Pass/Fail Changes by Tony Zaamparutti the Other for End-Of-Term Reports

Continuous MA_<|MIT

I News Service · L Cambridge i Since 1881 MAassachusetts

I Volume 102, Number 37 j - Friday, September 17. 1982

I . . . . ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CEP approves f rosh pass/fail Changes By Tony Zaamparutti the other for end-of-term reports. The faculty Committee on The forms, developed by the Un- Educational Policy (CEP) yester- dergraduate Academic Support day endorsed changes in fresh- Office (UASO), include a check- man pass/fail, including sending box system for instructors to rate all freshmen a report of their student performance. "hidden" grades at the end of That system will allow instruc- spring semester. tors to evaluate student work on The full faculty will discuss the homework, class participation, CEP plan at its meeting October examinations, and other categor- 20th. The full faculty must vote ies, by checking off one of a set to enact the proposal before it of boxes marked excellent, good, can take effect. fair, inadequate, and not evaluat- The CEP yesterday passed an ed, according to Taylor. amendment not to instute hidden Before yesterday's meeting, the freshman grades at the end of fall CEP had planned to require hid- 1 semester, as originally planned, den freshman grades both fi according to James Taylor '84. a semesters. student member of the CEP. Un- After debate at SCEP's meet- a1 dergraduate members of the com- ing last Thursday, student mem- mittee proposed the amendment. bers wanted to refrain from the The change will "soften the ef- use of hidden grades. fect [of grades) in the fall term," Taylor said he and Barber pre- salid Steven Barber '84, chairman sented Professor Felix M. H. Vil- of the Student Committee on lars, Chairman- of the Faculty i; Educational Policy (SCEP) and and of the CEP, with a proposal member of the CEP. not to require hidden grades ei- The proposal still requires ther semester, but only to use the freshmen be sent a transcript of new freshman evaluation forms their hidden grades at the end of t o d esc ri be fre s h m a n the spring term. If an instructor performance. gives a hidden grade of D or F at Taylor said he did not expect that time, he will be required to, Villars to allow discussion of the fill out an evaluation form for amendment, since the time for the student, according to Taylor. substantive changes in the pro- Association of Student Services Shuttle Bus The CEP plan calls for~-thP poSal had ended. ' ~ L pass/fail changes to be 'a two- "Professor Villars thought year experiment, to be reviewed about it last night and liked it," in Spring 1985, according to Taylor said yesterday. "He was Finance Board ves o fund Barber. the one who brought it up at the The CEP also recommended meeting. It was close, but it using two new freshman evalua- passed." cnpust sur-le usl projec tion forms, one for mid-term and (Please turn to page 8) By Barry S. Surman bus project will seek ASA recog- Lopez "had no reason ... to The Undergraduate Associ- nition - a prerequisite for Fi-, create a separate organization," Dukakis defeats Kilng; ation (UA) Finance Board voted nance Board funding- separate- said UA Vice President Kenneth Wednesday to provide $8620 in ly, he said. Meltsner '83. Lopez is the UA's loans and a direct grant of $ 1000 special projects coordinator, and Sears wins in GOP AOSS has neither a race to support a campus shuttle bus constitu- several Finance Board members ID system planned by a group called tion nor bylaws, and Lopez re- m By Tony Zamparutti hard-fought fight," questioned why Lopez did not lew said state the Association of Student Ser- fused to make public an outline Former governor Michael S. Senate President William M. pursue the shuttle bus plan vices (AOSS). he drafted for the group's organi- through the student government. Dukakis won the Democratic gu- Bulger (D-South Boston). "I have zation. "The Association of Stu- "I've had no direction from the bernatorial primary Tuesday with another layer of scar tissue to Michael Lopez '83, organizer dent Services does not exist," Lo- UA president and vice presi- 54 percent of the vote, defeating prove it." of the shuttle bus project, told pez told the board, though he demt," Lopez countered. "... I incumbent Edward J. King. At midnight King conceded the the Finance Board that AOSS later said revenue from other put in my own money and my In the Republican race, John election and thanked his cam- will not seek official recognition AOSS projects could be used to own effort." Lopez told the W. Sears easily defeated two oth- paign workers and supporters. from the UA Association of Stu- meet the shuttle bus system's board he has spent $150 in per- er candidates. He won with just (Please turn to page 2) dent Activities (ASA). The shuttle debts. under 50 percent of the vote. sonal funds on the bus project John Lakian pulled 27 percent of thus far. the vote and Andrew H. Card, Jr. (Please turn to page 8r 23 percent. MIT weighs foo0 vendor plan John Kerry won the five-candi- Board approves date race for the Democratic Par- By Daniel Crean subject to some regulation by the MIT community reaction was ty lieutenant governor nomina- MIT is close to approving a Institute. split about evenly injfavor of the repo&rt criticizing tion, besting second-place Evelyn plan which will allow four com- The only remaining obstacles action and against it, according Murphy by- fewer than forty mercial food vendors to operate to implementing the plan, Miller to Olivieri. When some vendors Dean'a Office thousand votes. on campus, according to Howard said, are legal details concerning moved to locations on Ames and By Barry S. Surrman 1 About 1.3 million people voted Miller '63, Executive Assistant to liability and insurance. Amherst Streets, the Institute de- After a unanimous vote to en- in the two primaries, the state's the Vice President for Complaints from the M IT cided not to chase them away, ter a closed session Wednesday largest turnout ever. Close to 1.2 Operations. community led the administra- but chose instead to seek a com- night, the Finance Board ap- million cast ballots in the Demo- Under a plan being considered tion to develop a plan to allow promise solution. proved a report drafted by its cratic Primary, and nearly by Vice President for Operations some of the vendors to continue Campus Police studied the chairman, Charles P. Brown '84, 280,000 voted in the Republican William R. Dickson '56, the ven- operating, said Campus Police campus to identify possible perfor the MIT Corporation Visiting Primary. dors, forced to stop selling food Chief James Olivieri. manent locations for the vendors. Committee on Student Affairs The struggle between King and along Massachusetts Avenue in Campus Police received "nu- While the final places have not "with minor modifications," Dukakis has split the Massachu- May, will be granted permanent merous complaints" about the yet been chosen, areas under con- Brown said. setts Democratic Party. "It was a spaces on MIT property and be streetside vendors, Olivieri said. sideration