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a BII llP ·LIIW 1161 w ,· 7--Marseek's nevv Physical Plant head I I .. -- .- - tBythgy Sihim I ,, members interviewed said com- -- :,·· -- and Irene C. Kulo i munication skills were more S .A replacement has still not important: :::! been foulnd for the outgoing di- Fj Barrett became head of Physi- :Jr rector of Physical Plant, accord- :·: cal Plant in June 1980, having " ing to Se-nior Vice President ' joined MIT in the early 1960s. William Rt. .Dickcson '54. Dickson considered among Bar- .DEickson gave retirement as the rett's major accomplishments as for Paul F. Barrett's resig-' reason director the initiation of a com- nationl in. August. Barrett had puter management system that several times on the sub- i spoken has not been completely finished, to ject before then, according improved operation of the me- 'I ICkso.S . . - : chanical systems of buildings, .-Uhtsi a s'u c ceis.s or-i s found-, and an increased Physical Plant Barrett -will continue t o direct ability to deal with its responsi- Physical Plant's current major bilities with a smaller staff. Dick- said. These projects, Dickcson son credited Barrett for making projects include construction 'of Physical Plant one of the few In- Library addition, the Rotch stitute organizations which has which will be completed in late not let manpower grow back since summer I1990; construction of.the Photo courtesy MIT News Office reductions were made earlier this Senior VP William R. graduate dormitory at 143 Alba- decade. ny St., which will be completed Dickson ' 54 in sp~ring 1990; and work on the new biology building, for which schematic designs, have just been UA FRnBoard sponsors comlpleted and -'whose construc- tion will begins in nine to 12 shuttle to Logan Airport mionths. The selection committee will carefully consider people within By Irene C. Ku'o one bus will always be on MIT, including members- of Phys- The Undergraduate Associa- campus, Lin said. ical Plant, Dickson said. Thirty- tion Finance Board is sponsoring No stops will be made outside five members of the plant havte MIT's first Thanksgiving shuttle independent living groups in Bos- already been asked what qualities service from the dormitories to ton because -of difficulty maneu- they think the next. director Logan Airport on Wednesday, vering around Boston and be- should possess and whether he or according to AFinBoard member cause of anticipated lower she should be from MIT or from Ephraim Lin '90. demand from frater nity mem- outside. Patrors will pay $3 whern they bers, although Lakshmrinarayanaa A list of candidates for the board, 'With priority :for places expets -them to hear about_ ;te Physical-Plant positionvwille.-TeR- going to .,undergraduates. Fin- service. leased next wed.The-new direc- Boaard will absorb the differences tor will definitely be selected by between revenues and the $1600 -FinBoard distributed 2500 sur- Jan. 1, Dickson said. it is paying Dewitt Transporta- veys to dormitories and fraterni- Ideally, the next head of Physi- tion Co. for the service, accord- ties inl order to gauge interest. cal Plan't will have both -a techni- ing to Arvind Lakshminarayana Three hundred students respsond- '92, FinBoard- member. ed, half saying that they were go- Michael Franklin/The Tech cal or engineering background "W'e anticipate a fairly good ing to the airport. Eighty to 90 Tomliison '91 persists despite the WentWorth and administrative and communi- Dave cation skills, Dickson main- response," Lin said. "We expect percent of respondents were will- defense in the season opener. -MIT won 57-47. PbisaBPlemB+BA*BE tained. However, the 35 plant to cover the costs through ticket ing to pay $2 or more for shuttle sales." Shoulld profits be made, service; 50 percent were willing to they will go to a fund for holiday pay at least $5. 'Basically, the shuttles. surveys showved that students -Baltimore ddscusses A-IDS prospects "The shuttle is a Service to Stu- were willing to pay something," dents," Lin added. "We don't ex- Lin said. By ClRiSff Schmidt a vaccine to be developed. The pete to make much money from best animal system for testing a it." The Thanksgivlig shuttle ser- Whitehead Institute' Director -vaccine is the chimpanzee as it Mini-vans with 25-person ca- vice, which was first proposed by David Baltimore '61 spoke at can be infected by human-im- pacitty will pick students up out- last year's FinBoard chairman, length on the-mnany.scientific and mluao-deficiency virus- and yet side McCormick Hall, MacGre- remains an experiment,

social issues of AIDS in "'Where -not develop AIDS, according to gor House, and Senior House on Lakshminarayanla stressed. If it is Will It. All End?,'" the last semi- Baltimore. Should more time~be - a first-come, first-serve basis be- successful, the board may spon- nar of the AIDS Context subject spent studying how its immune tween 9 am and 8 pm on Wednes- sor runs during Christmas and (7.00o/s.60J). system works, the chimpanzee da.. lFrom 2 pm until 8 pm, four spring break, he said; shuttles to could become an important tool vans will be in service, leaving New York City an7d. Washington, Asked whether he believed the in AIDS research, he said. DC, during Christmas are other Lisette Lambregts /The Tech MIT every 30 minutes. The Food and Drug Administration Resa4%id R3n~timnrp- J61 schedule will work out such that possibilities. was doing everything it could to 'Baltimore himself has been L.C2v1lJ uuClCti i IV Ir; V I to develop a vaccine and whether studying why the human Immune the testing process should-be as system cannot sustain a fight QsC conducts blood drlve contest long. as it is, Baltimore stood by against the AIDS virus.and what 3FDA procedures, citing the dan- biological factors cause the drop By Annabelle Bloyd tory or fraternity. Normanld provided two possi- gers of releasing an unsafe drug. in intensity at which the, immune IIn'an effort to improve turnout While more graduate students ble reasons for low turnout Since the government is assuming system -fights the virus shortly from the graduate student comn- gave blood fOr this year's drive - among graduate students. First, responsibility, it cannot risk- re- after infection. munity, the Graduate Student held between. Oct. 30 and Nobv 8 since most graduate students do leasing a drug before.complete Council ran a contest to raise - than last year's, the increase. not-live on campus, they do not testing, he said. Citing recent findings by other blood for "he recent Technology was marginal. H-owever, Nol.- researchers,' EIaltimore discussed Community Association blood receive the "goldenrods"s in the iand felt' that the contest was- interdepartmental mail- as do the "'Someone has to. take respon- the direct correlation between age drive. very successful in'raising aware- undergraduates. Second, -gradii- sibility," he stressed, in rebuttal and chance of developing AIDS. Annually, over 15 percent of ness among graduate students5 ate students do not have the same to groups like ACTUP, the-AIDS A. study which' divided people undergraduate students naor-mally and expected that as the contest Coalition to Unleash Power, into age groups of- oe to -1 give blood, while only three per- sense of community which would -continues in future, more gradu- enable them to compete in lonrg- which disprove of the FDA's years of age, 12 to 17, 18 to 35, cent of graduate students do so, ate students will paticipate' in standing contests for their dormi- extensive testing process. and 36 to 70 found that there is a according to Bruce G3. Normand TCA blood drives. significant increase in the rate of G, who publicized the blood Baltimore added that releasing AiDS infections' with- each age.- drive among graduate students, a drug early could not only be group. - - organized the interdepartmental dangerous, but could: also create contest,- and, with the help of a Else sense of optimism.H e Baltimore added that he was graduate administrators, distrib- -alarmed by a recent Thae New uted the "'goldenrods" - rTC mentioned as an example the. Ruth: Rubin sings her way through the life cycle in- that sock Hudson went to York- Tim es article discussing the appointment cards fOr blood do-7 drug performance with theo Klezmer Conservatory Band. Paris to get -before the FDA surge in teenage .girls prostitutingz ncors throughout each gradu- found that it, was less effective themselves in order to buy -crack. ate department: Page 7. - - than older drugs used. He estimated 26 to.30 pe'rcen't of The graduate chemistry depart- these girls will eventually catry, ment won the contest, recruiting i the AIDS, virus, and an even 22 people to donate blood. The As in years past, Baltimore Despite egois,, Terenc. Trent D'Arby produces record years as a personal esti- higher 'percentage, of., the mven department:" received a certificatee gave fiv1e of substance in Neither Fish nor Flesh. Page 9. mate of how-long it might be for involved in this icy~cle. for a keg of beer froift Jamaica EiauXLt -. ------MMF-1- - I.. I I., - -, laa EIIBldl·BIIP·Ij21-·-1.1;._.: .··.· --?

