.
Another drawback to the Dell and
eMachines systems is that there is no
FireWire connectivity. Fortunately
both models feature PCI slots where
FireWire ports can be added. Virtually all camcorders require FireWire.
There is no combination (DVD-R/
CD-RW) drive available for either the
Dell or the eMachines, but additional
drives can be added (software will
also be necessary, since XP Home
has limited built-in CD authoring capabilities). This can easily add $70100 to the price of these machines.
Finally both Windows PCs feature
stripped down operating systems.
XP Home is not as good as XP Pro.
Apple put its best and latest software
in the Mac mini. Also, the conspicuous absence of anti-virus software
on the Dell and eMachines systems
is most disconcerting. Turning on a
Windows-based system without antivirus software is like driving a car
without brakes. Norton Anti-virus is
~$50.
It is disappointing that Apple used
the 4200-RPM hard drive found in its
notebooks on the Mac mini, but the
effect of the reduced disk speed is
probably of little consequence. Also,
an IBM made 64-bit G5 processor
would have been nice. It is likely
that once cooling issues are resolved,
the G5 processor will migrate to the
entire Apple line including the notebooks, the eMac, and the Mac mini.
The Dell system probably has and
edge in overall system speed, but no
benchmarks have been done on the
Mac mini, which is scheduled for
shipment on January 22nd.
There are numerous advantages
to the Mac mini, features that are inherent in any Apple computer. The
hardware and software are developed
for each other and by the same people. This generally increases overall
performance and reliability. It also
allows Apple to pack all the power
of a desktop computer into a device
that measures 2x6.5x6.5 inches, operates nearly silently, and looks as
chic as an iPod. It allows Apple to
carefully monitor build quality, too.
This explains why Apple computers
are consistently rated as the most reliable according to Consumer Reports.
It also allows Apple to provide a 1year standard warranty on the Mac
mini. Dell offers a 90-day warranty
and eMachines offers 1-year on certain parts.
Most viruses do not target Macintosh computers since they make up a
small portion of the overall computer
market, and Mac OS X is based on
BSD, an open-source, UNIX-based,
operating system known for its security and performance.
The Mac mini suits the needs of
many moderate computer users quite
well. It offers powerful creative
software that can be used to make
movies, slideshows, etc. Countless
open-source and free applications are
available for Macintosh computers
since programs developed for Linux
are easily ported to Mac OS X. The
standardized, intuitive interface is
excellent for new computer users as
well.
Unfortunately many popular games
and some applications are Windows
only, so making a Macintosh computer a primary system may not be
appropriate for all users. Since the
introduction of Mac OS X in 2000,
Apple has adopted industry standard
ports and software design principles,
allowing the Mac mini to seamlessly
integrate itself with most consumersʼ
existing peripherals. The Mac mini is
designed to become a second or even
third computer, a peripheral system that can use an existing display,
mouse, and keyboard.
With only 3% of the computer market, Apple is forced to innovate and
expand options for customers. The
last few years have been quite good
for Apple after nearly a decade of decline. Apple is one of the few major
computer manufacturers that profited
in the last year. Gateway went bankrupt. Hewlett Packard-Compaq posted a loss. Dell and eMachines posted
profits, along with Apple, the oldest
surviving computer manufacturer.
Apple, Inc. is one of the few companies that give educational discounts
(sometimes as much as 15%). Apple
and Dell also have special discounts
for IIT students.
GADDANT1@IIT.EDU
TUESDAY, JAN. 25, 2005
TECHNEWS
11
ARTS
SABINE KOLLWITZ, EDITOR
KOLLSAB@IIT.EDU
FINE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE
YEAR IN REVIEW: THE
BEST ALBUMS OF 2004
Whatʼs Cookinʼ?...
