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'.",kc I;·: I-i;- 't3- Class of 1988 has highest '·'; :C1 ·'i· percentage of women ever 4 · ~~·· I··rl..i ~..: ]FBy Diana benm-Aa~ron accepted admission are women. Transfer students must declare " Tk~Tis year's freshman class will Last year's freshman class was their majors when applying, and r·· li"· .,::-2.·~~~~··;i~~~c, be smaller than last year's and 22.5 percent women. the most popular majors were '··' 'C~:~ +·· · ·-·~~· ~feweri~ transfer students thtan usu- Over a hundred freshmen, or physics (19 students), mechanical ~~~, " i~~~~·· ~~~~al·--- ; · - will be entering this fall, ac- 9.5 percent of the class are mem- engineering (17 students), and :··--·····~~~~~~~~ a .LiP ~~cordling to statistics released by bers of minority groups, includ- aeronautics and astronautics (13 ··· American, x."' r-:~~~~ · " ~ ~ -", ,: tir~~~teOff~ic~e of Admissions. ing black, Mexican students). Puerto Rican, and American In- .2r) ..... ·~~~~~~": ~ ~ ~ Ps of July 25, 1076 students~t Langdale noted that this year's n )'· *Ih·ri rl · · ~~had !·:I·~~~~'I'--·- accepted MhIT's offer~of ad- dian students. transfer class was "[smaller] by .; aq. M w~~~~~~~~~~~~issionto the Class of 1988, Di- .I;r 'We had a high yield from the 60 to 75" than last year's. "That group that came to the Women's .'.-`· t~~~ ~ ~ ~~~~~ of~~rector Admissions PIeter H.( is directly attributable to our de- ·- `· ~aRichardson '49 said. Weekend in April," Richardson cision not to accept transfers in : ::':/- ~~~~I-: ~~~~~~~~Richard~son said he expects the said, noting -that "people who electrical engineering and com- 1· · · final class size to settle at 1035 to come to campus tend to yield." puter science. We told the appli- C-' " · 10404 studednts."Wec will come in The admissions office is not cur- cants of that policy, and some ap- rently planning to repeat the wo- plied to other departments but ··· :~with 15 to 20 over the number I --'- was shooting for," hne cornment- men's weekend next year, he said. others [withdrew their applica- Lai .·:a,·' ed. Last year's freshman class 'We have no money to do it. tionsJ,' he said. ·' ·' numbered 1107 at midsuminer. The Class of 1988 has the lugh-

··; est. number of women ever, Rich- :·,,, ~~~LC ~~~~~ ~ardson said. About 28 percent, · ~~I~~-~·r:-~~. " ~or 309, of the freshm~en who have .;· .iu&Xf~rwcdsgi sii aet Dinfor- K S_,A'of;,'}ldthb,'4'a~s*' 0 0am fofo UF rvalh t in %;nust1M ':' L-,,~ .boai __obdi, , Gil ed >.SWI. 'aim :·her-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+YX, IV: ·- ·. r·..; · Wvab'I i,,I I i"De . i wet-(.r _ . . ~e~~p~ii~ ~Jp~~~S '~3~l;l~~~~~~I.Amr;·;+~·-~~64s~~gi By Jane F. Huber ports from the Boston Police D~e- his lower left neck and upper left An MIT student and a passen- partment and the MIT Campus chest, and Hannibal in his upper ger in the car he was driving were Police. mid-chest, she said. seriously injured when they were Colbert and Hannibal left their The gunman then covered his shot by an unknown gunman in car and approached the driver's license plates with another set Kenmore Square early Sunday side of the second-vehicle to ask and drove at high speed down morning. that it be moved, the reports Commonwealth Ave. toward Christopher Colbert '86 and stated. Massachusetts Ave., Glavin said. Last year it was a special propos- Because transfer -applicants ap- his passenger Gerald Hannibal of After an "exchange of words," Boston police refused to re- al funded by [Vice President ply with specific departments in Salem-were travelling on Beacon- the Cadillac's driver- stepped out lease a description of the alleged Constantine B.] Simonides," mind, it has been suggested that Street between 1 am and 2 am of the car anid "pulled a small- assailant and the female who ac- Richardson explained. The time MIT increase the number of when they found their route caliber. pistol," according to Lt. companied him. for such proposals is the end of transfer students accepted and blocked by a late model, light Anne P. Glavin of the Campus Hannibal then drove Colbert's the admissions process, when the correspondingly diminish the brown Cadillac, according to re- Police. The man shot Colbert in car to MIT's Delta Kappa Epsi- admissions office knows more freshman class in order to better lon fraternity, of which Colbert is about what the class looks like, regulate student enrollment in ; protest a merimber. Kerry Miller '85, an- Richardson noted. Course VI, Langdale said. Scientists other member of the fraternity, let's a proposal that gets float- drove the two victims to Mount MIT admitted 110 transfer stu- ed from time to time, and it's Auburm Hospital just after 2 am. ,botie$ dents for the fall from 300 appli- conceivable [the administration] Director of military r( A spokesman for the hospital cations, Associate could say, 'Let's use this techni- -By Diana ben-Aason ing) in defense. Admissions Daniel T. Langdale About fifty scientists and engi- The two-day conference, and said the pair was in "stable" con- que,' " he commented. said. Ninety-four of those ad- Before Course VI was closed neers, some of them MIT faculty, two others in different cities, dition and under regular hospital care. They axe receiving visitors. mitted have indicated plans to to transfers, the numbers of staff, and students, and a robot were sponsored by the Interna- come to MIT, according to ad- tional Defense Electronics Asso- Colbert said he feels all right, transfer applications to depart- ez picketed outside the Howard missions office lists. Transfer I but tired. He might go home to- ments reflectec the undergrad- Johnson's Motor Inn on Memori- ciation and led by Dr. William J. R/O coordinator Terence Galati al Drive yesterday to protest a Whelan, Project Leader of the day, he said. uate enrollment in those depart- '85 said "the final number is ex- ments, Langdale observed. conference at the hotel promot- National Security division of the Colbert, a sophomore major- pected to be over 100. ing the use of artificial intelli- Rand Corporation. ing in elecrical engineering, is the The distribution of applica- The transfer class will consist remaining de- gence and robotics in the battle- "These systems could function house manager at Delta Kappa tions among the field. as assistants, reducing the depen- Epsilon. entirely of sophomores, including partments is still similar to the The conference agenda includ- dence on skilled humans," said Hannibal could not be reached at least 25 foreign students and 7 distribution of students among ed discussions of the introduction Stephen T. Berlin, a member of for comment. students from Wellesley College. those departments, he said. of autonomous control - 're- the sponsored research staff of moving man from the [decision- the Laboratory for Computer plann-d makingl loop" - and the use of Science. Ath~ena e:xparansion expert'systems (programs that For instance, a pilot might get By Diana ben-Aaron "Terminals will be woven in clusters in Building 4 and the make specialized decisions based killed but his plane would still fly, Two more Project Athena clus- through the stacks, and the car- mezzanine (half-floor between on heuristics, or rules for guess- {Please turn to page I7) -ters will open-September 1, Pro- rels will be converted to combi- the first and second foors) of ject -Athena Director Steven R. nation carrels and work sta- Building 6. Lerman '72 announced Friday. tions," Lerman explained. "These will be smaller, IBM- The Building 38 cluster is "virtu- The next clusters to go into op- based clusters, with only 12 or so ally running," he said, and the eration after the Student Center terminals," Lerman said. "They Building 66 basement cluster ter- will be the School of Science (Please turn to page 8) '-minals are 'not wired but there." The Building 66 cluster will not become. part of the Athena net- work for some time after it opens, Lerman noted, but "even- tually, all clusters will be Changes in R/O Week - page 2 networked. You will be able to Atl fraternities-will participate in rush - page 2 log on from any point even if page 8 your account is elsewhere," he Professor Friedlaender to succeed Hanham - said. "Later, all work' stations will MOVIES: page 9 operate as personal computers Careful He Might Hear You, or Real Children Don't Save (PCs) and the VAXes function as Towns From Aliens. servers to get your files [from the Best Defense, an exercise in aerospace engineering. machine your account is on3, Electric Dreams and The Last Starfighter, movies that Lerman explained. put the small screen on the big screen. The Student Center Library cluster will go on line in Septem- 12 ber or October, Lerman said. A MUSIC: page machine room is under construc- Nobody Gets on the Guest-List, the best of local bands Members of Comptuers Professionals for Peace, High Tech from Throbbing Lobster. Professionals for Peace and Science for the People d-ernon- tion in the library, and cable is Caught In The Act, for diehard fans only. strated against the use of robotics and artificial intellegence being laid under Massachusetts Avenue for the Student Center Cosi fan tutte, and the Mozart behind the music. by the millitary yesterday. More photos page 17 Tech photo by Sinmsoh L. Garfinkel machines.

