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. ' ~ (:.:;, ~~""... :~~:.. o Dorms to Get New.Housemasters By Shang-Un Chuang tion, Hammond said. ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Professor of Mechanical Engi- The housemaster positions at neering Derek Rowell, the current both Senior House and New House New House housemaster, has not will be open this 'fall, according to officially announced his intention to Margaret A Jablonski, associate leave, but the position is already dean for residence and campus being considered by Random Hall activities. . Housemaster Halston W. Taylor, The cUJ:rent Senior House house- according to New House President master, Assistant Professor of Eric R. Richard '95. . Chemical Engineering Paula T. Along with the housemaster Hammond PhD '84,.told Senior opening,. four of fhe nine house House residents last week that she tutors at New House wi'll also be would be leaving the position after leaving, Richard said. serving for two years. "I've gotten to know and truly Students can nominate candidates apprec.iate the spirit of the stUdents A letter has already been sent to , ,at Senior House, and I will definite- 'the tenured 'faculty announcing ly miss them," Hammond said. openings in the housemaster posi- "Unfortunately, as a junior faculty, tions, Jablonski said. The positions it is not ideal for me to try to meet can be filled by any interested 'he needs of the house and race for tenured faculty members, she said. tenure on the tenure clock." Tenured faculty members may Thus far, Associate Professor of also be nominated by residents for Literature Henry Jenkins and Asso- the position, Jablonski said. Nomi- ciate Professor of Electrical Engi- nations will remain open for the • SHARON N. YOUNG PONG - THE TECH neering and Computer Science next several weeks. Nicole A. Wainwright '95 receives a heartw..arming serenade from the Logarhythms on Valentine's Munther A. Dahleh have indicated Day in her class Chemicals in the Environment: Toxicology. interest in the Senior House posi- Housemasters, Page 19 .'Faculty Discuss Grading Changes, UAA Office Opens New Grie-vance olicies, .Har e Scholarship Center to.

By Daniel C. Stevenson grades proposals. the closing of the Center for Materi- EDI7tJR IN CHIEF About 15 percent of the under- als Research in Arch,eology and Aid Students' Searches Discussion and debate of faculty graduate population -responded to a Ethnology (CMRAE), the faculty gri~vance procedures took up most CAP survey in the fall term, with requested that the Faculty Policy By Ramy A. Arnaout when trying to find scholarship and of Wednesday's faculty ineeting, about one half favoring a change in Committee "reassess the Institute's EXECUTIVE EDITOR award information, said Antonio reminisce'nt of the debate that domi- • the grading system, Wilson said. grievance procedures, and report In an effort to aid students in the Morales-Pena '95. "This way, they nated faculty meetings last spring. '(he majority of those students pre- back to the faculty its conclusion search for grants and scholarships, know there is a center" they can . The meeting began with the pre- ferred a system of letter grades com- about whetherthey need revision." the Undergraduate Academic visit to get that information, he said. sentation of a report 011 student dis- bined with pluses and minuses, as The faculty also asked the FPC Affairs Office unveiled the new "It could be us~ful," said Jung- ,;' ,ipline cases in th~ last academic opposed to intermediate grades, in May to consider the procedures Scholarship, Fellowship, Grant, and yoon Choi '98, who learned of the ..,year [see story, p. 12]. such as AB and Be. leading up to the closing of Award Center earlier this week. center through the freshman Yellow Also at the meeting, Professor of A brief discussion followed Wil- . CMRAE. Located in 7-104, the center was Flash bulletin. "It's nice to know Linguistics and Philosophy Samuel son's presentation, with the majority According to a report presented designed to give students a first you can go somewhere and that they . Jay Keyser reported that a su.i-veyof of speakers endorsing a change to at the meeting by Chair of the Fac- place to look for information on are organized about" having the faculty and staff showed incidences the plus/minus system. Professor of ulty Robert L. Jaffe, "the FPC has competitions and scholarships, said information available. of harassment were steadily declin- Electrical Engineering and Comput- concluded that current processes for Ida G. Faber, a st-aff assistant in the Bette K. Davis, coordinator of ing. Keyser gave results from 'his er Science Alvin W. Drake 'ScD '57 .resolving faculty complaints, while Office of Undergraduate Education the School of Humanities, Arts, and annual survey, which included said that MIT is often a "praise-free not perfect, are generally well suited and Student Affairs and the center's Social Sciences, said that such a 2,730 faculty and staffmembers .. zone," and it is important that stu- to our culture which values shared administrator. e center is "especially needed for Following the discussion of the dents are liberally rewarded for their governance and collegiality" The center is "not meant to co- undergraduates .... It's definitely a grievanc~ procedures, Professor efforts. . However, the FPC did recom- opt what other people do," said good idea to have a central place Nigel H. M. Wilson PhD '70 updat- mend that the administration make Travis R. Merritt, dean for under- where students can get that kind of ed the faculty on the Committee on Changes recommended graduate academic affairs. Instead, information. " Academic Performance's study of Last May, amid controversy over Faculty, Page 19 it will complement the Office of The idea for the center was Career Services and Preprofe sional "born out of a survey three years Advising, the Graduate School, ago-asking how [the UAAO] pro- department offices, and other exist- moted [its] resources to students," ing sources of scholarship and Faber said. award information, he said. "MIT student are certainly as By keeping in close contact with cap,able as any students in the coun- other campus information sources, try," Faber sa'd. "We want to see Faber hopes the 'center will be able them equally represented when to point students in the right direc- scholarships are awarded." tion to find what they are looking for. Students visiting the center ';\'ill be asked to describe their scholar- ship and award interests on a profile form, Faber said. The center will use this feedback to get information about students' specific interests. In .this way, "it will be student-direct- ed," she said. Students "will also be offered counseling for interviews" that scholarships and awards may require, Faber said. Office staff will be available. to help tudents fine- tune application es ays.

tudents welcome center The idea of a new scholarship and award center has been well received by both students and facul- ty. "It' a great idea because stu- dents are basically di oriented"~ Page 2 THE TECH February 17t 192»" WORLD & NATION Progress Made in Baseb~ Strike THE BALTIMORE SU GOP Bill to ~hailge Defense, ORLA DO. FLA, Major League Baseball Player A soc.iation director Donald Fehr briefed the players Thursday on the progress of the negotiations and Passes discu sed all the scenarios under which the union would call off the Foreign.Policy .House six-month-old strike. By Art Pine policy. • nationwide anti-ballistic mi'ssile He said definitively - apparently for the fir t time - that the LOS ANGELES TIMES "We're trying to send a pretty defense system a soon as practica players would go back to work if the ational Labor Relations Board WASHI GTO clear signal," Gingrich said at a cer- but only after the system has been f;rced the owners to restore the terms of the previous labor agree- The House approved Republi- emony intended to mark passage of fully tested and after the Pentagon ment. can-spon ored legislation Thursday yet another provision in the IO-point has paid to improve overall readi- The players also have said they would agree to binding arbitra- designed to prod the Clinton admin- "Contract With America," on which ness levels in the armed services. tion, either immediately or after a presidential fact-finding commis- istration to change course on several House Republicans ran in the • Call on the a<;tministration to sion examines the game for ~ year, and would call off the strike if defen e and foreign policies b\lt ovember election. speed the entry of Pol.and, Hungary, Congress lifts baseball' antitrust exemption. only after Democrat succ((eded in Rep. Floyd D. Spence, R-S.C., Slovakia and the Czech Republic Of course, the owners almost certainly would lock out the players weakening some. of its most contro- chairman of the House National into NATO but without the specific if they called off the strike before there is a negotiated settlement. versial provisions. Security Committee, and Rep. Ben- fast-track timetable that Republi- "We want to go back and play," Los Angeles Dodger center field- The legislation, part of the jamin A. Gilman, R-N.Y., chairman cans earlier had sought to impose. er Brett Butler said. "We'll go back under the '94 rules. We'll- take Hou e GOP's "Contract With of the House International Affairs The measure also would set up .binding arbitration. We'll try our luck with the LRB or in court. America," was intended to restrict Committee, said that their panels an independent commission to We'll do just about anything to get back on the field, but they (the Clinton' ability to deploy Ameri- would recommend more specific review current d fen e policies. owners) don't want to do any of that." can troops on United ations peace- proposals later to flesh out Thurs- And it urges C9ngress to reinstate .... The owners have made it just as clear they were not interested in keeping mis ions, accelerate the day's bill. the budgetary fire walls that once~ continuing with the old system and ws:>Uldhave no interest in an arbi- deployment of a ballistic missile The measure the House passed prevented lawmakers from raiding. trated settlement. defense system and' speed up the included major provisions that: the defense budge to, finance expan ion f the orth Atlantic • Require the administration to domestic spending. Treaty Organization. deduct the. extra cost of deploying The legislation now goes to the Panel limits Witnesses in Hearings But Democrats mounted a vigor- American troops on U. N. peace- Senate, where its future is uncertain. ous counteroffensive. They pushed keeping missions from the $1 bil- A Ithough Senate Majority Leader For Surgeon General's Post through amendments that blunted the lion annual contribution Washing- Bob Dole, R-Kan., has endorsed LOS ANGELES TIMES missile-defense and orth Atlantic ton makes to the organization's severa~ provisions of the bill, the WASHI GTO Treaty Organization provisions and peacekeeping fund. The United. Senate has no comparable legisla- j The head of the Senate committee that will hold hearings on the forced Republicans to withdraw a States now bears such extra costs. tion ip draft form. _ nomination of Henry W. Foster Jr. for surgeon general has decided to proposal to require the president to • Forbid placing U.S. troops The House fight over the bill this exclude outsiders from testifying, a step that should enable Foster to seek Congress' approval before under foreign command in U.N. week marked deep-seated divisions explain his career in a relatively di passionate setting. sending troops on U. . missions. peacekeeping operations unless the between the two parties on an array .. The decision to limit witnesses, made by Sen. ancy Landon Passage ultimately came on a president certifies that the arrange- of defense and foreign policy issues,"" Kassebaum, R-Kan., head of the Labor and Human Resources Com- largely party-line vote of 241-181 ment is needed for national security. both over the pace of new weapons mittee, is in keeping with the panel's history of allowing testimony - a substantial-enough margin but Pentagon officials said the provision development and on the use of only from a nominee and perhaps a few senators. 0 decision has sti II some 40 votes short of what the is unnecessary because U. S. troops American fOLces in U.N. peacekeep- been made on whether any senators will testify. Republicans would need to override . are always under American com- ing missions. Kassebaum's move will allow administration officials to avoid the a veto that Pre'sident Clinton has . mand. ' Republicans have been arguing embarrassment of having to respond to harsh, bipartisan criticism that threatened. Four Republicans and • Cuts the American share of for -months that deployment of it bungled the nomination process largely by failing to provide a 18 Democrats crossed party lines. U.N. pea<;e~eeping costs to 25 per- American troops in places such as prompt, full account of Foster's record on abortion. Even so, House Speaker Newt cent of the total, down from 31.7 Somalia, Haiti and even Rwanda At the same time, barring any outside witnesses reduces the Gingrich, R-Ga., said Republicans percent now, in line with a change has detracted from military pre- prospect that the hearings, expected to begin about a month from had achieved their major goal in made by Congress last year. But the paredness. t. now, will be dominated by a highly charged debate over abortion. passing the bi II - putting the proposal allows linton to exceed They also have been pressing T~e White House and Foster are confident they can win such a administration on notice that it the limit by declaring the move is Clinton to halt the declint! in debate, which would be expected to divide pro-choice and anti-abor- wou,W have to "rethink the sort of necessary for national security. defense spending and to speed, tion elements of the Republican party. feckless 'multilateralism" that he • Call on the administration to deployment ,of a broad-scale' anti- said had characterized its foreign develop options for deploying a ballistic missile system. Justice Department Plans To Appeal Microsoft Case Boris Yeltsin Defends Chechen TIlE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTO Moving fast, the Justice Department announced Thursday that it will Offensive But Cites Failures' appeal a federal judge's rejection Tuesday of an antitrust settlement that the department had worked out with the world's largest software com- By Sonni Efron He blasted self-serving bureau- delivering his crucial speech, origi- pany, Microsoft Corp. The company later said it also would appeal. LOS ANGELES TIMES crats who routinely violate t~e law. nally scheduled. for JanuarYt unt\_ The department called the decision "squarely wrong." It argued MOSCOW He said corrupt law-enforcement Russia could plCJusibly claim the that the settlement was in the public interest and that allowing the An unapologetic President Boris agencies had thwarted efforts to upper hand in the disastrous opera- rejection to stand would undermine the department's ability to nego- . Yeltsin on Thursday'defended fight crime and scolded his govern- tion in ~hechnya. tiate with other companies. Russia's use of force in Chechnya to ment for failing to implement the Yet even as the president spoket (,. Attorney General Janet Reno told reporters that U.S. District eliminate what he called a "criminal economic agenda he had presented the fate of a tenuous cease-fite that Court Judge Stanley Sporkin overstepped his role in the case. A dictatorship" as corrosive as the in last year's address to Parliament. was announced by Russian and judge, she said, should evaluate whether a settlement fits the case the' Medellin drug cartel. But for the But Yeltsin's emphasis on Chechen ground commanders a day government said it would bring - not whether the government first time he acknowledged that the strengthening state powers as a pre- earlier was still unclear. . should have brought a different case. Russian military was not up to the requisite to democratic reform dis- "The flames of an armed mutiny- Sporkin's decision suggests to companies, she said, that "you may job. pleased advocates ot less ~ not have not yet been put out in the have a decree, but it's an invitation for a judge to investigate anything Although Yeltsin had ordered more - government. - Chechen republic," Yeltsin said. about a company." troops into the secessionist Muslim And much of the address 'seemed "Russian soldiers are fulfilling their republic over the well-publicized a painful recap of all the problems duty there in extremely difficult objections of at least five top gener- that Yeltsin promised to attack in conditions, and people still die and als - one of whom resigned rather 1994 but that remain just. as suff~r." WEATHER than send untrained conscripts into intractable today. . combat - the Russian president . He told the lawmakers - three He then asked lawmakers to blamed military unpreparedness for of whose colleague.s have been slain stand to honor their dead fellow-cit~

