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I VOLUME 95, NUMBE-R S MIT,F CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS_2. 1q5_ FEBRUARY 21. -)75 Fas wants grades chang2es By Stephen Blatt By a 20-50 vote, the faculty plinary base. In defense of the 3. MIT students will receive.plus rejected dropping F, I, O, OX proposal, Professor Kent and minus grades, will still get and T grades from the external Hansen, Executive Officer of the F's, and will not be allowed to transcript, and on two votes split Nuclear Engineering Depart- add courses after the fifth week evenly on a proposal to include ment, pointed out that the pro- of the term if recommendations written evaluations by the facul- posed curriculum was compar- adapted by the faculty Wednes- ty as part of the grading process. able' in scope both to the other day are put into effect. The faculty votes are not engineering programs at MIT and I In a meeting punctuated by binding, and do not represent to the other seventeen under- I stormy outbursts, the faculty changes in the MIT grading graduate programs in nuclear considered the first four of eight- structure. Recommendations engineering currently in opera- IIk proposals by the'Ad'Hoc Com- which the faculty approved at tion in the United States. mittee on Grading endorsing.two the meeting will be considered The debate on the Grading and refusing two. The faculty by the Committee on Educa- Committee proposals, which had i also voted to establish a Bache- tional Policy (CEP) which will been previously discussed at Ir lor of Science degree program in then bring motions to a later faculty meetings in November co Nuclear Engineering. faculty meeting for considera- and December, began this time 31 by Professor 9 endorsed tion. If the CEP recommenda- with a statement i,s The grade proposals Xa involve moving the Drop Date tions are accepted, the MIT Leonard Gould of Electrical by one week, establishing an Rules and Regulations of the Engineering on behalf of his tr "Add Date" after which stu- Faculty will be'amended accor- department's Undergraduate dents may-not add subjects, and dingly. Educational Policy Committee. indicating on internal grade re- The BS degree in Course Gould claimed that the grade cords- all courses dropped be- XXII, which had been under committee's recommendations tween the Add and Drop Dates. study by the department for "further chip away at the grad- Also, the faculty recom- several years, was instituted by ing structure which has already mended that plusses and minuses an overwhelming vote despite been seriously weakened." be added to grades of B, C, and objections from some faculty "Telling our professional col- c D, and that the grade of A-minus that the degree program was too leagues in other institutions that Z, be established. narrow and lacked a broad disci- we will not give them informnna- tion on failures because we fear 4d they may misuse it is unwar- MkI Capitol debate planned ranted, arrogant and dishonest," A made-up skeleton looms in silent collaboration with demonstra- Gould said. tors at Tuesday's anti-deportation rally, symbolizing the fate seven He attacked the late drop South Vietnamnese students may face if they are forced to return to on sci advisory body (Please turn to page 2) their homeland. z i~: 'By Norman D. Sandler The original set-up, composed The White House is preparing of the Office of Science and to begin discussions with Con- Technology and the President's Rally held. or Viet students Science _ Advisory. Committee,. (,.... x gre -,,sQXJav new. .presidential Paris Peace Agreement," An was disbanded by then-President By Michael Garry Kissinger. The petition contains science advisory set-up, The said. "And this repression has Nixon in 1973, reportedly due Chanting "stop the war in 12,000 signatures, he added. Tech has learned. not only been of Vietnamese in to Nixon's dissatisfaction with Vietnam - stop the deporfa- The INS has attempted to Although no decision has Vietnam, but also of those the advice he was receiving from tions," a crowd of about 50 deport the students for their been made as to the actual struc- abroad." aides who had publicly dissented demonstrators marched in front participation in anti-war activi- ture of any such office, the The latter part of this state- from his stated positions. of the Kennedy Building at ties and for their opposition to White House has notified several Government Center Tuesday af- the Thieu Government in 'South ment was elaborated in a pam- members of Congress of its inm- Talk of the re-establishment ternoon in support of seven Vietnam (see The Tech Dec. 10, phlet written by the Defense tentions to establish an advisory of the advisory mechanism be- South Vietnamese students 1974). Committee Against Deportation apparatus acceptable to both gan shortly after Nixon's resig- threatened with deportation. In a short speech following of Vietnamese for Peace, a group bodies. nation last August. Although One of the students, Nguyen the demonstration, An explained formed to aid the seven stu- President Ford took no immedi- Rep. Olin E. Teague, 'D- Huu An, is a first year MIT that he and the other six stu- dents. ate action upon taking office, Texas, chairman of the House graduate student in electrical en- dents fear that if they are sent According to the pamphlet. one of his first directives to Vice Science and Technology Corn- gineering. The others are atten- back to South Vietnam, the which was distributed during the President Rockefeller in Decem- mittee and newly chosen chair- ding or have recently graduated Thieu Government willimprison demonstration, a Saigon military ber Was "to study the question man of the congressional Tech- from universities in California. them for their opposition activi- tribunal in 1969 tried in absentia of whether the system of a nology Assessment Board, told The purpose of the demon- ties. six Vietnamese students who White House science advisor, or The Tech earlier this week that stration, according to David "Thousands have been put in were living in West Germany. board of advisors, should be he was contacted by the White Rockwell, An's attorney, was jail for advocating peace, na- Japan, and France for their criti- revived, and if so in what form." House on Monday. He was told "to show that popular support tional reconciliation, and the cism of the Thieu Government: that planning for the science Rockefeller, according to for these students exists." In faithful implementation of the (Please turn to page 8) advisory mechanism had ad- White House Press Secretary addition, he said, the demonstra- vanced to the point where dis- Ron Nessen, was to have repor- tion called attention to a peti- cussions could be hel d with se- ted his findings to the President tion demanding political asylum Students denngnstrate lected members of Congress who "'within a month or so." for the students, which will be in the _past had been involved in Chosen to head the informal presented to the Immigration again st cl se d lmae etin-g the drive for re-establishment of study was Henry L. Diamond, and Naturalization Service (INS) By John Sallay him speaking here." He added [Please turn to page 9) and Secretary of State Henry .j . a science advisory office. -- About 25 students demon- that "they are not free to have - y . _ :;, ii.i,-r~ _ ' ' -,. strated yesterday outside a anyone they want here to Technology and Culture Seminar speak." room against their exclusion According to Reverend John from the seminar and against the Crocker of the MIT Chaplaincy, views of its lecturer. the "Convener" of-the seminar, The lecturer, Dr. Richard the purpose of inviting Hernstein Hernstein, Harvard Professor of was "to hear him and be able to

I Psychology, maintains that there argue with him and thus show K is a correlation between one's IQ that sound science overcomes ,2 and the job one can successfully unsound science." hold. Hernstein was at MIT in r January to address the seminar Allegedly threatened with group with the agreement that it arrest if they broke into the would be a closed meeting in seminar, the demonstrators re- which no students would .be mained quietly outside the present. Students also demon- seminar room. strated at that time outside of The demonstration was orga- the meeting room, demanding to nized by members of the get in. When Crocker asked the Students for a Dernoncratic se m i n a r's participants if it Society (SDS) and the Student should remain closed, Hernstein Action Coordinating Committee walked out. (SACC). Calling Hernstein a Hernstein returned yesterday . vicious racist" and a "fascist to MIT to address the seminar slob," a leader of the SDS, who again on the condition that it be wished to remain anonymous, limited to seminar participants. said the purpose of the demon- Frank Jones, Ford Professor of Posters and protesters marred yesterday's Technology and Culture Seminar, when about 25 students stration was to show the admini- Urban Affairs and seminar parti- I rallied against speaker Richard Hernstein's "racist" theories. Tech and Culture convener Rev. John stration that we don't like his cipant, said "This is the kind of Crocker (right) also came under attack for closing the seminar to the MIT community. views and thal we don't want {Pleasc turn to paruc 6 ) IN PAGF 2 FBFRRIUARY21. 1975 THETECH I I --l-~-- - I ~~~~~----~~~~~~--~--·~.. -1 I- -I _ - SAIL the BAHAMAS on a 65'ketch Fac makes grade proposals %, 1 . . _~_-. 5.... , , SPRING BREAK (Continued from page 1) Rogers called Gould's speech struggled with the problem "per- ,. - .' Mar. 23 - Mar. 28 1 date, overload, incomplete and F "caustic," and claimed he had sonfuilly" and called on the fac- Call: 498-4791 or 498-2084 9 1r 4W2084~~~~~~~~~~.~ grade "present and proposed shown "a lack of courtesy and a ulty to either "start from scratch procedures," which, he said, disregard of the work of the. or adopt some revisions and The 'Karl Taylor Csompton "encourage procrastination, commnittees." monitor them closely." Lecutre Series dilettantism, superficiality and Professor of Electrical Engi- An amendment to allow plus .. irresponsibility." Gould also neering James Melcher noted and minus suffixes to be added presents .called for a new grading study to that "a certain amount of pres- to the grades of A, B and C produce a policy "which recog- tige is attached to this proposal" grades was nade by Associate nizes our responsibility to the since it had been approved by Professor of Electrical Engineer- Institute Professor Philip Morrison students and our colleagues at all two committees of the faculty. ing, Stephen Senturia. This levels." He added, "unless we are em- amendment was. subsequently =t ,k Associate Provost Hartley phatic in our opposition, this amended to delete the A plus [E Rogers, responsing to Gould's will by voted in." grade, on the grounds that pro- W TON A MONG [ statement, noted that the Ad Provost Walter Rosenblith ad- fessional schools tend to degrade -NE Hoc Committee and the Com- dressed the history of the grades an A grade in their rating algo- [ mittee on Educational Policy issue, claiming that "in the years rithm if it comes from a school troubles, what got lost was where A+ grades are available. (CEP) had unanimously agreed of THE QUASARS E- on the proposals and asked for the ideology of grading. To say, The Senturia amendment an explanation from the dis- 'let's go back to the good old passed 48-37, and the proposal senting professors for "the sud- days' isn't going to do it." as amended, which included Thursday, February 27, 1975 den loss of rationality of the Ad Rosenblith noted that the Ad adding J and T grades for sub- il had (Please turn to page 9j Kresge Auditorium- 4:00pm Hoc Committee and CEP." Hoc Committee and CEP VF I I I r, ______~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~______,,, U -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I THE BERKELEY.BARB SAYS: !

