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MIT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Sunny, clear, 78°F (26°C) Tonight: Clear, cool, 55°F (13°C) Newspaper ».- Tomorrow: Cloudy, 76°F (24°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 114, Number 42 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, September 20, 1994 Frosh Candidates Prepare For Class Council Elections By Christopher L. Falling uncontested positions, he said. '98. "I would really like to initiate The UA will be sponsoring a service activities which would "Hello, I am [fill in the blank], study break to get to know the can- improve communication, facilitating and I was wondering if you would didates this Wednesday at 9 p.m. in involvement of all students in the sign this petition for me to run for Room 400 of the Student Center, community," Song said. freshman class president." This Sankaran said. Song is running against Efe E. phrase was repeated often last week, Candidates need to "basically get Cakarel '98, John D. Dunagan '98, as freshmen sought the signatures their faces and views out to the Lawrence C. Durant '98, Thomas J. they needed to run for class council. greatest number of people, because Fox IV '98, Propa Ghosh '98, Jessi- Freshman class elections will take the freshman class doesn't really ca J. Lin '98, and Troy C. Thorson place this Friday. know everybody yet," Sankaran '98. Eight students are running for said. "We want people who are G. Dante Roulette '98, a candi- freshman class president, four are motivated and will to go out and date for vice president, "sees the vying for vice president, and tao for meet their class," he said. role of vice president as being a treasurer, according to information The polls will be open for fresh- facilitator between the freshman provided by Undergraduate Associ- men this Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 class and the UA." If elected, he ation President Vijay P. Sankaran p.m. in Lobby 7. All voting will be plans "to be their advocate in any- '95, who is coordinating the elec- done on paper since there were tech- thing from administration trouble to tions. Only one team is running for nical problems with the electronic improving campus life." the position of social chair, and no voting last year, Sankaran said. Lindsay E. Dolph '98, Sunhail one is running for secretary or pub- K. Mithani '98, and Jorge F. licity chair. Candidates have many ideas Rodriquez '98 are also running for The deadline for filing for either The candidates have many ideas vice president. of the two uncontested offices has on what they would do if elected. If elected, Rodriquez plans to been extended until 5:00 p.m. today, "It is shocking to me, the level of "establish small events on a dorm Sankaran said. Current candidates ignorance which exists within the level then gradually bring the dorms have the option of dropping out of a greater MIT community," said pres- race in order to run for one of the idential candidate Olivia H. Song Elections, Page 9 This Years Greek Week Activities For Sudents, Day Off Wll Include More Social Events IIs an Unexpected Gift By A. Arif Husain The purpose of Greek Week is to "We've tried to really expand By Sarah Y. Kelghtley which traditionally falls on the first STAFF REPORTER "bring the relations between the fra- this year," Walters said. Last year I EDITOR IN CHIEF Monday in September. For years in The Interfraternity Council's ternities and sororities to better stan- many people expressed the desire to Yesterday's Institute holiday which Labor Day comes early in the annual Greek Week began on Sun- dards," said Chris G. Rodarte '97, make Greek Week more social, she came as a pleasant surprise to many month, the Institute calendar will day and will run until this Saturday. who helped organize the festivities. said. In response, the event's plan- students. Registrar David S. Wiley include the holiday. But in years The week includes daily activi- ners have added social activities this '61 said that the vacation day was where Labor Day falls later in Sep- ties, ending with the Greek Week year, such as Band Night and Jar created "to balance out the [number tember, "the class days get tighter," Ball and the God and Goddess Wars, she said. of] Monday-Wednesday-Friday and there will be no vacation day on Competition Saturday night. The classes and the Tuesday-Thursday the third Monday in September, INSIDE competition, postponed from last Week offers daily events classes," under the new calendar. Wiley said. night, will feature impromptu per- The week's events began on This is the first academic year In terms of the placement of the formances by members of various