j ;i iit· c-Li'Ci :iA". I i? ir trtr 7 ti r· -.,-i·" i ; · ·· : :- _ _ ii ·· ..:- .I '. e· .-· · iii r 5 ·r_ -':i:r ji; :L"; -.Tj-i ; : r ; 1 :;...·-4I 1 : I: i i : l ;r:l:ii·5 1 l r ; I;I Ej B:; L I .. ,,.,. ·. · ii. 2( ,·- ,:. ,.··-· · L-- ;: -'.-.._·------. ?·:.. - -,. ·.. _ -. :_i.--- _.-. , . ·C1 · -- -- - I ii s ·-- -··ll Condaomns to be sold in0 orrns By Andrew L. Fish medicines such as Tylenol and mitories, Weinberg said. and Eric L. Chang Robitussin, Weinberg said. "MIT students are certainly MIT will install health aid dis- "It is quite clear that there are worthy of being protected and pensers, which will sell- condoms compelling reasons for making educated," Weinberg said. "We as well as other over-the-counter safe sex education and condoms hope they will respond appro- products, In all Institute dormi- available," Weinberg said. In- priately." tories, said Medical Director Ar- creasing concerns over Acquired Already, three people from the nold N. Weinberg on Wednesday Immune Deficiency Syndrome MIT undergraduate, graduate, evening. Fraternities may also re- played a major role in the deci- and junior faculty community ceive the machines. sion to install the machines. have died of AIDS, Weinberg The machines will be installed In addition to installing the said. There are "most certainly" "as soon as possible," Weinberg machines, the Medical Depart- others in the MIT community said. They will be located in dis- ment is currently putting together who have died of the disease, he creet places such as bathrooms information pamphlets on AIDS said. In addition, the Medical and contain condoms along with which will be distributed in dor- Center has treated AIDS patients in its patient clinic, he noted. Noble seeks dlocullontsB Weinberg said the plan to in- stall health-aid dispensers has the ~5~t~ig~it full support of President Paul E. for battle olver ten ure Gray '54. By SalmanI Akhtarr since litigation began," said At first, a group headed by Legal manaeuvers are continu- Leonard Minsky, director of the had considered just ing in former MI[T Professor Da- Weinberg Coalition. The Coalition has placing condom machines in dor- vid Noble's suit against MIT. The MIT been notifying faculty at nmitories. But the group decided Middlesex Superior Court is cur- and other universities about the that a more varied selection of rently considering a motion from case and has started a fund- products would be more benefi- Noble' lawyer seeking to compel raising campaign for Noble, he Also, people MIT to surrender certain docu- cial to students. explained. who might object to a condom ments, while MIT has withdrawn (Please turn to page 7) (Please turn to page 8) its motion asking the court to dismiss Noble's suit. Noble, who is now a professor rcta suy YaU UA wvork on at Drexel University, is suing MIT over his 1984 tenure denial, revising lASS-D plan which he alleges was made on po- By Katie Schwarz meeting, he said, and the CUP litical grounds. He had been an Faculty and student groups are subcommittee will wait for the in the Pro- assistant professor preparing revisions to the recent- council's vote before making its gram in Science, Technology and ly proposed humanities distribu- own recommendations. The pro- Society. tion requirement in response to posal itself is now scheduled for a for Kyle G. Peltonen/The Tech The National Coalition student and faculty opposition. vote at the May 20 faculty meet- in the Public Interest She is beautiful agairn. Th(e Statue of Liberty gleams Universities The Committee on the Under- ing. once more after extendeid restoration. See photo has taken up Noble's case. "We graduate Program and the Un- The UA Council agreed on six essay inside, have been supporting the case dergraduate Association have primary problems with the cur- financially and organizationally both formed subgroups to answer rent proposal at a meeting last objections to the current propo:s- Thursday: ~ sex-ually explicit film al. The faculty postponed voting * the number of classes eligi- LSC" to shol on the proposal at its meeting ble for humanities, arts and so- Andrew L. Fish ]Because the film was approved, it ber of Profemrna, said she would By last week, after 1400 students cial sciences distribution credit is The Lecture Series Committee is not subject to any of the re- like to find out more about Body signed a petition asking for more limited to 50, compared to 156 explicit strictions of the MIT Policy on Talk before commenting on it. will show the sexually time for student input. this year and 108 next year; Explicit Films. Unap- She did note, however, that Pro- film Body Talk in Kresgqe Audito- -SexuaLly Jonathan H. Gruber '87, stu- * there is little place for for- tbe proved films cannot be shown femina is interested in the con- rium on May 15._ It will be. dent representative on the CUP, eign languages and literatures in during Residence/Orientation tent of the film, and not simply first sexually explicit fi-mShow''n- will be on both committees and the current proposal's category Week or Registratiorr Day. oaf .ei-. whether MIT policy is being by LSC since March 2, 1995. - will be a liaison between them, system; pri- ther term and cannot be shown in Sfollowed. The movie is being shown said Undergraduate Association * there is no provision for ad- Auditorium. She said Profemina is con- marily because sexually explicit Kresge President Manuel Rodriguez '89. vanced placement for students If Body Talk is successful, cerned with how showing sexual- fiors