and lows in the 20s to low 30s (-4 to O°C). ing a sembled lawmakers to chal- Chechnya is not resolved soon. ~. , I Defense Minister Pavel S.IQraohe - t lenge his views. .c I.: i-., I' r:J; fodit: p tt, . ~Sl h~~laydd -Ii c:: ' tst@tij:~sjstCld. J noil;~(,(I' .ruary 17, 1995 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page3 Justice Dept. StarlsProbe of Israeli, Palestinian Leaders To Accelerate Peace Talks

WS ANGELES TIMES Commerce .Secretary's Finances JERUSALEM By Jerry Knight ed. Congressional Republicans, who of wrongdoing by high government Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Thursday to speed up nego- and Pierre Thomas requested the investigation, have officials - already are probing tiations on expanding Palestinian s~lf-rule throughout the West Bank, THE WASHINGTON POST contended that Brown violated President and Mrs. Clinton's White- and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said Israel will start easing its clo- WASHINGTON financial disclosure laws by filing water investments and gifts alleged- sure of the West ~ank and Gaza.Strip. The Justice Department Thurs-, false or misleading financial reports ly given to former agriculture secre- The reported progress s, comes one week after a summit between day announced it has started a for- about his financial dealings with tary Mike Espy. Housing and Urban Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat al probe of Commerce Secretary Washington business executive Development Secretary Henry Cis- produced nothing more than mutual recriminations about the dead- Ronald H. Brown's personal Nolanda Hill. neros is the target of a preliminary lock in their negotiations. finances that could lead to appoint- Given the low threshold of evi- Justice investigation, like that begun After last week's session, Israeli and Palestinian commentators ment of an independent counsel to dence required to trigger an investi- with Brown, into whether Cisneros were declaring the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord dead and predict- further inve tigate the matter. , gation under the independent coun- lied to FBI agents about payments ing the collapse of Rabin's government. Attorney General Janet Reno sel law, Justice Department officials to a former mistress. "Nothing has died," declared Foreign Minister Shimon Peres after announced the decision in a state- said the probe had been likely after Justice Department officials said Thursday's session. "There are difficulties, but we can overcome ment. Her finding was based on a published reports that Brown they began considering the prelimi- them." preliminary review. that found there received more than $400,000 from a nary investigation of Brown last After a two-hour session with Arafat Thursday afternoon, Rabin were "specific allegations of wrong- company he owned with Hill, even month, even before a number of said that he will allow 10,000 workers from Gaza and 5,000 from the doing from a credible source" - the though the business itself made no congressional Republicans called West Bank to enter Israel next week. "All of them are workers whom standard' set by the independent money. for the probe. Under the law, Justice we know" and who are older than' 30, Rabin said. counsel act - that Brown violated "The law left Justice with no has 90 days to determine whether to About three times as many workers were entering Israel legally federal laws. choice but to move to a preliminary ask the U.S. Court of Appeals to before Israel imposed the closure Jan. 22 - after two Palestinian sui- This- finding doesn't reflect any investigation," said'Reid Wein- name an independent counsel. cide bombers killed 21 Israelis at a bus stop. ,Judgment by Justice about whether garten, Brown's attorney. "We are Brown's finances also are being the aliegations are true - only that confident that at the end of their it;1vestigated by the H~use Govern- they are from serious sources that investigation they will be satisfied ment Reform and Oversight Com- Gingrich Lash~s Out at EPA can't be ignored. that no laws were violated." mittee, whose chairman, William F. The Justice Department state- Independent counsels - federal Clinger Jr., R-Pa., will decide next In Speech to Executives ment did not discuss the specific prosecutors with far-reaching week whether to hold hearings on THE WASHINGTON POST allegations that are b~ing investigat- authority to investigate allegations Brown's'business dealings. WASHI GTON House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., took_aim and fired on the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday, calling it "the biggest Rebels Apparently Reject Mexican job-killing agency in inner-city America." In his first major speech on the environment, delivered to the National Environmental Policy Institute (NEPI), a group of corporate , executives and opinion-makers, Gingrich lashed out at the agency's .President Ze~o's Amnesty Offer enforcement of every major environmental statute from the 1980 Superfund law, which governs the cleanup of toxic waste dumps, to By Too Robberson met with reporters near here late 'stability," said Mexico Cjty finah- the 1990 Clean Air Act, designed to reduce air pollution nationwide. THE WASHINGTON POST Wednesday. Zedillo "is not stopping cial analyst Daniel GoWstein. With the speech, Gingrich made clear that he plans to try tQ leave LARRAINZAR, MEXICO the military advance. He talks of At the same time, however, his mark on U.S. environmental policy. "Let's totally rethink Super- Rebels hiding out near this cen- dialogue, but what is going on with international investors have been fund," he said at one point, calling the program "a national disgrace." tral town in Chiapas state warned the army?" pressing the Zedillo government to "If you've got to set priorities, there are things we are currently President Ernesto zedilio Thursday The rebel. response, as well as take decisive action in Chiapas to requiring that are irrational in terms of human health," he said at that. he must withdraw Mexican the Zapatistas' clear. demonstrations eliminate the Zapatista rebellion as another point. tro9Ps from re~ently occupied areas this week that they remain a .cohe- one of the chief sources of political "The trick is to rethink from the ground up," he concluded, "not to -and cease what they :Called l)arass- sive armed 'force, added pressure on instability in Mexico. repair the current processes." ent of civilians if he hopes to .' Zedillo to find a .ne"Y formula for Gingrich saved his harshest criticism for the EPA itself, caUing it . 'll I d t th f .. ending.the c6nflict w.hile simultane-. A memo last month by Chase "a highly centralized command bureaucracy artificially trying to b.nng guem a ea ers 0 e nego 1- Manhattan Bank's emerging mar~ ating table.' Qusly calming :Me?Ch;o'.s nervo"u~ impose 'its judgment with almost no knowledge of local conditions k~ts group warned that a peaceful and with a static rather than dynamic view of itself." Statements here bY-J1lembers, of financial markets Financi.al analy t solution to to 'rebellion' was 'j iffi'.! tL.e'rebel Zapatl's+n Nat\'onal Ll'bera say. Zed",l'llo,must ,resnlye the Chl'a- h · Gi~iich, a former member of the Sierra Club and a'strong sup- .'. . La; . ';' • ,., iilt 'to' imagine . after face-ta-face tion Army appeared to rejectl an pas rebellion '<:luickly to restOl;e peace'talks with the government one porter of the Atlanta zoo, described himself as pro-environment. amnesty offer that Zedillo-i.ssued jnvestor c~fidenc~. ~nd ease. a Tuesday as he ca~ied.off a short- national ecoilOmic <;risis. }:el\I;'agd ..failed to demobilize'the lived military offensiv.e .across this:' ,~Th~. p'e~o; wnic qashed ,afte~: .r~bels. :fhe memo warned that tDe Four U.S. Anny Rangers Die southern state aimed at crushing the the Zapatistas launched a new mili-' rebel leader kno~n as SUb~oman- 13-month-old rebellion. Zedillo said tary offensive around Larrainzar on dante Marcos may decl~e to During Training Course he would rescind arrest warrants for Dec 20 reached an all-time low embarrass the government WIth an SPECIAL TO THE LOS ANGELES TIMES several senior commanders if the tod~y;8' its closing value on increase }n. loca~-violence and force MIAMI Zapatistas put down their weapons exchange markets fell below 6 to the admlnJstratlOn 10 cede to Zap- Four U.S. Army rangers in the final days of grueling training died and agree to peace talks. $l-a more than 42 percent drop atista de.mand~. and acc~?t an from exposure after emerging from the chilly, chest-high waters of a " "We are ready for dialogue, but ftom its pre-devaluation rate. On embarrassmg pohtlcal defeat. north Florida swamp where they were engaged in a bridge-building we cannot talk as long as the army Wednesday, the main Mexico City "While Chiapas, in our opinion, exercise, the Army said Thursday. stays here," a rebel spokesmaJl said stock market index registered a 123 does not pose a fundamental threat The deaths late Wednesday on the grounds of Eglin Air Force Thursday, declining to identify him- percent free-fall, losing 6.4 percent to Mexican political stability, it is Base in the Florida Panhandle stunned members of the elite ranger ) se,lf. "Until they leave and stop of its value to close for the first time perceived to be so by many in the corps and prompted an Army inquiry. - harassing the people, no'thing can in 17 months below 1,800 points. investment community;" the memo "It's a shock. No one likes to see something like this occur," said happel1." "You can't send a bunch of added. "The government .will need Al Blanchard, a retired Army cdlonel serving as a military "The gov~rnment must under- troops down to Chiapas and create a to eliminate the Zapatistas to spokesman at Fort Benning, Ga., where the dead men were based. stand that you cannot talk to some- military confrontation, and then demonstrate their effective control - "We are a tight-knit community, and we will pull together and take one who is chasing you," said Ana expect the financial markets to of the national territory and of secu- care of our own." Maria, a masked rebel "major" ~ho regard this as a measure to restore rity policy." The names of the dead have not been released. Four other soldiers suffering from hypothermia were hospitalized. An Army spokeswoman said the victims were among I02 enlisted Republican PresidentiallJopefuls men and officers who had volunteered for a demanding eight-week course in combat techniques and all-terrain survival. Women are not Start Campaigning for'Contributions admitted to ranger training, the spokeswoman said.

