------Lslslllllll_ ---0·I __ U In U CIUAFA to review MN IT admissions process By Irene Kuo that quantifiable changes have The Committee on Undergrad- come about with a time scale uate Admission and Financial close to ten years," said Stolzen- Aid will undertake an intensive bach. "We have received many year-long review of MIT's admis- expressions of delight and satis- sions procedures, according to faction with the students in cur- Chairman Keith Stolzenbach '66. rent classes," he asserted. The review comes in response to CUAFA has already begun to unease among some faculty meet with department undergrad- members about the performance uate officers, core subject in- and attitude of undergraduates, structors, and others involved he said at Wednesday's faculty with undergraduates to consider meeting. possible changes in admissions CUAFA will examine the evo- criteria. Stolzenbach expected lution of admissions procedures some of these changes to be im- and its effect, if any, on the inter- plemented into this year's admis- ests and performance of under- sions process. graduates, Stolzenbach said. It Provost John M. Deutch '56 will also study the data used in reiterated the importance of fac- deciding admissions and in evalu- ulty input into CUAFA's review. ating the undergraduate experi- "The decisions made by the ad- ence. Last, the committee will missions office reflect the views consider how faculty can be more of the administration and facul- Paula Maute/The Dan Glenn G (left), Susan Glenn, Francie Gurney G, and Paul Ries G will have theirTech involved in the admissions ty," he said. "The administration essay "Long Live Tepito," published in Open House International. See story page 16. process. and faculty should not complain II=m I Stolzenbach asserted that the if they can directly affect these Admissions Office has always decisions." aimed to attract the "most prom- UA limits Finance Board's autonony ising students with strong back- MacVicar discusses CUP w grounds in math By Prabhat Mehta Floor Leader Luisa Contreiras and science, in- Dean for Undergraduate Edu- cator of funds," Hendricks stat- cluding those with extraordinary The UA Council Executive '90. Contreiras, while comple- cation Margaret L. A. MacVicar Board's mandate that Finance ed. He believes that a system of potential for scholarship and re- '65 presented an update on the menting Finboard's performance checks Board allocations be approved by and balances already ex- search," but he conceded that activities of the Committee on over the years, noted that there ists, in which the UA Council was the focus of student activities some faculty members have a the Undergraduate Program. The needed to be "a system of checks unhappy with their last night's UA Council meeting allocations "sincere and recurrent sense of committee will continue to focus and balances." are able at the Student Center. to appeal to Finboard. unease about the performance on the needs for rebalancing and After the mandate had been The issue of debate was wheth- Execboard's argument for vot- and motivation of undergradu- integration in the undergraduate upheld, UA President Jonathan er or not the UA Council had the ing power over Finboard alloca- ates and about the criteria for ac- program, she said. Katz '90, a chief responsibility to voice student tions was based on their belief proponent of ademic quality used in the admis- Faculty and administrators will that the mandate, said, "This opinion ove. :Finboard alo.ca- since the money distributed is a step sions process." receive reports from the Science/ tions, which -by- Finboard ultimately comes---.. in--the right-direction,. We are try-:.. .*Concerned "about .possible mis- go to groups in the ing to develop Engineering :Working Group the from the students, students accountability. interpretations of CUAFA's ac- Committee on the First Year Pro- UA and Association of Student to open up things." tion, Stolzenbach emphasized Activities. should have a voice, through the gram, and the Student Commit- UA Council, to affect Finboard Since the mandate cleared the that current undergraduates tee on Educational Policy this A motion was forwarded by policy. Finboard motion, a vote was tak- should not feel that their accep- winter. MacVicar said the reports Finboard members to appeal the en to approve the second trimes- tance to MIT was an "abrupt and may be controversial. Execboard's decision to vote on Former UA President Manuel ter's allocations by Finboard. The questionable experiment." The Science/Engineering Finboard's allocations. Finboard Rodriguez '89, in defense of Ex- allocations were passed after little "It is clear from every piece of Working Group's report will ad- Vice-Chairman Howard J. Eisen ecboard's mandate, argued that debate by a 21 for-5 against vote. information we have looked at (Please turn to page 17) '89 voiced Finboard's appeal for one of the reasons why last year's autonomy by rejecting the notion referendum on the student activi- that the UA Council could over- ties fee failed was because the Panel discusses "How to Be Good" turn Finboard decisions. student body viewed Finboard as By Seth Gordon ence. "Act in such a way as to get est. Widnall suggested Eisen also criticized the UA an obscure group which could that the How can students deal with into the issue," he exhorted MIT Placement office have a file Council for what he described as not be given the responsibility to ethical issues in their studies and students. of various corporations' policies an attempt to monitor the activi- allocate "$150,000 dollars or so." their careers? At Tuesday's collo- "towards individuals who raise iies of the UA general commit- Finboard Chairman Darian Widnall: honesty and politics quium on "How To Be Good," ethical concerns." tees. The motion was defeated by Hendricks '89 disagreed with the Institute Professor Emeritus Phil- Widnall, a professor in the De- "Engineers," she stated, a 5-24 vote with 4 abstentions af- view that the UA Council should "often ip Morrison, physicist and au- partment of Aeronautics and As- put great importance ter intense debate on the floor. be able to overturn Finboard de- on public thor, Professor Sheila Widnall tronautics, lamented corruption understanding of technology, Defense for the Execboard's cisions. "The idea of Finance as- '60, former president of the in the aerospace industry - ma- suming that if the public only un- mandate was presented by UA Board is to be an unbiased allo- American Association for the nipulating cost and performance derstood us they would agree Forum discuss;es Advancement of Science, and In- estimates to get government with us ... In some instances, taxation stitute Professor Noam Chomsky, funds. She warned against put- the public does understand us, renowned linguist and controver- ting group loyalty before honesty and they are opposed to what we of graduate stludent funds sial political essayist, addressed and integrity, and urged that sci- want to do." By Sanjay Manandhar and linguistics and philosophy), these questions. entists not manipulate the politi- Chomsky: think for "We have come perilously close there are no teaching requirement Morrison stressed empathy and cal process. yourself to taxing the fellowships and tu- so teaching assistanceships were a concern for the consequences She added that now, many cor- Chomsky told students that ition of graduate students" at always taxed, Perkins said. one's actions. He recalled his porations and professionals see they should contemplate their In which point "we cannot sustain 1986, the tax laws were re- work as a nuclear physicist in the ethics as in their long-term inter- (Please turn to page 17) graduate education as we know it worded so that RA, and TA sti- 1940s and compared his decision today," said Dean of the Gradu- pends became taxable income; to help design the atomic bomb ate School Frank E. Perkins. Per- furthermore, the Technical Cor- with his refusal to join the kins was speaking at a Graduate rection Act (TCA) of 1988 voided RAND corporation. Morrison Student Council forum on tax- the exemptions on graduate stu- considered the Manhattan Pro- ation of graduate students dent tuition and employer-funded ject a morally dubious accom- Wednesday night. education assistance, Perkins plishment in a clearly good Perkins gave a brief history of said. cause, while he had no qualms the tax laws as applied to gradu- The words "fair and reason- about refusing to join RAND, ate students and pointed out the able" exemption in another part whose secret charter, he said, was important amendments of federal of the tax law were the only rea- to study "the waging of intercon- laws in 1986 and 1988, and state son why the MIT did not have to tinental warfare by any and all laws in July 1988. For the 20 apply the meaning of the 1988 means." One intercontinental years before 1986, for lack of ex- TCA. Perkins noted that in nine