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© 1978 The Tech Grading conmmitee urges deflation By Alf Geller Committee throughout -their vote would be taken at the May percent A's in the fall of 1960 and The faculty Ad Hoc Committee study; CEP's approval is there- meeting during the end of the 41 percent in the fall of 1977. The on Grading is putting the fore likely. The proposals will term or finals week. committee argues that grade finishing touches on its grading probably be discussed at the inflation is undesirable for a il | report and will foward its March meeting of the faculty and The Grading Policy Committee number of reasons. "The present proposals to the Committee on after at least another month of issued a preliminary report last state of our grading does not Educational Policy (CEP) withing debate voted on by the faculty at spring demonstrating that grade differentiate finely enough the next few weeks, according to large. If this schedule places the deflation occured throughout the -between the various levels of per- Professor of Physics Thomas full faculty's vote after the middle country's universities over the formance and poses a threat to Greytak of the Grading Policy of April - a possibility - the. past 15 years. MIT gave 21 to 22 (Please turn to page 6) Committee. iaI,-··-·plB r ·14··e--P- - --.- - -- I------1NSL-DE The Committee will recome mend instituting, Letters of Com- How MrIT stacks up against the rest I awarded to less Associate Dean Ken Browning mendation to be 3.50- plans to leave the Institute in than five percent of the students April after 12 years in the in each course for special Dean's Office. creativity or insight;. placing the I grade distribution for each course on the grade report and tran- script; and redefining grades. _M ITmean fall term G P.A., , ,BE, Initially the grade distribution 3.C00- adjusted to 0 - 4 scale w p-- will appear only on the grade report; after a one to two year 0too~~~~~t ~ 'B' ®e~a9eeeee Though Harvard University grace period the grade distribu- _ _ _ . osaI~ 00 I doesn't own the Harvard tion will be included on the tran- i Bridge anymore, they still script, barring reconsideration by receive $200 per month from the entire faculty. Freshmen will 2,50 M an fall term G.P.A. of all universities, I of Com- I the city of Boston. not be eligible for Letters ~0 - 4 scale (from Office of Institutional i mendation. %a,,o~~ ,'^~ P - ~~~Research, UCal, Berkeiey) Greytak expects these --- 9_ proposals will come up for debate O_ after the Grading Policy Commit- 1960 61 62. 63- 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 tee releases its'report to CEP and the public. CEP has been con- Yeart Matt Dahlah V sulted by the Grading Policy c - I -- m · · alrSI··lrlSPllrra ICI--------P---'-d-.-- Y Pqb C-· -AIPB Women who opt for a feminist lifestyle soon discover the price 1050 they must pay. To be a feminist in AcademicCouncil sets class sizsie at the past. Due to a decrease in .the, to the Institute's housing limit. is to be a person engaged I By_,, Elias Towe as ii has been in America in Mri with no way and Wendy Myers - number ofi !reshmen living In tne Future, will accept in constant struggle, Although- overcrowding for independent living groups or about 45 per cent of its appli- to turn back after your con- The freshman class in 1978 and next fall is expected to be about commuting from home, an in- cants if the total number of appli- sciousness has been raised and no in subsequent years will be limited the same as last fall -a little over for Insti- cants remains constant, reports in sight. crease in the demand concrete "victory" to i,050 students in order to alle- 100 people - it will be reduced to tute housing has resulted. Peter Richardson '48, Director of Robin Morgan said at viate the overcrowded housing about 60 people by 1980 and 30 A far greater problem, accor- Admissions. He also said that a Hampshire College last spring situation. people by 1982 according to ding to Browning, is the loss of more effective use of the waiting Browning. that true liberation means not the flexibility which Random Hall list will be necessary to ensure the with the fact The decision made by even having to deal Council is a "medium Reduction of crowding in tihe had provided. Random Hail had target number. that you have been oppressed. By Academic had a com- to long-term" one, according to houses, facilitation of staffing been considered a reserve housing "Of course if we this definition, women living now freshman subjects and meeting; facility but now that it is a part of puter and everything [the admis- We Associate Dean for Student Af- will never truly be liberated. '66. admissions targets with accuracy the housing system a 'smaller sions procedure] was real time, we I the laws, work at fairs Kenneth C. Browning trouble," may change Class size will remain constant were all considered in reaching margin for error exists. The target would have no nontraditional careers and adopt this decision. class size can no longer be so close Richardson concluded. alternative lifestyles. But few of us and will not be reviewed annually have found ways to totally shake off'the ghosts of our socialization; they are there to punish us every on CIlA committee time we exercise our newfound No student reps freedom. By Elaine Douglass Another controversial matter is in the United States. - turer in Political Science, and No students have been ap- the alleged presence of intel- The ad hoc committee was Myron Weiner, Professor of We can assert our right to go Political Science, would be willing out alone to restaurants and pointed to the ad hoc Institute ligence agents from foreign formed in early January but was committee of six faculty members countries in the university com- not announced until February 22 to see students represented. theatres, but our own ingrained Ad hoc committee members In- feelings about being alone in. and administrators recently munity to spy on foreign students. in Tech Talk. Gray to The ad hoc committee is not ex- Three members of the ad hoc stitute Professor Ascher Shapiro, i public and the behavior of those created by Chancellor VP for Administration and who assume that a woman out study MIT's relationship to the pected to officially take up this is- committee said they had no objec- and intelligence agen- sue, but it is known to be of con- tion to the presence of students on Personnel John Wynne, offered alone is looking for company United' States of stu- often detract from our enjioyment. cies. cern to some committee members. the committee. Ken Hoffman, no opinion on the question Among the issues the ad hoc It is widely believed-for exam- chairman of the ad hoc group and dent representation. We can demand (and of Professor of Management sometimes obtain) fair treatment committee is expected to take up ple, that agents from Iran and head of the Department is the covert funding of research Taiwan coniduct surveillance of Mathematics; Louis Menand, As- Phyllis Wallace refused to be in- on the job, but we are likely to terviewed by The Tech. pay the price of alienation from projects on which both faculty Iranian and Taiwanese students sistant to the Provost and Lec- our coworkers. and students might be employed, We can learn to express and the placing of individuals on ourselves loudly and intelligently, campuses to secretly identify and but all too often the little voice recommend -members of the un- whispering "don't be too smart or iversity community, including US men won't like you" renders us and foreign students, -as can- deaf to the beauty of our newly 'didates for employment by the in- discovered strong voices. telligence agency. In the past, some individuals We can choose to remain who were secretly recommended single, childless and autonomous. were subject to exhaustive in- but the thought of being left alone vestigations of which they had no later on in life makes in- knowledge. dependence a courageous choice "I don't think students have Women in America have been much to contribute to these mat- s-ocialized to seek approval from ters of Institute policy," Chancel- others: to iook for visions of lor Gray said last week in an in- themselves in others' eyes. To terview. choose feminism is to declare, In 1976, a Senate committee once and for all, that no one is in revealed a range of covert con- a better position to decide what is tacts between the CIA and US un- "right" for a woman than the iversities. MIT has been notified woman, herself -Julie Melrose it unwittingly participated in a i The Daily Collegian secret study, but the extent of that participation was not substantial. La*rrrr* -----C--r -. J- now1 _LM~ PAGE 2 THE TECH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1978 I -·~·IBrll~ -aPL h-~ei ~I·~~DB·qlp%~ Browning to leave MIT 9 I 1. - 1 -8. -World Egypt severs diplomatic relations with Cyprus - The Egyptian-Cypriot commando skirmish at Larnaca Airport, Cyprus, has led Egypt to break formal ties with Cyprus. The inci- dent began with an airplane hijacking involving two Palestinian gunmen who. had earlier killed a prominent Egyptian editor. Egypt sent a commando force to Larnaca to storm the hijacked plane but in the ensuing skirmish with Cypriot troops,'15 Egyp- tian commandos died. Egyptian President Sadat rebuffed a re- quest by Cyprus President Kyprianou for a meeting to defuse the situation and proclaimed that "Kyprianou must pay the price for this treacherous decision which resulted in the martyrdom of some of my sons." Rhodesia warns b-lacks - The Rhodesian government has efficted a harsh antiterrorism policy warning blacks living in ccr- tain areas that all curfew violaters will be shot and children are to be shot if they leave their villages even during daylight. Black op- position members of the Rhodesian Parliament have accused the extremely dangero'u'so-~ccupationas%t. ,government of subjecting the country's four million black tribal Being Associate Dean for Student Affairs at MIT can at times be an extremely dangerous occupation as members to brutal treatment. Dean Browning found out during Kaleidoscope Weekend last year Browning has been working in the Dean's office for the past 12 years.