Cps brin19 Penn, Francis bef ore :OD for assault what was a much *A..xn"s~X~:blr~g -- ~~ r - I By Andfea'L'mbert tified" demonstrators. The and I out of Campus Police Chief Anne P. summary report also lists 12 larger group ... is the most Glavin has filed a formal com- other people involved in the blatant evidence for that," he plaint with the Committee on demonstration. continued. Discipline against two demon- Also, "Glavin alleges that dur- Penn believed the charges were strators, in conjunction with the ing the course of protest activities part of 'a strategy to target the _March 2 demonstration for di- on March 2, 1990, [Penn was] di- people they perceive as leaders vestment from South Africa. rectly responsible for the injuries ... and they're using it as a The demonstration, called by of two MIT police officers," the form of intimidation, believing the Coalition Against Apartheid, Henderson letter continues. that if Ron and I are punished rallied in front of the home of Penn and Francis denied all the enough, .. . the demonstrations President Paul E. Gray '54 and in charges and maintained that they and the divestment movement the Alfred P. Sloan Building, and were being singled out as le-aders will be stopped." did not result in any arrests. of the pro-divestment movement. Glavin denied that Francis and In a report dated March 23 "I think this is a case of politi- Penn were accused to set an ex- from Glavin to COD chair Sheila cal harassment," Penn said. "The ample for other demonstrators E. Widnall '60, Steven D. Penn fact that they only charged, Ron (Please turn to page 2) G was charged with assault, and Ronald W. Francis G was charged with assault and assault and bat- tery on a police officer. Widnall "reviewed the com- plaint and decided that a hearing DiMe Undirgrihiii-adX and GradUate Student CoM. is warranted," Assistant Dean for :schemed haw> . a^*di^Xllbqmum on the .ic Student Affairs Arnold R. Hen- ;^wo lvin c iniLi blip ; xt riv for an April 3 letter to derson said in -a¢e...... -, .· .... ·, . . Penn. The COD hearing is sched- ..<. Afg.oWI to.Pre Marish kpnaa91,representative uled for May 87 Penn said. °"pa~rs;brXEidiii~· cb><.~~t¢,ppqo~es&~m~egt, Glavin said yesterday that the · ~i~n~ek ~ar,-~~ A' 'r, are, two were charged because they ~~~~q~~~_ ~were "the only ones that [officer Rosie L. Sanders] could identify." p*tsd f~,r'MvtbOf',i~~cccc~~~cc~ia~ l~ i Mos Sanders was injured when ail"*iz O .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~f_ d~gig>{<$b2Ntid--e"Ah .. r bX-.. ' : v 1 demonstrators occupied an eleva- tor in Building E52 during the demonstration. She is still out on ~ na - .I·~~~~~saitrAifi.i¢e*-thadiA; W .SCPM"Ad vef'i k coult p Paulo Correia/The Tech injury, Glavin said. Steven D. Penn G (left) speaks with Ronald W. Francis G at In Sanders' affidavit in the the Coalition Against Apartheid's protest of the March 2 Campus Polisereport, shenamed - .. i. * . s - . - . @ . .; . .one other demonstrator, Mark A. Cor,9oration meeting. Smith G. and two other "uniden- X.u eat& tgaf ^Xell+X!¢lv .. get.* P-A ' 1*0nWu > Faculty group studies international ties tit aAlprAf endw <0 bier t.<.opitQan gan iin~ sipt thy ^ ..~e~j~lsth'cdl t tl-e; By Brian Rosenberg Deutch said that "critics target S. Khoury, associate dean of the .. ith it fp-vbtl especially con- School of Humanities and Social The newly created Faculty MIT specifically, .albq d{evstof -td.ttAp. d Study Group on the International cerniing numbers of foreign stu- Science; Richard K. Lester of . 4r30·a~ne7>id.m g; 2s0Lor Ansge A'90'exitd 1 Relationships of US Universities dents and visitors and access of PhD '80, associate professor remaks, -after nuclear engineering; Nicholas P. tisp.uMSiy ake qmepo`nin will study the effects of interna- foreign corporations to MIT w~ibthd h qes two v ensa.th. eni "inid- tional activities on MIT and oth- research.' Negroponte '66, director of the er American universities. Foreign access to MIT research Media Laboratory; Jack Ruina, ial'qupsoIs aift 6,e ]heiz 't atie.,~lw s secretary of the faculty; and Ken- Eugene B. Skolnikoff '49, pro- through the Industrial Liaison . Ah~W Iiide `c 'd th'clburi toAZk ~pl;Lce,,btwcen Program (ILP) has been the sub- neth A. Smith '58, associate pro- fessor of political science and 4CIO'a,d. 7 pm, n'450,h £ or 1X`esge Akuditorium'+;..' former director of the Center for ject of controversy during the vost and vice president for International Studies will chair past year. Thomas R. Moebus research. the group. Provost John M. '69, director of ILP, said pro- Is Deutch '61 said in a statement to gram's members "thought [the academic fraud policy News Office that the group faculty study group] was a good M IT changes the would address the problem of cido, is that the new policy is was created because of "growing idea. MIT should take a good By Katherine Shim of MIT's Pol- academic fraud and scientific more formal. confusion and criticism about the look at relations with foreign en- A revised version misconduct. "Basically, the procedure is a international relationships of tities, including corporations." icies and Procedures, a compila- policy, The principle change in the ac- two-step process," she stated. and other leading US re- The House Subcommittee on tion of formal Institute MIT This ademic fraud policy, according to The first part consists of an in- search universities." Deutch, Human Resources and Intergov- will be printed next week. will in- Assistant to the Vice President formal inquiry and examination along with President Paul E. ernmental Affairs, chaired by official policy manual that for Research Charlene M. Pla- of the evidence, Placido said. '54, appointed the members Rep. Theodore S. Weiss (D-NY), clude a revised procedure Gray formal of the group. has been investigating ILP and "The second part involves other public/private partnerships s,~· ~*ua^~s~awrenls~~s~:/~ 8...... ~aip~~ B fact finding." The group is expected to sub- since early 1989. Moebus said "'Previously, the informal in- written report suitable for mit a that while the "investigation is quiry did not require written re- discussion in the MIT public ongoing, . . . there has been A ports. In thme revised policy, for April 1, 