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- -OI blC-slll -CB-, I IL·- Early admits up by 340en Test scores down; minorities total 40 percent Decisions for early and By Joey Marquez accepted early are deferred to the regular applicants the same As of today, MIT has accepted spring, and can still be admitted. 543 of 1283 early applicants to The method of accepting early "A fair number of applicants are the Class of 1995, an increase of action applicants is no different deferi ed, yet get in in the 139 from last year. Yet the in- from the way the Admissions spring," Johnson said. crease is not due to an increase in Office makes decisions in the In making decisions for both the number of applicants apply- spring, Johnson said. The appli- early and regular action appli- ing early action, according to cants accepted as of today were cants, the committee examines Elizabeth S. Johnson, associate in no way at an advantage to reg- three categories that group appli- director of admissions. ular decision applicants, she add- cants' accomplishments: academ- The increase in acceptances ed. The only advantage is that ic style, personal style, and per- was simply due to the caliber of the accepted students know early sonal accomplishments. early action applicants, she said. in the application process that The Admissions Office defines Douglas D. KellerlThe Tech Many of the applicants, had they they have been accepted to MIT. The MiIT Festival Jazz Band performs its Christmas academic style as academic applied regular decision, would Most applicants who are not (Please turn to page 2) Concert in Kresge Saturday night. The band recently clearly have been accepted, she released its first album on compact disc. added. Approximately the same -a · I - I · I · ·- · I lrl number of students applied for Recycling begins early action last year. The number may change soon, No MIT reservists Johnson said, because some deci- sions are still pending due to in- despite city trouble complete application Folders. By Jeremy Hylton facto head of the student pro- in the Persian Gulf Of the accepted students, 364 A student recycling program gram Suniti Kumar '91. The pro- By (Chris Schechter Rice said. "MIT doesn't keep any (67 percent) are male, up from began dropping off trash at a gram also takes trash to the Bos- The Persian Gulf crisis has so personal records on its faculty." 279 (69 percent) last year. One Cambridge recycling center last ton Food Co-op. far had a limited impact on mem- She has not received any requests hundred seventy-nine women Saturday. But Cambridge does The program picks up trash bers of the NI1T community in for leaves of absence related to were accepted, up from 125 last not want MIT's trash, city offi- from 14 living groups on the sec- the reserves. No faculty or staff the current crisis. year. Of the 543 accepted stu- cials said. ond and fourth Saturday of each reservists have been called to The number and status of MIT dents, 40 percent are minority The trash produced by city res- month. It is staffed by a group of duty, according to Joan F Rice, ROTC graduates who may be in students, including five Native idents is more than the recycling about 40 student volunteers and director 'of personnel, and the the Persian Gulf was not avail- Americans, 152 Asian Ameri- center can handle, without the some members of the Undergrad- Reserve Officers' Training Corps able from the ROTC branches cans, six Puerto Ricans, 27 addition of MIT trash, said Lisa uate Association. has not undergone any signifi- on campus. Current students in African Americans, 16 Mexican C. Peterson, assistant to the city The city of Cambridge opened cant changes in response to the ROTC do not face deploymient in Americans, and 1I Hispanic manager. "We have not marketed the recycling center to reduce the crisis. the gulf. Americans. M]IT also accepted it to students. It's not an audi- amount of solid waste the' city -The only noticeable effect of Rice said she is not anticipat- six international students from ence we were particularly looking collects. "The purpose [of the the gulf crisis on the ROTC pro- ing a large number of personnel Mexico and Canada. for," she said. recycling program] is to reduce gram has been a shift in funds to depart for the Middle East, The average Scholastic Apti- The student program will func- the amount of overall municipal- from ROTC to regular military a situation that would be reme- tude Test score and class ranking tion only until the MIT Depart- ly collected solid waste by sepa- units, according to Cmdr. John died on campus by temporary of those accepted dropped slight- ment of Housing and Food Ser- rating out those items that are B. Watkins of Navy ROTC. appointments of faculty mem- ly this year. The percentage of vices can develop a campus-wide recyclable," Peterson said. The personnel office did not bers and staff shifts within accepted students ranking in the program for recycling, said de (Please turn to page 19) have statistics on the number of departments. top 10 percent of their class IILI- BL I_ I -- · I- reservists who might be called to "The student body will not dropped from 99 percent last serve in the Midldle East. The even notice the difference if any year to 95 percent this year. In exact number of faculty and staff such situation would occur," said addition, the mean Scholastic in the reser ve forces is unknown, Myles P. Crowley, administrative Aptitude Test verbal score Rice said. assistant in the News Office. dropped from 658 to 646, while "We have no way of finding Officers must first undergo a the mean SAT math score fell out who may be concerned," (Please turn to page 17) from 754 to 748. 21 Glavin: understaffing not unusual she said. "It is not unusual for [a MIT police similar to patrol zone] to be unfilled, or for other area universities Feature two routes to be assigned to one officer, or for a cruiser to spend MIT's police force is compara- more time than usual in [an1 un- ble in size to police forces at oth- By Brian Rosenberg filled] area." er campuses in the area. Glavin It is "not unusual" for MIT "The decision of which route said there are 56 sworn officers police patrols to be unlderstaffed, to understaff is made by the on the force. In comparison, the according to Campus Police crime prevention unit, which Boston University police have 50 Chief Anne P. Glavin. When this compiles our crime statistics," officers, while Harvard Univer- happens, part of the MIT cam- Glavin said. "They make an a sity has 65, according to the pus may be patrolled less than recommendation based on recent chiefs of those departments. normal, she said. crime trends on campus," she Northeastern University, whose Vipul BhushanlThe Tech According to Glavin, the MIT explained. police force is part of the Office Charles T. Benson '90 of the Logarhythms moves to campus is divided into six zones Under fully staffed conditions, of Public Safety, has approxi- the voices of his fellow Logs in Saturday's Christmas patrolled on foot and two pa- each patrol car travels around ei- mately 50 sworn officers, but Concert. trolled by car. Each zone is pa- ther the east or the west half of also hires an outside contractor I· _ _, ------111 1-_ IL - I - trolled by a single officer, she the campus, with Massachusetts to "patrol the exterior of some -, -sP -UU I aI I - a I Ir I -I lag~~~~~ said. Avenue serving as the dividing residence halls," according to The eight officers required to fine. James Ferrier, Northeastern's as- Freshman housing patrol MIT are not always avail- The Campus Police are cur- sociate director for public safety. able, Glavin said. 'The staffing rently setting up a system of Some universities in the area, recommendations on hold [of patrols] does not take into ac- crime prevention coordinators in including Boston University,, have By Kai-Teh Tao count vacations or sick leave," the academic departments, Gla- minimum manning policies which No action will be taken next year on the recommendations of vin said. The main purpose of set a lower limit to the number of last fall's Freshman Housing Committee report, according to the coordinators is to get more active officers at any time. Provost Mark S. Wrighton and Associate Provost Samuel J. information about crime preven- "We have a limit of four offi- Keyser. The report recommended that all freshmen live in dor- tion out to the community. cers during the week and five on mitories on campus, and that rush for independent living "We've been planning some- the weekend," said Steven M. groups be deferred to the spring term. thing like this for some time, and Devlin, chief of police at BU. In "Presently there are no plans to act on the reconnr.endations the new federal legislation just the event of a shortfall, the BU put forth by the Freshman Housing Committee for the upcom- got us off the ground," Glavin police will call on officers from ing year," Wrighton said. said, referring to a recently other shifts, he said. A second report of some kind may come out next spring, af- passed bill requiring universities Harvard University has a mini- ter more research on the report's recommendations is conduct- to distribute crime information. mum staff level as well, though ed, Keyser said. But no decision will be carried out before the "If the program works well," Chief Paul Johnson refused to matter is investigated further. Glavin said, "we would certainly give exact numbers. "If we fall Contrary to popular belief, the committee did not recommend think about extending it to the (Please turn to page 7) (Please turn to page 7)
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PAGE 2 The Tech TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1990 11 I LI _ILL· ,, _L _I, bL I_ I rad dorm named for Doc Edgerton By Lakshmana Rao only fully air-conditioned gradu- In a simple ceremony held Fri- ate residence building on cam- day afternoon, the new graduate pus. The building was built in dormitory at 143 Albany Street 1913 and served as the home of was named Harold E. Edgerton the Elliot Addressing Machine SM '27 House. Company. The house was dedicated to The ceremony held Friday was Edgerton "In Honor of His Ex- mainly attended by members of traordinary Compassion, Gener- the MIT administration. Not osity and Enthusiasm as a Teach- more than half a dozen students er of MIT Students For Nearly attended the ceremony. "The cer- Sixty Years," according to a emony was held at a time that is plaque that was unveiled at the very inconvenient to most stu- ceremony. Edgerton died of heart dents," said Robert D. Kiss G. attack at the MIT Faculty Club graduate coordinator of the on Jan. 4, 1990. house. Edgerton's widow, Esther H. Residents are presently work- Edgerton, described the dedica- ing out policies for the house. tion as "the greatest honor be- "The Edgerton House has a stu- stowed on the Edgerton family." dent body with representatives Speaking on the occasion, from different parts of the build- President Charles M. Vest said ing, " Kiss said. "We are currently that "'for an institute having trying to formulate policies for more than 50 percent of its stu- the use of common spaces in the dent population as graduate stu- building." dents, MIT is not yet a residen- The Edgerton House front tial college at graduate level." desk is currently staffed by paid He felt that safe, affordable on- employees of the Institute in con- campus housing for graduate stu- trast to other dormitory front dents goes a long way to enhance desks that are managed by the cultural experience at MIT. students. Edgerton House is the first Commenting on the safety of new graduate residence to open the neighborhood, Kiss said, since 1983. It has a capacity to "The safety in the Albany Street house 190 graduate students in a area is not in any way worse than variety of accommodations, from the general safety in the C~am- single- and multiple-bedroom bridge area. The house itself has suites to duplexes, and is the no reported thefts so far."
