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Volume 115, Number 24 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, May 9, 1995 UA Council Rejects New Constitution UACsize halved by later amendment By Daniel C. Stevenson floor leader and now UA Treasurer EDITOR IN CHIEF Russell S. Light '98. Several elec- In a meeting more like a barroom tion decisions had to be approved, brawl than an organized legislative as we)) as the Finance Board budget se ion, the Undergraduate Associa- recommendations. tion Council last night overwhelm- "Ba ically, people didn't know ingly rejected a constitution that what [the new constitution] was," would have implemented changes Light said. While the final draft was across the entire organization. not circulated until yesterday, many Instead, the Council passed an of the changes had been di cussed amendment to the current constitu- and voted upon by the UA Council tion that reduces the size of the body at earlier meetings. by half, one of the flagship provi- ""m very afraid that the post- sions of the defeated constitution ponement of the new constitution [ ee sidebar, page II]. means that we'll waste another The new constitution was not semester of the UA on administra- passed because "there was too much tive business," said new UA Presi- administrative business" to process at the meeting, said former UAC UA, Page II Number of Summer DROPs Down 60% ""Summer funding declines dramatically -By David D. Hsu something that's finite," Shoap said. NEWS EDITOR The amount Qf funding from outside

r' The number of Undergraduate sources like the National Science Research Opportunities Program Foundation is also still not definite, projects could drop by 60 percent she said. compared with last summer, accord- Departments like biology are ing to the UROP Office. finding UROP funding scarce. The decrease, which in large part "We're trying our best to find sup- results from changes last year in the port for as many students as we federal rules that govern UROP, can," said Professor of Biology wi)) be felt both by projects funded Gene M. Brown, UROP coordinator by sponsored research money and for the department. "Unfortunately, by the UROP Office. there' isn't enough money to go The UROP Office has denied around."

