Continuous i s ;i MIT News Se~~~~~~~~~~~~~ic~~~~~e ~ Cambridge Since 1S8er|ce Massachusetts I I i Volume 101. Number 11 Friday. March 12. 1982 I
Seel IletsF UAP~~~~~UA Class reaults in; 1940 cast votes; `84 VP race tied par takes 37O/% By Barry Surman By Barry S. Surman Members of the Class of 1984 Kenneth Segel '83 and Kenneth will return to the polls next Meltsner '83 were elected Wednesday to decide who will be Wednesday to the top their Vice Presrdent for the com- Undergraduate Aissociation (UA) ing year. positions of President and Vice The vice-presidential race President, receiving 719 of the ended in a dead heat Wednesday, 1940 ballots cast. with both Sara Sprung and Michael Lopez '83 and Steve I Pamela Gannon receiving 225 of Barber '84 finished second with the 517 votes cast. 638 votes. Ira Summer '83 and "To my knowledge," said Shiva Ayyadurai '85 garnered 503 Undergraduate Association (UA) votes. Election -Commissioner Jim The turnout "was higher than I Taylor '84, "It's the first runoff in expected," said Jim Taylor '84, recent history." UA Election Commissioner. Last . The Class of 1985 voted by year, 1, 942 undergraduates voted greater than a two-to-one margin in the March election. to approve amendments to the "I thought the [campaign] is- Uniform -Class Constitution to sues were good," Taylor con- create a Class Council in addition tinued. The candidates faced to the regularly-elected officers. Tech photo by Kevin Smith "good questions from the [UA Charles Frankel was again Ken Segel (left) and Ken Meltsner (right) congratulate each other after winning UAP/UAVP election. forum] audience." elected President of the Class of Segel and Meltsner's campaign 1982, a post he has held for two was based largely on issues of years. Frankel ran unopposed. Students wrtsvia and Queen campus unity and attention to is- Mark Walker edged out Richard sues, rather than special projects. Novo and Kenneth Snow for Vice By Barry S. Surman ing Queen, a Homecoming Queen tion. The Committee on Educational President of the graduating class, MIT will once again have a with "gender unspecified," and The UMOC choice was second Policy (CEP) "should do receiving 33 write-in votes to 25 Homecoming Queen in 1982, but both a Homecoming King and in the referendum, followed by something to stop the creeping each for Snow and Novo. No can- this time, she will not have to Queen. Preferential balloting was having no Queen at all. Over 1800 decay of freshman pass/fail by didate was on the ballot for the stand alone. Undergraduates used to determine the winning op- ballots were cast on the question. Course Six and Course Sixteen," position. chose to select both a Homecom- declared Segel. "Tlie CEP should ing King and Queen by a 200-vote _ __~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Class of 1982 Secretary-elect set up some kind of universal margin Wednesday. Rhonda Peck defeated Anita Sir- policy which both faculty and stu- car by a four-vote margin, while The Homecoming referendum U NDERG RADUATE ELECTION RESU LTS dents will accept." Robert Harris ran unopposed for was placed on the ballot by the "Pass/fail was a real godsend class Treasurer. Cindy Gilbert General Assembly in response to UAP/UAVP TEAM votes share for me," said Meltsner. "[But] I and Jason Weller took the class controversy caused by the selec- Michael Lopez/Steve Barber 638 32.9% can understand why the depart- tion of a Homecoming Queen in at-large positions. * Kenneth Segel/Kenneth Meltsner 719 37.1% ments are concerned about people October. Opponents of the Queen Undergraduate Association Ira Summer/Shiva Aywadurai 503 25.9% who barely pass courses." He (`UA) Vice-President Kenneth contest claimed it was sexist, and Other 80 4.1% continued, "Course by course Dumas beat UA President John protested the manner in which the acts are just what we don't want." Homecoming Queen was chosen. DeRubeis by better than a two- voting 1940 "We are not going to fight to to-one margin to become Presi- The contest, according to Jim eligible 4577 the death" on need-blind admis- dent of the Class of 1983. Vice Olivo '82, who coordinated the turnout 42.4% sions, said Meltsner. Segel in- President-elect Suzanne von semi-formal dance hel-d dicated opposition to changes in Rosenberg, Secretary-elect Daw- Homecoming weekend, was an MIT's need blind admissions na Levenson, Treasurer-elect attempt "to make this Homecorm- HOMECOMING QUEEN REFERENDUM policy, but recognized that some Julie Foster. and Members at ing more traditional.'" chances may be inevitable. '"We round 1 rofund 2 round 3 large-elect Caren Baker and Jerry Voters this week were given the will fight any proposal that will Rau all ran unopposed. options A 308 hurt mostly women or minority of no Homecoming 834 947 Richard Cowan was chosen Queen, the Ugliest Man on * B 696 applicants." he said. voting 1883 ( Plea·se lurn to paged 2) Campus (UMOC) as Homecorn- C 492 555 726 Meltsner said, "Tuition is very D 338 368 eligible 4577 high ... Somewhere along the E 49 126 210 turnout 41.1% line, undergraduates will have to hnance BoaVwill A A Homecoming Queen. gender unspecified be taken care of like research is l1BI A female Queen with a male Homecoming King today." "We are hopeful C UMOC shall be Homecoming Queen the ad- ministration will put forward its fi.o--Lnfraex vew D Elect no form of Homecoming Queen E Other (Plestr.vcurrrnl to) plaSg' 7i By Tony Zamparutti have a four-man advertising staff 8--L' l a4eblC------1 -IIII- -eC--- ·1 The Undergraduate Associa- and to provide ad commissions tion Finance Board (FinBoard) when requested. Analyses has decided to temporarily help Fall term next year, FinBoard fund operating costs for LINK. will give LIN'K funds equal to 30 "The purpose of funding LINK percent of the newspaper's adver- UA elec ions fail to draw is to provide an alternative voice tising revenue for each issue. The By Tony Zamparutfi forum Monday night, about 35 booth never opened because of a on campus," said Charles Brown following term the board will In the Undergraduate Associa- students were on hand to listen to lack Of personnel. UAP can- '84, FinBoard's liason to LINK. fund at 20 percent, and in Fall tion elections, as in national ones, candidates' speeches. One of the didates Kenneth Meltsner 83 and The board set aside $1200 in its 1983, the planned last term of only about half the electorate class candidate forums last week Ira Summer '83 were responsible compilations for next year's funding, FinBoard will allocate votes; about 42% of all un- was cancelled due to lack of atten- for providing labor to man the budget for LINK. "Any funding 10 percent of advertising revenue. dergraduates voted in Wednes- dance. voting booths, but neither found from the Finance Board should FinBoard will review its policy at day's elections. Some elections officials com- enough people, according to not be long term," added Brown. the beginning of every term. mented on the short duration of Taylor. Despite UA exhortations to Finboard will require LINK to I Please( turn1 to Pagre./2) the UA elections. "hMy personal The Baker