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Volume 104, Number- 27 Monday, June 4, 1984 M IT to graduate 1 672 By John J. Ying Bedford-Stuyvesant section of a.m. The procession will be led MIT will hold its 118th com- Brooklyn. Chisholm is presently by Robert W. Mann '50, presi- mencement exercises today at 10 a Purfrigton Professor at Mount dent of the MIT Alumni Associ- a.m. in Killian Court, presenting Holyoke College. ation and professor of biomedi- 1849 degrees to 1672 students. The academic procession, com- cal engineering. Mann will carry Shirley Chisholm, the first posed of dignitaries, faculty, and a four-foot golden mace symbol- black woman elected to Con- graduates in academic robes,will izing .the Institute's academic au- gress, will deliver the commence- proceed along Massachusetts thority. ment address. She served seven Avenue and Memorial Drive into Chisholm is scheduled to begin terms as a congressman from the Killian Court beginning at 9:45 her speech at 10:30 a.m., after the academic procession com- pletes its march into Killian Median annual salaries Court. offered to S.B. graduates entering The Class of 1984 will present its class gift following Chisholm's industry, 1 98 3-84 address. MIT President Paul E. Gray '54, will then deliver the charge to the graduates. The five academic deans - $30,000 Abraham J. Siegel, dean of the Sloan School of Management, $29,OQ0-., G Harold J. Hanham, dean of the t. r··.· ,.· School of Humanities and Social i $ 28,00 , ; Z 'I -1-·' I·· ·-: · Sciences, Gerald L. Wilson '61, dean of the School of Engineer- Tech photo by Omar S Vaierio ing, John de Monchaux, dean of Graduates smile through the rain during last year's com- the School of Architecture and mencement exercies. Sunny weather is expected for (Please turn to page 2) ' ~ " " " v' ' ceremonmv. todav'.s.r I ; *1raduatinn- .. ,~,I,,j, I l Dean Hanham r 'esigns :1+ l By Amy Gorin the late '60's, according to Han- and social sciences has been ne- Dr. Harold J. Hanham has an- ham, student interest moved glected over the entire country." nounced his resignation as dean away from science and engineer- "During Dean Hanham's peri- of the School of Humanities and ing. This change was reflected by od of office the graduate pro- Social Science. After spending an increase in the number of hu- grams in economics, linguistics, the next year finishing a research manities majors. In the early philosophy, and political science project on educational changes in '70's, the trend was reversed. have...consolidated their posi- Canada during the past two cen- According to Hanham, the un- tion as among the best in the IData provided by MIT Office of Career Services and Professional Advising turies, Hanham plans to return dergraduate humanities require- country," Provost Low said. at MIT. His resigna- fore- Tech Graphic by Simson L. Garfinkel to teaching merit was "on its last legs" when If they are to stay in the tion will take effect at the end of he took office. In 1974 he intro- front the graduate programs August. duced the present Humanities, must, according to Hanhanm, Placernment offers Harham, who will be reading Arts and Social Science require- "pursue a moving target. What the names of Humanities and So- ment. Provost Francis E. Low was good ten years ago is not cial Science graduates at this has described the requirement as good now." The departments to graduates up morning's commencement exer- introducing "a new flexibility must respond to rapid changes in By Diana ben-Aaron ernrnent no longer hires great MIT graduates received many numbers off environmental and more job offers than last year, hydrologic specialists. "Contruc- but starting salaries have in- tion is slcow too, although it creased little since last year, ac- doesn't seerm that way if you look cording to Director of Career at the Bostton skyline," Weather- Planning and Placement Robert all commernted. Only 7 offers to K. Weatherall. "The companies bachelor's Mgraduates in civil engi- [seemed to think] they could take neering welre reported. more students if they offered low- The largeest growth was in elec- er salaries," Weatherall said. trical enginneering, with 144 offers Over 385 companies and 20 reported b y S.B. candidates, up government agencies recruited at from 57 laist year. Computer sci- MIT this year, with electronics ence bachielor's graduates re- firms showing the largest growth, ceived 67 (offers compared to 27 Weatherall said. "The CIA also last year, Mmhile senior mechanical came back in a big way this year. engineers r eported 100 job offers, They staged a presentation for a compared to 42 last year. I large audience of students, al- In the School of Science, most all friendly," he added. mathemati(cs S.B. graduates re- "Last year was notoriously ceived 17 offers, and physics F hard for the chemical engineers, graduates received 18 offers. but the bad days for are behind "There we re few offers, but few them now," Weatherall noted. students w,ere looking," Weather- MIT S.B. graduates in chemical all noted.. "We wish students engineering received 55 offers this would reallize that they can be year, up from eight last year, ac- science mnnajors, especially in cording to placement office re- math and physics, and get the I ports. Weatherall attributed this same jobs Course 6 is getting for trend to growth in chemical and them," Weeatherall observed. "Of semiconductor firms' needs for course, theey- can also go to grad- fland become the next chemical engineers. "The oil uate schoo Tech photo by P. Paul Hsu ,Ai companies still aren't hiring," he Schrodingeers and Heisenbergs," of School of Humanities and ;.'A-.~'~:! said. he added. Dr. Harold J. Hanham will leave his present post as Dean Social Science in August. A.<~ Because of the oil companies, Consultiing groups and finan- ~:~4 this was a "slow year for geolo- cial firms showed more interest cises, said he has enjoyed his ten- into the undergraduate curricu- their respective fields, he ex- -;;: gists," according to Weatherall. than ever in non-science majors, ure as dean, but added "there is lum which proved to be popular plained. i~ll Civil engineering offers were also Weatherall I said. "Students with such a thing as enough of a good to faculty and students alike." The undergraduate program !~;''- down, he said, noting that gov- self-confid,ence were doing very thing." Hanham said he believes the faces a different problem, Han- f,1 well lookiing for jobs on Wall A native of New Zealand, the School of Humanities and ham noted. The average under- Street. If they have the personal Hanham has taught and studied Social Science is "doing rather graduate student does not find 1.IEI. skills, it almost doesn't matter in England, and was head of the well" despite financial stringency. the time to really take advantage what majo)r they come from," he Politics Department at the Uni- He considers this one of its major of the school's offerings, he ob- 11 noted. versity of Edinburgh in Scotland problems, noting that lack of served. Compannies are still calling the before coming to MIT. Hanham funds "makes it difficult to do A committee to assist in find- You might think the placement office looking for stu- was appointed as dean in the fall what you want to do." He added, ing a replacement for Dean Han- Cars are magic. dents, Weeatherall said. "It's been of 1972 and took office April 1, however, that MIT has been luck- ham has been appointed, and will - Page 6 a very acttive year, and it's not 1973, at end of what he describes ier than most universities and be chaired by Dr. Mary C. Potter over yet," ' he commented. as "the time of troubles." During that "funding for the humanities of the Department of Psychology.

