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Volume 116, Num!'er 7 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, February 27, 1996 Sophomore Dies after Falling from MacGregor .,Police Say Circumstances of Death Consistent with Suicide By Daniel C. Stevenson newspaper in a MacGregor lounge, TECHNOLOGY DmECTOR Campbell said. Melissa . Ronge '98 fell to her At 6:22 a.m., Campus Police death from the 14th floor of Mac- were notified by a MacGregor tutor, •Gregor House yesterday, sometime and they responded with the Cam- between 4 and 6 a.m. bridge Police, Glavin said. Ronge, 19, was an applied math- A lengthy note was found and ematics major and a member of the given to Ronge's parents, said women's volleyball team. She was a Senior Associate Dean Robert M. resident of the dormitory's E-entry, Randolph. and was originally from North Syra- cuse, New York. Students, counselors talk in dorm The death has not yet been Clas- Ronge "had been connected up sified as a suicide, said Kenneth D. with several resources on campus Campbell of the News Office. It will and we were trying to assist her in take a medical examiner several making decisions about what she days to ascertain the cause, he said. wanted to do with her personal But the circumstances of the issues," said Dean for Residence death were consistent with suicide, and Campus Activities Margaret A. said Campus Police Chief Anne P. Jablonski. Glavin. There was no evidence of Ronge spent Sunday night talk- foul play. ing with friends and tutors about her THOMAS R. KARLa-THE TECH Ronge was last seen between 3 Students, faculty, and friends gather to discuss the life and death of Melissa N. Ronge '98. and 5 a.m. yesterday reading a Ronge, Page 11 No Candidates RlIIl$g Frats Consider Dry RIO Week - 22 'UA,.Class Offices By David D. Hsu . nity in the U~ited States does have a "I tend not to make a stand For . , NEWS EDITOR completely dry rush. . against the FSILGs," Pride said. "I , . Concern over alcohol and Resi- "The other point is that national would rather promote ideas such as By Shang-Un Chuang bership, and 125 signatures for class dence and Orientation Week has fraternities prohibit chapters from improvement of brotherhood rather NEWS EDITOR officers. prompted proposals which would using alcohol, yet some fraternities than shoving policies down their Five days after the first deadline place further restrictions on alcohol do have activities where alcohol is neck. for submitting signed p-etitions Deadline extended to help election duringrush. present" even though freshman are "Even though [a completely dry passed, only six of the 26 positions "The election commission . These proposals could further not drinking, Dorow said. rush] is a really beautiful idea, it up for ~lection in this month's encourages people to run for office alter rush week. Rush week under- would seem to me an idealistic goal Undergraduate Association elec- since the deadline has been extend- went a major change in November, Past incidents prompt concern to have the fraternities not based on tions have candidates. ed," Ng said. when the Dormitory Eouncil with- Recent incidents with fraternities alcohol," Pride said. "It's a reality Because of the low participation, For the positions of UA presi- drew its participation from the have initiated concern about alco- that's not going to be attained." the UA has extended the petition dent and vice president "we have Clearinghouse system used to track hol. In September, a car hit a Boston The policy may be unnecessary, deadline to this Friday..The paper- three great teams already ready to freshmen. University student outside a Kappa Pride said. Brothers are usually too ballot election will take place March go and maybe more coming with the Eliminating the entire presence Sigma party where alcohol was pre- busy with rush to drink. The policy 13. deadline extended," Ng sa~d. of alcohol during rush or extending sent ["Car Hits BU Student Outside would then only apply to alumni As 'of last night, 10 cahdidates or "MIT is going through a dramat- the period when alcohol cannot be Frat Party," Sept. 15, 1995]. and visitors who would 1:?eover21. ca didate pairs had submitted peti- ic period of chapge this year and served to pledges are two proposals There also have been some com- Prohibiting alcohol past the CUT- tions and declared their next year with re-engi- the Interfraternity Council is cur- munity complaints about noise dur- rent deadline would be a destruction candidacy for offices, Ng neering, the ROTC rently reviewing. ing rush ["Alcohol Banned from of back-to-school celebrations, said. ~ UA issue, new upper-level Current rush rules prohibit alco- Delts' House; Licensing Board Acts Pride said. "It leaves a big period of Some of the election L..:.I administrators installed, hol from being served in any rush on Complaints," Nov. 17, 1995], time where nothing happens after packets handed in were Electiorts and other intensely event until after 12:00 p.m. on the Dorow said. It "has created some pledges join." incomplete, and there- undergraduate-related Saturday after rush begins. At no friction with the Back Bay." The elimination of parties during fore were not counted as issues that need student time may any freshman be served The sec~nd proposal seeks to "dead week," the second week of of last Friday, said UA Election' and student leaders' involvement:' alcohol from the beginning of rush prohibit alcohol past the current rush, is too drastic an action, Pride Commissioner Amy W. Ng '99: Ng said. "We need motivateUnited States Fidel Castro's government for the cans and others to sue in U.S. courts Bennitt said. Three of the supersonic fighters from Miramar Naval and Cuba and support legislation incident. for compensation from foreign com- Air Station have crashed in recent weeks. imposing tighter sanctions