(Photo by Gordon Haff) NM ation By Mark James at the Sloan School of Manage- Brown-ing within the MIT President pressures coal operators -- President Carter is Associate Dean for Student Af- ment. In 1968 Browning became administration. putting pressure on coal operators to accept a contract proposal fairs Kenneth Browning '66 plans Assistant Director of the Housing Browning will be the chief from union miners after negotiations broke down.again last to leave MIT in April to become and Dining Office. assistant to the Provost of Grin- night. Carter met with the govenors of coal producing states after Vice-Provosi of Grinnell College The search for Browning's nell. The Provost is also the Dean which one govenor commented,"the union has shown a wil- in Grinnell, Iowa. replacement will probably begin of the College and therefore has lingness to negotiate... it's time for the operatios-to back down." Carter asserted that if an agreement is not reached in the The search for Browning's next week when a formal job responsibilities very similar to Th search for Browning's description is approved by the those of Chancellor Paul Gray of next few days, he would invoke the Taft-Hartley Act and then in- replacement will begin soon, ac- Academic Counci, Eisenberg M IMT. troduce legislation to take over the mines. I cording to Dean for Student Af- ad Supervision of Budgeting, fairs Carola Eisenberg. She said sa Senate passes tuition credit - The U.S. Senate Physical Plant, the food service, that she does not know of any She noted that preference overwhemingly passed a bill to allow limited tax credits for cer- the book store, the copy center, candidates for the job who are would be given to persons tain educational expenses. HEW Secretary Califano denounced now working at MIT; but that she familiar with the MIT svstem. and the guest house will be among the bill and countered it by proposing a 1.5 billion dollar increase Browning's new responsibilities. expects internal candidates to'ap- When the number of 4ppiica.ts in fe'deral money for college loans and grants. has been pared down to five or He will also serve as Affirmative- pear as soon as the opening is an- six, students and housemaster Historic Airplanes destroyed in fire - Fire destroyed San noun~cad. nounced. ~~~~six,students and housemasters Action Officer at Grinnell, which will be consulted, according to has about 1250 students. Diego's Aerospace Museum Wednesday night along with its Browning called his new job Eisenberg. Browning will start his newjob, priceless collection of historic airplanes, which included "too good an opportunity to pass Several students familiar with which he described as a '"good Lindberg's Spirit of St. Louis. Authorities are looking for two up.- the dean's office noted that they career development oppor- teenagers suspected of arson in connection with the museum "I'm not without regrets" in know ,of no obvious successor to tunity", on May i. blaze. leaving_...... A M IT, he added, saying ~ljli~Ra~Pmwa~ that he will certainly miss many students and staff members at the Institute. Browning has been responsible for student housing since 1971. After receiving his SB in Aero- nautics and Astronautics in 1966, he worked half-time as a junior z staff member in the dean's office while working towards his MB-A E

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Geat the' real story E with Ends of Power t By Bob Wasserman E The necNkst'additioln to the Watergate expos6 library has just been ! rcleased h! Former UWhite House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. The e book. lhe -/id~sofl/ Pow,,er. kas first published and reported on by the e e 1'aushll/tklotl Poml ill ;1 Watergate-styie example of journalistic thievery. It seem.s that ; /aostreporter. Nancy Collins, used some of her non- [ .joLlrnalisLiC skills to obtain it large segment of the book which the F \Cashlllnltn nie%1.,,papcr fea:tured last Thursday. The story was "stolen" l'romn the Post's rival. The New )'ork Times Sy1ndlicate which had - originall> scheduled publication of' the book for March. The [ Va.,lhington paper even scooped its own sister publication. Ness'eekA. I - hich had hI-mtght publication rights from the Times. I laldeanli's book itself is quite amusing. Haideman lays most ol the Nlame F )r the W,Vatergate break-ins on Nixon's grudge against lormer chairman of the Demo- cratic National Committece, 3Larry O'Brien. O'Brien. an old Massachusetts poli- tician, enraged Nixon with is his publicit)' of' Lin ITT- YOU,MR, PRES[DENT.,,,ANP NoWTO OPPOSING VIEW, Nixon scandal in the 1972 -THANK REPRESENT THE Presidentia! race. Larry O'Brien is currently-Commissioner of the HERE'S AREPLAY OF ONE OF MR. CARTERWS CAMPAI6N SPEECHES I F National Basketball Association, and he assuredly finds Kermit Washillgton .a tougher antagonist than the bumbling burglars ol the , l Oval 0O1fice. 'One of' Haldeman's emptiest statements concerns the Democrat's LSC, SCC independent of UA plotting in the WVatergate story. Haldeman writes: "i believe the Demo- -By Mark James changed in 1969 to replace the In- meetings would result in much cratic high command knew the break-in was going to take place, aLnd let Editor's note: This columnt is- the stitute Committee WTth the better communication. It's possi- it happen." Sure, Bob. That was a pretty diabolical thing ivr the second in a series e.xalninig stu- General Assembly, many groups ble that somie group decisions Democrats to do. wasn't it'? Perhaps the Democratic HQ should piant dent government at Mf IT. were left In institutional limbo, so would influence the niembers mines in their hotel to deter possible wrong-doers. Before 1969, MIT student that no one really knows their even if these decisions would not government was I the Institute .Iegal status. bind !hell. Htaldeman also) blames ai different villain in the Watergate sca nda l: ~-.. ' ? J ' ._ I t I ~ _1. --- - [ ]71 It ttllq'l I _J_.l- .l Charles Colson. Haldeman accuses Colson-of "encouraging the dark Committee (In- The remaining question would impulses in Nixohns mind", as if he practiced black magic. Of course. scoremIil). lDor- be how to involve the ordinary the reader can easily see the white hat Haldeman wore over his crewk cut mitory-presi- student in this process, a difficult during his innocent ,Watergate years. Colson is currentlb a' born-again den ts, matter considering general stu- social worker, and he called the Haldeman story "the biggest hoax I nterfratcrn itv dent apathy. It could be done since Clifford Irving". Well, Colson's obviously not going to conless to 'Council representatives, class This problemn may not be irsur- ho,,ever, and it- should be. A it all, even for his new-found belief. presidents, and other student .mountable. Merely bringing im- more aictive student government The Ends of Power also tells some interesting anecdotes aboUt US leaders niet together to run stu- portant activity leaders together would benefit /lmost'everyone. F-oreign Policy. It seenis that in 1969 the Soviet Union wanted to use dent governmient. The Student with dormitory, fraternity, and nuclear weapons to attack Chinese atomic plants near the Sino-Soviet Center (Committee was a subcom-. class officers for scheduled (ne. : a proposal.lfor a new LIAC border. The USSR called the White House in hopes of drawing the US mittee ol' Inscominm. into the conflict against the Chinese, but US officials were able to dis- Now, in 1978, student govern- courage the Russians via several tricks and threats. menllt c nsists of the - ~ din~~~~~~~~~~~Lii IS 9 I Nixon, according to Haldeman,-balked att the idea of a possible U ndergraduate Association Presi- nucleair *vat with China, even as an ally of the 'Soviet Union. Henr\ dent and Vice-President, a few AV% Kissinger, then a Nixon foreign policy aide, ordered ain American other officers and a General As- diplomat in Poland to mention to a group of Chinese ambassadnrs sembiy that seldom, if ever, tGreya a and carei) there about the possibility of a US-China summit meeting. This * as meets. Currently the Student 1., the Eblitor: apparently done in order to give the Russians doubts as to a possible Center Conmmittee '(SCC) is a C('ommittc is reluctant to' ask Thank VoU for taking the time American alliance. At that point we were lucky the Russians just didn't large, wealthy, organization that I'rcshmnc to leave tilter their first decide to go ahead and bornb the Chinese and the US, too. considers itself independent of to determine the facts about re- term. During the Fall Terms. men- centCA!P actions aind for outlin- Ma.l Gen. George Keegan of the Air Force soon got into the threat everyone else in student govern- tiolled above, the number-of such ing the way the Committee arrives garme against the Soviets, by using a little espionage. He decided to send ment. Negotialated Withdrawals has ati Warning or Negotiated With- aln "uncoded" message to the Secretary of Defense saying that This situation is typical of what ranged between 0 and 2. The drax al decisionls. Anmerican has happened in the last ten years. corresponding number last term missiles were on their way to key Russian cities. This part of I would like to emphasize two Htaldeman's story is truly amazing. T he fact that the Russians would The Lecture Series Committee kvas 3. believe that a message of this importance w'as accidentally left uncoded also originated as-part of student additional poiIsts which I feel the Second, a point to consider in MIT' Community should know regard to your chart of' tle past iS unbelievable, as is the very nature of the threat itself. Knowing the government, and the Association split-second warning systems against nuclear attack employed by both of Student Activities' was the about. First, I would like to cor- C'A i' action s is that there has been descendent of a group with an In:- rectt it rumor which I undersiand aippronimateyl a 1"l'/, increase in the US and the USSR, it is hard to believe that the Russians did not is currently causing great concern dispaitch their own bombs immediately upon receiving the message. scomm representative. the ,llmberot' underraduates The transition' from strong to aniongst the student body: name- durin,, the period 1970-71 The best story in the whole book, however, concerns 'Henry Kis- 1y that the CAP was particularly singer aLnd the Cuban soccer fields. Upon.seeing aerial photographs of weak central student government throglilh 1976-77. The percentage soccer Fields under construction in Cuba. Kissinger rushed into has led to some very independent heard on freshmen last term. The of, students receiving CAP actions thinking on the part of many nluimber- of Warnings given to Is more significant than simply- Haldeman's office demanding to see the President. "Those soccer lields freshmen in Fall Terms during the could meant war, Bob," said Dr. K., "Cubans play baseball, Russvians. organizations. Few student the/nltumtber of' actions. Looked ;it academic years 1969-70 through t h is \\ a1v,2. 