MIT."~~~~~~~. t - I - - MiT .~~ -i~-- Li-- T- '~~~~~~i ' ' Continuous Camb.-. -- News Service Masrsachuseits Since 1881
Friday,vFebruary-23, 1990 Volume 1 10, Number 7
- ...------~ SIhrp\;:withdrawal disrupts timetable By NineSS. ESii . man of the MIT Corporation. Phillip A. Sharp's-surprise re- At, Wednesday's faculty meet- Resumring presidential search fusal of the:MIT priesidi~e may -ing, Gray- said he was willing to Before.Tuesday's announce- force the niititute's tthree- top of- continue as president beyond July ment, the Corporation had been ficials to stay'--on at their-posts g 1 if a successor has not been ap- expected at its March meeting to longer than,-they had planed. - proved by then. Gray saidthat discuss and vote on Sharp's On Tuesday, Sharp, nominated Saxon, who had been preparing nomination. Approval of the for president just la'st week, an, to retire, was willing to remain as nominationvwas considered near- nounced that he was withdrawing chairman until Gray was in a po- ly certain. his acceptance of the position be- sition to succeed him. Now the trustees must decide cause he. could, not - bear to give Provost John M. Deutch '61, how to resume the presidential up his research in -molecular _biol-, who- announced his resignation search process,, which was sus- ogy. Sharp is professor .of'biology Ilast month, told 'Gray on Tuesday pended last week after the selec- and director of the C~enter for.i that he also would be willing -to tion of Sharp. Cancer Research. stay in. his present, job until a new' Gray told the faculty meeting Sharp's change of heart could pres'identj came into office and that the Corporation's executive mean the -the Institute will not named the next provost. committee, which had nominated have a replacement for, Presiden-t How events unfold in the com- Sharp for president, held a con- Paul E. Gray '54'r-eady by July~ 1,i ing months is now largely in th~e ference by telephone earlier this when Gray is scheduled -to suc-I hands of the MIT Corporationl, week, just after Sharp reversed ceed Dav id S. Saxon '41 as chair- which will meet on March 2. (Please turn to page 21) A -t~ables activities fee-referendum .By kattherine Shim to student vote until a more de- The Undergraduate Associa- -tailed plan for implementation tion Council last night decided- was developed. Problems remain -againsta-placing a student activi- with the activities fee, council -4ies fee referendum on the March members argued. More time was 14 election ballot, but did pass a needed to determine how tIhe UA proposal emphasizing the basic Finance Board will allocate funds need for-a student activities .Prabhat Mehta/The Tech fee to specific committees; to investi- Professor Phillip A. Shaorp that -would appear. as a "line gate. the exact sources of present item" on tuition and room and funding; and to.specify the pre- board accounts. cise fee to be asked of each stau- -Fink appointed director The decision-to table the refer- - dent, council members felt. endlum effectively kills efforts by A committee consisting of of WVhitehead institute -the aininistration of UA Presi- members of FinBoard, other stu- dent Papl L. Antico '91 to have a dents, and faculty., will be formed By, Reuven M. Lerner tinuq his research in the field of 5...iu~dent- actiidies-fee take- effect.- ;to -look -into-;f-hese- -issues,:.- said genetics. Kildow said, t:with ebhman clam6 9enteing :A~titico. Professor of Biology ,Gerald R. OQne source,-who asked for Ii~the~ all bf 1:991, saiid Antico. in But -the· UAC reaffirmed its Fink was yesterday named the anonymity, said that, Robert A. an- interview. after the meeting. support for the idea of in activi- new'director of the MIT-affiliat- Weinberg '64, a professor of biol- ed- Whitehead Institute for Bio- The UA refused to put the fee - (Please turn to page-22) ogy at MIT, and Nobel laureate medical Research. Harold Varmnus,l a professor at The appointment marks the 'the University. of Califdrnia at culmination of a search process San Francisco, had also been un- that began four months ago, der consideration for the- White- Suspect-arrested aer-ca pus thefts when Nobel laureate and present head -directorship. Whitehead director David Balti- Fink first came to MIT in 1982 more '61 accepted the presidency By AndreaLamberti vardfBridge and arrested him af- 3:40 am as part of the original Whitehead Sunday. morning, Glavin of Rockefeller University A robber-.broke. into Burton ter Brenda S. Zuehlke '91 identi- said. in New faculty. He had previously served House and stole a wallet from Yorkc. an - fied -him as the robber who broke The Campus Police did not en- for 15 years as the American occupied room early ltat According to Whitehead Sunday into her-Burton House room. He counter the suspect at Random Cancer Society professor of ge- morning. Minutes before,',the spokesman Alfred Kildow, the in-- -was arrested on charges of break- Hall, but CPs did find two wal- netics at Cornell University, an truder had'broken into search committee nominated Fink Random ing.and entering, And. robbery. lets there, one belonging to a appointment which was renewed Hall and stolen a wAllet there, to tfe Wlhitehead board of direc- when he came to MIT. ac- Earlier at Random -Hall the in- Random Hall resident, the other cording to Campus Police Chief truder had "kicked in a back tors, which in turn elected him to The awards that -Fink has re- I to a Boston University student. Anne P. Glavin. the position. Kildow added that ceived door" to break into the building, While the officers were at Ran- include