House voting booth vote and an InterFraternity opinion is that [the campaign] was moved to Kresge Auditorium Conference pledge to give houses was not quite long enough," said early Wednesday because of the with perfect voting records a keg Joyce Pollack '83, UA Secretary- weather. Class candidate Rich of beer, the low voting percentage General. Cowen '84 complained about the reveals a lack of interest. Mlany Jim Taylor '84, UA Election location, and the booth was MIT students do not consider the Commissioner, suggested For complete class officer several moved back to Baker House gar- Harvard students are con- U A elections important enough changes for the election routine. den, Taylor noted. election results, see page 6. to interrupt their busy lives to He recommended the UA. "hold Any formal complaints from sidering as new student vote. government constitution. the forum a week and a half the candidates will be contained Next week they vote. See If national elections can barely before the elections, televise it, in a report from the elections attract a majority of American and play it seven to eight times commissioner released Asparagus, page 7 by April waitresses and voters, it might not be surprising over the cable." Ist. getting sued. Pages 10 and that student government elections This year there were a few When asked whom he voted 11. do not garner large amounts of technical problems with the elec- for, Taylor replied, "I didn't I I , s , i m11--0 IIPIC interest. At the UA elections tions. The East Campus voting vote." _~SI PAGE 2 THE TECH FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1982 _ 11I111111 I ------New Massachusetts raw bans sale, The Sallo It bed Spring Ski Special! manufacture of drug paraphernalia SHE LIFT IS- By Judy Greenspan expected to know, how objects junction or a temporary restrain- A new Massachusetts law for- will be used once they are taken ing order, he added. Sorenson bidding the sale and manufacture from the store. had no comment on what might of drug paraphernalia will take ef- "From a technical descrip- happen if NETA's action is un- ON US!* fect M arch 22. tion," said Sorenson, "a bong is successfu l. SPECIAL MID-WEEK The measure, signed by Gover- no different from a water pipe." "I'm trying to comply [with the nor Edward J. King on December , Store owners are particularly law] as best i can with a straight PRICES (Sun.-Wed.) 22, is drawing criticism from the upset about section 'e' of the law, face," Arthur said. "I figure 1'11 Only $22 per New England Trade Association which states, "evidence of the in- hang black crepe paper." Arthur single room (NETA), an organization tent of an owner ... to sell has posted a copy of the act in his representing many shopkeepers [paraphernalia] to persons in- store, and has painted over his Only $32 per /Jdl potentially affected by the new tending to use the object" for il- Massachusetts Avenue sign. j double room F. law. The law will onlyencourage legal drug use is violating the law. The sign "said 'The Head 9/ people to obtain paraphernalia il- "Look at section 'e'," said Shop'," Arthur explained. legally, said the owner of The Arthur, mread section 'e'. [The "Everybody got crazy when they Head Shop in Central Square, Commonwealth] wants me to saw 'The Head Shop'. I turned it who would identify himself only decide what I think you intend to upside down, but it looked like as Arthur. It is "one more do in the future." Sorenson com- 'The Head Shop' turned upside prohibition," he tedded. pared the provision to banning down." Enforcement of the law will end the sale of screwdrivers because The new law is "building on the the "easy availability and blatant they are frequently used in brek- hysteria of the masses," said ilss p commerciality" of drug parapher- ing and entering crimes. Sorenson. "The more verbal diar- g nalia, and will, thereby, "cut The law attempts to address rheal that is put out about the *If you wait longer than 20 Call for daily ski conditions, down dramatically on drug what has become "a critical drug problem, the more you will minutes in-the lift line, 207-236-4418. c abuse," claimed Dennis Curran, problem in the last decade or so," encourage what you are trying to the price of your lift ticket Ski slope facilities com- I legal assistant to King. Curran said Curran. The bill, first filed will be refunded. put down. I'm not saying there pletely reconiditioned acknowledged, however, that the unsuccessfully in 1980, was based aren't kids who are involved, Samoset's groomed slopes this season! law will not solve drug abuse on the Model Drug Paraphernalia [but] I don't feel holding seminars are calling ... take advan- problems. A joint can always be Act written by the US Drug En- and inflaming parents is the Call toll-free for reserva- tage of excellent Spring tions today! 1-800-341-1650 rolled "in a paper towel,' he said. forcement Agency in 1979. Since solution," he added. skiing at Camden Snow Opponents of the measure then, 27 states have adopted laws "I have no idea what will hap- BowI...where the moun- claim the law is ambiguous in its based on the DEA model. pen to me," said Butch, an tains meet the sea. definition of drug paraphernalia, NETA is planning to fight the employee at The Head Shop. If Ea is an infringement of civil rights, law, according to Sorenson. "At the NETA attempt to overturn Enjoy indoor tennis and _ and interferes with the ability of this stage of the game, I don't the law fails, he said, he'll swimming, saunas and .t~A shop owners to earn a living. know" what will happen, he said. probably be "on welfare ... exercise room, plus open- ROmcseMi a "There are a multitude of items NETA will seek a preliminary in- What do you think?" air skating. Rockport, Mlaine here," said Philip Sorenson, II * ; - * X _ Ze spokesman for NETA. ". . . At 71 what point does a product 1 become drug paraphernalia?" he 1 asked. The shop owners maintain 1 they do not know, and cannot be 1 Class officers chosen; 84 to hold runoff
( ()/~11(tom ll {}/}d jpt~iqr / )- clalss ol I984 Presidents, while Albert Bashawaty was elected Secretary in an uncontested race. Garth Gehlbach took the Treasurer's race by a wide margin over write-in candidate Dave W alltcr. In Class of 1985 elections, R(ohin Hlirker rall Ullo()pp()sed lior President, as did Noelle Merritt for Secretary. Jeffrey M unic won the race for Vice President, and Maurice Barrant was elected Treasurer. Richard Hahn and Carol Yao were the top vote- getters in the race for Member at La rge. The vice-presidential runoff for the Cl;ass of 1984 will be held Wednesday, March 17, from 9am to 5pni, in Lobby 10 only. "I don't expect a high turnout." Taylor said. L
