U.S. Copters Downed by Friendly Fire, Page 2 Tlhe Weatler Oles MTNewspaperndLrgs ^ i;-@^ [^c ^ Today: Sunny, warm, 70gF (21es NewspaperEal~~" ---~ ~-~.~.. ~ ~ ~ - - Tomorrow:- - - CuCloudy, breezy 65e°F (I 7°C) Volume 114, Number 21 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, April 15, 1994 .~~~e . .. .......... .... ............................................... ... Students Welcome New UROP Money $1 Million Infusion Saves Sumnmer UROPS By Ramy A. Arnaout government policy is hitting the ASSOCIA TE NEWS EDITOR wrong people," Chang said. Students are welcoming MIT's "I'm really happy because I announcement that it will infuse the didn't think I would get paid at all," financially strapped Undergraduate said Research Opportunities Program Sheily-Ann N. Davidson '97, with $1 million to help defray the who found a UROP on the day the increased overhead costs for sum- new funding was announced. mer UROPs. "I didn't think I would be getting The money "should be adequate a UROP at all because the only way to maintain the program for the I could [afford to] was if I got paid," summer of 1994," said Provost Davidson said. The infusion has a Mark S. Wrighton. The infusion special, immediate importance for THOMAS R. KARLO-THE TECH will help bridge the funding gap students who use UROP as a prima- On Wednesday William P. Chemicoff '97, who was at the Athena cluster in Building 11, was inter- produced by a change in govern- ry source of income over the sum- viewed by David Marash of ABC's "Nightline" about the David M. LaMacchia '95 case. ment regulations that will effective- mer, she said. ly double UROP costs after July 1. "Although I don't know whether Students expect the $1 million to or not my hiring had to do with the Piracy Case May Set Precedent ease the financial strain that might extra money now available for otherwise keep mentors from hiring UROPs, I did feel more at ease By Jeremy Hylton range of wider legal issues which While the case centers around UROPers, thus making UROPs eas- knowing that funding for UROPs CHAIRMAN the case may influence. the charge that the site run by ier to find. isn't as tight as it would have been First of two parts. Among the issues raised by the LaMacchia was used to distribute Students are thankful for the otherwise," said Gregory G. David M. LaMacchia '95 will be case are the rights and responsibili- more than $1 million in copyrighted added summer funding, but many Richardson '97. arraigned in federal court today on ties of people who run electronic software, the crime LaMacchia is are skeptical about how they will "There seems to be a big prob- one count of conspiracy to commit "bulletin boards" and gaps in the charged with has little to do with cope when the added funds run out lem when you're looking for a *- wire fraud. current copyright - .. ....A a- laws. software piracy, according to Mike this fall. * - UROP Cffi}f^^ejffJ;or . a AltmJhw LaMacchia U.S. Attorney Donald K. Stern Godwin, staff counsel to the Elec- says he has to see whether he will Analy---- <sis- iscA accused said, "In this new electronic envi- tronic Frontier Foundation. Effects already being felt have enough money," said Euree Y. nf G.inoa nnir Athenn wonrltcttinne ronmPent it has become increasingly The EFF was established in !990 "! think [the infusion] is a good to let Internet users distribute copy- difficult to protect intellectual prop- to protect basic constitutional rights thing," said Lawrence W. Chang "From the people I've called, righted software. erty rights. Therefore, the govern- as new communications technolo- '97. "I've been searching for a that seems to be the case, so I think The case has prompted discus- ment views large scale cases of soft- gies emerge. It sponsors legal cases UROP this term, and a lot of profes- it's great that we're getting fund- sions, many taking place on the ware piracy, whether for profit or where online civil liberties have sors are concerned about the change ing," Kim said. "I'm just sorry" it campus network or across the Inter- not, as serious crimes and will been violated, but has not indicated in policy." won't be around for the fall term, net, about the specific charges devote such resources as are neces- "The $1 million will help, but it brought against LaMacchia and a sary to protect those rights." LaMacchia, Page 14 still seems kind of silly, [since] this UROP, Page 12 Jackson to Step Down MIT Design Team Wins Contest Asq OME Heand hv Senpt. By A. Arif Husain Participants were given a design problem where STAFF REPORTER ewA 9%-Wl 110·02W ww they had to determine the necessary size of a landfill A four-member MIT design team placed first in for a growing