l By Ronald Brownstein for a presidential campaign," says checks are buying the messages Intel Unveils New P6 Chip; Said LOS ANGELES TIMES Ted Welch, a Tennessee real estate candidates are selling. WASHINGTON To Make Computers Thrice as Fast developer spearheading Alexander's "Financial support reflects polit- 'It isn't the skiing that's,bringing fund-raising. effort. ical support," says Charlie-Black, a By Kara Swisher THE WASHINGTON-POST former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander will not be the only senior strategist for Texas Sen. Phil Alexander to Aspen, Colo., this politician in Aspen. California's Gramm. "You've got to have a Intel Corp., the world's dominant computer chipmaker, Thursday weekend. It's the fishing. For dol- Gov: Pete Wilson is also dropping good organization to raise money unve~led a new chip it said will make personal computers twice as 'lars, that is. by. And other GOP contenders and and that reflects where you are fast as today's best. Dubbed the P6, it is crucial to the giant compa- Alexander, who's planning to possible contenders have worked politically." ny's efforts to stay ahead of competitors that are making clones of its , formally announce his bid for the the group in previous meetings. best-selling products. The reason is the structure of the 1996 Republican presidential nom- From Aspen to Miami, Dallas to Intel hopes to have the chip on the market in limited quantities at campaign finance laws. Federal law ination later this month, is sched- New York, the money hunt is on for the end of this year, though schedules of this sort often slip. It would will allow the candidates to spend as uled to spend much of Friday and the Republicans seekiflg the party's be successor to the Pentium, the company's current top-of-the-line much as $45 million next year; but Saturday at a private retreat of the 1996 nomination. Fully a year model whose reputation was sullied by the revelation last fall that it the regulations limit them to indi- , GOP's Team 100 - the elite corps before the first Republican voters go can make mistakes'in certain mathematical operations. vidual contributions of $1,000 or of Republican supporters who con- to the polls next February in Iowa Officials a1 the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said the new tribute at least $100,000 to,t'he and New Hampshire, the potential less. chip will let consumers run more demanding software, such as video- party during each presidential elec- Republican competitors are already To raise so much money in such conferencing and movies. . tion. scrambling in what is often called bite-sized units requires an enor- The P6 is a microprocessor, the chip that handles the basic func- Forget voters or political consul- "the first primary" - the battle for mous grass-roots organization - tions of a computer. It will have about 5.5 million transistors in a tants or media bigwigs: At this point the hearts and wallets of the party's the kind that can only be built by space about the size of thumbnail. It is designed to cycle 0'11 and off in the presidential' campaign, there financial donors. candidates with a broad base of sup- 133 million times per second, compared with about 100 million top may be no 'group of people whose The money primary is actually port. That's one reason why the can- speed of the best Pentium chip. support is more prized by' the candi- the first critical test of political didate who raise the most money in "With each new generation we go through, people wonder if Intel dates moving toward the'Republican strength. Indeed, the contenders' the year before the primaries has has hit the wall with the ability to improve the chip," said Randy race. "If someone is in a position to ability to raise money functions as a almost always won the nomination Steck, product manager for the P6 at Intel. "But this new product give $100,000 to the Republican kind of political stock market - an since 1976, according to a study by shows that we are on the front line of pushing c011)puting power to its tiDn.al. ()(nmitt~Q lIl~ ...'O,~ indic"ti Q.(:} .wJ>.~th~ tJ1e.,a iy'st ,,:mdrr. ~ .'I)~ IC, I)s,n,j~~Q,tI.S,a1} limits." , ,th~ 5J.~ f )~C i). -I""~ I,f)i fj ',1.\ J.L ,T. I~(;I t,Lr position to. j ~ i3ilr ' M-$ ~IJljlQr ~~''f ,f~I(:R )- ith Huckaby. .~'. 'J' ! ~il ~d OJ'} Page 4 THE TECH February 17, 1~ OPINION Letters 1b The Editor perhaps improve conditions for everyone as a one priority for their living environment." Elimination of ROTC .- whole by pointing out to the administration Carpenter claims some sort of contradiction that any additional student dormitories should because the 69 signers did not constitute a Would Unjustly Hurt be built with student safety in mind. The peti- majority of the women living on campus. . Chairman Students. in Program tion acknowledges this is a "complex issu'e Having spoken with tne petition's origina- Garlen C. Leung '95 requiring compromise" and urges the pursuit tors, the observation came from the Graduate I am writing to expre my di agreement of other locations for the dormitory. Student Council housing survey in whio ~l Editor in Chief with your editorial stating the ROTC program As for the idea that "adults should be capa- respondents rated the things that were impor- Daniel C. Stevenson '97 at MIT should be eliminated ["In titute Must ble of assuming the responsibility of getting tant to them in choosing where to live, in Plan to End ROTC," Feb. 10]. them elves home safely," one can only laugh which women rated afety high. The petition Busines Manager In the late 1980s and early 1990s there has at the idea that a mature adult is somehow had little publicity and was primarily aimed at Syed Abid Rizvi. '96 been a focus on being politically correcand safe from unexpected events. I suppose women graduate students in Ashdown and working for minority rights. What everyone mature, responsible people who only walk Green Hall. It received over half the Ashdown anaging Editor seems to forget in this debate is that we home during the day, before 4:00 p.m. or 5:00 women's signatures, and typical survey Jimmy Wong '97 should remember our similarities as well as p.m. in the winter, are somehow immune to response rates of over 20 percent are consid- Executive Editor our differences. In the ROTC debate people attacks. It is also lamentable to note the belief ered high. that the victim is somehow responsible if pre- Thus the statement that a miflority of Ramy Arnaout '97 forget we are Americans first, then homosexu- al or heterosexual. cautions were not taken. women are concerned about safety is not vali-

NEWS STAFF I always thought the struggle was about Let's address the safety plight of the 1,200 dated. One must access the number of women women graduate students at MIT. For the 900 who actually heard about the survey versus "Editor: Sarah Y. Keightley '95; As ociate creating equal opportunities for all people, the number of women who took action and"' Editors: Ifung Lu '97, Stacey E. Blau '98, and I fail to see how the elimination of oppor- who do not live on campus, safety is indeed Shang-Lin Chuang '98, Christopher L. tunities such as the ROTC program furthers their concern. They live in Cambridge, and signed it. If this petition had been mailed to all Falling '98, David D. Hsu '98, Venkatesh this goal. their safety concerns must now be addressed graduate stpdent \yomen on campus, perhaps Sat ish '98; Staff: Trudy Liu '95, Eric Who would be hurt by the elimination of to the city. However, I do not think most.peo- the statement may qlaim validity. Richard '95, icole A. Sherry '95, Charu the ROTC program at MIT? The government? pie want to have to worry about their safety, Even if we were to suppose that this peti- Chaudry '96, Deena Disraelly '96, S. The military? Think again: The military can that's why we have police departments, neigh- tion did in fact represent the opinions. of a Roopom Banergee '97, A. Arif Husain '97, get officers easier and with less expense borhood watch programs, and city councils .. minority of women; I f,ind it disturbing that Don Lacey '98, Jennifer Lane '98, Angela through other programs .. The only ones hurt People take their concerns to the people who Carpenter feels that these people are in the Liao '98, Stream S. Wang '98; by the elimination of the ROT program can address them. minority and should therefore be discounted. Meteorologists: Michael C. Morgan would be the cadets, MIT students. For graduate students living in MIT hous- Carpenter supposes the majority is more inter- PhD '94, Gerard Roe G, Marek Zebrowski. What about the students in the program? I ing, the people who can address safety con- ested in convenient housing but isn't holdi~g don't know any of them personally, but if they cerns a.re the MIT police and the administra-. her own petition, .which by her own argument, PRODUCTION STAFF are like other .cadets I have met they are dedi- tion. It is not 'helpful to sidestep the issue by tells the whole truth. Editors: Dan Dunn '94, Matthew E. cated to a sense of honor and integrity thaJ is pointing at groups of people who live in -Carpenter gives us the wise- advice that Konosky '95, Teresa Lee '96, Michelle rare in this world. "worse" situations and arguing that these peo- with a few simple precautions one can safel~~ Sonu '96; ssociate Editor: Saul Blu- These people have chosen to serve. They ple put up with it and so can everyone else. arrive home at night. I think we can safely say . menthal '98; Staff: Laura DePaoli '97, serve you and me, and everyone who wants to Now let us address the '~glaring inaccura- that the most intelligent precaution"would be Christine J. Sonu '97, Warren Chang '98, eliminate them. They are willing to die for cy." The petition authors main"tain that "for a to live in a safe area. Larry Chao '98, Joseph lrineo '98, Gilbert people who hate them. Who is going to pro- wide majority of women safety is the number Jennifer 8.. Carlson G Kim '98, Susan J. Kim '98, Jennifer tect them? Peltz '98. Does the non-discrimination policy protect those who cho e to serve their country? Or OPINION STAFF does it discriminate against those people? If Editors: Raajnish A. Chitaley '95; Anders our "non-dissrimination'? policy discriminates, Hove '96; Staff: Matt eimark '95. then shouldn't it eliminate itself? SPORTS STAFF Maybe then we could all get together and Editors: Daniel Wang '97; Staff: Thomas try to discuss our ethical gray areas rather than Kettler SM '94, Bo Light '96, David try to legislate morality. "

Berl '97, Jeremy Cohen '97, Farhan • _• 0 Thomas J. Barber, Jr.~ Zaidi '98, Gara Mendez '98.

ARTS STAFF Women's Petition Editor: Scott Deskin '96; Staff: Thomas. Chen G, Adam Lindsay G, J. Michael Should Not Be Andresen '94, John Jacobs '94, Gretchen Koot '94, Teresa Esser '95, Evelyn Discounted Kao '95, Carrie Pcrlman '95, Craig K. I am writing in response to criticisms. Chang '96, Brian Hoffman '97, Robert W. . raised by Brenda D. Carpenter G ["Women' . Marcato '97, Kamal Swamidoss '97, Hur Petition Was Out of Bounds," Feb. 101 Koscr '98. regarding the women's safety petition about

f'HOTOGRAPIIY STAFF the proposed new dormitory location in Cam- Editors: Sharon . Young Pong '96, bridgeport. . Thomas R. Karlo '97; Associate Editor: While legal blame for crimes that may yet Helen Lin '97;Staff: Rich Fletcher G, Rich occur in relation to the location of the new Domonkos '95, Justin Strittmatter '95, dormitory certainly does not lie on the shoul- Sherrif Ibrahim '96, Lenny Speiser '96, ders of President Charles M. Vest and Chair- Adriane Chapman '98, Carol C. Cheung '98, man Paul E. Gray '56, these two individuals lndranath cogy '98. have key influence on the Juture home routes of a large number of people who will live in FEATURES STAFF MfT affiliated housing. One can reasonably \.t~~ HIM?!.. Christopher Doerr G, Pawan Sinha G, place a certain amount of responsibility for Btft HE Mark Hurst '94, Steve Hwang '95, Ben the environment in which people will live on Reis '95. their shoulders. \.o\Jt5 ME!! According to Cambridge Police Depart- BUSINESS STAFF - " ~ .... ment crime reports, the Cambridgeport 0 area Operations Manager: Anna Lee '97, has approximately five times the rate of street Advertising Manager: Jin Park '96; robberies as the MIT area. The crime data also Associate Advertising Manager: Christine indicates 40 housebreaks in the proposed new Chan '98; taff: Diana Bancila '95, Jeanne dormitory area compared with one in the MfT Thienpra it '95, Mary Chen '97, Ricardo Ambrose '98. area. It may be said that if one feels endangered TECHNOLOGY STAFF by the location of the new housing, than one Director: Jeremy Hylton G. should simply choose not to live there. How- ever, the people who put forth this safety peti- EDITORS AT LARGE tion are not content with that - they would THE BATTERED FAN SYNDROME Contributing Editor: Oscar Yeh '95. -' like to continue to live in MIT housing, and