war, he opined, was enough, and plicit tax laws for graduate stu- states the TCA of 1988 was en- he did not see a similar sentiment dents, MIT followed two specific forced and the IRS tracked down among RAND's directors. guidelines from the Internal Rev- graduate students. Morrison argued that students enue Service. Many states, including Massa- should adopt "a physicist's mo- The guidelines said that the chusetts, link their tax codes to rality, a morality of conse- taxpayer had to be working to- the federal tax laws, said David quences," as opposed to one of wards a degree and that all ser- Wagger G. As of July 7 Massa- intentions. In addition, he re- vices required by the degree were chusetts not only changed its minded them "that your actions tax-free. Hence, grants or fellow- linkage from the tax laws of 1985 affect people like yourself." Emo- ship grants that covered tuition to that of 1986 but also made it tions, he said, are important, but and required research assistance- retroactive from Jan. 1. Wagger they can't actually tell you what Lisette W. M. Lambregts/The Tech ships were not taxed. Except for calculated that most graduate choice to make. Professors Philip Morrison and Sheila Widnall speak on pro- a few departments (like biology, (Please turn to page 17) He also valued practical experi- fessional ethics at Tuesday's forum. MM PAGE 2 The Tech FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1988 ~ I~"Bb~C~a~eb·19M8"aE Health Service offers new programs classified advertisin By Joanna Stone Department resources - many hind the AIDS education week In hopes of keeping students students seek out the department and the AIDS-awareness project, Part-time Computer Tech of Need Cash? better informed, the Health Edu- as a result. With the exception Gillligan said. Earn $250-300 each semester by Boston architectural firm (on Red cation Service of the MIT Medi- the AIDS awareness week last AIDS-awareness week is next working 2-4 hours each week post- Line) needs part-time dBase pro- cal Department has instituted year, she has met and spoken ing and maintaining take-one post- grammer to work on a variety of week and Van Ness hopes for and applications; also after-hours part- new health awareness programs with more people so far this se- ers. We give recommendations. anticipates a very large turn-out. Great for the marketing Felds also. time technical and hardware help for this semester. The new pro- mester than she has before in her The Health Education Depart- Call 1-800-821-1543. with Novell network CADD system grams include the Women's two and a half years here, Van ment will have a table in Lobby plus other system installation tasks. Call Stephen Tucker at Dean Health Education Network Ness said. 10 and will be available to answer Spring Break Tour Promoter- Escorter: Energetic person, M/F, to Tucker Shaw, Inc. 617-338-4029. (WHEN), Health Advisors and Another Health Education any questions students might and a se- take sign-ups for our FLORIDA Consultants (HAAC), Program, which will become have about AIDS. tours. We furnish all materials for a Campus Reps Needed ries of four workshops and three big commissions and free trips available next week, is HAAC, successful promotion. Good PAY Earn workshops, the main Van Ness feels that one of the Call CAMPUS MARKET- by selling Nassau/Paradise Island, informal the medical department's own and FUN. focus of which is staying healthy. major goals for AIDS-awareness ING at 1-800-777-2270. Cancun, Mexico and Ski trips to computer bulletin board. There Vermont & Colorado. For more in- week is "helping people to feel are files of health-related infor- URGENT! formation call toll free 1-800-231- Janet H. Van Ness, director of comfortable enough to ask the to Oper- mation on many different topics, MBA student taking "lntro 0113 or in CT 203-967-3330. Health Education, runs the questions that are on their minds ations Management" seeks tutoring which will be immediately avail- THESES! "Staying Healthy Workshops". and comfortable enough to make ASAP - will travel - for $15/hr. able and will expand as students Please leave message on machine Document processing service pro- There are four such workshops, the changes that are necessary." request more information. and I will get back to you ASAP. vides text input with disk-based file including "Eating Well at MIT," is also a peer-run AIDS- transfer or electronic file transfer to HAAC also has a question-an- There Call Nadine at 508-842-1842. "The Sure-Fire Cure for Hang- awareness week program which your system. Complete word-pro- swer program. Van Ness, who DBase lIl + Tutor/Programmer cessing services available (tables overs," "Stress Tests: Managing Van Ness hopes will further make pay $20 per hour. will respond to the questions, wanted. Will and mathematical expressions OK.) the Stress of Finals," and "That comfortable about ask- Flexible hours. Real estate data- 643- said "the nice thing is that you students MACSE/Laserprinter. Barbara Certain Someone: Is It Love Or ing questions about AIDS. In ad- base. Commuter rail or expressway 0921. can ask your question with as 12 miles south to Canton. Please Is It Memorex?" Van Ness sees dition, four AIDS-related films much privacy as you want." call Nick Adams MIT '81 at 267- PROGRAMMER. Min. M.S. Com- the topics of these workshops as will be shown on MIT cable as 1111. representative of a larger frame- puter Sci. Must know "C," IBM/PC, Gilligan is also in charge of part of AIDS-awareness week. and Macintosh architecture. Experi- work made up of four basic con- WHEN. WHEN consists of a Boston area patent law firm desires ence in word processing and desk- healthy to meet students with a strong prefer- cerns: healthy eating, group of 15 undergraduate wom- The Health Education Depart- top publishing development choices, healthy living, and technical background interested in able. Excellent opportunity with en who have gone through a ment has a resource center, in the healthy relationships. pursuing careers in patent law. growth potential. Top salary/bene- screening process and are con- Medical Building, containing lit- Candidates should have an elec- fits. Will be based in Los Angeles. preg- tronics, computer science, chemi- Call collect (213) 215-9668. "The Sure-Fire Cure for Hang- cerned about women. They are erature on everything from nancy and birth control to drugs cal engineering or biotechnology overs" is being held in the Stu- available to speak at living background. Will consider full-time Part-time systems operator wanted re- dent Center this Thursday, from groups or to any group of MIT and eating disorders. This or part-time working arrangements for software company moving to with law noon to 1 pm. Van Ness antici- students. source department, along while candidates attend Harvard Square. Responsibilities in- school. If interested, please send clude making backup tapes and ad- pated a large turnout because she "They are a wonderful, enthu- Gilligan's office will be moved to the Student Center sometime af- resume to James M. Smith, Esq., ministrative duties. Requires 1-2 felt that concern over alcohol is siastic, dedicated group of wom- Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reyn- hours per evening (M-F). Contact quite prevalent at MIT. Many of en," Gilligan said. In fact, one of ter the first of the year, thereby olds, Two Militia Drive, Lexington, Myra for more information at 247- the students here are already in- the women is a driving force be- allowing 24 hour accessibility. MA 02173. 1155. volved in Students Against ...,,.,.,A...... :...... Drunk Driving, she said. The Sunday Night Blues is the series of informal workshops, led by Anne Gilligan, MIT health educator. The workshops are ti- tled: "Making a Home Away From Home," Oct. 16, "Helping a Friend Who's Down," Nov. 20, and "Is There No Place Like Home for the Holidays?" Dec. tI. These workshops will be held in the evening in the West Lounge of the Student Center. When asked about the student turnout this semester, Gilligan re- plied 'Personally, I would like to see as many as the room can hold. Unfortunately, that hasn't been the case yet; it really varies - but the numbers have been visibly increasing." Van Ness added that response to the workshops cannot be judged solely by the number of people who attend. Just hearing E of the workshops makes students aware of the Health Education