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Dea better writers VVorld Soviet general warns of US buildup-Marshal Nicolai Ogardov, the Soviet chief of staff, has proposed large increases in Soviet military power to -counter planned US forces. In a book published by the Soviet Ministry of Defense, Ogardov warned the Kremlin "against any delay because the Reagan Administration is openly making active prepara- tions for a nuclear war. Soviet armed forces need new and more power- ful weapons to be able to strike a devastating counterblow and destroy the aggressor under any - conditions and in any given situation." Ogar- dov called for increased military preparedness from'all. sectors of the economy. Libyan ties further severed-The Reagan Administration, claiming 14N - 317 3-3090 that Libya is still supporting terrorist activities, has embargoed Libyan oil imports and exports of high technology to Libya. Both administra- tion and private commentators said that the decision will probably hurt Libya, but should have little effect on either prices or supplies of oil for US importation. SANmet Jonres does not see El Salvador intervention-The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General David C. Jones, said that he "did not see THEVWRIIGCNE any circumstances under which we would intervene with US force in El Salvador". This statement was more emphatic than President Reagan's statement that '"we do not have plans to send combat troops into action in El Salvador." f Increase your writing strengths
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r. . ·· 1Ur t Jerdi-Lvnn Scofield ---- ,-- - -A 3 1 d --ll 1- ----Rlp9eyllpl -· -· PC · C Spring is wv Lmn... Boston is not the place to attend college in the spring. Sometimes I think MIT should be relocated to a place more conducive to study - Alaska, perhaps. Whenever spring arrives, my classes begin to require work, and I'd rather do anything but study. Boston has so many other ,attractions.
It's easy to forget problem sets, papers, all-nighters, alnd lec- tures in Haymarket Square. Just a block away from.a Quincy z Market's fancy packaging, I buy fruits and vegetables untainted m by supermarket cellophane. Many of the same people frequent am H aym arket every week - such as my friend the Fishmonger who m pretends he saves me money while he overcharges me. I don't c r m ind. though, at least he recognizes me. most or the vendors are f I there every week, too-, I know th'ose wlho are honest, and those C g who 'ust like to smile. Nevertheless, I trust mann of the ha~wkers. I I evnko ybthe' is ae I knoeve my utchr's irstname E
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Boston's Chinatown is one of the few places in the city to Ifind e I liood ;Ifter 3am7. Ha~ving Li-craving for hot Lind sour soup at that I I hour of the night (morning?)may seem offbeat, but any veteran Stude~nt knows that that is when his best work is done. MIT Stu- r dents know, too, that Boston is not renowned for its Lill-night Olt W~ERE YO HAVIrr PAN,. WM JUJrONEPUUVO THE VTERIM6EP c II eateries. Chinatown, though, has its drawbacks: it's not relllly E e that safe at night-- it's only one block from the Combat Zone. rx4rljA v - I COROJ C-fN~ERtALGXVARA THE WINNER INGOATUMmAA,., I Sonieone was murdered in m, fravorite restaurrlnt kist fallI. I trv I I to I-orget tha~t when I have Li late-night craving, but I'm never I Column/Mark Templer: i really successful. e assnun GSL cuts will=mm a I r Halrvard Squtre has changed since it' fell into the Clutches of r the N41TA. The walk from MIT to Harvardc hasn't, though. Desperate times loom ahead Federal aid to graduate students Administration's proposed cuts in a r There are, of course, more Chinese restaurants, but then again, I for American university students. for the 1983-84 academic year funding for higher education. a Reagan - Administration policies (GSL). Reagan proposes to make allwalys notice Chinese restaturants. Also, the derelicts seem to be This kind of input is important to B nlore 111110cqOUs. Mayye that's because -1 recognize most of portend that soon only the rich them ineligible for Guaranteed leagislators-- the New York Times them.~ will be able to afford a college Student Loa ns- (G SL). quoted one Congressman as say- education. MIT students will be Undergraduates tnay not fare ing that it is easier to back the particul arly hard hit by the much better-- fund~ing for grants cause of students than of welfare economic and political storms would be reduced by about 75 I The Esplanade reminds me of' Charlie Cha~plin movies. For recipients because the students ravaging higher education in this percent, and eligibility require- "are speaking out, they are I most o~ther people, it suggests iinages of' Arthur Fiedler Lind the country. ments for the GSI program would writing letters, they are coming to Boston Pops. 1, however, remelmbeer Li concert several years ago The Ekecutive Committee of be siignificantly tightened. These Washington." Concerned stu- i wheni I sto~od ill front of' a womnan decorated by Li Mae West the MIT Corporation has set dents should follow the GA's lead B hairstyle·, pancake nmakeup, Lind pink pedal Pushers. I saw her 1982-83 undergraduate tuition at and write their Congressmen - it LindI waiited to laugh, but didn't beCLILse I was al'raid I'd be ar- is well worth the effort. rested for disturbing the peace. The Esplanade--is my Ilavorite Closer to home, the MIT Ad- biking piace, but bicycles don't remsind nae of Charlie Chapin. ministration welcomes feedback I Pancac~k e mnakeup does. on its policies. In the absence of student protest, it assumes that its decisions are grudgingly accepted. The line reappears in I'ront of' Steve's Ice Creani in the spring. Mb~any students gripe about In- I D~uring~the winter, I never seem to mnake it past Toscanini's: they stitute policies, but few take the Ipever have Li line. They only opened fast solscmaybe they'll time to voice their concerns to s get their own line this spring. But II still prefetr Steve's. I think I MIT. A letter. written to Paul Gray or the Financial Aid Office like the m1ixin's, olr maybye its the larger portions. Toscalnini's has would let M IT off~icials know how better flavors,. though, Lind they're close to campus. Wairm you reallly feel. weather inakes it easy to~eat ice creani~r.Spring m~akes it easier to eat alnythin1g aga;in. If the prospects of shrinking Financial aid and runaway tuition, housing, and food costs do not bother you, kick back and relax-- Bostoni Iiakes it dlfl'fiullt to Study in the spring. I gUeSS I'm ILcky they are on their way. Otherwise, thatt I donl't live In Pa;ris. please take half an hour and let MIT and your Congressman a ]~~~~vanK. Fong'83 - Chairmaan know your opinion - our future Jerri-Lynn Scofield '83 - Editor-in-Chief as students is at stake. V. Miichael Bove'83 - Managing~ Editor Mia Paget'84 - Business Manager Column/Robert E. Malchman Volume 101, Number 1 1 Friday, March '12, 1 982 Grease and frothing on the.UA, trait'82 PRODUCTJIONW STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE "Betweeh~the Idea anld the Realitj, fectual clique to power, replete about it was that there was this Night Editors: Ken Snow '82, David Krikorlan '85; Staff: David G. '..Falls thre Shadow. with promises of Great Things in great brouhaha about the Shaw '82, Gerard Weatherby'82, Bill Spitzak'83, Charlie Brown '84, - T.S. Eliot, Famouls Poet the offing. Actually, I am a little Homecoming Queen, and that Bill