1 of alIl u T- play soccer", implying that the USSR was planning a naval base in groups now consider themselves 1976-77 were. in chronological dergraduates received Negotiated Cubai. infierior to'the UA. The UA has made some noises in the past order, 25. 16, 44, 39, 28, 39, 41 Withdrawals in the academlic ;ear 11' this story is true, imnagine the fright the Russians received ,hen and 32. Last term 35 freshmen they discovered the Chinese building ping-pong tables during the Cold about bringing the independent 197()-71 versu~s 3.3'. for 1976-77. groups closer to the UA, but these received Warnings. uwhich is only \Var of the 1950's. "But comrade," said a Russian foreign minister, two above tihe average for the last Thomas' J. G;reytak "Chinese play karate .4Aericans play ping-pong." intimations have met with quick eight years. WVith respect to ('hairt/tan.,(Comm;litte'e otl Anyway, !tatdenian'sEnds of Pover is great fiction, if it is not much opposition from the -organiza- Negotiated Withdrawals, the i cudem/ct !PeqJo'flnanc(' ' of' an exposf. It is almost like Nixon and the gang take turns accusing tions involved. each other abo.ut Watergate, as in Nixon's Frost interviews, just to in- Dispersed power leads to crease public interest in all this stuff and bolster sales of their memoirs. problems. Each group does its own planning, often without talk- David A.Schallf '78 -Chairman ing to other groups. It's not rare, Robert Wasserrnan'80 - Editor-in-Chief to cite a possible example, for the Steven F. Frann°80 -Managing Editor ternfs best LSC movie to be run - at the same time as the SCC's ma- Leroy A. Lindquist'79 Business Manager jor party. The UA has not been Volume 98. Number 5 able to arbitrate such conficts, Friday, February 24, 1978- even though they should have the PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT power to do so. Many activities Night Editors: Pandora Berman '80. BensonMarguiles '81, Eric Sklar are not really independent of the '81' Production Manager: Rebecca L. Waring '79, Typist:Chi-Dai UA, because they enjoy UA en- C. Tsai. Staff: Michael Brzustowicz '79. Bill Starr'79, Marlon-Weiss dorsed monopolies:- LSC has an '80, Matt Dahl '81, Glenn Katz '81, Barry Mirrer '81, Stephen ASA/UA mandate to the ex- Peckiconis '81. Shawn Wilson'81.Michael Mellone. clusive showing of major enter- SENIOR EDITORS tainment films, and SCC makes Kathy Hardis '78, Mark James '78. David B.Koretz '78, 'William money from it's monopoly of the Lasser '78. Mark Munkacsy '78. David H. Thompson '78. student center pinball rooms. I This dispersion of power is a Thirdclass postage paidat Boston, MA, Non-OrofitOrg. Permit No. 59720 major obstacle- to attempts to- The Tech ss published twice a week during the academic year (except during MIT vacations), daily during September Orientation. and once dunng thelast rebuild the UA. Once a group weekof July Please send all correspondenceto; P.O. Box 29, MIT Branch. becomes autonomous, it will Cambridge, Ma 02139. Offices at Room W20-483. 84 Massachusetts hardly relish the possibility of los- Avenue, Cambridge. MA Telephone:(617) 253-1541. ISSN 0148-9607. ing its independence to the UA. Advertising subscription, and typesetting rates available on request. When the constitution was

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I BerlOe criticizes HereandNowcolumn To tthe Editor: through which Sill will obtain the' managers, people-who've been Bill and five other Tech staffers disguised and unnamed in your I have found Bill Lasser's last "other skills such an education trying to entertain or help us do (his editorial board) criticized me newspaper troubles me for this Here and Now column "MIT's must supply?" the things we want to do; to Wil- for not convening a General As- reason: if ridicule is the basis for New Priorities Must Be Re- Bill says MIT's priorities must lard Johnson and John Mack, sembly. I offered them the some articles which appear in The examined" hypocritical. My ex- be examined. He says: "MIT people who've been trying to responsibility for it. They called Tech, let us limit that observation perience with Bill has been limited must commit itself to educating educate us to be able to deal with for my impeachment. (I often to the authors of the ridicule to brief encounters with him as a men and women who will be able the problems of our society; and wondered why they didn't call for rather than extending it to the freshman, and one conversation to deal with the complex continually me. my resignation'?) I offered them whole staff and all you write. last term after a couple of his technological problems of our For his last pitch as an editor the responsibility for elections I am glad to see that Bill thinks editorials viciously attacking me; society." I agree. Bill expanded his attacks to in- and offered to resign as soon as we (MIT) should examine our I pointed out last October that His view of MIT or of the ad- clude the "undecided" and someone else was elected. (They priorities. As before, I'll offer him many of his opinions about me ministration and faculty, or even "unwilling" faculty and ad- didn't print that letter on the front the opportunity to help do what were based on his own fantasies; me, as a monolith to be screamed ministration of MIT. The only page!) What, me worry? Some he says should be done: examine and that he had made no effort to at is conceptually simple but point in which we call criticize the people are predictably irresponsi- his own priorities. I'll examine talk to me to verify the truth of impractical. faculty and administration as a *ble. mine and then we'll be in a posi- his assumptions, establish a basis I agree with Bill that MIT's swhole is that they work too hard. Will you please print the names tion to examine MIT's,.. and to for his accusations, or to in- priorities should be examined. They've given me the best educa- of the people responsible for the communicate. fluence my behavior But there is no MIT without you tion that I could get in the world last USC column in The Tech? It Best wishes for a positive and presumably the motivation for his and me. An institution cannot and that's what I'm paying for. appeared in place of Bill Lasser's successful year from myself and written attacks. I felt this was ust have a personality and will in- I think it's time we accepted the column, and contained more from the undergraduate students. poor journalism, dependent of the people that responsibility for MIT's problems morose self-indulgent ridicule of Peter Berke I said at that time, last October, make it up. An institution cannot ourselves and stopped trying to several members of the MIT com- UndergraduateAssociation "Bill, if you don't like something examine its priorities without its blame our teachers, our buildings, munity, particularly Dr. Willard President I am doing why don't you tell me. people examining their own. and our freshmen. Taking respon- Johnson, a man I have not met, Editor's note: The USC from My office is' three doors down And I agree with Bill that MIT sibility for a situation is not the yet respect for his attempt to Cambridge of January, 25 was from yours, or you can call me on must commit itself to educating same as admitting we caused it. It educate me about feelings that I writlen hb Williamt Lasser and the phone." He responded: young men and women to deal is simply accepting the fact that am often isolated from at MIT. David B. Koretz. USC is "When Ben Bradley (the editor of with the problems of society, but we can do something'about it. The appearance of ridicule un- tradclitionall)' written anonymlously. the Washington Post) doesn't like our own problems come first, and I would like to see MIT's something Jimmy Carter is doing, we can't cope with society's groups support each other rather INTERCOLLEGIATE SPRING FLING SKI WEEKS AT he doesn't call him on the phone, problems until we cope with our than saying "I don't have time for he writes a scathing editorial." I own. Repressed insecurities and you," or pretending to be Jimmy KILLINGTON, VERMONT pointed out that I was not Jimmy resentments surface in a person Carter or Ben Bradley. A refined, "March is Killington's Best Ski Month with Plenty of Snow, Sun and Fun. Carters and the reason that Ben when he lashes out at another. disciplined use of abundant March Ski Weeks Include: doesn't call Jimmy is that Jimmy The anger is often directed at energy is far more effective and e Five Day Killington Lift Ticket (Mon-Fri) rFive Nights Lodging (Sun-Thurs) * Five Full Breakfasts & Four Complete Dinners doesn't answer his phone. Bill precisely those who are doing creative - than mere frustrated * Ski 50 Runs with up to 3000' Drop on 14 Lifts * Night Time replied' "I don't have time to talk what he is scared to try. This is gestures of defiance or self- Entertainment & WalktoMovies, etc. · FreeKegP.arty & DancetoLiveBands to you, I've got a newspaper to the case of - many of society's aggrandizement. ONLY $119.50-$139.50 or $79.50-$99.50 (without meals) put out. I don't care about you." problems and we're causing much Strong opinions should be fol- Special Drive-To Package That was his last sentence to my of it here at MIT. lowed up by committed actions if To receive all the details on this great trip, send this ad with your face. This year The Tech and Bill criticism is to be interpreted as address to United Intercollegiate Skiers Association, 4040 S. 28th St., Lasser have attacked many peo- Arlington, Va. 22206. (703) 578-3322 (No collect, please) Subject to Is this an example of the "free anything more than blatant 6% tax and service charge. exchange 6f ideas and values ' ple: frodm N11TV and IM sports negativism and indolent hostility. -- __ In______F with NROTC, the Navy gives you three