the National Acad- Soon after .the the election was easily approved intruder left 'Random Hall resident Heidi J. dom, the Campus Police received emy of Sciences/US Steel Foun- Burton House, a Campus Police by MIT, in part because both dation award in Macuis '90 said. He stole one wal- a phone call of a burglary in 'molecular officer pro- MIT and Whitehead representa- stopped him on the Har- let while he was there, at about gress at Burton House. biology, the medal of the Genet- -- --- r, I I L·l a tives served on the search com- ics Society of America, the Yale The description of the suspect mittee. in the Burton incident was almost .. science and engineering award, Fink, who holds an appoint- and the identical to the suspect Hansen Foundation in the ment on the Whitehead faculty, is Random incident, Glavin said. award for microbiological re- best known for his work with search. The Campus Police Fink- is -an elected member put the "de- yeast, which is considered im'por- scription on- the air," of the National Academy of Sci- she said, tant in fields as diverse as agri- ences and I. and a several officers went over- the American Acade- culture and human genetics. Kil- to Burton House my of Arts and Sciences, and a i; to investigate. dow described Fink as "a pioneer Soon former president of the Genetics afterwards, another MIT in the development of model sys- Campus Police officer Society of America. He was edu- saw "a tems for studying genes and person on the [Harvard] Bridge cated at Amherst College and genetics.' Yale University, that fit the description of the per- and did postdoc- Fink will take over from Balti- toral work at the National Insti- (Please turn to page 20) more on July 1. He plans to con- tutes of Health. MIT professor a candidate for Harvard board By Karen Kaplan- Johnson is one of five nomi- won a seat on the Board of Over- Professor of Political Science nees on the fifth annual HRAAA seers after running on the Willard R. Johnson has been se- slate, which offers an alternative HRAAA slate. lected as a candidate for the Har- to the candidates in opposition to A well-known activist on the vard Board of Overseers on a the Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni issue of divestment from South pro-South African divestment Association's official slate of can- Africa, Johnson founded Tran- slate sponsored by the Harvard- didates. Other HRAAA candi- sAfrica, a national anti-apartheid Radcliffe Alumni Against Apart- dates include Donald Woods, a organization, which is "the black heid (HRAAA). journalist who was expelled, from lobby on foreign affairs," he The Board of Overseers- is a South Africa after reporting the said. thirty-member group that advises death of activist Steven Biko; At MIT, he sponsored a faculty the Harvard Corporation, al- Boston City Councillor 'David resolution for divestment from though it has no. voting power on 8condras; Judy Lieberman, assis- South Africa. But despite its pas- Paulo Correia matters of policy. Dr. Wilson Bryan Key informs students at Members of tant professor of medicine at the sage, the MIT Endowment for MIT about the Board are elected by Harvard Tufts the effects of subliminal advertising on the University School of Medi- Divestiture is still working for to- American alumni, and this year's results eine; public. The. Lecture Series Committee sponsored and Ruth J. Simmons, pro- tal divestment at MIT. will be announced on Harvard's vost of Spelman College. Last Wednesday's lecture. See story, page 2. Johnson earned his undergrad- ,. . I . I . I , I , . - - Commencement Day. year, Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Please turn to page 23)
IL , - -' - - I. . I I ii PAGE 2 The Tech FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1990 I
Diskin to observe Sunday's Nica rarguans: r
By Miguel Cantillo UNO is an 11 party coalition also been rumors recently that, troika line more closely than Professor of Anthropology formed by interests that range the Sandinistas will give some Cuba, Fox argued. Martin Diskin will be an observer from conservative to socialist. cabinet positions to the Social The support-from Western Euro for the Nicaraguan elections this Jonathan A. Fox, an assistant Christian Party. Topean- countries will probably Sunday, Feb. 25. Diskin will act professor of political science, After the election, European help the ailing Nicaraguan econo- as a representative for the Latin said the results will be closer than donor countries - France and my, which last year had an infla- American Studies Association, an the polls predicted since the poll- the Scandinavian countries in tion rate of over 30,000 percent. independent group that will be in ing methods were relatively new particular - will probably renew -Living standards have dropped to Nicaragua this weekend assessing to Nicaragua, and previous re- their aid to the Sandinistas. The 1951 levels. the integrity of the elections. sults had varied widely. He said American position, however, will The Sandinistas blame theveco- The 1.7 million registered Nic- the Sandinistas will win, though, likely be very different. nomic collapse on the US embar.- araguan voters will elect their because UNO lacked homoge- Fox predicted that if the Sandi- go and the 1979 civil'war. Over president, legislative representa- neity. nistas win, the United States will 30,000 Nicaraguans have been- tives and municipal leaders from Fox argued that although there lift its embargo but give no aid to killed in the civil war; another 11 parties, ranging from conser- has been widespread dissatisfac- Nicaragua. The Soviets will con- 30,000 have been wounded; and vative to Trotskyist. tion with the Sandinistas' eco- tinlue their aid since the Nicara- almost 11,000 have been kid-