Giuffre '84, Kevin Smith '84, Bill Coderre '85, Matt Giamporcaro "I blame fr17_v victory on the Jupiter sorry the GumPbys won; it's a lot every once, in a while~someone '85, Eric Olson '85, Howard Trachtman '85, David Chia G. less fun kicking the fraternity men would flame to FinBoard about -Kent Melisner '83, UA VP-elect when they're down. someone not getting enough PHOTOG6RA PHY DEPARRTMENT But I'mn getting ahead of money. So I went to the UA Thiis da ve will live in infam v." myself. The campaign started for forum to hear what the can- Photo~ Editors: Gerard Weatherby '82, Ray Henry '85; Associate -- Stev-en Llorente '84, dA and me when the cute girl sitting didates had to say. Photo Editor: Kevin Smith'83; Darkroom M\anager: David G. Shaw Finance Board Memberr '82; Staff: Jesse Castillo '82, Jonathan Cohen '82, Jim Vicek '82, behind mae in class announced to students. Lopez spoke first, an- Linda Custer '83, Andrew Wold '84, Bob Lake '84, Bill Coderre '85, Okay, blame it on the Jupiter the World at Large that she was nouncing a "UA crisis of faith." Eve Durra '85, Ken Hughes '85, Vince Light '85; Photographic Effect, the G~umbys won. Blame it running for Class of '85 Memenber His solution was to bring a bunch Consultant: David Tenenbaum '75. on the fullP moon, the Gumbys. at Large. I asked her what a of committees under tighter (i.e., won. Blame it on the widespread Member at Large was. She said it his) control. He didn't think the CONTRIBUTING EDITORS dissatisfaction with. self- was someone who worked with UA should contend with such is- Brian Jay Glass '82, David Shaw '82, Kenneth Snow '82, Jon von important, self-indulgent, self- the other class officers and helped sues as tuition increases or the Zelowitz '82, Richard W. Epstein '83: Indexiing Project serving government, the Gumbys to get things daone, someone who abolition of freshman pass/fail, Representative: A. David Boccuti '79. wvon. The G~reasernongers are had to be flexible and open to because of our impotence Vis-a-vis I predicting gloom and doom, a suggestion. I asked her what her the administration, rather we The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607) is published twice a week during the academic new dark age descending upon platform was. She kind of stut- should concentrate on the reten- year (except during MIlT vacations), weekly during January, and once during the Undergradulate Association, tered and said she didn't have tion of Ski IAP. the last vweek in July for $1 0.00 per year Third Class by The ~Tech,84 Massachusetts Ave. Room W20-483, Cambridge. MA 02139. Third Class but that's to be expected-, they're one, but she was flexible and open Ira and Shiva and Ayyadurai postage paid at Boston. MA. Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720. out of a job. the Gumbys won. to suggestion. This sounded -ou, got up and said that we have tO POBSTMWASTER: Please send all address changes to our mailing address: The I didn't think they would. I was to me, so I signed. exert pressure on the administra- Tech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch. Cambridge, MrA 02139. Telephone: (61 7) 253- all set to write a piece decrying a A few days later, I got to think- 1541, Advertising, subscription, and typesetting rates available. It 1982 The tion on just those issues Lopez Tech. Printed by Charles River Publishing. Inc. Lopez landslide, berating the elec- ing about our government and said we couldn't do anything
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OlimlDEi~kt m~~~~~~~ I Grease and frothing on the UA trail 82 Vice Presidential I (Conl'inrued lrtom~l page 4) This, on the other hand, made a department. I mean, I told them that Alan Barrett was a twit. You about. After three hours of sleep, lot of sense to me. five of classes and another two of One of the pervasive themes of can't do much, just hope they don't Runoff Election practice, this confused me greatly, the meeting was that in order to inflict him on the freshmen." The mood in election head- especially on the downslide of a offset Federal student aid cuts, Vivarin jag. So I tuned out. Shiva, the UA, inter alia, woul~d have to quarters was grim. I was in a funk by the way, seems like a genuinely engender better feelings about because you imbeciles just Wednesday nice guy. I have no idea what he's MIT in the soon-to-be wealthy decided to have a Homecoming doing in student government. alumni so they'll cough up more King and Queen. Maybe next Room 26-100 was packed to cash at telethon time. The Gum- year we can have a Deb Ball, too. March 17, 1982 the rafters by the six hopefuls, a bys, by opening up the UA to the Gag me dead. handful of people connected with random hacker, by dealing with The Election Commission was their campaigns, four Tech staf- the Institute with tongue-planted upset because the sorting of the 9am 5pr fers, and a dozen-odd concerned firmly in cheek, will make this UAP/UAVP ballots had just Then Segel began (Meltsner place a little more fun and a little produced a prodigious pile for rushed in a few minutes later from bit closer. Segel and Meltsner. Their major a class, bearing a large can of Q: What would you do about concern was that the UA as Lobby lO ONLY6 Crisco). He said, "I don't know if great researchers who are lousy presently constituted may not sur- the IHTFP feeling is good or bad, lecturers? vive the Gumbys. My question: Is as long as we do it together." Melisner. "You should tell the this bad? (No, of course it isn't, it's a rhetorical question. You'd know if you'd been paying atten- tion.) Maybe we can get people involved now who don't have some petty ax to gring, or some transcript which needs enhancing. Teds UA coverage unfair Meitsner, at the UA forum, I proffering can opf Crisco to Joyce Candidates' statemnents are To the Editor: ment of those candidates, and was Pollock '82, UJA Secretary- The Tech portrays itself as an clearly contrary to any code of General: "Want some?" objective, independent, and journalistic ethics that we are Pollock: "No, I've had too much available in the Undergraduate serious newspaper which reports aware of. already." So have we all. on the activities and events of the We trust that The Tech Association office, W20-401 MIT community. We believe that editorial board will display a sub- a ------I .