1 - - i -·rarrP141111PC - _W~APAGE 2 The Tech MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1984 _ 0 m | Is~~B~P ~sqlL~aP~r~-·--(p~p~pI STANLEY H. KAPLAN Chisholm will speak today A REPUTATION THAT I (Continued.from page 1) The student officers in the pro- leges, and the poor. Planning, and -John M. Deutch cession will be: Diane M. Peter- In 1972, Chisholm became the SPEAKS FOR ITSELF! I I '61, dean of the School of Sci- son, permanent president of the first black woman to run for e ence - are scheduled to begin Class of 1984, Richard A. president. She-ran in most of the reading the names of degree re- Cowen, Class of 1984 president primaries and remained in the cipients in their respective depart- during senior year, Tsu-Man (Pe- race through the Democratic na- ments at 11:15 a.m. Gray will ter) Tu, Class of 1984 secretary, tional convention. She failed to present the degrees to each grad- and David W. Jensen, president win 10 percent of the vote in any et uate. of the Graduate Student Council. state, but attained widespread MIT is unusual in a school of Shirley Chisholm publicity through the television its size to continue presenting all be the third debates and the national conven- I Chisholm will i degrees- both undergraduate commencement speaker since the tion podium. i f and graduate - individually in Institute ended its 17-year prac- Chisholm graduated from i one large ceremony. tice of having the MIT president Brooklyn College in 1946 and re- i five i Receptions for each of the give the commencement address. ceived a master of arts degree i different schools will be held in Katharine Graham, chairman of from Columbia University in I I Lowell and duPont Courts ad- the Washington Post, spoke in 1952. She was a nursery school I joining Killian Court, following 1982, and Helmut Schmidt, for- teacher and day care center direc- i i the presentation of degrees. 'tor for many years before enter- mer Chancellor of the Federal I ensemble conducted by i A brass Republic of Germany, gave the ing politics. She served in the i g Herbert L. Philpott '44 will pro- commencement address last year. New York State Assembly for I vide the music for the academic Chisholm was first elected to four years prior to her election to procession along Massachusetts Congress. the House of Representatives in PREPARE FOR Avenue and Memorial Drive into 1968. She served seven consecu- Chisholm is currently a visiting I Killian Court. The John Oliver tive terms of office before declin- professor at Mount Holyoke Col- I and the Boston Brass SAT- GMAT-LSAT-MCAT B Chorale ing to seek reelection in 1982. lege, leading courses in women's AND OVER 35 OTHER STANDARDIZED EXAMINATIONS I Ensemble, conducted by John' Chisholm was noted in Congress and racial issues. She also lec- R^1001]+ ~~Prepare this Summer for Fall I Corley, will perform the music in for her efforts in support of tures at universities around the Exams. Inquire about our Transfer Killian Court. Privleges. ii women, minorities, black col- country.· Il Cambridge ...... 661-6955 6 David S. Saxon '41, chairman _EDUCbATIONAL Newton Centre ...... 244-2202 of the MIT Corporation, will be The more things change... _CENTER Boston ...... 482-7420 B SNCE 38 i 6 presiding at his first commence- -zThe mare, things change..- TESTPMPANRTM0 SPEALISTS _ _ _ -i ii i i - j Z ceremony since taking office ~ -- ment From The Tech, Jurne 5, 1934: fered congratulations to the co- last July. Class day exercises were held eds [five in a class of 480] for not will Provost Francis E. Low yesterday afternoon commencing trying to combine academic in- during lead the academic -officers at 2:30 o'clock in Walker Memo- struction with the seeking of hus- the academic procession. rial. bands. The members of the corpora- Next in program was the pre- E The Beaver oration was made g tion, following the academic offi- sentation of class gifts by Prodctor by William Randolph Churchill cers during the procession, will Wetherill. "Buzzard" Hum- ['34]. He reviewed the events of D be led by their marshal, Joseph F. phreys, the best-like, Class Politi- 2 the past year - innovations, con- P Moore '52, former president of cian, received the "Bird," a toy PREPARE tinuing old customs and drop- the Alumni Association and Cor- rooster, Johnny Horne was e ping other old customs. Among I poration member since 1979. cut-outs these events he mentioned the awarded a set of soldier e Over 300 members of the fac- could play soldier, in w coming into prominence of the so that he NOW ulty will be led in the academic spite of being away from his dear E procession by their marshal, Ju- 5:15 Club, the almost indecent K Freshman Smoker, improvement little freshmen. dith T. Kildow, associate profes- Allan W. Rowe, '01, spoke in the Walker Memorial Dining Dr. FOR THEl sor of ocean engineering. on "The New Psychology of Un- Service, the Yale Cup won by the Shirley M. McBay, dean for Desires." In a speech Tech Engineering News, and the repressed student affairs, will lead the enlightened by many anecdotes, trip around the world of Gene graduating students in the aca- Dr. Rowe gave a sales talk for the FALL Nobel and Seth Parker. He of- demic procession. Alumni Association. wm; EIT EXAM! F

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-- -- LI r opinion a I I LI a AI----. ,_, , I ----- ~ LI~Y -- Q --- a 1984 Copler Ned Service I Column/Charles P. Brown TwnoCuPi Letter f rom the Editor _17"I'l.", -.1 N J w Today is a special occasion, with 1672 students receiving degrees from the foremost scientific educational establishment in this country. I Underneath the bright facade, however, a grim spectre is undermining

the unique character of this school. Bey/are MIT, Big Brother is I watching you. mw George Orwell's 1984 portrayed a society where the government w completely controlled the public and private lives of its members. It is a prophetic warning against the loss of individual rights. I The actions and attitudes of the MIT administration have constrict- I ed my freedom to explore myself and my environment. Whether re- stricting the food I eat or the movies I view, MIT has been imposing its own will, not the will of myself and my class. The trend of the past four years has been toward the constriction of Fiet individual rights. Through my involvement with student activities and 5 contact with recent graduates, I have discovered that this trend is new, w and that it is accelerating in scope and magnitude. The Ministry of Love i The Lecture Series Committee (LSC) has shown pornographic films aE on registration day for many years, but since February 1983, when it w tried to show Deep Throat, it has been under strong pressure not to aAmlI show pornographic films. The Undergraduate Association put a refer- mf endum on its spring ballot this year asking if pornographic films should be permitted