f 'rect summer funding to more than Professor of Electrical Engineer- 90 of the approximately 250 stu- ing and Computer Science Richard dents who submitted proposals by D. Thornton, EECS UROP coordi- the April 12 funding dea~line, said nator, also expects the number of Debbie H. Shoap, UROP staff asso- summer UROPs to "be down signif- ciate. The total amount requested icantly," although numbers have not was more than double the summer yet been taHied. UROP stipend budget, she said. UROP is receiving donations CPs Now Obey Information Laws By contrast, last summer over from alumni, but "the money 900 students held paying UROPs, received all went into [UROP's] By Christopher l. Failing Buckley Amendment, DoE states been clarified, resulted in the dis- about 600 of whom were funded endowment, and we can't touch it," ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR that educational records of students covery by The Tech that the Campus completely from sponsored research Shoap said. As a result of a 1992 clarification should remain confidential. But in Police might in fact not have been funds. The UROP Office has suggest- of a Department of Education priva- his 1992 Student Press Law Center abiding by this law. Approximately 200 students last ed that students lacking full fund- cy act, the Campus Police are now v. Alexander decision, U.S. District The Campus Police have been summer were funded with a combi- ing pursue a part-time UROP. Stu- required to release the names of stu- Judge Stanley Harris made it clear required by Massachusetts state law nation of UROP and sponsored dents could then either seek dents they arrest. that the Buckley Amendment could to maintain a log of names and research funds. Last year's govern- another part-time UROP or other Historically, the Campus Police not be used to justify denial of addres es of people they arrest ment regulations change restricts employment. have blacked out the names of stu- access to campus crime infonnation. accessible by the public since 1980. r . UROP from matching its own dents it has arrested, said Chief Questions about Campus .. funds with faculty funds in this Increase in UROPs (or credit Anne P. Glavin. "We were con- Police's compliance with the law Police log includes names way. Some departments experienced cerned not only [with] having to arose following the 1992 theft of an The Tech currently publishes the The UROP Office has not yet an increase in for-credit UROPs for comply with the log law, but also Undergraduate Association election weekly campus police log, which released actual figures on this sum- with federal law," she said. ballot box. The theft, which took mer's budget. "It's ever varying, not UROP, Page 13 Under that law, known as the place before the amendment had Police, Page 10 .INSIDE Committee Evaluates Walker's Role and Use • Proposed UA Constitu- Plans Include a Variety of Structural and Functional Improvements tion changes. Page 11 By Stacey E. Blau wellness and fitness center, a performing arts vations over the past year. The third-floor gym- NEWS EDITOR center, a grad'uate student center, a cultural nasium, which was closed and repaired last The Walker Memorial Strategic Planning center, and an international center, Walsh said. year because of structural problems, was sand- • MITSO'sRequiem full Committee is currently developing a "program The final plan may incorporate one or more of ed and refinished last summer. The gymnasi- of heart. ~Page8 concept to determine ... the mission" of Walk- these recommendations, he said. um, which serves as a testing room during the er Memorial, said Director of the Campus Walker still needs "major reconstruction" to week, is open for basketball and volleyball on • Englishman an excit- Activities Complex Phillip 1. Walsh, chair of repair structural problems, meet safety codes, Friday nights and weekend . the committee. and comply with the Americans with Disabili- Pritchett Snack Bar on the second floor of ing story of dirt. Page 8 The plan will examine both the physical ties Act of 1990, Mackay said. Plan for this' Walker reopened this past fall following exten- repairs needed and a restructuring of the inter- summer include replacing the elevator, con- sive renovations. Pritchett boa ts a 50 diner • Butt 1hunpet blows nal space for more efficient and diverse use, verting a torage room into a handicap-acce i- and a late-night convenience store. hard but well with said Amy T. Mackay '97, the student repre en- ble re troom, and repairing acce ramps on the The committee plans to continue its work tative of East Campus and Senior Hou e. third floor, Wal h said. '.~------'Enema. Page 9 Suggestions have included propo al for a Walker has already undergone several reno- Walker, Page t 3 Page 2 THE TECH ORLD & NATION . u.s., Allies May Wm • THE WASHI GTON POST C Leads FQrt Meyer EWYORK An intense U.S. and allied campaign to win the permanent exten- sion of a global treaty meant to halt the spread of nuclear arms i nearing a major victory at the United ations this week, according to Commemoration ofV-E Day U.S. and diplomatic officials. By Sam Fulwood III ovation by a respectful group of vet- didn't serve in combat for their "all- A comfortable majority of the 178 nations that have signed the WS ANGELES nMES erans, military officials and active- consuming effort" toward the Alii nuclear on-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are on record as supporting ARLI GTO • VA. duty representatives from every victory. it indefinite extension, and some U.S. officials ay it may even be President Clinton, in V-E Day branch of the armed services. "Millions were heroes here on approved by consensus before the month-long U. . review confer- ccremonie at Arlington Cemetery He listed the achievements and the home front," he said. "They ence ends on Friday. and nearby Fort Mye'r Monday, contributions of many seated in the buHt the planes, the ships, the tanks, About 20 nations - including the five declared nuclear powers prai ed every Allied World War II reviewing stands at Sommerall Field the trucks that carried the Allied and some highly vocal developing nations - are engaged in fervent, veteran as "a hero who carried the on this Army base outside Washin'g- armies into battle. They bought vic- la t-minute negotiations on a document sponsored by South Africa banner of justice into the battle for ton: Robert Katayama, a private tory bonds to pay for the war. They that official say is widely expected to provide the basis for such a freedom." with the Japane e American 442nd collected scarp metal for weapons, con ensu vote. As the flags flying under a cloud- Regimental Combat Team that worn-out rubber for tires, leftover The South African proposal would endorse the treaty's exten ion less, azure sky at Fort Myer snapped broke through the Gothic Line in fat for explosives and they planted while also ordering more inten ive, periodic review of di armament , Clinton offered reverent words for Italy after five months of ferocious 20 million victory gardens to help teps taken by the major nuclear powers - the United States, Britain, those he called "freedom's war- assault; Anna Connelly Wilson, a feed the nation." France, Ru ia and China. It would also identify some new disarma- riors" - whose blood and lives nur e in the Iranian desert; Abben Clinton also paid special tribute ment measures to be taken by the e countrie . forced azi Germany's military MaGuire, a avy demolition expert to the peoples of Great Britain an leaders to surrender in the early who landed on Omaha Beach; the former Soviet Union. George Ellers, a seaman on Coast morning hours of May 7 in a small He said that Americans were not Clinton-Yeltsin Summit Points schoolhouse in France. The Guard boat that protected the eager to enter the war, but "were armistice took effect May 8, 1945, movement of supplies across the stirred by the extraordillary courage To Future of U.S.-Russia Relations Atlantic Ocean; Joseph Kahoe, a triggering street celebrations on of the British, all alone and carrying THE WASHINGTON POST lieutenant ~ith the all-African both. ides oLthe Atlantic Ocean. .liberty's flickering torch into MO cow American 761 st tank battalion dur- "We come today 50 years later Europe's darkening night. Pushed ing the 'Battle of the Bulge; and Cold War summitry had one clear goal: to lessen the chances of to recall their triumph, to remember by their passion for freedom, prod- finally, the Rev. Francis Sampson, global thermonuclear war. their sacrifice and to rededicate our- ded by. th~ wise leadership of Presi- an Army chaplain who parachuted In the early years of Ru sian democracy, U.S.-Russian summit selves to the ideals for which they dent Roosevelt, and provoked, final- into ormandy and Holland. ' aimed to support Russian reform and cement the U.S.-Russian part- fought and for which so many of ly, by the infamy at Pearl Harbor, "In their bravery and that of all nership. them died," Clinton said, after being Americans went to war." ow, as Pre ident Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin introduced by retired Air Force Cot. their brothers and sisters in arms, Clinton - who after his speech prepare to meet here this week, the goals are as murky as the future Frederick B. McIntosh, who flew America found the will to defeat the flew to Moscow to participate in__ of U.S.-Russian relations. The two powers, while certainly n'ot Cold 104 missions during the war, includ- forces of fascism," Clinton said in Russia's commemoration of V-E War-style enemie , seem to be operating on entirely different wave- ing dive-bomb raids on D-Day. his 16-minute speech. "And today, day and to hold meetings with Russ- lengths, responding to domestic political pressure that pull both "Because of all you did, we live in a we the sons and daughters of their ian President Boris Yeltsin - also away from common language and toward confrontation over a host of moment of hope, in a nation at sacrifice, say thank you and well noted the terrible toll the war took niggling and not-so-niggling issues. peace." done." . on the Soviet people. . Russia and the United States continue to share many basic inter- Clinton, as commander-in-chief Clinton referred to today's e t on the world scene, analysts here said, and their differences - of the U.S. armed forces, began the threats from international conflicts When news of the war's end unlike in Cold War days - are not world-threatening. But both coun- day of memorials with a stop at the and domestic terrorism by noting reached Moscow, he said, millions tries have shed the euphoria of their pOst-Soviet embrace without a Tomb of the Unknowns in the that there was one thing even the of people rushed into the streets in a clear sense of what comes next. national military cemetery here. To courageous World War II veterans celebratory frenzy, search lights I "The rules of the game for Russian-American relations are really the rumble of a military drum roll could not do: "banish the forces of slashed the night darkness and a.~ ill-defined," said Michael McFaul, an expert on Russian politics at and the bursts of a 21-gun salute, darkness from the future: We con- 1,OOO-gunsalute shook the country:.:=r' the Carnegie Moscow Center. "The Russians don't understand the Clinton walked stiffly as he placed a front them now in different fonns side. Americans' intentions, the Americans don't understand the Russians' large wreath 'agalnst the white, mar- all around the world, ano painfuUy; , "'But their joy was dutled by the intentions, and both sides are doing a pretty bad job of communicat- ble tombs. A bugler played'taps and here at home." .. pain of their nation's unique' sacrf:-~ ing them." Clinton, who did not serve in the Btit, he said, the World War II fice, for one out of every eight Sovi- . armed forces, saluted by placing his generation "taught us the most et citizens was killed in World War right hand over his heart. important lesson: that we can pre- II: 27 million people," Clinton said, Chirac Celebrates Election Wm Before speaking at Fort Myer, vai lover the forces of darkness, that his voice lowering for emphasis. LOS A GELES TIMES the president, who has had rocky we must prevail." "At almost every table in every PARIS relations with the military in the During his remarks, Clinton also (Russian) home there was an empty A grinning Jacques Chirac, the French president-elect, accepted past, was greeted with a standing acknowledged Americans who place." congratulations from world leaders and chatted easily with outgoing , . President Francois Mitterrand during V-E Day festivities here Monday. But, when the celebrations were over, Chirac began the task of putting together his new government, due to take over sometime next Authorities Consider Charging." week, certain in the knowledge that his presidential honeymoon may be one of the shortest in French history. Chirac's victory over Lionel Jospin, a Socialist, by a margin of about 53 percent to 47 percent, has for the first time in 21 years put the conser- Nichols inOklahomanombing J vative descendants of Charles de Gaulle in power in both the law-mak- ing ational Assembly and the presidency, creating both a formidable By George Lardner Jr. In an interview Monday night on storage firm and found "silver bouil- force for change and a charged atmosphere for social upheaval. and Pierre Thomas the syndicat~d TV program "Ameri- lon and gold bouillon," as well as For the con ervatives' political opponents on the left, who include Tl/E WASI/INGTON POST can Journal," Nichols's ex-wife, . tools, camouflage gear, pipes, major trade unions and advocates for the homeless and jobless, the WASHINGTO Lana Padilla, said he gave her a pantyhose ,and masks. , only avenue for protest until legislative elections in 1998 will be in Federal authorities are consider- package last November with "Could your ex-husband have the streets, where a crisis of confidence in the new government could ing charging Terry Lynn Nichols, a instructions not to open it unless he robbed a bank?" she was asked on be born. close friend of Oklahoma City failed to return .in 60 days. He said the program: And, leaders of tho e groups say, that is just where they will be if bombing suspect Timothy James he told her he was leaving the coun- "I don't think so," she replied. Chirac doesn't soon deliver on his vague promises fo increase salaries McVeigh, with direct involvement try for a visit to the Philippines, - Padilla said the package with the in industrie where the economic recovery has begun, and, at the in last month's terrorist act. where his current wife is from. letters and the keys also contained same time, reduce unemployment, which now stands at 12.3 percent, ichols is being held in Kansas Padilla, a Las Vegas business- stock certificates, bonds and a life the highest of any leading industrialized nation. as a material witness in the case, but woman who was married to Nichols' insurance. policy. Neither she nor a so far has been accused only of con- for 10 years, said she opened the Padilla family spokesman could be ... spiring with McVeigh and Nichols's package the next morning and found reached for comment Monday, but ... older brother; James, to build explo- a letter addressed to her, another she has said she expects to be called sives at their farm in Michigan' over to testify before a federal grand jury WEATHER the la t several years. meeting at Tinker Air Force Base The April 19 explosion at the ''There's an awful lot of outside Oklahoma City this week. Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building During the interview, Padilla May's Highs and Lows killed 176 people, and a nurse was stuff pointing to his . said that she recently learned that By Chris E. Forest killed by falling debris during the her and Nichols' 12-year-old son, rescue effort. (Terry Nichols's) being Josh, told -the FBI his father taught A high pres ure ridge will keep skies clear for most of Tuesday "There's an awful lot of stuff involved." him how to make bombs from pop while diminishing winds can let temperatures rise inland. For MIT pointing to his (Terry ichols's) bottles. "I was shocked, very sur- and Boston though, a sea breeze circulation appears likely keeping being involved," one law enforce- -law enforcement prised," she said. ' temperatures cool and the warmth to our west. Looking further out to ment official aid Monday. Evi- official In asse sing the evidence against the midwest, the low pressure system laden with disa ters will brin'g dence includes a receipt fo~ a ton of Terry Nichols, 40, FBI experts are rain to the east coast by Wednesday morning and to Mas achusetts by ammonium nitrate that was found at also examining blue paint chips noon. Possible showers will linger through Wednesday night as the Terry ichol' Herington, Kan., addressed to McVeigh and keys to a found at a state park where they system diminishes and moves on slowly. Chances for shower contin- home with one of McVeigh's fin- Las Vegas storage unit. think the bomb may have been ue to exist into Thursday. gerprint on it. According to a partial transcript stored in a rental truck. They are Today: Expect clear sunny skies with scattered clouds developing FBI lab experts have been com- provided by publicist for "Ameri- comparing them with paint from a in the afternoon and a possible ea breeze. High 62°F (17°C). paring bit of blue plastic recovered can Journal," she said the letter to blue pickup truck owned by Nichols. Tonight: Warmer but clouding over until morning. Low 49°F from the bodies of some of the vic- her contained in tructions on how to Little has surfaced to link older (9°C). tim with blue plastic drums found distribute hi as et if he died. The brother James ichols, 41, to the edne day: Warm with clouds in the morning. Rain howers at ichols' home. A second law letter to McVeigh stated in part: bombing. He is being held without likely in the afternoon and evening. High 58°F (14°C). 'Low 50°F enforcement official aid Monday "You're on your own. Go for it! ... bond in Michigan but i ~heduled (IO°C). that the result were likely to be that As far as heat, none that 1 know." for a preliminary hearing on Friday. Thursday: Cloudy with chance for showers early then clearing. the fragments are "consistent" with Padilla aid she never delivered the "He seems way out at h High 60°F (16°C). Low 46°F (9°C). the plastic drums, but nothing more letter to McVeigh, but did ins'pect perimeter at best," one law enforce- conclusive. _ the comp.artment at a Las Vegas ment official said ~y9, 1995 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page3 US Plans to Take Japan to wro Prosecutors in Simpson Case Introduce DNA Evidence As Trade Controversy Continues' WS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES By Clay Chandler Tokyo think twice about taking their according to Japane e indu try fig- More than three months after promising juror that D A test THE WASHINGTON POST complaints about U.S. sanctions to ures. result would connect 0.1. Simpson to a pair of bloody homicides, WASHINGTO theWTO. The administration's grievance prosecutors began the ta k Monday of presenting that crucial evi- The Clinton administration is U.S. Trade Repre entative Mick- against Japan would rely on a rela- dence, opening the most important phase of their case with a brief preparing to take a broad complaint ey Kantor, who broke off negotia- tively obscure provision in WTO seminar on genetics. against Japan to the World Trade tions with Japanese ,Trade Minister rules known as the "nullification Dr. Robin Cotton, director of the nation's largest private DNA . ganization, alleging that excess Ryutaro Hashimoto in Canada last and impairment" clause. It would laboratory, began her testimony by delivering a basic primer on how -gulation and collusion among big week after five days of haggling, is argue that anti-competitive featllres DNA works, peppering her lecture with a series of metaphors intend- Japanese car markers discriminates expected to announce within the of Japan's dome tic market essen- ed to illuminate the scientifically dense topic. At various points, Cot- against the sale of foreign-made next two days which Japanese tially have "nullified" the benefits of ton compared D A to an alphabet, a thread, a zipper, a pair of inter- autos and auto parts. imports the administration will tar- the tariff reductions Japan promised woven ribbons, a chapter in the genetic book that is the chromosome The administration is readying -get for billions Qf dollars in punitive as the price of admission into the and a blueprint for human development similar to the plans for erect- the charge as a counter to possible tari ts. . global trade body. ing a building. action by Japan, which has Japanese-made luxury cars, If WTO arbiters concur with the "If we make the assumption that a blueprint contains all the infor- promised to haul the United States minivans and auto parts lead the list U.S. asse sment - and many inter- mation for how to build your house," she said, "the analogy is that before the Geneva-based trade panel of products earmarked for sanctions, national trade experts predicted they DNA contains all the information on how to build you," . should Washington impose sanc- according to administration offi- might - it would be a considerable Though she did not describe any results of DNA tests performed by tions on Japanese imports in an cials, who concede that - if consid- embarrassment for Japan. Such a her laboratory in this case, prosecutors say tho e results will reveal a effort to open the Japanese auto ered in isolation - unilateral tariffs decision would enable the United trail of blood linking Simp on to the murder scene - showing that market. on those items would violate WTO States to inflict harsh trade penalties blood with some of his genetic characteristics was at the scene and that Administration officials hope rules. on Japan without fear of internation- blood apparently from both victims, Ronald Lyle Goldman and Nicole at, at a minimum, the prospect of Last year, Japan exported about al condemnation and could set a Brown Simpson, was found inside his car and at his Brentwood estate. a highly visible WTO inquiry into 200,000 luxury cars, each costing precedent for similar complaints Simpson has pleaded not guilty to the June 12, 1994, killings, and Japan's restrictive economic struc- $35,000 or more, out of total against restrictive trade practices in his legal team is prepared to mount an aggressive challenge to the tures would make negotiators in exports of 1.64 million vehicles, other Japanese industri~s. DNA evidence. Looking directly at jurors and speaking in a soft, clear voice, Cot- ton illustrated her testimony Monday with neatly drawn charts on sheets of butcher-block paper. She told juror that degradation of u.s. Claims Iran Trained Suicide DNA samples never would cause a sample to falsely point to a sus- pect, a notion that defense attorneys have hinted at for week . ombers to lfinder Peace Process Senate Republicans Scale Back By Robin Wright ers bomb-making - and religion. tiona) terrorism and its efforts to LOS ANGELES TIMES If true, the charges would repre- obtain materials and assistance crit- Product Liability Legislation WASHINGTON sent the first time that Iran has been ical to the development of nuclear WS ANGELES TIMES Over the last six months, Iran 'directly linked to specific attacks by weapons." WASHI GTON has escalated its campaign to sab<>-' extremists attempting to thwart the In addition, 'U.S. officials .said, Senate Republican leaders, chastened by dissent within their own tage the Middle East peace process September 1993 agreement between the administration is protesting party over a bill to overhaul product liability statutes, on Monday by training Palestinian suicide Israel and the Palestine Liberation Iran's progress in developing chem- agreed to a compromise measure that would substantially scale back bombers who have been increasing- Organization on Palestinian self- ical weapons and its acquisition of an ambitious first draft of the reform legislation. ly successful in kilJing Israeli government. technology 'that would allow it to The new proposal, hammered out by Senate Majority Leader Bob troops, senior U.S. officials say. And even if not, the Clinton manufacture its own medium-range, . Dole, R-Kan., Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., and Democrat John D. The two suicide bombers who administration's conviction that the surface-to-surface Scud missiles Rockefeller IV, O-W.Va., would limit the punitive awards that juries carried out an attack that killed 22 charges are valid helps explain why within two years. could give plaintiffs in product liability lawsuits to two times their . Israelis on Jan. 22 had returned President Clinton, who has been "There was no precipitating compensatory damages, or $250,000, whichever is greater. . . cently from training in Iran, the branding Iran a "paymaster to ter- event that led to the sanctions deci- At the same time, it would give judges discretion to hand out larg- officials said. After their deaths the rorists," signed an executive order sion. lt was the product of a pattern er awards, although in such cases, a defendant would be entitled to Ir~nian government made payments last .week banning all -U.S .. trade of worrying behavior," a key U.S. receive a new trial. ~ to the families of both men, the otri-. with and investment in Iran. official' Said. Like other officials Finally, in cases where small businesses are defendants, the com- cials added. The White House said the who spoke about Iran, he asked that promise bill would limit punitive damages to twice compensatory Other Islamic' militants reported- action was taken to "underscore his name not be used. damages or $250,000, whichever is lesser, giving judges no discre- ly have been trained in Lebanon and our opposition to the actions and Iran has denied charges that it tion. The measure, which Rockefeller predicted would win "very Sudan with the help of Iranian funds policies of the government of Iran, has trained Palestinian suicide broad support," is to be voted on Tuesday. and personnel. Their instruction cov- . particularly its support of intern a- bombers.