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VoL XCV, No 5 Friday, February 21, 1975 John J. Hanzel '76 - Chairperson Michael D. McNamee '76 - Editor-in-Chief Julia A. Malakie '77 - ManagingEditor John M. Sallay '78 - Business Manager News Editors: Michael Garry '76,- Maragaret Brandeau '77. Night Editors: Mark Munkacsy '78, William Pritchard '78, David Thompson '78. Photo Editor: Tom Klimowicz '77. Sports Editor: Glenn Brownstein '77. Arts Editors: Neil Vitale '75, Stephen Owades. Advertising Manager: Mark Suchon '76. Contributing Editors: David M. Tenenbaum '74, Dan Gantt '75, Norman D. Sandier '75, Leonard Tower Jr. Third Class Postae paid at Boston, MA. The Tech is published twice a v -- --- week during the academic year (except during MIT vacation) and once 6 -91 - - during the first week of August. Please send all correspondence to: P.O. Box 29, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA 02139. Offices at Room W20483s lv"mnmuji-Piefflm I aff'r TM Iffimm 0 "MMIE FM 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA. Telephone: (617) 253-1541. Imufaw 0 mw"Mirlyttel?1% Subscripti an aptablteal onupon reuest.ratese a Aft 1Those amazing ; 00 "- 0111 a ra es orra By Michael McNamee For the handful of students at Wednesday's faculty meeting, MIT students bago watching the debate on the pro- By Michael McNamee posals of the AD) Hoc Commit- It seems to show up every week in Tech Talk: the "Gee whiz" tee on Grading was like watching story about the latest MIT student who is more than just a computer an old Western on TV. Here hacker. The Boston media leads in the competition to find the most were the good guys, and over unusual and un-toolish activity engaged in by an MIT student, but there were the bad guys, and then they have the advantage of proximity; the rest of the they were shooting it out for newsworld tries to keep up. The articl are sometimesoes home-grown, possession of Grades Corral; the produced by the prolific staff of Tech Talk itself; you can always tell good guys won two of the four those by the fact that departments and professors are given their fights, the bad guys one, and correct titles (as well as by the little line that/says "Staff Writer" they fought to a draw on the under the by-line). last. It always seems to read the same: The "good guys," of course, "When the computerized equipment that typesets the were the educational liberals, Argus Daily Fishwrap breaks down, the management fighting for the grade reforms doesn't panic - they call on pert, pretty Janet Grind, a 1 970 recomended by the committee MIT graduate who, despite her technological backgroudnd,'is to make MIT grades more now a staff reporter at-the daily paper, circiilation 301 ...." meaningful and better for the "Wheen the computerized equipment that tallies statistics student. The "bad guys" were mals who must be both led :to ber - motivate the student, at Boston Red Sox games breaks down, the management faculty opposing the reforms, class and forced -to drink the record progress, give him feed- doesn't panic - they call on Joe Gnurd, a 1971 graduate of recommending a stricter grading waters of knowledge under pain back, and §o forth." Most people world-famous engloineeng school MIT, who, despite his system as the ideal way to make of flunking out and disgracing present, it seemed, missed technological background, is now a ticket-seller at Fenway MIT students happy and well- themselves. Wiesner's remark. Park. educated. The two factions, ill- Two unofficial spokesmen il- The "revolution" Rosenblith "Joe's phenomenal memory and mathematical ability defined and disorganized, fought lustrated these views: Professor spoke of has been incomplete. provide Fenway announcers with up-to-the-minute statis- for two hours over just half of of Electrical Engineering Leon While educators- have' moved tics . . ." the proposals, with final resolu- Gould, who spoke of recommen- towards liberalizing the existing "When the computerized equipment that is used for tion of the battle yet to come dations which "furher chip grades structure, they have- yet bookkeeping at Mustang Ranch, the large Nevada brothel, (tune in next month . ..). away at the grading structure to eliminate any-of the features breaks down, the management doesn't panic - they just Unfortunately for the stu- which has already been seriously which gave it such a bad name a call in pert, pretty Jane Tool, a 1969 MIT graduate who, dents, who cheered the good weakened;" and another engi- few years ago - pressure, stu- despite her technological background . . ." guys and hissed the bad, the neering professor who declared dent attitudes towards "grade- There are, of course, other leads. The one that appears most often whole grades problem doesn't that an F grade "represents a grubbing," preconceived notions is the MIT jlock story, which features a picture of seome guy in his break down into such simple wasted resource... it means to carried by the outside world cute little track suit looking determined and athletic in a posed categories. And in this case, the the student, 'You wasted a term about grades, and - the stigma picture. These articlesalways start with some crack about finding good guys might be just as of your life."' attached to failure, to name a away from studies to be a third-place fmisher in the NCAA time wrong in the end as the bad were Listening to the bad guys, few. The ineffectiveness of the national discus throwing ratings. 'The guy always has a 4.5 or better from the beginning. one got the impression that the reforms so far shows well now, cum, sings with the Logarhythms, and would have gone on the MIT The bad gays clock should be turned back to when student attitudes, increas- Symphony Orchestra tour except that he was n training for the The bad guys were led, as the mid-1 960s when MIT was a ingly affected by pressure to get Olympics. The Boston Globe sports writers love these guys; you can much as either faction was led, happy engineering school with into professional school, are count on one story a month from their underemployed staff. by several engineering professors toolish students working hard to swinging back to grade-grubbing (Lately the rage has been stories about women's sports at MIT. who contended that the grading please Mother Institute. Unfor- and getting-the almighty A -and Offering both the "women's sports" aspects, and the "women at system is too liberal as it is, that tunately for this view, the clock suffering all the pains associated MIT" (something that must of the world apparently hasn't yet students are being ill-served by does not turn back. with those attitudes. discovered) angle, these stories are known in the trade as "twoofers"; Pass/Fail and No Record and No The good guys A modest proposal they present such a multitude of cutesy angles and features that the Credit and Late Drop and other As Provost Walter A. The best way to fix the sys- writer (usually a woman-) is swamped by nifty ideas.) reforms that let students stray Rosenblith pointed out, the last tem, it seems to me, is to scrap I don't mean to detract from these people and their accomplish- from the tried-and-true path of few years "have seen a revolu- the whole mess and go back to ments. I was once a jock (albeit an undistinguished one), and I A, B, C, D, and F. tion in the way we perceive basics. A grade should represent suppose I could even have been called an over-achiever in my These professors, in general, grades and education .... We work done in a course and com- younger days, so I know the thrill of seeing accomplishments and opposed Late Drop *as letting can't just go back to the good prehension of the material - honors bared for the world to view. students who had been "negli- old days." And so the good guys nothing more. The grading sys- What I object to is the basic attitude taken by the reporter sent gent" about their work "off the were in there fighting for liberal- tem should stop being twisted to out to -do--the story. To identify with his readers (write for the hook." They opposed changing ized grades, more feedback to meet every whim, to- fix all the Kansas City milkman, they always say) he starts out by forgetting- the F grade to No Credit as the student, taking failing grades -Problems caused by poor everything about MIT except: a) the people there are all engineers; allowing the student to escape off transcripts and allowing a teaching and poor motivation, b) technology is all they know, and they speak in equations and the consequences of further neg- student more chances to correct and to give students the identity arcane symbols that mean nothing to the Average Man; c) the ligence (If they don't have sense his mistakes. Right in line with and recognition that so many students have- to study a lot. The fact that these widely-known enough to drop...) They fa- the liberal educational policies can't seem to get in any way truths about the Institute are, indeed, false - wildly inaccurate, vored pluses and minuses on advocated since the "revolu- except through tooling. It actually - miay- cross his mind, but the intrepid reporter usually grades over faculty comments to tion," they - and the students should tell how a student did in doesn't spend more than 10 or 15 seconds worrying about that. indicate shadings of quality in who cheered them - were in a course -no more, no less. Even if he did leave out the stuff about engineering and studying and students' work. there fighting for more reforms. How do you do -this? I pro- equations, the copy desk would just throw it back at him for These faculty members were The good guys, however, pose that the Institute use a re-write. - obviously motivated by belief faced the same problems that standard A, B, C, D, and F Tiie answer, I suppose, is to continue to try to let the world out that the system has become too liberals face everywhere when system, with no Pass/Fail op- there know that we aren't really like that; that in addition to More "soft," that students were not the ends are good but the means tions or other chicanery (except NCAA Varsity Sports, we have singers and dancers and proto-jour- getting proper grades under the are weak. As President Wiesner T's and other grades esoteric to nalists and poets and writers and tiddlywinkers and athletes and current "inflated" system, and said, in one of the most sensible both students and faculty)- but service groups - almost, in fact, as many things as Ohio State; and that students are not being for- comments in the wholemeeting, caly internally. If a student that English, not mathematics, is the language spoken here. Not that ced to "live with their mis- "The 'grade structure has become wants to tell the outside world MIT wants to lose that unique image she has in the public eye - but takes." The undercurrent was a do-all. Were trying to do too what he has done, let him; but as how about giving us a break? that students are obstinate ani- many things-with one little num- THETECH FEBRUARY21,1975 PAGE5