nomic management' UNO lost guans are following the peres- napped of captured. ---r -.I Seven survey research organi- I zations have conducted a total of much public support- after it hesi- 13 public opinion polls in Nicara- tated to condemn the US intru- gua between June 1988 and mid- sion into the Nicaraguan embassy December 1989. According to the in Panama. Economic support Cambridge School Voluntees most recent polls, the Sandinista from the United States for UNO candidate, current Nicaraguan was also a source of division, President Daniel Ortega, is still said Fox. In fact, the Popular So- Would you like to tutor High School ahead in the race. The strongest cial Christian party left UNO be- contender is Violeta Chamorro, cause of a dispute over this as- or Elementary School students? leader for the National Opposi- sistance. r tion Union (UNO). A recent After the election, the non- Washington Post/ABC News sur- Sandinista groups will have more vey reported that that 48 percent political space,, Fox claimed. The of the voters favored Ortega over Sandinistas currently control 61 Chamorro. Thirty-two percent out of 96 seats in the National indicated-support for Chamorro Constituent Assembly, but this in the poll, while 16 percent re- number will likely drop after this mained undecided. weekend's elections. There have i
,Size. }Ytt0W.d*, rW
#"wk 49eS v LS,*Otaliii, 1t 6>l>$ A z > x w w s v s << S o t N
s
Expert discusses the effects Call Sarath Krishnaswamy at x5-6383 or Todd Rider at x5-!8224 or x3-3261-. of subliminal advertising Sponsored by Tau Beta Pi By Adam Chen Key- maintained that theseemes- I------' ' Wilson Bryan Key claimed sages do not appear by accident, = I -- -- I-L, . Dr. in a lecture Wednesday that the coincidence, or as the work of an advertising industry is using sub- individual artist. Rather, advertis- liminal messages to manipulate ing agencies spend three to five the public. months and upwards of $50,0000 Key displayed several examples to scrutinize every detail in each of common advertisements and advertisement, he claimed. pointed out to the audience what Key reported that there are he said were hidden messages. some 500 published articles on Consumers have to '"look in a the effects of subliminal sugges- different' way," Key said, focus- tion in the psychology literature. ing on "'just the opposite" of While inconclusive, the research ofour what advertising agencies intend seems to indicate that subliminal them to focus on. messages "affect some people un- The talk, in 26-100, was spon- der some circumstances, some of sored by the Lecture Series Com- the time," he said. mittee. When asked about death new lod< Subliminal messages often con- themes in the ads, Key responded centrate on the taboos of society that "if consciously perceived, - sex, death, incest, homosex- you would probably run to the uality, and at times, pagan icons nearest [Alcoholics Anony- - according to Key. He claimed mous]," but proprietary studies that, in one liquor advertisement, have shown the ads to "work the images of a fish, screaming more often than they fail." faces, a rat, a volcano, a lizard, Key acknowledged that the ad- and several other death symbols vertising industry disagrees with were embedded in ice cubes. Oth- his conclusions. The Los Angeles er examples Key showed included Times reported that the indus- a man with an erection in an RJ try's response is that it is hard Reynolds' Camel advertisement, enough to get the lighting right a battered skull in a Bacardi for an advertisement, much less drink, and the word cancer in a to put words in the ice cubes. cigarette advertisement. (Please turn to page 23) p --sB I 1I7 · - --R - I 1 9 Errata A story which appeared in the Friday, Feb. 9 issue of The Tech ["New Whitehead director likely to be named soon"] con- tains two errors. The article incorrectly states that the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research provides "direction to MIT's biomedical research." The Affiliation Agreement between MIT and White- head reads: "[The Whitehead Institutel enters the affiliation Announcing McDonaldg new req ieing- with MIT in the belief that the potential for enlightening re- atasty new look you won't be able to resist Come search is enhanced through an affiliation with a preeminent uni- versity engaged in research and teaching in fields of science re- inand see how we've made ourselves fresher, lated to its purposes. MIT believes that its own ongoing contemporary, and more _ research and educational efforts' in the life sciences can'be en- ,more hanced by an affiliation that provides additional support in appealing than ever You lkow about razz ' both its research and educational-activities, consistent with its the greattaste of Mc-Donald-s-now I traditional goal of increasing knowledge for the public good." Also, the article incorrectly states that "MIT received a $7.5 get ataste of our'great nev look. million donation for its endowment as well as $5 million annu- ally until 2003, and $100 million upon the death of Whitehead." McDonald's Edwin Whitehead gave $7.5 million to MIT, but his other gifts 463 Massachusetts Avenue, CambhdSe, MA were to the Whitehead Institute. 01987 McDoneid'8 Corporatbn I - i II I, .L . _ . - --- - II II - j FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1990 The Tech PAGE 3 MM r.- ·' -F· c ·- .·.-. 2.
