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MITite wl adbuim i f aUiie ding Institute will bUild academic facilities-on site By Julia M. Drewry Though MIT "will-not re-lease from corporations and other pri- MIT purchased 129,000 square the building once TRW leaves," vate groups interested in the pos- feet of property at 31 Ames Milne expects other factors to de- sible uses for the new building. Street from TRW last June. MIT lay the.plans. MIT should have no problem ob- plans to use the area mostly for taining funding, he added. academic use "because it is locat- TRW has 'a "very flexible Milne forsees no major prob- ed in a designated -academic lease," but Milne expects they lems in the development of this area," according -to Walter L. will leave at the end of this aca- area with respect to zoning. "No Milne, assistant to the chairman demic year., Once TRW leaves, re-zoning will. be needed for the of the MIT Corporation. Part of the plans still must be decided area, but the parking lot as it is the area may be designated for upon, drawn up, funded,; and ex- now does not meet the zoning revenue purposes, he added. ecuted. requirements.... TRW grandfa- The land has been leased back A subcommittee of the Aca- thered in before the law went into to TRW until they can consoli- demic Council, including Presi- effect. MIT will, however, be date with another of branch on dent Paul E. Gray '54, Provost obligated to meet the require- Binney St. TRW used the build- John M. -Deutch '61, and rel- ments." This will not present a Mike Niles ing to manufacture hardware for evant deans and faculty mem- problem, Milne explained. The TRW building on Ames St. automobiles and home appli- bers, has been formed to oversee ances. the planning, Milne said. "Many ' L ,J - AnEiaa afrniin releases;_ernrt MIT will definitely not build weas a being consiUered at f E WE % - W W W W present, but none have been de- graduate housing on the site, cided up on." By Sally Vanerian would be new, the report indicat- unsolvec Miole said. 'It is not in the mode Cid uppnveed dI problems, and by treat- of plan of developeinent for the MIT is considering "very excit- The Science Education Com- ed. Under the proposed science ing botd th successful and unsuc- Institute to have graduate housing" plans, Milne asserted. "The mittee is proposing to replace the distribution requirement, stu- cessful attempts to solve the current list of science distribution dents would need to take only problemis," the report stated. pinedon"Iht siste," Milnetex-rpan l ad o the strngh.fthellecttutea.. will not be an easy task, plained. -"It is too integral to the- strenerth -of the Institute. -". ccourses with a new set of courses one course from this list. Thisv acadmicparofthe Insitue." Some of the labs' at the Institute91"aimed at giving some sort of "The current situation is ridi- Brown said, since these courses general sciencq exposure," said culous," said Gene M. Brown, will hay e to have no prerequisites han freshman core re- flow together" and create a cohe- A new building'with modern mathematics department and a and committee member. All quiremne :nts. These courses may sive atmosphere to give the stu- equipment will enhance the Insti- member of the committeeur dents a communal feeling, Milne- tutemebrothcmite.,"negau'ts oncentrate on topics that d The revised science distribution required to take aepeetythree science areas ono the cutting edge of sci- said. "The Institute wishes to ' "An institute such as-ours must - list -would. contain--up. to 15 distribution courses, butrost de- ence, he suggested. keep -all of the academics -in the renovate in quantum jumps be- -'courses inthe School'of Science; partments incorporate- two or same basic area." nteSho o cec;-prmnsicroae wo 1oCommittee reviews cause of the need for funding," :the.-.Current- list includes.-7.3 three distribution courses- into menistry requirement Milne- -said MIT will not-begin Miilne-explainredA-e expects MIT '~0courses drawn from -all of -the - their undergraduate degree pro-C construction for many years.'-to-. get funding for the project -:- .l-;ManyfIls tbies. courses gian. - The committee was generally a.,,,,- - . -_.- . ...Theresult, BrQwn: explaineds satisfiedd with the. science core - 'l~:"OM~~;t~.~.~[~ ~'" ~~~~-~~.~_~' ~/.-'. _that inany. students never- take courses ,-such as freshman phys- ri!axe-a general science courses outside Of ics and calculus, the report stat- -- their degree requirements, "This ed. The se courses serve their pur- By Jai Young Kim and Olivieri felt that improving formfi Crime prevention irr Spot- --defeats the, sprit of -the"Science pose of "provid[ing] a strong and One hundred larcenies have dormitory- se&idrity would help ..ting s usp looking persons. - distribution reuiremeft,"Brown: broad 1base ... to serve as a been reported on campus be- solve the problem. : "We need .. to encourage re- said. foundattion for the departmental tween Sept. 1 and Oct. 20, ac- Olivieri-has prposed' to have: porting these people." Glavin *The new subjects "should ex- progranns throughout the Insti- cording to an MIT Campus Po- dormitory entry doors lockedd at noted that 52 'intruders on- MIT emplifythe way science or math- tute." lice bulletin issued last Thursday. - all times to- deter.theft.THe'noted}:. proprtyy had been arrested 'dur- ematics is done by dealing -with a Somee committee members, The Campus Police also listed that- "larcenies from locked ingthe first six months of 1986. broad subject,-discussing major (Pi'ease turn to page 18) 30 occurrences of suspicious per- rooms are practically 'nonexis- - - sons roaming the campus, an in- tent" but'that manY'students still--, crease of 18 instances over the leave -roomsIunlocked and unat it harged same period last year. Four as- tended. - sault and batteries and one rape "We are one>0f, the very-few',,- .... in a living group were also re- [universitiesi- in[universi~~~~~~~~~~~~tie,. this area who %J U d v in-thisn reanThow th affairs ported. don't have access control in dor- : n has sched- 3~~~~~~~~~~~urveyof black alumni. Students MIT Campus Police Chief mitories," Olivieri said. " By Katie S *hWarz.-Katie&h ters. The committee -n uled meetings open to the public are inviited to bring up any stu- James Olivieri said he was espe--- Oli'vieri was particularly wor- The Visiting Committee ue they want to discuss at the all day Monday in the Mezzanine dent iss cially concerned about the inordi- ried about East Campus and Sen- Student,.Affairs;, an, arm of cluding session from 7:30 had numerous, MIT --Corporation, ..will, meet :with Lounge of the Stuent Center. the con nately high number of thefts 'in ior House having n. such'a short period of time. "The thefts -already this year because Students and'Deafofs.-Offic the to 9 p here Moinay to assess Undergraduate Academic sup- Dean for Student Affairs Shir- their designs allow intruders to: snnel McBay chose the Visiting a desk and wM-tk'into0: a:- new'iniiatives;,for freshmen and port- Office,, will present a statisti- ley M. takes place," he said, "where a bypass ttee's agenda in consulta- wallet's stolen from a backpack, dorm entry. .I know the students - the racial, climate on: campuo.. - cal profile of the freshnan year. dicussion -of Residence/ t th committee chairman D. or a backpack is- stolen. Too don'te~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ wanth~ to-close'up'their~ ~ ~~ ~ Tallyainel -tingusionm OReidenta/tionA panel 'of Vth wil-fol feedon '41, said Mary Ja- many people'are leaving things dorm," he said, but "my- main-' holds openm-ecoringsDoted Sec- Orientation willfollow, "vith:fiveReid W concern is for the persOnal-safety -rtary of the;.Crporatiqn, Con- students from' the 'R/O Commit- sinski, staff assistant to McBay. - Visiting Committee comes Although Campus Police Cap- and personal. property -of our- StantinOe B.u;Sim ' nid'esiTliketee and 'Andy Eisenmann'71 of The nstitute roughly every two ODSA. The panel will ex- to the I tain Anne Glavin pointed out residents, at the loss'of -personal ~-,some of the 25- other -`visiting . the its last visit was in Febru- - - committees, most of which cover plain R/O to thecommittee said s; it that over half of the thefts were freedom-." 5, when it focused on an from Institute buildings, both she CGlavin also sees an effective," academic' departments-and cen-- 1986 R/O'989, Coordinator Coordinanor HUgO"Heo gs,-o-h-shAyamla, ., - -' , , ,, " "" ' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ayala'89, and consider "The. ODSA survey about the quality question of governance: Who has of stud ent life. It will make an --the power to change?" oral repport to the full Corpora- -Professor.- -Travis Merritt will tion at its next quarterly meeting discuss the ULASO's new academic in Dece:tmber and a written report -prograims for freshmen, such as to the EExecutive Committee. The efforts to improve freshman ad- 16 visit ting committee members .vising. The afternoon will be de- are nor ninated by the Corpora- --voted to the Minority Student Is- tion, th e Alumni Association and sues Group's recent report.on its the president.

Recruiting remains strong, despite slump in computer industry. Page 16. * * * * i Clark C. Abt '51, Republican candidate for the 8th Congressional District seat. Page 17. * .* * * Stephen P, Berczuk MIT begins an interdisciplinary program on the Middle Costumes & classics.. . The MIT Concert Band gave its annual Halloween Concert in East for graduate students. Page 18. Lobby 7 on Wednesday. I

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[ RTF M US attorney charges fodr mie",mbers of M Chicago street gang in terr~rist plot I.A.M.,ldheir den~ies-Nazi-warP crimes NsAS survety ciaqlslor SDI spendinog cut Four Chicago 'men are under indictment on Federal Austrian President Kurt Waldheimn is aga'in den~ying that A survey of mnembers .of the Ndational, Academy of Sci- weapons charges fdr their involvement in an allegqd plot he participated in Nazi operations during World War 11. ence says that the Strategic D~efense Itni tiative won't pro- to carry out terrorist attacks in the'United States. Anton Valukas, the US attorney in Chicago says the men - all However, Israel's TV Today broadcast a picture of.what it duce an effective defense against Soviet nuclear attack and members of a street gang called "El- Rukn' - allegedly says is a photocopy of~a 1947 Yugoslavian government recommends that spending- for SDI be cut. Sen. William file. The file contained evidence-Wa~ldheim was responsible Proxmire (D~-WI) says that the survey will be taken "very, approached the Libyan government with an offer to at- for killing several thousand Yugoslavians in a Nazi "paci- very seriously" in next year's congressional debate on tack federal property in exchange for money. ~Police found ficatiorn" operation, the broadcast alleged. Yurgoslav and SD>I. (AP) an arsenal of 30 weapons, including a M-72 series light anti-tank weapon, in an August raid on the gan~g's south- Soviet intelligence compiled the~·file of war 'crime' charges against Waldcheimr in an attempt to recruit him, The Wash- Reaganr tells Soviet Unions that side headquarters. One of the four men is-already in pris- ington Post reported. on, two others have been arrested, and one is still at large. (AP) Attorney General ]Edwin Meese is currently considering US remains opena to discus~sion adding Waldheim's name to a list of -people who could be President Reaganr has directed Secretary of State George P. Shultz '49 to tell the Soviet Union that arms control barred from entering the United States. (AP, The Mew ~Agriculture departmp~ent to crack Yor~k Times) proposals "remain on the table." Reagan also said that the administration is- prepared to continue where 'it left dlown on mparijuana harvesting off in Reykhjavik!" T~he two sides had made much progress The agriculture department says there is a "highl/y orga- Strikinag workerss force shuat-down ofe before the talks collapsed on the issue of Reagan's refusal nized criminal element" harvesting a billion dollars worth General M~otors South-African%plant to limit the research on a "Star W9ars" space-based missile of marijuana each year in federally-owned woods. De- The General Mlotor's plant in Port Elizabeth was shut defense shield to laboratory work. Reagan spokesman partment officialls announced today that they're forming down when 3000 employees refused to either work or Larry Speakes says the administration wants to see "if an enforcement team to crack down on the growers with leave the plant. T~he workers are demanding severance pay progress could be made in one area without progress in $20 million from the newly enacted drug abuse law. (AP) and refunds on their pension plans before the new un- another." (AP) identified owner takes over. Many fear that they will be laid off when GMW completes its recently announced sale. Drueg tamperinag case ends with (AP) Real estate bsusiness is improvinga Real estate brokers were busier last month after five 27-year jail senatenceg straight months of declining business. Sales of new hornes A former brokerage firm trainee who admitted tamper- -US cargo shipp explodes, in uring four rose ten percent in September, reported the Comamerce ing with some over-the-counter drugs has been sentenced The OMI~PYukok~n, ane American cargo ship, has caught Department. Analysts predict that mortgage rates will to 27 years in prison. Edwirn M/arks says he put says he on fire and is sinking 1000 miles off the coast of Oahu, hold~steady and sales of both new and existing homes will puat rat poison in packages of Contac, Dietac, and Tele- H~awaii.- Four of the 36 crewmen are still missing and are improve for the rest of the year. drin capsules and planted them in several Orlando, Flor- presumed dead. A Japanese fishing ship rescued the other But the nlew homes won't be cheap. The average new ida, stores to affect the stock prices of the company that 32 and reported that only four crew mnenwere injured, the home price last month rose above the $114,000 mnark. maakes the products. (AP) most seriously with a broken leg. (AP) (AP) I III -