to be shown on the MIT campus. The response a was overwhelmingly positive; the referendum was approved by 83 per- la cent of the vote. - g, C ·- - -pl ---- ------ec---e -- w Unfortunately, the situation wasn't settled. Several weeks ago when LSC showed a pornographic film as its last scheduled movie of the a academic year, members of the MIT Administration castigated the Column/Diana ben-Aaron committee for ignoring the concerns of the student body. IB The Administration has demonstrated a total lack of concern in the 5W- opinions and desires of the student body by continuing to press this FromMVass. Ave. >Madras issue. None of the names in this col- time counseling work she did Jeannine is finally graduating. while writing her thesis made her The Ministry of Truth umn have been changed. Anyone She has been in college thirteen who cares enough to read the realize that she really wants to be years: four years for the first ba- This past fall Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Mary O. Hope was yearbook or commencement pro- a doctor. She's getting married in chelor's, two years for the second fired, and the MIT Administration justly declined to comment on the ME gram to find out who these peo- June; when she returns from her bachelor's, two years for the mas- matter. Many students protested the decision to dismiss Hope, and ple are probably deserves to honeymoon she'll work half- ter's, and five years for the Ph.D. President Paul E. Gray '54 warned a group of these students that "co- know. time, take some post-graduate Her first bachelor's is in math- ercive action" on the part of students supporting Hope "will set back I used to have pre-med courses, and study for ematics and all the rest of her de- the interest of minority students . . . at this institution." a great lead for a column. It went her MCATs. She doesn't consider grees are in electrical engineering. Several months later, the MIT Today section of Technology Review like this: "When Roxanne E. Busse the past four years wasted; in "Let me see," Jeannine said to contained a short article on the "resignation" of Hope. The double- '84 walks out of Killian Court fact, she considers herself lucky one of her annual IAP classes in speak and doublethink of 1984 is clearly evident. after ImX that she discovered so soon what paperfolding polyhedra. All but The most important right that any person has is freedom of speech, commencement, she will be marching to a different she really wanted to do. one of her techniques for facet- in particular the freedom to voice criticism. By threatening students drummer." Now I'll never be able ing paper without using scissors, and rewriting history, MIT discourages students from publicly devel- to use it. Roxanne is marching to Last year, when Larry was a tape, or concealed pockets are oping and stating their opinions. i= _., ; ... .. , .. such a different drummer she's junior, someone told me he was original; every such paper.solid The Ministry of Peace not even going to commence- planning to get degrees in litera- you see hanging from an Institute The Undergraduate Association Finance Board currently receives ment. She went to India instead ture and chemical engineering ceiling can trace its origin back to $65,000 a year from the OffiCe of the Dean for Student Affairs to and tomorrow, dressed in a sari, and then go back to Hawaii to Jeannine. "How did I become an distribute to student activities. Last November Dean for Student Af- she will be a guest at an Indian open an all-night donut bakery. I engineer?' fairs Shirley M. Mc~ay told the Committee on Student Affairs asked him about it. "That's right. that wedding. "Well, I worked in a bike shop I_ (Please turn to page 5) Roxanne graduated a year early I even tried to get a summer job to put myself through school," - she used to be '85 - to take a in a bakery - you know, learn said Jeannine. "After I got my I 8`I ,,_____ ,._ __ , trip around the world. Thor the business from the ground up bachelor's I couldn't find a job Heyerdahl, Herman Melville, and - but no one would hire me," he and I ended up still working in Fodor's South Seas have been her said. "They thought I was over- the bike shop. I looked around leisure reading for two years as qualified or something." and here I was with a B.S. in she planned every detail of her The next summer, Larry went math and I was a lousy salesgirl! Volume 104, Number 27 Monday, June 4, 1984 great escape. She did not enjoy into the silkscreening business. "Then I looked at Tom," Jean- her stay Cambridge and was un- Now he's changed his direction nine continued. "Tom had a mas- Chairman ...... Martin Dickau '85 able to understand the perverse yet again and he'll be working ter's in math and Tom was a re- Editor in Chief...... Charles P. Brown '84 attachment to MIT that leads so for a Fortune 500 company as an pairman. That's not much, but it Managing Editor ...... Scott i. Chase '85 many former students to hang engineer. At the moment, any- beats being a salesgirl; it's one Business Manager ...... Paul G. Gabuzda '85 around the campus in the belief way, he is happy in the certainty step higher on the social scale. they that he'll be using his degree to News Editors ...... Janice M. Eisen '85 could not be happy any- "And then I looked at Harvey," where else. "Taking a term off do what he really wants to do. Jeannine said. "Harvey had a Thomas T. Huang '86 * * * Ronald W. Norman '86 from MIT," she once said, (Please turn to page 5) Ellen L. Spero '86 "would be like pushing the Night Editors ...... Andrew S. Gerber '87 snooze button on my alarm Gregory D. Troxel '87 clock." Opinion Editor ...... Daniel J. Crean '85 "I have it all worked out," Features Editor ...... Diana ben-Aaron '85 Roxanne used to say, whipping Photography Editors ...... P. Paul Hsu '86 out a pocket-sized atlas. "I want Henry Wu '86 Advertising Manager ...... Robert W. O'Rourke '85 to go to this group of islands." Movie committee set Contributing Editors ...... Burt S. Kaliski '84 She pointed to a dot in the mid- John J. Ying '84 dle of the South Pacific. "The comnunity standards Drew Blakeman '85 boats only run once a month, To the Editor: Simson L. Garfinkel '85 and if the boat I want leaves dur- I want to express my dismay at your Friday editorial [The Tech, Matthew W. Giamporcaro '85 ing finals week, I'll petition to May 18]. In particular you misrepresent Omar S. Valerio '85 the ad hoc Lecture Series I take my finals early." At the end Committee Community Committee work. The Committee worked V. Michael Bove G of last term, she was phoning her Senior Editors ...... Keith !.Tognoni hard and, I believe, was unanimous in its view of desirable standards or '84 travel agent between classes, Tony Zamparutti '84 for sexually explicit movies. Please note that although we know many bringing r= Production Manager ...... Amy