-- ~~~~~rl- - -t t~~AMENIME.-I - - - Usually it's just the "Continuous News Service audience that smells Since 1881" a~~~~~~~~~~~wn at an LSC movie. (See story, lower left) .. _ . .~- Ire"T -1 -- - --- - - - -- - -- -- - - - - - - - IVOLUMIE 95, NUMBER 25 Ml'iT. CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - I- TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1975 65. advisors sought for recordc-size class By William Lasser ie added that he expects the Sixty-five additional advisors position of advisor-affiliate to are being sought by the Fresh- spur new faculty interest in advi- man Advisory Council (FAC), to sing because it will give new- accommodate the class of '79, comers a chance to try advising the largest ever to enroll at the without as many responsibilities Institute. as the advisor himself. Although the FAC could "get Letters were sent to faculty by" with only 30 more advisors, members in April, Buttner said, according to Pete Buttner '61 asking professors to consider ad- executive officer of the FAC, 65 vising. This campaign brought more advisors (raising the total forty volunteers between April number to 270) would give each 23 and May 7. Department advisor an optimal number of heads have also received letters advisees. asking them to ask department According to Buttner, the ad- members to b'ecome advisors. visor shortage is "a standard In addition to faculty, some problem," and "with the help of administration officials, such as department heads, the goal will admissions, personnel and finan- I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~·I be realized." cial aid officers are being sought as advisors. Alumni are also A~bdut 200 peosple came out into the sunshine Sunday to hear the ~, The number of graduate stu- represented. on the steps of the Student Center. dents serving as freshman advi- sors will be doubled next year, with over thirty serving for the class of '79. A Faculty affiliate MIT contract with Saudis stalled will be working with each gradu- By Mike McNamee contract. yet returned from Saudi Arabia. Joint studies planned ate student advisor and will Institute officials are awaiting The two-year-long negoti- "All we know is that Seifert The contract, Hollomnan said, -work with the advisor and his the return of MIT negotiators ations for joint study of water took over a final contract, and would have enabled MIT to advisees in any way that seems from Saudi Arabia to assess the resources and electrical power we got a short cable saying that work on two- to three-year appropriate during the year," failure of discussions with the generation needs by MIT and they had not accepted it," studies of Saudi needs for water said Buttner. Saudis on a $2 million research Saudi researchers broke down Wiesner told The Tech yester- and power. The research would recently, apparently due to dis- day. "I would surmise that it have been conducted at MIT and agreement over a contract clause was the discrimination problem, in Arabia, with researchers from on admission of MIT researchers but I don't want to conjecture the Institute and Saudi universi- to Saudi Arabia. until I've had a full report." ties working on the studies. Saudi officials refused to sign Wiesner refused to comment About 14 "full-time-quiva- the contract after Prince on the letter which the Prince lent" researchers - faculty, Mohammed ibn Faisal, chairman had termed "threatening," say- staff, and some students - of the Saudi group, received ing only that it was "a general would be working with the Cen- letter" discussing the contract ter on the project, Holloman e -"whVAd'he cdaled' a- '""thieatening" letter from -President Jerome B. and thanking the Prince for his explained. They would construct WViesener. The Saudis were correspondence. and test models for usage of thought tc have objected to a J. Herbert Holloman, director resources in an effort to help the contract clause providing that of the MIT Center for Policy Saudi government plan for fu- any competent MIT researcher Alternatives, the group which ture needs. be permitted to enter that coun- would have administered the The contract was planned try. program, said the discrimination with the Saline Water Conver- problem was an important issue sion Corporation, of which Saudis have in the past in the negotiations, but was not Prince Mohammed, a son of the X refused entrance to Jews and the only one. "We have had dis- late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, persons vho support the Zionist agreements with them on publi- is chairman. That corporation is j view of Israel as a religious state cation, arrangements for termi- in charge of developing facilities C' with historical rights to Pales- nating the contract, payment, for desalting sea water and puri- tine. Several major American and MIT's right to judge the fying ground water for the