I I~~ I ~~~~~~~~~~~~i i ; a i
_~ICh a UMass Amherst president 9' Ire rlL ps rl II announces retirement The president of the University of Massachusetts, Am- East Germany anxious -Dukakis urges Bush to channel herst announced his retirement yesterday. Officials said for unification talks . defense funds into -education Chancellor Joseph Duffey will take over the duties of Da- East Germany wants negotiators to get moving on talks The federal government should channel the funds that vid Knapp, president since 1978. Knapp reportedly told aimed' at unifying the two, Germanys. Premier Hans -would come from cuts in defense spending into public his employees about his plans Tuesday, but declined to Modrow said yesterday he wanted talks to begin as soon education, Governor Michael S. Dukakis said in a speech make a public statement. The former Cornell University as possible on the two-stage unification formula agreed to yesterday. The governor, joined by state education offi- provost is expected to assume a university professorship. by the World WarII allies last week in Ottawa. Modrow's cials, said that problems with educational systems stem Duffey is expected to centralize much of Knapp's opera- government has been plagued by mass emigration to the from a lack of resources. tion at the Amherst campus. West as well as a crumbling -economy. Dukakis credited President George Bush with bringing governors together last year for a special meeting on Boston law firms make little progress Bush promises aid education issues. However, DIukakis said Bush must now back up his words with money. He said he would carry recruiting blacks, women for Czechoslovakia this message to a meeting next week of the National Boston's largest law firms have made little progress in Though he said he did, not come to the United States Governor's Association in Washington, DC. recruiting black lawyers, according to a study by the for aid, CzechoslovakiaNs president has received assur- National Law Journal. The study shows that Boston law ances of financial help, for his country. Vaclav Havel met Court upholds injunction to stop firms have~actually lost ground in promoting blacks to Tuesday with President' Bush, who -promised him trade partners during the past two years.' and investment benefits." Congress may add Czechoslova- blocking of abortion clinics The journal also said the number of women attorneys kia to a list of former Iron Curtain nations bfow eligible The state's highest court yesterday reinstated an injuiic- in Boston's 11 largest law firms has failed to grow signifi- for aid bezause of political and economic reforms.' Havel tion to prevent anti-abortion groups from blocking abor- cantly. Some attorneys said minorities often shun Boston spoke to a joint session of Congress Wednesday', tion clinics. But a spokeswoman for the anti-abortion because they find the city and its law firms alienating and inhospitable. Nationwide, blacks account for nine-tenths 1 - Havel also said the Soviet Union was willing to remove group Operation Rescue said protests will continue as I-I its troops from Czechoslovakia. However, in an interview usual because the group is obeying a "higher law." A ma- of one percent of all partners, and 2.2 percent of all ,;6 on the MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, Havel said the Soviets jority of the court said the injunction was carefully tai- associates in the top 250 law firms. I.- have'nowhere to house. the troops they would withdraw ' lored and did not threaten the First Amendment rights of and no way to feed them. the demonstrators. Bank of New England Pierce files bill to keep underestimated 1989 loss -Sweeping changes proposed Bank of New England said yesterday that its 1989 losses municipal money from state were worse than expected, placing the value at $1.11 bil- in the, Soviet Union, State Representative Steven Pierce, the House minority lion dollars. Analysts said review of the loss indicated the New changes are being proposed for the Soviet consti- leader and a Republican candidate for governor, an- bank might have misstated its financial condition in previ- tution that would give President Mikhail S. Gorbachev nounced yesterday he is filing a bill that would change ous quarters. Other banks have also suffered financial ills sweeping new powers, The Washington Post reported local aid payment schedules so that state money for mu- because of the region's slumping real estate market, but Wednesday. The newspaper said changes under consider- nicipalities could -no longer be held "hostage" during fis- Bank of New England may have suffered the most be- ation included