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Volume 106, Number 2 _ 4AWA-ll Friday, February 7, 1986 _ _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Covert joins NASA panel Shuftle group to report on findings in four months By Earl C. Yen National Aeronautics and Space bert D. Wheelon PhD '52, senior President Ronald Reagan last Administration (NASA) on vice president of Hughes Aircraft Monday appointed Professor Eu- rocket engines, refused to specu- Corp; Maj. Cen. Donald J. gene E. Covert PhD '58, head of late on possible causes of the Kutyna MIS '65, director of Space the Department of Aeronautics Jan. 28 disaster. Systems and Command Conrtrol and Astronautics, so a 12- "The prudent engineer has a and Communications; Sally Ride, member presidential commission responsibility to try to be accu- the first American woman in investigating last week's explo- rate about these things," he said. space; and retired Brig. Gen. sion of the space shuttle "Most responsible people don't Charles Yeager. Challenger. speculate." Reagan called on the panel to The commission will report its make "a calm and deliberate as- findings within four months. It sessment of the facts and ways to will also recommend ways to avoid repetition.-. We owe it -- avoid a similar accident. NASA's to [the seven crewmembers of interim investigation board has Challenger] to conduct this inves- completed its role in the tigation so that future space trav- investigation. elers can approach the conquest "This will, give the American of space with confidence and people the opportunity to know America can go forward with the that an outside group of experts, enthusiasm and optimism which distinguished Americans who has sparked and marked all of have no axe to grind, have come our great undertakings." ,./~~~~~~~~~~k in to review the findings of The panel will examine debris, NASA and to request additional photographs, and telemetry data," said White House spokes- graphs, Covert said. Tech photo by Elliott Williarns man Larry Speakes. Covert, who is also the director Frank E. Perkins '55, dean of the Graduate School William P. Rooers, a former (Please turn to page 21) secretary of state and attorney general, will head the panel. Its vice chairman is Neil A. G raduate departments grow Armstrong, the first astronaut on By Jeffrey C. Gealow School. ienced a tremendous growth in Photo courtesy MIT news office the moon. Growth in MIT graduate en- Perkins' ongoing study of enrollmernt without comparable Eugene E. Covert PhD '58 Members of the panel include: rollment over the past decade has graduate enrollment indicates growth iiin faculty, Perkins said. "It's a great honor," Covert Richard P. Feynman '39, a Nobel exacerbated MIT's graduate that the number of graduate stu- One protblem resulting from this said. "It's a privilege to be able Prize winner and professor of housing problems, reveals a study dents has been growing at an trend is tthat some students have to help with something like this." theoretical physics at the Califor- conducted by Frank E. Perkins annual rate of about three per- difficulty finding thesis advisors, Covert. a consultant to the nia Institute of Technology; Al- 755, dean of the Graduate cent since 1974. From 1965 to he added 1980, the ratio of graduate to un- Janine M. Nell G. president of dergraduate students remained the GramAluate Student Council, roughly constant at about 0.85. said thatt some departments have Since 1980, the ratio has in- been unEable to provide enough creased to 1.08, according to funds to support the number of Perkins. graduate students enrolled. The growth in graduate enroll- The faaculty may be spending ment has outstripped the more tinme seeking funding for construction of new housing, graduate students, thereby ne- Perkins said. As a result, MIT glecting undergraduates, Perkins can provide housing to a decreas- warned. ing percentage of the graduate MIT runust make a choice "be- student body, he said. tween ccontinued unchecked In addition, enrollment growth growth i]n research volume -to is causing a growing space prob- which inncreasing graduate stu- lerm in laboratories and offices, he dent, pos,stdoctoral, and research continued. staff numnbers are tied -- and re- Some departments have exper- (Pleaise turn to page 19) llassachulsetta&"asses nevw. hazong reglulatilns By David P. Hamilton Committ(tee on Discipline (COD) Governor Michael Dukakis on where ani MIT student who had Nov. 26 signed a bill passed by been an initiated member of a the Massachusetts legislature for- fraternityy for several years was bidding the practice of hazing. the subje-ct of a hazing incident. In compliance with the new COD cchairman Elias P. Gyfto- law, the Office of the Dean for poulos Pi'hD '58 declined to com- Student Affairs (ODSA) required ment on the case until the review all students to sign a statement is compleeted early next week. UI"Housemasters showvn rades on Registration Day indicating The neow law applies to secon- that they had received a copy of dary sceli ools as well as all public By Andy Fish dent. These reports are intended least seven years, he said. The the law. and privaate universities. The law The Student Assistance solely for counseling purposes, reports were released at the re- Text of the ODSA statement would ad1dress possible hazing in- Services in the Office of the Dean asid Robert M. Randolph, asso- quest of the housernasters, Ran- * Reserve Officer Train- on hazing, page 14. cidents is for Student Affairs supplies dor.