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Volume 102, Number 22 esR8srps rdyArl3.181~W I CEP considers alterin p/fa %-Il By Tony Zamparutti port Office, frorn Dean [Holliday The faculty Committee on C.] Heine," said Villars. The CEP Education Policy (CEP) is con- has been considering pass/flil sidering major changes in "for basically the whole year.' freshman pass/fail, including reported student member James sending all freshmen a hidden Taylor '84. grade report spring semester. The The proposal under considera- CEP hopes to conclude its tion would: retain some form of deliberations and present a nmid-terrn freshman evaluation proposal for the May faculty forms; have all faculty report meeting, said Chairman of the freshman equivalent grades at the Faculty Felix M. H. Villars. end of the fall term; and send all freshmen a) Changes in pass/fail will go a1 printed sheet of their m into effect next semester with the equivalent grades at the end of the class of 1986 if acted upon next spring Semester. along with the -6 month, according to Villars. Registrars report, which records .2 In its meeting yesterday. the pass or Falil grades. i CEP discussed "a specific The proposal to change passi/- proposal that has come Irom the fail "is to me a very transparent Undergraduate Academic Surp- figlealf ... every student will so ----PI -·-- - 9 P11111 ~- 1 -- ~Cb--·e - ~C · lA I YII11 know he is on grades," declared I II i Louis Menand 111. Special Assis- I tant to the Provost. The proposal A history of pass/fail would ignore the intent of pass/- F, fail. he added. By Kenneth Snow The proposed changes (re liofroseuyw Izes at MIT ij In the fall of 1966 then-Dean Paul E. Gray '54, Chairman of "stretching the concept of passj- By Andrew H. Wold posed mostly of students. the Freshman Advisory Council, addressed a Joint meeting of Flail a1 bit,'' admitted Villars. Grahalm encouraged the audience the Committee on Education Policy (CEP) and the Student Com- "There's considerable sentiment "ls there hope that we can find to remain in their seats after the mittee on Educationai Policy (SCEP) fnd informall proposed in the faculty that two personal and international peace terms ot' lecture and talk to the student f reshman grades be removed from the record. pa.ss,s/fail" are excessive. in a nuclear age?' Dr. Billy counselors, who answered ques- The CEP voted the next fall to institute Lipass/ Iril system. The At its Graham opened an evangelistic April 22 nieeting, tions and discussed the topics system, similar to the one now in use except without hidden I miernbers of the lecture Wednesday night in CEP essentially' raised by Grahamr. About 50 to 75 grades, witS based on al plan initiated three years earl ier at the agreed on the content of the pas- Kresge Auditorium. ,I spectators remained to talk with Cal.lifrnia Institute of Technology. The Faculty Committee pas- s/fail proposal, The lecture was sponsored by according to the counselors. sed the pass/ffail plan Thursday. April 18, 1968 ior ; firer vear Taylor. -the Campus Crusade for Christ, Most of the counselors were trial basis bv a Of 105 to 33. The proposal is 'not the MIT Seekers, the Chinese Bi- a step memibers of the M IT community The future of passifail came up to open debate at the March toward freshman grades ble study group, and the United at all," and had attended training ses- 1972 faculty meeting. Members of the class of 1972, claimed Christian Fellowship. the first clrlss Lesley Saunders '82, stu- sions run by the Billy Graham on freshman pass/fail to graduate, seemed to have problems dent member of (.rlharm spoke about nuclear Lip- the CEP and Crusaide. plying to medical schools. The issue hld been discussed Chlalirmnan Or the war and disarmament only brief- within Student Com- For the rest of the the Committee on Evaluation of Freshman Performance mittee on ly, using that topic to introduce and the Educational Policy. hour,(;raham emphasized the im- Pre-Professional Advising Office. The lfaculty decided the evallua- 11 "I anticipate the his religious ideas. With or CEP will seek portance of God's role in achiev- tion of a freshman's perfornmane should be more concrete: faculty approval" without nuclear weapons. war is hid- of any changes ing peace. According to Grah-am, den letter grades should be available. While Some argued in pass'/fail at inherent in human nature, that the May 19 leculty there are several types of peace: this decision violated the spirit Of pass/fail, it was the best solu- meeting," said Villars. He noted Graharn asserted. "You can never spiritual, personal, interpersonal, lion available and was passed by the Faculty p soni really be at peace by 73 to 26. provisions of the proposal without God," find international. Graham did In April 1973, he contended. the faculty voted to implement the four Mattuck might require such appro/;ll, but not see much possibility in achiev- Proposals by a vote of 82 to 14. The proposals, named for Pro e.ts- most require only CEP Gralham maintained, however, approvals ing any or these "without coming sor Arthur P. Mattuck, Chairman of the pass/flit l committee, The next faculty meeting "itt is possible and desirable to in- occurs to (God.'' stituted: a credit limit for freshman vear: an internal eliminate all weapons fTil systen during finals week. "I do think of mass Graham began his two-month (only passing grades destruction." would be reported): a continuation of hid- going about it right tt the end of New England tour in- April. den grades: and the use of only one passing grade, rather than the semester .md Graharn cited examples and L