A W- 41r9mm sompmWilb, APk mmmLdaL I p AOPIk etaters to wi' e wec 2 AW m f* ABU AV "Bra "Mg C . MF"WMIL AW AL Shrinksr To the Editor: which I felt used by someone I I am a sophomore male at had foolishly come to love, I MIT. Last week I was among the admitted to feelings of jealousy many who went to the Psychi- and resentment. I said I felt Steele' opposes Coop chang~es atric service in search of Coun- unwanted and worthless. sel. Their appointment book was To the Editor: elected, but that is 374 more method is to divide tle students filled until mid-March - silent The doctor told me to "get The Coop amendment ballot than they got last year when into separate voting classes and evicence that this is not what out and get involved." Well, I'll which members have recently they avoided an election - by to discontinue electing all at one would call a normal, healthy try, but meanwhile my "nor- received should be understood disqualifying on technical large. But that is not what they environment. Luckily, though, mal" work load at this "normal" for what it is: a blatant attempt grounds the petition of a distin- propose. They want to eliminate they managed to sneak me in school keeps hammering at me - on the part of certain Law and guished Harvard alumnus! But from the bottom of those elec- later that same day for about two problem sets here, a term Business School professors, in- now, disqualifying individual ted till they get their "required" fifteen minutes. paper there and a test tomorrow cumbent Coop officers, to per- petitions is too tedious a task for proportion. (Note: In my two I opened myself up to the oh christ I can't do this one and petuate their tenure. Not con- them, so they plan to preserve elections as a student (Harvard doctor. I told him that I felt I if I flunk my parents will think tent with making the nominating their salaries and control by GRaduate School of Arts and had been taken for a ride by this that I hate them and I don't procedure for non-student direc- spending $1S5,000 (of the mem- Sciences) I was the last man hell-hole called MIT. I said that I have enough time for and what tors so arduous that of the sever- bers' money) to eliminate the elected and I would have been was tired of being treated like a if they ask me about ... al submitted petitions only one elections which threaten them eliminated under the new piece of dung in this graduate- Is Nixon still President? I'm has ever been accepted, they so, even at the risk of violating amendment.) The fact is, this oriented school. I also explained not too sure myself. In the day new amendment would effec- now proceed to the ultimate chapter 156B sec. 50 of the that two years ago my social life I'm too busy to wonder and solution, abandoning free elec- Mass. General Laws, which pro- tively prevent any student from was excellent - I dated, went to when I can't sleep at night tions altogether. Nothing could vides that "no class (of direc- a small or politically somnolent parties, joined activities, etc. - which is frequently I'm feeling school from every being elected be more contrary to the spirit of tors) shall be elected for... a and confided that now I consi- too weary, anxious and heartsick, cooperative enterprise than to longer period than four years, - for instance, someone from dered myself lucky to find time the ETS or Harvard Divinity to worry much about honesty in consign the representation fo and the term of office of at least to get drunk with a few friends. School, and yet, just such a politics. 35,0000 non-student members one class shall expire in each Having just ended an affair in (Name withheld upon request) to a self-perpetuating group of year." person might have a salutary ten stockholders. Even under the The student-election amend- effect on the moral outlook of present by-laws, an outsider who ment, on the other hand, is the Coop's officers. wishes to run must have 100 somewhat subtler. Management My conclusion, then, is a Af~onalds signatures, which is minety more makes the argument that certain simple one: Vote against both than the incumbents need. And, schools should be guaranteed a proposed amendments. To the Editor: people). I should have thought as they point out, 374 votes may minimum number of directors. Donald E. Steele I have just read your editorial that this point was obvious; ap- be a small number to be the first If one grants that, the logical FormerDirector, Harvard Coop [column] of 2/14 on the frustra- parently not. tions that McDonald's has been I do have one good word for "dishing out" to you. Rather you, however. This was the first than leaving you in such a state article I've seen 'that has man- of despair, I thought I'd try to aged to combine McDonald's, Art~or Cancer?6~ cheer you up, boost the flagging pressure cookers, and psychiatry IFC To the Editor: graduates are having experi- spirits of a great Editor-in-Chief, into one short column. All you I wish to bring to the atten- encing finding employment (re- by pointing out the utter stu- need now is the pickles and corrections tion of the entire community a ported in The Tech a few pidity of your editorial. special sauce. Mark Snyder '76 cancer that is now located in months ago) should come as a The essential point you've To the Editor: Buildings 5, 7 and 9. It is called profound surprise to no one. But forgotten is not that MIT stu- There were several inaccura- by the collective term "Depart- the wisdom of the outside world dents have had their souls biled cies in my interview with The ment of Architecture," but its should not be wasted on us. out of them by your so-called Tech [Feb. 7], as well as points primary purpose appears to be Even if there is no money in the "pressure cooker." MIT students To the Editor: that need further clarification. to inflict visual pollution on all Institute to redecorate hallways, have as much soul and self-es- Bare trees are beautiful. They First, the fraternity that has just who venture near. While these there is a far greater dignity in teem as any other group of shouldn't need eight inches of begun to consider whether or cretins were raping Buildings 5 flaking paint and plaster than in college students. They also have snow to be recognized as such. I not it should become coed is Phi and 9, I stood silently by, be- the mental masturbation our something else - extreme pover- am referring to the caption Sigma Kappa and not Phi Kappa lieving that any perversion be- "Architects" call "Art." Let us ty. Consequently, when they see under a picture on the front Sigma (which is presently urging tween consenting adults in pri- arise before it is too late. a good deal they take it, even page of the Feb. 7 The Tech. its national organization to per- vate is not the concern of the - Roger L. McCarth G. three Big Mac's (which, by the Apologies are in order. mit women but is not heading in community. What has motivated Feb. 8, 1975 way can be eaten - by three - Samuel P. Wantman '78 this direction, itself). Secondly, I me to write is the destruction of have been informed that PKS Room 7402, which I cannot has resumed its efforts to move avoid passing on the way to the across the -river, following a Building 7 elevator. Thus, these period of low level of activity. morons have desecrated a small ohot" out at Gra es eorral They are strongly interested in part of my environment. (Continuedfrom page 41 if their work doesn't satisfy him. school's taste. seeking alumni support for this It is up to all of us who far as MIT is concerned, all the What will medical schools and With a system like this, I worthy effort. believe that freedom is not li- rest of the world needs to know law schools and veterinary think we can all live in peace. Lastly, I wished to make it cense for chaos to stand in these is that Student X studied and schools say? To ask that ques- Grade-grubbers can continue to clear that my opinion that there infidels' way, and prevent fur- completed Subjects A, B, C' etc., tion is to insult and sully the grub; the rest of us can forget would be no fraternity expan- ther disasters like 7-402. I invite to the satisfaction of his in- reputation of Mother