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::1~ ~ ~8~ UN adopts declaratio .on chil~dren's rights Bush takes heat on Salvador poliCY Massive protests rock "For children, this is the:-Magna Carte." Those were the words heard at the United President'. Bush was hounded by hecklers during a Nations yesterday as the Gen- East Germany, Czechtoslovaki eral Assembly speech yesterday in Chicago. At a GO3P fundraiser, sever- adopted a -Convention -on the Rights of Children. The UN Children's al members of the audience shouted criticism of US policy The latest, chapter of political unrest sweeping across Fund and many govern- East Europe includes ments and private agencies say in El Salvador and of last week's killings of six Jesuit massive protests in East. Germany the convention, which combines priests in San Salvador. Bush responded that the United and Czechoslovakia. scores of international laws, adopts new stan- dards that they can States must not end its support for a freely elected gov- It is estimated that more than 400,000 East Germans use to fight neglect, sexual expIsita- tion, ernment in the Cenatral American nation. took to the streets of several cities yesterday. The lion's and other forms of child abuse. The admonition by Bush has been heard on Capitol share - more than 200,000 - chanted "freedom" as they Hill. The House has rejected an attempt to restrict US marched in Leipzig for free elections and the removal of East military aid to El Salvador. But the chamber also has-ap- Germany's communist leaders. Meantime, East Ger- many' s government proved a non-binding resolution that declares bringing the news agency reported that Communist Party killers of the Jesuit priests to justice- is the key to future leader Egon Krenz has postponed a visit to Czecho- support for El Salvador. slovakia that was planned for today. "Freedom" was also the chant yesterday in Prague, as hundreds of thousands filled the streets of the Czechoslo- Congress rushes to wrap up vak capital. The protest ballooned from a few hundred Winter weather wheek Congress is trying to wrap things up quickly so it can people to the biggest rally ever in the communist country. A developing low center in the Gulf of Maine will adjourn for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New.'Year's cel- The unrest poses the greatest threat to'Czechoslovakia's. continue to move northeast away from the area ebrations. Aside from reworking spending bills vetoed by government since the 1968 Soviet-led invasion'crushed the today. In its wake, strong northwest winds, falling President Bush because of tacked-on abortion provisions, country's "Prague Spring" reform movement. termperatures and lingering snow flurries and snow showers will be experienced. Wind chill tempera- the House and Senate are trying to finish a tax bill. And dmdania resists reformist tide they are trying to work out a compromise on the contro- tures will be as low as -10 to -20 'F (-23 to -29OC). versial Medicare catastrophic health insurance program Romania's communist leader is resisting the tide of re- Travel weather tomorrow evening will'not be too which the House wants to scrap it, and the Senate wants form sweeping through the other East Bloc countries. In a difficult for many - with some light snow in the to revise. speech that lasted more than five hours, Nicolai Ohio Valley and showers in the Mississippi Valley Ceausescu told cheering supporters that his party "cannot being the -najor-precipitatisn spots. On Thursday, surrender its-historical mission to another force." He was snow arriving in the Mid-Atlantic states and later in Death raises uake's toll to%67 apparently referring to Soviet President Mikhail Gorba- the day in New England, could pose a few problems Buck Helm, the burly longshoreman who survived 90 chev's policy of perestroika, or new thinking. for travelers. hours in the rubble of a freeway flattened in the Oct. 17 Carter observes Ethiopia talks _ . .- . .- . . Bay Area earthquake, died Saturday night, hospital offi- Tuesday afternoon: Morning snow tapering to Former President Jimmy cials said Sinday. He was 58. Helm died of respiratory Carter is in Africa, observing flurries or snow showers. Clearing, windy, and talks anlied at failure at Kaiser-Pelmanente Medical Center in Oakland, ending the continent's oldest civil war. Lots turning colder. Temperatures failing into the 20's CiA. of static fifled yesterday's session in Nairobi, Kenya - (-7 to, -2°C). Winlds northwest at. 25-35, mph with Ethiopia's government and His death raises the California earthquake's toll to 67. Eritrean' rebels accusing (40-56 kph). (The Boston Globe) each other of disinformation. Still, a Carter spokeswomn- Tuesday night: Clear, windy, and very cold. Lo~w an said the talks aimed at ending the 28-year-old war in near 22°F (-6°C). Winds northwest 20-30 mph Northern Ethiopia are going "very -well. (32-48 kph). students return to Wnedueday: Sunny earlywt inci7,easing clouds late tornado ravaged school -- in'the day. H4igh 35-40'F (v2-4°C).- result in firing of editor Thursda Cloudy with snow arriving. High 35°F Students returned to schoolzye'steriday_ at' East Colden- Publisher (2 PC), ' ham Elementary near Newburgh, NY - but they did not Robert Maxwell has given the heave-ho to the editor of his London Forerast by Michael C. MorganD go to class. Couns'elors were on hand to'help the children newspaper The People. The Prince deal with the deaths-of seven classmates who died when a and Princess of Wales had complained about publication j ··-·Ae--··8··----·-p·-·R-·-ma-···8- of unflattering pictures tornado collapsed a cafeteria wall. The students were of their sons, William and Harry. Mvlaxwell agrees, that the photos, Co>mpild baysrNirS S. Desas urged to face their fears and look into the boarded-up including one captioned cafeteria. ."'Willie's sly pee in park," are "not acceptable."

