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© 1978The Tech RentReveInt coinputercoputer fraudsfraus Incesinceas By Bruce Kaplan at least attempt to crack the Computer fraud is one of system." Regarding computer America's fastest growing and / rauLd, he states, "people too often most lucrative types of crime. perceive of it as a glame." Within the last month, a com- The following are some of the puter expert has managed to steal mnajor scandals that have been un- $10.2 million from a West Coast co vered: bank by abusing his consultant's I) The Equity Funding Cor- I status. and breaking the bank's poration of America: Facing secret code. He had the Federal bankruptcy in 1970, this in- INSDE- .Reserve Bank transfer the money I surance firm used a computer to to an-account in Switzerland. systematically dupe reinsurance i} This and other well-publicized firms. Over a two year period, the The Farll Blood Drive was not crimes of a similar type are computer maillntained thousands as successful as its organizers suspected to be only the tip of the of fake policies. Using statistical had hoped. iceberg of this new type of white data describing such routine collar crime.- -'This is something events as deaths, claims, and .. that's going to bother us a lot in loans aggainst policies, the com- -- p2 the forseeable future," says Dr. pany made windfall profits. Total Joseph Weizenbaum, Professor of of the seam before it was un- I ·Computer Science at MIT. A number of organizations are covered: over iwo billion dollars. . "Somebody had better know Graphic by Benson Margulies 2) Over a six year period, an trying to shed lighton world something about it." know a lot about computers and there is no course here that deals hunger problems. Many accountant for a'fruit and The question arises as to what they're generally smart people." with the topic. vegetable wholesaler had over one related events are forthcom- methods are being developed to Pfof. Weizenbaum feels that a While he doesn't know of any ing. million dollars paid to dummy detect and prevent these types of subject dealing with the topic is instance where MIT graduates firms which he had created. Using crimes. Specifically, what:is MIT probably a good idea. Such a sub- have been involved in this sort of the firm's own computer to pad doing to prepare its computer ject could be developed jointly by crime, Prof. Weizenbaum notes, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~... , prices by fractions of a cent and science graduates to deal with this his department and the Sloan "MIT students have been known likewise reduce income, his fraud problem'? "There is no subject [at School of Management. "Com- in the past to respond to what rmight still be undetected if he had M IT] where this forms part of the puter security is damn near a field they perceive to be challenges. not turned himself in. It seems Al Stewart brought his slickly - syllabus," added Prof. Weizen- of its own. Certainly, a young For example, if it is asserted that that he wanted out, but could not produced show to Boston last baum. "I think MIT people might person can plan to make a career a certain computer system at MIT stop without causing a surge in week. be better equipped to deal with out of computer security, which is is absolutely secure... then you corporate income, drawing atten- the computer crimes than most just the other side of the coin can be sure that some students tion to the fraud. 7ps people, in part, because they from computer fraud." However, will be challenged by it, and will ( lhtt. ' tflurn to page 3)

. "- 17 , -. 1 - - I -EditOrs not.-This-&:heb ooger the, co--n- WV IERT no.t-.:Twaissrthefnt~Edirr's ai kigger.ook~gover-hec - problems' of the emplbyees. At 'sfi 0rthemtakesolong to be a series of interviews with,-MiT tract, Parr and James Fandel, onepoint, Fandelsaid,"Timer ff settleidm Fndehad clear Mostly cloudy today with. management and lab union of- Manager of Labor Relations, for union business was made an answer to this; he said that rmany highs in the mid 50's. Some ficials on the new con-tract were unable to find any vast issue bythe union because of a or'f the grievances were due t,o the light showers are possible late proposal. improvements. There were small restriction of a union represen- union members' "unstruclLured in the day. Lows tonight in the By Kate Williams changes, and at least one looked tative by a supervisor." He later jobs" and to "bargaining unit low 40's. Clearing tomorrow According to Michael Parr, to be disadvantageous to the'un- said, however, "I first proposed work being done by othters." somewhat; under partly sunny MIT's Assistant Manager of ion members. There were also no pay for [anyone working on Asked further about the pro)blem skies, highs'in the upper 50's. Labor Relations, the new three-' several clauses pertaining to ho, the] trievance process to get their of non-union people doingg the High clouds coming in year contract proposed for the the union is to do its business. [the union's] attention." same jobs as union worker rs, he Wednesday night with lows in Research, Development, and "Time off for union business is Fandel complained about the said, "It's a fantastically com- the low 40's, showers likely Technical Employees Union the only real question for large number of grievances filed plicated argument" and wvould . Thursday. Chance of rain 50 (RDTEU) contains "vastly bargaining" in the opinion of by the RDTEU, "about fifty in a not go into it. Nor could he ex- percent today and tonight, 30 improved pay" and benefits.". He Fandel. He also claimed that year. N other union files this plain whysome grievances take so percent tomorrow, 60 percent pointed to the 7 percent annual "this question only affects union many. And they take ai long time long to settle. He answere,d, "I Thursday. wage increase. When it was officials," and he did not answer to process." However he added "! don't want to say where the b)lame pointed out that the last contract the comment thatall members are don't want to say 'win' or 'lose' lies." had identical 7 percent increases, affected by the time off for union but we usually come out well in it is clear that a large paart of he admitted Chat the only business issue because thewas pur- thethat theend"enprovementlnstitute's eId. he nstitue'scontract latestlatest contract Ioffer improvement was that the base pose of union business is to solvmay conteresoWhvany thre are so manyconcerns union activity, espe,cially [ EXCg7-E:RTS .... j ...... ,, I RDTEU grievances, and why.do I i'eas.xe tarn lo page 3) To the Editor:' ,ara iIv0en 1---- ·r -_-1 --- P--- i wouldjust like to comment By Richmond Cohenri was as a deterrent to those who on the present epidemic of DotresMIT dormitory poorresidents do investment.,might otherwise damage their geekishness which is pervading not gain interest on their requ red rooms. They-said that prior to the the ranksof freshmen here at $50 dorm security deposits, due to year in which the security deposit the college. I should correct a law which omits dormitories requirement was implemented, myself and say that this rare from the "apartment" classifica- dorm residents were generally lax disease seems to have been an iions. Apartment deposits must about cleaning their rooms and integral aspect of the class of be paid interest. If MIT dorms repairing damages done to them. '81 ever since it set foot in this were included in this category, But with the instatement of the once geekfree environment. then in four years time, interest $50 deposit, a substantial decline To document my accusation on the deposits would accrue to in the amount of damage done in I cite the incredibly weak almost $28,500. rooms took place. The security showing in their first bonfire However, these $50 deposits deposit covers any damage done building, and now their even are not stored in the bank. Ac- above the "normal wear and weaker show in. their second cording to Mr. H. E. Brammer, tear." attempt. Director of Housing and Food According to Brammer, most Where-is all their spirit'? Most Services, they become part of the liketvly it's to be found in the of the damage done now consists MIT cash flow during months merely of holes in the walls. stacks, or Kiewit [Computa- when income intake is low. He ex- tion Center), or the '02 room However, he did say that substan- plained that if :this money were tial prices were paid by one perhaps. I just don't know deposited into the bank, a short- what to make of it all. former New House member who fall in the MIT financial system "lost" a chair that he had taken I challenge these geeks to would result. He added that if the show a little spirit and produce from the dornm and put in his $50 security deposit were not apartment. He was forced to buy an I81tier bonfire by Fridajy paid, the difference would be night. it would also be nice to a new chair for New House. More Comedian and political activist Dick Gregory addressed a crowd made up for in tuition.. He recently, some MacGregor resi- see a few kegs and some spirit calculated that the sum of all the of about 400 in Kresge Auditorium at an LSC sponsored lecture around their awaited creation dents are being charged with ruin- last Wednesday. Gregory opened with a half-hour comedy security deposits totalled ing carpeting during water fights. each night. Until then I rest $141,000. routine satirizing such diverse subjects as the test tube baby my case. Brammer and Mr. John Wood- Inventories of all the rooms are and American weapons policy. He spent the remaining two and Jeff Boylan '79 taken in the fall and then once one half hours of his lecture in a more serious vein. imploring bury, Assistant Director of Hous- students The Darltmolh ing, explained that the primary ragain in the spring to assess total to mobilize to "turn the world around." (Photo by [LL---1 ------·- C------·l.ra purpose. of the security deposit damages done. de--·ISteven Solnick)C --*I rW·IIIID·lll 'I -- ·C i i C,·c -ei:-· -·I-I,: ·. ,··.