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('(m/i/ued./rionft pageI11 adjustments are made, we could John LoManto '80, a member the. standards of exellence'to .end up with a situation in which of a student group that was part *hich we all aispire. In our type of additional expenditures on higher of the successful campaign x stemnlvalue is associated with education for additional gradu- against the fifth-week drop-date scarcit antd not with what one ates would add nothing to the proposal, declared: "Any of these finds in abundance. We feel that GNP - there would be no eco- proposals by itself is worse than M-;itt71011 standards aind a demand nomic return at all on the expen- the drop-date proposal. We in-- for Superior perfiorlmalnce for a diture - but only to the number tend to fight all three." LoManto Introducing.. . .sLuperio)r gr;ade those students of competitors for scarce jobs, or had arguments against all three calpable ot suLch work are not with a political crisis because of proposals: "Why the 5 percent challened and tmay become the substantial number of disen- limit'? In many courses there will demoltiated. .. needed higher chanted and underemployed or be substantially more than 5 per- the- Apple i1- resglution bhemteen the various even unemployed college gradu- cent of the students exhibiting levels of emiinence which is en- ates - ias in Ceylon or Egypt, or 'special creativity' and/or 'in- ioyed hb MI'r imposes on us a with both. Higher education will sight'." LoManto suggested that your advanced personal respornasibility that we c annot ig- then have become counterpro- the proposal as it now stands will norc. Our gtyraduates do not con- ductive. The first possibility measure aggressiveness rather tiLnu lhveto the rest of their lives would mean a waste of resources; than creativity. "All students are in 1\11NT world. To use an eco- the second greater political insta- creative. In large courses, these nolnic metaphor. we aire not it bility: the third, both. But in the letters-will go to those students COMPUTE'R i closed ecL()101e,'. Our products judgteiment of the Commission we who seek out the professor most, and scrvic., enter into unliversal are far away from any of these encouraging aggressiveness and nmarkets aind for this reason we p__ssibilities." (Carnegie Commis- competition. In small courses, es- must bhe concLlerned with the effect sion on Higher Education, pecially lab courses, all students ol our inllatcd currency on the voluime entitled C ollege display creativity. Again, those.- standarrds of' others." (Report to Graduate.s nudRJobs. pp3-5) students who seek out the profes- I !-acultCLt f'or :Faculty meeting, sor most are the ones most likely April 2),1 977 pp4-6)' Amrong the measures the Com- to receive these letters. These stu- .- mission recommends is grade dents are not necessurily the most The prestigous Carnegie Com- deflation. MIT is not an average creative - they are the most ,.` .,,~,+q..,.9, 54 v ., -:. , t. , ~'. miision perceives the problem in a university ;and does not have the aigressive." slightly difllerent light: "The real same problemis as the average problem ior the current decade is school, nonetheless MIT in a siurvey taken last fall by the thc over 25 percent of the college graduates will be affected by the Student Commilittee on Educa- i graduates (and attenders) who scarce job market. According to tional Policy, students con- 'ill need to find jobs in 'educa- an lanalsis from MWonevr: magazine demined placing the grade distri- tionally upgraded' positions (2.6 the job prospects for college pro- bution on the trainscript by a two m11illionl out of 9.6 miillion) .... fessors and biologists aire among to one miargin. Another \,a'y of looking at the the worst ten in the country. problemi is to refer, not to the '"Scientists share the bleak LoManto questioned the need prospects of college professors tbr grade deflltion in the first occupations that will be 'educa- place: "'Grtdesshould measure to tionally upgraded,' but to since many of themi go into swhatl ;a tetachinl,"g. :or many scientists. extent student has persons wh'o will be occupation- 1mastered the mlatelrial in a course. ally dom ngraded .... Nearly 30 especially from MIT. teaching percent coul(d he considcred beirng occu- T'he logic otf grade deflation leads of four yea/r male coliege one to thle conclusion-that all of a uraduates are nrow in blue-collar, pationally downgraded. On the sudden students are learning a lot · salles. and clerical jobs. mafiy of plus side. engineerilng, at present. width 15.25" CM.7 )r,) which do not make fuli use of is the nilnth 1most promising pro- less. It is clear this is not happen- their eduIcation .... Perhaps tfession in the country: this will ing..So why is grade deflation be- somewhere in the vicinitv of I change since engineei'ring demalnd ing proposed'" LtoMunto isn't A complete. self-contained computer with BASIC and Monitor million it 2I million college is cyclical and we aLrein the -"sel- ,certain why grltde deflatiopn.Lis in ROIlM (8K bytes),, Colo(:Graphics. up to 48K bytes RAM {4K included), cassette interface. Apple GAME I/0 connector, :ype- educated persons, as a very rough lers" palrt of the cycle. t P/ease ltor}! /,g So/t"-" guess, will I'ace this frustrating ex- writer-style ASCIIkeyboard. MEMORY:- RAM is organized into 3 increments. Memory may be increased. From 4K to 48K perience. But the saime number would probably have ended up in bytes of RAM can be contained on a single board. 8K bytes of ROM are supplied which permanently store Apple BASIC(6K), a1boutthe same types of jobs if they had not gone to college. -and a powerful-system monitor (2K). MICROPROCESSOR. They are-no worse off occupa- 6502 operating at 1 MHz clock. I/O: ASCII keyboard, audio tionally- and often mla be bet- cassette interface, 8 peripheral board connectors, speaker, ter oft in other ways .... 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By Kathy Hardis Dancin's major problems stem from its honestly, anyone can do better than that. Dancin', however, is not entirely without Bob Fosse's new "musical enter- lack of continuity, from stale, cliched at- Apparently no one told Fosse that dirty excellent displays of dancing which are un- tainment," Dancin', premiered in Boston tempts at off-color humor, and the inclu- jokes of that caliber tend to be tedious - fortunately hidden behind the rest of its last weekend in a trial run before its sion of several numbers which are just not funny - because he continues that line schlock. "Sing, Sing, Sing", a glitzy, scheduled opening on Broadway. And un- plain boring. of "humor" in the cliche "Welcome to the vibrant number danced to the big band less the show is sufficiently- rewritten, Dancin' opens with the cast doing warm- Big City" in which a 41 year old zhlub en- song made famous by Benny Goodman, revised, and reworked to be more worthy up exercises when suddenly, without any counters every imaginable perversion. The was outstanding; it is one of the most spec- of the dancers' and choreographer's poten- transition, the character of Mr. Bojangles show's series of pas de deux, danced to Ann tacular pieces of dancing ever seen on tials, I doubt that it will last very long on appears to soft-shoe a non-memorable Reinking's breathy singing of"Easy" and stage. "Standing", a little diversion in Broadway (if it arrives there at all.) dance. Also included in the dance is his "If It Feels Good, Let It Ride," resembled which seven dancers dance without moving The concept behind Dancin' is taken "Spirit" whose presence on stage remains a 15 minutes of choreographed copulation, their feet is very original and rather cute. directly from the seed planted by Michael mystery. causing one disgruntled member of the And, even though most of what the Bennett's A Chorus Line; dancers are One piece is called "The Dream Barre", audience to remark, "I came to see real dancers do is a general waste of everyone's among the hardest working, most talented, an exploration of a male ballet dancer's dancing, and all. I saw were derrieres." time, they are all excellent at it--especially yet least noticed performers in musicals. sexual fantsies during dance class. Yet in- A song danced by a manic depressive, Ann Reinking - and I only wish that the Dancin' allows its cast of sixteen talented stead of finding any subtle suggestion of called "I've Got Them Feelin' Too Good incredible collection of talent could be put dancers to display several aspects of their humor in the situation, it is blatantly Today Blues" is silly, and the general to better use. Dancin' really could be a art form at what should have been its choreographed with a ballerina lying flat choice of music which included Neil Dia- good show, but only if Bob Fosse can highest level. With the exception of a few on her back while the young man moves on mond's not-too-memorable Crunchy manage to clean up and tighten up his act notable numbers, the cast' and top of her in time to the ballet instriuctor's Granola Suite definitely could have been and let the dancers do what they do best- choreographer have settled for mediocrity. "Up - down - up - down .... "Now better. just dafice.