circumventing Belore it conludes. he will preach high-pass low-pass system. AIl four proposals tire still part ol the Student input is horrible, quotations from scholars such as at seven New England colleges freshman passi;/il program. Also, an Ad Hoc Corninittee on declared Underaralduate Oscalr Wilde, Jean-Paul Sartre, Associ~l- and universities. His tour will Grading was established. tion and Blaise Pascal to reinforce his President Ken Seoel '83. culminate in Boston, at a series of In March 1975, the Faculty Committee voted I I I to 2 "There is widespread presentation. Graharn discussed to niain- a feeling Crusade nweetings to be held May tain the present form of passfail. students how to believe in Christ intellec- have been playing games 30 until June 6 at Boston Univer- Pass/fail was not seriously re-evaluated until Fall 1978 when with the pass/fail system, cramm- tually, although he admitted there sity's Nickerson Field. Graham the Ad Hoc Committee on Grading is no scientifle proof stiled that they Would in- in- a lot of courses under pass/- that Christ has spoken at Northeastern vestigate the future exists. of pass/faiil. The committee, however, wais faLil umbrella and doing poorly in University, The University of abolished within a year. them," Villars salid. Graham spoke to 3 near Massachusetts at Amherst, Yale (Please earn to page -1) capacity crowd - estimated at University, Harvard University. nine hundred persons - com- Boston College, and MIT. iI I i Draper protester arrested I By Tony Zamparutti cording to John Lindsay, a Har- Cambridge Police arrested 18 vard senior who organized the protesters, including an MIT stu- protest. dent, Rick McDermott '82, for Two protesters were placed in trespassing on Draper Labs jail. One man gave only his name property Monday morning. to police, refusing to cooperate. The 18 were protesting He was arraigned for $5000 bail, Draper's work in nuclear according to Lindsay. A woman weapons research and produc- who had previously been arrested tion. MIT divested itself of was sentenced to eight.days' Draper Labs in 1971, following imprisonment. The remaining student protests. defendants will stand trial next Over one hundred people Wednesday, said Lindsay. demonstrated outside Draper property last Saturday. There The protesters, members of the were no arrests. Draper Peace Conversion Group, Twelve of the protesters ar- notified the acting chief of Cambridge Police of their plan- rested Monday, all first offenders, ; pleaded no contest to the trespas- ned protest. "We've talked to him sing charge. They were fined for before," explained Lindsay. court costs, but opted for alter- "Most of the police are fairly native sentencing, and m ust either sympathetic." donate a pint of blood or work in McDermott could not be a shelter for homeless women, ac- reached for comment. _411 PAGE 2 THE TECH FRIDAY, APRIL 30. 1982 - ~ ~ a I I~g~ ·- ssA --- I- I-- CEP considers proposal to change pass/fail ((Contissl(/l 1rclll page than students with average den grades, Villars noted. the School of Engineering, that if tinued attendance and gradualLtion courseloads. and the CEP drop- Villars said he hones the CEP they give a student a degree, it are being discussed by .s ome Freshmen vrten do not suf- ped consideration of a 48-unit will conclude debate on the pass/- means what it's supposed to Ifaculty members, noted VillarsS. ''I ficiently learn their core subjects, limit on freshman loads. Iail question this semester. He mean. think students should not be un- such as math and physics, Taylor '"You cannot completely noted that in the future "I see Proposals for minimum grade sympalheticsto that lidea) becaause nte 3. r 1 _ divorce the operation of the pas- pressure building up, especially in point average standards for con- it protectx the value of a degr,ee., "lhere is a feeling In someI si/l;lil system from the operation departmients some ol their stu- of the advisory system, there dents ere not prepared lor would be no need to change pas- upper-level classes" because they s/fail. he explained. "Ideally, . MakingrCX it in Massachusetts since 1881 took prerequisites on pass/faaif system would work by persua- I Heine said. sion, not coercion." rhe proposal is intended to He added, "The advisory r ease the adjustment to grades in system is a difficult think to make the sophomore year, said Heine. work well." "We are hoping for ... a more "The advising system clearly gradual aldjustment to [thalt] pres- can be improved," noted Me- r sure. ntnd. Turning to rules will not The proposal should bring solve freshman advising t resh'inn "closer to .a Craided problems. he added. situaltion .1t the end of' sring term Sophomore advisors will have rl .. . but still preserve al real l'ull infirmaz~tion on their students' downplaiying or grades," she ex- freshmaln vears. including all hid- pl.Iilacn. _ _ _ _- --