···· ;.·,:· .u·i ...· .·,,·, PAGE. 2 THE TECH -TUESDAY, NOVEMBER -14,.1-978 . elBlood ...... drive... e-nds. .. sut lily _L IS11 BSy Jay Glass _~ * _ 1 Saturday's conclusion of the' --Blood Drive ' History fall Red- Cross Blood Drive brought the end of a community effort that fell -short of its-original Drive #'PinL 'World goal, but still resulted in one of Tanzania counterattacks - About 300 Tanzanian troops the larger donations at M IT in the Fall'74 147i3;illlllll'lll attacked invading Ugandan forces late Saturday night in an at- I last four years. tempt to drive the invaders from the Kager River area. The ac- The drive, organized and ,,,191ill75 ll t!!i i 1i!ift11 tion failed when Ugandan mortar and anti-tank gun fire sank the operated by the Technology Tanzanian troop-carrying pontoon boats in the crocodile- Community Association (-TCA), Spr'76 1392111111111111111111111111 infested Kager River. collected 1552 pints ofblood dur- ing its eight days.of operation. TCA Blood Drive Chairman Tom a Guerillas attack suburb - Black guerillas on the outskirts of Salisbury, Rhodesia, Crowley '79 labeled the drive'as attacked the white suburb of Umwinsidale "somewhat successful." with rocket and mortar fire Sunday. One elderly white woman Crowley .. , :.6 I , |.,|| ||| |1| |||11| 111| I|I -|lll/ was injured and property damage was reported. referred to the drive's failure to collect its hoped-for 1700' pints, ;?"ii~1lllll 1111i!1111111111111 111ii \. saying "it's not bad, but we could have done 150 pints bette,h,' The amount'of blood donated was still Fa :'1l6ll1:ll'7567 ! ti-!iI sufficient to support the planned I Middle East elective surgery at area hospitals. ! Iranian clashes kill nine - Six persons were killed Saturday Few problem s were, en- FSpr i 1'78,! l i i li l l l l Il l- I l and 23 others wounded when Iranian troops moved in to disperse countered during the course of Fall '78 155 a demonstration that burned 15 banks and some shops in the drive. The Red Cross commit- ted enough personnel southwest Iran. Three others were killed when they refused to and equip- Graphic by Benson Margulies disperse while organizing another denmonstration in a town near- ment to cover almost all of the de- by. mand. According to Crowley, donor to leave. over their spring 1978 perfor- "very few people had to wait, Again this year the Intrafrater- mance will each receive a free keg since there were plenty of nurses." nity Conference (IFC) and the of beer. A minor conflict developed early Dormitory Council sponsored Winners in the .IFC donation . IXI Nation in the drive at the beginning of the blood donation contests, In each contest were Theta Chi, in first !gl day's collection onf November 3, organization, the first; second, place with 87 percent total living Derailment evacuates- Philadelphia suburb A 100-car when cigarette smoking by several and third place living groups group participation; Theta Xi, in freight train loaded with sulfuric acid derailed late Saturday spill- Red Cross personnel upset several along with the living group dis- second place with an 86 percent ItfI ing acid from one or two lank cars. Two trainmen and four people and caused a prospective playing the most improvement (Please firelfighters were treated for minor injuries. Five hundred f.milies turn to page 3) were evacuated from their Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania homes until , ',,,,Or , , - , , , , , ,,, ., { the tanrk cars were capped Sunday morning. Drug Raid yields $74 million - Drug Enforcement Agency X1 B agents and the Coast Guard raided the trawler Terry's Dreamri in X ~MBA, ADMISSION-FORUMS 'New York, after a tip fror in anonymous caller. 28 tons of mari- ii 1,1181 i i i , r juanaIZ, and ten million pills of the depressant Quaalude, whose combined street value was estimated at $74.3 million were seized - IE while the trawler was being unloaded. 8 '"Will an M'BA 'Degree. K Carter Civil Defense Program initiated - Matching the I civil delense improvement Seen in the Soviet Union.'in recent years, the Calrter Administration has decided to bolster the na- help 1me qualify ' I tion's civil defiense against nuclear attack. Spending tor civil delenrse improvemeints will more than double over the next five 881&- %·. --ards~ .9~S yetmrs. The program will be designed to protect as for the many as 140 eB i . . - . . . ."~s- .~16~ . - . -E,-. £.. Hi g . . million Americans in case of nuclear attack by rapidly evacuating cities in periods of emergency. io-I career in managem ent- - Jay Glass

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The most improved i; MIDDLE Iit\ i group in the fraternity contest : -: A_ '''' '''i~~~~B~Y~L~'X'l~~ EAST was Zeta Beta Tau, -which also -: finished fourth. with a donation. '' RESTAURANT percentage of 66.4. " -- Cocktails, Imported Liquor, Beer & Wine, Vegetarian Platters, Lamb Leading .theDormitory Coun- - Specialties, Luncheon Special, Sandwiches, Snacks, Reasonable Prices, cil competition and all "living Take Out, and Catering. Free Glass of Wine with this ad! groups as a whole was Vardebe- = . - .11Ol~-~r _- ; _ _ __ _~~s dian House in West Camnpus, with 1 91 percent participation. Other dormitory winners were Russian-' Pass Exams Successfully House, with 86 percent.and a se- 15 guidelines on how to pass examina- cond place finish; Burton Third, -;' tions the most improved dormitory The Chor allaries entertained blood donors last Thursday in the Sala. with excellence. Order for a copy group whose- participation -in- :(Photo byy Joel West) now. Send $2 plus a self-addressed creased 59 percent to a 72 percent stamped envelope to rating, netting third place in the the acullty donation contest' will blood donation, giving 486 pints process; and Burton First, whose be anno unced at tomorrow's to, the dormitory system's 459 Sengor International donations increased 53 percent to' faculty mieeting. pints. 'Both the dormitories and 100 Livermore Street a 64 percent.showing, giving them In thee informal dormitory fraterniti'es fell a little short of last Suite B- 1 fourth place and-the second most versus fraaternity competition, the fail's dinations-of 476 and 504 Boston, MA 02126 improved' status. .The winners ,-of, fraternitices continued to lead in pints, respectively. Uinsion contact .~~~~~ ...... (Coitilnuedfromz.page I ) in p:art two of this series, in The the grievance procedures, Instead Tech on Friday). of paying for the grievance time Fa ndel explained all these of "a reasonable number of union chantges by saying "We're after an representatives" as in the last con- -o rdeerly grievance process, tract, the Institute ,would now - everyyone knowing their respon- limit this number. "More union sibilitty as employees and as union representatives can take part if offiTciials." But no evidence'was they need to." Fandel said, "but prese;nted by Farndel to indicate they won't get paid'.' In addition, that 4employees have been acting the institute would not be re- irrespponsibly or that the grievance quired to pay for time lost by un- proceess has not been orderly. ion representatives. in union or Fa ndel said that in the negotia- union-Institute committee tions he was "interested in our meetings. Also in the latest long- term relationshi p with the proposal is·a clause that could be uniorn." However, it seems that useed to reduce the' sick -leave fromI the original Institute credit of union representatives, prop(osal of no pay for grievance who sometimes -take leave- proce:ss to the newest contract without pay to do union business. propcosal, union members could The most important change, be hindered from solving their however, is.--buried in the griev-ance problems and conflicts-- "Memorandum of Agreement." betwe:een the-union- and the In- (Thislast change will be discussed stitut,e could Mor4e pur ' _ then build up. scandals 'froand ' (C'onit'inuedfron page i ) . 3) Numerous cases of bank tel- lers or programmers instructing a computer to ignore withdrawals from their accounts or to transfe- funds into their· accounts from others. . 4) Onel.case that involved no' computer access at all. By simply replacing blank.deposit slips, left at counters for.patrons who had forgotten their personalized ones, with his own which contained the magnetized code for his account, an unidentified person withdrew one hundred thousand dollars from the account three days later. He subsequently disappeared. I The list continues. What is even M I 1.1'sah,~ ,. itht 1 ,' .'lhtI,,,'yt-tiI, /,a .sn tc Itr' II / tc (Cif, r es' .4I. r.ojAen fq p4ant more frightening is the fact that ninety percentiof computer crimes are thought to 'go undetected. S'mc 179weve gathered our Frequently such crimes are dis - .covered only 'when machine breakdowns require that humans perform computer functions. As Blue M/agueysfor Cuervo Gold Prof. Weizenbaum aptly put it, "it's one of those things where the gentle way. you don't know a crime has been committed until you know a crime has been committed." It the old way. And still Wanted: Public Managers A Panel on the best. 