include spots near The report is sharply critical of The complaints, he said, ranged building 66, the Alumni Pool, the Dean for Student Affairs Shirley from the smell of the vendors' intersection of Ames and Am- M. McBay. It charges student ac- I vans and sanitation problems herst Streets, the M IT power tivities are insufficiently funded they might cause to blocking the plant on Vassar Street, behind and neglected by the Dean's Of- MBTA bus stop and taking pub- Get the latest in World, Satire Wars continues! See building 9, and in the driveway fice and McBay negotiated with lic parking spaces. behind the Student Center. Each the UA in bad faith. National and Campus News. the Comic section - The vendors were also violat- vendor will be responsible for The Visiting Committee will in News Roundup - Page 11. ing a Cambridge city ordinance sanitation in his area, Miller said. examine the newly-formed Resi- Page 3. which requires that street vendors The plan under consideration dence and Campus Activities sec- Read Sports Update and stay in one place for no longer calls for four vendors to be in- tion of the Office of the Dean for Stereo A4M radio comes of don't miss out on this than than ten minutes. Campus cluded. Two of these will sell Student Affairs (ODSA) when it age. Read about it in the weekcend's Intercollegiate Police asked the Cambridge Po- Middle Eastern food, one pizza, meets at MIT November 8-10. Arts Section - Page 7. Tourney's - Page 12. lice to-enforce the ordinance and and one "American food." All Earlier in the meeting, the clear the vendors from Massa- four vendors will be required to board approved an $185 grant to L ~~l~l·IRC1·L~glg-··~ - sPC-CP·-iJ I chusetts Avenue, Olivieri said. (Please turn to page 8) the MIT Marching Band. _ma~aa PAGE 2 The Tech FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1982 e-CL - --`- -B -h _Is--# C4lp-1_Ppb--lgsl C··-P·-I New late payment plan takes effect By Burt Kaliski garding the number of students Over six thousand students charged late fees this term. have enrolled in the new Bursary "I think the payment plan is Payment Plan, agreeing to pay a working well,'' Wagman monthly percentage for late pay- commented. ments rather than a flat fee as in The Bursar's Office and the Of- previous years, according to Bur- frce of Student Financial Services sar Arthur R. Wagman. designed the new payment plan MIT now levies a monthly fi- last year and announced it in m nance charge of 1l/4 percent on November. students' unpaid balances, he ex- Individual departments, such plained. The old plan required a as Housing and Food Services, late fee of $50 each month, re- were informed of the importance gardless of the overdue amount, of "accurate and prompt billing" r! Wagman said. in the implementation of the new m Tech File Photo Wagman claimed there was "an plan, Wagman said. The Bursar's Former Governor Mike Dukakis will challenge !t John Sears in the November gubernatorial election. Office, he added, wants inherent unfairness" in the pre- to avoid F. vious plan, since the late fee was billing disputes and the time-con- w- independent of the amount owed suming procedures required by after the due date. Students are law when resolving such disputes. Du akis, Sears win primaries not required to use the new pay- The new payment plan differs ment from the old only in the compu- (C'ontinuedftjro page 1) sharks, opportunists, plan, he added, and ap- dema- County district attorney. Droney tation of a finance charge, In his acceptance proximately three thousand stu- Wag- speech, Du- gogues, self-infatuated men and has held the post for 23 years. man stressed. kakis asked King voters and women with small minds." dents still pay under the previous Harshbarger will face republican plan. The "clock starts running" on workers for their support: "I Peter A. Vellucci defeated in- Guy Carbone, former Metropoli- MIT changed its late payment the day a bill is issued, Wagman know we share many of the same cumbent state representative Mi- tan District Commrnissioner, in plan to make the system more explained. The 11X4 percent fi- goals and values. And I want chael Lombardi for the Demo- November. equitable and to improve the In- nance charge is assessed on the them to be a part of our coalition cratic nomination in the 29th Suffolk County district attor- stitute's cash balance when the payment period so that together we can go for- Middlesex District, which in- flow, Director of ney Newman A. Flanagan won Student Financial Services Jack ends, 25 days after the billing ward . . . to a'strong and a vigor- cludes most of the MIT campus. his re-election bid, defeating for- Frailey '44 said last year. date. Each additional month an ous and a successful November Former assistant attorney gen- mer assistant US attorney D. Payments for the fall term were unpaid balance remains, the Bur- election." eral Scott Harshbarger easily de- Lloyd MacDonald in the Demo- due August 12, but Wagman was sar's Office will assess another 1 /4 Both Dukakis and Sears will feated incumbent John Droney in cratic Primary. Flanagan will not unable to provide information re- percent charge, he said. actively pursue the votes of King a four-way race for Middlesex face a Republican challenger. supporters. Because of the small i _-.- .- number of Republican voters in the sta-te, Sears must draw D)emocrat~s and Independents to win the general election Ncovem- ber 2. 1n his acceptannce speech Sears ttacked the Democratic domi- nancc ol'.Massachusetts politics. "I call retlleiber when the state was clean and decent." he declared. "Something is rotten in Matssachusetts. Our government is populalted now by a pool of

Private Locked Mailboxes Harvard Square Special student rate: September through June 30, 1983 only $40: offer expires 9/30/82. Also available: mail forward- ing, professional typing, wordprocessing, answering service, temporary office rental. Call Bette James 661-2662.

Want to succeed in the class room? Want to be rich? Want to be successful? For more information write to: JOE CAMPBELL ASSOCIATES. 26 Drivers Lane. Laurel Springs, NJ 08021. Sales Reps Wanted.

NEED ROOMMATE for modern 2 bedroom apartment behind Prudential. Roofdeck, wall-to-wall ONCE YODURS carpet $375/month Including utilities 15-miriute bus to MIT. Available now. Call KIAN, evenings 262-4152. Brown & Finnegan Moving TRIED Serice. Lo- A cal, long distance, overseas. No job too small or too large Reasonable rates. Call anytime 364-1927 or 361-8185. KAMRIKAZE WAITED Inventor'Electrical Engineer, to form partnership of Ideas (not cap- ital). to develop highly speculative. po- tenitially enriching devices and concepts. THER~sS N6 Contact David Cohn. 304 WV104th Street, New York, NY 10025 CAT FOUND GOING wa.)deriny Inside MacGregor BACK. House late Irn tree evelnlg of August 27th To ciaim. When piease call 494 8665 you fly with a Roses Kamikaze, thereS only one kind of ticket. One-way. As long as you make it authentic. FOAM MATTRESSES With the Lime Juice that originally intro- and CU SH5 I Oo N S duced the Kamikaze. Cut To Order At No Extra Charge RoseVe Lime Juice.