Gorin '84 him up to date on the members of the MIT community reject all sexually explicit movies, on I Indexing Project Representative ...... A. David Boccuti '79 latest changes in her itinerary. principle, no member of the Repeta Committee felt this way. Advisor ...... Edwin Diamond Roxanne's five-month, ten- The Repeta Committee was well-chaired, worked together happily, IC country odyssey will cost less and it unanimously adopted standards. We felt unanimously that no than PRODUCTION STAFF a fourth year at MIT. When movie we saw met those standards. We all felt it was possible to con- lb Associate Night Editor: Ronald E. Becker '87; TEN Director: An- she comes back, she will work tinue looking for acceptable movies and recommended that the search drew S. Gerber '87; Staff: Bill Coderre 5 '85, Ron Bloom '86, Carl for an aerospace company, devel- continue. A. LaCombe '86, Mary C. Ystueta '86, Kathleen M. O'Connell I oping epoxy compounds for use Was it good faith for LSC to decide before the Committee even met '87; Typist: Virginia K. Chang '85. in helicopter I blades. But for now, that a sexually explicit film would be shown as TBA? WMas it good she is doing exactly what she PRODUC J'..? STAFF FOR faith for LSC to declare the standards met when their own committee THIS ISSUE wants to do. Night Editor: ...... Andrew S. Gerber '87. unanimously felt the standards were not met? If you had been on the Staff: Charles P. Brown '84, William L. Giuffre '84, Amy S. Gorin Repeta Committee, how would you feel? Dear Tech editors, here is Mary '84, Scott I. Chase '85, Simson L. Garfinkel '85, P. Paul Hsu '86, Ann is graduating, but my question. I would feel better about your speaking out on this Ronald E. Becker she's '87. planning to go back to tough subject if your editorial board would serve, weekly, on the LSC- school soon. After four years of Community sexually-explicit movie committee next fall. Would you be naval The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607) is published Tuesdays and Fridays during the academic architecture she found that willing to do this? year (except during MIT vacations), Wednesdays during January, and alternate Tues- "the only people who are build- days during the summer for $12.00 per year Third Class by The Tech, 84 Mlassachu- Mary P. Rowe setts Ave. Room W20-483, Cambridge, MA 02139. Third Class ing ships any more are the Na- postage paid at Bos- Special Assistant to the President ton, MA. Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720. POSTMASTER: Please send all address vy," and she doesn't want to changes to our mailing address: The Tech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA Editor's note: The purpose of a newspaper is to report events, not to 02139 Telephone: (617) 253-1541. Adverttsing, subscription, and typesetting rates work for the Navy. available. 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~opinion-| ] ______- I _ _ _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-mlo Column/Amy S. Gorin How to survive-without the amazing hack It has been said that God did not create the world in six days; rather he goofed off for five and then pulled an all nighter. When I look at the state of the world, I believe it. And I wonder if attached to the Earth somewhere is a note from His professor: "You show great promise, I'm sure You could have done much better on this." There are those among us who are truly created in His image. Homo Hackus Magnificus, the Amazing Hacker. Fleet of foot, blood- shot of eye, well endowed with chutzpah and hubris, HHM can be found frantically tracking down a professor who left for Peru three days ago, because an incomplete has to get finished; eating breakfast while racing down the Infinite Corridor (at four o'clock); calling the Boston Public Library to see how late they stay open that night. My junior high was no place for an amazing hacker. My first hack was to leave it. A year before the rest of my class. My high school was far more mellow. If you didn't like a class, you didn't go. I didn't like my first year algebra class. I didn't go. My teacher, a kind hearted soul like the rest of them, gave me a choice: "You will get a perfect score on the Algebra Regents [a New York statewide achievement test], or I will fail you." I learned the year's algebra curriculum the following weekend. When I got my 100 onthe Regents, the teacher, an MIT alum, recognized an amazing hack when he saw one. He gave me a passing grade, and, eventually, a eets I rvve fi's 4 A; college recommendation that should have come with its own shovel. (Continued from page 4) Student activities play an im- attempt to improve the nutrition- I figured I could do the same trick with Geometry. I didn't bother one of her goals is have the rev- portant role in the educational al level of student diets and to signing up for the class. The following fall I started Pre-Calculus. enues from the Student Center experience of an MIT undergrad- encourage socializing during For a while I was like a kid in a candy store. I learned all typical pinball room, which amount to uate, and MIT should encourage meals. moves of the HHM. High school sophomores do not take college- approximately $100,000 a year, the development and growth of Dormitories have held boycotts cross registration European history. Unless the professor is also facul- pay for the Finance Board bud- these organizations. It should not to protest commons, and stu- ty advisor of the paper the sophomore edits. Students never take two get. In other meetings she told try to manipulate them to reduce dents have consistently criticized classes that meet at the same time. Unless they're French III and Non- student leaders she would never MIT's $500 million annual bud- the program. The commons pro- Euclidean Geometry, and the French teacher happens to be a math consider using the pinball rev- get by less than .004 percent. gram budget has had an operat- fan. Nobody takes a year of English Literature on independent study. enues to pay for the Finance The Ministry of Plenty ing deficit of well over two mil- Except me. Board budget. Doublespeak The forced commons program lion dollars in the first three years Somewhere in there, I ran out of classes. The following fall I ar- strikes again. was implemented in 1980 in an of mandatory participation. rived at MIT, a sixteen year-old disciple of the amazing hack. MIT is subsidizing the ineffi- It might have worked. But I woke up one morning three years ago cient commons program the way after my usual five hours of sleep, and, after my usual nothing for Looking for happiness some countries subsidize their in- breakfast, took my usual shower. I woke up for the second time that efficient government-run indus- morning on the shower floor, in the arms of a roommate I saw with tries. Commons has proven it somewhat less than my