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umber 56 Cambridge, Massachusett 02139 Tuesday, ovember 5, 1996 MIT Apathy Prevails This Political Season By Zareena Hussain took a different view as to why voter STAFF REPORTER interest has been so low. "I think In preparation for today's interest i low because people know national and local elections, several there's no significant difference student groups have been campaign- between Tweedlebill and ing,"registering voters, and distribut- Tweedlebob. One makes an empty ing campaign literature. tax cut promise and the other passes The emphasis for these groups on that formality." this election season has been less on President Charles M. Vest voting for a'specific person or party offered his views on election issues and more on encouraging students and voting, although he would not to make an educated decision and say who he was voting for in any vote. races. But in spite of this year's impor- "As citizens, we s'hould each tant elections - both national and vote for those candidates which we

local - the overall presence of believe present the best plan for a ADRIANE CHAPMAN-THE TECH • political activity on campus has strong future," Vest said. "In assess- Young E. Kim '98, playing Valentine in the Shakespeare Ensemble's production of Two Gentlemen been relatively low. ing candidates, I would look for a of Verona, threatens to'klll Proteus, played by Fernando L..Padilla '99. "We haven't done much on cam- pus due to lack of manpower and Elections, Page 17 lack of funding to attract member- ship. We had 'a poor turnout at our only" general meeting this year," said William R. Schneider '98, CEO Will Be Revived MIT College Republicans secretary. BenjaminM. Another stumbling block for the Republicans has been President For Fall Term 1997 Clinton's commanding lead in the polls: By Venkatesh Satlsh cult [to put the guide together] HammondG "Dote is hard to support given CONTRIBUTING EDITOR because the positions will all be that he has such a slim chance of After experiencing some trouble paid, and the work will take place Benjamin M. Hammond G, a third-year graduate student in the winning the election," Schneider over the past year, the Course during" Independent Activities joint Harvard-MIT Div'sion of Health Sciences and Technology pro- said. Evaluation Guide is being revived Period, Lee said. gram, died on last Monday in his Boston home. He was 29. Voter interest pas been low as this semester so that reviews of this Three students have already It is clear that Hammond died of a heart attack, said Robert M. well. term's classes will be ready for fall agreed to take on"the job of editing. Randolph, senior associate dean for student affairs. "We are trying to combat the 1997. Each one will be paid a stipend of "It all happened very suddenly and unexpectedly," said apathy," said Monisha M. Merchant Last semester, the CEG did not $1,000 to work through lAP, Lee .Hammond's academic adviser Kenneth . Stevens ScD '52, profes- '99, co-president of the MIT collect course evaluation data, so said. sor of electrical engineering and computer science. Hammond "was College Democrats. "The average there will not be a guide to help stu- very bright, popular, very good academically and also in his citizen doesn't see how [the"elec- dents choose classes for spring Guide requires a lot of work research," Stevens said. tion] affects their day-to-day lives." 1997. One of the problems the guide Born in Milwaukee, Hammond graduated from Harvard Another reason for voter apathy In order to ensure that the guide encountered in receI}t years is that University in 1989 and worked for Kierkegaard and Associates, an has been the emphasis on local elec- would continue, leaders of the CEG, "it became a burden on students, acoustics consulting firm based in Chicago, for five years before tions as a result of the seemingly a committee of the Undergraduate and the faculty weren't being coop- entering graduate school. • inevitable victory for Clinton. Association, met with administra- erative," said Federico Bernal '97, At a memorial service held last Friday, family members and Most students at MIT are regis- tors last term" to discuss the prob- former editor in chief of the CEG. friends reminisced and remembered Hammond as an active contribu- tered elsewhere and therefore will lems with putting out the guide. "The most time-consuming work tor to the community. not vote in local elections, said As a result, two teams that will would have been near the end of the Hammond was an active member of the speech and hearing divi- Steve V. Jens '97, chairman of the look into short-term and long-term semester, when the school work sion o(HST, where he organized speakers for various events the College Republicans. solutions were formed, and classes kicks in," Bernal said. department held, and did much of his research at the Massachusetts "I like Dole, but Dole's going to will definitely be evaluated this fall, This burden will no longer be as Eye and Ear Infirmary through the HST program. lose. He'll be crushed in said U A President Richard Y. Lee much of a problem becaust: there A musician and a songwriter, Hammond was under contract with Massachusetts," Jens said. '97. a record label in New York City and served as a teaching assistant in Libertarian Scott D. Schneider '00 "I don't think it will be that diffi- CEG, Page 11 an acoustics class. In addition, he helped to design the new Seiji Ozawa Hall in Tanglewood. "He was an outstanding student," Randolph said. "In fact, his department is considering renaming [a] lab in honor of Hammond." Hammond had battled heart problems ever since he was a child. He is survived by his parents, Michael P. and Anne L. Hammond, '. and a brother, Thomas M. Hammond of Bedford Hills, ew York. A funeral Mass was held ye terday in ew York. Hammond's burial will take place in Bedford Hills.

Dean's Office Hosts ' Student Meetings INSIDE Today at 6 p.m. there will be an open hou e ho ted by • Entrepreneurs pre- the Dean's Office on the first pare for this year's $50K floor of the ReI igious Activities Center.' The meet- competition. Page 6 ing is an opportunity for stu- dent to meet deans from the • APO revives Spring Dean's Office, a k them Carnival to bring groups questions, and share their concern about the In titute. together. Page 9 There will be a second meeting on Thur day at 5 p.m. • Chairman of the in the Religious Activitie Corporation Paul E. RITA H. UN-THE TE 11 Center for tho e interested in Gray reflects on MIT's The" acclaimed Boston Saxophone Quartet performed last Thursday as part of the MIT Chapel serving on the De.an' s Office's Concert series. . student advisory council. endowment. Page 25 , t.'.