- ciate dean for student affairs. dolph said. s (ROTC) units, athletic The hazing law is "really an (Piet mitory housemasters with grade The distribution of grade re- The grade report distribution is !ase turn to page 15) reports of every dormitory resi- ports has been going on for at only a convenience to house- amplification of existing assault ,___ i - .. --- --- - ' - Ls masters - all faculty members and battery and harassment can access any student's records, laws," according to Robert A. he added. Grades are not re- Sherwood, associate dean for stu- leased to fraternities because they dent affairs. The bill explicitly do not have faculty residents, states that hazing is a crime, he How Ican MIT stem the said.deln Randolph said. ie in black Professor Judah L. Schwartz, MIT has always had its own Bexley Hall housemaster, said hazing policy for fraternities, enrollnment? Page 8. that, to his knowledge, MIT has Sherwood said. The InterFrater- no policy on what the housernas- nity Council (IFC) authored its Carlin'I'S caustic ters, can or cannot do with the own rules for internal policing, comer dy. Page 10. grade report information. he continued. + The current IFC policy deals A dormitory president who re- is more real: the quested anonymity said that in only with "pre-initiation activi- Who i r or the one case, a housemaster who ties" and does not apply to the author learned of a student's academic initiated membership of a frater- characcters? Page 13. problems informed the president, nity, he explained. MIT should and advised him that the student consider extending the hazing It's no,w even easier to Tech Photo by Sue Fatur should not be as involved in policy to all students, Sherwood graduclate from of Southern Maine house government. suggested. Stankeord. Page 17. - MIT hockey defeated University Sherwood mentioned a case re- 6-4 Wed. night. See story page 24. (Please turn to page 21) 16 I I I -- ~a ill _-- -I ~L LI ---~ ·- ·I I I ~_ cently brought before the MIT ----e--- -II jl. _~radB~PAGE 2 The Tech FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1986 A MESSAGE TO Student co-authors arsonfrom purchasing propertybill "ac- By Derek Chiou Arsonists often purchase inex- Ms.IT. pensive property and buildings quired by a city or town by for- An MIT student authored an that have been seized by a city or closure of a tax title," according anti-arson bill that was signed town for delinquent taxes, Velluc- to the text of the bill. STUDENTS into Massachusetts law last ci said. They then heavily insure The act will also enhance tax month as part of an Undergrad- the buildings and later burn them revenues because it forbids tax REGARDING NOMINATIONS uate Research Opportunities Pro- down to collect the insurance, he delinquents, even those with no I gram (UROP) project. said. record of arson or arson-related FOR THE COOP Kenneth Sparks '86 authored prop- developers some- crimes, to buy government the bill, designed to reduce ar- Real estate Such delin- to clear out erty, Vellucci said. BOARD OF DIRECTORS sonists' profits, for State Rep. times commit arson must pay their back taxes tenants with long leases in order quents Peter A. Vellucci. Governor Mi- before the state will allow them to re-deyelop the area into a chael Dukakis signed it into law to purchase the cheap real estate, on Jan. 10. more expensive one, Vellucci con- maximize their profit, he added. The bill, one of six Sparks tinued. To "The MIT campus is in my dis- If you, as a Coop member and a degree the arsonists often do not pay wrote for Vellucci, prevents peo- trict and my legislative assistant candidate at M.I.T., are interested in serving as arson- taxes on the property, he said. ple convicted of arson or bill, Chapter 803, Clifford Truesdell was formerly a buying tax- The ratified a Student Director of the Harvard Coopera- related crimes from "An Act Establishing a UROP assistant director. We got bill is titled foreclosed property. The System for the in touch with UROP, and they tive Society for the next academic year and same restrictions to Disqualification applies the Sale of Certain City and Town found and then helped fund Ken student, contact tax delinquents. Sparks," Vellucci said. you are an undergraduate .Properties." It cuts down the Co-Chairperson of the M.I.T. UA Sparks, a chemistry major who by eliminating Sparks started the package of LuLu Tsao, law school, con- profits of arsonists plans to attend one of their major means of ac- four anti-arson bills during the Nominations Committee in Room W20-401, the research and ducted part of quiring cheap property. first semester of his sophomore writing of four anti-arson bills year in a UROP which was fund-, Office Phone Number 253-2696. If you are a for Vellucci during a UROP in The bill prevents anyone who ed by a Class of 1972 award. He graduate student, contact Anne St. Onge in 1983. Professor Deborah A. has been convicted of "willful researched the background mate- Student Council Office, be- Stone PhD '76 of the Depart- and malicious setting of a fire or rial for the bills by surveying lit- the Graduate ment of Political Science super- of a crime involving the aiding, erature on arson, including exist- tween the hours of 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Office