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| for US eonony E :C X By B3ob Wasserman - SF Economica13y, President Jimmy C~arter is trying to have his cake and cat it too). Carter wants to cut federal spending by Sl S billion next year, | but the President just unveiled a tough anti-inflation program which . s could lead to a recession and wipe out the planned budget cuts. | Carter recently promised to reduce the federal budget deticit to $30 XC billion for fiscal -year 1979, a decrease in deficit from last year of1$10 E billion and "a budget deficit less than half of what it was when I was running for President," in Carter's words. Carter did not detail how the | budget cut was to be effected, however, but White House aide-de-camp . | s Stuart Eienstat mentioned a revised Welfare reform bill from Carter = and administration lobbying for a delay for the scheduled Social Security payroll tax increases to begin Jan. 1. The P'resident from Georgia has simultaneously made strong at- E tempts to curb inflation. He announced a voluntary wage and price = control plan, and last week Carter dramatically rushed to buoy the F American dollar on foreign rnarkets. This plan would borrow money Irom the central banks of Germany, Japanand Switzerland, and also i ncrease the FederalI _ | _ 1- - _ Reserve intereft rate. These 7ll j'"' ~anti-inflation policies will = m 's . .. . - ~--~lprobably cause a. mild | -_ 1_1 _ recession next year. in - . . ll~ ~}tibl ~ Despite-his fiscal mis- IF0 0%1 vv . , J, erliness, Carter still intends E to increase defense spending three percent a year above the inflation By Joel West can lift the state out of its ficult to fill." Like a true politi- rate. mainly to comply with the urgings of our -NATO allies2 Carter Well, Ed King won the elec- economic doldrums. Hatch did cian, Tsongas got up the next tion. There are those who ad- well in the -western part of the morning before dawn to shake the g also signed several expensive'new bi-lls last week, including an increase ff in veteran's pensions and transportation expenditures and-aid to the vocate a positive attitude towards state, but the heavily Irish and. hands of commuters at South Sta- ' the governor-elect, noting that in other Catholic urban voters by tion. * | handicapped. spite of his'election, the world These commitimlients put. a strain on meeting the cost of existing social and large decided to believe in programs, by the government for the coming tiscal years. What's more, hasn't come to an end. Cynics King. Brooke tried to retain his seat (such as myself) counter with the' Paul Tsongas last week became by appealing to his importance as I | ai recession caused in part by Carter's anti-inflation tactics would .,. decrease tax revenues and increase jobless and welfare expenditures, re- observation that King hasn't the junior Democratic senator a black role-nmodel. However, he taken office yet, either. from Massachusetts, unseating could not overcome the strong quiring an increase in federatl funds just to keep these programs at the F . r same level as in the past. The dismal showing- of two-term incumbent Ed Brooke. Democratic vote, and the hint of Always -a politician, mlanly of Carter's recent policies are interpreta- Republicans statewide was not Tsongas, termed a "boy scout" by scandal that had touched him. S the major reason Hatch lost. The a primary opponent, waged an tions e: the mood of the American electorate. The increased defense Tsongas probably owes his vic- v ' .E budget, arises from the fears of the American right and Carter would on e thin g t hat ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: tory to Brooke's vindictive t have to be dealf not to hear tthe: yells For federal spending -cuts the King. -camrp-::iiiiiii:::iiiii:i:iii!iiiiiiiiiii:i::ii::i:iiiiiiii:i::::: daughter Remi, who of her own L _ resolunnllg fromil the phltforms of'succciessful candidates; this ft-Il, many feared was thats :.i::"...... initiative, fought a divorce settle- of' whoni are in Carter's Democratic Partv. ,Hatch w oul!d 'iiii:.;. ii ~...'.....~..ili.~.::...... '.'.~.q..i:~ ment unfavorable to-her mother r ah 'mnount a positive _ by Using the local niedia to bring r Carter's Republicanin fiscal policiies aire having Li soberinsg ef'iecC oil i campaign, d,-ining on his past- unusuailay,,i;can"campign for'this down her father.Mrs. Brco6ke, cr, liberal pticy :uakers..Gonii·a.re.:-.he'Aays:of.Lyndon Jofinson.'s--'Grent ' Socicty" with his civil rights programs and his self-declared "War oin abilitS to deli'ver tax reedubctions day and ages dwelling repeatedly the other hand probably, reatize and other accomplishments, on the issues and--what he could that a US Senator's salary makes ; 's Povcrty." It is even harder to remember the New Deal of Franklin F Roosevelt, which propelled the Democratic Party into the majority rather than aiming the bulk of his do for-the state. The senator-elect a Steady enough income to make campaign at the faults of King, went overboard in his praise of alimony payments. both nationally ainld locally. In fact, Carter's economic philosophy is r- most reminiscent oF thatof Richard Nixon, who confronted inflation' The Massachusetts (and national) Brooke during his victory speech, Nationwide, the Democratic by impounding t'unds for social, environmental, aind energy programs populace is basically gullible- stating that. the Republican left (Please turn to page 5] they want to believe that someone behind "shoes- that will be dif- i= and also set wage controls and price freezes which sunk the country P into a major recession. s Many of Carter's cures l0r Ameirica's economic ills seemn contradic- e tory and impossible to carry through, but may end up helping the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ c L couLntry in the long run. If the White House's policies work, a stronger Isil! I currency could give, a boo'st to American exporters, and a lower inIa- tiol rate would help business and con1suimers alike. Carter must also bc iroen credit Ior hlis ileves to bolster tile dollar, which canme after a heard Charing IIn for - not euaier canipaignina spe:11 across thle country. The moves are courageous, con- sitlcrim, a foreseen recession *which could take place in I979-80 whell To Mhe l2itor.: through the "girl down the hall." free admission. Even with these *S Czirfctr trics fvor re-election. Whether tihe Carter plan works or not, it ix 1 would like to respond to The Therefore we must hold parties incentives, it remains difficult to e regrettalble lt a clhief executive oF the United States has cut tlic .social Association for Women Students' and advertise for them. attain the ideal mix where neither wvell'are piece or tile economic pie. letter of November t. This is a Unfortunately, complications side feels outnumbered or under complex problem and should not arise. Not only do a lot of women pressure.

be summed up by saying that show up, but so do a lot of non- I have, in a few sentences, tried G .David Schaller'78 - Chairman H-entry men. Since we put out a to explain our admisisons policy. - women are being "treated like · Bob Wasserman '80 Editor-in-Chief coomm.odities." It is apparent that large amount of time and money In all honesty and with regret, we ~ ~. Steven F. Frann '80 - Managing Editor agree that the policy is dis- Lee Lindquist '79 - Business Manager. no one from AWS has had a long to throw a successful party, we talk with a member of our entry, would like to be able to enjoy it. criminatory. However, we deny X i -|Volume 98, Number 53 for they would find that we treat Hence the'Entry charges outside that we are trying to demean - Tuesday. November 14. 1978 Women Lis hunian beings, not, males a nominal admission, women. If anyone has working ARTS DEPARTMENT ".objects of trade." We realize which not only limits their alternatives, we'll be glad*to hear that women provide an emotional numnber but also helps defray ex- them! ' a Arts Editors: Leigh J. Passman '81, David G. Shaw '81; Staff: .Clark and intellectual 'stimulation -:f a penses. Larry Dennison i> Bisel '79/ Bruce Nawrocki '79, Joel West '79, Mark Childs '81, 1'-Entrr Social Chairman ai Steven Lazar '81. David McCall '81, Dennis McGrail '81, Kenneth kind not found in mnale company. However,- entrance fees for I Our basic problem is in ac-. women are another matter. II Nordhauser '81. Bill Rathbone '81, Al Sanders '81, Daniel Togasaki The Tech welcomes Letters quainting a diverse group of men, Women, when faced with parties e '81. Margie Beaie '82, Todd Chase '82. Kevin Cunningham '82, David to the F..dtor, which should be Solo '82. who -range from shy to ex- in two or more unfamiliar loca- E troverted. -with a;1 equally varied tions, are likely'to judge them on typed, triple-spaced, and as c1 PRODUCTIONDEPARTMENT _ grouLp of o1e11n11. You hafve to purely a financial basis (i.e. "How brief as possible. Unsigned let- Night Editors: Pandora Berman '80, Benson Margulies '81. Eric ters will not be published. An much will the evening cost me?"). Ii Sklar'81; Associate Night Editors: Stephanie Pollack '82. Jon von keep in mind that we are an all- male dorme, which limits the We trv to look attractive in this author's name will be withheld Zelovvitz '82; Production Manager: Rebecca L. Waring 79; Typists: on request. a Jolanta Grajska. Chi-Dai C. Tsai; Staff: Marlon Weiss '80, Thomas nUmber of' meetings that occur respect - we offer free rides and Chang 81.· Sydney Hoeitzli '8-1. Glenn Katz '81, Stephen Peckiconis z '81. Kennie Watson '81, Shawn Wilson '81. Michele Gabriel '82, i Paul Hubbard by Kent C. Massey 1 Howvard Lazar '82, Eumi Pyun '82, Michael Mellone. i BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Advertising Manager: Brenda L. Hambleton '79; Circulation. Ph,.erJ, ,,ere Nag, #.vej Doe5 ,,'g ,s ~ee m C. Manager: John Muggeridge, '80; Staff: Marcia Grabow '79, John iLo,a "cesjl-t! 1 b ,,;t . Hopper '79, Wes Asbury '80, Kathy. Dutrow '80, Lynn Grabert '80, 035ii Xnej 40 - er J,, rif ~;&:~'-, -hmooq,. n m Al:co _s a A_ I-v.nI',z., ;."l . c .-. p fro,- Penn Martin '81, Doug Marden '81. tre0 ,, M.t¢la ! I !I.Tt1 ' i = Third class postage paid at Boston, MA, Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720.' tI/ '~. The Tech is published twice a week during the academic year (except during -fifI:,- MIT vacations), daily during September Orientation, and once during the last week of July. Please send all correspondence to: P.O. Box 29, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA 02139. Offices at Room W20-483. 84 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. MA. Telephone: (617) 253-1541. ISSN 0148-9607. Advertising, subscription, and typesetting rates available. )1978 The Tech Printed by Charles River Publishing, Inc.