* All Sizes But just in case you haven't soloed O All Qualities before, the flying instructions are below. * Lowest Prices We hope the recipe will at least get e Zip On Covers you off the ground. You wing itfrom there. Platform Beds Happy landings. $8 9.95 4 Parts Vodka MEM SI ! .1 1 Part Triple SecH| f0a 0; FOAM RUBBER 1Part Rose AV M A Lime Juice "aw ;O DISCOUNT CENTER When you Z ~l muST 165 Brighton Ave., Allston drink the a EOFILId s 254-4819 Kamikaze,, FwRve ei IL fy, but don't drive. IwX*Vrl M- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1982 The Tech PAGE 3

~~~~II- I l ,-

vvorld~~~~~~~~~ israeli troops drive into West Beirut- Israel moved troops and |_| i~iol~JD oftanks President-elect into West BeirutBashir WednesdayGemayel's assassination.to prevent Arab Israel gains closed in the its wakebor-| | s3. t I

guinboats bombarded West Beirut. An Israeli Army spokesman |io__ clainied "in Lebanon's present anguish, it would be immoral for Israel l X.eOt;.{ nowt to assist in keeping the peace. Present Israel troop movements. in- .>s.H sure that calmnwill prevail and anarchy be forestalled."B fiX/

Marcos of the Phillippines arrived in Washington for his first state vis- Lt i . . itof the US in 16 years. Yesterday he met with President Reragan after 2 S also meet with other US officials to discuss the US military presence| inthe Philippines and that country's human rights situation. Tech puroto toy Rcoward Soley Ghotbzdeh executed in Iran - A firing squad executed former AAview from Walker Memorial shows Boston'sBack Bay. Iranian Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh. He was convicted for _ plotting to assassinate Ayatollah Khomeini 'and to overthrow theI Iranian regime. During his trial, he said his friends outside of Iran _ would divulge alleged contracts between Khomeini and Western pow-_a ers if he were killed. |_ Nation 1-A e+ Congress blocks military funding -President Ronald Reagan and -_ Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger are reported to be dead- locked with Congress over an $8 billion dollar increase in defense ap- propriations they support. The Departmenlt of Defense has strongly objected to a Contgressionlal order to trim $8.7 billion from its request- ed 1983 budgetary allocation of $210 billion. Senator Ted Stevens, chairman of the military subcom mittee of the Appropriatiions Com_-E mittee said the Department of Defense claimed the cuts were "going l 1_*__ too far." ^W_- ^_f Senate defeats anti-abortion legislation -The Senate voted 47-46 __i* against a proposal to severely curtail a woman's right to an abortion. l ___11 The proposal would have prevented the use of Federal funds for abor-[91|1_ii tions and supported legal efforts to overthrow Supreme Court deci-_1ll1 sions on abortion. President Reaganl supported the legislation. Con- ____ gress will probably continue to restrict the use of Federal funds available for abortion. _1 E El Chrysler and UAW tenitatively agree on new contract- The t t i Chrysler Corporation and the United Auto Workers (UAW) reached a B tentative contract agreement yesterday, s.,nt-tly after thousands of USll autoworkers left Chrysler plants after Wednesday night's strike dead- |tSSX-_^v\*! line. UAW President Douglas Fraser and Vice President Marc Stepp rwXI_ declared, "This tentative agreement achieves our principal goal to startI_ the Chryslers on the long road back to parity with workers at Generall__l Motors and Ford. _ * |Campus1 1 ROTC celebrates Anniversary - Last Wednesday the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps unit at MLIT celebrated the 35th anni- AIWA A_ CM Disc_ MAXEULL versarary of the United States Air Force as a separate military service. SANYtO ADNOCOMWASHER TOKl Two hundred and fifty cadets from MIT, Harvard, Tufts, and Welles- PIONEER SONY AUDIO _MAGNUM l levcattended the ceremony in 26-100. lBAUPUNKlT MITUBSHI9 TECHNICA -lDSA " ~~~~~~JoelGluck, Richard Mlynarik, and Ed Schmit JENSEN JVC l SYSTEMS- l I.A.a.ather mmOEA^ Breezv and cool today with clouds giving way to sunshine in the after____I 8noon, high near 70. Clear& cool tonight with a low near 50. Sunshine| with increasing, cloudiness tomorrow, high in the lozw-to-mi~idle 70's. These products are just a few examples of what you'll find. WE CHALLENGE YOU Tomorrow night will be cloudy, with showers beginning.tfnaetreinryrnnaeifgisocrtro l | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Barry S. Surman _ - - _I,|a ,__-a___- I PAGE 4 The Tech FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1982 0

Jerri-Lynn Scofield -as ncutrs ofthew~~~vron kind I don't know how 1- manage to do it. I swore up and down that this semester was going to be different. Rather than spending the first two weeks of classes shopping for interesting courses that would broaden my scope and increase my under- standing, I wanted to choose courses primarily on the basis of my course catalogue and my advisor's advice. This idyll lasted a short time -four hours after classes began, to be exact. That was when I met a professor I'll call ET, because his first lecture was truly extraordinary. ET strolled into the first day of class, sans syllabi, and pro- ceeded to tell the assembled multitude how we would spend the selnester. Well, sort of. I don't think he had any idea how we were to spend the semester if we took his class. At least he didn't inspire any enthusiasm in me. We wouldn't have a text- book. ET hadn't drafted a reading list. (Can extraterrestrials read'? I began to wonder.) He hadn't decided yet whlat we would study. He couldn't tell us when assignments were due, or how many would be expected. He wouldn't even tell us -what Column/Mark Tempe they were or what they would cover. He wasn't ignoring grades, which would have been a refreshing approach. Work would be graded. That is, some of the assignments we would receive sometimle would somehow be graded according to some criteria DeR~a s ne nuew ideas uls yet to be determined. Then he announced that maybe he It seems like only yesterday, ership might hope. Voters do not a bidding war in which tens of would just give US all B's. I don't mean to question his public but almost two years have passed like to see politicians greet news billions of dollars in tax benefits relations judgement; however, that was not a message any of us since Ronald Reagan and the Re- of economic distress with barely- were doled out to special inter- wanted to hear the first day of class. Especially the closet publican Party gained control of concealed glee. People realize ests. When President Reagan nerds. (Welcome to my class. Some of you may work hard, the White House and the Senate. that it is one thing to criticize- asked for deep cuts in programs somne of' you won't, but it won't matter. It's easier to give you Campaigning on a theme of less and another to come up with a for the poor, many Democrats better idea. supported, him. And when the all B's. Then I don't have to bother about getting down to the government, these conservatives capitalized on voter disenlchant- The truth of the matter is that Administration tried to rein in e .earthly task of assigning real grades.) ment with the then Democratic the Democratic Party has not-of- Social Security, the Democrats This is not the first time I have been confused as to what I President to score impressive vic- fered the American public a via- screamed bloody murder, but would be expected to do to complete a course. At least ET ad- tories at the polls in 1980. Since ble alternative to Reaganomics. they proposed no reasonable way mnitted he didn't have any idea where we were going.- Last se- that time, Republicans in Wash- When the Republicans proposed to save this crucial, but nearly mester, one professor I studied under seemed to know the first ington have used their newly- the Kemp-Rot-h tax cuts in 1981, bankrupt, program. In the last day of class what our assignments would be for the entire se- found political strength to reduce not only did many Democrats two years, the Democratic Party E mester. He announced we would be required to write four pa- government spending dramatical- support the bill, but they also led (Please turn to page 5) - pers, and would not be expected to take a final examination. ly and cut taxes in an effort to At the end of eleven weeks of classes, long after distributing solve America's economic c problems. X~~~ pe ar paper topics and presumably after we had all started our re- eG sealrch, he cha!nge-d his mind. He gleefully announced we Now, the 1982 elections are just seven weeks away, and the wouldn't have to complete that last assignment. Instead, we Republ ican Party's -economic would have a comprehensive Finall examination. policies are a central issue in Don't get me wrong. I don't question any instructor'Is right to lNlore support needed many Congressionlal races. e htlve any examination at any time. I just expect to be told Democratic candidates have been To the Editor: entering MIT this year face much about tests in advalnce, so I can plan my schedule accordingly. quick to point out -correctly - We want to express our con- more than that: being alone in a Obviously, -writing palpers and taking exams require different that Reaganomics is biased in fa- cern about the recent reduction foreign country without knowing allocantions Of study time, of' which I only have so much. 'I de- vor of the wealthy and that it has of staff in the International Stu- anybody, trying to get by in an E not produced the economic boom dents Office. International stu- serve to be told, early in the semester, what is expected of me, unfamiliar language, having to Mee especially whell I a11 paying 8,700 dollars for the privilege. promised by Republicans. In fact, dents comprise 20 to 25 percent deal with the often less than co- of MIT's student population, but you listening, Committee on Educational Policy? Now near-record unemployment and operative US Immigration and Are only two peopie, Dean Chamber- that you have finished garroting freshman pass/fail, you might business failure rates have led Naturalization Service (INS) for many Democrats to believe that lain included, are presently emn- permission to stay, travel, and focus attention on a proposal that would truly make student they can ride into office simply ployed by the International Stu- work, unfamiliarity with the life easier, rather than just reducing the faculty's workload. by pointing to bad economic dents Office. American educational systemi, MIT students deserve truth-in-studying regulations. news and blaming the Republi- Any student entering MIT and for many, encountering ex- I suggested last semester that departments might require pro- cans. To a ilarge extent, the faces great challenges: new sur- tensive discriminaton when trying fessors to submit syllabi to headquarters early in the term to Democratic Party is pinning its roundings, trying to send afforda- to find a place to live.