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I , .- t _ USXmust Sra'stopwa, . . ... funding* _ ------. -- -- · --- a Ia ,Iha a__ --- USmust stop funding Salvad"an:war Column by Barry Klinger materializing. On the other hand" FMLN leaders The time has come to choose sides on El Sal- have hinted that this attack isifmore a show of force vador. to convince the military that they must negotiate. I don't mean that we North Americans should de- No government'likes It stn'ke any~deal that con- cide whether E1 Salvador should be ruled by its fers legitimacy to a rebellion. The Salvadoran mili- priest-killing rightist government or by the rebel tary declared that they would not let civilians nego- Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front tiate any peace unless the guerrillas unilaterally guerrillas. disarm. Since the military and their death squads There is a clear moral difference between these have killed around fifty thousand unarmed civilians two adversaries. Yes, both must bear some responsi- in 10 years, it would be suicide for the 'guerrillas to bility for prolonging a catastrophic and unpopular civil war for a decade; both have committed human accept such terms. The rebels proposed a perma- rights abuses; and both have cores of support in nent cease fire, human rights reforms, and FMLN their society. But the right - the military, their participation in elections. But they must convince wealthy civilian backers, and their hired thugs- the army that rebel military strength is great enough are responsible for a level of barbarity that leftist to justify concessions to the FMLN. rebels have rarely attained. The government seeks Polls conducted by priests at the University of to maintain a status quo of military control, but the Central America indicate that the key -demand of growth of the FMLN is a response to the massacres the majority of the population is peace. Since the of the nonviolent movement for democracy that be- army refuses to make any compromise with the came prominent in the 1970s. The right feel the war guerrillas, while the guerrillas are willing to stop --a IIIL ----- L-- I ·Is C- _- - - --·- Y Il-C II C I II fighting in exchange for a fair shot in elections, we ,------r. 1· 91_c--.-----. 1 -r ------I Ill should end only if the FMLN surrenders, while the guerrillas have taken a position that the war can can only conclude that the army is the greater ob- end when they can have a concrete guarantee of stacle to peace. As long as the government gets $1.5 safety for themselves and the civilian opposition. million a day from thie United States, it may be able Still, we in Cambridge or Washington will not to fight year in and year out. The United States have to live under-the rule of a Salvadoran, so we proclaims its desire for a negotiated settlement, but should not choose who will govern there. Yet our the money keeps coming no matter what. elected representatives have already chosen to come US policy is-predicatedron the'assumption that it down firmly on the side of the Salvadoran military, is only-"extremes of the right and left" that are committed to repression and war. Indeed, there is a Volume 109, Number 52 Tuesday, November 21, 1989 supplying them with money, weapons, training, and moral support. split on the right between those who ,would fight Chairman ...... Marie E. V. Coppola '90 The choice we in the United States face is be- forever and members of the wealthy oligarchy, such Editor in Chief ...... Niraj S. Desai '90 tween accepting our government's efforts to prop as President Alfredo Cristiani, who want to end the Business Manager...... Genevieve C. -Sparagna '90 up a 'repressive regime or working to'get its bloody war due to its economic destruction. However, US Managing Editor ...... Peter E. Dunn G hands out of El Salvador's civil war. dollars and weapons go to "moderate rightist" and death squad leaders alike. Some in the United L * *r 8 * * News Editors ...... Annabelle Boyd '90 Events in States argue that we should keep arming the Salva- Linda D'Angelo '90 El Salvador are now moving so fast it's doran government because the threat of an aid cut Irene C. Kuo '90 hard to project what will be happening there by the time you read this column. On Nov. 11, rebel forces keeps the right from embarking on the staggering Prabhat Mehta '91 massacres of the early 1980s. Even aside from the Opinion Editor ...... Michael Gojer '90 struck hard against the army positions in the capi- Sports Editor ...... Shawn Mastrian '91 tal, San Salvador, and across the country. Salvador- fact that US aid actually increased'during those maassacres, this reasoning begs the question: do we Arts Editor ...... Debby Levinson '91 an and US officials tried'lto portray the offensive as Photography Editors ...... Lisette W. M. Lambregts '90 a failure, but the-government called a state of siege, really want to prop up a government that must be - - .. . ,.- .. ~ Kristine AuYeung '91 took over the media, declared a curfew, and began bribed not to massacre its 'own people? Contributing Editors ...... Jonathan Richmond 'G bombing 'and'istinafimg the city (Witli -US-supplied What next in El Salvador? A good part of the Michael Franklin '88 aircraft). Unsurprisingly, the majority of civilian ca- equation is based on-US.willingnessto keep funding Ezra Peisach '89 the war. Anyone with any doubts about where US Advertising Manager ...... Lois Eaton '92 sualties are linked to the government's indiscrimi- nate use of firepower. Mexican news reports allege allies in El Salvador are heading need only look at that US pilots have been flying night bombing mis- the Jesuit priests,.all educators at UCA, who were NEWS STAFF widely acknowledged even by the Bush Administra- Associate News Editors: Andrea Lamberti '91, Gaurav Rewari sions. As of Saturday, the rebels are still entrenched '91, Reuven M. Lerner '92; Staff: Neil J. Ross G, Anita Hsiung and well-supplied by civilian sympathizers in many tion as voices of reason and a force of peace. On '90, Miguel Cantillo '91, Seth Gordon '91, Adnan Lawai '91, areas in the capital's periphery, Thursday morning, after weeks of being attacked in David Rothstein '91, Aileen Lee '92, Dawn Nolt '92, Amy J. This is the largest show of FMLN strength since the rightist press, the priests, and their cook and Ravin- '92, Joanna Stone '92, Brian Rosenberg '93, Michael the civil war started nearly a decade ago. Recent ne- her 15-year-old daughter, were found murdered and Schlamp '93, Cliff Schmidt '93; Meteorologists: Robert X. Black gotiations between the rebels and the government mutilated in a sector of San Salvador controlled by G, Robert J. Conzemius G, Michael C. Morgan G. broke down when the right bombed the offices of government forces. PRODUCTION STAFF the Fenestras union coalition, killing several labor Barry Klinger G, a graduate student in the De- Associate Night Editors: Bhavik R. Bakshi G, Daniel A. Sidney G; leaders. There are mixed signals on what the guer- Staff: Richard P. Basch '90, David E. Borison '91, Kristine J. partment of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary rilla offensive means. -Some see it as arn attempt to Sciences, is a member of the MIT Committee on _ Cordelia '91, Lawrence H. Kaye '91, David J..Chen '92, Sheeyun spark a general insurrection to bring down the gov- Park '92, David Maltz '93, Jonathon Weiss '93. Central America. He has followed events -in El ernment - an uprising that does not seem to be Salvador for the last nine-years. OPINION STAFF Columnist: Adam Braff '91; Illustrators: Pawan Sinha G, Kai F. Chiang '92. SPORTS STAFF Michael J. Garrison G, Harold A. Stern '87, Anh Thu Vo '89, Emil Dabora '91. ARTS STAFF Associate Arts Editor: David Stern '91; Staff: Mark-Roberts G, Julian West G, V. Michael Bovre '83, Manavendra K. Thakur '87, Michelle P. Perry '89, Peter Parnassa '90, Paige Parsons '90, Alfred Armendariz '92, Alex Sols '92. PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Associate Photography Editor: Lerothodi-Lapula Leeuw '92; Staff: William Chu G, Frank Espinosa G, Michael D. Grossberg G, Andy Silber G, Ken Church '90, Mike Niles '90, Mark D. Virtue '90, Sarath Krishnaswamy '91, Georgina A. Maldonado '91, Mauricio Roman '91, Marc Wisnudel '91, Sean Dougherty '93, Matthew Warren '93, Jeremy Yung '93, Wey Lead '93 Darkroom -Manager: Ken Church '90. FEATURES STAFF Christopher R. Doerr '89, David J. Kim '91, Taro Ohkawa '91, Chris M. Montgomery '93. BUSINESS STAFF Associate Advertising Manager: Mark E. Haseltine '92; Delinquent Accounts Manager: Russell Wilcox '91; Advertisirig Accounts Manager: Shanwei-Chen '92; Staff: Heidi Goo '92, Ellen Hornbeck '92, Jadene Burgess '93.

PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE Night Editor: ...... Peter E. Dunn G Staff: Lisette W.M. Lambregts '90, .Kristine AuYeung '91, I' Kristine J. Cordella '91, Debby Levinson '91, Lerothodi-Lapula Leeuw '92, David Maltz '93.

