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.R~A,HFS'Merger. WoUld Consolidate Student Senices By Dan McGuire what the team calls "shadow ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR proc'esses," the. redundant work that A draft proposal released early both departments work on, said . this month by the re-engineering Associate Dean for Undergraduate effort's Student Service's Ass~ss- Academic Affairs Margaret S. mertt Team suggests that the Insti- Enders, who is a member of the tute should merge its' departments of team. . Housing and Food Services aJ.ld the" "Everybody's keeping a lot of Office of Residential and Campus information in parallel," Enders Activities. said. "Different offices have built up The plan, if accepted by the re- databas~s over the years and haven't engineering steering committee, will realized that other people are doing put the department responsible for the same thing," she said. maintaining dormitories and the MIT is "virtually alone among department that manages do'rm major universities in how it sepa- activities, floor tutors, and house rates operational policy from educa- masters under' one roof. tional" policy, said McCormick Hall JIM SCHINDLE'R-THE TECH At the moment, though, the plan Housemaster Charles Stewart III. Valentine's Day at the Student Center, florist Peter Medaglia sells roses to Garrett W. Shook '97. remains in draft form. "We've come' In each dormitory, the house up with a list of recommendations manager reports to HFS Head and we're taking it out to the com- Lawrence E. Maguire, "a business Me munity to get feedback," said Direc- operation," Stewart said. At the . :.- tor of Special Services Stephen D. same time, the housemasters report" " ~ One Tenn, Institute Still Immerman. One needs to think of it to RCA, "an educational operation." as a "point of departure for conver- . "It would be better... if the peo- sation/' he added. ple responsible for education could The recommendation is a draft have a more direct relationship with Divided on PlnslMinus Grades and Rot a final decision, said Anand those responsible for the'mainte- Mehta G, a member of the Assess- nance of facilities," Stewart said. By Jean K. Lee to letter grades that appear on inter- best - why must we be even fur- ment Team. It is "being discussed "The idea does have some ;;.;S'l:;.;.;,:4;;..;FF;.;.;,RE..=..,'PO;;.;,'R,..;.T.;;;.;'E'R..;..... _ nal grade reports. Intermediate ther categorized into minute class- with the community to figure out merit," said John Hollywood '96, With one semester completed grades will not appear on any offi- es?" whether it is the. right idea and Chair of the Undergraduate Associ- under the Institute's three-year trial cial transcripts. Some professors who oppose the whether" to continue with the ation's Student Life Committee. period with iritermediate grading, 'The new system was designed to new grading system chose not to process, Anand said. "The decision "The first person who can mandate students and faculty still offer no "allow' everyone at the Institute to assign plus/minus modifiers to letter to combine HFS/RCA ... is not a an agreement between a housemas- consensus. gain some experience with grades last term. Professor of Elec- .Clinton Proposes 2 Billio oar o ege ts Plans To Fund Comp ters in cools LOS ANGELES TIMES UNIOCJTY. J. ative.Action Ban The Clinton administration is propo ing to spend $2 billion over the next seven years, including $300 million in 1997, on its recently ary, on the basis of income, you're • announced program to connect all public schools by computer, Presi- By Amy Wallace who had joined with Wilson in LOS ANGELES TIMES going to reach a lot of those who dent Clinton announced Thursday. requesting the meeting, described it SANFRA CISCO as a "candid exchange"'in which he deserve to be included." Off~ring new details of a showcase technology initiative, the After weeks of contentious and the governor made clear that White House said it wants to shift money from other federal pro- Connerly decline,d to describe debate that included a well-publi- they were not convinced that the grams to prod states and private groups to put their own funds into an the tenor of the meeting in detail. cized clash between the University University of California administra- undertaking that could better prepare young people for a changing But when asked whether he and the of California president and Gov. tion needed more time in order to workplace. . . governor feared that Atkinson might Pete Wilson, the University of Cali- effectiveiy implement the affirma- be trying to find a loophole that "We're not just talking about an op ion that would be nice for fornia Board of Regents Thursday tive action ban in admissions. would allow race and gender prefer- schools to have," Clinton told an audience in this blue-collar city. swiftly and quietly approved a new Wilson and Connerly have main- ences to continue, Conberly said, "We have dramatic proof of the power of technology to expand tipletable to implement a ban on tained that the pOlicy approved by opportunity. We have to harness that power, and spread it throughout "In a word, yes." race and gender. preferences in the board last July was intended to the country." Connerly said he and Wilson are admissions. be' put in place beginning with stu- considering drafting a resolution to Officials acknowledged that the $2 billion program represents At their monthly meeting in San dents entering in the .fall 1997 term. only a fraction of what it would cost to interconnect all U.S. be brought to the board in March • Francisco, the regents voted unani- Last month, Atkinson announced that would clearly ban preferences .. schools and librarie~ ift the way that some e perts have envisioned. mously to eliminat~ preferences in that the university could not move. One recent study suggests that a computer network encompassing in outreach and financial aid. But undergraduate admissions beginning that quickly and delayed the ban on Connerly s id the so-called Califor- all schools would cost somewhere between $1 t billion and $40 bil- with students applying for entry to preferences in admissions for a year, lion. nia civil right~ initiative, a stateW1(ie the spring 1998 term. There was lit- a decision that angered the gover- affirmative action ban whose cam- - tIe discussion and the vote came so nor. . paign he is running, will play a part quickly that the governor, who Thursday's proposal of spring in their decision. Kasparov Enters Game Five made a special appearance at the 1998 w.as a compromise, but Con- "The passage of that initiative meeting to underscore the board's nerly said he supported it only in an Against Computer at a Standstill will probably render a lot of our policy-making authori ,missed his attempt to make peace, not because deliberations at this board some- NEWSDAY chance to weigh in because he was he believed a delay was necessary. what moot," Connerly said, noting PHILADELPHIA in the restroom. "I was not doing it because I, as that the measure has 'until next , The tension for world chess champion qarry Kasparov was ago- The meeting, perhaps the firs~ in one p,erson, was persuaded that he week to submit enough signatures nizing as he prepared for Friday's fifth game against the world's most history to finish ahead of schedule, (Atkinson) needed more time. I to qualify for the November ballot. powerful supercomputer. was so uncharacteristically calm don't think he needed more time, If the initiative qualifies, he said, that regents admitted they were and I told him that," Connerly said. 41 The computer - IBM's Deep Blue - has fought him to a stand- "we'll have to weigh whether to stunned. During the closed-door meeting, still after four games with each side winning once and drawing the bring this back to board or let the "I'm as confused as everyone the foursome also discussed whether last two games, for a score of of 2-2. voters decide." else is," said Regent Roy Brophy. the university's outreach efforts and The games have had an impact on Kasparov. He appeared The governor declined to com- exhausted after Wednesday's 50-move, 4-hour game. At one point "We went in there and sat down like financial aid strategies will continu~ ment. But his spokesman, Sean toward the end of the drawn game, his hand shook slightly when he we had swallowed a handful oftran- to be race-attentive, as in the past. Walsh, cOl)firmed that Wilson "is moved a piece into position. quilizers .... It's like the Joe Louis Outreach programs - through fights. If you missed the first three counseling and instruction - seek not in favor of pr~ference programs Kasparov will play Friday with disadvantageous black pieces, giv- ~econds, the fight was over." . • to increase the number of minority anywhere, and that extends to out- ing the computer the first move and thus an edge. Kasparov is wor- But sources said the real action and socioeconomIcally disadvan- reach programs." ried about losing to a computer - and losing the $400,000 prize occurred before the meeting was taged students who are eligible for For his part, Atkinson described money. If the computer wins, the prize money will go to IBM's gaveled to order, when Wilson met admission. his meeting with the governor as research fund. But, the computer, of course, feels no ten ion, no fear privately with University of Califor- "Race should not be a part of it," "very friendly:" Asked about the or intimidation. And it doesn't care about the money. . nia President Richard Atkinson, Connerly said later, adding that he . outreach and financial aid discus- Regent Ward Connerly and board preferred a socioeconomic model. sion,. he jcited a legal opin~o1J h t Buchanan Adviser Steps Down chairman Clair Burgener. Connerly, "If you make the program inclusion- requested from the regents' counsel. NEWSDAY WASHINGTON A co-chairman of conservative commentator Patrick J. Bucha- Yeltsin Launch~s PopUliSt nan's Republican presidential campaign took a leave of absence Thursday after an ethics watchdog group linked the adviser to white supremacists and armed citizen militias. Larry Pratt, executive director of the 150,000-member Gun Own- Campaign in.Russia's Elections ers of America, staged a news confereRce to deny having racist views and