electing a president to a six-year term, and cal troubles. The payments are scheduled for June, the cause it was an aggressive lender during the construction giving him veto power. end of the fiscal year. boom of the mid-1980s. Governor Michael S. Dukakis has said the state might have to withhold local aid payments to municipalities if China criticized for the government cannot solve its $50.8 million deficit. Mu- Boston's mulrder rate ;,nicipal officials have predicted drastic cuts in police, -- human rights-abuses - schools and othier 'seriv'ices'if the state' does" not give the for 1,989 ranks low China is among the nations singled out by 'the State money. Despite a homicide toll of 101 last year, Boston's Department for criticism in its annual human rights re- murder rate was well below that of comparable cities. FBI port. The State Departmen't cited the Beijing government State to develop three statistics ranked Boston 35th of 40 cities in terms of for last siimmer's crackdown in Tiananmen Square, dur- regional recycling programs homicides. Boston's homicide rate was 4.5 per 100,000 individuals. ing which army forces killed-hundreds - perhaps-thou- Massachusetts will fund three studies to develop three ,sands - of pro-democracy demonstrators. Officially, the regional recycling programs around the state. Environ- Chinese government said only 20 people were executed. mental Affairs Secretary John Devillars said yesterday Police mistake makes Other nations cited for human rights abuses were Nica- that the $240,000 package will also examine ways to pro- ragua, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Iran. The report also men- mote municipal solid waste composting statewide. The re- drug evidence inadmissable tioned progress in the Soviet Union, crediting Kremlin cycling programs would be located on Cape Cod, in cen- The state appeals court ruled yesterday that prosecutors leaders with "a more forthcoming approach" to human tral Massachusetts, and the region west of Boston. The could not use evidence obtained in a search because police rights concerns, state's first regional recycling center opened last month in failed to announce themselves before they entered the Springfield. residence. The decision stemmed from a 1988 drug indictment in Middlesex county. The superior court judge in the case granted a motion by the defendant, Charles Gondola, to suppress drugs'and drug paraphernalia seized III a ' "Shoi'k TV" -pioneer Morton Downey Jr. in the search. During the search, police knocked on the sought by creditors door but received no response. The officers then entered Morton Downey. Jr, television talk show host and the apartment and afterwards announced "police." "shock TV" pioneer, has only $100 in his pocket these Reagan videotapes released days. In court papers, Downey has sought protection In a videotaped deposition released yesterday, former from a limousine company and other creditors under fed- president Ronald Reagan said he never knew that his aides eral bankruptcy laws. His creditors include more than 75 were secretly arming the Nicaraguan contras'. The tape is' banks, businesses and agencies. Downey's attorney would 0 ~ ~ ~ for the upcoming trial of Reagan's former National Secu- not comment on whethe'r his client's financial woes were rity Adviser' John Poindexter. The videotapes, were re- related to the demise of "The Morton Downey Junior leased despite a plea-.by Reagan to delay the action until Show." I The big chill returns after the trial is over. High pressure over the Atlantic will continue to On Capitol Hll, reaction to the testimony was one of bring warm air to New-England for today. A low L little surprise. Congressman Lee Hamilton, who co- Ethics committee will pressure system approaching from the Great Lakes I 'chaired the Congressional Iran-contra hearings, said Rea- investigate Durenberger will cross the area in the afternoon and, in its wake, gan said basically the same thing that he said when the The Senate Ethics Committee announced it will hold bring very cold, Arctic air to the region for the next couple of days. High relative humidity dominates scandal rocked his administration. full-scale hearings to look into the financial dealings of the East Coast, and with dropping temperatures Senator David Durenberger (R-MN). Most of the allega- snowfall is likely on Saturday and possible on Atlantis takeoff delayed tions concern a book promotion arrangement, under which Durenberger made speeches and accepted fees to Sunday. The subnormal temperatures will remain Bad weather over Cape Canaveral and a bad cold for into next week. Commander John Creighton