By Patrick Brown
TECHNEWS WRITER
Good Lookinʼ
By Mindy Sherman
PRODUCTION EDITOR
T
THE ARCADE FIRE-
MENOMENA“I AM THE FUN BLAME MONSTER” (Muuuuuhaha! 2003) (Official release FILMguerrero 2004)
Ok, it is a stretch a bit to put this
into the best albums of 2004, because
it was technically released by the band
in 2003, but was not really picked up
for a label release until 2004, so it is
still eligible. This is a band that perhaps not a lot of people have heard of,
but everyone should listen to. This
album is packed full of wonderfully
written and well driven songs. It has
a very interesting mix of guitar, bass,
keyboards and drums. And, it is not
what you would expect from such instrumentation. The group wrote its
own software to first create the tracks
for these songs, and then learned to
play them live. It is a technique much
more common in hip hop than in indie
rock, which makes for an interesting
album. Its variety is also a key factor
in its overall appeal, as it encompasses semi-seductive and smooth ballads
like “Rose” along with songs that just
flat out rock in “Trigga Hiccups,” and
“Monkeyʼs Back.”
“FUNERAL” (merge 2004)
If you read any music publications of an independent persuasion,
you might have heard something
about this album by now. It has received a lot of recognition and critical
acclaim, and absolutely deservedly
so. It mixes so perfectly a myriad
of emotion, relaying sensitively, and
passionately, what itʼs like to be a
kid. It could be met with cynicism if
you have no heart; but it is difficult to
not be affected by the energy behind
every song. The instrumentation is
magnetic, and The Arcade Fire has a
knack for writing beautiful melodies
which they reinforce with guitars,
keyboards, bells, accordions, and vocals. Overall the sound they create is
pure and powerful, yet refreshingly
fresh.
Peace Museum
Garfield Park field house
100 N. Central Park
INTERPOL“ANTICS” (matador 2004)
The follow up to Interpolʼs
debut “Turn on the Bright Lights.”
“Antics” is beautiful, as is “Bright
Lights” but they are not at all the
same album. Markedly more pronounced, “Antics” sound is heavier
and fuller while more simple melodically. It seems less complicated
than the instrumentation in “Bright
Lights” and the sound seems more
geared towards a distinguishable
melody (a tad more pop-culture style
than “Bright Lights”). Overall, this
album is incredible, more interesting
than the first.
XIU XIU“FABULOUS MUSCLES” (5RC
2004)
This album is at first a little bit
shocking to the naive listener. However, with lyrics and sounds as abrasive and, well, shocking as the ones
Xiu Xiu employs, it seems that is their
intention. Once past the initial difficulty of this album, it is incredibly interesting to listen to. Disturbingly (in
a good way) honest and potent lyrics
often force you to re-listen to many
songs, just to make sure you heard
what you thought you heard. This
album is also among the best of this
year because it forces you to reconsider many aspects of music. What
is and what is not a melody, a verse,
and a chorus, is often tested throughout this album. Yet when it is through
the songs hold together and flow oh so
well. If you give this a chance, which
everyone should, donʼt give up too
quickly, tracks like “I luv the valley,”
“OH!,” “Fabulous Muscles,” “Nieces
Pieces,” and “Brian the Vampire”
will reward you in the end.
he production company who brought STOMP! to the stage added a Korean twist to an already energetic percussion show. The fit was good enough to pull off a well-liked show, but any preconceptions of flying food were not
actualized during this weekʼs performance at the Chicago Theatre.
More importantly than re-working a rhythm based show, Cookinʼ actually took to stage a traditional Korean music
form based on a thousand year old tradition. Performances of the specialized Nong-ak rhythms were first developed by
Korean farmers and only later revived in 1970 by experts interested in preserving and renewing public interest. At that
time, Nong-ak became commonly referred to as Samulnori and now Cookinʼ pulls another historical revision with a
fast-paced kitchen percussion show.
The meditation-like beginning served as a pre-dinner prayer and brought focus to the stage. After most of the audience was seated, a large projection screen set the showʼs mood as four cast members appeared on stage in the candlelit
darkness. The audience began to hear perhaps their first introduction to the vibrant Samulnori rhythms. However, in this
version, Cookinʼ replaces the typical Korean percussion instruments with the typical utensils of an American restaurant
kitchen such as knives, plastic containers, pots, and pans to name a few items. The props were used to work through
scenes such as food fighting or other interactions caused by subplots.
