-- 1LI · -L I s -- I · I Il Walker groups worried Administrators call student fears nonsense By Brian Rosenberg to Bradley, who entered MIT as a in and out of student-assigned Changes to several rooms in member of the Class of 1976. space." Walker Memorial have caused "People were disturbed by things Report recommended many student groups to fear that they were seeing [in Walker]," he they will lose their spaces. They said. converting Walker are worried about hostility from The committee has members The Walker committee believes the Campus Activities Complex from several organizations, but the changes in Walker are part of and expansion by the School of most will not admit their mem- a plan by the School of Human- Humanities and Social Science. bership out of "fear of reprisals ities, particularly the Program in The groups, particularly the from the CAC," said Bradley, Theater Arts and Dance, to humor magazine Voo Doo and who acts as a spokesman for the assume control of the building. the Special Effects Club, began group. He added that "Voo Doo Committee members cite a to worry after a'third floor dark- is willing to be open [about their 1988 report, "Accommodating room was padlocked last Novem- membership] because we have the Performing Arts at MIT," as ber. The installation of a lock on nothing to lose" from conflict the basis for their suspicions. The the third floor showers and the with the CAC. report outlines four alternatives renovation of room 201 also Phillip J. Walsh, director of for giving the performing arts Kristine AuYeung/The Tech caused concern, according to Bri- the CAC, said that groups in more space. The choices range -Institute Professor Noam A. Chomsky (beft) and Robert an E. Bradley '89, a Voo Doo Walker had nothing to worry from using only existing space to Kuttner of 7he Boston Globe respond to questions af- staff member. about. "[The idea of CAC repri- building a comprehensive theater ter speaking on the 'media's impact on public con- Concerned groups banded sals] is one of the most, ludicrous and dance complex on campus. .sensus. together to form the Walker things I've ever heard. I don't The cheapest of these plans, Memorial Committee, according have any authority to shift people involving no new construction, recommends converting either Morss Hall or the Walker gymna- sium to a drama and dance the- Coop0s rebate drops to 5.5 percent ater. The report states, "The functional aspects of the program By Katherine Shim statement for the fiscal year that fort to bolster its sales. Dickson named chairman suggest that additional elements ended on June 30, net sales "We are concerned with the of the board . . . also be located on the third The annual Harvard Coopera- fo-r FY 1990 amounted to fact that the Coop is trying to be MIT Senior Vice President floor of Walker." Ovadia R. tive Society patronage: rebate for $62,677,985, down from too many things at once," Pil William R. Dickson '56 was Simha, director of planning, be- the 1989-90 fiscal year dipped to $64,431,615 in 1989., Net earn- said. "From student criticism that named chairman and chief execu- lieves nothing is happening with 5.5 percent, according to James ings for 1990 amounted to we've gotten, it seems that the tive officer of the Coop. He the report or its recommenda- J. Argeros, president of the $585,797, while net earnings for Coop covers too many bases and succeeds Milton P. Brown, who tions. '"To my knowledge, noth- Coop. 1989 were $762,419. none of them really well. We are had been chairman since 1964. ing has been done to implement This year's drop marks a gen- Thomas Wagner, comptroller trying to make the Coop more re- Brown, a professor of retailing at that option [of converting the eral decline in the rebate, which of the Coop, cited a number of sponsive - and hopefully a little Harvard, is retiring. Walker gym to a theater].... was as highas nine to 10 percent causes for the decrease in profits, more profitable - without rais- Dickson is the first chairman There is no commitment to con- T in the mid-1980s. Last year's including rent increases, an ex- ing the prices to enhance the of the board affiliated with MIT, verting space to humanities use." rebate was Tao. percent', while pensive advertising campaign profit." Argeros said. (Please turn to page 27) the rebate for 1987-88 was 7.8 launched in an effort to over- percent. come lagging sales, higher payroll The total allotment for patron- and property taxes, and a general age refurnds'this year amounted decline in the Massachusetts Security van awaits approval to $1,9278000. The allotment -was economy. By Sophia Yen will poll students and try to ex- pendent on student feedback," $2,492,00 in 1989, Argeros said. The Coop has been particular- A security minivan service that pand the van service. Singer said. "The administration Patronage rebates are deter- ly hurt in music sales due to in- would shuttle students and staff "Eventually, the goal is to is listening to us, and doing mined from total eamings- from creased competition from special- around campus and to most liv- make it like a shuttle bus - something directly for us.... member business during the fis- ty stores like Tower Records and ing groups, including fraternities, something more than a van to The student safety committee can cal year. Newbury Comics. The Coop also awaits approval by the adminis- call on demand, something with push for whatever students "We didnI decide to lower it, experienced increased competi- tration, said Stacy E. McGeever set routes and a schedule," want." it just happened to be that profits tion in the sale of insignia cloth- '93, Undergraduate Association said Jennifer B. Singer '92, co- "People don't realize that this were