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The The Commonwealth Museum at Columbia FellOwships, Scholarships, 3093; (617) 742-5147. 1. building has been named Edgerton House, in memory of the Point will celebrate the tradition of family Grants, and Awards firms in Massachusetts at a reception witht I late Harold E. Edgerton SM '27, world-renowned MIT pro- he new Commissioner of the MA Depart- fessor and inventor of the strobe. ment of Agriculture, Gregory Watson, 25 scholarships are available for under- INDOOR GOLF from 3 to 4:30 pm. A special showing of graduate students majoring in engineering the exhibit, 'Founding Farms of Massachu- and science disciplines. Sponsored by the DRIVING RANGE setts," will be featured along with slides, US Department of Energy and adminis- MIT accepts 543 talks, educational materials and refresh- tered by Oak Ridge Associated Universi- GOLF TOWN ments. Info: 727-9268. ties. Interested US citizens currently pursu- ing an Associate of Science or Bachelor of 421 Page Street Dec. 16, 1990 Science degree full time and interested in Stoughton, MA 02072 for early admission pursuing careers in environmental restora- 61l7-344-9551 -- I -8 . · 1III, LI I II----- tion or waste management should apply by Breakdown of students admitted early The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Jan. 28, 1991. More info: (615) 576-9278. Golf Lessons & Clinics Available Saints invites you to their Christmas Open House. The program will include a video The Samuel Hu00tington Public Service DIRECTIONS TO GOLF TOWN African Amencan 2 5% presentation, Christmas musical numbers, Award provides an annual stipend of Take the first exit off Route 24 and refreshments. Bishop Clayton Chris- $10,000 for a graduating senior to pursue Asian American / // 28% tensen will be speaking. 7:30 pm at the public service anywhere in the world. The South to Route 139 West. 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(Continued from page 1) After an average rating is de- The MIT Folk Dance Club sponsors two termined, it is then compared to evenings of international dancing at MIT For more information standing and co-curricular activi- on Sunday nights in the Sala de Puerto a computer-generated rate which Rico and Wednesday nights in Walker Save up to 5Q% I ties, personal style in terms of takes into account the applicant's Gym, both at 7:30 pm. Beginners are wel- the essay and recommendations grades, SAT scores, and Achieve- come; no partner is needed. Call 253-3655 on hundreds of call: 4s-232a (FOLK) for more information. and character of the applicant, ment Test scores in comparison restaurants, and personal accomplishments to the remainder of the MIT ap- movies, theatres, through activities such as com- plicant pool. With the compari- sports and hotels... munity service and and outstand- son, the committee is then able to The MIT Outing Club holds office hours ing performance in non-academic decide who is awarded admission every Monday and Thurday from 5:30 to 6:30pm in W20 461. Stop by and help CAIL OR SENED CHECK O: areas, Johnson explained. to MIT. plan, lead or particpate in trips ranging In compiling the best appli- Johnson said that the early- from one day outings to month long treks. Baptist Student Ministry cants, two committee The club is especially active in rock climb- members action selection process, which ing, kayaking, canoeing, backpacking, hik- W-2A/312 MEMaINJR through look into all aspects of an appli- began last Thursday afternoon, ing, and winter mountaineering. Beginners BsAlRS.iI2i E MM.L cation and rate the students from was completed by Friday at 4 pm. are more than welcome. The club rents a variety of equipment at low rates and has one to five in each of the three Acceptance letters will be mailed two cabins in NH available for rent. Con- criteria. on Thursday. tact Dave @ 492-6983. LI I - - -- - _- _- aa r l · r 1- . I - , TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1990 The Tech PAGE 3 _
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. ~~~~Supreme Court to hear case Navy makes the year longer m E ~~ ,- - M ME,~~7- m I involving freedom of the press For one second at the end of this month, the world will The US Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear a case be in limbo between 1990 and 1991. The US Naval Obser- Blacks males die- earlier than testing whether newspeople may be held liable for breach- vatory keeps official track of what time it is. The ob- ing the confidentiality of their sources. Making reporters servatory said time keepers will add a leap second at . whites, statistics show liable for breaking confidentiality could open the door to 6:59:59 pm EST on Dec. 31. The leap second will adjust for the slightly irregular rotation of the Earth. Statistics show that poverty, violence and disease are in- endless threats to the First Amendment freedom of the creasing the disparity in life expectancy between black press. and white men in Massachusetts and around the country. Vogvo advertisement inducted Recent figures from the National Center for Health Sta- tistics show that a black man can expect to live for 64.9 Columbia lands one day early into "Hubbard Hall of Shame" years, while a white man can expect to live for 72.3 years. Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia have Volvo is still catching flak for its ad that showed a David Mulligan, commissioner of the Massachusetts cut their stargazing short. The shuttle landed last night, Volvo withstanding the weight of a truck driven over its Department of Public Health, said there are also dispari- one day ahead of schedule. Officials at the National roof. It's being inducted the "Hubbard Hall of Shame" ties in most illnesses, including AIDS and other sexually Aeronautics and Space Administration attributed the for misleading advertising because the car used in the ad Ameri- transmitted diseases. A study in the Journal of the early return to a rainy forecast for tonight. had been reinforced. can Medical Association found that a major reason for The sixth annual "Harlan Page Hubbard Lemon the disparity is poverty - for example, the lack of insur- Awards" are given out by several consumer, health and ance or doctors in poor neighborhoods. Violence is also a Obscenity charges against environmental groups. Hubbard was best known for mar- factor. The Journal study found that black men in Ameri- keting a turn-of-the-century medicine touted as a cure for ca have a one in 21 chance of dying by murder. White San Antonio man dismissed everything from fatigue to cancer. men have a one in 131 chance. Prosecutors in San Antonio, TX, have dismissed ob- The groups are asking Congress to give the Federal scenity charges against a man who had been arrested for Trade Commission more authority to regulate advertising. selling a controversial 2 Live Crew album, but did not ex- Other awards went to Burger King, General Motors, Five-year contraceptive plain why. Record store owner Dave Risher said he was Philip Morris, Pan Am, Kellogg, Coors Brewing and an gets final FDA- approval pleased, regardless of the reason. The judge questioned unknown company that sponsored a 'Fabulous Hawaiian officials for taking six months to reach this decision. A new contraceptive that protects women against preg- Sweepstakes." nancy for up to five years has been approved by the fed- eral government. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the I product, called Norplant. It consists of six matchstick- Israeli government orders sized silicone rubber capsules that are implanted by curfew in B~ethlehemln simple operation in the upper arm and which release a common synthetic hormone slowly over time. The New York-baised Population Council, which devel- More hostages return from Iraq A rare curfew was in effect last night in the West Bank 99-percent effective, town of Bethlehem, after a bombing on the Jerusalem- oped the device, said it is better than About 150 former hostages returned home to the capsules are removed. Bethlehem highway which killed an Israeli soldier and and fertility..-is restor when the down at Andrews Air The council said the implants have been approved in 16 United States last night, touching wounded two others. Arab reports said that, with shops Force Base outside of Washington, DC. Some of the re- countries, where over 500,000 women have used them. closed and residents ordered off the streets, Bethlehem turnees looked tired and weak, moving very slowly as they which, is the first major new contraceptive looks like a ghost town. But photographers said a half- Norplant, left the plane. The group had stopped in Frankfurt, approved in 30 years, will be marketed by Wyeth-Ayerst dozen buses arrived under military escort with tourists Germalny, after their release Sunday. of Philadelphia, PA. No pricing for the aboard, who were visiting the Church of the Nativity. Laboratories Some, of the former- captives told ';of hiding barefoot in product has been- announced yet.,, -apartments in Kuwait. Others lived in primitive conditions ..Z. . . \ . under Iraqi guard. But. one! said he was put up in a palace
NASA panel recommends belongihg to Kuwait's exiled' royal fairdily and ate off fine r9 Q'~ tvl~ r -n* china. He said it-was 'bizarre." changes in shuttle program Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said the release of the Nationfal Aerona-utics a"nd Space Administration admin- foreignwhostages does not mean peace is at hand. Cheney istrator! Dick Truly said his agency intends to take serious- said Saddam Husseina is continuing to build forces-in- and ly recommendations from a top-level review,. ommittee, near Kuwait, and is not backing away from the military which said that the space shuttle fleet - bedeviled by me- occupation. Iraq has said it will not give up the Kuwait, AuPdit reveals problems- chanical problems this year - should be reserved for mis- which it considers to be another province. The Iraqi in- at VA medical center sions that requiie, people to be involved. It also recom- formation minister said any thoughts to the contrary are mended a redesign of the proposed space station to make "nothing but dreams." it less complex and less-costly. The exiled emir of Kuwait called on Saddam Hussein to A federal audit of-the Boston Veterans Administration halt what the emir said are atrocities against the Kuwaiti Medical Center found lax supervision of drugs, illegal dis- people.,He also wants other nations to stand together to posal of hazardous materials and wasteful spending. The Merrill Lynch. analyst expects help: get Iraq out. audit also showed that less than half of the women veter- recession -through mid- 1 991 in other gulf news, France is'planning to send more ans treated got the five basic diagnostic tests required by troops to Saudi Arabia. The French defense minister said the VA. However, an internal audit, which covered Sep- Analyst Bruce Rtein.berg,@of Merrill Lynch said yesterday commanders wanted reinforcements. He would not give tember 1986 to September 1989, concluded that overall he expeits"the ecohdmny t decline duringlthec first half of details, however. France has'about 6200 army and air operations were conducted efficiently. The medical cen- next year, then start recovering in the second half Several force personnel in the multinational force confronting ter's director, Smiftih Jenkins' said corrective measures analysts at Kidder Peabody believe the recession is getting Iraq. have been taken to deal with the problems uncovered in underway during the current quarter, will last through the the report. first two quarters of 1991, and will be relatively mild. US may provide Soviets food aid Secretary of State James A. Baker III said President Rubese By Leigh Rubin GeorgeBush will be sympathetic to Soviet calls for food and other aid to get the Soviet Union through the winter. a r Baker spoke in Houston, TX, as he started talks with So- viet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze. The Soviet i n a official said food is an especially pressing problem. Baker and Shevardnadze will work on nailing down co'mpro- Frigid air mises on the remaining obstacles to a treaty reducing the A very strong low-pressure center over east- number of long-range nuclear missiles, bombers and sub- ern Canada was responsible for the drop in marines by about 30 percent on both sides. temperatures yesterday. Temperatures fell nearly 20'F (II C) in four hours, and winds picked up power to dramatically from the Northwest, making it feel Havel wants additional even colder. preserve Czechoslovak union This