vised the work. Sparks later fin- counseling or procuring of a will- ing laws of Massachusetts and Phone Number 253-2195. (Completed applica- ished the bills and wrote two ful and malicious setting of a other states, and familiarizing others as Vellucci's employee. fire, or of a crime involving the himself with the terminology nec- tions must be submitted by 5 PM, Friday, Feb- Vellucci decided to take legisla- fraudulent filing of a claim for essary to write a bill. ruary 14, 1986.) tive action on arson because of its fire insurance; or [who] is delin- Sparks finished the bills as an destructive impact. Sparks esti- quent in the payment of real es- employee of Vellucci. He also The Coop's Board of Directors has a total of mated that hundreds of millions tate taxes to the city or town in authored two lie-detector bills for of dollars have been lost in taxes, which the property is being sold" the representative. Most of the 23 members, 11 of which are students from 9 insurance money, and personal property to arsonists. bills were completed in 1984, and M.I.T. and Harvard, 11 are members of the fac- all were filed in 1985. ulty and staff or alumni of M.I.T. and Harvard, Sparks spent five to 15 hours a r week on his project during his plus the President of the Society. The Board semester of UROP and continued oversees the operation of the Coop and sets at four to five hours a week after- wards. He worked independently policy for the Coop's operation. The Board on the whole, carrying out his meets monthly during the academic year. research at MIT and State House libraries and writing the bills himself. Of the five bills that have not been passed, Vellucci will refile HARVARD COOPERATIVE three. Two others, however, were SOCIETY dropped because their goals al- ready had been or will be accom- plished, Sparks said. II _ --- i A UNIQUE EVENT IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
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Tech photo by Kim Kellogg Ken Sparks '86, co-author of new arson law F A Year of Comparative Study and World Travel
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Philippines election today DEiplomatic expuaolsions continue ^ , O The Philippines election is finally over, leaving only the The Soviet Union ordered four French diplomats to counting of 26 million Filipino ballots to determine the leave Moscow in retaliation for the exnlllsioln oSf follr So- ,_,,, _ % yz me x%.,a A.L1C_ V11 *V- LLL%;; -F6 WAP -1AVi VULH 3V- result of an intense, 2-month long, presidential campaign. viets from France earlier in the week. Meanwhile, Italy Kennedy goes to Moscow President Ferdinand Marcos held a mass rally in Manila expelled a Soviet diplomat and an Aeroflot official on Senator Edward Kennedy completed a three-day visit to yesterday while full page ads in newspapers advertised Wednesday, accusing them of espionage. The nature of the Soviet Union yesterday. On Tuesday, he met with for- large discounts at government food markets. The influen- the espionage was not revealed, but a government offical eign minister Eduard Shevakdnadze. Later, Kennedy is- tial Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal Sin, issued an confirmed that there was evidence of specific activities. sued a call for US-Soviet scientific cooperation to end the unusually strong endorsement of his opponent, Corazon (New York Times) threat of nuclear war. Speaking to a group of Soviet sci- Aquino. Eighty-four percent of the Filipino population is entists, he declared that improved relations between the Roman Catholic. (New York Times) superpowers make it possible to envision an arms control Duvalier seeks asylum in Europe President Jean-Claude Duvalier, the agreement. Kennedy spoke yesterday with Soviet leader Haitian dictator, has requested political asylum in Switzerland, Greece and Mikhail Gorbachev, who expressed his condolences Israel forces down Libyan jet over Spain, government representatives said Wednesday. All the shuttle disaster. The two also discussed arms control. Israeli fighters intercepted a Libyan executive jet on three nations rejected his requests. There were also (AP) Tuesday. Israeli planes encountered the jet near Cyprus uncon- and forced it to land in northern Israel, believing that firmed reports that Duvalier had sought asylum in Italy Palestinian terrorists were on board. The plane was actu- and Argentina, but there was no indication that he had ally carrying seven Syrian government officials and two actually left Haiti. Stores in the Haitian capital of Port- Allies discuss arms proposals Lebanese militia officers. After holding the passengers for au-Prince were open Wednesday for the first time in days. Two US arms control experts have been sent to Asia seven hours, the Israelis allowed the three-person crew (New York Times/AP) and Western Europe to talk with leaders there about the and the passengers to continue on to Damascus. While latest Soviet proposal on reducing nuclear arsenals. Presi- deploring the Israeli action, the US vetoed a United Na- dent Reagan wishes to respond to the suggestions next tions Security Council resolution which would have con- week. (AP) demned it. (AP) Guatemala abolishes secret police A secret police unit accused of human rights violations in Guatemala has been abolished in what the country's Palestinians threaten airlines new president