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-. - I I _ .. absence. Classification (Question 1) won a surprisingly- easy victory, but best news for New England liberals was farther north, in the -is- SeBuc Granite State. New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson, To the Editor: " '1 can make you a mathematical best known for locking u!p thou- I found it ironic that the Oc- model, baby. Talk about your sands of Seabrook protestors;, was tober 27 issue had'back to back a wildlife!,". with accompanying il- denied a fourth term by car dealer cover· article on the nrion-violent lustration of scantily clad women Hugh Gallen. Democrat Gallen protest against the air force art being probed by- tape measures based his campaign on his opposi- exhibit - reminscent to many of and rulers is the kind of sexist tion to CWIP, the utility sur- us of the idealism of the sixties pulp your female readers would charge used to finance the with the revolting ad on page two just as soon you'd avoid. I really Seabrook nuclear power plant. titled "Lore and Legend." Suffice hope The Tch has the discrimina- With the defeat of Thomson, a re- it to say that this fuil-page spread tion and intelligence not to accept evaluation of Seabrook may halt or drastically alter the controver- with its mindless patter, such as such ads in the future. Paul Tsongas (Photo by Joel West) Virginia Temple sial plant. Gronup herapy? - I I- - L IU To the Editor: It was, with a sense of deep CUSTOMER INFORMATION FROM GENERAL MOTORS shock and moral indignation that we read your article "Of Fans and Football" in The Tech of 31 Oc- tober. Never has a living group HOiW TO PROTECT been so malignled, so slandered, so utterly misused. We refer, of course, to the following passage: THUE PAINT ON YUR R- "For the first ti'me, MIT stu- dents from every living group -GRAVEL, SUN, INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, AND ROAD SALT CAUSE MOST PROBLEMS. came together in suppor t of one group .. everyone came to cheer one team representing all qf Whereyou live and where Damage from industrial it yourself in a minute or two. MIT." you drive will determine the pollution is a problem in We, the people of Fenway a While the paint never looks House, deeply resent the implica- kind of problems you could few places. You can help pro- as good as when the car was tion that any of us took part in have. tect your car's finish from -new, the touched-upspotwill such a militaristic glorification of If you drive on gravel these pollutants by keeping look better than a nick, and sexist neo-fascism.- After a roads or roads with a gravel your car, in a garage. diligent session of mutual inter- the metal will be protected rogation, we can confidently state shoulder, you can avoid nicks Road salt is extremely from exposure. that not a single house member and scratches by increasing corrosiveand can literally eat Our .goal at GM is to attended. One admitted passing the distance between your through paint and metal. So paint cars so that they look by the field, but, unable to ascer- tain the cause of the primal car and the car in front of if you live in an area where just great and really keep screams, assumed it was a group you. Tires, as you probably salt is used extensively, wash their looks. And we are try- therapy session and walked on. know, can pick up small your car frequently. Don't ing to do so in a way that is In accordance with our policy stones and "fling" them out forget to rinse the underside energy-efficient, environ- of non-violent resistance, we have decided not to lay waste the of- at great velocity. If you're too of the car, too, where salt mentally sound, and not fices of The T'ech. close to the car ahead, the tends to collect. If you take it harmful to the health of the We demand satisfaction. sharp stones will hit.your to a commercial car wash, people who do the painting. The Presidents of Fenway Hous grillwork and fenders very remember, if they use recy- It's a tall order, but GM can hard. Increase the distance, cled water, it may contain doit. We'redoing itnow. and the stones lose their salt. Dr. Paul Krieger of the / velocity and fall back to the Wedorecommendthatyou~~e da~~~~orsctPr~nPtinuing efor Th t adersenen ogv s part of MetPath Institute for Medi- ground before your car hits wax your car regularly.Use a orcntinuingert ogv .cal Education will speak on cu.1stomers useful information their one-year, graduate level them. wax that is also a cleaner or omes useful nfomato program leading to medical Inr areas of the country use a separate cleaner to t r cars ad rucs technologist licensure. where the sun is very strong, removeaccumulated dirt and und the company that builds Career opportunities at some MetPath, the world's largest color, change may salt. The wax will serve as a hem. clinical testing facility, will be occur over time unless you protective coating that can Genera Motors discussed. Laboratory medi- protect your car from direct help to preserve the finish. People building transportation cine is one of the fastest sun. Parkirng in the shade is a But no matter what you to serve 1)eople growing areas in the health care industries. good idea, and using a garage do to protect your car's finish, Thursday, November 16 or some form of carport will some nicks and scratches are from 2-i 5pm .,Contact help to minimize the sun's unavoidable. For the sake of Preprofessional -Advising'& effect not only on the paint, your car's appearance and to Educational Office for details. but on the interior trim, as avoid rust problems, buy well. some touch-up paint from m ...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.I I i I I- -I your GM dealer or a local supplier. It comes in small · ' .RG.Fk= I' r Iquantities, and you can apply

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They are sponsored onthe MIT the Boston area. Oxfam uses the I campus by the. Tech Catholic money, it collects each year to Community, the Lutheran and sponsor local development pro- Episcopal Ministries, the Hunger jects in ,sia, South America, and Project, and the Humanities Africa. Dept. Seminar. on International Other:-events at hMIT include Students and Participation in several films and speakers. Full Development. - details are, available from a week- All- members of the MIT com- 'long information booth:inLobby munity are invited to a '$1,00 I10. A display will-be-shown in luncheon of brown rice and water Lobby 7. at 12 noon in the Bush Room (10- In addition, a candle-light walk 105), Wed., Nov. 15. The in support of the fast will take CONTACTS luncheon, which will initiate a 24- - place Thursday, Nov. 16. The Including Yes*No*Maybe Plan, and lens care kit. hour fist; includes a slide show one-hour walk- will begin at the and a presentation on Oxtam and Park.Street Church and end- at its activities, Interested persons City Hall, Boston, starting at These low prices will help make will be asked to donate the cost of 5S:30pm. Boston the Contact Lens Center of AmeriCa. Through November 30, we're offering hard lenses for $59, and soft lenses (Bausch & Lomb, American Optical or Hydrocurve) for MITSFS:' an unusual club just $129. These prices include a lens care kit (eye exam not included). After By Steve Sebod are undergrads; the remainder are that, our prices will still be low. $79 for hard lenses, $149 for soft. Nestled among the conven- mostly alumni and graduate stu- Of course, with, every pair of lenses you buy you get our YesNo.Maybe tional student activities in the Stu- dents. The number of un- Plan. It gives you 45 days from purchase to decide if contacts are for you dent Center is the MIT Science dergraduate, keyholders, twenty- or we'll refund what you paid for the lenses. Fiction Society. MITSFS, with nine, is quite small compared to What are youi waiting for? Bring your over. three hundred members, the number of members. prescription for contacts into Searle Contact 3 Zil1 - maintains the world's largest Keyholders are members who Lens Center. The contacts you promised I open-shelf science fiction library. have demonstrated significant in- yourself when the price was right are now ntact ns ente The Science