By Kenneth E. Nordhauser It's fun to try and figure out why the LP iExcitable Boy - Warren Zevon on is titled Excitable Boy. The music is Asylum/Electra Records. bursting with an unusually mellow rock The process of smearing pot roast on style, and it's not difficult at all to figure one's chest, werewolves rampaging out why one could rapidly fall in love with through London, and gambling in Havana the album. Each delvestune farther into are just a few of the humorous lines from controlled song performance than just the W arrenZevon's latest albur. And if the mere repetition of an odd jumble of words; lyrics aren't enough to "excite" any rather, Zevon attempts to make each song listener, the music will. I can't think of a a -variety of beautiful soloing based on cer- single cut which doesn't make my spine tain chord passages. tingle. It's the kind of music you want to But the album has something for listen to when you're in the mood for the everybody. For those heavy metal freaks, purest, most healthful champagne for your it's time to hearan albumthat will get you ears. down to earth and back to normal. And for Zevon is truly a great songwriter. Rolling those John Denver devotees, this album is Stone this week describes how Linda Ron- delightful. stadt has been using his lyrics from his first Finally, it's just a guess but I think the album, released two years ago. And Ex- LP has some hidden political commentary citable Boy does have some exciting songs in it. The mention of Patty Hearst purchas- on it. Produced by Jackson Browne and ing a gun from a revolutionary, and the Waddy Wachtel, the album even includes CIA being sent out to kill the such stars as John McVie covering bass revolutionary, are both contained in the and the "crazy" Mick Fleetwood, both song Roland, the Headless Thompson Gun- featured on a cut entitled Werewolves of ter. Of course, political commentary can London. In addition to his very flowing be found anywhere, but rarely can it be dis- voice, Zevon demonstrates his superb covered in easy-to-take form. And believe piano, synthesizer, and organ- abilities me, you'll want to indulge in as much of throughout the album. this album as you can.

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Boston, through March 11. Tickets are Strat's Rat, in Lobdell Friday 8:30pm- I am. IN TOWN available at the box office (426-9366) or by AROUND MIT Cheap beer, fine music. Free with Theatrecharge (426-8181). MIT/Wellesly I.D. Grover Washington, Jr., "Mr. Magic" in Saelor Party, a benefit for Muscular Pippin, the Broadway smash, will be run- I concert Fri., Feb. 24, at 7:30 & 10:30 at the ning in Boston at the Schubert Theatre, 265 I Dystrophy, sponsored by SAE fraternity, AT THE MOVIES Berklee Performance Center (Mass. Ave. & will be held Sat., March 4, at 8:30pm in Tremont St., thru March I 1. Tickets, rang- The LSC Movie lineup this weekend: Boylston St.). Tickets, $6.50 & $7.50 at box ing in price from $9 to $16.50, are available Dupont Gym. Live music by The Chris office and Concert Charge 426-8181. Rhodes Band and Chuck McDermott & Rocky (Fri) 7 & 10pm in Kresge. at the box office (426-4520) or Tele-charge I Wheatstraw. Free drinks courtesy of Rums Black Sunday (Sat) 7 & l0pro in 26-100. Jane Olivor, in concert at Symphony (482-2425). I What's New Pussycat? (Sun) 6:30 & 9pm Hall, Sun., Feb. 26, at 7:30pm. Tickets Metropolitan Opera: of Puerto Rico. Prizes to selected advance All members of the MIT community can sale ticket -holders. Tickets $3 advance, in 26-100. -$6.50-$8.50 at the box office, or call Concert Charge 426-8 1 81. take advantage of a special advance ticket $3.50 at the door, college ID required. For Hitchcock's Murder, sponsored by the sale for the New York Metropolitan more info, call 267-9419. Film Society Fri., Feb., 24, 7:30 & 9:30 in A Musical Dream On Ice, the 1978 edi- Opera's annual appearance in Boston, 6-120. Admission- $1.25. tion of Shipstads and Johnson's Ice Follies, April 24-29 at Hynes Auditorium. Pre-Spring Fling, billed as the first all will be running at the Boston Garden campus semi-formal in years, Sat., Feb. 25. The Fourth Annual Winter Animation Receive priority seating by ordering Swing to A I Cooper & his Orchestra in Series, continues the third of eight con- through Feb. 26. Tickets are $4-$7. For tickets through the TCA (W20-450, x3- Lobdell or rock to the sounds of Spur in secutive weekends,repeating a Norman nore info, call 742-0200. 4885). There is a 25¢ service charge and the the Sala. Hors d'oeuvres included, cash bar McLaren Retrospective, parts I, II, and 11i ordering deadline is Fri., Feb. 24. available. Sponsored by UA,-SCC, and to be shown Fri., Sat., & Sun., Feb. 24,.25, IN THEATRE Performances are: Dormcon, tickets are $4 per pair and are & 26 respectively at 7.30 & 9:30pm at the Vanities, an account of the growth of 4/24 (eve) Thais on sale in Lobby 10 and all dorm desks. Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, on 4/25 (eve) Cavalleria Rusticana three Texas high school cheerleaders into Pagliacci Quincy St., outside Harvard Yard. Tickets middle age. At the Charles Playhouse, 76 Vincent Price will speak on the topic are $2. For more info, call Center Screen, Warrenton St. Tickets, $5.95-$8.95 at the 4/26 (eve) Boris Godunov "Villians Still Pursue Me," Mon., March 6, -253-7620. box office (426-6912) or Theatrecharge 4/27 (eve) La Favorita 4/28 (eve) Rigoletto at 8pm 'in Kresge. LSC ticket sales in Lob-' (426-8181). by 10, at all LSC movies, and at the LSC Unreel: A Collection from the World's 4/29 (mat) Don Giovanni Finest Short Films, 10 great shorts, at the Dancin', a new musical directed and 4/29 (eve) Madama Butterfly office (W20-457). Tickets are $3, or $2 with choreographed by Bob Fosse will run at MIT/Wellesley ID. Off the Wall theatre, 861 Main St., Camb. Leigh J. Passman (547-5255) thru -Tues., Feb. 28. the Colonial Threatre, 106 Boylston St.,

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ef . _*p~~b~ torts, the bridge was officially I I - - - . - -1 naimled some wveeks latter, by r Goovernor .Dever, 'The tHarvard Bridge. IHarvard Universit3. was given Abcor.. the rights in 1631 to operate a fer- ry fronm Boston to Camllbridte, at Members of The Tech staff unofficially dedicated the Technology the present site of the Harvard Bridge in 1949.-The Bridge was subsequently remamined The Harvard -- LIB RARY ASSISTANT BSridgc. Later, the ferry service Bridqe (Photo courtesy MIT HIstorical Coliections) k as replaced by a toll bridge 20 HOURS 'xhiich was owned and operated ' ' ' ..ii >, Thursday. Feb 23 -- Saturday. Feb 25 Our Industrial Librarian needs a part time assistant to handle clerical by Htarvard University and was .*1. Fortuna Bay duties related to library ser\vices - filing, updating catalog cards, check- subCqjUCntlx named The Harvard ing out books, light typing, etc. Job also requires traveling to Boston and Bridge. !owever, 15 years prior '- ~~~~~~~~Sunday.f~eb 26 --- Monciay, Feb 27 to tile Institute's 111oving to Cam- Jeannie French & Cross-Country Cambridge libraries once a week to photocopy magazine and journal bridge in 1906, the Present bridge Tuesday, Feb 28 -- Friday. March 3 articles. Background in library work helpful but not necessary. Can- xk;1s opened lind in accordanice Private Lightning diddtes must be able to supply their own transportation. We will reim- \xith tradition and- Harvard's burse travel costs. Benefits include vacation, holiday and sick pay. previojuS oxnershi p of' 'the old ; E :gS :....