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Council to ask nse of $ 000-1300 in tuition By Kenneth Snow sense to make this announcement The tuition for the 1982-83 at one time rather than in bits and academic year will probably be pieces." between $8400 and $8700. The McBay explained, "As Academic Council has decided to always, there is a concern for what kind of recommend a number within this an impact the tuition increase will range to the MIT Corporation for have on the student body." consideration at its March 4 Ex- McBay noted that approximately ecutive Committee Meeting. 50 percent of MIT's un- Undergraduate Association dergraduates are on some form President [UAP] John DeRubeis of financial aid. '83 commented, "The Institute is hurting financially. They can McBay called the tuition forum either raise tuition or lower held December 1 0 very overhead and I don't think that valuable, but added that the tur- they have made an effort to lower nout was disappointing. Less than overhead." Although he did not 30 students attended the forum, vote, DeRubeis was present at the held the Thursday bofre final ex- meeting. The Council had invited amination week. the UAP to all of the Council's "Apparently the timing of the discussions on tuition, the first forum was not good," said time a student has ever been al- McBay. "It could possibly have lowed to be present at Academic had more impact if more students Council meetings. had attended." McBay noted that In the past the tuition increase the students who were present was set at the end of January and "asked some very good questions. the rest of the financial package, If the [forum attendance] number Med Dept including room, board, and the had been more impressive, it move causes shuffle equity level, determined later in would have shown a real interest By Richard Salz among MIT facilities and depart- "But we rejected it in view of the the year. This year, the Academic among the students." The Medical Department's ments. greater need for women graduate Council will postpone the tuition McBay said that she still felt move to the new Whitaker One of the plans is the con- student housing.' decision and announce the entire that the tuition forum was a good Buildings struction of an at the east end of cam- arts and media "We haven't figured out yet financial packet at one time. Ac- idea and would like to see one pus, coupled center at 25 Ames Street. The new with newly- how to pay for it," noted Vice cordino to Dean for Student Af- next year, "This year, we were announced construction plans, facility will be a focal point for President of Operations William fairs Shirl;y McBay, "It makes (Please has sparked a series turn to page 2) of shuffles research and teaching in the arts, Dickson. The building will and advanced computer applica- probably remain empty until the tions in the field. Another con- necessary funds can be raised. struction plan would result in the "It's unlikely that we'll be ready installation of a very-large-scale SCC finances discussed for September of 1982," conceded integrated circuit fabrication Sherwood. By Max Hailperin Afternoon Club activities, the decided to what extent it should facility in Building 39. The Student Center and the midnight movie series, and Spring take responsibility for Walker. The medical department is in No final plans have yet been Student Center Committee (SCC) Weekend events as the SCC's Speaking personally, he said, the process of vacating its made for the other two buildings. were the topic of discussion at a main events during the past year. "Walker is pretty dead. We facilities in Buildings 11, 12, and Dickson said he expects to have a luncheon sponsored by the Office In addition, he listed the 24-hour should probably do something W5. As a result, a number of final plan by the end of the of the Dean of Student Affairs coffeehouse, ping-pong tables, the about that." He expressed his groups within the Institute have academic year, with all new te- Monday. television lounge, and the pinball belief, however, that there should requested portions of the soon-to- nants settled within a year. Steven F. Thomas ?81, and video game-room as the ma- be a committee responsible for be-freed space. Consequently, a number of areas Chairman of the SCC, sum- jor ongoing services. Walker similar in structure to the The Infirmary, Building W5, previously used by the Medical marized SCC-sponsored ac- SCC. Thomas expressed his hope will be used for graduate women's Department could be vacant for tivities, services it provides, Other participants, including that the SCC will support such a housing. "We considered using as long as a year. membership requirements, and its Dean for Student Affairs Shirley group by providing initial funding the building for a fraternity," said Since MIT will probably go financial status. Members of the M. MacBay, questioned why the and sharing some of the skills the Associate Dean for Residence ahead with the VLSI plans for SCC, the Dean's office, and other budgetary surpluses were not SCC has developed. Programs Robert Sherwood. student activities discussed SCC used to improve the conditions of (Pleacse tursn to page 8) funding of activities outside the the student facilities in Walker Student Center. Memorial. Several participants In financial matters, Thomas pointed ou~t that the SCC New draft registration policy protested salid that a $30,000 endowment provides lounge furniture and was started from accumulated 24^ other benefits only to activities By Stephanie Pollack privately that the abolition of predicted that "millions of dollars hour coffeehouse revenues. The located in the Student Center; Draft registration opponents registration now would send the will have to be wasted in a vain at- interest from the endowment