Fiction Society terest in helping to maintain both priced right. Contact Lens Center publishes the magazine Twilight the library and the organization. Zine and provides information to Each keyholder performs the Street, Tel. 236-4770 duties of librarian two hours a 421 Boylston other libraries and individuals. () 1978 Opticks Inc .Dallas., Texis i The cl ubwas officially week. -, .. ,....,' ,,., ... , - recognized· by the Association of Activities of MITSFS members _ ------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Student Activities ii 1951. In include reading, index updating, 7 1973 the library was enlarged} it and book repair.' Some attend now fills two adjoining rooms' on science fiction conferences and the .fourth" floor of the -Student make reports to the society.'The Center. The library is presently'' Blue hills Food Rally,.an all day We want men and women: growing at the rate of 21/2 feet of affair, takes place-in the spring. books per inonth, according to The Science Fiction Society is with engneerng MITSFS President Hy Tran. organized in a traditional and The collection consists of over detailed manner. In addiation to or other technicai degrees 30,000 volumes of books and the President, Vice-President, magazines. Material is -obtained Onseck (Secretary), and Lord .. for careers in through book suppliers, magazine High Embezzler (Treasurer), subscriptions, and donations. there are a host of officers and steel operations, shipbuilding, Since tastes vary widely, MITSFS committess including LIE- does not restrict its acquisitions to CO M , JO U R C O MM , engineenng, sales, mmlin, particular authors or styles of THEFTCO M M, and writing. Holdings include both MOOCOMaMM (in charge of and research. traditional science fiction and movies). science fiction fantasies. In addi- Meetings are also held along tion,' the library contains publica- traditional lines. In thewords of tions in French, German, Italian, President. Hy Tran, "'Business is and several other languages. never transacted at a meeting. An international reputation is Any motion passed is not per- Our Loop Course recruiters one of the Science Fiction formed. Therefore, motions must Society's many attributes. They be made not to do something." will be here on Nov. 20-21 recently sent a copy of an out of print story to the University of Antwerp. Sci-fi fans from countries including Australia and Baton ht Amp Switzerland have asked for infor-

mation about noteworthy Diected ty Tony WAce- publications. Twilight Zine, which appears annually, contains book reviews and stories written by MITSFS members. It might have been ... ~ .. named Twilight Zone, had it not ONEdT L1ryQ. been for .Rod Serling's familiar Let's talk about it. SPECAL -3N'JGHT iLRW television series. The magazine is ATa., NoL. 18__ primarily distributed to, other !. ' mHAWBVS HAaTY- science fiction-organizations and PUDDING CIUB libraries, but there are some sub- A2}l~tt:RPWRjCRMG]5 (t) HARMMW SDBQ. scribers. : 2:67418 Only about half the members i

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r-r. 9 - - N~~~~~~~~spl 9 Sw -air Is timelyIpass age hrough Bitosn fF Al Stewart t's Past, Present, Kocjon' then introduced "our friend, Al of scenes and friends at the Orpheu-m backing. vocals on Stewart'the concertPwith fromWorld War 11 was projected Theatre, Sunday, and Future Stewart," who bounded onstage, grabbed a on a rear screen, providing a Nov,5. album-, opened . Hersongs somber By David Shaw a set of her own material. were guitar and launched into an energetic "On 'background for the haunting minor keyed "It seems to me as though I've been upon I- mostly acoustic ballads with ote Linda the Border" - a marked contrast to the song. Everything fell in place perfectly: the this stage before Ronstadt-esque tune throwwn in for a little previous "mellow" set. "Border', was band's playing Was tight andexact, Kocjon Andjuggled away the night for the same variety. The slow ballads,,'such as, "Dark slightly flawed by the loss of the Spanish and Lamble's vocals mixed correctly, and old crowd He Was," allowed Krysia to make the best guitar solo, which was inaudible due to a- the Spanish guitar fills could be. heard. These ;as powerful and harlequins you see with me, they use of her voice, which w technical problem, After a brief introduc- Two. more classic tunes, "Sirens of too have held the floor covered a'great range of nlotes and expres, tion, Stewart performed "'Soho (needless to Titan" and, "Palace As guitar: of Versailles" for- here once again'theyStrut and they sion. She played acoustic and per- say)" which turned into a frenetic rocker. It lowed; then-a-nother 'new tune, ,"Valentino fret their ho'ur. cussion, ,r instrumental- also established Krysia .. " while the otheiemen. Her clos- ing vocalist in her role as back- Way." Stewart introduced his piano chores fell to Stewart's sid and random percussionist. The player, who began.-by playing "As Time These lyrics from Al ing number, e of the Winter,e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lyr pae, was o~then slowed down With thegab plaing"stier Stewart's "One "On the EvEe best combina- ' Shadow," Midas --Goes By" and then wanderedtintoa rambl- Stage Before" seem to imply that he has Solstice," proved to be th his "song about making a lot of ing solo beforewinding -down to "'Year of become ing her penchant jaded and tired of performing, but lion of her talents, combini money" which featured the keyboad.play- the Cat," the closing song. It was given an his recent Boston appearance definitely dis- for Celtic. folklore wilth a beautiful ing of Peter White. "Broadway Hotel," .extended length treatment, with' 'the pelled this idea. Stewart's show was haunting melody. Presurnnably her songs which was dedicated to "Those ofyou who guitarist and sax player taking ini, but she multiple spirited and energetic, as' well produced will be released on an albu made are being seduced tonight," followed. This solos. For -an encore, the band played a and performed as his albums. no reference to it during heer set, which was isone of Stewart's prettiest songs, and was slightly crazed version of the Pink Panther Krysia Kocjon, the singer who provided. a welcome change. performed flawlessly - the brilliant violin ' theme, andthe "m'Song on the Radio 'from solo by bassist Martin Lamble was 'not the new album. The tunewas probably drowned the out by the rest-ofthe band. 'If It weakest of the evening, being un- Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It" was characteristic Stewart and highly.reminis- :next, featuring the first appearance of cent ofCarole King's"Jazzman." Stewai'ts competent saxophone player, The who was sound quality was quite- good also featured in [he next'numnber: truhu h vnn;i a elmxd "Time- Passages." This tune was given a undistorted, just loud enough, ·much more lively treatment on stage as op- unly ba loudbal e andand us- usually posed to the album, but it also presented asrngsyn- palagesevenlythe b al ne problem| - prolemtht woul persisthrougoutthe ing the passages that utilized string syn- that would persist throughout the teieogn n oosnhszr hs evening;'on the songs from the new album Krysia's vocals didn't blendwith Stewart's; instruments were mixed -into 'the instead they · risteoldandten they wereharstobackground and not brought out during were harsh and tended to corn: oopoal eas hycvrsc p patelead with the > ~solos, probably because they cover such a withete the lead. wide frequency range, The second set optned with "one Stage often- overlapping Refoi; " and "L!ife in Dad}rk Water-' whic1h -the range ofthe other instruments. AJV&W&II-"111LA A~xiv six L-oax , vavv vy i & were followed by the epic "Roads to The concert proved that Ai Stewart is Moscow" the high point of the.concert. capable of duplicating' the expertly Stewart's performance of his song about produced sound of his albums on the stage the German defieat in-Russia was rendered with no big losses. His recent tour will also perfectly. As besang andplayed guitar (ac- do a- lot to prove that, despite a poor new companied by a secondguitar), a montage album, he is still an excellent-performer, · .