~ua': Per/briningtheir hit single Please send your resume to or call: Nancie Schoener, Personne! Assis- bridge, it wvas called The Harvard Brid,2c. .\ccording to the MDC, Ladies invited - ; r tant, 850 Main Street, Wilmington, Mass. 01887; 1-657-4250. 1350 Cambridge St., Inman Sq:.'.' 4)ii:ii - '1\ t,,u,.< ()O,poriulv, tpllo,, r i tarvard still receives aLstipend- or Camride 354,45 S)200 per month fro(m the City o1' I j - I Boston in compensationo .orthe - L - -- -I I loss o1' revenue fromt the opera- ilon of the toll bridge. _ In 1918, the original wood block paving was replaced by %%ood sheathing which would periodically pull L)ose with the in- EARN OVERS650 A MONTH creasing amount of tral'fic. !-ngineer Corps members of the ROTC .ere given annually the thecoretical problem of'locating RIGHT THROUIGH YOUR dxnhamite char,,es to demolish the -bridge most effectively. .. ]'he possibility of construction SENIORYEARo of' L new bridge was -becoming brighter in the early twenties and the Institute's cause to rename the bridge reached Beacon Hill. A state senator promised that' "in If you're a junior or a senior majoring in math, physics or the event that a new structure is erected to replace Harvard engineering, the Navy has a program you should know about. Bridge, aLmniove- to christen it I 'Technoloty Bridge' will'have my It's called the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate- I serious consideration:". However, the MD)C elected to appropriate Collegiate P13rogram (NUPOC-C for short) and if you qualify, I funds to reconstruct the bridge to I fit the increasing traffic over the you can earn as much as $650 a month right through your lb6llowing thirty years, and since a new structure was not built, the senior year. Then after 16 weeks of Officer Candidate School, bridge was reopened in 1924 as the ilarvyard Bridge. you'll receive an additional year of advanced technical

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E'I I i, I I ' gM PAGE 10 THE TECH. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1978 -_- p_ -- -· - - I -- I - -- -· - - PI-- ---· ..., z... _I, -. I-h- -P - - ;Ic ; N I," a \\· ii · , -, , i.L-;,-..:',. ;''·!'· L 'i,'-S~:"....\?-; ;*-·· -Vz- -,.-141,- 11, " - 1` ------I -- -- woman Robbed parents,' .Urned out to be merely aldult acquaintances of the.youth A' %konian walking alonte on ,aho had no true consanguineous Carlton Street last Frid& av e~vening relationship with him, but who at approximatel y 7:45 swere merely attempting to assist costed by four teenavtege v- youthshs hinm in evading the law. The dis- near the corner of Ma:iinand Street. then, trimc Attorne2,'s Office is consider- The M.I.T. class ring of a One asked for the time in-. at theJudge's request; Bernis Hall resident was stolen. asked ift she had ainev money. ,,~hether to bring indictments WCednesday in the Student Center. \Vhen she said "no". a.uieher of 'againstthese adults for obstruc- The ring, valued at $106, was so the group pulled out at herwallet.knife and tiion of justice. new. it had never been worn bS its LE forced her to turn over I AXfter !nanvhours of' further owner. It disappeared' from the Fm The\ fled before the vic:tiim could de!a,, the true identity of the pocket of his jacket which was left notify the police. >outh \las Finally determined. At in the rear of the "pinball room" Youth Arrested in duponst 'h;'that time it was discovered that he for about forty-five mninutes while , waswanted by the Bogton Police the victim played one of the Two youths, one armred with a fo r silnilar crimes in that city; mnachines after hLaving pickedthe PDP- I Assembly Language Programmers hunting knif'e. were arirested late the~ held several outstanding ar- ring up in the Building iO lobby. iast wetek in the duPonIt Athl~etic ;Irest \arrants for himn. and Break Made at E53 Lr Coomplex when a di'spLI t over the Remanded to the custody of !,ogic/ttardware Designers right to use the fLacilit t) erupted thei Massachus etts Dept. of Ot'iccrs aire investigating a '1nto an arnl)ed /tSS;Llt O )n MITa Youth Services. his' trial, which break Lit the iterniann Building iPar-t ahd Full Time' Work. student. The dispute aros),e when like all jueile proceedings will Monlda3~ night, which resulted in l'l:xibilit illnWork Schedule/Locatioln the two teenagers. vhio had no be closed to the public, was thtc loss of a valuable office 'Forp Rates permission to be prese :ntn th .,chedUled for earl5 in March. macLh i nerx . campus. refused to leave the' ()/ida' u.vr;'m'u'/ quah.'/ied a:i.p/ic~alils basketball court when a~sked to do Data Phone Vanishes ' vueliing acha'tllenute need appiv.! so) by an M IT athlet e.'Fleted River Ice Dangerous, A D)ata Phone valued at 5300 words passed betoeen one youth WAith telnperatures this week Lis stolen carl) this week. frtom a BergComrpany and the athlete which e:nded with up to the nlid-thirties by mild- rooni in Bldg.38 which services the youth pulling a knife and al'ternoon, and with a week-end o,~cr 600 students in five classes. (l-ocated 50 miles f'rom Campus) threatening the stu(dent. Six tha\\ seen as somewhat possible Although the room does get con- Bcdlford. New Hampshire Campus Police Office~rs arrived b x meteorlogist, we remind stantlv ieaezvN use, 0'ftieers have as 603-668-3400 moments later and tookk the knife everyone that traversing the oLet been unable to locate anyone weilder into custody-, charging seemingly "frozen" Charles on vho recalls being in the room at ~e~~t~ ---- - W-1-i~88~~DdPL him with assault and pca)ssesion of foot is extremely dangerous. Even the tinme the larlceny took place. I -------- --- a dangerous weapon. in the coldest weather, the - His arraignment. thte next day peculiar currents and eddies of took over seven hour,s to corn- 'that stream, coupled with',its ex- plete, since the youth c(onsistently treme pollution, 'make 0valking on lied about his identitt,y. Several the ice quite hazardous. Warming people in Boston whom ithe defen- ~kea.ther only exacerbates the dent identified at variouis s~tages of problem. Since it is difficult to tell Imoy wn the proceedings as being his precisely how, much of the.snow, parents, and who whenJ contacted and ice cover -has been melted by the Probation D)epartment with .just the naked eve, judging swore that they were in fact his its depth is a precarious business. Frosh admnissio~ns I worlk for ( C'ontinued/?orem page 3 ) '"Fl'h c stLcnt's point ot' view. II eit people to MYI'I',and we com- this. is most important, because_ pletel3 ignore tile fact that the3 : i'0ohodxNshoul;d come here-unless chlurberger. are women." Also. approxi- thcx know, %Oh;.t they are getting nnately the sarne percentage of' into." f'emale Lis male applicants are ad- Studies coondutetd by the Theresrinothing routine about a career mitted. "What We LtrN, to do.- adinssions olffice indicate that a with Schlumberger. Just ask Larry according to Richardsoin, "is to greater portion of admitted stu- Gutman who joined us a year ago. encolraoc womlen tO apply: there dlenltS aIltend NM[T when notifi- are so many qualified women cation is sent at the end of' March "Working as a field engineer for around, and -tc have to get them rather than during the middle of' Schlumberger is everything I thought it to apply." April. would be," Says Larry. "i like to be out: The admissions staff] has set ,,'\ter the Admissions Olfficers doors.