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1 ed of, by, and for residents of 60th dor- The most startling change between policy- Committee on Student Affairs. Before I could current process, or will the community contin-

t ories. But what of it? making in the '50s and now relates to the finish, Dean Smith interjected that he wasn't ue to be held hostage in the grip of the out- As we all know by now, the Strategic abnegation of MIT's century-old cot:nmitment sure "we had even tried to do that." He is dated, top-down method of planning embod- Housing Planning Committee was formed in to civic education. According to the Senior right, of course. MIT has forgotten that goal. ied by the SHPC boondoggle? order to address "the problem of Senior Survey, seniors rated their achievement in It shows in the way student involvement is Old reports never die; they just get recy- House." Naturally, its report came out as "knowledge of social and political awareness" often left festering on electronic mail lists, cled. If today's administrators throw the something of a solution to that "problem." just above 20 percent. That was the lowest "months of discussion," and endless surveys. Action Committee's recommendations in the Students were asked to contribute their own category of achievement. It is high time we started trying again. recycling bin, these issues will arise again in input regarding Senior House. No doubt, Decades ago, MIT presidents frequently The Action Committee's report recom- a newer, perhaps more virulent form the next administrators expected any student report to asserted the importance of civic responsibility mends that MIT readopt the idea of "commu- time. A glimmer of hope remains that the confine its scope to that issue alone. and education as one of the Institute's top nity-ba cd" planning (as opposed to "adminis- problems the report addressed will be truly Fortunately, east side residents chose to goals. Perhaps the most ardent advocate of a tration-based" planning). This concept has a laid to rest, and that MIT will soon embark bypass those tame expectations. After all, a commitment to civic education was President place whether the issue is Senior House or on a new experiment in consensus-building systemic problem demands a systemic answer. Stratton. He believed firmly that in designing Ashdown House, card readers or food ser- and civic education. But don't hold your T e true mission of the oft-mislabeled "Senior and planning its residence halls, MIT should' vices, minority education or the choice of a breath. • use group" was not merely to stave off the seek also to involve students in ~he process in new dean. It allows for the very development Anders W. Hove '96 is co-chair of the ruination of the east side's undergraduate order to provide for groWth in leadership. of constructive citizenship, leadership, and Senior House-East Campus Action Committee. community. Its real purpdse was to educate "Perhaps in no other age of history," and empower the entire MIT community to' remarked President Stratton in 1964, "has seize back the tools of consensus-buildi.ng - there been a more urgent need than in our own to enable all of us to control our destiny. Sud-' troubled times to proclaim the meaning of an denly, the words "Senior House 'group" fall ethical life and of responsible 'constructive cit- short of a full description of the real wo'rk' of izensnip. the restlessness that has permeated the committee.' .. " the campuses of many universities this past True to its new mission, the Action Com- year may be symptomatic of more deep-seated ll)ttee offered in its report a full critique of ills affecting the health of all our democratic the current policy process. The report notes' institutions .... 'Whatever developments there that decades ago, MIT presidents conceived of may be in the forms and processes of manage- , he planning process as a J1leans of cOJ.TImuni- -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ;.;empowerm~nt. The logic or-the times dic- tated that planning could build ~onsensus orily by involving student groups from the get-go: Once students began to explore the com- ERRATUM plicated array of facts and options, they would There was a reporting error in the begin to understand now their own'self-gover- o.bituary for Martin R. Friedmann nallce fit into the larger system of which they . SMMAS-'93 in Tuesday's issue [Feb. were a part. By basing planning on this 14]. Friedmann received an'SMMAS process - rather than the workings of exclu- 'degree through the Program in Media sive, secret committees - the community A,rts' and Sciences, not an MArch , 'uld forge its o~n solutions, .marshaling the degree:". _. -ut and resources of all groups equally~ .. 'Iri -addi.tion, there was an .etror in the In the last few years things have worked "bio ogy buil~ing st'?TY in 'the Year in differently. The administratj,en.'has cerm?to ' .. -.Revie\y~issue ["New $10_Millio Bio vi' w itself pot as one group amon&..,manY'obut Building Opens," Feb. 7]. The article as the uqitary policy-planner on 'campus. Time reported ~hat the building lobby fua- and time again, different admini'strators have (' 't -res aMfloor-to-ceiling cotUrfl'l that watched as their mclchinations ano recommen- .; resembles- ,f tree trunk. It is actually a dations create discord and'conflict among the . petrified tree, not a column. community at large. As the Action Commit- tee's report notes, the pit~h of conflict tends to Ll.SB ',PRESENTS February 17-19, 1995 Friday Classic, 7:30 in 10-250 James Stewart in Alfred Hitchcock's ~REAR WINDOW.

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The concept of "majority rules" interactive The hero, Mr. Payback (Billy Warlock), has gigantic yellow bowl. theater may seem good on paper, but in reality been pre-decided, as has his love interest "That was like watching pornography," By Teresa Esser this flick fell flat on its derriere. Because the "hacker helpmate" Gwen (Holly Fields), one viewer complained after having subjected STAFF REPORTER audience was specifically told to shout and whose blonde and voluptuous yet geeky char- her preteen daughters to 20 minutes of Mr. he first thing you notice when you jump about, and because those who shouted acter degenerated to Vanna White-style mind- Payback. The film is "definitely not for kids." walk into Sony's new 76-seat interac- and jammed their joystick buttons more often lessness in the ending seen by this reviewer. However, if the movie is not designed for tive theater in the Copley Cinema is succeeded in controlling the course of the "loin Mr. Payback as he seeks outrageous eight-year-olds, it's hard to imagine who it is that the nine rows of gently sloping movie, Mr. Payback degenerated quickly into justice for his clients against those who did for. The vulgar language and video-game red-covered theater seats are arranged back- a shouting and button-pressing competition them wrong," the playbill states. "You and style interaction seem custom made for ado- wards. Instead of walking downhill to get to dominated by the most obnoxious members of your friends choose what punishment to give lescents, from tlte "superheroes against evil your specially equipped seat, you walk up. the audience. the evil villains, in an exciting and unique authorities" storyline to Mr. Payback's per- And there isn't a place to put your soda. "Bike thief! Bike thief!" they shouted; movie going experience." Although the movie sonal "meter." (A sample reading: shoveling it Where most theater armrests have a wee bit of then, "Bum the pants!" The buttons clicked was clearly designed to allow audience mem- heavy and thick.) elbow room and a plastic bin to hold your wildly while audience members watched bers to participate in the torture and humilia- In the final analysis, Mr. Payback is a drink, the new Sony Interactive theater has clicks tallied on the screen before them. (The tion of the movie's obvious villains, it is never dumber and (much) less comical version of installed a three-button joystick. three-option format was disturbingly similar made clear what the politically-incorrect bad the blockbuster smash Dumb and Dumber. To Perhaps the strangest part about watching to "Love Connection," except that the choices guys have done wrong. be blunt, Mr. Payback is not worth seeing. Mr. Payback was the fact that there was only offered were generally different varieties of In one version, the "racist" corporate fiend Don't waste your time or your money fiddling 'pe preview, and it was shown at the end of torture.) At the end of 30-odd seconds the is accused of framing a black employee with around with Sony's new joysticks. Instead, he movie. Instead of film clips and graphical "pants" faction had it, and so the bike thief cocaine charges and dismissing him from the wait for the next interactive motion picture reminders to stay quiet and eat neatly during bent over and Mr. Payback incinerated his firm. In another version the same villain is about a bike race. It looks better. LSC presents a Hitchcock mastelWork, Rear Window REARWINDOW 250 by LSC Classics. girlfriend, Grace Kelly, to help get the evi- courtyard surrounded by 31 apartments, 12 . Directed by A lfred Hitchcock. In Rear Window James Stewart plays a dence. of which were completely furnished. The "'.fVrittenby John Michael Hayes, based on the- photographer for Life Magazine, used to an Hitchcock deftly builds the tension by director had worked within self-imposed spa- novel by Cornell Woolrich. exciting life of traveling the world to docu- intertwining this story with those of other cial limitations of this sort before, notably in Starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma ment wars and other catastrophes. He's not •neighbors whose-activities, while less bloody, Lifeboat and Rope; in this film he has per- Ritter, and Raymond Burr. traveling as the movie begins though - he's are also pretty mysterious. By the. time this fected his skill at keeping his audience plea- SCFriday. immobilized in his New York City apartment film is approaching its climax you will have a surably tense. You can hardly afford not to with a broken leg. To keep himself from hard time keeping yourself from shouting out show up at 10-250 at 7:30 tonight to see how By Stephen Brophy going stir crazy, he watches his neighbors warnings to Grace Kelly as she searches for much entertainment you can get out of one across the courtyard, getting closer to them clues in a man's apartment, and you see he is movie. hen you watch a movie you are with binoculars and a telephoto lens. When coming home. And don't forget that you can by a Classics looking at people who act as if visiting nurse Thelma Ritter criticizes his Hitchcock directed this movie in 1954, in Double Feature ticket for just $3 which gets they are not aware they are being nosiness he blithely replies, "we've become a the middle of his most creative decade, with you into Rear Window and one other movie watched. You look at them race of Peeping Toms - people ought to get such other masterpieces to his credit as W playing this weekend. A scat will be reserved through a rectangular frame, which seems like outside and look at themselves." Strangers on a Train, Vertigo, and North by a window. Does this make you a voyeur? When you watch people long enough Northwest. . for you unti 1 15 minutes before tonight's 10 , ~Ifred Hitchcock liked to play with that idea, without their knowing it, you w.ill eventually Rear Window was filmed entirely on one p.m. showing of The Adventures oj Priscilla, d the most beguiling game he ever played see some suspicious behavior. Soon enough set, but you never feel a sense of claustro- Queen oj the Desert, or you can use the ticket with his audience's voyeuristic tendencies, In Rear Window Stewart thinks he has uncov- phobia. In its time it was the largest single to see Eat, Drink, Man, Woman tomorrow Rear Window, will be screened tonight in 10- ered a murder plot, and ropes in Ri~er and his set ever constructed at Universal studios, a night, or Harold and Maude on Sunday.