Ah I Mrs-,,, - hwilassacchousetts DPW 6gurchases land Technical probliams delay Titanic photo The leader' of- t~his iumrnmer's Titanic expedition says a for open sparce CO66,8slP~tio9n programBP picture -of the ftA1YwnpckagP_ will be delayed. Robert Bal- Brandieis coalition to boycott classEi~ The Maassachusetts`' Department of Public - Works is lard says that technicail problems require several mmore buying nearing seven acres of coastal land at high head in months of wvork. The pfeiced-together picture of the sunk- in demonsastrationP agaginst 9aparthed,- Truro. Thf~e $900,000-purchase- is the first under a new A group of ]Brandeis University students, faculty and-- en luxury liner had beenm planned for last month. Ballard open space program. The land is part of 22 acres being staff~is calling for a boycott of classes today to protest says artists renderings of the old vessel are likely to look acquired for conservation by ~arious agencies. It will be better. The pictures were taken on a dozen dives in a mini, apartheid and show support for students in South Africa. saved from development and perserved as open- space. The demonstsration is planned to coincide with a~weekend submarine last July. The Titanic sank in water two miles (AP) meeting of Brandeis trustees. (AIP) deep in April f912 off Newfoundland, taking the lives of more than 1500. Ballard commhented in Boston where he received the $5000 Washburn award from the Museum of Science. (AIP) Congressmaan Markey to probe -Formepr Boston mayor Cgollins Seabrook drug and alcoh~ol abuse Democratic Mlassachusetts Congressman Edward M~ar- conasiders a political3 com~eback Mooose'c~ourts dairay cowM in Vermlont key plans to probe reports of drug and alcohol abuse by ~Foramer Boston Mayor John Collins is moving back to In the lonely hills of Vermont there is a smaitten male workers at the Seabrook atomic power plant in New the city from-Cape Cod,_ and he reportedly is considering courting his reluctant sweetheart. But the unusual twist to Hamanpshire. Aide Scott Leabman says Markey' has- re- a chaflehge_~next year to Mayor Raymondl Flynn. Collins this tale is that the male happens to be a 700-pound ceived numerous statements about the issue in recent says he plans to move 'from Falmouth by January first to moose and the object of his admiration a brown and weeks. New Hamupshire Yankee, the project builder, asked mee~t the legal residency requirement. Bunt he hasn't decid- white dairy cow. The moose has been standing in the pas- Markey to confer with them to resolve the issue. A ed whether to make a political comeback attempt nearly ture since Saturday, staring at his new-found love. The spokesman says the reports are not backed up, by evi- 20 years after he". eft office. Collins told the Bostonm Her- moose will probably remain there until the end of mating dence. But Lea'bman says Mbarkey does not believe the ald he won't nmake any decision for several months. The season in early Novemnber, the game warden said. One company can do ju~stice to the matter. Markeyr also wants 67-year-ola Collins is credited 'wsith revitalizing Boston in spectator reports, "They've nuzzled like they're kissing; federal officials to look into the reports. (AP) the 1960s. (AP) but I ain't seen no action." (AP)

cluding "obstruction of justice." Tribble is already sched- d· a~~~~~~~~~~~ uled to stand trial on drug-related charges stemming from Bias' death in June. T~ribble was one of three men with Bias ·when he died. T~hrills and chillss Mets'`manager wants more moneyit -Charles "fLeftyr" Driesell, Bias? former coach at Mary- Today is among the coldest days of the season so Less than 72 hours after leading the New York Mets to land, resigned yesterday in the wake of the scandal sur- far, but a warming trend will soon be here. a world series triumph, Manager Davey Johnsonn has rounding theie'de~tth of the All-American star. The Univer- Saturdayy looks to be clear and about ten degrees asked for a raise. In an article in the New York suburban sity of Maryland is replacing hima with 41-year-old Bob warmer than today. Sunday will be even warmer, newspaper Newsda~y, Johnson says that the Metes are con- Wade, wlioiwon more than 90 percent of his games in his but showers will be moving through New England. tractually obligated to increase his salary to the-$300,000 ten seasons at Baltimore's Dunbar high school. (AP) Meanwhile, fall's first blast of arctic air is poised to earned by Lou Piniefla of the Cross-Town Yankees. Met invade the upper midwest from Canadca. general managslaer Frank Cashen has told.the newspaper-he doesn't have to revise Johnson's pay scale. However,` Ca- Today: Decreasing winds, clear skies. Highs near shena does say that the club might increase thi'$22j,000 48 - (9 - Q. Johnson is due for both of the next two seasons. John- USF&L 76-s`*' J der Ia9: court again TOnidght: Calm and chilly. Wear warm costumes. son's three year record - his first three years as a Major to split NFLF into two leagues Lows 36' (2' Q. League manager - shows himn posting more wins in that Unions representing pl~ayers in five sports - includirng Satuarday: Warmer, with some southerly breezes and period of time than any other manager -in N\ational major league baseball and the National Basketball Associ- high clouds. Highs 57' (14' Q. League, history. (AP) ation - have -filed briefs in support of, te United States Saturdayr~anig~ht: Not bad. Lows 48' (9' Q. Football League's motion to break the National Football Sunday:Warmer still, but a 60 percent chance of League into two separate leagues. The unions have asked some rainr. Highs 63 0 (17'" Q. Jury delivers indidtment in judge Peter Leisure to break the NFIL into two separate coccaine, death of~basketball star leagues so as to foster competition in the player market. Mosnday: Turning colder again. Highs 50'-55 ' (10- C-13" Q. A Prince Georges, MDE, county grand jury has handed The USFL asked the court for the same thing several up an indictment ian the cocaine death of University of weeks ago. The USFIL recently went back into federal Forecast by John W. Nielsena Maryland basketball star Len Bias. The indictment named court after receiving just $3 in damages from this summer's antitrust case against the NFL. (AP) Brian Tribble, and contained three additional charges, in- Compfled by Mark Kantrowwitz - ~~~~Jignra D~essii _ial= PAGE 4 The Tech FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1986 CI _ _C _ ___l~ql~e~ssse~·)~13sI _ __ r

9_ I·- -L = op~~~~~lowlonhopinion I _ _ I . _ 0 ; - - : ~ _- - of- _- - a EditorialI .UT OF AFRII Vote against C74ff-oo Proposition One A no vote on Proposition One is essential in order to safeguard abortion rights in Massachusetts. This will allow individuals to reach their own decisions on a deeply personal matter, and will secure financial assistance for poor women seeking abortions. Proposition One would allow the state legislature to cut public funding of abortion. Some say that this is the main issue, that individual abortions should not be on the collective con- science of the taxpayers. In reality, this is an attempt to impose the moral stance of a minority upon all the women of Massa- chusetts. The amendment would allow the legislature to prohibit all A abortions, except when the mother's life is threatened, to the extent permitted by the US Constitution. This prohibition would also extend to women who have been victims of rape I and incest. The US Supreme Court presently interprets the p Constitution as protecting. abortions under rights to personal Guest Column/Carol Shiue freedom. But this opinion is held by a slim margin. A new Su- preme Court could reverse its stance, allowing the Massachu- World's wonders offer delight I setts legislature, and not the courts, to outlaw almost all abor- m Leaves, pointy red leaves, fan pie, yet I derived a great deal of something which I had felt or tions. sized orange leaves, round yellow in thought once before. Over 80 percent of the Massachusetts populace pleasure them for reasons I am believe that leaves that hang like gold coins beginninng to understand. It seemed to me then, as it abortion is a "personal decision that state government should on the bottom of a tree branch Recen tly, I had the opportunity must have seemed to me at some stay out of," according to an independent poll conducted this -as I remember my home in to hikee the Massachusettes level as a child, that there is year by Harrison and Goldberg. The active minority, however, New Jersey where I lived for countrysside, a region of farms something mysterious about the ii has historically had a louder voice on Beacon Hill, making it most of my childhood, leaves and fiel ds, deep green valleys, natural world which continuously likely that the legislature would use its new constitutional pow- were everywhere in Autumn. and moiuntainous hills, a region draws me Into it. And I think er to ban abortion. They blew in the afr like wind, vast andi yet provincial in its own herein lies the explanation of A strong rejection of the amendment will send a clear mes- came down on us like rain, and ways. DIuring one of these walks I what had appealed to me in those sage to abortion opponents in other states who are looking for decorated everyone and every- came upmon a huge maple tree, a leaf raking experiences. We were a test case. If there is support for the amendment in liberal thing in a cloak of colors - even tall and majestic monument of a seeing for ourselves the beauty of pine trees wore bright colors. tree. Its branches the leaves, hearing their crackle, Massachusetts, we will see similar referenda across the United must have held When the tips of the tree tens of tthousands of leaves, each sniffing their earthy smell; we States. branches finally appeared bare of theml blended with different were in direct contact with a part This amendment threatens the right to choose an abortion. against the early pink sunset, we shades cof yellows and orange, of nature, and in that sense, we For this reason, The Tech strongly -urges you to vote no on knew it was the annual sweeping each of them-a representative of were exploring. Proposition One. time. Armed with various rakes the tree iitself. The leaves that had Since then I've come to realize and brooms, mittens and thick fallen weere swirling in circles in that there is something which en- sweaters, some friends and I the air ais if dancing to the silent hances the carefree sensitory ex- would gather our weapons and beat of;a waltz strummed by the periences we had as children. It is turn towards the leaf strewn sunbeai ms between swaying the sense that accompanies the streets. branchesS. scientific study of natural phe- Volume 106, Number 48 Friday, October 31, 1986 We trekked the neighborhood, Altho}ugh I had never been nomena, the sense that comple- stopping at the houses of the el- there be]fore, as I stood mesmer- ments but does not displace Ghairman ...... Ronald E. Becker '87 derly and offering to sweep their ized by tthe presence of the tree, it childlike enthusiasm. Editor in Chief...... Harold A. Stern '87 yards. We pushed the leaves out - seemed tto me as if I did know a The prospect of exploring the Managing Editor ...... Mark Kantrowitz '89 of the way, while indulging in the place alnd time when the sun unknown is exciting and extreme- Business Manager ...... Eric N. Starkman '87 rituals of rolling in leaves and glowed aand the wind blew in ex- ly inviting. The wonders that the Executive Editor...... >Michael J. Garrison '88 leaning into bushes. Occasionally actly thee same ways once before. world holds have still to be ap- we found a leaf so perfect I It was a tmost oppressive feeling. preciated, and I take delight, News Editors ...... Earl C. Yen '88 would put it in my pocket, saving But perhlaps I had been there be- very much in the same way I once Andrew L. Fish '89 it to contemplate later. These leaf fore in t Opinion that "moment of being;" took delight in rolling in leaves, Editor ...... Edward E. Whang '87 raking gatherings seemed so sim- perhaps Night Editors ...... Halvard K. Birkeland '89 I was feeling or thinking in the promise it holds. Ezra Peisach '89 Guest Column/Charles. . Whetsel Arts Editor ...... Michiel Bos G I Photography Editor ...... Stephen P. Berczuk '87 Contributing Editors ...... V. Michael Bove G People of Greene misunderstood Bill Coderre G Julian West G The recent federal court ruling instant. In the modern dilemma baptized by sprinkling instead of Carl A. LaCombe '86 in Greeneville,- TN has stirred of church-state separation, these going to the river like the Bap- Steven Wheatman '86 much discussion concerning the people have born the brunt of the tists did. The people there are Sidhu Banerjee '87 ruling's implications on public hardship. When recently told by different. They do not know Simson L. Garfinkel '87 education. Andrew L. Fish '89 the federal government Andrew S. Gerber '87 that they much about judicial review and ["Court decision flawed," Oct. could not have their morning they did not even know what sec- Ben Z. Stanger '88 28] attaches an unfair attitude of Senior Editor .. Jonathan Richmond G meditation or scripture lesson ular humanism was until people Indexing Project malevolence to the Representative ...... Sharalee M. Field '89 situation and without violating the religious started telling them that it was persons involved in-this case. freedom of others, they com- not right to pray in school. They OPINION STAFF plied. never really thought that it Associate Opinion Editor: Sharalee M. Field My father is a United Method- was '89; Columnists: But when their children were wrong to pray anywhere. Thomas T. Huang G. Robert E. Malchman '85, Scott Saleska ist minister whose parish is cur- forced to read the texts in ques- '86, Mark McDowell '88. Daniel W. Pugh '88, Alan Szarawarski rently in Greeneville. David Byrne once wrote a lyric He is not tion (The '88, Elliot Marx '89. involved in Diary of Anne Frank, -that stated, "Facts all come with the case (in fact, we The Wizard SPORTS STAFF are one of the most liberal fam- of Oz), they per- points of view." I have learned Staff: William Hou G. Paul Paternoster ceived a double standard. From '88, Jerome G. Braunstein ilies in the area) but our family this from my personal migration '89, Anh Thu Vo '89. - their (admittedly knowledge of the incident limited) point of from my home where I am con- is far view, their children were ARTS STAFF from removed. From the media being sidered a radical liberal to Boston exposed to and influenced by the Associate Arts Editor: Peter E. Dunn G; Staff: Allison J. Druin G, coverage which this event has where I am regarded-as a radical James F. tenets of Judaism and mysticism. Kirk G, Barbara A. Masi G, Joseph L. Shipman '82, been receiving, the people of conservative. A different perspec- Corrado Giambalvo '86, Scott Lichtman '88, If this last analogy Julie Chang '89, Greene County are being either seems a bit tive on any issue can provide in- Betty J. McLaughlin '89. extreme, it is grossly misrepresented, or misun- because it is. 1 my- sight that can never be gained by BUSINESS STAFF derstood. self do not agree with their objec- all of the mediating in the world. Acting Advertising Manager: Steve E. Hill '90; Advertising Ac- tions, but I will defend their right Regardless of the implications counts Manager: Shari L. Jackson '88; Circulation Manager: The people of Greene County to voice these objections. of this court case and what his- Becky Miller; Staff: Genevieve C. Sparagna '90. are (pardon the cliche) good, Attending elementary school in toric import hard-working people is achieved by this who, re- Hawkins County, contiguous to precedent, gardless of Fish's 'interpretation a judgmental attitude PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE Greene, I was raised with a towards the people at the center Night Editors: ...... Eric N. Starkman of their actions, have no inten- '87 morning "moment of silent medi- of this issue must be avoided, es- Gregory D. Troxel '87 tion of unseating public educa- tation" and a pledge of allegiance pecially when the situations and Mark W. Eichin '88 tion asit exists today. Their con- to the American flag (a secular Special motivations surrounding this in- Assistant to the Night Editor: .. Shari A. Berkenblit '88 cerns are that they should have practice from which the Jeho- Staff: Peter E. Dunn G, Pai Hwong '87, David M. cident are not fully understood Watson '88, some control over what is taught vah's Marie E. 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Just because one is Jewish which reached 137 of the 671 article was subtitled "Excerpts or Chinese or black doesn't rule black alumni who entered MIT from responses to 1985 Black out any options. DENIS from 1969 to 1981, failed to sur- W. LORING (MIT'71) Alumni Survey." These undated MIT undoubtingly has racial Vice President and Actuary, vey white and non-minority stu- anecdotes, if their purpose was to problems. The claims of this arti- dents to get a parallel view on support the claim that MIT is cle though were unsupported and The Equitable Life Assurance Society other students' perceptions of racially discriminant, often fail. seemed to be implying certain of the United States their years, treatment, and educa- Under Relations with Faculty is fallacies. The themes of the tion at MIT. Without such a sur- this quote. "My reluctance to anecdotes were not exclusive to a vey, it is impossible to know approach teaching assistants or certain race, but could have been whether the problems are unique professors to help fill the gaps in related by a student of any race to blacks or are indicative of the or religion. my knowledge had a negative The author of the ar- Monday 4:00 p.m. undergraduate experience. The effect on my academic perfor- ticle and the editors of the news- report was quite vague, the pro- mance." Two questions. Is this paper should learn how to back November 3 Room 4-149 fessors never named as not the the fault of the faculty member up generalities and not make un- 1986 years in which the acclaimed ra- or the student? Does it matter supported claims such as "Alum- cial incidents occured. that the student was black? ni report shows racism" on the The survey found front IsponsoredI"y the--L ()i (:art'r'I S~.i that most re- Under "Preparation for MIT" page of The Tech. Sponsored Ib, tht-()ffi'c - of Career Scrvicvc,, spondants "developed a negative is this slightly off the wall quote, Lindsay Haugland '89 - -JL- ------= -A orientation to the MIT environ- "There were two types of blacks ment." Is this to say that all at MIT: those who were com- whites were enamored with the pletely prepared for MIT and the Institute for their entire stay? rest of us. We had aptitude, but WE DID IT! Also 55 percent had "negative we couldn't keep up. White stu- perceptions fo the personal and dents - their parents were engi- Many Thanks to: academic support provided by neers. They had taken apart the MIT faculty members." MIT is a family car." What exactly this is research institution. Many stu- implying is rather confusing. Is it Maya Bose dents find it slightly impersonal implying that to be a good engi- in this regard, because the faculty neer you have to have taken apart Jennifer Buchner often seem more interested in the family car or is it that all their research than in the stu- white students have parents who Julie Kim dents, black or white. are engineers? The claim of the Visiting Com- I also fail to see how race Tom Knight mittee's 1984 Quality of Student comes into play in the anecdote Life that academic pace and pres- from the "Living Group Exper- Jim Lin sure, difficult for most, is intensi- iences" section. "The living fied for minority students is un- experience was all right, but I Vivian Liu documented. Am I, after reading didn't fit into the norm. A typical Grace Ma the first half of the article which party was 'let's drink beer and is built on shaky statistics, sup- get drunk and pass out.' I wasn't Lisa Martin posed to believe the claim just into that so I went to black because The Tech says it is, true? parties and just hung out with Eugenie Uhlmann The report of the Minority friends." Students Issue Group based on I am white. I don't like to get Vijay Vaitheeswaran these two surveys goes on to say drunk and pass out. Neither do that MIT is a nonsupportive en- lots of my friends. I don't see Zara Weng vironment in which minorities this as being a habit of all whites --- - P, -I-- I ~~~~~~~~~~------Joe Woo Editorials, marked as such and printed in a distinctive format, are the official opinion of The Tech. They are written by I-Ching Wu the editorial board, which consists of the chairman, editor in chief, managing editor, executive editor, news editors and opinion editors. Dissents, marked as such and printed in a distinctive format, AXi are the opinions of the undersigned members of the editorial board choosing to publish their disagreement with the editorial. 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cut back 1tuntng o abortions E To the Editor: cheapest. In that short amount of Nor can it be said that the tax- I Wdhile I agree with Mark time, she must not only make a payers' money is wasted on abor- I DeGuire's assertion that Referen- very difficult decision about tion. There are two alternatives .II1 dum Question #1 will have no ef- whether to carry her pregnancy for a woman who is preganant: fect on the legality of abortion to term, but she must also scrape she can either have the child or I ["Abortion question is misrepre- together the funds to have an have an abortion. The state, by i sented,:' Oct. 28],.I do not think abortion, if that is her decision. choosing not to fund the latter, t that the probability that abortion As the pregnancy progresses, incurs greater cost to itself by funding will be reduced should abortion not only becomes a suddenly having to fund more of i be taken lightly. more dangerous and costly op- the former. eP~~~~I ~ rllh· [[-- ifl - --~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--- - tion, but it is also likely to in- Abortion in this state only 140 RIVER STREET - CAMBRIDGE 547-2455 i It is certainly true that no crease greatly any psychological costs several hundred dollars. On MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 10:00-6:00 I i matter what the outcome of the stress to the woman. 1 referendum, abortion will remain the other hand, a normal child- i a -pp--= = L = legal everywhere in the United A similar funding issue was de- birth free of complications will =8~~ States. The Supreme Court's cided on a federal level a few have cost the state $2000 by the Special Student/Mouth Fares to decision in Roe v. Wade made years ago. The Supreme Court time'the baby is born, The state i abortion legal in 1973. Abortion upheld the Hyde Amendment, is then responsible for the welfare }i will only become illegal if the which denied federal funding of of the child until he is 18. In addition, 12 mNew York on Scheduled Aires! Supreme Court reverses its deci- medically necessary abortions for years of public school- Ih'ralm Newv Yoerk ons Seghedied ArlP~iiiaseSw sion. indigent women. ing figure into the bill. The mon- etary costs to the state of not DESTINATIONS OW RT The effect of this amendment funding abortion are enormous. The decision gave women the was that in the subsequent year, LONDON $189 $375 right of choice. The unethical 20 percent of those pregnancies People are not free to allocate PARIS 198 376 aspect of curtailing abortion medically requiring abortions re- their tax money as they see fit. I FRANKFURT 210 400 funding is that it allows wealthy sulted in childbirth. The other 80 will have to pay for military women freedom to choose while percent found means to have buildups and the Strategic De- ROME 223 426 E preventing indigent women from abortions anyway, either by being fense Initiative whether I like it MILAN 210 400 !S doing the same. Precisely that lucky enough to live in states that or not. Similarly, it is the place of ZURICH/GENEVA 210 400 ie segment of the population which still provided funding, by finding the government, not private orga- VIENNA/BUDAPEST 210 400 L has the most to lose from some other way to come up with nizations, to look out for the I unwanted pregnancies will be the money, or by having illegal well-being of its citizens. Fares to Athens, Tel Aviv, Prague, Warsaw J coerced into bearing children abortions. also available. Add on fares from Boston, a because the state will not fund The 20 percent who were suc- Social programs affect large Washington, DC, Chicago, Florida. abortion but will fund the alter- cessfully coerced into numbers of people and their having chil- For Reservations and Information Call: native, childbirth. dren had to suffer not only the costs are extremely high. Expect- ing private citizens to pick up the By the time a woman discovers physical injury they sustained as WHOLE WO1RLD 'IREAIIEL a result of the childbirth but also cost of abortions for every indi- that she is pregnant, she has gent woman Serving the Student/Youth Marketfor more than 16 years! approximately the unwanted financial and emo- in the state is as re- two months left of alistic as throwing 17 E. 45th St., New York, NY 10017 the first three months in which tional responsibility of raising a quarters to beggars. 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Students need to take initiative cutfflerhole punches,glue and a huge wwork area to make to facilitate the reform process tight at home. 907you Hain feel Street mI A,, I To the Editor: sures. The majority felt that solve some of the other problems SCambridge,ammneartr openissorMA 02139 ia open A wewf MA02134 curriculum e(617)497ho41 worspunche.~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cara to 491-2sismalse undergraduate a huge .i·: The entire MIT community has pass/fail should not be restricted in the snd feel rigHtat aom~e, youolen ear~ti pe Ad~ OpeeH.--r wetaotSq..,. become increasingly aware of the to required courses and that to as well. At the very least it would kino'skkinks1 s§ ~~~~~~(e1.) "=:-,:'trite~~817497-0125 to take facilitate the reform process be- problems inherent to the current 'allow this with the option Camr~sidge, IDA 62t:B9 Alists, MA 02r34 system of undergraduate educa- the courses other than the first cause people would have a better Is617t 497^4111 (51rn491 2859 (Paid Advcrtlement) I I i tion. The heightened concern has year would defeat the purpose of perspective of where structural, L ! resulted in ongoing discussions at pass/fail. The majority felt that a curricular problems existed. all levels - the Undergraduate credit limit while on pass/fail We students are in a good posi- Association as well as the was a good idea. tion to uncover problems in the T E D emerged WAN 9 Committee on the Undergraduate The key point that curriculum. We are the only ones 0I I Program and The Tech. from the forum was that students who can tell the faculty why we I This is the reason that the UA need to learn to stand on their behave in a certain way or what Forums have been established: to own. Many students seem to be our opinions are of a given topic. facilitate communication and under the impression that MIT It behooves us to do so in a con- stimulate further discussion at should cater to them. Complaints structive manner. The opportuni- IR/O '87 the student level. The Student arise that "no one cares" despite ties are there; several mechanisms Committee on Educational Policy the support network and pro- are in place (letters to The Tech, has been revived to act as a vehi- grams abounding on campus. forums, UA, advisors), and more cle for this task. Therefore, as Students need to take some ini- will be set up. Lack of participa- COORDI NATOR! cosponsor of the recent UA tiative themselves. This might al- tion can only hurt us in the long Forum on the Freshman Year, I leviate some of the burden of run. like to expand on Akbar teaching and advising while fos- would D. Edmiston '87 article ["Students tering a better relationship with Becky Merchant's Chairman, SCEP favor pass/fail," Oct. 21]. the faculty; it would probably re- The general consensus among .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ students was that pass/fail is nec- F essary. Approximately 25 percent of students surveyed felt that Gerber Sends MIT All pass/fail was in some way being the definition of Over The World abused, but your travel needs! We'll get you the "abused" was not clearly defined. Garber Travel is ready to take careof all for Amtrak tickets, Eurailpasses, low cost One person pointed out that the lowest possible airfares, arrange charters and much more! Plan your next trip with Garber. system is set up to catch those I who abuse the system to the ex- Open Daily nforman eeting:. tent that the material is not 9-5:30 qARbER TRA/EL learned: they fail. Sat. 9-5 ~-~-3.$4 Wed, Nov. 5 - 5 p.m.- jnt. 7-104 Further debate on this topic concluded that freshman year is or caff Ay 'isenmann x3-4051, 7-133 the time in which a student learns I his/her limits; pass/fail allows 1105 Mass. Ave., Cambridge,'MA, Tel: 492-2300 or Marie Danziger :3-6771, 7-103 this to be done with fewer pres- I I -___..___ j 41 Bain & Company, Inc.