have been profitable in the A committee set up by the UA with strong backgrounds; LSC will consider submitting ly explicit films might affect the past, according to Michael Ed- Council will prepare a resolution a HASS-D classes ray take other movies to the Pornography environment for women on carn- munds '89, chairman of LSC. either urging specific amendments faculty time and resources away Screening Committee, Edmunds pus. Some women regard sexual- Edmunds said LSC was planning to the proposal or urging the fac- from smaller humanities elec- the fall and said. He said that while LSC did ly explicit films as a form of ha- expensive lectures in ulty to reject it, Rodriguez con- tives; agree with every aspect of the rassment, she noted. the film would help defray costs. not tinued. This resolution will be a HASS-D classes may be too to sexually explicit film policy, it Huang said Profemina is con- "The time seemed right ready by the council's April 30 (Please turn to page 6) had no plans for violating it at (mease torn to page 6} show [a sexually explicit film]," · r -L--l '----· --- he said. He said LSC did not the current time. show a sexually explicit film for Edmunds said the Office of the over two years because there was Dean for Student Affairs had no- a lack of interest among LSC tified other groups which may members. want to present alternatives to Body Talk was approved by Body Talk. He said LSC would the MIT ad hoc Pornography try to help these groups book al- Screening Committee in 1985, ternative films. but has never been shown since. Caroline B. Huang G, a mem- . 1,uths lowbI sM'IT student crossing Hairvard Bridge By Earl C. Yen cer with the Metropolitan District An MIT student was robbed at Comrnission. knifepoint by four youths on the Chris C. Kraemer '89, a resi- Harvard Bridge on the night of dent of Pi Lambda Phi in Bos- April 15. The four youths, all be- ton, said he was walking home by tween the ages of 15 and 17, were himself on the East side of the apprehended and have been bridge at 10:30 pi when four charged with armed robbery by youths crossed the street and sur- means of a dangerous weapon, rounded him. according to Larry Gilois, an offi- One youth pulled out a large hunting knife and demanded that Kraemer hand over his money while another youth grabbed Kraemer's wallet. Moments later, all four fled. ARA is changing its Kraermer flagged down a Met- ropolitan District Commission required meal plan j police cruiser, and the police im- policy. Page 2. mediately found and apprehend- ed two of the alleged assailants in Professor of Music Boston. Lisette W Lambregts/The Tech John H. Harbison wins a One is 16 years old and the crocuses, the heralds of other is 15 years old, and both Mother Nature shows her true colors early last month as Pulitzer Prize. Page 2. spring, poke through barely thawed soil. (Please turn to page 8) - C---C-·IC c-- _ , ------I B~= PAGE 2 The Tech FRIDAY, a lP-c- -- P, APRIL 24, 1987 ·II · IPP- ·I ! ARA changes required meal plans By Kenyon D. Potter Housing and Food Services is re- speed of service at Morss Hall Beginning next semester, re- sponsible for policy decisions; and Pritchett Lounge, both quired student meal plan fees for ARA can only make recommen- housed in Walker Memorial. In on-campus living groups with dations.] addition, ARA plans to install ! dining facilities will be the same food wagons similar to the one for all classes, according to Gen- Renovations to close most currently located in Building 13 eral Manager of Food Services ARA services in Student Center in the Sala de Puerto Rico in the John Ledwick, director of ARA Student Center and the Weisner operations at MIT. Renovations of the MIT Stu- courtyard. dent Center will begin in Currently, minimum student August. The proposed food court will charges at McCormick Hall, Ba- Construction should last from contain various islands. These ker House, MacGregor House, 12-18 months, closing nearly all will include a pizzeria, a bakery, and 500 Memorial Drive vary ARA sevices in the building, a grill, a deli, and a salad bar. from $697 per term for freshmen Ledwick said. After the renova- to $478 for seniors. The new tions, the Student Center's food ARA is also planning a special- minimum will probably be $605 services will be centralized in a ty area for the addition of varied for all students on a required "food court." The dining area temporary ethnic specialties, Led- meal plan, Ledwick said. will be housed in an expanded wick said. One such proposed ta- This plan will not affect seniors Lobdell, and Twenty Chimneys ble is to be named Mexican next year; MIT "grandfathered" will be eliminated, he said. Delight. them because a forced increase in But Ledwick said the Student There will also be support ki- meal plan would be unfair, Led- Center Committee Coffeehouse is osks which would offer refriger- wick said. Members of the junior definitely "part of our plans," ated juice bottles, yogurt and class on a required meal plan Ledwick assured. wrapped sandwiches. 