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wang Center for the Perfotmlng AIts 268 Tremont St., Boston. Feb. Classical Music 20. Mar. 6-27, and Apr. 10: Mon .• 7:30 p.m. Admission: $6- MIT Affiliated Artist Concert for each film; $30 for six-film sub- Killian Hall, 160 Memorial Dr. Feb. scription. Information: 482-9393, 17,8 p.m. Information: 253-2826. The Wang Center presents its Pianist Charles Shadle, affiliated Classic Film Series. featuring artist at MIT, and soprano Mar- favorite films on the largest garet O'Keefe perform works by screen in New England. Feb. 20: Mozart, Faure, R. Strauss, and. Glory (Edward Zwick. 1989). Mar. Shadle's of 3 Love Songs to 6: Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, Poems by James Joyce II. 1942). Mar. 13: Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kell"Y and Stanley Boston Symphony Orchestra Donen. 1952). Mar. 20: Jaws Symphony Hall, Boston. Admis- (Steven Spielberg, 1975). Mar. 'II sion: $21-59; $11.50 tickets 27: Lawrence of Arabia (David sold for Open Rehearsal at 10:30 Lean, 1962). Apr. 10: Mary Pop- a.m.; Rush tickets (limited) avail- pins (Robert Stevens p:m. duction tells the story of Harriet William Grant Still, The Citadel; Tubman:great "conductor" on the and Barber, .Dover Beach. French library and Cultural Cen- Underground Railroad, and the ter, Cine Club Quaker women who helped her. Longy School of Music 53~ Marlborough, St., •. B6sto'n. bring 300 slaves to freedom. This Edward Pickman Concert Hall, 27 Admiss'ion~ $5. $4 )or members. play is told by two actresses and Garden St., Cambridge. Admis- one puppeteer using a giant sion: $12; $6, students/seniors Information: 266-4351. Feb>. 16-17: Tea in the Harem '(Mehdi patchwork quilt. and features (unless noted). Information: 876- audl~nce participation. 0956 x130. Feb. 18, 8 p.m.: 'Charef, 1986). Feb. 23-24: La Balance (Bob Swaim. 1982 . Renowned pianist Anton Kuerti in Videotheque - free screening. recital, performing music of Haydn, Czerny. and Schumann. Feb. ;22: Peau, D'Ane (Jacques Feb. 19, 1 p.m.: Master class Demy, 1971); 1:30 p.m, Ongoing Theater with Nico Caster, tenor; Italian Songs and Arias. Auditors: $10; Museum of Fine Arts "The Skin of Our T~"~ $5, students/seniors. Feb. 19. 465 Huntington. Ave., Boston. All Kresge Little Theater, 84 Massa- 4-6 p.I]1.: Master class with Anton films screenM in RerT)is Auditori- chusetts Ave. Through Feb. 18. 8 Kuerti. piano. Auditors: $10, $5. u_m. Unle,ss. otherwi.se noted, p.jl1. Admission: $7; $5 for'MIT students / seniors. admission is ~$6.50, $5.50 for MFA members/student~/simiors. stUdent's. -Information: 253-2908. Mil Dramashop production of Wellesley College Information: 26~.93oo. . Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize Houghton Memorial Chapel. Premier. ~ngagements. Feb. 18 wi.nnjng play. Direr;ted by Alan Wellesley. Feb. 21, 12:30 p.m. & 25: Freedom on My Mind (Con- Brody. head of the Music and The- Information: 283-2028. The Mid- nie Field and,..Marilyn Mulfo~d. ' ater Art~ sectio'!. I day Muse series presents .The 1993); 11 a.m. Animation .festi- Internal Dynamics of a String val. Feb 23: Clas!iic Animation , " A Tribute Jule Sty"e Quartet," a lecture and perfor- from Zagreb. (Program B); 6 p.m. to mance by the Muir Quartet. featur- Animated Women an9-ls ;rhis'Me? ,Boston Conserva ory. Theater, 31 ing music of Beethoven. (Patty Wineapple and Sybil Del. Hemenway St.. Boston. Through Gauc!io ;1-994 / .MafY ;I'

"Spunk" ImprovlJoston ID. Information:' 566-1401. New Repertory Theatre, 54 Lincoln Back Alley Theater. 1253 Cam- "Dennis Miller Bunker and His Cir- St., Newton Highlands. Through bridge St., Cambridge. Ongoing: cle." This exhipit highlights the Feb. 19: Wed., 2 p.m.; Thu. (Feb. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sat., 10:30 p.m. work of Bunker, an artist at the 10 only), 8 p.m.; Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat .• Admission: $10; $5 with college forefront of the American Impres- 5 & 8:30 p.m.; Sun., 3 & 7:30 1.0. Information: 641-1710. The sionist movement in the late 19th p.m.; Thu. (Feb. 16 matinee). 11 area's longest-standing improvisa- century. More than thirty works by a.m. Admission: $16-26. Informa- tional comedy group (12-years old) Bunker, including portraits of his tion: 332-1646. The Boston pre- continues with a new season, patrons and innovative land- miere of the award-winning, composed of funny, energetic, cre- scapes, will be dis layed along- foot-stomping. fast-talking. ative performers who create side works by those whom he blues/jazz-styled musical celebrat- scenes, dialogue, and characters inspired and influenced and who ing African-American culture and on the pot, based entirely on influenced him. Complemented by the strength of women; based on audience suggestions. an exhibit at the Museum of Fine folktales by Zora Neale Hurston. Arts. Through June 4. adapted by George C. Wolfe ("The The Comedy Project The museum, itself an example of Colored Museum," "Jelly's Last Hong Kong Restaurant, third floor, 15th-century Venentian palaces, Jam"). 1236 Massachusetts Ave., Cam- houses more than 2,000 arts bridge. Ongoing: Fri.-Sat., 9 p.m. objects, including works by Rem- "That's Amore??" Admission: $10. Infonnation: 247- brandt, Botticelli. Ra'phael. Titian, Spingold Theater, Brandeis Univer- 1110. "The Big-Time Comedy Pro- and ~atisse. Ongoing. sity, Waltham. Through Feb. 19, all ject Show"; dinner and dancing screenings Wed.-Sun. 8 p.m., available. Museum of Our National Heritage except: Feb! 12. 2 & 7 p.m.; Feb. 33 Marrett Rd., Lexington. Admis- 16, 10 a.m.; and Feb. 19, 2 p.m. sion and parking for the Museum Admission: $7-11. Information: of Our National Heritage is free. 736-3400. A seriously silly romp Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 through the idols and issues of our Lecture~ p.m., Sun., noon-5 p.m. Informa- time, this 16th~entury example of tion: 861-6559. the Italian Renaissance Commedia Harvard Book Store Lecture "'Fixed in Time': Dated Ceramics dell' Arte taKes advantage of its Series of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Cen- anachronistic humor and its rele- Information: 661.1515. 1) Boston turies .• In celebration of their vance to contemporary issues. Public Library, Copley Square. 60th anniversary. the Boston Rabb Lecture Hall, 80ston. Feb. China Students' Club presents an "The Cryptogram" 22, 6 p.m. The 1994 National exhibtion featuring works from the