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I Grad housing commnittee develops first-ye'ar planl I The Graduate Student Coun- alike. A, few consider it unfortu-' tee housing 'toall first-year stu- cls Housing and Community nate that these -desirable apart- dents who request it and have an

metng weekly this month to de- continuing students and believe it spaces.Wliardoptfed amodnified termine the most equitable distri- is useful to entering students to, version of the plan proposed by bution of on-camnpuis graduate mingle with continuing ones. Mark Engle ["First-year students student housing until MIT has There are' those who want no deserve priority in housing," Oct. enough on-campus housing for changes whatsoever in the exist- 171-. all graduate students who request ing houses, and others who be- Our plan consists of serious it.- Our consensus 'will be dis- lieve that the current policy of cornprom ises, by all parties in- cussed andVoted on at the full tenure is inherently unfair to all volved'in the discussions. Of the Graduate 'Student' Council graduate students and should be 19 people present at the end of meeting tonight. eliminated.. the meeting, 12 supported the The framework of our discus- The extremes of the plans proposal. Considering the inten- sions consisted of housing statis- proposed are the "Albany St.". sity of convictions and the tics, the needs of each on-campus- plan and the "nlo tenure plan:" extreme differences of opinion,. house, and lessons from the The "AlbanySt,." plan would reaching a consensus is a. remark- tenured,'untenured policy imple- make no changes to the existing able achievement. menlt:Wa few years ago. The stat- houses and fill Albany St. with Julia Vail G ed goal of our discussions was to all first-year students given one- Chair, find the best policy that provides year nonrenewable leases. The GSC Housing and Community Affairs Committee quality housing for first-year "no tenure' plan would guaran- I graduate' students. Some of the pertinent housing Freshm;an housing plan would cre rooming mnatches statistics that guided our discus- ,,.ate undesirable living sions are given here. As of this, Imaginle the following scenar- dents' bonds to their designed for men, and women groups. This would, according to be insufficient to house the 1200- September, there are a total of io: four men come to a university feel left out; again they misun- 1300 students who would be the freshman housing committ ee, 5229 graduate students including to study for four years. They are derstand the problem: the solu- forced to move if their living "increase 'classunity and identifi- 1348 first-year graduate students. randomly placed in 'the same tion is to create more options for groups were not capable of sup- cation with MIT as a whole" - There were 586 applicants for room, which must remain their women, not fewer for everybody. porting themselves financially. in greater generosity single'student housing and 147 home for a period of one year. resulting To complicate matters further, No matter how much we would alumni towards MIT, applicants for married -student Even though they have some ini-., among this misguided attempt to direct like not to notice it, there is would become the solitary housing. A total of 22.9 percent tial conflicts, at the end of the whrich increased funds into more under- always some racism, sexism, of their educationl- of the' first -year class was as- year they all become the best of focusing point graduate housing will exacerbate homophobia, and all sorts of dis- signed housing -out of the 54.4 friends. Sounds like a plot for a al experience. the problem of graduate housing, crimination in the living groups. of the administra- percent- that applied for housing. tear-jerking movie-, soon to be re- Members which is now grossly insufficient. No one wants to put up with especially members of On the HCA housing survey 69.9 leased in a theater nlear you, tion, and Why isn't MacVicar as concerned that, but at least now these inci- would have us percent of the respondents indi- doesn't. it? Now we can find out the corporation, with 'communication problems dents do not generate resentment in educa- cated that they would have liked what the characters are: a funda- believe that excellence between two graduate students in towards MIT, since it is mostly a: in favor, of a to' live on-campus during their -mentalist Southern Christian tion is expendable the same lab that- exist because personal conflict by a widely-' endow- first year and 82.4 percent felt from Little Rock, a Hassid from major increase in the one lives in Brookline and the spread traditional bigotry. The that first-ye'ar students should Jerusalem, a supplanted Palestin-l ment. Students and concerned other in Somerville? new housing policy is supposed 'by have priority -for on-campus ian from Amman, and a black' 'faculty - should be. alarmed The current housing system is to educate students to get along housing. About one third of, the homosexual from Detroit. Are -their nariowly-focused' preoccu- crowded an~dthe extra,,space is and communicate with each atti- graduate students, 1552 people, we still talking about the -same, ration with raisig,' the endoW- *needed to-Tele -the-,overcrowd-. -er, but l do' by~ se''-h6* the re- rrespmnded t-,o t:h--r-e~sJic movie?, I -don't believe- aqnyone ment at the e'xpense of the qpali- i~ng. MIT needs its fraternities, if vised policy would resolve con-, was distributed. last spring on ,would come to watch 'such a' (if education 'at MIIT. for tio other reaso6n than to sup- flicts any differently, from the registration day. When the new filmo, except, possibly, for Mary-'I These reforms have traditional- ply the space for the extra 1200- present one. In1 fact, it -makes graduate dormitory at 143 Alba- C. Potter, John M. Deutch '61, YIcited the same superficial ex- 1300 students whom the Institute matters worse by eliminating any ny St. opens there will be a total and. Margaret L. A. MacVicar cuse'for their implementation: to cannot afford to house in the preliminary self-selection in the of. 1466 spaces, 423 apartments `65., for we are not -talkingabout diversify. the student, body, thus dormitory system. The effect of living groups. for married. students and. 1043. a Hollywood production. We are enriching the student experience the reform would be immediately- The majority of the freshman spaces for single students. attempting to comprehend the. at MIT. This may appear to be devastating, if not annihilating, housing committee undoubtedly living Our plan -allows -flexibility,in_' logic behind the proposed chang the reasoin for the proposed, for many independent meant well, but they might haste implemenltation in order to ace-- in the freshman housing selection - housing reform, but has anyone groups, including some of the-.,, been misguided in their commodate the individual needs system at, MIT. ' ever achieved diversity through- fraternities which are older than- intentions. of each house. The plan would, A number of MIT administra' homogeneity? all of the dormitories. The pro- Victor Steinbok '87 make the Afba ny St. dorm a tors seems to habitually intro- Under the current housing sys- posed extra 300-350 spaces would first-year gra'duate student build-' duce reforms for the sakve of tem, living groups have devel- ing with' about five continuing reforming. As the frequent leadr esnltes bpdidvda graduate students to organize ac- of this group, Deutch, currentl This '"house character" would b Make graduate housing Campaignw tivities, Tang Hall, Ashdown the MIT provost, has developed;. severely reduced, if not complete- House, and Green Hall would sizable following who want to be ly eliminated, if the proposed re- for the Future fund-raising goal provide 45 percent of their spa'ces seen as the future of MIT. Thlis is forms are implemented. Differen-- first-year students. Eastgate' the same bunch-.