calls "Operation Surprise." The new civilian US observers oversee elections Hardline Palestinian groups headquartered in Libya re- leader reported the unit's 600 officers have been taken into US Senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) said Philippine offi- sponded to the action by saying that people using US and custody. (AP) cials had changed their minds, and would allow his 20- Israeli airlines do so at their own risk. The Syrian foreign member team of obervers to watch the ballot-casting. minister accused the United States of sharing guilt in the Once balloting started, however, some neutral poll-watch- interception because it sold Israel the fighters. (AP) ers were banished from voting centers. Voting is manda- Oil prices plummet tory in the Philippines, but mounting indications of trou- Paris hit by bombings The price of the best-known grade of US crude oil, ble have accompaned reports of heavy turnouts in several Police are toughening security in Paris following a West Texas Intermediate, fell from $17.36 per gallon areas. When some polls opened late, observers reported bombing at a crowded shopping area last night. This Monday to $15.44 a barrel Tuesday, the lowest level in shootings and other violence. In one province voting bombing was the third blast in three nights. No one has eight years. Prices stabilized slightly on Wednesday, re- stopped abruptly for an hour when unidentified men claimed responsibility for the explosion, which injured turning to $16, then edged up further on Thursday. On seized seven ballot boxes, a pollwatcher said. But the head nine people, six seriously. Police. have reportedly connect- Thursday three major oil companies, Exxon, Shell and of a pollwatching group says there was "not much ram- ed the bombings to efforts to free four Frenchmen who Texaco, trimmed the price they would pay for oil by near- pant cheating." (,lP) have been declared missing in Lebanon. (AP) ly 2 dollars per barrel. (AP)
---- r--- r bp L - b - C--- I9PLY-· -- s -Ym ----llB Y·1 61 __1_S President challenges Congress Hormel strikers meet management _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~4In his state of the Union address Tuesday evening, Rea- Leaders of striking Hormel meatpackers met Wednes- gan called for far-reaching reforms in the welfare system. day with company negotiators to discuss ending the strike He called for deficit reduction without tax hikes, and de- as replacement workers filed past the National Guard. clared his military buildup off limits to budget cutters. The meeting was the first between the two sides in over $1 trillion budget submitted three weeks. The National President Reagan sent Congress a $994 billion Reagan also reaffirmed US commitment to the space pro- Guard was called out on Mon- federal day to maintain order in the budget gram. He announced a new project he called Orient Ex- five-and-a-half month strike. on Wednesday. He claimed it would help eliminate press - a spaceplane that could take off from convention- Twenty-five striking workers were arrested after demon- the deficit by 1991, permit further increases in military al airports, reach low earth orbit, and land anywhere in strating in front of the plant yesterday. (AP) spending, and avoid the need for new taxes. It encoun- the world in under two hours. The United Kingdom com- tered bipartisan opposition in Congress, with many mem- mitted $4 million to a similar project, called HOTOL bers calling for restraints on military spending as well as new taxes. The new Gramm-RudmanHollings law re- (HOrizontal Take-Off and Landing). (Boston Globe) quires a $144 billion reduction in the deficit for 1987. Oscar nominations out (Boston Globe) Out of Africa and The Color Purple were each nomi- nated for 11 Academy Awards, including best picture. Dow Jones tops 1600 Dartmouth orders shacks removed Other best picture nominees included Prizzi's Honor, Kiss History was made on Wall Street yesterday, as the Dow Dartmouth College president David McLaughlin said of the Spider Woman, and Witness. Jones industrial average closed above the 1600-mark for on Tuesday that shacks built on the campus as a symbolic Geraldine Page, Whoopi Goldberg, Meryl Streep, Anne the first time. A 7.5 point gain put the average at 1600.69. protest against apartheid must be removed by the week- Bancroft and Jessia Lange were nominated for best ac- Some analysts think the market's strength is a carryover end. The college has said it will consider divesting $63 tress. Best actor finalists are James Garner, Harrison from its solid performance all week, based on good eco- million of South African holdings if changes in apartheid Ford, Jon Voight, Jack Nicholson and William Hurt. The nomic forecasts. (AP) are not forthcoming in 1986. (AP) winners will be announced March 24. (AP)