I C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk Universi- Book Award-winner for non-fiction members' collections. The ceram- ty. 55 Temple Place, Beacon Hill Sherwin B. Nuland will discuss his ics, 80 items in all, are displayed Boston. Extended through Feb. book, How We Die. Wit'" clinical to give a feeling for their historical 26: Tue.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 7 ex~ctness and poetic eloquence, context. Through May 14. p.m.; Sat. and Sun. matinees. 2 the distinguished surgeon "Gathered at the Wall: American p.m. Information: 547-8300. The addresses the mechanisms of and the Vietnam Veterans Memor- American premiere of David several diseases while maintain- ial." This exhibit is designed to Mamet's newest play, about ing sensitivity recalling his own provide visitors an opportunity to betrayal, loss, the destruction of intimate losses. 2) Harvard Book examine the continuing impact of faith in human friendship and the Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., the Memorial on the generation of fragility of the bonds of love. Fea- Cambridge. Feb. 21, 3 p.m. Americans who lived through the turing Ed Begley Jr. MichClel Eric Dyson, Director of conflict. More than 1.000 items African-American Research at the have been selected to represent "The Gut Girls" University of North Carolina, will the diversiJ,y of the Vietnam Veter- Charlestown Working Theatre, . autograph copies of his book, ans Memorial Collection. and 442 Bunker Hill St., Boston. Making Malcolm, 'which probes award-winning photographers will Through Mar. 4: Thu.-Sat., 8 p.m. the myths and meanings of Mal- further enhance the event with pic- Admission: $12. Information: 965- colm X for our time. tures. Through June 4. 3859. This bold and bawdy new "The Women They Left Behind." In comedy is about the fighting spirit Boston Publk Ubrary this poignant and moving photog- of women who worked the gutting Copley Square, Boston. Informa- raphy exhibition, photojournalist sheds at the Cattle Market. and tion: 536-5400. 1) Feb. 22, 12 Larry Powell chronicles the experi- how their Jives were drastically . p.m. Dennis Leclaire, associate ence of the women who journey to . changed by the Industrial Revolu- professor of composition at the the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to tion. Berklee College of Music, will dis- pay tribute to loved ones the have cuss Charles lves (1874-1954), lost. Presented in conjunction with "Winnle-the-Pooh " one of America's 'greatest coI1y' Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins star as Clarice Starling and Dr. Hannibal Leeter in the "Gathered at the Wall" exhibi- Wheelock Family Theatre, 180 The posers and a pioneer in his own The Silence of the Lambs, playing at the Brattle Theater on Sunday. tion. Through June 4. Riverway, Boston. Through Mar. 5: unique avant-garde style of music. "American Diner: Then and Now." Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun .• 3 p.m.; 2) Feb. 23, 6 p.m. Jamaica Plain Strobe Alley to their simplest elements, as in Museum of Fine Arts The most ubiquitous example of Feb. 21-24, 1 p.m. Admission: author P. Carey Reid, a creatill:e Ongoing. Information: 253-4444. "Chatham, Then and Now," an 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. eateries - rich in the history and $9-10. Box Office: 734-4760. The and expository writing instructor at "Optical Alchemy." Full-color fluo- 'exhibit that contrasts photos from Information: 267-9300. lore of American life - is the sub- frantic antics of Christopher Robin Northeastern University, will talk rescent photographs of corals and turnoOf-th~entury glass plate neg- "Willem de Kooning from the Hir- ject of this interactive exhibit. and his friends - Eeyore. Piglet, about his' recently published first anemones' by Charles H. Mazel atives and those same locations shhorn Museum' Collec.tion." Through photographs, works of Rabbit, and of course. the Bear of novel - Swimming in the Starry SM '76, a research engineer in revisited. Through Feb. 28. Joseph H. Hirshhorn assembled a art, and diner artifacts presents Very Little Brain himself - are River-;- as pa'1 of the B~L's "Out the Department of Ocean Engi- large collection of the work by the impact these roadside fixtures performed onstage. of Boston Author Series" contino neering, taken at night during Sctlool of the Museum of Fine Dutch-American artist Willem de have had on the landscape and ues. underwater dives. Matched pairs Arts Kooning, a selection of 50 works the American psyche. Through July "An Ideal Husband" of images offer a comparison Grossman Gallery. 230 The Fen- - painting, drawings. and sculp- 30. The Lyric Stage, 140 Clarendon MIT Women and Politics Lecture between the subject under "nor- way, Boston. Hours: Tue., tures - will be presented in the "Let It Begin Here: Lexington and St., Copley Square. Boston. Series mal" reflected-light photography Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; exhibition in honor of. the artist's the Revolution." Explore the caus- Through Mar. 12: Wed.-Fri., 8 77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 2- and under illumination with ultrglvi- Wed.-Thu., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun., 90th birthday. The exhibition will es and the consequences of the p.m.; Sat., 5 & 8:30 p.m.; Sun., 105. Feb. 23, 4:30 p.m. Informa- olet light. 1-5 p.m.; closed Mon. and holi- demonstrate his involvement in American War for Independence 2 p.m.; Thu. matinees (Feb. 23 tion: 253-8844. Political theorist days. Information: 369-3718. the emergence of Abstract Expres- as seen through the eyes of typi- and Mar. 2), 2 p.m. Admission: Cynthia Enloe will discuss her Hart Nautical Gallery Installation by Los Angeles perfor- sionism, from his early investiga- cal New England men and women. $17-2Q. Information: 437-7172. recent research on "Women and 55 Massqchusetts Ave. Ongoing. mance artist and writer Bob F1ana. tion of the figure to his late lyrical The exhibit begins with an intro- An Oscar Wilde play that walks the International Politics of Sneak- "Course 13, 1893-1993: From gan. collaborating with photogra- abstractions. Through Feb. 19 ductory audiovisual presentation the lines between humorous, bit- ers," in which she unravels the Naval Architecture to Ocean Engi- pher /companion Sheree Rose. "Sweet Dreams: Bedcovers and about the events on Lexington ing social commentary, and a relationship between women's neering." Exhibition includes his- Through Mar. 5. Bed Clothes from the Collection." Green. Ongoing. mysterious, suspenseful story roles as the main producers and toric photos, models, and comput- This exhibition of quilts, coverlets, that deals with blackmail and consumers worldwide, internation- er graphics and highlights a Towne Art Gallery blankets, futon blankets, lingerie The Computer Museum betrayal. al labor organizing, human rights sampling of current research Wheelock College, 180 The River- and sleeping caps will be drawn 300 Congress St .. Boston. Hours: efforts, and the upcoming U.N. inclUding that p~rformed by the way, Boston. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 12 primarily from the permanent col- Tue.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Conference on Women in Beijing. department for Bill Koch's '62 p.m.-4 p.m. Information: 734- lection. Asian, Western, Mediter- (closed Mondays). Admission: $7, successful America's Cup. cam- 5200: "Streets are for Nobody," ranean, and contemporary design- $5 for students/seniors. free for paign with America3. photographs and interviews of er approaches to the ritual of the members and children four and Dance "Permanent Exhibition of Ship homeless women in Boston and bed will be represented. Through under; half-price, Sun. 3-5 p.m. Models." Models 'which illustrate other c.ommunities, by Melissa Mar. 12. Information: 423-6758 or 426- Boston Ballet Exhibit~ the evolution of ship design from Shook. (Presentation by artist and "Emil Nolde: The Painter's Prints" 2800 x310. Wang Center, 270 Tremont St., the 16th century through the 20th women' from Roofless Women and "Nolde Watercolors in Ameri- "Robots & Other Smart Boston. Through Feb. 12: MITMuseum century. Action Research Mobilization: ca." Emil Nolde, known best for Machines™." See how "smart" Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. 265 Massachusetts Ave. Tue.-Fri., Mar. 8, '4-6 p.m.) Through Mar. his vibrantly colored oil paintings robots and computers are in this matinees. 2 p.m. Admission: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 1-5 Ust Visual Arts Center 10. and watercolors, will be the focus exhibit focusing on artificial intelli- $12-52; group discounts avail- p.m. Free to members of the MIT 20 Ames St. Hours: Tue., Thu. of the first major U.S. show of the gence and robotics, Over 25 able. Information (tickets): 931- community, seniors, and children and Fri., 12 noon-6 p.m.; Wed., Boston Public Library artist considered one of the great- hands-on computer stations illus- ARTS for TicketMaster. under 12. For all others there is a 12 noon-8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 1-5 Copley Square, Boston. Hours: est modern German artists. The trate advances in creativity, requested donation of $3. InfoOlla- p.m. Information: 253-4680. "The Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Informa- first ehxibition reveals his print- games, problem-solving, and com. Dance Umbtella tion: 253-4444. Masculine Masquerade: Masculin- tion: 536-5400 x425. making activity through more than munication. including a chance to Emerson Majestic Theatre. 219 "Holography: Artists and In~en- ity and Representation." This "To Preserve the Union," an exhi- 150 etchings, woodcuts, and lith- meet Robot-j"n-Residence "R2- Tremont St.. Boston. Through tors." The Museum of Holography exhibits explores several male bition of books, prints, pho- ographs. The second exhibition is D2"rM from the Star Wars movies. Feb. 18. 8 p.m. Admission: Moves to Mil .. archetype's of the postwar era, tographs, and military memorabil- made up of Nolde's watercolor Ongoing. $20-30. Information: 578-8727. "Crazy After Calculus: Humor at including father-son relationships, ia from the BPL's "20th" images of flowers, fantasy por- "Tools & Toys: The Amazing Per- Contraband. a troupe of dancers MIT." The history of MIT "hacks." sexual identities, issues of power Massachusetts Regiment Civil traits, landscapes, and animal' sonal Computer™ .• Over 35 inter- and musicians, presents Mira, "Doc Edgerton: Stopping Time." and aggression, and narratives War CoJlection will be displayed. subjects. Through May 7. active stations illustrating many_ Cycle 2. the second installl'nent Photographs, instruments, and surrounding cultural difference. Through Mar. 31. "Dennis Miller Bunker: American leading-edge applications enable of Contraband's theatrical trilogy memorabilia documenting the Through Mar. 26. "Places of Remembrance," a exhi- Impressionist." Bunker was one of you to experience virtual reality, based on the life and work of invention and use of the strobe bition of 20 hanging banners the most talented young American pilot your own DC-l0 flight simula- Mirabai. a 16th-century Indian light by the late Harold E. Edger- The Dean's Gallery orginally created by Renate Stih painters of the late 19th century. tor, record music. and do much . saint, politician. poet, and philan- ton ScD '27. • Sloan School of Management, 50 and Frieder Schnock in Bayerische Featuring 50 of his finest works, more. Ongoing. thropist. . "Light Sculptures by 8ill Parker Memorial Dr. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8 Viertel, as part of their "Memorial this will be the first comprehen- "The Walk-Through Computer™." '74." Vivid interactive light sculp- a.m.-5 p.m. Infonnation: Michelle for Jews liVing in Berlin from, sive exhibition accompanied by an The world's largest and only two- tUles, each with its own personali- Fiorenza. 253-9455. "Images 1933 to 1945 .•" represent a dark extensive catalogue to examine story model of a personal comput- ty and set of moods. from 1 's and O:s." Digital imagery and significant historical period. -Bunker's life and art. Comple- er allows you to climb on a giant "Math in 3D: Geometric Sculp- by Phil McAlary. Through March Through Apr. 9. mented by an exhibit at the Isabel- mouse, operate a larger-than-life Comedy tures by Morton G. Bradley Jr. " 16. la Stewart Gardner Museum. keyboard, and watch tl1e actual Colorful revolving sculptures Museum of Science Through June 4. flow of information within the U.S. Improvisational Theatre based on m~thematical formulae. Boston University Art Gallery Science Park, Boston. Through "The Taste for Luxury: English Fur- machine. Ongoing. League "MathSpace." Hands-on explo- 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. April 1995: shows hourly most niture, Silver, and Ceramics 1690- "People and Computers: Mile: Lyric Stage, 140 Clarendon St .• ration of geometry is the theme as Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; days, call for showtimes. Admis- 1790." This exhibition explores stones of a Revolution™." Travel Copley Square, Boston. Feb. 19, visitors tinker with math play- Sat. and Sun., -5 p.m. (gallery sion: $7; $5. children (3- the influences of stylistic develop- b'ack through computing history 8 p.m.' Admission: $10. Informa- things. Ongoing. closed Feb. 18-19). Information: 14)/seniors. Combination exhib- ments in the decorative arts via "time tunnels" and trace tion: 864-1344. "the highly- "Mil Hall of Hacks." Reopening of 353-3329. "Visions of Modernity: it/theater tickets available: $11; throughout the 18th century and today's personal computers back acclaimed league concludes its the exhibition which chronicles Photographs from the Peruvian $8, children/seniors. Infonnation: examines stylistic parallels among to their giant ancestors of the 12-week winter series. Teams of MIl's rich history of wit and wiz- Andes, 1900-1930." Through 723-2500. 1) Through April at the the different mediums. Master- 19405 and 1950s, with the help improvisors square off over three ardry. featuring historic pho. Feb. 26. • Mugar Omni Theater: Africa: The pieces of English silver and soft- of touchscreen video displays and periods. just like in hockey: The tographs and a fascinating collec- Serengeti (George Casey, 1994), paste porcelain and pieces of Eng- interactive computing stations. audience gets involved by decid- tion of artifacts. including props F~h Ubrllry ."" Cultural Cen- narrated by James Earl Jones. 2) liSh furniture will illustrate the Ongqing. ing the fate of the'"performers. used in the recent police-caroOn- ter "Psychology: Understanding Our- artistic currents of this period. "The Networked Planet: Trave/ing the-meheck ..Ongoing. 53 Marlborough St." Boston. selves, Understanding Each Through July 25. the Information HighwayTM." In BoMon BalcH TIHIater Hours: Tue .• 12 noon-8 p.m.; Other." This new minds-<>n exhibit one hour, visitors learn how vast 255 Elm St .• Davis Square. Compton GBlIety Wed.-Thu., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; about everyday psychological Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum "invisible" networks move and Somerville. sat. evenings, 10:30 "AIDS: The Challenge to Educate." Fri.-Sat .• 10 a.m.-5 p.m. InfoOlla- processes allows visitors to 280 The Fenway. Boston. Open manage the flow of information p.m. Admission: $10; $5, stu- Opening of the photographer Lool tion: 266-4351. "Impressions of a "race" toward a lower stress level, Too.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admis- and dollars all over the world. An dents. Information: 396-2470. Poor's critically-acclaimed series Francophile," an exhibition of Ph0- spin "faces. to explore emotions, sion: $6. $5 for students/seniors, animated ride down a phone line The improvisational comedy group of 150 black and white images tographs by Gordon Zellner. Zell- and examine language and $3 youths (ages 12-17), free for shows visitors what the informa- Guilty Children perfonns weekly on describing the lives of people with ner's black and white photographs thought through puzzles and actM. members and children under 12; tion highway looks like on the

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Page 12 THE TECH February 17,-, 1995 EECS Report Looks at Female Enrollment Institute By Jennifer Lane men, feel that they have come to MIT "less to attract more women to the department and Expels 6 STAFF REPORTER prepared to major in EECS" than their peers. prepare them for the cour ework include tele- Women at MIT are about half as likely a phoning and sending,personalletters to women men to major in electrical engineering and omen feel lack of e perience with EECS interest admitted to MIT; offering , computer cience, according to the final report Sixty-five percent of women versus 35 per- an lridependent Activities Period introduction In'93-94-, of the EECS Women Undergraduate Enroll- cent of men feel that they "had less prior com- to the department; participating in the Academ ment Committee. puter experience compared to other MIT stu- ic Midway during Re idence and Orientation The report, released last month, a e sed the . dent ," and 79 percent of women versus 53 Week; and considering offering versions of ltighest enrollment of women in Course VI. The com- percent of men feel that they "had less prior introductory subjects that include the fall term mittee, chaired by Professor of Electrical Engi- electrical engineering experience compared and lAP. neering and Computer Science Harold Abelson with other MIT student ," the urvey aid. Other recommendations are aimed' at mak- PhD '73, arrived at he result despite the fact All survey results reflect only tudents In3YearS" ing women feel more comfortable in t~e that men and women major at roughly the ame enrolled in the EECS core cour e ubjects. department. These include continuing the By Daniel C. Stevenson rate in the School of Engineering. Women's belief: that they have had less spring social which allows female EECS EDITOR IN CHIEF The pattern of proportionally low female previous experience than their peers is particu- undergraduates to meet female EECS faculty Six undergraduates were enrollment in EECS is typical of other elective larly di tres ing, the report said: 47 percent of and spon oring a seminar seri~s for undergrad- expelled and several other students engineering schools, but considerably better men and. 52 percent of women agreed with the uate that features women in EECS-related statement, "It is difficult to ucceed in Course were put on probation, suspended, than elective general universities, according to industries. the report. VI without having had previous EE or CS or had their degrees withheld or The committe~ also recommended provid- The 27 computer science degree granted to experience. " revoked as a: result of cases heard by women at MIT in 1991 equals the combined The results also showed that 73 percent of ing more support for female students seeking the Committee on Disc.ipline during graduating cia es of women in computer sci- men and 68 percent of women agree with the research projects, "bunching" women in reclta- the last aca~emic year. . ence at Carnegie Mellon Univer ity, Ren elaer statement, "Course VI is very competitive tion sections of the large classes to make a fe~ At Wednesday's faculty meet- Polytechnic Institute, Stanford Univer ity, and compqred with other majors."-Eighty-one per- recitation sections more balanced and to avoid ing, Dean for Undergraduate Edue' " Princeton University, which together graduated cent of men and 84 percent of women agreed isolating women, and making faculty members tion and Student Affairs Arthur '. four times as many women overall as MIT, the with the statement, "Cour e VI requires more aware of Institute ha~ssment pdlicies. Smith and Chair of the COD report aid. work than other major ." The outlook for the future looks better, Triantophyllos R. Akylas presented The report also included the result of two Abelson said. More women are entering the . reports on cases.heard by the Dean's surveys conducted last spring. One result of yriad of recommendations dep.artment and as they do, the problem will . Office and the COD in the 1993-94 those urveys was that women, more so than Measures recommended by the committee become less serious, he said. school year. THe Dean's Office handled more than 30 discipline cases this past academic year, Smith said: the cases includ d hazing, assault, d use, harassment, and theft. In the 1992-93 academic year, more than 45 cases were handled by Smith's office. In the 1993-94 school year, four undergraduate students were expellep for burglary, according to the COD report. The st~dents ~ill not be able to reapply to the Insti- tute for 20 years. The COD does not release the names of students involved in the cases it hears. The COD has the authority to place students on probation, but c only recomm_end suspension" , 'expulsion., The president ma'es the final decision in those cases. Two undergraduates we e expelled for 10 years: One for alter- ing a loan form, th,e other for alter- ing a grade report, according to the report. A graduate student had a degree revoked because of a plagia- rized thesis. Another graduate stu- dent had a degree withheld because of sexual harassment charges. Three undergraduate students were placed on formal probation fOf cheating or altering exams, and . was suspended for one year for' )I' giarizing a lab report. In the 1992-93 academic year the COD heard four cases, two of ' which were dismissed; the other tw .: resulted in probation. In 1991-92, the CO D heard 14 cases, 12 of which involved academic dishon- esty. Two of the charges were dropped, fou'r students were sus- pended for at least one year, and no students were expelled.