have teamed up to keep the promote two books he wrote. The committee said there is space shuttle Atlantis on the ground. NASA flight- sur- substantial evidence that Durenberger violated federal law Friday afternoon: Overcast, warm weather with geons said Creighton's illness is not serious, and his prog- as well~as Senate rules. temperatures in the low 60s (16-18'C). Winds nosis is good. Meanwhile, there is a cold front moving Durenberger contended it was never his attempt to from the southwest at 20-30 mph. into'Florida. The shuttle was originally scheduled for a circumvent Sensate rules for his own benefit. He called the Friday night: Temperatures dropping throughout pre-dawn liftoff yesterday, but Saturday is now the earliest investigation 'painful." the night. Winds shifting north and reaching 15 possible launch date. mph. Increasing chance of precipitation in the Justice Department and Exxon early morning hours. Health secretary criticizes are close to agreement Saturday: Precipitation throughout the day, Sources said yesterday the Justice Department and Ex- probably in the form of snow. Overcast skies. tobacco companies xon are near agreement on settling possible criminal Temperatures will continue to drop. High 34°F Tobacco companies. in the United States should stop charges over last year's massive oil spill in.Alaska. No de- (1 C). Low 20 OF (-7 IC). Wind north to targeting women, minorities and young people in their tails of the draft agreement have been provided, but sever- northwest at 15-20 mph. cigarette advertisements, said Health Secretary Louis Sul- al sources (all speaking on condition that they not be. Sunday: Continued cloud cover. Temperatures far livan. Before a Senate committee yesterday, Sullivan urged identified) have said a settlement could be announced below freezing. High 20'F (-7°C). Low 7°F (- tobacco' firms to stop what he called "their irresponsibil- today. 14 °C). ity." He cited a new report, showing that smoking costs The Exxon tanker Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of Forecast by Michael Hess the United States $52 billion per year in health care costs oil in Prince William Sound last March in the country's mI - I I - ·L -IOL· -- L -·----- and lost productivity. worst oil spill. Compiled by Linda D'Angelo _ PAGE 4 The Tech FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1990 CI~~ TM'
0 0 1; opi~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~iion: - -- 1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----- I IL - ---- · - - I- i Germany reunificatio:n must I 0
w consider territorial concerns 0 Column by Karl Dishaw I Before the end of this summer a unified German divided between neighboring countries, with sover- Parliament will be meeting in Berlin. That cannot eignty regained only after the conqueror was defeat- be avoided, no matter how much effort reactionary ed and forced to reinquish Poland. Between the World Wars the Eastern border of statesmen put into slowing it. The German people a have acquired too much momentum to be stopped. Poland stretched from- Latvia to Romania, and it- Already the city government -of East Berlin has touched the Baltic Sca in a 'narrow corridor cut m asked West Berlin to take over municipal services through Germany. After the Second World War Sta- since the steady stream of emigrants has weakened lin took Polish territory to form the western parts
the East's ability to carry out national functions. of Byelorussia and the Ukraine. The German terri- Q Even if it wasn't necessary to _prevent a collapse tories of East Prussia and Silesia - except for a most Germans would want reunification - just be- small part of Prussia which became part of the Rus- cause it is now possible. sian Soviet Socialist Republic - were given to the Political integration is occurring as each major Poles. West German party takes an eastern affiliate under Thus modern Poland consists of mbst of historic its wing for the coming East German elections. If Poland and a-large chunk of land that was German the East is simply added to the Federal Republic, since the time of Frederick the Great. These once- the-Eastern legislators will already know where to German' lands have been mostly assimilated; their