make sure these schedules conform to the rules of the faculty hopes for a political recovery on ble housing in the Boston area, For this group, it is an abso)- - and don't contain any illegal final examinations. Is this a feasi- the lack of an economic recovery. new classmates, and most of all lute necessity that there are quali- ble solution'? I don't know. At least though, if all instuctors But this campaign strategy of the highly competitive academic fied people available at MIT, submitted syllabi early in the semester, professors like ET negativism is not likely to be as environment. However, the al- people familiar with immigration effective as the Democratic le~ad-- most 400 international students (Please turn lo page 5) would be forced to enter our universe. Students would know 20 what waIs expected of' them early enough to plan schedules to devote enough time to subjects, professors might even receive higher quallity work. Eliminating such close encounters of the A; worst kind might make MIT a little more pleasant-for all of us. E = r #USS ~~Ivan K. Fong '83 -Chairman _ | | nWaxJerri-Lynn Scofield '83 - Editor-in-Chief v i a ~V.Michael Bove '83 -Managing Editor E D William L. Giuffre '84 -Business Manager E LI ~~~~~Volume 102. Number 37 Friday, Septem ber 17. 1982 E = SPORTS DEPARTMENT Sports Editor: Martin Dickau '85; Staff: Rich Auchus '82. Brian | Schultz '84. Arthur Lee '85. Robert E. Malchman '85. e

PRODUCTION STA FF FOR THIS ISSUE Night Editor: Matthew W. Giamporcaro 85; Staff: David Shaw '82, | V. Michael Bove '83. Bill Spitzak '83. Jon von Zelowitz '83, Charlie Brown '84, Bill Giuffre '84. Amy S. Gorin '84. Barry S. Surman '84. Tony Zamparutti '84. Max Hailperin '85. Ray Henry '85. Robert E. Malchman '85. Daniel J. Weidman '85. Richard Mlynarik '86. | = The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607) is published twice a week during the academic X year (except during MIT vacations), weekly during January. and once during the last week in July for $10.00 per year Third Class by The Tech, 84 | Massachusetts Ave. Room W20-483, Cambridge. MA 02139. Third Class E postage paid at Boston, MA. Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720. POSTMASTER: Please send all address changes to our mailing address: YEAHYO~ dORN9Its VIC Y SN | The Tech, PO Box 29, M IT Branch, Cambridge, MA 02139. Telephone: (61 7) 253-1541. Advertising, subscription, and typesetting rates available. ID1982 WE LO0 t M. The Tech. Printed by Charles River Publishing, Inc. i la p

- I ;.. ... FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1982 The Tech PAGE 5 1_ opllnlon 1 Denocrats I need plan for Nove has allowed the Republican Party the voters have put them in means regulatory reform, not to to set the political agenda, and it charge of the White House and unleash business, but to make has been content to react to Re- the Senate. Democrats must rec- regulation work more in tune publican proposals rather than to ognize these realities - and act with market incentives and the offer ideas of its own. accordingly. private sector. And better gov- With the elections still two Republicans have always called ernment means putting the public months away, however, it is not for less government; Democrats interest ahead of business, labor, too late for the Democrats to be- should now call not for more or or other special interests. gin campaigning positively. They less government but for better There is an alternative for can still offer their own plans to government. Better government Democrats who whine about the restore economic prosperity. means cutbacks in unnecessary or evils of Reaganomics and for Re- They should admit that govern- inefficient programs - be they publicans who decry the excesses ment has gone too far in may for rich or poor people, military of liberalism. Our leaders should areas, that Congress cannot cre- or civilian purposes. It also trumpet the virtues of sensible, ate a risk-free society by passing means the preservation and ex- responsible government. Hopeful- laws, and that inefficient govern- pansion of effective Federal pro- ly, the Democrats or the Republi- ment spending and excessive indi- grams. It means tax cuts to en- cans will eventually realize this vidual tax rates must be reduced. courage economic growth and and start working to improve our Republicans have been saying tax reform to make the rich and government rather than expand it these things for years, and now powerful pay their fair share. It or tear it down. -- =ELE~~~~~~~lg~ Sfficient a mother's reply support lacking To 1he Editor: If you see him, tell him he left his How would you feel about Penthouse magazine here. Featur- {Continuedfrom page 4) printing a mother to daughter ing an article on "What Women letter (since Really Want Sexually." laws, able to explain what to do, you printed a daugh- Maybe why, and when. The Internation- ter to mother one last week)? you could explain to him that al Students Office under Dean This is actually composed of half what they want mostly is some- Chamberlain does a wonderful of two letters that came this one who hasn't been reading Penthouse. job. However, it is obvious week. Your father is reading that it now. I suppose the office is seriously under- it will give him A ny dear, ideas, too, as if staffed, with only two people to he needed any. advise about 2000 international You seemed upset on the This is just a note. Not much WELCOME STUDENTS! students. phone yesterday so I thought I'd doing here, except that we went METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH A student should be able to send this off to you right away to Jacob's Pillow on Saturday for concentrate upon academic (the chocolate). You did know some great flamenco dancing. (Southern Baptist Convention) mat- Take ters when he or she so wishes, what MIT would be like before care. you decided 16 Beech not spend the time waiting in a to transfer, so it's a Love Street, Cambridge li ttle front office of the INS. There- late to co mp lai n now . M ums Dr. Ric hard G roves, Pastor fore, an operational International (What does "dweebs" mean, Students Office is a necessity if dear?) Why don't you come home P.S. Please check out your boy- Bible Study: 10:00 MIT wishes to remain- attractive with D-avid next weekend, if friends' reading habits before you to international students. you're still depressed? go out with them. Worship: I 1:00 Peter Hobbs G Speaking of your brother, he Name withheld at the writer's President, just went back to Boston tonight. request ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Canadian Students Club - , ,- ; - - __- Annete K. Larsen G President, MIT European Club p *Patrick Tan '84 I a"* * * * *, A SOLID Amoe President, I certainly among Fassbinder's best. It's Unforgettablel' International Students Association !Ordinary pizza -Dhvid BrUDnOy, News 7 Paul Wiley I President, Club Latino places cant Edmond Lo G ""LOLA" MUST BE SEEN! More intuitive and more Presidest, Chinese Student's Club pragmotic tohan much of Irfan Rahin measure ups Fassbinder's previous work. I was somewhate surprsed by the film, MIT Islamic Society One visit with friends or family and you'll fall in love with the original Rana Singh G Uno Restaurant and Bar. and yet it helped me understand General Secretary, First, because we're an honest-to-goodness great restaurant with more clearly the distinctive Sangam, Indian bright, friendly hosts, waiters, waitresses and bartenders who'll serve you qualities of his art." Student in a delightful A ssociation attractive but casual atmosphere. -Andrew Sarris, VBillh Voice And then, Executive Committee because you're in for a gourmet surprise when you taste the original deep dish pizzas that made us world famous. Graduate Student Coulncil Choose from Pizza ingredients and combinations that you never _I. . . thought possible along with a marvelous soup, saiad, sandwich and I beverage selection. Visit the pizza restaurant that's a slice above all the rest: Uno. You'll need a big appetite and a small pocketbook.