Institute, about it and learn. Faculty who sion within the near future was all who are undecided on this structors. Since subject titles are putting her on a par with Hicks- like to flunk people can con- stated with reference to frater- issue to stroll the fourth floors meaningless anyway, it should ville State Teachers College tinue to flunk people, and can nity, Kappa Alpha Psi, currently of Buildings 5 and 9 to see what make no difference to anyone if (which draws most of its stu- watch their enrollments dwindle; forming a chapter on this cam- your environment could be re- they know whether Johnny got dents, and all of its reputation, faculty who like to give A's can pus, and it is expected to be- duced to if action is not taken. an A or a C in The Theory of within a 30-mile circle). If a give them, and their enrollments come an official one within the The difficulty architecture Thermodynamics of High-Speed medical school isn't happy to will depend on whether or not next few months. It may well Viscous Prehensile Fluids. Since know Johnny satisfied the re- they teach anything. Good guys eventually become a member of Letters the instructor needn't worry quirements of the faculty of The and bad guys won't be needed at the IFC. (The Tech welcomes Letters about "penalizing" pre-meds, World's Greatest Technological faculty meetings. And the grade -Peter Mancuso to the Editor, and attempts to pre-laws, pre-graduate students, University, and won't accept system, relieved of the burden of IFC Chairman print all letters it receives. Typed or whatever, he can give people him on that basis as well, it just doing the faculty's work for it, Feb. 8, 1975 letters are preferred. - Editor) honest grades - and flunk them doesn't speak well for that can go its merry way. . - -~-- - ·------, It 1. _ _I5 . 11 _

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Money for the- MIT Graduate House, became to him to discuss it. program presently comes out of responsible for undergraduates, Jim Moody '75 agrees that general DSA funds. Eisenberg EXTRA AU-DITlONg faculty and graduate residents the role in house government said that alternatives, such as have become an important part should be merely an advisory shifting some of the expense to' fror of MIT dormitory life. one. "When people realize that the dormitories, may have to be At a time when tight finances they can go to a housemaster or considered in the future, but she are forcing a close look at all tutor and get some action they emphasized that no such change funding, Dean for -Student can't get from the house govern- is presently planned. Affairs Carola Eisenberg believes ment, then th6 house govern- In addition, the housemaster- that funds for the housemaster- ment breaks down." tutor system is restricted by the tutor system are justified be- What do housemasters and nature of available facilities, cause "the education of the stu- tutors gain from time spent since couples usually prefer the dent does not end in the class- learning names, faces, and in- newer dorms which provide bet- room." Without housemasters terests of students? Anne Hall- ter accommodations. Houtsma and tutors, she said, "a dormi- mark considers the position very sees a definite need for another tory would be nothing more rewarding. "To watch the devel- faculty couple in East Campus, America' than a boardinghouse." opment which takes place from since "the two parallels are real- The role of the faculty and freshman to senior year is just ly two separate dormitories." Prize-Winning Musica graduate residents is not easily fantastic. If we were to move Another suggested improve- Friday, Feb. 21 7:30 to 10:30pm defined. Basically, Eisenberg ex- away, it would leave a big hole ment in the system is increasing plained, housemasters and tutors in our lives." the contact senior faculty mem- Saturday, Feb. 22 2:00 to 5:00pm "handle social, academic, and As preparations are being bers have with students. Moody KRESGE REHEARSAL ROOM A personal problems, and serve as made to select next year's tu- suggests that MIT could benefit catalysts for social interaction." tors, students must decide -what from a system similar to Har- Many more actors and singers are. needed to fill the But the way in which each car- they consider favorable qualities vard's. Faculty members associ- ries out these functions depends in a tutor. While final recom- ated with each Harvard house numerous roles. Auditioners will be asked to sing a very much on individual inter- mendations come from the DSA, eat -with residents and partici- song of their choosing, read a dialog from 1776, ests and personality. students as well as housemasters pate in seminars and activities. and do a few simple dance steps. Study breaks, dinners, and interview candidates and indi- Harvard also houses many visit- MIT STUDENTS parties help students and faculty cate their preferences. ing professors in undergraduate AND COMMUNITY WILL mememrs get acquainted, and en- There is little vocal criticism houses. RECEIVE CASTING PRIORITY courage housewide interactions of the system at present; many "Right now," Moody said, in dorms which do not have of those involved seem to agree "MIT's system exists in limbo. For more information, consult the Musical Theatre dining halls. Other activities vary with Nathan Cook that "the There is no real force for change; Guild bulletin board in Building 3, or call us at from house to house; East Cam- system as a whole works pretty at the same time there is no real pus housemaster Adrian darn well." Eisenberg would like commitment on the part of MIT X3-6294. Houtsma takes small groups of to see the program expanded to to have a residential college." -LL_-U------s --_ __ I- students on weekend- ski trips in c--- -r _ II _ -9 ------ I- - --L------yl - -·1 e an attempt to develop closer relationships. The academic function, par- ticularly of the tutors, is often most familiar to students, but Roam aram~~~~m ideally it should reflect a broader educational purpose. Housemasters and tutors at MIT represent a wide spectrum of interests and experience, and can, according to the 1973 %DOE al ume Report of the Committee on Student Environment, "bring a fresh and thoughtful perspective to bear on social, political, edu- cational, artistic, or cultural kr$188%amm %ai questions." Anne and Rufus Hallmark A Student-Railpass gives you two months of unlimited Second Class rail have been senior tutors in travel through- 13 European countries. Burton House since joining the Buy one, we'll give you a map, and where you go next is your own , p MIT music faculty three years business. ago. Both hope that their posi- All we'll say is that European trains are a sensational way to tion has stimulated interest in get there, be it Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, music within the dorm. They Holland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden or have organized fundraising ef- Switzerland. forts in Burton for the Boston 100,000 miles of track link cities, towns and historic, scenic Symphony Marathon; donations and social attractions. Our trains are fast, modern, convenient, clean from residents made Burton one and comfortable. of the first college living groups And you'll discover there's very little second class about to host a concert by BSO cham- Second Class. You can sleep in a couchette for only $6.00 a night. And ber players. if you want to eat on a budget, inexpensive snacks are often available. Besides providing food and a You can even take a cruise on the Rhine, if you like. Eurailpass friendly atmosphere, house- is valid on many-European ferries, river and lake steamers and hydro- masters and tutors can help with foils. It also offers you substantially reduced fares on many side personal problems. excursions you might want to take by motor coach. Where discipline or govern- And how's this for travel convenience? Many rail stations mental problems are concerned, offer bikes for rental, and it's possible to pick up a bike at most housemasters and tutors one station and drop it off at another. stay in the background. In mat- All you need to qualify is to be a full-time student ters of MacGregor House govem- under 26. There's just one catch: You must buy your ment, "I talk, but I don't partici- Student-Railpass here before you take off. They're- pate," says housemaster Nathan not for sale in Europe. Ifyou have less time to travel, Students picket or want to travel First Class, consider Eurailpass. Atwo-week pass costs closed meeting $130. Three-week pass costs $160. (Continued from page 1) One month, $200. Two months, $270. group that can make up its own Three months, $330. mind. We made this agreement Don't wait. It could be the and this is why we feel we have trip of your life. See your Travel Agent or to make it a closed meeting." clip the coupon and we'll send you William Pinson, Associate all the facts. % _A da I Professor of Earth and Planetary Prices subject to change. Sciences and another seminar participant, was reportedly op- posed to having any closed sem- inar meeting. He alerted the SACC and the SDS that the seminar would be closed. The SACC subsequently distributed leaflets encouraging students to protest their exclusion from the I seminar. After the doors closed and. the seminar started around 12:30, the demonstrators began to filter away. Keith Hersh, an SDS leader suggested -t0ht the remaining students "march for lunch" and the group eventually hrnt~k. InR ------·- --- I ------I ------. ENP THETECH FEBRUARY21,1975 PAGE 7 Duly Noted So you want to re-metaprogram yourself?