will therefore, these activities have an have questioned President wrong signal to Moscow. tempt to enforce this law." be used to refurnish the Student advantage over those activities Ronald Reagan's decision to con- Elizabeth Stevens of the Anti- Doherty noted that Reagan had Center. not located in the student center. tinue indefinitely the program, War Organizing League, created "over a million young Thomas cited live band parties, Thomas said in a iater inte:- contesting both his reasons for however, contended that registra- felons in a single decision." He I the Mezz Coffeehouse, Friday view that the SCC had not diet the action and the governmient's tion is designed to lead to a draft also claimed that federal courts R t,'. ability to enforce to raise a standing ,.iel 2 V >' . it. army "useful and prisons are not capable of Reagan's announcement last only for confrontation in third- handling the huge number of men Thursday reversed his campaign world countries." failing to register. position and his administration's The main idea of registration, Dr. Louis Menand 3d, Special previous policy. The estimated claimed Will Doherty '84 of MIT Assistant to the Provost, said that 800,000 young ren who failed to Students Against Registration "students are subject to the pains register now have a 30- to 60-day and the Draft, "is to keep cor- and penalties of citizenship" and grace period in which to sign up. porate interests, military interests added that MIT "would not go Presidential counselor Edwin and the interests of the elite rich out of [its] way to intervene' if an Meese 3d said that the Justice class happy by protecting US in- Institute student were prosecuted Department would have to terests in foreign lands." for failure to register. He prosecute those who failed to Critics of the decision also dis- emphasized that MIT's policy on register after this time. puted the Administration's posi- information requests about stu- Meese also asserted that the tion that non-registrants would be dents was to release only that in- major consideration in the deci- prosecuted. David Landau of the formation appearing in the stu- sion was a discovery by a special American Civil Liberties Union dent directory. Presidential commission that registration could speed mobiliza- tion by six weeks. The commis- :~~~; :~~~~..,.: .. r ;I~i:,~~ ~ ~~~~~t l All~~~~~~,iir:J·~~~~~~~~~~~~ntle sion, headed by Secretary of !"'""ji(~WV Defense Caspar Weinberger, was I named during the summer and SCCChairan Steve F.'Thoms '81 exlained srvices povided b made its recommendation early US officials call for selected The Arts staff gets its annual theCC t Mnda's DSAlunheon (Potoby erad Wathrby last week. restrictions of the foreign ex- chance to pontificate, and Meese repeatedly denied that change of scientific research. doesn't let the chance go by the President's decision was Page 2. unnoticed. Page 6. related to the Polish crisis, but Administration officials said I - -- ·- -r II · ~ ~ ~ , I I I Ir- -I-
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By Tony Zamparutti and proposed legislation when prior to-publication, the question High officials in the Reagan this "hemorrarhage of the of potential harm to the nation." administration have publically country's technology" became The fields that should be called for restrictions on unclas- known. In 1977, when Inman was reviewed, Inman declared, in- sified scientific research that director of the National Security cluded "computer hardware and could be used by foreign govern- Agency (NSA), that agency tried software, other electronic gear ments. to stop publication of computer and techniques, lasers, crop pro- Frank D. Carlucci, Deputy cryptography papers written by jections and manufacturing Secretary of Defense, said in a let- MIT researchers. MIT resolved procedures." The government ter to the American Association the controversy by agreeing to noted that Inman's and Carlucci's for the Advancement of Science send the NSA cryptography comments were their own opi- (AAAS) that "the Soviets exploit papers at the same time they are nions, not official policy. scientific exchanges as well as a sent Lo fellow researchers at other variety of other means in a highly colleges. orchestrated, centrally directed Louis Menand 3rd, Special As- Tuition may be MIT President Paul E. Gray '54, "satisfied [withl the intentions" of his eflort aimed at gathering the sistant to the Provost, declared open office hours, says he plans to continue them starting January technical information required to 'I'm opposed to any.interference up $1300U; forufn 26. (Photo by Gerard Weatherby) enhance their military posture." with the right of academics to Frank Press, President of the nublish.' poorly attended National Academy of Sciences, He added, "I'm unimpressed claimed that exchanges with the with the evidence to support Ad- ( Ctvl fi~z~zinvw page I ) Gray's open office Soviet Union were of mutual miral) Inman's assertions, nor do I working under the assumption benefit. "The big leakage is in the think it's ;ppropriate to single out that the Academic Council would trade journals and the open the universities: we are not multi- be making the decision at the end literature and we're not going to national corporations." of January." Because of this hours to continue stop that. It's the price we pay for Inman claimed that it was deadline, the forum had to be Barry S. Surman available time was taken," with a free society," noted Press. "thoroughly documented" that in held in December. "I1f there is in- President Paul E. Gray '54, said the exception of the session just Admiral Bobby R. Inman, the buildup of the Soviet military terest, we could have another that he will continue his open before final exams and the session Deputy Directory