The engaging introduction set up the main restaurant characters who would engage the audience for about an hour.
The cast was made up of four kitchen hands that animatedly prepared a wedding feast for two unsuspecting audience
members. One kitchen hand was given his job because of his family relation as the nephew of the Maitre Dʼ, the man
who kept watch and time over the easily distracted kitchen hands throughout the show.
Although described as a non-verbal show, Cookinʼs audience interaction was superb, both through hand-picked
members of the audience, and bringing down the whole house with their antics. Their mastered awareness must have
come from the showʼs long run history or sponsoring production company. Developed in 1997 and traveling after their
Off-Broadway success in 2004, production company Broadway Asiaʼs business is Broadway, especially with the rights
to Rodgers & Hammerstein Theater in no less than five Asian countries. With a company of this scale, it was surprising
to see a show of less than their projected potential.
Another major surprise of the evening was the lack of accidents! With how fast the kitchen hands were swinging
their knives around each other, their true injury rate was a source of amusement throughout the show. The interruptions
to the spellbinding slices, dices, chops and beats were disappointingly filled with slow-paced comedy, dance, and simple
plot lines that attempted to play off Asian stereotypes like “Mortal Combat.”
If pulled off successfully, Cookinʼ potentially has a much larger audience than the two million people worldwide
they currently tout, half of which are reported as Korean. The showʼs claim is true however, that you will never look at
food the same way again. Although the show did suffer some dull spots, by the end, the time was flying as fast as the
cabbage was!
EARLIMART“TREBLE AND TREMBLE” (Palm
2004)
Earlimartʼs first album “Everyone Down Here” is very impressive.
So, when they released a new album,
it was worth a listen to. It is difficult
to explain why this band is liked so
much. They are not doing anything
particularly out of the ordinary, and
their music might would fall by the
way side to a casual listener. It is not
even particularly subtle, but it is well
done. Every track on this album is
simple yet effective. The lyrics and
vocals blend so perfectly with the
tone of the music, and so the band
relays each song clearly. Perhaps the
fact that their songs are so pure and
unobscured by technicalities is what
makes each song so accessible and
personal on this amazing album.
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images of the ongoing war in Iraq by
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TUESDAY, JAN. 25, 2005
TECHNEWS
ENTERTAINMENT
SPENCER JAMES ELLIOTT-MANHEIM ESQUIRE, EDITOR
Year in
preview
Editorʼs Welcome
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By James Tschirhart
TECHNEWS WRITER
T
he year 2004 was a year of great
cinema integrity with amazing titles year round, including The
Aviator, Ray, The Incredibles, Sideways, and Collateral to name a few.
Yes, itʼs a tough choice as to who
will come out on top at the Oscars
this year. However, it is 2005 now,
and with another year comes more
thrills at the theater. And what a year
it will be. This year seems to show as
much promise as the last, and to clue
you into what to look forward to this
year, hereʼs a list of top 10 movies to
look for in the coming year (according to my opinion).
10) The Hitchhikerʼs Guide to the
Galaxy – Coming May 6th
The long-awaited popular scifi/comedy novel by Douglas Adams
is finally making its debut on the big
screen. Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) is having a rough time in his
life. As if things couldnʼt get any
worse, the planet Earth gets blown
to smithereens by an alien race making way for an intergalactic highway.
But right before the catastrophe,
Dent is saved by his friend Ford Prefect (Mos Def) who turns out to be an
alien. The movie chronicles the twoʼs
adventures through space as they encounter a two-headed alien named
Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell),
a paranoid android (Voiced by Alan
Rickman) and a leader of an alien
cult (John Malkovich).