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~aapr| ~pl~e~l~p~ ,as~n Reagan optimistic on removal of troops from South Korea ;rI President Reagan says times are changing - and the aI time may be near for the withdrawal of US troops from Dukakis compares Bush's campaign ,SouthKorea. Entering a White House meeing with South I Soaking wet to Nixon's cover-up of Watergate Korean President Roh Tae-WVoo, Reagan told reporters a Low pressure located in the vicinity of the Democratic Presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakis withdrawal would take place when troops were no longer Great Lakes will weaken as a new low develops is comparing George Bush's campaign for the White needed. But the State Department's top Far Eastern spe- over Virginia late tonight. The new low will House with Richard Nixon's cover-up of the Watergate af- cialist insists there's no intention to withdraw troops in intensify while moving slowly north- the near future. fair. He told supporters in New Haven, CT, that in both northeastward - passing over Cape Cod late cases, "truth was the first casualty." It was the second Dukakis aide quits after asking Saturday night. For our area this means windy consecutive day Dukakis has hit back hard at what he rainy conditions developing tonight will continue calls the Bush camp's lies and distortions. Bush to admit extra-marital affairs An aide to Michael Dukakis's presidential campaign re- through much of Saturday. For northern New FAA orders inspection of Boeing signed tonight after saying that George Bush should "fess England, the rain could change to snow during The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering tests up" about allegations of extra-marital affairs. Donna the day Saturday. After the low passes chilly on the take-off alarm systems installed in nearly 1800 Brazile resigned after the Democratic presidential cam- unsettled weather should persist through Boeing 727 and 737 jetliners. The action, prompted in paign disavowed her comment. Brazile resigned from her Tuesday. part by two fatal crashes, requires the tests to be done post as deputy national field director. She had told re- Meanwhile, in the Caribbean, Hurricane Joan immediately and again after every 200 hours in the air. porters that the American people have every right to know continues its slow westward track toward Central The warning device is supposed to sound if the crew has if rumors involving Bush's personal life are true. Dukakis America. Early Thursday evening, Joan had failed to properly prepare the plane for take-off. The campaign spokesman Dayton Duncan said Brazile was winds of about 110 mph. agency says it's found "a significant number" of the not speaking on behalf of the campaign "in any way alarms don't work properly. whatsoever." The Bush campaign declined comment. Friday afternoon: Increasing clouds. Winds Marcos to be indicted today becoming southeast 10-15 mph. High 48-51 °F. Federal sources say the US government plans to seek an Friday night: Cloudy with rain arriving from the indictment of deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. rms__ southwest. Winds southeast 15-25 mph. Low Marcos on racketeering and fraud charges today. The 43 °F. source said Marcos' attorneys have been engaging in plea Saturday: Rain heavy at times during the bargaining negotiations with the Justice Department. The Hershiser wins World Series morning tapering to showers by afternoon. source says the decision to take the matter to a Federal Orel Hershiser was on the mound last night, and just Winds east southeast southeast 20-30 mph grand jury in New York was made after the two sides like so many other teams that have fallen before the Bull- shifting to northeast late in the day. High 45- dog in the past failed to reach an accord yesterday. month, the Oakland A's never had a 52°F. Low 38-41 °F. A Federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Marcos chance. Hershiser, the most valuable player of the Nation- and his wife, Imelda, were held in contempt of court for al League Playoff, also was named the MVP of the World Sunday: Variably cloudy and chilly with a few failing to obey a grand jury's subpoena in Manhattan. Series after going the distance for a 5-2 victory. He yield- light rain or snow showers possible. High 45- The grand jury was investigating whether the Marcoses ed only four hits just three days after pitching a complete- 50 °F. Low around 35-40 °F. embezzled "enormous sums" before Marcos went into ex- game shutout victory in the second game, and allowed Forecast by Michael C. Morgan ile in 1986. The appeals court rejected the Marcos' claim just four earned runs in his final 1012/3 imnings of 1988. to that they retain head-of-state immunity, because of "their Mickey Hatcher and Mike Davis each contributed a two- Compiled by Prabhat Mehta exodus from office and the current Philippine govern- run homer as the Dodgers eliminated the heavily favored and Harold A. Stern ment's purported waiver of their immunity." AXs in five games.

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I _asB PAGE 4 The Tech FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1988 -l....ns i - . b L1 - - _opnion I ColumnlV. Michael Bove Proponents of Question 3 run deceptive camnpaign A recurring problem with ref- 2000-word amendment to the likely that these small farms will sumers of animal products." In tion of Cruelty to Animals, the erendum questions - virtually General Laws, hoping that as be able to afford the "ventila- other words, tax dollars will be Animal Rescue League, the Hu- none of the voters reads the en- many people as possible take a tion, flooring, bedding, space, diverted to support government- mane Society, and the Massachu- tire text of the referendum before good look at it and see it for and temperature control" im- sponsored animal-rights adver- setts Veterinary Medical Associa- pulling the lever - is particularly what it is. provements mandated by the bill. tising. tion "endorsed the intent of highlighted by Question 3 on the And what it is, is a deception James Degnim of the state De- Not only does this bill hope to H4002 but could not support its Massachusetts ballot this fall. and a sham. Deceit number one: partment of Food and Agricul- get around state laws that regu- present form," according to the The supporters of this measure, Question 3's supporters claim ture, who has put the costs of late special-interest lobbies by el- legislative committee report. titled "An Act Relative to Im- that they are only trying to elimi- renovating just the dairy barns in evating one of them to state One spok...an. for ,he sp.n- proving the Health of Farm Ani- nate "factory farming" in the the state at some $100 million, in sponsorship, it also attempts to sors of Question 3 told the Tab, mals and Promoting the Use of state, and that they are not trying a Tab interview called the act subvert laws which uphold the "People who can afford it will Humane Practices in Animal to put family farms out of busi- "another nail in the coffin of public right to comment on pro- have an option of buying food Husbandry," probably hope that ness. But the phrase "factory Massachusetts agriculture." posed regulations through hear- produced under humane condi- voters won't read the full text of farming" does not even appear in Another deceit involves a "sci- ings and open meetings. The reg- tions." What about the rest of the act. the bill. Instead, its provisions entific advisory board" which ulations are simply required and us? Given all the other deceits "Improving the health of farm apply to anyone who sells or will be "nominated by ... non- must be promulgated within six surrounding this ballot question, animals" sounds like a great gives away animals or animal profit humane organizations con- months, with no opportunity for perhaps its real goal is to get offi- idea, right? Communications em- products worth more than five stituted for the primary purpose public discussion. Further, the cial sanction to try forcing vege- anating from the question's spon- hundred dollars. Review is re- of preventing cruelty to animals." bill provides that any citizen of tarianism on the residents of sors at CEASE (the Coalition to quired for any animal housing No representatives of agricultur- the commonwealth may file suit Massachusetts. CEASE has the End Animal Suffering and Ex- construction or renovation cost- al, veterinary, or consumer to compel the state to promulgate right to their views, but the dis- ploitation) appeal to emotion, ing over $10,000. In short, al- groups need apply. Particularly and enforce these regulations. honest manner in which they abounding in images of inhu- most anyone who has anything to troubling is the fact that this The most radical animal-rights have gone about the promotion mane practices such as the grind- do with agricultural animals is board - which is really a legally folks are probably lining up in of this ballot question should ing up of unwanted baby chicks subject to the new regulations. empowered special-interest lobby- front of Superior Court right outrage even those of us who in born at hatcheries (though the Further, there are virtually no ing organization - will have the now. general are for more humane only hatchery in the state does no chicken or beef factories in Mas- power to recommend specific reg- It is instructive to note that treatment of animals. such thing, nor have most of sachusetts; those few livestock ulations and to spend money to even some groups concerned with those in other states for more and poultry farms that have man- further the adoption of their re- animal welfare find the proposal V Michael Bove, a graduate than 50 years). 