to denounce the independent Center for Public Integrity's allega.: By Richard Boudreaux thing possible so that we Russians, time and take vacations "on Cyprus tions as "a scurrilous attack designed to derail the success of the LOS ANGELES TIMES and our country, do not perish under or on Corfu." He said: "The presi- Buchanan campaign." MOSCOW the red wheel of the past," he said. dent cannot afford (such vacations). But Pratt said because "the smear against me has been made a In a hoarse voice that bespoke The two speeches marked the But the 'planes are chock-full of ~ national issue," he was "temporarily" departil1g as one of four cam- fragile health, Presiden.t Boris' N. start of a four-month race that many such peopl~ flying them from Rus- ~ paign co-chairmen to spare the candidate from controversy. Yeltsin launched a populist cam- believed the 65-year-old president sia abroad." . paign for re-election Thursday with was too iH and t~o unpopular to . Turning to the g9vernor of the attacks on Russia's "suffocating" enter. Hurt by economic hardship at region where he spoke, Yeltsin said Soviet past, part of its new capitalist horne and war in secessio.nist the director o( .an unnamed local elite and even corrupt officials in his Chechnya, he was bedridden four company who earns $6,500 a month. WEATHER own administration. ~onths last year by two bouts of "should be immediately fired," even Russia's first popularly elected heart disease and trails Zyuganov, though the company is in private leader declared that his mission to the front-runner, and several other hands. The president announced a More snow, by George! create a democratic, free-market candidates in the crowded field. decree requiring all 'companies to By Marek Zebrowski so~iety is incomplete and could be Some Russians recall Yeltsin's pay at least 20 percent of their earn- STAFF METEOROLOGIST destroyed if Communist rivals declaration in 1992 that the "burden" ings in wages. . . "bound by dogmas that life has of transforming Russia "is too In hIS most sweeping campaign A developing storm off the Carolina Capes Friday will initially rejected" come to power in the June heavy" to aHow him a second term. promise, Yeltsin said he would find move on a northeasterly trac~, paralleling the eastern seaboard and elections .. Thursday he looked tired after a win- enough money to pay the state's • intensify rapidly, as it turns to the north in the vicinity of our lati- "To stand on the threshold of a try day of campaigning that plunged entire bill in overdue wages - tudes by late Friday evening. Coastal locations will thus receive the civilized life, the civilized life of the. him into crowds at three subway sta- '$2.75 billion owed to' soldiers, highest amounts of precipitation; local snow totals are expected to -world - and to roll back ~ this tions and Mft him rasping. teachers, scientists and other public be in the 6-9 inches (15-23 em) range by midday Saturday, when will be our common defeat and dis- Rambling and incoherent at employees who are routinely paid bulk of the moisture will have moved to the north and east of our grace," Yeltsin said in a nationally times during his hourJong speech, months late. He said the back wages area. televised speech. "In this situation, Yeltsin ticked off some achieve- will be' paid by March and never be As the storm track may came very close to Cape Cod, a change to can I afford not to take part in the ments of his five years in office: a probl~m afterward. sleet and some rain may occur in portions of southeastern Massachu- elections? political and press freedoms, a mod- Yeltsin did not say where he setts, the Cape and Islands during Friday night. By later on Satqrday, "I must bring to a successful end em market and trade infrastructure, would find the money but promised this storm will pound down east Maine, bringing us a backlash of the cau&e to which I have devoted $13 biJJion in reserves in a once- that wages will not be paid in blustery winds, with but a hint of clearing, scattered among some my whole self," he added. "I am empty treasury, progress in taming "wooden r.ubles," slang here for squalls of flurries. sure I can bring the country through the inflation he unleashed. deficit spending that only drives up . A shot of cold air will follow on Sunday and Monday this latest troubled times, anxiety and uncer- But he admitted that mistakes in prices. ,Some 'government econo- stormy episode. In a slightly longer range - a changing pattern, with tainty." his conduct of economic reforms, 'mists are skeptical that the Kremlin ~ milder, southwesterly flow is forecast to provide a hint of spring for As Yeltsin spoke in Yekaterin- which have made most "Russians has such reserves. mid week and the real Washington birthday next Thursday. burg, his home city in the Ural worse off than they were under While Communists and other Today: Cloudy with snow developing around middC}y and Mountains, delegates of Russia's Soviet rule, have caused "aeep scars opposition groups focus their cam- increasing in intensity after dark. Accumulations of 3-5 inches (8-13 'resurgent Communist Party gath- on my heart." paigns on the widening gap between cm) are likely in Boston area by 8 p.m. North to northeasterly winds ered in Mo'scow to nominate their "I spend sleepless nights analyz- Russia's. rich and poor, Yeltsin's increasing from 10 to 20 mph (16-32lgnh). High near 32°F (O°C). boss, Gennady A. Zyuganov, for ing what we have done," he said. aides believe that the biggest obsta- Tonight: Snow continuing. Blustery and cold, with lows near 23°F president oil the June 16 baHot. "Every time, -I feel convinced we cle to his re-election is widespread (-5°C). Four more inches (10 cm) expected by daybreak tomorrow. While Zyuganov gave a cautious have taken the correct path." But he outrage over officiaf corruption. Saturday: Snow gradually tapering off to flurries, with some address calling for greater state con- .added that the free market cannot be Yelts'in admitted Thursday that breaks in overcast late. High 30°F (-1°C) trol of the economy, Yeltsin was pursued at all costs and promised the r~formist rhetoric of "tough unday outlook: Becoming partly sunny and colder. Highs in more aggressive, asseidng that a steps to balance social inequalities. financial policy" is often "used to mid 20s (-5 to -3°C) and lows in low teens (-12 to -to 0c) by early Communist victory would bring Yeltsin attackea Russian capital- cover up numerous financial snams Monday. famine, Soviet-style dictatorship ists who bleed their companies' and abuses." He promised a crack- . and civil war. "We must do every- assets, fail to pay their workers on down on hundreds of officials. February 16, 1996 WORLD & ATION THE TECH Page 3 Fe eral Judge Blocks' decency' Moderate Volcano Hazards Alert Declared in California Provision inInternet Legislation WS ANGELES TIMES The U.S. Geological Survey Thursday declared a moderate level By Mike Mills order will have to be worked out at on those who knowingly "make Volcano Hazards Alert in the Mammoth Lakes area of eastern Cali- and John Schwartz a later heanng on a request for a available" over interactive computer fornia after a swarm of more than 100 earthquakes during the day. THE WASHINGTON POST preliminary injunction, which has services indecent material to anyone Research geophysicist Malcolm Johnson of the Survey, said the WASHJ GTO yet to be scheduled. under 18. alert is "fairly uncommon." It reflects "a moderate level of increased A federal judge in Philadelphia "We are very glad that the judge The Clinton administration activity and unrest in the vicinity of the Mammoth Mountain vol- temporarily blocked the government did consider the free speech rights defended the law in briefs filed late cano," he said. Thursday from enforcing part of of on-line users to be very impor- Wednesday, saying that the provi- However, he emphasized, this does not mean that scientists new legislation that prol!ibits mak- tant," said Ann Beeson, ACLU sion clearly applies only to commu- believe an eruption near the Eastern Sierra community is imminent. ing indecent material available to counsel. "While we have obtained a nications to minors. But the plain- There has not been such an eruption for at least 200 years. minors via computer. partial victory, the fight's not over." tiffs argued that the law actually Johnson said the "Level D" alert is the second of five volcanic U.S. District Judge Ronald The Justice Department had no applies to anyone who places such warning stages under a system revised in 1990. Buckwalter said that his order in the comment on the decision. material in a public place that According to the warning system, a Level A alert would indicate case, brought by the American Civil The chief judge for the U.S. minors might happen upon, and is that an eruption was likely within hours to days. A Level B would Liberties Union (ACLU) and other Court of Appeals for the Eastern so vague it could lead to the wrong- indicate intense unrest, with the volcano deforming rapidly and many groups, applied only to enforcement District of Pennsylvan,ia,Dolores K. ful prosecution of unwitting users of earthquakes. A Level C would reflect strong unrest, a Level D moder- of a provision of the law pertaining Sloviter, named herself, Buckwalter the Internet. ate unrest and a Level E weak unrest or possible instrument prob- to "indecent materials," and not to and U.S. Judge Stuart Dalzell The plaintiffs also said that Con- lems. another section of the law that pro- Thursday to a three-judge panel that gress failed to, consider the "least Alerts have been called before in the geologically active Mam- scribes distribution of "patently will rule on the provision. restrictive means" available in curb- moth Lakes area, the last about a year ago, Johnson said. No volcanic offensive" materials. The telecommunications law, ing indecency to minors, namely activity occurred at that time. The decision left civil liberties signed by President Clinton on Feb. new software designed to help par- lawyers scratching their heads, since 8, calls for the panel to rule on any ents block out objectionable infor- the Federal Communications Com- court challenge to the provision. mation on their .computers. They Bangladesh Voter