140 RIVER STREET- CAMBRIDGE 547-2455 presently pay $551 per term. Cur- While the Student Center is ARA is tentatively planning to MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 10:00-6:00 rent sophomores will see their undergoing its renovations, there keep certain areas of the dining - .. -·I -·----·I - C- I---C II i- 1 9 111 - _- _ fees decrease slightly from the will increased need for lunch fa- facility open as late as midnight, $624 they pay this year. cilities, he said. To meet this but operating times have not [Although ARA manages the need, ARA is working on plans been firmly decided, Ledwick food service, the MIT Office of for vastly increasing seating and said. M IT's HIlarbison wins Pulitzer Prize for music By Earl C. Yen "What pleases me is that my son attended Harvard as an un- Professor of Music John H. piece . . . is quite a bold choice dergraduate and has felt "con- The Ultimate Harbison was named the 1987 because of the kind of music it is nected to a certain kind of Pulitzer Prize winner for musical and the things it is about," musical tradition which is more composition on April 16. Harbison said. To me, this is my alive in Boston than in any other Harbison has been an MIT most quintessentially Boston city I can think of." faculty member since 1969 and is piece. I wouldn't write a piece Harbison has taught lntemships like that for any other American Twentieth-Century Music presently on leave as Composer- i musical center." (21.628), Harmony and Counter- in-Residence with the Los Ange- Many internships are merely opportunities to make les Philharmonic Orchestra and Harbison is the first permanent point (21.641/21.642), and Music photocopies or '"gofer"' coffee. 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rs d P C 4- -- - b"·- P· YI- aP s ar House and Senate panels vote ismited immunity to Poindexter Both Congressional committees probing the Iran- Contra affair have now voted limited immunity for for- Poland accuses US diplomat of spying- Supreme Court upholds mer national security adviser Admiral John Poindexter, Poland claimed a US diplomat who left the country Georgia death penalty law House investigators voted Wednesday, following a simi- Senate Tuesday. The Senate Iran-Contra after being detained by police last weekend was a spy. Al- The US Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that lar action in the to request such immunity for Poindexter un- bert Mueller, a political officer at the embassy, is accused death penalty laws may not be attacked as unconstitution- panel voted the congressional panels worked out of gathering military intelligence and information on the al, even though statistics indicate they may have been ap- der an agreement cousel Lawrence Walsh several years activities of Solidarity, the outlawed trade union. plied in a racially biased manner. Figures showed that with independent the plan, Poindexter may not be questioned in people who kill whites in Georgia are sentenced to death ago. Under until May 2, and may not be called to testify in more often than those who kill blacks. The decision stat- private Iran sentences American public session until mid-June. ed that this is not sufficient proof that the Georgia law grants of limited immunity are designed who was accused of spying violated the US Constitution's equal-protection guaran- Congressional to testify - assuring them that their An Iranian court reportedly has sentenced an American tees. to compel witnesses words can't be used against them. House investigators to 10 years in prison for spying. Iran's news agency said The case had been watched closely by opponents of the discussed the case of Thomas Cline, who was report- Jon Pattis, a communications engineer from Bethesda, death penalty, who called it the last sweeping attack also edly involved in efforts to arm Nicaraguan rebels. Law- MD, admitted he spied for the Central Intelligence Agen- against capital punishment. Overturning the Georgia law makers shelved plans to seek limited immunity for Cline cy. Pattis' sister has criticized the Reagan Administration would have cast into doubt the fates of the nearly 1900 to a request from Walsh. for not doing enough to free her brother, who was arrest- men and women on death rows nationwide. in response ed last June. On May 5, a joint select committee of the House and Use Raid Senate will begin conducting public hearings on the Rea- with Iran. strongholds Assistant Secretary of State Robert Lamb says that US gan administration's covert arms dealings Sri Lanka bombs Tamil officials have known about Soviet bugging of the US em- Lanka blasted Tamil Government warplanes in Sri bassy in Moscow for seven years. Lamb told a house pan- Bush may have played role in bombing that strongholds in retaliation for Tuesday's el Wednesday that American personnel were placed at the authorities raising funds for contras killed over 100 people in the capital. Military embassy to intercept listening devices. But Lamb said it fighting for a sepa- Congressional investigators believe Vice President report that the Tamil rebels, who are was hard to find and "neutralize" Soviet "bugs" in the army camp. A Sri Lankcan George Bush may have played a major role in drumming rate homeland, attacked an walls of the compound. Florida Congressman Larry civilians to stay clear of up private support for the Nicaraguan rebels when such government spokesman warned Smith accused the State Department of stupidity for let- officials will continue to activity was prohibited. Investigators are trying to deter- potential military targets, saying ting foreign contractors work on embassy buildings with- cease their attacks. At mine whether Donald Gregg knew about the reported di- strike at Tamil targets until rebels out having security clearances. Lamb says the Soviets may this week ill Sri Lanka's ethnic version of funds to the contras. Gregg is Bush's national least 360 people have died have blueprints for American facilities from the last ten violence. security