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For the most part, Penn and Teller tell you tinue to enjoy the circus and the sideshow, The evening begins appropriately Tickets: $20 to $32.50. themselves (or show you) how they per- but why acrobats and freaks and clowns enough as the audience seats itself to the formed the illusion - and so the beauty love to perform to the audience. Compar- vocal acrobatics of equally uncommon By PETER DUNN surfaces not in the ability to fool the ing Penn and Teller to slick, standard Yma Sumac. Penn and Teller bound onto chump, but in the intricacy and subtlety of magic acts is like taking a breath of crisp, stage and quickly dive right into the well- HE BIG, IMPOSING GUY fits per- the illusion itself. clean air after being dropped in a vat of orchestrated gimmicks that have made fectly the stereotype of the carni- Watching Penn and Teller reduces the cheap perfume - there is a freshness them famous. With the ever-obnoxious val barker: loud, cocksure, ob- barrier between performer and audience: about their performance that is based it Penn constantly goading the audience and noxious. And yet he's reeling off hilarious quips and jabs about charismnatic in a vulgar sort of way, draw- politics, psychology, and other nonsensical ing all eyes to him and away from the subjects, the duo runs the gamut from strings and wires and gimmicks that un- straitjacket escape to levitation to Clups doubtedly motor his scams and illusions. and Balls. Many are warped versions of i His companion - the small, skinny one standard magic tricks that are most often K with the naive smile plastered all over his shown on TV. However, with the show to- face - also fits a stereotype of the carni- tally in P & T's control, the audience now r val universe: the chump. It's no wonder he has the chance to see these acts in their un- always looks quizzical: everything's rigged adulterated, full-blown glory. so that he always manages to get the short The second half displays the more subtle end of the stick. and more narrative pieces that are simply These are Penn and Teller, comedians/ too lengthy to fit any television time slot. magicians/swindlers extraordinaire, and "How We Met," the weird tale of two they've brought their version of a three- strangers handcuffed together on a park ring-circus up from New York City to Bos- bench, and "Shadows," a mysterious, ton on the first leg of their national tour. beautiful shadow-play involving floral dis- And if you read their ad publicity you're memberment, are two such pieces that bound to read such adjectives as "Spell- blossom on stage but would flounder on binding!" "Sensational!" and "Mindbog- the small screen. gling!" You're just as likely to ignore The last piece, "10 in i," is the show's those adjectives. Don't. totur deforce and sums up Penn and Teller The show that Penn and Teller have to a tee. With the stage lit only by a single transported north is relatively unchanged candle, the skit amounts to little more from the one that ran on Broadway: the than a monologue followed by a brief stint speed reading of "Casey at the Bat" to the of fire eating. But the heart and soul of tune of "I Wanna Be a Shish-Kebab," the carnival sideshow lies within Penn's both gory versions of "A Card Trick," the surprisingly sincere, straightforward expla- now infamous Biblical "Quote of the nation of how he accomplishes the feat Day," Teller's rendition of the East Indian and, more importantly, why he or anyone Needle Mystery, and Penn's mystical fire else would want to do it. eating. 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The CAPPELLA SINGING GROUPS inant genre of music performed by Saturday's GBIS promises to be full of twelve women will present a shorter-than- women's groups. We know that the Muses surprises. Presumably, the Logs and Chor- have been around MIT for a average program, because the intricacies A~~~~~~~~~~~long time. Many readers might won't fit the typical mold because they allaries won't fail to deliver another con- of starting a new group allowed less re- haven't chosen one of the obvious catchy cert full of engaging songs, together with a have fathers, grandfathers, un- hearsal time than the ideal, but a longer cles, or professors who once sang in the names like "The Techtonics" or "The few gratuitous barber-shop jokes and un- concert is definitely in the works. The likely skits, respectively. The big traditioned MIT Logarhythms, and only Transisters." Jackson does hint that the surprise Muses also plan to go caroling and sing at group plans to be "a little different" and will be, of course, the Muses, and the op- the oldest of "perpetual students" will re- Faneuil Hall before the holiday hreak- member the pre-Chorallaries days. Some warne that listentre Pnvntino t cso n port-u-nity for their hard work to pay off McCormick residents already know, how- ever, that MIT's singing community just got bigger, with the addition of the Logs' and Chorallaries' baby sisters, the MIT Muses. Even though the Logarhythms have (in recent years) maintained that they would gladly accept any women whose voice quality could blend with the group, the opportunities for women who want to sing "fun," "upbeat-type" music have been limited to the Chorallaries, a mixed group. Muses co-founder Susie Jackson '91 didn't necessarily have a burning desire to create an all-female group; she had simply been interested in starting a new group, period. A chance introduction to Regina DeLorenzo '91, who was searching for the remains of last year's abortive efforts to create "a female Logarhythms," resulted in MIT's new all-woman close harmony group, affectionately dubbed "Susie's Ir- or, , ,( AmrX' I' Musies" by some. Kristine AuYeung/The Tech The Muses will appear in Saturday's MIT's new all-woman a cappella singing group, the Muses, rehearse for Saturday's concert. - --- I- ·-------I - dl 1 e"lDllll- I- -a _. - I ___

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Franca Squarciapino's costumes livened (Editor's note: The author has not seen things up a little, but not so the produc- thefinal television version, but waspresent Luciano Pavarotti as Manrico, Eva Marton as Leonora in Verdi's tion of Fabrizio Melano. The blocking was during taping). I Trovatore. _M PAGE 12 The Tech FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1988 ~aw~·aa~r~~l~sll··am A R T S Fzat, ugly toadstoadfsstar star inzn ausingamousing a.ntaccount oof farmers'ers woes FOUR DOCUMENTARIES toad's eye, and the whole film is rife with APPELEZ-MOI MADAME [CALL Romand is how uninvolving they are. For At the Museum of deep focus shots of toads in the fore- ME MADAM] a director who has intriguing cinematic Fine Arts tonight. ground Cane Toads & Samba to Slow Fox and the targets they might invade MIX UP ou MELI MELO ideas about documentary filmmaking, she at 5:30. next in the background. Mix Up ou Meli Melo and Appelez-Moi And in several Directed by FrancoiseRomand. certainly manages to pick topics that are scenes the camera bounds close Madame [Call Me Madam] at 8.00. to the The most surprising thing about these unworthy of her efforts. ground, showing the world from the two documentaries directed by Francois (Please turn to page 15) toads' ground-level By MANAVENDRA view as they move K. THAKUR menacingly toward a little girl, a house, HE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS has ex- and even the Sidney Opera House. To add panded its film program signifi- to the instant humor that these shots cantly in the past year or two, evoke, a Jaws like theme plays on the and tonight it will present four soundtrack. 16mm documentaries as the conclusion of To its immense credit, though, the film's an ongoing series. (Cane Toads will also playful style never inhibits the factual con- be shown November Ist at the Brattle tent about the toads. The film points out Theater.) that the toad's poison sacks produce a tox- in strong enough to incapacitate adult hu- CANE TOADS An Unnatural History mans and kill small pets who try to eat Written and directed by Mark Lewis. them, and maps show how much the toads It's not everyday that an entertaining have spread since 1935. documentary about fat, ugly cane toads Nowhere in the 46 minute film, though, comes along that is just as informative as does Lewis fail to humor as well as edu- it is fun to watch. Cane Toads is both cate. The frogs have earned their own pe- fact-rich documentary and amusing fare. culiar niche in popular culture, and many

The camera bounces close to the ground, showing a toad's-eye view as the toads move menacingly toward a little girl, a house, and even the Sidney Opera House.