on that The downed planes were flown panies that buy property that Castro Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., will convene a hearing Thursday to country. by Brothers to the Rescue, a Miami had' confiscated over the past three examine the F-14 's safety record. Thirty-two of the supersonic fight- The two moves' were among group of volunteer pilots who fly decades. The White House and Sen- ers have crashed since 1991. political and economic sanctions missions to search for Cuban rafters ate previously had opposed that Hunter and Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif., have announced by Clinton after a Cuban leaving the island and to protest measure, and the White House said complained bitterly that cutbacks in defense spending during the , MiG-29 fighter jet downed two Castro's rule. it will attempt to negotiate a com- Clinton administration have kept the Navy from upgrading the Cessna aircraft in the Florida Strait Administration officials promise. . older models of F-14s and thus have endangered the lives of near the Cuban coast on Saturday. acknowledge$! that with a full trade The legislation, sponsored by fliers. Clinton also will ask Congress to embargo already in place, Clinton's Sen. Jesse Helms, (R-N.C.), and use some of the $100 million in response was likely to have only a Rep. Daq Burton, (R-Ind.), also Cuban assets frozen in the United modest effect on Cuba's economy. would bar countries from buying Christopher Op~ns Up Latin Trade States to compensate families of the But a White House official said the Cuban sugar and other products, and THE WASH/NGTON POST four men aboard the planes, who are president was attempting to avoid . then reselling them' in the United SAN SALVADOR missing and presumed dead. He also imposing "too much misery" on States .as a way of getting around Seeking to highlight Cuba's isolation in the Western Hemisphere, will limit travel in the United States Cuban citizens while still sending '!a the trade embargo in effect since the Secretary of State Warren Christopher kicked off a victory tour of by Cuban diplomats and will signal that if this happens again, the 1960s. Latin American success stories Monday by offering to increase. expand broadcast by U.S.-operated response can be much harsher." It would cut aid to Russia if access to U.S. markets for friendly Central American and Caribbean Radio Marti .nto Cuba. Outside of military action, which Moscow supports an electronic nations. In his brief statement, Clinton the White House quickly ruled out, intelligence-gathering facility in Christopher's trip was planned long before Cuba's downing on continued to make the U.S. case that the administration could have taken Cuba, and" orders the administra- Saturday of two U.S. civilian light aircraft, but Christopher seized on shooting down unarmed civilian a range of other actions including tion to try to .block Cuba from the occasion to reinforce the argument that democratic reforms and planes, whatever the provocation withdrawing all diplomats from joining international financial cooperation with Washington are more fruitful than the alternatives and whatever their location, is a Cuba and ending U.S.-Cuban phone institutions. practiced by Cuba. "flagrant violation" of international service. Clinton left in place his "The legislation 'will be on the Christopher promised Salvadoran President Armando Calderon law. "Although the (Cuban Ameri- recent easing of curbs on Cuban- president's desk before the blood Sol - and the leaders of Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, can) group that operated the planes American financial remittances and dries on Castro's hands," Helms Nicaragua and Belize, whom he met over lunch - that President had entered Cuban airspace in the steps to facilitate U.S.-Cuban media said Monday. He has asked key Clinton will include in his proposed budget bill a provision to give past, this is no excuse for the operations. lawmakers to meet Wednesday to their countries and most Caribbean states access to U.S. markets attack," Clinton said. On Capitol Hill, members of finish work on the bill. equal to that of Mexico and Canada for some of their most important While Clinton reiterated the U.S Congress who were. pushing the so- Under the new sanction, "people products. account that the attack occurred in called Helms-Burton bill to tighten won't be flying from Miami to Cuba international airspace, the Cuban sanctions against Cuba even before anymore," said one senior official. government insisted it has the shoot-down said the incident He asked that Americans avoid fly- u.s. Assesses Impact of Job Cuts "unequivocal proof," including will ensure passage. They also con- ing to Cuba from other countries, THE WASHINGTON POST records of cockpit conversations and fidently predicted a presidential sig- the main way visitors have avoided WASHINGTON radar tapes, that the two planes were nature even if provisions are incJud- travel restrictions. Government data indicated that managers, supervisors and execu- tives made up 12.1 percent of the nonpostal workforce in 1989, and that had risen to 12.7 percent by mid-1993. Buyouts aimed at middle- Medicaid Impasse Allows Some management employees have trimmed the number. By last Septem- ber there were only 11.6 percent classified as bosses. But a report by the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee says good management may require a higher ratio of Governors to Incre~ Budgets supervisors to employees than the l-to-15 goal of the White House. When the administration began working on Uncle Sam's midriff, it By Judith Havemann welfare dependence, according to as prescrip ion drugs if they are said there was one supervisor for every every 15 employees. The THE WASHINGTON POST the Center for Law and Social Poli- willing to put up their share of the