S. _eeS All-Star basketball game Sunday Dukakis holds troops back The world's best go at it Sunday afternoon in the NBA's Governer Michael Dukakis banned the state's national midseason classic. K.C. Jones' Eastern Conference team guard from going on maneuvers in Honduras. Dukakis fields three Celtics players - Larry claims it would be a step toward sending US troops to Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale. fight in Central America. (AP) The Western Conferences features also three starters from the World Champion Los Angeles New jail in the works Lakers - Kareemr Abdul-Jabbar, Earvin "Magic" John- Agreement has been reached on a plan to build a new son, and James Worthy.(Boston Globe) Suffolk County Jail in Boston. State Senate President The league-leading Boston Celtics have now won 13 William Bulger yesterday said the state, the city and the straight games. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) were all parties to the agreement. The $43 million, 435-bed jail is to be constructed on vacant land behind Boston Garden that is now owned by the hospital. In return, MGH has first op- International soccer tourney kicks off tion to buy the Charles Street Jail site, which adjoins the Six American nations are competing in a Florida soccer I hospital. (AP) tournament this week as part of the run-up to the World Cupchampionship this summer. Canada lost 3-1 to Uru- guay in the opening match of the tournament, so tonight's game between the United States and heavily favoured Central Square arson suspected Uruguay will settle the outcome of the three-nation Two 12-year-old boys have been arrested in connection group. The winner will play in Sunday's final against the with a five-alarm fire in Central Square which caused an winner of the Paraguay-Colombia-Jamaica division. Can- estimated $125,000 damage, Cambridge police said. The ada, Paraguay and Uruguary are among 24 finalists in the youths, charged with juvenile delinquency by reason of 1986 World Cup to be held in Mexico in June. Canada arson, were allegedly seen carrying kerosene from the and Paraguay played to a 0-0 draw in a friendly match scene of the fire. The blaze damaged a store, a hair salon played in Vancouver last week. (Globe and Mail) and a two-family dwelling, but no major injuries were re- ported. (AP) Compiled by Julian West MMB PAGE 4 The Tech FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1986 -~~r~cl-s~~·lllil~~~~9lsllpll~~~q~eQ·PII~~~BOIBI~~B~~$I ~~cls-~~~
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eColumn/Daniel Pugh Free competition should rule The major oil-producing coun- oline currently being sold was prices is not an accident. The tries of the world are seeking bought in December, when prices profit margin grows every day the ways to restrain sliding oil prices. were higher. But the fluctuations cost of buying gasoline falls Since Nov. 21, 1985, oil prices in prices from October 1985 until rapidly and the price of selling it have fallen from $31.72 a barrel the present should have been seen remains the same or falls only to a low of $15.35 a barrel on by the end of 1985 at the latest. slightly. An extra day of artificial Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1986. Instead, prices rose continually price support could mean mil- This decline in oil prices has throughout the year and are only lions of dollars to an oil been the result of overproduction now beginning to fall slightly. If company. by the Organization of Petroleum gasoline ever drops below $1 a Most upsetting of all is that Exporting Countries. OPEC gallon, as some have optimistical- many advisors and analysts have alone is producing over 18 mil- ly predicted, it probably will not encouraged OPEC and the other lion barrels of oil a day. World oil occur for several more months. oil producers to limit production. demand is only 15.5 million bar- Oil companies and oil-produc- That way, stockpiles can be de- rels a day. Oil-producing coun- ing countries are all making a pleted and the prices can be tries not aligned with OPEC, killing at the expense of the cus- jacked up even further. The only such as Mexico, Great Britain tomers. It costs a Middle East oil known justification for this ad- and Norway, have stepped up producer between $1 and $4 to vice is the possibility of economic their own production to keep up bring a barrel of crude oil out of instability which may result from with the OPEC increase. the ground. Even with prices continued high production levels As crude oil stockpiles rise and falling, that barrel is selling for and falling prices. prices drop, the cost of refined about $16, a profit margin of $12 It is time to stop worrying petroleum products also drops. to $15. Multiply that figure by 18 about a few rich petroleum ex- The wholesale price of heating oil million barrels per day and it be- porting countries or oil compan- has fallen from 87 cents a gallon comes clear that OPEC has a ies losing a little money. The cus- in November of 1985 to under 46 good racket going. tomer is getting screwed out of cents a gallon. Leaded and un- The oil companies can buy re- lower gasoline prices by interna- leaded gasoline prices have de- fined gasoline for less than 50 tional price fixing and attempted clined from their November high cents a gallon. They sell it for production control. Even if the of 80 cents a gallon to this weeks over a dollar a gallon - a 100% entire racket were to collapse, we price of about 48 cents a gallon. profit margin for being nothing would be better off than if we Prices have not been this low more than a middle man. Again, continue to pay tribute to these since before the-Iranian revolu- the customer pays for these un- Middle East extortionists. tion in 1979. Yet the price of gas conscionable profits. Federal stockpiles which were at the pumps has not fallen ac- The lag times between falling begun to defend against possible Column/Elliot Marx cordingly. Some of the retail