Thrnout Low mission has used the two terms After the panel decides the matter, contended the law will chill the free THE WASHINGTON POST interchangeably in the pa~t. The bill either side may appeal directly to flow of spe<1chon-linethat contains DHAKA,BANGLADESH defines "patently offensive" as the Supreme Court. literary or educational value or deals A boycott by major opposition parties and fears of violence kept "depictions of sexual or excretory The "Communications Decency with such issues as sexuality, repro- voter turnout low Thursday as Bangladesh held parliamentary elec- activities or organs." . Act" imposes fines l,lpto $250,000 duction, human rights and civil lib- tions. At least 13 people were reported killed, most of them away The apparent conflict within the and prison sentences up to two years erties. from the capital, which was calm under a heavy military presence. There were no official announcements of results or turnout, but spot checks of polling places found few voters and a spokesman for CIA Official Reveals .Meney's Use the ruling Bangladesh National Party called participation. in some areas disappointing. Diplomatic sources had predicted a turnout of 10 percent, compared to 55 percent in 1991. The government of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is assured of Of Journalists in Secret Operations being returned to power because it faced only token opposition. In Dhaka, streets were nearly clear of vehicles and pedestrians. By Walter Pincus mous, cited that provision in saying, regarding journalistic cover was Soldiers patrolled and manned machine guns behind bunkers at key THE WASHINGTON POST "Exceptions have been made in controversial among the group's intersections. The capital's atmosphere combined the easygoing feel WASHINGTON extraordinarily rare circumstances." members and has since drawn sharp of a holiday, which the government declared, and the ominousness of Waiving regulations that bar the Asked about the official ''5 com- criticism from many editors and a general strike, which the opposition called. practice the JA on "extraordinari- ments, CIA spokesman Mark Mans- reporters. Sheik Hasina, leader of the Awami League, the largest opposition party, called on Zia to resign and for President Abdur Rahman ly rare" occasions over the past 19 field said Thursday the 1977 regula- Richard N. Haass, the council's years has used American journalists tion including the waiver "has been Biswas to schedule another election under a caretaker government. project director and an official of or U.S. news organizations as cover and continues to be the CIA's poli- the Bush administration's National in conducting clandestin~ opera- cy." He refused to discuss if any Security Council, said Thursday he tions, according to an intelligence waivers had been granted. Aide Testifies of First Lady's official. Disclosure that existing CIA reg- was unaware that current CIA regu- The official, who would not ulations continue to permit using lations permitted the use of journal- Opposition to Prosecutor describe the instances, noted that American journalistic cover for istic cover in exceptional circum- LOS ANGELES TIMES activities were undertaken under a intelligence operations came after stances. "Our assumption was use WASHINGTON waiver in CIA regulations formally an independent, blue-ribbon task was total1ybanned," he said. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's opposition to having an inde- adopted in 1977. Those Tijlesended force on intelligence sponsored by Informed of the CIA dIrector's pendent counsel appointed to investigate the Whitewater controversy the earlier agency practice of secret- the Council on Foreign Relations right to waive the prohibitions, was so strong that even the president failed to change her mind before ly employing American reporters recommended "a fresJ:1 look be Haass said, "That is about right. The calling for just such an appointment, a former top White House aide and using the names of U.S. news taken at limits on the use of non- bias or norm ought to be against the testified Thursday. organizations as cover for the CIA's official covers" for clandestine use of journalists as spies ... but one Hillary Clinton's antagonism was based on her belief that there own clandestine officers. operations overseas. would not want to be in a situation had been "no credible allegation of. wrongdoing," a factor that nor- The regulations, were a response U.S. clergy and Peace Corps vol- of exceptional circumstances where mally triggers creation of such a counselor special prosecutor, for- to publIC outcry after-disclosures a unteers are, along with journalists, the possibility ... was automatically mer presidential aide Mark D. Gearan told the Senate Whitewater year earlier by congressional com- among categories the CIA is barred ruled out." Committee. mittees that the CIA for decades had .from recruiting. The prohibitions Reviewing expletive-laced notes he made during daily White clandestine agents posing as jour- have neyer applied to foreign jour- Le~nard Downie Jr., executive House strategy meetings in early January 1994, Gearan wrote that nalists fot American news organiza- nalists, whom the CIA still looks to editor of The Washington Post, said then-White House Counsel Bernard Nussbaum shared Hillary Clin- tion. recruit, according to sources famil- Thursday, "It's disturbing to hear ton's concern, saying at one of the meetings that an outside prosecu- Und~r the little-publicized wa~v- iar with the matter. that the possibility exists that CIA tor is "subject to no contro1." er, exceptions to the 1977 prohibi- The panel's recommendation, has either used the cover of legiti- AcCordingto Gearan's notes, Nussbaum also said: "You'll have a tions could be made "with the spe- first reported two weeks ago in The mate journalistic organizations 3- to 4-year investigation. Lives will be under a microscope." cific approval" of the CIA director. Washington Post, is part of a broad- without their knowledge, or some- Although Hillary Clinton's opposition was publicly known at the The intelligence official, who spoke er report on the future of U.S. intel- body working for them has been time, Gearan's notes and testimony marked the first disclosure that on condition that he remain anony- ligence. The recommendation recruited by the CIA." the president and some White House staff members had tried but failed to change her mind. Clinton, despite his wife's views, called for appointment of an independent counsel several days later on Jan. Report Reveals British Deceit, Denial, 12, 1994. . Eight days beyond that - on Jan. 20 - Attorney General Janet Reno named New York lawyer Robert B. Fiske Jr. as the first White- And Cover-up in '80s Arms Sales to Iraq water independent counse1. A federal appeals court replaced him as By'Fred Barbash In addition, it is viewed not as a ney general that prompted them to counsel later that year with former U.S. Appellate Judge Kenneth W. • THE WASHINGTON POST commentary just on arms policies withhold from the defendants "sen- Starr, who is now condu9ting the inquiry. LONDON but on the British way of governing, sitive" information that tended to High-level British officials mis- regarded by many commentators as exonerate the men. When the trial led the public, the Parliament the among the most secretive in the judge discovered this, he threw out Poli~ Explode Terrorist Bomb courts and even one another in their democratic West. "In circumstances the case. The case, concluded THE BALTIMORE SUN handling of policy on arms sales.to where disclosure might be political- .Richard Scott, the veteran judge LONDON , Iraq during the late 1980s and into ly or administratively inconve- who prepared Thursday's report, For those accustomed to a terrorist bombing campaign, it was all 1990, a long~awaited independent nient," it said, "the balance struck "should never have been com- depressingly familiar: Coded telephone warnings. Police clearing the inquiry released ThJlfsday conclud- by the government comes down, menced." streets. The busy heart of London shut down. ed . time and again, against full disclo- Scott said, however, that he Thursday, police exploded a suspected bomb in the West End the- The 2,000-page- report on the sure." could not conclude that any of the ater district hours after an unidentified Irish Republican Army most searching look yet into the Under this policy, defense, intel- dozens of ministers and bureaucrats spokesperson indicated the group may continue its bid to blast the inner workings of the British ligence and export-licensing offi- involved in the events - many of politicians to the bargaining table. bureaucracy said the government cials allowed a machine-tool com- the still in high office - had A Scotland Yard spokesman said the incident "bore all the hall- t secretly relaxed its ban on sales of pany to export to Iraq machinery acted maliciously. In their dealings marks" of an IRA action, coming six days after the paramilitary arms-related machinery to Iraq .in with military uses. In fact, British with Parliament, however, he said group lifted its 17-month cease fire by detonating a half-ton truck 1988, but repeatedly and deliberate- intelligence used the company to they nevertheless acted "deliberate- bomb in the Docklands district in east London. The incident occurred ly denied doing so when queried by obtain useful information on Bagh- ly." only hours after the British Army sent 500 soldiers to Northern Ire- members of Parliament, for fear of dad. It then failed to inform customs The Scott inquiry, which heard land, boosting its military presence there to 17,000 troops. adverse public reaction. in estigators of this, according to 268 witnesses and reviewed thou- No group or individual claimed credit for planting the device, While the U.S. government has Thursday'S report, and allowed sands of documents, stemmed from which was found in a sports' equipment bag inside a phone booth been hit by its own "arms to Iran" them to proceed with a criminal the collapse of a criminal prosecu- along Charing Cross Road near Leicester Square. The bomb, and "arms to Iraq" fallout, Thurs- prosecution of the company's exec- . tion of executives of Matrix described by police as "small," was