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Gr- %iest _ I - - Column/Richard Cowan Military in fluence increasing Last term, the question of mili- the question of whether defense military. If you wonder, ask tary research funding on campus spending -really is intended for them. I was the subject of considerable "defense," it is clear that the The glossy brochures of mili- .-Alcbr e4L SEPVIE acrimonious debate, with a spe- domination of federal research by tary contractors also usually fail cial focus on the Strategic De- the military will not only have to explain what those companies fense Initiative. profound effects on society, but are really doing. In the MIT Yet the reaction of some stu- also limit the opportunities for placement office, there is a copy dents to this explosion of politi- students to enter productive and of a pamphlet "Are you consider- cal debate on research programs rewarding careers in other areas. ing a career in the defense indus- I that are far from the develop- The best I can do in this space try?" prepared by High Technol- ment stage is one of confusion. is recommend that you learn ogy Professionals for Peace, "Why bother?" some say. The an- more about the issue. A survey which raises many important is- m swer, put succinctly, is that the is- by MIT last spring revealed that sues - like what happens when sue affects all of us. This semes- students feel they are not being you get a security clearance. Finally, SACC is compiling inter, the MIT Science Action told enough about the military Iw Coordinating Committee is going aspects of the technology they formation on MIT's own military beyond last term's focus on "Star study. Looking at the MIT Bulle- research - a topic rarely dis- Wars" to examine the militariza- tin, one can understand why. The cussed even in classes that deal I tion of MIT. Here's why. description of Draper Laboratory with arms issues. A guidebook He * There are major changes doesn't even mention "military," with this information should be a taking place. A primary reason "national defense," or Draper's useful to students who want to 5 main mission: missile guidance choose UROPs and thesis advi- for the volatility of the military Em speed with for nuclear weapons. Classifica- sors, and could be provided to research issue is the E which the national research situation barriers and a pattern of in- hall tutors, faculty advisors, and E tion is changing. In the 1970s the stitutional self-censorship prevent class councils. Given the number percentage of federally funded re- professors from bringing up the of students affected, this is not search and development devoted topic. just a "left-wing issue" - even to military programs stood near Fortunately, professors do usu- the right wing should be interest- the truth E 50 percent. That already large ally know the -extent to which ed in telling students aI fraction has been steadily in- their field is dominated by the about what they are getting into. I _ _ _ I - U creasing since 1978, reaching 67 r . ,,, -a I P C 13a - -a --mrrarrrrrrra*rrrrrrrrrrsrrrrrr.'`· I i percent in 1985 and 72 percent in 1986, according to Technology Review. . are especially * MIT students - a I m:p: 'r m affected. Many MIT graduates go ;:. t·· · ·· · Ii directly into research jobs. ·· · -· an ; ·:I· E Therefore, the fraction of re- I,· ·aa·.· search devoted to military pro- a grams determines to a large de- Dor ,.· -, ·· · at" '·"'· gree the fraction of science and ·· · -- .·'""":· '"-P· : *.·· C, a engineering graduates going into -- 7:l-·iid ZYI:4:r;T·.PL.it L .· Z_ d_-._ 1__ Im the military industry. Further- and students more, professors wFm doing research projects or UROPs are directly affected by shifts in funding patterns. i C * Even people who opt out of the military industry are affected. Of engineering graduates not a0- pursuing careers in- academia, I m about one-third work directly on military contracts and another I third work on commercial products (certain electronics, com- I puters, and software products) whose primary market is, increasingly, the military industry. 1a There are places to work in high tech where this is not the case. r Most of these places, however, e are outside the United States. * The defense boom cannot i I go on forever. Real research ex- r penditures have risen 50 percent r s since 1979, to the same levels as c E at the peak of the Vietnam War. I Because budget deficits have I reached 25 percent of the budget, c 6 the defense boom has been L curbed, and further cuts are like- e ly. Companies such as Digital r Equipment Corporation or Sym- bolics whose recent growth is en- r tirely attributable to military purchases will undoubtedly suffer. In c 1971 many engineers found them- i E selves out of jobs. It could hap- r

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JOHN F. KENNEDY failed to accept SND's SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT SACC has Is Looking for FutureLeaders in Public Affairs. challenge to a debate over SDI Come Learn About Harvard's Two-Year Master's To the Editor: opportunity to dispute arguable been unable to find one more stu- Program in Public Policy, Leading to either in- dent to form a two-person team Seven weeks ago, two members points, such as technological the Master in Public Policy or of the MIT Students for National feasibility, destabilization, and to debate against SDI. Defense and the MIT Republican economic effects. It is particularly disturbing City and Regional PlanningDegree. Club publicly challenged Richard A debate forces both sides to that a group which organizes Cowan G and the Science Action deal with all aspects of the issue. protests of a hundred people is Joint Degree Options and Cross-Registration Coordinating Committee to de- In a real-time interactive argu- unable to find as many as two Opportunities with Other Schools bate the question "Should the US ment, each side must restrict it- students who are willing and able pursue the Strategic Defense Ini- self to defensible arguments, or to defend their opinions in an tiative?" be countered effectively. equal-time setting such as a de- Meet with a Kennedy School Representative The goal of this debate is to One would think that SACC bate. improve the quality of the SDI would welcome the opportunity We remain hopeful that the de- DATE: Friday, November 7 argument from selective arguing to debate, because they should bate will take place, as we prefer of sub-issues and shallow one-lin- believe their arguments to be cor- to explore the full depth of the is- TIME: 10:00 & 11:00 a.m. groups ers in protests and on flyers to a rect and, therefore, strong sue than to watch SACC retreat reasoned discussion of the overall enough to withstand debate. One from the intellectual challenge of LOCATION: Please contact your Career issue. Demonstrations and leaf- would think that SACC would a real discussion of the whole Placement Office for this information. lets do not facilitate give-and- welcome the opportunity to de- SDI issue and resort to the easy take, permitting their creators to bate, because they should believe way out - more rallies, leaflets, ignore the weaknesses in their their arguments to be correct emotional chants, and mono- All Students, All Majors, All Years Welcome! case. This leads to a poor discus- and, therefore, strong enough to logues. Lucien Van Elsen '90 sion of the issues, as there is no withstand debate. We are disap- Ronald G. Lovejoy '89 pointed that Cowan, though ap- Nate Osgood '90 parently willing to debate, has Students must and eight others I -I demonstrate against support of contras To the Editor: If it is true that governments as well as people can be judged by the friends they keep, the revela- tions from the Eugene Hasenfus affair in Nicaragua speak volumes about the interests that form US government policies in Central America. Hasenfus was a cargo handler for a Central Intelligence Agen- cy-run operation to supply the contras fighting to overthrow the Nicaraguan government. He sur- vived the downing of a C-123 aircraft on its way to deliver a cache of assault rifles, grenades, boots, and other military supplies to the contras. With the direct and indirect support our government has offered to the operation of which Hasenfus was part, it comes as small surprise that Oxfam Amer- ica has been denied permission to ship $41,000 worth of agricultur- al implements and emergency housing supplies to Nicaragua. In contrast, the US Council for World Freedom, headed by Gen. John K. Singlaub (Ret.) had no difficulty obtaining a license to send a helicopter to the contras. The contra army relies on outside support for its existence. They operate mostly from Hon- duras and Costa Rica and have little support within Nicaragua. "People . . . fear the contras because many contra leaders are former soldiers in the National Guard of deposed dictator Anas- tasio Somoza.... American fi- nancing of the contras reminds most Nicaraguans, whatever their ideology, of the unpopular US Marine occupation of their country in 1912-1925 and 1926-1933 [The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 8]." If those historical associations were not enough to put a damper on the contras' popularity, their current actions would probably suffice. On July 2, 34 civilians were killed near the hamlet of Bocaycito when a passenger truck was dewstroyed by an antitank mine. A week a go Monday, another contra mine explosion took the lives of six passengers on a truck in northern Nicaragua and injured 43 others. The lack of support for the contras within Nicaragua and m a I their dependence on US assistance was known well in advance of Hasenfus' capture. Among the (Please turn to page 12)