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THE WASHI GTO POST WASH I GTO Carn aign On'the Road For the econd time in three day , aU. . F-16 jet fighter fired a mi ile at an Iraqi air de~ n e site Monday after the ite' radar appeared to be targeting the jet, the Pentagon aid. Clinton Camp igns Despite the Strain, Reacting cautiou Iy, Defen e ecretary William 1. Perry expre ed orne uncertainty about whether the jet really wa threatened, acknowl- edging the po sibility it detection equipment may have given a fal e Heavily Throughout Dole Presses Ahead reading. The Pentagon ha been unable to ub tantiate a aturday report by another F-16 pilot that radar trom an Iraqi anti-aircraft battery had tracked hi plane, prompting him to hoot ami ile as well. ew England During Through Last Day The Iraqi government ha in i ted it gunner have not been aim- ing at U.. aircraft, which are enforcing a five-year-old ban on Jraqi military flight over outhem Iraq. Baghdad' Foreign (ini try Last Campaign Day Of Campaign Tour i ued a tatement yesterday labeling the U.. report of threatening action "ba ele "and accu ing the U.. government of fabricating the By John F. Harris By Blaine Harden account a "a mean of election propaganda, m rlcan tyle." THE WASHINGTON POST THE WASHI GTON POST Perry aid he had no word yet on the damage, if any, cau ed by LEX I GTO , KY. ALAMOGORDO, .M. the U .. mi ile fired aturday and onday, adding that both Bill Clinton Monday raced through the last of hun- With his campaign drawing to a fitful close and his 41 epi odes remain under inve tigation. dred of day he ha spent in a lifetime running for pre - voice eroding into an exhausted croak, Bob Dole ident, touching downjn five states to offer a rapid-fire pressed on into his fourth near-sleepless day of skitter- -recitation of hi rea ons for re-election. ing around America, trying to revive his electoral for- California Judge Lets Fraud Suit On the final day of the 1996 campaign Clinton tunes by ceaseless movement and force of will. turned at time, toward history, comparing his mission to The Republican nominee 'kept himself going by Against Tobacco Firms Go Forward that of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, and drinking "Throat Coat" medicinal tea, by making excep- LOS A GELES TIMES a serting: "At every point of great change in the history tionally short speeches and by trumpeting bits of good A uperior Court judge in California ha permitted a ma sive of this nation, someone has to step up and say, we're news, such as one aberrant weekend poll that found the fraud uit again t the major tobacco companies and the Council for going to meet this challenge and we're going to go for- election too close to call. . Tobacco Research to go forward. ward toge er, and when we do, we will be living closer The point of his grueling "96-hour non-stop victory Judge Robert E. May late la t week rejected arguments from the to our ideals." tour," Dole said, was to prove to voters "that we are defendant that the ca e hould be thrown out of court. However, the At other times he tumed toward sarcasm, mocking dedicated, that we ca e i . not expected to go to trial until early 1998. Republican Robert 1. Dole for two weeks ago saying the are committed. It is "Thi wa a big win," said Patrick J. Coughlin, attorney for the nation has it worst economy in 100 years, and last not a game." plaintiff. "This case could be huge; all we have to do is prove they week saying .it was the worst in 20 years. "He made a The commitment Thepoint of his said one thing and did something else." great speech for my re-election the other day," Clinton has shown through. The suit alleges that the tobacco indu try deceived the public chortled, adding, "Who else do you know who could For in stanGe, a grueling "96-hour starting a early as 1954 when it announced the creation of an inde- make up 80 years in two weeks?" smallish but high- non-stop victory pendent research council to investigate the alleged danger of smok- . And at times the varied messages on this kaleido- spirited crowd ing. The indu try also vowed to disclose the council's finding. scopic day were downright contradictory. In Bangor, turned up to applaud tour" was toprove The council' creation, made in the wake of media coverage of Maine, very early Monday morning he said he ran for Dole in early morn- scientific studies that cigarette tar condensate caused fatal tumor in president because he was tired of "all that name-calling ing darkness Mon- to voters "that we mice, wa announced in advertisements in more than 400 newspapers and liberal-this, conservative-that, Democrat, day outside a around the country. Republican," and that this election is "far more impor- Phoenix diner. "He are dedicated, that tant than the political parties involved." is a good man who we are committed. But, after three hours sleep in Manchester, N.H., has served his coun- Rumor Mill Spins Out Scenarios Clinton made one of his most explicit appeals yet on try well. It takes a It is not a game. " behalf of his party. He called the "Democrats the party - tough' man to 'do Of Yeltsin Heart Surgery of the future," and warned people that "your vote is what he is dQing," -Bob Dole LOS ANGELES TIMES going to decide whether you return to the Congress a said Larry Manross, • MOSCOW majority of people who have prepared to shut the gov- 52, vice-president of! The conspiracy lover ' version holds that Russian President Boris ernment down unless we agree to dismantle the a Phoenix air-cargo company who admire& Dole but . Yeltsin' heart surgery has been delayed since September because Medicaid program.' says he is voting for President Clint9n. what he really needs is a transplant and the search is on for a donor. Clinton and the Republicans have both proposed But also showing through is the physical tol1 that The pragmatists' assumption is that the bypa s operation will be slowing the rate of growth in Medicaid, but by different nearly three and half relentless days of barn-storming, Thursday, the start of a three-day holiday during which Russian amounts. But such nuances weren't on the program speech-making and flesh-pressing have exacted on financial markets will be closed and invulnerable to the nail-biting Monday as Clinton repeatedly implored his supporters Dole, an exceptionally fit 73-year-old. that will follow the operation. t<'"seize the day" in Tuesday's election. Besides naps on his campaign plan'e, Dole has had The cynics' expectation is that Yeltsin wiH go under the knife Clinton's way of seizing the day is stretching it. Tuesday, so that even this most closely watched heart operation in After going to bed at 3 a.m, he was not set to end the just one break, four hours or so on Sunday morning in a history would be over hadowed by the U.S. presidential election. campaign in Little Rock until 4 a.m. Tuesday. There hotel room in La Jolla, California. He is rasping out his And the truly paranoid believe the surgery will never happen were stops Monday in Cleveland and here, and more words now, his voice sometimes cracking like an ado- because the Kremlin leader died weeks ago or because he would be scheduled in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Sioux Falls, S.D. lescent. su ceptible to abotage by underpaid health workers. All told, Clinton has had about seven hours of sleep In a speech Monday afternoon