adviser. Gregg denies ever channeling military aid years. to the rebels. (The Boston Globe) imnmunity offer Amherst students protest Marine turns down UWass Marine Cpl. Arnold Bracy has reportedly refused an CIA on-campus recruiting offer of immunity in exchange for testimony against an- About 100 protesters took their opposition to CIA re- other Marine charged with spying in Moscow. National cruiting at UMass Amherst inside the administration Public Radio reports that the Marine Corps need Bracy to Licensing board rejects proposal building today. Protesters lined the hallway outside Chan- build a case against Sgt. Clayton Lonetree. Both former to shrink Seabrook safety zone cellor Joseph Duffy's office and chanted "Hey Joe, you guards at the US Embassy are charged with spying. A federal licensing board rejected a proposal to shrink know, the CIA has got to go." Neither Duffy nor his Vice the Seabrook, New Hampshire, nuclear power plant's Chancellor were in their offices at the time. Eastern airlines says evacuation zone from ten miles to one mile. The protesters at first claimed they were unable -to gain but uni- co-pilot's window wasn't open The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board - an arm of entry to the Whitmore admninistration building, Jeanne Hopkins stover denied An Eastern Airlines jet leaving Green airport Wednes- the Nuclear Regulatory Commission - ruled unanimous- versity spokeswoman had been chained shut. The demon- day morning for Washington turned back immediately ly that Seabrook owners have not shown that their request claims that the doors Cer- got inside after first making their way after takeoff. Eastern Airlines spokeswoman Karen to shrink the zone is justified. strators eventually the co-pilots 20 conservative students waving American ernsak says a warning light indicated that But the ASLB did not rule out the possibility that zone through about says it turned out to be singing 'God bless America." Stover said there window was open. But Ceremsak reduction could be justified. The ASLB says Seabrook flags and indication light. Ceremsak would be no arrests as long as the demonstrators legally nothing more than a faulty owners and the NRC staff need more time to determine open, but the pilot of flight 175 occupied the building, which closes at 5 pm. says the window wasn't for certain whether shrinking the zone is feasible. turned back just to be on the safe side. Ninety-three peo- The licensing board cited a number of concerns which ple were aboard the 757 jet. Airport officials say that such it said makes it premature to recommend further consid- Real-estate transfer tax could raise delays are very uncommon. eration of the zone-reduction request. low-income housing Among the concerns the .ASLB mentioned were ques- $290 million for Anti-depressant drugg finds new use A local-option real estate transfer tax could raise mnore depression tions about whether Seabrook's containment building is A drug called Wellbutrin developed to treat than. $290 million for cities and towns to use for afforda- sexual strong enough to warrant shrinking the zone to one mile; has shown an unexpected side effect: it enhances land conservation, according to a study what kind of radioactive material and how much would ble housing and desire and performance. But the Burroughs Wellcorne A: by the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance. The released in the event of a serious accident; and whether company, which makes the drug, says it isn't going to sell be MAHA is a coalition representing 50 tenant, labor and control-room operators would know how to handle a seri- it for sex problems. Use of Wellbutrin as an anti-depres- seniors groups across the state. The group produced num- ous accident. sant is being re-evaluated because it caused some people bers on the impact of a proposed two percent tax on real The licensing board said those concerns are especially to have seizures. 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_ ...... la lasr IlYI L-L ds T MM PAGE 4 The Tech FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1987 opinion F~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--=ollnI Column/Thomas T. Huang On loneliness and friendship I began to run seriously last friends began to cramp up. He In a world where people can be fall out of loneliness. I was work- must have hit The Wall around so cold, so cruel to each other, ing as a co-op student at a re- then, because he was telling me where, to get ahead, one man search laboratory in California, in a soft, pained voice to slow will hurt the other without a sec- and it was my first time away down, to walk a bit. But all I ond thought, friendship is some- from my friends and the college could think about was: if I walk, thing to be treasured. life - the late-night discussions I will cramp up, too, and I can't But we often take the most and ice cream runs and three- afford to cramp up. precious things for granted. In movie weekends and the like. So I ran on and left him be- this year's marathon, in taking Most of the scientists were ten hind. my friend for granted, I learned years older than I was. They had This was the same guy who something about myself that I their families to go home to. had stayed with me when I hit can't admire. Meanwhile, the younger scientists The Wall last year. He had I ran the lonely race. I im- would go out to get drunk and pushed me on. He had been there proved my time by an hour and a work the Silicon Valley singles when