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PRODUCTION STAFF maker who worked very hard but still ulty and the departments because of ethical Is it ironic that some of the same students Editors: Dan Dunn '94, Matthew E. remained very poor. One night, he carefully and financial obligations. Each of those 30 who feel it's nuisance to fill in all those forms Kono ky '95, Teresa Lee '96, Michelle laid out the strips of leather on his work bench departments expects the CEG to come running are the same people who turn'to the Guide Sonu '96; s ociate Editor: Saul Blu- and went to bed. The next morning, he awoke to their every need. But there are only 10of us every semester looking for advice? menthal '98; taff: Amy H u '94, Laura with great surprise to find a completed pair of who do this momentous task. We try our hard- In reality, the CEG threatens to fold every DePaoli '97, Chri tine J. Sonu '97, Warren shoes. How did that happen, he wondered. So est to do things right the first time. Sometimes few years because of lack of interest and Chang '98, Larry Chao '98, Joseph the shoemaker stayed up one night and saw ~wemess up, and sometimes we have to say, no because of the enormous academic and emo- Irineo '98, Susan J. Kim '98, Jennifer that there were little elves who took pity on we simply have no more of ourselves to give. tional drain of such responsibility. The last Peltz '98. him and made the shoes at night. Can you imagine going into Graphic Arts time was Nov, 1993, when every editor and Every semester, students around the Insti- by yourself at 8 a.m. and making 1,000copies? -every experienced person quit and washed OPINION STAFF tute fill out bubble and written comment forms, Can you imagine running around campus all , their hands of the entire matter. Editors: Raajnish A. Chitaley '95; Anders in praise and complaint of their professors. day with little luggage carts of envelopes? We I think we have recovered significantly Hove '96; taff: Matt eimark '95. These forms travel from about 350 classes in the elves of the CEG don't enjoy doing these since then, but it is the responsibility of the SPORTS STAFF the 30 departments (including each division of tasks, but we believe that they are an important entire student body to make sure that this one Editors: Daniel Wang '97; Staff: Thomas Course 21, Science, Technology, and Society part ofthe overall review of teaching at MIT. publication be assured to continue. Whether Kettler SM '94, Darren Castro G, Bo and the program in Media Arts and Sciences) When some professor asks the class if it you volunteer to help on the Guide or just go Light '96, Brian Petersen '96, David to a mysterious office, known to them only as wants to fill out the forms .and everybody to class in the next few weeks to fill out the Ber! ',97, Jeremy Cohen '97, Farhan W2Q-403.There the forms are magicaJlytrans- answers no, when some smart aleck draws lit- comment forms, you will be helping the Zaidi '98. formed into the 200-plus page Course ~valua- tle stick figures on the bubble forms, when Guide just a little bit more. ~ Eva Moy, a senior. in Mechanical Engi- ARTS STAFF tion Guide. Who are these anonymous elves somebody chooses to use red pen instead of neering, will graduate this June, despite hav- Editor: Scott De kin '96; Associate Editor: who take on such an odious task? No.2 pencil, when the response rate for most Craig K. Chang '96; taff: Thomas Chen G, First and foremost, the CEG is a way to classes is ~own around 30 percent we try to ing devoted her life and sanity to the CEG. J. Michael Andresen '94, Teresa Esser '95, Evelyn Kao '95, Carrie Perlman '95, Brian Hoffman '97, Kamal Swamidoss '97, Rob Wagner '97, Hur Koser '98, Stephen DItoPPIN6 Brophy.