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I I - Jerri-Lvnn Scofield Ivan Fong Watch Congress on Boston's racial problems I have always thought that the resulted Iin the arrest and charging school busing eight years ago met best way to resolve human con- of mans laughter of five Savin Hill with great opposition and since this years budg t nicts is through positive com- teenager rs, and has prompted in- then, the white population in the munication and mutual coopera- creased speech-making by black public schools has dropped from 70 percent to 30 percent. In such , As the May 15th deadline for Congressional approval of the first tion. I was not surprised, then, leaders and protest marches into context of long historic and easily concurrent resolution on the budget approaches, the House and Senate when a Boston Committee Inc. Savin FHeill by both black and accepted racial hatred, the Boston have not yet counteracted Presidential initiative. Last ye;lr Ronalld report two weeks ago concluded white c-lergymen. Undoubtedly, Committee Inc. report's findings Reagan, supported by Congressmen in both houses, drastically altered that racial tension in Borston this city' Eli racial problem is one of and conclusions seem simplistic Federal spending and taxing policy. Reagan reduced domestic could be reduced if blacks and the worrst in the country, and is and idealistic. Spontaneous racial spending, increased defense expenditures, and cut taxes. Congress whites, through interracial complic:ated by the Atkinson incidents cannot be prevented by merely rubberstarmped Reagan's proposals, motivated by .ny one ol cooperation, worked to resolve family's accusation of a "white, several reasons: concern for the well-being of influential business sup- concerns and problems shared by racist ccover-up" in the investiga- group leaders sitting down to dis- cuss racial inequities. Everyone is porters, inability to present viable alternatives to Reagan's proposa.ls, both groups. The report's tion of the1 death. Findings, based on a May 1981 Black youngsters in Boston to blame. A South Boston resi- syipalthy for .iChiel Executive recovering from .n .ssassination alt- dent commented about the telilpt. Yet in meekly passing Reagan's budget, Congress re'ected the survey Of over 900 Boston cannot - enjoy the city's profes- opportunity to assume greater control over formulation ol national households, determined that sional sporting* events because report, saying, "Ulntil people whites as well as blacks feld dis- their pairents fear a confrontation from both groups stop seeing dis- budgetary policy. crimination in reverse, and start In 19)74, Congress passed the Budget and Imp(undment Control criminted against in housing and in Fenw lay Park or the North End irhood that surrounds the Act. Until that time, Congressional control over the total amount ol unemployment, and likewise neighboi looki-ng at each other for what Garden. There are entire they are, instead of what color F:ederall spending had eroded. Individual comnlittees althorized and shared similar concerns about the Boston 4 rhoods where blacks can aIppropriated lunds with little knowledge vl what their counterparts city's public schools, municipal neighboi they are, we will not get our did. Congressmlen who set ltx rates did not insure th;at revenues services, and police services. go only at a great personal risk, problems solved." matlched expenditures. Congress was often accused ol fiscal irrespon- Living inside MIT's protective and mar ny whites claim it is equal- sibility .andrightfully so; it was much more adept alt approving new ex- womb, we often forget that ly dangeerous for them to go into Unfortunately, any kind of' Boston is not quite the Athens of Roxbur)y, parts of Dorchester, meaningful dialogue is often pendilurcs thaln it was at making sure the government could pit%, its thwarted because there is dis- bills. 'To coimplic-ate the situaltion more, President Nixon periodically American some like to think it is. and oth,ier black neighborhoods. Min pOunded a;nd relused to spend funds Congress had a.pproprialted lor The deadly assault on 30-year-old Bruce Enlolling, elected last year as agreement over whether equal op- projects Nixon disliked. Congress could not challenge Nixon's asser- William Atkinson in early March, the first .black on the city council portunity really means giving an tiOnlS about the ecolnomiy: it hald no indep~endent infOriatltOll Soulrce to) for examnple, has aggravated in ten yeears, calls Boston's racism advantage to blacks and other evalluate the inlpact of' budgetalry policy on the econony. Congress Boston's consistently tense racial a ''monsaster that's always around minorities. Any majority feels dis- relied onl the Presidecnt's Office ol' Mainagement aInd BUdsget l'or SLlch inl- climate- Atkinson, black, and a . . . We need a dragon slayer in criminated against when a *hite companion were chased by Boston.' minority is given preferential Finalilv, in a~n effort to ':atr burgeoning expenditures, alin control a -zing ol white teenagers into the Palrt o_)f the problem stems from treatment merely because he ovesr US lascali resourc~es, a~nd restralin Nixon's qt.eStio)nabl~r lesgid inl- suLibw ay s tat i on in t he the tighttly knit neighborhoods of belongs in the minority: such al POLIndnients, Congress revised Federall policy. It estalblishedt the predominately white, Roman Boston, where outsiders are soften dilemma has been, and still is, Co ncressionall BLidot Office, Li non-palrtisaln SLupport agcenc to SLIlPP1% Catholic neighborhood of Satvin not welcL:omed, and the city's low- receiving considerable national~ Il wVith indicpendet eli conomic Informatlion. It restricted the Presidetie's Hill and Atkinson was found income ssubsidized housing, where attention in the form of conflicts .abiitV to h111POLInd Iunds. HOLISC and Senaite Budget Commlittees %%,e~rc dead hallf Lin hour later with his there is; ahlmost complete racial over homosexuals' r ights, equall cstitblished, t() formulalte naltionall policy. A strict timetalble l'or tbldget sk ull frilctured. The incident segrega,ition. Court-ordered rights for women, and handicalp- ac~tionl w;s *Idopted to} IIISLII' it tlew budget wa~s pilssed belore the close Column/Mark TemPla ped persons' rights. I of' eacxh fiscal velr. Freeze n I| e r s These initialtives