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MIT' The Weather Oldest and Large Today: Mostly sunny, 40°F (S°C) Tonight: Clear, cold, 23°F (-S°C) ewspaper Tomorrow: Cloudy, 38°F (4°C) Details, P 2 Volume 117, Number 10 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, March 7, 1997 UAPCandidates Carter, ao Debate over Community Issues By DavId D. Hsu of MIT as a "patchwork quilt" of their team. The list included a num- £DOOR IN CHIEF diverse activities and groups. ber of promises including a school- The two teams vying for the Their opponents, Sunil K. Rao wide ski trip, student discounts with presidency of the Undergraduate '99 and his running mate Kari A. the MIT Card, and a UA textbook Association faced off in a debate on Bingen '99, stressed building MIT's library. Tuesday night. school spirit. In his opening state- Carter's opening statement A debate planned for last night ment, Rao described a photograph focused on forming an MIT commu- was cancelled because of scheduling in the Infinite Corridor of a group of nity patchwork: quilt. ''The Institute is conflicts. MIT students particIpating in a tug- a very diverse place," and everyone Around 30 students assembled in of-war contest. "That's what our has their own patch. ''I am proposing the Burton-Conner House dining campaign is about," Rao said. an Undergraduate Association that is hall to hear the candidates discuss "You don't know everyone in a collection of patches." issues. UA Election Commissioner your classroom," Rao said. Students Carter and Sandoval's UA would Edgar H. Martinez '00 moderated rarely meet people outside their liv- also work to help personalize MIT the debate. ing group. "Here are two people by sponsoring faculty mixers and Both candidate teams stressed who are going to do something improving the Logan Airport shut- '. their campaign themes throughout about it." tle, Sandoval said. These efforts the debate. UAP candidate Dedric Rao and Bingen's campaign is would help make MIT more than A. Carter '98 and his running mate about "less talk, more action," just a place to concentrate on prob- Sandra C. Sandoval '00 organized Bingen said. Bingen also presented lem sets, she said. their campaign around the concept a "Top 10" list of reasons to vote for Rao, Carter discuss services After the opening statements, Martinez posed questions to the can- didates. The first question involved the candidates' plans to improve the undergraduate experience. Rao responded by pointing out that he and Bingen have been talk- ing to many students and finding out student concerns, Rao said. If elect- ed, they will place an emphasis on organization and delegate tasks. GABOR CSANYI-THE TECH Carter said that while the admin- Lynn Kremer'. masked dance leads up to the Gamelan Galak istration has been pretty devoted to Tlka'. tint ever performance of "Kecak", a Balinese monkey looking at how students learn and chant, on Sunday In the Kresge Auditorium. live, there are still several improve- ments that can be made, especially on issues that do not directly affect students' grades but affect how they feel while they study. Task Force Discusses For example, in 1987 the 'Institute had a IO-year plan to reno- vate all classrooms, Carter said. That has not happened yet. Carter will lis- Rush, Unity with IFe ten to students and work with the Undergraduate Association presidential candidates Sunil K. Rao '99 By Douglas E. Heimburger do take advantage of [freshmen's] (left) and DecIrIc A. Carter '98 arcue at the Tuesday debate. Debate, Page 17 ASSOCIATE NEWS £DOOR insecurity when they get here, but I Members of the Interfraternity think it's better overall," said Council and the Presidential Task Marcus J. Ottaviano '97, a member Following Wylie's Early Retirement, Force on Student Life and Learning of Pi Lambda Phi. met Wednesday to discuss fraterni- "Fraternities help in bolstering ty-related issues such as Residence leadership. I'd hate to see it [rush] Nationwide Registrar Search Begins and Orientation Week. radically changed, and changing The informal meeting took place RiO would do that," said Thomas G. By Carina Func deci~ed to accept' the early retire- Professor of Political Science James after the bi-weekly Interfraternity Schmidt '99, a member of Chi Phi. STMF REPORTER ment package offered by MIT last M. Snyder Jr. Council meeting. The task force is "Moving it to the middle of the year Over the past two months, Dean spring, Williams said. Professor of charged by President Charles M. would change the makeup of frater- for Undergraduate Education Management and Ocean Registrar needs specific sldlls Vest to evaluate and guide MIT's nities." Rosalind H. Williams appointed six Engineering J. D. Nyhart was "The registrar should have educational mission as the Institute Others, however, were in favor faculty members to serve on a appointed as acting registrar