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Guest Column by Jonathan D. Taylor egro life in America." One component of the influx of egroes resulting from desegre- ters calls on the management of a business in this program wa imilar to a provision in gation? . the community to request basic facts on the In the May 2 is ue of The Tech. there was the GI Bill of Right for those returning • King: We must develop a federal program company's total number of employees. the a cartoon depicting Martin Luther King deliv- from World War II. According to King. ex- of public works, retraining and jobs for all - number of egro employees, the department ering his famous "I Have a Dream" speech GIs received" pecial point to place them so that none. white or black. will have cause . or job classification in which all are located. [Opinion. May 2]. The cartoon ended with a ahead in competition for civil service job ." to feel threatened. At the present time, thou- and the salary ranges for each category. The solemn-looking man saying, "Amen," holding These special points created an environment sands of job a week are di appearing in the team then returns to the steering 'committee to a report entitled "affirmative action." It is not that "encourage[d] preferential empJoy- wake of automation and other production effi- evaluate the data and to make a recommenda- my aim here to discu the merits and draw- IJ)ent." liere are some excerpts from the ciency techniques. Black and white. we will tion concerning the number of new and acks of affirmative action. Suffice it to say interview. all be harmed unless something grand and upgraded jobs that should be requested. The that periodic reviews of public policy are "Question: Do you feel it's fair to request a imaginative is done. The unemployed, pover- decision on the number of jobs requested is healthy in a democracy. and affirmative multi-billion-dollar program of preferential ty- tricken white man must be made to realize usually based on population figures. For action, like any other policy, should be treatment for the egro, or for any other that he is in the very same boat with the instance, if a city has a 30 percent egro pop- assessed to make sure its actual and intended minority group? egro. Together. they could exert massive ulation. ttfen it is logical to assume that effects coincide. What I do want to point out "King: I do indeed ... Within common law. pressure on the government to get jobs for all. Negroes should have at least 30 percent of the Together. they could form a grand alliance. - to the contrary of what was implied in the we have ample precedents for special com- jobs in any particular company, and jobs in cartoon - is that Martin Luther King favored pensatory programs. which are regarded as Together. they could merge all people for the all categories rather than only in menial affirmative action. settlements. American Indians are still being good of all." areas. as the case almost always happens to Consider the Jan. 1965 Playboy interview paid for. land In a settlement manner. Is not Take. as another example. King's descrip- be." with King. King was asked about a $50 bil- two centuries of labor. which helped to build tion of Operation Breadbasket. an operation lion program of low interest housing and this country, a real commodity? he developed with the goal of "securing ... .{ think it is fair to say that King saw no business loans, medical care, and other items "Question: If a nationwide program of more and better jobs for the Negro people." inconsistency between his dream of a "color- that he and other civil rights leaders were preferential employment for Negroes were to The following is an excerpt from King's 1967 blind" America and his .remedies for the proposing. He hoped this program would be adopted, how would you propose to Where Do We Gofrom Here? "color-conscious" one. Opponents of Affirma- achieve. in his words, a "genuine and dra- assuage the resentment of whites who already "Operation Breadbasket is carried out tive Action are being dishonest when they matic transformation ... in the conditions of feel that their jobs are being jeopardized by mainly by clergymen. First, a team of minis- sugge t otherwise.

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Member FDIC Page 8 HE TECH May9,. THE ARTS • C .artfelt Requiem ; Mil PRESENTS son's voice projected THE BRAHMS' REQUIE boldness worthy to MIT Concert Choir and Chamber Chorus & compete with the the MIT Symphony Orchestra. intensity of the cho- John Oliver, conductor. rus. Yet the interplay Soloists: Kendra Colton. soprano; between Colton and Kenneth Goodson '89, baritone. the chorus wa much Kresge Auditorium. less accommodating Friday, May 5 at 8p.m. such that even her firm high range By Craig K. Chang seemed unable to ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR leash in her partners. don't think the MIT Symphony Orche tra As the perform- pretend to be a finely-oiled machine. Con- ers expressed it, the tinuou Iy gravitating toward some of the Requiem seemed to most difficult music fathomable, they and embody omething the M IT Concert Choir seem to run on pure of light that passes courage and love for the music they choose. through darkness. During Friday night's performance of Sweetly innocent Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem (A German sopranos shuttled Requiem), Op. 45, the MITSO and Concert audiences to realms Choir proved that there is mu ical life with- outside death and out flawless technique. Though no paragon pain. The resurrec- of profes ionalism, the ensemble somehow tion during the sixth sang and played their hearts to admirable movement, in which heights. the climax queries, As a meditation on the living and the dead, "[Grave, where is the Requiem exists on a spirillJal plane far thy victory]?" above the notes themselves. Friday's perfor- stretched into a mance under the direction of John Oliver magisterial fugue feverishly expre sed the elusive joys trapped that h d Ii ht on RICHFLETCHER-THET£ h she .g f Conductor John Oliver (center) and soloists Ken Goodson and Kendra Colton stand for applause following Fr within layers of mourning. After a solemn t e e.x ortatlOns 0 day night's performance of Eln deutches Requiem, In Kresge Audltorlum.The performance featured the MIT opening, the chorus entered with an ethereal prevtlOGuS d mllove- symphony orchestra, MIT Concert Choir, and MIT Chamber Chorus members. sound, emanating a sort of glorious vigor. men s. ra ua y, an And a brilliant fugues that erve to culminate increasing sense of revelation blossomed usually forecast disaster. Even through the fully aware of the difficulties beforehan passion neared, the players simply couldn't from the grim march of the second move- rust, one could taste their ardor. Even if their Nearing, this conclusion, they closed back retain their excitement. ment. sense of the music's arch was often truncated, upon that initial inspiration between two dia- Other instances of brimming zeal seemed The MITSO and Concert Choir themselves no mistakes fazed the musicians and their metrics of sadness and joy. The final chords also to drown out soloist Kendra Colton seemed to extend from these dichotomies - drive. briefly hushed the audience, and following (soprano) and Kenneth Goodson '89 (bari- from the cramped stage, they scattered bits of At end of the piece, the performers was zealous applause - a most deserving tone) during movements five and six. Good- light in spite of the technical concerns that seemed to have taken an exhilarating journey, consolation. A canning plot prevails over dirt in The Englishman THE E GLISHMAN WHO WENT UP Although the locals are excited by the example, the camera pans across the faces of reached the 993 foot mark and a great deal ~ A HILL BUT CAME DOWN prospect of eeing their tiny town on one of everyone present, firmly establishing their hard physical labor is washed downhill. This A MOUNTAIN Her Majesty's official maps, they become out- local importance. The narrator too is influen- event is taken particularly harshly by the raged when Anson announces that their tial in lending the film a nostalgic touch. local shell-shocked "Johnny," who tlashe ~.., Written and directed by Christopher Monger. beloved Fillan Garoo is but a 984-foot hil!. When the camera zeroes in on one person in back to the muddy trenches of World War I. Starring Hugh Grant. Tara Fitzgerald. According to the official geological rules, a particular, the narrator will utter a few lines (It is hard to imagine a more dramatic way to and Calm Meaney. mountain must measure at least one thousand about the person. In this way viewers are illustrate the damaging effects of a little rain.) Sony Nickelodeon. feet. The scrappy villagers thus take it upon introduced to the bartender, the preacher, the The Englishman is an excellent film, Opens Friday. themselves to correct mother nature's "error" railroad ticket-taker, the blacksmith, the neu- although it does leave some questions unan- by hauling sixteen feet of dirt up the hill in rological war casualty, and the village's iden- swered. For starters: Where are all the local By Teresa Esser wooden buckets. tical "teched" idiots. Every bucketfull of dirt women? If all of the village's young men are STAFF REPORTER The amazing thing about The Englishman is important, the film seems to say, and every away fighting the Germans, then why are he Englishman Who Went Up a Hill is that although the plot is incredibly simple, carrier is playing a crucial role in the estab- there so many able-bodied men left in the but Came Down a Mountain provides viewers are nonetheless drawn in. Director lishment of Fillan Garoo as an official moun- town? Women are all but nonexistent in the an excellent look at provincial life in Christopher Monger goes out of his way to tain. film. Although wives are shown carrying 0.; T Wales during World War I. While the capture the villagers' indignation at the Eng- A comical sub-plot develops around the . alongside their husbands, only one fema town's young men are out digging trenches in lishmen's official demotion of their precious villagers' attempts to keep the English map- character is given a personality. Even then, France and Belgium, their fathers spend their pile of dirt. "The Germans have taken our makers in town until the hill has reached its Miss Elizabeth (Tara Fitzgerald) does not time drinking beer in the local pub and mak- lads," the narrator proclaims, "and now the critical level. The villagers do everything appear until the end, when her flirtatious per::fIl ing bets about the height of their local moun- Engli h have taken our mountain. Is nothing they can think of, from slashing tires and dis- sonality is called upon to provide a reason for tain. Enter Anson (Hugh Grant), an English- sacred?" sasembling Anson's automobile to feigning Anson to stick around another day. But even man whose duty it is to assist a topographer The film's strength stems from its ability ignorance about the existence of outbound with this gender bias, The Englishman pro- (Colm Meaney) in mapping Wales's most to turn nearly every male villager into a char- trains. Another plot tw.ist comes from Mother vides a pleasing portrait of a provincial pocket prominent geological features. acter in his own right. In the local pub, for ature. Rain sets in just as Fillan Garoo has of Welsh patriarchy.