w~ere supposed to give Coengress arealter control ovecr Perhaps I anm an idealist at e tile budget, ;nd during the Fordi ,nd Calrter Presidencies they stalrtced to Freeze nuehear arms heart, but I still believe in comil- do so. Conoress triecl to becorne .i mere Ribberstwnmp or obstalel to niunicastion and cooperation. W\c P'residentiall initigttive:. but the necs budget process w;Is onlV art.lyt StLC- The ReL~gan Administration's thlis plain could lead to crLucial have come cl long way since the c CsCSSIlul IIn Settilig LIP the new pro:ces.s tongre~ss wals overly al'ralid'oi its offfhind statements on nuclear breakthoughts if the Reagaan Ad- civil rights movement of' the Si x- i tlwnI Ile'1b)rs ;Illt 11ot concerned enlouigh about the Eixet'CliVe brnhrli. uxr halve helped spawn Li power- ministration negotiltes seriously ties, but we must not sit back andi The cNll'\v formed budget csommittees wetre severeiv constralinced ful aIrns control movement in the in talks now underwtav in Gieneva. rest. Racial slurs and naicnl- CCa~LuSe} Congrcss did not walnt to givez themCliXCCS'DS ELkIthority,. PoWetr United States. Fear of atomic a.n- Eflorts to prevent .iccidentall calling are still commonplace III e remal~ined dispesrsed in Congress: this I'act did not beconic a~pparent 1.111- 'ih'ilati'on has prompted millions n7ucle~ir Wckrare v~Ilualble: Senzitor Bositon and other parts of the til Rnldtl~l Reagani swept inlto tow~n of' Americ:ans to call 1for . nuclear (ar)y HaLrt hus recommended countrv, and we must not CO11 Y Reat:;n"n ;arrived inl Walshington, in 1981 b randishingT , so-clulced wealpons freeze. Public cries for necotiations with the Soviets on tinue to aillow the "dratgon" to mandaite~tt andl~ c:§lalming imllpreMssive Cong ressionail S~pp)ort. fie Ua;ble wl arnis control necoti'ations k ill es- i this topic. Sennator Henry Jackson continue to take more hurnanl G to rilli~ro.ld his budge~t throtlgh Congrevss, Using imprerssive Itcgislati, callate Lis people read Tlhe Fate 1)/ has suggested developing a joint lives. The larger problemn is the IllitlCLIVngsiSLeficits D1i1 Wo)ld eir hu~ge, btit Davxidl Stockma'1lllals nici tlhe Etrtit. Jonathan Schell's rous- US-Soviet co n7m u n ica tions selfiishness of our society- xN aisteriskis csoncellced their true nlalgiitudev until the hLidgect *XIs palssed. i n°, ,s,,terpiece oil the danger of L center to prevent a holocaust due lose sight of' the human violence Malnv lowecr inU1miles illid working clI;ss pecople lost siginificwilit }FederalE nuclear holocca(ust to 'Ilisjudgemnent or m iscalcula- resulting f rom prejudice when ken _r Sllpport: Reagan~li sipporters arLrledb the poor diel not lleedt Stich henel'tliS P'opular ;lgitation, howsever tion bv either side." These ideas concentrate on black or *whi'te. JlV%%iI. Tilis ar;Intiuncit did not preva~il %%hctlnilassiVC' taX Cvtls thalt C; n11lot Substitute lor substantive must be considered: the current horrosexual or straights or OeN~n he'litchucl ric'h c)rporalti~n.s andlt wcalthy people we*re enalctd. oocvrnment action. But it can tenise SitUMtion in the F-zilkland noble or fematle. Instead, we either e lomcv~cr DO'clvlse expteidittires \kcre incxreasedl tremendltolisl. to IlOrce politicingns to reco lnize the Islands illustrates hocw easils ignore the situation or blow it (eat CowLII1Cr til' SOV ict thlrea;t: Reagan,, ;and his clan1 I'Lilled to tietermillc i problen. In lflet, poPulalr clamor, events crtn (o out vl control. of proportion. I have f'ouLtI C %%heliclr SLICl r-;tises \%ere ileczcssa~ry or wnhere tl"IC C^()t11d be Moi)st ior zBrirls colitrol hals elicited Li KRepresenitative Albert Go - -- -=, -- I~-9p C--~qCILmP- 66 1 Vt xu pay tor your last pair of|jeans ?| $28. $35. $45. Well, you didn't have to. And that''s only the beginning. 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I p.m. to p.m. _PI"II PAGE 6 THE TECH FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1982 ~~1C~~s~ ~ -~--a- - _ M - ao m0 _r .LI j -= o f 16 -r 5J a) 0 03 c, m -5m t- z y o 2: m c -', r Ir, 9' .1 F lYb n ··~~·,~:;·~·,:.··;s~~t~·;::,~; ~~t·,~ ·~:2; bff 1-1I · raj~~bs~I, ~~~:·-·~ :: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~pmg ;!y A "-·"' K t V p~,t 19 elirBe · ,rR~isi~5~f~:~: ,7 R, '.'~ ,-. ~ ~~j~w~i···I-;a?:~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~I~ss·F2 9:,~I I Al JI > mr. mc 753 2 -j aB I I - --- -~ I- FRIDAY. APRIL 30, 1982 THE TECH PAGE 7 - Svzv ?stt , - f-Em- _ o :~~~ :D -,,'- ,-' i-,,, ,--"'"''. '' --L]| ~ i ~ m f. 2 ,, e fa eW _, ?- I-I,~. -- I ;, -- _ 'I -.I t( /' --. e- ,- -I- · 1- Resienta Zn The Residents make original mushic. Around Christmas of 1972 the group i mean really. released their first record, a double single They have recorded nine albums called Santa Dog. 1974 saw the release of and several singles. Meet the Residents, their first album, They do not like to talk famous for its cover- a defaced portrait of or have their pictures taken. the Fab Four. The band then recorded Not "The Complete Residents Handbo ok" Available, but didn't release it, choosing in- I have been saddled with an impossible stead to put the record away until they a band of forgot it existed, at which time they would task: write about the Residents, hose music release it (this didn't happen until 1978). nameless, faceless individuals wh redibly in- Perhaps the most interesting album from is virtually indescribable yet inc the Resi- the Residents' early period is Third Reich 'n novative. Why bother? Because Roll a tribute to the great music of the six- dents have been around for years Rsreleasing ties. The record Is best described as the