The Big Black Mark by A. Bertram lhogramming and Metaprogramming Evidently he has not thought about the experiment he reports in detail requires Chandler, (DAW Books, 224pp; $1.25) is in the Human Biocomputer meaning of the words he uses. him to take the drug several times to derivative. fiction at its worst. Derivative The worst travesty of computer sci- make sure that he can "control" it, to see of all the ancestry and decenidants of H. John C. Lilly, M. D. ence commited by author is a tendency his analyst for several weeks between Hornblower, Esq., Chandler's hero, John Bantam Books, 1974, 172 pp. to oversimplification. He claims that he trials to make sure that he has not Grimes, has appeared in every sea story wants an accurate model of humans, implanted a "suicide metaprogram." He since someone first found that logs This crackpot volume reports a scheme using his "program" terminology. The proceeds to reprogram himself to believe floated. The apparent saving virtue - the for using the computer as a model for only progress he makes in this respect is that he is in communion with greater locale -- does not work here. If you human behavior, presumably because the to rename old fuzzy concepts, such as beings, who join together in mind to substitute sea, ocean, or water for space author has-a glimmering that traditional "instinct for self-preservation," "sex- control humans. Because he is successful and vacuum throughout the series, you psychological theories have not yielded drive," "enjoyment:". "survival metapro- in believing this fanrtasy (suggested by of Hornblower, have a bad version the mechanism of human behavior. The gram," "love-reproduction program," and Olaf Stapledon's Starmaker), Lilly con- Bolithio, et al. Not worth your time, if book's research report format allows it to the like. He assumes "for simplicity" that cludes that it is difficult to know whether you are seriously into-science fiction; be sprinkled (padded) with summaries, so one's intellectual and emotiernal "prog- the visions are generated by his own mind reasonably interesting escapism if you are I was able to find a page that catalogued rams" are written in English. This limits or by some other reality (powerful tele- not. explicitly the subjects under discussion: those he can identify to those he can find pathic beings), although he admits that Dr. Lilly's "computer" model, his person- by pure, concentrated introspection. the "safest" theory which "explains the al experimentation with LSD, and his (Using only himself as subject). An ex- phenomenon [sic]" is that he made the experiments on communication in dol- ample of what he considers a technical whole thing up himself. And what about Whatever you do, don't get within 10 phins. The result is a pseudo-scientific piece of theory: Memories and programs the dolphins? feet of Earl Wilsofi's Show Business Laid invention which unsuccessfully tries to on the "motivation-feeling-emotion spec- I do hope that Dr. Lilly has not Bare, (Nal-Signef, $1.95) unless you have legitimize the sorry premise that drug trum." He knows this is true because he attracted a following by publishing this a goat-like propensity for consuming induced states are particularly powerful has personally changed some of his own collection of made-up words, irrelevant trash. The book is a waste of time and tools for understanding and changing "emotional charges" while experimenting tables and diagrams, and hints for do it -money and the final proof (New York one's thingking. with remetaprogramniing himself in -a yourself consciousness expanding under City natives and those unfortunates The author begins his work with a few salt-water tank isolation while taking the guise of a scientific report. It is a whose hometown newspapers subscribe good ideas. He finds that psychologists' LSD. This may be sincere, from-the-gut sorry comment indeed that his expert to his mnarginally interesting gossip col- theories of behaviour which use states, experiment; it is by no means good command of scientifico-mystic double- umn need no final proof) of the man's stimulus-response, or drives, are too con- science. talk got him a grant from -the National vapidity. phenomena of the Dr. Lilly's experimental plan is make- Institute of Mental Health for his "re- I am sore he is nice to his mother and trived to explain all all behaviours shift. It consists of himself introspecting search." I wife, but the last of the gossip columnists mind. He proposes that should be explained as programs running under the influence of LSD. The only - Margaret Minsky couldn't write to save his life, and obvi- -·-·LB-Y-----·L-d___·-LI in the human organism. Social interac---------s`-"9---"--~e~"acl -·------·-·--- ously no attempt was made to edit him. or lack of it, are the Worst of all his multitudinous sins is tions, their success ., result of using models of other peoples' his preachy anti-porno introduction, fol- programs to predict their actions. He also _lowed by a book full of excessive porno- has occasional thoughtful but not very Ii graphic detail about show business. original insights. If you're terribly into the Kennedys, glance at the Marilyn Monroe Each of the good ideas has however section, but don't buy the thing to read appeared in the scientific and educational it. community, and has been taken beyond Il/ly's extremely cloudy, general state- * * $ ments and haphazard experiments. Lilly lauds communication between The Humanities Department will spon- scientists, but he does not appear to have sor a reading by Reza Baraheni, Iranian benefited much from it. His references poet and novelist, Friday, February 28, at consist of rather old works on computers 8:00pm in the Bush Room- (10-105). (Von Neumann, McCulloch) and his own Admission is free and the reading is open previous papers. He mentions that he will to the public. make use of symbolic logic as a formalism I -for the. truth of ideas (whatever that means); not only does he imply claim that it will be adequate, but he never An Open Reading. will be held oan actually discusses the issue in any way in March 3 at 3:00pm in I4E-304. The open the report. He uses the words "program" readings provide an opportunity to share and "metaprogram" constantly, but I work (poetry, prose, fiction,etc.) with an makes no distinction between them. He usually refers to them simultaneously interested audience and are open to the I a ------community. whenever he is referring to the mental - Thomas J. Spisak entities he_ has said that he has invented. Maria Barreno lectures M* ~~~~~~~~~~~. Maria Isabel Barreno, one of the three The Portuguese government, she be- oreVWOdit OI%or,We&A co-authors of New Portuguese Letters, a lieves, was afraid of their book because collection of poems, essays, and short they were three women together, in an Life: The Unfmished Experiment material in a virus which may then fection, gave a talk on Tuesday in the country that tried to keep people from S. E. Luria "infect" the unhealthy cells. Hopefully, Sala on "Feminism in Portugal." gathering in any number. The "Three 1973 Charles Scribner's Sons the good copy of the genes will exchange Ms. Barreno first discussed the fascist Marias" felt the most wonderful part of paperback, $2.95 places with the bad copy already on the government that had run -Portugal for their book was sharing their experiences. A word of introduction about the chromosome. For those who are afraid of forty-eight years prior to last April's and that this sharing made them stronger. author, for those who have not taken even cautious and limited experimen- coup. She described the strict censorship Although many publishers were initially biology at MIT. Luria is the director of tation, Luria points out that we are that existed until that time, which af- excited by their book, they had much MIT's Cancer Research Center. He won a already practicing genetic control on a fected not only the news media, but also difficulty until a woman writer for a Nobel prize in 1969 .for work dealing large scale. Our social structure is elimina- much of the literature. Except for those publishing house fought with them and with vin.s replication and genetics, Much ting the selective pressures of.evolution. few who had access to foreign news- finally got the book printed - but it was of his lecture time is spent making sure Therefore we are reducing the death rate papers, most Portuguese people were rela- banned within one