believed to be made of Semtex day's report was awaited with spe- utives. It failed, as Well, to inform Churchill, a British machine-tool explosive. cial anticipation her~ because the then-Prime Minister Margaret manufacturer. When police received the first of two telephone coded warnings at party and many of the officials in • Thatcher. At the time of the Iran-Iraq war, about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Londoners and tourists were herded off office during the events covered in As the trial got underway in from 1980, to 1988, Britain agreed the streets, shops were closed and office workers were told to stay the report are still in power, includ- 1992', cabinet members received to abide by a U.N. arms embargo away from windows as a square-mile area was closed. It ing Prime Minister John Major. flawed advice from Britain's attor- against both sides. Page 4 THE TECH February 16, 1996 o Large Party Ban Should End Soon In December, when the Office of Residence and Campus our security problems, we aclqtowledge that progress to date Activitie re ponded to the shooting of a ortheastern Universi- appears somewhat slow. obody should expect student and ty tudent in front of Walker Memorial by banning mo t large, administrators to arrive at a good olution immediately, but with the moratorium on large events in place, there is a large incen- Chairman late-night events, many members of the MIT community Scott C. Deskin '96 as umed that the ban would be temporary. The prohibition tive to rush a discussion that has really only begun. The original purpose of the events moratorium was to end PJ/jetolJl'f)e nl against these large events has now Editor in Chief DUff; I f/UI lasted more than two months; sev- the dangerous situation at large parties while the MIT commu- Ramy A. Arnaout '97 ------erallarge events have been can- nity explored different policy options. First, we believe that Business anager celled, and others are now at risk. We support the RCA's origi- student life is being very adversely affected by the ban. Sever- nal plan to temporarily ban these events to explore security al important events have already gone by the boards. Planning Christine Chan '98 options. Yet we also recognize the negative impact the ban has for all major spring term events is stalled owing to the great anaging Editor had on tudent life, and believe that the dean's office should set uncertainty concerning the ban's duration. Second, the time Saul Blumenthal '98 a firm and early date for the lifting of the ban, independent of pressure has acted to rush the discussions now under way. The the progress of the current discussions with student groups. dean's office has expressed an interest in developing a con- Executive Editor . During the past two months, the dean's office and the Cam- crete, comprehensive policy. That will take time. Third, a tem- Anders Hove '96 pus Police have begun a series of discussions and meetings with porary solution now exists that would allow for the lifting of NEWS STAFF student leaders and student groups. The purpose of these discus- the ban without returning to the dangerous situation of previ- Editors: A. Arif Husain '97, Stacey E. sions has been to explore different ideas as to how the security ous years. Limited, advanced ticket distribution for large Blau '98, Shang-Lin Chuang '98, David D. problems with large events might be handled in the future. events can be implemented right now. It would do much to Hsu '98; ssociate Editors: Venkatesh There seems to be some consensus among the participants that deter crowds of uninvited guests from showing up for such atish '98, Orli G. Bahcall '99, Dan McGuire '99; Staff: Oleg E. Drozhinin '97, the current system of metal detectors and police details has not events at, all, and might also help move people into events Ifung Lu '97, James M. Wahl '97, been adequate, particularly in dealing with crowds of people more quickly. Christopher L. Falling '98, Sam from outside the MIT community that sometimes assemble near The important thing right now is to find a temporary'securi- Hartman '98, Brett Altschul '99, Shaw- the entrances of events. ty measure that can replace the moratorium during the several dee Eshghi '99, Carina Fung '99, A numb(}r of options have been raised by both administra- months that it may take to flesh out iqeas raised in these discus- Yaron Koren '99, Jean K. Lee '99; tors and students, ranging from advanced ticket sales and limit- sions. The events moratorium has placed an artificial time-pres- Meteorologists: Michael C. Morgan ed admission, to somehow improving the logistics of moving sure on those valuable discussions. It is also threatening to PhD '95, {Jerard Roe G, Marek Zebrowski. people into or away from event entrances. It is too early to tell severely impact student life on the MIT campus. While we PRODUCTION STAFF whether any of these solutions will prevail, or even if they endorse the administration's strategy to date, we feel that the Editors: Teresa Lee '96, Jennifer Peitz '98; would work. Hopefully, the policy that results from these inclu- dean's'office should commit itself to ending the moratorium on taff: Amy Hsu '94, Laura DePaoli '97, sive discussions will represent a broad community consensus of a specific date, even if other, interim measures are required to Jimmy Wong '97, Larry Chao '98, Yun-Ju how best to deal with the current problems. insure the safety of the members of the MIT community and Lee '98, Josh Bittker '99, Michael D. While we endorse the process of developing solutions to their guests. Forbes '99, Jeremy J. Lilley '99, Arthur Murakami '99, Sharon Shen '99, Binh Truong '99, Jason C. Yang '99, Khelga Karsten. Student Input Should GUideMerger OPINION STAFF Raajnish A. Chitaley '95. The latest draft document by the re-engineering assessment extensive involvement by those most affected by the change. team contains a recommendation that Residence and Campus While it is too early to say what sort of student involvement SPORTS STAFF Activities and the Department of Housing and Food Services be was originally planned for the merger, it seems clear that the Associate Editor: Bo Light '96; Staff: merged. If this merger were to take place, it would represent the assessm'ent team anticipated having a decision out by March, Thomas Kettler SM '94, Darren Castro G, with changes taking place by September. Such a sched1)le Brian Petersen '96, David Berl '97, Jeremy P,J/jetolV'fJe nl largest administrative change set in Cohen '97, Daniel Wang '97, Jason DUff; I fJW motion thus far by re-engineering. would allow for little more involvement than the few cursory Weintraub '97, Farhan Zaidi '98. More importantly, it would have "focus groups" that have already been held . .Becau~e the far-ranging concequences for students. For this reason, the stu- changes are critical to issues of student life in general, and- ARTS STAFF dents whose lives would be influenced by the change should be student government in particular, student leaders should Editor: Craig K. Chang '96; Associate given preeminent responsibility for deciding whether and how expect to playa central role in any decision over the future of Editor: David V. Rodriguez '97, Staff: Thomas Chen G, Teresa Esser '95, Audrey such a merger would take place. RCA and HFS. Wu '96, Brian Hoffman '97, Kamal Current responsibility for the housing system is divided. MIT has long recognized the important educational role Swamidoss '97, Rob Wagner '97, Hur along fairly rational lines. HFS operates and maintains the dor- played by the housing system. While academics may be the Koser '98, Daniel Ramirez '99, Stephen mitories, and handles their finances. RCA, a branch of the focus of students' energies, housing arrangements still playa Brophy. dean's office, deals with issues of residence life, tutoring, and central role in their lives. Allowing students to manage and housemasters. The historic independence of the two offices is guide life in the housing system is at the core of MIT' s educa- PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Editors: Adriane Chapman '98, Indranath often a benefit to students, especially insofar as it enables them tional mission. Closed decision-making processes that deny the Neogy '98; Associate Editor: Helen to claim a policy turf of their own. The current division of role of student leadership are in conflict with that educational Lin '97; Staff: Gabor Csanyi G, Rich responsibility works well with one caveat: sometimes the two mission. MIT cannot afford to throw its goals overboard for the Fletcher G, Ari fur Rahman G, Jiri offices communicate poorly with each other. Advocates of the sake of administrative savings. . Schindler '96, Sharon N. Young Pong '96, merger have expressed the concern that housemasters, house The idea of merging RCA with HFS raises a number of Tiffany Lin"97. managers, and tutors report to different people, and therefore issues that merit discussion. Students and administrators need to •• FEA7lJRES STAFF may not communicate well with each other. The assessment work together over the next few months to explore how their Hugo M. Ayala G, Pawan Sinha G, Willy team also believes that some responsibilifes of the offices over- goals of improving communication and increasing efficiency Ziminsky G, Steven D. Leung '96, Cherry lap, and that merging them might result in substantial adminis- can be accomplished. If all sides believe that the best-solution Ogata '96. trative savings. includes a merger, so be it. The important thing is to arrive at a BUSINESS STAFF While we believe that there may be some points in favor consensus in a way that respects the value and educational merit Operations Manager: Pamela Shade '98; of merging the two offices, no change should be made without of allowing students to decide their own destiny. Advertising Manager: Angela Liao '98; Staff: Mary Chen '97, Ricardo Ambrose '98, Jessica Maia '98, Winnette Mcintosh '98, The Karen Chan '99, Terri A. Wilson '99. Letters 1b Editor TECHNOLOGY STAFF GSC Played Crucial Role (Senior Planning Officer Lydia S. Snover in Last semester, coordinators in the graduate Director: Daniel C. Stevenson '97; particular) was helpful in listening to the con- residences collected over 300 signatures on Associate Directors: Christina Chu '98, In Parking Changes cerns of the graduate students, I seriously petitions against the increase. HCA coordinated Cristian A. Gonzalez '99; Staff: Kathleen I was very disappointed by the article doubt that they would have decided to delay a survey asking for residents' reactions to the Lynch. "Parking Fee Increase Delayed for Residents" the implementation of the parking fee increase increase, and received 286 responses in less in last Friday's issue [February 9]. There was without the prodding of the GSC's Housing than a week..We hosted an open meeting for EDITORS A T URGE no mention of the Graduate Student Council's and Community Affairs committee (RCA). students to discuss the .issue with three mem- Contributing Editors: Eva Moy G, work in obtaining this settlement with the This, however, is exactly what the article Thomas R. 