albums on their own label (Ralpl-h Records) and gathering an ever-increasinjIg cult 17l Residents trying to play old tunes from lowing despite their admant antiti-pop-Star m-nemory and filling in any gaps with their : 11 of this own improvised bits. Thirds most striking attitude. Some history will make moment is the track that combines 'Hey clear: J ude,' ''I nna-Gadda-Da-Vida," and i ~~"Sympathy for the Devil." w ~~~In 1976 the Residents met the four men ~~~that would become the Cryptic Corpora- ; | i tion, the organization that oversees the of Finigerprince, the band's weakest work, yeah!). This masterpiece was followed by a B |i g Residents' music and business affairs. The | | § § Cryptics seem especially suited to dealing Not Available (Finally), and Duck Stabl disco version of the same (DiskonJio), and - ~with the Residents, each member con- Buster & Glen, the band's rock 'n' roll Tfie Resident.s Comomet-cial Albumz. which i i ~tributes a vital part to the conglomerate. album. This is the Residents album to start consists of forty one-minute tunes (if Eno s ~~Homer Flynn specializes in graphic arts, with- it's got short songs, almost intelligi- had recorded it, it would have been called BRAND1 Hardy Fox handles band management, ble lyrics, and almost conventional in- ii,f uicjb~r Cotntn*ercialv). John Kennedy is a video artist, and Jay strumentation. With one epic already behind them. the FEATURING -- ~~Clem takes care of the business. The Cryp- In 1979 the long-awaited E.vFil}no Was band began recording what has become THE NE WES T HEA DA C,HE tics also shield the Residents from the. in- released. This record was the band's recreaL- their "Mark of the Mole" trilogy, a mas- Francisco uence of the outside world, a role that has tion of Eskimo life with aural landscapes of sive Residential social commentary,. Part The Residents arrived in San n Facmisco spawned the theory that the Residents are howling winds, primitive instruments, and one, The Mark of the Mole, tells the story in-1967, and immediately bega )n tommtape the Cryptics, a rumor that neither group -authentic" Eskimo chants. Careful of the appearance of the mole people, a ting their warped musical visioie Woarner ill deny. scrutiny reveals that this ethnological subterranean race that emerges on the One such (unreleased) demo, Dijor Wrnerd Now under the guidance of the Cryptics, forgery is an combination of the group's Earth's surface (somewhere in California. I Brothers Albunt, sent to that ma-noadreord the band continued to release records and brilliant studio-craft and wicked sense of think) and is forced to deal with the at- label (with no namejust a retur ddftr tesh advance their reputation as "the most un- humor. The "authentic" chants turn out to titudes and problems of modern society. resulted in the band naming itse dk- thev compromising aggregation of muzick be nonsense rhymes ("Money, money, Although the record employs no direct nar- addressee of the reply Ojust thir nk-they makers you are likely to come across. money, money, get some sauce!) and com- ration, thle plot is easily deduced from the might have been the Occupants ') ~~Ever." This creative period saw the release mercial phrases ("We want Coke, oh ( Pleo.ve tlurn to pa)ge 8*YI F~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~E" I,~,i ~ i Graphics by David Shaw, , " - 1 ·~ -I . - I t q ?; 1 s! -,,8 %7 " And! -· ·· with C lifl e help from VMB '"Victor/Victoria," starring Julie Luckily she meets Toddy (Robert Andrews, James Garner, and Robert Preston), an irrestibly charming homosex- Preston. Produced and directed bev Blake ual who offers Victoria shelter. When one Edward, music by Henri, Mancini, an MGM of Toddy's lovers returns to make a release. Now playing at the Sack Cheri, withdrawal amounting to Toddy's wallet Boston. and clothes, Victoria chivalrously defends This is a Julie Andrews movie, so let me Toddy and physically dispatches the in- make a few things perfectly clear. I adore truder. Her display of strength gives Toddy Julie. I love the way she sings. acts, dances, a brilliant idea - she would travel under parentl vonfe whe thyae acotedj - speaks, eats ., . She is the msot charming, guise of a man, who is, in turn, pretending bya poli'c* of.ce. K ing trck th gen- fascinating, captivating woman alive to- to be a woman. That is the seed from which datrme beautifully anXhyecaeuk day. I worship the ground she walks upon. all manner of delicious plot intracacies It took me ten years to convince myself emerge, and from then on the movie shifts kisses him. At this, Victoria answers, 'I't that she does, indeed, go to tile bathroom. into cinematic overdrive; I'm going to have not a man; I'm a woman." King counters, With that out of the way, let me tell you to see this movie again in order to ap- rested. They shaeakaorelievedaklandh.rSudp "I don't care if you're not a man," and kis- about ViciorlVictoria. This is the movie I preciate all that happens next. ses her again. Edwards has succinctly was supposed to enjoy in spite of Blake Victoria (now Victor) and Toddy tour stated with this one scene the foolishness of Edwards, whom I had not forgiven for his Europe as two witty nightclub performers, our sexual stereotypes and identities. What dispicably odious S.O.B., in which he ex- captivating audiences whereever they go. den ly, Garner looks at him intently and makes us funny or fun to be with is not ploited his wife and held nothing sacred in Never again will Victoria have to sacrifice blurts,-i-f "I don't care if you're OnTIa man," and ( Pleatase turn to page} SY his utter blasting of the Hollywood com- her honor in order to eat. Their success, r -'a~a munity. With Victor/ Victoria, however, however, draws the attention of one man Edwards seems to be making up for it all. who will be an important factor in Vic- ,nTkeTOwau:: We see a return to the same light-hearted toria's life. King (James Garner), who is T.