gas- wholesale prices and falling retail oil embargoes will not help the matter any, either. If this tremen- dous overproduction continues, the stockpiles will only expand Hindsight is not ~~~ a until it becomes clear that gov- ernment stockpiling in this coun- poss try must stop. Even worse, the ble wtit! S D Volume 106, Number 2 Friday, February 7, 1986 government may need to sell I was bored and restless. more concerned with SDI's po- some of the oil. But since Rummaging around my house, tential Chairman ...... Ronald E. Becker '87 the pe- applications. People can troleum in those holdings was I found an old stool with a lens destroy weapons with SDI, but Editor in Chief ...... Harold A Stern '87 in the middle Managing purchased long ago at much of the seat. I took they might also destroy innocent Editor ...... Eric N. Starkman '87 it outside with me. But I remem- Business Manager ...... higher prices, it would have to be civilians, buildings, bridges, and Michael J. Kardos '86 sold at those inflated prices bered a warning: "Do not leave Executive Editor...... Thomas T. Huang '86 to entire ecosysterns. avoid huge losses, further extend- this stool in direct sunlight." The I was careless with my lens. ing the lens wasn't melting, and I News Editors ...... Katherine T. Schwarz artificially high prices. But when I realized that my '86 couldn't imagine David P. Hamilton '88 Consumers should be the bene- anything else weapon was dangerous, I was Ben Z. Stanger '88 factors of the current overpro- that could go wrong. "Why able to take it away from my Opinion Editors ...... Edward E. Whang '87 duction, not the oil companies. not?" I thought. friend. Mathews M. Cherian '88 William Brunet, an analyst with The light focused on a very Unfortunately, if we deploy Night Editors ...... Robert E. Malchman '85 Advest Inc. in Hartford, said, small area. I tilted the lens to see SDI, we cannot use such hind- Mark W. Eichin '88 "Those oil companies are going if I could focus it into an even sight. Once someone uses SDI of- Mark Kantrowitz '88 to make profits on either the smaller point. The intensity of fensively, m Arts Editors ...... Jonathan Richmond it is no longer G downstream or the upstream side the sunlight surprised me. I put a Corrado "harmless." E Giambalvo '86 leaf under the lens. It burned of the business." It is unfortunate Because r Photography Editor ...... Stephen P. of the potential for of- 6a Berczuk '87 within seconds. Advertising Manager ...... C raig Jungwirth '88 that consumers have been condi- fensive applications, we scientists Contributing tioned to believe I saw a little ant crawling by. Editors ...... V . Michael Bove G it is impossible should take a firm political stand L Bill Coderre for prices ever to come down. "Let's zap it alive!" I was aston- '85 on this issue. We can begin by E Simson L. Garfinkel '86 Otherwise, there would be much ished at the success of my new writing letters to the MIT Corpo- Carl weapon; A. LaCombe '86 more said about the problem of I felt so omnipotent. ration, the state government, or Sidhu Banerjee '87 price fixing. The next day, I invited my Congress. If these measures are Andrew S. Gerber '87 The inflated production in oil friend over. He got carried away Michael J. Garrison inadequate, we must have a po- '88 producing countries should with the lens too, zapping every Senior Editors ...... Ellen L. Spero '86 con- litical forum similar to the tinue cricket in sight. With the death Steven Wheatman '86 until stopped by natural Apartheid Colloquium to give of each Production Manager ...... Robert E. IMalchman '85 market forces. The solution is victim, he laughed, and I students a chance to speak up. nervously joined Indexing Project Representative ...... Carl A. LaCombe '86 not to try to legislate the safe de- him. We can no longer do the dirty I lost e cline from this spiral. Only natu- all my trust in him. 1 work and deny responsibility for never let ral selection can solve the prob- him use my weapon the SDI technology we provide. NEWS STAFF lems which have given rise to this again. t Associate If we blissfully remain silent and News Editor: Earl C. Yen '88; Staff: Joseph J. Kilian trend. More tampering with the G, Lauren F. Seeley '86, Donald Yee '87, Charles R. hope that things work out, somne- Jankowski market will only perpetuate the If I were doing '88, Robie Silbergleit '88, Dorit S. Brenner '89, Derek T. Chiou research on the day we may no longer be alive to fragility of the petroleum indus- '89, Mary Condello '89, Andrew L. Fish '89, Jeffrey C. Gealow Strategic Defense Initiative here, speak up. try, to the '89, David C. Jedlinsky '89, Alison C. Morgan '89, Stephen S. financial detriment of I would probably be eager and An eerie silence, indeed. e Pao '89, Irene E. Skricki '89, Sally Vanerian '89, Donald Varona the consumer. curious, too. But I would be ·I '89, Anuradha Vedantham '89, Anh Thu Vo '89, Suzanne J. I~a~ I'_~ _ -- 1% Sandor W '88; W41ei~Ue~ 4tW ce~r OPINION STAFF I .: Columnists: Scott Saleska '86, Randy Hertzman '88, Marc F,_ McDowell '88, Daniel W. Pugh '88, Alan Szarawarski '88, Elliot r- Marx '89. r- F E PRODUCTION STAFF i Associate Night Editors: Halvard K. Birkeland '89, Ezra Peisach '89; TEN Director: Mark Kantrowitz '88; Staff: Amy S. Gorin F. '84, Shari A. Berkenblit '88, Joyce Ma '89, David Waldes '89, Jane F. Huber W '87, A. Katrin Powell W '88.