less, and therefore the re- ing. In past years, the Coop had secretary general. chairperson of the committee. campus in not safe," she said. bate was lower," said Pieter Pil enjoyed dominance in these de- The UA came up with the idea "This would be a pilot program. "It's not safe to walk across the G, a student member on the partments. of the security van, and asked The administration wants to see bridge at night." Coop's board of directors. The Coop is currently reevalu- Stephen D. Immerman, director how much students use this "As long as you are in their -According to the financial ating its sales approach in an ef- of MIT special services, to write service." range, they would pick you up," the van proposal and take care of "The effectiveness is highly de- McGeever said. legal matters, MIcGeever said. M IT sixth iin rankings "The security van will go to MIT parking lots and all dorms BRy Joanna Stone enth in last year's survey. and fraternities except Epsilon The good news is that MIT The universities which received Theta and Zeta Beta Tau, be- t. .·.~'~··.'-:-"7 was ranked second in the nation higher overall ratings than MIT cause they are too far away," she for academic reputation - ahead were, in order from first to fifth, explained. of that other university in Harvard University, Stanford The proposal asks the adminis- Cambridge. University, Yale University, trationn to purchase a van and However, the Institute was Princeton University, and the hire a professional to drive it ano I'.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I· · ~~~~~~~~··, ·· ~ ~ ~ ~4 '~', f ane- ranked sixth overall -this year California Institute of Tech- from "dusk until dawn, which among "national universities" in nology. is about from 6 pm to 4 am," US News & World Report maga- The criteria behind the ranking McGeever said. zine's annual "Amtrica's Best included student selectivity, According to the UA, Immer- Colleges' survey, up from sev- (Please turn to page 2) man must finalize the proposal with, Senior Vice President Wil- ILI d · Cd -I- IL- - 111 - liam R. Dickson '56 before the campus security plan can begin. The UA hopes the security van service will go into effect the first .2AoeP yCwd.Mr-d.e.Wk thmany. week of November. "The primary interest is safety, . wosuldon.e;.*litf~e on .Sit teem. 10am "tfot.top, not convenience. You cannot just call if you are cold," McGeever I said. "Other than that, the shut- items utatgolstornhe .&So.stle ever tle will be available on demand.' S, OP,jfe So .t.' ' .. s r A Ot-'t&, Those in need of the security -"A" g:e'2.
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fl Israel accuses world of hypocrisy US will not leave Saudi desert 99 r._ Israel continues to defy the condemnation from around The United States is not about to fold its tent and leave the world that resulted from the deaths ot 19 Palestinians the Saudi Desert, warned Defense Secretary Dick Cheney in Jerusalem last week. The world is guilty of hypocrisy, in a BBC broadcast interview yesterday. He said that the Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize said Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, because it is ignoring US forces will stay as long as the Saudis want them - Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail S. Gorbachev has been attacks on Israelis while condemning the deaths of the even if that means years. However, he also said that the named this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, credited with Palestinians. The Bush administration would like to see United States does not want to bring the issue to a fight, the ending of the Cold War. "He has taken a decisive role Israel cooperate with the UN team that is supposed to in- and added that Iraq has begun to feel the pangs from in bringing the superpowers out of confrontation," the deaths - something Israel said it will international economic sanctions. 99 vestigate last week's Nobel committee stated within the text of the award. not do. Meanwhile, President George Bush compared Iraqi Gorbachev said that the award leaves him speechless. President Saddam Hussein to Hitler, pointing out - as a Former President Ronald Reagan said the award was a warning to Iraqis - that Hitler's henchmen faced the well-deserved tribute, while President George Bush re- Nuremberg Trials after World War II. marked that the United States continues to work with the Beirut's Green Line comes down Soviets for "regional and international peace." A bulldozer yesterday began tearing down a section of Iraq says it's ready to fight the five-mile border known as the "Green Line," which The newspaper of Iraq's ruling Ba'ath party said yester- separates the Christian and Moslem sections of Beirut. day that Iraqis "are ready to meet the American troops." This, after the crushing of an 11-month mutiny led by re- l__ According to an editorial, if Americans start the fight, bel Christian General Michel Aoun. Aoun took refuge in Iraq will finish it for them. It stated that for the the French embassy on Saturday, and is asking to leave Americans, "destruction will be total." the country. Insurance companies contest claims of financial trouble The chief executive officer of Liberty Mutual Insurance