I needed him. Where was I half, but at what price? scene, and that wasn't for me. when he needed me? When night came, I would run Some people think that friend- Thomas T. Huanrg G, a student eight miles. It would just be me, ship has to do with attaining in the department of electrical en- x the darkness, and the sound of some kind of social status. They gineering and computer science, the wind through the Almaden will smile and hug each other, is a former editor in chief of The hills. but they really don't give a damn. Tech. r Running was something I Others think that friendship has could do alone. Listening to my to do with working on labs and Column/Simson L. Garfinkel e breathing, to my heartbeat, I problem sets together. They van- i could think things over and let ish when that semester's class is supervision MIT-Wellesley bus lacks ?c my mind wander through images over. F Sometimes the bus doesn't come it But real friends - they stick If the Wellesley/MIT exchange that I know smoke while they are of people I had left back horne at all. One night this semester, I i with each other through thick bus did catch fire Tuesday, April waiting to leave at one of the bus 1- and at school, people I cared planned to take the 10:i5 pm bus and thin, through the good times 7, because of a smoldering ciga- stops. Many of them smoke on about. from Wellesley. It never came. At I learned a lot about loneli- and the bad times. They help rette stuffed between two seats the bus itself Some of them 12:30 am the seven students with ness. each other out without expecting ["Wellesley bus catches fire," smoke while they are driving. whom I was waiting called a taxi. That's why I find it very ironic any favors back. They listen to April 10], that cigarette was It is against the law and against cost over $30; of course, that, in running this year's mara- each other and confide in each probably put there by the bus the policy of Crystal Bus Com- The taxi we were never reimbursed. thon, I learned something about other. driver. pany for people to smoke on the I am amazed that the drive friendship, and how one can take Friendship should be a nest in I've been riding the exchange bus, but if the driver smokes, from MIT to Wellesley, which it for granted. which you feel warm, safe, and bus for nearly four years. The there is no means to enforce I was feeling pretty good when free to just be yourself, with only people I have ever seen these rules. takes me roughly 23 minutes in I reached Wellesley Hills at the nothing to prove and nobody to smoking on the bus are the bus There are many other problems my Jeep, takes the bus over 40. fifteenth mile, but one of my impress. drivers. Most of the bus drivers with the exchange bus. These Although the bus driver usually problems remain unchecked be- maintains a constant 65 or 70 cause Crystal Bus Company op- miles-per-hour while on the Mas- erates its service largely unsuper- sachusetts Turnpike (one of the 's1.IQ~I drivers I knew had a radar detec- vised by both the MIT and the Wellesley administrations. tor which he routinely used), the route through Newton and Japan has too much influence in US Daily contact between repre- Wellesley seems designed to waste To the Editor: national US symbols. "What do coming more and more depen- sentatives of the schools and the time and fuel. I have often asked you think the American reaction dent on bTokyo's purse strings- bus company is limited to the de- the bus drivers to take a more di- Japan has invaded the United of interdepartmental mail would be," asked a Japanese in- our banks are being bought by livery rect route, only to be told that States. Last year, Japanese com- to the bus driver for transport to vestor recently, "if we bought the Japanese firms at an alarming the route was determined by the panies topped $9 billion in direct the other school. Students rarely Empire State Building?" clip. In California, Japanese company. investment in the United States, I'11 tell you what my reaction firms control five of the 11 largest report late or missing busses to tripling the 1985 rate. In addi- Until there is both greater ad- would be - anger. Japan is in- banks. the exchange offices; students are estate ministrative supervision of the tion, $6 billion in US real vading the United States. They "People just don't have a good often too busy after having wast- was scooped up by Japanese exchange bus and a simple way are buying America. How long sense yet of the power Japan has ed so much time waiting for the firms, a figure that is expected to for student complaints to be will it be before Japan owns over the United States," says bus. leap again this year. heard and addressed, these prob- America? Very soon, unless some Donald J. Huse, general manager Riding the exchange bus is the lems are-likely to continue. That is equivalent to the Japa- drastic actions are taken by the of the First Interstate Bank of only disadvantage to taking a nese buying 60,000 homes valued American public. California in Tokyo. "You get class at Wellesley. The bus is Simson L. Garfinkel '87 is a at $100,000 apiece. Japanese real But an even more immediate angry at the Japanese on their ex- noisy, smelly, and often late. contributing editor of The Tech. estate giants are even sniffing at z threat confronts us. We are be- port of chips, and before you L --- LaI I ------_I I-- -- - E i know it, you're paying higher E 1 rates on your mortgage." k Japanese loans to the United E: F States will eventually hit $800 bil- lion, nearly