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What is sonatas - thus came Harlequin for President ine) and Patrick Armand (Petruchio) deserve Directed by Bruce Marks. really amazing i that choreographer Jon (1936), La Reja {I959), and Scarlatti (1979). much praise for the success of this ballet. The Music conducted by Jonathan McPhee. Cranko remain almost completely faithful to In 1969, Kurt-Heinz Stolze composed varia- skill with which Ribeiro personifies the tem- At the Wang Center through May 21. the literary ver ion of Taming of the Shrew, tions on themes from Scarlatti to develop an peramental Katherine, as well as her abrupt and unifies body motion and dancing to ub- independent orchestral arrangement, which transformation, is remarkable even by Broad- By Hur Koser stitute for the mi ing words. What has come also included the long-neglected harpsichord. way standards. Armand deserves equal appre- STAFF REPoRTER out is a "comedy in two acts", with the only The final re ult is an orchestral form of cham- ciation both for his acting and for his dancing aming of the Shrew is Boston Ballet's . real difference being that the actors are ber music in the Baroque style - as strange technique, which makes the toughest moves latest masterpie<;e. It is created with all dancers. It seems that , seem effortless. Other the action, humor, and expressiveness Cranko possesses an out- dancers will take turns as Tof Shakespeare's original comic mas- standing ability and incli-' Katherine and Petruchio terpiece, combined with the elegance of clas- nation to translate prose - all worth seeing, sical ballet. Reminiscent of this season's Cop- into vivid movement. He though this coming Fri- peJia in its plot and characters, this ballet also enjoys making the ballet day and Sunday Boston sets out to tell a similar tale - a tale about "speak" to the audience, Ballet will host William true love. and considers introductory Marie, and I especially Bianca, the daughter of the well-to-do program notes to be suggest watching him Baptista, has three suitors: Hortensius, unnecessary guides to the with Larissa Pono- Gremio, and Lucrentio, all of whom serenade plot. "It must be because 1 marenko. Paul Thrussell, her in the beginning of Act One. Bianca have the theater in my Robert Wallace and Vic- explains to the suitors that her father will not blood," he once said. "I tor Plotnikov will also consent to a marriage before Katherine, Bap- always want people to' appear as Petruchio, while tista's free-thinking daughter, has found a enjoy themselves." Natu- Jennifer Gelfand and suitable husband. Unfortunately, Katherine rally, then, Taming of the Adriana Suarez will also has no suitors, since she is notorious for her Shrew is not your classical star a Katherine. quick temper and sharp tongue - both of Nutcracker or Swan Lake, Taming of the Shrew is which stem from unceasing comparison to her which are based on fairy a suitable choice for younger sister's beauty and sweet disposition. tales and mesmerize the Boston Ballet for the last The three suitors enlist the penniless Petru- audience not with their production of quite a suc- chio, whom they meet in a tavern, to pursue story lines but with splen- cessful and productive Katherine's hand in marriage. Excited by the did dancing. Rather, season, which included prospect of marrying a wealthy girl, Petruchio Cranko's choreography is both classical and modem ~, follows them to Baptista's 'house. 'While the a delightful cOInpromise works: Giselle, The Nut- younger sister comes to see that Lucrentio is between acting and vivid cracker, Coppelia, the the most admirable of the three scheming suit- dancing - closer to pan- "American Festival", and ors, Petruchio has begun to woo Katherine. tomime than to either. now, Taming of the ~ She first takes Petruchio's advances as mock- The music of Taming Shrew. And next season eryand thus takes offense; but once she sees of the Shrew is also atypi- promises to be .even that he is persistent, Katherine believes his cal of Tchaikovsky's wealthier, as it wi II intentions are true, and they decide to marry. romantic tunes. The music include Happily Ever Nevertheless;the marriage turns out to be heard in the ballet is After, Tales of the Arabi- a nightmare for Katherine. In Act Two, we see derived from the early an Nights, A Midsummer the newlywed couple after a tumultuous wed- 18th-century composi- Night's Dream, The ding ceremony: Katherine is furious at Petru- tions of Domenico Scar- Sleeping Beauty, and fol- chio's behavior, and defies her husband at latti. Apparently, his lowing their tradition of every turn. In response, Petruchio proves to be Baroque Age melodies creating entirely new even more stubborn than Katherine herself; he were not rendered suitable repertoire, Hot & Cool. sets out to "tame" her and refuses to let her for the spirit of a ballet It is not quite for sure, eat. She in turn refuses to go to bed with him, throughout the Romantic . though, whether anyone of these will be able to I• ~nd spends the nig\1t 911 the kJtchen floor. By Era, until 1917, when 23 the following day, Katherine pretends to give of Vincenzo Tommasini's repeat the success of in to be able to eat, and in doing so, she dis- arrangements of Scarlat- Taming of the Shrew. covers that her husband is actually kinder, ti's sonatas were used for Performances run on Iy more full of life and love than she thought. the Ballets Russes produc- until May 21, so reserve Contrasting with the apparent "match" tion of The Good- your ticket now and feel between Lucrentio and Bianca, the pairing of Humored Ladies. The use Shakespeare's words Petruchio and Katherine shows that things are of this 18th-century music ..through this dazzling and not always what they appear to be in matters proved quite daring and Patrick Annand (Petruchlo) and Adriana Suarez (Katherine) star In the Boston elegant display of danc- of heart . original, particularly the Ballet production of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. ing. .,Butt Trumpet delivers electric and acoustic Enema BunTRUMPET involved less raw . Primitive Enema. noise; also, the ~, Chrysalis/EMf Records. lyrics in most songs Concert at Avalon; Friday, May 5 at 6p.m. were actually dis- Appearance at Strawberries Records in cernible. In both Kenmore Square, Boston; Saturday, May 6. performances, Butt Trumpet played By Rob Wagner songs from Prim i- STAFF REPORTER tive Enema as well he band Butt Trumpet formed four as new ones, which years ago in Los Angeles. In the punk- they hope to release rock style of the Sex Pistols, Butt in a new album TTrumpet is a hilarious anti-grunge soon. band. Their latest album, Primitive Enema, Songs has one track entirely devoted to killing hip- Primitive Enema pies, and one devoted to the current "police . included the popu- ~- state." lar "I'm Ugly and I Butt Trumpet consists of Bianca Butthole, Don't Know Why,' lead singer and occasional bassist, Blare N. which gets radio Bitch, lead guitar and backing vocals, Sharon airplay in Boston; Needles, bass, backing vocals, and occasional "I've Been so Mad lead vocals, and Jerry Geronimo, who plays Lately," by far their the drums and cymbals. The lead singer on best song, in which Primitive Enema, Thorn Bone, quit the band Bianca .vents her because, according to group members, "he anger; and "Funeral couldn't hang." Crashing Tonite," a Butt Trumpet performed as the opening act rather humorous for Sam Black Church at Avalon on Friday. song .about rum- How they became associated with a horrible bling with a funeral band like Sam Black Church is beyond com- party to steal the prehension. That day also happened to be body. Other stand- Bianca Butthole's birthday. As part of the out tracks include Though the sound reaches back to the Sex Pistols, Butt Trumpet maintains Its own comic/social Identity. show, men in goofy masks and underwear. "Pink Gun," about brought a cake on to the stage and sang to her. a fifteen year old seeking revenge with a gun; silly to begin with. Butt Trumpet produced Primitive Enema, Butt Trumpet played again on Saturday at "Dead Dogs," whose subject matter is obvi- New songs included "Fi h Taco,~' a song their first big release, in two days. They have Strawberries Records in Kenmore Square. OtiS; and "I Left My Flannel in Seattle," which about a cross-dre sing pro titute; "Diarrhea:' a an album coming out in a few months - they They played acoustic versions of songs from derides grunge. Showing their hate for grunge version of the popular elementary school song; plan to take their time on it and produce it in a the previous night. Band members jokingly at Strawberries, they caned for anyone wear- "I Want to be on Epitaph," a ong ridiculing week. the MTV musical program of that name; and As a guiding principle, lead singer Bianca ?~bu~d:::~V;~:butttrumpet ~~~~a:;e~~~ '" Hate You," a song about Bianca's ex-hus- Butthole says she wi hes people would "take Unplugged." dance a silly band. Butt Trumpet closed their performance the cork out and live a little." With a motto This acoustic performance 'Jy far outshined dance for them. At Avalon, Butt Trumpet at Strawberries with an impressive acoustic like that, what can she do but succeed? theIr l~tric performance from the previous closed their performance with an unimpres- version of "I Hate You," whose electric ver- Butt Trumpet may be reached at btrum- ,night. It highlighted their musical talents and sively noisy version of "Dead Dogs," which is sion was too raw and indecipherable. [email protected] via the internet. Page 10 THE TECH May9,. CPs C aim Internal Records ot Public Pollee, from Page I names and addresses of all persons arrested by the CPs, including stu- include the names and addresses of dents, are relevant information that people arre ted by the Campus the public has both a right and a Police, a policy with which Glavin need to know." . has had some disagreement. 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...... ~ - - .. .9, 199~ THETECH Page11 UA Rejects Constitution, Votes to Shrink Council UA, from Page I cials, and other participants mixed provi ion wa the only uch mea- The debate over the new consti- to the UA and not turn people off," per onal attacks with political ure passed by the council as an tution was dominated by the ques- he said. dent Carrie R. Muh '96, who was in rhetoric about the future of the UA. amendment to the current constitu- tion of clas council representation. favor of passing the new constitu- "This is why people get totally tion. • Cia s council is very important Implicit electronic voting proposed tion. "I was really hoping to get a frustrated with the UA," said outgo- Dormitory repre entation would because of the amount of interaction One of the most significant pro- lot of active programs out of the VA ing VA President Vijay P. Sankaran have been reduced to two represen- that we have with our cla smates," po als in the new constitution is a next semester." " '96. "Undergraduates don't really tative for each dorm with more said Cia of 1996 Pre ident procedure for UAC electronic vot- Muh plans to continue work and care about this stuff:' he sid. "This than 250 residents and one represen- Matthew J. Turner '96, who is in ing. According to the defeated con- push for adoption of a new constitu- is just a waste of time." tative for dorms with 250 or fewer favor of a strong clas council pres- stitution, the UAC Floor Leader tion in the fall. At the close of the meeting, Muh residents. Interfraternity council ence on the UAC. "We do events could send a motion deemed by Many councillors and officers was sworn in as the new VAP, representation would be in line with where the entire class is invited." Execcomm to be uncontroversial ere dismayed by the imbroglio. along with new UA Vice President dormitory representation. Students voice opinions to their and "likely to pass the council by a "This meeting left a bad taste in the Erik S. Balsley '96. Light is the new The class council contingent - class officers, who are natural con- large motion" to councillors via mouths of the officers who were VA Treasurer, and Ashwin Viswa- currently consisting of the four class duits of student input to the UA electronic mail. If less than five UA here," said iennifer K. Johnson nathan '98 is the new floor leader. officers - would have been Council. To reduce the class council members register an objection with- '98, Burton-Conner house repre- reduced to one repre entative per representation on the UAC by a fac- in seven academic days, the motion sentative. "This' was almost a' Council size. dominates debate class. The text was modified to tor of four "is ridiculou ," Turner would pas . brawl," she said. "This is fun ked One major change introduced in increase'the number to two repre- said. "'t almost turns the UA into an The UAC's work la t year was up, messed up." the new constitution was the down- sentatives per cia s, and then pas ed exclusive group." bogged down with technical amend- In a qiscussion that was heated at sizing of the VA Council by a factor as an amendment to the current con- A major rea on for reducing the ments, according to Light. ..It was times, council members, UA offi- of two. A modified version of this stitution. class council presence wa represen- not necessary to let them lay on the tatives' poor attendance at recent table for two weeks" as required by UAC meetings. "This year has been the cur:rent constitution, Light said. the worst year for class council par- "We're trying to prevent the UA Proposed UAConstitution Changes ticipatioJl in UA Council," Turner from wasting time as it has in the said. However, "that has something past," Muh said. Electronic voting Current Constibdion Defeated Constibdion to do with the way the UA went would resolve issues "which other- about doing things this year," he wise would waste time at UA coun- GenenI said. cil meetings," she said; issues UASecretary General: secretary for UACouncil, position eliminated, different offices responsible for People were "discouraged about "which nobody would really have a Executive Committee; historian archives coming" and "wasting their time sit- problem with." UACoundJ ting through a meeting that wasn't between 1and 3 representatives per dormitory 1 or 2 representatives per dormitory doing anything," Turner said. Sever- VA G would be eliminated al years ago, UAC meetings were Aside from the change in size of 4 representatives for each class council . 1representative for each class council run well, were short, and were the"UAC and the advent of electron- two consecutive, or three-total absenses per term any two absences per term result in removal, "effective in geUing things done," ic voting, other major changes pro- result in censure impeachment in the case of the UAPor UAVP he said. posed in the defeated constitution strict requirements on meeting frequency: at least 10 must meet at least once every 30 days "This is absolutely sad that peo- focused on a reassessment of the days between meetings, at least 2 per month ple argue over one or two represen- separation of governmental powers. tatives," Sankaran said. The UAC Executive Committee should "encourage people to come UA, Page 13 voting members: UAVP,UACouncil Floor Leader and UAPvoting member; otherwise, same composition Vice Chair, and 4 UACouncil members nonvoting members: UAP,UASG,UAT;others meetings open to all UACouncil members, may be meetings may be closed to specific UACouncif Excerpt of VAAmendment closed to public. members Judicial RevIew Board "For purposes of determining representation, each decisions may not be overruled except by decisions may be overruled by 3/4 of UAC'ouncil dormitory with fewer than 250 residents shall be entitled •constitutional amendment to one representative, each dormitory with more than 250 3 members" ,. 5 members residents shall be entitled to two representatives, each Amendments Class Council shall be entitled to two representatives, all approved by 2/3 of the UACouncil 3/4 majority required undergraduates not in a Class Council shall be entitled to must be tabled for.between 1and 3 meetings can be introduced and voted on at same UACmeeting two representatives, and the Interfraternity Council shall providing 1week's notice be entitled to a number of representatives proportional to Abbreviations: UA (Undergraduate Association), UA President (UAP), UA Vice President (UAVP), UA Treasurer (UAT), UA secretary General (UASG), UA Council (UAC), the number of representatives from the dormitories and