-that served up tiation is essential to the. to The Graduate Student Council and Westgate would provide 50 the ever-so-popular .Admissions preservation o ioiygop portance is the fact that MIT will strongly urges that the Campaign then be able to guarantee housing of their spaces to first- Reform anld the core-like -,not just ethnic and gender mi- percent' for the Fuature be redirected for every new graduate student students. Each building Humanities Reform. Yet another nrteee huhte r year toward solving MIT's housing each year. The ability to relieve be able to submit a plan to blunder by hoping-soon-to-be- just, as likely to be affected, but- would problems, including those of un- the stress and financial burden of Office proposing the president Deutch is the Freshman also minorities differentiated by the Housing dergraduates, graduate students, moving to Boston cannot be em- spaces such that Housing Committee's proposal, sexual or culinary preferences, allocation of post-doctoral students. and enough, besides the met. If a house which gives us more of a taste of "political. or ideological thinking, phasized these quotas are junior faculty. obvious recruitment benefits. provide an acceptable his planning for the future-*4i And lifestyle. did not We believe that the chronic- Specifically, we recommend- the default policy would be future, that is. Although the - Thesea administrators frequent- 0lan, undersupply of graduate housing that -the Campaign fdr the~Futurd one-year nonrenewable, - Housing. Reform is consistent .ly point to the problems of Resi- to give must boe addressed immediately make -graduate housing- its top to first-year students.>- ,with the chain-,of recent pqlip, cdenc'e/Orientation Week andv leases anpd vigorously. We feel that I 000 priority and'set a goal of at least, fully implemnented, the,. decisions, it is very inconsistent quick.ly blame the current hous- When beds must be added within $70 mrillion'to achieve it... 5$,per- -with the tradition' o-f excellence hin In syte fo heeYorc tnew plan would house about the next few-years. 'This will re- Warw.ick G' sc ience and engineering educatio ings but their analysis only- > . ~Michael cent of the first-year studefits-in sult in~ a total of just under 250 The 50150 plar: pro- -and-research which has been th shws a misundrtnlgo h 7!85 spaces.. beds and house roughly half the Graduate Student Councils~ by tie H4o"using. Office hallmark of MIT. This makes isnatuire of the stress of rush week..' posed graduate students. Of greater im-, would house---bout 54 percehit-of: question the motives of th R/O at MIT, appropriately, the first-year. students in 733 'reformers: why push through dubbed 'rush iweek," is e'xtreme-' I spaces. Our plan would have two housing reform? 'ly hectic, but the stress is nots lotteries. One lottery would be Tlhe answer. is that pressure caused by the number of deci- i DSC ~SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION FOR for first-year students prov'iding' from the MIT Corporation for,,a sions which students have to, one-year nonrenewable lea~ses*, major increase in the endowment make. The stress and confusion - | n ~~STUDENTSWHO NED and the-second lottery would be has caused the MIT administra'- come from entering a new envi-< for continuing students providing. tionl to alter educational policy in ronment, from being alone away alum- from home -for the first- time, 4 renewable leases. Each lottery'-' order to promot'e increased The- adissions for, man~y -7 and from anxiety i would be for. half the spaces of ni. contributions. Type df b every builing.. - eform wasintended to illow thie about the rigor and brutality of Every Student is Eligible for Some Financial Aid Regardless of Grades or Parental Incme. l -A broad range of, ideas was- selection, of a larger number df .,casses. (Just count how many F{ 200,000 listings of scholarships,' discussed at our meetings reflect- "well-rounded" students. These- - times .the students are warnled We hav a data bank of over felowsips, granft, and loans, reprsentingwe $10 billion in privt ing radically different opinions. career-oriented alumni Iwould be duning the week by the adminis- the faculty, zand fellow To some people a sense of comn- more likely to accept'higher-pay- trationj, Mahny adhoafhips am given to students based asn thf acdmic munity is of utmost importance ing managerial positions and students that they will, no longer interesW comr phin family heatage and plae o esde e . , car to others the only impor- gratefully contribute to their be at the top of- their classes.) thes money awlale, fowstudnts who have bee - while non-swmokr. . .4z r be- The action and attention ate mis- dea 9weo " lefc, tant issue is guaranteig a space alma -mater. 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I Have Faith In These Desolate Times: agAin as D'Arby does his Hendrix imper- P. D'Arby's first album helped him achieve. F The best song. A touching piece that has sonation. t star status and yielded a string of top-10 I D'Arby, showing off his vocal cords ac- Attracted to You: See This Side of Love. singles. The singles, althoughcommercially- I companied only by a: sitar that moves to a Roly Poly: In this song, D'Arby emulates oriented, were quite good. The most sur- I frenzied African beat. his hero and role model, Prince, and he prising thing about Neither Fish 'nor'Flesh It Feels So Good to Love Someone Like actually does a good job. The song is I- is that it is not very commercial. In the age You: This is the most orchestrated song on more textured than Prince's music, but it rI in which bland sing-a-clich6-with-a-catchy- L the album. The song has an eerie but bril- seems a little overproduced. i PI beat pop has taken control of most 'radio I liant mood to it complemented by its frac- You Will Pay Tomorrow: D'Arby ques- tations and thus the top 40, it is very re- tured but poetic lyrics. This is one of the tions the sins of today while again ripping freshing to know that a renowned artist is album's highlights. off Prince's Parade'alburn. willing to take risks and explore on his al- I Dont Want to Bring Your Gods Down: L NEITHER FISH NOR FLESH ... bums, a chancy and brave thing to do on, To Know. Someone Deeply is to Know The music is not very strong, but the lyrics Terence'Trent DArby. , only his second album, when it is "do or Someone Softly: One of the more com- are. D'Arby questions blind faith in Columbia Records. die" with both record industry and con- mercial and catchy tunes in this album and religion. sumers. What is inore surprising is that his one of the future six singles. D'Arby . . . And I Need to Be with Someone By ALEJANDRO SOLIS record company has already approved six claims that Marvin Gaye appeared before Tonight: Although the "lalalala"s in this singles from Neither Fish nor Flesh, when him and sang this song to him. acappella song. prove to be almost embar- F-EFFICIENT MARKETIN.G WERE NO there realty are no obvious hits on this I'll be Alright: There is a heavy Doors.in- rassing, the sweetness and originality of interference to record sales, 'Terence album. fluence here. Although this song is not as the piece make up for it. At the end of this Trent D'Arby would have named his To quote Prince, this album is "not mu- satisfactory, it does the trick. song, D'Arby laughs at you for having latest album Neither Fish nor Flesh, sic, this is a trip," although the trip is Billy Don't Fall: This is a very catchy and pu rchased his record. Only the Joke's on just God. This man could very well have musical in nature as opposed to drug- pleasant song. It is, nevertheless, very sur- him - it was worth every penny- 0 'a e 1- no ias is a ear. e 6 0 , a six a e nc s' STEEL MAGNOLIAS Directed by Herbert Ross. , Belcher, soon strolls in, as the wealthy IBM I I, I :2. Written by Robert Harling. grand dame who's still got some spunk in Starring Julia Roberts, Sally Field, her. Her opening quote about the town's Dolly Parton, and Shirley MacLaine. - gossipy nature: "If you can achieve puber- Now playing at the Cheri and ty, you can- achieve a past." The other Harvard Square cinemas. three principal players are introduced at the home of M'Lynn 'Eatenton (Sally By FRANK GILLETT Field),- who is frantically -preparing for her daughter's wedding. The bride, Shelby TEEL MAGNOLIAS HAS A LARGEE, (Julia Roberts), is nervous'. Along with her diverse cast of women who have mischievous younger brothers, she adds to developed a special, lasting close- the chaos by chasing birds. We meet Shir- ness that allows them to share ley MacLaine's Ouiser Boudreaux, a char- life's pains and pleasures. The best way to acter as'uniq4e as lier name, when she characterize the movie is to describe its stomps in to complain about all the ruck- setting of a small Southern town. us. Compared to all these interesting per- The movie opens on the broad, tree- sonalftids,- the mk'n 'are'ifi.