The film tells all about how Australian people even own them as pets. Of course, scientists and farmers alike decided on the others hate the pests and go out of their cane toad as a cheap, effective, biological way to run over them with their cars. Lew- tool against the Greyback beetles that were is presents them all as slightly obsessed, devastating their sugar cane crops in the but he does not mock or insult his subjects 1930s. They imported the cane toads from or his audience. True to the film's title, Hawaii and released them on the shore of Lewis has made an offbeat documentary Little Mulgrave River in Queensland. But about the unnatural history of a peculiarly everyone forgot one important little detail: natural animal. the beetles have wings and the toads don't. Also playing with Cane Toads is Samba So the beetles went on multiplying, and to Slow Fox (Maria Stratford, 1986), so did the toads, who happen to think that which was unavailable for press screening. sexual gratification is so important that According to the Bo Smith, MFA's Film one male toad was observed attempting to Coordinator, it is a "light, enjoyable, Aus- mate with a dead female for over seven tralian documentary" about ball room hours on a hot road. dancers and a competition in which they The film's first shot is a close-up of a take part. ------Be X Mentor/ Be A Teacher! People Change... UROP's Student Research Partners program is looking for upperclassmen to take selected freshmen So Should Their Resumes. under their wings during IAP and make them a part of research activity for three weeks. This is your N [] p I- - -. I I'11g chance to teach someone else about the work that you do and give them the chance to get their feet · At Graphics Express, we offer free updates on all our resumes. ' i wet. If you are an experienced UROPer with a Forever. If you need to add a summer job, update an address, good record in a lab or similar setting, we'd like to or even change your resume style, we'll do it fast and professionally. talk to you. Participation is subject to approval by your faculty supervisor. We may be able to offer an · Our basic resume package includes 10 copies on your choice of one honorarium. Interested? Leave your name at the of our high quality Strathmore papers. Undergraduate Education Office, 20B-141, x3-7909, C1 L or call Jane Sherwin at the same number. * We'll do it in 24 hours or it; a- fee. Guaranteed. - ' i Two hour rush service also available for that resume you needed yesterday. : ma nn 7 leav; -il· r nnd home > esr .. * The price: $25* com n to teeilngs cab9ut aca m ie SC 0os roonmlaasa pressure

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Reactions range from "awful ... a 400,000 other Israelis - one-tenth of the in popular culture. Opens today at the Somerville Theater. totally unnecessary war" to "I believe it total population - echoed her beliefs by Schonfeld and Millstone then cut to was not in vain. We did what we had to staging a protest, during which a grenade By MANAVENDRA K. THAKUR clips of films from the 1940s, one of which do." These seem fairly typical and do not was thrown that injured many. After men- show Jews halting work for a moment of seem to contribute much to any debate. tioning that a man named Emile Gruns- HERE CAN BE NO DOUBT that Vic- silence each day in memory of the Holo- But the film becomes intensely direct weig died as a result of the grenade, tor Schonfeld and Jenifer the Mill- caust. One woman observes that the Holo- and chilling when it shows a woman argu- .irst chater ends . stone have produced a monu- caust "symbolizes the nation. It unifies the ing at the top of her voice that she is rais- This is typical of how the remaining mental and uncompromising nation" as the film goes on to show news-y ing children to be soldiers so they can chapters are structured. They interweave portrait of Israeli society that towers far reel footage of the 1948 war against "wipe out the terrorists ... every single above all other journalism and reporting explosive footage with relatively calm in- MWVI - -&ff q. vH E about Israel. Divided into eight chapters, ~88':~iresrn~ terviews, and they do not explain their i the scope of the film is vast but inevitably somewhat enigmatic titles until their con- returns to the Arab-Jewish conflict - and clusion. Although this approach is not most appropriately so, because this long- without problems - the film seems to me- lasting conflict raging within Israel is as ander from topic to topic at times- it en- fundamental as it is pervasive. Any exami- ables Schonfeld and Millstone to vividly nation of Israel and its people deserves capture the bitter polarization and con- indeed needs - clear thinking, an open frontation that has crowded out the mid- mind, and a willingness to discuss openly dle and led to the wary coalition between whatever is found, without discarding or its two major political parties since 1984. disguising inconvenient realities. Schonfeld The remaining chapters of the film film and Millstone have given viewers no less. unflinchingly present numerous view- Although Schonfeld and Millstone have points, ranging from the hateful and racist lived in Britain for years, they do not pre- diatribes given by Meir Kahane to the ef- tend to adopt an outsider's unbiased atti- forts of leftist peace activists to meet with tude and thereby nullify any claim that Palestinian Liberation Organization they have no right or qualifications to representatives. comment on Israel's problems. Schonfeld Chapter 6, which is named "A Little was raised by what he described to a Jew- Fantasy Script," is the odd one out. In it, ish Telegraphic Service reporter as a "fer- peace activist Yael Lotan muses on what vent Zionist, Modern Orthodox" family in her deceased father, who spent much time Mamaroneck, New York. He and his wife in jail for his dreams of a Jewish state, Millstone have also made a documentary A scene from Victor Schonfeld's documentary Shattered I would think in 1947 of the achievements for British television called CourageAlong Egypt. The contrast between past and pre- one." If that isn't done, she asserts, "Shar- and problems of modern-day Israel. De- the Divide that looked at Jews and Arabs sent becomes ever more stark and direct as on's not a man." "Begin will wipe them spite being only a few minutes long - or working together for peace in Israel. Schonfeld and Millstone include excerpts out," she shouts as her upraised fist stabs perhaps because of it - her monologue is For Shattered Dreams Picking Up the of current-day satirical plays and songs as the air. The film also quotes a Knesset the most intimately moving part of the en- Pieces, Schonfeld and Millstone spent nine well as television news reporting as their member as saying "Here we'll use the final tire film. Schonfeld and Millstone were months traveling, researching, and shoot- film progresses. The rousing hopes and solution to end the Palestinian problem. quite right to place it near the end of the ing, and an additional year editing naive dreams that inspired the birth of Is- The film then tones down itself down a film, where Lotan's point can be most ef- which is more than ample time to gain rael have, as the film's title indicates, given bit as it interviews a young man who says fectively conveyed. perceptive insights into Israel's affairs. way to the recognition of a much more he returned the army certificate he re- Although the film's continuity could Even before the credits, Schonfeld and sober reality. ceived because it said that his brother died have been more streamlined, it is clearly Millstone epitomize their basic approach The most central cause of that transfor- in battle for the "Campaign for peace in the most comprehensive and in-depth of examining the issues from the ground film mation, says the film, was the moral col- Galilee." Then the film becomes even more portrait of Israel to date. up, rather than emphasizing the perspec- Few documentar- lapse precipitated by the 1982 Israeli inva- subdued as the narrator relates in a soft ians have the passionate courage necessary tive of politicians and intellectuals. The sion of Lebanon. Chapter 1, called "A voice how the Israeli army did not inter- to create a work of art as complex as the opening shot is one of fans holding aloft Man Named Grunsweig," explores the vol- fere with the brutal massacre of 500 resi- reality they seek to encompass. There can lighted candles at a nighttime open-air atile passions that the invasion arouses. dents of a refugee camp. be no doubt that Schonfeld and Millstone rock concert given by Shalom Hanoch, Beginning with some calm footage of a The film hints that this one act, perhaps have given the state of Israel the attention who sings 'The Messiah's in the heavens/ veterans rehabilitation center and observa- more than any other in the history of Isra- and analysis it so clearly deserves.