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eaasllllB Ylib ry Rss _ . .I . Ir I _ . ... Where to find art in the Hub, Page 4 - lmh w__ _ _ ------_ ------I'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ future still haunts the current stories. O In a fit of honesty four years ago, Marvel admitted that the X-Men had · drifted away from the original idea of having teenage characters with which readers could identify. They created "The New Mutants" which introduced five young mutants whose powers were still developing. After a Comic books promising start, "The New Mutants" bogged down, to be rescued in NM #18 by the art of Bill Sienkiewicz. (and their readers) After Sienkiewicz's departure, other superior artists like Leialoha and Wil- grow up shire have also worked on the title. I DC Comics' "Dark Knight", a four- Comics have long had a reputation of part series (also available as a whole childishness and simplicity which in bound softcover) both written and was perpetuated in the late 60's and pencilled by Frank Miller, with fin- early 70's when the BIFF, POW, and ished art by Janson and Varley, sets ZOWIE of Batman and the Boy Won- Batman years after his retirement der graced the television. The tube' from crimefighting, in a world on the projected an image of superheroes as brink of nuclear war, surrounded by a idealistic do-gooders who took on populace that adulates him but also powerful villains while always tri- despises him as a brutal vigilante. umphing through perseverance, supe- Miller's work is a symphony of weird rior intelligence, and perhaps a little lighting and fluid body movement brute force; Comics were for kids. If composed in highly original layouts. as an adult you wanted to read one, "Dark Knight" is a tour de force ex- you would buy it hastily and hide it amination of the paranoia of current under your trenchcoat. society and also digs deep in its probe If comics had a bad reputation, they de- of the warped personality that must served it. With few exceptions, the propel heroes to do what they do. mainstream magazines mirrored what ® Miller's current project is as writer was on television. But comics have for "Elektra", a tale of a woman ninja since gained respectability. Take the T (introduced by Miller in "Daredevil") on a Friday afternoon and you are being pursued by U.S. government bound to see a few yuppie commuters agents. If "Dark Knight" and the earli- browsing through the latest "X-Men". er "Ronin" pushed the limits of con- The New York Metropolitan Museum ventional superhero graphic and nar- of Art recently ran an exhibit of Al rative style, then this present Capp comic strips, concentrating collaboration with artist Bill Sien- all those mostly on "Li'l Abner", those humor- argument concludes that superheroes need look no further than Sienkiewicz kiewicz breaks through jumpy, disjointed ous hillbilly tales, and I would not be become more realistic arind better or Muth and Williams boundaries. Miller's have ('"Elektra") storyline and Siernkiewicz's alternately surprised if in the future they had able to reflect human foibles. ("Moonshadow") to find the expres- angular and muddied then cleanl-lined similar displays featuring Windsor think this is a load of crock. sionist movement in comics. They use I personally and bright artwork give the story a McCay ("Little Nemo"), Harold Foster diehard fan of comics skewed layout, angular lines, and I have been a nightmarish quality. The first six of ("Tarzan" and "Prince Valiant"), or toddler and have noticed muddied watercolors to create jarring since I was a eight issues are available at list price. Jack Kirby. changes. If Superman is effects. Los Brothers Hernandez few of these v Another name worthy of mention is One reason for the new respectablity is simply closer to his and Rockets") take just the op- weaker, then he is ("Love that of Alan Moore. Moore works ex- that the people publishing comics to- when he posite approach, using simple, black- original powers (back clusively as a writer and presents the day were once the kids who peeked tall and-white line figures to present strik- couldn't fly but could only leap most literary narratives in comics, through comic mags in the backs of the ing minimalist artwork. buildings in a single bound) and using little dialogue and no thought drugstores. More important, though, re- Sadly, the majority of comics are still reality of the superhero universe balloons. "Swampthing" originally is not who is publishing comics, but Also, su- produced for the mass consumption mains relatively unchanged. began as simply the tale of man what is being published. The people to deal teenagers. Not all comics today pre- perheroes have always had of turned to monster, blessed with great writing, drawing, and distributing aspects of life: sent challenging subject matter or with the less exciting powers but cursed with the mantle of them are no longer making comics daring artwork, just as twenty years Peter Parker has had to stitch the Moore has since just for kids. Having grown up read- ago not all comics were BIFF, POW, a horrifying figure. tears left in his Spiderman costume transformed "Swampthing" to some- ing comics, they are now making a from hard fought battles. ZOWIE (the most notable example be- product which they themselves can thing quite different: the monster is And superheroes have always had to ing Neal Adams' "Green Lantern/ accept- enjoy. As adults. such now a modern-day everyman, deal with the bane of their superhu- Green Hornet" which dealt with the Recently The Boston Globe, The Boston subjects as drug abuse and the Viet- ed and despised by all, observing man powers. The curse and tragedy of human society. Phoenix, The Economist, and Time nam War). But fortunately there is a idiosyncracies of the doomed anti-hero, were what O In Moore's "Watchmen" there exist have all run articles on the new image output of higher quality, made Spiderman, the Hulk, and the large enough nor supervillains. of comics. One recurring thesis is that adult fare to warrant going through neither superheroes Fantastic Four's Thing so popular in The year is 1985, the world is on the superheroes have become more falli- some of the cream of the crop. the early 60's when Marvel Comics verge of nuclear holocaust, the U.S. ble: their powers are weaker, they the · Among Marvel comics, the flagship began its rise as a force in won in Vietnam, Nixon is still Presi- have to deal with real life problems industry. remains "X-Men". Unlike other estab- such as laundry, they can't always dent, and heroes are normal human What has changed in the superhero uni- lished superhero teams, the X-Men CONTINUED, PAGE 3 cope with their unusual abilities. This verse is not so much the superheroes are all homo superior, mutants who but the rest of reality. From Frank Mil- fulfill the heroic archetype of a special ler's apocalyptic visions in "Ronin" birth. Most new characters intro- and "Dark Knight", to witch hunting duced in the Marvel universe are now in "X-Men" and "New Mutants", to mutants, and when their powers are the intricate political machinations of manifest at puberty they are persecut- "American Flagg", and "Cerebus", the ed by the world at large. The X-Men world in general is far more compli- exist to provide a mutant sanctuary, cated for our heroes than it was twen- and now only fight evil as a sideline. ty years ago. If anything, the comics X-Men purists point to the saga of of today no longer represent an es- Phoenix, a demigoddess doomed by cape from reality but rather show a the dark side of her powers, running reflection of a despairing, paranoid, roughly from "X-Men" #107 to #137,. sometimes insane society aware that it as one of the finest stories in main- is on the verge of nuclear holocaust. stream comics. Since then, dangling Reading the best current comics one plots have been the rule as the writers is nearly suffocated by this vision and flailed about for an encore. But the is presented with heroes who, for all strength of "X-Men" remains the char- their vaunted powers, stand little acters, not the plots. chance of coming out on top. But, for Recent storylines have concentrated all the desperation and solitude, there on human-mutant relations, allowing always seems to be a tiny ray of hope Marvel to treat in depth the problems -not from brute force but from rea- of any persecuted minority. But the soning and human compassion. potential for conflict has existed a If the general outlook has so drastically long time. In the splendid X-Men changed in comics, so has the #142, one of our heroes was time-shift- artwork. When once a comic book art- ed from a future world in which mu- ist was rated by how realistic and tants were rounded up and slaugh- clean-lined his illustrations were, one tered. The memory of that possible

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The manual is supple- vious, however, and starting Word munications and some mail-merge Writing a thesis on mented by an on-line help command cold will probably waste more time options (for a system without a hard disk, this than will be saved. WordStar manages to perform all your PC? Here are will require floppy juggling}. Documentation and user support - the standard word processing tricks User support consists of an 800 The documentation may even be too without the user needing to know some products number manned roughly during busi- comprehensive, requiring two thick much more than what is displayed in you ness hours and on Saturday, by friend- looseleaf -binders, a spiral- bound the menus. While the magnitude of ly, well-informed people. printer guide, and an on-line help the hand-holding does slow the-pro- should know about Idiot-proofing - Once again, Word- functon. Expect to use the documen- gram down somewhat an office or lab Perfect is a marvel of logic and tation frequently- which has There plan- there are- far too a high turnover and cannot are literally hundreds of PC-based ning. The average absent-minded stu- many commands and functions in take the time to extensivly train each word processing programs available to- dent would be hard pressed to lose a Word to be memorizable.- User sup- new employee may well find this pro- day. In the interests of brevity, I estab- document-or a block of text. Since all port is via a business hours phone gram exactly suited to its needs. lished some broad criteriafor consider- functions are accessed through the number (long distance, not toll free),. Learnability - There is a decent ation in this review: The programshad function keys (except user-defined ma- and the ubiquitous ."Microsoft Soft- learning program. Don't bother, you to oversee bothfi text-editing and format- cros) the chances of accidentally ware Problem Report." The won't need tinglprinting, and ac- latter it. had to be able to cessing a function are almost nil. In takes a few weeks for a response and Documentation and user support - produce page headings, footnotes, addition, the program can be your answer may well The full documentation some set to do consist of a was not avail- Greek and math characters and timed backups automatically, and will disk with a.debugged version of the able at the time of writing, however super/sub-scripting. (Some of these always prompt you to save your file as program. the on-line functions are help function is superb, printer-dependent, and you exit. Idiot-proofing- ' What can you say and the sample documentation I re- you should check printer capabilities Bugs - WordPerfect has, about' a program before in the in- that' tells you to cieved seems to indicate the printed purchasing your system). In ad- terests of speed, bypassed DOS entire- malke sure the label on the DOS disk support will be comprehensive. dition, all the programs reviewed have ly in writing to the screen and printer. is facing up? Unfortunately, so much User a high correlation between support is either through the screen dis- WordPerfect.will completely ignore, of the package is.designed to shield dealer (not an optimal system), or play and printer output, and all can therefore, any DOS resident back- the user from the hard realities produce an unformatted of through a toll free support number for ASCII file so round program (such as screensave computing that the novice may well which there is a roughly $10/month they may be used for writing and edit- subscription ing source code as well as editing fee. MicroPro is in the files process of implementing a system by which will be transferredbetween a PC A" *4w and a mainframe computer. which each new user gets a number of days of free telephone support upon Programs were rated on a number of *,,P*I4i scales: purchase of the software. frt I 4064* Idiot-proofing- WordStar comes Learnability - how long it took be- fe I* f closest tween opening the package and .pro- to the "do what I meant" type ducing text at a reasonable rate. -: , a1 i of idiot-proofing. (For example, exiting Documentation and user support a document pops you into the print/ save menu.) In addition, there is a ge- Idiot-proofing- This test gave · t.041. 4 fAl brownie points for "are you sure?" neric "undo" command which many of us would find quite useful. prompts after commands to reformat w wt b QX~a~ 1aalfb the data disk and similar gaffes. Baugs - The program is not fast, Bugs - things that could be better mostly because it is often necessary to designed, or problems with the pro- go through several tiers of menus be- gram itself fore you get to the command you Features - extras such as spelling want. In addition, the extensive use of checkers, outlining functions, keyboard controllletter type commands makes it At}01.0 . 0 Jay more likely to accidentally access a macros, etc. v ,&468& Most testing was done on a Compaq 4 1· command, though the same system DeskPro {100% IBM-PC, XT compat- aft;d will be a boonio touch typists. The able), with two floppy drives, a -hard biggest bug is the half screen editing disk and a composite (text and CGA vRrploi l window. graphics) nonitor. Additional compat- Features - ASCII files can be writ- ibility testing was done on a home-built ten to floppy or sent and recieved via AT clone with a NEC monitor and a lb. flt 40 V" li~ modem through the program as one Multisync graphics adapter (EGA or 0 4 A of the menu functions, a clear boon to CGA compatable). The printer was a $--1 4 those who split their work between Toshiba 1340. A DOS background util- #Pe* mainframes and their PC. ity program, Sidekick, was run simulta- and printer interface programs) and be completely stumped if something WordStar 2000 Plus provides the neously with the word processing pro- some print spoolers. This is not al- goes wrong, and the program itself usual office and editing goodies (mail- grams to test for conflict and ways a bug, however. WordPerfect and does not consider all contingencies merge, multi-column, spell-check, compatibility. Sidekick will happily share your (the set-up function was completely variable page numbering, etc.), and al- There follows, in order of my preference, screen and keyboard with no con- stumped by the - admittedly weird - lows the user to change most program the top four programs available. flicts, Sidekick vanishing without a configuration of my system). defaults. Wordstar also automatically WordPerfect, SSI Software (aka Word- trace when it is exited. Microsoft seems to be straddling a keeps a history file of each document Perfect Corp.), Orere, UT. Features- The goodies are too nu- fine line between hand-holding and as well as allowing the user to insert needed: 2 floppy drives, 256Kb merous to list here, but include an on- hand-cuffing. On the other hand, the hidden (not printed) text. recommended: hard disk, at least line thesaurus and enormous spelling program does prompt you to save files TechWriter, CMI Software, Waltham 384Kb dictionary, a set-up program that alas you list exit, and as long as the pro- MA. price: $495 ($245 at MIT micro- lows you to change virtually every de- gram itself doesn't do something stu- computer center) fault value (including things needed: 256Kb, 2 floppy drives like pa- pid, it probably won't let you do so list price: $395, $295 with educational The first thing one notices about per width and screen size), a function either. WordPerfect is the sheer intelligence that allows you to draw several types discount. The spelling checker is an ad- with which the program has been de- of line Bugs - Word uses a graphics mode ditional $50, tutorial diskette and addi- within the document using the display, which enables signed and implemented. While there cursor keys {great for bar graphs), a it to do neat tional printer driver diskette an addi- are a few glaring exceptions (printer very basic outlining things like showing italic as italic, but tional $30 each. program, pro- if,you have a CGA will also There installation is one), most functions are grammable math functions, multi-col- make the are discounts for purchase of designed with logic and ease of use in text look like sky-writing on a windy multiple copies of the program, and a umn (both newspaper and chart for- day. In addition, mind. The program is also extraordi- mat), split screen, and the previously the program needed non-copy protected version is available narily fast, and if you have enough to be specially configured for the non- for an additional $200. mentioned keyboard macros.' The fea- standard memory will run itself from RAM, en- ture which I came to appreciate the monitor on the AT-clone I Compared to the giants, above, hancing its speed even further. most was was using for testing (luckily a simple TechWriter is a mere fledgling. It is the size of the editing win- pvocess}. Sidekick, which Learnability - A learning diskette dow, which filled the entire-screen mi- also uses included in this review as a service to is included in the package and each graphics mode, left a (temporary) nus a single line (a feature not found screenful section in the manual ends with a self in most other programs). of garbage when tested with administered lesson, but unless you SSI also has other Word in default mode. All these prob- Q$I) programs of in- lems may be avoided by I i·· ·- need to become familiar with all the terest to labs and offices which can running Word in text mode, which can be 8$bd BC I ' functions immediately (things like II- share data and create an integrated done '··;.9. mail-merge - addressing a copy of a system with WordPerfect. with only slight loss of display capability. .ri form letter to each name on a mailing 13.· · list), it is easiest to just sit down and MS-Word, Microsoft Corporation, Red- Features - Those planning large ·i;. s-·- start typing. The default values of the mond WA. writing projects will be absolutely de- r.:T format variables [line spacing, page needed: two floppy drives, 256Kb lighted with Word's multilevel outlin- I -n suggested: hard disk, mouse ing function, which may well be the list price: $395 ($150 at MIT mnicro- first steps away from word processing :·· ?:. IDEAS: FALL 1988 computer center) toward thought A supplement to The Tech, processing. Almost Word is capable of performing vir- any other function you can think of is ."·`· · ·i· October 31, 1986 -- tually every text processing function probably hidden in the documenta- ·:` required by the average office, Contributors: profes- tion somewhere, including pre-for- ·I Michiel Bos G, Peter Dunn G, Ken sor or student. In addition, those PC mated style sheets, spell-check, mail- users suffering o"adjsP ".- g Meltsner G, Julian West G, Amy S. Gorin from Macintosh envy, merge, multi-window editing, page r. '84. can, with the aid of MicroSoft's PC- numbering in letters or roman numer- ··. Paintbrush, Windows, Word, and a als, etc. In addition, Word exploits the . Editing and design: Microsoft Mouse, set up a user envi- full capabilities of most laser printers, r V. Michael Bove G, Julian West G. ronment almost as friendly as that as- including those by Xerox, HP, DEC, ri5*ke sociated with a Mac. and Apple. Word also Entire contents ©1986 The Tech. provides a pro- Learnabiity- Word comes with a gram to create printer interfaces for _ __ _111_1_ very thorough learning program, com- non-supported printers. kQ3,