usual clarity. outside academia can't run at a profit even with a It was the headache that followed that caught my attention. The (Continuedfrom page 4) why Course 6 can't keep up with captive clientele, and MIT should one that made my skull feel like there were a couple of elephants in it. Ph.D. in math and he was a the enrollment; professors left abolish the program and let stu- Doing a pas de deux. To the 1812 Overture. manager." over from the years before a doc- dents determine their own diets. "Migraines," my doctor said. "Low blood sugar. Get enough sleep, "Well," said Jeannine, "I torate was a faculty prerequisite The attitude that MIT is here don't skip meals. Avoid things that can trigger an attack." Like Chi- looked at the bike shop and de- will retire faster than the depart- to administer over the students nese food and alcohol anfd chocolate arid flashing lights and caffeine cided that wasn't where I wanted ment can hire replacements. instead of working with the stu- and CRTs and stress. I should have Dim Sumed myself into a coma to be for the rest of my life." "What are you going to do?" I dents is prevalent in these in- immediately. Jeannine has applied to NASA asked her. stances and others, including a I did away with hacking. I almost made it. But there are courses at as an astfenaut and several com- tight restriction on what living the Institute where nobody sleeps the night before an assignment is panies want her to work for "After I graduate," said Jean- groups can put in the Residence due. The first lab write-up I did for such a course left me reeling. them. Yet she often says she nine firmly, "I'm going to sit Handbook sent to freshman each When it came time to do the second, I dropped the course. I have doesn't want to leave academia; down at a computer and play year. MIT's actions suggest it is since dropped many. I have handed in papers late, handed in assign- after twenty-five years as a stu- Zork." more concerned with the image ments badly done, received incompletes, and settled for Bs in classes dent, she feels at home in "For the rest of your life?" I presented to the outside world of where I should have rated As. schools. If she chooses to join a said. what MIT is like than with MIT I stopped staying up all. night to finish papers. I refused to let my- college faculty, she will be one of "No," said Jeannine. "Until I life itself. self worry about it. I didn't finish many papers. I'm not graduating only a handful of electrical engi- win. And them I'm going to de- I do not intend to sound total- today. neering Ph.Ds who do. Literally cide what I want to do with the ly negative. I have thoroughly en- This is where I'm supposed to tell you that I've finally learned to a handful - only 8 of 127 E.E. rest of my life." joyed my four years at MIT, and, work without the amazing hack, accepted mediocrity, and will now do Ph.Ds in America chose to go * * * * if given the chance, I would do it my best to keep up with the crowd. I tried. I went into teaching last year. This is If there is again. looking for nice safe classes, nice safe relationships, a theme behind this a nice safe profession, string of vignettes, let it be this: Unfortunately, I do not know and a nice safe lifestyle. I discovered that bore- Don't settle for anything if it would be possible in the fu- dom causes as much stress as hacking. less I than the future you really want. ture. My satisfaction with my ex- have written about Homo Hackus Magnificus. There is another side to You may have to -defer your periences here compels me to the story. The Jarvik seven was an amazing hack. Putting a man on the moon was dreams for a few years or until voice these concerns in the hope an amazing hack. Every time this paper gets published, it's an amazing your vacations, depending on that others will be able to share hack. HHMAs will try the impossible and Service group what you want, but keep your the same experiences and free- succeed. They may learn by testing the boundaries of the system, what particular vision of paradise in doms in the future. they will learn is that nothing is impossible. I have lived with and the back of your head. And re- The prophecies of 1984 have without the amazing hack. MITwas the catalyst that produced the to collect synthesis. I know my member, it's never too late to not been entirely fulfilled. Not limitations, I know what (and what not) to do, change your mind. yet, that is. and I have weighed the advantages. I want to be an amazing hacker. donations I To the Editor: I am writing to clarify a point & S raised in The Tech's three-part se- BRODIE AUTO RENTALS INC. ries on the Solomon Amendment [The Tech, May 1, May 8, May NOW AT KENDALL SQUARE 15]. a -M ENN I A group of MIT students, Repairs * Sales * Rentals alumni, and faculty have formed Electronic, Electric, and Manual Typewriters the Committee to Assist Non-reg- DODGE COLTS -OMNIS New and Used ° Quality Ribbons WE istrants (CAN). The objective of _ RABBITS-CITATIONS the committee is to raise money RENT:ATIN WAGOS from donations to replace stu- STATION WAGONS dents'financial aid lost due to the Solomon Amendment. In the series of articles you reported that AUTOMATIC & STICK SHIFT MIT would not accept these do- OWE FURNISH GAS WITH ALL CARS EXCEPT WAGONS. nations. This is true. However, CAN has reached an agreement with the American Friends Ser- HARVARD SQ. KENDALL SQ. vice Committee (AFSC). This NEAREST To THE B-SCHOOL NEXT TO LEGAL SEAFOOD group, a charitable organization, 90 MT AUBURN STREET 5 CAMBRIDGE CENTER has agreed to accept donations to the CAN fund, and distribute the funds to students who lost feder- 547-2720 90 Mt. Auburn St. 491-7600 al aid. CAN will be in charge of At Harvard Square 876-7600 the administrative decisions and 547-1298 Cambridge, MA 02138 MASTERCARD VlSAA7 l AM EXPRESS responsibilities. Joseph R. Minato '84 Summer Storage Cases Only I's I I I I _M PAGE 6 The Tech MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1984