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_~ PAGE 2 The Tech TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1984 . 9 -1 _m m ' All fraternities wJ be in Idlng for I IOWeek good sta situation, Sherwood said. By Diana ben-Aaron the detriment of the house, be- strong cause if other frats say 'only the "We've always had a Two fraternities currently on program... dregs of the freshman class live community service probation and one whose rush we always take part in the blood there,' [the fraternity only gets] privileges were removed by the drives and IFC [neighborhood] Office of the Dean for Student more animal house types who en- gage in the same sort of activities cleanups," O'Rourke noted. "We Affairs are expected to be off just publicized it more this year, probation by Residence/Orienta- rather than the type of freshmen who can turn the situation and stepped it up a little to [show iip~ g~- · ··-r~-~ 8~~ I~ % tion (R/O) Week, Associate Dean good will toward the communi- ~~~~~~. | for Student Affairs Robert A. around," he commented. Sherwood emphasized that lhis tyl," he added. Sherwood said Thursday. Kappa decision to remove restrictions on Kappa Sigma and Delta 'SMy hope is that all of the fra- Epsilon (Deke) are on probation .| l_ ternities that are currently under the fraternities would be 'subject to whatever happens over the rest because of an ongoing battle be- probation or disciplinary action tween them, Sherwood said, cit- by the Dean's Office will have of the summer." He noted that behavior in the ing "freshman pledge raids and · as~ ~ ~~~ * - Lthat disciplinary status revoked other destructive behavior." ~-":[ h | w | [R/O~~~~~by Week]," Sherwood said. fraternities often deteriorates over the summer. Boarders from The two fraternities have since !1. lS -'~| v v g~"If they don't have any prob- their in-house judicial now and then, they other schools come in, the offi- improved lems between systems and community service Ea~d~ : · d~q~ l~s~bnrrr~ % wiIWaUh be in good standing for cers are often away. They have adding that the stereos blasting and the records, he said. Rush," he continued, "To say we're on probation is this may be "the first time in sev- neighbors get annoyed." The Dean's Office removed Pi incorrect. We're on what's called eral years" no fraternities will be conditional probation . We have '( r ~~~ ion~~~~~~ .'~ probation during R/O Week. Lambda Phi's rush privileges , Sherwood said, adding that he to submit reports [to the Dean's .i - . A fraternity on probation can Office] but no privileges are taken A-C If,~~~ lR491-· 9si il ty's pledge class to outline the there." reasons for probation and ex- Pi Lambda Phi's rush privi- ty's conditional probation status to a "hack" the Dekes' staged at -. ~'~~ , m _ i plain what progress has been ma- leges were revoked in the fall of de," he said. 1983, according to the fraterni- the 1982 Harvard-Yale football Anrne LaoFamme '88 atmost lost her her at the Educa- It is a rush violation for an- ty's president, John D. Lang '85 game. tional Studies Program's annual Bastille Day festival. other fraternity to tell freshmen and rush chairman, Robert W. The fraternity planted a self- Also pictured: Josh Shaine (left) and Carlton Hormrmel. of the probation, Sherwood said. O'Rourke '85. inflating rubber balloon bearing b Tech photo by Simson L. Garfinkel "We try not to publicize it to No one particular incident the letters "MIT" beneath the R prompted the probation, O'- turf of the football field, and Rourke said, blaming "communi- triggered it by remote control at F cation problems" for Pi Lambda half-time. R/O Committee supervisor [it Phi's status. "Sherwood didn't "Some Harvies thought k make it really clear why [the could have been harmful]," Dean's Office revoked Pi Lambda Lucente said. 'Someone up there plans changes in procedure Phi's rush privileges]," Lang had to say 'Careful, MIT,' and By Edward Whang Eisenmann said he would reach The concert will take place be- * said. MIT had to say 'Careful, Dean's There wi;U be several changes in an agreement about enforcing tween 5 pm and 7 pm and will I "The Dean's Office has rein- Office,' and the Dean's Office had Residence/Orientation (R/O) these rules with living group rush feature two local bands, The stated our rush privileges as of to say 'Careful, Dekes,' " he ex- Week procedures this year, said chairmen in meetings to be held Fools and Power Glide, Fradd1 last term, tentative of any prob- plained, adding 'It was like an Andrew M. Eisenmann '75, ntai the week before R/O WAek and said. lems over the summer," Lang international incident." assistant for campus activities in be no change in the there would groups may be taxed said. "When the reports [submitted the Office of the Dean for Stu- enforcement policy from last Lvn for paperwork Pi Lambda Phi has started a by the fraternity] pile up for a dent Affairs and supervisor to the year. community crime watch and a while, they're no longer requir- R/O Committee. Clearinghouse traditionally Day piAmc street cleanup program, im- ed," Lucente observed. "Most The changes will occur in Registraton provides fraternities with hard- in question - proved its leadership, and frats don't consider this proba- Clearinghouse (the computer sys- copy lists of where all freshmenI worked with its alumni corpora- tion. They don't consider them- tem that tracks freshmen through Last year's Regitation Day were spending their nights. This tion and the Office of the Dean selves singled out [for being on rush), the freshman fraternity picnic may not be repeated this (Please turn to page 8) for Student Affairs to remedy the conditional probation]." wTiting and swimming tests, and "There's no money in the year. I the Registration Day Picnic, he R/O Budget for a Registration said. Day picnic. Last year the picnic No dry rush cost about $7000," Eisenmana said. Eisenmann said the RiO Eisenmann discounted rumors committee ,aIl work with the HEWLETT of a Dr- rush, but said Massachu- Student Center Committee if it setls laws regarding the use of al- chooses to sponsor a picnic. coholic beverages 5il be fol- Committee member Micheline PACKAR- - D lowed during R/O. K. Fradd '85 said there are cur- "People w5S be asked fobr iden- rently no plans for a picnic on tfication before being served, al- Registration Day this ,year. How- ternative beverages will be pro- ever, Fradd said the committee xnded for those under age, and vdll sponsor a concert, similar to any advertising for an event ,~iU the Friday Afternoon Clubi dur- SAVE not mention alcohol," he ex- ing the term, on the Kresge OrCal plained. that day: $30 TO $40 Alpha Ph i vwill not HP-41CV 128 buit in func- tions, 2237 bytes of memory rush du,ring R/O expandable to 6437 -with By Diana ben-Aaro n acquisition of a house, Sherwood many more features to help Alpha Phi, a chapter of a na- explained. First, part of the you solve scientific, financial tional sorority established last groap was t live off campus to and statistical problems in year at MIT, uil not be able to show they were serious about iiv- minimal time. rush until after Friday, September ing together. 8, according to Associate Dean Although this has not oc- Reg. 239.95 SALE 199.95 for Student .Affairs Robert A. curred, Sherwood said "I think Sherwood. thai part of the agreement is null HP-41CX 148 built-in func- "They don't have a house and and void now they are chartered text file editing for are not in the residence book, so by the national. tions with they cannot rush during EUR/O Second, the percentage of enhanced programming and Week," Sherwood said. -Alpha women in all coed liing groups problem solving. Includes Phi is presently looking for a had to fall between 25 and 30 .3105 bytes of memory ex- house, but is encountering "com- percent, Sherwood said. "Some munity problems," Sherwood of them can't be. Bexle for in- pandable to 6437. said. stance, has never made an effort Reg. 299.95 SALE 269.95 "Boston is now closed to new to attract more women. I would fraternities, and Cambridge not want Alpha Phi dragged HP SERIES 40 AC:CES- doesn't want us to build MIT down by Bexley's inability to housing on the Simplex property; meet that requirement,' he com- SORIES 10% OFF NOW they want low--income housing mented. THRU 8/15 [instead]," Sherwood said. "We always force the first I "Refreshingly, finance is not a round of assignments so that all problem. The Independent Resi- coed living groups have 25 per- 4It- .- dences Development Fund has women, but invariably some cent Available at M.I.T. Student Center. Coop HARVARD funds to renovate a house," he women put themselves in limbo," Charge, Mastercard, Visa, and American continued. Sherwood said. Expres welcome. COOPERATIVE When Alpha Phi was formed, Sherwood observed that al- SOCIETY three conditions were set for their (Please turn to page 17) lmww .,.. .... Ill . J.I. MM TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1984 The Teeh PAGE 3 _ 1 aarll I ' r111-11 - _ rr------·-r--l------~~~~~~~~~l Complete Optical -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I Shop plastic scratch resistant

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Column/Diana ben-Aaron aa -- -- Finding a living group and lin its One thing is certain at- MIT: of an essay in time for this issue after a few years here, you witl of The Tech, or perhaps ever. As know your limitations better than a compromise - life consists of you ever wanted to. For instance, compromises, no matter where I know how many hours I can go you are - I offer these unpo- without sleep before collapsing, lished nuggets of thought: how many courses and activities I How to choose a living group: I can juggle before I start failing * One of the pieces of advice tests, how many hours I can stare you will hear over and over be- at a video terminal before my vi- fore the end of Rush 'Week is sion blurs, and how many weeks "Choose a living group not for I can go without calling home be- the house, but for the people in fore my parents panic. it." Another favorite is, "You can Furthermore, I have Just real- be happy in any living group." ized I am not going to be able to You can, but realistically, you will shape all I have to tell you about almost certainly be unhappy at MIT into a single crystalline gem (Pie~ase turn to page 5)

-- -- I-Y -Y - I- - ----- · Y I i I L us Volume 104, Number 31 Tuesday, July 31, 1984 Column/Ken Meltsner, Chairman ...... Martin-Dickau '85 Editor in Chief...... D.iana ben-Aaron '85 Computers are on y too s Managing Editor ...... Scott 1. Chase '85 By now, practically everyone Only major difference between a not the same as professional Business Manager ...... Paul G. Gabuzda '85 has seen that obnoxious ad from competer and a boat anchor is practice. These disenchanted stu- dents then found their places in m News Editors ...... Janice M. Eisen '85 Commodore where a kid gets that computers can work on a kicked out of college because his stored set of instructions and a other disciplines. Thomas T. Huang '86 Electronics has changed this Ronald W. Norman '86 parents did not buy him a com- boat anchor will just sit there. s Ellen L. Spero '86 puter. This commercial really of- This appearance of life makes natural progression. Electrical m Night Editors ...... Andrew S. Gerber '87 fended me. Even if a Commo- corputers so interesting that engineers do not appear to act all Gregory D. Troxel '87 dore computer could help you in people will use them for tasks that differently from the exper- Opinion Editor ...... Daniel J. Crean '85 ,college, no reasonable university that would be done better on pa- ienced amateur. Widespread avai- Photography Editors ...... P. Paul Hsu '86 would expect you to own one. per. libility of computers has acceler- Henry Wu '86 No one has ever taken a census Students often fall into this ated this trend, as programming Advertising Manager ...... Robert W. O'Rourke '85 of MIT's computers; there are trap of over-dependence. Com- is still programming, no matter Contributing Editors ...... Burt S. Kaliski '84 simply too many to count. There puters can be seductively patient how experienced the practitioner. John J. Ying '84 I knew a freshman who left Drew Blakeman '85 are computers for accounting, and servile and this sense of pow- Simson L. Garfinkel '85 engineering, research, word pro- er makes them attractive to peo- MIT after six weeks, claiming Matthew W. Giamporcaro '85 cessing, hacking and more things ple because it offers them more MIT could not teach him anny- Omar S. Valerio '85 than can be listed in this column. control than they have in real thing. He is now a high-priced V. Michael Bovne G They range from "smart' oscil- life. Too many hackers turn to consultant for several microcom- Senior Editors ...... Keith i. Tognoni '84 loscopes to room-filling main- computers for the approval and puter firms.. He may have been Tony Zamparutti '84 frames. Students are offered large respect they do not receive from right, but he will never get the Production Manager ...... Arny Gorin '84 discounts on Apple and Digital their peers. background he needs to write Indexing Project Representative ...... A. David B~occujti '79 Computers are not alone in anything more complex than Advisor ...... Edwin Diamond computers. Project Athena will give you all the computer time their seduction of the innocent. computer games and accounting you can eat-. You can pay to use a MIT has had self-absorbed stu- software. Freshmen do not realize NEWS STAFF computer, or be paid. So where dents since Boston Tech opened that there is a great difference be- Roderick A. Dick '84, Gary J. Drlik '85, Steve Pang '85, Jake Tinio '85, Peter R. Vlogeli '85, Mark Caylor '86, James J. Reisert do Commodore computers fit in? its doors, and surely there were tween computer programming '86, Paul Sheng '86, Andrew Bein '87, Paul