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An Open Letter From the Tech Catholic Community: .

There are many things at MIT that we like to take for granted. The even'tual spring thaw and first warm day spent lounging on the Kresge Oval, an available Athena terminal on the night before a term paper is due, the high green and gray walls of the Infinite Corridor, standing strong and solid against the stresses of time. These things,give us solace. They give us I warmth and security amidst social turmoil and academic anxiety. At first somewhat strange ~ and foreboding, they are the things that come to make MIT our home away from" home. They become fixtures in our lives, both passive witnesses of and active participants in the progress we make as we strive to become more complet~ and enlightened human beings.

Yet sometimes, we know, thes,efixtures must take leave .qf us. These things we like to take for granted, for the sake of their own need to grow and change, they must part our company. And when they do, we owe it to say a proper good:bye ...

So we say to you Fr. Bernard J. Campbell; thank you,' simply, for being a fixture in our lives. For nine years you were not only our priest,.but you were our teacher, our advisor, our friend. You were a voice of sanity in the murmur of MIT madness. You were a beacon of hope, pointing us towards a greater aspiration~ a greater cause, and a greater love to which we could devote our personal and professional lives. You have fed us, healed us, and understood us. You have felt our joy, and have shared our pain. You have forever affecteq our lives, adding new dimension and depth to our intellects, prodding us along through our sometimes frightening journeys to achieve spiritual grace. Thank you, Father, thank you. For your years of service, for your years of friendship. You will be missed.

Please come and celebrate our Farewell Mass and Breakfast in honor of Fr. Bernard J. Campbell, MIT Catholic Chaplain May 14,1995,10:00 AM La Sala De Puerto Rico