Sunday with the Greek Olympiad, that the new calendar, which the holiday in the calendar year, "there * President Vest tops fraternities and sororities, said an outdoor picnic which included an faculty voted on in spring 1993, was some feeling in the original list of highest-paid MIT Greek Week Chair Alison L. Wal- obstacle course, dizzy bat, and tug- takes effect. committee that it's nice to have hol- marnnlnrro£&c Pno Q ters '96. Prizes will be awarded to of-war. Greek Week continues The holiday will not be a perma- idays spaced out throughout the the winners, she said. tonight with the Progressive Dinner. nent addition to the new calendar, term," Wiley said. Greek Week is open to all mem- Members of the IFC community Wiley said. Instead, yesterday's hol- Because there were no holidays s Killing Group's new bers of the IFC community, and the will be able to stop at one of four or iday corrects for an "irregular calen- early in the term, the committee ,Ao,;AJA unt ,r i .^llI al av+t MaiuDuiMl/IudesU Wlide illA Greek W,'eek. Ball is open to the five participating fraternity houses qcti , ln& otutz . ~1q~ ~iu 4.us t al a t i Iw , Jttf[%. tu [ut y 1 (Lax. whole MIT community, Walters The new calendar schedules of music. Page 7 said. Greek, Page 9 school to begin after Labor Day, Holiday, Page 15 -.:fishthe,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~; ··i:~ llii»^ai; ~f~Di~8;i~k~p~i isiikj«»F4=";I^. ·*·- 'e ; . * Page 2 THE TECH ·o' , -.. 1 September 20, 1994 WORLD & NATION 0 0 If Prosecutors Contend Simpson 0 0 91 Surprised by Goldman 0 I THE WASHINGTON POST 9 LOS ANGELES 0 P-P. I The lead prosecutor in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson said Mon- 4I I ab m day that the former football star went to his ex-wife's house to kill her on the night of June 12 and that his clean getaway was thwarted by an By Douglas Farah landed in helicopters from the USS will be implemented "over time" unsuspecting visitor to Nicole Brown Simpson's Brentwood home. THE WASHINGTON POST Eisenhower, Shelton drove to the and is not an immediate priority of Prosecutor Marcia Clark contended Monday in court that Simpson PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI headquarters of the Haitian military the U.S. force, the official said. made the mistake of leaving a bloody glove and wool cap, evidence With gunships flying overhead, to meet Cedras and Biamby. The same goes for the compli- later found on the blood-soaked sidewalk outside Nicole Simpson's thousands of U.S. troops landed Shelton strongly indicated that, cated task of weeding out the 4,000 house, because he unexpectedly had to kill Ronald L. Goldman. unopposed in Haiti and occupied the pending their resignations, the Hait- most undesirable members of Simpson had "one intended target" but when Goldman, a waiter and capital Monday, launching a peace- ian commanders would be partners Haiti's military, as agreed in discus- f..end of his f...er.. wife, shoed up a. the scene, Simpson rushed to !ul but rlisk-ladeil operation to stabi- wit'-h U.S. forces in maintaining sions between the administration kill them both, she said. "There was no time to root around that crime lize the country and replace its mili- order. He told reporters after his and Aristide. "We're not going to scene for evidence," Clark said. "He had to get out and get out fast." tary rulers with exiled president first meeting that Cedras was "very do it today. We're not going to do it Clark's statement in court was the first hint of how the prosecu- Jean-Bertrand Aristide. cooperative," adding that U.S. tomorrow," the official said. "But tion will proceed to prove its case against the former football star. The first U.S. troops hit the troops were "very warmly received" what we're trying to do is create the Simpson, 47, faces first-degree murder charges in the slashing ground at the Mais Gate Internation- by the Haitian military as well as conditions to allow that process to deaths of his ex-wife and Goldman. Nicole Simpson, 35, and Gold- al Airport under a hot tropical sun at the Haitian people. take place." man, 25, died from multiple deep wounds. 9:30 a.m. without incident, met by "We discussed methods and The danger of U.S. troops get- Clark also revealed that some potential evidence in the case - a the Haitian army's deputy comman- techniques we could use to lower ting sucked into Haiti's conflict document found during a search of Simpson's business office - had der, Brig. Gen. Jean-Claude Duper- the risk" to American soldiers of seemed illustrated this evening at been shredded by a business assistant of the celebrity after detectives val.

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