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MIT's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TheWeather Oldest and Largest ,Today: Cloudy, 79°F (24°C) Tonight: Showers, 57°F (14°C) Newspaper~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tomorrow: Sunny, cool, 70°F (2 1°C) Details, Page 2 SummitDraws I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~nGoermntLadr d uty Panel Examines Global Trade Work to Focus By Ramy Arnaout foreign affairs of Japan; and Robert and Eva Moy W. Galvin, chairman of Motorola. STAFF REPORTERS The major points that the pan- On 11 Sectors The first plenary session of the elists addressed last night reflected a Industry Summit, held last night in shift from capitalism versus comn- Kresge Auditorium, focused on munism to capitalism versus capital- Industry leaders, academics, and "The Role of Government in a ism, Owada said. The panelists dis- government officials converged on Global Industry." The session was cussed how to achieve free and fair Cambridge yesterday for a weekend attended by world leaders in indus- international trade. But, as Vest of discussions on industrial develop- try and academia, as well as mem- summarized, the question is, ment, billed as the Industry Summit. bers of the MIT community. "What's free, and what constitutes The summit, organized by the The summit is not a one-time fair?" Worid Economic Forum and IMiF, discussion, but an on-going dia- Overall, the real job facing the has brought more than 650 corporate logue about the relation of technolo- nations of the world will be "to and government leaders from over 50 gy, economy, and management, establish the rules of the game and countries to attend working sessions MIT President Charles M. Vest said establish them as soon as possible," in I1I different areas of industry. in his opening remarks. The dia- Vest summarized. Trust and under- Missing from this group will be logue in the next three days of the standing between people are also several of the biggest names sched- summit will be dominated by these vital, he said. uiled to attend the summit. At the forces as the Cold War era ends, -fe last minute, United Nations Secre- continued. How to promote free, fair trade? tary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali Vest expressed his hope that the Weld said governments must canceled his speaking engagement forum be "a place to come together find a balance between intervention at Sunday's closing session. Presi- to discuss the latest developments of and laissez-faire. "Governments dent Clinton and Vice President Al science and technology and econo- should act as a referee as opposed to Gore also could not attend because my" to prepare a new generation of a spectator or player," he said. they were travelling to promote engineers, scientists, and managers Weld also stressed that the gov- Gore's new plan for government to lead tomorrow's world. ernment must enforce the rules of and bureaucratic reform. Heading the discussion were the market to make free trade possi- The guest list nevertheless Vest and Klaus Schwab, president ble. "Free markets are not free remains impressive; U.S. governmn and founder of the World Economic unless the rules of the game are sub- leaders include Massachusetts Gover- Forum. The discussion panel also scribed to by all," he said. He nor William F. Weld, Senator John F. featured prominent figures in busi- added that progress for every nation, Kerry (D-Mass.), and Frederico ness and government: Gov. William and therefore for the world, will not Penn, secretary of transportation. Weld of Massachusetts; Percy be possible if governments take As summit attendees gathered in Bamevik, president and chief exec- either too skeptical or too concilia- Kresge Auditorium yesterday, a utive officer of ABB Asea Brown tory an approach to trade. small group demonstrated on the Boveri, the Swiss multinational cap- However, Owada pointed out steps of the Student Center to protest ital-goods company; John H. Gib- that international trade disputes may JOSH HARTMTANN-- TtlE TECHt the narrow focus of discussion and bons, assistant to President Clinton be hard to defuse because they orig- President Charles M. Vest jots down a note as Gov. William Weld the elite group in attendance. for science and technology; Hisashi gives his speech at the first plenary session of the industry Summit Owada, adviser to the minister of Panel, Page 21 last night. Summit, Page 21 I City ayOne Promotes ervice ARA~~ ChanesCCL By Sarah Y. Ketghtley As a coordinator of a group, I found my experi- NEWSg EDITOR ence really worthwhile. Half of my group made but- FeedakF inances Along with 820 other MIT' students, I got to tons, while the other half took 12 fourth and fifth experience being a kid again at City Day One, held graders to four other activities. By the end of the By Eva Moy seven or eight cashiers, Arno said. here at MIT on Tuesday. afternoon, we got to know one another. There was NE WS EDITOR The success of the store will ~ - ........ - ~For the second annu- Kate, who wanted to be an actress and was interested I Since last spring, there have determine what will happen with R r 7oer , ai City Days, 530 Cam-~~~~~~~~~nevnetlcass i niomna ass iesvn h anfrssiesvn h anfrss been several changes in the Food convenience stores on campus in the P ~~~~bridge school children And there was Benjamin, with his fake tattoo; and I service, including the addition of a future. "I think it's going to work cametoMT topartci-Jean, Who was kind of quiet,.but whose face lit upI MacGregor House Convenience, really well," Leo said. No~~book ~pate. in studcnt-run when we mentioned sports. Store, a Mrs. FlieOds' cookie cart, Another recent addition is the activties ranging imom educational projects to arts In our first activity, the children worked in pairs 0I and clear labeling of vegetarian Mrs. Fields' Cookie Cart in Build- and crafts to sports. Mainly freshmen took part in to build the highest tower possible out of a sheet of7 foods. Pritchett Snack Bar has lag 66. This is "a sm-all satellite ser- City Da- One, but somne upperclassmen volunteered ........ ..... closed, and Walker Memorial will vice," similar to the Building 4 Col- their time as well. City Days, Page 25 be open fewer hours. fee Shop. The cookie cart is located The MacGregor Convenience where mnany students and staff' pass Store is "an outgrowth of the small every day "to bring the service to convenience store that was there where the people are," Leo said. before," Leo said. It replaces the Leo added that lie -isaware the I Next House convenience store, prices are high, but "people 'like although the Next ltouse Snack Bar Mrs. Fields' cookies." lie hopes to is still open, he said. The store was moved to Mac- Dining, Page 23 Gregor because of student demnand and because it was more accessible than Next Hlouse, Leo said. The store is located in a remodeled por- tion of what was the dining hall. It is directly accessible from the court- yard, allowing customers to enter a SafeRide will run on I the store without checking in at the set schedule. Page 17 front desk, he said. The idea was to "make a store a RIO Week inreview. that resembles a little morn-and-pop store" for the far west side of cam- Pages 18-19 pus, said Matthew G. Arno '93, stu- dent manager of the store. a On the Screen, a The store is run entirely by stu- YUZ LEE--THE TECH review of current dents, with one ARA supervisor. In MIT students help Camibridge etlementalry Ischool studenat. draw deslgw on T-shrts at City movies. Page 9 Day One,. - ... addition to the manager, there is ___ -- -- I --- - - c -e ----- - -- also one assistant manager and -- - -" _s 1A . ' T. V e l Septemaber 10, 1993 PageI H TECIttt H _ _ _ < - WORLD & NATION _ Vote on NAMETPact IsraelisPEO O~fically En0 May Not ake Place Unti1 94 Three Decade of C nfl 1 LOS ANGELES TYMES WASHIGTON I I With the Clinton administration about to launch a full-dress effort to win approval of the three-way trade agreement with Mexico and committed to elimination of the homeland to 2 million Palestinians Canada, the senior House Democrat suggested for the first time Thurs- By Doug Struk on the West Bank and Gaza Strip. day that a vote on the pact may not take place until early next year. THE BALTlMORE SUN' - Jewish state, formally recognized JERUSALEM the right of Israel to exist "in peace It also may clear the way for The comnments by House Speaker Thomas S. Foley, D-Wash., Israeli agreements with Syria, Israel and the Palestine Libera- and security." sent administration officials and congressional supporters scurrying Lebanon and Jordan, and eventually to emphasize President Clinton's commitment to the North American tion Organization Thursday formal- Israel, for the first time, recog- nized the Palestinians as a national for diplomatic recognition by other Free Trade Agreement. ly ended three decades of bitter con- Arab nations. flict, and set the Middle East on a people with political rights, and the While Rep. Robert Matsui, D-Calif., one of the key House The Israeli letter was to be hopefil course for peace. PLO as "the representative of the Democrats supporting the agreement, termed the question of a delay in Jerusalem Friday morning They agreed to mutual recogni- Palestinian people." signed a "legitimate technical issue," he discounted the notion that it demon- at a 9 a.m. ceremony (3 a.m. EST). strated "a lack of resolve by the president or anyone else." And White tion, and pledged an end to the hos- The PLO also said it "renounces tilities that led to five wars, made the use of terrorism and other acts The Israeli Cabinet approved the House press secretary Dee Dee Myers insisted that the trade aree- and gave Rabin authority enemies of neighbors and left thou- of violence" and promises to con- documents ment had not "been put on the back burner." to sign them Thursday.

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