0 10U

0~y~~ The five most I dangerous words 11 in the English language.

A Film by ith Matthlas Fuchs. Ka-r 8NalHelg. FecerseI, 'wan D-ynl Kr:-He," wcn Hassxl. Ehnabeth olkmrnr Rosel Zeh Halrs Bohm Rainer Werner Fassbinder andChorstme fmwnw Photography by Xaree Sch-av.r-,,ber · ^mnine : . art~Mla Suk Cost.um1nesby Barbar Baum Screeplay by Peter Mirteshe-mer LI Starming I lnarbara, Sukow Set Decovti-on br RaulG-ernie Edted by Jlnneorent

Mario Adorf - Armin Mueller-Stahl Hposr Ween tm lar ThonFs Sch-ohoProdomedby Julio's Pizza 10 1 Magazine St. United Aitists Cbssics Coorlgnt s 1932 Umttet Anrsl Crsrop at.Gr Cambridge I IlltZ II lyll "PEOUIff tlo l | ___d -bl-t,o loutsI~~ All regflSreseatg tel. 491-4124 ·fTfZEFMA

------I Taues - Sat 731 Boylston St, Boston Daily I 1-I AM* 22 John F. Kennedy St, 10:30- 9:00pm *Boston and Harvard Sq. EXCLUSIVE Harvard Sq open'til 2 AM NEW ENGLAND b Rt 9, Franingham on weekends, PREMIERE ENGAGEMENT BEACON HILLs3 Special - fresh salami sub 1:00-3:15-5:30-7:45-10:OQ I Beacon at Tremont 723 811 0 exclusively at Julio's $3 75/50¢ off with this ad II II . . . .4 II _~s~8 PAGE 6 The Tech FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1982 rb-~ ~paa~~~a~iL ·~B - ~ ~ _~-L~a---~ ~-bLL_-·L- I - - - -__ - . __ ,rP4,---I . g ., _ S__ ~· r ---

Backcto-school savings

5MlT Student Center

_ _ · j _ - s- , - , , _ , s- _ _. S I- _ _ | w-.. w l _ ,I * -__ l

- I -I I 'our Choice $14.99 ]/andy helpers for hornme or dor: a room 17-47% Off _ GE Lig t 'n Easy Steani/l~ry Iron GE 2-Smcel3·i Break resistant cooler-to-the-touch outer Ishell. Polished aluminum sole-plate with \ TFoaslter 27 steam vents. Fabric guide. Heel rest. / IPop-up toast every time with controlled set- Comp. value $17.99 I tings. Chrome/black. $14.99 E Reg. $17.99 $1 4. 99

-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1lamilton Beach P%,egall Butter-Up 10t Pot tEope X t to li5 t~cup Icapacity I I I1speeds P| Eopper ^ t - W | | I I preparation of coffee, tea Snap, crackle and pop- or soup. corn! 4 qt. thermostatical- Comp. value $17.99 ly controlled. $14.99 IComp. value $17.99 s Colorf ful Organizers $ 14.99 0 | ~Functional accents for your dorm room or l|~1111__ |apartment, that make or ganizing fun! Choose |U_,| R g o red,0 blue, white, or yellow. O E | ~~~~~Comp. Sale 1 |i a value Regall i Poly Perk' | | E wifler a qui- Stacking0 | Baskets $4.00 ea 3/$99a er Contains powerful, Oversize Stacking l 1 4 or 8 cup percolator in durable easy-clean et, energy efficient motor t~insB 2/$15 2/$9 1 | polypropylene with lock-on cover and re- I I that draws in unpleasant smoke, pollen, Deluxe; } Dish- l §movable cord. s I tobacco dust and odors.Oinal2 drainer & Dish- 014e99 O ri1godnally I2 : t ~~drainer Mats $5.50 $4.29 ea q? 910ds Laundry Baskets $8 $5.99 Comp. value $19.99 | | $14 .99 Flatware Oranizer$3.75 $2.99J

Save 21 to 34% - earever Skrillet Sale Wear-Ever cookware feature, .iple thick, premium quality SilverStone. So foods won't stick and clean- up is easy. It's the only way to cook today! Reg. Stale Reg. Sarle 8" Skillet $8.99 $5.99 12" Skillet $13.99 59.99 10" Skillet $10.99 f7.99 Square Griddle $13.99 S10.99 M--- M -- - l FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1982 The Tech PAGE 7

//" I I ^Il - -,L-

-- - - - "I I IS Ashen in Ghana Burundi figures. Ek~ore, a Bristol-based Western devils, the Peters Townshend and I dance company is up next with a stunning H.am mill. Townshend's "iAscensiosn Two'' call-and-response chan t described as a sounds like a Welsh choir run amok, while I'm back again, and this time I've jumped Ghanaian social song, but the perfor- Harrmill's entry sounds like Peter Ham-

Soonto the cross-cultural bandwagon: mance, stunning as it is, sounds a bit thin mill run amok -a standard state of af- M ~usic and Rhythm, various artists on ! when compared to XTC's "It's Nearly Af- fairs for him. The side is rescued by the re- LPVC Records. rica,"1 which feel more like the genuine m ain ing performa nces: Prod ucer Vic The past few years years in popular mu- item. This comparison points out one of Coppersmith-Heaven rocks out on a Bali- sic have been marked by an -abundanceof the flaws in the compilation: since many nese Ket jak chant (the Ramayana Monkey professed outside influences. Adam and of the ethnic performances are derived Chant, which is meant to be a faithful ren- Ethe Ants and Bow Wow Wow qlaim to from field recordings they don't receive the dering of monkey chatter), and follows it have been influenced by African Burundi benefits of Western recording technology, with his recording of the actual chant. Jon Xdrumming. the Talking Heads have ex- consequently they don't sound as full as Hassell provides one of his "fourth world" plored native polyrhythms, and the duo of their British counterparts. The talking Indonesian trumpet excursions, and falls David Byrne and Brian Eno has gone as *drum recording that closes side one suffers to the greatest editing crime on the disc, I far as incorporating tapes of the real thing from the same defect but close listening being reduced from twelve. miutes to a I into their own compositions (e.g., My Life will reveal the dense polyrhythmic struc- mere four - barely enough time to appreci- i in the Bushl of Ghosts). One would think ture of the piece. ate Hassell's extraordinary performance. A that Africa didn't exist before the 1960's, Side two is the most unified block of riveting Islamic chant by Nursat Fateh Ali i when ethnomusicologists (at the time a MUSIC AND RHYTH4M A benefit double I.p. for tunes, demonstrating influence of African Khan, actually seems out of place here be- newly formed discipline) began collecting A World of Music Arts and Dance music on Western pop and the influence of cause of the intensity of its delivery. It is The WOMhAD Festival field recordings of native musics. 