of the CLA, 'the bulk of new technology forum next year at a more oppor- biweekly office hours because during the First week of IAP. suggested in Li speech at the an- which they have employed has tune time," McBay concluded. they have "satisfied the intentions "It is a very low-barrier oppor- nual meeting of the AAAS that been acquired from the United John A. Currie, Director of I had for them." tunity for access to the president scientists allow security agencies States." Finance, noted, "Tuition, hous- Approximately 8O% of those ... " said Gray, "available to to review their research plans He said " a potential balance ing, dining expenses, gifts and utilizing the open office hours anyone in the community." before they begin work and their between national security and government money all enter into have been students, according to Gray's next open office hours will results prior to publication. science may lie in an agreement to the decision-making process. The Gray. Faculty and staff have also be Tuesday, January 26, from 4 to Inman said there would be a include in the peer review process, only income that we control taken advantage of the office 6pm . "lidal wave" of public outrage prior to the start Of research and di rectly is tuition ." hours, heLidded. - I "The largest group," Gray said, "... asks about something [ranging] from dining policy to graduate student stipends, admis- sions practice, or retirement pen- sion policies.'' He continued, 'Some individuals have come with a specific grievance . . . 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_ l-.__ ,,,. "The Hollywood Squares", died Saturday, possibly of a stroke. The 55- I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ year-old stage-film actor starred in "The Paul Lynde Show" on televi- sion and made appearances on most variety and talk programs. Florida citrus crops in trouble - Florida citrus crops are very extensively damaged because of freezing weather, reported Mark Belcher of the Florida Citrus Mutual. Although only 12 percent of Florida's projected orange crop has been harvested, Belcher predicted LECHMERE that if the flash-frozen oranges on the trees are picked fast enough, they I can be turned into orange juice. I __ 0 14 WASH CENTERS II 111-r- 1n1~11-8 I N. CAMBRIDGE E. CAMBRIDGE EXTERIOR WASH I EXTERIOR WASH EXTERIOR State DeI.,e Exteror Wash Deluxe Exterior Wash Featuring All Ne,,v Featuring All Ne.t ANDLEWA HOTWAXAND ECAR WAX King talks of tax reduction - The repeal of the 7.5 percent surtax Rwushless Car W.sn Svsreol Brushless Ca, Wash Systermr AND UNDERCARRIAGE C WAX UNDERCARRIAGE g|1 imposed on Massachusetts income taxes since 1975 was proposed by SHINES YOUR CAR SHINES YOUR CAR Governor Edward J. King in his State of the State Speech last night. AS IT WASHES AS IT WASHES Open TOil8 PM Opel] T0l 7 PM Regular $7.25 Regular $5.50 | Regular $3.00 He also endorsed a proposal to place a limit on local and state taxes. Also 3 Self Service Car & Also 2 Self Se-vice C,,, & Truck Wash Bavs Truck Wash BV, Open 24 Hours Ope" 24 Hu.,u 2013 Mass Ave 262 Msgr OBrell Hwv Lechnere Square Local Porter Square Now r Now Z Now Dentist's ex-wife gets $120,000 pay share - A husband's WAKEFIELD Deluxe Exterior Wasi 4.25 s 3.50 $ 2.00 professional license is a marital asset and a wife is entitled to a share in Open T11l7 PM its future value, ruled a Hampden County judge. As a result of this rul- Gasoline Open Te1111 PM Also 4 Self Service Car & ing, Marianne Reen of Springfield will receive $120,000, a share of the Truck Wash Says SAVE $3.00 | I SAVE $2.00 lAVESl $1.00 I Ope,, 24 Hours estimated value of her husband's dentist license, as part of her divorce 590 Ma,,, St settlement. The first of its kind in Massachusetts, the ruling will be ap- Corner of North Ave & pealed by her ex-husband's attorney within 30 days. Main St "MLECHMERE OMLECH MERE % LECHMERE 1 Boston feels aftershock of earthquake - Boston felt a large E. SOMERVILLE N. SOM ERVILLE ' =AUTOWASHCENTERS E L-'AUTDWASHCENTERS 1 AUMWASHCENTERS 5.4 on the Richter scale from 4 Self Serv,:e C., & Deluxe Exterior Wash aftershock 4:42pm Monday measuring husk Vve-i Bvy' Open T11l9 PM the earthquake that struck last Saturday. MIT professor of geophysics Open 24' H.-,, 680 Somerville Ave 31 Wdshrlqloal St Corner of Elm St & Nali Tokosz slid the aftershock was the largest of about 80 that occur- Across Iruin Holtday Iril. Somerville Ave -With This Coupon -*With This Coupon -*Wlth This Coupon red since Saturday. he added that the recording of an aftershock in this -No Double Discounts A *No Double Discounts I No Double Discounts O/fer good to Feb Z 1982 I OftergoodtoFeb 2.1982 * OffergoodroFeb 2.1982 area is Lin unusual occurrence and there might be smaller aftershocks Self Service Vacuums Available At All Locations MIT MIT MLMT MMj continuing for days or weeks. hll.-.! . EI da .tllrr d181.Ollal91d.8O Cd. W.,dh A,),,.
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Complainirig is one oi the most popul~ar extracurricular activities at I M IT. Students contend that the level of financial aid is inadequate, the bureaucuracy is out to screw everyone, the professors can't teach, and I the TA's can't speak English. Such criticisms are rarely accompanied I bN, colstructive suggestions for improvement, however. The average Po Mll- studelit inight be able to reply if Paul Gray were to appear at his door .nd ask "'What is the single most important flaw in the current svstemi of education ait MITT>' Almost all would be hard-pressed to ^give him suggestions on dealing with the p~roblemn. After three .ind a hall'years at the Institute, my choice for the worst I'law Is obvious: the advising system. The best curriculum MIT cain m develolp I~Suseless unless students understand it well enough to take ad- I