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The Aneeta Kanwar, and Raghubir Yadav. film with a distinctly Indian voice, and the longer support his drug habits, and no one closing shot in particular serves as a re- At the Nickelodeon Theater. small benefit that is in fact gained from knows or cares enough to help avert Chil- minder of just how much the film plays on the Bombay setting is quickly nullified lum's slow and painful descent into death viewers' emotions. By MANAVENDRA K. THAKUR when one remembers that Bombay is the brought on by his withdrawal pangs. No The Indian government recently an- most Westernized of all Indian cities. one, that is, except Krishna, who doesn't nounced that Nair's film will be India's of- qW'' H I-EN A FILM RECEIVES virtual- As for the fim's cinematic style, it too seems to realize that he is only making ficial entry for the Best Foreign Film Os- ly unanimous critical praise, shows signs of significant Western influ- matters worse by buying drugs for his pal. car. Because the film has generated it inevitably raises expecta- ence. The screenplay calls for fairly con- It is during moments such as these that the precisely the type of publicity that warms W ~ ~tions.Perhaps no other film ventional techniques - in Western terms film is at its best. Together, these scenes Academy voters' hearts, it would be a sign has been given more international atten- anyway - and that is what the film's act- mark Nair, who is making her feature film of just how mainstream it is if it happens tion this year than Mira Nair's Salaam ing, editing, cinematography, and music debut at age 30, as a director of note to win. The strengths that Nair's film of- Bombay!, which chronicles the life of a represent. In particular, the music is the whose future works should be awaited fers should be appreciated, but it should ten-year-old boy named Krishna (Shafiq most glaring example of how tailored the eagerly. be remembered that the Academy has Syed) who works as a chaipau (deliverer of film seems toward Westerners: rather than But while Nair should be praised for rarely paid attention to Satyajit Ray, tea) on the streets of Bombay's red light using the tabla for percussion, the music finding solutions to the problems posed by Mrinal Sen, Ritwak Ghatak, and G. district to earn enough money to return uses Western-style drums instead. The mu- location shooting, her film includes mo- Arvirndam, four of the most visionary film home. The combination of the solid direc- sic was written by L. Subramaniam, who ments that do not work well and hinder artists that India has produced. tion and camera work, good perfor- is most known (not too surprisingly) for mances, and the presence of fresh talent his fusion of East-West musical styles. from an obscure country (in the film This is Subramaniam's first film score, Documentary about transsexual world) has led numerous critics to hail and it shows. Ravi Shankar's and George Nair's work, which traveled the festival Fenton's music for Gandhi was a far more circuit, gathering kudos at Cannes, Tellu- successful collaboration between East and focuses on personalityand family ride (Colorado), Montreal, Toronto, New West. (Continued from page 12) dies. She is also a poet, an author, a "citi- York, and others. One Boston critic even Despite all these signs to the contrary, But both films go astray because they zen of the world," a Nazi concentration went so far as to call Nair "the most excit- Nair insisted after a Boston Film Festival spend as much time on relatively un'inpor- camp survivor, and a Communist. Bather ing new presence in world cinema since screening last September that her film was tant characters as they do the central play- than focus on the obvious topic of trans- Pedro Almodovar." indeed aimed at Indians, and at Indian ers. The result is that both end up resem- sexuals, Romand concentrates instead on Unfortunately, such overblown praise children in particular. She said that film bling home movies that are professionally painting a portrait of Ovida's personality creates as powerful a need to dissent. had been approved by India's Central made but just as tedious to watch as those and family. While Salaam Bomnbay! ought to be recog- Board of Film Censors without any cuts, shot by a next-door neighbor. Mix Up ou ,eli Melo is a 1985 docu- nized for the achievement it represents, it despite the presence of hitherto taboo kiss- Remand categorically rejects the notion mentary about a baby-switching incident. should not be made into a masterpiece of ing scenes and negative portrayals of gov- that cinema verite filmmaking can present In 1936, two infant girls were somehow international cinema, as some critics have ernment officials. And according to recent an objective slice of reality, which she has switched and not returned to their proper done. And it certainly should not be mis- news reports, the film has finally opened every right to do. Her cinematic style de- parents until twenty-one years later. taken for an indigenous work of Indian in India, where filmgoers threw money at liberately emphasizes the artificial nature Again, Romand spends much of the film's cinema. the screen in a typical gesture of their ap- 63 minute running time exploring the feel- of the cinematic medium, and she tries to It would be ironic indeed if the film fo- preciation and approval. allocate screentime to all characters as ings peripheral to the incident. cuses world attention on Indian cinema This acceptance is by no means surpris- democratically as she can. However, she Both films have touching moments as for the first time since the late 1950s, be- ing, because the film does have genuinely does not replace cinema verite conventions they present the problems and personal di- cause it is undeniable that Salaam touching moments, and Syed, a street kid with anything demonstrably better. lemmas these incidents precipitate on the Bombay! is more Western than Indian in recruited by Nair to play the lead role, im- characters' lives. About Appelez-Moi Ma- both content and style. The film could parts his performance with a pivotal ring Appelez-Moi Madame is a 52 minute dame, Director Francoise Romand told the have taken place in virtually any red light of truth that is central to the film's suc- i documentary about Ovida Delect, a trans- New York Times that "! like documenta- district in the world's major cities, as there cessful scenes. Raghubir Yadav is also ef- sexual living in a village in Normandy who ries to treat personalities. My subject was is precious little in the film's story to fective as Chillum, a 25-year-old veteran was formerly known as Jean-Pierre Voi- not transsexuality but people." _l ~PAGE 16 The Tech FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1988 _s~·su~paab~llr~n~s3~erw~%~~ - l i Team of architecture students TheTecNwstine:253- wins international essay contest Therr oln:2314IehNw By Paula Maute and not houses, create a commu-