~7' `T..--~.".O;·.) -ji-^( ;?CPi·*q-rllTmj.Tmn"S*(L.. a· hackers who those die-hard computer a toll free number, manned roughly manages to reassign the values of vir- correlation between screen display want a word processor they can write during business hours (you may luck tually everything except the alpha- an editing id- and printer output and programs in as well as with, and out at other times). From my calls, I numeric keys. up all but one dot window which takes iots like me me who purchased gather the staff is small enough that TechWriter makes lots of very time- the screen. A document history fonts line of matrix printers with only basic you may actually be able to talk with consuming disk seeks, especially dur- file is attached to every text file, and themselves in need of and then found someone who wrote the source code ing printing, and copy protection the file manipulation functions are Greek letters, as well as symbols from (unlike Displaywrite, for which I makes it difficult to run the entire and integral admirable. physics, symbolic logic called no fewer than six states in thing from a RAM disk, which would Note - By the time this review is and differential calculus. TechWriter search of answers). enhance its speed considerably. published, CMI will have released a integrates bit-mapped graphics with Idiot-proofing - Idiot-proofing con- Lastly, TechWriter asks for the time. in which the to pro- new verison of TechWriter the printer's on-board fonts sists mostly of a confirm key, though on startup, and was incapable of ac- keyboard will be closer to industry well as mo- duce these characters, as there is a function to undelete text. cessing my system clock. standards and which will feature more lecular diagrams, oversize and under- There is also a function in the file Features - Most of the goodies of better use of function keys some functions, size letters and numbers, and manager to retrieve files from a the big companies are included. If you and simplified commands. If you may characters I have yet to recognize. bashed diskette, a welcome addition don't find a function you need, you be interested in the program, I suggest While I was often tempted to com- no other program seems even to rec- may be able to write it. As mentioned you call the company to discuss the pare TechWriter to IBM's Displayw- ognize as necessary. above, TechWriter has fantastic print- upgrade. rite (which did not make it into this Bugs - Like Displaywrite, er support. It also has almost perfect - Amy Gorin review), it seems to be heading in the TechWriter produces cryptic error direction of WordPerfect. If this is the and help messages, not always well case, the giants had better- beware. explained in the documentation. Also Learnability - TechWriter is about like DisplayWrite, the TechWriter as difficult to learn as BASIC or For- code is copy protected. Unlike 1 tran. Like a language, it can be used Displaywrite, the TechWriter source for basic tasks with, relative ease, but diskette has a counter which will al- + to fully implement all its capabilities low you to make up to five copies of ndilk hr will take a few hours-'and lots of flip- the program, and you can "uninstall" 2 vln_1 ping through the documentation. An a copy of the program code, deleting IF, adequate quick study guide and a it and moving the counter back. (For sample documents diskette are includ- the hackers among you - my bit-copi- ed in the package; the tutorial diskette er produced only garbage.) is extra. Like Word, TechWrite displays in Documentation and user Support graphics mode (though the result isn't - Physically, the documentation con- nearly as obnoxious). The EGA driver sists of an 8%/2-by-11 looseleaf binder, (which the documentation insisted on far too large to comfortably balance calling the Extended Graphics Adapt- between screen and keyboard (as soft- er driver) worked properly on the ware companies get larger, the page clone only in monochrome mode. 2_ documentation seems to Like WordPerfect, TechWriter size in their JMIML dr The documentation is writes directly to the printer, so forget AP-% get smaller). ff a good, but lacks an index. There is an about printer interfaces and similar on-line help function. DOS backround programs. It also %J User support is via either a local or reads directly from the keyboard, and

correct places. Word is not as friend- a regular basis. Basically, it allows you to pull down a ly. While you can force it to show No matter which program you use, the window in which you can type your page breaks, it's slovw, and the page Mac's graphics capabilities can make equations out. When you're done, the header/footer commands are positive- your reports and papers look profes- equation is pasted into your paper. ly baroque. sional. I am particularly fond of Ap- The program can be used with key- "What-you-see-is-what-you-get" is nice, ple's MacDraw (about $100 from board or menu commands, and while but for formatting power, Word is su- MIT), an object-oriented drafting pro- it is not obvious, it is pretty easy once perior. If you have a Laserwriter (ev- gram, and MacEqn from Software for you get used to it. eryone should!), the output can be Recognition Technology (about $25), The big drawback is that it is tough to printed in any size from 4 to 72 an equation-drawing program. Both edit a finished equation. You can complete control over supplement the word processing pro- bring it into MacDraw to move The promised crop points, -with but most of the time line spacing. This is invaluable, for grams by creating pictures that can be around things, want to make a "pasted" into your papers and reports. it's easier to start over again. of Mac WP software example, when you MacEqn handles just about all the math' nine page paper stretch for ten pages. MacDraw makes short work of most diagrams, and "object-oriented" means I've ever seen at MIT. Editing capa- Word's big plus over MacWrite is its would be nice, but I've found has yet to appear individ- you can build up parts and figures bilities ability to format paragraphs it is an excellent way to handle equa- ually. Instead of playing around with from simpler forms like squares, ovals, and lines, without worrying tions in my papers. MacEqn works do a compre- dozens of MacWrite rulers, I can set Originally, I had hoped to about the "stretchmarks" you can get best with the LaserWriter, but does of Macintosh word pro- up each paragraph the way I want it hensive survey in MacPaint. Basically, the program produce acceptable output on an cessing packages, much like the PC ar- to look. Word's glossary even allows ImageWriter. by name. remembers that the square you drew ticle in this issue. It seemed like a good me to store these formats As I write this review, the Macintosh Word also works with multiple docu- is a square, and will allow you to idea at the time: there were several move or resize it independently of oth- magazines are starting to print ru- rumored, ments simultaneously, and allows doc- new packages annour&ed or er objects on the screen. Biggest mours and announcements for the and everyone was sure they'd be out by uments to be wider than the screen. It next generation of Mac 'word proces- even allows the writer to view two drawback of this approach is that you the start of the term. They weren't. cannot erase or modify part of an ob- sors. WriteNow! from T/Maker Soft- processing pack- parts of a document at the same time. is In fact, the only word ject, but for scientific and engineering ware looks like, a real winner, and ages in general distribution now were I find this feature invaluable for writ- almost released. WordPerfect should ing papers from outlines. diagrams, this is less of a problem. the only ones a year or two ago. Word MacDraw also includes a variety' of also be available in a few months. WP from Microsoft and Apple's Ever since Apple stopped giving away is one of the-best word processors for MacWrite, the choice between commands to make it easier to get MacWrite are still the main choices. things on the screen to be the right the IBM PC family, and should be either special pur- MacWrite and W6rd has become easi- Everything else is size. very, popular. Finally, Microsoft pose (outliner-based) or awful (the last er. In the old days, unless you were a should have a new version of Word hard-core word basher, you used MacDraw produces beautiful output as release I saw of Advanced Logic Sys- finely detailed as your printer will al- around January or so. If it's anything tem's Word Handler didn't even use MacWrite because it was free and like the PC version, it. will be my easy. The extra bucks for Word didn't low. Best of all, you can print out draft the Clipboard). copies on your dot matrix printer, and choice. This is not to say either choice is bad. buy much more performance. Now Basically, don't spend a lot of money for that Apple charges for MacWrite, the without change, take full advantage of Both programs are competent, me- the Apple- LaserWriter's increased a new word processor now if you with $195 (list - you can pay about half dium-level word processors, resolution. don't have to. I'd recommend Word, Word taking the lead for its sheer that at some discounters or the MIT with the rumored new ver- Word It takes practice, but MacDraw makes especially power. Microcomputer Store) for sion, but don't ever buy anything be- doesn't look as bad. good use of the mouse and menus on MacWrite is a classic Mac program. It the Mac. I wouldn't trade it for any cause of rumors. Things are likely to works hard to show you on the screen Since my Mac is used primarily for re- change quite a bit in the next six ports and papers, I've leaned towards other program I've seen. It has quite a what will be on the paper, and does a - few bugs and misfeatures, but all in months, and I have-no idea of who'll good job considering the limitations Word. The program is more powerful be on top. soon. than MacWrite, and the idiosyncra- all, it is a great program. - Ken Meltsner of the Mac. You can see the page MacEqn is hard to describe, but I'll try. breaks, headers and footers in -their cies can be dealt with if one uses it on - -- tician, and his adventures in a magic drawn by Los Brothers Hernandez. sions, but is principally an updating "Love and Rockets" follows two con- of the turn of the century comic strip realm. The background, situations start off like Tolkien's, but in walk tinuing storylines, written and drawn "Little Nemo in Slumberland." brothers. Jai- MifflullI~IY~U I~Q is a modern day fan- characters who are parodies of Fogh- by the two Hernandez "Moonshadow" "Los Locas Tambien" is a diary dark, orn Leghorn, Groucho Marx, and me's beings with no special powers. Moore tasy which, with its beautiful, of the adventures of Hopey, Maggie probes into what makes a hero tick, muddied watercolors, examines a uni- comic book figures such as Red Sonja, the Batman, Wolverine... It sounds and their many punk friends as they into the unusual psyche of someone verse of illogical, close-minded beings. in somewhereville, South wide-eyed so silly when I try to describe it that I hang out who daily puts hislher life on the line. Fortunately Moonshadow's California. Gilbert's "Heartbreak brings a ray of hope can only suggest buying the recently Society is warped, frustrated, and vio- innocence always Soup" deals with the daily life and bring a published High Society [reprinting lent but its supposed heroes are just and Ira's sleazy ways always politics of a town he describes as "a as warped, frustrated and violent. Pre- touch of sarcasm to the writer, De- "Cerebus" 26-50] and take a look at the quality of Sim's art, dialogues and sort of Central American Dogpatch." sented is the most believable reality of Matteis', somewhat depressing reality. to purchase comics are is perhaps the scripting. If you are totally confused, 0 Places any comic but a strong statement 0 Dave Sim's "Cerebus" Newbury Comics (Garage in Harvard about current society is also made. single most noteworthy "indepen- the earlier stories are available in six of Cerebus. Sq. and 332 Newbury St. Boston), Mil- 0 The visually haunting and beautiful dent" comic. It has had the advantage volumes called Swords * The success of "Cerebus" has enabled lion Year Picnic (99 Mt. Auburn St. in "Moonshadow" follows the adven- of remaining under Sim's artistic di- Superhero Universe a few silly Sim's company, Aardvark-Vanaheim, Harvard Sq.), tures of the young boy Moonshadow rection all along, and after (1105 Mass. Ave. Cambridge) and so by his hippie mother), and adventure tales settled down to a se- to sponsor the work of a number of (named Arn Saba's de- New England Comics (six locations his fat, ugly, furry, degenerate, cigar- ries of sweeping, intricate plots of po- other artists, notably lightful "Neil the Horse". around Boston). toting sidekick Ira as they travel here, litical intrigue. "Cerebus" is the story - Peter Dunn sol- * One of the most touching comics on there and nowhere through space. of a talking aardvark, both a tough additional material by Julian West "Moonshadow" is full of literary allu- dier and an inhumanely cunning poli- the market is '"Love and Rockets,"