9) Howlʼs Moving Castle – Coming
in June to Select Cities
The famous anime director
Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away,
Princess Mononoke) makes a stunning return that broke Japanese box
office records in his new film, which
it is the first of his that is based off
of anotherʼs work. The story follows
Sophie, a young girl who crosses
paths with an evil sorceress that turns
her into an old woman. She is forced
to leave her family and ventures out
to seek a way of breaking her curse
in a moving castle that she takes refuge in.
8) Jarhead – Coming November
11th
Based on the true accounts in the
book of the same title by Marine Anthony Swofford, the movie, directed
by Sam Mendes (American Beauty,
Road to Perdition), follows Anthony
(Jake Gyllenhaal) as he goes through
boot camp and active duty only to be
stationed in Saudi Arabia right before
Desert Storm. There he joins fellow soldiers Sergeant Sykes (Jamie
Foxx) and Private Troy (Peter Sarsgaard) and his commanding officer
(Chris Cooper) as they try to figure
out their purpose in them being in the
Middle East.
7) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Coming July 15th
I think everyone knows the story of this movie from our childhoods.
Yes, itʼs another remake, but donʼt
be fooled, for Tim Burton (Edward
Scissorhands, Big Fish) is lending
his dark and twisted imagination to
the classic Roald Dahl story of Charlie and his fortune in finding one of
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Freeze frame from “Sin City,” the most anticipated movie of 2005.
t is 2005! The year of Fun, HD, Digital Music, and all-around happy feelings and kind thoughts! The best of which will be featured in TechNewsʼ
brand-new Entertainment section. Look here from now on to find reviews
and previews of music, movies, concerts, and video games new and old. Expect plenty of sound viewing advice from IITʼs own resident film connoisseur
James Tschirhart, our featured film and theater critic. We are here to provide
you with the IIT studentʼs opinion so that you, the TechNews reader and IIT
associate will be better prepared to relate to the criticsʼ viewpoint. Please note
that our weekly publication is not the best forum for performance listings
and would not attempt to compete with such established and reliable online
resources devoted to such frivolities. Please consider Fandango (.com), the
Chicago Reader (Chireader.com) and the Onionʼs A.V. Club (theonionavclub.
com). Two of these also have print editions hidden throughout the Chicagoland
community. Can you guess which ones? Yay! Entertainment!
Music for the Nonconformist
By Alexander Belzer
NEWS EDITOR
Artist: The Blood Brothers
Album: Crimes
ot a band for the conformist
or those with strictly narrow definitions of what good
music is, the Blood Brothers have
always stood as a band uniquely set
apart from all the rest. Referred to
as spaz-core by Thursdayʼs Geoff
Rickley, the hardcore-punk-rock
Seattle based Blood Brothers simply cannot be classified by any one
word by conventional terminology.
The Blood Brothers are a mélange of
different styles that make their music
ultimately their own; no other bands
sound quite like them, nor could they
if they tried. It is this reason why
their latest endeavor, Crimes, could
perhaps be one of the best albums of
2004. They rewrite the rules to suit
their artistic melodies; they follow
a style all their own. Indeed, the unconventional seems to be a running
theme for the band, from their lyrics
to the two vocalistʼs bizarre voices;
Crimes is an unforgettably original
listening experience.
Crimes makes one remember why
we refer to bands as artists in the first
place; this is not music as entertainment like so many mediocre cookiecutter MTV bands. This is music as
art. The Blood Brothers have such
a strong devotion to their craft they
even risk losing their hardcore fans
by drastically changing their style
on Crimes. Much less screaming and
much more melodic duets is heard
when compared to previous albums.
Although Crimes is the second album
after they signed onto a major record
label, the Blood Brothers have still
refused to sell out. Instead of catering to fans or to the masses, the Blood
Brothers went off in their own artistic
direction with fantastic results.
The album opens with “Feed
Me to the Forest,” a track that all at
once introduces the listener to the
Blood Brothers violent but surprisingly deep lyrics and chaotic song
structure. In their last album, Burn
Piano Island, Burn, the Blood Brothers raged against corporate America.