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Printed on recycled paper by MassWeb Printing Co. days before the date of publication. appropriate person. , February 16, 1996 OPOOO THE TECH Page 5 Letters 1b TheEditor Letters, from Page 4 Committee. I hope that in the future you will tIe, yet crucial points. This, in turn, led to a be accommodated in a replacement building endeavor to acknowledge more of the work serious misrepresentation of my opinion on at the Sidney site. At the same time though, bers of the administration We pressed for the done on behalf of all students by these organi- the desirability of building new graduate stu- the vast majority of grad students currently formation of the Ad Hoc Committee on Resi- zations. dent housing. live in housing that is either farther from dential Parking. Andjelka Kelic G and John P. Geoffrey Coram G While I oppose the construction of a grad- campus, in a less safe neighborhood, or more Mellor G are the two graduate student repre- Co-chair, Graduate Student Council Housing uate housing facility to replace Ashdown expensive (especially in the post-rent control sentatives on the committee, and they have and Community Affairs Committee House at the comer of-Sidney and Pacific era). Thus the construction-of additional spent a considerable amount of time working Streets, I just as strongly support the con- housing at the Sidney site, while it may not on this issue. (They continue to work on the struction of a graduate housing complex at be an optimal location, would improve the Grad Housing Story that site that would add to the number of "on question of whet r the 300 fee is appropriate, lives of hundreds of graduate students. I hope postponed or not.) Yet there is no mention of campus" graduate student beds. 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He is totally baffled hen his faith in' only" improvisation comedy Roadki/i Buffet Brattle Theater technology is shattered, which of course hap- I • group, is perfonning their new 6-120 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge pens time after time. But he doesn't give up; show, Intestine Ice Cream, this Saturday, 7 p.m. Friday through Thursday, matinee and night he just goes back to the drawing board. Saturday night. screenings. .Marvin loves technology so much he The group has an interesting motto: If ESCAPEF HAPPINESS doesn't need contact with other Martians. In a we suck, it's your fault. Though their MIT Dramashop By Ben and Stephen Brophy post-modern world, he is a modernist who December show was funny, its main prob- Little Kresge STAFF REPORTERS could probably defeat any other modernist in lem resulted from the audience's awkward Friday and Saturday, 8p.m. ugs Bunny rules at the Brattle Theatre an even fight - even ifhe is completely help- suggestions for skits. The group did well for the next week, but as always he less when facing the post-modernist Bugs. with what they had, but it was obvious that has some serious competition from Marvin stars in three cartoons: "Hasty Hare" they were limited. at 8 p.m. The story centers around a the likes of Daffy Duck the Tasman- (1952), "Hare-Way to the Stars" (1958), and The Independent Activities Period bizarre suburban family and takes place ian Devil, and, best of all, Marvin the Martian. of course "Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Centu- show set a good trend by being much bet- entirely in a kitchen. When the curtain New 35mm prints of twenty-four Warner ry" (1953). ter - partly because they had a more rise one of the daughter's husbands is Brothers cartoons will be screened in two dif- In contrast to the cool, calm and collecte benevolent audience, but mainly because beaten up and lying on the floor, and the ferent programs as the Brattle hosts the Bugs MarviR, the Tasmanian Devil is all id, and has the group looked more at ease. Having circumstance around it are unclear. Bunay Film Festival '96 and adds the bonus . a temper that explodes immediately when he been through it twice before in so few The rest of the plot takes a while to sort of Tasmanian Devil Nights (which will be doesn't immediately get what he wants. He months, Roadkill Buffet should be in top out (nearly three hours), as do the family's shown on Monday and Wednesday). drools, slobbers, and pursues the objects of his fonn this Saturday. other problems. With a great cast which These cartoons are uproariously, hysteri- lust with .single-minded concentration. Taz is Dramashop's production of Escape builds on its energy with time, George F. cally funny, but they also serve as tiny, secu- apparently very popular with young men From Happiness continues this Friday and Walker's story of emotions and conflict lar morality plays - meditations on all t11 between the ages of 17 and 24, a period of Saturday in the Little Kresge Auditorium make even a long play worthwhile to watch. variations of the Seven Deadly Sins that fall unstoppable, unquenchable pursuit of food into the collective name of "obsession." They and sex. (The latter is often represented by give us a chance to Bugs in female Devil drag.) Taz also deco- laugh out loud at our rates a disproportionate amount of merchan- own weaknesses, to dise in the Warner Brother's stores. He too enjoy identifying appears in three cartoons: "Devil May Hare" with characters dri- . (1954); "Bedevilled Rabbit" (1957); and "Billi ven by some irre- of Hare" (1962). sistible ruling pas- The main program, The Bugs Bunny Film sion, to contemplate Festival '96, focuses on Bugs and his friends, the results when our and delivers the work of the two most inspired passions drive l!S directors on the Tennite Terrace: Chuck Jones beyond the bounds and Friz Freleng. Among the delights are the of reason. first screen appearances of Pepe Le Pew, the Marvin the Mart- amorous French skunk in "For Scentimental ian provides one of Reasons" (1949) and the Coyote/Roadrunner the best examples of duo in "Fast and Furry-ous" (1949). obsession in the pro- Chuck Jones shows his amazing ability to gram, and one par- dream up situations based on popular pieces of ticularly suited to classical music. He then designs the cartoon to the mind-sets of the move with the rhythms of the music, as in the MIT , ommunity. two 'meless opera spoofs "Rabbit-of Seville' Marvin has absolute (1950) and "What's Opera Doc? (1957). The .-.: -._- faith in scientific fonner is arguably more funny, but "What's - truth and the power Opera Doc?" is very likely the most visually of technology. He Bugs Bunny and his cartoon colleagues hit the screen at the Brattle Theater's Bugs Bunny Rim Festival '96. tries to use technol- Bugs Bunny, Page 8 THIS SUMMER, THERE ARE ONLY GOING TO . , • BE RERUNS. SO JOIN THE CAST OF 902R!0. RiO INTERNSHIPS APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE IN 7-103 Deadline Extended!: Feb~uary 26 February 16, 1996 THE ARTS THE TECH Page 7 Antonia's .Une •on sexes -, THIS WEEK AT THE KENDALL if they were stray puppies, and her daughters strike back when they are hurt, some critic's ciliation and love between women and men is beget daughters. Friends gather and join in as will inevitably try to brand this a male-bash- not impossible. Kendall Square Cinema if they were part of a big family. They all ing movie. But these critics will have to Twenty years ago Martin Scorcese direct- One Kendall Square, Cambridge laugh and sing and tell stories and give each ignore the more positive relationships ed Taxi Driver, which has come to be seen as other significant glances as new surprises are between women and men in order to tell that occupying a central place in his body of work. By Stephen Brophy revealed. lie. The film follows a man who has trouble sleep- STAFF REPORTER This is not some matriarchal never-never Antonia's Line is not perfect. It relies a lit- ing. As he drives his cab through the grimy ntonia's Line, one of the movies nom- land, however - the roses in this paradise tle too heavily on voice-over narration to streets of ew York City, his contempt grows inated for the 1996 Best Foreign Film still hold thorns. As the seasons turn over, move the story along - a result of trying to for the degradation he sees around him, and Oscar, opens this week at the Kendall friends and lovers grow older and die, and tell too much story in too short a time. But its his attempts to connect with other human A Cinema. Written and directed by those who are left behind have to mix some vision is inspired, and it plants hope in our beings keep failing. The film culminates in a Dutch filmmaker Marleen Gorris, it is a mag- . sadness with their satisfaction. Rape can still hearts. Marleen Gorris demonstrates that fem- controversial blood bath, some parts of which nificently open-hearted feminist vision of the happen, and as always it sows hatred and inisms can grow and change as the sjtuations are lovingly filmed in slow motion. Taxi Dri- - way the world could be if men were not reaps retribution. Because the women here they address grow and change, and t~at recon- ver was cited by a deranged John Hinckley as always struggling to dominate it. We get' to the inspiration for his attempt to assassinate know five generations of a fann family in an President Ronald Reagan. magical and realist epic which begins just To celebrate this anniversary, new prints after World War II and culminates the day have been struck, and a stereo soundtrack has after tomorrow. been