system will inch southward, bringing frigid Czechoslovakia's president said his nation is threatened air and strong winds for today. However, tonight by infighting among the national government, and the winds will die down and shift to the southwest, Czech and; Slovak republics. Dissident-turned-President bringing milder weather for the second part of the Vaclav Havel yesterday asked parliament for broad but week. The warmer temperatures will also bring temporary powers to keep the country together. He said some moisture, leading to cloudy skies. There . he will--spell out what he wants when he submits a bill to is, however, little chance of precipitation. By parliament. And he said that a Slovak declaration of Wednesday night, skies will clear, leaving a nice, sovereignty is unconstitutional - in his view, what the partly sunny day for Thursday. national parliament says, goes. Tuesday: Clear and cold. High 37°F (3°C). Strong northwest winds 15-20 mph (24-32 kph). US, USSR agree on formula for Tuesday night: Clear with clouds arriving towards Afghans to resolve conflict dawn. Low 27 °F (-3 C). Winds abating and Diplomatic sources said the United States and the shifting to the southwest, 0-5 mph (0-8 kph). Soviet Union have developed a plan to let warring Wednesday: Cloudy start, with clearing in the late Afghans settle their differences themselves. But the diplo- afternoon. High 430 (6°C). Low 33°F (0°C). mats said the document is intentionally vague on how to Thursday: Partly sunny. High 46°F (8°C). "Don't stop munching yet ... we still have end the long civil war among forces that are split sharply Forecast by Yeh-Kai Tung one hundred and seventy five box tops to go along ideological and tribal lines. So they do not expect ---- · _I - -. -' -II. L I- before we can send away for the rubber rafl. that the agreement will actually end the fighting. Compiled by Dave Watt and Karen Kaplan .a i 1 a tI .v I jeq '- · - ' I _· I I I- am , I A E , /.J Lo i hv . , ' " -. -, "r- " p's< ",
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I 1 · 4· 1 ·- I I '- ' - I Thailand free -ju st-are Y Column by Matthew H. Hersch
If all soldiers could be leaders, I've often heard, overthrow the French government. Even in the the world would be a much simpler place. And if all tightest situations in this country during which the the soldiers in the world who thought they could armed forces were mobilized, they followed orders, lead became leaders, we'd all be dead. Most revolu- and never seized cities or seats of government, tions fail because the revolutionary tries to run the claiming to have a better idea how to run things. nation like he ran the war, full of vitriolic propa- In the United States, and many other nations as ganda and rigid discipline at a time when people well, the political culture just lacks a Bonapartist want food, free choice, and political power. Gov- tendency. While occasional officers, like General ernments in Mao's China, Castro's Cuba, and Orte- McArthur and Oliver North, pushed the limit on ga's Nicaragua failed in this way, and fell victim to the military's role in politics, most of the armed forces, who in this country are reservists, are hap- pier sticking to their daily lives. When needed, they Thailand's prime minister serve. When their job is done, they go home. What's in store for nations that aren't so lucky? is bold and wise. If the legitimate civilian government gains enough Unfortunately, he'll popular support, the army's authority will be dis- credited. If not, the army may seize power. The mil- probably be dead soon. itary rule may either eventually be overthrown by a L ------I 1 new civilian government (or upstart soldier), or, in the same post-revolutionary collapse. Still, it seems, the worst case, the army may manage to keep the the military leadership of some nations is trying to country under its thumb (Cuba, Panama, Argentina I II I L- 1 11·111 diversify, at the cost of overpowering the legitimate .. .). The odds that a military dictator will receive civilian government. the full faith and support of his people are slim, but Recently, Thailanod's prime minister, Chatichai possible nonetheless. In nations wavering between Choonhaven, had the gall to defy the orders of his these extremes, a cycle tends to develop. Left- military chief of staff, General Sunthorn Kongsom- sounding rebellions become right, prompting new pong, to remove members of the cabinet who had offended the military leadership of the country. Such a move, given Thailand's history of 16 coups Most revolutions fail Volume 1 10 Number 57 Tuesday, December 11, 1990 in the last 58 years, is nothing short of messianic. Chatichai correctly asserted that his government because the revolutionary Chairman ...... Deborah A. Levinson '91 would lose credibility if it blindly followed the tries to run the nation like Editor in Chief ...... Prabhat Mehta '91 orders of the military. Thailand's prime minister is Business Mlanager ...... Russell Wilcox '91 bold and wise. Unfortunately, he'll probably be he ran the war. Managing Editor ...... Daniel A. Sidney G dead soon. In the United States, the armed forces seem to News Editors ...... Andrea Lamberti '91 know their place and not question it. For some rea- revolutions. People die -and littlegets jaccomplished, Reuven M. Lerner '92 son, they neither want nor would accept the job of except that maybe the trains start to run onjtime. Joanna Stone '92 running the country. To the credit of What should the interested parties in Thailand Opinion Editor ...... Michael J. Franklin '88 the American Ars Editor ...... Peter E. Dunn G armed forces and the public and politicians that do? Chaticha i 'should stand firm. The generals, if- Photography Editors ...... Sean Dougherty '93 keep tabs on them, the United States has been they want to play politics, should resign and 'seek Douglas D. Keller '93 spared of the kind of factional splits which can tear political office. If what they have to say is as wise Contributing Editors ...... Jonathan Richmond G a country apart. During, France's Algerian crisis, a as they believe, they should have no problem con- Marie E. V. Coppola '90 band of creative-minded paratroopers attempted to vincing the voters in an election. If they hope to Lois Eaton '92 control the government at gunpoint, theyb must be Advertising Manager...... Mark E. Haseltine '92 Matthew II. Hersch, a freshman, is an associate prepared to be replaced, by the civilian leader or Production Manager ...... 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I - ~A L, At hot leand abroad: Two views of gulf crisis
(Editor's note.' The Tech.te° Welcome to Panama. The current anti-war '"move- of American troops and materi- own economic and bureaucratic ceived a copy of this open letter Eighteen years old and jump- ment" in the United States cer- als. This gave the enemy op- system. addressed to any student in the ing into combat. Why? Couldn't tainly has a noble cause, yet the portunity to rebuild their Obviously, Bush has taken all Class of 1992.) I have been in college? I guess so. members' efforts are somewhat own forces and allowed them to of these lessons into account in What's up? Anyway, I turned 19, in Pana- misplaced, and their sense of his- spread their losses over an ex- planning a Persian Gulf strategy. I'll admit right off, I don't ma. Dec. 24. Oh, well, next year, tory slightly is lacking. tended timeframe. The only way to avoid war is to know how to start this letter. I right? Wrong! At the recent Boston peace ral- Combined with the limited ef- convince the Iraqis that we are will, however, give it the best that Okay, a little over half a year ly, Hampshire College Professor fectiveness of advanced weapons willing to fight one and that we I can. goes by, and here I am again. Michael Klare stated that "war is against dispersed targets, John- have the means to do so. My name is Chuck Lewis, I'm Only this time, it's the Middle likely because Bush has ruled out son's plan could only lead to a Bush cannot whisper aside to 19 years old, and I, graduated East. any other possibility'" ["10,000 stalemate in Southeast Asia. The the American populace, "Pssst from high school in 1988. My birthday coming soon rally against Mideast war," Vietnam model will not apply in . . . I'm not really trying to start I didn't do too badly in school. again, all I can say is, next year, Dec. 41. Does Klare have some Kuwait for two reasons. If we do a war, I'm just trying to make I passed Calculus II with a B-, right? inside connection to the president go to war, it will not be a slow, Saddam Hussein realize that a which wasn't bad. I played a few Good things have come out of that the rest of us are not privy overcautious application of force, war with the United States is sports, mostly soccer and track. I the Army though, not the best of to? but a crushing blow of all avail- patently unwinnable for Iraq and played left fullback and did the which is all the stories I have It seems far more likely that able resources. probable if he doesn't quit Ku- polevault, and a few other sports, now, and I'm still only 19. George Bush is following a policy Also, Iraq's army is more com- wait. Don't tell any of our Iraqi but was by no means a jock. Other things are I've met a lot which takes into account some parable to the classic Western friends... ." I wasn't sure about college. I of great people, learned to surf important lessons from recent army, and there will be no short- It is simply unrealistic to ask sort of wanted to go, but I didn't and a couple of other things. history, namely Munich, Viet- age of hard military targets the president to explicitly lay all know if I should. - I guess I told you all that so nam, and the Cold War. for our airpower and advanced his cards on the table. The first So, right out of high school, at you can answer the following The Munich agreement of 1938 weapons. rule of negotiation is to do so 17, I left my girlfriend and joined question with a little bit of was an effort to halt the growth The main lesson to be learned from a position of strength. Our the army. knowledge of what could have Of German Nazi control. It was from the "victory" over commu- buildup of weapons and troops in I didn't want to be a grunt, happened to you if you had made hoped that Hitler would be satis- nism in the Cold War has been the Persian Gulf area lends cre- but, I didn't want a soft job my choices: fied once he was in possession the success of deterrence. The dence to our demands for an I either. Are you glad you went to of Austria and the Sudetenland, buildup of a credible defense Iraqi withdrawal. I went military intelligence, college? but as we know, the policy of against communist expansion is The additional troops recently which I later learned at times is a What do you and your friends appeasement did not satiate the all that kept the Warsaw Pact in sent to the gulf make war less contradiction of terms. But for a think about what happened in Nazi appetite for expansion. check for 40 years. likely, not more so. Therefore, thrill, and the fact that the pic- Panama and what may happen in Chamberlain's "Peace in Our The Soviet Union knew that it the best way to work for peace in ture on the wall looked cool, I the Middle East? Are they for Time" simply did not come to could not recklessly expand with- the Middle East is to support the went airborne. or against military action? How pass. out the resistance of a powerful president and back our comrmit- So, almost a full year from do they feel about this political Johnson's Vietnam policy 'of United States. Limited in their ment to calling for an Iraqi with- starting basic, I wound up ill the bullshit that's going on in gradual escalation was designed ability to expand and gain more drawal from Kuwait. 82nd Airborne Dlivision, - with'-a" Washington? to stop North Vietnamese ag- resources by force, the Soviet pair of-Jumpi wings and a new I really would like -to know, gression with the minimum use Union eventually fell victim to its Timothy M. Townsend '90 girlfriend, my old one having left and if there's anything else you'd me. like to say, say it, or something ---r I- c-_I·L -sL- 1. 111111---- B· _I I --- _1 --- -- Well, I stayed in North Caroli- you want to know, ask it! na for seven months, and all was I hope this gets to someone. quiet, except for 'a couple -of If you do get this, please 4iite j-umps into exercises that'weren't baick. the smoothest, an'dtifef dne_-eold - faTh~nks a lot. day in December, -we had- an "ex- Spc. Chuck Lewis ercise," and when we jumped af- 037-44-9439 ter an extra-long flight, it wasn't D 00 313 MI BN too cold anymore. 82nd ABN DIV 1,I It was dark, and it was hot. APO NYw 09656 Admin"is~tration should, permit non-MIT participation in IAP After reading that enrollment fration during IAP and we do in Independent Activities Period not set fees for individuals." was declining, I was dismayed. Yet Wellesley students are free IAP is a unique opportunity for to register for IAP activities, and students to pursue interests -of their academic year is structured their own when they otherwise differently than MIT. I urge the would not. IAP department to open LAP to I am currently a sophomore all interested students. This will in the College of Engineering at not-only revitalize IAP with an Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, increase in theinumber of partici- and I know of no college or uni- pants, but offer an environment versity, including Cornell, that for students from different has such an innovative program.. schools with the samse interests to If enrollment in IAP were de- interact and share experiences, as clining, surely MIT would not well. hesitate to increase enrollment Only good can come out of (and revenue) by opening IAP to opening IAP to outside students. students outside of MIT. After It would be a shame if IAP were hearing of such vast opportuni- to be terminated due to a lack of