Duchnowski '87, Computer use is not separate Greek tutors forced to reprimand and computer science. Often, Kevin D. Hurst '87, Arvind Kurnar '87, Harold Stern '87, Edward from other activities here. Too their charges for delving too they realize it much too late. E. Whang '87. many outsiders think of MIT as deeply into their studies. A good I don't want to scare any fresh- consisting of colds white rooms education must broaden your men (or their parents) who are OPINION STAFF the world, not simply Columnists: Charles P. Brown '84, Mark Templer '84, Stewart filled with mainframe computers view- of reading this column, but if you Cobb '85, Erik A. Devereux '85, Eric Sven Ristad '85, Jacqueline and small, dingy rooms crammed deepen it. know exactly what you need to Gottlieb '86, Ken Meltsner G. Joseph J. Rornm G. with smelly hacker-priests. While Freshmen come to MIT inter- learn, why come to MIT? Too we do have a few such rooms, the ested in surprisingly few things. many paths to knowledge run PHOTOGRAPPY STAFF majority of computers here lie This is not a new problern. For Dan G. Dobryn '84, Tim Huie '84, Michael Reese '84, Willie through the halls of MIT to de- Tsang '84, Andrew Wold '84, Ed Alverson '85, Jim Butler '85, buried in labs or offices. Forget many years, high schools have scribe here, but I assure you that Touissant L. Myricks '85, Kim Chasteen '86, Steven H. Wheat- the priesthood, friend - MIT exposed students to traditional none require a Commodore com- man '86, Sidhu Banerjee '87, Stephen P. Berczuk '87, Joseph T. people use computers. studies such as physics, chemistry purer. Keep an open mind and LaRocca '87, Sherry K. Lee '87, Stephen A. Brobst G, Ricky A computer should be a tool, or mathematics. They would you will see the paths for you. Marshall G, Robert Winters G; Darkroom Manager: Omar S. Va- not~a. god. An incredibly useful come here interested in these Do not restrict your vision with lerio '85. tool, but no more deserving of fields and undergo their first ma- what you know, or with fears of SPORTS STAFF worship than a hammer. The jor shock: High school science is what you have not yet learned. Associate Sports Editor: Michael Blahnik '87; Staff: Christopher ------------a ____ , , , a Y. Kim '85, Arthur Lee '85, Victor J. Diniak '86. - ARTS STAFF Associate Arts Editor: Simson L. Garfinkel '85; Staff: Bill Bryant aB BI$ 1 [D 1 89 P p '83, Michael Battat '84, Larry Coury '84, Mark DeCew '84, Mark Pundurs '84, Carl Bauer '85, Stephen Huntley '85, John Stein '85, Anne Prince, Jonathan Richmond G. FEATURES STAFF Cartoonists: Geoff Baskir '78, Carol Yao '85, V. Michael Bove G. I BUSINESS STAFF Advertising Accounts Manager: Dave Rarnahi '86; Production Accounts Manager: Mark Brine '85; Distribution Manager: Matt Giarrity '85; Associate Advertising Manager: Michael Kardos '86. I PRODUCTION STAFF Associate Night Editor: Ronald E. Becker '87, TEN Director: An- I drew S. Gerber '87; Staff: Bill C~oderre '85, Ron Bloomr '86, Carl i A. LaCosmbe '86, Mary C. Ystueta '86, Kathleen M. O'Connell I '87; Typist: Virginia K. 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0·" · ' ' *'''· ··`.'-'.' ' -.- ·.- .- i'Or'r ·.. · ,·,. ....,,, - ' B i or v 4 ' J, I I sBBLrab TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1984 The Tech PAGE 5 _M I -- - I I opln on -I' -- I -- -- - r . . Take the -nstitute one term at a time Column/ Joseph L. Shipman At this time of year it is tradi- the courses you're interested in in tional for columnists to give in- the other subject, thus leaving coming freshpeople their years of room in your schedule. It won't accumulated wisdom. Much of hurt your chances for a job very the wisdom I was presented with much if you have one MET de- when I was a freshman was gree with a lot of courses in an- good, much was' irrelevant, and other subject rather than a dou- some was stupid and even dan- ble degree. It is true that gerous. This column consists of graduate schools tend to accept the advice I wish I'd received six people with straight As, all other years ago, but caveat lector- not things being equal, but you can all of this may apply to you! otherwise improve your chances It takes a long time to figure by taking advanced courses, do- out how this place works and ing interesting research work how to use it. Therefore one (MIT has tremendous research good rule is: Do not plan out opportunities for undergrad- your entire four-year schedule uates), or in some way distin- during your first^.week. On the guishing yourself from the stu- other hand, by your fourth year dent who took just the basic it is useful to have some idea of required courses and drudged what you'll major in. Seriously, away and got ANs in them and don't spend too much time wor- had no time for anything else. rying about what classes to take, I'm not qualified to discuss and only worry about one term fraternities and other indepen- at a time. dent living groups; I chose to live Lots of people will tell you not in a dormitory simply because Choosing from M IT menu to overload yourself. I say, on the dorms have more people and tute other hand, take as many classes greater diversity than frats and I (Continuedfrom page 4) Requirements out of the way. in scope and lacks the pettiness as you want, but don't worry didn't want to commit myself too It may not be much fun wasting characteristic of high school. least some of the time wherever your about grades. It's possible to get soon. Some tips about dorm fife: year of pass/fail on fresh- What's more, unless you went you are. That is a consequence of man calculus, straight As here, or nearly so, First, avoid commons food, es- but it's even less to Bronx Science or Stuyvesant, being human. And if a Steinway fun taking freshman calculus on practically no one here knows but only at the cost of making pecially Lobdell. It's a rip-off, downstairs, a place to cook for grades. what you were like in high your life lopsided. Be willing to and not tremendously healthful yourself, proximity to the city or 9 Chances are, your faculty ad- school. This gives you freedom to accept B's and C's and you will either. Go to restaurants, learn to the central complex, or a room visor knows no more than you do break out of your shell. I was a avoid ulcers, nervous break- cook, and when you do eat in the of your own could make some downs, and other nasty stufB and cafeterias try to pick something about the options for freshman militant non-athlete in high difference during the traumatic requirements, except those of- school but I rowed on MIT crew. you'll probably be easier to get nutritious. Believe it or not, it is first year, allow for it. along with too. Of course, this possible to become malnourished fered by his department. Ask I hated algebra in junior high, 0 The characters of the -dorms your associate advisor and other but I voluntarily took the Put- does not apply to pre-rneds, and gain weight simultaneously are not nearly as different as the which is a shame, because it's on commons food. All the things upperclassmen, who have been nam math exam (similar to high people who wrote the residence through the freshman year fairly school math competition) at even harder to relax and enjoy your parents told you about eat- book copy would like you to oneself in med school and be- ing right are true, something it recently, which courses you MIT. And bear in mind that since think. Each living group has mul- should take. Upperclassmen will no one knows any of the other yond.i took me a long time to discover. tiple sub-groups, some defined by Don't be afraid to tackle a dif- ,Second, spend some, time and also tell you which professors are freshmen either, you have as the architecture' (entries, floors, terrible teachers, something your good as shot as anyone at public ficult graduate course - you'll money to furnish your room suites) and some more informal, learn more with a B in a grad nicely. It's worth it for several advisor cannot be expected to re- office. and the character of these con- port on. 0 X once heard one student say course than an A in the under- reasons, not least that it's easier stituent societies can vary consid- graduate version. Sign up for sev- to stay in your room and get *If you plan to major in the to another, 'You're on the UA erably within a single building. School of Engineering, you will Council (student legislative en courses, go to them all for a some work done when you have a Make sure you know exactly couple of weeks, then drop two nice room. want to choose a department as body), the class committee, the where you are getting your im- soon as possible and get an early dorm committee, a pre-profes- or three. Take mnore humanities Finally, when you live in a dor- pression of your chosen dorm courses than you're required to. mitory with some people for sev- start on the departmental re- sional honor society, and you do from, and look carefully at the quirements, because there will be well in school. How do you do Take a course that looks interest- eral years, you get to know them options within it. ing but has no relation to your very well. Make an effort right lots of them. If you want to ma- it?' I'll tell you how she did it: X The advice Jean-Joseph Cot6 jor in math or science, major. from the beginning to like them you can none of those things except doing '83 once offered on these pages wait until late sophomore year to well in school demands a signifi- If you're thinking of double and see their good qualities, and about choosing a major applies majoring, pick one of the two life will be nicer. Feuds are irri- make uip your mind and still fit cant investment of time or effrt. equally to living groups: "The your major program into your No one except the officers are re- subjects to major in and just take (Please turn to page 7) right way to choose a major - - C- I L_ II last two years without too much quired to do much more than go and I am completely serious trouble. If you are thinking of to meetings, and as everyone over Editorials, marked as such and printed in a distinctive format, about this - is to walk all going the architecture, human-~ the age of fourteen knows, the represent the official opinion of The Tech. They are written by the around the Institute and read all ities, or social sciences route, just world will not fall apart if you Editorial Board, which consists of the chairman, editor in chief, the cartoons and clippings and start taking your humanities skip a meeting of any group less managing editor, executive editor, and news editors. stuff on the office doors. Wherev- courses in the department you important than the UN Security Columns are usually written by members of The Tech staff and er you find the best stuff, finld out think you'll end up in, and you Council. represent the opinion of the author, and not necessarily that of the what those people are doing. can take your time getting there. The moral should be clear: newspaper. They think like you, you will get a Favor theory over applica- generating a list of activities for a Letters to the Editor are written by members of the MIT com- along with them, and they are tions. Expose yourself to higher resume is a trivial task. Makting munity and represent the opinion of the writer. having a good time."' math, quantum physics, wave them mean something is a bit All submissions should be typed, double spaced, on a 57-charac- How to choose courses: theory, statistical mechanics,, sys- harder. Join activities that em- ter line and bear the authors' signatures. Unsigned letters will not e Freshmen often have little tems programming, public policy, phasize the tangible- doing be printed, but authors' names may be withheld upon request. The choice in what they will take, and writing, and other disciplines. It something, building something, Tech reserves the right to edit or condense all letters. with good reason. Your first pri- is more important to learn many producing something - rather ority is to get your General Insti- ways to approach problems than than endless meetings, and then -r-- _-___ _ I C __,____ Iq to focus on the "cutting edge" or advance as far as you can in the "state of the art." Semicon- them. You already know how toc ductor manufacturing processes take notes or doodle when some- can be turned upside-down in one else is talking. Learn some- twenty years, but thermo and se- thing new. cond-order linear homogeneous e Retain a healthy cynicism and differential equations are forever. the energy to change things. I * Try to schedule your classes in once heard a professor say, "I be- large blocks so your free time lieve the Institute belongs to me also comes in large blocks. It's as much as to anyone else on the exhausting to have classes on and faculty, or the Corporation for off from 8 in the morning to 9 at that matter." She was right, and night, and it's hard to study, you would do well to adopt her work a job, or do anything con- mind-set with respect to the out- structive besides eating or run- side world as well. MIT is not a ning errands in the hours in be- bubble or an ivory tower. People tween. here have fed the hungry, worked How to choose activities on campaigns, written legislation, * Your MIT career is too short run blood drives, and taught ev- to stick with anything you don't erything from computers and really enjoy. Stay flexible and CPR to high school students. don't be afraid to start something Not sometime back in the 1960's, new, even in your last term. either, but last term. They were Don't rule out an activity because MIT students. They lived in MIT you tried its high school equiv- housing. They took MIIT courses. alent and decided you weren't cut They learned their fluid mechan- '1911 out for it; everything here, from ics. And they were once freshmen L .. .- ,, , ,_~ l , , , = ,, ,I I I --_-___· CU --- _ ~ concert band to soccer, is broader too.