1991. not community by no final conclusion." nmal reports and documentation said the group had been Deutch Arnoldo C. Hax, member of that can be reviewed at a later to consider three specific asked the group and deputy dean of the ,~:~·~~sls~i~tra~ i date are required through all questions: Sloan School of Management, at- steps of investigation, whether 1. What are the issues facing tended the group's initial meeting informalexlare or formal," she US universities in considering about a month ago. _ >:+ ~~~~~~~explained. their international involvements? "[The meeting] was informal, Attention has centered on the and we just discussed the impor- Institute policy toward fraud in 2. What are the particular is- elf A~t,5f'_ _ '''''V'>' since a list of tanee of this issue and our own '' $1>f' t ' the laboratories -rues facing MIT? personal views," Hax said. rules and regulations concerning 3. What policy framework Another group member, Rich- .! ^,scientific misconduct was pub- Register on should guide MIT in its interna- ard J. Samuels PhD '80, said, .ished in the Federal IF tional relationships in the future? "MIT is doing the right thing. _%T "-";~;~;~;~;~;~;~~ /X:(:I:,, DAug. 8, 1989, by the Public Are some modifications to cur- We're trying to define to what ex- Health Service, an agency of the rent practice and programs war- tent MIT is a national and inter- Department of Health and Hu- ranted? national institution, and to iden- man Services. These regulations Because MIT is involved in tify and solve problems v^ K ^ [= * would apply to all research sup- many international activities, associated with [that role.]" Sam- ? -;: 'e L~ - - ported by PHS, effective Jan. 1, uels is director of the MIT-Japan .· -- .. .,.._..^rr AXrglr~dS1B*.W~a~Q3IIP~ii~~~ ^_ r· .,A_ - s 11990. Program and an associate profes- ;2MI ,Auch of the research conduct- sor of political science. > w. w ed at MIT is funded by the Na- Other committee members in- tional Institutes of Health, an or- clude Nancy H. Hopkins, profes- ganization under the wing of sor of biology; Eric C. Johnson PHS. '67, director of corporate rela- William Chu/The Tech In a memorandum to all MIT tions; Arthur K. Kerman Shortstop Pillan Thirumalaisamy scoops up a grounder faculty, Associate Provost and PhD '53, director of the Labora- in Sunday's game against Bentley. MIT lost 5-10, Vice President for Research Ken- tory for Nuclear. Science; Philip (Please turn to page 2)
L .,. .n,,,, _' an PAGE 2 The Tech TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1990 I~lls- 91.I- L, ir 91- rM 36 Memoral Drive will a - ill d I · -1 I I --- __ _ become Building E56 By Eun S. Shin she said. The MIT Sloan School of The space in E56 will be used Management has been allotted for offices, Behmer noted. space in the building at 36 'Some offices are already tempo- Memorial Drive to reduce over- rarily located in building E56," crowding in the Alfred P. Sloan she said, although permanent Building (E52). 36 Memorial space assignments are not yet Drive, soon to be renamed Build- known. ing E56, is expected to accommo- Student enrollment at Sloan re- i date Sloan E offices on one and a mains relatively constant at 200 F half of its four floors. students per year, according to Building E56 became available Diane B. Katz SM '83, director r for use by the MIT community of admissions for the master's r when the lease held by Arthur D. program at Sloan.
Little, Inc. ended. MIT repos- "We shoot for about 200 mas- r sessed the building, and allotted ters students every year," she E some building space to alleviate said, "but the program might be f the problem caused by limited growing a little because of Lead- a
r space in E52. ership in Manufacturing," a joint iLIL Ann F. Friedlaender PhD '64, degree program in engineering dean of the School of Humanities and management, which is in its and Social Science, is currently third year. Enrollment in LFM working to have part of E56 con- grew to 40 students this year verlted into a library for the histo- from 32 last year, Katz said. ry of science and technology. "Office and class space is very According to Donna M. crowded" in Building E52, said Behmer, Sloan's associate dean Richard S. Eckaus PhD '54, for administration, Sloan's in- chairman of the Department of creased need for space can be Economics. attributed to the growth of the According to Eckaus, the ex- research program at Sloan and panlsion of the Sloan school will not to the growth in student have "little direct effect on the enrollment. economics department," which is "Student enrollment is only in- also located in the Sloan build- directly responsible for the in- ing. "'It is my understanding that creasing need for space. The need E56 will be shared between Sloan for this resource comes from the and the office of humanities and Jeremy Yung/The Tech expanding research program," social sciences," he said. Susie Wee '90 takes a shot at the Elms goal. The Engineers lost 2-12. I C - L I d I, - ·- l--L-- --- - _ - -- a L LI · I I 1 MIT revises academic fraud policy sion of Policies and Procedures. that if the new policy had been 112_ a pse(Continued neth A. Smnith '58from explainedpage 1) the' The second part is a supplement around when the Baltimore inci- reasoning behind the new policy. which contains the specific PHS dent "Until recently, it appeared that requirements ." was breaking, the events and scientaific misconduct was nearly Drafts of both the statement to investigations may have run absent from the academic re- appear in the Policies and Proce- smoother. However, our old poli- cy worked well. The Baltimore ! |1:~rP~1_ K 2 | -~t 8~a i. g .search enterprise. As a conse- dures manual and the Supple- incident ,uence, the scientific community ment to MIT Procedures for was not a factor at all in -the revision of policy." -t~8~= ~ ~ LC~Psl I | Ndidnot have well-estabhshed pro- Dealing with Academic-Frayd. -.