- v v the coverage of the UA election in stantially higher degree of profes- the March 8th issue made a sionalism in the future. mockery of these claims. Joyce L. Pollock The editorial page represents UA Secretary-General the opinion of The Tech editorial John DeRubeis GRADUATE board and we agree that they have UA President a right to critique the candidates Ken Dumas and endorse or not endorse as UA Vice- President they see fit, in that forum. Chuck Markham The front page of a newspaper UA President 1980-81 STUD-EN1I also has a substantial impact on Jonathan Hakala its readers. Items on the front UA President 1979-80 page should be fair and impartial. Editor's note: The Tech chose to A large picture of only one pair of run the photograp qf Segel and candidates in the most prominent Melisner because it iva.s interesting Facility Glub Danrce place on the front page the day and1 relevant to the acteompanlbing before the election is anything but storY. The Tech's choice of {an early celebration of St. Patrick's Day) fair and impartial. In effect, this photographs is never an expresst.ion picture was a back door endorse- qfJ editorial polieY. riday, March 12 I Editorial inaccrate To the Editor: three years. What was said to be Ayyadurai's unsuccessful letter- The title of The Tech's editorial writing campaign was not even 9 wan on the recent elections was scheduled to begin until the day "Choose UAP/UAVP Wisely." after the election-at least ac- Yet this very editorial, by dis- cording to the front page of the ree admission seminating misinformation about same issue of The Tech. the Summer/Ayyadurai ticket, A wise decision? On the basis of did not support its own title. I whose evidence? Since The Tech point out only the two most bla- was the only publication to print Faculty Lounge tant examples: Summer was impartial Information about the characterized as lacking ex- election this week, it had a special perience in student government; responsibility to report the story Sloan Sctiol, 50 Menoal Dnve in reality, he has been an active correctly. I member of the GA for the past Barry Klinger'85 ES, 6t Floor Come Darece the night R c@ontest av y ANL D enjoy the best J~ SUNDAY MARCH 14 4 jB STUDE·N6:30 P.M. prices for drinks in townD STUDENT CCENTER7 4 ROOMI 407 and free snacks! ! * Questions on general Casuan res and Jewish Trivia . * Top Three Winners compete at city-wide Hillel I Sponsored by the . Trivia Contest on March 17. aM-
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brief reception will follow the forum. REFRESHMENTS. I I -- ~U-· I - i _p PAGE 10 THE TECH FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1982 -- - -·gC B a A --·I=, PI pr;p ak-- b Getting Sued arnd Other Tales It pays to be an engineer of the Engineedng Life a, Getting Sued and Other Tales of the tion day of his sophomore year he had not Engineering Life, by Richard L. Meehan, yet declared a major, and decided to visit ft% MIT Press, $15.00. various departments to see what they were Getting Sued is an interesting and enter- like. Some of the departments were taining book which is intended to describe crowded with curious students, but the civil the engineering profession from an in- engineering department was utterly sider's point of view. Meehan graduated deserted. Naturally, Meehan declared civil from M IT with a degree in civil engineering engineering, ostensibly to avoid a career in 1961 and has since led an unusual career. overcrowded with too many new graduates 4- He has worked on projects all over the and short on jobs. world, including such places as Thailand, Meehan goes on to describe rush and 0.11 the Chilean Andes, and Haiti. Working on fraternity life at SAE, presenting an in- a major engineering project in foreign teresting contrast to what rush was like I .,a countries presents some unique problems, back in the 50's, Apparently it was not as Meehan describes in Getting Sued. quite as hectic or formal as today, and As a foreigner often unfamiliar with the fraternities did not have elaborate or culture in which he was working, Meehan sophisticated rush systems. From what soon learned that when working on Meeharn describes, the big change in frater- engineering products abroad, cultural con- nity life since the 50's seems to be the siderations are often as important as elimination of hazing; much else seems to technical ones. For example, while working be the same. on a dam project on the Lam Pra Pierng The rest of Getting Sued describes river in Thailand, Meehan had to have an Meehan's experiences with working on ancient Thai buriel ground exorcised so engineering projects in foreign countries. Vi i.6i - r that the local villagers would not be out- Due to a lack of qualified engineers in discusses the personal side of working what Meehan is best at, storytelling. This e raged when he used the soil for a dam em- those countries, US sponsored projects overseas as well, describing the close book doesn't need to go on your "must I
G bankment. Meehan found that working in were often run by American engineers. friendships he build halfway around the read" list, but if you find yourself with t primitive areas offered a unique oppor- Meehan had the dual responsibility of world with people he worked with for a sew rainy Saturday afternoon on your hands tunity to glimpse eastern culture in its completing the project and teaching years and has never seen since. and nothing else to do, you might want to pristine state. American enginnering and management Getting Sued is very enjoyable and drop by the library and check it out. The Meehan begins his book with a descrip- techniques to the natives. Progress on pro- readable although it drags on the occasions hardback is not worth the $15.00 cover tion of his undergraduate days. The ages jects was often hampered by lack of ade- when the author begins philosophizing price but if the book is issued as a paper- old dilemma of what to major in prompted quate materials and equipment, or laborers about such topics as the ontology of back it would make a worthwhile purchase. a rather unusual response from Meehan: he unaccustomed to the American system of engineering or the role of engineering in Bill Detlefs calls it "the short line rule." On registra- coming to work at a certain time. Meehan society, The book is fine when it sticks to
They don't know what boys like A ZTS~~%. Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?, the psuedo-rap style from the Pretenders, but Waitresses on Polydor Records. never capture their energy. Donahue _rz 0 There was a time- for the better part of doesn't exude either the blatant sexuality of the 70s - that female-fronted rock bands Hynde or the cool languor of-Harry. The -p~ma F~ were a rare commodity. Phil Spector's "girl music is mostly vague reggae, flavored with ^' _ _ j A >^ ^ _g, groups" and most of the Motown women the Essential Logic sax style of Mars Wil- rss X * 7 c _,singers had faded away. A few excellent liams, but the band is most successful at in- b 4 _ }p * _ <- Jr British folk-rock bands had female lead corporating elements of the avant-garde L 6 s~ K ssingers,B but these were not widely known in new wave style Ohio is noted for. the States. In terms of American rock, the The songs, all by guitarist Chris Butler, choice was pretty much between an aging are hit-or-miss propositions. The lyrics are Grace Slick and the banalities of rambling, with very few attempts at rhym- ^a i -FleetwoodMac. ing. Donahue's singing ranges between a One of the side effects of the rise of new sort of dreamy chant and a sort of nasal wave was a new crop of rising young squeal. The latter style works well for "I female singers. Solo artists like Patti Smith Know What Boys Like" and "Pussy and Lene Lovich injected much-needed Strat," which mock the traditional images l_ CL~- -- IC~ ~ r~ ~ L~Wlh~s~a~new ib~a blood into the music