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III ..- ~ - . -,I - 1. - -- ·-- ~~~~I~dpP~~ TUESDAY, JULY 31,-1984--.-- The Tech PAGE 7 _ opinion I I1- X . - . - . ' OplIOI . §~~~~~~~~~~~~0 i l iE Column/Simson L. Garfinkel How not to screw up your R/O W eek When I came to Boston on Au- weekend of Rush to visit friends. gust 29, 1983, I really thought I By doing so, I missed my oppor- knew what was going on. For tunity to investigate all the hous- starters, I decided to come up a ing opportunities on and off cam- few days early and stay with a pus. friend. This gave me a few days Then classes began and I made to get to know Boston, get a lo- my second mistake: I got scared cal bank account and do other about the workload. I had been things like that. I was able to told over and over again by leave most of my baggage with upperclassmen and administra- my friend rather than cart it tion that I should expect to be at around during rush week. It the bottom of my class, that I worked out well. should expect to fail my first I knew I would live in a dormi- tests. I was told that everybody tory; I never considered living in here was as bright as or brighter a frat or off campus. I wanted to than I was. I live close to the center of student This didn't happen. The fresh- life, and I wanted the conve- man workload isn't impossible. It nience of being able to eat any- just seems that way to many be- where on campus. Once I got the cause they haven't yet learned residence book in the mail, I de- how to properly budget their cided within a week which dorm I time. The main problem is sitting was going to live in, solely on the down and doing the work. Rather basis of what I had read. I didn't than letting a problem set wait even bother to take the tours dur- until the night before it's due, ing Rush Week: I knew where I work on it from the day it's as- was going to live. signed. No course is so hard that Making those decisions ahead nobody can solve any of the of time was a mistake. For start- problems; if one were, every stu- ers, fraternities and independent dent in the class would get an A a- =------1 -- -- sr-- ,, I 1II ------Yi -·-----. I- living groups at MIT are not like because class average determines the frats at other colleges. Most final grade. Learn when to punt problem sets groups here are fine places to live As a freshman, you shouldn't (Continued from page 5) filled with kind people. While the be scared to take too many pages of the residence book re- courses, or to take courses that tating and energy-draining. Most when you've lived with some for advice about work habits, as ev- are labeled advanced; you'll be eryone finds his own routine (I flect the character of the individ- dorms are diverse enough that it a while. ual living groups, they only ap- on pass/fail. If you fail the Don't miss out on student ac- did most of my work between 1 will be easy to find people you fit proximate it. Four-paragraph course, it will just go away. . . it tivities, either; they can be in- and 3 am because I'm easily dis- well with, but try to get to know descriptions are no way to choose won't show on your transcript, or the others as well. credibly rewarding and there's tracted and there was too much be part of your official record. Be going on earlier in the evening). a place to live for four years. In particular, I recommend such an abundance of them ev- I was so sure that I knew what concerned with learning the ma- coed dorms over single-sex ones eryone can find a couple he or One indispensable thing to terial, not stockpiling A's. The learn, though, is when to punt. was going on, I didn't think any- - it becomes much easier to deal she likes. thing of leaving MIT for the first Institute has much more to offer. with members of the opposite sex I won't presume to give much There will be times when your _ - C-----~~~-- I I - I-- 1 workload becomes extremely op- The Tech's opinion pages exist to provide a forum for com- pressive. Many times. It is impor- mentary on issues of concern to the MIT community - not tant to keep a sense of perspec- only the views of the editorial board or individual staff mem- tive, to realize that there is more bers, but also the opinions of members of the broader MIT to life than problem sets, and to community. notice when you haven't slept for The Tech endeavors to print all letters to the editor contribut- Garfinke' mistaken in 36 hours. At these times, consid- ing to discussion of issues relevant to the community. Letters er the relative importance of the written to promote specific events or activities are not printed. assignments you have to do to criticism of Ferraro each other, to your grades in All submissions should be typed, double spaced; and bear the To The Editor: "best" choice, based on merit? In those courses, and to your own authors' signatures. Unsigned letters will not be printed, but This letter is in response to addition, she was appointed, and well-being, and ask yourself: is authors' names may be withheld at the editor's discretion upon Simson Garfinkel's column (July not elected to her position, which this one really necessary? Then request. The Tech reserves the right to edit or condense all let- 17 issue) on Geraldine Ferraro's leaves some doubt in my mind go out to a movie. ters merit as the Democratic vice- about her merit. - I presidential candidate. First, I Admittedly, Ferraro was not must confess two things: 1) I am elected to her position as a vice- I from New York (although not presidential candidate, but candi- Queens), and 2) I am not about dacy is not an office, and the final to join the Ronald Reagan Fan judgement lies in the hands of MEGABUCK$? Club. Naturally, this letter will be the voters. Perhaps it is true that biased, although I'll try to re- our society has not reached the frain from being bullheaded. point where it can merely note My first objection is to the first that Ferraro is a woman, but the Not really. But three-year full tuition scholarships worth as much as sentence, in which I would only difference between these change "Democrats" to "politi- banner headlines and those fol- $30,000 plus textbooks, lab fees, and a $100/month stipend are avail- cians," for the Democrats are not lowing O'Connor's appointment able to qualified freshmen through the Naval Reserve Officers Training the only ones to concern them- is that these headlines are much selves with the backgrounds of closer to the election. ' Corps (NROTC) at MIT* their candidates. A recent exam- As for Ferraro's being a "to- ple was Reagan's choice of San- ken," perhaps that may seem true Upon graduation you will be comissioned an officer in the Navy with dra Day O'Connor for the Su- now, but there are four long preme Court. When I heard months of campaigning in which responsibilities, decision making authority, and the opportunity to see about her appointment, my first the novelty will wear off, and the parts of the world many people only read about. reaction was "Who is Sandra final decision will be made on Day O'Connor?" I didn't think Ferraro as a politician, and not that it was such a big deal that just as a woman. Perhaps I See the world through the eyes of a Naval officer. she was a woman, but evidently should quote Tip O'Neill, who certain high-ranking Republicans said, "Some members might say thought so. she's an ambitious, pushy ;-t~SAILORS STILL HAVE MORE FUN. If that is not tokenism, then broad..." In my book, that's what is? 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It PAGE 8 The Tech TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1984 rr Lc--a-s Ra fi~YI~lP~.~ld~q~MC~~-- II All undergraduates to get Athena accounts (Continuedfrom page 1) we'll try to pick at least one will start with PC's and gradually course that forces us to hold reci- evolve to more sophisticated, tations in the clusters," he said. networked termninals." Lerman confirmed that 2.10, a E The first clusters, in Building FORTRAN course taught by the

Department of Mechanical Engi- !L 11 and Building 1 for the MIT e community, and in building E40 neering is "likely to run as the e for Project Athena staff, house prototype of the big course i, iB [taught on Athena]." m about 25 terminals each and have C been operational for some time. "Next spring term, wehope to C make accounts available to every = Dorms to get terminals undergraduate, delivery schedules Project Athena cluster expan- willing," Lerman said. "At some sion will continue for the next point, we will begin giving ac- two to three years, according to counts to as many students as we Lerman. "Eventually we will have can, and undergraduates will 2600 work stations. We hope to have preference over graduate start installing work stations in students," he continued. various dorms a year from Sep- Terminals will be upgraded tember," he said. "The IBM product we're going ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Teminals will be installed in ex- F~*,'·j. · "MMMA, Wkll~P~8 isting common areas in some to use [when the machine termi- Construction continues on the electrical conduit which will link dorms, while others will have nals are converted to PCs] Terminal Room with the rest of the campus Athena network. special facilities built, Lerman doesn't exist yet," said Lerman, Tech photo by Simson L. Garfinkel commented. "We will be talking adding that the terminal is cur- to various dorms beginning this rently referred to as the Ad- September, trying to find out how vanced Function Work Station. Friedlaender to succeed Hanham to weave Project Athena into the "For the DEC product, we will life of each dorm," he said. m- By Robert E. Malchman "The MIT student body is ana- Friedlaender, who in January use a derivative of the MicroVAX [ Professor Ann E Friedlaender lytic and analytically oriented," 1983 was named the first female Account priorities set line of computers," he continued. Athena already has some VAX PhD '64, head of the Department Friedlaender said. "Theprograms academic department head, will Only people associated with of Ec6nomics, will become dean that attract students are analyt- also be the first female academic stations, but they currently func- Project Athena or departmental tion only as output devices and of the School of Humanities and ical." dean at MIT. She has held dual curriculum development on Athe- Social not as input devices, he said. Sciences on Sept. 1. Majors and concentrations in appointments as professor in the na have accounts now, Lerman Friedlaender will succeed Dean quantitative and analytical pro- Departments of Economics and said. He noted that Project Athe- "We have software to make K grams Harold J. Hanharnm, who is re- like public policy, linguis- Civil Engineering since 1974. na has funded $900,000 of inter- them into UNIX [the Bell Labs i signing after 11 years in office to tics, cognitive science and eco- She graduated from Radcliffe nal projects based on faculty pro- operating system used on Project pursue teaching and writing. nomics "are the way to go, given College in 1960 with a degree in posals. Athena] input devices. It works, "I think the general thrust and the reality of the student body. economics. She was a Fulbright Next fall, students in courses but we're still fixing bugs," Ler- mandate is to increase the But one does not want to stress Lecturer in Finland in 1964-5. taught on Athena machines will man added. strength of the School of Hu- analytical programs at the ex- From 1965 to 1974 she was lec- [l get accounts, said Lerman. "Eventually all the work sta- pense" manities and Social Sciences," of non-analytical pro- turer, assistant professor and "We're going to choose a mix of tions will look like VAX stations. grams, Friedlaender said. professor Friedlaender said. in Boston College's De- courses that give us different ex- They will have big [cathode rayl Requirements l in the humanities partment of Economics. She was periences with using computers. tubes a million pixels square and The school should be "more are "rather minimal," she said. "'I a visiting professor visible" to attract in economics We will try to vary the depart- similarly sophisticated key- students and to haven't thought about increasing at MIT in 1972-3. Her make majoring specializa- ments, and the course sizes, and boards," Lerman said. in the humanities the requirements, but you tion is in transport economics. "a more viable option," Fried- wouldn't want to reduce them. E laender continued. The writing requirement is a "I'm not sure how to go about good thing. R/O it specifically because I haven't "In principle, I wouldn't faces tighter budget taken the job yet," she said. change the writing or [human- (Conatinuedfrom page 2) "We have to think more cre- ities] requirements," she said, the lists were done unoficially. noon of R/O Week, instead of year lists will not be made avail- This year, the equipment is inac- Tuesday evening atively about undergraduate cur- adding that there might be as in the past. specif- able to all living groups. cessible, and Transfer students riculum," the new dean declared. ic minor changes. the R/O budget are subject to "In the naet rlitrihlltinne of can't accommodate it," Eisen- the writing requirement and are ousing system need notexpanLIVd.ULI. V.mann:said. encouraged to take the exam. Ee mousing systemp need not expand I "We're going to work some- "The members of the Writing i (Continued from page 1) tion expects the undergraduate daleI said. thing out with the Interfraternity Program wanted to hold the test Sherwood emphasized that population is expected to remain "Maybe a dozen students will Conference to deal with this is- as early as possible so that the re- "crowding is really a fall term stable, at least for the next dec- want housing and not be able to sue," he continued. Fraternities sults would be available for the phenomenon." Students leaving ade. There are no immediate get it for the fall, but they