--- .. ------.. - ... -- ...... ~ ...... 1'" .. May... 9,1995 THE TECH Page 13 Judboard Would be Overruled POLICE LOG UA, from Page I I er," Muh said. However, "the UAP said. "People hadn't seen them pre- is the person who gets all the flak, sented in one big format" and were Editor's note: As of May 2, the names and addresses of people The office of VA Secretary Gen- upport, and blame for the legisla- reluctant to vote on the package so a"ested by the Campus Police are being included in the Police Log. eral would have been eliminated by tive items which are passed," she soon, she said. The following incidents were reported to the Campus Police the new document. The VASG's said. "We felt that person should The VA Council Executive between April 28 and May 4: primary re pon ibilities concern have some legi lative power." Committee will meet over the sum- April 28: Bldg. 35, wallet stolen in Bldg. 37 discarded in dump- keeping records of meetings and Another departure from the sepa- mer to iron out any wrinkles and ster minus $30; Bldg. E15, backpack and contents stolen, $50; Bldg. acting as historian. ration of executive, legi lative, and eliminate any bugs and loopholes in E40, Apple Powerbook stolen, $3,000; Bldg. E52, pocketbook stolen, "The DASG wa a useless posi- judicial powers is shown in pro- the document, Muh said. $ 100; Kresge Auditorium, cash stolen from a briefcase, $ 110; tion that did nothing," Muh said. posed changes to the judicial review One goal in the fall will be to uPont Gymnasium, backpack stolen, $ I00. The council already has a secretary, board, the judicial organization of "make the proposed constitution April 29: Bldg. 7, sculpture and posters stolen, $400. and archival duties would be dele- the VA concerned with interpreting more publicly available," Balsley April 30: Windsor Lot, car broken into and radio stolen; Bldg. 45 gated to the various VA offices. the governing documents and said. Balsley said he hopes people Lot, 1990 Toyota stolen; Ashdown, harassment; Bldg. E25, David The frequency of VAC meet- resolving disputes between bodies concerned with the future of the VA Reynolds (no residence) arrested for trespassing; W st Garage, ings, strictly reg lated under the of the UA. will speak with him and Muh. m.9torcycle storage area broken into. . current constitution, would have" Judboard decisions, currently "We hope this won't affect the May 1: Bldg. 18, book bag and contents stolen, value unknown; been Ie s restricted in the new docu- only able to be Qverturned by a con- VA in the future," Muh said. "I'm Bldg. 20A, pocketbook stolen, $25; Bldg. 3, slide projector tQlen, ment. Currently, the council must stitutional amendment, would be committed to passing something that $100; Bldg. 7, cash stolen from a wallet, $110; West Garage, motor- meet no more than two times per able to be overturned. by a three- will make the VA more effective." cycle stolen, recovered in Somerville; DuPont Gymnasium men's month but with a minimum of 10 fourths vote of the UAC. The rejected motion to adopt the locker room, $35 stolen; Amherst Street, side view mirrors stolen days between meetings. The size of the board would be new constitution at the same meet- from a Toyota. The new constitution would have expanded from three to five mem- ing it was introduced was itself in " May 2: East Garage, spoiler stolen from an Acura; Bldg. E15, required the VAC to meet at least bers; in part, because of past prob- violation of the current constitution. leather bag stolen, $100; Bldg. 39, nylon bag and contents stolen, once every 30 days, but put no max- lems with members leaving, Muh To circumvent that, VA Council unknown value; Bldg. E38, T pass stolen, $30; Burton-Conner imum limits on the frequency. said. passed a special amendment to the ouse, credit card stolen; Bldg. 3l?, wallet stolen, $30 cash and $460 The UAP currently has no vote Muh said he plan to continue current constitution allowing the check. on VAC or Execcomm; in the docu- work on the new constitution and VAC to vote on a new constitution May 3: Bldg. WW 15, stamps stolen, $640; Bldg. 11, two chairs ment, the VAP would be a voting have omething for the UAC to act at that specific meeting. stolen, $200; Student Center, I) Rajai Mahmd, of 20 River Street, member of both. on first thing in the fall. The ideas in Shang-Un Chuang and Ven- Cambridge, arrested for shoplifting 2) Steven Pezzone, of Shaddock "As it stands now, the president the proposed constitution have all katesh Satish contributed to "the Shelter, Jamaica Plain, arrested for receiving stolen property; Bldg. has no legislative power what oev- " been voted on beforehand, Muh reporting of this story. . . E40, wallet stolen and recovered in Kendall Square; Bldg. 13 com- pound, attempted larcen"y of a bicycle. May 4: Ashdown House, room broken into, nothing missing.

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the spring term. However, spring DROP statistics have not been final- ized because the total number of for-credit DROPs is not yet known, Open Daily Shoap said. Open Daily The Department of'Mechanical Engineering saw a jump 'in the 8:00 am 9:00 am number of students with credit DROPs from 33 to 55, according to to Midnight. to 11:30 pm the department. " Because of limited funding, th€; Department of Biology no longer offers paid DROPs during the fall and spring semesters. However, 150"Bridge St., Rt. 109, Dedham, MA 02026 (617) 326-9616 "we've had greater participation this term than any other term," Brown said. . The decreased funding "hasn't affected us that much," Brown --- Bring a current college 10 and get one said. One reason is that biology students can apply focredit DROPs that can be used toward their departmental laboratory requirement, he said. Term biology UROPs'will continue to be offered on a credit-only basis. "I don't think there will be any changes," Brown said. VROP funding will still be tight in the fall. "You can expect for ,«-~.",,:~:::~:~~~~~~:~~~~:~~~~~~~:~~~;~~:_J DIREC{lONS: Off Rt. 128 ... Exit 16A (Rt. 109 East), we're 2 miles on the right. e fall term tha~ it will prob,,~ly be necessary for more students to r'lsider doing UROP for credit," Shoap said. . Off Rt. 1 (VFW Parkway) ...take Rt. 109 West, we're 1/2 mile on the left. .walker MBC Biotechnology Symposium and Trade Exposition Committee May 12, 1995 • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA New Biotech Research, Poster Session, Trade Show, Technical Seminars Involved in • Biotcchnoloh,)' Symposium Morning Session: Afternoon Se Ion: 9:00AM - 12:0OPM 2:00AM - 4:30PM LongTenn I. Autoimmunity III. Gene Therapy Chair: Chair: Dr. Una Ryan 01. Phillip Sharp VICe President of Research and " Professor and Head of the Dept. of Biology oject Chief SCientific Officer MIT T Cell Sciences, Inc. Panelists: Walker, from Page 1 Panelists: Dr. Harriet Robinson Dr. Michael Brenner University of Massachusetts - Medical Center throughout the spring and summer, grigham & Women's Hospital Dr. Alan Smith but may have to wait until the fall in Dr. Steven Clark Gtmzyme Corporation order to be able to collect more stu- Genetics Institute, Inc. Dr. James Wilson dent input, Mackay said. Dr. irving Fox Institute for Human Gene Therapy "This is a very long-range pro- Blogen. Inc. University of Pennsytvania, W1star Institute ject we're involved in," Walsh said. Dr. Charles Rittershaus After the plan is completed, the T Cell Sciences, Inc. IV. Cell Cycle and Apoptosls review process could take another Chair: five to 10 years. The actual imple- II. Molecular Diversity Dr. Alison Taunton.Rigby "tation would cost "in the mil- Chair: President, MBC ons," he said. Dr. James Rasmussen P nensts: The plan "is by no means a Chief ScIentific Officer Dr. Walter Blatt/er Genzyme Corporation ImmunoGen, Inc. quick fix;' Walsh said. "We want to do this in a thoughtful manner." Panelists: Dr. Giulio Dmetta M B c. Dr. GSf}' Barsomlan Mitotix, Inc. The Walker Memorial commit- MASSAClllSlns COllllCll. 'IOn~o., Genzyme Corporation tee inc udes representatives from the Dr. Tyler Jacks . For more Information and .... I.tratlon Dr. Joseph Hogan Center for Cancer Research: MIT facul , CAC, Office ~f Residence mat ..... I., contact the llBe: ArQule Inc. and Campus Activities, Department One Kendall Square, Bldg. 1400 Preregistration for the Biotechnology Symposium of Housing and Food Services, Cambridge, MA 02139 Dr. Mark Murcko Is suggested. Contact the MBC for fee and Phone: 617/Sn-8198, Fax: 61715n.7860 Planning Office, Physical Plant, east ertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. registration infonnation. campus dormitories, the Graduate S dent Council, Undergraduate Associaho ~ and the Walker com- i'!y, W~I~h.~!d: . . Page 14 TBETECB May 9, 199~

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...... _ _-~ - -- .. ,. T E ITION OF THE TECH -4aY9,1995 SPORTS THE TECH Page 15 Brunelli's Several Men's Gymnastics Team Members Pit£hing Deliver Personal Best Efforts at Nationals Lifts MIT Gymnastics, from Page 16 surprisingly low 7.0. Cooper, Andrew Lobban started for MIT by setting yet another personal '97, and Ellef: on fini hed the event for the be 1. Shectman, Ellefson, and Cooper followed Golombek threw handsprings for good team. ext came pommel hor e, where with nice sets. Lobban finished up the event, OVerCurry scores. Andy McCraith '98 and Ellef: on fol- McCraith and Van had good routines to start winging a difficult routine similar to that of lowed, also throwing excellent hand prings. the team off. Ellef: on, Lobban, and Cooper the finalists in the event, with the exception of . eball, from Page 16 Cooper finished off the event with an almost followed, all posting excellent individual an excellent dismount, which was rendered perfectly stuck handspring full, earning him cores. impo ible by injuries. the first inning. But the Engineers an 8.5. On the floor exerci e, Van threw an excel- On the still rings, after Brian Clarkson '97, were able to put together a The team likewise got off to a strong lent routine and scored a 7.9. Ellefson followed Phillippe, and Lobban performed, Cooper and three-hit, two-run rally in the beginning on the parallel bars. Golombek and by scoring an 8.2. Cooper finished off the fourth. Duane Stevens '98 and Van began the event for the team, both scor- round with another clean routine, earning an Lazerwith, delivered with scores 7.55 and 8.45. Nicky Botra each laced RBI sin- ing personal bests. Scott Lazerwith '95 hit his 8.65. Ellefson finished off the event and the meet by gles to tie the game at 2. best routine of the season, but was g~ven a The high bar was the next event, which Van coring an 8.35. After being retired in order in the