9' Company said yesterday that a consumer group was _~; iill ~~sl US airlines Suffer wrong in claims yesterday that the Boston-based company from Persian Gulf Crisis and four others are financially shaky. Robert Gruhl also said the claim is irresponsible. He was responding to a report released in Washington, DC, by Public Citizen. The Persian Gulf crisis has taken its toll on--the US air- Congress nears budget agreement The group contends that five major insurance companies "'Expect to be less rich after Congress gets through with line industry. The president of the Air Transport Associa- could go broke in a major economic downturn. The five its new tax plan," Senate Minority Leader George J. tion, Robert Aaronson, said the airlines will suffer a $1 are Liberty Mutual, Aetna, the Hartford Insurance Mitchell (D-IME) warned wealthy American's yesterday. billion loss in the final quarter of 1990 due to the increase Group, American International Group, and Untied States The question is how to structure the tax hike part of a in jet fuel costs. Aaronson said the industry has never lost Fidelity and Guaranty. The consumer group did not say that much in an entire year. He has called for intervention package to rein in the budget deficit. House Democrats any of the firms is near insolvency, but it did say they to prevent what he calls "rampant speculation" in petro- want to raise the top rate for the income tax, and their were suffering from low premium volume, high claims, colleagues in the Senate propose limiting deductions for leum products on the commodities market. and a poor return on their investments. -Spokesmen for the wealthy. House Minority Leader Robert H. Michel several of the other companies also strongly disputed the (R-IL) said that with the Democratic majority in Con- findings. gress, he feels like he is stuck in the path of a steamroller. Yet, he retains the hope that something more to the Re- Leonard Bernstein dies at 72 publicans liking-will enierge from conference committee. State tax revenue still decreasing - .C -f . l , aj7, ;ts99' i r.,. a ,,1 n ''Adviso's to.qov. Michael S. Dukakis-say state and-na- Seiji Ozawa, the conductor of the Boston Symphony 'tional economic slowdowns could push tax collections Orchest a, had. tears. in shnieyes. asis talkeJ. withreporters. evenI lodwetr Members of'the g'vernovs Revenue Advisory I Flag-burning could about thie late Leonard Bernstein. Ozawa said it was pain- Board estimate that tax collections thisiyear could be $200 ful to reflect on the memory of a mentor, a good friend million lower than was predicted in Augusit..At. that time -- - .rise-from- own ashes and a cblleague. He credited Bernstein with the start of it was believed that revenue would be $460 million short. TThe Supreme Court is again firing up the issue of flag- his professional career. While in his mid-20s, Ozawa be- State programs have already been cut'sharply"because of bbrning - this time by setting aside the conviction of a came on of Bernstein's assistants at the New York Phil- slumping tax collections. Minnesota man. It ruled, on.ag, appals court decision re- harmonic. Ozawa said.he had no money, but Bernstein sulting from 'a demniristration in 1988. The appellate court gave him food and dribk -and helped his family in other said the man's arrest-and prosecution were justified be- ways.;Ozawa said Bernstein was dedicated to helping State employees being laid off -cause they were intended to prevent further breaches of along young conductors. The governor's administration chief said that the state the peace. But the justices told the court to re-study a free Bernstein died on Sunday in his New York apartment at sent layoff notices to more than 1300 workers yesterday. speech challenge to the conviction. The -Supreme Court age 72. He had been in ill health recently. A native of By the end of the week, this total will surpass 1700. The has already ruled that burning the flag can be a constitu- Lawrence, Bernstein grew up in Boston and became the layoffs are part of the budget cuts announced recently by tionally permissible form of political expression. first native-born musician to conduct a major US Orches- Gov. Michael S. Dukakis. Secretary of Administration tra. He' also was known for his composing and teaching. and Finance L. Edward Lashman compared the cutbacks He had a long association with the Tanglewood summer to a plant closing. He said the workers are gone for good sessions of the Boston Symphony. Tanglewood dedicated because there is no money for them. Lashman noted that Stealth bomber barely survives much.;of its 1989 summer programs to him. another 700 workers could lose their jobs by the end of The Senate has narrowly rejected an amendment' that the fiscal year next June. He added that a little more than would have stopped production of the- Stealth bomber. eight percent of the layoffs will come from management, The measure would have eliminated about $2.7 billion though managers represent six percent of the workforce. that Bush had asked for to buy two new bombers. Con- A second newspaper struction of the bombers would have been stopped at six aircraft. The vote came as the Senate tried to finish up bans NC-17 ads State dentists to report child abuse work on a $268 billion spending bill for the current fiscal A new group is urging Massachusetts dentists to report year. A California newspaper, The Sacramento Union, has suspected child abuse. Organizers say they are required by joined an Alabama paper in refusing to carry ads for state law to make the reports. They said dentists are often movies with the new "NC-17" rating. The rating, which the first health care workers to see signs of abuse and ne- excludes all patrons under age 17, was created to replace glect among their young patients. But they said dentists Rubes' By Leigh Rubin the old "X" -rating that has become linked to hard-core often do not recognize or report the problems. A spokes- pornography. The Union's editor, Joseph Farah, said man said dentists are unsure how to report the problems. NC-17 movies are "nothing more than X-rated films with A spokesman said dentists are unsure how to report and a polite new name." are worried about their legal liabilities.