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1 The Cars: thlis year'sI model shifts into overdrive Heartbeat City, the Cars on Elektra for a harder guitar sound.) The first single Records. release, "You Might Think," is a catchy, Ranging in style from the gritty guitar upbeat song with tightly-knit interplay be- chording of "Magic" to the synthesized tween the guitars and keyboard, which ambience of "lDrive," the Cars' latest al- trade the lead hook a number of times. bum is a consistently interesting synthesis This song rouses Ocasek to his finest five of the experimental thrust of the albums seconds of singing - a soulful solo deliv- Panlorazma and Beatitude (singer/rhythm' ery of the lines guitarist Ric Ocasek's solo LP), and the But you kept it going polished, hook-laden Dop of Shake It Up. Till the sun fell down. On 1983's Beatitude, Ocasek - the You kept it Cars' principal songwriter - made his Going. most extensive use of synthesizers to that Highlighted throughout by a synthesized date, in both his new-waveish pop and his recorder, "Stranger Eyes" is -a straight- more experimental, arrelodic pieces. A ahead rocker with vocals belted out by number of songs on this album are simi- MP .121 Ben Orr, like Shake It Up's-"Cruiser." larly synth-dominated, although more . 1, Xk "Magic" is built around a gritty, elemental conventionally structured. "Looking For three-chord hook which perfectly comple- Love" sustains interest by alternating wist- ments the simple, Sixties-style lyrics: ful yet sensuous passages a la Roxy Music Summer with snappy pop passages in the chorus. Turns me upside down. "Drive" is a slow, moody song filigreed Summer. with precise, delicate keyboard lines and It's like a merry-go-round. complemented nicely by bassist Ben Orr's The song is fleshed out with a big, reso- breathy crooning. "Why Can't I, Have nant bass line that enters after eight bars, You?" is another siow-paced, evocative and inventive synthesizer fills that occa- song, with a synthesized string section be- sionally overlay the stanzas. fore the fade and Ocasek's most sensual A few of the songs on Heartbeat City lyrics: have an even balance of synthesizer and Dreamy lips set in motion flashing guitar. In "I Refuse," the synthesizer takes Breathless hush pounding soft lasting. the lead, while the guitars keep a steady, On the other- hand, "It's Not the mid-tempo beat. "Jacki/Heartbeat City" Night,"n a collaboration between Ocasek opens with an unaccompanied and very and keyboardist Greg Hawkes, seems an mechanical sounding synthesizer; then the attempt to avoid Beatitude's excesses; other instruments kick in, and the synthe- growling guitars propel the song and keep sizer meshes with the heartbeat-steady it miles away from the uninspired kfinob- rhythm sectionw twiddling of Beatitude's Ocasek/Hawkes With its successful cross-breeding of di- effort, "Oult of Control." A brief synth vergent styles, Heartbeat City offers some- solo of of obnoxious sound effects, pre- thing for every pop music fan. Avoiding faced by a chorus of Chipmunks-like elec- both mechanical synth-pop remoteness tronically altered voices (in "Hello and slick, unenthused guitar-grinding, the Again"), is the only visible symptom of tar-driven pop that launched the Cars with LP. (In fact, the presence of AC/DC pro- Cars' latest album delivers a beat with technological. infatuation. "Just What I Needed" and kept them ducer Robert John "Mutt" Lange as co- heart. Ocasek doesn't neglect the energetic -ui- cruising smoothly with the Shake It Up producer can only be explained by a desire Mark Pundurs Ipitics was never this e !sy Everybody for President: the do-it-your- how to organize the campaign committee, self presidential campaign kit, by Gil when to file the necessary forms, and how Campbell and Martha Gorman; Workwman to deal with voters. The narrative is inter- Publishing, $4.95. sperced with jokes about the 1984 Demo- Graduating seniors and everybody else: cratic race and Reagan's presidency. The ever dreamed of being president of the authors try to treat everyone fairly, equally United States? This new publication gives cutting down Jackson, Mondale, Reagan you everything you'll need to run for the - everyone, in fact, except Hart. Perhaps Job. this is a sign of the times. Inside the front cove'r of the book is a Dress is important, according to Camp- clear plastic envelope, containing a White bell and Gorman. A presidential candidate Hotlse Executive Parking Lot decal, a Cer- should dress to look "something like Ken- tificate of Candidacy for the Office of nedy - any Kennedy, but a Kennedy." Ac- President of the United States, a State- tions, mannerisms, appearence are all ment of Candidacy and a Statement of Or- more important than experience. Presi- ganization (both official forms to be filed dents who run on their ignorance tradi- with the Federal Election Commission), tionally enjoy greater popularity among and a presidential bumper sticker: "I'm the voters, according to Campbell and running! Why don't you?" Gorman. Running as a college professor is effect that a woman has never been elected The only problem is that the book is aw- The text of the book is divided into inadvisable because erudition intimidates president, and probably won't be for quite fully expensive for what it is: 64 pages of three sections: how to start, how to raise the populace. a while, but that's no reason not to run. text and cartoons. The text is marginally money, and how to handle the last few The book takes a humorous look at the The book does present a few historical funny but the cartoons aren't very funny weeks before and after the election. media coverage of the presidential cam- facts about the-highest office int he Untied at all. The 64 pages can be easily read in Among the topics covered are the media, paign, saying that the media, not the can- States. Some of them are quite interesting; one sitting or in a bookstore. And, as with Watergate and "Dutch" Reagan. didates, decide who the next president will for instance, Eugene V. Debs ran for presi- so many recent humor books, there's no There's a lot of hard-core information be. Hand in hand with the critique of the dent in 1920 from his prison cell and got a reason to reread it. here for the would-be candidate, including media is a running feminist message to the million votes. Simson L. Garfinkcel

------tt ,-r~ c c -- -A different kind of Shakespeare King Learby William Shakespeare, illus- Yet, for all that, it is far from clear that traW ted by Ian Pollock, Workman Publish- Shakespeare would have disapproved. The play is his most surrealistic-it borders Perhaps the most grandiose of Shake- on theater of the absurd. In this sense, the spearers tragedies, King Lear has recently illustrations of this edition certainly cap- attracted multi-media attention. Sir Laur- ture the spirit of the play. In this edition,- ence Olivier starred in a television version, the play has not been modernized; none of Albert Finney portrayed a very aged the' dialogue has been edited or changed. Shakespearean actor who plays King Lear Anyone who likes faithful but novel rendi- on stage during World War 11 in the film tions of the Bard's works will be delighted The Dresser, and "Noted Neo-primitive with this edition (or as delighted as one Artist" Ian Pollock has provided truly sur- can be with a play as depressing as King I; realistic illustrations for a new paperback, Lear). Purists will no doubt be offended, edition of the play. but then that is what they are there for. Every few lines of dialogue are accomn- While this text is certainly designed to panied by caricatures of the speakers: Lear bring new readers, especially young ones, is mainly a clump of hair, Cordelia is a to the play, anyone who likes Shakespeare Barbie-doll, Kent's head is bizarrely saus- should take a look at the illustrations. You age-shaped, Gloucester has no neck or will certainly be surprised, and you might shoulders, and the Fool is a grotesque just be delighted. clown with a hulge fake nose. Joseph J. Romm