that Dole delivered in • In the absence of reliable information about when and how the over the previous 72 hours. Aides noted that, while Dole Houston, after being greeted by former President leader of this nuclear-armed country will be operated on, wild stories has drawn the publicity for his "marathon," Clinton has George Bush and his son Texas Gov. George W. Bush, and speculation about his date with destiny are rife throughollt Russia. apparently had less downtime (Dole took a six-hour the candidate spoke for less than 10 ,minutes and was Knee-jerk secrecy has taken over in the Kremlin as final prepara- break Sunday). His voice was a bit croaked, his eyes a barely audible. ' tions for the operation are under way. Despite a decade having passed bit bleary, but Clinton was plainly enjoying himself. since former Kremlin leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev inaugurated Inevitably, there was a heavy element of nostalgia on On Sunday in Sacramento, at a midnight rally that "glasnost," a policy of more openness with the people, no one in the this last tour, especially in Monday morning's stop'in was one of the best attended and most enthusiastic of know will discuss the president's operation. New Hampshire. This was the state that saved Clinton the past four days, Dole asked Jack Kemp to give a long from political oblivion in the 1992 Democratic primary, speech so that he could rest his voice. when he was beset by allegations of extramarital affairs Dole's press secretary tried to put a victorious spin and draft-dodging. A second-place finish in the Granite on his candidate's speaking~problems. "It's a good WEATHER State that year gave Clinton enough momentum to keep sign," said Nelson Warfield. "If anything we are stealing his campaign going. a page out of Bill Clinton's book. Remember, he went Monday morning, Clinton had breakfast at Vox Populi hoarse at the end of '92 and he won." • Manchester's Merrimack Restaurant with group of And when Dole's campaign plane "Citizenship" had By Marek Zebrowski friends and volunteers from the ] ~92 campaign. STAFF METEOROLOGIST Clinton's eyes welled up as he greeted Michael a flat tire in Houston, Warfield called it a "good omen Mild and mainly dry weather on Election Day should help in get- Morrison, a 20-year-old student with cerebral palsy. As that Bob Dole outlasted the airplane. Nothing can stop ting out the vote. A surface high pressure ystem centered over the a high-school student that year, Morrison organized the marathon man, not even a-flat tire." Carolinas will slowly move eastward and weaken. This will aJlow for youth for Clinton, event though he w~sn't old enough to As for the one poll that Dole said showed an even a weak cold front to drift across our area just as the polls close and vote, and drove his electric wheelchair several miles race between himself and President Clinton, it did not stall to our south on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a broad area of clouds down the highway to work the polls on election day. hold up. A Reuters/Zogby poll which on the weekend and rain in the middle part of the country will bide its time in getting "How's it going, buddy," Clinton said. "Good to see had shown a race that was too c1ose'to call (given the here. As the flow becomes southwesterly by Thursday, our stalled you." margin of error) haq.changed by Monday to give front will lift northward, with inclement weather to follow. There are The friends around the breakfast tables reminisced ClintoQ a finn 7.3 point lead over Dole. signs of more stormy weather for early in the weekend but for now while Clinton roamed the room offering handshakes and As Dole acknowledged Monday, with typically self- relatively tranquil and tepid days are on offer. bear hugs. Will Brown, a fonner Democratic national Election Day: Early glimpses of sun will give way to clouds, committee member from New Hampshire, recalled: "I lacerating honesty, "I don't believe in the polls. But I'll increasing throughout the day. Light westerly breezes will turn to figured wh~n I first met him in ] 978 that he had the tell you about the good ones." • southeast by afternoon. High 56°F (13°C). makings of a president." In most of his stops, Dole has been giving five- or Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a chance of sprinkles. Watch out for Across the table, Jan Paschal one upped that. "I lO-minute speeches that stick to safe, traditional flashes and crackle of celebration and cheer. Partygoers will expect believe he would be president in 1968," said Paschal, Republican turf. He endorses .men in uniform, praises lows near 45°F (7°C) and perhaps a touch of fog by the dawn's early who knew Clinton in their hometown of Hot Springs, voluntary prayers and backs a constitutional amendment light. Ark, before she moved to New Hampshire. to protect the flag. Wednesday: Calm and cloudy morning with some breaks in over- Outside the restaurant, Clinton recalled in a rally that > Only about once a day does he stoke up his anger cast by early afternoon. Weak seabreezes wil1 keep highs near once in 1992 he promised New Hampshire reSIdents that and go after the Clinton administration in earnest. He 54°F (12°C). if they gave him a chance, "I would be with you until Thursday outlook: Increasing clouds in advance of a warm front. the last dog dies." did so here, saying that, given the number of investiga- Turning milder late with showers advancing in from the west. Highs "Well, folks, there's a lot oflife left in this old dog." tions of al1egedly improper behavior in the Clinton near 60°F (15°C), lows in the upper 40s (8-9 DC). That was just one of several dog metaphors invoked White House, "If you want a full-time president who by the Democratic ticket Monday, giving the day an won't be going to hearings or trials or anything else, ______~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~.~~,a~r~~~~~n&dcw~h~~- _ .. .8Qb.OQI.e .s.~o.ur chQi<;;~" _ " _ •• __ o ember 5; 1996' WORLD & THE TECH Page 3

akistani Pres. e t rives 0 t Supreme Court Rejects Appeal On School Prayer Prime Minister and Par ·ame t THE WASHINGTON POST WASHI GTO By Kamran Khan from the prime mini ter' office on dent. Bhutto al 0 wa haunted by The Supreme Court Monday rejected an appeal by Mississippi , THE WASHI GrON POST charge of corruption and delivered charges that he and her hu band. officials eeking to allow student prayer in public school , choosing KARACHI. PAKISTA a new blow to Pakistan's faltering A if Ali Zardari, had collected once again to tand clear of the trench debate over prayer in the Paki tani President Farooq democracy. Under relentle s pres- bribe and kickbacks on government nation' classrooms. Ahmed Khan Leghari dismis ed sure from the military, no elected contract and siphoned millions of The ju tices refused to revive a 1994 state law that would have Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto early Pakistani prime minister has fin- dollars into foreign bank accounts allowed student-led prayer at all school events, a law that a lower Tue day and dissolved the ational ished a full term in office, and and property holdings. court had found unconstitutional. Assembly in a decree he said was Bhutto's predecessor, awaz Sharif, Well-placed officials said that in In their failed appeal, Mississippi officials had asserted that "in a mandated by corruption, political was forced to resign. August this year the army had public school climate characterized by a recent dramatic increase in violence, and financial mismanage- Leghari, who issued his decree at warned Leghari about growing teenagers' drug use ... loss of moral values, lack of respect for"author- ment by Bhutto's government. 