valntalge ol' it. rhe Current advising system is frequently unused, hopelessly disjointed, ;lnd poorly supervised. To most students, aIn ad- visor is sinmply al perso)n who signs registraition milteriail aind drop ca~rds. lThcsc Inadequctie~is ,would be less daimag~ing il'students haid aiccess to )ther informat~lion source.s. U~nfortunaitelv, the allterna~tives aire equally Hiclompllete. WNhen not outdalted, cataflogue course sumlairies alre hopelessly vagsue. Al~though a noble aIttempt, the recellt cozurse evailual- tion i-uide is littlc mlore thrifn .n aIbbrevialted booklet on somie freshmlen Courses . While someltimels helprful, aIdvic~e front upperclassmen fre- quen-fly perpeotI.M, .such conventiollal wisdoms a>s "Don't worry- yOUere onlly Oil1 palss/'iel."s Richard I halve: 1cver hald Li terrible advisor at MIT, but neither have I received palrticulalrly valualble aIdvice fromt any of them. Not that I ziskedi for gUidanic- I nimralther pig-healded and tend to do as I please, SaFlvz'iir Iillfing out the aprpropriate forms and forging: ,head. I now wish .someoneI~ hald stopped me, forced me to listen, and made some sugges- lion~s. I halve talkell classes in the wrong order with disuistrous results, Like most MIT students, I while it's possible to ride a New around thern, the cars will get out and1e coplel~ltely wasted my timle in borin~g lectures only to find out lalter- come from what local television York subway at 4am I'm not sure of the way. A half-point to Nlew thatl .In ;lternatlive co~urse vswould have beenl far more useful. I now advertisements refer to as the I'd want to do so. I'd call it a tie, York, for Boston's obnox- rcalIszc that niv educatlionl is lalckino in severall areas Lind wonder how "greater New York Metropol ita n then, but give the edge to The iousness. Il~inan other galps I will discover it' I ever try to alpply alnything I learned area.'' I've noticed that many of City: mn uch better graffiti . Have you ever been whistled here. us g re at e r- e w- Y or k- (Combaht Zonle.,v. Give New Y'ork out of the wayf by a bicycle rider? Fla.w.s ill the' advisory .system lleive been mentioned and studied Metropolitan-areal folk like to put greater credit for creativity, but (A police *vhistle, I mean.) I've hei;k)re b~ut, as~ide frowl adminsiltraltive re-organizaitions, little has been down Boston at the expense of the give Boston the round for greater almost been run down wnhile cros- 0doie Imiprovtlements mlust be milde sooll, especialily since the current City, which is how we refer to conviviality. Besides, it's closer to sing the Harvard Bridge, but at curn CIulnil review i~s likely to result in signitficant chtinges in Institute New York City. the Chinese food.- least I've never had a bicycle rider requiremients. Altertrli(ns must both improve quality of departmental In an effort to determine the Pedenfrian~s and bicj clints: As use a rape whistle to justify swerv- antd freshmani Lldvisors *Ind provide viable altterna~tives for students truth behind the folklore, I com- any driver can tell you, one ing out in -front of me. For New * ishing to aczquire inflormaltion .Ibout courses. pared The City and The Town, pedestrian is too many. New York's obnoxiousness, a half- A numlber of' outstandinlg aldvisors mear the otherwise discouraging- rating themn in a number of areas. York pedestrians spill into the point to Boston. Call this round a reeord of' the currelit progralm. The advisors who are populalr and Subwa 'vs: New York's subways street because there's so damn tie. I prariiseworthly Llre those who wanlt to be advisors and are willing to run all night. Boston's close a many of them. Boston pedestrians Entertainm~ent: Nlew York has spe'ld the tilie to do their job correctly. People should not become ad- hallf-hour before you'Ire ready to flow out into traffic because Broadway, off-%Gouaway, off-off- visors just becaluse they think it may help theri *get tenure. One way to go home. At first glance, an easy they're students, and convinced Broadway, and So-ho. New York weed out .Sich peop~le is to require allyone wishing to be an advisor to win for New York. However, that since the world revolves has the Metropolitan Musuern of attenld .a series ol seminalrs oll Institute .Ld depalrtmental requirements Art, the Musuem of Modern Art, an1d otherc- approp~lriate Stibjctls. Reg~ular alttenidance Wotild at least in- the Guggenheim,, and the Cooper- dizcate lhat the Pei-soil wasf c*onxiitted to the job. Hewitt. blew York has premiere Many,) depalrtmlentis halve studentsi evalluate professors at the end or movie houses. Boston has the the terml: aIdviso rs should be subject to ;1 simililr review, Those with M FA, the BSO, and LSC movies. Poorr ratlings ssoudd he givten the option of additional tralining or retire- A clear win for Boston. mnelt: thosie *kith high mal~rks csould he a~sked to provide the training. das soul Education: Boston has MIT, tU~lilling these CsValUalti0)iS through the Undergralduate Academic Sup- Wriing BU, Tufts, Simmons, BC, and ljort Offlice, ratiher thanl the depalrtmlelts, would insure fairness and un- countless others. New York has I lo0rni i I v. N YU. Columbia, Parsons, and I ' i lyil M IT .shou Id de velo p vt her n form alt ionl so urces fo r st uden tsi. notb req uire countless others. Too close to T-hc data; currenlyll collected by depa.rtments ccould be assembled into a To the Editor: type of writing course. But should call, perhaps, but . .. Boston has u~selfll *urricuIlu il guide. -ThepIclacmet ot lice c~ould consolidate infobr- Amy Axelrod argued in favor all entering students, including Harvard. A clear win for New ;llaion v1courseol reqluireilecills (;0r graludate schools lild galther infor- of a writing requirement at MIT those con fildent in their writing York . vallue ol' for