In this song the Blood Brothers continue that theme: “Get in your car
drive to your job, like a train thatʼs
being robbed.” The Blood Brothers
have always been strong lyrically,
all the while raging against the music industry, consumer society, and
over-industrialization.
However,
rather than recycle lyrics from past
albums or lighten their typically dark
content, they expand upon previous
themes and even go into new territo-
ry. In their atypical love song, “Love
Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck,”
I was surprised to find the Brothers
take an overdone genre of song and
create one of the strongest tracks on
the album that weaves a sadistic tale
of love, loss and disfigurement.
Unfortunately, one of the weakest
songs on the album, “Trash Flavored
Trash,” became the bands first single.
On an album of almost all amazing
songs, one can let it slide. For newcomers, perhaps it is best to listen
to “Peacock Skeleton with Crooked
Feathers” and “My First Kiss at the
Public Execution,” both which have
surprisingly catchy choruses that
earned this album the label “evilpop” by other critics. I refer to it as
anti-pop. Up until the end, Crimes
continued to surprise and scare the
pants off of listeners. Even months
after purchasing the album, one can
still discover layers in the song that
were previously unappreciated.
However, the Blood Brothers are
certainly an acquired taste. This is perhaps in part because of the hardcore
nature of the band and also because
of the duel vocalists. If one isnʼt put
off by Jordan Billieʼs deep-throated,
perverted vocals, then they certainly
will be by Johnny Whitneyʼs highpitched screeching. In order to truly
appreciate this band, one has to forego any preconceived notion of what
good music sounds like. Predictably
formulaic song structure? The Brothers throw that out the window. Perfect vocals? Forget it. While one
listens to the brother it is best to keep
in mind that this is music as art—and
sometimes art is ugly.
Perhaps Crimes isnʼt the best album of 2004, but it certainly is the
most innovative. In an industry where
everything sounds recycled (bands
like Franz Ferdinand make one reminisce about New Wave), the Blood
Brothers surprise and delight with the
refreshing audio anarchy they wreak
upon listenerʼs ears. This is dark, evil,
anti-pop at its finest. Kudos to a band
that sticks it to conformity, hard.
five golden tickets to Willy Wonkaʼs
(Johnny Depp) chocolate factory
whom no one has seen the inside of
for 15 years. One can only wonder
about the Oompa-Loompas. Be sure
to look for Burtonʼs other movie
coming out September 23rd, the animated, Nightmare Before Christmaslike The Corpse Bride.
in his philosophical Waking Life
where he films the actors and animates over the actors. In this movie,
Fred (Keanu Reeves) is a police officer addicted to a drug called Substance D – which splits the addicts
mind into two personalities – while
trying to bust a notorious drug dealer
named Bob Arctor. Little does Fred
know, he himself is Bob Arctor.
Terminal, Minority Report) and Tom
Cruise team up again in another scifi epic, in which Spielberg wants to
make it the “film of the decade”. The
classic H.G. Wells novel is updated
so that the story follows a suburban
family trying to survive a Martian
attack in the present day. The script
has been closely guarded and not
much else is known. It is rumored
that this could very well be the most
expensive movie ever made.
style and coolness from every frame
shown in its trailer. Based off the
popular Frank Miller comics, Robert
Rodriguez (Once Upon A Time in
Mexico, Desperado) directs and even
gave up his position in the Directorʼs
Guild to collaborate with Miller himself to stay as true to the comics as
much as possible. Like “Pulp Fiction”, the story follows three different
stories in Basin City that all somehow
connect together. The movie boasts a
huge cast with names like Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Elijah Wood, Mickey Rourke, and Benicio Del Toro to
name some.
And that wraps up my top 10 to
look for in 2005. Some other movies that are worthy of note are The
Weather Man (Filmed right here
in Chicago), Chronicles of Narnia,
Rent, The Producers, The Fountain,
Unleashed, and Elizabethtown.