1:45 a.m., called for new elections unrest in its ranks and had provided ity ... a court-sponsored message of hostility to student-initiated The president's action, though to be held Feb. 3. Senior official the president with evidence about prayer and religious viewpoints is exactly the wrong message." legal under Pakistan's constitution, sources said that Malik Meraj corruption involving Zardari. An Since the Supreme Court first banned school prayer in 1962, the was backed up by Pakistani army Khalid, a founding member of informed official said Tuesday debate over religion in schools has been a constant in America, as troops who surrounded Bhutto's Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, morning that Zardari and other those favoring prayer recitations battle with an equally determined

house in the capital, Islamabad, as J would take over as acting prime senior officials of Bhutto's Pakistan group who believe public prayer has no place in the schools. Through well as the parliament and radio and minister later Tuesday. People's Party have been barred the years, the high court has at times seemed more willing to allow television stations in major cities. The Bhutto's dismissal came amid a from leaving the country. religious activities in public schools, but it has never in 30 years country's airports were closed. bitter political struggle with the Bhutto denied the charges reversed its ban on prayer and Bible readings. Bhutto, 43, elected prime minister in Supreme Court, which recently against her and as recently as In 1992, the court narrowly ruled unconstitutional a faculty-orga- 1993, was reported to be in her resi- thwarted Bhutto's attempt to Sunday vow~d to complete her five- nized invocation and benediction at a junior high school graduation in dence but not under formal detention. appoint political loyalists as judges year term, saying "we cannot imag- Providence, R. I. . The decree marked the second by ruling that judicial appointments ine (Leghari) using his powers to The statute in yesterday's case, Moore vs. Ingrebretsen, arose time that Bhutto has been dismissed were the prerogative of the presi- dismiss the government." from state lawmakers' indignation over the temporary suspen ion of a Jackson, Miss., school principal who let students begin each school day with a prayer over the intercom. Texaco Execs Try to Save Face Lamb Burger, Not Hamburger, At New Delhi McDonald's As Charges of Racist Plot Mount THE WASHINGTON POST By Thomas S. Mulligan harbored about corporate manage- employees found guilty of miscon- DIA LOS ANGELES TIMES ment - notably Texaco's. duct. Under the first golden arches hoisted in India, Ronald McDonald NEW YORK Peter I. Bijur, Texaco chairman The explosive transcript of the has made a deep bow. to the Holy Cow. • Scandalized by a disclosure that and chief executive, in a rare act of August 1994 meeting - secretly No all-beef patties sizzle at the packed McDonald's restaurant that executives. apparently plotted to corporate contrition, addressed the taped by one of the Texaco execu- opened last month in upscale south Delhi. Ground lamb has been sub- destroy evidence and reviled black company's 19,000 U.S. employees tives present - was filed last week stituted in the "Maharaja Mac" and other "100% pure mutton" burg- workers, the chairman of Texaco in a satellite broadcast Monday, in federal court in Texaco's corpo- ers, menu changes made to show respect for the Hindu majority's sought Monday to confront. what declaring: "This alleged behavior rate home town of White Plains, reverence for the cow. shaped up as a mora'l, legal, and violates our code of conduct, our N.Y., in connection with the lawsuit The cultural correctness goes even further. The first no-beef public-relations nightmare for the core values and the law." He by black middle-managers who say McDonald's in the world also serves no pork - to avoid offending venerable oil company, condemning decried the "rank insensitivity" of their careers have been stalled by India's Muslim minority. the actions attributed to top officials the ~aped remarks, first disclosed by pervasive racial discrimination. The capital's many vegetarians can choose between veggie burg- and hiring outside lawyers to inv~s- The New York Times on Monday, Robert W. Ulrich, Texaco's ers and "Vegetable McNuggets," all cooked by a separate staff of tigate. and declared himself "both ashamed then-treasurer and the highest-rank- burger flippers who do not handle meat products, conforming to a The scandal, sparked by a secret and outraged that such a thing hap- ing officer at the meeting, is heard Brahmanical sense of cleanliness. Egg-less mayonnaise is spread on - tape recording of Texaco executives pened to our family." on the tape exhorting subordinates vegetarian sandwi.ches. . discussing a liacial-discrimination Texaco, the United States' third- to "purge the s-- out of these Meatless fare has accounted for 30 percent of the rupees reaped lawsuit, '(everoera.ted . outside largest o'il company~ said an outside books," referring to records being since the Oct. 13 opening. McDonald's had mistakenly figured its Texaco as well. Critics who have company has launched "an exten- sought by attorneys for plaintiffs in Delhi market to be "predominantly vegetarian," according to a com- assailed major corporations for sive independent investigation to the case. pany background paper. racist and sexist behavior said the determine whether these allegations "I don't want to be caught up in So far the Indianizing of the quintessential American fast food has disclosures were a graphic confir- are true." The oil company said it a cover-up. I don't want to be my gone down well with Delhi residents, judging from the heavy crowds . mation of the worst suspicions often . would discipline and possibly fire own Watergate," Ulrich said.

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Letters 1b The Editor time Harvard tudent and have developed of my ystem - through Harvard, with 10 Clinton Endorsement orne fir t-hand knowledge with which to minute of mindle et up u ing their compare the two chool. I .recently pent a extremely well-organized guide. For free. Unjustified week trying to get modem Internet acce to Chairman The Tech' endor ement on Friday of Bill each school. I can therefore state categorically Performance _ Daniel C. teven on '97 Clinton for president i one of the most that along this narrow criteria MIT 10 es. MIT: I gave up in de peration after more Badly. Here i the compari on. Editor in Chief pathetic demon trations of support ever wit- than 15 hour of needles effort. Maylle our nes ed by thi young adult. By lifting it col- tacey E. Blau '9 system can ultimately be forced to work. lective foot and inserting it in it editorial Co t Thankfully, I don't have to truggle with it Bu ine anager mouth, The Tech ha further trengthened my MIT: There is a $50 et up charge for anymore. Chri tine Chan '98 re olve to vote for Bob Dole. How you can MIT's PPP access system Tether and a 12 Harvard: The sy tern works great. acknowledge Clinton' now-legendary ethical per month u e fee. anaging Editor hortcoming and validate your support of Harvard: It's free. Overall aul Blumenthal '9 him by citing accomplishments effected in The taff at the Microcomputer Center E ecuti e Editor actuality by the GOP congre s i beyond me. upport identified problems with every individual Ander Hove G Take a long look at the dis ent publi hed on MIT: Over the course of hour of analysis aspect of my system when in fact, Occam' the very same JJage, and perhaps you all will and experimentation during five days, the staff of the Microcomputer Center told me razor provided the better answer: Tether is NEWS STAFF ee that your respectability has reached an all- that my modem software needed to be updat- horrible. Editor: hang-Lin Chuang '98, David D. time low, ju t like that of the American pre idency. ed, my modem ROM needed to be upgraded, Personally, I am offended by the ideil of a Hsu '9, Jenni fer Lane '98, Dan university charging for the flow of informa- McGuire '99; ociate Editors: Orli G. Marc J. DeMille my system software should be changed, my tion. Communication is at the core of acade- Bahcall '99, Jean K. Lee '99, May K. enior Office Assistant, init -tring was incorrect, 'some of my exten- ~ia, and it should be universally provided to T e '99; taff: Eva Moy G, Kyle Young G, Student Financial Aid Office sions were incompatible, and that my com- the community as a piec~ of the infrastructure. James M. Wahl '97, Christopher L. puter (a PowerPC Macintosh) was "a prob- Communication today means Internet: Two of Falling '9, oemi Giszpenc '98, Brett lem." They were very patient, and within the Altschul '99, hawdee Eshghi '99, Carina MIT Tether System confines of MIT's wretched system they did my (Harvard) classes are Netscape dependent. Fung '99, Fenny Lin '99, Eric Sit 99, their best to help. And lastly, the information should actually Rochelle Tung '99, Frank Dabek '00, Falls Short Harvard: No support was necessary. The flow. Tether is an embarrassment. Someone Douglas E. Heimburger '00, Zareena I have two MIT degrees and am a disserta- Harvard software worked beautifully the first needs to investigate why members of the MIT Hu ain '00, Dudley W. Lamming '00; tion away from a third. While this obliges me time I tried it - using my existing programs, community are paying so much for so little Meteorologi ts: Michael C. 10rgan to a certain degree of pride in MIT, especially my existing init string, my existing ROM, and while our friendly rivals down the street pay" PhD '95, Gerard Roe G, Marek Zebrowski. with respect to that school down the street, I my existing system software. I now have net- nothing for so much. '!m currently spending a seme ter as a full- work access without changing a single aspect David H. Levy G PRODUCTION STAFF Editors: Jen Peltz '98, Josh Bittker '99, Jason C. Yang '99; sociate Editor: Russell Light '98; Staff: Jimmy Web Has Inverted Access to Information • Wong '97, Betty Chang '98, Larry Column by A. Arif Husain Since then, the Web has exploded. Just in headlines, discussion in syndicated talk Chao '98, haron Shen '99, Binh OPINION EDITOR the last two years, after stumbling across a shows, and addresses a~ far as the eye' Truong '99, Stephanie Yang '99, Brent Yen '99, Erica Pfister '00, Brian T. The first presidential debate this election new program called Netscape and then see- can see. Sniffen '00, Billie Wang '00. year has been noted as the only public politi- ing it completely eradicate its predecessors Since then I've become more understand:" cal forum in history ever to close with the and take over the market, we have seen the ing about the whole situatiqn. After landing a OPINION STAFF words: "dot org," as Web drastically change. The documents of summer job or two based on Web findings, Editor: A. Arif Husain '97; taff: David S. Bob Dole announced completing numerous research projects, and Kelman '99. his campaign's World basically accepting that the needs of the many SPORTS STAFF Wide Web address. outweigh the needs of the few, I've come to Editor: Erik S. Balsley G; Staff: Darren Big deal. There are lots Outside of a small group at terms with my Internet myopia. As it is, you Castro G, David Berf '97, Jeremy of words to end on. the reader may well be in that position as a Cohen '97, Martin Duke '97, Chris Lin '97, The reason this fact Mn; and perhaps some in Jason Weintraub '97, Farhan Zaidi '98, has stayed in my mind result of the Web (The Tech's server gets • Chri Brocoum '00. is that to me it demon- Switzerland, the acronym close to a 100,000 requests per day), which all in all can not be bad. The Web has been good ARTS STAFF strates a very different "H1TP" was as unkrwwn as to me, but like all good things, I take it in Editor: David V. Rodriguez '97; Staff: approach to how public Thomas Chen G, Teresa Esser '95, Brian figures and the media chitlins in Minnesota. moderation. Hoffman '97, Kamal Swamidoss '97, Rob have begun to dispense information. Instead With this new outlook, I've decided to take Wagner '97, Hur Koser '98, Yaron of the usual down-the-throat push, the recent more advantage of the benefits of Web-based Koren '99, Daniel Ramirez '99, Stephen trend has been, "I'll tell you where to find it information depots. Never shall a short Brophy. - if you dare to look." And as the millions of old contained mostly text on a monochrome answer exam go incomplete in my future. Web surfers in this country can attest: We background with an occasional graphic PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Nope, not anymore. Underneath the scrawl of dare. Incidentally, Dole actually forgot to say plopped in squarely. Documents today can Editors: Helen Lin '97, Indranath . my fabricated filler statements, my Web- the dot, but we know what he meant. incorporate fulJ-motion interactive video, Neogy '98; Staff: Rich Fletcher G, Alkan savvy grader may be pleased to find the hote: In early 1994, as a freshman, I can remem- sound, animation, multicolor everything, Kabakcioglu G, Jonathan Li G, Arifur "For a complete essay, please see ber my roommate introducing me to a very and an assortment of formatting features. Rahman G, Jiri Schindler G, Brian Vanden http://web. mit. edu/-arifh/exam2-husain- new and unheard of phenomenon called the For better or for worse, that's technology, Bosch '96, Ti ffany Lin '97, Adriane answers.html." Chapman '98, Ian Chan '00, Gregory F. World Wide Web. In about an hour, I learned and that's expected. What has been so Aaah, yes. Happiness is a warm Kuhnen '00, Rita Lin '00. the dozen or so phrases that composed the shocking to me, though, is how rapidly the HTML language - in which documents are technology has become a staple part of mouse pad. FEATURES STAFF written - and over the next few weeks I household life. This column is the second in a short series Hugo M. Ayala G, Pawan Sinha G, Jessica assembled a humble set .of pages which I Today, every television ad, every newspa- on the tdpic of informational computing. Wu '99. served from my dormitory computer. To me it per, radio, and retail store seems to have BUSINESS STAFF was a novelty, and outside of a small group at incorporated Web site addresses into their Operations Manager: Pamela Shade '98; MIT, and perhaps some in Switzerland, the marketing schemes. Consumers no longer Advertising Manager: Terri A. 