will may be charged for the lists or [students'] meetings with their the dormitory system for off- plans whatsoever for new under- probably be able to get into the asked to refer to lists at central advisers," Eisenmann said. campus housing throughout the graduate housing, he noted. housing system at midyear," he locations, including the Dean's The swim test will be held Fri- year, especially just after first se- Adminstrators have questioned commented. Office and the Camnpus Police, day, at the end of R/O Week, e mester, due to mid-year gradu- some housing policies, such as One problem which has oc- Eisenmann said. with half of the freshmen being ! ation, free up additional space, mandatory residence in MIT liv- curred during past R/O weeks is The R/O committee considered tested in the morning, the other he explained. ing groups for freshmen, but "anti-rushing": some dormitories and rejected a proposal to charge halfin the afternoon, Eisenmann Ef actually discourage By the end of spring these discussions are still in the freshmen living groups for copies of "The added. term last from living in their houses year, only 81 students remained early stages, Sherwood said. in or- Daily Confusion," a daily news- der to have more room for Freshman trip cancelled in crowded rooms, all by choice, Associate Director of Admis- them- letter listing the rush events of ev- as they declined to fill sions Daniel T. Langdale said selves, Sherwood said. ery living group, Eisenmann said. The Dean's Office denied per- 17 empty The administration 1l rooms which had become avail- transfer students will not be announced "Again, budgetary constraints mission to the MIT Outing Club last year that dormitories able, Sherwood said. guaranteed housing this year. found are a problem, but we decided to0 take freshmen to a trip to Ver- Transfer students were first of- guilty of anti-rushing would be not to charge this year. We may mont before R/O Week, accord- He continued that for this rea- fered guaranteed housing in 198i forced to share the rent for any do so in the future, though," he ing to Eisenmann. "The idea was son, some crowding is actually when Next House opened. spaces in their houses, and so commented. great, but the Outing Club was desirable in order to ensure that This year's transfer students would suffer increased rents. Examinations scheduled not able to work out problems the dorms will remain fully occu- will be told some housing is avail- Sherwood observed that the anti- with liability insurance. It is con- pied during the school year. able and the spaces will be loeter- rush practices have virtually dis- The writing examination will ceivable that this activity will oc- Sherwood said the admninistra- ied to interested students, Lang- appeared since the, announcment. first be offered Tuesday after- cur next year," he said. ------~~-~-i~~~~~~~---- r-

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Moore), a down-on-his-luck engineer who The movie is outwardly "emotional," but was bouncing from job to job before he packed with enough action to keep even arrived at Dynatechnics, another aero- the least sentimental viewer interested. space firm on the verge of bankruptcy. The title of the movie is not very de- Best Defense is really -two movies in scriptive but quite appropriate. Careful He one. The first centers around Cooper and Might Hear You is the story of a some- Dynatechnics; the company's last hope is what shy boy who is the pawn in a violent to get a government contract to design and custody battle between his aunts. The manufacture a "DYP gyro" for the army's movie takes place in Australia during the newU XM-10 Supertank. The second stars 1930's; however, but for the characters' ac- Eddie Murphy as a tank commander who cents, it could easily have been set in the has to use the unresliable instrument. United States. While the first movie takes place in 1982 The seven year old boy, PS, was surpris- and the second in 1984, they are shown in- ingly well played by Nicholas Gledhill. terspersed, a few scenes from one, then a While children in movies are often obnox- few from the other, since they pivot about iously precocious youths who can deal _the same object: the DYP gyro. with a visitor from outer-space and rescue I expected to see Dudley Moore and Ed- hundreds of other kids from the coal die Murphy working together, but their mines of a slave-driver with equal ease, two characters ini Best Defense aren't even Gledhill plays PS as a typical seven year aware of each other. I expected to see a old. He often responds in one-word sen- movie showing off Eddie Murphy. Instead, tences and even more often misunder- Murphy plays a role originally written for stands -What's going on around him. Sylvester Stallone, and correspondingly PS's aunts are characters in both senses short on dialogue. And because the second of the word. His Aunt Vanessa (Wendy movie is only on the screen for a short Hughs) is a rich but cold woman. She time compared with the first, Eddie Mur- wants to be a mother to PS because of a phy doesn't get enough time to develop his strange affair she had with his father eight character. or nine years before. But her emotions The acting in Best Defense is comic, not from the past get in her way and PS suf- dramatic. Characters change moods and fers for it. opinions so fast you would need a score At the begining of the movie PS lives card to keep track. The writers seemed to happily with his Aunt Lila (Robyn Nevin) think their jokes so weak they had to keep to have and his Uncle George (Peter Whitford), his Careful He Might Hear You has won them going in rapid-fire succession I - r lifelong surrogate parents. George and eight 1983 Australian Film Institute any effect. They should have allowed the r Lila are careful to shelter him from all Awards, including Best Picture, and de- movie an extra half-hour overall. ~~LFE~~~~SEf sorts of things that might cause him emo- serves them all. I hope it will receive simi- But despite all. its problems, I really tional strain; in fact, the movie gets its ti- lar acclaim in the US. The almost-perfect liked Best Defense. It's another excellent tle from their whispered words. Because of mix between action and emotion makes it Dudley Moore movie, with a little Eddie George and Lila's parental love, PS is one of the best movies of the year. Murphy "strategically' thrown in. most happy with them. Ronald E. Becker Simson L. Garfinkel Much more than electronic fi reworks Electric Dreams, directed by Steve Barron, a Virgin Pictures Ltd Production, an MWGMpicture, starringLenny von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, and Maxwell Caulfeld, screenplay by Rusty Lemorande, rated PG. The Last Starfighter, screenplay by Jona- than Betuel, directed by Nick Castle jr., a Lorimar production, a Universal picture, starring Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, and Robert Pres- ton, rated PG. Both The Last Starfighter and Electric Dreams rely heavily on computers. They feature plenty of computer graphics, lots of electronic devices for the characters to play around with, and in Electric Dreams one of the leads is a computer. But all mind demolishing his race for a chance at Like one old Kurt Vonnegut short story, tant ability to blend sound and visual im- comparison ends there. The Last Star- a ruling seat (remember Baltar from Batt- Electric Dreams features a computer that ages give the movie its real power. fighter is a horrid grab-bag of SF clich6s, lestar Galactica?). From there things pro- accidentally gains sentience and proceeds with characters out of a warehouse and a ceed apace; Alex becomes everybody's last to fall in love with its owner's girlfriend. Miles, Madeleine and Edgar are all de- script that seems like an afterthought. hope, the villains develop a convenient Miles Harding (Lenny von Dohlen)is an lightfully characterized, each drawn with a Electric Dreams, on the other hand is a Achilles heel, and Alex's pals provide him ingenuous young architect convinced he sure, sympathetic touch as their triangle warm, erudite movie, continually kinetic with a superweapon for when the going needs electronic help to organize his life. develops. Edgar falls in love with Mad- and deftly crafted. It never makes the mis- threatens to get hairy. No need to worry He ends up buying a computer much larg- eleine before even knowing what love is, take of losing the human touch among the about discomforts like suspense or tension er than he originally intended when the and his journey of discovery is filled with transistors, and it uses some of the best as- in this film; everything is taken care of in clerk at the computer store drops the fate- witty insights and wry bits of movie and pects of the film medium. advance. ful appliance on his foot and then offers music scholarship. And of course, as Miles The Last Starfighter is analogous to a to sell it to him at cost. tries to teach Edgar about love, he ends up The Last Starfighter is less an Reviewing triple X porno flick. While the latter is the finding out what it is himself. Admittedly, exercise in journalism than a public ser- id-motivated sex fanta- After several more accidents, Edgar the the movie wets its feet in schmaltz occa- about vid- most suspenseless, vice. Remember the cliche joke sy, the former is the worst kind of impo- computer gradually attains self-determina- sionally, but never drowns in it. eo games being surreptitious screening de- male power fantasy. You might say tion. Meanwhile, Miles is becoming smit- space tent vices used by aliens to recruit that the same complaints could be leveled ten with his new neighbor Madeleine (Vir- The special effects in both movies are jockeys for their secret wars? Well, that's against Star Wars. But Luke Skywalker ginia Madson), a cellist with the local impressive, and mostly computer generat- it: end of story. Evidently the producers was handled in a deft, sentimental manner, symphony. Alas, Miles doesn't know a ed. Although The Last Starfighter's pro- carry a two- thought one cute idea could and faced a run-in between his dreams and note of music. Edgar, however, does, ducers brag you can't tell the computer ef- hour movie. Everything else in this movie reality (such as it was) that forced an evo- teaching himself by eavesdropping on fects from the real thing, it's not hard to. other films. is clumsily borrowed from lution of the character. The Last Star- Madeleine as she practices. Soon Edgar is There are some clever computer effect se- Lance Guest plays Alex, a bright kid fighter has none of this dramatic tension. surreptitiously seducing her with his own quences in Electric Dreams, but their pres- with big dreams stuck in a backwater town Everything is handed to Alex on a silver compositions, leading to a case of mistak- ence isn't so overpowering that they mo- that makes Mayberry RFD look like Me- platter. Instant status, instant heroism, in- en identity that fuels Miles' problems for nopolize attention for their own sake. tropolis. But he's a champion at the sole stant gratification. It is a loser's fantasy the rest of the movie. Most of these sequences, as well as many vidgame in the area, and one night - and I resent having it presented as if it The ads for this movie tout director others in the movie, are accompanied with what do you know - who arrives but an would entertain me. Steve Barron's last big project, the Billie original music by Giorgio Moroder, Heav- alien confidence artist named Centauri Electric Dreams is, fortunately, another Jean video. The cinematically self-righ- en 17, Culture Club and others. While the (Robert Preston, who was one of the film's story. The plot may look a little simple on teous might consider that a liability, but music is tasteful, and adds a lot to the few bright spots) to whisk Alex off to the paper, and the idea may have been worked what it actually -means is that we have a movie, I'm not rushing out to buy the big time. The good guys reside on Rylos, a over before, but the film's ultimate charm director who has had the chance to hone soundtrack. As for The Last Starfighter's boy scout planet led by a venerable oldster supersedes those limitations. Electric his trade into a craft before proving him- music, hopefully you'll never have to hear dressed all in white (remember General Dreams is visually rich and interweaves the self in the big world of feature cinema. The it. Dodonna from Star Wars?). The bad guy its themes in a dextrous and humane man- experience also seems to have given him a is' a megalomaniac .traitor who doesn't. 'ner...... °- sfr6fig 'fieel'fbr pop' music. Barron's resul- Steve Huntley