added. This is particularly welcome, as it One of the director's previous works, A calls more attention to the final score written Question of Silence, tells the story of three by Bernard Hermann, who wrote the music for women who kjIl a rude male shopkeeper after all the best American films of Alfred Hitch- he accuses one of them of shoplifting. In cock, and is considered to be one of the two or Antoniq's Line, however, the war between the three best film composers of this century. sexes is imagined to be over, although a few Scorcese makes a Hitchcock-like appear- men still attempt some pathetic rear-guard ance in his movie as the creepy passenger who actions. The tone of the story is mostly comic. sits in the back of the cab watching his wife's But, as befits a story in Which the cycles of silhouette on a window shade as she has an seasons' and the phases of the moon are fre- assignation with another man. Robert De quently noted, laughter sometimes shades 'into Niro, lody Foster, Harvey Keitel, and Cybil tears. Sheppard star; it's eerie to see how young The central motif of Antonia's Line is a they appear in what still looks like a contem- large outdoor dinner table in the fann yard of porary movie. the house to which Antonia returns at the Two other new releases, director Kenneth beginning of the narrative. Over the years, the Branagh's comedy, A Midwinter's Tale, and numbers of women and men who share food the crime movie iRspired by a Warren Zevon and love around this table wax and wane. As Antonia (Wlleke van Ammelrooy) and Bas (Jan Decleir) share good times In Marleen song, Things To Do In Denver When You're t)le sto'ry continues, Antonia adopts misfits as Gorrls's Antonia's. Une. . Dead, will be covered in next week's column . Sunday, February 18, 4prn ALL-AMERICAN CONCERT .PISTC>ND\lo for Viola & 'Cello CORIGLIANO Sonata for Violin &: Piano GRIFFES Symphonische Phantasie for Two Pianos WHEELER "Illyrian Variations" . (Premiere, Chamber Ensemble Commissionj'i Seu~ly Hall, Bostpn Conservatory' 8 The Fenway, Call (617) 536-3063 career Center, ~\~ @ .~~"-' ~t .$ Frankfurt Paris Rome INFORMATION ENGINEERING Tel Aviv a divi6ion ot Monitor Company Tokyo 402* . sanmkok, . 469* . 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Part of it really is learning to could do a better job if their opera- appreciate what the other side does. tions were working together," It's not an insunnountable issue." Enders said. "It's not an indictmen "The big problem that I have of either office." with this... is that th'eseare two sep- The relationship between house arate agencies that have been apart managers and housemasters are for a long time," Hollywood said. A. The SCC Stereo - a powerful stereo with Cerwin-Vega speakers. based on informal, personal rela- "They have very different philoso- Adequate for smaller functions where high-fidelity is not necessary. tionships, Stewart said. - phies." "As we try to think about adding $75.00 + $10.00 for setup (optional). housing there isn't a natural way to . Lack of Student Input Cited bring together the co cerns of facul~ "We were not inc1uQed in the ty members with the people who [HFS/RCA re-engineering] process i» B. DJService - $20.00/hour .. No equipment is supplied. would actually go about building at all," said Dormitory Council it," Stewart said. President Dhaya Lakshminarayanan C. The Bonus-Extravaganza Mega Package: The SCC Stereo Plus OJ's. '''The mission of the house is G. "They had focus group meetings, educational," Stewart said. "It's not but in our minds those are just to Three hour minimum. $75.00 + $15.00/hour. a place to put bodies in boxes to sell the ideas you already have to sleep at night ... it's a place where people," she said. "Dormcon is the education of MIT continues." unique in that we have expertise in D. The Peavey Sonic Crusher System Package: a very powerful stereo with areas of housing... it's odd that we all Peavey components. Capable of handling very large dance parties Merger might'induce tensions were not adequately involved in or smaller gathe.s where accurate reproduction of music is desired, HFS currently comes under the the" decision process, she said. control of the Vice President for Hollywood countered that when such as classical or ballroom-dance events. The Stereo Plus OJ's: Operations while RCA is managed the re-engineering tearn "was decid- $100.00 + $15.00/hour. Three hour minimum. by the Dean for Undergraduate Edu- ing which options it was going to • cation Rosalind H. Williams. The choose... I didn't see a lot df com- issue of who controls the new munity involvement," he ~dded. fl) E. The Compleat Audio Overload Package: both stereos for the maximum department has not been decided. "We've had a meeting with 'the sonic impact possible! Three .hours minimum. Both Stereos Plus OJ's: "It's probably useful to not make GSC," said Mehta. "Representatives $150.00 + $10.00/hour. any assumptions about where this from the Dormcon and UA have reorganized process will fit in the heard these recommendations and organizational structure at MIT have heard or been invited to" meet- Contact Josh at 225-7347, [email protected] or Jeremy at 225-7346, because first and foremost you have ings about the topic. to look at the work ... that needs to "If one thing frustrates us it is [email protected] for more information and availability. . be done," Immerman said. "If you that students couldn't come because A Student Center Committee service organize the stake-holders in ways they were too busy," Enders said. that maximize the functional rela- "We were trying really hard to make tions between and among them, it's sure that" people weren't left out. Ca\\ CHANGING THE VOICE OF BUSINESS WORLDWIDE. 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He must make the Danheiser said. MacVicar Fellows research go hand in hand.... It all "The spread between a high B were Bs versus 36.7 percent last most out of limited resources; his act as role models for other profes- fits together in my mind." and low B has become very large in year; and 7.7 percent were Cs com- contributions extend. beyond the sors. Danheiser cited Professor of many subjects, and it inevitably pared with 8.7 percent last year. classroom. Chemistry Daniel S. ,Kemp, a past Robert J. Silbey results in tudents ju t missing an A The grade experiment will con- MacVicar Fellow, as a role model From the nominations: His profi- feeling hard done by because of the tinue until August 1998, said for him. ciency as a teacher is beyond ques- large jump from B to A in tenns of Lagace. "This is not a quick tion, but more important is (he grade point ," Wilson said. process. 'We're just starting to eval- ichael F. Rubner PhD '86 respect he earns from his students. Some students feel that the uate the system by gathering data to From the nominations: In 1990 change hasn't made much impact. better fonnulate the effects." he was the winner of both the Baker "It ha n't made much of a differ- "I think the plus/minu system or Award for undergraduate teaching ence to me .... I don't remember some altered form will be penna- and the Graduate Student Council talking to anyone about their habits nent," Balsley said. "The three-year Teaching Award. How often does changing due to intermediate plan is a bridge to the inevitable that happen? grades," said John S. 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The for the postseason as, say, the Ken- Best Commercial: Pepsi-Cola. is a four-year letterwinner for the tucky Wildcats, who still have to The tragic tale of a Coke distributor • MIT varsity. make it through the SEC; or Con- who gets caught red-handed trying necticut, the best team in the Big to steal a Pepsi takes home the gold Trivia Question Men's Fencing Faces East. The thinking here is that two in a year when the game was actual- Name the last college basketball months from now, UMass fans will ly more interesting than the com- team to finish their regular season be consoling themselves with an mercials. undefeated. Send your answers to Tough Teams at Duke undefeated regular season. Worst Commercial: British Air- [email protected]. ways. As we watch a man taking a Answer to the last question: I By David Nauman Gridiron Update shower in his private first-class lost the list of correct answers to the TEAM MEMBER Okay, the Super Bowl was three cabin (they have showers in first- last question, which is okay because In the continuing drive to bring the MIT fencing team to a nation- weeks ago, so this will be a merci- class? I gotta stop flying coach), a I forgot the question anyway. Sony. ally competitive level, both the men's and women's teams drove to orth Carolina this past weekend to fence scllools whose experience far surpassed that found in ew England. Duke hosted the two-day competition, with otre Dame, Air Force, U C Chapel Hill and Women's Fencing Def~ats Air Force, Brandeis fencing as well. Early Friday morning, the MIT men's team first faced off against Duke. The Blue Devils stepped up to the strip with vigor and beat Puts Up Good Fight Against IJNe MIT 20-7 in a match which was closer than the final tally indicated. The MIT sabre squad fought hard to a close 4-5 loss, with squad By Jennifer Mosler , The last two meets were very who went an impressive 4-0. Back- leader Josh Trauner '97 going 2-1. The epeeists fell 2-7, with David TEAM MEMBER . exciting ones for the Engineers. The es was not far behind at 3-1, and Lewinnek '97 bringing in the two wins. The foil squad lost ]-8. The women's varsity fencing first 'of the~ was against Air Force. Hwang and Mosier were each 2-2'. ext the fencers were matched up against the ]995 NCAA bronze . team had an impressive showing This meet saw many outstanding At the end of the meet one of the., medal team otre Dame. Though all three squads lost (epee 2-7, foil against very difficult competition last individual performances, with cap- UNC assistant coaches told the ]-8, sabre 2-7) it was a meet that showed MIT's potential. Captain Saturday at Duke University. In the tain Wanda Chin '97 going 3-1 in MIT team that he "was very David auman '97 won the only foil bout 5-1 against the number last series of dual meets of the sea- foil; Hwang, Leejee Suh '97 (foil), impressed by the fencing and team one