-Work with my hands. And keep Mlarch 22 us the target date-- the decide which applicants the\y f'eel ~a·my 0wn hours. date thcx pilanto) notit\ appli- arc right f'Or MIrT. the prospoec- cants bv mail.Then, at list of' ac- five f'reshmen are invited to visit "I'm responsible for myself, my crew cepted studenlts will be posted at. M11'I' to see \Whethcr or not the -and everything that happens on the tile 1Institute ill tihe hope that MIT Institute is right t'or them. Then. job. It's really exciting to make things students will contact prospective according to Richatrdson, "kwe work out right. 1'reshmein dU'ring. Spring break. "It hope to have a class of' energetic is most important that prospec- people, w:hc) are able and readv to "Some people aren't cut out for this. tiv'e studentIs find out what M IT is kccp! Lip with the pae at MIT and Ittakes a special person. I work long, really like, both the good and the;, take advantage of' what it-hbas to hard hours-and sometimes it's tough bad points," Richardson said. el'l'er." tO stay awake. ---- ^I------Y _ .I -- "But it's worth it. Because I'm satis- fied with myself and my work.. and you can't beat the money." ,Congratulations! Ready for a challenge? Maybe this is for you. Ifyou're a graduating senior in electrical or mechanical engineering, or physics, let's talk. Please contact your 11x\Vlll. placement office. Openings are available throughout . I ZI~· the U.S.A. -1)1 - Schlumberger Well Services P.O. 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You can work 9 to 5 toI !Be man O, Voit.G 'r." Wworkr L, l, .tm *-,r rt a i' %1- if you are interested in interviewing The PEACE CORPS and VISTA ocfe~,e .ou 3ed'e, a!er":eltlve ltt-! '1 ", be thet .r'oI"" with Schlumberger, please attend an rewarding experience of your hfle - In the PEACE CORPS you can qo where your sktlls ~d tra,, n, are reYded. You information meeting (whether you can live in a new land speak a new lanquage and be adopie0 by,, I'lt'~ peoplei VISTA of!ers you the Orpor',drml tO held people -!Oh' )lPren it,rthe,'Otr ¥ are on the interview schedule or not) ' ~ whether O'S in tWe troueled Chetto tnhe moun!at,~5 r:* ADD~.!.Ch:,~ 'n; tp vouf Ow om-mu nitv on March Iat 5:00 PM, Room 12-150, It you wan! to do something reaill' rmnortzrnt COOsnt !n,- PEACE CORPS o~ VISTA because you CAN make 311 the tltterion-e ,n -"o ¢,.or'.q Placement Office. Interview date: March 2. PEACE CORPS and VISTA recruiters will be conducting inter- views with graduating seniors on Thursdbay. March 2 in the placement office. ENGINEERS An Equal Opportunity COME IN AND DISCUSS YOUR FUTURE; Employer MF WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO USE THAT DIPLOMA

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1/1-p-~ -- snortsr z-- ·- -- W. Fencers take tourney IM hockey snafued ! By Jeannette M. Wing again the pressure was on Wing to Michelle P.ettyman '79's victory By Gordon Haff l)elayed opening of the rink aind (Jeantnelte,M. Ufing is a member win the meet's deciding bout. She over a third previously unde- and Michael Taviss the sno\k storm, arong other o tlhe WH'oment's Fncing Team. ) fortunately repeated her fine per- teated 'Cliffie, Debbie Sze. With respect to problems, it is a snlafus, have caused the cancella- A recent trip to New York formance to win the bout 5-3. Prettyman has only lost three miracle that any IM sports have tion of not only the playoffs but helped contribute to the lopsided The victory against Fordham bouts in the past sixteen. Her survived the fast six months. over 30 regular season gamnes. 11-4 record of the women's var- 11-5 was iess of a struggle than coupe attacks and her strategic Actually,- it's -not that bad. At the moment hock-ev is also sit, fencing. tearn with victories the previous two matches with game of alternating offensive and Althouh hockey has been' labouring under a tiny four team against Barnard 9-7, Stevens 10-6, M IT taking nine straight wins defensive touches continuallyv sur- lighting managerial and weather A-lelWgue, loneof which is the JV and Fordhamni 11-5. aiter dropping the first bout. prise her opponents. difficulties' since November, team. It is hoped that this situ- MIT met Barnard first and vic- The meet against Concord- Wing's fencing has improved baIsketball has come throLugh the ationl will eventluilly be ilinproved tory appeared certain- after five Carlisle (8-8) on February .15was with her fast and fluid movements winter almost unscathed. by the addition of nlew teams so straight wins. But then Barnard less satisfying even though MIT intinmidating her opponents. Her T-he living group and indepen- that A-lcagule coulld be composed ron six of the next eight bouts, was victorious. Touches were tal- defensive parry ripostes and well- delt A-leattIgue basketball play- cntirel of' intlamiural tealns. putting pressure on the Engineers. lied to determine the victor of the timed stop thrusts have been olffs \xill be Suda anda MondayV Another possihility would be to The) proceeded to win the next meet and M IT emerged vic- proven deadly on the strip to give Mlarcti. 5 and 6. With on1l, twvo have iindepelldelnt ind living two bouts: 'the match-deciding torious 64-62. her twelve total wins in the last days ot' gain:es cancelled due to group A\-lelagues a.s in baisketball ninth bout was won by Jeannette Thursday, February 16, MIT five mleets. thilte storm, and those resched- or soccer. I'hil Zylberrman '80, I M W\ing '78. narrowli lost to Radcliffe 9- Meredith Boice '78 has been uled. basketball has h;ad it easy. liockce managLer, says. however. Next, MIT met host school 7.Wing managed to beat three fencin:2-well, contributing a total !tockcv. onil the otiler hand, has that whilil le wouldn'th really ob- St~,eIns and again victor) ap- 'Cliffies, two of whom were pre- of ten wins. She ferrces cau- cxpecriceid a continual plague of' jct to such aLblank, he seriously peared certain after seven wins in viously undefeated, including tiously, picking up on her oppo- diftlicullics. The unusually warm doubLIts that there '*ill ever be eight bouts. But Ste;:ens won five Caiptain Nancy Cooper. Another nents' weaknesses and success- fall xveathrcr, has beeli only one of cnoug h ilnterest to implelnent out of the next six' bouts and highlight was MIT Captain fully diverting their attacks. this sport's manv problems. suLCh 111 zirranrgelent. I, c - - pI~, r~~~~~-- I KING OF BEERS&' -ANHEUSER-BUSCH. INC. - ST. LOUIS