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Tech photos by Simson L. Garfinkel A liffle something for everybody in Street Theater Street Theater, written by Doric Wilson, and continues to affect the lives of a great in the big city, who has gone down to produced arnd directed by Alan Duibroc, at many people, even those who have never Christopher Street to 'Find the vice."' Mur- Kresge Little Theatre this Thursday heard of the Stonewall riot. fino promptly hires him as a go-go dancer through Saturday at 8 pm; tickets $71$5 Producer/director Alan Dubroc (who for the Stonewall, outfitting him in a gold- students, senior citizens. ' also appeared in the cast as an under- sequined G-string. - study) forces the play's action into a fluid, Sidney (understudied by Raymond Fifteen years ago this summer, the New completely mesmerizing stream of vign- Gamache), a trench-coated, sunglassed in- York City police conducted a routine raid ettes which, when taken together, add up tellectual, has a vocabulary that would put of the Stonewall, a Greenwich Village gay to more than the sum of their parts. The William F Buckley Jr. to shame. He isn't bar. Things did not go as planned for the single set, by Paula Jowanna, is simple but really gay, he maintains, but a "heterosex- men in blue, and the raid turned into a effective: Some pipes and a little tape on a ual on a temporary leave of absence' - bloody riot. This spontaneous revolt backdrop suggest buildings, and a psyche- although his sabbical was long enough against the constant police harrassment of delic day-glo fire hydrant adds a festive to make him one of the Stonewall's best homosexuals prevalent at the time marked touch. But it is the characters that make customers. the first time gays publicly fought back Street Theater dick. Ceil (John Spellman) and especially against societal repression of their sexual Boom Boom (Paul Everett) steal the show preference and lifestyle, and ultimately And what characters they are! Murfino, with their campy portrayals of screaming spawned the gay activist movement. the Stonewall's owner, is portrayed by Lee drag queens. Ceil comes off as a human Street Theater is loosely based on the H. Adams as a slightly seedy Archie version of Wayland Flowers' vulgar puppet events of that hot full-moon Friday eve- Bunker type who constantly bemoans the "Madame," while Boom Boom looks, in ning of June 27, 1969. The play follows 14 fact that "low-life perverts" frequent his his pale lavender frock, like a well-heeled fictional characters wending their way estabishment - but is not above taking patroness of Harlem's Apollo nightclub down notoriously gay Christopher Street their money in exchange for watered-down circa 1942. Their interplay drew the loud- immediately prior to and during the riot. drinks. He does not seem to care much est and longest laughs from the audience. Although the Stonewall itself is not includ-. about his customers, except for the size of Michael (Don E. Underwood) is a neu- ed as a part of the austere, no-frills set the wad in their wallets. rotic's neurotic, bopping from one psycho- (sorry, you won't get to see much rioting Michael Rini plays Jack, a macho analyst to the other to find out whether it and violence here), it is still very much in leather-type who seemingly defies conven- is indeed "my mother's fault, which is my evidence hovering in the shadows just off- tional gay stereotyping - he doesn't lisp, father's fault, which is really my mother's stage. his wrist isn't limp, and there is no ring fault" that he is gay. Donald (Donald J. Author Doric Wilson has infused Street gracing his pinky finger. C. E. (Robin Grimes Jr.) believes he is God's gift to men Theater with a wickedly sarcastic and cyni- Gloria White), Jack's Harley mechanic, is until he receives a rude shock - "No one cal wit - members of repressed minority older and wiser than most of the other has ever rejected me before." Jordan (Du- groups can often see the ironic humor of characters, but she's not above wanting to broc) and Gordan (Jay Webster) are a pair their situation even as it lurks behind the beat up on a vice-squad cop to "reinforce of radical chic hippies trying to out-organ- hurt. Some of the play's jokes might not a few dyke stereotypes." ize and out-polemicize each other. be fully understood by someone unfamil- Street Theater is policed by not one, but None of the characters ever engages in iar with what has been grossly and expan- two members of the vice patrol. Seymour any sexual activity, either on or off the sively dubbed "gay lifestyle," but this is (Geoff Thomas) and Donovan (David Al- stage, but this is not for lack of effort or the exception rather than the rule. There is bano) spend most of their time trying to opportunity. They are constantly cruising a healthy sprinkling of high drama to off- entrap the other characters in sexually one another throughout the course of the set the high comedy, and there is a genu- compromising situations. Seymour, who is play, but when push comes to shove some- inely tense and anticipatory feeling as the on the take, is the sleazier of the pair, but one or other always seems to shy away at play speeds toward its climax. Donovan demands half the action when he the last possible moment. The presence of Street Theater is similar to Lanord Wil- discovers his cohort's illegal income the vice squad, of course, is not particular- son's The Hot L Baltimore, which is also amounts to several thousand dollars per ly conducive to sexual liaison. built around Iagroup of disparate charac- week. The beginning of Street Theater is a lit- ters is lumped together through a common Heather (Cyndi Norman.'86) is a trip- tle on the rough side, and the ending bond which is sometimes tenuous at best. ped-out flower child, a product of the New comes far too quickly and is much too Unlike Hot L, however, which follows Jersey suburbs, and quite an artist if the pat, but overall this play is an enjoyable these people through an average "day in aforementioned fireplug is any indication. and enlightening evening of entertainment; the life," the Street Theater crowd takes Timothy (Brian J. Akin) is the perfect lit- a gay time is guaranteed for all. part in an important event that afficted' tle preitfylboy, vacationing with -his parents .Drew i, . . I...... , . . .. Bilakeman SpsRaCBs·e(d.-Id-bbs·--R spdlll 4 t·lb·8 TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1984 The Tech PAGE 11 _ ARTS ARTS ?t ARTS ARTS Veryfancycomputergraphics atthe annual show Siggraph '84, the annual convention of the show. But Hewlett Packard should have about graphics, about what the computer masks generated on a Bally arcade home Associationr for Computing Machines' been there; the field has lately been em- community should be doing, or about the computer. The reel intended to be mean- Special Interest Group on Computer phasizing usability and user-friendliness, role of government and defense in the in- ingful and enlightening but only served to Graphics (SIGGraph). Minneapolis, July both of which have always been important dustry. They weren't necessarily trying to detract from an otherwise marvelous show. 23-27. to Hewlett Packard. outshine the competition; they were com- On the other side, "Wag the Flag," For those involved in computer graph- Siggraph '84 was a forum for innovative municating with the competition. (Charles Kesler, Southern Software, ics, computer aided design (CAD) or com- new graphics hardware. Houston Instru- Greenville, North Carolina), intermixed puter art, Siggraph is the single most im- ment showed off their new four-color plot- medium quality graphics and conventional portant event of the year. For one week, ter, which sells for under $600. This plot- The Electronic Theater video with very creative editing. "Wag the manufacturers demonstrate their latest ter, like many at the show, scrolls the Flag" was an example of how computer creations, researchers present papers on paper while moving the plot head at right One of the biggest draws at Siggraph graphics can be used to emphasize ideas, their newest algorithms and artists show angles to the direction of scrolling, rather conventions is the "The Electronic Thea- rather than distort them. their recent works. This year's Siggraph than moving the plotting arm with two de- ter," a presentation of computer anima- was the largest in the convention's four- grees of freedom. Digital demonstrated tion and video art. This year, The Elec- teen-year history. their new touch-sensitive screen for the tronic Theater filled two evenings with With over 250 exhibitors and 20,000 at- Professional 350 minicomputer. It never over 70 works, typically three to eight tendees, Siggraph '84 demanded superb needs recalibrating, yet can resolve dis- minutes long. Often many hours of com- organization. The Siggraph '84 committee tances of a thousandth of an inch on the puter time were spent to generate each ran shuttles between the convention center display. frame of a five-minute short. Other films and every hotel in the Twin Cities area, showed what could be done with hardware and from the convention center to the air- in real time. port. If you ever go to Siggraph, all you'll The works presented fell into three main have to worry about is getting reservations categories: quick demo tapes from compu- nearby. Siggraph '85 will be held in San ter-synthesized commercials; highly pol- Francisco - make your reservations now. For those more interested in graphics NI~~ - wPu~~ ished shorts demonstrating new display al- gorithms; and artists' forays into the than content, "Martian Magnolia (A Day realm of computer graphics masquerading in the Life of . .)" (John Mareda, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New The Display Floors R as as art. Occasionally something clicks between the artist and the computer, and Mexico), depicted a surrealistic plant on the product is not only good computer an alien landscape being circled by a flying Siggraph '84 filled all 100,000 square graphics but good art. Unfortunately, this saucer. The flying saucer changed from feet of the Minneapolis Convention Cen- seems to happen only rarely. chrome, (with reflections), to fine crystal, ~~-~~~b-a--~~~----- ~~~~ - ter. The upper floor was occupied by in- --eaI~M All the advertising graphics were well- (with refractions). "Martian Magnolia" dustry giants like Digital and Megatek, edited and technically slick. Coming from was an excellent demonstration of the lat- some selling state-of-the-art high-perfor- ID~qSml all over the world - Brazil, England, est ray-tracing and texture mapping tech- mance systems and others hawking eco- France, Italy and the United States - niques. nomical medium-performance systems, all these reels showed one of the major appli- "Digital Fantasy" was an entry from- with peripherals and support. Devices lilke these exemplified two of the cations today of high-quality computer Masa Inakage of MIT's Visual Language main themes of the convention: computer graphics: network identifications on televi- Workshop. In Digital Fantasy, two-dimen- aided design and computer art. Some of sion. sional images of the planets and the Mona these systems looked so much alike that it "9600 Bauds," (Monique Nahas, Lisa were distorted and turned into video was necessary to ask the salesman whether France), was an artistic attempt to "dem- trash. Digital Fantasy was an embarrass- the program was intended for artists or en- onstrate the relationship between a head ment to MIT. The graphics were static and gineers. and a body." The reel had lots of scenes of two-dimensional. It's a shame that with all But the real action was in three-dimen- the high-quality work shown at the confer- sional graphics. Some systems achieved ence, we submit something so poor. true depth on the video screen with special. Perhaps the best presentation at The glasses or other viewing devices. Other sys- Electronic Theater was New York Institute tems faked three dimensions with intensity of Technology's entry. It was a ten minute or rocking motions for "depth cueing," segment from a full-length computer mov- (giving an impression of spacial distance). ie they've been working on for the past Cray Research outdid everybody in the five years. Perhaps it will never be finished; field with a six-foot computer-generated with the detail of the presentation, no wonder it's taking them so long. firms ped- holograph of a car. A curtained booth On the lower floor, smaller at right angles en- Many of the technically excellent graph- dled peripherals, add-ons, and sofware with entrance and exit couraged viewers to walk around the holo- ics used a technique known as ray-tracing, packages. While most of the equipment on in which every pixel on the screen is gener- the lower floor didn't look as polished as graph. had displays that gen- ated by following a single imaginary ray of upstairs, there were excep- Other companies its counterparts erated three-dimensional solid graphics so light. While this requires an incredible tions - companies that didn't need the amount of computer time, it generates the space of the larger upstairs booths, or that fast the images could be rotated in real time. At one end of the spectrum were a head inside a body and a body inside a most realistic graphics. There were three were late getting their bids in for floor head, all fading in and out against a com- times as many examples of ray-tracing this space. The Texas Instruments booth was Raster Technologies and Megatek systems costing over a hundred thousand dollars plex, unintelligible background. "9600 year as last. on the lower level, echoing their move to Bauds" was meaningless. Technically poor, Of course, the only problem with watch- get out of the final-product side of the in- and at the other was Atari's latest video solids-modeling it also lacked substance, a problem com- ing computer videos of that caliber is you dustry. game, I Robot, featuring graphics and incredibly fast animation for mon to many of the presentations. wake up the next morning and say, "Look Suspiciously absent from the convention "Skin Matrix S," (Ed Emshwiller, Cali- at that! They really did an excellent job onil were IBM and Hewlett Packard. I could twenty-five cents a play. One of the nicest things about the show fornia Institute of the Arts) was an exam- those clouds and trees!" Of course, that is understand that IBM wasn't there because to were the people. Most salesmen knew that ple of high-quality computer-graphic the whole lure of computer graphics: they would have made a very poor show- trash. The piece consisted of a nude wom- make a reality as fantastic and as detailed ing, since most of their graphics equip- they weren't going to get many orders; they just wanted to show off what their an masked into scenes of deserts and as our own. ment is overpriced and not as powerful as primitive artworks to weird music using Simson L. Garfinkel some of the cheaper equipment at the company had done. They wanted to talk Forayinto t ns world o( the~ two dimensional The Planiverse: Computer Contact with a Two-Dime4nsional World, by A. K. Dewd- ney, published by Poseidon Press, $9.95.