scene. What is of female sexuality. even more surprising is that a sizable The best songs deal with the in- percentage of successful new wave bands dependence of women who are tired of be- have featured female singers. The B-52's, ing kicked around. "No Guilt" is chock Blondie, the Pretenders and the Go-Go's full of clever lines about the things that a have all presented a sharp contrast to the woman has learned since the end of male-dominated world of FM rock. relationship - fixing the stereo. reading The Waitresses are a relatively recent more, and even learning "the reason for a Al · entry in this field. They spring from the three-pronged outlet." It's a nice twist to heart of Ohio, home of such innovative the usual maudlin breakup songs: "I'm sor- bands as Pere Ubu, Tin Huey and Devo. ry but I never got suicidal/It wasn't the end Lead singer Patty Donahue has the poten- of the world." tial to be the next Deborah Harry or Chris- There are some real moments of sie Hynde. Unfortunately, whatever talents cleverness, both musical and lyrical, but she and the other members of the Waitres- unfortunately, they're interspersed with *_ _ ses have show through rarely. random lines and some pretty cheesy solos. The most serious problem with Wasn't The overall impression given by this album Ji F TomoZrrrow Wonderful? is its utter lack of is that the Waitresses are a band with B §/ distinguishing features. The playing is in- potential, but that they haven't really iI{tentionally ' sloppy in a bar band sort of figured out how best to develop it. The way, and the production is thin and spotty. right producer, or more judicious editing of The Waitresses appear -to draw from all their songs might be what they need. For sorts of contemporaries, but they usually the present, they remain an "interesting" choose the wrong influences. band which only sporadically connects. They've imported the one-riff songs and Tom Anderson - - - - I -" - - - I '" - I - - - L
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Ii Adult Animation I'*l. The Best of Adult Animation, presented by Center Screen; showing March 12, 13 & 14 at the Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy Street, Harvard University. For More infor- mation call 494-0200 The Best of¢Adult Animation is a selection of outstanding works that Center Screen has premiered in the past seven of their animation series. It also serves as a comn- plementary program to the WG BH/Center Screen special One Frame At A Time, which aired in January. The program exhibits a large range of animation techniques used to explore aspects of adult relationships in a thought provoking fashion. Sex, love, sexism, death and creativity are the subjects of both humorous and serious animated presenta- tions. Each of the, eleven films is unique, each has its own vision and all are uniform- ly excellent. Why Me? tells the tale of Nesbitt Spoon, whose doctor has informed him that he has only five minutes to live. Mr. Spoon's responses run the gamut of reactions one would expect to see in such a situation (responses which have also been categorized by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler- Ross). Spoon first tries to act nonchalant, then he assumes that the doctor is mis- taken, but when Spoon finally realizes his time is up (so to speak), he exits, deter- mined to live each sceond to the fullest. The film presents an intelligent discus- sion of the inevitability of death, injecting enough humor to prevent the subject from growing depressing. The animation is sim- ple but effective- line drawings and sim- ple colors illustrate Mr. Spoon's -efforts to save himself (in one scene Spoon suggests and imagined) lend a very intimate feel to bathroom sink is seen as a tongue lolling hand-painted puppets, each of which had cryogenics, which he demonstrates by Interview, letting us look into the film- out of a mouth. As the woman journeys to be moved for each frame of the five- dumping a tray of ice cubes on himself). maker's life rather that at it. into town she passes a hotel, a sex shop, a minute sequence. Why Me?'s informed but lighthearted ex- The briefest, but most pointed commen- gun store and a toy store window full of Pitt's work has been rewarded. I plolration of death makes it a sure winner tary is provided in The Club, a witty attack baby dolls - a representation of the Asparagus has won numerous awards, and _its ten minutes should be enjoyed to the of chauvinism at its most extrem6. We fol- reproductive process. The artist is has become more than a cult film-it is fullest. low the camera as it embarks on walking portrayed as an alienated personality com- now the standard to which all other In direct contrast to Why Me? is the tour of an Ivy. League men's club pop- ing to grips with sexuality and her passion animated work will be compared: depth and complexity of Rapid Eye M~ove- ulated by aging, doddering members, to create, and the realization that her art Center Screen is to be commended for mints, a study in social alienation. The literally- all the men and the representa- may not be understood. giving us another chance to see important techniques used to produce the film are at tions of manhood (the sculptures, Pitt spent four years creating Asparagus, animation we may have missed, and you times difficult to follow, but they heighten photographs and paintings) are paying painstaking attention to every are urged to take advantage of the oppor- the overall stream of consciousness presen- charicatured as penises. detail. The most striking segment shows tunity. These films may not be back fog a tation. A's its title suggests, Rapid Eye The most sexual of the films presented is the interior of a -theater full of people while, and, as the Residents would say. Movements is fluid and dreamlike, denying also the most abstract, the longest and the engaged in various activities. Creating this "Ignorance of your culture is not con- the viewer any concrete imagery to analyze. best of the series- Susan Pitt's Asparagus. scene involved constructing a ten foot sidered cool." You are forced to drift along with the The culmination of four years of work, model of the theater and two hundred David Shaw film's main character through a series of Asparagus sets the standard for modern half-heard conversations and hazy sexual animation. encounters, feeling more-like an observer The feature's semi-autobiographical than a participant. presentation deals with the creative process The animation techniques occupy an and what it is like to be both an artist and a equal position with the story line, sug- woman. We first see a woman (whose face gesting the constant presence of the camera is never shown) in her home, looking out a as a mediator, permitting us to see only a window into her garden of fantastic, color- limited amount of information. As a conse- saturated flora and asparagus - the film's quence, the world presented is even more symbolism of male sexuality. The woman is confining -a dream that we wish would then seen arranging the furniture in her end soon; this wish is the point of the film's dollhouse, which contains a replica of her commentary. room (in which she is arranging dollhouse