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Mlake your views known to M IT To the Editor: following question. When your But MIT is now charging more I was shocked to learn from alma mater calls you up in the tuition than most adults earn in a the Feb. 4 issue of The Tech evening asking for a contribu- year, while Morgan is denied ten- ["UA urges tenure review"] that tion, why should you make one? ure. Words will fall on deaf ears, Frank E. Morgan '74 had been Certainly because you believe perhaps, in an institution whose denied tenure at MIT. Few cur- that gifts are necessary if a nerve center is in its wallet. Write rent or recent undergraduates at school is to offer an education MIT a letter today, as I am MIT can be unaware of his great which costs more than it charges doing, explaining what kind of a contribution to mathematics edu- in tuition; because you believe school you would think worthy cation and to life at MIT; I won't you were the beneficiary of such of your money. That kind of mes- try to improve on your coverage an arrangement, and you want to sage might register. of them. pay the school back by paying Miller Puckette '80 As a onetime taker of a gradu- the difference for some later ate course from him, I not only student. learned of his excellence in teach- ing but that he is also an active and capable researcher. The work Student vievUS on of his which I have seen has cer- tainly been up to the standard of quality I would want to see in a military are needed tenured professor at MIT. This is To the Editor: undergraduate and graduate stu- no faint praise; MIT is generally The ad hoc faculty committee dents on these questions be agreed to have the best math- to study the impact of the mili- known in as comprehensive a way ematics department in the tary on the MIT educational envi- as possible. country. ronment distributed a question- Questionares are available in After Morgan has taken the naire at Registration. Not enough the UA office at the Student Cen- time to prepare his excellent lec- students got it or were able to fill ter, W20-401. We urge students tures and organize the impressive it out at that time; we are seeking to get a questionaire and com- Institute Colloquium Committee, more responses. plete it. Their response will be I doubt that he has twelve hours The committee is examining, helpful even if they choose to left in a day for writing research among other things, the effects of omit some questions. Of course, papers. I suspect that other ju- funds received by MIT or by all responses are anonymous and nior professors, less interested in MIT students from military will be kept confidential. Once students, have simply written pa- sources on the education of our they have filled them out, stu- pers in higher quantities. students. Some particular issues dents can leave the questionaires When Gene M. Brown became are restrictions on publication, at the UA office or return them dean of science we heard that restriction of foreign students' ac- via interdepartmental mail to education was now to take a high cess to research projects, restric- Carl Kaysen, E51-110. Thank priority in the school. The deci- tion of ROTC students' choice of you for your help. sion to deny Morgan tenure major, and changes in the direc- Carl Kaysen shows that this has not happened tion of research which may be Chairman, Ad Hoc Faculty Com- yet. attributable to military funding. mittee on MIT's Military Now then, fellow products of We feel that it is especially im- Involvement an MIT education; consider the portant that the views of both L_I_ __I L i MM PAGE 6 The Tech FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1986 e~ ~ Islsllslllsl- -- - X~~~~~~~~~~~ II j
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A Dane's Personai Journey through the American Underclass Teac nn not a primor ty at I I . ---- no I_* "Ulterlystunning... "Amencan Pictures is show tnhat will To the Editor: In the end, this is what I left give tenure to the best teacner, powerful and disturbing" haunt you fordays. AllAmericans should -S.F. Chromicle seeit, everyonewhe cares about the My experience at MIT has 18.011 with: evidence that there not necessarily the researcher conditions Of America" been both one of intense enrich- existed at least one person suffi- with the most publications. "The USA has never been so intimately - The Chicago Reader described in all its explosive contradictions" ment and learning, and also one ciently convinced of the impor- 1 agree that this is a question -VCerSpiegel, Germanyrb "A powerful emotional experience." -L.A. rimes of severe disappointment and tance of a true undergraduate of values and priorities. I happen frustration. I will discuss both education at MIT. I think this is to be one who cares deeply about here in the context of someone I what many of my classmates left learning. But, I also accept the met and got to know during my with as well. contrary view seemingly ex- TUESDAY freshman year, Professor Frank Professor Morgan will no long- pressed by the math department, FEBRUARY I 1 z E. Morgan '74. er be teaching introductory math for MIT to house the best mathe- 1 began at MIT not knowing courses, or anything else for that maticians in the world. If they 5:.30- 10:00 pm whom I could really trust. My matter, at MIT after next year. truly believe this, then they must with intermission advisor had too many of us to He will no longer be seen running come out and state it without any I lend the support each of us gallantly up the steps at 77 Mass. ambiguities. And, at that and refreshments m needed. Many of my professors Ave., sometimes stopping to say juncture, they must then allow were telling me so many technical "Hi" to someone he recognizes. the MIT community to voice ROOM 26-100 a facts so fast I did not know how He will no longer be seen eating their opinions, and subsequently 9 to stop them in the middle of it lunch on the lawns of Killian come to a decision. 