- 1'7t . . r,, I cedures for dealing with the were circulated to the Acaderic Also, according to Marilyn i Bfi ~~~~~~problem. Worse yet, several re- Council for review and input. Smith, assistant to Baltimore, the E cent cases have been both highly Changes were further discussed Whitehead Institute has its own at a faculty council meeting be- separate policy on scientific iffl X N | %| X $ ~~~~~~Inresponse to this circum- fore the final copy was drafted. misconduct. i £ I Ill l [ Hi j ~~~~~stance, Smith said, the PHS has Smith distributed copies of the The 1 I l l l z ! | _2! ~~~~~~~~established "new regulations." revised policy on fraud to the Baltimore incident, howev- er, raised certain questions about WlllamChuf~h TechTo assimilate PHS regulations faculty on March 13. The supplement on academic the method by which investiga- The MIT Public Service Center awarded people for ledto exsigru MITpeoplexeicy, dmit fraud includes the formal defini- tiona of scientific misconduct is their volunteer efforts. (Back, left to right- Virginia M. led wrtigropopeoplcen adopereneda tion of scientific misconduct, as carried out, notably the question Sorenson, David P. Carroll '91, Priscilla K. Gray; front, intwo-pintin folicyat." accortding of whether advocated by the PHS. The sup- outside agencies like /eft to fight: Scott R. Ikeda '91, Sallie E. Isrealit '91, tw-oS inthte firstmart. "sAccrig the PHS Emily M. Houh '93, plement also describes a detailed should play an active Imtiyaz Hussein '91.) t mttefrtpr i e role in university investigations. I l i'' 1.. | ._ t_...... ,.11__ ...... neric statement which will be in- procedure by which fraud would corporated within the next ver- be investigated, including time Smith addressed this complaint deadlines by which investigations by stating, "Most members of the Cs charge 2coalition memers would take place ard records of faculty believe that this system the investigation be kept. works best when we keep our (Continuedfrom page 1) own house clean. The new policy on campus. The role of the Office of Scien- "as a result of this demonstration quently injuring Officer does recognize that inquiries Widnall refused to tific Inquiry of NIH in investiga- comment and the subsequent confrontation Sanders." should start here in the Institute. on the case. "'I can't even tions is also described. ac- with MIT Police." Several stu- PHS does, however, reserve the knowledge that we're going Demonstrators deny charges to dents also "suffered injuries," right to intervene in the formal hear that case, or that there No relation to Baltimore incident is a Francis claimed. Both Penn and Francis denied investigation process. But other case. It's a serious right of priva- Both Penn and Francis were the charges of assault and bat- institutions, unlike MIT, have not cy for students," she said. The revision of the Institute also charged with violating the tery. Francis said he did not kick done well on their own. The Henderson would not policy on academic fraud was in com- section of MIT Policies and Pro- Officer Molino, an incident the requests of PHS are neither ment on the possible outcome no way motivated by the incident of cedures (3.33.3) that states "all report claims occurred while unexpected or surprising." in which outgoing Whitehead In- the hearing. The cases are usually members of the MIT community some of the demonstrators were stitute Director David Baltimore determined on "a case-by-case are expected to conduct them- grouped in the stairwell. '61 was accused of scientific mis- basis. There are a range' of dis- selves with proper respect for one Penn claimed he did not initi- ciplinary conduct for an article that he co- actions, if the COD another and for each other's ate the "rush" on the elevator, Erratumi chair decides to hear authored, which appeared in the a case, he property," according to the because he arrived at the Sloan Friday's story on the new said. The sanctions range scientific journal Cell in 1986, "from report. building after demonstrators graduate housing policy a student being found innocent according to Smith. Francis violated this policy, the gathered in front of the first- ["Grad housing policy of all charges, all the way to report states, when he "kicked floor lobby. Baltimore, upon review by adopted'] incorrectly iden- [being] expelled," he added. Officer Molino and led the rush "I didn't even see the rush agencies from MIT, Tufts, and tified the author of the ab- onto the Charged with rushing elevator subsequently [into the elevator]. When I got to NIH, was found to be innocent stract of the Graduate Stu- injuring Officer Sanders.' into Sloan elevator the lobby, they were already of charges of academic fraud. dent Council Housing and According to the report, Penn inside," he said. "The revisions were totally un- Community Affairs com- Francis and Penn were charged acted in violation of the policy Francis also denied leading related to Baltimore," said mittee survey. Robert D. with assault because they "led a when he "assisted in leading the demonstrators into the elevator; Smith. "When we finished the re- Kiss G wrote the abstract. rush of demonstrators into an el- rush onto the elevator subse- he said it was a "false charge." port, some s evator at E52," an action which people commented IrlL _J I "caused an injury to Sanders," the report states. Francis is charged with assault and battery notices on a police officer because he - "kicked Officer [Robert J.] Mo- April 24, 1990 April 25, 1990 from 46 pm in E15, the Bartos Theater Amnesty International will hold its second lino," according to the report. for the Moving Image. annual Students for Students march and During the demonstration, ap- The Search for Connectionist Competence A lecture by Professor Michael Papagian- rally at Boston City Hall Plaza beginning proximately eight students occu- by Professor Martin Davies, Dept. of Phi- nis on The Seacmb for Extraterrestrfil Life April 28, 1990 at noon. This year's focus is on hujman losophy at Birbeck College in London at at 8 pm at 75 Commonwealth Avenue, rights abuses in Peru. For more informa- pied the only elevator that was tion call 623-M2 7:30 pm in 6-321. fifth floor. For more information, call 353- R. Carlos Tabada, Cuban economist and programmed to go to the sixth 2630 after 5:30 pm. author of Che Guevyaw Economics and floor, where MIT Corporation An orientation will be held at 7:30 pm at Poitics In the Thronson to Sockedsm at the AIDS ACTION offices, 131 May 3, 1990 members were having Clarendon April 26, 1990 7:30pm room 9-150. For more information lunch. Ac- Street for the Buddy Program of the AIDS call 322-8115. The Telecormmaications policy of the cording to the report, five Cam- action committee. For more information Heard any good stories lately? Narratives call 437-6200 ext. 256. Boh Ad4Xa from 4-6 pm in E15, pus Police officers were injured in communistions, cognition and society April 29, 1990 the Bartos Theater for the Moving Image. 3 as" 1I I=1' I ' I II Ct TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1990 The Tech PAGE