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$30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Spring Carnival Revived by APO The Lemelson-MIT Prize Program is currently accepting applications for its $30,000 Student Prize to be awarded on February 11, 1997 to a MIT To Promote Community Growth graduating senior or,sraduate student who displays By Orll G. Bahcall ed piano the faste t, said 0 car A. who participate in it. Second, the a remarkable talent for invention and innovation. ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Rodriquez '99. carnival is a service to the commu- . Please call 253-3352 or send email to [email protected] Alpha Phi Omega plans to revive "These examples attracted me to nity. A percentage of all the money for more information and for an application form. its Spring Carnival this year after the idea of a more student-run raised at Spring Carnival will be the carnival's 20-year absence from events and booths,» Chang aid . donated to a charity, he said. Application Deadline: December 11, 1996. • campus. Spring Carnival was started to The carnival will take place on Carnival will unite student groups allow student groups to "come out April 26, the Saturday after the While the student body "still has and run a fundraising activity and spring semester drop date, on large gatherings, we have nothing provide a service for the communi- Kresge Oval. where we can gather along with our ty» and let APO deal with the paper The carnival is meant to be "in professors and the people of the work, Rodriquez said. the spirit of Spring Weekend, where community,» Rodriquez said. Most APO is not currently trying to people come out and have fun. student activities now are aimed pressure student groups to get We're just trying to organize it on a toward a specific group of students, involved, Rodriquez said. Rather, larger scale, to bring more of the he said. APO is hoping that student groups campus out to have fun,» said By invitihg all MIT -affiliated will want to get involved once they Carnival Chairman Lan-Chun personnel and students as well as see that the entire community will Chang '98. members of nearby communities, be interested. APO is a coed national service APO hopes to bring the student body , Informational packets have been • fraternity that has been active in back together while promoting inter- sent to living groups and activities to promoting public service at MIT for action between students and the rest describe the plans for the carnival. 60 years. of the community, Rodriquez said. Application packets for groups to Chang decided to resurrect the The Spring Carnival is an ideal register booths at the carnival will go 12 ~jj'~ ~O~IF ce@(Q){l(n~~ tradition of a Spring Carnival, for- way to "get the MIT spirit going in out in early November and will have I Hix & Hatch 16of your Favorite-Oelivered hot merly an annual event held by APO, full force and encourage interaction to be turned in by early December. [i i G#I.i•• !.ii¥3:'''#'' ~h~~::'~,e:::cO~~~~.chipcookiewith while she was "looking through between groups,» Chang said. By asking for responses so early, , .eXelil:!!jjimijj3Ue e)!.Sij3#1"W' some APO archives.» . APO alumni recall that when the APO hopes to get a feeling as to a ~'::~~h~~::::r~~~~l':,~~" As of yet, there are no specific carnival was held several decades whether "there is enough interest for C.'.'N#i"M#"'@'" ~~~t~e;~'~::8~~.cootde loaded wtth plans for this year's Carnival. "We ago at MIT, there was much more the carnival to be feasible,» Chang '4i.'#ili':i!iiij.'3'Ii'i:IiUU' ~~::~~~~':~;~~~:~~:~l=:r;~;~: are trying to keep the structure loose friendly interaction among living said. cups (, chunlc" of chocolnle enough to accommodate what peo- groups, Chang said. Questions about the carnival ple are interested in and keep them The carnival "should be big and should can be sent to .J~!!,D~~!~~!~~ ,.d~~."d i\"..wllh \IOU, m"".oo" In a dellclou" whll" IcIng, involved,» Chang said. draw a lot ofpeopJe. We hope to get [email protected]. (Of cour.e II come, cold 0' the fl051lng would m.. II'1 Attractions of the last Carnival lots of interaction between different APO holds several service • included an egg and flap jack toss, groups of students that we have events .for the MIT community where participants would toss food 'here: MlT is a very diverse place throughout the year, including the GlII." a 11I1l" !~!~k~~~ ~~~hWO'k GIani Cooklel as high into the air as possible and and, has lots of differel}t people Big Screw and Ugliest ~ You ho ..." 10 ."" II 10 bel:" II. 1....01101>1"wllh "o"lIng or wlthout attempt to catch it in a pan. ' interested in different things,» Manifestation On Campus competi- This just goes to show that "peo- Chang said. tions. MM &.JtIM'Y"e ICe CftDH IICH & ~e ~ YOGURT Chocolot .. ChlpC<:O<.'kl.. Dough f1'$2 Chocoln". ChIp Cookl .. Dt)ugh ple can be so creative here -' and The fraternity also sponsors - Chocolol" f'Udge e,ownl" Chocolo' .. f'Udge Brownie

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@ 1996 CyberCosh This space donated by The Tech '. I' t • P~ge 25 Outgoing Chainnan Gray Says E dowment Too _Low By Ramy A. Amaout ab olute or per capita term ," Gray year ago, larger by an order of where it is headed, Gray said. ceeded in this first year. ... But the SENIOR EDITOR aid. A 10th-ranked endowment i magnitude," he aid. Graduates of Because the Institute likes to ave it question is, will it succeed" in the First of two parts. not commen urate with MIT's other tho e programs "go on to be cap- for last-ditch, rainy-day spending on long term, he said. ext June will mark an impor- standing like the quality of pro- tain of indu try, and as uch are a re earch or salarie , the endowment "If it fails, that means a major tant changing of the guard at MIT, grams, faculty, or admitted tudents, ource of large gifts." depend in large part on the. future realignment," Gray said. "How a Chairman of the Corporation he said. of federal research funding. would that affect the cost of educa- Paul E. Gray '54 will step down The numbers bear that view out: Endo ment 10 er tuition co ts Tpat funding in recent year has tion? 1 don't know. If we try to after 10 years at his po t. As one yard tick, U.S. ews & The practical importance of rais- been uncertain, Gray said. However, maintain research, it will be stress- It will also mark a more personal World Report' annual ranking ing the endowment can be seen funding this year has been better ful. If we try to cut back, it will milestone for Gray, who will have have put MIT in the top five for aca- comparing the price of tuition to the than expected, thanks to trong lob- have less of a strain, [but] it will pent all but two of the pa t 47 years demic rep'utation, student selectivi- total cost of a year's education at bying from academia and industry, mean a reduction in staff and a studying at, working at, or running ty, faculty re ources, and overall MIT, Gray aid. he aid. "Research budgets have reduction in programs." the In titute. core for many years. "If you count the total cost of either been slightly up or slightly Gray has seen this kind of crisis In that time - tarting as an Worse, endowment per student education at MIT per student, you down," he said. "That's not an acci- before, although not on this scale. undergraduate in 1950 and eventual- ranks near 20th in the nation, get a number approximately double dental result." During his year as chancellor - a ly becoming president and chairman according to The Chronicle of that of tuition," Gray said. Tuition President Charle M. Vest and special deputy-to-the-president posi- - Gray has'seen and overseen one Higher Education. 