ties existing during IAP from my interest from MIT students. I L -s C- L r -r I I · L· - L- -P a. MIT friends, I decided to write urge MIT students to take advan- to the IAP office if they could tage of such an opportunity, and Thank you Bill Jackson, for writing so poorly open IAP to students who did hope that this unique and excit- not attend MIT. ing program will be opened to Bill Jackson is the worst col- crap, embodying none of the wit of American journalism that he umnist I've ever read in any pub- and caustic heat-seeking tempera- ends up sounding like a two-bit This would seem like a logical non-MIT students in the future, because IAP, in its MIT form, lication. He is therefore the best ment we have come to expect shyster, a young Andy Rooney move. By opening IAP to non- thing -that has ever happened to in P. J. O'Rourke and used to with a Penthouse subscription. MIT students, you would not exists nowhere else in the world except for MIT. The Tech. expect in Hunter S. Thompson. only increase enrollment., but Bill is a consummate boor. His Jackson is a failed gonzo scribe, But he has guts. He is not also provide an environment for John K. Lin Cornell University prose is gleefully obnoxious on trying so hard to emulate the afraid to be completely, often non-MIT students and MIT stu- occasion, but generally full of stone-crazed mythical figures ridiculously, wrongheaded and dents to interact. How often do Class of 1993 stupid. This puts him far above MIT students have the opportu- the host of other Tech writers, nity to relate experiences and in- especially the arts reviewers, terests with non-MIT students in who are afraid of their own bod- the same fields? Not often at all. =A ;=',· .~~~~· . = ily functions. I'd lay odds that So I wrote to Associate Dean the reviewing staff are naught for Student Affairs Mary Z. En- .X·_ = bK~~~~~~laisAd mus siddr~iktFw ue n ncueteH9i fnse haenmsmdareadpu but a few algorithms running terline to inquire about participa- no Ai' i~~~~~~·~~,, vx rv- ' . 1. '_. ii ." ' t' v ub" ' 'r ease 6 nd loose in one of Marvin Minsky's tion in IAP. Her response was as ~~~~~s·fdiidl contraptions. follows: "I appreciate your inter- R et- + > ildis~~~~~~~man. A est in participating in IAR Un- God bless you, Bill. You are fortunately, as you are already the last breathing, farting, hu- aware, MIT does not admit spe- man writer at The Tech. You are cial students solely for IAP. Be- our only hope. cause we have a 4-1-4 calendar year, there is no centralized regis- Greg Teran '92 _ I PAGE 6 The Tech TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1990 s , , L L, Ld + _r L I C·-_, I '· I I % `t I
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.· ,t photos by alichlet 9rwne ti, , _r PAGE 10 The Tech TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1990 -' ·.1 r, - ... '' , ,.9t-A,,. r*-w we mt g mz a ap paps 8ura wa --- -- ;rirr - -- aYlrr -aR ------"'5 1I- .------i,~~~~i0-,V_ A .,..__.W ...... _= .. _i_,_Sa_*" _ _I -- I _ ___ _--- __ I U - =-rr-n-l · ill·-y~-·---:· l-.r- I ---I III··-*UUIY-·· ·-- __ A R T S -- l_-_L_1-_- 3 Tremendous student recital by Kreuze in Kresge on the piano with panache and enthusi- exposed, almost naked,_through long sus- covered by the thin texture of Pokorny's or Kresge Auditorium, Sunday, Dec. 9. asm. They are some of the finest songs tains and death-defying leaps. Their vocal -Copland's works. Although her- natural in- heard in years and display Schmidt's range is as large as the emotional range. clinations toward romantic interpretations By JULIO FRIEDMANN tremendous potential for an individual These pieces define Americana art song, would have stood-. her--4rough- these.two American idiom. and for this reason are very rare for works, her insecunty,-;-.was,, augmented by ITH A BOLD and fresh pro- Voice and Percussion (1990) by Charles student projects. more traditional, less'heartfelt approaches- gram, soprano Deborah Pokorny '91 is an experimental venture Equally difficult are Alban Berg's Seven to both-text and sco're. Nonetheless, Kreuze '91 showed off MIT's into the potential of wordless voice. Early Songs (1905-1908), the last group of though these pieces were less successful, Wmusical talent at its most Scored for a small, Crumb-ian percussion tonal-chromatic Weltschmerz before the Kreiize was occasionally ,,able to hit emo- imaginative. Her recital, titled Sorry, No ensemble (complete with requisite xylo- birth of atonal chromaticism and Viennese tional paydirt and give the audience some- Bach, was given in Kresge and sported 50 bowing) played by Eric Ostling '88, the serialism. These songs - from seven turn- thing very personal to take home. minutes of music from 20th century com- piece's spare texture and angular, non- of-the-century German poets - are posers. The program split evenly American intuitive lines provide a tremendous risk brooding,, tender, ecstatic, and thoroughly It is perhaps not. surprising that Kreuze school and Viennese school music. There for the singer. Though Kreuze clearly rose romantic; and their rich harmony, inner did so well with "early. songs," being yet were works by MIT student composers to the challenge, the music's eclectic wan- voices, and inherent mixture of drama and early herself. However, like the pieces in as well as from turn-of-the-century derings lacked sufficient definition to pro- repose are very challenging. question, she shows tremendous artistry heavyweights. vide a frame for performance. Nonethe- How marvelous, then, to hear Kreuze and -a clear dramatic understanding. She Daniel Schmidt '91 set texts from ele- less, the piece's parsimony and pointillism hit the boards hard. The Schmidt songs could quite realistically. become another mentary school children in his Five Very were fresh and daring, certainly worth the came alive in wonder and precocious ob- Jan de Gaetani once her technique solidi- Early Songs (1990). The texts were bouncy, rehearsal time. servation. The Berg songs, especially the fies. It would be very rewvardinlg to hear fresh, and stagey, including "the thousand After the superb student works, Kreuze first three, were balanced yet emotional, Kreuze perform Hindemith's Mariansleben dollars" and "unicorn and durn the drag- tackled some of the most difficult vocal occasionally epic when the score demand- (first version) or a bank of, Kurt Weill 'or on." Composed in a catchy, dance-based literature imaginable. Twelve Songs by ed epic treatment. Unfortunately, Kreuze's Cole Porter or Poulenlc tunes. She- has cer- style, the pieces showed tremendous econ- Emily Dickinson (195 1) are the pinnacle of technical weaknesses were most visible in tainly, through her own rough and tumble omy as well as native understanding of the thie late Aaron Copland's vocal works, the middle pieces. Her occasional breathi- way, shown that she is a- very promising voice and of dramatic sensibility. Schmidt written in astonishing clarity and beauty. ness, lack of visceral breath-connection, talent,- continuing - string of, surprising accompanied his sometimes hectic pieces This clarity, however, leaves the performer and thin upper-regions sound could not be young -stars at this school.
e Christmas albumsfor curling up by theflre with cocoa r e r ACOUSTIC CHRISTMAS Very Special, Christmas-compilation that tie, subdued "The Little Road to Bethle- C a Various artists. - appeared a couole -of years ago. Some of hem," and Art Garfunkel sings "O Come I Columbia Records. it, like George Winston's omnipresent All Ye Faithful." (Garfunkel's is the second- A JAZZY WONDERLAND white pillow, December, just makes you version of "Faithful" to appear on the al- Various artists. want to strangle the customers. bum; Columbia revives a version by Wyn- a ton Marsalis and Marcus Roberts from Columbia Records. So 1 guess I bring a different perspective a to Christmas music. Since this is the kind Marsalis' release, Crescent City Christmas a of sentimental fluff we hMar non-stop for a Card.) I By DEBORAH A. LEVINSON a month of hectic shopping days, I have a Garfunkel's "O Come All Ye Faithful" is r HEN YOU'VE WORKED AS very simple crite-tion- for Christmas music: truly beautiful, -a simple hymn framed by I I Will it annoy me? many Christmases in record acoustic guitar and accordion. The slavish i stores as I have, you get to Acoustic Christmas is definitely not an- overdubbing of.Garfunktl's voice is a real I whear a lot of Christmas mu- noying music. It features acoustic offer- flaw, but the song withstands this unchari- I ings by artists sic. Some of-it is pretty good, like the A operating on the fringes of table treatment admirably. This is no Si- I electric and acoustic music: Shawn Colvin, mon and Garfunkel "Silent Night" - no I Poi. Dog Pondering, Shelleyan Orphan. Of political statements hereo--it's just, peace- i course, like all compilation albums, it's a ful and comforting, a neat addition from little hit-or-miss- but those that hit are fine a man who hasn't made any significant i indeed. recordings in quite a 6furyears. a s It -opens with a mdlMicholy,. counitry- A. JIazy Christmas is My favorite kind e tinged version of 'God -Rest Ye Merry of Chfis~tras;salbum:::Ireasift background a Gentlemen," by T-Bone Burnett. Burnett's music without overly religious lyrics. (The a C raspy, nasal voice is an unlikely vehicle for irony of a Jew reviewing Christmas albums r such a peaceful song, and while I enjoyed has not escaped the editors here at The' O it, this is definitely not a song to play to Tech.) Harry Connick Jr. delivers a suave,- a pep up a Christmas gathering. urbane "This Christmas," complete with a To really get the party going, you have wry, winning soprano sax solo from Br an- r to skip to side two for "Mele Kaliki- ford Marsalis. Connick has become a sort i maka," by Poi Dog Pondering and The of Johnny Mathis or Tony Bennett for the Still, it's nice to -eWjyyntofin-Marsalis Dirty Dozen Brass Band. This one chugs 1990s: "Hang all the mistletoe/ I'm- going grooving-al66-on on DWivinr Wonderland," along merrily, sousaphone pumping away to get to know you beitter," he croons, and his father, Ellis Marsalis- delivers I for a real New Orleans feel. Lap steel gui- slyly. -an understated. but 1tingling "This is s tar and saxophones trade joyful ragtime Bennett himself shows up for a pretty Christmas.'I-."_ . r r solos. It's Honolullu-in-Louisiana, full of standard rendition of "White Christmas." Neither of these albums is over-the-top, c cheerful irreverence: "Here we know that For those of you who have worn out your exuberant Christmas spirit. If you want Christmas will be green and bright/ Sun- Bing Crosby Christmas albums, this is that sort of music, buy A Very Special I shine by day with all the stars by night." an adequate substitute, and Dexter Gor- Christmas. If you- want -lrling-up-by-the- The album also-includes songs by artists don provides a tender saxophone filre-witlh-hot-chocblate kind of music, who operate almost exclusively on the accompaniment that niever edges into then I recommend Acousfic Christmas and