Alexander Keewatin Dewdney is a pro- fessor of Computer Science at the Univer- sity of Western Ontario in London. A few years ago, he started an educational pro- ject designed to give students experience in simulation and large-scale computer pro- gram development. The program com- pletely modeled a world in two dimen- sions, from the atomic scale to the biological to the astronomical. Dewdney called his-creation 2DWORLD. A two dimensional "aircraft" used for travel across the surface of Arde A little over a year later, strange things began happening inside the "world" mod- The Planiverse is the legacy of the be accepted or discounted out of hand. mans, in terms of emotions and desires, to eled by the program. Creatures unlike The body of The Planiverse is a tale of give human readers a frame of reference, those the students had created began spon- 2DWORLD program. It describes, in min- ute detail, the world Dewdney and his stu- Yendred, a youthful Ardean, and his quest yet sufficiently different to keep the tale in- taneously appearing on the computer's for enlightenment, but there are small teresting. And the tremendous detail gives graphics terminal. These new creatures, dents discovered on the other side of their computer, as well as the problems they had boxed sections throughout the text de- the tale great depth. It was indeed fortu- called Ardeans, had lives of their own and scribing particular elements of Ardean nate that Yendred crossed the Ardean were infinitely more complicated than any- with the university administration as a re- sult. civilization, from a two-dimensional print- equivalent to MIT during the course of his thing the students had ever programmed. ing press to a two-dimensional NAND travels so that Dewdney could give us a It was as if the 2DWORLD program had two dimensional There are no clues whatsoever in The gate, in detail. The book also contains an complete description of broken through some sort of dimensional Appendix on "Ardean Science and Tech- science and technology. barrier and was acting as a communica- Planiverse where reality leaves off and sci- ence fiction begins. Dewdney's world is so noldgy." tions program between our universe and, The- Ardeans are close enough to hui- '* ' -;-i -. Simson L. GarfinkeL -. -. Dewdney's Planiverse. I detailed and so self-consistent lthat it must -T

M~ PAGE 12 The Tech TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1984 - ARTS MUSIC-ARTS MUSIC ARTS MUSIC ARTS SeAifood rock n' roll Don't catch the act Nobody Gets on the Guest-List, a compi- singles on this compilation is without a Caught In The Act, a Styx concert album lation of local bands, a Throbbing Lobster doubt "I Get Excited"' by the Turbines. on A&M Records. release. The unique vocals of John Hovorka make Do not buy this record. What do you get when you combine this band a phenomenon incomparable to I like Styx a lot, but I can't recommend fourteen tracks from some of Boston's any other. The Turbinles were also reposn- their new release, Caught In The Act. It is best alternative rock'n'roll bands on one sible for this summer's rock 'n' roll ware- nothing more than a rehash of much of piece of vinyl? This summer, you get the cry, "Wah-Hey," released as a single earlier their. earlier work, one new song ("Music Throbbing Lobster Compilation Nobody this summer. Warner must have had a Time'), and a dozen sentences of dia- Gets on the Guest-List. tough time singling out a single best cut .logue. Chuck Warner, disk jockey at MIT's from "I Get Excited," "Whirlpool," and While past Styx albums were well-pro- WMBR and coordinator of the Throbbing "Wah-Hey." In fact, a cut by the pre-Tur- dueed,, Caught In The Act shows none of Lobster effort, explains, "The basic con- bines band Noise Pencil appears on the the technical mastery I have come to ex- cept was to get fourteen great singles out compilation with the unmistakeable vocals pect from the group. The mixing is atro- all at once. This record is, in some sense, a of John Hovorka and lead guitar of Jack cious; drums, vocals, guitars mysteriously collection of WMBR's greatest hits." In- Hickey, now of the Turbines. fade out for long stretches, which are deed, the cuts on this album include some One of the most appealing things about filled by the screamning of the crowd. Parts of the most requested songs on WMBR's this record, besides the fact that it is plain of the record are nightmares to listen to. weekday morning The Breakfast of Cham- great rock'n'roll, is that the bands repre- Live albums are inevitably of poorer DeYbung conducting a mob of thousands pions and The Late Risers Club shows. sented on the album can be caught live in quality than studio cuts, but this is usually of screeming adolescents. The mob effect The cuts by Wild Kingdom, The Prime Boston's local clubs almost any week you made up for by the intangibles that make overpowers even the mediocre singing. Movers, and Chain Link Fence were pre- choose. With the exception of songs by the live performances worthwhile: the way. the It's a shame a group with so much tech- viously unreleased, while the other eleven now defunct bands 21-645, Baby's Arm singers relate to the audience, the sense of nicai wizardry can do so poorly with an al- are from-recent and not-so-recent tapes by and Noise Pencils you have the privilege of enthusiasm and professionalism, the pow- bum that had so much potential. Better local Boston bands. Wild Kingdom's edi- seeing your favorite cut performed live by er of the crowd. None of this is present in luck next time. torial on "The Way to Love" is definitely a Boston's best rock and roll artists. The re- Caught In The Act. It sounds like Dennis hot spot on the album with the energetic maining bands on the Throbbing Lobster vocals of Larry Bangor and the excellent Compilation are The Flies, The Under- guitar work of Rich Gilbert. achievers, The Hopelessly Obscure, Christ- The Prime Mrovers offer a more har- mas, Classic Ruins, Johnny and the Jump- monic alternative with "Matter of Time." er Cables, and Holly Cow. They recently returned from the Battle of Every cut on this album is a winner. No- the Garages World Tour and will be releas- body Gets on the Guest-List is a showcase ing a new six-song EP this fall. Advertised of the diversity of Boston's best rock and as "the latest and loudest in Boston's roll. My recommendation is to give it a lis- proudest' tradition," Chain Link Fence ten and find out for yourself. In addition puts forth a powerful rock'n'roll sound in to local record stores in the Boston area, their new cut "The Happening." Their live the Throbbing Lobster Compilation is be- performance last Wednesday at the Throb- ilg: distributed nationally from Sain Fran-.-- bing Lobster record release party was very cisco, Los Anlgeles and Atlanta.- A- nation- impressive, particularly since it was only al college radio station mailing has already their second set out with their new bass -taken-place and Chuck Warner claims, "If player. If you get a chance to see this band it wasn't for the new Huisker Dii album we in one of Boston's local clubs, don't pass it would be number one!" Be sure and look up. for Part Two of the Throbbing Lobster _ _ -}~g~.i 'a~·' lBR- A nesdi~D~sj~B~lj~ My favorite of the previously released Compilation, "Let's Breed," later this fall. Turbines drummer Fred Nazzaro performs at the Throbbing Lobster record re- Stephen A. Brobst lease party last Wednesday at the Channel. Tech photo bv Stehen A. Brobst MIT .wil ...iv. jy V- . V,,t co mposerJ Mozarts -eternar-l-lesson in love through -music Cosi fan tutte, performed in Italian during a wager with Don Alfonso who holds that best to convince themselves they are the Monadnock Festival at Peterborough all women are fickle (Cos, fan tutle; wretched; Dorabella, in particular, puts on contempora Town House, July 28. "they're all like that"). They disguise quite a display of grief in the frenzied Mozart as an individual was not without themselves as Albanians and attempt to se- Smamie implacabili, a show of pure the- blemish; it was in his music that he duce each other's ladies. After initially re- atre, a gesture of correct form far distant masterpiece achieved the perfection that eluded his sisting, the ladies succumb -and the men from the feelings in her heart, feelings John Harbison First Symphony, outer life. After being rejected by Aloysia lose their bet, but all ends happily. which had to be overriden by the propriety Tanglewood, Jurly 29. Weber, whom he loved, Mozart had mar- da Ponte's libretto for Cosi does not of the day. Fiordiligi later puts on an even MIT Professor of Music John Harbison .ried her'sister Constanze instead. The mar- specify how the opera should end. In most grander exhibition in Come scoglio as she conducted the Boston Symphony Orches- riage was less than sublime, its satisfaction productions we see the lovers returned to attempts to throw off her "Albanian" se- tra in a performance of his First Syrmpho- flowing largely from its erotic experiences; their original pairings, all forgiven. Such a ducer; Great leaps and flourishes abound, ny commissioned by the orchestra for its and, at times, Constanze's fidelity was in conclusion is; indeed, cynical; it leashes us but for all this show, indeed because of it, centenary. doubt. Often prone to eccentricity and with the feeling that the women are no -nothing is for real. A clean and tight performance is impor- childishness, Mozart is known to have got more than fickle playthings. But there is The rules of the game change when tant to the building of texture in John down from improvising on the piano and an alternative way to conclude which turns Guglielmno sings 11 core vi dono. Gone is Harbison's work and, under the baton of "leap over table and chairs, miaowing like the opera into an odyssey after love, an the joking staccato; the words flow legato the composer, the Boston Symphony Or- a cat, and turning somersaults like an un- endearment which comes after the discov- from the heart, anld true love reigns. Gug- chestra demonstrated a brilliant clarity ruly boy." ery of compatibility, rather than through 1ielmo is suddenly convincing. And, with and close cohesion in Sunday's perfor- the dictates of form. the varnish vanished, Dorabella is con- mance. The first movement originated in a "cur- ious dream," writes Harbison in a pro- gram note. In his dream a group were playing metallic instruments. "When I woke up I was haunted by the metallic harmonies; but it took a while to realize that they were in the public domain - that the "composer" was an inhabitant of my subconscious." The movement saw a multitude of colors floating past. There were gripping ebbs fan tut u te!) and flows in the strings, mysterious dark- The inner Mozart lay hidden, disguised. There is humor aplenty but, through quered. The opera deepens so that-we ness in the basses, the innocent dance of a 'We can only approach an awareness