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I MirS The Weatherr Oldest and Largest Today: Chilly, rainy, 40'F (5°C) Tonight: Freezing rain, 32°F (0°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Cloudy, chilly, 40'F (5°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 11 2, Number 8 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, February 25, 1992 Three Arres Ned at East Campus 'Disturbance' By Sarah Kelghtley Housemaster Kenneth A. Oye and that the majority of the crowd were ASSOCMATENEWSEDITOR distributed to all EC residents on of high school age. However, Oye MIT police arrested three people Saturday said, "The MIT police said students told him there were Friday night at an unauthorized declared that the Talbot party was between 50 and 100 people at the party held at Talbot Lounge in East illegal because it was not registered party. Campus and charged them with with Residence and Campus Glavin said the party "was trespassing, disorderly conduct, Activities or the MIT Police. The observed by our own officers." The I assault and battery on a police offi- MIT Police then ordered those party came to the Campus Police's cer, and possession of a weapon, attending to leave. Some of those attention because a party form had according to Chief of Campus attending the party did not want to not been filed. Glavin said the party Police Anne P. Glavin. leave. A struggle between MIT was broken up because it was Of those arrested, two were police trying to clear Talbot and "unauthorized." minors and one was 19 years old. some of those attending the party Because "notable outsiders" No MIT students were arrested or ensued." were present, the Campus Police injured. Glavin said there were approxi- A memorandum written by EC mately 200 people at the party and Riot, Page 10 Kowloon Disappoints Students By Reuven M. Lerner ences. I personally have had some revoking its contract with the NEWS EDIJOR bad experiences with your food,' " restaurant if delivery times did not Only two weeks after Kowloon said VA President Stacy' E. improve within two weeks, he said. began delivering Chinese food on McGeever '93. campus, both MIT Food Services "Implicit in the letter, especially Swamped with orders and the Undergraduate Association in the tone of the letter, is that we'll A manager on duty at Kowloon are displeased with the restaurant's lodge formal complaints with MIT yesterday afternoon, who asked not promptness and quality. Food Services if things don't to be named, attributed much of the If the problems continue, change," she added. problem to the small size of Kowloon, which earlier this month Michael S. Gull '92, chairman of Kowloon's kitchen and the large became the second restaurant to the UA Food Service Committee, number of student orders. STAFF PHOTOBYYDOUGLAS D. KELLER accept payments on ValiDine, may said that Alan Leo, general manager "We have four woks in the One of two windows allegedly broken by local high school students lose its contract with ARA. of MIT Food Services, had sent a kitchen, and sometimes when the after a party In East Campus' Talbot Lounge became violent Friday "I just sent a letter to Kowloon similarly critical letter to the MIT people call up, we also have a night. saying, 'Look, a lot of students I've Kowloon management. The letter regular full-establishment dining spoken with have had bad experi- said that ARA would consider room in here. We're cooking as fast as we can." But he later said that Kowloon Bansal, KesslerEmphasize Communicain was uniquely able to serve students' needs, explaining that "we've been By Eva Moy UA's focus toward stronger student where representatives from each tion between" what you should do trained to do this kind of thing ASSOUIATENEWSEDI TOR representation. recitation meet with the professor in principle versus what would be because we do a humongous lunch." Shally Bansal '93 and David J. Bansal and Kessler feel that and teaching assistants of each effective." Kessler added that an Kowloon has already begun Kessler '94, candidates for communication between students class. These forums, currently used honor code would work only if it delivering fewer orders at one time, Undergraduate Association presi- and professors is crucial. '"t's in Principles of Chemical Science could "foster pride in your work," in which should speed up the delivery dent and vice president, emphasize important for the professors to addition to reducing dishonesty. process by letting cars leave more communication between students receive student input" on lectures Bansal and Kessler also feel that often, the manager said. Still, he and professors as an essential part of and problem sets, Bansal said. It is .Meet the safety needs to be addressed. They added, students should remember their platformn. also important for the professor to would like to concentrate on that "our restaurant wasn't designed They also