coun- krlO&;%$Wak~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~~~&~~~,-B~~~~~~ir:: ---- j companies have been criticized competence of the Saudi re- try's growing urban needs. The Y for dealing with Saudis on such Uses and abuses of the Building 7 lobby', including crowd s and searchers who come here," Saudi government is planning to terms, thus discriminating Holloman said. "Discrimination invest about $10 billion over the exhibits that block access to the main corridor, have been under against Jewish employees. consideration by the Lobby 7 Committee'. The committee plans to was not the only issue by any next ten years into water re- try to formulate guidelines for future exhibits. Story, page 5. Not only issue means." source development. MIT officials stressed, how- Holloman said that MIT had One problem in negotiating ever, that the discrimination not been told directly that the the research contract, Holloman Stink bomb forces LSC issue was not the only one which Saudis might discriminate said, was that it was one of the there had been disagreement on, against researchers, but that the first contracts the Saudis have to relocate Slun. movie and that they were waiting for a negotiators were aware of past ever negotiated for research ser- By Gerald Radack lDriscoll noted that the Patrol fuller report from Professor of examples of discrimination. vices. "They have bought servi- An apparent prank caused the has no evidence that a stink Civil Engineering William W. Thus, he said, MIT tried to ces for things like building dams first showing of the Sunday bomb was set, and is not actively Seifert, head of the MIT nego- prepare a contract "which would before, but have never dealt with night Lecture Series Committee pursuing an investigation of the tiating team, to assess the failure protect the integrity of our peo- academic institutions on a large movie to be moved from Room incident. of negotiations. Seifert has not -ple working over there." (Please turn to page 2) 26-100 in between reels and "To the best of my knowl- almost caused cancellation of edge, someone set off a stink- the second showing. bomb near the air intake for The 26-100 lecture hall was 26-100," Fresina said. hastily abandoned and the city , Fresina attributed the stink fire department rescue squad bomb to "spring fever," pointing called in after the'air there be- out that a stink bomb was also came filled with "noxious" gas set off in the Student Center that resembled "sulfur com- Sunday night. pounds," according to several LSC cancelled the second witnesses. showing of the movie, "Bedazzled," at the end of the "The rescue department was first showing, which was com- called because there was a con- pleted in 10-250, when the gas cern it might be city gas," ac- started to seep into that room cording to Safety Office Direc- through the ventilation system. i tor John Fresina A check of Later, however, the second combustible gas detectors showing was held in the Student revealed, however, that there Center. was no gas from that source. LSC did not charge admis- Campus Patrol Captain sion to the crowded second- '4 Richard Driscoll said that Cam- showing, causing an estimated tI I pus Patrol officers who were loss of $100, according to k4 called to the scene reached the Thomas Bracewell '76 of LSC. opinion that the gas "had "Under the circumstances," F: nothing to do with any labs," Bracewell said, "we felt obli- king on walls is only one form of entertainmentin Baker House. For others, see I and was "possibly a stinkbomb." gated not to collect tickets." 6&7. i i 7 vPAI:F AZ. TIUESDAY.%J l_ . - "IMAYI13. _ I *E 1975' THETECH F -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ P -- a---- I-;-9-eUC--~~ I Police hunt suspects in assaults I .A ' to-toriurn-:=.a~ ~~%tl Boston police and federal FBI when it was learned that he Campus Patrol Chief James Owned and operated.0, .412*Green Street Behind the agencies are still searching for a might have crossed state lines in O)liveri noted that the $5000 by Harvard MBA's Cambridge, MA Central Square man named as having partici- eluding arrest. An effort is also reward for information leading Repairs ! 661-1866 YMCA pated in the March 22 assault of being made to identify two to Blodgett's arrest-or concernm- American & Foreign Car two MIT students. other persons who were alleged- ing the two other suspects is still One of the students, John L. ly with Blodgett and Shaugh- being offered. Monday- Friday Asinari, died of injuries suffered 8am - 6pm _: in the assault. The other student, ,- -,·; .,,,, , Robert Moses '75, was hospi- Auto body repairs and estimates talized with serious injuries in 1. - ,, - --- -- - I I1 - -· - -- -- " - Peter Bent Brigham hospital in on the news Boston. Moses has since been released from the hospitl and is New Englarnd said to have fully recovered, although he still has a small cast nessy at the time of the assault.