4 T'II I and the current Bauhaus show. Open up, but the damage has been done erything. Although,the overall quality weekdays 9am-5pm, Saturday 10am- and the collection is likely to forever is not as superb, as in the MFA, there -~~~~~ . aM FMA-M, 4pm. retain gaps in this area. But at least is enough to guarantee many pleasant The MIT Museum has a small annex their activity in this field is increas- visits. Once again a good showing of (with identical opening hours) in the ing. Most of this takes place in the Impressionists and Renaissance paint- Compton Gallery, located as central contemporary art gallery in the West ing, and sizeable Oriental and Classi- as anything at MIT - just off Lobby Wing. cal collections. Both museums also do 10. It houses a range of exhibitions as A pleasant surprise: all this is available an excellent job with temporary wide as the Museum itself. for free to members of the MIT com- exhibitions. Visual art on The Wiesner Student Art Gallery is lo- munity. Students just show their ID, cated not in the Wiesner Building, as while others may borrow free passes display in and its name might suggest, but on the (one per ID) from the office of the Di- second floor of the Student Center. rector of the MIT Libraries, 14S-216 around the Hub None of the places above charges admis- (open weekdays 9am-5pm). Most ordi- sion. The best source for information nary mortals pay $4, unless they come That Boston is one of the art capitals of on current events is the hotline of the on Saturday between 10am and noon, this continent is a commonplace al- Council for the Arts: dial 253-ARTS. when admission is free to all. Open- most as easily experienced as stated. And watch the campus media. ing hours are Tuesday through Sun- With the exception of New York, prob- THE BOSTON BIG THREE day 10am-5pm, Wednesday also 5- 9pm, the West Wing also Thursday t ably no U.S. city has so much visual Considered by many authorities (includ- and Friday 5-O1pm.r. Call 267-9377 for- art on display. Almost everything from ing itself) to be the- prime cultural in- ancient treasures to the latest recorded information, and 267-9300 fads can stitution in New England, the Muse- be found in the area's exhibition um of Fine Arts, at 465 Huntington for everything else. Of the two en- spaces, which vary in size from single- Avenue,.can keep you busy for a long, trances, one is on Huntington Ave- room galleries to a warehouse Pr scale long time. And not only with visual nue, the other in the West Wing (next museum. Some of these spaces are list- art. Following a trend among major to the parking lot). Always check out ed below. the information booth in the West museums in this country, the MFA is The list is incomplete in many respects. Wing; apart from the latest on special gradually becoming a kind of cultural L Most obviously, many locations are Disneyland, with concert series, film exhibits, it has free maps - essential omitted. But more importantly, though gear, programs, a bookstore, a cafeteria, a for the building is huge and the arrangement of its interior most of what is to be seen in museums cafe, a restaurant, and more. Most of not simple and galleries qualifies as art, not all art these activities take place in the new (to put it mildly). is to be seen in museums and galleries. I. M. Pei-designed West Wing;. that The most idiosyncratic venue in this list In addition to its intrinsic merits, visual is the Isabella Stewart Gardner Mu- A cute building down the street from also harbors the blockbuster exhibi- these two (at 29 Kirkland Street) art has the redeeming feature of being tions with which the MFA woos the seum, at 280 The Fenway (close to the cheap to look houses the Bush-Reisinger Museum, at. Many museums and masses -usually on Impressionism, MFA and the Red Sox). Isabella was all galleries are free for everybody; for the New York-born wife of Boston fi- entirely devoted to German art. The or Post-Impressionism, or Followers of MIT students (with ID, Of course) the nancier Jack Gardner. Her (at least in collection starts with casts of the me- Impressionism, or maybe Early dieval Hildesheim sculptures and con- sum of the admission tickets for all the Impressionism. this place and those-days) unconven- places listed here is still less than tinues until well into the present cen- the The MFA's permanent collection is top tional behavior caused many a stir in typical cost of a first-run movie. turn-of-the-century Boston society. But tury. The density of coverage notch on almnost everything. The fluctuates wildly over this range, but ON CAMPUS she was an avid collector of art. At rooms of Egyptian art and artifacts in- the Museum's holdings in early twen- Most art exhibitions at MIT are held in her death she bequeathed her house clude a fabulous collection of Ancient tieth century art are particularly note- three .rooms collectively called the Kingdom sculpture, as well as rare and its contents to the City of Boston - with the condition, however, that worthy; in that field it also tends to List Visual Arts Center, on the works from Nubia, both the fruit of mount interesting exhibitions. ground floor of the new Wiesner Museum expeditions earlier this cen- not a single object be moved from the position she had put it in. There is a combined admission ticket Building (E15). The running time of tury. The comprehensive department for all these three mniuseums. Regular exhibitions there - all of which deal Alas, Isabella's zeal in collecting was of Greek and Roman art is pleasantly price is $3, but students pay. a mere with contemporary art - varies from second only to her lack of taste in ar- located in what is probably the quiet- $1.50. They are all open Monday two to four months. est section of the building (you can ranging collectibles. Chaos reigns, through Saturday 10am-5pm and Sun-, The Hayden Gallery, the biggest of the with fragments of medieval buildings have rooms entirely for yourself even day 1-Spmn; call 495-2387, if necessary. three spaces, serves an exhibition pro- haphazardly mixed with Old Master on busy Sunday afternoons). The Ori- Unfortunately, Harvard has mimicked gram that is widely ranked among the ental collections are said to be the paintings, rococo furniture, Persian the MFA to the point of neglecting the most innovative north of New York most extensive outside Asia itself. tiles and what not. The confusion is presentation of contemporary art City. Imaginative and often arcane, it There are huge departments of Ameri- actually rather amusing at first, but (though here the opening of the separates the believers from the bewil- can and European Decorative -Arts, after a while it gets positively annoy- dered. It rarely fails to be interesting, with many period rooms to recreate ing. The- exhibits are great, though; Sackler seems to have opened new though. the historical atmosphere. The Draw- even if some of the labels are a bit perspectives); what there is is mainly overly generous; the museum does not to be found at the Carpenter Center make great efforts to reflect the devel- for the Visual Arts, at 24 Quincy opment of historical criticism. The Street, free when it is open. collection is particularly strong in What the Harvard complex is to the Italian Renaissance (Piero della MFA, the Wellesley College Museum Francesca's Hercules, Raphael's Por- is to Harvard. Here, too, a permanent trait of Tommaso Inghirami, Titian's collection, mainly consisting of gifts Rape of Europa) and 17th century by alumnae. Highlights from it are put Dutch painting (a Vermeer interior, on display in sample exhibitions, Rembrandt's only known seascape). which usually maoke for singular art For admission, come any day except cocktails. But occasionally there are Monday between noon and 5pm interesting special exhibitions, a good (Tuesday also till 9pm) and bring a do- excuse for an otherwise pleasurable nation; $2 will do. Call 566-1401 for excursion. The museum, located in information on the weekly concerts. the Jewett Arts Center on the Welles- What the MFA failed to do until recent- ley campus, is open Monday through ly the Institute of Contemporary Art, Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 2-5pm. now in a renovated firehouse at 955 Admission is always free. Informa- Boylston Street, has done for fifty tion: 235-0320, ext.2051. years: present current developments Most of the institutions mentioned thus in art. Contrary to the MFA, the ICA far have exhibits of photography every has no permanent collection. There now and then, but Boston University's are temporary exhibitions, usually Photographic Resource Center spe- several at a time, each remaining for a cializes in it. It stands on 602 Com- few months. Over the past years indi- monwealth Avenue, Boston, and is vidual artists have been presented in a open Monday through Friday 11am- series called Currents. Recently,.the 6pm, and Saturday noon-5pm. Free. ICA has also started installing themat- Info: 353-0700. ic shows again. Although reminis- The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis Uni- cences of the early days of Modern art versity in Waltharn, finally, comple- occasionally come by, most of the fare ments the Boston museum spectrum is fresh. The programming is not es- in yet another way: apart from having pecially outlandish, and good, accessi- good exhibitions in contemporary art, ble documentation is usually avail- it is also about the only place around The Reference Gallery is intended as a' ings and Photography department able, which makes this a good place to possess a good permanent collec- kind of laboratory for art, and houses shows its holdings in small rotating to find out what mainstream art is up tion of post-1945 works. Opening a program of artists-in-residence. The exhibitions. to. hours are 1-5pm Tuesday through Bakalar Sculpture Gallery, finally, is The MFA boasts one of the major paint- The ICA also has an attractive program Sunday, Thursday also 5-9pm. Call the smallest and most intimate of the ings collections in this country, too - in experimental film, video and dra- 736-3434. And again: free admission. three. It is used for small-scale, high- particularly strong in (you guessed it) ma, presented in its basement theater. quality exhibitions of twentieth cen- Impressionism, and in 18th and 19th General admission is $2.50 here, but GALLERIES GALORE tury sculpture, thus far mainly of a century American works. Unfortu- students' get in for $1, and nobody If your appetite calls for thevery latest, retrospective nature. All List galleries nately, all this beauty has remained pays Fridays between 5 and 8. Open pristine, as yet uncanonized work, are open weekdays lo0am-4pm, and ' dormant in the basement for several Wednesday through Sunday 11am- you will want to explore the Boston weekends 1-5pm. years, while the paintings wing of the 5pm, Friday also 5-8pmrn. Information: gallery scene. It is large and diverse, The second focus of activity is the MIT building was being renovated. This 266-5152. and makes for pleasant excursions. A Museum, located in a renovated fac- awkward situation is about to come to few hints for starters. Many, though tory building a little bit up Mass. Ave. an end, as reopening is scheduled for CAMPUS COMPETITION not all galleries are to be found (at #265, to be precise). As its main December. Definitely something to Of the Boston area universities Harvard around Newbury Street. Many, task is to document MIT's history, it look forward to. has the mlost extensive offerings of though not all, are closed on Sunday. always abounds with memorabilia of On the negative side: the MFA used to pre-1945 art. The old Fogg Art Muse- To find out what is being shown rather uneven degree of interest. But consider it below its august status to um, at 32 Quincy Street. and the new where, check the weekly Boston Phoe- it often comes up with pleasant sur- deal with something as vulgar as Arthur M. Sackler Museum at 485 nix, or the Boston Globe (the daily prises in the visual arts, like last year's modern art, and staunchly refused to Broadway (both in Cambridge, of Arts pages, as well as the Thursday photography series-vith Berenice Ab- buy anything of it while it was still course) add up to- a kind of MFA-wan- Calendar section). Enjoy. bott, Minor White and Ansel Adams, cheap. They are now trying to catch nabe, with departments of almost ev- - Michiel Bos

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Students must protest contra aid Lunch Dinner Take-out Ii (Continuedfrom page 9) But 60 percent opposition to petition calling for a halt to US For A Southeast Asian Treat connections his statements have contra aid, in and of itself, was aid to the contras and supporting revealed is a personal one be- not enough to prevent Congress negotiations within the Contra- 143 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA., 876-2111 i from approving $100 million of tween Vice President George' dora Initiative and between the ALross Lechmere. An)ple cvemng street parking. Rescrvations suggested. [ Bush and longtime Central Intel- mostly military support and United States and Nicaraguan [ ------I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~II ligence Agency agent Max Go- training of contra leaders by US governments. ------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mez. Army special forces. This in ad- Perhaps the most effective way Gomez is the director of the dition to removal of strictures on to oppose the escalating war IF YOU CARE ABOUT MIT operation, centered at the Salva- CIA involvement, which allows against Nicaragua is by partici- STUDENTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY: Did you know [ dorean air base at Ilpango, for the release of $400 million more pating in demonstrations against which Hasenfus worked. The in agency funds. it of the kind which forced the that MIT has no formal Institute procedures for New York Times has established It is not enough to be against United States' withdrawl from tenure appeal, in violation of nationally-recognized c a personal acquaintance between the contras - we have to say so Vietnam. AAUP guidelines? Bush and Gomez and have re- loud and clear. Two hundred and Jeff Cina ported that US Ambassador to El sixty-five people in the MIT com- for the Committee Salvador Edwin Corr has met munity have done so by signing a on Central America Gomez and had lunch with him. Committee on Central America i The second in command at the ! Ilpango operation was, known to Hasenfus as Ram6n Medina, Gray's anti-divestment identified by Nicaraguan Deputy i Interior Minister Luis Carrion as arguments are old hat Posado Carriles. Carriles bribed To the Editor: [ his way out of prison in Venezu- tions clearly support apartheid; The arguments made in Presi- ela last year, where he had been they had no choice by to divest dent Paul E. Gray '54s -letter ex- from jailed for his part in the murder them. cusing MIT's support of apart- .= of 73 persons aboard a Cubana 2) IBM, General Motors, and heid are old hat U jetliner which was blown up in ["Divestment is other US corporations have final- inappropriate and inadvisable," I flight in the Carribbean. ly admitted that they are com- Oct. 21]. We will continue One of Carriles' cohorts in to dis- pletely unable to help end apart- cuss the issues raised there during that act of terrorism was Orlando heid; they are leaving. the coming year. Bosch, who claimed responsibil- It is long past time for MIT to At this time we can do nothing a ity for the 1976 assassination of divest. This year make a real contribution to MIT's well- better than to call attention to Orlondo Letelier, Chilean ambas- being. Use your annual gift to support Professor I sador to the United States. two recent events: John Parsons David Noble's First Amendment suit and help 1), Assistant Professor of Finance In considering what we can do Harvard University recently admitted that many US corpora- for the Coalition Against Apartheid safeguard academic freedom at MIT. about these reprehensible policies I and associations, it is important to recognize that the United -- Checks payable to "National Coalition for States-sponsored contra army Universities in the Public Interest," marked "Noble does not have popular support in v MIT" and sent to NOBLE CAUSE c/o National this country either. Even Hasen- Phone home Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest, P. fus has yet to profess anything 0. Box 18372, Washington DC 20036. Like gifts to like a belief in what he was doing. MIT, these contributions are tax-deductible. L .______I i ii P --------PICCC- - -- - a ·8111

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ROUND MIDNIGHT _ Written by David Rayfiel and Bertrand Tavernier. Directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Starring Dexter Gordon and Franqois Cluzet. iCM At the Copley Place Cinema. e By PETER DUNN HIS IS NOT JUST A GOOD FILM; this is an excellent one. If you like Tjazz, this film will blow you away. If you are not particularly ? enamored of jazz, this film will blow you i~" away anyway. '', C "Round Midnight" is based loosely on i[ incidents in the lives of Francis Paudras : .. , and Bud Powell, but is more generally a film about black American jazz be-bop [ musicians who went to, Paris in the late fif- ties.- Dale Turner (Dexter Gordon) is a vir- tuoso jazz tenor saxophonist who has met a dead end in America with his be-bop style, and decides to go to Paris in hope of :. more success. ME Dale is readily accepted at the Blue Note Club in Paris but remains unfulfilled. His music is lauded as the work of a genius, but his manager sequesters him to such a degree that he cannot qnjoy any of his success. His life is limited to musical stints at the club and locked solitude in his hotel room. When he does manage to escape the _ gaze of his manager he tries to drink him- LE self into a stupor. [i Enter Francis Borier (Franqois Cluzet), [ an out-of-work graphic artist who idolizes Turner and the be-bop style. The film , ,. ,.~. c chronicles the budding friendship between w Francis and Dale, and the rise of Dale out of his imprisonment and alcoholism. Dale The film resembles be-bop jazz in its remaining ones are mostly of tiny, dark musician. Francois Cluzet (Francis) is just brings inspiration to Francis, allowing style: it seems to meander between unrelat- hallways. The outdoor shots never show as exceptional as the little man obsessed Francis to finally drag himself out of his ed scenes which later are thematically con- the sky, indicating the extent of the impris- with Turner's music. He too depicts a moroseness and unemployment; Francis' nected; it has an unhurried pace, always onment of the protagonists in their tiny fragile soul, but in quite a different man- e enthusiasm and belief in the saxophonist's bordering on breaking away but never do- world. But as the friendship between Dale ner: his wide-eyed fascination of Turner genius bring meaning and incentive to Da- ing so; its tone is bluesy, always pointing and Francis develops, the spaces become and close, tender relationship with his le's life. out the more personal aspects of life; its more and more open, reflecting the new- young daughter, B1rangere (played with Bertrand Tavernier, the writer and direc- dominant colors are quite dark, reflecting found freedom these two experience. kind likability by Gabrielle Haker), indi- tor, denies that his film is strictly a jazz the loneliness of the main characters. The acting in "Round Midnight" i*e cate a man in needof companionship to film, saying that the main characters s fufill his hfe .could be painters or anything else." How- Tavrnier's directoral style is exception cellent all around. Dexter Gordon (Dale) is ' E ever, the be-bop sound and style figure al. While Dale is sequestered away in Par perfect as the lad-back, mellow, and like- throughout. The music is more than just is, the camera reflects this with caaustro able azz awk w Hisard. slow, muffled "Round Midnight" has great -music, supplemental, and scenes of Dale Turner phobic points of view. Most shots d storklike stance in- flat to ak of . It has-no playing at the Blue Note Club take up al- emphasize the limited space of Dale's hotel dicate a fragile soul easily taken advantage fland s oftis tendere coldb most half of the film. and of the Blue roomNote Club, o and the lC role so well, since he is in real life a jazz asked of a film. [