Al Stewart and penormmng 'ifit doesn't come Naturally, Leave It." JneiWAe'ct) Al Stewart (Photo by Joel West) . Tcha'kovsky: Silverstein and 7';( h Bny st Or n hetm tr , *O ~ B SO so-so The Boston Symphony Orchestra. Joseph mont. t~he Mfenuet: Allegro, Silverstein Symphony No.4, performed lastyear by, conducting did not :adequately interweave Silverstein. conductor - Ha'I'tll S-11pho.li- evoked an imagecofa wind-up toy, a 'our ownMIT Symphony, was intended by the complex texture of horns, winds and No.102 in fla,/ht TihaAkovVskyS )'tnphlly mechanical conductor leading a 'veryreal Tschaikovsky to be "a' reflection of strings that 'comprisethe heart of a move- No.4 in F mthior.iht concerit Iasi Tuesda. orchestra. Beethoven's Fifth," a programmatic piece ment that 'Tchaikovsky described as a B8v joelWest Nonetheless, the orchestragave a com- about- Fate. In a detailed letter -to.his "capricious arabesque." There tiremany things that onedoesn't petentt performance. The I Ifirst violins, patrons, Tchaikovsky himself explained The blast of the fullorchestra opens the fullyappreciate until they'remissing. The playing without Silverstein. managed to theideas about each movement. Theblar- fourth movement, Tchaikovsky's expresion violin playing of Joseph Silverstein is'one survive their long exposed passages ing ofthe main theme bythe five horns. ofsublime joy. As-in most ofthe piece, the -ofthose things. without toomuch embarrasment: during represents theinescapable· nature of Fate.- brass build nicely in the crescendo to the htem e During the entire evening, theviolins the MAlentuthe combined wiolinsection Somehow ,this entrance seemed out of return:.of- tle, from the first move- never seemed upto their usual standards, was atits best of theevening in each rendi- -place in the,BSO s performance:, though ment, though.the horns were a bitsloppy in dueto alack of leadership -lrom the first tion oflhe main theme. The other strings tech'nically well done, Silverstein's' con- introducing:the finalsection ofthe move- desk. EmanuelBorok was notinadequate remained untaxed during the entire piece. ducting failed to impart themovement with ment. The' carnival-like happiness of as concertmaster: butthe usual combina- The timpanistmanaged asense of unity. Tchaikovsky-s:image of joy precede the tion of Silverstein and Borok islight-years toplay his notes -typically Tchaikov. wherethey belonged. which unfortunately The second movementv skian crashing final ahead of' thepairing of Borok and - 'Andantito, chords. Max wa.1sll ot at}wavys where Silverstein's beatin- opened with a beautiffuloboe solo, acecomr- Hobartthat played on Tuesday. dineted that - Silversteingave hislisteners a very dry, One they should be.Similarly, puLnied by ,harp.and' pizzicato strings. couldattribute many.if not most of oboistRalph .Bonberg Gollbergsuccessfully cerebral reading of the.Tchaikovsky, as theproblems tothe indbassoon prin-i evoked 'thefeeling of last minute nature of cipal Sherman Walt gave skillful longingand melancholy contrasted with the intensely emotional theorchestral set-up: Silverstein rendilions thatTchaikovsky -one:that would was calcle Ofthe pastoralmelodies of theMenteIt.. .ntended: the violins-under the beexpected from aturgid upon toconduct theorchestra leadership Russian. e.g. when Seiji Flautist DoriotAnthony Dwyershowed of Borok. gave sufficientlya lush Russi a-n MstislavRostropovich or last Ozawabecame "indisposed."Presumably year'-s-:guest:- conductor rGennady Silverstein whyshe wa;sthe. first'female principal of - sound. The movement endedrather sloppi-.- .Rozbdestvensky. had itchance torehearse the niajoVr american orchestra,during her solo Whether ornot the latter orchestra,however, andprofessionals i. : ispreferable ; such in the 'i7vacesection of thiefirst movement. Silverstein's intellect seemed asthose thatcomprise the BSO are not 'rhestrings were similarlv effective in the dazed and confusedin its attempt at ex- prone to make excuses. Inthe- second half of theprogram. -third movement, 'marked,Sherzo pressing Tchaikoqvsky's Silverstein (Pi_- idea. Though the Silverstein's conducting throughout the unintentiorally gavecredence to- :iCato ostibato: .Allegro, though -:thepizw: -middle movements- seemedadequate,, the evening was,to put itpolitely, uninspired. the theory thatit takes a Russian to con- zicato on theE stri-g, W"as toobrittle, due piece as wholea seemed lackingin' direc- During the first movement of the Haydn. duct music byR ussian'cmposers. Silvers- to stela topstring. Likewisepiziicato str- tion:one only wonders-'if the 'orchestra marked Largo, he seemed illease at and teinconducted thefourth a "though it were ingsended thepassai genicely; During the might have been bettqr served if Silvestein stiff in conducting, what the program notes Berlioz, an approach that Tschaikovsky micovement. Silverstein's beat was reminis- ·had. traded places with Russian emigre describe. as "elegaic."In the thirdmove- didnot intend, -centof a carpenter hammering a naik.his' Borok. _M NOVEMBER 14, 1978 THE TECH PAGE 9 - F · -.- Q·BIII TUESDAY. I ~~~~~~~I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I I

arts · _. w I - frabioustribute. r4D to Carroll _ P = w_- - Glass!a. -o.-,. __ W------aw..~(YB Lnnkinodmmw1441or IRMIP 0 010:w I _ite Turtle was con- Iportrayal of the Mock game. After exchanging absurd quips until fulI complement as the Fawn and the White to the point of tedium. well with Kitty in sistentlyI tearful Alice's head spins, the chess pieces engage Knight. He harmonizes for the show was generally ac- and there is a great deal Staging -in a frenetic dance number, "Twice as musical segments, ceptable, but there are moments where the Fast," during. the course of which she of affection between the two in his scenes seems embarrassingly By contrast, choreography learns that one must move as fast as possi- as both Fawn and Knight. awkward and lacking in organization. order to go nowhere at all. Andy Sellon delivers an ascerbicly witty pieces were cun- ble in and the Costumes for the chess Upon entering the Wood Where Things performance as Humpty-Dumpty ningly designed by Liz Pearlman, while Alice meets a'gentle Unicorn. a highly func- Have No Names, Judy Milstein prove Caroline Labiner has created with whom-she. sings a rather un- Heitzi Epstein and set. Composer Michael fawn; to be accomplished comedien- tional and diverting sophisticated duet, "Who .Am I?" as she themselves Levine's jazzy pop tunes are competently en- nes both as Tweedledum and Tweedledee tries to remember her name. Next she Hatta. performed by Dan Paller, music director, and Tweedledee, and as the messengers Haigha and counters Tweedledum commended for a fine tond the pit orchestra. -who 'happily abuse'one another for a bit, The two are to be Lane's stage adaptation of the of expression and a very accurate Frederick and then elect to indulge their taste for control original Carroll work is for the most part of"The sense of timing. Clare McGorrin is proper- poetry with a lugubrious recitation while quite skillfully done. However, the various while aided by ly overbearing as the Ked Queen, and in Walrus and the Carpenter," disoriented and songs are often poorly introduced, if slightly inept pan- Julie Zickefoose is equally is lacking almost a group of amusing, the White Queen; Cindy Cardon the final scenes, transition The first act concludes as Alice fluttery as addition, although the Carroll . ,;- - tomimists. sharp performance as the entirely. In sad tale of the Mock Turtle and is gives a sassy. a sparkling insanity about it, By MIargie Bieae hears the worldly-wise Mutton. material has the slithy toves subsequently entertained by yet another and some added lines contribute an in- "'-Twas brillig and and overly ac- The only noticeably weak performances gimble- in the wabe: awkwardly choreographed as the teresting twentieth century perspective, Did gyre and Lobster Quadrille." were those given by Tom Miett, is com- All mimsy were the borogroves, tive dance piece, "The apparently hadn't much of the additional material of the woods, Alice witnesses White King, who puns and lines which And the mome raths outgrabe. Once out onstage ever to develop a solid posed of very silly continual battle between the Lion and enough time little. Michael Levine's lyrics are " lt seems very pretty," Alice said when the characterization, and Caryl Yanow, whose add very hard to the Unicorn, who examine their ideas on quite literate and generally clever, but do she had finished it, "but it's rather a Beast Worthy in- Somehow it-seems to-fill my nobility-in "What Makes lapse into cliches in some of the more understand!... the girl finids comfort. - only I don't exactly of a Crown?"' At last, · trospective 'numbers. head with ideas the White-Knight, this adap- what they arel"' ,.in a conversation with Besides-the addition of music, know with him, '"My Own' Ilnven- major change it is, too, upon initially encountering singing.in duet tation has involved another So scene takes place on the whose validity is the Mather House production of Looking tion.'- The final in the Carroll tale based on Lewis chess board where Alice is instructed in the debatable. Lake has introduced an overly Glass, a'cheerful confusion by the Red and Through the Looking,Glass. All is essential queenly qualities psychological .tone into the. production Carroll's Material," and as "To Be A Woman," very pretty, and rather difficult to take in White Queens in "Queen with such songs indulges in a moment of introspection -as "Am I a Dream?," "Who Am 1?," and all at once. are is a show easily taken to ishe tries to understand how her adventures "My Own Invention." The songs Looking Glass have changed her .. it is unpretensious, unprofes- through the looking glass generally well done, although occasionally heart, for show ends with their introduction sional, and highly amusing. The audience is in "To Be a Woman." The over sentimental, yet room area most ap- - a large, disorganized production number into the musical is questionable simply seated in a living with a shorl a strikingly for the' sharing of fantastic: broken into momentarily because they remain in such propriate tap dance by the leg ofr mut. to the tone of the stories, and. some pre-performance enter- vaudevillian unresolved contrast tainment is provided by the hilarious self. ton. production in general. in theC -Kitty Kean, as Alice, is consistently aler As the White Queen said, "It's always descriptions of those involved attrac in the program. and charming, and serves as a very jam yesterday and jam tomorrow." In.the production as printed for she there's even a The evening's inspired craziness begin.s tive heroine. This is remarkable, Mather House production, of "Jab - performs almost constantly throughout the bit of jam today, no matter how unevenly with. an ominous reading to lack .our introductio nevening. In early songs, she seems spread. For all those ready to brave the berwocky;" followed by progresses,show he solilo i-! confidence, buit-a the L to R- Cindy Cardon (Lioni/Mutton). lom Jabberwock, in tandem with some 'wild to Aliei-who delivers herope.ning is noticeably plea wordplay, and chiidis;h y smug "one remiiniscen It" voice gains-strength, and Miett (White King). and Kitty Kean (Alice). choreography,- dreadful quy i: a she is allowed to sint mood, the perfor- of Lily· Tomlin's Edith' Ann. Alice sootn sant in -places where (Photo courtesy of Mather Drama glaring inconsistencies in glass, an(d' in the upper soprano range. mance is well worth attending. finds herself through. the'looking most delight Society). her .. Schatz is perhaps _ in the- -midst- - of a perfectly`-- --- aboutrageous chesis Ben A- i -- Fi--- i How would Einstein theorize a oO'Kefe?. Although the O'Keefe formula is secret, certain factors in the equation are well known: 1.:O'Keefe has a hearts ful!.bodied flavor. I 2. It is smootn and easy going down. I 3. Its head commands respect. to Our theory is that Einstein would have concluded: t's too good gulp. Relatively speakin, of course,.