House Committee says that in industry the average is one supervisor WASHINGTON cy, a liberal group. The cuts would cost. New York's $21 billion-a-year for every six workers. Its report says that setting an "arbitary" gov- Every passing day makes. it less save about $299 miliion in the Medicaid program offers just about ernment-wide goal may deny agencies the flexibility they need in likely that Congress will enact GOP upcoming fiscal year. everything. tough or complex programs. Medicaid. and welfare reforms that Clinton vetoed such a plan, not Furthermore, the state, like Employees have mixed emotions. Excess supervison can be sti- would save the states billions of dol- once, but twice. many others, has used the program fling. But those hoping to advance to higher grades, pay, and respon- lars, but many governors are acting In an attempt to force Congress as a form of revenue-sharing, sibility can't help but notice that their promotion chances aren't get- as if they already had the cash in the to act, the nation's governors unani- accord~ng to Fossett. "In a lot of ting any better. bank. . mously proposed their own blue- ~ases we've really pushed very hard Washington's possible failure to print three weeks ago to break the . .. to push programs that used to be act on the proposals would seqd Medicaid and welfare stalemate. funded 100 percent by state dollars states such as New York scrambling Congressional leaders are con- onto Medicaid. A big slug of Med- WEATHER to make up huge shortfalls later this sidering whether, "to attach the icaid money goes for special '(edu- year. National Governors' Association cation)." "It's got to happen in the next proposals to next month's must-pass New York, with 7 percent of the Fickle February month," said Wisconsin Gov. legislation to .ncrease the govern- nation's population, consumes 15.7 Tommy G. Thompson (R), referring 'ment's borrowing authority. percent of all Medicaid money. Its By Gerard Roe to enactment of the big budget But Republican congressional nursing home rates are the highest STAFF METEOROLOGIST items. "If it doesn't, I don't know aides give the plan only a slim in the nation, although its ~ursing We will continue to experience extremely mild weather for the what some states are going to do." chance of success in this election home' patients are among the sick- next day or so, but rain and cold will follow closely behind. Tempera- New York Gov. George E. Pata- year, when months will be devoted est. More Medicaid funds are spent tures have remained resiliently high over the past few days despite ki (R), whose Medicaid program is to campaigning. The governors' on mental health and home care in strong winds blasting down out of the north. This is largely due to a the nation's largest, has introduced a proposals have attracted fierce New York than in any other state, mid-troposphere phenomenon; a large quasi-stationary trough out budget that taps into a $1.3 billion . opposition from interest groups rep- by far. over the west producing southerly winds over most of the country is Medicaid gold mine opened up by resenting the poor. Also, many In his budget, Pataki took propping up temperatures nearer the surface. Good things do not last, an arcane formula change in the dis- members of Congress in hearings advantage of a little-noticed however, and a gradual migration east of the aforementioned trough tribution of federal funds that was last week raised questions about the change in the formula for distribut- will bring precipitation and pull temperatures sharply down to more approved by Congress last year. cost, workability, philosophy and ing Medicaid funds to the states seasonal levels. A weak low developing to the south and east will That change was vetoed by Pres- possible side effects .of the guberna- that was added to a massive deficit stave off the advance of a warm front for most of Tuesday morning. ident Clinton in early' December. torial plan. reduction plan in a late-night Sen- However, high clouds due to the overrunning warm air will develop Pataki is not alone. Michigan In a crowd of high-stakes bet- ate Finance Committee markup on during the afternoon, and a drop in the wind heralds the surface front Gov. John Engler (R) has penciled tors, no governor has gambled more Sept. 29 by New York Sens. which will come through Tuesday night. in $320 million in anticipated Med- on congressional action than New Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) and Light precipitation will most likely start by early Wednesday icaid savjngs to finance a 5 percent York's Pataki, now in his second Alfonse M. D' Amato (R). Both morning, peaking about lunchtime. Partial clearing behind the cold increase in funds for Michigan's year as governor of the state with a senators are members of the pow- front brings on a chilly Thursday, with not much respite in site before state universities. Medicaid program so vast it has erful Finance Committee, through the end of the week. But Congress hasn't passed leg- been labeled the "Medicaid Industri- which all Medicaid legislation Today: Mostly sunny in the morning. High clouds developing islation that would allow Michigan al Complex" by James Fossett; a must move. during the afternoon. Winds more moderate than recently at 10-15 to implement Engler's plan without professor at the State University of The amendment changed the mph (16-24 kph) and out of the north changing to southerly in the going through the cumbersome New York at Albany. Medicaid formula' to benefit 21 of afternoon. High 51°F (1 1°C). process of obtaining a .waiver of Medicaid is a $155 billion-a-year the nation's wealthier states that are Tonight: Cloudy with rain developing around midnight. Low today's Medicaid rules. joint federal-state health insurance currently required to. fork over more 40°F (4°C). California is a-ssuming it will program for the poor. It provides of their own money than others to Wednesday: Rain stopping by mid-afternoon. Then partial clear- have enough authority in a welfare some standard benefits such as hos- get federal matching funds. ing and colder. High 51°F (11°C). Low 28°F (-2°C). block grant to cut benefits 4.5 per- pital coverage for everybody who When Clinton vetoed the bal- Thursday: Fair and cold. High 34°F (l°C). Low 22°F (-6°C). cent, and make further cuts after six qualifies but offers states the oppor- anced budget plan Dec. 6, he aJso months and again after 12 months of tunity to add optional benefits such kmed the formula change. 