Americans improving diets slightly a a A preliminary version of a report says that Americans 0 are doing better whernit comes to diet, but are still eating too much fat, cholesterol and sodium. The Department of Nice and clear . . . Agriculture's report on eating habits was the focus of a A cold front which moved through our area last meeting of the American Dietetic Association in Denver. night will be followed by a high pressure center that The USDA is'encouraging Americans to eat less of the will give us clear skies for the next few days. Winds bad things, more of the good and maintain a healthy will calm down, and temperatures will rise slightly weight. for Thursday.
Tuesday: Clear and nice. High 63°F (17'C). Tuesday night: Clear. Low 47 F (8 C). Winds Few Americans are happy with US diminishing to 5-10 mph (8-16 kph). Wednesday: Sunny. High 62°F (170C). Low 49 F If you feel as though America is going down the tubes, (90 C). you are not alone, according to results of a Washington Thursday: Sunny and slightly warmer. High 68°F Post-ABC News poll. It says that only 19 percent of peo- (20 0C). ple surveyed agree that things in this country are "general- Forecast by Yeh-Kai Tung ly going in the right direction." Seventy-nine percent be- I lieve that "things have gotten pretty seriously off on the Compiled by Joanna Stone wrong -track." and Brian Rosenberg _~ PAGE 4 The Tech TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1990 tl II r I LII1 is' ' L·C I - -_I,
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I've enjoyed reading the cross-debate between it. I hold it up proudly as a symbol of my new- MIT Pro-Life and the various people who disagree found masculinity that I have overcome the tempta- with them. Here's a recap of the recent debate in tion of a gynecological examination. Yes, I am a case you're just tuning in. born-again Man. Two issues ago, The Tech received a copy of a There are some of you men out there who contin- letter to Arnold N. Weinberg, head of the MIT ue to sin against your manhood. I can see you now, Medical Department. The letter requested rebates slipping in to some obscure ob/gyn office to have a of the portion of MIT health insurance money be- quick exam with a doctor, hoping the guys back ing used to fund abortions, for those who wish home won't find out somehow. them. This was a repeat of a request from last You probably feel a deep, hidden shame about February. It was lengthy but intelligent and well- your secret desire to slip on one of those tasteful written. More importantly, it was signed by 112 robes and undergo a full exam. Well, brothers, I people. understand. I've been there, and it wasn't pretty. Then, last issue, Teceh Managing Editor Daniel A. Now that I've been a born-again Man for a few Sidney G wrote a column in response. It was intelli- years, I can talk about those days of hedonism. So I gent, succinct, and very convincing. The Graduate suppose you can imagine my intense anger at being Student Council then announced that it will be dis- told that a portion of my MIT insurance money is cussing a proposal to prevent the abortion rebates going to fund gynecological examinations! from starting. I am a man. I am proud to be a man, and I stand Now, in this very issue, you can see two more let- by all the principles of manhood. As a man, I am ters to the editor, one for the abortion rebate, one opposed to any man,' including myself, having a against. Both are very well argued, but it seems to gynecological exam. me that we've come to an impasse in the debate. Naturally I wouldn't try to impose these beliefs I agree withl MIT Pro-Life, at least, to a certain on any other group. I mean, how could you possi- degree. I think the only problem with the group's bly take a belief of your own and impose it on all proposal is that they don't go far enough. They other groups like that? It would be terrible to do. only try to tackle one topic, abortion. What they So if people who believe in the tenets of woman- ignore is that, there are other issues which cause hood (i.e., women) want to continue to have gyne-
4~ 0 moral dilemmas. cological examinations, I will not object. However, I want an Volume 1 10, Number 41 Tuesday, October 16, 1990 optional refund of that portion of MIT insur- Chairman ...... Deborah A. Levinson '91 0 TAULK ance money which goes Editor in Chief ...... Prabhat Mehta '91 X)C:rOR. I'M toward gynecological Business Manager ...... Russell Wilcox '91 JtcF-BUT~!/ exams. I do not have Manlaging Editor ...... Daniel A. Sidney G such exams, and I dis- agree with the concept News Editors ...... Andrea Lamberti '91 9 A' of men having them. Reuven M. Lerner '92 I consider the idea of Qpiopi n Editor ...... Michael J. Franklin '88 .J J} men having a gyneco- Spwo Edftor ...... David Rothstein '91 Arts Editor ...... Peter E. Dunn G logical exam akin to Photography Edftors ...... Sean Dougherty '93 medieval torture, or Douglas D. Keller '93 even murder. (You draw Contributing Editors ...... Joaathan Richmond G the mental picture your- Marie E. V. Coppola '90 self.) I cannot condone Lois Eaton '92 Em RAVI such activities and want Advertising Mbnaga er ...... M...... ark E. Haseltine '92- 'PRRLWCE. WRNW4K; that portion of my mon- Production Manager ...... Ezra Peisach '89 I Ano~~~s_ eye2 back. I can hear the abor- NEWS