-the'background. ,shaded lanes of a Louisiana town. Play- Sam Shepard, as Truvy's husband, is the wright and screenwriter Robert Harling most notable of the supporting cast. based the town and the story on his expe- As the movie gets going, the characters riences, growing up in Natchitoches,'LA. show more of themselves. Nobody seems Field moment with her It's one of those small, pleasant Southern perfect; gradually the good and bad of v- M'Lynn Eatenton (Sally Ift) shares a quiet towns where everyone knows everything eryday life emerges. Once the wedding daughter Shelby 006 83oberts) in Steel Magnolias. about everyone else. Annelle Dupuy takes place and the characters are 'estab- The jerky scene changes andI some stilted, have. This is where the acting, especially (Daryl Hannah) introduces both town and, 1i shed, the movie begins to move in giant - unnatural lines remind you that it was a that of MacLaine, Dukakis, Field, and movie by wandering into the local beauty leaps. The transitions are abrupt and re- stage production before it vwas a movie. Roberts, revealed the subtle strengths and .parlor looking for work. She meets several quired some concentration to follow. Mov- The ending is light and ewLsy. The male needs of their characters. The cinernato- members of--her close-knit group of friends ing over the months and years, the women characters are not well develiloped. What's raphy is very good at taking us inside the and is soon drawn in. share joys, sorrows, growth, and support. missing is a better depictionn of the ro!e town and into the gathering places of these Dolly Parton's character, Truvy Jones, Religion, marital problems, and a tragedy they play in -the women's livees. close friends, giving a wa.rm, homey feel- runs the local'hair'salon. She supplements test the group's strength. Despite the hard The relationships between,i the women ing. Steel Magnolias is a delightful, emo- her warm, big-hearted personality with times, there are a lot of laughs and many was what stood out about thhe movie; the tional movie that shows how peop le can quotes like "There's no such thang as nat- more snappy quotes to reliev'e the somber give-and-take between them was well de- laugh at themselves and their friends, in ural beauty. It takes some effort to look parts.' picted. The women's actions showed their good times and in bad, and make each day lahk this.' Olympia Dukakis, as 0airee Steel Magnolias has some shortcomings. independence far better than i words could a little easier. el ft j4p RIA? OORIRIRP egljejr M 'm PAIPAP""'""'jOAPRPOe JAZZ MUSIC DANCE Curiew performs at 9 pm &II prn at the Farrenheit, Hearts On Fire, Powerglide, western Front,,343 western Avenue, CRITICS' CHOICE What. and Ugly Rumors perform at the Cambridge. Telephone: 492-7772. Boston Mlet's performance of 7he i Channel, 25 Necco Street, near South Nutcracker opens in previews tonig t Station in downtown Boston. Admission: Peter Dunn CLASSICAL MUSIC at the W-a6g i7enter, 270 Tremont $6.50 advance/S7.50 at Compiled by TheCONTEMPORARY Rick Berlin Band, Al HallidayMUSIC and the door. Tele- The Be.ston Symphony Orchestra, Sciji The Hurricanes. Brahmin Caste, Double Street, Boston. Preview phone: 451-1905. ozawa conducting,(I performs works by Up, and Sin-A-Men Gypsy perform at through November 29 with per or,- ,rsang and PraK fiev at 8 -rn- in Sym- mances Friday. Saturday, & %Vednes- Barrence Whitfield The FILM & ' phony Hall, corner of Huntington and the Channel, 25 Necco Sties',, Sav2ges and mg=. CHOICE day at 7:30, Sunday at 6:30, and Sat- JG & The Part Time Losers pe-rifoi-i7a a! * * * CRITICS'; -atre presents Ci Massachusetts Avenues, Boston. Also . Station3.50 advance/$4.50 indowntown Boston.at the door.Admission: Tele- urday/Sunday tnatin&es at 2:00. i T.-E the Bears, 10 Brookline Street, The Somerville The I- presented Friday, November 24 at 2pm. Regular performances continue Cambridge, just north of MiT. Tele- COMTEMPORARY zen K2ne (1941, Orsson Welles) at 7:15 Tickets: $17 to S45. Tel: 266-1492. phone: 451-1905. through December 31, Tuesday_ phone: 492-0082, MUSIC .and The Manchuriinn Cpndldale at Saturday at'7:30, Sunday at 6:30,, and * CRITICS' CHOICE * * * 9:30. Located at S5 Davis Square, FILM & VIDEO JAZZ MUSIC Saturday/Sunday-Matin,&es at 2:00. The Titanics, Bristels, Pirhana Bros., Pixies and The Zulus Pe-form in an 'Somerville, just by the Davis Square The Somerville Theatre presents Tom The New Black Eagle J2zz Band per- Tickets: SIO to S46. Teh 931-20GO. and The Cryptones perform at the Rat, all ages show at 7 pm and an 18 + T-stop on the red Iiiine. Admission: $5 Janes (1963, Tony Richardson) at 7:00 & forms at 8 prn & 10 prn at the Regatta- 528 Commonwealth Avenue, Kenmore ages show at 10 Pm at Citi Club, 15 general, $3 seniors aand children (good 9:30. Continues through December 27 bar, Charies Hotel, Harvard Square, Square, Boston. Telephone: 247-8309. Lansdowne Street, Boston, near Ken- for a double featuree). Tel: 625-1 " with Saturday/Sunday rnatindes at 4:30. Cambridge. Also'presented Saturday, . FILM & VIDEO more Square. Tickets: -$12.50 ad- 0:; IJ Located -at 55, Davis Square, Somcrville, November 25. Tickets: $8 and $9.Tele- The Brattle Theatre continues its Friday/ * lb ; FILM & VIDEO vance/$13.50 day of show. Telephone: just by the Davis Square T-stop on the phone: 876-7777. Saturday film series Romantic Comedy The Harvard Film Ai,rchive continues its red line, Admission: $5 general, $3 se- * * - * with My Man Godfrey (1936, Gregory The MIT Lecture Series Committee pre- 262-2437. sents The Rescuers at 7:00 & 9:30 in Tuesday series ImagesYof Women on Eft niors and children. Telephone: 625-1081. Packing for Egypt performs at the Wil- La Cava) at 4:30 & 7:50 and Nothing Sa- with Mildred Pierce ((1945, Michael Cur- Inu, Tn77 Chih- 60c) Arnpd-1v Anil cred (1937, Williarn Wellman) at 6:15 & 26-100. Admission:-$1.50. Telephone: " 4" ;i""7 __ - - - '_ , -___.____. - __ 67), arring Joan Crawford, at 5:30 & tow jazz Liuv. oyy oroaaway, tian 9:40. 258-8881. JAZZ PAUSIC CRITICS'CHOICE Square, Somerville. Also presented Sai- Located at 40 Brattle Street, Har- 8-00. Screenings at the Carpenter Center vard Square, Cambridge. Admission: S5 Stahilard Fro'cedure performs at the The Brattle Theatre begins its urday., November 25. Telephone: 623-9874. for'the Visual Arts, Harvard University, general, $3 seniors and The Brattle Theatre continues its Friday/ Western Front, 343 Western Avenue, Wednesday film series Double Take children (good Cambridge, Telephone: 492-7772. 21, Quincy Street, Harvard Square, Cam- for the double feature). Tel: 876-6837. Saturday film series Romantic Comed), bridge. Admission: $3 with Francis Ford Coppola's The Con- THEATER with a Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers dou- gencral, $2 seniors versation (1974) at 3:45 & 7:50 and CLASSICAL MUSIC and children. Telephone: 495-4700. I* * * CRITICS' CHOICE * * *1 The Sornc.-ville Thcat-.c presents A Salute ble feature, Top Hat (1935, Mark San- Bernardo Bertolucci's The Confomist drich) at 3:45 * * CRITICS' CHOICE * * * The Bald Soprano, Eu&rie lonesco's to Rocky 2nd Bullwinkle at 2 prn. Also & 7:45 zand Swing Thne (1969) at 5:555 & 10:00. Located at 40 absurdly comic stab at middle-class (1936, George Stevens) at 1:45, 5:40, & The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Brzitdc Street, Harvard Square, Cam- presented November 25 and 26. Located, Seiji Ozawa conducting, soprano banality, and ThL- Chairs, lonescos at 55 Davis Square, Somerville, just by 9:45. Located at 40 Brattie SEreet, Har- bridge, Admission: 5 general, $3 se- tragicomic parody of a 75-year-old vard Square, Cambridge. Admission: $5 fleariette Schellenberg, mezzo-soprano niors and children Nood for the dou- the Davis Squar T-stop on the red line. Naoko lham, and the Tanglewood CONTEMPORARY MUSIC bleTHUTS feature). 41lu LMIlullclk Telephone: k9liv. 87.. , 1- marriage, open today in previews as a Admission: $5 general, $3 seniors and general, $3 seniors and children (good Festival Chorus, John Oliver conduct- The Fools. Mike Viola and -Snap, Pa- presentation of than,American Reper-. children. Telephone: 625-1081. for the double feature). Tel: 876-6837. ing,, perform Mahler's Symphony rade-and Flonfing Boats perform at th tory Theatre at the Loeb Drama Cen- No. 2. "Resurrection" at 8 pm in Channel, 25 Necco Street, near Soutc ter, 64 Brattle Street, Carnbrjdge__Pre- The Museum of Fine Arts presems One- Symphony Hall, corner of Hunting- Station in downtown Boston. Admission: views continue through N'9vernber 18,, Pna Nings with Bird Now (1987, Marc ton and Massachusetts- Aveniies, Bos- $6.50 advance/S7.50 at the door. Tele- and regular shows continue Novcm- Huraux, Belgium) at 5,00 & 8:30 and SIC ber 29 to January 13, with perfor- KiDnitz: Portrait of an Artist as Saxo- ton. Tickets: $17 to $45. Telephone:: phone: 451-1905. CONTEMPORARY mances Tuesday-Saturday NWHIZIG rMtrali U1 all tFxabK UN .131.1.1ko- MU at 8 pm., iphow'st (19838, Rober, Daudetin, Canada) Saueeze and Katrina and the Waves 'at 266-1492. * * * ' APB, W-teirl"orld. Fertile Virgins, and Duke17 Holland Robillard Street, performs Davis Square,.So.,ner-at Johnny D's, Sunday at 7 prn, and Saturday/ at 6:Z. Screenings in Remis Auditorium, time Orpheum on November 29, The W21purgisnatch perform in an 