I~ .. 1 1 . · . · take their seats in the Bundestag. population initially included many Poles. But there Merging the two currencies, resettling the mi- ,are Germans who want them back. grants, restoring services in the East and managing Some people of other nations - as well as a few new investment - these are problems with which Poles - would not mind a simple German-Polish German bureaucrats and accountants will be wres- exchange of territory. German conservatives have a tling for years. But there-aren't any show-stoppers powerful moral case to make in their favor, espe- among them. Botching one will bring some suffer- cially the ones who were expelled from the territo- ing, but it can't prevent unification. Only a concert- ries after World War II. L ed effort by many other nations could block reuni- But allowing an alteration to the map of Europe fication. would be an open invitation to continuous war. Volume 110, Number 7 Friday, February 23, 1990 But this is unlikely if the Germans give proper Germany's borders remain unsettled with Austria, consideration to the worries of their neighbors. France, Denmark, and Czechoslovakia as well as Chairman ...... Deborah A. Levinson '91 Most world leaders today were alive when Nazi Ger- Poland. Hungary and Romania have lingering claims to each other's territories. The Soviet Union r Editor in Chief ...... Prabhat Mehta '91 many devastated Europe and many, including Presi- c Business Manager ...... Russell Wilcox '91 dent Bush, fought in that war. The threat posed by took land from many nations after World War II,
Managing Editor ...... Marie E. V. Coppola '90 e Executive Editor ...... Linda D'Angelo '90 r -I I
I News Editors ...... Annabelle Boyd '90. I Andrea Lamberti '91 r nHOWgTO CIaNT, e Reuven M. Lerner '92 c Night Editor ...... Daniel A. Sidney G I Opinion Editor ...... Michael J. Franklin '88 INSM? TAB W I11 SOLM) "Bs I Sports Editor ...... Shawn Mastrian '91 I. apti$ X M Arts Editor ...... Peter E. Dunn G .~~~~ERsI an. \a p e Photography Editors ...... Kristine AuYeung '91 l~~ a vL~'d I c I,¢ i)s ,, Lerothodi-Lapula Leeuw '92 L Cohtributing-Ed6itr...... fotat.~j4A`in"Rtchmond-'G >X , IlDfI ,2 ~ j- t~t-s
or ^Z , ,bl~~~~~irajS. Desai '90 ,, ! _^ t et~ AdS v em~ rw f w*; Irene C. Kuo '90 I
Lisette W. M. Lambregts '90 I LdWis Eaton '92 F LF Advertising Manager ...... Mark E. Haseltine-'92 E r Production Manager ...... Ezra Peisach '89 Senior Editor ...... Genevieve C. Sparagna '90
NEWS STAFF Assoeiate News Editors: Joanna Stone '92, Brian Rosenberg '93, Katherine Shim '93; Staff: Neil J. Ross G. Joan Abbott '90, Anita Hsiung '90, Miguel Cantillo '91, Seth Gordon '91, Adnan Lawai '91, Chitra K. Raman '91, Gaurav Rewari '91, Aileen Lee '92, Karen Kaplan '93, Michael Schlamp '93, Cliff Schmidt '93; Meteorologists:. Robert X. Black G. Robert J. Conzemius G. Michael C. Morgan G. Greg Bettinger '91, Yeh-Kai Tung '93. PRODUCTION STGAFF Associate Night Editors: Kristine J. Cordella '91, David Maltz '93; Staff: David E. Borison '91, Lawrence H. Kaye '91, PB _-e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-1"-- . hi -I - - - L_ a Jonathon Weiss '93. I OPINION STAFF an unchecked Germany makes many European -including Germany. The Soviet city of Kaliningrad, countries - including the Soviet Union, which lost tucked in between Poland and Lithuania, was the Pawan Sinha G. Michael Gojer '90, Adam Braff '91. e 20 million people from' the German invasion in German city of Konigsberg until Stalin's victory. C SPORTS STAFF World War II - very apprehensive. If Germany sets the precedent of clainiing- and I Michael J. Garrison G. Harold A. Stern '87, David Rothstein '91. e Germany must offer reassurances on two key is- obtaining - disputed territories, then other-coun- r ARTS STAFF sues: borders and alliances. A united Germany will tries will be, encouraged "to do the- same. Military I Staff: Frank Gillett G. Mark Roberts G. Manavendra-t-K.Thakur be accepted by the rest of the world if it respects conflicts may result.. While it is not likely that these E I '87, Michelle P. Perry '89, Peter Parnassa '9t}, Paige Parsons '90, current borders and remains in the North Atlantic conflicts would grow into huge coalition wars, the Paula Cuccurullo '91, David Stern '91, Alfred Armendariz '92, Treaty Organization alliance. Otherwise, nations devastation would be, insupportable in the, already Sande Chen '92, Alejandro Solis '92. r will begin negotiating treaties to ensure peace, crippled lands of Eastern Europe. cr PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Unity has not been Germany's normal condition' Thus, Germany cannot be permitted, to redress e Associate Photography Editor: Sean Dougherty '93; Staff: in history. As an ethnic group the Germans go back any territorial grievances it mOyr"0aim. -What, then, William Chu (, Frank Espinosa G. Andy Silber G. Ken Church beyond Julius Caesar, but the Empire I of Charle- is the purpose of the Germnawarmy? It will provide r '90, Mark D. Virtue '90, Sarath Krishnaswamy '91, Georgina A. e magne (Karl Der Grosser, to them) was