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MM Iran calls for release of Shiite hostage ) 'i II Iran's foreign minister called yesterday for the release of Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid, a Shiite cleric that Israeli soldiers kidnapped. While White House spokesman Mar- Soviets prepared to use lin Fitzwater dismissed suggestions that the United States should make some reciprocal gesture toward Iran, he said Voke comments on state budget force in Lithuania the White House supports the release of all hostages. Massachusetts House ways and means chairman Rich- A top Soviet advisor said yesterday that President Mik- ard Voice said he expects the House to debate spending hail S. Gorbachev is not afraid to use force against pro- and taxes virtually simultaneously next month. Voke said independence demonstrators in Lithuania, if they break Vietnamese official supports his panel will meet the May 9 deadline set by House rules the law. Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis called resuming ties with US for reporting a 1991 fiscal budget to the House floor. The such use of military force in his republic "insanity," say- Vietnam's foreign minister said in an interview with committee will report a tax increase package at the same ing it would show that Moscow is willing to do the same Time magazine that normalizing relations with the United time, he said. Voke thought it was possible, but unlikely, elsewhere in the world. States could contribute to peace in Southeast Asia. These that taxes and spending would be considered in one bill. instead Currently, the Kremlin has been using economic comments come 15 years to the month after the United of military pressure to make Lithuania back down from States pulled out of South Vietnam. According to the of- of independence, cutting shipments of fuel its declaration ficial, Vietnam has met all the US requirements for im- Driver questioned in traffic fatalities and other raw materials in order to force the republic to proved relations including agreements on accounting for The driver allegedly involved in a triple fatality in Law- halt exports. Gorbachev has, however, offered open nego- soldiers missing in action since the Vietnam War. tiations if Lithuania puts its declaration on hold for two rence Sunday was questioned by Lawrence Police yester- years. The republic might try to sell gold to import fuel day. Christopher Howarth had been sought since the acci- rather than give in to Soviet pressure, Landsbergis said. Nigerian coup crushed dent at 3 am on Sunday and was brought into custody The White House welcomed the Soviet offer of negotia- A coup against Nigeria's military government has re- yesterday morning, authorities said. The accident oc- tions as a sign of flexibility from Moscow. At the same portedly been crushed. Rebel troops have been brought curred at the intersection of South Broadway and Ando- time, President George Bush revealed a series of economic under control after heavy fighting, according to Nigerian ver Streets. A pickup ran a red light and slammed into the sanctions he plans to impose on the Soviet Union in re- President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida. The rebels said they side of a car carrying four people. The only surviving pas- sponse to the crackdown in Lithuania. Bush hoped to wanted to break up Nigeria's federation of 19 states to senger remains in critical but stable condition at Lawrence stall a number of trade and economic agreements that the end Moslem domination. General Hospital. Soviets want from the United States; at the same time, he hoped to prevent discord with the Soviets in the arms talks. - - compromise Earth Day ends in violence West German Post-Earth Day demonstrators took out their frustra- on exchange rate American hostage released tions against what they felt to be corporate inaction on issues. Protesters in San Francisco shat- West Germany made a major concession in talks on Freed hostage Robert Polhill was given a day's rest at a environmental windows at the Bank of America building, and 249 economic reunification with East Germany yesterday by US military base in West Germany after spending 39 tered were arrested. In New York, authorities arrested agreeing to exchange strong West German marks for vir- months as a hostage in Lebanon. US officials interviewed people after they unsuccessfully tried to shut tually worthless East German marks on a one-to-one ba- Robert Polhill yesterday to find out what the freed hos- 185 demonstrators down the Wall Street financial district. z sis. That exchange rate would apply to wages and pen- tage knows about the other Americans still held by pro- in Boston where 200,000 sions, and to savings accounts of up to 4000 marks, or Iranian kidnappers in Lebanon. White House officials re- No violence was reported filled the Hatch Shell area of the Charles River about $2300. The East German government had demand- ported that Polhill has already told the debriefers that he people Sunday for an Earth Day concert. ed the even exchange rate to protect its workers from the was held in the same building as two fellow teachers, Jes- Esplanade on higher cost of living in a unified Germany. se Turner and Alann Steen, until just a few days ago. Security issues must also be worked out-befoie reunifi- White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said there is no eation can take place. The size and nature of the military- indication that Polhill has a message from the kidnappers force have yet to be decided. Secretary of State James A. George Bush. 