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tic Avenue, across from South Station in lnear the Science Park T-stop on the ary 20 in the Charles C. Cunningham downtown Boston. Gallery hours are green line. Museum hours are Tuesday- Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Hun- weekdays 10-4. No admission charge. Sunday 9-5, Friday 9-9. Admission: Sti tington Avenue, Boston. Museum hours Telephone: 973-3453. general, S4 seniors and children, free are Tuesday-S2unday 10-5 and Wednes- Compiled by Peter' Dunn ON CAMPUS with MIT ID. Telephone: 623-6664. day 10-10. Admission: $6 general, $5 se- Awon Orina: Tlle Gods/Afrkanims In Pathways, a new light installation by en- niors and students, free with MIT ID. tlK America, exploring the manifesta- vironmental sculptor Beth Galston, con- Black Achievers In Science, profiling 16 Telephone: 267-9300. tions of Noruba religious belief in the tinues through December 21 at the Hun- black mnen and women who are experts in Americas, continues through Decem- tington Gallery, Mass. College of Art, their various fields, continues through Tropical Rainforests: A Disappearing ^-jeaousies, and, explosive class tensions, ber 16; Berenice Abbott, 47 cityscapes continues through January 19 as a pre- 623 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Gallery January 6 at the Museum of Science. Sci- Treasure continues through January 20 and eight portraits _ sentation of the American Repertory by the 92-year-old hours are weekdays 10-6 and Saturday ence Park, Boston, near the Science Park at the Museum of Science, Science Park, photographer who corroborated scientif- - Theatre at the Loeb Dramla Center, 64 I I-5. No admission charge. Telephone: T-stop on the green line. Museum hours Boston, near the &eience Park T-stop on ic laws through photographs, continues 232-1555 ext. 550. are Tuesday-Sunday 9-5, Friday 9-9. * * * rattlc Street, Cambridge. Performances the green line. Museum hours are Tues- * * CR.ITICS' CHOICE. through December 30; and Doe Edger- Admission: $6 general, $4 seniors and A Chlduls Chit Dylan weTuesday-Friday at 8 pm, day-Sunday 9-5, Friday 9-9. Admission: hi Wsisg D, Saturday at ton: Stopping Time, photographs and Paintings by Henri Seigle, a member of children, free with MIT ID. Telephone: Thomas' story of a young boy's's re- Ipm S6 general, $4 seniors and children, free & 8 pm, and Sunday at 2 pm & memorabilia documenting' the invention the original Surrealist group, continues 623-6664. membrances ases, 7pm. Tickets: with MIT 11). Telephone: 623-6664. of past Christma, $17 to $35. Telephone: and use of the strober light, continues in- through December 23 at the continues through December 23 at1tthe S547-8300. French Li- definitely at the MsIT Museum, 265 Mas- brary in Boston, 53 Marlborough Street. Between Spring and Summer: Soviet Lyric Stage Thea tre, 54 Cha arles* sachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Museum Boston. Library hours are Tuesday-Sat- Conceptual Art In the Era of Late Com- * * * CRITICS' CHOICE * * * Street, Beacon [Ell, Boston. PerNor- . .ffor- hours are Tuesday-Friday 9-5 and Satur- urday I0-S and Wednesday-Thursday munism, a comprehensive look at the re- 19910 SIGGRAPH1 Travelinlg Art Show mances are Wednesday-Saturday ***CRITICS' CHOICE*** ky at day-Sunday 1-5s. Admission: S2 request- 10-8. No admission charge. Telephone: cent work of more than 20 Soviet artists - computer art including 2- and 3- 8 pmn and Sunday at 3 pm. Tick Harpies Binarre!, Lydia Sargent's .kets: ed donation, free to MIT community. 2664351 . and architects, continues through Janu- dimensional works, stereo art, and $13.50 to $17.50. Telephone. 742-8 comic satire looking at how women animation -continues 8703. Telephone: 253-4444. ary 6 at the Institute of Contemporary through Feb- - --- I are enjoying the fruits of liberation, * * e ruary I at the Computer Museum, - Like a One-Eyed Cst, combining well- Art, 955 Boylston Street, Boston. Insti- continues through December 15 at the Museum Wharf, 300 Congress Street, (not so) Simple Plasres, artwork exam- known with previously unexhibited pho- tute hours are Wednesday-Sunday 11-5, Newbury Street Theater, 565 Boylston Boston. Museum hours are Tuesdav- tackling censorship, ining various subtle strategies that artists tographs by Lee Friedlander 1956-87, Thursday-Saturday I11-8. Admission: S4 ethics, sex, and Street, Boston. Performances are Sunday 10-5, Friday 10-9. Admis- scandal, continues indefinitely ait the use to embed potent meaning within an and Edgrtn.a Gohike, Papa torge and general, $3 students, $1.50 seniors and Thursday-Saturday at 8 pmn. rickets: sion: $6 general, $5 seniors and stu- Boston Baked Theatre, 255 Elm Street, attractive object or image; and The Miss SUM&hd A Photographic Portflolio, con- children, Sl MIT students. Telephone: $S to U8. Telephone: 262-7779. dents. Telephone: 423-6758. Davis Square, Somerville. Performances Ing Picture, alternative contemporary tinue through December 23 at the Welles- 266-5152. photography are Friday at 8: 15 and Saturday at 7:00 & from the Soviet Union, ley College Museum, Jewett Arts Center, 4 * * * works by five artists addressing the ideo- Wellesley. Museum hours are Monday- 9:15. Tickets: $14.50 and $16. Tele- Nunsense, D~an Goggin's comedy about Monotypes: Degas to Picas continues Connections: Louise Lawler continues logical functions of the photographic Scaturday 10-5, Tuesday & Wednesday phone: 628-9575. the Little Sisters of Hoboken who stage a through January 13 at the Museum of through March 3 in the Henry and Lois medium, continue through February 13 10-9, and Sunday 2-5. No admission LFine Arts, 465 talent show to raise money to bury four Huntington Avenue, Bos- Foster Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 at the List Visual Arts Center, MIT charge. Telephone: 235-0320 ext. 2051. ton. Museum hours F"di t le Beast, Eliza Wyatt's comedy of their number, continues indefinitely at are Tuesday-Sunday Huntington Avenue, Boston. Museum Wiesner Building E15. Gallery hours are 10-5 and of two big-city writers competing to get the Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton Wednesday 10-10. Admission: hours are Tuesday-Sunday 10-5 and weekdays 12-6 and weekends 1-5. No Founding Farms: Five Massachusetts published, continues through Decem- Street, Boston. Performances are Tues- $6 general, S5 seniors and students, free Wednesday 10-10. Admission: S6 gener- admission charge. Telephone: 2534680. Fondl Farms, 1638IPresent, with MIT ID. Telephone: 267-9300. ber 22 as a presentation of UNIT II at day-Friday at 8 pmn, Saturday at 6 pma & a photo- al, $5 seniors and students, free with graphic exhibit, continues through the Leland Center, Boston Center for the 9 pm, with matintes Thursday at 2 pin MIT [D. Telephone: 267-9300. Lawvrence B. Anderson '30: Artist, Edu- December 31 at the Commonwealth Mu- Awards in the Visual Arts 9, approxi- Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston. Per- and Sunday at 3 pm. Tickets: $15.50 to cator, Architect, an installation celebrat- seum. 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Dor- mately S0 pieces of American contempo- formances are Thursday-Saturday at $26.50 general, half-price for seniors and The Age of Sall: Ship Models and Ma- ing the distinguished career of the former chester, near the JFK/U~sass/Columbia rary art by 10 new and 8 pmn. rickets: $8.50. Tel: 566 0083. students on Thursday matinee. Tele- emerging artists, rine Arts, models representing American dean of the MIT School of Architecture, T-stopP on the red line. Museum hours phonc: 426-6912. continues through January 13 at the Ar- and European warships dating from the Forbidden Broadwy's Forbddenl Christ- continues through December 14 at the are Monday-Friday 9-5 and Saturday thur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard Uni- late 11th to early 19th centuries, and Compton Gallery, between Buildings 10 9-3. No admission charge. Telephone: versity, 485 Broadway, ma. a special Christmas edition of For- Once In A Lifetime, George S. Kaufman Cambridge. Muse- merchant vessels of the 19th century, and 13. Gallery hours are weekdays 9-5. 727-9268. urn hours bidden Broadway 1990, the latest updat- and Moss Hart's satiric view of the Hol- are Tuesday-Sunday IQ-5. continues through March 10 at the Mu- No admission charge. Tel: 2534444. Admission: $4 general, ed version of Gerard Alessandrini's lywood success ladder, continues through S2.50 seniors and seum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave- What Makes Made?, examining the rela- !students, under 18 free. Tel: 495-9400. musical comedy revue, continues indefi- January 26 as a presentation of the nue, Boston. Museum hours are Tues- OFF CAMPUS tionship between science and sound and * . * nitely at the Terrace Room, Boston Park Amriecan Repertory Theatre at the Loeb Thet Aonoul Student Exhibition and Sask day-5unday 10-5 and Wednesday 10-10. exploring the latest in sound technology, Rosso Revealed, focusing on the restora- Plaza Hotel. Performances are Tuesday- Dramna Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cam- continues through December 12 in the Admission: S6 general, $5 seniors and Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 7 pm & continues through January I at the Mu- tion of 11 Rosso Fiorentino's Dead Chri~s, students, free with MIT ID. Telephone: bridge. Performances are Tuesday-Satur- George Sherman Union Gallery, Boston seum of Science, Science Park, Boston, with Angels, continues through Janu- 10 pm, and Sunday at 3 pm & 6 pm. day at S pm, Sunday at 7 pm, with Sat- University, 775 Commronwealth Avenue, 267-9300. Tickets: $17 to S25 depending on lpeffor- urdjy & Sunday matinees at 2 pm. Boston. Gallery hours are weekdays 10-5 mance. Tselepho~e.- 3-8384;:~~ TicltitsS 1 7 to 0NS. Tel: 547-8300. and Wednesday 10-8. Tel: 353-9425. 0 * *. * Thue Tech Pffforting Arts Series announces A -Girl's Gdde t6 Ckaws, the off-Broad- ieran of Twos Masters, Carlo Gol- Enlightenment of Nature, watercolors ANDREYEV BALALAIK ORCHESTRA way comedy hit about the, roiy'road to doni's Ittl century Italian comedy of and oil paintings by Yoshio Imakita, romance, continues throudgh Decem- --mistaken identity, family honor, and continues through December 13 at Kaji ber 31 at Nick's, A rare opportunity to hear authentic music for the balalaika, IOD Warrenon Street, mixeilup love, continues through De- Aso Studio, 40 St. Stephen Street, Bos- an ethnic Russian Boston.' Performances sie Wednisday- cember 31 at the 1-cw Ehrlich Theatre, ton. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday folk instrument, performed by a virtuoso ensemble on its first US tour since Friday 8:009 at Saturday at 5:OD) & 8:00 539 Tremont Street, Boston. Perfor- 1-5. No admission charge. Telephone: 1910. A Bank of Boston Celebrity Series event. and Sunday at 3-OD. Tickets: $10 to mances. ale Ilursday & Friday at 8:00, 247-1719. $18.50. Wekphone: 482493M Sgaturday at 5:00 -&8:30, and Sunday at Symphony Hall, January 9 at 8 pm. 2:00. Tickets: $15. Telephone: 482-6316. The Unique Print: 70s into 90s, 100 MIT price: $6. **CRITICS' CHOICE'*** printed images documaentng the surge of Growbho, A Wef In Revie, based- on Soei Made, the long-running comic interest in the unique print in the last de- the fife, loves. and laughs of Groucho murder mystery, continues indefinitely at cade, continues through December 16 in PRO ARTE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Manx, continues indefinitely at the the Charles, Playhouse, 74 Warrenton the Torf Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, A concert for the whole famsily! If you can't afford tickets to Phantom of the Theatre Lobby. 216 Hanover Street, Stet, Boston. Performances are Tues- 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Muie- Boston. Performances am. Tuesday- day~fk*Xat.;&p00 Saturday at 6:30 & wrn hours are Tuesday-Sunday 10-5 and Opera, The Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra has the next best thing -the premiere Friday at 8 pm, Satrdaiy &i 6 pm & 9:30, and Sundi al 3:00 & 7:30. Ticks- Wednesday 10-10. Admission: S6 gener- performance of Phanom of the Orchestra, or "The Dark Side of thie ets: 9 pm, with-matin~es on Nednesday, at $18 and $23. Telephone: 451-0195. al, $5 seniors and students, free with Sywnphaony. " Music byr Mozart, Beethoven, el. al.; script by Justi Locke. 2 pm, and Sunday at 3 pm. Tickets: MIT ID. Telephone: 267-9300. S15-to $24 general, $10 students Snow . vete-"d' The Seven Dwarves Sanders Theatre, January 12 at 2 pm. fthrough*-.Decermbejr2% Takphgne: continues through December 16 at the Fort Point ArsCommunity: Into Ihe MIT prnce: $6. ! 