STAFF tion opponents now. Associate News Editors: Dave Watt G. Joanna Stone '92, Karen itd - II~Bl\g t "Wait," they'll cry, "gy- Kaplan '93, Brian Rosenberg '93, Katherine Shim '93; Staff: Andrew L. Fish '89, Annabelle Boyd '90, Miguel Cantillo '91, necological exams are Adnan Lawai '91, Chitra K. Raman '91, Gaurav Rewari '91, Eun not akin to the murder S. Shin '91, Aileen Lee '92, Adam Chen '93, Shannon Mohr >GYN EL£C°< of an abortion!" '93, Michael Schlamp '93, Cliff Schmidt '93; Meteorologists: ug "h, yeah," answer, Robert X. Black G. Robert J. Conzernius G. Michael C. Morgan "well, any man who has G, Greg Bettinger '91, Yeh-Kai Tung '93, Marek Zebrowski. had one will tell you, PRODUCTION STAFF it's murder! Hell, most Associate Night Editors: Kristine J. Cordella '91, David Maltz women will tell you that '93; Staff: Tzu-Jun Yen '92, Sunitha Gutta '93, Jonathon Weiss I'm willing to throw my support to Pro-Life, pro- it's murder. So there you go." '93, Aaron M. Woolsey '93, Chris Council '94, Alex Dong '94, viding that they are willing to back me on an issue A plan similar to this existed for many years Jeff Galvin '94, Jeremy A. H ylton '94, Christopher Lee '94. which causes me a grand moral dilemma. This is- at all-male universities without inducing "chaos." OPINION STAFF sue, ugly as it may be, is gynecology. Then, of course, we had to be fair and right and al Associate Opinion Edhtors: Bill Jackson '93, Matthew H. Hersch I haven't had a gynecological exam in years. No, that stuff and let women have an equal opportunity. '94; Staff: Pawan Sinha G. I'm not ashamed to admit this. In fact, I'm proud. So now we areIleft with the bitter debate about I suppose there are many men among whether we should all pay for the gynecology SPORTS STAFF us who have of the Jennifer M. Moore '94. had gynecological exams, but are still ashamed of minority. So, MIT Pro-Life, carry on with your brave ARTS STAFF Tech Associate Opinion Editor Bill Jackson '93 quest. I wish you luck in your struggle and I hope Staff: Frank Gillett G, Mark Webster G, Manavendra K. Thakur has you will help me with mine. I also promise that I '87, Michelle P. Perry '89, Jigna Desai '90), Elizabeth Williams already destroyed the negatives of all the will give you much more "help,'" such as this col- '90, Paula Cuccurullo '91, I;avid Sterna '91, Alfred Armnendariz existing photos showing him in compromising gyne- '92, Sande Chen '92, Alejandro Solis '92, Kevin Frisch '93. cological positions. ummn, should the fight continue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6-Cr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~L~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - I ~~~~~~~~*1L- IP1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ · War · I IIC1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~C~~~~~~~~Bbl~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~r· 'F~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~~ PHOTOGRA PHY S TAFF Associate Photography Editors: David H. Oliver '91, Chip Buchanan '92; Staff: William Chu G, Dan MlcCarthy G, Andy g~~e~~ 1 s-=1~11~13 I Silber G, Ken Church '90, Mark D. Virtue '90, Sarath Krishnas- wamy '91, M~auricio Roman '91, Marc Wisnudel '91, Jonathan Kossuth '92, Lerothodi-Lapula Leeuw '92, Paulo Corriea '93, Abortion rebate is possible, ethical, and sound Michelle Greene '93, Wey Lead '93, Matthew Warren '93, Jeremy Yung '93. Darkroom Manager: Kristine AuYeung '91. Daniel A. Sidney G's recent -concerns. Giving those persons significantly shift the cost of FEATURES STAFF column in The Tech on the abor- who have strong ethnical objec- abortion to women. John Thompson '90, Taro Ohkawa '9 1, Chris M. Montgomery '93. tion coverage rebate ["Pro-Life tions to abortion the opportunity Men are unlikely to feign 8U,9NESS STAFF fight misguided," Oct. 121 pre- to decline abortion coverage in strong ethical objections to abor- Delinquent Accounts Manage: Jadene Burgess '93; Advertising sented a distressingly superficial MIT insurance seems to me an tion in order to garner a small Accounts Manager: Shanwei Chen '92; Staff: Ben Tao '93. analysis of the issue. appropriate way to respond to rebate. Consider Sidney's analogy with these concerns. There is, howev- -Women have-a disproportion- the man who refused to pay the era one subtle- but crucial point to ately large representation in the PRbODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE consider. anti-abortion -movement nation- Night Editor: ...... Daniel A. Sidney G fraction of his taxes that goes to Staff: Peter E. Dunn G. Sue Hagadorn '87, Halvard K. Birkeland the defense budget because he We should recognize that a wide and at MIT, so one expects '89, Ezra Peisach '89, Kristine J. Cordella '91, Deborah A. felt that the military is morally man and a women together cre- that the percentage of those seek- Levinson '91, David Rothstein '91, Douglas D. Keller '93, repugnant. Defense is a collective ate new life. We should also rec- ing -rebates who are women-will David Maltz '93. good: It is impossible to provide ognize that only the woman bears be at least roughly as large as the different levels of defense for- the physical burden of a preg- percentage of women at MIT., different nancy or abortion. I'don't The rebate The Tech OISSN 0148-9607) is published on Tuesdays and Fridays during the academic persons in the same think system has in fact year (except during MIT vacations), UWdnesdays during January and monthly during nation. that MIT insurance policies been workable and uncontrover- the summer for $17.00 per year Third Class by The Tech, Room W20-483, 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-0901. Third Class postage paid at Individual insurance coverage should confine the costs of preg- sial at Harvard University. Out of Boston, MA. NonWPro rgX. Permit No. 59720. POSTM STlt Rlease send all address changes to our mailing address: 7he Tech, PO Box 29, AMT Branch, .is a much different case. An nancy or abortion -to women.