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IN XH E T4OWN .- ~-~sl -'L~a -I - s~P- on MIT D1ramashop presents An Evening of LSC Presents: One-Act P14ys, Fri-Sat, March 12 and 13 in 42nd Street, Friday at 7:30pm in 10-250. DatmoR Kresge Little Theater at 8pm. The set in- S.O.B., Friday at 7 and 10pm in 26-100. cludes works by G.B. Shaw, L. Pirandello, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Satur- William Saroyan, and Bill Bryant '83. Per- day at 7 and 9:30pm in 26-!00. 15 Har*oUld 1e NICE formances are free and followed by a criti- Three Days of the Condor, Sunday at 7T - que and coffee hour. Call 253-2877 for 6:30 and 9:30 in 26-100. Ibfu EVE 'TH A-Tf e T KX more info. MOC.11 BIL PLEA USTI . Off The Wall Cinema presents this The MIT Symphony Orchestra, under weekend Listen to London, with shows at 6, resident conductor Alan Yamamoto, will 8, and lOpm Fri-Tue, and extra showings give an all-Beethoven concert that is free to at 4pm on Saturday and Sunday. If your all members of the M IT and Wellesley interested, call 547-5255. Filming techniques are the subject of furniture, an endless cycle); according to communities. Public admission is $1 at the nteruiew, a dialogue between animators Pitt, this segment represents the artist's door; the concert will be held in Kresge Boston Performance Artista presents a :aroline Leaf and Veronika Soul. The two preoccupation with analyzing and syn- Auditorium at 8pm, March 13. For further multi-media performance event, titled A 'omen discuss what it is like to be women, thesizing motion. After donning a mask information, call 253-2701. Monkey. A Bird, and a Fissh. Who Eat Who rtists and filmmakers. The difference chosen from a closet full of faces, the and What? All performances begin at 8pm etween the two women is presentd visual- woman rills a bag with her creations and The MIT Brass Ensemble, under conduc- at Boston film/Video Foundation in , through the contrast in each artist's heads into a theater where she presents her tor Gordon Hallberg, will present a concert Boston. Admission is $4. For further nimation style. Soul's cut-and-paste col- work,.and then returns to her home. In the of music for brass and organ on Sunday, details, call BFVF, at 536-1540. ige technique (also featured in another of final scene the woman is revealed as being March 14 at 8pm in Kresge Auditorium. le series' films: How the Hell Are You?) featureless but for a mouth, which she uses The concert is sponsored by the Music Sec- Endgame by Samuel Beckett, directed by id the feeling of energy and. haste it con- to caress the asparagus in her garden. tion of the MIT Dept. of Humanities, and William Finlay is now playing through ,ys is balanced by Lears carefully inked Symbolism runs rife throughout will be open to the public free of charge. March 28 at Peoples Theater in ipressionistic images. The subjects dis- Asparagus, as does hidden or disguised Call the music office at 253-2906 for more Cambridge. Performances are $5;50 and i Issed and the images presented (both real eroticism. A towel hanging out of a information. $7; for reservations, call 354-2915. - mm MM PAGE 12 THE TECH FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1982 ------··1~-- - -5---eI- c--~d-- rse e~ - ~- --- ~c I I. la I Bubbe repairs to cost $50,00 covered by the insurance, said By Stuart Gitlow costs including the lighting replacement will be in the area of Valentine. SI'ANFO-D' collapse of the in- The third Following the collapse of the structure covering the $50 thousand. flatable bubble, "Tennis activities were J.B. Carr Tennis Courts was due Kimball Valentine, Insurance Officer cut back," pointed out Royce N. to a short circuit in the power and Legal Administration Office, noted Flippen, Director of Athletics. supply to the inflating fans. Fol- of the Treasurer's session insurance "We shifted the [tennis] activities lowing the failure of the blower that M IT's current inherent over to the Athletic Center and fans, the structure slowly sank, policies does not cover Introductory and advanced have been readjusting the impact with the light failure of inflated structures. courses, workshops and tearing upon as necessary for team "Very likely we will not receive schedules the arts, earth posts. practices and PE requirements. seminars in "We won't know the exact cost insurance for [the bubble's] skin appear we -It's worked pretty well. The help sciences, education, of repairs until it can be fully in- damage. It does not to a of the community has been really engineering, the humanities, spected by the manufacturers. It can attribute the damage would be appreciated." r has been shipped up to Buffalo windstorm," which social sciences, sciences, where they can unfold it and see and mathematics. how much work has to be done," C Paul E. Barrett, Director of New gov't for Harvard? June 21 through August 14 Physical Plant, said yesterday. ,"We plan to send someone up All students in good standing (C'orlniJ1ued.Irong page 7) of perceived apathy as Because are invited to attend. I there to review the situation principles of equal toward democratic among Harvard students L soon as they have completed their r representation." the proposed student govern- E inspection." ', the constitutional i Last month, ment, the Faculty's constitutional L Plans are currently underway. I convention voted to eliminate committee has made the ratifica- I system en- 1, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1 C to replace the lighting i~~~bStaac SC 1I E guaranteed minority representa- tion requirements for the referen- r from s tirely to prevent damage a tion, in hopes of securing Faculty' dum lenient. Only 2/3 of those a a lighting equipment in case the fo mfooal, 1a3t viveruO~ers ite9St anfopdf r r approval. Student leaders were voting must approve the new con- E bubble collapses again. Ac- c this decision, cal- I dissatisfied with stitution. Traditionaily, ratifica- E Barrett, total repair e cording to and un- e ling it "unrepresentative tion required the approval of 51 I fair." The compromise percent of the entire Harvard un- F the only possibility a oard to represented dergraduate population. w Fin. for student and Faculty approval \^99f§,Z\P Unlike the Student Assembly, this spring, allowing the constitu- a fund L1N1I tion to be implemented in the new student government will to student- C September. Members of the con- send -representatives L stitutional convention said the faculty committees, including the a next year Committee on Undergraduate l 1\ Undergraduate Council would Education and the Committee on discuss this fall how minority opi- .- - a WEREMPER I "It became apparent that LINK nion could best be represented. Housing and Undergraduate Life. I would need some other source of dI- a support" besides advertising fnd donations to survive, said Brown. "LINK has the personnel to sur- vive," he noted. i "FinBoard has mlde a state- nienlt that it wouldn't try to con- trol the edilorial policy" of LINK.