4t Western pop on African Music. The Beat featuring music by also the last interesting performance on The release of Music and Rhythm is an- THE BEAT __ contribute a remixed version of "Mirror in the disc -most of side four (barring D~a- |other major step toward promoting a con- DRUMS OF MAKEBUKO. BURUNDI ,the Bathroom," a piece derived from the vid Byrne's "sHis Wife Refused") is little sciousness DAVID BYRNE of things non-Western. The re- LONLSI CHEWANI AND JONI HETARA | "high life"S pop music of West Africa, par- more than postcard impressions by second cord was issued to support production VIC COPPERSMITH-HEAVEN tticularly Prince Nico Mbarga and Rocafil generation citizens of the third world. costs for the World of-M usic Arts and HOLGER CZUKAY ALHAII IBRAHIM ABDULAI AND Jazz. Prince Nico has incorporated New The beauty of the first record makes this Dance Festival that was held in the U.K. HIS DAGBAMBA CULTURAL GROUP World instrumentation, especially guitars, disc worth owning despite the flaws of the this summer. The festival was mastermind- EKOME into his shuffling uptempo "Sweet Moth- second half. I do find one aspect of the PETER GABRIEL ed by Peter Gabriel, yet another art-rocker Q) PETER HAMMILL ,er," the compilation's most danceable en- programming objectionable, however. The gone native. Gabriel also compiled the ION HASSELL "try. A calypso number ("Music and countries represented are all former British double album, interspersing Western art- NLJSRAT fATEH ALI KHAN AND PARTY ALHAII BAI KONTE AND MALAMINI IOBATE Rhythm") by Mighty Sparrow and a reg- colonies, which is not a bad thing, but the pop and recordings. of some of the ethnric PRINCE NICO M'BARGA AND ROCAFIL JAZZ gae-doowop song by Rico ("iWhat You most cospicuous absence is the American groups that appeared at the WOMAD fes- MORRIS PERT 'Talkin' About") represent RICO: the West Indies colony. Lest anyone forget, the transplan- tivan. What could have turned out to be a SHANKAR AND BILL LOVELADY entries, sounding not at all foreign due to tation of Africans to American soil (also nightmare of badly sequenced tracks is in- MIGHTY SPARRC)W the influx of reggae and ska in pop music. known as slavery) gave rise to the blues- PETE TOWNSHEND stead a unified whole, with only a few mi- -~~~~T Morris Pert (percussionist for Brand X) and from th ere it was only a short step to nor seams showing on the second disc.- contributes "Marrakesh," an intrigui ng R&B and Rock and Roll. We all know Music and Rhythm leads off with the number meant to create a North African that the British obtained their rock educa- drums of Makebuko, Burundi. While this feel with its heavily sh if ted meters, suc- tion from the Americans, but their failure particular performance is not as interesting ceeding instead in creating an Afro-Indian to complete the circuit (at least on this re- as the Burundi Black field recording, it ser- amalgam . cord) tarnishes this otherwise commend- vesd as the perfect segue into Peter Gabri- iThings begin to fall apart on side three able effort. el's "Across the River," a- drone-chant which features two execrable tunes by David Shaw punctuated by Stewart Copeland's own

II I a 0 0 0 a i ug AOL II - TV I "o - % e AM stereo has become a reality. After . aey vnteKahn stereo receivers halve many years of bickering between the con- been delayed in production. M~ura Corpo- sumer electronics manufacturers, radio sta- ration, the manufacturer of the new AM Etions, and the Federal Communications fpstereo/FM stereo portable radio, is still S.Commission (FCC) as to which version of E m \1 \awaiting receipt of a microprocessor from AM stereo should go into general use, the / ; Kahn. Due to the delay A M stereo receiv- FCC made a "'no-decision" decision. It rue-t F E Q M ers (for Kahn systems) may not be avail- cently began appro3vinig all the systems for t Em L able before 1983, and then with a planned radio broadcasting. #1 retail price of $50. None of the new formats can be re- E_,1 The latest Arbitron ratings have shown ceived in stereo on presently-available re- \ w \/ E /that the majority of radio listeners llow ceivers. About 50 percent of the AM sta- tune to FM stations. While FM station tions planning to convert to stereo will , , \ratings have not been rising rapidly due to gutilize the Kahn-Hazeltine system. When YU Vthe sheer number of stations, AM ratings broadcasters uise the Kahn system, listen- have been failing precipitously. Format -rs can hear most of the stereo effect by \ t -shifts from music on AM reached ;a peak placing two monaural radios side-by-side. =; _ /last year when New York's WABC made KTSA San Antonio was the first to use the switch to talkradio. Music industry this format, followed closely by KFRC itpersonnel are worried about the possibility San Francisco, WNBC New York, WLS r dofAM stereo going the way of FM quad. Chicago, and WMAL Washington. Most i [- rL -1 1When listeners switch over to hear the all- of these stations have been actively pro- i 000-odx_ new AM .stereo and hear no change from moting their new method of broadcast by v o v 0 v 00 ,monaural AM, they won't buy the new re- way of new jingles in an effort to regain 0o **-o t -i_ cever - they'll merely switch back to the audience which has been switching to 0 ohm**-oi FM. ;Mura personnel believe that AM ste- FM in vast numbers over the past decade. X 001 1ww reo reception will be far superior to that of Stations such as WQXI Atlanta, using X - 9 8 1FM stereo. If true, once high-quality re- AM stereo formats other than Kahn, still j ceivers are on the market, AM stereo sound the same and are keeping promo- might just rejuent the now-dying tional advertising to a minimum until new ai rwaves. I receiving equipment is available. Unfortu- Stuart Gitlow

i {n e o wrl {yyyY~~y~yyyyyyyyyyyy There will be a screening of Primate, a rYyyyyyyy^ Reggae superstars Jimmy Cliff and Peter -Y _ : _ H~~~~~~z _ ~~~~~filmU by Frederic Wiseman shot at the't Tosh will appear together for the first time -YB

UD 4 ~Yerkes Primate Research Center in Atlan-. a-,-on Saturday, September 18 at the Metro- Y~YY- YyYY~yy yyy Y7YoY~yyxy -Y-Yr~n

«Americaldn Pondit, Friday,76 :30& Kresge.sFlnFsivlatte, ro B ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~t e 20s at 7p in_ wit51c Bstn0p0

Do iketIndem nw(Casic),Init 7 1020,obby ~n. rcyy~------osgry~yyys ieFiaSpebr1 t83g

Ragtime Sturay 6:30eic at the00.,, Chane Frdy ln nMndy etme 0 t :0 Xg tteCanu udy e-G .>wttttyt^ September17. H i' pm, fbr their program of onevact playsWi Wenders Film Fesival1atathepOrson rfiiSna,6:0&9111~mrca 6