'We are not sat- was $20,100 last year, compared other university leader "made the tion tailor-made for him - he was of the greatest periods of growth isfied with being" that low, Gray with a cost of education of $37,000, case that if research is not sped by able to tweak MIT's budget to and diversification of MIT's history, said. according to the Chronicle. government, it will not be sped by account for declining research and has earned a reputation as a But the di crepancy i ea ier to The $17,000 difference comes corporations, and if it is not support- spending in the late 1970s; he did committed educator and skilled bud- see than it is to explain, Gray said. from two sources, Gray said: current ed, it will impinge on our ability to the same about lO years later. "But get handler and fundraiser. "Not anyone around here will give gifts and the endowment. innovate" as a nation, Gray said. in neither ca e was the reduction [in Gray shared his views on the you a conclusive answer," he said, Although the endowment is But the future remains unclear, federal spending] as dramatic as it is endowment, undergraduate educa- but suggested that admissions prac- important, it is hard to speculate on Gray said. "Those arguments suc- now," he said. tion, and other issues in a recent tices may be in 'part to blame: interview with The Tech. Many Ivy League schools give preference to legacies or people Endowment is too low with other alumni connections, The endowment - an all-pur- whereas MIT does not, Gray said. pose nest egg whose interest defrays "Consequently, at Harvard, Ilukt mnibtrsitp a'large part of the cost of educating DartmQuth, Princeton, and [other students - is "perhaps the major universities] a significant portion of . School of Engineering responsibility of the chairman," said the class has family ties that go back , Gray, who spearheaded the two, three, or four generations. That The School of Engineering at Duke University is seeking well- ~ Institute's record-setting $710 mil- develops family loyalties," he said. qualified candidates for graduate studies in engineering lion fundraiser in 1992. . On -par, those loyalties can translate leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The school has four But while MIT's $2.1 billion to lucrative'gifts; he said. - departments: Biomedical Engineering, Civil & Environmental endowment is the 10th largest in the . But legacies are not the only nation, it is not high enough, Gray connection, Gray said; business Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and said in the inter¥iew. schools also play a role. "Harvard, Mechanical Engineering & Materials -Science. 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Please state geogr~phical preference on all ~orrespondence. SPOR T . Page 27 t Football Overcomes Deficit Women's Tennis To Defeat UMass Boston 15-8 Finishes Season 8--2 Football, from Page 28 By Sarah Krlnger eda Ramirez '00 advanced to the TEAM MEMBER quarterfinal in their draw. throughout the game, puni hing The women' tenni team ended In doubles play, MIT's first team UMa with ix acks and holding a succe ful ea on with a ixth- of akamura and Humphrey them to only 3.1 yards a play. place fini h at the ew England advanced to the quarterfinal where Offen ively MIT took a while to Conference tournament la t week- they lost in a close match. Both sec- get tarted but turned it up after end. ond double team Youn and three consecutive completions to First ingle player Mealani Ramirez and third doubles team Redman to end the fir t half. MlT akamura '00 won her flight by . Koo and Kringer were matched was led by quarterback Blackburn defeating player from Bab on against eeded teams in the second who threw two touchdown while College, mith College, and round and lost in well-fought pa ing for 146 yards on 12 of 29 Bowdoin College. Her final match matches. attempts. was tunning a she crui ed to a The tournament ended an out- On the receiving end, Redman 6-4, 6.-2 victory. Second singles standing season for the women.'s was instrumental in the Engineer Michelle Youn '00 advanced to the tennis team, who e final record was comeback by ignitiJ1g the MIT se91i:..final of her flight by defeating 8-2. offense with his tring of consecu- the econd-seeded player in a well- Thi record earned the Engineers tive receptions and his 106 yards played 6-3, 6-2 victory. a number two ranking in the ew gained on eight catches for the day. Both third and fourth singles England Women's Eight Maik Flanagin '99, had another player ora Humphrey '98 and Conference. In addition to thi . outstanding game to lead the Lily Koo '97 were defeated in tough honor, akamura wa named rookie Engineers in rushing with 42 yards second-round matches. Fifth and of the year and Kringer was named on 13 carries. sixth singles arah Kringer '97 and to the all-conference team. Ballroom Dance Team's Rookies Dominate Hanrard Competition By Vlkas Bhushan their professional coaches at the de pite the trong competition, two TEAM MEMBER Fred Astaire Dance tudio in couples from MlT made it through The ballroom dance team contin- Boston and at Studio 665 in . four qualifying rounds and placed in ued its tradition of dominating the Malden. The results at this competi- the finals. Barrera and' Geeta annual Harvard Beginners'. tion reflected this effort and demon- Sankappanavar G finished a strong Competition held last weekend. strated the strength of MIT's rookie second and Zquang and Radhika At least 10 universities were rep- competitors. Dutt '99 finished in seventh. resented in this competition, which There were two newcomer In the beginner category, MIT is only open to rookies who com- events at the competition: foxtrot had one couple competing. Edmund pete in one of two categories: new- and swing. In the newcomer foxtrot Yeh G and Mary Chen G placed comers (for those who just started event, MIT had five couples com- second in the beginner waltz event. dancing this fall) and beginners (for peting, and all made it through the The team plans to attend two those who started dancing no more quarter and semifinal rounds to earn more competitions this semester: at than one year ago). a spot in the seven-couple final. Brown University in late ovember The team places a strong empha- Kuochun Wu G and Wenjia and Yale University in early sis every year on training their rook- Fang G placed first, Feng Li '97 December. Both of these will be ies to be competitive very early in and Susan Rushing '99 placed full-scale competitions with dancers the season. This is made possible in third, Justin Zhuang G and Lucila cempeting at all levels - newcom- large part through the time and Ramirez :00 placed fourth, Jorge er through advanced - as well as in effort that the team's veteran mem- Barrera '99 and Alice Yang '00 open categories. JIRI SCHINDLER-THE TECH bers spend to help train the rookies. placed sixth, and Frank Wang G Given the strength of the rookies Trenton J. Redman '97, the co-offenslve player of the Oct. 27. - In addition, the rookies received and Rebecca Xiong G placed sev- and the veterans on the team this Nov. 2. week, recel~es a pass on the 13-yard line to score MIT's excellent coaching from the team's enth. year, the team is expecting to place second touchdown In Saturday's football game against the amqteur coaches Warren Dew '81 The newcomer swing event had well in all levels at these upcoming University of Massachusetts at Boston. MIT won the game at 1~8. and EIizabeth Earhart G and from a record number of participants, and competitions. Page 28 ovember 5, 1996