18 + ages ville, rear the Davis Square T-sto Sunday matini&es at 2 pm. Tickets: MIFA, 465 Hunting'ton Avenue, Boston. Mekons, at Nightstage on Novernber 29. Flutist Julie Scolnick and pianist Jocelyn show at Axis, 13 Lansdowne Street, Bos- the red line. Teleptionei 776-9667. . P, Ol L$16,to $33. Telephone: 495-2668. Tickets: $4 general, $3.50 MFA mem- Scruffy the Cat at the Channel on De- Lopatin performs works by Harbison, ton, near Kenmore Square. Telephone: bers, seniors, and students. Telephone: cernber 1. The Brandford Marsallis Qu2r- Dutilleux, Dvorak, and' Mozart in a '262-2437. , FILW & VIDEO 267-9300 ext. 306. let at the Berklee Performance'Center on Long.), Foculty Artist Series concert at The Brattle Theatre continues its Boesman and Leno, South African play- December 3. Hoodoo Gurus at Citi Club The Walkers and Laurie Geltman per- Wednesday film series Three Spanish Di- wright Athol Fugard's play about the 8 Pm in Edward Pickman Concert Hall, form at Johnny on December 3. George Winston at Svin- D's, 17 Holland Street - rectors: Almadovar, Saura and Erice complex relationship between Longy School of Music, Follen and Gar- Davis Square, Somerville, near the Davis two "cot- phony Hall on December S. Kid Creole den Streets, Cambridge., No admissi(n Square T-stop oil, the red line. Tele- with a Pedro Almodovar double features oured" vagrants, opens today as a pre- ind the Coconuts at Cili on December 6. charge, Telephone: 876-0956, photic: 776-9667. Women of the Verge of a Nervous Break- sentation of the Huntington Theatre They Might Be Giants at the Paradise on 11 . . * down (1988) at. 4:00 & 8:00 and Dark Company at the Boston University The- CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Decernher 7. Peter Pan at the Colonial' _;ThP-.AP&totL.Universitv chamber, Orches The Ditarmu Bums, Border Patrol, and Habits (M4) at 5:45 & 9:45, Located at atre, 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Christine Lavin and Buskin & Batteau Theatre, December 15 to January 7. Bill _:r.ravelling. Dingleberries perform aV 440 Brattle Street, Harvard Square. Cam- Continues through Dccember 24 with Ira perforr'll-S a__t_`fp-M`_.-In-lbe T.T. Ill Be`a Ts, I Ci-Brookift-_ :StrceL-.- performances pet form at 5 pm & 9 pni at Sanders The- Cosby, aw the Warig Centet on January' e -gF' Admission: Friday & Saturday at 8 pn-. mance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave- Cambridge, just north of jMIT. Tele- and cl $5 general, $3 seniorsjj:_____ Eric Su ater, Harvard University, Quincy and 27. 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"' THE PAT GRANEY COMPANY poses ,around which the piece was built Choreograph3 by Pat Graney. were taken from children's fashion adver- Presented by-Dance Umbrella. . tising, and the insidious sexual provoca- · Emerson Majestic Theatre, tion of their coquetry is grotesquely Thursday, November 16. brought out by having-adults perform them. The women flicked up their. skirts By MARK ROBERTS and flashed their knickers; the Mnan strut- ted about. The piece accelerated, and hor- AT GRANEY LIKES TO CHALLENGE ror began to intrude as the cycle of poses conventions-The three pieces her was performed in ever quicker 'succession their company is presented for to the point where it appeared as a kind of Boston premiere at the Emerson neurotic tic. The tic then spilled into out- Majestic Theatre all didso in different right paroxysm, 'with the dancers jerking -ways. The first, FiveUneven, with five spastically on the floor. The piece was performers on five sets -of asymmetric chilling and effective, confronting our bars, challenged the very definitions of the complicity with the abuse of children's art form, straddlingkthe boundary between sexuality by the media.- dance and sport.:tHer provocation went be- The last piece, Jesus Loves the Little yond purely artistic questions, however, Cowgirls, was far lighter -in. tone, but- and in the second and third dances one nonetheless masked considerable sexual finds one's attitudes to children probed, challenge..Set to the syrupy soul stirrings and a monolith of -Western American cul- of Patsy Cline, The Judds, and-Belinda ture - country and western music -sub- Carlisle, the four female dancers, dressed verted in a challenge to-conventional in the deliciously campy "cowgirl" uni- sexual attitudes. forms of the cheerleaders of Sam Houston This made for an evening that was al- State University in Texas, acted out the ways interesting, although sometimes emo- Dancers perform on uneven parallel bars in Pat Graney's Five/Uneven. passions and gunfights of life as it was tionally distant when the concern with lived in the mythical West. But while some form or intellectual significance became in a row of three at the front and two at Renaissance man treading his circular and of the movements would look quite at more than the aesthetic power of the piece the back, so that the mesh of taut wires rectilinear boundaries. Space was mea- home in a drill display, the piece was laced could carry. At its best, as in Jesus Loves holding them up formed a lattice encasing sured in limb lengths, with the joints brac- with a lesbian feeling that would deeply the Little Cowgirls, fhe. country and west- the dancers. The sense of formality and ing angles. Almost every movement was unsettle the sort of red-blooded cowboy ern piece, Graney's choreography was wit- discipline was enhanced by the measured necessary as part of the construction and being sung about. The heartfelt emotion ty and had some of the beguiling fluency movements with which they prepared for domination of this new space; there was that is the stock in trade of C & W was of the movement of children playing. It the piece, kneeling to apply chalk and then only one gesture that was purely expressive hijacked from its resolutely heterosexual could also suggest a powerful menace, as a fine spray of water from-a bottle to their in the manner ofsa traditional dancer - a context and applied to the struggles of les- in the first two pieces. bandaged hands before hauling themselves momentarily raised hand - the rest were bian relationships, in a move that was very The women who performed Five.. aloft and into-position for the music to part of larger physical movements. amusing and managed to be genuinely Uneven, (three of them, sisters, known as start. There was a sense of the closeness The dancers faces expressed little emo- moving. The dancing was quickfire, like a "The Flying Garcias") all competed as that unites teams of athletes and troupes tion, but their exertion was evident. The children's game of cowboys, with the fin- gymnasts before joining Graney's compa- of dancers in this ritual preparation. sense of discipline that pervaded the piece gers poised as six-shooters, dramatic ny. They were a far cry from the Comaneci- Of all the dances, this was the most was evident here, too, producing an unset- sprawling deaths, and lots of leaps across or Korbet-like sylphs that are many peo- purely formal, devoid of the specific clues tling effect. The sense was of an almost stage. Then it switched to the tightest of ple's stereotype of the female gymnast, and messages of the other two, and the military precision, single-mirided and un- Texas two-steps, the women darncing in however. When they swung in unison, the one in which the audience was the least al- wavering in a unity of suprasexual power. gimlet-eyed couples, breaking into spread- overwhelming impression was of physical lowed to feel involved. The music, by The queasy sexuality suggested in the legged somersaulting, with just the slight- power. Where competitive gymnastic rou- Arturo Peal, was unremarkable, repetitive · first piece was taken further-in Prince and est flicker of a complicit grin as one of tines on the bars usually last for a couple synthesizer patterns, but one's attention Princess, which followed it. Four dancers, . the little cowgirls rose from between her of minutes, Five/Uneven was 25 minutes was focused on the performers. Their three women and one man, dressed in the partner's thighs. . attempted to define a new ge- frilly skirts and petticoats or - foir the Although this last piece left the audience long, and the strength required to sustain movements the almost continual movement through this ometry of the human body, tracing circles man - the shoirt pants of little' children laughing, ·the laughter was tinged with was palpable and awe-insping. with their mighty loops around the two dressed up in their Sunday best, cavorted same unsettledness that all Pat Graney's' The sets-'of bars-..were- arranged on stage bars, like Leonardo da Vinci's scowling through a gruesome parody of play. The challenging work instilled.