A team of MIT Architecture nity. If government planners want _I ______L - - I- ,, __ 1 students and staff recently won to build successful settlements, first prize in an international the dwellers themselves must be -w- M_ --- I m I- L housing essay competition for integrally involved in the plan- their work on low-income hous- ning and construction process, he ing in developing countries. added. The winners were Professor Governments and city planners Jorge Andrade, an architect from often think of low-income, high Mexico City who taught at MIT density neighborhoods as a group last fall, Dan Glenn G, Francie of houses that can be torn down uno®rnomenw. Gurney G, Paul Ries G, and Su- or relocated to another part of san Glenn, senior secretary at the the city, Glenn said. abor..tor of. Arcid;tecture and "Because poor people don't Planning. Their essay, "Long own their own houses or land, Live Tepito," will be published in their neighborhoods are often de- The 5 minute Express Open House International, a stroyed and relocated by urban In only five momentos Lunch journal focusing on housing de- planners, which is what hap, our Express Lunch of velopment concepts. pened in the United States in the The MIT team's winning paper 1960s with the Urban Renewal deep dish pizza, soup or was based on the experiences of program," Glenn said. He hopes i salad will show you the Tepito, a community in Mexico that the group's work will change !:-i City, where in September 1985 an this practice. difference between mere earthquake killed between 5000 Their paper includes architec- fast food and a fast to 10,000 people. The essay cri- tural plans and traditional Mexi- feast at the world's most i tiqued Mexico City's housing re- can housing designs. Winning tpl i settlement program which suc- "gives us a sense of worth - do- celebrated piza cessfully organized the ing something useful with the [ar- I restaurtra Uno's? The construction of 48,000 new apart- chitectural] tools we learned and I ;q ments within a year and a half, making Andrade's ideas more place for Chicago's irrr~ Dan Glenn said. visible to the international com- original deep dish pizza. In addition to their critique, munity," Ries noted. Andrade and his team devised in- The group will donate the $750 i 1 novative housing strategies en- prize to Copevi, a non-profit ar- abling low-income community chitectural firm in Mexico City Allston Copley Square Faneui Hall I groups and government planners which works with low-income Harvard Square Kemnore Square to work together to construct housing cooperatives. mass housing giving tenants max- - -- L --- ' =' I; -I imum control over the design of their dwellings. "We came up with a process which would increase the variety and individuality of units," Glenn said. "We made a plan that can be used in non-disaster situations," he added. ARTHUR I "Our paper's main focus is that with a limited amount of money, governments can build simple housing units which pro- AND zRSEN vide a basic structure - walls, floors, plumbing, etc. - to which tenants can add to and im- provise," Gurney said. Poor peo- ple in Mexico and Central Ameri- ca have traditionally built homes in this way, starting with one room and adding on whenever they needed to and could afford to, she said.

The idea of providing dwellers with a basic housing structure Invites students of all majors for a which allows additions and changes was developed by MIT discussion of careers in Architecture Professor N. John Habraken in the 1960s. "Our ideas can be used in any developing country where there is a large urban population of poor people," Glenn said. "Long live Tepito" emphasizes that people, 1GI~3IX Send a Big I BOO! I mation anaia

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Thursday I October 27,1988 Room 2-136 6:30-830 _ _- __ _i~~~ IFRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1988 The Tech PAGE 1-7 ~ I!!i -- l!ram - _ Im-B...... lnac vica r amscusses MIT HILLEL PRESENTS: CUP at faculty mneeting (Contiuedfom pae -1) MacVicar hinted that the struc- dress the issue of adding a life- ture of the academic calendar, 0 1 1 1 sciences requirement to the core, not just IAP, may turn out to be the role of laboratory experience, the underlying issue, for whether and the intellectual connectivity people support or oppose IAP, of the sciences (including mathe- they cite the "crushed, over- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 9:30 PM matics), MacVicar said. loaded, and brutal" terms on ei- CFYP's report will propose ther side of the period as one of M.J.T. STUDENT CENTER that students be encouraged to their reasons. MEZZANINE LOUNGE spread their science core subjects MacVicar also stressed the 84 MASS AVE, CAMBRIDGE into the sophomore year and will need for more faculty to be in- stress the need for clear, consis- volved in freshman advisor semi- tent messages in advising and nars. While the number of semi- publications. The report will also nars has grown from eight to 65 A Boston-area event with propose modifications of fresh- over the three years they have the participation of the man pass/fail and junior-senior been offered, approximately 150 Hillels at: Tufts, Lesley, pass/fail, but MacVicar did not freshmen who expressed interest Simmons, MIT, & B.U. elaborate on the changes. in this year's seminars could not V- St. I 1 SCEP's report will present be accommodated, she said. freshman year "as it is lived -- Finally, MacVicar spoke on the Admission $2 inadvance MomriW Drive - I I advising, living group, grading evolution of context subjects, mmx I...... I $3 at the door . W= RiT ------17"' policy, recitation, culture," Mac- which were designed to "illumi- -MEWN-- 0 - _-- - - r Vicar said. The committee's pro- nate the human contexts within posed grading policy differs from which science and engineering are L i CFYP's proposal, she noted. pursued." The subjects currently MacVicar also discussed the being offered were developed by ongoing work of the Independent working groups from the School Activities Period Policy Commit- of Engineering and the School of tee, which is examining to find Humanities and Social Science. Be a ways "strengthen and enliven" She praised the working groups the experience. The policy corn- for engaging faculty and students High School Tutor mittee's last report recommended in an activity that is not yet part that credit-bearing activities be of any formal or informal aca- for Cambridge City Public,Schools. added cautiously to restore as- demic program and recommend- e1w-,"C% pects of the educational innova- ed that further development of tion and experimentation IAP the subjects become an Institute- +Zz . was supposed to represent. based enterprise. Colloquium addresses role of ethics in M IT's education (Continuedfrom page 1) tute's intellectual life. own values while they are stu- He warned that people have to dents, lest they internalize the deal with ethical issues all their values of the institutions they lives. They could not rely on oth- johin after graduation. Like Mor- er people or "great books' to See the difference a few hours of your rison, he turned to personal his- choose their values for them, he tory: almost exactly twenty years argued, but it was hard to make time 'each:t' eek 'canmake! ago, he recalled, MIT's anti-war those decisions in complete at'ssignited the c~,-aps by isolation. interested? Call Andy Shaw at-x5-7369, or giving a Marine Corps deserter public "sanctuary" in the Student MTsrl Stop by our booth in Lobby 10 this week. Center. MIT was heavily involved What role should MIT have in ISponsore d , by Tau Beta Pi with the war, he said, but up un- these ethical issues? The panel til then, the students had been did not discuss this in as much relatively apathetic. depth. Morrison did not think rl pI- After the press conference an- the Institute should teach ethics I nouncing the sanctuary project "as a general rule,' but individ- (students would stay with the de- uals in it should. Widnall wanted serter, 24 hours a day, until his more ethics classes, in which stu- nfrrest) "literally thousands" of dents would discuss case studies students flocked to discussions of engineers' dilemmas. about social issues. For several Chomsky suggested student-initi- years after that, Chomisky said, ated reforms, praising a 'Social the students