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6) Batman Begins – Coming June
17th
A reminder folks, this is not a
prequel. It is a re-telling of the Batman universe starting over at the
pivotal moment when Bruce Wayne
(Christian Bale, thatʼs right you CB
fans itʼs Patrick Bateman) became
the Dark Knight. Directed by Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia),
the movie takes us back to the dark
vision that Tim Burton had created in
the first two Batman movies. With an
all-star cast of Liam Neeson, Morgan
Freeman, Gary Oldman, Katie Holmes, Ken Watanabe, and Michael
Caine.
5) A Scanner Darkly – Coming
September 16th
Richard Linklater is at it again
(School of Rock, Before Sunrise)
in this animated sci-fi adaptation of
Philip K. Dickʼs novel. Linklater is
using the same technique as he used
4) Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith – Coming May
20th
The conclusion to the Star Wars
prequels. It is three years after the
Clone Wars began, and it is nearly
at an end as Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan
McGregor) is sent to bring justice to
General Grievous. While in the Senate, Chancellor Palpatine is reforming the Republic into the Galactic
Empire. As for Anakin Skywalker
(Hayden Christensen), he is slowly
being lured to the Dark Side of the
Force as he spends more and more
time with the conniving Palpatine.
Well, George, this is it. This could
very well make or break the series.
3) War of the Worlds – Coming
July 1st
Another remake of a classic
story, but also helmed by an incredible director. Steven Spielberg (The
2) King Kong – Coming December
14th
You guessed it, a remake. Following his Oscar sweep last year with
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King,
Peter Jackson is remaking the classic
1933 movie of a group of explorers
in search of the giant ape (who is being played by Ander Serkis (Gollum),
no less). It is said that Jackson had
$200 million at his expense to make
this movie (Thatʼs as much as Titanic
was made for, folks). So, it is safe to
be sure this movie is going to be as
big as the title character itself.
1) Sin City – Coming April 1st
Yes, this is the movie Iʼve been
looking forward to the most this year.
While the highly altered environments
and visuals might throw some people
off, this movie is just oozing film noir
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Blood Brothers
Coming next
week: Reviews
of Spamalot
and The Life
Aquatic with
Steve Zissou
TECHNEWS
TUESDAY, JAN. 25, 2005
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SPORTS
SCARLET HAWKS ATHLETICS
MATTHEW HELLAND, EDITOR
HELLMAT@IIT.EDU
NHL: Cancelled!
Swim team conquers Florida
By Jon Murawski
By Marina Hartung
TECHNEWS SPORTS WRITER
TECHNEWS SPORTS WRITER
I
lustery cold swept Chicago during the week of January 3rd through the 9th, which the swim team avoided by
conducting their winter training trip down in sunny Florida. While a trip to Florida during the winter sounds
like a vacation, in fact, it was anything but. Let me explain our cruel and unusual torments.
If anyone happened to be in Keating over break when the swimmers “scrimmaged” the womanʼs basketball team, you would understand from the complete annihilation we suffered that we are, alas, not runners. It was
pathetically obvious that most of the team was unable to make the transition from water to land. So, while down in
St. Petersburg, Coach Bond would drop his team off at The Pier, and tell them that they had X amount of time to run
from The Pier to the pool (1.5 miles away). Then, he and Coach Hitchen (the other chaperone) would drive away in
the teamʼs vans, leaving them to brave the elements and make it to the pool safely. Miraculously, they made it. This
torment kept repeating most days and occasionally resulted in not only running to the pool before practice, but BACK
to The Pier afterwards.
The team swam in an Olympic size training pool, which is 50 meters by 25 yards, more than twice the length
of Keating. Some enjoyed the distance, while others did not.
While training and exhausted, the team swam in a meet in Daytona Beach. Ever tried to compete at something when you were fatigued? It usually doesnʼt have very pretty results. Even so, they gave it their best effort and
did rather well overall.
Coach Bond liked to give out things he calls “challenges”. The team endured a large amount of these over the
break. For example, the swimmers could get out of practice 10 minutes early if 15 of the 20 people could make 50
meters underwater. Since it took about five or so minutes for us to complete the task, it didnʼt seem quite worth it.