'for President II Baker III will discuss these issues with the foreign minis- The Bush administration said it would like to see other ters of France, Britain, the Soviet Union and the two Ger- hostages follow Pohill's path. Fitzwater said the, United West Germany. i manys early next month in Bonn, States is looking for other opportunities. But Secretary of I State James A. Baker III said there will be no bargaining Chinese premier visits Soviet Union for freedom and that the government will continue to Chinese Premier Li Peng left Beijing yesterday for the draw the line at negotiations. bash for Soviet Union in the first visit by a Chinese head of Gov- Fishkill, NY, prepared for a big welcome-home the small town are ernment to the Soviet Union in 26 years. The four-day Polhill. Homes and businesses around honor of Polhill and the trip is expected to have few concrete effects on a relation- decorated with yellow ribbons in Brian, pre- ship that has slowly improved in recent years after other hostages still in captivity. Polhill's son, decades of mistrust. dicted that the first thing his father will do when he gets home is watch a tape of the 1987 Giants-Broncos Super Polhill was kidnapped the day before the game. UN troops enter Nicaragua Bowl; I The Sanldinista army turned an eastern military base over to United Nations observers when the first contin- Amtrak train derails in Iowa to en- gent of UN troops rolled into Nicaragua Sunday An Amtrak train carrying about 400 people derailed in disarmament of the contra re- force demobilization and Batavia, Iowa, yesterday. Dozens of injuries were report- accord signed by the contras, bels. This is all part of the ed, 20 of them labeled serious. The passenger train was and President-elect the outgoing Sandinista government on its way to Chicago with parts of the train originating accord required the United Na- Violeta Chamorro. The in Oakland, Los Angeles and Seattle. tiOllS to verify a cease-fire inl seven security zones set up for demobilization. Memorial service for RubesO By Leigh Rubin civil rights leader The Reverend Jesse Jackson and the son of Martin Lu- ther Kinlg Jr. were among hundreds of mourners at an At- lanta church yesterday. They attended a memorial service Under constant threat of catBle for the Rev. David Abernathy who died last week at the rustlers, ranch security was beefed up. age of 64. Abernathy, described by his son as "a truly selfless leader," had been a pastor since 1961. Milken to plead guilty Junk bond king Michael Milken will not have to name names as part of his plea bargain with the government. ff-- ~~ ~ He has agreed to plead guilty to six felonies and pay $600 million in penalties to settle fraud and racketeering to enter his plea today. charges against him. He's expected Warm weather ahead!
Firefighters clear train wreck in PA Tuesday: Partly sunny. Highs in the 50s (10-15 °C) Firefighters worked all day yesterday to clear Sunday's on the coast, 60s (16-21 'C) inland. train wreck in Craigsville, PA. Thousands of gallons of oil and chemicals leaked from one car at the time of the of showers. Highs from the wreck and two oil tankers burst into flames yesterday af- Wednesday: Chance mid-60s to mid-70s. Lows in the 50s. ternoon. Most of the 200 people who were evacuated from their homes were able to return late yesterday. Thursday: Fair and warmer. Highs in the 70s and low 80s. Lows in the 50s. Cops become cabbies in NYC Forecast from The Boston Globe Undercover police are beginning to drive cabs in New
"I tell you, is this a great country or what?! York in an effort to catch the killer of seven cab drivers in hY--dL · IY ii i robbery was the Where else could we got fried the last seven weeks. Police believe Compiled by Joan Abbott chicken carcass in a bucket?" motive in all the killings. _M PAGE 4 The Tech TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1990 · 41·slLCII- -;I I -·c I- 1 IL'1-l r-
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-I·L b--l IL -- -II Baker Urchin Alert is dangerous C,4%.,y-,-~""- z:_- -UF--.-~ Column by Chip Morton
Who'b the Op~erente w es a terlrist 4iw Some time last year, when I was a freshman, II inside Baker. In the recent past, students from other a striking 6reyhound cl4ver . was making one of my regular nightly trips fromI1 MIT living groups have stolen the-Baker House Ihe main building back to my home in Chocolatee foosball table,- stolen the House Christmas Tree, at- 2ity with a friend of mine (we'll call him Doug). Ass tempted to steal Baker lounge furniture, and pulled we were passing by Baker House, I told him to false fire alarms. -ome in with me for a moment so that I could go '"It is very important that all Bakerites respond visit someone. When we got to the door there weree promptly to Urchin Alerts. This is your home. iome residents entering the dorm using their keys. Defend it!"
Doug and I went in behind them. Just as we got to rsl - ·- r Ill I -- -- -e -- e :he steps they turned to us. 'Are you guys residents?" one of them asked. "If you hear the urchin "No," we responded. "Then you have to check in at the desk beforee bells, first lock-your door and (A.gis ca nerfotiate wit ror,15t.) you can go in." \ protect your room. Next, We walked over to the desk and told the person1 working there that we wanted to go visit one of the grab your favorite weapon residents. She said okay, and we went upstairs. Ass MRl· l l ·l l -l 'l l and quickly report to the - -J s Ilb -1 I we were walking along the fifth floor to our desti- nation, bells began ringing throughout the houseI front desk area.' accompanied by flashing lights. Neither Doug nor II knew what it was for and paid it no mind. We wentt into the room of the person I had come to visit, Upon reading this, I was appalled. I could not I m and shortly afterwards, we left. The bells were still believe that they actually have literature that sup- w i ringing. The lights were still flashing. As we were ports and encourages such rash, vigilante behavior. M walking to the stairs, three of the men that we had I told a few of my friends about it, and they, too, -1 come in behind charged up behind us. were appalled. Given the ethnic persuasion of most a "Who do you think you're shittin', man?!" of the neighborhoods in the area along with the fact Volume 110, Number 2t Tuesday, April 24, 1990 L.