Fighting Irish fencer, Jeremy Siek. Siek placed 12th at the son, they faced the powerhouses of Mosier, and Kari Backes '96 (epee) spirit of the MIT team. I expect CAA championships last year and is ranked 32nd in the United Duke, Notre Dame, U.S. Air Force all at 2-2; and Sara Perry '99 going we'll be seeing this team competi- States Fencing Association. Academy, and UNC-Chapel Hill. 2-0 in epee. tive among the top NCAA teams in The meet against Air Force, a team that placed 14th last year at the The first meet of the day was Epeeist Nora Szasz '99 was the near future." CAA nationals, started off poorly for the MIT fencers. Still mentally against the host team, Duke. called upon to fence the last bout of For the day, Chin had an out-:- down after the defeat by otre Dame, the Engineers lost the first 16 Although losing to this experienced the competition with MIT down standing 9-7 record, Mosier was bouts of the match. Late in the second round, led by a win by lae Park team 7-;25 (3-13 foil, 4-12 epee), 15-] 6. Under a tremendous amount 7-9, Hwang and Backes were both '98, the men's team bounced back and won five of the last] 1, making strong individual performances of pressure and with a)) of the 6-10 and Perry was 3-5. the third round as competitive as the rest should have been. were posted by Amy Hwang '97 in fencers from both teams watching One of the most impressive fea- . The final round's meet pitted MIT against a local favorite, UNC- foil and Jennifer Mosier '96 in epee, and cheering loudly, Szasz over- tures of the weekend was the inten- Chapel Hill. Still fighting to regain lost momentum, MIT finished who both had two victories. came her nerves and defeated her with a disappointing 9-] 8 result, a loss which could have gone the The next meet was against Notre opponent to win the meet 16-16 on sity of support and team spirit. MIT )' other way had MIT's fencers managed to turn around their seven 4-5 Dame, home to several nationally indicators (8-8 win, 8-8 win). was always cheering loudly and defeats. The epee squad ended at 2-7, foil at 4-5, and led by Brian ranked fencers. The team fought The last meet of the day was supporting each other after both Bower '99 (2-1), the sabre squad went 3-6. hard in every bout, with epeeist against another very difficult team, wins and losses. This energy was a The next competition, the ew England Championships, will be Nicky Leifer '98 going 2-2, but UNC. The team stayed fired up large 'part of .the successful fencing held at University of ew Hampshire the weekend of the 24th. were simply outclassed by the Irish from their win over Air Force, and of the day. 6-26 (2-]4,4-12). surprised UNC by giving them a This team is looking forward to very tough battle. Although UNC using the Division I experiences of prevailed in the end 13-19 (6-]0, the last two weekends when they 7-9), the meet was not decided until return to compete in the New Eng- the last round. - land Championships on Feb. 24 This great fight was led by Chin and 25. That's our domain, after all. Some 23,000 miles Our satellites el','lablepeople.to make instantaneous above the earth. As a premier, global designer of connections with others. From wireless satellites-for communications and weather mon- hand-held telephone service and video itoring purposes, we offer a great variety of conferencing, to digital services involv- projects for you to develop. Besides designing ing voice, video, and data transmissions. satellites, we also launch them. We have launch In addition, we do extensive R&D with sites in such exotic places as South America, propulsion systems, rechargeable China, Kazakhstan and even Florida. In fact, nickel-hydrogen batteries and we presently have a backlog of 75 satellites! power electronics, solar arrays, Because we have over 35 years of satellite advanced composites, attitude- JENNIFER MOSIER communications experience, it's safe to say control systems and all-weather Wanda A. 8hln '97, foil captain, fences to victory versus Ohio State we'll be around for the long haul. testing of antenna subsystems. on Feb. 3 at Brandeis University. Mil won the meet 16-16. Wewill be on campus interviewing for ~hefollowing positions: Club Volleyball Shuts Out -Aerospacel Aeronautical Engineers - Mechanical Engineers Northeastern in 1~9 Game ..../ Positions are also available in Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering . Volleyball, from Page 20 Sherbrooke PhD '95 described the Club as "committed to win the Wednesday, February 21 and a pinpoint short-serve ace game" for their injured star hitter. Contact your Career Placement Center for more information. from Lazaro put MIT on top The Engineers stepped up their We are an equal opportunity employer. ]5-12. intensity and ne\"er let Northeastern Even play continued as the back into the match. Asari and See your career take off! Huskies shifted their attack to the Niemeyer connected in the middle middle and right side in the third several times to help MIT to a 15-9 game: Good blocking began to give game and match win. PACE ElVSTEMEI IVC the edge just when Husbands IVC wi)) hold its next home suffered a sprained ankle while. match against UMass-Lowell next LDRAL coming alive on an outside block. Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Rockwell Former player and coach Evan Cage. ~-.... - . - February 16, 1996 SPORTS THE TECH Page 17 Women's Hockey Defeats Bates, UPenn; Loses to UMass Hockey, from Page 19 face off inside the MIT zone to poil MIT. Later, Jesurum, who played A common problem for the team MIT gave UMass a power play and the shut-out. defense in this outing, scored on an was staying focused throughout all they tied the score. With the clock entire game. In the second period, end-.to-end break, deeking around three periods. Less than one minut~ winding down on the period, MIT Ferrante got a great centering pass IT . Bate 4-2 the last defender (one of Bates' best after the UPenn goal, Stifelman and tried to regain the lead, with Stifel- from Victoria Herman G who was In a beautiful and brand new rink skaters) and sneaking a wrist shot Jesurum scored on a shot roofed man forechecking to pick up the behind the Conn College net and at Bates College, MIT got their third past their goalie. Bates got one more over the goalie's head (the two play- puck behind the UMass net. slammed it home. straight victory following their four- to end the game at 4-2. ers hit the puck simultaneously). A shot by Depto in front was MIT gave up another goal on a game losing streak. Bates is a young With only 6 seconds left, Depto denied by the UMass goalie, leaving high glove-side shot by Conn Col- team so MIT played a bunch of rook- MIT v. Penn (8-1) scored on a strong wrist shot from the score tied at 1 at the end of the lege. MIT then gave up a short- ies and tried some interesting line Wu started off the scoring assist- just over the blue line; MIT won the first period. handed goal when the power-play changes. The first period had no scor- ed by linemate Ferrante. Jesururn and third period and the game. At the start of the second period, line (Ferrante, Jesurum, Herman) ing, despite MIT's dominance on the arula scored another two goals, UMass got a go-ahead goal to lead were apparently sleeping on the ice. In the second, Raquel Romano G giving MIT a 3-0 lead at the end of IT v. UMa s Amherst (2-3) 2-1. MIT tied it up when Yook face-off. Depto later drew an inter- scored for MIT off of a rebound set the first period. At the start of the After winning their previous launched a high wrist shot from the ference penalty and shortly after, up by arula. Depto got another goal second period, Wu and Ferrante con- three games, MIT suffered a tough point and arula put away the Jesurum drew a hooking penalty with a short-side shot over the glove- nected again. Ana'Yook scored from loss to UMass. UMass brought rebound on the short side of the goal. giving Tech a 5-on-3 power play. side shoulder. Bates got one in the the point after receiving a pass from along three strong players not on Early in the third period, UMass Narula won the face-off to Ming- end of the second period. her defensive partner Diane Ho G. their roster, in anticipation of a scored to take the lead again, 3-2. fawn Chow '97 who shot, and In the third period, a goal was The second period ended with tough game with MIT. MIT started MIT successfully implemented the Cynara Wu G put it away, making . scored by a beautiful play with . MIT in a commanding 6-0 lead. out the scoring on a power play trap, stripping UMass of the puck, up for the sad power-play perfor- Stifelman passing back.to Depto UPenn finally scored one with 5 min- goal. Jesurum set up the goal with a but then was not able to clear their mance earlier. Ferrante would score who had a great shot which was utes remaining in the third period. strong back-hander from the slot zone. MIT could not regain the again late in the second period when 'Saved. Lipson picked up the Although MIT lead the game 6-1, that was put in by Depto on the energy of the first period, resulting she skated it up and used the rebound for her first goal ever for they were losing the third period 1-0. rebound. An interference penalty on in a disapp'ointing 2-3 loss. , defender as a screen to score a beau- tiful goal from the high slot area. The second period ended 6-3 . . In the third period, Conn College worked hard to get back into the game, and they were the first to score. Wu answered with a shot that made the goalie fall back into her own net with the puck. Conn Col- lege got one more to end the game 7-5. MIT v. Holy Cross 3-1 -- Ferrante started off with one of her traditional goals; skate down ice, go around the defender, and shoot from high slot area. There were no other goals in the first period despite numerous chances for MIT. Holy Cross had weak goal-tending, but Tech had trouble putting away the rebounds. In the second period Chow set up another goal for Tech by skating around a defender shooting along the ice; Wu put away the rebound. The third period provided one more goal by MIT on a beautiful break- pt set. up-by pep~o stre~~i9g up, the r, _ boards for a pass by Stifelman. It's simple. 