at the strong technical skills in order to approaches the next century. of limited changes. "One thing I'd search committee to hire a new reg- time of Wylie's retirement. plan, develop, and maintain a top- Until recently, the task force had istrar. Chair of the Faculty Lawrence S~ quality academic information infra- excluded Residence and Orientation IFC, Page 15 The committee, which has just Bacow '72 facilitated the process of structure for MIT's educational pro- Week from its scope of operation. • begun its nationwide search, will the appointment of the acting regis- grams," Williams said. Now, however, the group has decid- also have one undergraduate and trar, Williams said. Nyhart was "the new registrar should also ed to evaluate the effects of RIO on one graduate student m~ber, who appointed shortly after the death of be an excellent manager who UIlder- campus life and education, said have not yet been named. Vice President for Administration stands how to be a leader in a team- Ernest A. Cuni '98, the undergradu- Former Registrar David S. Wylie James J. Culliton, to whom the based environment," Williams said. ate member of the task force. Registrar's Office reported at that Finally, the new registrar must The task force will be examining time. work collaboratively with students RIO without any constraints on its It would normally have been and faculty so that academic infor- action, Cuni said. "It's within [the Culliton's responsibility to name an mation effectively serves their needs task force's] purview to make any interim registrar. Due to the circum- within the context of MIT's educa- recommendations" towards chang- stances, however, Bacow made the tional policies, she said. ing RIO, he added. appointment, she said. "I don't think we'll have any The search committee is chaired trouble attracting strong candidates Spring rush opposed by Director of the Center for [for a new registrar]. Of course, At the informal meeting, Cuni Meteorology and Physical none have yet stepped forward asked fraternity members for their Oceanography Kerry A. Emmanuel because the position hasn't yet been views on moving rush from its tra- and includes Associate Dean of advertised," Williams said. ditional time during RiO to the mid- Undergraduate Academic Affairs dle of the year, during Independent Mary Z. Enterline, Nyhart, Re-engineering delays search Activities Period. Professor of Electrical Engineering The search for the new registrar Most of the fraternity members and Computer Science Martin F. present opposed any changes in the Schlecht ' 61, and Associate R~,Page17 current rush system. "We probably --..;~-------------.-,;,..-----_--.:.;:;....;:;.~:....-_----------------------------.;..--7 . ~~__e LOS A GELES nMES MO COW Back in fighting fonn after month of illne ,Pre ident Bori Yelt in celebrated his return Thursday to the hurly-burly of politic By Tracy Ik nson an all-out offen ive failed to materi- the Albanians who have taken up with a tough state-of-the-nation speech, promi ing Ru ian weeping LOS A GELES TIMES alize. In the la t 24 hour, even arms. economic refonns, hone t government and a Cabinet shuffle. people were killed in Vlore, and CoJJap ing pyramid inve tment Appearing 16 weeks after heart urgery and eight month since his In an effort to pacify armed food supplies, such as milk for chil- cherne , attractive to a desperately la t major peech, Yeltsin, trim and poi ed, told Parliament in a rebellion in the outh, the Albanian dren, were beginning to dwindle, poor population unschooled in capi- nationally televi ed peech that Ru ia "is still struggling in a flood of government agreed Thur day to halt residents told aid workers in Tirana. talism, ucked the life saving from problems .... We haven't managed to reach the far bank yet." military operation there for 48 Beri ha's decision to meet with tens of thousands of Albanians. In Yelt in, who always ha preferred the sweeping ge ture to nig- hours. In exchange, opposition the oppo ition - whom he had dis- their rage that followed, they •• gling detail of day-to-day governance, gave no pecifics as to how politicians called on the insurgent missed until now as Communist blamed the government and explod- he would fulfill hi latest promise - mo t importantly, paying the to lay down their weapons and traitors who incited the in urrection ed from riots to rebellion. long overdue salaries and pensions of million of angry Ru ian accept amnesty. - came in response to European Thursday's meeting took place worker. The agreement emerged from and U. pressure, as well as an on the eve of the arrival of a high- In tead, he tongue-l a hed tho e in hi government, blaming other more than five hours of talk awareness that his own poorly level European Union mission and for blocking Rus ia's long economic refonn program.

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