equal to the entire US condones cultural budget of the United States in Volume 107, lNumber 20 Friday, April 24, 1987 one year. US interest payments alone to Japan would be $50 bil- rape via forl sign policy Publisher ...... Michael J. Garrison '88' lion a year, in other words $200 To the Editor: until 1920 and in effect to South- Editor in Chief ...... Earl C. Yen '88 from every man, woman and If rape were truly thought to ern blacks until 19652 Business Manager...... Mark Kantrowitz '89 child in this country. Such a sum be violent, evil and repugnant, The lust for domination is Managing Editor ...... Ben Z. Stanger'88 could not be paid without a com- the man who raped a Wellesley thrust beyond US borders. Mon- Peisach '89 US- Production Manager...... Ezra plete reversal of the current student at gunpoint in his car in ey and weapons are used to op- Japanese trade roles. October 1986 would not have press the blacks of South Africa, News Editors ...... Mathew M. Cherian '88 In fact, the primary source of Andrew L. Fish '89 been acquitted because his victim the Palestinians in the occuppied Akbar A. Merchant '89 Japan's wealth may also be her "wanted sex" ["Court acquits al- territories, the people of Nicara- biggest weakness - a trade sur- Editor ...... Halvard K. Birkeland '89 leged rapist," April 4]. gua. These peoples only want na- Night plus of $83 billion last year. Opinion Editor ...... Sharalee M. Field '89 But that obscene justification tional self-determination and Therefore the public can play a Arts Editor ...... Peter E. Dunn G works again and again precisely freedom from US puppet dicta- Photography Editors ...... David M. Watson '88 major role in reversing the trade because the institution of rape is tors. The list of victims of the Kyle G. Peltonen '89 pro- deficit. Boycott Japanese a fundamental beam in the struc- United States is near endless Contributin g Editors ...... V. Michael Bove G ducts. We would be saying to the ture of our civilization, and a (Chile, Iran, Guatamala, El Sal- Julian West G Japanese, "Hands off our continuing part of our cultural vador). Simson L. Garfinkel '87 property."- heritage. As contra bullets kill Nicara- Senior Editors ...... Carl A. LaCombe '86 The Japanese have been using Stephen P. Berczuk '87 The victim of sexual rape is guan peasants and their children, cut-throat tactics to crush US Andrew S. Gerber '87 violated in the most intimate way. I imagine the heart of the contra businesses. And now America Stripped of her most precious movement - a bunch of malig- i ask for all people to ARTS STAFF suffers. I rights, she is alone and without nant men in Washington, beating send a searing reply to Japan: Michiel Bos G, Barbara A. Masi G, Jonathan Richmond G, Jo- defense. Imagining ourselves in vigorously in sympathetic excite- seph L. Shipman '82, Scott Lichtman '88, Julie Chang '89. America will not let itself be her position, we are struck by the ment. a united effort we can bought! By horror, and disgusted by her Rape, as violent denial of cripple Japanese arrogance. Si- PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE aggressor's freedom. rights, political oppression and Night Editors: ...... Mark Kantrowitz '89 multaneously, we will strengthen But cultural rape, i.e. violent forced economic dependence, is Ezra Peisach '89 our economy. denial of rights, oppression and an undeniable part of our cul- Staff: Peter E. Dunn G, Harold A. Stern '87, Illy King '89, Eric In the long run, it all boils exploitation, is prevalent and ture. It is the means by which the Brodsky '90, David B. Plass '90, Mark D. Virtue '90. down to one question: Which is condoned. And it is instructive to powerful and unjust exploit oth- important to you - a few more note how often the two forms of ers to achieve their ends, whether The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607) is published Tuesdays and Fridays during the academic dollars, one less luxury or a aggression are united. After all, year (except during MIT vacations; Wednesdays during January, and monthly during it be a feeling of superiority or the summer for $14.00 per year Third Class by The Tech, 84 Massachusetts Ave. strong America? Are you a con- wasn't slavery with its associated world hegemony. Profit is the end Room W20-483, Cambridge, MA 02139-0901. Third Class postage paid at Boston, sumer first, or an American? We MA. Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720. POSTMASTER: Please send all address evils in a sense the epitome of of those who own and run the changes to our mailing address: ?he rech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA should boycott Japanese pro- rape? And before that, the geno- country - corporate America. 02139-0901. Telephone: (617) 253-1541. Advertising, subscription, and typesetting ducts. rates available. Entire contents © 1987 The Tech. The Tech is a member of the cide of native Americans? And Human life is considered irrele- Associated Press. Printed by Charles River Pubhshing, Inc. Michael J. Hostetler '87 L ,--Y _--- - aa JI the denial of suffrage to women I (Please turn to page 5) i