"What?" we asked, completely confounded as to that I could probably count the number of black a Chairman ...... Deborah A. Levinson '91 why we had been confronted in such a manner. Bakerites on my two hands (if not one), I think I w Editor in Chief ...... Prabhat Mehta '91 "Okay, let's go. You're goin' out," one of them iknow who is most likely to be "someone you don't Business M anager ...... Russell Wilcox '91 said, waving his hands as if to shoo us out. recognize." i. Managing Editor ...... Marie E. V. Coppola '90 "What are you talking about?" I asked.- Last week, I told a Baker resident about the situ- Executive Editor ...... Linda D'Angelo '90 "Let's go," he said, still waving his hands. ation, and she said that since there are a number of E 9 Doug and I turned and continued on our way outside doors in Baker that remain open, residents News Editors ...... Annabelle Boyd '90 out, still not understanding, but not really interest- are likely to be on edge. She said that she thought Andrea Lamberti '91 ed. As we were walking, the three men in question X that the residents were at fault for using such hos- Reuven M. Lerner '92 r followed us out - at a range of less than a foot. II tile tactics in determining the nature of questionable m Night Editor ...... Daniel A. Sidney G 9 was beginning to feel harassed. I stopped. The resi- Opinion Editor ...... Michael J. Franklin '88 guests, but she also thought that anyone who was Sports Editor ...... Shawn Mastrian '91 dent behind me jumped into me. approached in that manner was at fault for losing his temper, which served to solve nothing. z Arts Editor ...... Peter E. Dunn G · -I · - Re I I I C- Photography Editor ...... Kristine AuYeung '91 "You're a fool," I said. I'm sorry, but if I'm Contributing Editors ...... Jonathan Richmond G walking along minding my business, and a group of Niraj S. Desai '90 The Dean talked a good angry people run up to me wielding their "favorite t Irene C. Kuo '90 game, but eventually, the weapons," I'm not going to stop to ask questions Lisette W. M. Lambregts '90 and try to be rational. I'm going to think about de- Lois Eaton '92 issue was just swept fending myself, -even if -it means hurting someone Advertising Manager ...... Mark E. Haseltine '92 Production Manager ...... Ezra Peisach '89 aside as are so many else, and that's not a reaction of which I'm Senior Editor ...... Genevieve C. Sparagna '90 ashamed. controversial issues at "But we've caught people in the dorm with thou- NEWS STAFF MIT. sands of dollars of stolen jewelry on them," she said. "What can we do?" Associate News Editors: Neil J. Ross G. Joanna Stone '92, Brian I RII - r I -- Il s l-lu Rosenberg '93, Katherine Shim '93; Staff: Dave Watt G, Joan 'She" really is a fool," I thought. Perhaps she Abbott '90, Anita Hsiung '90, Miguel Cantillo '91, Adnan Lawai hadn't read page six of the Confidential Guide to '91, Chitra K. Raman '91, Gaurav Rewari '91, Eun S. Shin '91, 'Back up off me," I said very slowly. He didn't Baker House '89, which says,, 'The local police Aileen Lee '92, Adam Chen '93, Karen Kaplan '93, Shannon respond, so I said it more firmly. "Back up!" He force here to protect you is the Campus Police." Mohr '93, Michael Schlamp '93, Cliff Schmidt '93; Meteorolo- backed up to a distance of about five feet. Doug Maybe calling them is an option. Or maybe the ge- gists: Robert X. Black G. Robert J. Conzemius G. Michael C. and I kept walking. As we got to the doors, the res- niuses of Baker haven't yet discovered the simple Morgan G. Greg Bettinger '91, Yeh-Kai Tung '93. idents shouted out a hearty, "Bye, bye" to us. The solution found in all the other dormns on campus: PRODUCTION STAFF next day I heard from a friend of mine in Baker Lock your doors. It's obviously too simple and too Associate Night Editors: Kristine J. Cordella '91, David Maltz that two Cambridge high school students had been elegant for them to see, but trust me, it usually '93; Staff: David E. Borison '91, Lawrence H. Kaye '91, Sunitha flushed out of the dorm. works. More frustrating than the encounter, more Gutta '93, Jonathon Weiss '93, Aaron M. Woolsey '93. A few days later, I went to the Deans' Office with frustrating than the lack of support from the dean, OPINION STAFF a complaint about that incident. The Dean talked a more frustrating than reading the condoning of Pawan Sinha G. Karl Dishaw '89, Andrew L. Fish '89, Dave good game, but eventually, the issue was just swept such activity in black and white was the apathy dis- Atkins '90, Michael Gojer '90, Adam Braff '91, Bill Jackson '93. aside as are so many controversial issues at MIT. played by the residents about the policy. The resi- SPORTS STAFF After this routine of harmlessly entering Baker and dent with whom I spoke simply didn't seem to care. Michael J. Garrison G. Harold A. Stern '87, David Rothstein '91. being viciously questioned or asked for ID occurred It is this type of apathy that disturbed me about a few more times to me and other black friends of Mark M. Lee '93's (yes, I'm going to dig this issue ARTS STAFF mine, I simply accepted the fact that Baker House up from its grave) degradation of blacks on his Staff: Frank Gillett G. Mark Roberts G. Manavendra K. Thakur was full of a bunch of "negrophobes," and '87, Michelle P. Perry '89, Jigna Desai '90, Elizabeth Williams I, as a campaign poster; it was not the act that I found as '90, Paula Cuccurullo '91, David Stern '91, Alfred Armendariz negro, simply wasn't welcome. offensive as his statement that "my friends have '92, Sande Chen '92, Alejandro Soiis '92, Kevin Frisch '93. Recently, however, I came across some literature told me that I have done nothing wrong or illegal, that is published by Bakerites and distributed to the and that I should not apologize. I think it's appro- PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF house's residents. It was the Confidential Guide to priate that Associate Photography Editors: David H. Oliver '91, Sean Dou- I apologize for whatever I've done to of- Baker and it described the urchin, gherty '93, Douglas D. Keller '93; Staff: William Chu G. Frank House '89, the fend people." What kind of apology is that? Espinosa G. Andy Silber G. Ken Church '90, Mark D. Virtue '90, urchin alert, and what to do in case of such an Sarath Krishnaswamy '91, Georgina A. Maldonado '91, Mauricio alert. On page seven, in section 2.16, it describes Roman '91, Marc Wisnudel '91, Chip Buchanan '92, Jonathan the urchin policy as follows: [If] a group of angry Kossuth '92, Lerothodi-Lapula Leeuw '92, Paulo Corriea '93, "sAn urchin is a Cambridge or Boston resident, Michelle Greene '93, Wey Lead '93, Matthew Warren '93, Jeremy usually not a student and