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ERE THERE ANY QUES- TIONS?" begins the performance. In the center of the stage, a man, perhaps a college professor, stands before a chalkboard and a video monitor. To the audience's right is his office: a poorly lit, dusty space, piled high with old books and antique instruments of science. "So we are back in the gay '90s, and all the big-time scientists were discouraging people from studying physics because the ,,,, n~~~~~~~~~~~~,·'::j field was overcrowded and there was not ~~~~~~~~Z~;<-' i'.t ' 4a.> a , s . ASt, 4. _,$ much left to know. Newton was king and the universe was a billiard ball table," the professor, Rick Brown; continues. lectures concentrate on the absurdity and quences punctuate the monologue. to what he says. Clearly improvisational, For the next 77 minutes, Brown dis- the uncertainity that plague the science. Although an understanding of particle their performances had the feeling of a cusses the development and current state The lecture is funny, it is witty, and it is all physics is mandatory to catch all of the re- well choreographed dance of the absurd. of particle physics. But this is no ordinary true. Technical descriptions are inter- ferences, there is always the chorus to One member takes notes of every third lecture, and the chorus is not a group of spersed with clever examples and philo- watch. While Brown lectures, the three concept that Brown mentions and holds ordinary students. Brown's five 12-minute sophical reflections. Music and video se- women in the chorus listen, act, and react up the paper for the audience to read; another deals a deck of tarot cards; a third stuffs confetti into a toaster. They quietly The best and worst movies on the town play with staplers, dolls, and art supplies. Between lectures they freewheel, exploring ** Blue Velvet - David Lynch's weird together in the same jail cell. Occasionally British Columbia, adding spice to her dull each other, their props and the minds of tale of sexual perversity is interesting in its surprising with its intelligence and wit, it life. Proof that Canadians make more the audience. presentation of the darker side of life, but does not explode on the screen and re- than just great hockey players. At Copley "Before and After Science" felt like a the humor is incongruous with the serious quires patience for full enjoyment. At the Place. metaphysical version of Quantum Physics subject matter. At the Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon. * The Name of the Rose - Umberto 1 (8.04) or Physical Chemistry (5.61), with Harvard Square. ** The Fly - Guaranteed gross-out but Eco's book about the importance and Brown a surrealistic combination of Mr. **** Children of a Lesser God - A don't expect any great acting or much of a beauty of books is reduced to nothing Rogers, Mr. Wizzard, and Jonathan King. beautiful, moving love story between deaf plot. Jeff Goldblum undergoes gradual more than a detective story set in a monas- The emphasis on randomness, unpredict- pupil (Marlee Matlin) and teacher (Wil- transformation to a six-foot, talking insect tery in 1327. Sean Connery stars as the ability, and the limitations of scientific un- liam Hurt) with fabulous acting perfor- and Geena Davis oohs and ahs a lot. sleuth, William of Baskerville. At the derstanding were refreshing and satisfying of MIT. mances by the principals. At the Cheri and Opening with "Aliens" on Oct. 31. Charles and Harvard Square. after my six-and-a-half semesters Viewing this performance will be down- Harvard Square. * Jumpin' Jack Flash - Whoopi Gold- *** Peggy Sue Got Married - Kathleen **** The Color of Money - Scorcese berg's talents are wasted in this silly tale of Turner and Nicolas Cage star in a Francis right therapeutic for many. Director Paoli's observations and conclusions are directs and Paul Newman and Tom Cruise computer operator who finds herself im- Ford Coppola film about what a woman was eigh- far from obvious or common. star in this excellent sequel to the 1961 mersed in international espionage through wishes she had done when she By day Brown teaches film and video "Hustler." Cruise is a hotshot pool shark her terminal. Her romantic involvement teen. At the Cheri and Somerville theaters. - Sex, that is. production in the Newton public school being stakehorsed by Newman but the film with an invisible spy is even less believable. **** She's Gotta Have It A de- system. After the performance he ex- pool than it is about decep- At the Cinema 57, Circle, and Somerville She's pretty and has three lovers. is less about plained how he drew on his experiences At the theaters. lightful comedy of sexual manners. At the tion and personal redemption. from teaching for the construction of his Charles. ** Menage - G6rard D6pardieu and Nickelodeon and Harvard Square. Byrne's fun- character. "If anybody had asked a ques- ** Crocodile Dundee - Paul Hogan is Miou-Miou star in this bizarre French film **** True Stories - David culls unlikely tion, I would have done my best to answer likeable as the Australian from the North- chronicling a trio's journey of damnation ny and absurd vision of life a weekly tabloid to deposit it," he saia. But from curtain to curtain he ern Territories and the scenes in the out- into the underworld. This film refuses to stories from them in the town of Virgil, Texas. The was the only one who spoke. back are gorgeous. But the story bogs be taken seriouly and ultimately defies from these sto- Simply seeing the set for this perfor- down once it moves to New York. At the classification. At the Nickelodeon. black and white characters are molded into real, likeable people. mance is well worth the price of admis- Cheri and Circle theaters. *** My American Cousin - During the ries the Nickelodeon and Harvard Square. sion. "Before and After Science" won't let *** Down By Law - A quirky and en- summer of '59, Sandy's cousin from Cali- At Compiled by Peter Dunn from Tech reviews you down. joyable tale about three losers who end up fornia unexpectedly visits her home in ir

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areas like Western Massachusetts. They provide a neces- Interview more experienced than my opponent, and as caring and sary infrastructure investment, and create jobs there as concerned with a lo. of the people who need help. The well. By Joel Friedman general image of Joe Kennedy is that he's very caring. The The third way of saving about $10 billion is much more Clark C. Abt '51 is the Republican candidate general image of me is that I'm a successful businessman, for the joint use of military and civilian transportation and com- Massachusetts 8th CongressionalDistrict seat. Abt, 55, is and not particularly involved with anti-poverty programs. munication. I would build aircraft ships of the kind that president and director of Abt Associates of Cambridge, Q: Why do you think he has that image? can do double duty, and can be mobilized in time of war. one of the nation's largest policy researchfirms. Abt, like A: Three things: one, he's a Democrat; two, he's a Kenne- I would reduce the active forces and more than compen- his opponent Joseph P. Kennedy II, has never held a po- dy; and three, he usually leads off his speeches with a re- satingly increase the ready reserves, so that we would go litical office. statement of how awful things are for some social groups more towards the Swiss-Swedish-Israeli system with more Q: Tell us a bit about your education backround. that he wants to help. He usually lacks specifics, but he 48-hour-ready reserves. A: I skipped around a bit. I was in aeronautical engineer- plainly wants to increase government support of people Finally, longer production runs, and competitive pro- ing the first year, switched to mechanical, then architec- and pay for them either with a tax increase or a deficit duction runs, of a smaller variety of weapons systems to ture, and- went into general engineering my fourth year. increase. I don't think it's possible to get enough produc- Got a master's degree in literature at Hopkins, and then tivity increases in Congress in a year or two, to, for exam- returned to MIT in 1962 for a PhD in political science, ple, take care of 35 million people underserved in health I'd cut defense about $40 mainly in international relations and arms control. I also care without greatly expanding cost. went to Air Force Navigation and Electronics School, and Q: What sort of plans do you have for that problem? billion. I'd cut farm subsidies took graduate courses in operations research at MIT. A: I think we need to focus on home health care and $40-50 billion . . . I would Q: What happened after that, businesswise? catastrophic illness insurance. Home health care can save get the A: I spent five years in the Air Force as an officer and a about $10-15 billion, and make elderly and disabled peo- other $100 billion of the navigator, mainly in Europe and North Africa, flying elec- ple a lot better off because we avoid the duplication of $200 billion deficit out of tronic reconaissance. I came back, joined Raytheon Mis- their being on. Catastrophic illness insurance is necessary sile Systems Division in 1957, became head of first the because otherwise any serious illness can bankrupt even a economic growth. preliminary systems design, and then the advance systems, fairly affluent family. I advocate limiting the expenditures and then the strategic studies department. I left to start to a maximum of 15 percent of annual income. Beyond achieve a common use of scale, and also to maintain Abt Associates in January of '65. Today it is the leading that, it would be insured. com- private, profit-making, social-economic research firm. It petition among producers to contain prices, cost. has a staff of about 500, and does about two-thirds feder- Collectively, those military reforms would leave us al government policy research, and maybe one-third in- stronger, safer, and save us $40-50 billion dollars a year. dustry consulting. Q: What do you think about the Strategic Defense Initia- m~ ~~ , ,i ,i,. .. tive? A: I support SDI research, a long time away from deploy- I believe in a stronger, safer, ment, because it helps to balance the Soviet aircraft and missile defense, because we need active defense against more affordable defense. nth country threats from nuclear launching submarines. If we don't know the identity of the attacker, we can't Q: How would you say that your education and business retaliate. If we can't retaliate, there goes deterrence. It's experience have prepared-you to be a congressman, in lieu advantageous to be able to defend against low level nucle- of actually having held an office? ar attacks. A third reason is that the best way to stay out A: Well, I've testified in Congress. I've evaluated and re- of war with the Soviets is to maintain a balance of power. searched most of the major federal programs in health Right now they have a strong air defense, and a partial care, housing, education, criminal justice, transportation, missile defense. We should either try to negotiate them and quite a few in defense. Our core disciplines are eco- out of that entirely, or build our own. nomics, statistics, survey sociology, and political science. Q: What do you think about the results of the recent sum- What my firm has developed is basically the application mit, or the hopes for any future summits? of cost-benefit analysis, to determine what works and A: Oh, I think progress was made. 1 think that President what doesn't among government programs. Also, how to Reagan did the courageous and difficult thing in deciding find out through large scale field experiments if we don't that weakening our missile defenses and not really reduc- know. We planned and operated most of the major social ing the Soviet conventional threat would be effectively experiments in the sixties. A social experiment unilaterally reducing our forces. That could increase the is a valu- danger of nuclear able technique for estimating the impact of a new policy. war. I think President Reagan should have thrown in the It's less risky and costly than trying it out full force, and Soviet superiority in conventional forces in Central Europe, and I think he should have ar- more accurate than running a computer model of it be- gued to get Soviet and Cuban advisors, equipment, and cause the behavior groups of individuals are involved. personnel out of Nicaragua. Congress depends on these kinds of evaluation research Joel Q: How do you feel about contra support? studies to estimate the costs, the risks and benefits of var- A: I think we should support them with humanitarian and ious programs. The General Accounting Office carries out Q: How would you solve the housing problem around defensive aid, but make it clear to them that if they use a lot of these things for Congress, but research contrac- Camnbridge? any of our weapons for anti-civilian purposes, they'll be tors like ourselves and Rand carry them out for the ad- A: Rent control won't produce more. Removal of rent cut off. But after all, the Sandanistas have a stronger ministration. What I would be bringing to Congress is control won't produce more. What I want to do is build force than all of our four allies combined. What do they about 25 years experience knowing what government pro- lots of single and two family homes on platforms above need it for if they don't plan to expand? grams work, and which ones don't, and how to find out if parking lots. They're all over the place. And on top of the Q: What are your views on South Africa? we don't know, as well as the respect of a lot of the Wash- one-story store buildings that line Massachusetts Avenue A: I support selective sanctions, particularly against those ington working level beurocracy for my work personally, and a lot of the other avenues. businesses down there that have very few blacks working and the work of my research shop. This has been done in San Francisco. We could build a in them. I think we should diyest from the enterprises that Q: How would you compare yourself to your opponent, single family home for about $50,000, and a platform are mainly staffed by the white South Africans, and en- with his business experience? above a parking lot for another 20. There's thousands of courage black enterprises to keep going. There unfortu- A: I've created about a thousand jobs, and brought in potential sites for that. Massachusetts Avenue isn't dense- nately are precious few- black enterprises. about $300 million worth of work to this part of the state. ly built up at all. This would expand black opportunities, but I don't My opponent's business experience is limited to the fuel The other thing we need is to put multipleutility stacks think either selective sanctions or less selective sanctions oil business. I don't know how many jobs it's created, but in new office buildings, so that if they have a lot of vacant are by themselves going to turn the South Africans probably one or two orders of magnitude fewer. It's spe- space, it can be easily converted to apartments. We also around. Gradually the predominantly black and colored cialized, and doesn't have much to do with government. need an urban homesteading program that will allow poor labor force of South Africa will wield the crippling eco- It's also not a: real business, because it's heavily subsidized local residents to earn their own housing by investing nomic power. by both the Kennedy family and the tax subsidy, being their labor in it. I want to give awaythe public housing to Q: Why didn't you get to debate Joe Kennedy? non-profit. It's a personal charity. the residents in the community in exchange for their fixing A: I wanted to debate all the major issues. He initially Also, I think my opponent has only had a couple of it up and maintaining it. That will save both the taxpayers agreed to two debates, and then backed out of one. Actu- government jobs, 'and never finished them. I've done and them a lot of money, give them a chance to build up. ally, we haven't had a single debate, because even at the about a couple of hundred projects for the federal gov- one meeting we had at Bentley College, the press ques- ernment at least, and I've finished them all. Q: What are your thoughts on the drug testing issue? A: I think before we pass any more laws requiring people tions were prearranged. to be tested, congressmen and aspiring, would-be con- It's usually to a well known candidate's advantage to gressmen should be subjected to testing first, on the the- refuse to debate or confront his challenger, because that I may get even more ory that let he is without fault or sin cast the first stone. would be giving him name recognition unnecessarily. Democratic votes than That should be voluntary. The only people who I think However, in my case, my name recognition is over ninety should be tested for drugs are those responsible for life percent, so I think it's political cowardice to duck the is- Republican vote. The surveys and death decisions for others, and clearly behaving in a sues and refuse to debate. are showing I'm getting about a way that suggests that they may be on drugs. I quarter of the vote. Q: What would you recommend to reduce the deficit? It's usually to a well known A: I'd cut defense about $40 billion. I'd cut farm subsi- candidate's advantage to refuse Q: How are your chances for winning next week? dies $40-SO50 billion. I'd step up the efforts to confiscate the A: That depends a lot on what the undecided voters do. illegally gained assets of criminals. That might be worth to debate. . .i think it's About half the voters generally make up their minds just $10-20 billion. I would get the other $100 billion of the political cowardice to duck the in the last couple of days. That could swing it either way. $200 billion deficit out of economic growth. Of course, it's a tough fight because people tend to stereo- I believe in a stronger, safer, more affordable defense. issues. type me as a Republican, so they assume that I'm less car- Stronger, because stronger conventional forces. Safer, because balancing the Soviet conventional preponderance ing and compassionate than a Democrat would be, de- in Q: Is there anything Europe would make us less dependent on the threat of else the MIT voters should know? spite my twenty years of work on the war on poverty, A: Yes. The main sources of economic and social and po- social programs. nuclear escalation to compensate for their superior numbers. More 'economical, because we can cut the fat out litical strength in this country are represented right here in I may get even more Democratic votes than Republican this most intellectually creative and most economically vote. The surveys are showing I'm getting about a quarter and actually strengthen ourselves. First, we can equalize military pensions with the private productive district. Those strengths are science and tech- of the vote. Republicans are only about nine percent of nology, academic prowess, and entrepreneurial finesse. I the electorate. Surveys seem to show that among Demo- sector. That's worth about $10 billion. Rebasing the forces on less come out of all three traditions, as an engineer and a so- crats, Kennedy has a little over half the vote. TheQther costly real estate is worth at cial least $10 billion. You make money on both ends. In sub- scientist, as a former teacher and professor, and as an forty percent or so is roughly split between me and unde- entrepreneur. Although I may not be the world's greatest cided. So it's hard to know. urban areas, the jobs and the incomes and the tax rev- enues go up when the base land is used for something in any one of those fields, I participated profoundly in the Q: What do you think the undecided will beusing to three great more economically productive than a sparsely settled mili- sources of our economic and social strength make their decisions? here: technology, entrepreneurship, and academia. A: Whether I make a reasonable alternative, being both tary base. The bases are relocated to underdeveloped rural Ba M PAGE 18 The Tech FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1986 %·lp~lp(~*BB~s~P~qRB(I[PMI -- I Middle East programformed - We have a E By Marcia Smith the last ten years. Students can Despite the small number of large selection g MIT is offering a new interdis- develop projects and see them courses, they designed the proof insulated & down ciplinary program for graduate through in their lifetime." gram to make the students ex- vests parkas and jackets. students focusing on the Middle The program is a result of four perts on the Middle East, Chou- We also have a great assortment East. The program can be inte- years of research, Choucri said. cri said. "We aren't trying to f hosiery for the cold winter rmonths grated with political science, ur- First, there was an Institute-wide compete with the programs at ban studies and planning, archi- census of how many people were Harvard or Yale," she explained. tecture, civil engineering, or the interested in the Middle East, "Our program is very different, Alfred P. Sloan School of Man- Choucri said. "There was a very so if someone wants to hire an agement, according to a program large number of people interested economist who has a strong tech- brochure. in some aspect of the Middle nical background about the ~~A! Bris Unlike programs at other uni- East, but there was nothing tying Midde East, they have to come versities, which concentrate on it together,"she said. here." I language, history, culture, or reli- The program doesn't require ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 C gion, MIT's new program con- Next, the committee surveyed that the student learn a language centrates on the technological de- other universities,- such as Har- of the area, but a student is en- velopment of the countries in the vard, Yale, and Princeton, and couraged to do so, Choucri said. found Middle East, said Dr. Nazli that no other offered a. Students are also encouraged Choucri, the chairman of the technically based program, to go to any of three seminar se- We Feature committee that directs the pro- Choucri said. "We thought that' ries: the MIT/Harvard seminars gram. "This is the only program since MIT is so good at science which concentrate on the politi- A Large Variety of in United States that concentrates and technology that it would be: cal issues; the Emile Bustani se- on the scientific aspect of the natural for us to lead the way in!, ries which invites officials, con- Army Navy Clothing Middle East." such a program," she explained; sultants, and distinguished Graduate students can enroll in The committee made two other. scholars to discuss the relevant is- And Military Merchandise this program to learn about the major decisions after deciding to-". sues; and the development and CENTRAL socio-economic change, history, start the program, Choucri said. change seminars which focus on MASS political issues, institutional de- First, they made the program "an political and economic changes, WAR SURPLUS ARMY NAVY velopment, capital flows, techno- addition, not an instead of" pro- Choucri said. 433 Mass. Ave. 895 Boylston St. Gei logical development, business, gram, she said. Students are only The committee doesn't foresee Central Sq. Boston and investment possibilities, ac- required to take two courses, at- an undergraduate program in the Cambridge (asross from Pr) cording the brochure. tend a workshop seminar, and future. "The undergraduates , ?c~oss from Pru.) "The Middle East is very im- write a thesis related to the Mid- have enough requirements as it L i portant to the States," said dle East, she noted. The program is,' ChQucri commented.- "We,' B Choucri. "It's a major center for thesis can also serve as the stu- don't want to pile on'more, alt-y _| trade, it's an important strategic dent's major thesis if both de- though students are certainly en- area, and no other region has partments approve ahead of couraged to come 'io the semi- had the rapid economic change in time. nars." II Yb · L'' rI~a r·'l aD ~r I I a I II rI a