I f , ) I I , '. , - - ; , , - -; , , , - -"' - 1. - L'- C - - J- .- i - · · - i C , ·, ·, L I L O I ·O I )Q I ·F, I I IIL I s I I -I C r r I C C i. r t - .· CC.- C C C _ ~ PAGE 8 The Tech FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1982 cssba_ - ICIIIY -sl P --sC -- I - - -Is- __ FinBoard votes tofund shuttle group won't ask ASA approval (Continuedfrom page /) this a user-supported shuttle," Finance-Board member Steve Lopez asked the Finance Lopez told the board. Barber '84 also abstained from Board for a $10,000 loan and a the vote, citing a conflict of inter- $3000 grant. AOSS sold 30 four-dollar The board condi- est because he was involved in tionally passes, each good for ten rides, at granted the project two the early stages of the project last short-term, a table in Dupont Gymnasium interest-free loans: spring. James Taylor '84, floor $7120 on Registration Day, before fi- to meet the first month's leader of the UA General Assem- operating nancial backing was secured for costs, due December bly as well as a board member, 18, and $1500 to cover the shuttle bus. "Selling tickets adminis- chose not to disqualify himself trative expenses, due May I. The without a project behind it is This space donated by The Tech wrong," Meltsner said. from voting, though he sold shut- $1000 grant is earmarked for L -- L L -- tle bus passes in Dupont. ------1 start-up costs including publicity Meltsner abstained from a vote The larger loan passed by a 9-0 and signs to mark bus stops. on the $7120 loan after saying he margin, with two abstentions, r si This term's total budget for the was "bothered by [AOSS's] little and the smaller loan and grant shuttle, scheduled to operate oversights. This is an organiza- passed with no objections. 1 - Swing-arrn Lamps from October 18 to December tion that will faii because of little The loans from the Finance 15, is $17,275. "I want to make oversights." Board's invested reserves- funds + s +Stavnglgat left over from previous years - $15.99 must be approved by the Activi- Institute nears decision ties Development Board, a group consisting of students, faculty, r and administrators. on food vending trucks Both grants and loans are con- c (Conftinruefd rool page I) day, but would be allowed to op- tingent upon the shuttle bus pro- i m ject gaining official recognition , _ be licensed fnd insured, and MIT erate only during certain hours, Chair b from the Association of Student m will reserve the right to revoke according to Olivieri, who also v Activities (ASA) and the Finance Reg $110 m any vendor's privilege to sell on said the plan will be implemented E Board receiving letters supporting m campus, according to Miller. only on a trial basis. N the project from Constantine B. % $59-99 M The Institute does not plan to The proposed plan will not af- Reg $85.00 Simonides, MIT vice-president, charge the vendors for their fect Joe's Pizza truck, which was Reg. $37.99 and Kimball Valentine, insurance $49.99 .spaces, according to Miller. The granted a special exemption for and legal administrator Sale vendors will be allowed selling food on campus a number for the X;22-50 to stay in Institute. their spots twenty-four hours a of years ago, Olivieri said. Lopez is confident the shuttle bus system will be successful. "If I have to sell passes to every per- CEP sends son I see on the street," he said, pass/fail plan the project will get off the

ground. 111e for 0ctober faculty vote Lopez said he has approached List $75.95 List $90.95 A s the Student Center Committee, Formica Tops (Cconinued from page / ) in, the school year, according to the Graduate Student Council, Salel $57.99 Sale $69.99 (Available in 3 colors) E SCEP will hold at least one Barber. The topics included: a re- the Office of the Dean for Stu- e student/farculty $32.oo s A discussion about view of the Institute science and dent Affairs, the Office of the _a the CEP proposal, and the Un- laboratory requirements, debate President, and the Inter-Fraterni- dergraduate Association General of a possible biology require- ty Conference, as well as the Fi- Used Student Desks $50 and up Assembly (GA) should also de- ment, some work on the human- nance Board for funds for the bate the plan, according to Tay- shuttle bus. ities requirement, and discussion lor, who is also GA Floor The bus route may be of pace and programs. expand- Leader. ed, Lopez noted, if sufficient E In a memorandum to CEP CEP will release its report on numbers of residents of living E members. Villars listed several to- freshman pass/fail next Wednes- groups not on the loop buy shut- pics for CEP consideration dur- day in Tech Tazlk. tle passes. E G ------i

e_ Al mrlmmlT X

a_~~~~~~NDEPNENT IM 8 Center { u L T Screen, In"c. Sept.D YIOUR RSN IS WORTII AN Informlnation: 1982/83 494-0200 Sie abJos Lson B CarnterCeaw for the Vaual Art, 24Quincy St, Hwvard Umrnm OFHCCER^S COMMInSSION X CENSER SC:REWss IOth Annaivrwer Season! s With Expanded Membership Program! r IN THlE BRMY: r William Everson presents Your BSN means you're a professional. In the Army, it also X SPECI EFFIET # STUNTS AND DISATER _E 10th Anniversary Opening Night! means you're an officer. You start as a full-fledged member of our Fri, Sept. 17. 6-7:30pm. Opening Night Reception medical team. Write: Army Nurse Opportunities, Special Anniversary Cake donated by Rosie's Bakery, Cambridge. Open only to attenders of 7:30 p. m. showing. P.O. Box 7713, Burbank, CA 91510. 7:30 p.m. Everson in pcrson with film showing. An unique program of rare film clips, including bursting dams, tidalwavcs, battles, the Destruction of New York City, and other ARMnY NURSEL 46RPS. treats, plus examples of stunts that went wrong but were used anyway in final movie. AELI I' %E N lOth A nniversary Special ------I- -- p~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bob Dylan - -- I ulx ·BBC-41P1411sl ----- -a 11119 in D.A. Pennebakers DOWT LOOK IBACOK.* I Sat. and Sun., Sept. 18 and 19; a X Fri., Sat., and Sun., Sept 24, 25, 26. Fri. and Sat, 7:00, 8:45, and 10:30p. m.; "The largest Su&, 6:00, 7:45. and 9:30 p.m. An extremelv rare showing of selling bottled one of the most famous unseen films of all time, which has been , out of distribution for a decade. ale in Don't Look Back (I 967) follows - the young Dylan on a singing L tour of England, with many Great Brtain." classic scenes. Not to be missed. Tickets:$5 for Special Effects program With reception; $4.50 for Don't Look Back. Imported by Scottish Ale Importers, Inc. Center Screen's irresistible expanded Membership Program 1985 North Park Place includes 12 admissions (including guest), plus discounts to Atlanta, Georgia 30339 NEWCASTLEE OScottish Ale Importers, inc. Sack's Beacon Hill Theatre, the Coffee Connection , smand Distributor for Massachusettes M. $1800 worth of discount coupons in THE CITY Coupon United Liquors, Ltd., (61 7) 323-0500 ALWN ALE Boork plus more. Call or pickup information at door; lartially supported by Mass. Council and N.E.A. -~~~ r· ~ I ~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ---- ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I- I - .- ._ . . ._ _ I ._ . _ ...... I - 11 ___ . - . - - qlAL- n -L _ _ s--I --_ · L _aI kb~Ba~-h -rCP~p ~ BB~l~kl PI LIE ~ ~- PP~I FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 198Z 'Uhe Tech PAGE 9 0 r~W mCw%kk.