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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Track wvvinds up 6 -2 - r, --- _. By Michael Taviss both high jumpers, and'both have IM- Basketball$Standings With a IAammontrk 14 - record of 6-2 it can be fine records for-this season -as A INUtDE PNBENT -W L B5 W L C6 .W L said that the MIT track team has they must have had to qualify. The "Macks" 7 2 ATO-B 4 0 Economics 3 0I had a good season. All the dual The track team's head coach is Economics- 7 4 TDC Orgy 3 0 ChiPhiC1 3 1 Medel's Mutants 6 4 Theta Chi B 3 1 Vigilantes C2 2 -1 meets are over so the only events Gordon Kelly, who is in his fifth Mechanical Eng. 5 4 Dorkatrons " 3 2I 2 1 BTP"C" I left are some of the tournaments. season in this position and his six- B-Ball Team 5 6 Tong Xue Hui 1 4 TDCOuthouse 2 2 Of these MIT had a team of ten teenth at M IT. He is also an As- Second West 3 8 NRSA B 1 4 English House 4 Sloan "A" 1 7 Pi Lam "B" · .4 ;I qualify for the highly competitive sociate Professor of Physical 0 4 Korean StudentAssn. A1 LIVING GROUP- B6 W L C7 W L, Education. The assistant W L I Easterns held at Southern Con- coach is DU "A" 7 1 Nodules 2 0 SigrmaChi C 4 .01 necticut last weekend, and they Christopher Laine who is corn- Delts "A" 6 2 Sigma Chi B 3 1 Delts"GRRR" 3 1 will have two members in the ex- pleting his first season at this Baker Bullets - 5 3 PBE B 3 2 SPEC1- 22--- .....-1 KS "Ball Handlers" 3 2 ,DU "C" post. Fiji "A" 5 3 tremely tough-to-qualify-for New The team's co-captains are MacGregor 2 7 Fiji "B" .2 2 LCA "Ca 1t 22 EnglaLnds, which will be at Har- Fred Bunke '78 and John Dillon The Bojacks 0 9 PDT 1 3 FiJi 01 '78. B-Lievers 1 5 DKEC I vard this Saturday. A2 LIVING GROUP W L C8 W L At the former tournament, The latter had some comments I SAE "A" 9 0 C1 W L First East Redneck 3 0 M IT was one of 20 teams entered. on the entire season. The main LCA "A" 6 3 4th West' .Wishwekood Shute 3 1 DKE "A" 6 3 HoJo 3 1 DawgShooters 2 1 The eventual winner of the meet difference from last vear was the fPi Lam "C" 2 1 2001 A Basketball Odyssey 5 5 ET"Snakes" 3 2 was Springfield, with MIT taking addition of three new events in Chocolate City 2 7 3 2 Epsilon Theat 2 2I Sick Puppies 0 31 one of the middle positions the middle distance category - AEPi 2 7 Burton 1C 2 2·2 TDC C2 -Pi Lam "XTC" 2 7 i 3 NRSA C although the Engineer s had par- the 440 yard, 880 yard, and two Coalition 1 3 PKS o 4 C9 W0 .L ticipants in only four events: the mile run. "You had to-spread iB1 W L Conner 3 4.0 I high jump, the distance medley your middle distance-people a lot PKS "B" 5 1 Second East C2 3 0 I i relay, the two mile run, and the thinner. In most meets this helped From A to B 4 2 W L ChiPhi-C2 2 2 Burton Fives, 4 3 Air Force ROTC 5 0 Blazers 2 2 two mile relay. us." Dillon went on to say, "I'm Nuclear Eng. 3 .3 Les Tares 3 2 C-NWON" F-Entry Vigilantes C1 1.--3 I In the latter Jack Martin '80, quite pleased with what the team BTP "A" 2 2 3.-2 2 J3ack Florey 1.3 Vigilantes "B" East Prussian Blue Boys 2 3 did this year. We 3 .4 2 3ATO"C" 0 3I Rich Allen '7()9. Dave Westenberg beat the team Ashdown 1 4 7W Enforcers 2 3 '80O, and Tirm MlcManus '80 that beat us last year (Bowdoin). XM 1 -Sports o 5 C10 W L 8B2 W L Amazing Grace 2 0 managed a fifth place. This was I'd say we had a good season." Transports 5 1 WSPE C2. 3 1 bettered somewhat in the medley The track team takes a rest now Chokin' Tokers I 4 3 C3 W L B.S./Humboldt Institute 2 1 Chinese Students 4 0 relay where John Dillon '78, Jim until April 8 when they will be TEP '.S & D's" 3 3 31 K.S. "Hot-Stuff' 2 1 Hydros 2 ADP- 3 1 - 3 3 2 2AEPi 1 -1 Dunlay '79, Barry Bayus i79 and starting the spring season. The SAE Bouncers .2 2. Theta Chi C Lee's.C's Len Nasser '80 came in third. season's opener will be against the New House V & I,' 3 -4 Ballard's-Mallards · 2 -2 " C-NEMALL" Nudes Inc. 1 3 Finally, in the high jump, Jim University of New Hampshire System Dynamics 3 4 W L Mac C 2 5 K-Entry Killers 0 4 CD1t Turlo '80 took third place. and Bates. It will be held here at TWEPOE 5 0 I Turlo, along with Reid Von MIT as the christening event for B3 W L F Entry Vigilantes "F" 3 1 Burton Third Bombers 4 0 C4- W L Les Champignons 3 3 Borstel '78, will be the two -MIT the new Henry G. Steinbrenner SPE "B" 3 1 Theta Xi 6 0 McCormick 2 2 track members at the New Stadium athletic facility on Hydros 1 3 2 Tetazoo 4 1 New House Il&V 1 3 The Filters 2 3 Hillel M-acabees 2 2 Englands this weekend. They are Brigg's Field. B.M.F.'s 11 2 3 D2 W L Club Latino 2 3 2 4 Virjins 4 1 .Datamen 2 4 Spanish Inquisition Phi Kap Celtics 1 3 No. 6Club 2 1 New II1Stooges 1 4 1 5 Basket Cases 3 2 MacGregor E 1 3 Fencers hit Judges 84 . Dodoreaherons W L WLILG 0 5 SAE B1 4 0 C5 W L WILG By Brian F. Wibecan England Championships, and Did We Play 4 1 Thunderbolts 5 0 D3 W L (Brian F. Wibecan is a member says that he "looks stronger each Sloan B 4 1 Tri City Tycoons 4 1- Burton 5 Smokers 4 1 .3 2 of the mlen's fencing team) time he fences." Abusers '3 3 Aero-Astro 4 2 Vardebedian House Chem. Eng.-- 2 3 B.M.F.'s I 2 3 ChokinToker ll 3 2 Tuesday night the men's fenc- £pee was the real surprise, LSD 2 3 Burton 5 Smokers 2 3 Second West "D" 2 3 ing team rebounded from a disap- Stevens taking the MIT squad 6- AEPi 2 4 Baker WPOD 1 4 Burton lD 1 3 Dancers 0 5 pointing New York trip by 3. Stevens fenced "flaw!ess 6p0e," Burton H..I. Tooev.-- 0 -6 Roaches O 5 The L ___ __,_ _____ cl3I·PBQe" -- ·Irma i trouncing Brandeis, 17-10, in the according to Coach Sollee. The I fencing room. Last weekend in final score was a definitive 17-10 New York, the team lost to defeat for the MIT team;.. ine last dual meet will be Bouncing back to the winning aga;inst St. John's on March I at P Baruch and Stevens Tech. This the mit community players present a 7pm in the fencing room. The brought the fencers' record to 7-3. trail against Brandeis, the fencers 9 The Baruch meet was close, as got some momentum which will team. then journeys to Princeton expected, but ended up a 14-13 carry them through the New for the Eastern Championships Tr3HE LION IN WtNTER victory for Baruch. Half of Englands. Sabre did somewhat on March 10 and 11. by William Goldman Baruch's wins were-in sabre; the better against Brandeis, winning directed by David London MIT squad could only squeeze four, including two by Dave Karp eD out two close bout victories. '78. Foil won easily, 6-3, in- nortic fri,- sat, sun feb 24, 25;26 The foil squad provided most cludinrig three fine bouts by thurs, fri, sat mar 2,3,4 of the push by taking seven bouts, Hemphill and two by Freidah. 8pm kresge little theatre, mit including r a clean sweep by cap- lpee won even more easily, There will be an Intramural Coun- tickets $3 ($2.50 with mit id) tain Mark -Smith '78, and two sweeping their last seven bouts. cil meeting on Monday, February 27 call ext 3-4720 E Smith recovered from his first in-: wins each by Rich Hemphfill '78 at 8pm in room 4-149. Elections will L - ,, ____ 1401cm, , ------II and Jim Freidah '81. lPp6e was a tercollegiate 6ple losses by taking tbe held for football, soccer, rifle, sail- r close loss as John Rodrigues '80 three, while Pingree and ing, and squash managers a.s well as and Geoff Pingree '80 each took Rodrigues won two apiece. for next year's Chairman and _ ENGINEG _IG g two. U nfortunately,; the total fell Smith looks forward to fencing Secretary. If no-one is elected 'for i one point short of a win. 6p~e in the New Englands, tomor- Squash manager there will be no I.M. STUDENTS . A major deciding factor was row at Dartmouth. He has in the Squash this year. For more informa- I a1 a ill tion contact Craig Walloch at 267- 1 Here!'s your chance4-to talk to being forced to fence without the past won the foil and the sabre 1 6091 or 536-3931. aid of sabreur George Gonzalez- championship crowns, and would the leading manufacturer of Rivas '79, who finished up a fine like to complete the groups. MIT rotating memory systems. season by sweeping his last nine has a tradition to uphold, having The MIT Athletic Department will bouts. Gonzalez-Rivas is unfor- been reigning New England We're SHUGART ASSOCIATES. the leader in rotating memory hold its Third Annual All-Sports Day systems. 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