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I ---~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Me Un's, women's crew row to victory at invitational regatta By Anh Thu Vo onds- behind the UNH JV, "UNH finished seventh in 17:16, MIT B The MIT men's varsity had a half length lead over us at boat finished tenth in 17:53,, MIT heavyweight crew captured first the finish line although-we started D boat finished in 12thin 19:53, place at the Dartmouth Invita- first," according .to' three-seat and MIT C boat finished 13th in tional Regatta in Hanover last oarsman oPQer Donechan '88. 19:56. Sunday. The women's first novice The MIT men's varsity Women's novice eight edges BU eight also edged out an exper- lightweight crew lost to' the Dart- The MIT women's first novice iernced Boston University eight by mouth crew by four seconds but eight captured first place with a a 0.8 second margin. they edged ouLt..UNH. Dart- winning time of 18:10. MIT B The men's varsity heavyweight mouth.'s - winning 'time-. was boat finished seventh in 19:17, crew outrowed the crew from the 15:20.5 . MIT C boat finished I 1th in University of New Hampshire by The MIT men's:-JV lightweight 21:49,' and MIT D boat finished five seconds to capture first with team entered:two eights in their 12th out of 12th in 23:00. a time of 14:34. BU, Wesleyan, race.-MIT A boat. finished'-second Beth Jones '90 was stroking and Dartmouth finished out the -in 15:49 and MIT B boat finished the winning MIT eight 'followed top five spots. third in--15:58. The Dartmouth by Jerelyn Watanabe '90, Becky "They were rowing at a 31-32 lightweight eight captured first 'Dumas '90, Mary Catherine rating [strokes per minute] while with a time of 15:35. McCorkingdale '90, Stephanie UNH was at a 33-34 rating, so The Dartmouth freshmen Patterson '90, Ellen Koonmen we were underseroking," Varsity lightweight team finished took '90, Ericka Jones '90, and Gayle Coach Peter Holland said. This thier race in 16:06. MIT's fresh- - Benson '90 in the bow. Charrissa "meant we were moving the boat men lightweight team had six Lin '90 coxed. really well.' boais entered in the race. MIT B -'Novice coach Tom Tiffany had This is the second consecutive boat finished in 17:18- at, fhird- mixed feelings about the race year that the heavyweight crew place, MIT A .boat- finished in since the-experienced stroke Wen- beat Dartmouth after losing to- 17:32 at fourth, MIT F boat fin- dy-lRoweJ '90 had a kidney infec- ·- Mark. Virtue them at the Head of the Charles ished in 18:53 at seventh, MIT C tion and-cild not row in the Jeri Ikeda '87 (left) battles an opponent from Babson Regatta, Holland added. Dart-- boat finished'in 19'34 at, ninth, race. "But the- first novice eight. College for the--ball. MIT. IlostitS last home game 2-1, mouth approached the Head race and MIT D boat finished in 20:41- just Clicked on the Saturday going on to finishthe season:.with a 4-8-t1 record . differently than MIT, entering the at tenth. 'm~mirnug practice even with the strongest and best rowers they The MIT E boat missed the -new liieup, and I felt confident had, Holland noted. race and ended up competing in going into the race," Tiffany. not- classified advertsising The winning crew consisted of the freshmen's heavyweight-face ed.. Tiffany aimed .to train the nov- Alec Jessiman (stroke) '88, Bob instead. Their time was 20:29. PENSARI(TM) - The new inductive Smith '87, Chris Neits '89,: Jeff In the freshmen ,heavyweight .ice team to be among the top five game that simulates the search for, -For Saleo` 16 -PiC-/X' Com*patbles, Kelsch '87, Mike Marino '89, Jay .race, BU'sA boatoutrowed the znovice crews in- the c0untry. "If naturaelaws. For one: or more intel- .- 640K Turbo 'Motherboard 4.7718 Best '89, Rick Wesel (bow)'88, rest of the field to a first place am btllish on the.Beavers and-we- lects. -Cimpletewith icon-cards- Mhz.-. Monochrome- tilt' monitor, 3 are looking forward to- challeng- and guidebook; Student 'price $10 month warranty, $1250.00 each. and Elliott Douglas '88 (cox). finish in 16:20.- The MIT ipostpaid.' Kepler: Press,- 84:Main, - Call Mary at (617) 777-7750. The MIT men's junior varsity heavyweight-.team entered" ftour . ing the;-best.crews- in- thi coun- Rockpoif, MA 01966. - heavyweight crew fiushed 16 sec- boats in their race. MIT A boat try," he said. - - . %. , ,. -. - Women'stennis- takes MA lAW -champieonshop e cutly anked Standngs, Conference All England Championships last 21-5, and are-e 64rnty'r dia4 of . Sports Update weekend. thin second singles, Jen- -4th in the nattion in Division,1ti~nire II.111. . Issiso~l ~ -W -L- ^PF PA- V L . PF -IPA- nifer, A. Hyman- '8.7 rd4feated- :-The-: team will next- compete' in W omi ns tennis . Ginger Wilson of Wellesley, 6-4, the Juaniata: Invitational tourna- Bentley 6. 0 181 69 6 0 181 E69 captures MAIAW 6-1. In third singles, Christy hM. ment, which sstarts Saturday. SMU 5 1 121 40 5 1 121 440- Alvord '89 defeated Marilyn championship Men ''s soccer MIT 4 2 128 90 4 2 128 !90- Richards of Babson, 6-2, 6-2. In Ic The women's tennis team won sixth singles, Dheera Ananthak- u:nbeaten 1 streak -ends Providence 4 3 145 138 4 3 -145 1 38 the Class B Massachusetts Asso- rishnan '90 defeated Sue Sterns 18 ciation of Intercollegiate Athlet- The men's soccer team ended UMass 4 3 112 -118 4 3 112 1 of Wellesley, 7-6 (7-3), .6-2. In their season i;ast weekend with a Stonehill 3 3 91' 99 4 3 91 !99 ics for Women championship last third doubles, Mimni Ing '87 and weekend held at Wheaton Col- game against Coast Guard. MIT Merrimack 1 5 78 710 1 5 78 1 10 Keiko Yamaguchi '88 defeated lost the game lege. MIT finished with 16 the Wellesley team, 6-3, 7-5. 3-0, evening their Assumption I 5 92 146' I 61 08 1' 71 points, ahead of second-plaCe record at 6-66-2. The Engineers, S 9 Simmons College which tallied 12 Adams co-offensive who started off( the season 0-5. R. Williams 0 6 58 198- 0 7 72 2 41 ran off six c:onsecutive victories points, and Wheaton College. player of the week ·- · . . : Kay C. Lin '87 won the fourth on the way to an eight-game un- OFFENSE DEFENSE singles, 6-4, 7-6, while Dheera Running Back Christopher J. beaten streak. Brandeis, one of Rushing 'Yds Avg - Passing Yds Av MIT 1647 274.5 Bentley, 585 97.1 Ananthakrishnan '90 captured Adams '87 has been named- co- New England 's top tearns, fell to SMU 1285 214.2 SMU 618 103.0 offensive player of the week for MIT in doublle-overtime, 2-1. Providence 1344 192.0 Providence 723 103.3 sixth singles. Stacey D. Chinn '89 Bentley 1002 157.0 Merrimack 626 .104.3 teamed with Christy M. Alvord the second time. Adams gained By HIarold A. Sterm Assumption 985 164.2 Assumption 780 111.4 UMass 748 . 106.9 Stonshill 788 131.3 '89 to take the second doubles 204 yards in 24 'carries with a Stonehil 571 95-2 UMass 1007 143.9 touchdown in MIT's '14-0 win. Men's Soccer Merrimack 567 94.5 R..Wif!iams 1021 145.9 slot. R. Williams 565 80.7 MtT 994 165.7 On Tuesday, women's tennis over Assumption College. Adams Sept. 15 WPI 1-2 0-1-0 Sept. 17 Harvvard 0-2-0 - Passing Yds. AYA was again victorious, this time leads the New England- Confer- Providence 1262 180.1 ence in both yards rushing (728) Sept. 20 Trinilit 1-2 0--0. UMass 1073 153.3 defeating Southeastern Massa- -Stonehill 867 144.S chusetts University. Keiko Yama- and touchdowns (9). His perfor- Sept. 24 BABISON 0-2' "O44 Bentlev 812 135.3 Seept. 27 BATEES 1-2 0-5-0 R. Williams 945 135.0 guchi '88, Mimi Ing '87, -Lisa mance Saturday set the.school re- Merrimack 800 133.3 cord for yardage in a game and Sept. 30 BRANDEIS 2-1 1.5-0 Assumption 896 128.0 Shields '90, team captain Jenni- SMU - - 671 111.8' fer A. Hylman '87, Lin, Chin, increased his season total to '728, OcL4 . SUFIFOLK 7-0 2-5-0 MIT 352 58.7 Oct. 9 NICHHOLS 30 3-5-0 and Ananthakrishnan all -won also an Institute record. Rushing Yds Awv Oct. 11 NORM 2-0 4-5-0 SIOU 445 74.2 their matches. MIT 464 . 77.3- Women's volleyball' Oct. 13 SW}filMORE 3-2 5-50O URMass 594 84.9 Women's tennis takes Oct. 15 Tufts Stonehill 516 86.0 loses to Springfield 1-0 6-5:O Bentley 627 104.5 four conseolao n flights Oct. 18 Colb' 0-0 6-5-1 Providence .1316 188.0 )yY Merrimack 'The women's volleyball team oct. 22 STOPNEHILL 1-1 6-5-2 1187 197.8 Five members of the MIT wo- lost to Springfield Assumption 1518' 216.9' College Tues- Oct. 25 Coasst Guard 0-3 6-62 R. 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