and matroinl 1'romi AI.ulmni oil the relat~ive course~s 'obs (Tuesday, Dec. 1), expressing the ability, be required to take such a Media: New York has the' t~ra~dUalC SC110ol. Upprcrlalssnlicin could serve Lis depa;rtmentall associate view that "Every student at MIT course? Tintels, the Wall Street Journal, aldvi~sor~s, ralther thani .Issigiled to) work with individuall prolessors. should take a writing course." The proposed writing require- the Daily News, and Village The Institiute is- righil'u~ly proudl of' the quallity and vlrietv of' its Probably most of the opposition ment may be satisfied by receiving Voice. Boston has the Globe, the CO~lrse' Olt'I'rinllgs, Lild Lldvisters liUSt serve LIS the students' guide to this to the proposed requirement high scores on the English Herald, the Phoenix and The CUrriCzlumLl. The presellt unsupervised siysteml ol'untralined advisors will ce n te r s on t ha t w or d Achievement Exam or the English Tech. A clear win for Bean-town. IIvCII pro~ve ;adCLtLate to this tasfk. -'SHOULD).- Few would dispute Advanced Placement Exam, or by The final tally? Boston 3-2 over the iniportance of written com- submitting a ten-page paper for New York. Eat your heart out, munication skills. Certainly many evaluation. Ms. Axelrod asks if- greater-New-York-metropolitan- students would benefit from some ( Plea~se lurw to page 5) area folk. t ~~~~Brian J. Glass 82- Chairman Mg X1 ~Stephanie L. Pollack'82- Editor-in-Clhief i _ s, Jon von Zelowitz '82 -Managing Editor g M~I" Richard W. Epstein'83 -Business Manager VO( , I 1 0ll1( Numhlet l)') UV~lt~s~i}\ w~,,lllll HI ')',
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0 n 1QI1 ·I IL I ·I I II _ , - IslL _ _ I"L PI~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =s= m3~QIF An ode to Andy To the Editor: the glib elitism all seems to melt A Christmas thought: away in the long lines that form Ode to Andy, beside that stand. Smiles crease Difficult as it is to find a true faces normally set in a grimace of gentle spirit in this den of determined greediness. Laughter hardened cynics and technocratic tinkling out from the nearest dis- desparadoes, one need hardly ciples makes its way through the I look past the front door to sight rest of the line like Tinkerbell's the genuine article. Rocking from magic dust, enchanting the entire side to side, his face occasionally group with a kind of general good obscured in the steam that es- will. Even the most soulless of capes from his metal pulpit, Andy 20th century automatons cannot preaches a sermon of simple refuse the call. goodness from his hot dog stand The sign in front says "Some of on M ass Ave. the Smartest People in the World the phalanxes of young As Eat Here." Ironic, isn't it, that all capitalists march by, the Institute those smart people so badly need drawing them in for still another tutoring from the man behind the caress of their frightening egos, sign? But luckily, Andy conducts Andy beckons, provoking a mo- classes every day -for the price ment of hesitation in the im- of a chili dog with cheese. L-e I C·llgp-- 1 IIl-Il·s I a Ir I of patient routines of deified careers. yet Bob Geiger G The weather is frigid, I I Force won't bring improved writing KCowstitmedsl~ft/ot page 4) Standing Exams? Many other col- this system is too lenient. Yes and leges use this method. no. Yes, the English Achievement A high score on the English tests only grammar; but the Advanced Placement Exam ability to structure a sentence is guarantees that the student can certainly a good indication of a write adequately. This require- student's writing background. ment, along with the other two in Can a student develop strong the proposal, allows any student grammar skills without having not needing an expository writing had a good deal of practice course to satisfy the writing re- writing? For those who disagree, quirement. perhaps requiring a high score on the College Board English Yes, every student should take a Achievement Exam wt ith Cols1- course that gives practice writing. position, given every December, However, requiring incoming stu- would more convincingly reflect a dents to use valuable elective time student's writing skills. for a writing class which some If students could too easily may not need could prove futile. I have someone proofread their can envision a class of unwilling ten-page papers, or, worse, could freshmen taking the course "to copy someone else's, perhaps this get it out of the way" on Pass/- part of the proposal should be Fall, receiving no benefit from it. abandoned. Couldn't M IT in- Every effort should be made to stead administer its own English encourage writing improvement, composition exitm after Rush but I doubt "force" will work. Week, with the A dvanced Anita Wahi '84
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havilig to just f'v them. The following lists 14 represent the top ten albums of the year as 4b chosen bY each critic-, plus a best single. Rather than dismiss this compilation as a 0101 Prft .* w0's 04 4 w * 4 1 graluilous ego exercise, find a critic with 0 a * 6 ti-hom 'vou agree with (at least in part) and' 10,00&la0. let him know what a greaijob he's doing. 6I60 - 0WS 0 0 We'd lo ve t o ha ve aftin c-lub. 0 a 1" 0 4
a 0 I"a0a 6 I0d 0 A4 1 0 1 0 a% 9 V W 49 0 0 46 g, 090 0 0 49 0*6*9*6 Is 0 6 0 11P, 0040 0 0 a , g 0909.64,0 * I 64 a A 04 0 0 4i -0e_ 'I 40 a led 9 0 0 0 o 40 O 1, 41a 0 a 0 too it 0 0 O IN f **mesa** 0 A few 01 these discs first appeared in 1980, 0 0 # 0 4. * but only as imports. I include them in my O-, Opel, 40 list because of their late-breaking impact in 1010*00406 . * 0 *o,. . o the States. :la0If 1. Closer, JoY Division (Factory) a 0. - 0, 0 .If lb Angry, anguished, brooding, brutal, and P *6 0 'W's 0 .. ID . . 9 beautiful. lp . & . I 0'.