77 Mass. Ave. all and ask, "Why is this impor- Court on beautiful "spring-full" Finally, I believe that MIT can w tant to me?" I was left cold by afternoons, while feeding the be the home for the best teachers their ramblings and inability to squirrels nearby. He will nobfbng- and the best researchers mankind FREE ADM ISS ION E teach and enrich in a way that er be talking to his students can offer. I will only regret to see would make me understand why about soap bubbles, or the im- such a deeply committed individ- e they were fascinated with the ma- portance of Athena, or about E ual as Professor Morgan not be it multi-medi· show sponsored by the Oftice or Ihe Dean of Student Atfairs, terial they were presenting. learning strategies, He will no given the chance to continue gen- ozrfcOrof lUsri Eduj tia.. Of*co of&bit Provost. office or Lbo Ptesidoa Morgan was the only professor longer be retelling childhood Equal Opportunity Officer. Orrice or the Dean of the School or Humanities r erating excitement in students' .nd Soci-l Scirnces, BIget fistory Month Commitbee, and age Nuager r I had that term who "taught;" no memories in class. And I ask . . . minds as he so exquisitely did in Action Group one else came close. Everyone why? mine. else merely recited. Morgan made Morgan will no longer be in e Marino D. Tavarez '87 things make sense somehow. He charge of heading the Institute phrased his thoughts just right. Colloquium Committee which L · - - - - B He had a goal, I felt. He wasn't was responsible for alleviating rmC concerned in presenting the mate- some of the social unawareness, rial faster or in a more economi- or perhaps the ignorance of too cal manner than his colleagues many brilliant minds at MIT. He - l ~lII I ----- Y -~-~__ --- L- I i- ge had in the past. Rather, he was will no longer be found guilty of 9!RIE interested in making certain that getting the MIT freshman out of ave 20-56°h on dorm bedding EF we were learning not only as a his shell, and into an environa- Ia class, but also as individual ment of trust and support that ~~~~~~lr~~~~-- --d~~~~~~~~~---~~~~~---~~~~~~~~~~C~~~~I~~~L~~~OL~~~~LC ---4 ~~~~~~~~~~~1 ~~~~sPI~~~~~I~~~ m n students. allows for true learning and en- Morgan went further than as- richment. Never again will some- suring us an educational exper- one accuse him of wasting his ience. He made it fun. He didn't time learning students' names, on e make the material tiring and the grounds that it doesn't matter bothersome, but he made it jump who it is that responds to ques- out of his lecture notes-right into tions in recitation, as long as, of oUr imaginations, allowing it to course, the correct answer is become important not only in his spoken. And I ask . . . why? mind, but in ours as well. Is this Thus, I am disappointed and not what true learning is all frustrated. I am disappointed about? Is this not what a hungry that the math department did not student craves? grant him tenure. I am frustrated Above all, Morgan was because I think I know why. I be- uniquely concerned with us. He lieve teaching has never been tore down, on the very first day MIT's priority, and with an open of class, walls of indifference sec- mind I question why the empha- onds after we had put them up. sis is placed on research. My He gave of himself, of his knowl- opinion is that as long as there edge, of his apartment, and, I exists an undergraduate program further suspect of his time origin- at MIT, the emphasis should be ally devoted for research, for stu- put where it needs to be: on dents. He valued the importance teaching. Having decided this on or having a unique relationship an administrative level, MIT then with those he sought to has the responsibility to me, and enlightn. to the community, to hire and
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In 1985, the number of appli- through letter writing and re- students. I ji cations from black students re- cruitment at schools near their I I mained low. "The pool of black homes. I I I* applicants was not as good [in The Admissions Office is also *· AT,TENTION 0 o 0 1985] as it has been in past trying to bolster minority enroll- I I years," Behnke said. As a result ment by using the Student Search !MITSENIORS & GRADUATE STUDENTS * * 0 of this decrease in the quality of Service to locate more potential Do you enjoy working with people? the applicant pool, fewer offers applicants, Behnke said. By fol- - __ Are you good at solving problems? Become a SHARE THE GRADUATE RESIDENT
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