usually of high school people run up to me wielding Yung '93; Darkroom Manager: Ken Church '90. age, bent on causing trouble. They are good at their "favorite weapons,"' FEATURES STAFF stealing bicycles and just about anything else out in Christopher R. Doerr G. John Thompson '90, Taro Ohkawa '91, the open and not chained down.... I'm not going to stop to ask Chris M. Montgomery '93. "If you see someone you don't recognize in the questions and try to be BUSINESS STAFF House, ask them what they are doing. If you feel Delinquent Accounts Manager: Jadene Burgess '93; Advertising this person has no business being here, ask them rational . Accounts Manager: Shanwei Chen '92; Staff: Ben Tao '93. politely to leave. If they refuse, ask them not-so- politely to leave. If they refuse again, bash their fucking head in with a lead pipe. I wish that the more sensible residents of Baker PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE "You can also call the desk and ask them to ring (and I know personally that there are several) would Night Editors: ...... Haivard K. Birkeland '89 two bells. This is the Urchin Alert. If you hear the get more involved in the making of policy in the David Maltz '93 urchin bells, first lock your door and protect your house. I wish that those who enjoy the thrill Staff: Peter E. Dunn G. Michael Franklin '88, Ezra Peisach '89, of the room. Next, grab your favorite weapon Richard Basch '90, Marie E. V. Coppola '90, Reuven M. Lerner and quickly ufthin hunts would seriously stop to think about '92, Jonathon Weiss '93. report to the front desk area. There, you will be the serious potential dangers of their actions; some notified of the nature of the urchin alert and the innocent person (an urchin or a Bakerite) could get probable location of the urchin. Bakerites will then hurt. Incidents like these coupled with the apathetic The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607) is published on Tuesdays and Fridays during the academic year (except during MIT vacations), Wednesdays during January, and monthly during act quickly to flush out and capture the urchin. attitudes that follow them only serve to create the summer for $17.00 per year Third Class by The Tech, Room W20-483, 84 Some Bakerites will go on a 'search and destroy' schisms Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-0901. Third Class postage paid at in our community, which just make it that Boston, MA. Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720. POSTMASTER: Please send all mission and seek out the urchin. Others will swiftly much longer before we, as people, are truly address changes to our mailing address: The Tech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA 02139-0901. Telephone: (6171 253-1541. FAX: (617) 258-8226. secure all exits out of Baker to keep the urchin together. Advertising, subscription, and typesetting rates available. Entire contents ( 1990 The from escaping. Happy Hunting. Tech. The Tech is a member of the Associated Press. Printed by Charles River Publishing, Inc. "Urchin Alerts may also be called to stop non- Chip Morton is a sophomore in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. r~~~~~~, , . , ,,1,, __ Bakerite > , 1 MIT students from doing mischievous acts
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reen s ea ers ne ec 0 Cs Nrilxr Column by David Stern At Wednesday's "Green - Colloquium for the night.) So why is the US government subsidizing Planet," Ted Flanigan and Bill McKibben discussed grossly inefficient energy programs, while ignoring issues concerning our global environmental crisis, conservation, and what can be done to reverse the and what can be done to minimize the destruction trend? These are the questions that must be asked, our planet faces. Flanigan, the first speaker, spoke not questions of what new technologies can we of energy efficiency. Through various technologies invent to save our environment - if they were fluorescent light bulbs and super-efficient auto- implemented. mobile engines were two examples - we can make energy consumption three times more efficient. He also spoke of changing our lifestyles - from mate- too many people are rialistic to more spiritualistic. McKibben spoke of not thinking globally. ways we can be less wasteful and more personally environmentally conscious: We can use bicycles; we can take trips to the woods to explore the The short answer as to why the US government wilderness. provides subsidies to inefficient energy industries is But what was disturbing about- both of the speak- because the industries buy government officials - ers was that they hailed technology and personal through millions of dollars in campaign contribu- initiative as solutions to our global problems. "Sci- tions every year. What can be done to reverse the ence and scientists are our heroes," McKibben an- trend is a much more difficult question to answer, nounced. Flanigan spent most of his 20 minutes dis- but one that must be addressed. cussing various technologies, and how they can be The same applies to other areas besides energy: I DLE used to help the environment. But both speakers Our diet and population control were two other ar- barely mentioned what is most critical in dealing eas the speakers mentioned. McKibben, when asked EAST with the global crisis: the political and economic whether cloth diapers are better to use than dispos- MINE FIELD factors which determine why these great technol- able ones, tells people instead to consider how ogies are not in use today. many children they wish to have. While individual Flanigan mentioned that the United States in re- initiative is all fine, it will not solve our crises. cent years has spent $50 billion annually subsidizing What we need is global population control, and our the oil industry through Persian Gulf tanker protec- government right now is not willing to help the tion (thereby creating oil prices artificially low by a process. factor of 10). The United States also subsidizes nu- Think globally, act locally is an especially appro- clear energy with $10 billion a year, while it gives priate slogan for dealing with the environment. 1 only $300 million to conservation programs. Flani- am afraid, however, that too many people are not gan repeatedly emphasized that dollar for dollar, thinking globally. IRMI DIRD"V conservation is a much better investment than nu- David Stern is a junior in the Department of clear energy. (If it were his choice, he said, he Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. would shut down every nuclear power plant over-