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Let faQb I -o doubt apr it r~m tilt Siit7ing inthe Budget director misleads Americans drve'sset To the Editor: believe that I read the pargraph defense spending is necessary to I was surprised to read in the as the Budget Director intended help balance the budget. But the April 7 News'Roundup section people to. Since some members administration is twisting facts to that the House's budget propos- of the House are reluctant to achieve its objective, and this de- als contain "deep cuts in military pass further increases, the admin- ception flourishes best when the spending." All I had read before istration wants us to think that press is negligent. For example, was that there was a dispute over they are threatening "deep cuts" The Tech should have italicized the comparatively modest sum of in defense which would endanger the word "increases" so that it $12 billion. national security. would be easier to see how Miller Federal Budget Director James was trying to deceive the Ameri- We are told that the whole pro- C. Miller III's statements about can public. posal is an irresponsible maneu- "deep cuts" and a "blackmail Jorgen Harmse G budget" on the other hand con- ver to force President Reagan to jured up pictures of servicemen raise taxes, and certainly should ask why the current level of ~8sea~pgg~al~pl~I lI being sent home and the Penta- not · - _/am If' I T &a I -4 I Tdl& FM military expenditures is necessary. 1-i-L- S-Lwm gon unable to buy weapons. ~ea~s%-~·aa~IR~nLMMSId~~~ I After puzzling over this tor This is just a variation on the some time, I noticed that the pas- trick of advocating a noble goal sage actually said "deep cuts in (such as democracy in Nicaragua) CIA should be barred from campus military spending increases." and a specific action (supporting To the Editor: name of America and has acted along with other protesters such It could be said that this re- the contras) and hoping that peo- The anti-Central Intelligence as a violent force stsnding as Rosa Park, who faced arrest in veals more about my reading ple will infer a connection. Agency protesters arrested last against peace and progress. The order to oppose immoral laws, skills than anything else, but I A serious re-examination of F fall at the University of Massa- CIA has overthrown democratic- and thus began the Civil Rights chusetts, Amherst, including ally elected governmend"(such as Movement. The UMass protest- Abbie Hoffman and Amy Carter, Chile in 1973), mined foreign ers, "whose great minds have en- Rape is an undeniable argued that the CIA's presence on harbors (Nicaragua, 19f4), and countered opposition from medi- campuses is not a question of the assassinated foreign leaders ocre minds," broke minor laws to characteristic of society CIA's free speech. Free speech is (Patrice Lumumba of Congo, bring to our attention to the (Continuedfrom page 4) one thing, recruitment is some- 1956). mnonstruous activities of the CIA. merchants, and to beautify the thing different. These courageous protesters F. Sal Vafaei vant. delicate fingers of our friends and Research Staff So impoverished women in El Should the CIA be allowed to who will go down in history spouses. at MIT? The World Court -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Salvador, unprotected from sili- recruit 9- Most of us, without knowing the CIA is break- con dust, assemble computer has ruled that or wanting to, have benefitted international law by conduct- chips for pennies a day to power ing from rape, in the general sense. Nicaragua. The ELECTRICAL ENGINEER our computers. Others pick fruit ing a war against But as we recognize the implicit scandal revealed in orchards owned by US com- recent contra promotion of cultural rape in our has broken the laws panies. Black South African that the CIA society, and take action to oppose of the United States as well. Var- Small, high-tech, MIT spin-off seeks full-time men, separated from their fam- it, we also bring ourselves closer ious human rights commissions ilies for months, living in electrical engineer with interest and some to the day when sexual rapists the fact that unsanitary cells, toil in mines to have documented will no longer get away with "she the CIA has committed serious experience in real-time digital control, digital enrich the white mine owvners and wanted it." crimes in Nicaragua through its (at r" international diamond and gold data acquisition, microprocessor systems Arthur Grant G contra mercenaries. board and component level) and assembly -I- I ---~rsr Ic~sli-~aa --~u II - ar e -~rr P-NI---I Butchers who sell poisoned both meat should be closed. down by iqnguage programming. Circuit design their customers if the government experience a plus. An opportunity to work with does not jail them. 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The policy was challenged on * The films should generally Registration Day this spring, History of film policy when Adam Dershowitz '89 NOW ON SALE promote a positive attitude to- The MIT sexually explicit film ward sexuality. showed the film Deep Throat in All Proceeds Benefit policy was drafted in August The screening committee con- East Campus. IHis case is current- 1984 to provide for a mechanism sists of three undergraduate stu- ly pending before the Committee for reviewing such films. Some dents, three graduate students, on Discipline. minor revisions to the policy made in December of 1985 changed the membership of the UA to call for cheanges $10 Worth of Souper Salad Coupons screening committee and allowed PLUS educational films to be shown, to HsASS-D proposal but the policy has remained basi- (Continuedfrom page 1) manities, arts or social sciences. 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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1987 The Tech PAGE 7 M_' ""- ~L·r~I ra~a~M 1 1 -u - r ne~~~sl~~P~llg~~~s~slra~~~-~sma~~~ra~ 8~~a- -- I WM Aff& AOF& Aak..