were quick to dis- Inquiry" curriculum developed pute or protest MIT policies they by students in the wave of activ- disagreed with, and tended to be ism he discussed. more critical of the Institute than The colloquium. was sponsored the faculty was. If the moemen- by the Student Committee on turnhad continued, he speculat- Educational Policy, DormCon, ed, considering "basic social and and the InterFraternity Confer- moral issues" would have become ence, under the auspices of the an "integral part" of the Instie MIT Colloquiurn Committee. Find out how you can have your medical school tuition, required books and Forum discusses taxation feets paid in full--plus earn morethen ,$600a month while you attend school. Clip and mail the coupon below, and we'll send you full details on the Armed (Continuedfrom page ]) pared for the worst, Perkins said Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program. students have been accumulating MIT did not have a "contingency We'll tell you how you could qualiftyfor a Physician's Scholarship from the a tax liability to the state of plan" but qualified it by saying Army, Navy or Air Force. around $400 since the beginning "tuition just can't be taxable.' If selected, you'll not only beat the high cost of medical school, you'll also gain of the year. 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Men's Varsity Soccer opposition with a series of legal slide tackles and other ma- In the second half, it looked as Stonehill Chieftains (11-5-1) ...... 2 4 - 6 if the two sides were equally MIT Engineers (5-7) ...... 3 0 - 3 neuvers. -;-' ' '.1F !}~ i -' - matched, but Stonehill neverthe- Scoring - MIT, Schaffner (Bailey) 3:20; Sto, The game kept getting more Lodovico (Burke) 5:15; MIT, Feldgoise (Smara- and more physical, as the offi- less managed to score four goals. son) 16:20; MIT, Elstrom (Scruggs) 27:17; Sto; That translates to a mystifying 6- Cronin (unassisted) 44:57; Sto, Burke (Mc- cials generally ignored the bla- 3 victory for Stonehill. Hughi 61:62; Sto, Lodovico (Cronin) 66:30; tantly cheap shots by the Stone- Sto. McMahon (unassisted). - 8i~~~~~~~~~~~i The game started out on a pos- Saves - MIT, Prince 2, Rahl 1; Sto, Quinn 5. hill team. itive note as the Engineers MIT seemed to take all this in snatched an early 1-0 lead. Jess stride, though, as they regained Gaspar '90 and Marc Bailey '91 Both teams were playing ag- the lead. Hannes Smarason '91 teamed up to feed Grant gressive ball, but the Stonehill took the ball down the sideline Schaffner '89 a pass which he players carried this aggression and then kicked a high pass over quickly turned into a goal. This too far as they took numerous the Chieftain defense. Stephen quick strike, at only 3:20 into the cheap shots on the MIT players. (Please turn to page 19) Kent McCord '91 winds through the Stonehill defense on _- -i I-_ - ! Wednesday.* MIT lost 6-3. " game, set the pace for the high u *~ ,,,\,A,,0i}E .ii. ,:, '1$$:~4~*..-.'1,;"·_)'.' · 7" "'a, 'I;he scoring affair to come and served Wednesday.~~~~·~"ALIT~lot -3 Ognan J. Nastov/The Tech as a warning to the Stonehill r·-0,,,,,,..-·-.. An;.v··> team that MIT would not be a Upcoig.Hoime Events team to walk over. .AMIT sen'ds Elmns back to the wocoods aturda:y, October 22 - By Adam Braff shots blocked by the defense. of scoring opportunities, espe- 9:.30aam Varsity: Sailing Schell Ttrophy : The MIT women's field hockey The second half, in the words cially short corners, that we squad defeated a tough team of 10,000 Maniacs' Natalie Mer- couldn't convert. 1:00 : Men's.Soccer - Curry College' . from Elms College 3-1 on Tues- chant, was the beginning of a "Elms is a good passing team, day. The victory evened the Engi- "cold and rainy day" for the and they played a good game," neers' record to 6-6-1 ,and was Elms women. After Engineer she graciously conceded, adding the last game to be played this goalie Helen Shaughnessy '92 let that her squad "finally came year at home, where the Engi- by a game-tying penalty shot through in the second half to get Sunday, October23 neers had a winning record of 5 from Elms forward Kelly Ma- the win." 9:30am. Varsity and 2. loney, the home team went on a Captain Sonya Hwang '89 Saiing 'Schel Trohy.: The Engineers got off to a rampage, peppering the Elms net agreed, saying that MIT "finally quick lead iess than five minutes with shots from all angles in the got it together and played as a into the first half. Kirsten Do- light drizzle and finally convert- team for most of the game." Al- mingo '90 smacked in a short ing towards the end of the half. though the home season has end- ::4:;: Tuesday;:! October 25:5 comer attempt put into play by The second MIT goal came at ed for MIT, they have two games Karlin Anderson '91 and stopped 28:04 in the second period. An- left on the road against South- '3We '/sSce -Cy for the shot by forward Susie derson and Ward again set up a eastern Massachusetts University Ward '91, who led the team in textbook short comer play for and Nichols College. assists for the day, passing the Domingo, who easily blasted the i . . .i ball for all three MIT goals. ball between the legs of Blazers goalie Ellie Moran. The finishing touch came exactly 27 seconds Women's Field Hockey later, when senior forward Chris- tine LeViness took a perfect 10113 MIT 4 (0T) ...... Mount Holyoke 1 10/115 Worcestw Polytechnic 10 .... MIT O cross-diagonal pass from Ward in 10/18 MIT 3 ...... Elms College . front of the net and poked it past Moran on the stick side for the final Engineer goal. MIT dominated the rest of the The win, which reestablished first half, with 12 shots on goal, the dominance of MIT's passing even though the team missed sev- and shooting game on Omniturf, eral opportunities in the Blazers' could be a turning point for the circle. As the thermometer Engineers, who had won only dipped below 60 °F, players from two of the previous eight games. both teams failed to convert on Coach Lou Jandura '84 was ex- several short corner opportuni- tremely satisfied with the win, ties, missing wide and having noting that the team had "a lot Beaver back honored again after homecoming victory vers' season opener against Ston- Sports Update ehill College was the fact that he broke the 1000-yard mark for ca- LaHousse shares reer rushing yardage in that player of week award game. His 1232 career yards Tailback Shane LaHousse '90 places him third on MIT's all- received a spot on the Eastern time rushing list behind Hugh College Athletic Conference Ekberg '88 (2136 yards) and Weekly Honor Roll and was Christopher J. Adams '87 (2069 named the New England Colle- yards). giate Football Conference co- offensive player of the week for TBS to air Beaver film his performance on homecoming. Make sure your parents set the LaHousse gained 184 yards on VCR - WTBS-TV will broad- 27 carries and scored two touch- cast clips from MIT's 21-14 downs against Assumption Satur- homecoming victory over the As- day. He leads the conference in sumption College Greyhounds scoring with an average of 12 Saturday during the cable sta- points-per-game and in rushing tion's college football broadcast. with a 163 yards-per-game aver- age - 70 yards-per-game more than the league's number two Spikers blank Babson rusher. The women's volleyball team, ranked sixth in the nation in the Shane quietly breaks latest NCAA Division III poll, scored a 3-0 victory on the road 1000 yards in opener against Babson College Tuesday. Lost in all the fanfare over The team started off the season LaHousse's 260-yard, four-touch- (Please turn to page 19) down performance in the Bea- L i

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