Gale Falls to Death from Green Building Classroom by Zareena Hussain a Wooden Chair Was Reportedly CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Thrown out of the Window of a Philip C
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Happy St. Patrick's Day The Weather Olde t and Largest Today: Calm, sunny, 42°F (5°(') Tonight: Clear, cold, 23°F ( 5°C) ewspaper Tomorrow: Rain, 45°F (7°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 118, Number 13 02139 Tuesday, March 17, 1998 Gale Falls to Death from Green Building Classroom By Zareena Hussain A wooden chair was reportedly CONTRIBUTING EDITOR thrown out of the window of a Philip C. Gale '98 fell to his classroom on the fifteenth floor on death from a clas room on the fif- the side of the building facing the teenth floor of the Green Building Charles River. hortly thereafter, Friday evening in an apparent sui- Gale fell to his death from the bro- cide. ken window, Glavin aid. Gale was Gale, a music major and member pronounced dead upon arrival at of the Phi igma Kappa fraternity, Massachusetts General Hospital returned to MIT in 1996 to complete after being transported from the his studies after taking a leave of scene by Cambridge Rescue. absence from the Institute. Multiple agencies reported to the Originally from Charlotte .C., scene, including the Boston and Gale first came to MIT four years Cambridge Police, Glavin said. ago at the age of 15, but left to serve Whether the death was a suicide as Director of Research and has yet to be determined, Glavin Development for Earthlink said. The Middlesex County etwork, an internet service Medical Examiner said that the provider, from March 1995 until death was caused by "multiple trau- March 1996. Gale lived off-campus matic injuries." in an apartment in Central quare While there was no suicide note after his return to the Institute. left in the classroom, "some infor- mation was left in the room," Police informed immediately Glavin said. he would not com- An anonymous male contacted ment on the nature of that informa- the Campus Police at 7:27 p.m. tion. Friday to report the sound of break- Gale had been preparing to take ing glass followed by a scream and an Undergraduate Research RICH FLETCHER- THE TECH a person falling outside Building 54, Scraps of wood and broken glass litter the ground In front of the Green BUilding Friday evening. said Chief of Police Anne P. Glavin . Gale, Page 15 .IFC Ready to Certify TaUdng at Innovation Summit, Gore Groups for Alcohol Cal~ for an Earth-Vrewing Satellite By Aileen Tang certified in the national Training in By Douglas E. Heimburger Intervention Procedures program. NEWS EDITOR Fraternities, sorOrIties and Living groups are also required to Vice President Al Gore pro- independent living groups can have a representative on the IFC posed a new $50 million satellite again be certified to have alcohol at judicial committee, which deals which will provide a continuous events following the first new with violations of the policies. full-disk view of the Earth from alcohol policy symposium. "People need to be educated, space as part of a new effort to On Saturday, the Alumni Inter- and the new policies represent a maintain the United States' lead in Fraternity Council and the office of "minimally acceptable level in the innovation in a speech at MIT. Residence and Campus Activities sense of alcohol awareness," Gore, who was a featured speak- sponsored a symposium on the Dreger said. er at the Summit on Innovation held legal, medical, and sociological Thursday and Friday at the Tang issues of alcohol use. ReA discusses possible new Center, said that the U. is already Attendance at Saturday's policy moving towards a new society symposium satisfied two parts of On Sunday night, officers of the based upon innovation. "Our nation the alcohol education program Undergraduate Association and is building a new economy, one that required by the Interfraternity dormitory governments takes innovation a a tarting Council's new alcohol certification participated in an alcohol point." policy. awareness workshop designed to Gore challenged the 200 gov- All fraternities, sororities, and clarify current alcohol policies and ernment, industry, and academic independent living groups have to discuss future changes. leaders attending the invitation- apply for IFC alcohol certification RCA is looking into the only summit to conduct research before alcohol can be reintroduced possibility of allowing dormitories into areas that may not have imme- to any house events. New to pay for a bartender with house diate gains. "When we started pro- certification policies require that tax funds, said Assistant Dean for viding seed money for the Internet, houses meet a set of criteria in RCA Katherine G. O'Dair. The there was no enthusiasm from the order to qualify for recertification. bartender would be able to serve