JIRJ S HINDLER- 'HE TE H Christopher Vanney '97 clears a way for Trenton J. Redman '97 to make a first down in the third quarter of the Saturday's football game agal~st the University of Massachusetts at Boston. MIT won '15-8. Foot all Victory over UMass Big Upsets Continue , Brings Wmning Streak to 3 In College Football By Chris Brocoum right with a couple of nice blocks to great bounce, and MIT downed it on SPORTS COLUMNIST allow Duane Stevens '98 to run the I-yard line. The next play, it By Chris Un The football team played an almost untouched into the end zone appeared MIT had sacked the SPORTS COLUMNlST excellent second half to recover to complete the 25-yard touchdown UMass quarterback for a safety, but This past weekend the college footbaJl world appeared to go )lret- from an early deficit to beat rival play. MIT converted for two points instead the referees spotted the ball ty smoothly, with the top nine teams winning handily. University of Massachusetts at on a short pass to Redman to tie the on the I-inch line. Blowout was the genre of the day Saturday. The nation's top three Boston 15-8 on Saturday. score at 8-8 late in the third quarter. Somehow UMass managed to teams ~ Florida, Ohio State, and Florida State - beat their '~opposi- UMass scored a touchdown late UMass soon came storming back get off a 34-yard pass that looked tion" by a combined score of 141-JO. As of today, aU three teams in the first quarter to take an early as they converted a key fourth down like trouble. Stevens quickly deflat- have two weeks of wann-up games before virtual bowls take place. 8-0 lead but then quickly died as conversion and was threatening ed UMass as he intercepted a Florida and Florida State will meet Nov. 30 in Tallahassee Wlde- the Engineers took over the game. inside the MIT 20 when Sam Park Beacon pass attempt. It seemed it fea~d, and the winner will most likely play Nebraska in a bowl that Beginning with a strong drive to end '99 recovered a fumble in the back- was all over with MIT on the claims to be the national championship game. That title will binge the first half, MIT began to play field and returned it 36 yards to set UMass 23-yard line when the gre.atly on the outcome of the Oh!o State-Michigan game' in in pired football from there on out. MIT up near midfield. Engineers failed on fourth down to Columbus, Ohio on Nov. 23. The Engineers' defense held Four plays later, Blackburn allow UMass one final chance to This will be the third time in the last four years Ohio State has' UMass in check on their second capped a 43-yard drive with his sec- score with 1:53 left. gone into the Michigan game undefeated. In the previous two, the posse sion of the second half, and a ond touchdown pass of the day to After a couple plays, Nick Cozy Buckeyes came out losers, both times taking them out of the Rose short punt of only 15 yards set MlT Redman for 32 yards. The extra '00 sealed the Engineers' victory as Bowl and the national championship. Going into this year's game \he up with good field position at the point was good to put MIT up 15-8 he picked up a big sack. As the only certainty is that both teams will be pumped beyond belief. UMass 36 yard line. Scott with 10: 13 left in the game. whistle blew, the final score was However, some of the drama might have been t1\ken away by this Blackburn '99 threw a lO-yard pass UMass had several chances late 15-8. past weekend The Northwestern Wildcats, ranked 11th, got spanked to Trent Redman '97 to set up the in the game, but each time the MIT's defense played well in the snow by 15th ranked Penn'State. It was their first, Big Ten loss touchdown. Engineers were right there. MIT's since Nov. 19, 1994, also at the hands of Penn State. MIT ran a screen pass to the punt on their next possession took a Football, Page 27 The outcome of the game came to no surPrise to me ..(see my col- wnn from last Tuesday), but what was surprising was how easily the Nittany Lions'dismantled the Wildcat defense. With that loss, all Ohio State has to do is win its next two games against Illinois and Indiana to Men's X-C Wms Conference -TItle clinch their first trip to the Rose Bowl since the Reagan administration. Then again, anything can happen. The Ohio State Buckeyes' first By Sohail Husain other varsity teams in the process. The team now has a week off opponent of the season was Rice, whom the Buckeyes shellacked. TEAM MEMBER Sohail Husain '98 ~nd Frank before heading to the NCAA 70-7. Well, that same Rice team is now 5-3, punctuated with their This Saturday the men's cross- Johnston ~OOfinished in the top 20 National Qualifier meet this 51-10 blowout of 20th-ranked Utah Saturday. . country team played host to the rest right on the tails of the varsity team Saturday at Westfield State College Two weeks ago, West Virginia was undefeated and ranj(ed in the of the Constitution Athletic with 27: 14 and 27:24, respectively. where the Engineers will race top ten. Now, two dream-ending losses later to Miami and Syracuse Conference at the CAC champi- Gerry Corona '97 was close behind against two-time defending national have them out of the polls altogether. The next two weeks do not onship meet. in 27:51 while David Kelman '99 champion Williams College and seem that exciting, but that just means some outrageous upsets and The Engineers seemed to be less and Henry Hwu '98 rounded out the other schools for a trip to' the events Clfe on the horizon, kind of like when Sting turned b~d in than gracious hosts as they ran away Jv scorers with times of 28:38 and Division III National World Championship Wrestling. with their seventh, consecutive con- 28:53, respectively. Championships on ov. 16. ference title, leaving nothing but dust for the rest of the seven-team field. . MIT took advantage of the clear skies and familiar course by grab- bing control of the race in the first mile and never giving up the lead. In the end, the Engineers' dominance was clear as they ended the meet with 30 points - welJ ahead of the United States Coast Guard Academy and Springfield College, which tied for second place with 55 apiece. Arnold Seto G topped the field of runners, .covering the 5-mile course in 25:44. Joining him in the top ten to earn all Conference hon- ors were Josh Feldman '97 in a time of 26:06, Michael Parkins '99 in 26:09, and freshman superstar Chris McGuire '00 in 26: 17. With his time, McGuire easily won the Rookie of the Year award. Rounding out the varsity team were Dan Helge en '97 in 26:45, Lief Seed '99 in 26:58, and fresh- man sensation Gabe White '00 in 27:02.

Junior varsity captures win The junior varsity harriers had no trouble capturing their victory PUJA GUPTA-THE TECH either, crushing the other JV com- Kim Levis .'98 races. h»r lh~ " en,TIJ~"'~Y', fi~l.d ~ockey game aplnst Worcester, Polytechnic Institute. MIT won 4-0. petitors and beating mo t of he