972. -, "' - II Boston Baked Theatre, 255 Elm Street, Second Deadek, featuring works by 52 D~avis Sqiaie, near the Davis Square artists fromn the largst concentration of T-stop on the red line. 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Around Columbia Records. ly career -simple, yet somehow meaning- this time, he and Barney Josephson, ful when she sings them. opened the. legendar Cafe Society, a total- desegregated club in New York City By CHRIS WANJEK "Long Gone Blues," co-written by Holi- ly day, is terribly blue -a true masterpiece which helped break both the color barrier IDON'T THINK Columbia Records and the highlight of the album. And and the Establishments' wanted to release The Quintessential "Some Other Spring," her favorite song, Hammond hired Holiday as the night- Billie Holiday -Volume 7, which brings the second side to a promising club's headliner and also produced many captures Holiday's career from 1938 close. of her recording sessions. This went well to 1939. Columbia did its best to avoid "Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine)' until Harmmond and Holiday developed this period, which was marred by Holi- really swings with help from Benny Car- conflicting interests. Holiday left Ham- day's feud with producer John Hammond ter's alto sax. But "6Hello, My Darling' monld and joined the folks at Commodore and her overall lack of interest in her own just gets by, saved at the last minute by by 1940. Surely this is where Columbia's music. Columbia slowly stretched their Teddy Wilson's piano solo. Quintessential Volume 8 will pick up. first six volumes over the period from Volume 8 will probably be much better. 1933 to 1937, hoping it would never reach The other songs on the album are all And volumes one 'through six,- for the Volume 7. seriously flawed. "Under a Blue Jungle most part, are better than Volume 7. But But Columbia didn't coward when it fi- Moon" tries to ride on the popularity of don't discard this period of Holiday's nally hit the 1938-39 roadblock, arguably those South Sea Island movies from the career; some of these songs are too won- Holiday's most disappointing years. Vol- late 1930s. Nothing could be further from derful to ignore, ume 7 is a collection of Holiday's best Holiday's style -or even her existence. sessions from the close of the 1930s. "Let's Dream in the Moonlight" has ab- If you are a new Billie Holiday fan, get Luckily, the album is saved by a few solutely no feeling, and the musicians are volumes one Or two, or even wait for the gems. Some truly boring songs, however, to blame for this. release of Volume 8; it will be worth it. If do clutter the collection. And the musi- Although Billie Holiday was making you're already a fan, I don't think you cians, sensing this boredom, fall asleep un-t One of those brooding, sentimental songs wonderful music throughout the 1930s, it would want to miss 'Dream of Life" or challenged by the middle of many songs. that Holiday performs so well. "That's All wasn't until this low period that she ironi- especially "Long Gone Blues.' The Chairmanof the Boardhits another quartercentury mark By now, Sinatra had reached the panthe- sonlgs, including such classics as "I Get a probably never know. By JOHN WARD on of teen idols (remember, this was some Kick Out of You,'" Witchcraft,' 'Come In 1961, Frank Sinatra started Reprise it w 1 RANK SINATRA,"' Stephen 45 years before Rick Astley). The "bobby- Fly with Me," and "Here's That Rainy Records. The label eventually recorded Holden of The New York soxers" you may have heard your grand- Day.' He also formed life-long friendships such artists as Jimi Hendrix, the Kinks, Times once wrote, "virtu- mother mention were actually an incarna- with Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford, and, and Neil Young. It was as the head of Re- ally invented modern pop tion of the Frank Sinatra Fall Club. Upon most importantly, Dean Martin and Sam- prise that Sinatra earned his coolest niick- song phrasing." His voice, creamy smooth signing with Colulmbia Records, Sinatra my Davis Jr. The group was dubbed the name, "the Chairman of the Board.' yet packing the punch of a kung, fu mas- began stamping his name on music history "Rat Pack," on account of their boozin' During the '60s he made some of his ter, is the standard by which all white with such gems as "Laura,' "I'm Glad and cruisin'. It was partly due to his most commercially successful1 records, in- American male singers, from Presley to There Is You,," and "sI Concentrate on friendship with Frank that Sammy was cluding such masterpieces as "That's Cylan to Roy Acuff to AAl Rose,, have You." Still, nobody yet knew or under- able to gain acceptance from a white Life," "My Way,' and "Cycles.' On July been measured. And so it is altogether fit- stood the effect this skinny blue-eyed kid audience. 2, 1966 "Strangers in the Night" nudged ting that we take an all too celebratory would have on the entire entertainment By the onset of the 1960s, Frank had be- "Paperback Writer" by the Beatles-out of look at the life of this extraordinary man, industry. come the dominant force in American en- the top spot on the Bfilboatd pop chart, a one day shy of his 75th birthday. tertainment, bigger than Elvis, bigger than position later matched by "Somethin' Stu- Francis Albert Sinlatra was born All this may have been too much for a Brando, bigger even than Connie Francis. pid' (which displaced the 1Turtles' "Happy Dec. 12, 1915 in Hoboken, NJ. He began 28-year-old -the fame was undoubtedly He had become a cultural icon. Together'). After a brief-retirement in the his singing career in the glee club at something with which he was unprepared Naturally, he made many powerful early 1970s, Sinatra camne back in full Damarest High Schlool, but ended up to cope. He left the mother of his three friends. Everyone knows that Sinatra per- force and closed the decade with the "Theme from New York, New York," dropping out to become a professional. At children (Nancy, Frank Jr. and Tina) and sonally won the 1960 election for John F. n i his mother's insistence, he gained employ- began an affair with glaorous actress Kennedy, who ended up betraying him by which continues to be a show stopper at 36 ment as a copy boy at the Jersey Journal, Ava Gardner, whom he eventually mar- sicking brother Bobby on Sam Giancana. his concerts. F. later working his way up to sports writer. ried. After that union fizzled, he took up and Johnny Roselli, but that's a Kennedy SI i "6He continued to sing in local clubs,'" with the equally glamorous Lauren Bacall. for you. Even though Old Blue Eyes set So, as we reflect upon Francis Albert iit relates Fred Bronson, "and with some For all this scandal, Frank was dropped him up with a classy broad like Judith Sinatra's first three-qluarters of a century, friends formed a group, the Hobok~en from Columbia's roster, and blacklisted Exner, he still gets stabbed in the back by we find ourselves in awe at the figure he represents. His giving nature, whether it PE Four," which later won first prize on a throughout the entertainment industry. those who don't appreciate his benevolent iz local radio show. Sinatra was just too powerful to be kept nature. be in concert or in public, allows' us, to F; t 17 Sinatra's big break came in June 1939, down, though. He landed a role in the O~f course, Frank had no choice but to overlook the fact that 'he hated~ Elvis c when bandleader Harry James discovered screen version of Fromn Here to EtemitY, defect to the Nixon camp in 1968, al- and thinks Sinead O'Connor should be c though we all remember how bitterly he "kicked in the ass." But all of that -is irrel° p the young singer and offered him a job as \_for which he was awarded the Academy tliz vocalist with his band for a weekly salary Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954. wept when Bobby was assassinated. His evant. Through it, alli he's stood tall. of $100. He finally established himself two Oscar in hand, he was welcomed back into newfound Republicanism allied him with As Dean Martin is fond of saying- "It's years later with Benny Goodman, after the business and quickly signed with Capi- Ronald Reagan, and in fact many of us Frank's world; we're just lucky to be living z a highly successful engagement at New tol Records. believe that-it was Franxk Sinatra who or- in it:' The record shows he took the blows 7 IL York's Paramount Theater. At Capitol he recorded some of his best dered the invasion of Grenada, but we'll and did it his way. 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APARA AOAAP - -- L -I L---- I_ _, -_ ____ ,--- -- , ______------ - i ^1, i I II r I ·' I I · TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11,- 990 TheTech PAGE 15_ - -1, ·IerlaC ------ - I sC sa =---s b ___IB-__L I - -- w L , aaq%·Sev a sMl s rup uar uar ·8 mJ· 8-- , , II -,, ui a nsn ia;tz F I - -- I -- ------A R T S --` - I - ------I I 1 _ I I mm I At Nightstage: Syd StIwMarc Ribot Cambridge. Tickets: $10 general, $5 se- and students. Telephone: 267-9300 Repertory Theatre at the Loeb Drama Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 2 pm. and'JoUlla Hatfildd on December 20; niors and students. Telephone: 876 0956. Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge. Tickets: $12. Telephone: 625-1300. Tickets: $16 general, $8 children under I~~~~Y ~~~~r~~~~il~~~Absolute, The Response, Sweet P., and * * . The Prophes~on December 21 (18 +); Tlhe Johne Oliver Cborale performs Mo- IS. Telephone: 547-8300. Fences, the Boston premiere of August DeserH~ll onlecember 27. Located zart's Requiem on December 31 in Trin- Wilson's explosive drama of black family at 823 Main Street, Cambridge, just ity Church, Copley Square, Boston. Aristocrats, Brian Friel's comic portrayal life in urban America, is presented Janu- north of MIT. Telephone: 497-8200. Tickets: SlO. Telephone: 325^0886. of an Irish family in transition as they ary 3 to February 3 at the New Repertory gather together on the eve of their youn- Theatre, 54 Lincoln Street, Newton At Johnny D's: Red MacDonald on De- Banclietto Musicaele performs in a New gest daughter's wedding, is presented De- Highlands, near the Newton Highlands cernber 18; Bhsundu Boys on Decem- Year's Day Gald with Mozart opera ex- cember 28 to January 27 at the Hunting- T-stop on the Riverside 'D' green line. *ber 19; Acousti Juoction on Decem- cerpts on January I in Sanders Theatre, ton Theatre Company, 264 Huntington Performances are Wednesday at 2:00, .ber 20; ,Boogaloo Swamis on Harvard University, Quincy and Kirkland Avenue, Boston. Performances are Tues- Thursday & Friday at 8:00, Saturday at December 21; Mozsmba on Decem- Streets, Cambridge. Tickets: $13, $19, day-Saturday at 8 pmn, Sunday at 7 pm, 5:00 & 8:30, and Sunday at 3:00 & 7:30. .ber22;,1tonok End and Suqlr Ray & and $24. Telephone: 864-5988. with matinees Wednesday, Saturday, & Telephone: 332-1646. .The' Biroadcasters on December 28; Sunday at 2 pm. Tickets: $16 to $32 gen- ,SIp;' Li Beeorion December.29;IBar- E~mmanuel Music -continue's its Debussy eral, $7.50 student rush. Tel: 266-0800. Starlight Express, based on the London lonce Whitfield on December31; Laz & His Circle recital series with works by and Broadway productions with music Lestter on January S; Elthei/Orebestra Debussy, Bartok, and Mussorgsky on Otherwise Engaged, Simoll Gray's wise by Andrew Lloyd Webber, is presented on January 9.- Located at 17 Holland January 6 in Emmanuel Church Library, and caustic look at the first yuppies, is January 8 to 13 at the Wang Center, 270 Every Mothers Nightmare, Trouble Street, Davis Square, Somerville, near IS Newbury Street, Boston. Tickets: $15 presented January 3 to February 4 at the Tremont Street, Boston. Performances Tribe, and Big Cimas perform on De- the Davis Square T-stop on the red line. general, S10 seniors and students. Tele- Lyric Stage Theatre, 54 Charles Street, are Tuesday & Thursday-Saturday at cember 19, mna 19+ ages show at Axis, Telephone: 77&9667. phone: 536-3356. Boston. Telephone: 742-8703. 