business community," but today According to IFC President both alcoholic and non-alcoholic the Internet is revolutionizing com- Duane H. Dreger '99, no houses beverages. "Dorm taxes would not merce, he said. have been certified yet. However, pay for the alcohol but for the The new satellite which Gore the IFC Judicial Committee began service - that is an important hopes to have launched by 2000 handling application at yesterday's distinction," O'Dair said. pending Congressional approval, meeting, where the first houses Under the current alcohol would provide a "clearer view of may become certified. policy, Institute funds, including our own world" that could bring The goal of the new policies is house taxes, cannot be used for the "new levels of understanding" to to "provide a safe and responsible purchase of alcohol when persons weather forecasting by providing a environment in the FSILG system," under the age of 21 will be present. view much broader than is avail- he said. In addition to requiring While academic groups can get able from current meteorological two-thirds of the living group to exemptions from this policy, GREG KUIINEN TIlE TECf! satellites. complete an alcohol education student groups cannot. Vice President AI Gore speaks about America's technological future oting that the last full-view program, the policy also mandates at the Summit on Innovation held last Thursday and Friday at the • that one-third of the house be Alcohol, Page 16 Tang Center. Summit, Page II A Harvard The Solar Car Comics World & ation 2 junior was Team pre- Opinion .4 found dead in pares for a full Arts 7 Revere on season of rac- Police Log 17 Sunday. ing. Sports 20 Page 8 Page 8 Page10 Page 2 THE TECH & Dr. Spock, llthor of e eb ated • eec , Child-Rearing Book, Ie THE LOS A GELES TIMES Dr. Benjamin pock, the pediatrician who e practical "Book of ~eon net Baby and Child Care" became the bible of American parent for two generation and whose opposition to the Vietnam War made him one By John F. Harrl records showing calls and Oval Congres ional reaction hinted at of the most controver ial figure of the 1960 and 1970s, ha died, it THE WASHINGTON POST Office visits by former White House the gravity of the matter. Senate was reported Monday. WASHI GTO aide Monica . Lewinsky, Monday Majority Leader Trent Lott (R- • pock was 94 when he died unday in hi an Diego home, aid Breaking a week -long silence made public records showing that Miss.) told reporters he found Dr. tephen Pauker, hi phy ician. There was no pecific cause of on the sexual misconduct allega- Willey regularly initiated contact Willey "credible," and regarded her death reported, but in recent years, pock had suffered a heart attack, tions about him, President Clinton with Clinton following the contested charges as adding "one more bit of stroke and several bout of pneumonia. Ju t la t month his wife wa Monday aid he was "mystified and 1993 meeting. Included in the White seriousness to the equation." He publicly a king money from friends and family to help pay hi disappointed" by former aide Hou e release are notes from Willey declined to draw further conclu- $IO,OOO-a-month medical bills. Kathleen E. Willey's nationally praising his performance in office sions, however, because "I don't pock won fame and fortune with his book, first published in televised accusation that he forced and asking for job help. know all the facts." 1946, which sold nearly 50 million copie in 30 language and him elf on her when she approached The vigorous public rebuttal to "If this is true, it is very, very became America's econd-be teller - with only the Bible outpac- him for a job. the Willey allegations ran counter to disturbing and I think it ultimately ing it. It told parent to "trust yourself. .. you know more than you Clinton said he had a "very a policy - followed devotedly in has very powerful consequences," think you do." clear memory" of his meeting with the weeks ince the Lewinsky con- said House Speaker ewt Gingrich, "He was really the fir t person to talk about listening to children, Willey in a private hallway leading troversy broke in late January - R-Ga., during an appearance in his which is uch a catch phrase now," British psychologist Penelope to the Oval Office in ovember that Clinton would not comment on home state. Leach, author of the best-selling "Baby and Child," said from her 1993, contradicting an earlier state- the waves of allegations that have Clinton advisers inside and out- London office. ment through his attorney that he broken regularly a part of the Jones side the White House said they con- had "no specific recollection" of the civil lawsuit and independent coun- sidered the defense in the Willey event. The president asserted that "I sel Kenneth W. Starr's criminal controversy an especially delicate CIA Official Sa~ Agency told the truth" when he testified in investigation.