2 Throbbing Gristle's Greatest Hits, Throb 00& ID4NK. ;46W bing Gristle (Industrial/Rough a o Trade) 0 0 a IN ID The very best from the inventors of 4, Rage in electronic industrial foreboding. 4 0 If Edenl` tlItIavo 0 0 One of the _V, (Ch -0-0 0 01 3. Discipline. King Crimson (EG) a a best 1 0 WhOls Next. creative sy nthrysalis) works since The band of Robert Fripp's dreams makes Ame 2. Fresh the music I'd always dreamed he'd make. 0 9*0 Keimed "'ru'tfor Rotting a 0a ilDa 'a Iv (IRS) 4. Boy, U".) (Island) 19 0# 0 4 The firs' Ve stables, Deaar eg, t release from The most stunning debut since Meet the hardeore, double Beatles! a0so done .80 O0* 0aa, time thevehemen granddaddy of a0 00 5. Killing Joke, Killing Joke (Editions EG) 'D16 3. Sound Affects, ce, well- j,60a A lour de -e from the best heavy metal % Perfect Pop from -/""'(P(lydor) 6.114: punk band. 0 0 0 0 a England's best. v livo 4 a S ' - Closer, Joj Dip 6. Trust, E/vis Costello (Columbia) 0 .48 Beautiful "10n (Factory) Vs,* lY ha Another wealth of riches-, Elvis is still king. # 4 0 5 Taking Liberties,unting. Elvi 7. Black Sea, Xr('(RSO) A cOllectio n CO-vlello (CF3S) Quirky pop for quirky people. Orgerns s 8. Sound Affects, The Jam (Polydor) 6. nreleased All the power and rage ofthe' early Who, In Sandinista!, Ahe Qqvh (Epic) plus the excitement the Who now lacks. credibly diverse,. reggae SOUI, disco tunes, thand even a waltz. "'9.JuJu.Sit)ii-viealidtheBati.vhet,.v(PVC) 7. Let rock O Slouxsle S spellbinding voice and her most An entire album accomplished b ind yet make this disc an ir6 Wild Gift, Ormellow Frip'PP(EG) nation. pert o resistible combil (Slash) ronics. 10. The Flowers of Romance, Public Image o' la Lid. (Warner Brothers) 9.successor Discipline,, to Lov,411gele,1,,, their - worthy .1101.9 . 0 o Pe "e Ci, first aibu 0 I Evervone loves to hate this disc, but I think 11 S,0,q M. 006,6. SimPly Put, a sup (EG) ga 9 ]O. League of erlativereuniondisc. stitched the bounds or conventional (POlydor g Gentlemen, Alo Music. Dorotronics, roscotro Robe,,,1 Fripp -hi . 4,6o I What We Do Is Secret, The Germs (Slash) will. 7 s is dance nics, call it what you f O- Churns up the unspeakable, which is all I Music for the 80,s. .'.Top Single: Signals, Calls and Marches, ask. age, g. Ali. -fiwt 01'Burma Top S. (Ace ofHearts) ' '2. JuJu, Siouxsie o....,., tell Iknow it's all El", but I defy you to ' 'I and the Banshees (PVC) "le: Love A Iri A.nother success, as piercing as ever. o Ind Li better collection of'singles. -k Flag (SST/Unicorn) (Factory) Will Te"Ir Us Apart, J011 3. Damaged, Blac Forthe 6. Oo Raw power's gotta hold on me. 0 9 g David Shaw title' 'FnO other reason. g o lbo W%* a *-foels 4. A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die, The 4 0 Eric Soh, 0 a . a & a.6 Hesheaters (Ruby Records) o4. .41'a Boy, U2 (Island) Rockabilly 401 %66. *41,so Completely unexpected, IF completely furious, but in a compellingly Probably the best debut album since Talk- .4'ff controlled ing Heads' in 1977. overtones d way. 9a0 elm release 2. East Side Story, Squeeze (A& M) records five,. 0 0 5. Fire of Love, Gun Club (Ruby Records) make "ere Life, Elvis Costello's production finally fulfills 'a xvw'fe Were,, able'S, 1)ead Cohipanion to #4- new ideas merge with O %% this LlId list as ep-et 6 the promise of a op band. a t I \%"0 v old forms, forcin top-rate, P O Vuit for lot g X off the throne. 3. o 0 9 Sound Affects, The Jam (Polydor) O O Fresh "ID'SI 6. Still, Jo-r Division (Factory) still a great group. & Great title, great recordl punk 'so" An icy epic compilation, the very voice of ege A ,Ierlca ,sllees (PVC) %%so 4. Pleasant Dreams, Ramones (Sire) It' ""A Ile Ba T11 e despair. 2. Jujis, sioll-V o goo 7. Seriously! cord as Tom Tom Club, The Tom Tom Club % lantic) L,,,other ( 0 5. Abacab, Genesis (At Records) 9 Sire) tProgressive rock ain't dead yet- Screilill. Funk-/rap/disco with an intellectual textur- 4.00 0 P .'. 3. Vire of love, Gull e lvn the Blues' 6. Sails of Silver, Steeleye Span (Takoma) Vg 06*0 C.11,1forilia Pu" SI ing- 1bum ever ',,'a * & 0 a .6 White I o " 0 * 0 a of -'8. He Who Dares Wins, Theaire ofHate .10 : -:: " made.Perhaps the only great reunion a . 0 0 o 0 a . 11h of fresh tit (Burning Rome Records) g. -pic) WN 11111)S (IRS) 7. Sandinista!, The Clash (E f II 4, te, Crc I'llve shows The only way I survived early 1981 -grim, r psychedelic - of tile best The proverbial "nice try." 0 olle 5.cioes blea k, but mad with transcendence. 0 rust, Elvis Costello (Columbia) I loss.,II d1s4'Po1 njillents'. C1. 8. T f I q 11 1 4More musical forays with ol' four eyes. IS It T 11110ge Li tier Records) t (Sire) o It 1jece af e three cc e, 1`14111i' : 9 O0. 9. Wha'ppen?, Romanc 9.So hard, so fast, your bodr can't keep the The English Bea lovvers 0 The a her") "What beat. Adolescents, nice avoidance of the sophomore jinx. f ONarljer on (Warner 6. a 11rol 'ef tt) tile ques"OIX, I 0. Discipline, King Crims * 10. Love at First Sight. Peter The Box The DaYioll IN Adolescents 0 Brothers) poten- 11o 'r'MC1' Carl N do Zl le lle, kSl (Shoobop) a oAn album of Possibilities and eanis, Rall") Poor recording, but Dayton artfully(Fron- 0a0 1 ieasa'flt Dlr all. tialities. 