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Palestinian Ameriean Shot Dead Court Sends Mixed Signal on Laws Regarding Cross Burnings By.Angry Israelis After A.ccident THE BALTIMORE SUN WASHINGTON By Barton Gellman men converged on the bus stop and bus bombings over the past two The Supreme Court created new confusion Monday over the THE WASHl}IGTON POST ~rought afternoon rush-hour traffic years - Afula, Hadera, Tel Aviv, power of states to make cross-burning a crime by clearing the way for JERUSALEM 10' a halt. P.olicemunitions experts; Beit Lid, Ramat Gan, Jerusalem - Florida to prosecute a youth for such an incident. It is not certain, and may never presuming another terrorist strike, .'there are 1.5 million people who Four years ago, the court appeared to bar most, if not all, of the be, why Ahmed Hamideh drove his searched Hamideh's small Fiat for ride buses every day because they government's power to outlaw hate messages in speech or symbolic car Monday into a crowd of people explosives. They found groceries have no choice. gestures. Unanimously, the court struck down a St. Paul, Minn., ordi- at a bus stop on Jerusalem's north- meant for his nephews in the West Sunday's suicide bombing nance against cross-burning. ern edge, killing one person and Bank. attacks gave new emotional lever- Monday, however, the court voted - with no dissents noted - to injuring 22. As the nation buried the bomb- age to opponents of Israel's peace reject a constitutional challenge to a Florida law that outlaws the Long skid marks at the scene ing victims Monday - the toll hav- compact with Palestinian leader placement of a "flaming cross" on private property without the suggest that the 36-year-old ing risen to 27 overnight - a palpa- Vasser Arafat and raised new owner's permission. Hamideh, an American of Palestin- ble sense of anxiety prevailed here. doubts among supporters as well. The youth involved, Thomas Brandt Davis of Jacksonville, now ian origin, had tried to brake, and Had Hamideh done what he did on Commentator Shalom Yerushalmi, a will be tried in juvenile court for putting a burning cross on the prop- police investigators now say they another day, said Hebrew Universi- well-known advocate of the peace erty of a black family. The Florida Supreme Court in June upheld that think he somehow lost control of his ty law professor Mordechai Krem- process, wrote in the newspaper state's cross-burning law. rented car. Two armed bystanders, nitzer, he probably would have lived Maariv Monday that "Israel should The Florida court said that its own state law was broader than the seeing bodies on the street and a to explain what happened. Today, shake off its commitments" to the St. Paul ordinance nullified by the Supreme Court. The St. Paul law, man who appeared to be an Arab Kremnitzer said, "people are accord "until Arafat goes on an it said, was unconstitutional under the First Amendment because it leaving the car, believed otherwise. afraid." uncompromising war against ter- targeted only symbolic messages that would offend specific minority They shot him dead on the spot. The location of the incident ror." groups. So jittery are Israeli nerves a day seemed significant. Buses and bus As always after a national By contrast, it said, the Florida law simply banned all cross-burn- after Palestinian extremists set off stops have become Israel's front calamity, Monday's funerals were ing. That made it valid under the First Amendment, because it out- bombs on a Jerusalem bus and amid lines and passengers unwilling com- covered live on Israeli radio, and the lawed only the threat of violence that cross-burning always conveys, a crowd of hitchhiking' soldiers in batants. And although praetically evening television news dwelt on the Florida court said. Ashqelon that hundreds of police- every Israeli can recite the list of the mourners at length. Serb Forces Help Evacuation British Consenrative party Withstands LOS ANGELES TIMES ILiJAS, BOSNIA.HERZEGOVINA About 70 Bosnian Serb army vehicles rolled into this gloomy Attack Regarding megal Arms Sales industrial suburb of Sarajevo on Monday. But unlike countless other military actions over the past four years, the assault was waged with By WIlliam D. Montalbano Major's victory, which spared Conservative treasury minister. cardboard boxes and dollies instead of guns and bombs. LOS ANGELES TIMES him from having to call a vote of "I don't think this is finished. In an unprecedented effort to calm the chaotic exodus from the LONDON confidence, can only reinforce his We'll be going home convinced that Bosnian Serb-populated outskirts of the capital, the military trucks Facing down a fierce opposition determination to remain in office for the government is on the defensive," were permitted to cross Bosnian government territory and enter this attack and defectors from his own a full term and to call elections next said Donald Dewar, a senior Labor demilitarized zone, which is fast being sucked empty of its Bosnian party, British Prime Minister John year, rather than this year as his Party leader. Serb inhabitants. Major 'put his government on the opponents demand. At issue was an 1,800-page During the war, Ilijas