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· · s~bcpoIts t - ' i_~ i e Itl .. .- . * - - .. Second half surge puts Engineers over We nt'tW t h wards) and MIT was en route-to By Shawn Mastrian scored on a layup off a pass from lead here, on one free-throw. a perfect a victory. MIT rallied from an I -point Lawrence. After a Wentworth DellaGrotte then dished This year's team -looks good, -put MIT deficit in the first half to defeat a free-throw, Sonne drove the lane, pass to Shattuck to character' in coming After showing tough Wentworth Institute team, spun, and tied the .game on a ahead for good, 47-46. behind to put thie game NWentworth each from 57-47, in -the men's basketball layup. Another Wentworth bas- Tomlinson and The defense and foul- got one free. throw, Tomlinson away. season opener Saturday night. ket was matched by a Duffy:.tip--- shooting were the keysto victory, The game was tight up to the fi- in, and the score was 32 all. drilled a jumper from the top of iced the game with the second coming as a pleasant nal minute, but the Engineers Wentworth would not wilt this, the key and team had trou- free-throw. DellaGrotte surprise after' the pulled away by scoring the last easily. The Leopards executed a another this last -year. The fact made sure that the lead would ble with nine points to seal the victory. five-point run; assisted by ques- were down by stand up with some adept ball- that the Engineers Trae Shattuck '90 and Chris tionable. officiating. Duffy, was one with minutes to plays but game fighting handling. and two more foul Sonne '91 provided the momen- ejected from the Ventworth 12-l1 down during this time; shots. By then the game was all' outscored tum which fueled the come-from- for a rebound is a positive sign for· did not evenr but over (Sonne and Shattuck the stretch behind victory. Shattuck was a to most observers it- even the most cynical observer. force in the lane, snaring 12 re- appear as if a foul had occurred. each had two more points after- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-. bounds and sinking foul shots in This, however, did not bother' the the clutch. He also:: caused -the Engineers. Sailing titis hes .,. witth 5th Leopards' three big men to foul i Good hustle.by Doug Jeffery.. out, which was a major factor in ii i.l, '92 kept" the ball alive, for :MT,': i I ,i the Engi- ·" and soon thereafter Sonne drilled at gtlannitc sealing the victory for i races i Coast neers. Sonne led the team in scor- ··, his second three-pointer of the - By. Drew Freides sailed only in Techs, with small ing with 18 points'and gave MIT day. A Wentworth foul shot was sailing team answered by two from Shattuck The MIT varsity sails. This was a combination its first lead with a three-pointer. fall season with the Michael FrankliniThe Tech and another three-pointer by ended their that the MIT team was unpre.- His three-pointers also' helped Chris Sonne '90 shoots for strongest showing that the team close the deficit when the Sonne. The Engineers had their pared for, and caused the team to three. has seen in recent years. They lose their home- field advantage. Engineers were down. first lead, 38-36. in foul shot by Dave' finished fifth out of-14 teams After being frustrated by the pre- The start of the game was slop- lead to seven; But Brian One competitive Atlantic DellaGrotte '90 and two by the very dicament, MIT faltered and fin- py as it was plagued by numerous Lawrence '91 canned a 17-foot Coast Champiornships, just about fouls and turnovers. This helped jumper and Sonne nailed a three- Sonne helped keep MIT ahead, ished.in what'they felt was a dis- ball to butthe Leopards kept ·clawing I every team was ranked in the top appointing fifth. Even though the Wentworth jump out to an early pointer after he stole the twenty, held Nov. 11-12 here at He then back. Two foul shots of their ", team felt disappointed, it was by 7-2 lead. Mike Duffy '92 and put MIT within two. MIT. This should all but guaran- Dave Tomlinson '91 hit 'short snared a rebound in the paint, own and a basket gave them a far their best performance in re- Shattuck-;,, tee them their highest national cent memory. Also sailing for the jumpers to close the deficit, but was fouled, and sank one free- one point lead at 42-41. past five years. to. mo- ' ranking for the Mike Bowers '92, Bill the Leopards then went on a 14-4 throw to put MIT within one. swished two foul, shots MIT was in team were put the Engineers back After the first day, Lu '91. run to extend their lead to 21-10. Wentworth extended its lead to mentarily a very strong Hall '91, and Brian on top, but Wentworth soon took second place after MIT team has improved MIT began to engineer their five, but a tip-in by Shattuck Dale Hinman '90 The Went- lead on a free throw- I performance by greatly under the leadership of comeback at this point. Shat- made the score 27-24, a two-point in A D'ivi- and a breakaway layup. and Warren Wu .'90 Hatch Brown and now Skip tuck, who had 17 points on the worth, at the half. sion, and a solid performance by coach Leo Osgood, Jr. All the fouling finally began to Whyte. Even more success'is pre- evening, hit four consecutive Head Drew Freides G and Mike Leary took this opportunity to wake up catch up to Wentworth. They lost dicted for the spring, when MIT free-throws after a foul and a - '91 in B Division. At the end of technical. Duffy then powered in his troops. This was apparent as their starting big forward as he- is to host the Intercollegiate " = the first day, Freides was feeling the team came out and played hacked Tomlinson, and on -the Yacht Racing Association's Na- two off a dish from Sonne and ill, and was relieved by Kyle with new intensity. Geoff next series their starting center tional Championships. The team the deficit was closed to five. '90 who sailed impressively '91 hustled to keep the got to ride the pine as he fouled Welch is committed to becoming a force Wentworth was forced to call Mobisson near the top. on one play, Shattuck. Shattuck's foul shots to keep the team National Championships. timeout to break the momentum. ball in MIT hands unusually in the which'vent for naught, but he tied the game at 45. Sunday brought Freides G is captain of The Leopards came out after windy conditions on the Charles, (Drew their came back the next trip- and Wentworth took their final the varsity sailing team.) the timeout and extended and forced the regatta to be

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