~~~~T . . spirit that created those delightful "iPink present at one of Victor's shows, is Panther" works in the sixties and early mesmerized by the person he sees on stage. He ow n.:..... ,- seventies. Just when he convinces himself to go This Weekend LSC Presenter: -On Friday, April 30, New England backstage to mteet her, Andrews takes off S~tage Door, (Classic) Friday at 7:30 in Conservatory will present Electric Friday, a her wig to reveal she is a "man." Garner is 10-250} concert of electronic music by students of horrified, much -to the delight of his dizzy Stripes, Friday at 7 and 9:30 in Kresge Robert Ceely, at 8:00pm in the Conser- date, portrayed wonderfully by Lesle'y Heavy Metal, in Dolby Stereo, at 7 and vatory's Student Lounge, 33 Gainsborough Anne Warren. Never before have I seen a 9:30 in 26-100 St., Boston. Admission is free. For more personif ication of "the dumb blonde" In Like Flint, 6:30 and 9:30 in 26-100 information, call 262-1120. more convincing than with her perfor- mance. MIT Senior House presents an evening King, a devout heterosexual who reeks of music with the New Models and the of virility and strength, is shocked that he Suade Cowboys, Saturday, May I at 8pm in has been attracted to a man, and so sure is -9-; the Senior House courtyard. Also featured he of his own manhood that he immediate- will be the Sacred Cows, low walls, ly places- doubt on Victoria's perceived L Smokehouse and the Flames, and special e, guests The Fabulous Billygoons. For more Kmasculinity. Accompanied by his muscular bodyguard Squash (Alex Karras, the ex-All a information call 253-3191. Pro defensive tackle), he sets out to prove to the world and to himself that Victor is in The MIT Brass Ensembli < fact a woman. e, will present _NIMM I *-,. la l- In the course of events, Garner finds free concert Sunday Mayi 2, 3:00pm, it Victorl Victoria is the story of one Vic- himself extremely attacted to Victor/Vic- Kresge Auditorium. The program start! ' b5' toria Grant, anroperatic singer. struggling with Canzoni 18 and 23 by CClaudio Correg. toria, as he/she is a delightful, witty to Survive in the cold or The Depression, gio (1533-1604) followed bvv a transcrintior person. In a powerfully illuminating scene. * - Parisienne-style, 1934. Victoria has fallen of Handel's Water Music b)y Robert King. the two get caught in a brawl in a upon some awful luck lately. as she can The Desperavi and Amavi cycle by Michael find no work (she's a singer, of course) and nightclub, each fighting to save themselves and to get out. Suddenly, the gendarmes East (1580-1648) and Quiliniet no. 3 in f is so hungry that she is willing to offer her arrive and they must escape, or else be ar- minor by Victor Ewald ( 1860-1935) will virtue in exchange for a meatball. complete thae first half of tthe program. .. I,- _M PAGE 8 THE TECH FRIDAY, APRIL 30. 1982 _ concealed identities-... c'-od 7 I (sol) />,slxtixx~lo>J71 . {rvlulx ns~erv. If'll~,ntnlr~A ftn)X n~no 71 know if I want to go back being a woman. I t- otinullea.ro pagZlJe§ / but by the listener's willingness to unders- L (nit Irflcru ./r ,;r/pugir / .I I Look how much I've seen from this side. music. The moles emerge, encountering the tand the globe-wrenching power of dif- determined by the sex we are born with. It hostilities of the surface people, and decide is what we are deep inside, as people, that There's a lot more open to you when you're feren ce. " a man." to migrate to "a new land where the holes The music on Two Cities is of two kinds: counts. Hooray Edwards! I . Finally. Victoria announces that she are deep." Upon their arrival in the new the "surface music" is a big band sound Victoria must now decide between her can- not go on and that she loves homeland, the moles construct a great tainted with dissonances and sharp nt-w found career and fortune, and her love King too edges, much. But who will play Victor? You machine (the nature of this machine is un- lending it a rather industrial sound. The for King. The reasoning for this is, if she can't let down your audiences! The answer is clear) which breaks and is reconstructed. mole music. on the other hand, is thought- publically reveals her love for him, that's Their success is short lived. however, as the fine; she's a homesexual. But for King to Toddy, who makes a comical ending to this I ful and introspective, almost Schoenberg- wonderful movie by doing Andrews' moles must once again face an angry native esque. The Residents announce that he's in love.would be worse have succeeded in routine Toddy-style. Whereas it was kind population. Mark ends here, with no ap- making yet another cultural statement, this than death for this macho man, as his of obvious that Julie was in fact not a mans parent resolutionm but plenty to think time by simple comparison. They also seem powerful heterosexual identity cannot al- about. W hile the Residents have alwavs to have stacked the deck in favor of the low him to declare that he is a homosexual, Toddy is most certainli not feminine, and he plays off this fact in a terribly funnv hald somethiing to say about modern moles, but we'll have to wait for part three even for the love of Victoria. You see, it's society, they have never been so direct and all right for a woman to pretend to be a final scene.'Blake Edwards, come home: all to find out. is have never dealt with such serious issues as Until then there's a whole slew of Resi- man, and love a man, But it's not all right forgiven. Victor/Victoria represents a turn racism. In typical Residential fashion. the dents records, and now's the time to sam- at all for a man to love another man, who away from the dominant Film trend of today, commentary never gets heavy handed, but ple a few. Ralph Records is celebrating its is, in fact, a woman. If only man were as liberal as woman. that of using profanity, sex, and cheap affects you subliminally, often long after tenth anniversary by making it even easier visual effects in lieu of genuine the record is over. (and cheaper) to check out the Residents. In a shocking development, Squash dis- plot, acting. Part two of the trilogy appeared last (So ahead and try. it cant hurt. covers King in bed with Victor, whose true and good dialogue. VictorlVictoria is the And kind of movie week. The Turte of' Twso Citiesv is just whist besides, Ralph would say "Ignor~ance of identity had not been revealed to him yet. that has captivated its title states, and is best explained by the your culture is not considered cool". King rushes out of the room after Squash, audiences tor decades; there is an overflow- liner notes: only to have Squash turn and announce, ing sweetness and optimism about the "While the first LP is ain elaborately told Yes. "If aouhave the guts to say it, so can l. I'm movie that just makes you want to hug story of political and social struggle. Two( The Residents are here to stay, gay, too." Touche! someone. This is the kind of movie that Citie~s is a1 documentation of the music of and apparently Julie is now at odds with herself. She has you wish would never end. these two different cultures as they were need no one's permission to do so. gained so much fame and fortune as a man, Take your best friend, take your parents, baefore rate threw them into turmoil. The For sure a sign of greatness, and yet she has fallen in love with Garner. take your little brother, take anyone you tracks on this record alternate between if there is one. In order to gain one, she must lose the really enjoy being with to this movie; you'll siocieties. First one culture. then the other, But of course, there isn't. other. It is here that Edwards again offers a want to share your good feeling. making its point, not just by what is .said, David Shaw striking bit of insight. Julie. says, "I don't David Rho / of-spit<~ A B3ed L 3 C: > am a _ . 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The irrita- umpire refused to reverse his deci- setting down twelve of the last teanm that had beaten Harvard. tion turned out to be a second sion. thirteen men he faced. Catcher The win raised Ferguson's contact lens. "1 thought I'd lost DiChristina then punched a Martelli was the only one to reach record to 3-1 and the Beavers' to it," he said sheepishly. "It must high fast ball into right field for base ih, that span, with a double to 5-7 overall, 1-3 in the Greater have gotten stuck in the case, and his second hit and RBl of the day. left in the eighth. Rothman made Boston League. The Crimson fell then got stuck to the new one Fordiani scored easily, but a a nifty play on a grounder to to 7-10 and 2-2 respectively. All of when I put it on this morning." strong throw from Allard in right third, and Ferguson Induced a fly Ferguson's wins have been com- The Crimson were stymied by beat Souter to the plate. Souter ball to Huffman in left to end the plete games. "Five-Eyes" Ferguson's mix of scored by kicking the bail out of inning. "This has to be my biggest pitches, hitting over or under the catcher Mlartelli's glove, which the whole team was enthused baseball thrill." said a glowing Riding Apparel, 292 Boylston St., Boston forkball specialist's offerings all permitted DiChristina to advance bay the victory. "It just goes to Ferguson. __ _ - day. Indeed, Ferguson might have to second. ______had a shutout, were it not for one MIT threatened again in the bad pitch in the sixth. eighth. With one out, Wilcox Harvard catcher Vince Martelli doubled to right, and Rothman singled up the middle leading off. singled off the pitcher's foot. He then stole second and went on Rothman was picked off by to third when the throw from Sorich, though, and Martinelli catcher Ed Wilcox '82 skipped flied out to deep center, ending 1 into center field. The error mat- __ __ - tered little, however, as Ferguson hung a curve to clean-up hitter We Transcribe- Tapes of Don Allard, who powered it over Conferences, Seminars, Interviews the left field fence to tie the game at two. Qgn' wait welek or monthsl MIT struck back in the next E.o type it while it is happeningl half inning. With two outs, For- Whether you have ted a 30* diani doubled deep to right minute field Interview or a 50-hour center. Righthander Brown could conference, no service In Now England can type it faster we not find the plate and walked can. We w111 save you Urne, anxiety Souter and Hoffman, The latter ,and money. pass was 129 TREMONT ST H(STON 423-2W6 a subject of controversy, 12,8 MASS AVE HAkIVA·f) SO as Harvard charged that the um- !:aSKILM BWEAU pire had the incorrect count and i I i THE BOSTONn SELF- STORAGE coO. DO YOU HIAVE STORA GE PROBLEMS ? 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QPI i 9 n ·r .;j, i ? ·e * ,· r· L C; L;;;$?`; 1 · k a ior ··- ..., i "J JIJi t· i, * i· iCl i -C C 4t *'t: " .+. E`\··L . I pb· z 3 "' 3rb cci·· h · L .; :CL ; ··· Sk· r 1 cc. cki Od .YIT 1· ·srit f; (IPsii ir r rY \ '- e l" ·- 2 ;ia" ,t · r ··1 · ,·· II· · ; llii · · ' ' rC'4·, .r i(l i/i:r; .tc·Js r -;r .BLP !:`tDr "1··\ k!;?I ipai e + iZL ·u x Y a . a ·u I I FRIDAY, APRIL 30. 