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The future no -s sign closer to the black-box category is Ned Steinberger's electric bass guitar, which frankly acknowledges its technological difference from its acoustic counterpart and proceeds along functional Aesthetics of Progress: Forms of the Fu- of future," and, so the story goes, design lines. As a matter of fact, the ture in American Design 1930s/1980s, ex- has turned inward to electronics and the same '"ecologi- hibition presented by the MIT Committee integrated circuit, reflecting the inscruta- cal finitude" that breeds these nasty ebony monoliths is on the Visual Arts, in the Hayden Gallery bility of these small black boxes in equally also bringing about a return to streamlining. The new Mercury Cougar through June 24. unexpressive larger black boxes. A pleth- automobile is more than just reminiscent ~~~a~ ~ -- ora of contemporary unexpressive black I4 of the '30s-it seems a natural outgrowth boxes is presented here in an attempt to of an infatuation with speed, even if its de- "' prove the existence of this pessimistic no- -r g·: sign ostensibly springs out of a desire for ·· '·' ,-· tion of progress - a Qwip facsimile ma- ;i.·:i -· -f· '..tY--' i,3 ifuel efficiency. The chine, a J. C. Penney linear-tracking turn- impact that the rebirth iof automotive streamlining will have on :. i the form of more static objects remains to is be seen, but rectilinear form is certainly table, Grid Systems' "Compalss" not inevitable. computer, and the Privecode "teleph(one New York architects Tod Williams and access controller" are all packaged in Associates have designed a cruciform par- large, flat, almost indistinguishable mEatte tition for the gallery which both enhances black boxes. Of these products the laitter the objects placed within its framework (a device-for screening incoming teleph(one and makes the gallery space appear larger. calls) is the most expressive, its thin rec-X The walls are pierced with narrow, glowing tangular surface interrupted by a vert:ical rectangular slits which afford a tantalizing, wall suggesting an upraised hand or otther elusive view of objects displayed in other barrier. parts of the exhibit (does anyone hear ech- Irons, desk lamps, and hair dryers are On the other hand, while looking for oes of "Visions of Paradise," the Hayden's so familiar that most people don't associ- more of these taciturn dusky slabs, K]line previous installation?). ate their design with technology's impact uncovered many colorful, friendly objeects I Whether or not you agree with the basic on society. But an examination of mun- whose form clearly says something abtout premise of the exhibition, go and see the dane objects can serve very well to illus- their workings and purpose. Anot!her good architectural installation and the trate how technologies affect form and trend in contemporary design, she thought beautiful 1930s objects. If the show's mes- function. The current Hayden Gallery ex- - deliberate reaction against black-b)ox- sage about 1980s design depresses you, hibition takes two decades - the 1930s ness! Many of us, however, realize t'hat take a look at the real world - it's only a and the 1980s - and through consumer similar brightly-colored plastic -produacts short-walk to Lechmere Sales or Crate & items attempts to demonstrate each per- have been around at least since the Ilate Barrel, where the black monoliths are iod's attitudes toward progress. 1960s, long before there were any bl; ack grossly outnumbered by attractive, expres- In the 1930s, explains curator Katy boxes against which to react. sive products. Kline, engineering was concerned with Some of the examples chosen to reppre- V. Michael Bove speed and motion. Reverence for the ma- sent this category of contemporary des;ign al~ chine and movement was reflected in the are neither especially attractive nor fumnc- smooth, dynamic curves of objects as di- tional; an afternoon upstairs at Joredan verse as Raymond Loewy's projectile-like Marsh could have turned up items beoth pencil sharpener and the Chrysler Airflow better-designed and more representative- of

automobile. Many of of the 20th century's current trends than the Eureka MighIty- i '' -r·-· most famous designers, including Russel I1LIi Mite-vacuum cleaner, which is essentieally :. ill I.,·. Y:YhT : Wright, Kim Weber, and Henry Dreyfuss, an old Electrolux recast in yellow plasitic, were active during this period. Their work or the heavy-handed anthropomorp Chic is represented here, along with Lester joke of Morison S. Cousins and AsscZci- Wheeler and William Grep's sleekly ates' unbelievable Maxima 4 convecti.on sculpted phenolic "Hotchkiss Aristocratic oven. A happy exception to this medioccri- Stapler" and other shiny, streamlined ob- ty is US Tron's Proline telephone,, a jects. smooth red wedge which pays homage Ito Five decades later, "ecological finitude Western Electric's classic 500 desk phcone and possible nuclear obliteration have sab- but at the same time -manages to be ori-igi- otaged an optimnistic faith in the existence nal-and assertive. An excellent piece.:of.i,de-:-

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__ g16I - Registration not unfair To the Editor: ternate duty in the private sector I have read several letters and should be assigned, such as hos- articles in The Tech in the past pitals, etc. I can understand why few weeks against the Solomon the MIT administration would Amendment. I would like to ex- chafe when it considers itself the press an alternate viewpoint, one enforcer of what it considers a I have not seen much of in print. bad policy, but the schools are in I am disappointed to see people the best position to forward reg- I trying to replace financial aid lost istration status to the govern- by non-registrants with aid from ment. The extra paperwork can't i other MIT sources, or the latest be too much of a burden, consid- I idea, starting up a collection/ ering hon much I already fill out. scholarship fund for them as if A point has been raised claim- II their action required some sort of ing it is discriminatory not to reg- Q reward. ister women as well as men. To II that I say fine, register them if it 0 First of all I do not see regis- would make them feel better, but tration for the draft as an in- when it comes down to actually fringement on individual liberties drafting people, let the military nor as a particularly bellicose decide how many of each sex it policy.. Should the need arise to needs. The