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O Depress hj its harderthan a freight train Midnight Express, a Columbia Pictures in Greece. This episode occupies a large " release. starringBilly, Hayes, Rauldy Quaid, portion of Hayes' book. Realizing that the, John Hurl, and Irene Miracle; directed by ordeal truly took place makes it even more Alan Parker, screenplay by Oliver Stone; thrilling. now playing at the Sack Beacon Hill. The makers of the film version, not con- By Al Sanders tent with the material they had, decided to Following in the footsteps of many a "improve" the story and failed miserably. director before him, director Alan Parker Almost totally ignoring the escape se- has taken an engrossing real-life drama and quence, the plot concentrates on the horri- has transformed it into only a shadow of ble conditions that Hlayes roust endure. the movie it could have been. As it is, Mid- His situation becomes worse and worse nigt Express still does an excellent job of until right at the darkest hour, Hayes sud- conveying the fear and trauma that accom- denly kills the bullish, sadistic7 chief prison panies incdrceration in foreignjails. Unfor- guard via a total fluke and finds himself tunately, the overall pace is unven,#nd the free in a matter of minutes. The change is movie's "climax" is so contrived and un- so -abrupt that the audience is left un- believable that it nullifies the tension that satisfied. Such a finale challenges even the was so painstakingly built up in the most vivid imagination to fi~nd it preceding segments. believable. I Oliver Stone's screenplay is based on the D~espite the emotional letdown at the events that befell Billy Hayes after he was end, Midnight Express includes some in- apprehended while trying, rather naively, credibly powerful scenes. Inl fact, when As a concerned friend. Brad Davis (right). looks on as John Hurtl who portrays a slightly v to smuggle two kilos of hashish out of asked how close to reality the film was, deranged prisoner, mutters to him about how to get a lawyer insa Turkish prison scene Turkey. With 53 days left of his original Hayes salid that he found it almost too fiorn the motion picture Midnight Express. ft four year sentence, Hayes learned that his close. Five year's of heavy emotional stress tongue out of a hated prison squealer, mersed himself totally in this role leaving r F. charge had been upgraded to smuggling, are crammed into two hours of film, among other things, and then triumphantly us with a lasting impression in the process. changing his prison term to 30 years. This resulting in scenes sQ graphic and intense as spits it outs in glorious slow motion a 1a Nev~ertheless, even Davis is e left no alternative but to try to catch "The to make them sometimes difficult to watchi. Sam Peckinpah. overshadowed by the outstanding sup- Midnight Express," a prison term for es- Obviously Parker wanted tio affect his The characterizations of the story are ex- porting performances given by Randy cape. audience, and that he does. Still, one must ceptional. If the film fails, one cannot place Quaid and John Hurt. The unfortunates As it actually happened, Hayes escaped question the necessity of totally repulsing any blame with the members of the cast. that they portray are not so lucky as Billy off an island by stealing a rowboat and the viewers, as sin the fight scene in 'which Brad Davis, in his first major screen~role, Hayes in that they are worn down and weathering a heavy storm, finally landing Brad Davis, portraying Hayes, bites the does, commendably as Hayes. He has im- finally broken by the oppression, probably - -Y-L·-·gPL---L_ -_ _-l-_p ______slC ------· ly IIC----__ -___l···C IYL··--C-YrmLII··I------never to escape. I Midnight Express definitely succeeds in s~~~~~ * v its goal of publicizing the shocking condi- aX~~~~,o tions prevalent in Turkish jails. It is so suc- IaI -- ~- - ~- I-- -~-~8 d i n cab cessful that the government of Turkey has AROUND MIT ductor; featuring David Arnold, narrator; To Catch a Thief Sun., 6:30)&9pma, 10- vehemently protested showing of the film Jeanette Hall-Wood, the Bride; Dean 250. ever since its debut at the Cannes Film The Frogs presented by MIT Schoff, the Spectre; and Maynard Festival. In addition, the movie rather self- Dramashop. Performances are Thurs., Goldman, Concert Master. Performance is IN TOWN servingly announces in the closing credits Fri., and Sat. evenings at 8:00pm on Nov. Sun., Nov. 19 at 3pmr Kresge Auditorium. The Hostage is to be performed by the that negotiations between the US and 16, 17, and 18. Admission is free and open Tickets $4 and $6 at the door, or reserva- Wellesley College Theatre at Alumnae Hall Turkey for prisoner exchange began short- to the public. A critique and coffee hour tions call 253-3210. Free for MIT and Wel- on Nov. 17, 18, and 19 at 8pme Originally a ly after the Cannes opening, although how will follow each performance. lesley students.- one-act radio play- by Brendan Behan directly responsible Express was is Strat's-Rat Sat., Nov. 18, in the Student about the 1916- Irish uprising, the play. was questionable. -, C enter, -8:30-1 pm college ID required. AT THE MOVIES updated to 19S8 and expanded to three Midnight Express is not all-'that succes- The Gays at MIT sponsor a Fall Fantasie This wveekentd's LSC lineup: acts. The play is a comedy featuring a lively sful as a film. We can only~wonder what a Dance in the Sala on Sat., Nov. 18, from 9- Coming Home Fri.,7&lOpm, Kresge. and bawdy musical score, in addition to devastating experience it could have been lpm. Admission is $2.50, free with MIT Captains Courageous (classic) Fri., biting commentary on Irish character and had Parker and Stone not regrettably ID. 7:30prn, 10-250. politics. Tickets are $2.50 and are available decided to show what they thought was a Dvorak's Spectre's Bride presented by Three lDays of the 11,oedor' Sat., 7& l0prn at the door, Admission is free to Wellesley good story instead of what really hap- the M IT Choral Society, John Oliver, Con- 26-100. and MlIT students. pened. le ----. U c. -·1 --9 -n-·urq --ra----F--e -------, - -- - I I . L L - II -I -·-I - - __

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By Gordon R. Haff also been seriously injured with For many years, a promninent hemorrhages of both eyes. feature in the life of an averag Shortly thereafter, President MIT student was an event called Pritchett called a student meeting Field Day. Always a ffeshman- to discuss the future-of the Cane sophomore battle, the Field Day Rush. In this same very confused competitions had meanings which meeting, intercollegiate football are not immediately obvious to a wfas also disbanded by a vote of student of today. For the greater 1 19-1 17. part of the history of this scho~ol, The next fall, the first Field inter-class rivalry was an impor- D:ay was instituted. It consisted of tant feature of day-to-day life. three freshman-sophomore com- Field Day, replaced an 1880's petitions. - a football game, oa donnybrook known as the Cane tug-of-war, and a relay race. This Rush, which in conjunction with format would remain basically a freshman-sophomore football the same until 1927. The impor- game formed the central event of tan-t thing to realize especially if this competition. In t his event, the one is trying to analyze the demise freshmenl started with the posses- of Field Daty in its latter years is sion of a four -foot stick with a that Fielid Day was not an knob on each end. Thec isolated event. I t was part of an sophomores then attempted to inter-class rivalry which was a gain possession of the cane. At major part of the lift of an un- the end of 15 minutes, a pistol was dergraduate. fired to end the m ayhern. The entire Field Day weekend Preceding this main rush, there wvas an important event. Classe were also individual C~ane Rushes were dismissed on Friday and in th ree weight categories in kidnapping of both the freshman which single participants from and sophomore class officers was each class tried to win the cane. a common occurrence. Celebra- IPerhaps some idea of the im- tions which evolved into street portance attached to this event fights centered on either side of can be gathered fromt these ex- thle river. The revelers frequently cerpts trom Tie Tesch coverage of .ended up clashing with the fiscal the 1900 Cane Rush a few drys rylice. after the event, The issue starts by Starting in 1923, an annual pre- In 196i3. Life Magazine did a feature on Field Oeay at MIT. The photograph above of the Glove Fight. an inL- writing at great length about the field, day event called the tegral part of Field D~ay since 1927, is from that essay. (Photo by Ralph Morse, Life.. Supplied courtesy MIT freshman-sophornore football Sophomore Banquet was held W {~ralertiortcs-i cnrira - game. An article on the individual -which the~ freshmen