1982 THE TECH PAGE I 1 _R tI By SUSAN V. HANDS Winter retrns Staff Writer /(C;)//li~ll/('(d Ir'ln/ 7Z 12) Fortunately for the medical Getting the right eyeglasses isn't as simple deal of mobility, they decided to profession (and sports writers), as many consumers think. Eyeglass manufac- use cross country skis. Unfor- Mother Nature and New turing is imprecise, but you don't have to set- tunately, they were forced to England, having made their tle for less than the perfect pair. abandon their idea when one of point, decided to relent: The sun The Herald American took a doctor's the participants was taken to the came out and the air warmed up prescription for nearsightedness and infirmary (by dogsled), impaled and spring sports emerged from astigmatism and ordered identical glasses on a ski pole. hibernation. However, many 1rom eight Boston-area opticians. When -the The tennis team had the most athletes are not so willing to give doctor, George Garcia of the Massachusetts difficult time. After all, a tennis up their newly-acquired pastimes. Eye and Ear Infirmary, checked the glasses he hall does not bounce very well on So do not be surprised when the found: snow. Frozen slush is a different next retiring baseball player you *lNo two pairs were the same. story. One night physical plant meet tells you that he is hanging eOnly one pair matched the prescription was seen watering down the up his snowshoes. perfectly, although four others fell within ac- blanketed tennis courts. The next ceptable tolerances. days the racqueteers were out *One pair was flagrantly wrong; two others there on ice skates, nailing away. were wrong enough to affect vision slightly. Rumor has it that even the little In the Herald American's sample of eight liberal arts school up Chuck pairs, Five were acceptable to Dr. Garcia. River got into the act. Apparent- although only one matched the prescription Iy, polo ponies cannot run very perfectly. The two pairs that were slightly well through snow drifts. Snow- wrong had no discernible effect on the mobiles, however, have no wearer's vision. The same was true for the re- problems whatsoever. Their jected glasses, although Garcia said these riders did. An anonymous source would hamper the vision eventually. reports that Harvard is consider- The cheapest glasses, made by appren- ing petitioning the NCAA to tices at The Optique, were also the aidopt the demolition derby as furthest off. Yet the second-cheapest pair, ,another sanctioned sport. The made by technicians in the central lab of Crimson are reported to be the Community Opticians chain, were the waiting for their polo team to get only perfect match. out of the hospital. --- _ ,- . _ _ ii I DO6 IT YOURSELF SPECIAL Community Opticians 534 Mass. 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Who England and Mother Nature got tramural slate of outdoor com- would have thought that those together to remind the human in- petition was obliterated by a bliz- garnes could be played in habitants of the area that a day zard, (of all the ludicrous pos- snowshoes'? The shows themselves marked "vernal equinox" on the sibilities for spring storms), the do increase the time required for a calendar is only so much ink on a athletes were out there, playing player to round the bases, but a totally insignificant piece of away while the major portion of fielder chasing a fly ball looks paper. What does Mother Nature student body huddled indoors. even more ridiculous. care about MIT spring sports, Of course, most spring sports The ultimate frisbee players anyway'? are not suitable in themselves for were not far behind in emulating One thing can be said about being conducted on snow. their colleagues' example. Since that variation of human being However, a supple, truly adap- ultimate requires a slightly greater commonly referred to as table mind can always surmount (Pleasev Itt/rJi to p}btswe/1 ferguson stops Harvard, 4-2 By Robert E. Malchman '82 then bunted down the third In the fifth inning MIT again Rookie pitching sensation Dan base line to advance the runners. gso to Brown. Dale Rothman '84 Ferguson '85 scattered six hits Fordiani went to third and Mar- led off with a single to left, and enroute to a 4-2 complete game- tinelli scored, however, when se- Martinelli drew the sixth of the victory over Harvard, Tuesday. It cond baseman Gaylord Lyman seven walks Brown issued in his 6 was the first time since 1976 that could not handle the throw. 2/3 innings. Fordiani flied out to MIT beat Harvard, and only the Todd Huffman '83 lined hard right, though, and Souter and Huffman both struck out on third in the past fifteen years. to Lyman, who doubled Souter a) The Beavers opened up in the off base, but Mike DiChristina questionable calls to end the threat. I top of the first inning, capitalizing '85 drove in Fordiani with a single mor on the wildness Of starter and to third base to end the scoring in Ferguson, for this part, just Z that frame. Although Brown con- cruised along with picture-perfect a)o loser Greg Brown. Vinnie Mar- iL tinelli '85 and co-captain Al For- tinued to struggle with his con- control, walking but one batter diani '82 led off the game with trol; he retired the Beavers fairly the entire ganie. The performance walks. Co-captain Chuck Souter regularly after that. furn).)t}lo PagP,( ) ___ _. i - - - - I ------classified a vertisin Benson is a cop who wants to clean up the streets... His partner jist wants to redecorate. 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