the first po- for the defense of Germany'and its allies, namely Maldonado '91, David H. Oliver '91, Mauricio Roman '91, Marc litical entity to encompass them. That quickly dis- Wisnudel '91, Jonathan Kossuth '92, Douglas D. Keller '93, Wey the NATO nations. The-Ples-and atofers- canr others Lead '93, Matthew Warren '93, Jeremy Yung '93; Darkroom' solved but left' -the legacy of the Holy Roman can be comforted by the-XATO'milifar'-y' structure L Manager: Ken Church '90. Empire, which reigned (or drizzled) over most of which places the Germaanriniilifary under the control E modern Germany. The empire finally vanished in of a non-German commaiidei.; - E FEATURES STA FF the 1600s, leaving a varied assortment of feudal Only the Soviet Union objects to this plan. Gor- Christopher R. Doerr G. David J. Kim '91, Taro Ohkawa '91, I states dominated by Prussia and Austria. German bachev has spoken strongly against a united Germa- I Chris M. Montgomery '93. r unity was a subject for idle chatter until well after ny in NATO, much as he-has against an indepen- r BUSINESS STAFF the Napoleonie wars. dent Lithuania and a multi-party'Soriet Union. He Delinquent Accounts Manager: Jadene Burgess '93; Advertising I The Franco-Prussianl War of 1870 welded the 39 is too weak at home to survive giving in anything to I Accounts Manager: Shanwei Chen '92; Staff: Ben Tao ;93. I German states into a single German Empire, in- the Germans. If Gorbachev resists a NATO role for r stantly the most powerful nation in Europe. In an- I unified -Germany with allphis strength, the Soviet r other generation the German leadership showed conservatives will give him -credit, and have -one less a PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE they were not up to handling their power as they issue on which to attack him. Night Editor: ...... Daniel A. Sidney G launched the offensives of the First World War. The A German concession allowing Soviet forces to Associate Night Editor: ...... Jonathon Weiss '93 Germans were crushed but I Staff: Peter E. Dunn G. Marie E. V. Coppola '90, Kristine the Versailles Treaty im- remain in East Germany would'help Gorbachev at AuYeung '91, Kristine J. Cordella '91, Sunitha Guntha '93. posed upon them-severe hardships, laying the'seeds, home. This symbolic presence -would make it~easier s for eventual German revenge. After the economy, for the Soviets to accept reunification. Gorbachev I rebounded, Germany increased its military strength will fight foar that also because. he hws no. place to e e e The Tech lISSN 0 48-9607) is published on Tuesdays and Fridays during the academic and plunged the world into another bloodbath. put the troops if they are pulled out.; We may- hope E year {except during MIT vacations), Wednesdays during January, and monthly during the summer. for $17.00 per year Third Class by The Tech, Room W20-483, 84 This history makes all of G~ermany's neighbors that Gorbachev will improvise some'mor-e, keeping Massachusetts Avenue, r Cambridge, MA 02139-0901. Third Class postage paid at nervous, especially the Poles who have had their' the world on its course toward peace.-- c Boston, MA. Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720. POSTMASTER: Please send all address changes to our mailing address: The Tech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch, boundaries determined more by politics than by as- Cambridge, MA 02139-0901. Telephone: (617) 253-1541. FAX: (617i 258-8226. Karl Dishaw, a recent graduate of the D:epartrfent Advertising, subscription, and typesetting rates available. Entire contents i 1990 The pirations of the citizens. At its height, the territory Tech. The Tech is a member of the Associated Press. Printed by Charles River of Poland almost reached the Black Sea. The years of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is a columnist for Publishing, Inc. in the periods 1796-1919 and 193945 saw Poland The Tech. III -- I -r Iu_- ,, 1, _ L I I I _I______ _I _s _·_ I_ _ _I L£EO- L6V 9CLO-OZ9 0986-OLZ 066-9CZ S piSF-Sb Aa 'IS )1j1A 9C lleWY O£ '191H Pl lle Z l L ,IS Ainq,9M·N ZgE tZ-OgM jolues juepnj;S. lW 3udvnoS CIUVA~H VIYHE)NIVYVHJ NQ19Nnllens NOiSOG 4 h uods 3NINdoa3nssl II ' Y~! ) !IA S3SsvAdjvun3.al IwepnlS / al14 pooZ r1l3l swMboJdpftqe pnIlSoM p - ejqsp~e~o-sAem euo- Idde ZL8Z-5ZZ suoqoLse -ppniouiou-sexel1 IM |N30 iN3anlS -Li" 8LL Or 0st MY (SlNnooSia 31inoa ON - a3a13x3 Sw3a1 31vS), 6kL 0001 3HOW HO 00 L$, J 86£ ^]~~IISSCBIlS E8* VNN31 8t$ . NOGNOI 9doil, SOBO 11 IYO~~~CCL~~IEOBi I
i133M-3HI--NOdno3 - b~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
~lrld i A kqnd j
L------U - -_- - L ·- re - w a---~-- __ I- Ir .9