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"I think we have a very organized cies and Procedures of the faculty. of an ad hoc committee informally," either dormitory will meet with the The housemaster can also be an group of students, and I'm sure they A revised Policies and Procedures, the FPC wrote. current housemaster, graduate re.si- advocate or representati e for the will seize the opportunity to take part which guides the conduct of faculty However, the committee said dent tutors, and representatives of dormitory' in discussion with the in the process," Hammond said. ann !:taff, will be released later ~his that "the tradition (and expectation) the re ident , Jablonski said. Jablon- Dean's Office or other members of Hammond was an exception to ye affe said. of the appointment of ad hoc faculty ski and Dean for Undergraduate the faculty. There is no specific list the rule that housemasters must be The FPC uggested the document committees to investigate controver- Education and Student Affairs of responsibilities, but most house- tenured members of the faculty be changed to encourage the presi- sial decisions is well established at Arthur C. Smith mu t al 0 meet masters adjust their roles according because no senior faculty were dent and provost "to seek the guid- MlT." with candidates before they make to the needs of their environment, available to fill the position the last ance and advice of the Committee At the meeting, Professor of Lin- the final decision. Hammond said. time Senior House changed house- on Faculty Administration on ways guistics and Philosophy Judith J. The housemaster facilitates masters, she said. to involve affected faculty, students, Thomson disagreed with the FPC's efforts to enhance student life in the Hammond "in tune" Dahleh, one of the candidates for and staff' in decisions to close or assertion that MIT's policies differ dormitories and works with gradu- Residents were generally pleased the Senior House position, said it reorganize laboratories or centers. "only in degree and not in kind from ate resident tutors to counsel and with Hammond as J"!ousemaster. She has always been an interest of his to The committee also recommend- those encountered at our peer insti- advise students on concerns ranging was "in tune" with the general stu-. be a housemaster. However, he has ed that after a laboratory or center tutions." from living situations to academic dent feeling, said Senior House not yet made a definite decision to has been closed or reorganized, the At other universities, the elected issues, Hammond said. The house- Pre ident Ciamac C. Moallemi G. seek the position. "I want to talk to provost report to the FPC "on the grievance committee is the "gate- master intervenes in situations that Residents have formed a committee the students about it," he said. extent of prior consultation, and the keeper" between the faculty and the 'acy of planning for affected administration, Thomson said. But facu ty, students, and staff affiliated with MIT's current setup, the The MIT Folkdance Club Presents with the closed or reorganized labo- provost and president are the "gate- ratory or center." keepers" and appoint the ad hoc committees themselves. Beginners' Nights MIT policies unique Jaffe countered that not all ad The MIT grievance procedures hoc committees are presidentially Come Le4rn Amazing Dances From AllOver The World are different from other universities appointed. As an example, he cited because the faculty "do not have a the Diamond Committee (named for ri ht to present their complaints to a committee chair Professor of Eco- Absolutely NO Experience Needed . ~ . ing, elected faculty committee nomics Peter A. Diamond PhD '63), for hearing," according to the FPC which recommended the closure of .No Partner, Either report. CMRAE last year. At the meeting, Professor of Professor of Br~in and Cognitive n Studies and Planning Sciences Mary c.. Potter raised the International Folk Dancing Lawrence S. Bacow, the next chair concern that someone with a com- , of the faculty, said that despite that plaint against a.dean or provost Sundays, Feb. 12 and 19 difference, ad hoc committees would not want that dean or provost formed at MIT to address griev- to appoint the review committee. ances meet about as frequently as The faculty need a "dispassion- Israeli Folk Dancing regular standing committees at other ate group," even if only advisory, to universities. handle grievances, Potter said. Wednesdays, Feb. 15 and 22 "Our current procedures are bet- The current situation seems to ter suited" to MIT's method of work well because the faculty steps ed governance. between the fac- in and complains whenever a sifua-- NI Beginners' Nights in lA SAlA DE PUERTORICO u\ nd administration, Bacow said. tion gets out of hand, said Professor Creating a standing grievance com- 1. Kim Vandiver PhD '75, director Second Floor of the Student Center at 7 pm mittee might not have much. ben~fit of the Edgerton Center. "We still an could flQ up n l;t~i h~Y- -.ij ac 'It - ha h s 'ou h L cort;1munity, he said. teeth" to handle -difficult situations, f - ...,. -- \ , ;rhe major disti.nction between he said. .. CRIME ALERT-.

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together off th~y ~aJked. . -, ,; ,... . W~en 1 all is ~a~idand done, the &pm. ~ " "You need 'us'inor~' than we need '.. Orlginal.P.-anthers~ with more fr .'. you," they griPed s6 businesslike, 'dom un'der the sanuy cap wit ." "Free agency fur. ,ev'ryone, or which to.bie for free.~gents, should ftresqe Audi tQri.um~ m.T- . else we go on strike!" . hC!v:ethe better: of the two teams. ." Beside ; offensive Jineman Harry $3 in, advance I $4~a.t the: do,o,r T.he,ballyar'ds ~Je abandoned, Boats~ain)ust know~ how to win. the ,bases gath.ering dust ;' ,. . . ot a"bounder, 'or a rhubarb Inside Pitch amongst the throng discussed. As.the NBA's finest walked on The crackerjacks lay on the the court for the AlJ:,Star game on For more info contact:. Lauren at:. 225-8634 ground, the journalists would mope, Sl!nday, t~e.'.world:s best .athlet s1" "Somewhere there must be hap- '. were on dIsplay. Though It see' I piness, somewnere there mus.t. be that (h'ese ~up~rhuman giants, hope," whom' sQciety has erected '. as .. I'in-do- itable heroes. have' ever- - Time'w9uld pass unyielding in thing.men coul ever Cleslre, some the wake of c,hildren's queries, "Co'ntin'~e to mope arou,nd thelf No earthquake, but selfish men respective NBA courts, complain- could spurn the W-orld Series. ing about .money, playing time, or When bickering had run amuck the lack of toys in the play pen, To over the lofty shill, b~ sure,Jhe, media has capitalized The thousands cla.mored desper- on the pnma qonnas' pre-pubescent ately, "Off to Capitol Hill!" bebav-ior, and the initial chiding was deserved, . There was ease in Clinton's 'air However, the continued bashing as the podium he shook, of basketball's "me generation" h And no doubting soul in the become an absurd witch-hun' , '; mass, could question Clinton's look. . which overzealous journalists scru- Ripken's streak was safe, t'was tinize players' actions and fail to sure, astern Clinton's mighty jab. distinguish between off-court con- Thank heaven Bob-Feller would nict and poor on-court perfor~ : not return a lowly scab. mance .. One unfortunate example of this A nation stood expectantly with media condemnation has been the restless, sweaty palms, . Bulls' Scottie Pippen. Although A nation bantered anxiously to P!ppen's behavior problems, which avail itself these alms. include his notorious decision !o So when Clinton said, "Dear stay on the bench for the final two Gentlemen, to my office hasten." seconds of a playoff game, his con- Oi seo unt rates for earn pu s, off campu s and home delivery A nation bellowed gleefully, at stant belly-aching about General last these men he'll chasten. 'Manager Jerry "Sour" Krause, and of The New York Times will be available at more than 50% . his constant refusal to opt for plastic off the newsstand price! The players strut out haughtily, surgery in an effort to repair the as if to steal a bas~. league's ugliest face, are inexctt,S- ... spring delivery begins February 13 and ends May 26th. The owners murmur cautiously, able, they should not detract fr I ,. no mile across their face. 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Box 520 But there is no joy in Mudville, tie road Michael's back, and with mighty Clinton has struck out. his royal Airness', Pippen and e Monday-Sunday ( )$66.15 Palos park,Illinois 60464 Bulls would fold like a poker player Make checks payable to The...New....YoIk __Time.s..•.If payment by FL Update showing king high. Wednesday's FL expansion However, with Pippen leading credit card, check one:( )Visa ( )Arnex( )Mastercard draft saw more junk change hands the way, Chicago was within a Account # . ._.._...-;-Exp.-.-----. than a Nebraskan flea market. Here game, or more precisely, one ticky- with a draft recap is Mudville corre- tack foul of the conference finals Authorized signature_- - _..------spondent and 33rd pick of the Car- last season- a respectable showing Mar ethan. ..5Jt\ ..o-.f.L _t.h~_ll.e.ws.sJ:...and-~ rice 1 olin,a Panthers, Bill Goldberg. by any standards, However, the nay- .. "Urrimm. I usually don't make ayer were not convinced. 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"I Thank you Bill. While the draft tJ(I.JIIJv~ I u... -======:tL_~ap~p~e._ar_e_d_t_o_b_e_n_o_m_o_re __ x_c_it_in_g _ Mudvllle, Pag ~ruary 17, 1995' SPORTS THE TECH Page 21 Unfairly CriticjZed Pippen FUll of Talent The Ramifications of the Cairo Conference Mudvllle, from Page 20 Unlike other unhappy players A Talk by Carmen Kelly (read Latrell Sprewell, Derrick cried in unison. Coleman), Pippen has not allowed Thus, as Grant departed for the his personal pr'Oblems to effect his Come hear an insider's viewpoint of the m~chinations behind the Magic Kingdom every expert astounding level of performance. Conference's attempts to dictate worldwide family planning cross the land predicted nothing However, instead of accolades, Pip- and of the implications of the Conference for the future! f 't misery and failure for the Bulls. pen receives criticism and vitupera- fte'r all, Pippen's excuse' for a sup- tive commentary. One day, perhaps porting cast includes B.J. Arm- after he is unceremoniously traded . Location: West Lounge of Student Center, Room 20'1 strong, who has trouble walking by Da BuUs, the doubters will look into "R" rated movies without get- past basketball's Rodney Danger- (adjacent to La. Sala) ting carded, the injury-plagued Ron field's obnoxious attitude and see Date: Monday, February 20, 1~95 Harper, Toni Kukoc, Steve "Strip the awesome talent that lurks Time: 7pm Po" Kerr, Will Perdue, "Pistol" behind. Pete Meyers, and the always dan- gerous Bill Wennington. Despite Trivia REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED!!! this talent vacuum, the Bulls have At age 17, Boris Becker defeated stayed around .500 all season, a tes- Anders Jarryd in a rain-delayed tament to Pippen's incredible all semi-final and then bested Kevin Sponsored by MIT Pro-Life around skills. Curren in the finals of Wimbledon. While he is not even the highest Kudos to Alexander Moskovitz '97 .aid player on the team (journalists for sending in the first of three cor- are not the only ones who fail to rect answers. appreciate him), Pippen leads the This week's question comes BulJs in almost every offensive cat- from the world of college basket- egory and remains one of .the ball: Who passed up a jumper' and league's top defensive players. As chose to pass to Keith Smart for the the awe-stricken Marvelous Marv , winning shot in the closing seconds The 1995 Carroll L. Wilson Awards Albert put it, "Scottie is a point of Indiana's 1987 championship guard, forward, and low-post man victory? Send your answer by elec- , 2 Graduate Student Aw..ards planned at $7,000 each •)~II rolled ~p into one." tronic m~il to: [email protected] .