was a fierce center of Bosnian Serb rebel- line Monday in an incendiary parlia- In angry debates in the House of report by magistrate Sir Richard lion, with as many as l,OOOmen from the town killed on the front mentary vote over illegal arms sales Commons on Monday, the two sides Scott, asked by Major to investigate line. This time, the military mission was as benign as it was humiliat- to Iraq - and won by a hair. drew opposite conclusions from the the sale of British weapons to the ing: collect the possessions of residents desperate to leave before Major's Conservatives won 320- same report. Major's opponents saw Hussein regime, despite an Thursday, when Muslim-Croat federation police move in. 319 in a vote that undercuts the a callous decision to trade with Sad- announced government ban against "The civilian truck drivers have been afraid to go, but now drivers impact of a report faulting govern- dam Hussein in defiance of stated arming Iraq. have been drafted to go by the military," said Srecko Jankovic, a ment officials for their handling of government policy, and a cover-up Scott was sharply critical of two Bosnian Serb official who helped organized one early-morning con- the arms sales in the years before to keep the decision secret. The senior government officials, voy. "I started this war defending my people, and I will end it defend- the Persian Gulf War. government's supporters saw flexi- William Waldegrave, the No.2 offi- ing my people." The Conservatives limped to vic-, . ble decision-making on the part of cial at the Treasury, and Sir Still, NATO officials said, more than 100 mobilized vehicles did tory despite two defections, the ministers working in the national Nicholas Lyell,'the attorney general, not join the rescue effort for lack of willing drivers, many of whom opposition of nine members of.Par- interest. for misleading parHament, the pub- were afraid of being arrested by Muslim-Croat federation police. liament from Northern Ireland who "In any country which has seen lic and the courts on sales that pro- Earlier, the police had set up checkpoints along the route, but normally vote with the government real corruptions, they'd be aston- ceeded despite repeated assurance NATO and U.N. police said Monday they had demanded their and the combined weight of the ished we're making such a meal of that government restrictions against removal. Labor and Social Democrat parties. this," said Francis Maude, a former them had not been lifted.

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The processes of supplies, to the supplier consolidation re- purpose is to review administrative its findings to students as it prepares food, I decided to see what was housing, and personal support have engineering team, and emphasize and educational support processes its final recommendations for deliv- going on." been recommended to go through a student needs in administrative deci- and to identify and recommend ery to the steering committee on Students had various problems set of changes that include re-orga- sions related to these processes. areas where changes are needed, is March 12, said team member with the current state of the so- nization and training. In addition, the housing process made up of Stephen D. Immennan Anthony J. Ives '96. called "processes," or general areas These were chosen for redesign has been recomm'ended to be reor- and Jennifer D. Dougherty of the The recommendations will of student life marked for redesign, using criteria like importance to the ganized by first combining the Office of the Senior Vice President,. include a proposal detailing future that were presented at the open student, level of dissatisfaction, Offices of Housing and Residential Associate Dean of Undergraduate changes to stu- house. opportunity to complement the edu- Life, and then bringing most of Academic Affairs Margaret S. dent services "Upperclass- cational mission, cross-functional housing management under Physi- Enders, Associate Director of like career assis- men advising is interaction, ease of implementation, cal Plant's purview. Career Services Jeannette L. Ger- tance and orien- "~ are still in the not centralized," cost, and volume. In the process of personal sup- zon, Ives, Jones, Mehta, Owu, team tation. It will process of gathering Wang said. "Every The provision of supplies and port, the team recommended estab- captain and Professor of Electrical also describe the department is dif- materials, which covers things like lishing coordinators at the senior Engineering and Computer Science structure of feedback. " ferent; there is no room allocation, has also been rec- level to organize, train and support Marty F. Schlecht ScD '82, and future redesign continuous sup- ommended for change. Process service providers across varied Weber. teams and the Michael K Owu '86 port, and students project's sched- learn more from ule, Ives said. other students An open house held yesterday instead of from their advisors." was part of the team's effort to dis- "Advising is very vague," said play its findings, share its conclu- Michelle D. Green '96. "It is not a sions, and get student input, said two-way experience. The support, Associate Director of Admissions information, and benefit could be e l.ook ed at Hl1d \\ hat and team member Marilee Jones. much better if we had a good advis- "We are still in the process of ing system." gathering feedback," said team "The open house presented many member and Associate Planning ideas but there were no actual rec- Officer Michael K. Owu '86. "They ommendations. I'd like to see more will be incorporated into the final concrete goals," Wang said. report." "The main thing to keep in mind The input will also be used to is that what we have been present- guide the work of the future ing is our preliminary proposals," redesign teams, Ives said. It will said team coordinator Anand Mehta help them identify what areas G. 