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While as five seats. Dartmouth made a all boats were roughly even coming determined charge with 200 meters off the start, with MIT holding a left, and pulled almost even. But in slight edge, Dartmouth and Wiscon- an exciting finale, MIT stopped sin very quickly pulled even and Dartmouth's move and crossed the began to pull away from MIT. line at 6: 15.2, 1.9 seconds over M IT rowed farthest from the Dartmouth and 6.5 behind Wiscon- other two teams. Through the first sin. 500 meters of the race, Dartmouth and Wisconsin were neck and neck The victory has a significant and right next to each other, while effect on the second boat's seeding MIT was falling behind, and in a at the Eastern Sprints. MIT wiJI be lane more than 35 feet away from ranked above Dartmouth and the Baseball Loses Final Home Games the other crews. crews below it. With the second- The distance proved to be a place finish they become part of the By Thomas Kettler ond passed ball of the inning scored out scored. Swirbalus, Darwin Her- ' problem. "It's difficult to maintain next highest tier of competitors, and and Farhan Zaidi Swirbalus. nandez singled to score Anderson. intensity when you lose all contact will have a much stronger chance of STAFF REPORTERS MIT scored its final run in the The Rams took the lead in the with the other crews," said eeraj advancing to the finals. The baseball' team finished its bottom half of the seventh. Second sixth with DeBenedictis scoring on Gupta G, last year's varsity home season on a somber note Sat- baseman Craig Zim'merman '96 a Swirbalus' single. Nunez later coxswain. "Dartmouth and Wiscon- Freshmen collide urday afternoon by losing both dou- opened with a walk. Pinch hitter scored on a groundout by Anderson. sin were just feeding off each The freshmen lost to a strong bleheader games to the Suffolk Uni- Jason Mueller '95 followed with "I thought we did a very good other's energy, while our boat had Wisconsin crew, but easily beat versity Rams, 6-2 and 4-2. These another walk, and Rivas singled to job," O'Brien said. "We ended ",p to motivate itself. Even so, they Dartmouth. The race started with losses made the team 7-21 overall load the bases. Mejia's sacrifice fly losing the game on a bloop to right - should have raced it a lot better." the excitement of a collision. The and 3-9 in the Eastern Collegiate scored Zimmerman, but a strikeout field. [MIT pitcher Dan Whitalec M IT continued to fall away wind, which had strengthened Athletic Conference. and a pop-up ended the game short '97] jammed [Swirbalus] and through the rest of the race. They through the day, had become a sig- The first game started quickly of an MIT win. instead of a pop up to the first "-'. mounted a charge over the last 500 nificant factor by 11 a.m. Just as both teams scored in the first The Rams led the Engineers in baseman, it's the game-winning meters, but they had fallen so far before the start a gust blew the inning. The Engineers tied the hits, 10 to six. MIT helped Suffolk hit." back that they were never a threat. score in the bo.ttom half when right by making three errors, three wild boats pff course. Within five Win over Curry Meanwhile Wisconsin took the strokes MIT and Wisconsin collid- fielder Baldemar Mejia '98 led off pitches and two pa~sed balls. lead and extended it from 500 to ed: The referee recalled the race with a single. After one out, he "They're an outstanding hitting The losses follow a hard-played win against Curry College at Briggs 1500 meters. At one point, they had and ran it again. advanced to second on a grounder team," said Head Coach Fran. a lead of seven seats. The last 500, and scored on a triple by DH Rob O'Brien of the Rams. "An outstand- Field on Thursday. Behind a spec- In the second attempt, Wisconsin however, belonged to Dartmouth Lepard '95. ing fastball hitting team." tacular pitching effort by Steve jumped out to an early lead. While and its sprint: Dartmouth's eight Suffolk scored two more runs in Brunelli '96 pushed its record up to M IT and Dartmouth both made repeatedly took up the stroke rating the second. After one out, Mike Engineers fall short again 7-18 for the season with the 6-4 charges, Wisconsin easily held off and roared through Wisconsin to DeBenedictis singled. After that, In the second match, the Engi- win. Brunelli went the full nine to win tl& race. At 500 meters, MIT take a six-seat lead over the finish Ramon Nunez singled and both neers did not do much better as innings, striking out 13 and allow- had a half-length lead over Dart- line with a time of 6: 10.2. scored on Chris Anderson's triple. three-hit pitching by Suffolk's ing just six hits. mouth; after 1000, MIT had broken Wisconsin finished with 6: 12.5; Neither team scored runs until Steve Loud and Dennis Luti along Curry College struck first, going free of Dartmouth and held their MIT with 6:22.1. the sixth when the Rams got three with an inconsistent strike zone by up 2-0 in the top of the second open water lead to the finish line. "I was quite disappointed," said insurance runs .. Then, Mark Kelle- the plate umpire hurt MIT in the inning. After Brunelli issued. MIT's time was 6:37.6, 4.8 seconds Coach Gordon Hamilton. "I think her singled and advanced to second 4-2 loss. back-to-back walks to load the.> ') over Dartmouth and 12.1 seconds we came to this race pretty flat, and on a passed ball by Engineer catcher MIT got its only lead for the day bases with one out, LF Ed Hagerty. ."_ behind Wisconsin. it showed." Edward Kohler '95. He scored on in the first inning by scoring both of stroked a base hit, bringing in two "I thought there were some good DeBenedictis' double, with its runs. With one out, CF Stephen runs. Brunelli was then able to pre- JV fares better parts ofthat race, but there are sti II a DeBenedictis' advancing to third on Vetere '97 singled. 38 Andrew Katz vent any further damage by retiring The second boat's race was far lot of technical issues to be worked a grounder to the second basemen '96 then doubled, scoring Vetere. A the next two batters on a strikeout more exciting, and met with a sig- out," said freshman coach Stu for the first out. wild pitch advanced Katz to third and a lazy pop out to first base. nificantly better result. While Wis- Schmill '86. After a strikeout, MIT could who then scored on Lepard's Curry College pitcher Carl consin handily won the race, MIT The second freshmen raced Dart- have avoided any more bloodletting groundout. Bussey seemed to be in a rhythm came out ahead of Dartmouth. mouth's second freshman and the on Marc Swirbalus' grounder to the The Rams tied the score in the in the early innings, at one point Off the start, all boats were even. MIT third lightweight freshmen; the shortstop. But DeBenedictis scored fifth. Swirbalus walked to lead the retiring seven straight batters after They scrapped their way through heavyweight boat lost to Dartmouth and Swirbalus went to third when inning. Chris Anderson then sin- giving up a single to Katz '95 in the first 700 meters without anyone by 32 seconds and beat the light- Heriberto Rivas '97 threw the ball gled. Suffolk sacrificed both runners able to gain an advantage. The lead weight boat. into right field. The Engineers' sec- to second and third. After a ground- Baseball, Page 15 Men's Gymnastics Teain'" Competes at Nationals,

By Tom Kawamoto Finishes inSixth Place TEAM MEM6E1t The golf team hosted the Engineer' Cup at ew By David GoIombek Despite the tough scoring of Seabury I onday. With 321, MlT's at see- .;..:;TEA::..:.:M::.:..M;;:.;EM=BER::.:.- _ judges at the national level, the MIT ond-place Carnegie Mellon University by ten The men's gymnastics team fin- team again managed to break its strokes. With the win, MIT finished off its 23rd con- ished off an excellent season 'by five-man team record, bringing the secutive inning season, with a J3-7 m record. placing sixth at Nationals, held in point total to 216 under the old scor- 1>.. ew Jersey Institute ofTeclmologyfinished inI. Denton, Texas. The best division II, ing rules. Rob Cooper '97 placed The tournament was originally scheduled at III, and non-scholarship division I 11th in all-around competition,. fol Quashnett Valley, but the coone closed to schools in the country were there to lowed closely by Chris Ellefson '95 heavy rain. IT coach Jack Bany wu able e compete, as well as club teams from in 12th. Van Van '97 had an excel- the cup by securing starting times at ew SeaIuy, around the country. Notable teams lent meet, setting personal bests 0 just a few miles down the road. at the meet included UCLA, Ari- the four events he competed in .• The weather so bad that there ere no other zona State, William and Mary's, David Golombek '98 also had a golfers out on the course when the teams arrived. and the Air Force Academy. Indi- good meet, setting two personal Despite protests, the coaches sent the play on viduals such as Steve McCain bests. the first and tenth teesoftbeGreen coursc. (UCLA) from the US National MIT got off to a strong start in The medali t of the tournament was Brian Team and Sinaisty Nuez (Miami the meet on the va ult. Art Shect- Schuler '96, who fired an even-par 35 on the front Dade) from the Cuban National man '95, Geoff Phillippe '95, and __ nine. Schuler held on to hiS lead with a 40 on the Team highlighted the meet with . ..•...... •...... ~~~r~ssiv.e.~~?~~nces. . ... "...... ~~~, .P.ag~ ~5