~ AdI161 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~fromR/T lot Boston to batle Luxembourg Noble continues tenure E U sOU Tj EBI ~ :!399Li g (Continued from page 1) by her for Noble had nothing to went into the tenure decision. •F y to Iuxembaurg, with FMoarctoERE eranypexpress do with MIT's withdrawal. He said that former Provost olload 0&Belgium * Only i15 by train to Switzerland & Faence "We have raised money from Francis E. Low interviewed the o CAnveniet d -soovia I to Copenhgen, London, at MIT and other places Bernabei explained that the faculty tenured faculty of STS, who had Pari, Fxrandurt, Glasgow, Oslo, Stockholm, Bergen. as well as the MacArthur Foun- documents that she sought were optional stopovers at no extra charge. MIT rejected Noble's application, and ^ Iceland dation," claimed Minsky. He said primarily those of certain Depart MayI My 31, June-October W found no basis in Noble's conten- departuresfor as little as S50 CELANDAIRIMW Coalition is now broadening administrators and MIT Corpo- Restrictions apply. the tion. He added that President additional each way. to include MIT ration members regarding Nob- its campaign Paul E. Gray '54 then repeated and is also supporting le's tenure application as well as alumni the review process and again faculty members around outside evaluations of Noble's CR&IMSON TRAVEL other found no indications of political ST. CAMBRIDGE * TEL. 868-2600 who are facing simi- case. 39 JOHN F. KENNEDY the country motivations behind Noble's rejec- IP .--- - edrc-~ rs L1 d Minsky felt MIT's r- lar problems. But Sullivan maintained that tion. withdrawal of its motion to dis- Translations into your native language MIT had turned over "98 per- To this, Bernabie replied that for industrial literature. You miss the Noble suit indicated how 'Tour are needed cent" of the documents asked for "depositions and testimony show will be well paid to prepare these MIT's case was. weak by Bernabei. What was being that the affidavits are incorrect." foreign translations on an occasional basis. withheld, he said, was, "the iden- There was not "any significant re- Assignments are made according to MIT's version of the case knowledge. tity of persons who wrote evalua- view from Low or Gray, " she language your area of technical translators for: tions of Noble on the condition added. We are currently seeking I Robert Sulli- ability D;anish Dutch MIT's attorney, of confidentiality." Noble felt, "STS viewed me as • Aprabic 0 C:hinese * van of the Boston firm of Palmer • Farai * French Gennan O Greek a liability when they were in an is and Dodge, had an entirely dif- Noble claimed that MIT was * Italian e Japanlese 9 Korean ambiguous position vis-A-vis the ferent explanation of why, MIT trying to get its evaluators to in- O Norwegian O Polish 0 Portuguese Institute. All of the depositions valuabale! 0 Spanish * Swedish its motion. According He said that o Romatnian withdrew voke confidentiality. confirm this. When fired I was and others. to Sullivan, MIT filed a motion .using the protection of the eval- given no reason, so I have to Into-English translations from German for the dismissal of the case in uators to conceal other docu- speculate [that political consider- and French. Many other languages also After this, he explained, is disingenous." January. ments ationls were at work]." available. attorney filed another Noble's He likened himself to a gov- foreign language typists also needed. motion to compel MIT to release Implications of the case your ernment whistle blower and add- All thi Hork can be done in certain papers and asked that home! "if we win this ed thlat he hoped that the suit both motions be considered on Minsky felt that Linguistic Systemns, Inc. is New much would help overcome the atmo- same day. motion, MIT will be very England's largest translation agency, the sphere of intimidation at MIT. more defensive." He felt that the located a block north of the Central Sq. felt Noble's teamn had Since the release of these docu- people in STS faculty who voted Bernabei subway station. ments would obviously have a against Noble's tenure were main- uncovered a lot of information con- For application and test bearing on the eventual resolu- ly those who thought his tenure about the faculty's improper views, translation call Mar. tion of the suit, he continued, would jeopardize STS funding, sideration of his political a good case. MIT deferred the motion. "When and that the motivation was en- and thought she had Linguistic Systems, Inc. S5kagestad other- we postponed it [the motion]", tirely political. A preliminary But Sullivan thought 116 Bishop Allen Drive win," lie 8 6 4 -3 9l0f said Sullivan, "Noble chose to tenure committee had solidly rec- wise. "I think we will Cambridge, MA 02139 it as a withdrawal, commented. I characterize ommended Noble's tenure appli- I I_ _ __ which it is only in a very techni- cation, Minsky noted. _ ,- __I_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ l cal sense." But Sullivan said the tenure But Noble's attorney, Lynne committee's recommendation was Bernabei, saw the withdrawal as non-binding, adding that the sign of disarray among MIT's at- court had several affidavits deny- tornreys. She felt the motion filed ing that political considerations I -- AKE I T - INMANHATTAN _ WVE'VE GOTVUR DATE THE RIGHT EDUC~ATm FOR THE WEEKEND Thntty features quality products of the Affordable Luxury ,/ b 9 e Chrysler Corporation like this t~ andStyle Pleasure