month. The police I that undergraduates get a proper intro. among those who are naturally unfit. We tively uninformed as to the extent of the called it obscene and an "outrage to I duction to molecular biology. He has also control enough of the environment colonial wars in Africa and political perse- public decency," and they were arrested. extended the goal of proper dissemi- to prevent our extinction in dinosaur cution. The trial began in June of 1972, and nation of modern biology to those who fashion. continued until May of 1974, mainly aren't inclined to course work with this We do have some major problems Sche said, "Oppression is something because of deliberate stalling by the judge I book. Though it may be difficult for which could do us in. Population is that is growing inside you - you get used and prosecutor. The government thought those without college level vocabulary, it one of the most prominent in Luria's to censorship, you censor yourself." Ms. no news of the -trial would spread, but is certainly not 7.01 level. I assume his considerations. His hope is in birth Barreno began to talk with two women within a year of the arrest, women recent 36 Lectures in Biology published control before conception and not in whom she met at work - also named everywhere were fighting for them. The by MIT Press is for those who wish a mass abortion and natural disasters. And Maria, hence they are known as the Portuguese Embassy in Holland was oc- more rigorous discussion. of course our environmental control has '"Three Marias" - and they collaborated cupied for 24 hours by fifty women, and The book has won the 1974 national helped us damage so much of the planet to produce New Portuguese Letters, Portuguese emmisaries were swamped I Book Award for science.writing, In very that we are in difficulties as a skin of the with protests. The trial took on new I which addresses itself to the problems of i simple terms, the essential discoveries of teeth survival and perhaps man will women in Portugal. meaning for the "Three Marias" - other molecular biology are presented. There continue to grow skin there awhile women understood that "our fight was are many interesting. sidelights and longer. In Lisbon, mriddle-class women can their fight." obscure facts included. This adds touches On the whole, Luria is optimistic attend the university and hold jobs. In Then the judge and prosecutor were of humor and in places relevancy. The about man and his mind. He comments the mid-6d's, there bagan what she changed, the trial went more quickly, and main thrust is the role played by on a difficulty faced by us all. We are termed "the promotion of women" - the at one of the last sessions the prosecutor evolution-genetics in the formation of conscious of our finite life span. "While first step of the women's movement. Yet rose and said the book was "very good, a man and his mind. There is much to fashioning consciousness and exposing women were expected to continue with fine piece of literature," and no reason tc speculate about and to contemplate. man to the ,'.timate terror, it may by their household work and the "natural put women in jail. Luria lets few chances pass without natural selection have also brought forth duties" of motherhood, as well as their Then in April, their trial session was expressing an opinion. in the human mind some protective jobs outside the home. Ms. Barreno ex- postponed, and in the interim, a coup I Genetic control is held up as a many compensatory features. Human evolution plained that "the cause and root of our overthrew the fascist government, and sided coin. Misuse is easy to point out. may have imprinted into man's brain an problem is that we are everywhere seen as they were freed in the first session aftei Even the ancient Pharohs tried a form by intrinsic program that opens to him the mothers," or economical matter - wo- the revolution. They believe that the incestuous marriage to 'insure offspring innermost sources of optimisn - art, and mnen are supposed to produce children support offered to them helped the coup similar to themselves for heirs. Luria joy, and hope, concern for his fellow even against their will, and care for them, people realized they could do something points out the better sides also. It is men, and pride in the pursuit of the then surrender them to the government, Ms. Baneno closed by saying, "We are conceivable that someday we amy be able unique human adventure." perhaps to fight as soldiers, if they are just at the beginning of our movement." to correct genetic defect diseases. One male, even though their mothers may possibility is 'to grow proper genetic -David Shepard think the war unjust. -Judy Fairchild .

PAGE 8 FEBRUARY21 1q75 THETECH - ---I -- . -I - " . .- .--. ammm- 'Stop deportation,' crowd cries AThe new Heinlein! (Continued from page 1) political prisoners guaranteed the State Department informed RX o~e x, Past, ,TheThrough Tomorrow each was sentenced to six years democratic liberties, and the him that at the request of the of hard labor. However, after the freedom to have a legislative South Vietnamese Government H~ er Robert A.Heinlein students re-ceived widespread government. "Since the Paris his scholarship funding, spon-' Fut:ureilistonStoies The complete "Future His- popular support in these coun- Agreement was signed two years sored by the Agency for Interna- kFu~twe Hiti~stoirltory" S~t stories, at last in 'pa- tries, all three governments al- ago," An said, "the United tional Development, had been lowed them to remain. States and Saigon have been terminated. _('uuipkL in0(hiulllun perback. From the dean of An and the other students are trying to delay its implementa- Since this funding was cut American science fiction seeking temporary political asy- tion." off, the INS has repeatedly at- writers, 21 dazzling and pro- lum in the United States. They The INS will determine whe- tempted to send An and the phetic stories about life in, only want to remain in this ther to grant An political asylum other students back to South the next century-and far country, An explained, "until at a hearing in the near future. Vietnam. The INS turned down beyond, A major publishing the Paris Peace Agreement is "We're waiting for a date of the his initial request for- political fully impiemented." Only then hearing to be set," said Rock- asylum upon the recommenda- he added would conditions in well, "and in the meantime tion of the State Department. OmT e Berkley paperback $1.95 L -----------e -I ------I South Vietnam be safe enough we're gathering evidence that _ I I ,, I I- --a for them to return without fear shows that An will be persecuted of governmental reprisals. if he returns to South Vietharn." According to An, full imple- In early 1972, the INS re- mentation of the Paris Peace voked An's passport and visa for Seminar onr Merit and Agreement in South Vietnam his participation in anti-war would mean the release of all demonstrations. Soon thereafter, a __,n. Equality in a Just Society Thursday, February 27, 1975 Lecture Hall 9-150 4:00- 6:OOPM I.Ok., Race and Class RICHARD C. LEWONTIN, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biology, Harvard RESPONDENT: Jerome Kagan, Department of Social Relations, Harvard Sponsored by the Technology Nguyen Huu An G is interviewed at a Government Center rally and Culture Seminar at M.I.T. protesting US government plans to deport An and six other South Vietmanese students. aI - , -I------i ______, _ r