decision regarding the mobilize large numbers of men, mnale/female composition of the prior registration will only expe- army is best left to those who will dite the whole affair. I do not be- command it. lieve this added efficiency will en- IaBEGapr PC~~~~~~ .O~WHEN . WISCALFORNIA PRIhVY5OVERl courage the US to expand its I see nothing wrong with the military adventures in the world; government requiring compliance Editorials, marked as such and printed il a distinctive format, represent the official opinion of The we already have a standing army with the law before it grants Tech. They are written by the Editorial Board, which consists of the chairman, editor in chief, managing capable of that. Should escala- money to individuals. I also don't editor, executive editor, and news editors. tion of a small-scale offensive war think students should be encour- Columns are usually written by members of Tife Tech staff and represent the opinion of the author, become necessary, there will still aged not to register. I don't want and not necessarily that of the newspaper. be enough time for Congress, es- my money going to people who Letters to the Editor are written by members of the MIT community and represent the opinion of the pecially with the War Powers Act break the law; if they don't regis- writer. on its side, to decide if it is worth ter, let them take responsiblity All submissions should be typed, double spaced, on a 57-character line and bear the authors' signa- fighting and only then to invoke for their actions and borrow I tures. Unsigned letters will not be printed, but authors' names may be withheld upon request. The Tech the draft. from a bank. reserves the right to edit or condense all letters. Edward S. Podszus '85 I --. - -- I - - -- Having registration in place does not mean a person is only a Complete phone call away from serving. In Optical the event of a defensive war in Shop which, perish the thought, our standing military might be overt plastic scratch resistant whelmed, it is irn our best inter- ests to mobilize as quickly as possible; prior registration could very well aid this effort. At any rate registration is the law nov. I Fashion framnes see nothing wrong with trying to at reasonable prices enforce it by constitutional Instant eye exams | means. *Prescriptions filled It has been stated that enforce- TsETY ment based on withholding finan- *Fashion tints and photo -7 Nst cial aid is unfair because not all v0REIuUCA changeables young men need to go to college BOSTON *Contact Lenses ~ ~L·''-A or need financial aid even if they HARVARD sOUARE 367-6777 UNLIMITED FREE MILEAGE 60 Day Trial do; my response is to use more 876-8900 Confirmed reservatlon required than one method: the Solomon *Large Selection of Ray CENTRAL SOUARE Amendment will work fine for full Line of 1983 Chevrolets Ban Sunglasses the majority of college students. 492 Woo0 "Nevera *Sport Frame Available Other methods are needed to find Plus 7 othw suburban locations to serve you! Mileage Charge" non-registrants not in college or r ------s----F -I OIILBILP --- I-- C- - I not on financial aid. Just because Central Square, 495 Massachusetts Avenuse, Cambridge the law won't apply to all cases Mass. 02139 Tel: 661-2520

doesn't make it any less valid; t.- * = ~ ~ ~ ~* . ; . . . = . . :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ better to catch some or most _ I ,, _ r ______~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ non-registrants than none at all. We all have a responsibility to defend our liberties; should a ,.gapIII IIII II~P draft be invoked one still retains the option of declaring oneself a conscientious objector; for such F who believe military ser- Vow 7.,a a 9 voaBI A Lla &,ft A U a-% r Am ; 0% people e-a fubs vice is against their morals, an al .You've vvorseU net Registrants - Your Degree . | . N4oov mlorall bankrupt bLet it Wlork for You

To the editor: You've put four years of effort into earning your col- MIT Inl the lead article ["Gray: lege degree. Now it's time for that degree to do will not replace federal aid to I non-registrants," of The Tech's something for you. Your degree can open the door to Mayn 9 issue, Preiderhnt Paul E. one of the finest opportunities available to college Gray '54 suggests that "there may graduates- Air Force Officer Training School. Complet- be the perception that other stu- ing this three-month course can put you into executive dents who complied with the positions right away. You'll work with professional peo- [registration] regulation might be ple in challenging and rewarding career areas. If quali- short-changed ." fied and selected, you can even enroll in graduate school at little or no cost to you. And the employment I would like to suggest that this package we offer is hard to beat. Find out how your perception is more than balanced degree can go to work for you. Contact per- by the perception of others, Sergeant Steve Delancy haps less cowed by governmental 200 Pleasant St. rm. 416 threats than President Gray, that MRalden, MA. 02148 A great way of life such students have in effect al- (617) 322-5060 ready made a substantial declara- j -~ - ~C~S C-CPIB~~l~aq_--~ I~d~k~ ~'----- ooP tion of moral bankruptcy.

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By Diana ben-Aaron Three MIT oarswornen have been invited to try out for the US National Lightweight Team, and one may be an alternate for the US Olympic team. Laura MacGinitie G. Linda Muri '85, Jeanne Simon '86, and Linda Mar '85 (coxswain) will be competing for national team places at US lightweight camp in New Hampshire this summer. The national team will compete in the world championships at Montreal in August. Elizabeth Bradley G was invited to the Olympic tryouts after an MIT crew she stroked won the Smith Cup from defending champion Boston University. Bradley has been in Olympic training camp at Princeton since Tech photo by P. Paul Hsu -May 14, and "she hasn't been cut MeT wunmp-n'-o. r-rpW skims unc the Charles on a dailv oractice. yet,5' according to MIT women's IVII I VVVIllwrl -a, ws...... r;_.11NU O...... _- ...... a varsity crew coach Mayrene -I II.. I --~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------I Earle. An eight, a four, and a pair I have already been chosen from the thirty hopefuls, most of whom have been training togeth- __s er for four years, Earle said. Bradley is one of four remaining Rii,,I rowers from whom a pair of spares will be chosen, she said. "Two of the others have chosen to row to-ether, and the third has decided to row with someone outside the group. Now Liz has to find a rowing partner in order to stay in the running for the Does - I backup pair," Earle noted. The the End of Olympic rowing trials will be the Term mean held in Princeton in August. the End of your

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