believe safety, the let students know how much collab- "putting lights in dark places," like for a delivery service. We only Independent Activities Period, and oration is acceptable, she said. Cancldiates East Campus and Killian Court, started doing delivery a year ago." academic honesty should be Kessler said that they would like Bansal said. The manager also said that part addressed and would like to shift the to install institute-wide forums (5.11) and Organic Chemistry I Bansal and Kessler support the of the blame lay with students, some (5.12), focus on issues such as preservation of IAP, a subject of of whom had changed the meal card teaching style, problem sets, and recent debate. Bansal feels that the numbers on their receipts, were not exams. The forums may also affect elimination of IAP "would do nasty in their rooms when deliveries Stude$Faeuld Relations the issue of academic honesty by things to the stress levels at MIT." arrived, and used the signature of keeping professors more aware that She added that it may change stu- someone other than the meal card Are Key for Prenner, Tsao problem sets or exams are too diffi- dents' perceptions of MIT. holder. cult, he added. The candidates feel several other According to the manager, By Brian Rosenberg administration-student communica- Bansal said the problem with an EDITOR IN CHIEF tion," Prenner said. honor code is the difficult distinc- Bansal, Page 10 Kowloon, Page 11 Prenner and Tsao have several Communication is the key to 1I--,----I e . II LI I-I- ~ ,- m .·I----~---I creating a more effective Under- ideas to increase these forms of graduate Association, say Emily R. communication. In response to the Prenner '93 and Anne S. Tsao '94, candidates for UA president and vice president. Meet the "Every point in our platform falls under [the heading oft communication in one way or another - Candllidates student-student, faculty-student, recent merger of the Office of the Dean for Student Affairs and the Office for Undergraduate Education, the two propose to create a UA INSIDE committee that would serve as a direct link between students and Arthur C. Smith, dean for under- D Reflections on a graduate education and student month in China. Page9 affairs. "The UA secretary-general would chair the committee, which o Students celebrate could meet with Smith monthly," Hong KongWeek. Tsao said. 'The secretary-general should be a communication link PageII between the UA and the outside." Prenner believes some commu- n General Motors loses nication channels exist between Smith and students, such as the $4.5 billion in 1991. PHOTO BY YUEH LEE Committee on Institute Life, but that Page2 Frozen In mid-charge, this horse was created on the Government Center plaza during last week- end's International Ice Sculpting contest, part of the first annual Boston Festival. Prenner, Page 11 - -- -- f, 11 Page 2 THE TECH Febnurv 25 1992 W ORLD & NATION~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. A.I - !a- Supreme Court Refuses to Expand Police Search Powers GM Loses Record $4.5 Billion, THE BAL TIMORE SUN WASHINGTON Rebuffing the Department of Justice, the Supreme Court Mondayn Announces 12 Plallt Closings refused to consider a request that it give police more power to investi- gate because of the special needs of the "'waron drugs." By Warren Brown Chairman Robert C. Sternpel said. and Cadillac divisions. The plants MhE WASHINGTON The department had contended in an appeal that, in order to give POSr "General Motors is taking aggres- can turn out 500,000 cars and wag- officers more leeway in detecting drugs being moved on public high- 1 sive action to reverse this trend and ons annually for a market that is ways, the justices should permit officers who stop motorists for traffic General Motors Corp. Monday improve our prospects for future buying only 250,000 of those vehi- offenses to engage in wide-ranging questions about whether they reported that it lost a record $4.5 profitability." cles a year from GM. were carrying anything illegal. The case (U.S. vs. Walker, 91-943) billion in 1991, and it identified 12 GM officials said Monday that The Ypsilanti workers believed grew out of a traffic stop in Utah in 1990. of the 21 plants that will close as it all employees, including top-level that they had the best chance to sur- The Department of Justice gained something of a victory, howev- downsizes its operations during the executives, will share the pain. For vive because they can produce cars er, when the court in another case voted to leave intact a lower court next few years. example, they said, the company is at a lower cost than those rolling out ruling that sharing cocaine at parties in one's home can be prosecuted GM's loss, the worst annual loss trimming pension benefits for cur- of Arlington - about $400 less per as a conspiracy to distribute drugs.

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