'They are not set in stone yet. _--1 . require more work and input. Up to We have some ideas, but we need to _._---- now, the team has held more than have input before we know what 50 interviews, 12 focus group meet- will work." ings, and 75 open or department "The ideas presented were very meetings, according to an open good," Green said. But implementa- house poster. tion will be tough and relatively slow because of the size of MIT's Students concerned with issues bureaucracy, he said. The Institute The student services re-engineer- "doesn't like change," he said. ing effort "is very important and "Change has always been met with will change the fundamental. ways a lot of opposition." HELEN LlN-THE TECH in which student services are done," Student services assessment team members Jeannette L. Gerzon, career services associate advisor, said one student who stopped by the Processes marked for change and Margaret S. Enders, associate dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs, talk with a student In open house, Shin-l A. Wang '96. 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personal difficulties, Randolph said. "The support was there for her and for the people she cared about. The bottom line is you can do everything ", C~ht and it's still not enough." There were "some incidents yes- terday and people had been talking to her,h Randolph said. "I don't think anyone thought that she would be dead this morning." Ja\>lonski, Rando'ph, and coun- selors from the Medical Department were at MacGregor last night to talk with. students. Ronge's parents Melllsa N. Ronge .98 ~ame in last night to. talk with her friends. fell from. Two years before Borki's The incident has been "a night- suicide, in April 1988, Mark R. marish situation for all of us," Ran- Kordos '89 jumped from the dormi- lph said. tory's 13th floor. Six other students committed Ronge was active in athletics suicide in the two-and-a-half years Ronge served as team statistician prior to Kordos' death. for the men's and women's soccer Ramy A. Arnaout, Oleg E. and basketball teams as well as the Drozh inin, and Anders Hove con- men's volleyball and lacross~ triquted to the r~porting of this teams. Ronge, 'who wrote many story. 10..250 3/2/96 11:59 PM sports articles for The T~ch abQut FREE the teams, described sports statistics as her real love. Ronge served as MacGregor's athletic chair, played the violin and chess, and liked to read, watch movies, and listen to music. • I In a statement, Dean .for Under- graduate Education Rosalind H. Williams said Ronge "was a vibrant person who was widely involved in our community and who had a bright future. To have this future cut off so abruptly is a source of great sorrow for us all. We extend our sympathy to her family and to all her friends and colleagues here." Ronge fell from a lounge in MacGregor's. A-entry, the site of two suicides several years ago. Because of those earlier deaths, the ( 'ndows in the tower section of the ormitory were modified to prevent people jumping or falling through them. However, the window Ronge fell from was apparently able. to open completely.

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The following incidents were reported to the Campus Police between Feb. 9 and Feb. 22:

Feb. 9: Student Center, 1) wallet .stolen, $20 2) backpack stolen, $180; Bldg. 8, room broken.into and metal tubing stolen, $500; Bldg. 68, two telephones stolen, $100; 33 Massachusetts Ave., bicycle Tax stolen, $160; Bldg. 3,1) $33 cash stolen 2) $17 cash stolen 3) watch stolen, $2'50. Feb. 11: Student Center, bicycle stolen, $240; Astroturf, $130 info, stolen from a wallet; Bldg. E 15 plaza, en Scott, of 52 Brigham Cir- cle, Bost0!1, arrested for trespassing. . toll-free.

Feb., 12: Bldg. EI9, water pump stolen, $332; West Garage, sus- picious activity; Burton-Conner House, bicycle stolen, $600; Bldg. Tax questions? , E25, refrigerator stolen. Call TeleTax Feb. 13: Bldg. E38, computer monitor stolen, $400. This space donated by The Tech Feb. 14: Student Center, 1) cred't card number stolen and $1,200 for recorded charged 2) backpack stolen from Athena cluster, $80; Westgate: sus- picious activity; Bldg. E25, wall,et stolen; $20. information Feb. 16: Muddy Charles, two coats stolen, $264; Lobby, 10, MIT Card stolen; Bldg. 20, refrigerator stolen; Bldg. 37, bicycle stolen on about ATTENTION SENIORS from rack, $400; Student Center, computer memory, cellular phone, and vacuum stolen, total value $2,870; Bldg. 7, ~ TM card and wallet 150 tax topics, rosmoN AVAILABLE IN THE stolen $25; DuPont men's locker room, 1) locker broken into wallet ADMISSIONS omcs AS AN stolen, $10 2) clothing and wallet stolen, $78; Bldg. EI5, computer 24. hours a day. ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR parts stolen, $2,000'. The Office o,f Admissions Is now accepting applications Feb. 17: Rockwell basketball court, $60 cash stolen from wallet for the position of Admissions Counselor. This Is a one year insi~e gym oag. fuU-time position beginning In July' 1996 (some flexlbUlty TeleTalt Is possible). Duties Include: Feb. 18: Student Center, video'machine yandalized; Burton-Con- 8 1-800-829-4477 ner, skates stolen, $90; Bldg. E40, suspicious activity; DuPont gym- • conducting question and answer sessions nasium basketball court, wallet stolen' from a'coat, $40; Delta Psi • Interviewing prospective appllcants • visiting secondary schools (Number Six Club), 1) $250 cash stolen 2) $45 cash stolen. ~..8l Department of the Treasury • coordinating MlT student Invoivement In tJM!IIlnternaJ Revenue service Feb. 19: East Campus, New House, and Ashdown House, annoy- reception area http:ttwww.ustreas.gov • participating In admisSIons committee decisions ing phone calls; Bldg. Vj23, malicious damage to a door.