8:00, Wednesday at 7:30, Sunday at 7:00, 13 Lansdowne Street, Boston, near Ken- with matinees Saturday & Sunday at more Square. -Telephone: 262-2437. At Neccd Place: Miles Dethinuffn on The Chilingirian String Quartet performs The Grace of Mary Traverse, Timberlake 2:00. Tickets: $25.75 to $45. Telephone: December 18, Stone Soup on Decem- works by Mozart, Bartok, Schubert, and Wertenbaker's story of a sheltered wom- ber 19; King V an December 20; Safety Beethoven on January 7 in Houghton Li- an's surrealistic journey into the political LITERATURE in Numbers on Decenber it; Diguy Fig- brary, Harvard University, Cambridge. and social turmoil of 18th century Lon- Liza Roman reads from Dylan Thomas' nos on December 22; Fridays Child on Tickets: S 12 general, $6 students. Tele- don, is presented January 3 to 13 at The A Child's Chrisvtmasin Wales on Decem- December 27; Laurie Sargent on Decem- phone: 495-2449. Performance Place, 277 Broadway, Som- ber 22 at the Boston Visual Artists ber 29. Located at One Necco Place, erville, near the Sullivan T-stop on the Union, 33 Harrison Avenue, Boston. No near South Station in downtown Boston. Boston Classical Orchestra, with Chairles orange line. Performances are Thursday- admission charge. Telephone: 695-1266. Telephone: 426-7744. Kavalovski, French horn, performs THEATER works by Bach, Corelli, Telemann, Mo- Fly South, a, one-act- -work-in-progress zart, and Bartok on January 9 and I11in * ' +' At Ed Burke's: Motor City Rthythm featuring poetic monologues set to per- Kings on December 20; Bond That Time Old South Meeting House, 310 Washing- cussive jazz score, is presented Decem- A Flock of Sagulls and Life in Between Forgot on December 21; C-Jammers on ton Street at Milk Street, Downtown perform on December 28 at Axis, 13 ber 17 to 19 at The Performance Place, December 22; Bruce Marshall Group on Crossing, Boston. Tickets: $12 and $18 277 Broadway, Somerville. Tickets: $4. Lansdowne Street, Boston, near Kin- general, $8 seniors and students. Tele- December 23. Located at 808 Hunting- Telephone: 625-1300. more Square. Telephone: 262-2437. ton -Avenue, Boston. on the 'E' green phone: 426-2387. line. Telephone: 232-2191. Lend Me a Tenor, the Broadway comedy Tom Rush performs on December 29 in Andriyev Balalaika Orchestra performs starring Ron Holgate and Barry Nelson, Symphony Hall, corner~of Huntington The Christmas Revels and The Dmitri on January 9 in Symphony Hall, corner and Massachusetts Avenues, Boston. is presented December 18 to 31 at the Pokrovsky Ensemble at Sanders Theatre of Huntington and Massachusetts Ave- Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston Street, Tickets: S19.50, $22.50, and $23.50. on December 26-23 and 27-,30. See De- nues, Boston. Tickets: $20, $23, and $25 Telephone: 641-1010. Boston. Performances are Tuesday-Sat- cember 14 listing. [see also reduced-price tickets offered urday at 8 pm, with matines Thursday through the Tech Performing Arts Se- & Saturday at 2 pm and Sunday at 3 pm. Steep Chamber performs in an 18 + ages JAZZ MUSIC ries]. Telephone: 266-1492. show on December 31 at Man Ray, 21 At the Regattabar: Rebecca Parris on Tickets: $16 to $38.50. Tel: 426-9366. Brookline Street, Cambridge. Telephone: December 20 (with Herb Pomeroy & FILM St VIDEO I 864-0406. Mike Nlonaghan)* 21 (with Paul Broad- La Bite, a comedy starring Ron Silver, is At the Harvard Film Archive: Vagabond presented December 20 to January 20 at nax & Fred Haas), and 22 (with Dick (1985, Agnies Varda, France) on Decern- At the Paradise: Scream Her, Blue Tiger, Johnson & Kenny Werizel); The Cabaret the Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont Street,- ber,!7; seven women seven sins (1987, Boston, -Telephone: 423-4008. and TUN Lock. on December- 19. (18 +) Rose with blfbnso Vflallongavon- Decern- Hefke Sander, Bette Gordon- Maxi Co- The Rtindo and 9W.-Bisldinoi on Dei wkr..27, Tlle'Netw Eagle Jazz Bond on De- heo; -Chantal A~kermnan, Valie`-Expo-rt, A Mail and Some Visitors presented b cemberi20; Zui Z~igan~d Ant ]Pwm on' cember 28 and 29;- Ruth Brown and Laurence Gavron, & Ulrike Ottinger) on December21 (18+); SiQ-A-Men Gypsy, Friends on January. X-6; The lCercie Beau Jest Moving Theater and Alfonso December 18. Located at the Carpenter Viiallonga & Cabaret Rose at C. Walsh J.T. & The Scream, and Trip Wire on" -Millet Quaret,on, January 8; The George Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard Uni- December 27 (I 8 + ); T11Tuesday on -De-- -Cl6himn Qisifit on January 912. L~o- Theater, Suffolk University, Decern- versity, 24 Quincy Street,~ Cambridge. ber 20-22. See December 13 listing. cember,28 (18 +.); Urban Blight on -De- Waed at. the :Charles Hotel, Harvard Tickets: $4 general, $3 seniors and chipls cernber 31. Located at 967: Cormmon; Square~_One Beinnett Street, Camnbridge'. Oren, $6/$5 for double features. Tele- wealth Avenue, Boston. Tel: 254-2052. . Telephone`-661:5000. -- Black Nativity presented by the National phone: 495-4700. Center of Afro-American Artists at the At the iChanne-l- MellhRWe on Deceni- CLAS9ICAL MUSIC' Opera House, December 21-23. See De- ber.17; Max C:teek -on, Decemnber 2f; -The Boston~ Gs* Men's Chorus at Jordan At the Museum of -Fine Arts: Knowing cember 14 listing. Barrence.Whpfielfd and The Savag~es on Hl~l on Deceomber 18. See December 16 Her Place (1990, Indu krishan), Slippage Decembe~r 22; Leevky on Decemnber 23;' listing. (1990, Patti Bruck), Memories from the A Christmas Carol presented by Gine- Department of Amnesia (1I990, Janice sius Arts Project at St. Cecilia's Church The Wailers on.-December 26:, Herefi;x on Tanaka), Sinks or Swim (1990, Su Frie- December 28- IBuddy Guy. on Decem-~ The Boston Camerats presents A Ba- on December 21 and 22. See Decem- ber 29; iGwar Ion' December 30k, The roiue Ch:ristmas, works by Buxtehude, drich), A Spy in the House that Ruth ber 14 fasting. I Neighborhoods, The Titanics, and Thle Mqnteverdi, and Charpentier, on Decemn- Built (1989, V/analyne Green), and Two Bnistols on 'December 31. Located at 25 ber 19 in Sanders Theatre, Harvard Uni- Lies (1989, Pamela Tom) on Decem- Front Row Cir at the Theatre Lobby Necco Street, near South'StAtion ,it's iversfty, Q44tcy' and Kirkland Streets, ber 19; Winter Ade (1988, Helke Missel- Cabaret on December 21. See Decem- downtownoqtooh. Telephone: 451X1905. Boston. Tickets: $8, $I11, $17, and $2 1. writz, GDR) and Through the Wire (1989, ber 1.4 listing. Telephone: 262-2092. Nina- Rosenbaum) on December 20; Elec- Bears: W~inter Hlours on De- trenic Diary (1985-90, Lynn Hershman) The Island of Anyplace, Charles Marz' Atft.T. the and My Mamma Done Told Me (1987, cember 28- Zulus on December 29; Tftb,.< ,The Longy Opera Workshop Perfor- theatrical parallel to Britten's The Young mance presents Menotti's Amahl and the Elizabeth Taylor-Mead) on December 21. Person's Guide to the Orchestra, illus- Flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal performs at Symphony Lyres and'Voodoo .l~oIls'on, Decem- Screenings in Remis Auditorium, 465 ber'3 1.- Loa~tef 'it 10 Brookline Street, Nlight Visitors on December 20-23 in the- trating the various elements of theater, is Hall on Jan. 13. Cambridge, just north of MIT. Tele- Edward Pickman Concert Hall, Longy Huntington Avenue, Boston. Tickets: $5 presented December 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, phone: 492-082. School of Music, 27 Garden Street, 'general, $4.50 MFA members, seniors, 31, and January 31 by the American 1, I, _l PAGE 16 TheTech TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1990 __ ql - - - CSljCS " I Jrm's Journal brqNim 'a s srh- 3Tv, . Itwas comlic~lOJJ 'I e ts e ie; filwst h"\ ^ 3dtst4 tkSse1 le w- o covA t>>ewlterea~snwth owke tl-J 'OvevrAk %;$lisew to so ,.aU a4 ho, bank# A to I at* totisr. To VAof itWS\ - -_w" %v 1r revw, % w- Ofswo k-tm lts+ %-%gkt. 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The state enacted a ,~ ,,,, n oices, (C-ontinued fromn page 1) garbage. landfill ban last year that will The recycling center will not limit Counseling Couns~eling and HTLV-1I1 blood screen- The city currently pays $74 per what waste can be put in __ ing services are available for individuals ton, plus a tipping fee, to have its check to determine if the users of landfills. By the end of 1994, The Samaritans - someone to talk to concerned about exposure to the virus as- garbage removed. It is hoped that the facility are residents of Cam- glass, aluminum, some metal and befriend you, are on call 24 hours a sociated with AIDS. For more information by recycling some waste, the ton- bridge. "In reality if someone cans, and single polymer plastics day, 7 days a week. The center, at 500 about this free confidential service spon- Commonwealth Avenue, Kenmore Square, sored by the Department of Public Health nage sent to land fills will be re- came, we wouldn't turn them will be banned from landfills. is open from 8 am to 8 pm every day for and Counseling Services, call 522-4090), duced. "It's really a cost-saving away," Peterson said. "It would [be ideal) for MIT to people to come in and talk. Service is free weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm. Outside mechanism," said Peterson. Cambridge has plans to add try to negotiate with its hauler of and completely confidential. Call 247- Boston call collect. Because MIT uses the Jet-A- curbside recycling pick-ups, like trash right now to see if you can 0220. The Greater Framingham Area Veteran's Way hauling service to dispose of those used in Brookline. This get recycling services," Peterson The Beth Israel Hospital hosts a Rape Outreach Center is holding rap sessions for its garbage, it does not affect the would alleviate crowding at the said. Crisis Group on Tuesdays at 7:30 am for Vietnam veterans every Wednesday (except amount of recycling center. Food and Housing Services womnen who are experiencing disruption in the third week of the month, when they solid waste the city their lives immediately following or up to will be held Thursday) at 7 pmn. There is collects. "Because the Institute is Students were aware plans to begin its recycling pro- six months after being raped. The long- also a group for the wives of Vietnam vet- a commercial enterprise, we can of possible conflict gram next year. Nilsson has re- term crisis group meets Thursdays at 6 pm. erans. For more information, call 879- not use the [city's recycling] cen- ceived two bids from outside For more information, call (617) 735-4738. 9888. ter," said John C. Berlinguet Jr., Kumar and Arnita Gupta '91 companies and is waiting for two Today, more than one million men and The Cambridge Dispute Settlement Cen- superintendent of building main- knew problems might arise with more. women are demonstrating by their personal ter has announced that it is making its ser- tenance and recycling. using the Cambridge center when The program will cost the food example that alcoholism is an illness that vice of mediating disputes available to can be arrested. If you have an alcohol re- roommates in the Cambridge area. Those "If the intent is to reduce mu- they began the program. and housing department money lated problem please get in touch with the interested in using CDSC's service to re- nicipal solid waste, then the mnar- "There is this sort of interest- initially, but Nilsson hopes it will Alcoholics Anonymous group nearest you solve a roommate dispute or any other dis- ket we're targeting is people who ing fine line that isn't clear," save money in the long run. "5If - with complete assurance that your ano- pute should contact the mediation center at nymity will be protected. Call 426-9444 or 876-5376. are served by municipal waste Gupta said. She said employees the program is successful, the write: Alcoholics Anonymous, Box 459, disposal," Peterson explai ned. of the recycling center said stu- tonnage that will go to a landfill Grand Central Station, NY 10163. You will MIT dents could bring trash to be re- will be reduced," she said. She receive free information in a plain needs to develop its own 'envelope. Study Help program to deal with recycling cycled. "It's not entirely illegal," hopes money saved in hauling and waste disposal "through a she added. costs will offset the cost of re- Parenting is a tough job. If you need The professional tutor staff of the MIT private hauler," she said. "We've been aware that that cycling. help surviving the parenting experience, Writing and Communication Center (14N- might be a problem. . .. We Students involved in Saturday's the Family Support Network and Parents 317) will be glad to consult with you on Students initiated SHT Anonymous are co-sponsoring a support any writing or oral presentation project haven't been able to find conclu- recycling drive expressed satisfac- group for isolated or overwhelmed parents. (papers, theses, letters, etc.) from 10 am- recydling program sive evidence either way," Dunn tion with the results. They hope 'Every Tuesday night from 6 pm to 8 pm at 6 pm Monday through Friday. You may ei- Roxbury Children's Service, 22 Elm Hill ther phone for an appointment (x3-3090) The Department of Housing said. to expand the program to include Ave., Dorchester. or just drop in. In addition, workshops for and Food Services is studying a The group decided to begin the Boston living groups sometime in The Family Support Network is also those for whom English is a second lan- campus-wide program for recy- program despite this uncertainty. the future. But Gupta cautioned, sponsoring a support group for teen par- guage are held in the Center on Wednes- ents, every Thursday night from 6 pm to days from 6:15-7:15 pin. All services are cling. "We are looking for a pro- "There's really no other place we "It would be very difficult." 