- respect-for those of us who are Cambridge, MA 02139-0901. Telephone: 1617) 253-1541. FAX: (e1l7) 258-8226. analogy between the two is But there is-little reason to deeply troubled by abortion, the Adrvertiskng, subscription, and typesetting rates aUihpbkb Entire contents O 199 Tim Tech. The Tech is a member of the AnsocWd Press. Printed by Charls Rim inappropriate. think, that optional- abortion cov- MIT community should push for Publishing, Inc. We should try to respond con- erage for those with strong ethi- an abortion rebate system. I -- I s --I - , _I I 1 Il · I structively to each other's ethical qalp.bjqctiob tto 0n *kprtti rWOld, .- ~--,. - -Douglas Galbi G L _~~~~~III- -. L-I 'L II_ , -IL I TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1990 The Tech PAGE 5 dL
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Mall -- i~ -r' " - I ,,,- i II Institute endangered student's rights (Editor's note: The Tech re- put in evidence as a dangerous -our tax money used to break up a ceived a copy of this letter weapon. We find it curious that a peaceful protest against apartheid addressed to President Paul E. young woman who had not re- in South Africa? Gray '54) sisted arrest, who was hand- Why were MIT employees in- Jennifer Y. C. Huang '90, a cuffed by two officers and then volved in the case so threatening concentrator in the Program in shoved into a van, should be to free and responsible expres- Women's Studies, was tried in charged with assault and battery. sion amongst students? Why the Middlesex County Court on Sep. Judge Arlene Hassett found vindictiveness of turning down 21 ["Huang guilty of assault," Huang guilty of assault and bat- the continuance, if not to fright- Sep. 25]. She was charged with tery. We highly doubt that a jury en those who might wish to con- 6 would have rendered such an un- tinue their protests against politi- trespassing, disturbing the peace, and assault and battery (a fel- likely verdict. Hassett asked the cal oppression? ony). prosecution if it had any objec- At its April 18, 1990 meeting, Allegedly, she committed these tions to Huang being granted a the MIT faculty passed a resolu- crimes during the April 6, 1990 continuance, a punishment under tion requesting that charges be student demonstration against whose terms Huang's record dropped against all students who apartheid in front of the Julius would be expunged after an were arrested during the April A. Stratton Student Center. agreed upon period of good be- 6, 1990 demonstration against We, the women's studies staff havior. apartheid. Yet Huang was and faculty at MIT, find it odd The district attorney walked to brought up on charges. The fac- I ulty vote was ignored by the that an MIT student should be the gallery, past Figueiredo, di- charged with crimes for demon- rectly to Campus Police Lt. Ed- administration. strating peacefully on her own ward D. McNulty, who represents We are shocked by these viola- II _1 I 1 -- - I _- campus, in front of a building in- the CPs and MIT at court pro- tions of democracy: A student is tended for a variety of student ceedings. NcNulty indicated charged with felony for demon- activities. "no," whereupon the district at- strating peacefully; the police Abortion coverage rebate We find it just as odd that the torney walked back, rejected the are called upon to break up non- police were called in by the MIT continuance, and called for sen- violent protest; a faculty vote is administration to deal with the tencing. ignored by the administration. would be discriminatory demonstration, since there was Hassett gave Huang a 10-day Are we really on the MIT cam- no hint of violence. suspended sentence in a correc- pus in Cambridge? The women's In a recent letter in The Tech people. Two Campus Police officers tional institution. Though Huang studies faculty strongly protests ["Pro-Life requests partial insur- There are other group-specific testified that Huang had said will not have to serve her time, these violations of civility and ance refund," Oct. 5], MIT Pro- medical services MIT covers that nothing, and had not resisted ar- her record will show her to have democracy. Life argued that those opposed are just as group specific as abor- rest. While she was lying on her committed a felony. Huang's law- Louis Kampf to abortions should be allowed to tion. These could also be used to stomach, they added, they pulled yer will appeal for a trial by jury, Professor of Literature be excluded from having to pay discriminate. her arms behind her back and extending the costly legal process for rest of the faculty and stag of for them. Sickle-cell anemia is an inherit- handcuffed her, then picked her by another few months. the Program in W/omren's Studies On the surface, this may seem ed disorder occurring primarily up and put her face down into For us, the primary issue is not like a reasonable request; after in blacks. Since I am not black, I the back of a police van. whether Huang was found guilty all, if they are so patently against doubt that I will ever get sickle- Officer Lucy M. Figueiredo or innocent, but why she was put abortion, why should they have cell anemia, so why should I have testified that she was kicked by on trial in the first place. With to pay for someone else to have to pay for these services? Huang as the latter was being put all the serious crimes afflicting Per .