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By Esther Jesurum ley an, ' the trap" held We leyan to period, Caroline Je ururn G got an. breakaway, scoring a back-handed breakdown on coverage after TEA I MEMBER • a 0-0 draw in the first period. exciting go-ahead goal assisted by hot through the five hole ..On their rebounds. ' This season has been one of However, Wesleyan changed their Lisa Stifelman G. , next shift out, Jesururn, Jill Depto Conn College scored on a change .for the wOmen's ice hockey offensive strategy for the second The third period was a'let-down '97 and Stifelman played a great rebound situation to tighten the gap. team . .The most noteworthy change and third period, handing Tech a for Tech. Amherst scored another pas ing game to break it out and Aradhana Narula G used a defender is the new coaching staff. Katia 0-910 s. weak goal off of a rebound, tying Jesurum scored on a pass back as a screen to get back the two-point pashkevitchis is the new head coach . two days later, MIT faced the game at 2-2. MIT played only from Stifelman in the comer. The lead that would come and go for the and Susie Wee, a former player on Amherst again, determi!1ed ~o get two'lines for the remainder of the game was a lot closer than it should the team, is the assistant coach. the win they deserved. The first period, and Unfortunately, could not have been, again because of a Hockey, Page 17 Pashkevitch brings with her years of period was disappointing with keep the energy up to get the win, experience and proficiency. She is 1\mherst stuffing in a goal off of-a with Amherst winning in overtime. one the top 10 women hockey play- rebound. MIT came back strong in ers in the world and wi)) be playing the second period with Gina Fer- . MIT v. Connecticut College 7-5 ,Software Careers for the Russian team in the 1998 rante '98 scoring a beautiful goal In the first minute of the game, Olympics in Japan. through a crowd in front of the net. 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Premieres .on Monday; March 4, at 9PM in Walker Memorial Page 20 THE TECH February 16, 1996 • g ace By Jeff Breidenbach the second lap, I concentrated on TEAMMEM8£R technique and set a faster tempo that MIT skier Jeff Doering '99 glid- I managed to maintain through the ed to his first college victory in the remainder of the race." men's IS-kilometer classical race in Jeff Breidenbach '96 finished in the Cornell/Syracuse Carnival last 20th place with a time of 1:03:02 weekend. With a time of 48:05, just ahead of teammate Jiri Doering is the first MIT ordic Schindler '96 who came in 21st out skier in three years to win a division of 34 finishers with a time of race. 1:03: 1-5. The cross country ski team trav- In the women's 'IO-kilometer eled to Osceola, ew York for the classical race, Adrienne Slaughter Carnival, which also included Cor- '98 was the first MIT skier to cross nell, the United States Military the line, coming in 8th place with a Academy, Clarkson, Syracuse, and time of 47:09. Lynn Cornell '97 Alfred Universities. placed 12th with a time of 49:30. Doering started with the first Erin Lavik G, in her first-ever varsi- wave of skiers in the IS-second ty ski race, finished in 16th place. interval start. After taking off from Both the MIT men's and women's the line, Doering skied alone until squads finished third place overall, the 7.5 kilometer mark, when Cor- behind Cornell and Army. nell skier Steve Halasz from the sec- "It was a nice course but could ond wave caught up. Revitalized, have been groomed better. I was JIRJ SCHINDLER-THE TEe Doering pushed forward during the very lucky though because I had Jeffrey R. Doering '99 skis past a c6mpetftor on the way t~ his first victory last Saturday. third and final lap, gaining 18 sec- perfect wax," commented Slaughter. Doering started the race for MIT as the first pack of s1qers reshuffled. The next Mideastern Conference onds over his Cornell rival - Clarkson placed first overall in with the third fastest leg time of the CorneJI skied a strong third leg, race wiJI be held this weekend in enough to win the race by a scant Sunday's 3x5 kilometer mixed-sex entire relay. He spent the lap vying holding off an but two teams. Mt. Snow, Vermont. Saturday wiH three second margin. skating race, with a winning time of with .two Cornell skiers, holding Conditions were much faster in be a 15k classic for men, and a 10k "During my first lap I wasn't 41 :25. MIT's first rel,ay team came third place only 6 seconds behind Sunday's skate relay. MIT demon- classic for women. Sunday, there very focused and had trouble main- in 5th place, with a time of 45: 17. the leader when the tag was made. strated good speed, but could defi- will be a skating race, 10k for men taining a fast tempo," said Doering. The relay team consisted of Doer- Breidenbach reduced that gap to nitely use some improvement on the and 7.5k for women. Monday wiJI "As a Cornell skier gained on me in ing, Breidenbach, and Cornell. two seconds during the second leg relay tags. feature a 3x5k relay. Alpine Skiing Squads Fight Tough Battles Against UConn, Hanrard By Jonathan S. Shefftz selves hopelessly behind UConn by Coach Jonathan Shefftz, acting in TEAM COACH half a minute. his official capacity as the Assistant The men's and women's alpine The first run of the slalom was Referee for the race, deemed the squads of MIT's ski racing team not kind to either team; normally course unsafe and requested that the completed their fourth regular sea- dependable racers either crashed, top section be reset before the start son race this past Saturday and Sun- suffered from binding pre-releases, of the men's race. day at Ascutney Mountain in Ver- or hooked tips on the slalom gates Mike Protz '96, however, avoid- mont. The result was another seesaw on the flats in their all-out charges ed all such perils in skiing to 28th battle against their close rival the to the finish. The women also suf- place. Nate Kushman '98 and Sean University of Connecticut and a vic- fered because Chrissy Hartmann '99 Lavin '97 also managed to finish the tory over Harvard University. had sustained minor injuries while course, contributing to the team The men went into this weekend skiing after her race run. effort, although the team still lacked one point out of seventh place in the The second run became even the crucial fourth and fifth finishers. cumulative conference team stand- more harsh than the first, as one of The scoreboard at the finish ings, behind UConn. Because they the turns above the steep pitch revealed that UConn had suffered had only five finishers in the first developed an slick sheet of ice and an even worse fate, aIIowing the run, all of whom counted toward the sent much of the women's field MIT men to move into a tie for sev- team score, the men found them- crashing into a deep, powdery hole. enth place in the cumulative team standings for the season. As Coach Shefftz commented on the competition, "That last UConn skier w'ent flying so far off the course I think he ended up on anoth- er trail ... at another ski area." On Sunday, Brooke Baker '99 . turned in her third sizzling giant slalom performance of the season fot Boxer's HIV Positive Test 13th place. Marcela Valderrama '97 had troubles on her first run with an extra dense fog that 'seemed to Raises Questions of Safe~ descend onto the course just for her, but still finished a solid 44th overall, By Bo Ught I fought Saturday night. . ( aIJowing the women to 4efeat both ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR Morrison is not the first profes- UConn and Trinit¥ College. This fin- WeJcome back (finaJIy) to the sional boxer to test pOsitive for HIV ish moved the team into ninth place first Spring edition of Everything (in fact, he is the seventh). But he is ' in the cumulative team standings. About Sports. If you missed our the best known, and his news once The men faced an extra chal- lAP issues, that's be~ause there again raises questions of the dangers lenge, having to also compete . weren't any. of athletes with HIV. Magic John- against Harvard. Co-captain Geoff EVERYrHING The reasons for son's first attempt at coming back to Johnson '97 led the men with 30th ABOUT this are quite baske~baU was quelled when other place, but crashes, binding preleas- SPORTS com p Ii cat e d players were concerned about es, and absences due to injuries and . (the government becoming infected. It' is likely Mor- iJInesses allowed UConn to retake shutdown, the ne\Y. telecommunica- rison wiH never fight again, but 'he seventh place in the division. tions biH, and a case of cheap wine has fought several times in the last Protz, Jeremy Gerstle '99, Kush-. are all involved), so we'U just skip year and bled profusely in all of man, and Nick Howard '99 all pro- to the big stories of the ]~t month. them. vided finishes for the team effort First we head to the world of The possibility of becoming that aJIowed MIT to defeat Harvard. boxing, which was shaken this week infected from another player is The alpine squads he~d to Berk- by the news that ,heavyweight fight .. remote in basketbaU but very real in shire East (training site of Smith er Tommy Morrison has tested boking. Currently, only three states College) this weekend. HIV -positive. He was to have test boxers for HIV (Morrison's last fight was in New Jersey', which does not). Morrison's announcement sim- ply stresses the need for even more UPCOMING. HOME EvENTS thorough precautions in what is already a barbaric sport. Feb. 17 Men.5 oaskirtbaU against Babson College. 2 p.m. Hoops Report Speaking of Magic Johnson, the ARlFUR RAHMAN-THE TECH John A. Miller '98 tips the ball against St. NorWich University Feb.J8 ~ fOnDer Lakers superstar i~ now the on Feb. 13. St. Norwich won the game 79-46. WPmen's ice hockey against Wheaton, 5 p.m. EA Sports, Page 16 'SIX Ha..JRS .44E: lYd<... NOW! well beyond. In order to ~chieve and retain success . .'" you must be the best of the best. At International Network Services. we wear many different hats to achieve the most advanced consulting and technical internetworking services in the industry. INS performs the computer networking magic that projects our clients ahead of their competitors. ASSOCIATE ElWORK SYSTEMS ENGINEERS INS is fast becoming the largest Network Consulting practice in the industry today. 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