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b aPI·i B e .,. · B Rcky planning science advice scheme IMAILTHIS I (Continuedfrom page 2J dent," Diamond said. report for consideration by has stated publicly," Yeager iCOUPON FOR I executive director of the Vice However, other sources told either the Vice President or by said, "was that he didn't want FOLDERSON I President's Commission on Criti- The Tech that Diamond's recom- Ford. anything in the bill on an advi- ILOWEST-COST I cal Choices, and formerly Com- mendations were submitted to "I don't know whether any sory mechanism for the execu- tuFARES&TOURS I missioner of Environmental Con- Rockefeller, then forwarded to formal memorandum on the sub- tive branch that might be ad- servation for the State of New the White House Domestic ject has been prepared," said verse to the desires of an incum- TO EUROPE York during Rockefeller's tenure Council and -to the Office of Rockefeller's Assistant Press See- bent president." I of any scheduled airline I as governor. Management and. Budget for .rtary, John Mulliken. "That "Ford is in the process of TO: ICELANDIC AIRLINES comments. One source said Diamond has submitted any reviewing a number of versions W 6305th Ave., N.Y.,N.Y.10002 1 Diamond' cohfirmed late Phone: (212) 757-8585 l "everyone thought the proposal memorandum is news to me." and Congress will attempt to ForToll Free Numberoutside Wednesday that he had done wvas crazy" and one staffer re- correspond to what the Presi- N .Y., dial Wats Information "some staff work" for Rocke- portedly characterized the T.he White House overtures to dent wants." (800) 555-1 212 feller, but declined to discuss Diamond report as "silly." Teague come just as the Texas -Yeager said the legislation I O the nature of the work or. the Democrat is drafting his own will be introduced "hopefully 0 Name. sulstance of any recommenda- A spokesman for Rockefelb*r- legislation dealing with science said the science advisory ques- within a week to 10 days," s Street . tions contained in his report. policy and science advice for the adding that the Committee had City _ tion was "under consideration," government. "I did some staff.work and not been in contact with the . State Zip but he added he was not certain Phil Yeager, counsel to submitted it. But I'm not in a whether Diamond or Rockefeller White House. Acting science ad- Pleasesendfolderson: position to discuss any staff Teague's Science and Techno- visor H. Guyford Stever, director S ?2 LOWESTYOUTH FARES aide Oscar Leibhausen, a New logy Committee, said the Teague Save money no matter when work I do for the Vice Presi- York attorney, had submitted a of the National Science Founda- legislation would not specifically you leave, how long you stay! I tion, has told Teague the Adm;- D CAMPING TOURS establish a White House advisory nistration would be prepared to 1 Deluxe camping for 18-30 mechanism, but would set the comment on the bill and begin agegroup. Bigchoice of tours including Eastern Fac suggests changes stage for a presidential initiative. moving on its own proposals Europe. "The one point that Teague within three to four weeks. [ SKI THE ALPS Thur mid-April. Low prices @ in grading procedures for1 &2 week tours. Boston Symphony Chamber Players CAR &RAILTOURS (Continued from page 1) Choiceof tl, 2&3weektours. B vided the only student input present a concert honoring Gowhereyouwant. Campers, jects which don't fit into the into the deliberations of the too! OLIVIER MESSIAEN C ICELANDICTOURS, normal academic calendar, faculty after the initial vote, Expeditions for naturalists, passed 57-20. The committee's asking why the faculty is always SUNDAY, MARCH 2 AT 7:30pm geologists. Viking history proposal to establish an Add in favor of making the grading JORDAN HALL tours. Date passed 62-25. [ AFFINITY GROUP TOURS system more responsive, "but Form your own school club Q The recommendation for, given the chance 'to do some- Visions of the Amen group of at least 25 members written evaluation was passed thing, doesn't." He asked for an OLIVIER MESSIAEN, piano traveling together. Save initially be an 36-35 vote, but explanation of the close vote, YVONNE LORIOD, piano I money. Have fun with friends. after a recount the vote was tied, and was answered by a member Icelandic offers daily scheduled Quartetfor the End of Time 3 jets from New York, and several 39-39. The issue was referred for of the faculty with the response jets weekly from Chicago, to ) further study to a -monitoring that "we would rather' have A once-in-a-lifetime chance to listen to a composer Luxembourg in the heart of Europe. At lower fares than any committee proposed in Recom- more chalk,and erasers, :not ex- as soloist in his own work. otherscheduled airline mendation Eight of the Ad Hoc pensive forms, for your money." -IEETickets: $5 General Admission since 1952! Committee's report. SEE YOUR TRAVEL AGENT The faculty will take up the _ _lsnpr ~ $3 Student Admission a UAP Steve Wallman '75 pro- final four proposals of the Grad- ing Committee at either a special Available at the Symphony Hall Box Office meeting within two weeks or at (266-1492) and at the Jordan Hall Box Office 'AIRLINESY: Best Buy In classified the regular March meeting. 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LCooj: arenc rents stir-dislpute I - R'.,,R' S2, '- F_.:r:_,:_ I- Controversy over two pro- representation, but election of operative, charged that the Coop posed amendments to the by- the directors is done at large, so officers are "abandoning free directors altogether" in modify- laws of the Harvard Cooperative that all the student elections " theoretically come from ing the procedures used in elec- ' \ Tv¢5_ - _ 1' - - , L., Society (Coop) has reached a could i5 ~ k' 2 47Z ' one school. ting non-student directors. peak several days before ballots T F 't =- P T U1 on the measures are due. Currently, 11 nominations I The second amendment for non-student directors are The amendments, which would change the way the eleven mnade by the 10 Coop stockhol- way student or faculty/alumni, would change the non-student, ders, five of whom are students. and non-student directors of the directors are chosen. Instead of If a non-student Coop member 50#MIT/WELLESLEY STUDEIT DISCOUNTr i ------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1,I I cooperative are elected, have run having a procedure for member- to be nominated for a I wishes I into fire from Coop critics who ship election of non-student directorship, he must collect 100 I I claim that the measures are at- directors, the proposed change signatures on a petition to be tempts by incumbent Coop of-. would provide for election of put in contention. If one or Masss. auto insurance, ficers to remain in power. these directors by the Coop more petition nominations are stockholders. The first of the two amend- received, a membership election ments, according to a letter from "Abandoning free elections" is held to choose 11 directors. explained. The provisions for petition Mass. automobile insurance can get a little complicated. I Coop President Milton P. Brown, The changed procedures And if you're under 25, it can get expensive. will ensure "balanced represen- represent "a blatant attempt on nominations have led to contro- And we'll help you keep your who We'll simplify things. I tation of the three major student the part of certain (Harvard) versy in the past. Steele, premiums as low as possible. groups served by the Coop" by Law and Business School profes- was an alumni director in requiring that at least three stu- sors, incumbent Coop officers, 1973-74, is the only successful dent directors come from each to perpetuate their tenure," ac- petitioner ever to be elected to Harvard and Radcliffe to a letter to Harvard the board of the Coop. Disputes VW. T. Phelan &,Co of MIT, cording Insurance Agency, Inc. undergraduates, and Harvard and MIT newspapers from over challenged signatures have graduate students. Currently, Donald E. Steele (see page 5). led to disqualification of several 11 Dunster St., Harvard Square (next to the Holyoke Center). other petitions for nomination 876-0876. Representing Aetna, Travelers, Hartford. nominations for the eleven stu- Steele, a former Coop director 1 years. -i dent directors are controlled for and long-time critic of the co- in the last few -7- - 'Im---- 0 - I I ------'I - -