Feb. 20: Bldg. 16, computer stolen, $4,000 .. Applications are available In the Admissions Office, 3-108,' with Robin Dey and should be returned no later than ' Feb. 21: Ashdown, 1) ceramic figurines stolen, $40 2) annoying March 1, 1996. phone calls; Bldg. 66, $30 cash stolen; Bldg. 20, backpaCK stolen, $192; Hayden Library,-backpack stolen, $370; Bldg. 2, telephone N~te: This Is for 1996 Uanuary or June) MlT graduate$. stolen, '$25; Bldg 1, tools stolen, $2,000.

Feb. 22: West Parking lot, indecent exposure.

This space donated by The Tech Its a Classic 1998 Brass Rat Premieres on'Monday; , PM , March 4, at 9 in -- Walker Memorial Refreshments will be .served and a: Brass Rat will be ~warded / Memorabilia for All Oass Members and Door Prizes for First 98 Students Page 20 THE ECH SPORTS February 27, 1996 's Fenc' gWms ew England Championships By Jennifer Mosler Epee team alternate Nora Szasz ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR '99 had a good performance, win- The women's varsity fencing ning 2 bouts in the B pool after team won the ew England Cham- replacing team member Jennifer pionships Saturday at the University Mosier '96, who withdrew due to of ew Hampshire, decisively injury. defeating the eight other teams com- Captain, Wan~a Chin '97 fenced peting, including rivals Brown Uni- well in the foil A pool, but just versity and Wellesley College. missed" qualifying for the final Going into the championships rounds. Aimee Wiltz '99 and Sara with a 1~ 1 conference record, the Perry '99 also contributed to the Lady Blades were expecting' to put team victory. on a great performance. "It was very There were several outstanding satisfying to finally take home the individual performances. Foilists sword, the championship trophy," Leejee Suh '97 and Amy' Hwang said head coach Jarek Koniusz. '97 both advanced to the individual "After having lost by just two competition with 7-2 and 8-1 touches to Brown at last year's records, respectively., Hwang fin- championships, it was exciting to ished in 7th place, and Sub.ended up beat them by three," Koniusz said. in 9th place. The format' of the competition In epee, Kari Backes '96 went was different from that used during undefeated in the D pool (9.0) to the regular season. Each team qualify and finished in eighth place. ranked their four starters A Also in epee Nicky Leifer '98 quali- through D, with the best fencer in fied from the C pool and finished the A pool. The team competition seventh. consisted of four intra-pool face- The team was led by epee Cap'" offs. tain Merideth Rising '98, who not Fencers qualified to the individ- only qualified for the individual ual competition based on their competition in the A pool, but also record in the team competition. went on to go undefeated in the final The top four A fencers, three B round and win the individual Epee fencers, two C fencers, and one D Championship. fencer advanced in each weapon. The team's next competition will be this weekend, when MIT hosts . SARAH PARR y There was then a round-robin tour- nament to decide the individual the Intercollegiate Fencing Associa- Jennifer N. Mosler '96 fences against an opponent from Tufts Unlverslty,.as MIT beat Tufts, and seven tion championships. other teams to win the New England Championships at the University of New Hampshire Saturday. winners. With Strong Showing, Men~ V-BallWins SOme,Loses Some By Melissa Ronge quickly and efficiently, taking game four, 16-14, forcing a fifth and Tom Klemas advantage of MIT's offensive arid final gam.e. Men's Gym Tops UVM TEAM MEMBERS breakdowns to win in three games. The final game was a .seesaw The men's varsity volleyball MIT's last chance to salvage the battle that featured 16 lead changes. By Raymond LI was not as good, but MIT still man- travelled to New York last weekend weekend came against Manhattan's MIT finally finished off Hunter, TEAM MEMBER aged to raise its lead another point to face divisional rivals Concordia Hunter Collegel which easily defeat- 22-20, to win what middle blocker The men's gymnastics team was over UVM. On the still rings, Co- College, Queens College, and ed MIT in last'year's meeting. While Charles Morton '97 des<;;ribed as victorious in a tough home meet captain Andy Lobban '97 turned in Hunter College. They met with the Engineers took the first game of "the longest, most dramatic match Saturday against the University of a stunning performance, which mixed success. the match with relative ease, Hunter I've ever been a part of." Vermont, a school that has beaten earned him a score of 8.40, a very Friday night saw the Engineers showed its tenacious defense in the The MIT offense was led by MIT regularly for the past few. high score without a dismount. battle hard with Concordia but fall, second game, stopping nearly every Burns with 16 kills, and Margetts years. Cooper's 8.50 was the highest on three games to none, as the team MIT attack and winning, 15-6.' and Dave Lehman '97 with 14 kills ) Despite the Engineers' strong rings. struggled to sideout against a strong While the Engineers were still each. Morton came up with 10 recent performances, the odds were In the remaining events, the team defensive team. Fine performances recovering from the second game, blocks to lead the team in that still slightly against them at they consistently gave eight-point perfor- were turned in by Mike Margetts Hunter kept the pressure on and department. Solid defense was pro- faced UVM. While a good number mances. The