- w¢?,STpwn-:closerlook, however, And-:tertairily, there are-lafflic--- .-into the van. Huang's shoe was the larger community, why was Service Ceneter -the discriminatory Publi w~e,upcver tions that -only affect men, such , · . . . . 1 _I nature. of .such aproposal'. -~~ a~ish tes~fi*iE`· ~'ir'cutkr~ncer `~tfiaawomen ,,,,Let us for a moment put the shouldn't have to pay -for, right? services of abortion which MIT's Linda L. Rounds' executive di- health plan now covers in per- rector of the Medical Depart- spective with all of the services ment, correctly argues that allow- the MIT health plan offers. If we ing students refunds on abortion were to make the disputed service coverage would lead to various: CAMBRIDGE SYSTEMS CENTER (abortion) optional, exactly who special interest groups wanting would request a refund? refunds on services not benefiting McKinsey & Company, Inc. Obviously MIT Pro-Life mem- them. bers would. But in addition, for Making abortion optional is entirely different reasons, so not only discriminatory to wom"- would all men, even if they were enl, but it gives MIT Pro-Life cordially invites casldateB for degrees in -not opposed to abortion, since preferential treatment by allow- the disputed service is entirely ing them to be the sole special- used by females. interest group. Computer Science and Electical Engmieerng And further, since not all I sincerely hope that the Medi- women favor abortion rights, and cal Department does -not suc- and those who have eperience building complex computer systems MIT's undergraduate community cumb to the pressure being exert- is approximately 35 percent wom- ed on it by MIT Pro-Life, and 1 to attend a presentation and discussion d en, less than 35 percent of MIT urge students feeling similarly would be paying a substantial in- to let Amnold N. Weinberg, medi- crease in their medical coverage. cal director and head of the I do not believe that the MIT MIT Medical Department, and community would tolerate this Rounds know where you stand. YSTEMS, CONiSULTING OPPORTUlNITIES I kind of discrimination if it were present in any other group of Jason Silver '91 Thursday, October 18, 1990 7 pm Room 4-145
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BRANFORD MARSALIS As Watts' solo came to a close - to With Robert Hurst and Jeffrey Watts. boisterous applause - Marsalis stepped At the Berklee Performing Arts Center. into the light with an impish grin, and Friday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 pn. launched into a steamy, sensual rendition of the old Art Tatum standby, "Cocktails By DAVID ROTHSTEIN for Two," with a slow, determined Hurst RANFORD MARSALIS, the 29- bass below, and an even buzz from Watts' year-old, New Orleans-born, brushes-on-snare behind. The lights were and Berklee School of Music- velvet blue, the audience was swaying and B educated member of the Marsalis calling out. Mid-tempo interweaving melo- family that is so much associated with jazz dies rang out in the auditorium, along today, played an intense - if short - con- with the silent shadow in purple and black cert Friday evening to a vocal crowd at the on the curtain behind the trio: the unmis- Berklee Performance Center in Boston. takable silhouette of a man making love to Appearing with bassist Robert Hurst his saxophone. and Berklee alumnus and consummate "Cocktail for Two" gave the audience drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts, Marsalis put everything it wanted: Marsalis slow, Mar- on an informal air from the start, present- salis fast; an entranced Hurst solo; Watts ing the audience with a healthy and re- in the background. laxed sense of humor, along with the ex- Marsalis next introduced a song that the pected virtuoso work on the tenor and three had written, called "Wolverine." soprano saxophones. It was a show from There were only three instruments on the start: The audience knew it; the audi- stage, but an awful lot was going on musi- ence loved it. cally in the uptempo piece. In the opening After a short introductory routine by sequence, Marsalis, now playing the sopra- Marsalis in that N'Orleans accent ("This is no saxophone, ran the gamut of his instru- a fun set, because we basically play what- ment's range in a single, long breath. ever the hell we feel like...."), the lights "Wolverine" is a hopping tune, the kind dimmed to a red and blue glow, and Watts that makes your knees bounce and your began the busy drum solo that opens head shake. The kind that had Watts "Ramblin'," an old Ornette Coleman working every part of his body, it seemed, tune. to create intricate rhythms. From the