'we 2.V S.final, do\"' F0 14t. k\,N arflef maneuvers the line between saccharine and P 6 o NI\, Ileroe" .' 441 olso P, . 0 I. ('(1119 bittersweet And why don't If . f,,$ VogAgIt Solid Gold. I pop all bands O- 4 ., I 'Power 'ust release El's from now on'?! 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By Laura Farhie and Daniel according to the Metropolitan Lerner District Commission (MDC) Three assailants beat and rob- Police. The three assailants, one bed a man on Memorial Drive of whom carried a knife, then got near the MIT Infirmary at out of the car, beat the victimn 4:10am, January 5, according to and stole $170 and the key to his Campus Police Chief James hotel room. Olivieri. The victim fed to the infirmary and called the Campus Police, Olivieri said the victim was tak- said Olivieri. Campus Police Of- ing a taxi cib from the Combat ficers took the victim to Mas- Zone to the Boston Sheraton sachusetts General Hospital and Hotel, when the taxi driver made contacted the MDC Police. a wrong turn and stopped on Campus Police Sergeant Anne Memorial Drive. The victim left Glavin noted that since the crime the cab, aind aIs he began walking occurred outside the M IT to the Sheraton Hotel, he was a1p- premises, an investigation will be proached by three people in a red conducted by the M DC Police. sedan. The two men and one The victim, who is not affiliated Woman in the car aisked him if he with MIT, was unavailable for I svtianted any cocai ne or marirjualna, comment. l notr
Announcements ranging f'ronm earthquake engineerilg to the rebuilding of Anierica's February degree candidates will infrastructure Ire presented. be mailed notices requesting they The M assach schedule appointments for Exit usetts Association of Student Interviews with the Student Loan Financial Aid Ad- ininistrators' Office. These interviews are man- toll-free financial aid hotline will be in dated by the US Department of service from Education and are required by the 5pm to 9pm, weeknights. now through Institute to maintain good January 29. Call 1-800- 952-1001 standing on the degree list. The with questions on finan- notice also serves to activate the cial did programs and eligibility. The hotline repayment. stratus and terms of the will be closed on ~il i~r~Y11I h loans. Contact the Student Loan Martin Luther King Day, January f Office in E19-225, x3-4087, with 15. 8 ~8~%I I~~. ir~ d~s$ ainy questions. 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By Eric R. Fleming After facing the tough competi- the game, but forwards Robert Bates called time-out with 14 se- The road was not kind to the tion in Florida, MIT hoped its Joseph '83 and Mike Greer '83 led conds remaining. After working men's basketball team as it drop- fortunes would change with Divi- a 13-6 Tech run, cutting Bates' the ball -for a few seconds, Bates, ped four games in Florida and sion ]II rivals Thomas College lead to 58-55 at the four-minute Fred Kirby took a shot from the Maine last week. and Bates. However, Friday's mark. Bates held a four-point ad- corner, which fell short. The MIT participated in the High contest against Thomas looked vantage at 1:22, but two big rebound eventually came to guard Tech Classic hosted by the much like a repeat of the games in buckets by junior guards Mark Herb Taylor, who pushed the ball Florida Institute of Technology Florida as MIT again found itself Branch (20 points) and John up and in at the buzzer to give during its first visit south in five looking at a large deficit (39- 16 at Shivanandan (subbing for Mike Bates the win. years. Monday night the the intermission). Thomas' 6-7 Weiss, who fouled out) tied the Despite the loss, this was by far Engineers fell at the hands of senior center Chris Blodgett did score at 67. Rob Dodson, who MIT's best game of the trip and tournament winner New Jersey the job inside ( I I first-half points had a big second half after a non- one of the best this season. Tech Tech 73-53. After falling behind en route to a game-high 27) while existent first, put Bates up again shot almost 50 percent from the early, MIT could never get close Don Meader and Steve Busque by two with 31 seconds left. floor, as opposed to a 40 percent to the Division III Highlanders, scored from the outside. Tech However, Branch came through clip this season, and out- who came into the tourney worked the Thomas lead down to again, putting up an impossible rebounded Bates. Coach Fran lightly-regarded but played two 20 with 15 minutes remaining, but blind shot to knot the game at 69 O'Brian termed the game "an ex- good games to win the title. the job was too much, and with five seconds in regulation. ample of what we can do." Tuesday's consolation game Thomnas won 76^55. The Bobcats could not get the ball At 2-8, MIT will be hard- pitted MIT against Division 11 MIt played its best game of the down the floor in timne, and for pressed to come up with a .500 school Illinois Tech, which had trip the next night versus Bates, the second year in a row, the two season, as teams such as Division lost to host FIT in overtime the which had been riddled by in- schools went into overtime. I Harvard (last night's opponent), previous