sarid Bill Hol'inann G of the new- spaper. The editorial content of the newspaper will not be directly or indirectly affecled by the I'unding, said Hoffmrn. 'Sell: censorship,' he noted, should not he a prbhlell. ''I INA' has to make a transi- tiol 1'roni surviving on ad revenues aind contributions to i i on ad revenues ;lone I surviving i alnd the purpose of this policy is i to help that transition." said i
Brown. i I Bel'ore this year, LINK k I operalted fin about 50 percent ad revenues and 50 percent contribu- i i lions, but ";adrevenues have been i I said i goiing up I'.airly steadily," mi Hil'nialnn. The contributions i E G cr;lle 1(rom11LN alunmni and "at i one point 'roml several proles- I m sor;," lie nloted. "It is n1V gut reaction that anvthin LIgV prints will not a1l- I'cct'' our I'uLnding policy, declared Brown. 'In the pa;st term the I-l-inance: Board hits beel Under
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i :··:I···:-- spread Sqouash- ... ends -15 By Martin Dickau the second round. Other partici- Last weekend the squash team pants for MIT were team captain R::·:-':·-..: ..··.·:·· :.;i t ie went to Williams College for the David Hashim '83, Dave Hawes ` ' t·-:·.:: ;-(·-:s-:i·':·%;i:· l·; -,Nu.NArdI "' 49th Annual National Intercol- '82, Albert Pleus '84, and Ron ':··:·· legiate Squash Racquets Associa- BBujarski '83. i·- ;:- ·3:i:-·..:.-""' :i .·1·3:: tion Championships. Competing Harvard eventually went on to 9·.1 .· in the thirty-two team field were win the team competition, with I :·: ( "· -: ·i ::i ;:·:··-·-:·i. such perennial powers as Har- Princeton finishing in second ;s;i:6·:i2i·:-·S.,'B:::: i- :' r :· vard, Princeton, Western On- place and Yale ending up in third. ;:-:·. :-_ :: ::;::;·:..i· ::::;i tario, Navy, and Yale. Coach Ed Crocker's rac- The team had a difficult time in queteers finished their season ." i, .;~p:· the face of stiff opposition at the with a 4-15 record, their only wins ' meet. However, MIT's Dave coming against Lehigh, Fordham, Pope '84 defeated Lehigh's Rick Wesleyan, and Colby. With the Easler -and Hamilton's -Jim improving performance of the Martin to advance to the third younger team members, the Tech file photo round of the men's "C" singles squad can look forward to quite a The Squash Team competed in the National Championships last competition before he was stop- bit of improvement next year. weekend. ped by Western Ontario's Dennis Hisey. Wayne Rubinstein '85 also Good made it past the first round for f0e0ds stand up foryou the Engineers, but he was downed by Tom Lucas of Georgetown in when you nleed them.
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Today and tomorrow MIT will host the Eastern Association for I Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (EAIAW) Northeast Fencing Championships. Barnard College, Brandeis, Cornell, Har- vard, MIT, St. John's, Wellesley, and defending champion Yale will all be participating. People to watch include United Sates national (20 and under) team members Andrea Metkus (Yale) and Sharon Monplaisir (Hunter College), Penn State Col- legiate Open winner Christine Hamori (Cornell), New England Collegiate champion Judith Benini (Wellesley), and New England Collegiate runner-up Ya-Pei Chang of MIT. The teams will start competi- tion this morning at 9am and con- tinue on though the afternoon, Individual competition will be held tomorrow at 9am with the finals scheduled to begin at 5pm. The top four teams and top ten individuals will advance to the national AIAW championships at the University of Wisconsin at M-ladison April 2-3. All bouts will be held in Rockwell cage, and admission is
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- s ~or ing notices Do -you enjoy the contact of foot- questions, call Tony Eastfield at r ball, the skill and flow of soccer, x3-2489 or 661-1782. or John and good parties? If so, then join Polcari at x3-5317 or 491-7543. the MIT men's club Rugby team. The MIT Figure Skating Club A trial match will be held tomor- will hold an exhibition Saturday, row, March 13, at Ipm on Briggs March 13 at 8pm in the Athletic Field. Regular practices are held Center. Joining the MIT skaters' Tuesday and Thursday, with will be other skating clubs from matches slated for Saturdays dur- the Boston area. Admission is ing the spring. If you have any free. FIY WORL SAERS10 =94 si E A=
Tech photo by Charles Kwon me M\Jen's .Fencing finished this year with a 9 and 5 record. s s _~l E revQ. -~~~paQ _ The remainder of the sports 3/24: Men's Tennis at 3131: Men's Tennis at ICOACH- P fe i ffer (Nlo r th UConn, 3pm. _% % FE schedule for this month: | Today: Women's Fencing Carolina), 2:30pm. Women's Softball at | FOLC^ITRAINLIP~TTaemsbgny~h1bt your travel agent or World Airways EAIAW Northeast 3/25: Men's Tennis at High Harvard, 3pm. there are no limitationson length of stay.Call without notice. Seats are limited.e Championships, P oi nt (N or th Lacrosse vs. Tufts, at (800)526-830. Faressubject to change team competition, Carolina), 2pm. 3pm.i 9am in Rockwell 3/27: Men's Tennis at Women's Tennis vs. AI QLA Cage. Gereon p.Simmons, 3:30prn. 1I Tomorrow: Women's Fencing 3/28: Men's Wolleyball Men's Wolleyballe EAIAW Northeast Club vs. SCSC, 3pm. Club at UNH Championships, in- -__i dividual comp~etition._1
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