opening number it was appar- At song's end, Marsalis and Watts ex- ent that the crowd was in for a treat: a changed a teasing call and response, Mar- drummer and a saxophonist, each excel- salis offering little bits, and Watts eating ling at his craft, competing, overlapping, them up with long fills. And then Watts let calling to and fro, never standing the other completely loose, to the delight of the loy- up, but very, very busy. Very, very good. al crowd. Arms, legs, and head shaking, After- a- Hurst solo to end ''Ramblin'," Watts drummed so hard that he split a Marsalis came back for a slow, then not- drumstick, sending a splinter in the air in so-slow solo in a Thelonius Monk piece. Marsalis' direction stage left. By the third number - "'The second cut The man was flying. off [Colemart's 1967 album] New York is And then, suddenly, it was over. Marsa- Now," said Marsalis, adding that the trio lis re-introduced his two sidemen and: had heard the song and learned it, but "Thank you. Good bye." could not remember its name-Marsalis The threesome walked off the stage, and Hurst had their jackets off, the waiting the perfunctory two minutes while former's white shirt bright on a dim stage. a standing ovation urged an encore. Watts began the second of many drum Marsalis came out with another soprano solos. First it sounded like' Watts had sax-led, rambling-tune. It was a bit disap- brought out a pair of bongos, then came pointing in its standard flavor, but not the frenzied, sticks-a-blur sequence. enough to blemish a fine evening of music. Branford Marsalis Into Paradise album recaps and's previous UK work INTO PARADISE Into Paradise. On Ensign/Chrysalis.
By SANDE CHEN NTO PARADISE, an Irish band now based in South London, starts its US tour this fall, hoping to follow the I star-streaked paths of such groups as Sinead O'Conlor and World Party. The group's self-titled US debut is culled from i- former UK album Under the Water (1990) i ..- and the EP Change. Into Paradise, previously Backwards Into Paradise, originally began in 1986 with Dublin music veterans David Long and bassist Rachael Tighe. In 1988, they added guitarist/keyboardist James Eadie and drummer Roman Clarke. The follow- ing year, Into Paradise released its debut EP Blue Light on the independent label Setanta. Soons after came the EP Change i and the band's first full-length album, II Under the Water. The American compilation is supposed to be an overview of the band, but the best material is probably the early pieces. "Bring Me Close" characterizes Into Para- dise's distinctive style of guitar-driven melodies and syncopated chordal back- grounds. "Redl Light"S begins with Pixies overtones, but directly goes to the group's noticeable format, as does the moody "Change." Nostalgic "The Circus Came to Town" and "The Pleasure is O~ver" are Into Paradise both works of rare beauty. Unfortunately, on the B-side, "Under the Water"' is the only sonlg that maintains Into Paradise is most lacking when it this quality. 'Hearts and Flowers," with its depends primarily on the piano, as in preoccupation on ice cream, could start "The World Won't Stop." However, this song is probably a band favorite since it off better than with incessant "la, la, la, la"s. "Heaven" is very good, but the bass was the only song that had lyrics printed, gets tiresome at times. 'Say Goodnight" obvious grammatical errors and all. exudes a sad irony. David Long sings: As an added note, David Long's voice is not generally pleasant. One needs to habit- Thle singer says to save the world, uate to it before enjoying this album. Into but I don't believe in the singer's Paradise would benefit much from repeat- words. . . . ed radio airplay. I say good-bye to this freak affair Currently, the prolific band has finished but there's a light inside that never a new album and remains eager to per- dies. form its first North American shows. Admlbk
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SHURA CHERKASSKY DEMONST RATED once again why he is considered the last of the great romantic pi- ano players after captivating a mixed audience in a recent concert at the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. Born in the Soviet Uniion, the 79-year- old pianist emiigrated to the United Studies to study with the renowned Josef Hof- mann, himself a pupil of the famous Rus- sian pianist and composer, Anton Ruben- stein. His debut concert tour in 1923 included appearances with Walter Dam- rosch and the Newv York Symphony, and a performance at the White House for Presi- dent Warren G. Harding. Throughout his career, Cherkassky has toured in the prestigious music festivals of Europe including Edinburgh, Salzburg, Bergen, and Vienna. Here in the United States, he appears with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony. In addition, Cherkasskcy's concert tours of the Far East have continued to spread his reputation internationally. His triumphant return to his native Russia in 1976 had great emotional significance, spawning subsequent tours in 1977 and 1987. The Jordan Hall concert -began with J. S. Bach's ParfitaNo. 6 in E Minor. The piece includes seven contrasting segments beginning with the toccata, which func- (Please turn to page 15) 79-year-old pianist, Shura Cherkasskcy
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