r. ILI - I Double standard exists for fraternities Recently, it hascome to our-at-7 dents of all three MIT sororities participate in this ordeal is also tention that Baker 'House spon- and many individuals whom we of no consequence. Any action sored a "Sex Goddess" competi- had offended. Furthermore, the which portrays women as mere I tion, which culminated in the Sex incident even became a campaign sexual objects, to be used at Goddess Happy Hour on April issue when our brother, Jon D. men's disposal is completely in- 13. This competition was open to Strizzi, '92 ran for UA vice pres- tolerable. The Baker Sex God- women living in Baker and in- ident. dess contest has the same sordid cluded, but was not limited to, Therefore, we find it amazing effect that a pornographic movie such worthy events as licking that we have heard no word of does: It cheapens and demeans whipped cream off a cucumber, protest in regard to the Sex God- women. Can anyone truly say faking an orgasm and sucking dess competition. The same orga- that men could leave such an ob- milk from a bottle held by a man nizations which were so quick to scene display with a more es- near his penis. Two of these condemn our fraternity's actions teemed view of women? events were clearly designed to have remained strangely silent on Look at it another way. There imitate oral sex. the Baker incident. In fact, some has been absolutely no public Before we go any further, it of the contestants were members outcry over the Baker Sex God- -,4 should be pointed out that while of the same sororities which at- dess contest, but what do you we are members of the Alpha tacked us for debasing women. suppose would have been the re- Tau Omega fraternity, this letter We believe that this silence, and action to ATO's Sex Goddess represents only our opinions, and in some instances, this justifica- competition? Our guess is that -IV,vw Ao"" C.-Op.. * ILAW1,P a&"-/I should not be interpreted to be tion of and participation in the the brotherhood would find such the official opinion of our frater- Baker Sex Goddess contest repre- an exhibition too distasteful and nity. But as members of ATO, we sents a growing problem on our sexist to even consider, and we remember quite vividly the up- campus: fraternophobia. Simply wouldn't allow it. roar caused by our "Heaven-and- put, fraternity members are often But if it had been an ATO mm Hell" T-shirts, which depicted a accused of sexism, racism and a event, the public reaction would devil saying, "Do it, you know host of other "isms,' all because have been unimaginable. We Protesters generally peaceful she wants it, " to a young man. we are members of the Greek would be labeled sexist, probable We were criticized, and rightly system. rapists, and who knows what despite sporadic CP violence so, for degrading women and for It hardly needs to be said that else. It would make our T-shirt tolerating, if not actually encour- the Baker Sex Goddess contest fiasco look like a Sunday picnic. was extremely sexist, yet there are Put it in perspective: Men, would As a witness to the April 6 that they were saddled with a aging, an attitude which views very unpleasant job on April 6. women solely as sexual objects. some that have tried to justify it. you rather see your sister wearing anti-apartheid rally, I was startled It has been argued that that con- our T-shirt or drinking milk from to read Alan Steele's letter ["Un- However, there are a couple of Our house accepted and agreed officers who would fit in better with this criticism, and by a test was a "private" function. a guy's crotch? And women, ruly mob should not affect di- But since Baker House is home which do you think would be vestment," April 13] alleging that on the more callous and brutal unanimous vote, we censored the Metropolitan District Commis- T-shirt and officially apologized to several hundred undergradu- more appalling for your mother timany protesters were antagoniz- ates, it was hardly a "private" af- to see? ing, pushing and hitting police sion force. to the MIT community. But this I recall watching a black stu- was not before our actions were fair. And does the supposed "pri- We're tired of this. We are fed officers. . . .' As a press photog- vacy" of this event take away up with the double standard rapher on the job, I was moving dent under arrest, walking peace- condemned by GAMIT, the Un- fully toward the patrol wagon, in dergraduate Association presi- from its flagrant sexism? The which exists on campus. Fraterni- around the melee watching very fact that women volunteered to ty members are automatically as- carefully. I did see a couple of the firm grasp of at least two dent and vice president, the presi- campus officers. The young man - - . . . I . - 1 11 - .1i Mi"'i II sumed to be sexist while dorm protesters who perhaps struggled residents aren't criticized for even more than they should have, but had one arm raised over his 'MOT me the most blatant sexist activities. in no case did I see a student head. Another officer apparently 16A11*0 no," considered this an unappealing ak We call upon GAMIT, the Asso- strike or push an officer. 'a* ciation for Women Students, the My eyes, admittedly, are not political statement, and took the b UA, the three sororities, and all everywhere at all 'times, and I young man down by the wrist, 000, responsible students to condemn may have missed isolated inci- jerking his arm down over his LO O W the Baker Sex Goddess competi- dents, but there is no truth in head in a way that would be ex- Am tion, and to demand the same Steele's implication that there was pected to cause shoulder injury. high standards of conduct from widespread violence on the part The young man was then pinned subjWW dormitories that we have come to of the protesters. and cuffed, his books and papers -Ana, expect from fraternities. On the other side, I did see spilled across the grass. 'lctW6,*&,bX- bt`icceptO.,NaIcfter or- Surely this was not an appro- tartoon,,wftl be without exprem prior more than one instance of Cam- John Abbamondi '93 pus Police officers who apparent- priate way to treat a student who Ite Tech rnerves thi-tight'to, at,or coiadcnse letters. Shortef letters Lance Gilmet '93 ly got carried away in their work. Was not resisting arrest. *iUbe given higher pribifty.,Wexegret that we amnot pubfth all of the and 11 others I must say that, on the whole, the letters we receive. Alpha Tau Omega CP's are very good officers, and Robert Newman '89 _-IB PAGE 6 The Tech TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1990 lr · - -- I, I r i' ------'C Ii The Zamir Chorale Joshua Jacobson, conductor presents iE 134tt W11ltn P i of Many MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY i a C03t Co :O P: I (P I r B
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