population given a list of constraints, By Sarah Y. Keightley dean in the ODUESA, has received the Eighth Annual District One Engineering Design said TBP Treasurer Jean-Pei J. Chemg '95. They also EECUTIVE EDITOR much praise for her leadership skills Competition held last weekend at Norwich University had to propose a location for the landfill on a topolog- After more than four years at the and her accomplishments. in Northfield, Vermont. ical map of Northfield, he said. The problem was cre- Institute, Judy Jackson, director of "Judy Jackson is a national The team, sponsored by the MIT chapter of Tau ated by a civil engineering professor at Norwich Uni- the Office of Minority Education, leader in matters dealing with the Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, included Cyrus P. versity. will be resigning from her position education of minority students in Master '97, Mark D. Rentz '96, Aaron Q. Rogers '96, Teams were given four hours to discuss the situa- by September. She intends to pursue science and engineering," said Pres- and Tan T. Trinh '96. tion and prepare a 15 minute presentation. a PhD in higher education adminis- ident Charles M. Vest. "MIT has The other teams were from the University of "We had to calculate how much garbage we had to tration at Harvard University. been fortunate to have had her undi- Massachusetts at Amherst, the University of Maine at Though a committee for Jack- vided services for several years as Lowell, the University of New Hampshire, and Nor- Contest, Page 15 son's replacement has not been she has redefined and built OME." wich. formed yet, Dean for Undergraduate "J.J. has a professional attitude Education and Student Affairs which has been of great value in Arthur C. Smith will be appointing defining the role of OME," Smith a committee chair soon. The admin- said. "She couples that with the kind istration hopes to find a replacement of concern for individuals and before the summer is over, Jackson understanding of human needs that said. characterizes the best academic Jackson, who is also an associate administrators." Jackson expanded programs Jackson's accomplishments as OME director include expanding OME's programs, such as the tutor- ing services, Project Interphase, and Program Excel. She has also improved relations with industry, providing more opportunities for minority students, according to Vest and Smith. Jackson hopes that her successor w'. MIry.rv imIrovev, thc currCtii pro- grams and develop new programs. "Minority education is not an appendage or something extra. It's RICH DOMONKOS--THE TECH an integral part of an MIT educa- TECH I DELNO J. MCFARLANE--TIE Director of the Office of Minority tion, and we have shown that with Cyrus P. Master '97, Aaron Q. Rogers '96, Mark D. Rentz '96, and Tan T. Trinh '96 are the winners Education Judy Jackson will be of the MIT Engineering Design Contest, which took place last Friday and Saturday. resigning by September. Jackson, Page 13 i PaOe 2 THE TECHI April 15, 1994 i AA,& v--W NATION - - WORIJ. NA I I .T0 JetA4- i-nta nl DIxWTlrn Israel CsUelebrate UAom ensoIVCeas lU Dad,vv Independence Day Despite Threats LOS ANGELES TIMES JERUSALEM American Copters:"J1 26 Dead1 With daylong displays of Air Force acrobatics and thousands of barbecues nationwide, millions of Israelis Thursday defiantly By Art Pine startling because the area in which it barren region some 35 miles north answered Islamic extremist threats to attack Israeli targets on Indepen- LOSANGELES TIMES happened - the so-called "no-fly of Irbil, an Iraqi city near the Turk- dence Day with picnics, parties and pronouncements of national pride. WASHINGTON zone" from which Iraqi aircraft are ish border. U.S. military teams land- On the day Israel commemorates its creation in 1948 - tradition- Two U.S. jet fighters Mistakenly excluded under terms set by the ed at the crash-site later and were ally the biggest party of the year, but a day that Palestinian funda- shot down a pair of U.S. Army heli- allies at the end of the Persian Gulf guarding it while the investigation is mentalists had vowed last week to "turn into hell" - there also were copters over Northern Iraq early war - has been quiet for more than under way. funerals and condemnations after the second of two suicide bombings Thursday morning, killinig 15 Amer- a year. The last time a U.S. plane Military officials said there were in a week on a passenger bus deep inside northern Israel left six dead ican crewmen and 11 f<reign offi- actually shot at an Iraqi aircraft over no survivors from the crash. The in Hadera Wednesday. cials in an episode that le-ftiU.S. mil- the region was in January 1993, bodies were flown to a U.S.