were sup- cane rushes follows. Finally}, the posed to disrupt. In 1926, these following is written about the - events reached a head. -The main event. :- freshmen battered their way into ''The maion rush was much the the Sophomore pre-war meeting same aIs in former years. The with a battering ram and tear gas freshmen were given possession of bo~mbs. They then proceeded to the cane' and Sosphomores .azt- tic up tralffic all the way to Har- talcked their fort-nation about it X5 valrd Square when the two classes hlying wedges- The .scrimmage combined to do a snake dance up lasted 1~5 nin utes .and. "as uJsual, the street on their way to' crash a somze o1 the'riercest -fighting began,- Imovie house singing-Technology with the firing of-,ihe pisto'l as a'. .songs, all',the way. The -police, signall to cease the strug gle. When fitially broke up thie crowd after the mien who held the cane~were the students had severely finallly unco)vered, it urns ,`ound d~m;aged a subway train derring a thatl the Sophomo~res haid won the ride between Harvard Square ;and rush with 19 hanlds, the Freshmen Pa;rk- St. havigbu cle ,nhands,o..l the .For reasons which were not stick. totaltvy obscu~re, the Boston Post "*Mr. Mo)ore of the freshmanl ranz LIn editorial the next d;ay class was fatalily injured in the which implied that Tech men R ush. H-e die'd at t he' City, were of' the s lane caliber as Hospital sihordy)^after being taklen hoodlumsl. thecre." > The next years in an effort to It *vvis noted ill the fl~lowinky is- direct thre two classes' agression sue tivtxl Harlrvd W. Sherril- had toward-'each other.r~ather than the Ingenious tactics were developed in the Gltove fights, In 1955. these sophomores guarded goalposts, on top of which two of their leaders were -chained to bags containing the gloves. Participants had learned to tape their clothes on to keep from being' stripped. The Tecnh reported, i"No one was seriously-injured but pants were ha-d by all." (Photo courtesy MiIT t!distorical Collections), rest of the city, the.>Field Day OTctober 26, 1956 (the event was was reinstated by theBeaver Kqv Commaittee instituted an event still getting banner headlinies) Society, an East Campus known as the Glove Fight. Ac- stated that "iTomorr-ow's Field honorary group which dragged it cording to the October 24, 1927 Dray will mark the first time that out for another ten years. Thbe Tech "It is hoped by the Field open class rivdiry has not However, it was clear throughout Daly (Committee that this type of preceeded the action-." This was a the sixties thiat theolid Field D~ay contest ,will eliminate all chances result of the institute Committee was geine forever. Gadget races of concerted~ mo'b action and thus (INSCommr) motion outlawing replaced the athletic even'ts of old diminishing the chances for hazing. and student interest waned. serious inuyof any~of the con- in an earlier issue of-The Tech, InsComnm discussed its future at testants. Tis new hype of right is F. Thomas Bond '58 had an in- more and more meetings as the expected to be much safer in this terestinlg interpretation of the up- decade progressed. respect than a free-for-aliat night, coming Field Day. Hle started by The event got lost in the although there will be plenty of saying that "Gone is the 'hazing' political issues of the day. The opp~ortulnity for action.' * and the inter-class fights which political activists considered it In conjunction with this had always reached their culmina- petty and stupid. An issue which changte, the Sophomore banquet, tion in the Glove Fight. Gone are 'would have gotten banner the traditional cause of the pre- the rides, the water filghts the headlines the decade before, adis- Field Daly riots, was banned. depalntsing; what is left seems to cusision of the future of - Field III this event, the two classes be only a series of athletic, con- DAY, tooks second place to draft lined up.-on each side of the field. tests held for no purpose and ac- dodger Mikee O'Connor's arrest Ealch freshman was then given a- complishing no goal," However, after a week's sanctuary in the white -love and-each sophomore he went on to say that the Student Center. itred gloves The contest was then freshmnen must now form an esprit When the sophomore class started. Whichever class was able de corps in -other ways anid that voted to boycott the event in to capture more of its opponents' sophomores unable to enjoy the 1968, it was a decision which glovtes was declared the winner. "'benefits of hazing" must now probably surprised very ew-. Jack To mans people, the Field enjoy tile benefits of group action. Barry, Assistant Director of Davs7 epitomized the old collegel As Field Day' vwa dying, if- Athletics, recalls that the only spiJrit. 'The interclass rivalry was a indeed it swa;s not tdready dead reason the event had kept going far more integral part of cobbleg aind merely going through the mo- that long wras that Ia few people life than anything even vaguely tion's. In 1957, the Athletic As- every year had been enthusiastic analagous today. With this in socialtion discontinued it because about keeping it alive. Thus when mind, the reasons for Field D:ay's ofthLye grossing number o~f injuries it finally died, Thwe Tech's editors' Another important Field Day event, and one which came under evtentuasl demise becomle mulch to vartsity :athletes. This was part called it an unfortunate decision, criticismn when it became co-ed was the tug of war. AS can be -readily cleamrer. of an effort to institute All-Sports the' freshman class officers were seen from this picture, this contest like the glove fightivle a Be the late 1950's the purpose dalv. --a day of home sporting displeased. but most of the stu- healthy amount of muddy water thrown in to mak,6 things -morein- of the event had changed, The events which still exists today. dent body just didn't care' any teresting, ( Photo courtesy M IT Hfistr)Fical Collections). front page story in The Tet o hefloin er Field Day --onger. psLda', IPsas-IPSII--.--- - --- ___

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Sixteen pages cover 1,280 square inches of paper with Sixteen 18 stories, 6 pictures, 2 graphics and more ads than %tPclssts Ofi/MC any of us want to think about. Needless to say, this OR, _ _ . = keeps all of us busy: the writers and photographers who Pages provide the news, the elves and salespeople in the Water-polo finishe business department who drum up the ads, and of aren II course the production staff who have to put it all together and fill the leftover spaces. 4 By Gordon R. Haff just let down." In their final If you are interested in any of this, or even have an idea Despite their third place finish aEasyD for something in the New Englands, the MIT game, the Beavers lost to else that might go into the paper, stop by Washingtorn Water Polo Team ended up going and Lee 105. With any Sunday or Wednesday evening to talk. There's to the Easterns last weekend when the exception of the Richmond Always room for more. a team was unable to show. Nor- game, Benedick was pleased with mally, the top two teams in each the performance of the team. of the East Coast's four divisions These games were the last ones ------------u ------·I-- II------are entered in that tournament. for many members of the MIT MIT started off the weekend water polo squad. Preston with a defeat at the hands of Vorliceck, Ken Calvert, Bob Bucknell- 11-2. Bucknell later Dobbin, Eric Byler, and most went on to the finals after notably Pete Griffith, All New- I defeating Yale iiz the semi-finals England goalie last year are all 19-3. being lost to graduation. There ri In the second game of the tour- are a number of new players, in- Your help is desperately needed. Volunteer your services to nament, I1 IT lost to Richmond 6- cluding a goalie, but it remains to 4. Coach John Benedick said "We be seen whether they can fill in for 4 work with Hxnnpters after school. On shouldn't have lost that game. We the departing seniors. Mon.-Wed., Nov. 13s 1 14, 15, meet with representatives from ,dub.. a i 10.3 m Bld31g. 10p MIT. 1 For examnple, tutor a child, help lead special pro'ects in By Bob Host conditions, which for him are 15 Senior Barry Bayus finished to 20 degrees cooler. B career eploration at Tutoring Plus. Questions: Call x3-2894 fifteenth in the NCAA District I The outlook for the next season Cross Country Championships- appears promising as Bayus is the a last Saturday in Franklin Park, only graduating senior. With the thus qualifying for the Division 3 presence of two freshmen on the I -'hl -Id k- -i1c -Aam -db. -A - -19m dal -Ma--dh ,k. .1b Oa. Ao at. championships later this week in varsity squad, the team should be 1% aa~s~rcsp-~ R 0040owan -~~ll~~~ -r- - rs-- I b-41a~pg W~~0 Rock Island, Ill. I strong for a few years to come.

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