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With willingness to operate, The team rose to the Boston University, Roggenkamp break downcourt instead of occasion, scoring often on then hit for 19 markers four always holding the ball to set up penetration for the first time nights later to lead MIT past for sometimes non-existent this season. In addition, MIT's Lowell Tech, 45-31. The win offense, MIT has added another defense was excellent, holding4 was also strongly aided by junior dimension to its scoring. Lowell Tech to only eight points Linda Yester's superb perfor- Earlier in the season the through the first half and much mance, totalling 18 points and guards seldom shot or drove,. of the second. 18 rebounds. leaving, the scoring burden on MIT's varsity record is now The key to MIT's recent Roggenkamp and Yester. With even at 7-7, and the JV has success has been the ability of its the team relying on won its three contests. Before defense to hold the opposition Roggenkamp, the opposition the MIT Invitational, the team to 35 points or less. Guards often was able to adjust record was 1-6. The women beat Maura Sullivan '76 and Patti defensively and send someone a tough University of Chicago: Schettig '76 have led the 'defense out to bottle her up, thus team in-the tournament, but the with their quick hands in removing much of MIT's scoring teams the MIT five have faced since then are not at the same level of competition as MIT's 'vIrestlers crushk Tuftse: opponents prior to the tourney. This is not meant to minimize Finish sea~cson at 10)-7 the accomplishment of the team, Basketball captain Al Epstein '75 begins a lay-up attempt at the end but a truer test will come in of a fast-break drive in the Friday night loss to Middlebury. MIT By Diane Curtis Forfeits were received at 118 future games against held a three-point lead with five minutes left'in the game, but In their last and best dual and 142 by Jack Mosinger '75 Framingham State, Mt. Holyoke Middlebury's defense held the Engineers scoreless the rest of the way meet of the 1974-75 season, and Steve Brown '77. The team's and Smith College. to deal MIT its twelfth loss of the season. MIT's grapplers trounced Tufts', only losses were suffered by Joe 43-9. This match improved the Scire '77 at 150, in a 3-2 Engineers' final record to 10-7. decision, and Peter Haag '75 at Pins were picked up by Jody 190. Silver '77 at 126 in 45 seconds Basketball Suf olk-ated, 80-78 and John Thain '77, also in the The team returns to action at By Glenn Brownstein The second half remained seconds remaining, hitting the first period. Freshman Darwin the Mass. Maritime Academy for The MIT men's varsity close as neither team could open shot and getting fouled. Clark Fleischaker pinned his 177 the New England Independent basketball team's year-long quest up more than a five-point then completed the three- pound Tufts opponent in the Wrestling Association for a winning season ended advantage. After taking a 73-72. pointer, and MIT trailed by two. second period, earning his first tournament tonight 'and disappointingly Wednesday night lead into the final two minutes, MIT tried to work fall as a varsity wrestler. the ball tomorrow. Co-captain Mosinger as the Engineers dropped an MIT appeared to have all but inside for a high-percentage last Heavyweight Erland van Lidth has a good chance at finishing 80-78 thriller to - Suffolk won the game on five clutch free de Jeude '76 pinned his sh-ot, but junior John first in the tournament after his University at Rockwell Cage. throws by Peter Maimonis '77 Cavolowsky's attempt was long, adversary in 20 seconds, the 16-0 season, as does heavyweight The loss, MIT's sixth by six that were sandwiched around quickest and Suffolk forward Chris MIT victory of the van Lidth de Jeude on the points or less this seasoir, put the two foul shots by Suffolk's season. Tsiotos pulled down the strength of his 14-2-I record. Engineers record at 9-13 with Kevin Clark. rebound and Werner Haag '77 won a was fouled with C o-captain Dessonville, 10-4, three games remaining. With 38 seconds left, one second superior-decision with a score of remaining. Tsiotos should also be a contender. In In the first half of Maimonis fouled out and Clark gave the Engineers one last 15-4, while Loren Dessonville last year's competition, Wednesday's game, both teams hit another free throw to'make chance by missing everything on '75, wrestling 167, picked up a Dessonville placed second, van showed plenty of offense and the score 78-75. Clark got the the free throw attempt, and 7-2 decision against his MIT Lidth de Jeude third, and little defense as MIT went out to rebound, but was called for had the ball out of bounds on undefeated Tufts opponent. Mosinger fourth. a 49-47 halftime lead. traveling despite apparently the sideline. being forced out of bounds by Cavolowsky tried to throw a an Engineer player. fullcourt pass to Peter Jackson Dribbling upcourt, after the '76, but Cavolowsky's pass sailed %Xyznnastics a s t~o , artznout. 2~Binbounds pass, Al Epstein '75 out of bounds after Jackson was lost the ball to John Howard and apparently knocked down by By Paul J. Bayer judges' rating of 7.5 did not Jeff Swift '77 had never com- committed his fifth foul in Tsiotos on the play. No call was The MIT men's gymnastics indicate it. peted in a meet before this year, trying to get it back. Howard's made on the alleged infraction, team record dropped to 3-5 last Unfortunately, Dartmouth and have consistently scored on two foul shots with 29 seconds though, and Suffolk threw the Saturday with a 149.75 to 138.7 had the best high bar man MIT floor exercise and rings respec- left cut the Engineer lead to one. ball inbounds, ending the game. loss to Dartmouth. As in most of has seen all year, beating Foster "tively. On the subsequent play, Clark, in addition to scoring MIT's losses this season, Engi- easily with 8.4. Foster's set fol- Clark fouled Glenn Tuckman '77 what proved to be the winning neer wins on parallel The team completes its dual bars and lowed good performances by during an attempted steal, but basket, led all scorers with 24 high bar were meet season at home against not able to over- David Lu '77 with 5.5, Andy Tuckman missed the free throw points. Cam Lange '76 teallied 23 come minor losses on rings, floor Long Island University on Rubel '75 with 4.1 and Curt and Suffolk's Steve Barrett got to lead MIT. Suffolk forwards exercise and vaulting and a Saturday. The teams have never Thiem '75 with 3.75. This effort the rebound. Suffolk brought Tsiotos and Barrett both had major loss on pommel horse. In met before, but LIU is expected gave MIT a 1.25 event win. the ball downcourt and Clark excellent. games, Tsiotos with 16 addition, at Dartmouth the Engi- to bring some good gymnasts. The Engineer parallel bar drove the foul lane with eleven points and 18 rebounds, and neer gymnasts were not able to team however, performed even Barrett with 22 points and 1 5 overcome the apparent anti-MIT better, beating Dartmough by rebounds. bias in the judging, though it 3.25. Rubel took first with 7.55, In other games last week, only affected the magnitude of while Thiem edged out Alan MIT trounced Nichols and the loss. Razak '75 for third, 7.3 to 7.25. Gordon, while the Engineers fell The Dartmouth meet pro- But these two wins could do victim to a late Middlebury duced the best MIT perfor- little to make up for the losses in surge, losing 66-60. mances of the year on parallel the other four events. Jon Jackson had 33 points and 15 bars and high bar. The individual Johnson '76 took second on rebounds in the 81-66 win over highlight was senior Scott rings with 7.2 to hold the loss Nichols, and scored 22 against Foster's routine on high bar, his there to 1.7. David Lu's second Gordon in M IT's easy 91-54 best of the season though the place in floor exercise and third victory. The Engineers shot 54%, in vaulting limited those losses in handing Gordon its eighteenth to 3.3 and 3.0, but Dartmouth's consecutive-loss. porting scored of 7.6 and 8.5 on pom- Against Middlebury, MIT led mel horse compared to MIT's by as many as nine in the second best of 5.1 from Wes Taylor'76 half, but could not score in the produced a seven and a half final 4:50 of play as Middlebury WTBS, MIT's radio station point loss. tallied the last nine points df the (88.1 FM), will broadcast to- MIT's poor record -this year contest. morrow's varsity basketball obscures the improvement that Lange had 20. points and game vs. Bates beginning at the team has made after losing Jackson added 18 to pace the 8:00pm. five of last year's seniors. Engineers, while forward David People interested in Allen Hart '75 has been Davidson scored 19 to lead the becoming sports announcers scoring in every meet in floor victors. for upcoming events this exercise and pommel horse, and The varsity meets Bates at spring should contact Gary in some meets in the vaulting home tomorrow 'night and Wilkes c/o WTBS, 3 Ames competition. Thiem had neve-r Amherst Monday before Street, Cambridge, or call scored before this season on traveling to WPI for the season 494-8810. pommel horse, rings, vaulting, or Scott roster -/ ailsmounts Trom me nign oar in Saturaay-s finale Thursday. Game time for high bar. John Troiani '78 and four-point gymnastics loss to Boston State. MIT faces Long Island both nights will be 8: 15. I I University at duPont Saturday to close out its home season.

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