But then again, it was so worth it just to get out of ANY practice.
Over the entire week, they had double two hour practices each day. However, this was just a taste of the school
year, where they undergo double training.
While their trip to Florida was definitely not a vacation, they would do it all over again in a heartbeat. Their
winter training period of three weeks is the hardest, most vigilant, and exhausting part of their season; the part that
pushes them to their best possible physical shape. Without this training, their performance in about a month, at the
NAIA Nationals meet, would be disappointing. So, as unfortunate as their training may seem at first glance, Coach
Bond seems to know what heʼs doing. For which they are extremely grateful.
t is official, the 2004-2005 hockey season is cancelled, and the current
lockout of the season may continue throughout next season as well. Trevor
Linden, president of the NHLPA (National Hockey League Playerʼs Association) made it abundantly clear that negotiations are frozen for the time
being. The National Hockey League is insisting that a hard individual team
salary cap is the only solution for future hockey to be played, and the NHL is
not prepared or willing to compromise in any way. The leagueʼs lack of cooperation has been notable throughout the seasonʼs meetings and is making it impossible for any progress to save the rest of the 2004-2005 season. The league
is in favor to disperse players from high-payroll teams to lower-payroll teams
in order to get all thirty teams between the range of the minimum/maximum of
spending. Since this conclusion is absurd, the players association has rejected
it completely. With the players wanting more money and more freedom for
veteran salary negotiations, the NHL is trying to cut back expenses not only for
rookies, but for the average yearly earnings for the players in general.
For those who live in a cave:
The 2004-2005 hockey season has been cancelled for almost three and
half months now. With the players agreeing to adjust current payrolls to any
appropriate amount, the NHL has offered several unsuitable options. No agreement can be made with both sides yearning the opposite results. For example,
the players agree on a “revenue-sharing system.” They are willing to cut entrylevel salaries that will save the league an annual amount of $60 million. Plus,
they would put a limit on team spending payrolls and luxury taxes, which
again will give the NHL $30-$35 million to disperse to lower income teams, in
general, the high-revenue teams will help aid the lower-income teams. BUT,
the NHL wants more payroll cuts and less spending per team. As a result, a
solution has yet to be agreed upon.
B
Quick Facts
Total days of lockout:
128
Total days of season missed:
101
Total games missed:
676 of 1,230 regular-season games (55 percent) plus the
2005 All-Star Game
Negotiations:
The sides held meetings on Wednesday and Thursday in Chicago and Toronto without NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman
and union head Bob Goodenow. Although both parties said
the dialogue was good, they agreed that strong philosophical
differences still exist. No new talks have been scheduled.
Proposals:
The NHL rejected a playersʼ association proposal, and its
own counteroffer was turned down during a 31⁄2-hour session Dec. 14.
League loss:
The league lost 273 million dollars in 2002-2003 and
224 million dollars in 2003-2004 due to player costs
SCARLET HAWKS ATHLETICS
This Week
Tuesday
1/25
Thursday
1/27
Friday
1/28
Saint Francis
7:00 PM
Swimming
Monday
1/31
Sunday
1/23
Monday
1/24
at Lindenwood
1:00 PM
Tuesday
1/18
Wednesday
1/19
Thursday
1/20
Lost, 52-65
Purdue Calumet
Friday
1/21
Saturday
1/22
at Saint Francis
7:30 PM
Lost, 60-100
at Saint Xavier
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Basketball
Sunday
1/30
at Indiana S. Bend
3:00 PM est.
Swimming
Last Week
Saturday
1/29
Indiana S. Bend
7:00 PM
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Basketball
Wednesday
1/26
Lost, 74-89
at Trinity Christian
Lost, 72-86
Saint Xavier
Millikin
Cancelled
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DAISY AGOSE, EDITOR
COMICS
TUESDAY, JAN. 25, 2005
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-ORETHANYOUTHINK