night. MIT again fell juries to several key players. The Greer (19 points, including two Amherst Clark, and Connecticut behind at the outset, but managed game waIs reminiscent of last key jumpers down the stretch in College stand in the way, Games to putt within three (25-22 at 9:54 year's contest at M IT: a] close first regulation) and Branch gave MIT such as Saturday's, however, will of the first halo). At this point, Il- half, with the Bobcats moving up five points during the extra ses- make the quest for a third straight linois Tech took control of the early in the second half, then see- sion, but Dan Wrenn countered .500 or better year easier to attain. game and cruised to a 53-38 half- ing M IT charge back . Bates took with five of his own to keep the time lead and a 98-73 win. a 52-42 lead with just 8:26 left in game tied. After an MIT miss, Young rifle tea8 isproves
By Martin Dickau shot before. MIT's rifle team competes in a The team has a 3-7 league league made up of seven schools record, its first two wins coming - MIT, Dartmouth, the Univer- in the season opener on sity of Maine, Norwich Military November 14 against UConn and Academy, United States Coast Wentworth. Even so, M IT is Guard Academy, the University presently in fifth place in the of Connecticut, and the league, and Cliff Eskey is showing Wentworth Institute of great promise. In a match at Technology. This year the squad Norwich on November 21, he is at a slight disadvantage because swept the tournament with the seven of the eight people on the highest overall score and the team are freshmen, and only one highest score shooting from the of the seven, Cliff Eskey, has ever standing position.
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Afier -iee long break, a review of some of the winter sports action to dale is in order. Wrestling - Tim Walsh' group continues to shine, sporting a 5-2 record. Three MIT matmen were standouts in the Upsala Invitational tourney held this weekend. Tom Fawcett '82 Finished third overall in the 190 pound weight class, while juniors Steve Leibiger and Bob McElheney took fourth in the 167 and 134 pound classes, respectively. M IT hosts M aine-Presque Isle Saturday at I pm. Fencing - Both men's and women's squads spend the greater part of IAP gearing up for a busy February schedule. The two teams travel to Southeastern Massachusetts for action Saturday the 23rd. Eric Sollee's men Lire 1-1 (win over SUNY-Purchase, loss to Harvard) while the womnen halve lost to the Crimson (and the weather, as a tournament scheduled here was canceled due to the snowstorm of December 5). Track - Lalst year's Division III champions are on their way to another good season. The Engineers defeated Williams last Saturday 79-57 to boost their record to 4-0 after having previously beaten WPI, Br;lndeis, and Holy Cross. Top standouts Ironm Ilast year's tearn include lettermen Dave Kieda '8r, Jeff &ukas '82, Colin Kerwin '82, Martin Taylor'83, Joe Pressing '84, 1ance Parker '84, D);ve McMullen '83, and John DeRubeis'83. All-Anierican Paul Neves '83, Ron Smith '84, Bob Walmsley '84, and Ln;1an TavylorX5 have a lready set new school records in the 1000- nietcr run 5000-nieter run, 3000-meter run, and the 55-meter dash, respectively. HIeasd Coach Gordon Kelly is pleased with the team's progress. "The veterans are staring to get into shape, and the newcomers are making a nice conltribuiot1,' he slays. However, he adds, "We face our biggest test of the season at Bates Friday night. We'll need everybody at their best to winll the melet." I-he next homle track mect will be Saturday January 23, when the A ')ood film lab call make all the difference between good pictures and Coast Guard and Colby will be visiting. disappointingones. Here at PlfotoQuick, we do just that by custom printing Gymnastics - The men's gymnalstics teanin opened its season with a XVolr filmn. That means we inspect each and every negative by solid pair of' wins over Northeastern and Harvard December 12. Satur- hland before it's printed. And mnake corrections for color dav·, the teamn goes north to fa1ce the Green of Dartmouth College, and baila\ncet- and dtnsitv - corrections that most likelv returnss home Sat urdaiy January 23 for a match with Yale. 'OUIClTI't be made by a large processing lab with The wonien'n s team opens at Dartmouth Saturdav, and hosts slktOlIIItiC equipilint.A Iry P~hoto~uick for your next roll of filmBy Bridgetc~ker State a week from tonight at 7:30. Viie think !vou'll be pleasantly surprised to find Women's Basketball - Our lady hoopsters stand at 1-4 after losses that wet'fti not only better, we're raster! to Goordon and Bates last week. UMaiss-Boston invades the chilly 'C41 Process IV Pr~~ ~~~~~~r cof'i nes ol' Rockwell Cage tomorrow at 7pm. Cr x -~l~ Other teanis vWe use fnd their 1982 openers include: Hockey (2-1) Jan. 13 at Kodakpaper.. CAMBRIDGE LAB Gordon: Squash (1-5) Jan.21 at Bowdoin; Pistol (4-0) Feb. 13 with fo good look. Ca AAP C; oo · r I Tabor Academy (home): Skiing Jan. 8-9 at Norwich: Swimming (Men Central Square _ I - l, Women 0-2) Jan. 20 at Tufts. MASS. AVt. and PtAKL ST., 491-Y9l9l TV Eric R. Fleming and Marty Dickau ------