8 pmn at Roxbury Children's Service. free. gram for all of the on-campus can go to take stuff to be recy- - The recycling program accepts dormitories," said Karen A. Nils- cled without getting a contract newspaper, glass, aluminum, and ==_ -~~~~~~~~~...... sonl, general manager of housing from an outside vendor," Kumar some plastics. The program does .II .. operations. She is negotiating said. accept white paper for recycling. *>~~~~~~~~~-----.. contracts with several companies Acting Dean for Student Af- But the Institute has a program in the metropolitan Boston area. fairs Arthur C. Smith helps fund for recycling white paper, accord- Amsterda $179 Jamaica $99 Part auPrnce ~ 149 Atlanta London She expected to "~make some de- the program, but was unaware of ing to Berlinguet. 119 169 Rome 279 any impropriety on the students" The living groups served by the Barbados 119 Los Angeles 169 Milan ...... 279 cisions by the first of the year." Berlin Madrid parts. "The people are responsi- program are' Alpha Delta Phi, 249 259 San Juan Nilsson-'cited student interest in Frayfir 69 St Thomas ble for their own actions. If there Bexley Hall, Burton-Conner 199 149 recycling as the primary reason Geneva 249 Muih 259 Tokyo 269 were some lack of awareness, we House, East Campus, 500 Me- I for beginning the program. "Stu- Zurich 249 Mexico 159 Trinidad 149 dents have been very conscious of would try to negotiate with morial DriveMacGregor House, Hawai Paris 199 Sydney 499 concerns, regarding landfills and them," he said. "I wasn't aware McCormick Hall, New West Each way from Boston - Scheduled Airlines *Taxes Additional . Certain Restrictions atmlv I I ------. . - . ------. 1XI-ul"lum apply .have taken the initiative in their of any legal liability we might Campus Houses, Nulmber Six W=. own livini" roups-'9 she said. have.' Club, Phi Beta Epsilon, Rno I1I - - - - I Two house managers, Bailey E. Smith provides $150 per.-month Hall, Senior House, Theta Delta WAY TO. GO TRAVEL Hewitt of Senior-House and John to pay for the two vans use~d tq-- -C'hi,, and the Women's Indepen- 1601 Bluchill Ave, #4, ?Mbttapmn MA 02126 - 1220 Broadway, Ste 3 10, New York NY 1000 1 carry trash to the recyclinjgee-d,- .'dent-- Living Group^. P. Corcoran of East Campus, L. (617) 298--646 * (212) 947-1N24 I L - -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ,work with- students- -on--th6 " ecy-, -,ter.- He- does, not sup&i--"x;roJ.4t -~8_ j cling project. "SThey'Ve been' stildents' use of the vans.-i e working with students within program itself.-v- their houses-to develop a student The UA started work 6n'- recy-. recycling program, Nilsson said. cling last year. "There was ,a lot - The student program will co~n'"`- of [research] done on it, but thena~ ,tribute to problems with Cam- the initiative was picked up by bridge'Us recyclin~g p~r-ogram-._ AKaumar and Guptab," said UA "'We're swamped. We just don't President Manish Bapna '91. -- t e have the capacity to serve those The UA renewed its association 8 people we were intending to with the project a few weeks ago. ^ _ w _ serve, " Peterson said. Cambridge The UA supplies manpower and residents have waited for more hopes to become -more involved Mtrl oe salaigwrd than half an hour at the center in the future. "It's definitely a Misontorolaductis thogleaden world wide supplier of data communications equipment for private networks, from trans- on some occasions. UA 'concern ..... It's something msinpout hog ieae ,a networking solutions (STDM, X.25, TI), all under integrated network manage- Student drivers estimated that that the UA really wants to do," ment. Codex is a recognized leaderr in bringing state-of-the-art technology to products. they delivered three tons of gar- Dunn said ... bage to the recycling center on We are building upon our expertisee to provide advanced private networking solutions for the 1990's. Areas; of activity MIT may have recycling include systems architecture and delesign of integrated switching nodes, software architecture, design and implementa- Saturday, said Daniel J. D~unn program next year '94, UA liaison to the recycling tion of real-time distributed multipy,)rocessor networking products, ISDN call processing and frame relaying, system and I program. For the whole of last Now MIT needs to take initia- networking software. month, the recycling center re- tive on recycling its waste, Peter- Research and Advanced Developmeient at Codex brings together research, advanced marketing and advanced develop- I ment in a unique setting to focus ininnovative efforts in new communication technologies. The ideal Codex R&AD FACULTY POSITIONS AT engineer i's one who wants to see hihis/her ideas realized in commercial products; someone with outstanding technical THE CITY POLYTECHNIC ability and the desire to turn ideasi ;into tangible output that meets real market needs. 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The team was more the holidays and will resume their and Luis Maldonado '92, each than happy to oblige with a fenc- schedule on Jan. 17, when they with one win. ing demonstration, which they will fence Duke University, North After the meet, the team was look forward to viewing some- Carolina State, Johns Hopkins, approached by a Japanese televi- time after oshogatsu (New Temple, Ohio State, and Navy. sion crew filming a documentary Year's). (Sara Ontiveros '93 is manager about universities preparing for The team will pause briefly for of the women's fencing team.) -P I_ --- _ _ __ Zau Hush lime baby don't you cry. 0 if someone doesn't 'O'I 'o do something fo you'll just die. A) Be a Peace Corps volunteer II ---- -J - -·IL --- L- _ - , _ _ --I '-' aa sC aq- II -" I elW I - - - - - I The fourth in a series. The purpose of education is to develop basic thinldng skills - NO and to obtain a basis of knowledge in our chosen field. 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L.- I -- - A i - - U _ _ _ II I1 -_ ; 1 1 1 1 I 11 1 i I 1 I m - PARE 9A Tlh TPAh TllF.qnY nFDFCMBER 11. 1990 I 0 - 'a j r/AUL Act t II U Ix _ / , I LV-VvAL V I-'v -I * I I - -sports-| r --ele -- 9 ----.- " I -1 - - - Track coasts by Holy Cross By David Rothstein relay team. weeks off from intercollegiate The indoor track team scored a Ed Cho '93 got an upset win competition, but will meet the 75-52 victory over the College of in the 55-meter hurdles, leading MIT alumni on Saturday, at 1:30. , - _ the Holy Cross last Thursday at second-place finisher Matt Rob- ,, the Johnson Athletics Center. inson '94 (8.42) and Dean Moon Track vs. The Engineers swept the 55-meter '92 (third, 8.46) in the sweep. Indoor high hurdles and the high jump, MIT also swept the high jump, Holy Cross and got two firsts from senior with all three jumpers clearing at the Johnson Athletics Center co-captain John-Paul Clarke and 6'-2". Garret Moose '91 took December 6, 1990 three from junior Kevin Scannell first with the fewest misses, fol- en route to the win. lowed by Tom Washington '92 Weight throw - 1, Clarke, MIT, 55'- 5%"; 2, Curmmings, HC, 50'-10"; 3, Clarke dominated the 35-pound and James Kirtley '94. Hathaway, HC, 47'-11%"; 4, Flem- weight throw with a 55-foot, 51/2- Moose also picked up seconds ing, MIT, 42'-2'. inch toss, and won the shot put, in the long jump (21 '-93/4 a) and High jump - 1, Moose, MIT, 6' 2"; 2, Washington, MIT, 6'-2'; 3, Kirtley, at 44'-11 V/2 ". (4-0 '-8 V/4 '), as well as triple jump MIT, 6'-2'. Scannell, meanwhile, racked a third in the pole vault (12'-6"). Pole vault - 1, McMahon, HC, 13'-6'; up 16 points on the strength of The 800 meters may have been 2, Robinson, MIT, 13'-0"; 3, Moose, first places in the long jump the afternoon's most exciting MIT, 12'-6': 4, Zebrak, HC, 12'0"'. Jump - 1, Scannell, MIT 21'- (21 /-10l/4 t), triple jump (43 '- race, although meet officials dis- Long 10t/4"; 2, Moose, MIT, 21'-93%4"; 3, 73/4 ') and 400 meters (51.56 sec- qualified MIT's Jon Claman '93 MacLaren, HC, 20'-10% A, 4, Tewks- onds), as well as a third in the for cutting off Holy Cross's Tim bury, MIT, 20'-10'. 200 (24.24). O'Brien as the runners entered Triple jump - 1, Scannell, 43_73%4n; 2, Head coach Halston Taylor the bell lap. Claman held the Moose, MIT, 40'-8/"; 3, McMahon, HC, 40-61/2 -. moved the team's other co-captain, lead for most of the race, with Shot put - 1, Clarke, MIT, 44'- 1'1; senior Mark Dunzo, down from O'Brien maintaining close con- 2, Hathaway, HC, 42'-71/4"; 3, Flem- his customary spot in the 400 to tact. O'Brien faded with 150 me- ing, MIT, 41'-1%'; 4, Lees, HC, the 55 and 200 races, matching ters to go, perhaps distracted by 39'-103N4 . 55 meters - 1, Bonner, HC, 6.50; 2, him with Holy Cross' flighty se- Claman's interference, but Holy Dunzo, MIT, 6.65; 3, Chiang, MIT, nior, Maury Bonner. As expect- Cross' Joe Cusack pulled up on 6.95; 4, Cummings, HC, 7.06. ed, Bonner won both races, but Claman and passed him with 10 55 meter high hurdles - 1, Cho, MIT, Dunzo recorded good times for meters to go. 8.26; 2, Robinson, MIT, 8.42; 3, Moon, MIT, 8.46; 4, Mclahon, HC, the second places, with a 6.65 Pete Ronco '92 broke nine 8.46. finish to Bonner's 6.50 in the 55, minutes in the 3000 meters for 200 meters - 1, Bonner, HC, 22.88; 2, and a 23.29 to Bonner's 22.88 in the second race in a row, coming Dunzo, MIT, 23.29; 3, Scannell, MIT, the 200. Dunzo also ran a leg on in second, in 8:59.78. 24.24; 4, Chiang, MIT, 24.90. 400 meters - 1, Scannell, MIT, 51.56; the winning (3:35.15) 1600-meter The varsity team has three 2, Corcoran, MIT, 53.18; 3, Zebrak, a· a· 1- ·r I pt r-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~HC, 53.29; 4, Martel, HC, 54.00. 800 meters - 1, Cusack, HC, 2:00.6; aL- aa L r e l- III C-- 2, O'Brien, HC, 2:02.5; 3, Knoedler, MIT, 2:08.6; 4, Sammy, HC, 2:08.9. 1500 meters - 1, Petrone, HC, 4:14.91; 2, O'Brien, HC, 4:17.95; 3, Gallivan, HC 4:18.00; 4, Suryade- vara, MIT, 4:25.92. 3000 motets - 1, O'Brien, HC, 8:55.10; 2, Ronco, MIT, 8:59.78; 3, Williams, MIT, 9:19.82; 4, Renz, HC, 9:27.50. 1600 meter relay - 1, MIT, 3:35.15; 2, HC, 3:44.91- HA 3200 meter relay - 1, HC, 8:28.45; 2, Michael J. Franklin/The Tech MIT, 8:32.75. Cheryl Klepser '91 sets upthe ball in Saturday's game 1, MIT, 75; 2, Holy Cross, 52. against Bates. MIT lost. - I-- · 1111 -1- · I I· r = II I - -- I I- Foments fencing-defealts Cornell By Sara Ontihreros two, and Heather Klaubert '94 against a 4-2 deficit going into The women's fencing team -with one. .the final round, where they were chalked up another one in the The men's team lost to Cor- able to recover only two of the wins column last Saturday when nell, 18-9, narrowly losing foil remaining three. they triumphed over visiting Cor- and epee, 5-4 each, and losing sa- The men's foil squad was led in nell University, 10-6. Even bre, 8-1. The one sabre victory scoring by Ken Ellis '93, who though the 2-2 score at the end of came from freshman Mark Hurst took two bouts. He was followed the first round cast doubtful eye '94 in the first bout of the day. by captain Freeland Abbott '92 at the meet's opening, the Lady The epee squad struggled (Please turn to page 23; Blades were able to turn tide, taking three of the next four bouts. Maintaining an aggressive pos- ture, the team was able to hold the lead through the 9-5 victory. Top scoring honors went to. cap- tain Felice Swapp '92, who took William Chu/The Tech all four of her bouts, including Deishin Lee G battles it out with Wesleyan defenders the precious ninth victory. Next in Saturday's women's hockey game. MIT won, 7-0. came Alice Chang G with three , ...... I wins, Sara Ontiveros '93 with _ ,, , I I ------CTI r, I _ ATTENTION INTERNA1IONAL STUDENTS .v· If you plan to travel outside of the-United i States, please remember to stop by the I Intemational Student Office, 5-106. You Catalog! need to have your I-20 or IAP-66 signed on Everything you need to Larry's Chinese Restaurant the back by one of the Intemnational Student xi J know about: Advisors and pickup the appropriate travel *Student Travel 302 Mass. Ave., Cambridge * Air Fares (next to Father's Fore) handouts. 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