crowd's feverish cheers '97 and Leondro Burns '98 up front took the third game, 15-9. vided by James Hsiao,'99. of injured gymnasts were able to and support helped MIT carry the to keep things close. The Engineers seemed to be MIT's next home contest will be compete, many had not fully recov- victory home. The final score was Saturday morning's contest fea- headed for a third defeat, but clutch Wednesday against local rival ered. Many tricks had to be left out MIT 189.95,UVM 182.45. tured Queens College, a contender serving from opposite hitter Burns Wentworth Institute of Technology, of their routines in order to ensure This was not only one of the for the Eastern Conference title. allowed the team to come back from who the Engineers have already their personal safety. team's best meets against UVM, it Queens disposed of the Engineers 7-11 and 11-14 deficits to win defeated once this season. Nevertheless, the Engineers was also filled with new school started the meet with a strong lead records. The team set a new team over UVM that they were able to record for the floor exercises with Women ~ Gymnasts to Go toNationalJ; carry throughout the competition. 35.20 points. They also set a new The entire team had strong, clean team record for total score, 189.95 By Catherine Rocchio the firsttime in two years since a seri- Wilson Colleges began on vaulting, routines on the floor exercises. points. This new record was more ASSISTANT COACH ous knee injury and earned an 8.40. where Dow and Chiarenza per- Co-captain Rob Cooper '97 gave than seven points higher than the The Women's Gymnastics team Rocchio narrowly under-rotated formed handspring vaults for scores a noteworthy performance on the last, 182.55. finished up its regular competitive a perfect landing and took steps of 7.3 and' 8.1 while Sequi stuck her floor, scoring a 9.10. Bernd Schoner Many individual records were season this month with a home tri- backwards but still scored an 8.85 half on 1/1 twist off for a 7.8 '96, Rob Spina '99, and Jason also set at the meet, including the meet Feb. 10 against Ithaca and while Sollod's front-front vault was The team's performance on the Miller '99 all had scores in the high record for highest all-around score - Wilson Colleges and the Eastern top for MIT and took sixth place in uneven bars was the best of the sea- eights, which gave MIT a nearly 48.85, set !?yCooper. Collegiate 'Championships Feb. 18 the meet overall with her personal son as each performer nailed their three-point lead over UVM to start This Saturday, MIT will com- at Rhode Island College. best score of 8.95. . routines and stuck their dismounts. the meet. pete in the New England Competi- Ithaca College narrowly won the Uneven bars showcased Dow Christenson stood up her double- The next event, pommel horse, tion held at Springfield College. tri-meet a week earlier with a score and Erica Carniel '96, who had per- back flyaway for a.. score of 8.45 of 173.625 to MIT's 168.375 and sonal best bar routines for scores of while Sollod tied her personal best Wilson's 57.05, while Rhode Island 7.0 and 7.35. Christenson was a bit score of 8.5 on the event for a stuck College took the ECAC Team short on her double back fly~way toe-on-front. Championships with a score of while Rocchio was just over on her Floor exercise kept the team's 179.I75. MIT took fifth place over- one-and-a-half front sOmersault as' momentum going as newcomer all in the championships with, a they scored 8.525 and 8.4, respec- Stacy Pruitt '99 competed for the score of 169.9. tively. Chiarenza swung a beautiful first time for the engineers for a The ECAC took its toll on M1T giant full pirouette into a half-twist score of 8.05 while Dow executed as its hopes for a berth at the turning uprise but sat down her dis- powerful tumbling for an 8.4. National Championships as a team mount for a score of 8.65. Rocchio landed a huge double were dashed. Strong performances by Carmel, back for a score of 9.25 while Sol- But defending 1995 All-Around Christenson, and Sollod helped the lod's full-twisting tumbling and National Champion Sheila Rocchio Engineers rally to turn in their sea- flexible dance earned her a 9.1. '97, Janet Sollod '96, Co-Captain son's highest team-score of 169.9- Rocchio won the meet overall Tasi Chiarenza '97, and Alli Chris- only a few points below their team with a total of 35.4. The team's tenson '98 all qualified individually record score. three other all-around gymnasts also to participate in the Nationals to be turned in solid scores as Christenson held at Ithaca College on Friday and Ithaca takes close win earned a 34.35, Sollod a 34.3, and Saturday. The tri-meet against Ith~ca and. Chiarenza a 33A75. rI

MIT fares well at E(:AC . Pulling out all of the stops, indi- viduals performed their most diffi- UPCOMING HOME EVENTS cult acrobatic skills and in some cases performed these for the first Feb. 28 time this year io competition at the Men's volleyball against Wentworth Institute of Technology Championships. MIT's first event was vaulting, March 2 where Sandy Dew '96 and Valentina Men's ..andwomen's fencing - Intercollegiate Fencing Association Sequi '97 earned scores of 7.2 and Championships, 7 p.m. 8.1. Christenson's stuck her hand- ARlFUR RAHMAN-THE TECH spring full-twist perfectly for a score March 2 Andrew D. Lobban '97 competes against UVM Saturday. MIT won. of 8.7 while Chiarenza vaulted her Rifle - Mid-Atlantic Conference Rifle Championship handspring front-somersaultvault for '1