of his Mozart's music the opera operates at a lev- come to realize that play-acting underlays flute, and amazing percussive effects, all depths through his music. And if any- el far beyond the jokes. the personalities the initial relationships; the Albanian dis- impeccably held together under the com- where we may come to know him, it is in of each character and the relationships be- guises allow the characters to play for real. poser's baton. Mozartean touches underlay Cosi fan tutte, Mozart's most personal tween them are studied in detail. Dora- Fiordiligi pushes herself to resist; but, it is Harbison's use of woodwinds, adding sub- celebration of the human spirit, an essay bella is a latent flirt and somewhat light- the resistance which is unnatural, and tie coloration to great emotional effect. in human affairs at once deeply telling and headed, while Fiordiligi is a rock of against the truth of Mozart's music, she After a brief, gentler, second movement profoundly touching. Like its composer, fidelity. Ferrando is something of a pas- can struggle but in vain. Her guilty ravings the symphony developed to proportions of Coisis truth lies beyond immediate appear- sionate dreamer, while Guglielmo is a dissipate into happy duetting; Ferrando the demonic in the third movement. Start- ances; it is carried in music alone. clown. has indeed won her heart. ing with a harp piucking against a contin- Not all have reacted this way. Through As the opera opens we see Ferrando The men return "from war," having uum of strings, tension increased methodi- much of its history, Cosi has been regarded paired with Dorabella, Guglielmo with changed their disguise of clothes back to cally rather than forcefully, the power as tasteless, even disgusting. The Mozar- Fiordiligi. The artificial way the men be- their disguise of character. But once all is locked in slow, steady bowing comple- tean writer Dent, responsible for bringing have towards their betrothed quickly forgiven, Mozart provides an uplifting menting fireworks in the percussion to the public's attention to Mozart's operas makes us suspicious of the appropriateness ending fit for no disguise at all. Surely Fer- produce an overwhelming climax. earlier this century, saw Cosifan tutte as a of these pairings. To light-hearted music rando must wed his Fiordiligi, and Gug- For the fourth movement percussion and stylized farce, a study in the artificial. they open by declaring faith in their ladies. lielmo must marry Dorabella, for the sub- strings became as one; and the disciplined "The four lovers are utterly unreal," he The opera remains very unreal as the title of the opera, la scuola degli amanti build up of tension was emphasized even wrote, 'they are more like marionettes plot is hatched. The men pretend thaft they (the school for lovers) to hold true to the more. Harbison, in his program note, de- than human beings." Looking at the story are going off to war (so that they may later music. scribes this movement as baroque. Perhaps at first glance, we can appreciate why Dent return in Albanian disguise), and all are Harbison's work is so compelling because, might have reached this conclusion; cast- grief-stricken at their imminent departure. while exciting in its fresh, unpretentious ing deeper, we find that he must be wrong. But, as William Mann.points out, "Miser- Theie were no sets, no costumes. But, it is drawn together by tradi- modernity, Superficially Cos:i is a tale of infidelity: able they may be but the music remains on a stage bleak but for six music stands, tional threads. Ferrando and Guglielmo, certain of Dora- anchored in major keys." James BoIle's Cosifan lutte made riveting Jonathan Richmond bep~a md~ Fiordiligi's faithfulness, take on - - itb Ae men gone,- the ladies do, their ------(Pleaseturn to page 13J

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transition from humor to pathos as the (Continuedfrom page 12) two duetted magically to heartbeats in the psychological drama which the most ela- music. borately-staged production would find The seats were wooden and hard; the hard to rival. opera continued four-and-a-half hours, until midnight, but the audience sat mo- tionless, unable to escape the spell cast by Ten times I listened to Cosi fan tutle last year ...I seductive woodwinds and enchanted behold again the scene and the mild and luminous strings. land. . .The air is so soft that one has only to breathe The words may have been in Italian, but it in order to be happy. . On the stage, there are two everyone Italian coquettes who smile and deceive but, in the muc- knew what was happening as sic, no one lies and no one laughs; we smile all the Fiordiligi and Ferrando entered, following more; even tears are neighbors to a smile. When Mo- n core vi dono, daggers of danger drawn zart is gay, he never ceases to be noble. . .He imbues in the music. love with goodness. 99 The development of Mary Shearer's Per -Hippolyte Taine. pieta told the whole story of Fiordiligi. Sung with great depth, and da capo repeti- The cast was marvellous, and each con- tion notwithstanding, we saw Fiordifigi tributed to the many treats of the evening. emerging from shadows of doubt, sugges- tive horns lifting up her heart, D'Anna Fortunato (Dorabella) and Mary a trium- Unfinished portrait of Mozart by Josef phant conclusion to announce that Fer- Shearer (Fiordiligi) sang Soave sia il vento Constanze Mozart Lange, printed about 1782 rapturously, their voices carried aloft on a rando would be hers. Glenn balmy breeze of woodwinds and strings. Siebert made as noble a Ferrando sensitivity by an orchestra whose conduc- ter Sellars and conducted by Craig Smith. as could be Fortunato provided a bravura display in wished for. His vocal talents tor knew that a violin could tear any heart Smith recently conducted a most success- showed considerable Smamnie implicabile to an orchestra which breadth from an ex- string, a flute capture any emotion, and ful version of Mozart's rare opera II rt traordinarily lyrical bore out her self-deception, rather than Un aura amnorosa to a the music of W. A. Mozart by itself tell pastore; his Cosi can be expected to be touched the heart. broken rage in Tradito schernito. any story. equally elating. Dates. August 1,3,5, 9 & Paulette But then John Brandstetter (Guglielno) Berman was sweet and saucy as Although there are no further perfor- 11 at 8:30 pm, with picknicking on the Despina, John sang I core vi dono with quite transfixing Ostendorf -a characterful mances of Cosi fan tutte at the Monad- lawns of the Crane Estate from 6:30 pm. Alfonso. And beauty; like is Dorabe.11a, D'Anna For- the real d ramatic weapon, nock Festival, it will be presentedstaged at For more information call 3564070. Mozart's music, tunatos he most effectively achieved the was played with a serene Castle Hill in a production direcfte by Pe- Jonathan Richmond

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So I would be con- especially important at MIT be- or computers employed as sea cerned whether I were a hawk or cause "not only do scientists and battle -managers to keep track of a dove.' technicians work at MIT but im- deployment of. friendly and en- "We believe use of autonomous portant scientists and technicians emy weapons, he added. weapons shortens response time of the future are trained at MIIT," "The decision to build a and makes it less easy to avoid he observed. mechanized army represents a nuclear war," noted Berlin. "Clearly, it is up to the scien- dangerous qualitative increase in "Those in favor [of autonomous tists themselves to choose not to · · the arms race," MIT professor of weapons] say humans will not work in the laboratories of ·E have enough time to respond in "": electrical engineering and com- death,' Weizenbaum said. The .·- : ·,p:! c: ; i : i~··P" EC: ?: .-' puter science Joseph Weizenbaum an emergency. We say 'that's military presently provides half ,n· .rr· s7 - I it,' " he said. ?I" said at the demonstration. of all funding for advanced com- r x c"c· , Carrying signs reading "Intelli- 'We know humans make mis- putation research, Berlin ob- r : takes, and we allow fr that, but IC"r gent machines aren't," "Comlput- served. r r ra,'? ers for life, not death," 'Trust people have the illusion that com- "Our feeling is that installing I" r/ r25C`: ,. xlc-*I people, not machines,' and "We puters don't make mistakes," unreliable equipment won't really -Iu need a smart president, not smart Weizenbaura commented. save lives and will waste money bombs,' the picketers marched Weizenbaum cited the 1965 and talent that could be spent on for an hour beginning at noon, power blackout on the East more socially useful projects, like with a break for a speech from Coast as an example of computer education," Berlin said. Weizerbaum. error. "That complex system Conference leader Whelan "The purposes of the demon- worked for years and years and came out of the hotel to watch stration are to call to the atten- then suddenly failed," he ex- the demonstration. "I agree with tion of our fellow professionals plained. what they're saying, but there's that there are social issues, soci- another side: you can't control 'Lots of people have been led humans either. There are no fool- etal issues, involved here, and to to believe that artificial intelli- point out to people that very proof ways of reasoning," he gence is here and whatever tasks said. large computer systems are unre- you give computers, they can do liable," Weizenbaurnm explained. "What I'm concerned about is "I am concerned for the insane them. But computers are lab ap- that there should be a debate [on and they don't work all waste of human talent, not to pliances autonomous weapons], and I feel the time. When they do, they can mention capital, to develop wht's going on upstairs is part of only do 'toy' problems, [tasks] faster, more efficient, more pro- the debate," he said. way behind what a four or five '[Whelan] believes in a debate, fessional ways of killing," said Weizen- Weiienbaum. year-old child can dog" and I think that's the most you baum observed. "We are talking' here about can ask from someone in high killing thousands, millions of "We cannot turn the decision tech," said Dan Carnese, one of people in one stroke, and that's to kill or not to kill over to com- the demonstrators and a member not how we like to see our tech- puters. That is like putting a of Computer Professionals for nology used,' he added. drunken general in charge of an Social Responsibility. 'If I were a general or an ad- army," said Weizenbaum. "I "I think we can distinguish be- miral," he continued, "I would think we have to use words like tween the conference and larger be worried that my weapons sys- 'killing' here; we have to use issues, and we're addressing the tems were an illusion, that they words like 'gepocide,' " he con- larger issues," Carnese said.

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