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Tod,CA.'t \t~ \ W\~cl. we ofouW\41 ell bircl.J I)"W\ 4IlW\4 M sc.yo\J ~ ~-e,+ vr ~ere. -the. I"h~d Si~ ~\o~e ~he fro~t 0 do-v- of -the c.f':' sto~ FeMary 17 1995 SPORTS THE TECH Page 23 .Women'sHoops-FaIls.to IO~9 after~LOSs.:toBabson By Thomas Kettler - A scary moment occurred with 6 the same manner a the first with .... STAFF REPORTE~ " minutes, 53 econds left in the half the Beavers having a 2D-4 run in The Babson College Beavers with Babson leading 26-13 when the first even minute to giv Bab- destroyed the MIT women's basket- the Beavers' Shelley Grant fell to s~n an insurmountable 34-point ball team by a score of81-46 Tue - the floor with an ankle injury. She lead at 63-29. The Engineers day night at Rockwell Cage. The would not play again for the night would come no clo er than 30, with conference loss made the team 10-9 and left the court at halftime on the Beaver having their largest overall and 1-5 in the ew England crutches after needing to be helped lead at 35 when the game ended at Women's J;:ight Conference for the off the court. . . 81-46. 9n. After the injury, C.J. Doane '95 . Bab on beat MIT on the floor. ab on controlled the tip off and scored the next seven points to cut Overall, the Beavers sank 49 per- scored on a Michelle Merten field the lead to 26-20 with 5:29 to play. cent of their field goal attempt, goal just eight seconds into the Davis made 0'1e free throw with five while the Engineers only scored on game. MIT answered by scoring the minutes left to get MIT within five 26 percent of their shots. next four points with Sarah Davis at 26-21. However, the Engineers Individually, Merten scored 22 '97 providing the only Engineer never came closer as the Beavers points to lead both teams. Two other .Iead of the game in the next 30 sec- scored the next nine points to get Babson 'Players cored in double fig- onds. _ the lead back to 14 at 35-21 with ures. The Engineers ha9 two players After the Davis field goal, Bab- 2:30 left. in double figures, with Doane lead- son answered with 16-5 run over An- MIT field goal cut the lead to ing with 19, while Davis addcd 10. the next six minutes to take an 18-7 12 before Babson scored the next Ratliff led the team in rebounds lead. During the run, the Beavers eight points to lead 43-23 with 20 with nine. made several transition baskets off seconds left in the half. Two free Commenting on Merten's per- of missed MIT field goals. Merten throws by Kristin Ratliff '95 with formance, MIT head coach Suzan very effective at this in getting. 11 seconds remaining resulted in the Rowe said, "That's why Michelle is most of her 20 fjrst half points in halftime score of 43-25. . .player of the year in the EW-8 for transition.' The second half continued in the past three years." Women's Gymnastics Breaks Team l Scoring Record,. Makes Nationals '1:; 'Catherine Garrett. routines. na Sequi '97 sticking a 1/2 on 1/2 1 TEAM COACH Erica Carmel '96 and Michelle off vault for a 7.725. Miles, Chris- The women's gymnastics team Miles '98 set the rotation up by tenson, and Sollod all co'mpleted . _pp~d its "first-time-ever': qu~Jifi- ,sticking their sets for scores of 7.55 full-twisting'vaults for scores of 8.5 .. cation to the Division III National and 8.6, respectively, while captain and two 8.675's. Roc~hio earned an Gymnastics Championships recently Janet Sollod '96 kept the pace going 8.9 for her front-handspring front- with yet another record-breakin& with her score of8.9. front vault. ' team performanc~ in a qU,ad-meet Melissa Kaye '94 stood up a gor- Uneven bars was a showcase for against the University of Massachu- geous side aerial while Allie Chris- first-place nationally ranked Tasi setts at Amherst, Rutgers Universi- tenson '98 joined the prestigious 9.0 Chiarenza '97 to demonstrate a full- ty, and the University of VermQnt club for the first time this year wi-th twisting giant on the high bar and - all Division I schools. a score of 9.0. Sheila Rocchio '97 earn her top score of the year, 8.9 . • For the fifth time this se,ason, /anch,pred the squad with her back- Carmel also hit her routine for a

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• THOMAS R. K;fRW-THE TECH Mil players celebrate after scoring a goal In the men's Ice hockey'game. Page 24 THE TECH February 17, 192$~ SPORTS o~ch Hoops OUst Engineers in Last Minute', By Thomas Kettler Then two free throws by Randy 72-70 lead it would not relinquish STAFF REPORTER Hyun '95 resulted in the halftime since fatigue cau ed MIT to .miss In a game that either team could score 35-35. field goal attempts in the closing have won in the final minute, the In the second half, the Engineers minute. Three free throws in the men's ba ketball team lost 75-70 to opened with a 9-2 run in the first final 30 seconds for the Cadets • the orwich University Cadets at three minutes to take their largest resulted in the final score of 75-70. ! Rockwell Cage on Tue day night. lead of the game, 44-37, with The difference in the game was The conference loss left the team Melvin Pullen '97 scoring seven .of shooting from the field. Norwich with ea on record of 10-11 over- the nine points. ' shot a great 53 percent from the all and 4--6 in the Constitution Ath- The lead -did not last as the floor while MIT made only 37 per- letic Conference. Cadets responded with a 7-0 run to cent of its shots, The advantage that In the first half the Caoets tie the game again at 44-44 in the the Engineers had over the Cadets opened by getting a 6-2 lead in the next three minutes. from the line, 80- percent to 55 per- first two minutes. They were able to M IT took the lead again on a cent, did not make up the difference. increase their lead to 20-13 with II field goal by Tim Porter '9~ 10 sec- minutes, 39 seconds left in the half onds later. The Engineers took a 6- Brown of Norwich had a game before the Engineers scored the next point lead with 8:50 left 'at 58-52 high 2] points, which led four Nor- seven points to tie at 20-20 with before the Cadets scored the next wich players scoring in double fig- 10: 17 left, on a field goal by Keith seven points to retake the lead at ures. MIT countered with all the Whalen '96. 59-58 with 7: 10 to play. . starters finishing in dOl;lble 'figures f{" 'orwich got another field goal to The teams traded baskets so they with Nikki Caruthers '95 leading take the lead at 22-20 before MIT tied two times and traded the lead with 16 points, while Wha.len, scored the next five to take its first six times until Hyun's two free Hyun, Pullen and Levesque con- lead at 25-22 with 7:35 on a 3-point throws tied the game at 70-70 with tributed 14, ]2, 1], and II,respec- field goal by Joe Levesque '95. 1:47Id't. tively. Whalen had an excellent Two ties and three lead changes Then, with 49 seconds left David rebounding game, pulling down ]7 took place in the rest of the hal~. Brown's field goal gave Norwich a boards. Men's Swimming Gains Victory '~ Over Bowdoin in Final Contest

By Ted Achtem Diving, a notoriously bad event • most exciting races of the year. It TEAMMEM8ER for MIT, once again proved to be a feels great to end my senior, year The men's swimming team trav- bleak affair. With Bowdoin's two with a win," Chan said. eled to Bowdoin College last Satur- divers and none from MIT, Bow- 'Soule said that this meet is day to compete in its final dual meet doin narrowed the lead after the '1- always a good Indicator for the HELEN UN ---- THE TECH of the season. meter'diving event. upcoming championship: "This was' Nikki Caruthers '95 passes a Norwich University opponent as he Motivation came from seniors However, MIT's 1-2 placing in .great preparation for the New Eng- approaches the basket. MIT lost the close game 7~70. Steve Ch~m '95 and Ted Achtem the 200 fly by Wong and Joseph land's [Championships]. After this ~ '95, who were detennined to finish Kurtz '96, as well as victories in the their varsity careers with a victory. 200 backstroke by Achtem and in meet I know that our team is going The'opening 400-medley relay the 500 freestyle by Soule, offset to perform extremely well in two team, composed of Achtem, Brian the points lost in the 3-meter diving weeks." Dye '96, Aaron Wong '98, and and 100 freestyle. The 'final competition for -the Timothy Kammerer '98, set the tone Wong was ecstatic about his men this season will be the New of the meet by winning the race by a race, saying "It was one of my best England Championships at Bow- margin of over 4 seconds. races; I can't wait to shave my head doin on Feb. 24-26. Coach John Ben Soule '96 and Mark "Mad for the championships!" . Benedick expects the traveling Dog" Lebowitz '98 later decimated After a loss in the 200 breast- squad,~which will consist of 13 the field and engineered a 1-2 finish stroke, though, the scere was a dead swimmers, to place ~ven higher than in the] OOO-yardfreestyle. even 105-1 U5. last year's eighth place finish. In the 200-yard freestyle, Kam- The final 400 freestyle relay' "The team is larger than last year merer's come-from-behind effort in team composed of Kurtz, Chan, and hopefully this will allow us. to the last 50 yards resulted in victory Sherrif Ibrahim '96, and Soule place sixth or seventh overall as ,ij 3 Basketball Players by 0.5 seconds . detennined the outcome of the meet. J team" said co-captain Dye.' . -. ,I Bowdoin attempted to stop the After strong swims by the first three Engineer's momentum by winning legs of the relay, Soule anchored a "One of the strengths of the team Named to GTE Teams the 50-yard freestyle, but Achtem stellar final 100-yard freestyle split is our diversity,'.' saId co-captain and Dye retaliated by taking first • of 50.2 seconds to capture the race Ibrahim. "We should be able to By Roger Crosley count, then won a 9-0 decision at and third places. in the 200 individ- and the meet. . place top 24 in each event at New SPORTS INFORMA TION DIRECTOR Connecticut College: ual medley. "That last relay was one of the England's." , Three M IT basketbal I players have been named to the GTE Col- lege Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District teams. Kristin Ratliff '95 and Keith Whalen '96 were each named to the fi rst teams, and Joe Levesque '95 Sports was a second team selection. Shorts Ratliff and Wha len wi II now appear on the national ballot. In Saturday's game against Western ew England College Levesque became only the 15th player in MIT men's basketball his- tory to score hi I,OOOth career poi nt. Levesque also has been recently honored by the Auburn- Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame with that organization's President's Award in recognition of his basket- ball accomplishments at MIT.

Rifle Rifle coach Dick Dyer will be a guest speaker at the International Rifle Meetings in Singapore at the end of the month. Dyer has been the ,( I coach at MIT ince 1990.

quash The squash team took two mafthe last week by a combined core of 17-1. The Engineers defeated Tufts University for the third con ecutive sea on by an 8-1