=---- _ . . _ r= ~ ~ . . r_ sports~ Engineers, `I Fall sports select captains Scientists& The following athletes have Men's Cross Country Women's Sailing Progranxners been selected as captains for their Paul Neves '83 Mrchelle Bagdis '84 Dominique Grey '84 respective fall sports: Women's Cross Country Discover the elements of success Baseball Terry Sutton '83 Soccer at Raychem... Steve Kosowski '83 Ulrika Oster '84 John Busa '83 Steve Lubiak '83 Field Hockey John English '83 Technology, flexibility, response * i Golf Louise Jandura '84 Men's Tennis Patrick Fowler'83 Karen Renaud '84 George Hoehn'83 i Football i rot CAIWPU~ Doug Gouchoe '83 Women's Tennis John Einhorn '84 Sue Strausman '83 Wednesday, Septemnber 22, 4 -6p.m. sportln Jon Opalski '84 Building #4, Room #153 i Women's Volleyball Water Polo A_~~IQpzb Margaret Kniffin'83 I John Friedman'83 I Amy Smith '83 *These basic elements represent the driving force behind our This Sunday, the MIT Chapter Barbara Wesslund '84 dramatic 25-year growth. Now a Fortune 500 high-tech company, Men's Sailing Raychem's unique technologies-radiation chemistry, heat of the National Collegiate Ath- Bruce Klein '83 letic Association Volunteers for recoverable metals & conductive polymers-are continuously adapted to meet the needs of many industries, including telecom- Youth program (NCAA-VFY) runications, aerospace, process, petrochemicals, energy and will host its second annual Track electronics. and Field Day in Steinbrenner To f ind out more about how you can become part of the elements of Stadium. Activities are scheduled success at Raychem, come meet Claudia Lindquist on Wednesday, to begin at noon. University ypewrter Co., Ine September 22nd, see our success story on film, and take this op- Last year's program was a big portunity to have your questions answered. We are proud to be an success, with more than two hun- equal opportunity employer. Repairs 0 Sales a Rentals dred children between the ages of five and fifteen participating. This year, organizers of the event Electronic, Electric, and Manual Typewriters are expecting almost twice that |l , -- -- number. Olivetti - Brother- Hermes First-, second-, and third-place Olympian- Silver Reed finishers in each of the ten events Smith Corona will receive medals, and each of the youngsters will be given a rib- Quality Ribbons HA RVARD bon for participating. COOPERATIVE MIT is one of fifty institutions 547-2720 SOCIETY sponsoring VFY. In the program, college athletes are matched one- 547 1298 to-one with local youngsters of similar interests. Approximately 90 Mt. Auburn St. 3,400 students and youths partici- At Harvard Square H ew1lett-Packard pate nationwide. Cambridge, MA 02138 When Performance MuIst Be Measured Further information about the By Results upcoming event can be obtained --L from either Arunas Chesonis or - ISILtpL --C- 1 HP-1 1 I Erik Borne, both at 536-1300. : : lid -- _ Hewlett-Packard's powerful en- L. c c"- - p II try level programmable designed for math, science~and engineer- ing at a new low price. Reg $99.95 Now $84.95

HP- 6C Your power over numbers - The most powerful calculator ever built for advanced math- if ematical calculations. Reg $1 34.95 Now $1 14.95

ICIv ;;··ii IL11 ;-,- ;-. If 1 HP-16C is~r--"--"===~=---- . E.m -x. . MUMAMMV..w. Become a logic master- The

most I powerful calculator ever .desigiined for computer science and ddigital electronics. I Reg $149.95Sale' $129.95 B __ m

HP-41 C:aV and all 41 CV and H P-I L periphertrals at fantastic savings I 'H P-41 CV Reg. $29919.95 Now $259.95 82104A (Card Reader Reg. $189 9.95 Nrow $;179.95 82143A PPrinter Reg. $3499.95 Now $299.95 '8216f1A Cassette Drive Reg. $4999.95 Now $349.95 *82162A Printer/Plotter Reg. $4944.95 Now $399.95 ^Buy an eentire HP-IL system and receivie the 82160A HP-IL module froFee! Hewnviett Packard Connputer Seminar: Thurs. Seept. 23 - Harvard Square - 66:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Please reg iseer for seminars by calling 492--1000, x337.

P £ R S O A L COMPUTATION HEWLETT I PACKARD D E A L E R

_ 1II ~Sg-~rrl~rC~llll~ls ~-~ 7 -e sap~ r~ ~--I c o--- u-mq _a PAGE 10 The Tech FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1982 M= -- -- -9- - I b -h I -- 11 rt~

Brew and Hype play some ball sporting notice

(Contirnuedd Drool page) I)) the tendons in my elbow." other. My arm was dead, and my Anyone interested in joining tat the MIT boathouse. break into. the dirt. By changing 'Hlave you seen an orthope- control was shot. I guess I had the men's freshman heawyweight Anyone interested in helping speeds, he'd keep the bitters dist, Ho pape?' kind of suspected it might be, crew team should contact coach record statistics for the football illslIval at air. He \Aas a' jov to .Yeah, he said I halve some though. John Terwilliger at- x3-6245 at club should contact Ken Cerino behold. slig{ht tendinitis. Surprisingly, Paul wasn't much 5pm Monday through Friday. at x3-7946 or leave a message aIt Walking to the parks Paul 'Hev* you'd better be carelul.' better. Nothing was breaking, --Practices are held daily at 5: l5pm The rech's sports desk. caught mni up on what was hap- PtIul looked awav and nodded. though his velocity was good. His pening with him. "I went out for Wer did our stretchim, in River- pitches sailed up and away, in- basebahll (at Penn),lhe said, "'and side Park (I could barely, touch stead of down and in. I called it a I~~~~ _, , . | there \ais on!) one other leJ't- niv toes on the hurdler stretches). day after about an hour and a hainder il calrp. I got cut, Thcn \:e started throw ing. P~lul's half because I was too out of though. I couldn't get the scurve first toss sailed over my hea!d. shape to run down the balls that Research Endanger Universities?" over. "Oops," he said, "I'm really tight Paul threw past rme. Announcements at 8 pm on Wednesday, Septem- "Are thou going to too out iII in the arm.'' The next day, when I couldn't ber 22 in The Meeting House, We pelayed catch for a while, I called him the falil agalin''' move my right arm, All changes in addresses and tele- The First Parish in Harvard c "'I don't know,. I haven't becan \Aith about every fifth throw go.- to ask how he felt. Paul said that phone numbers must be given to Square. The lecture if free and out at all1, except for al ino over someone',s head . We 6 working his elbow hurt. He never used to the Registrar's Office at E19-335 open to the public. c little ca~tch with Shuber (a catcher agreed it had to be the wind. One mention stuff like that without a by September 22, 1982 for inclu- on our old teamn). I'll see how I time I ran down the ball about lot of prying. I asked him if he sion in student directory. Harvard Psychology' Professor fee:l in the 'l.' 250 feet from Paul, turned and were going to throw more over * r*** Emeritus B.F. Skinner will dis- e "How's vour firm'?" fired it to him on one bounce. the summer. He said he'd prob- cuss "Behaviorism: What Is It "'Okay, I guess;." Something in my shoulder ably continue pitching, to Shuber. Lectures All About?" Sunday, September "Rfeally'?' I questioned him. po>pped- I asked him if he still thought he 26 at 3 pm in he Meeting I= "oWell, it's the slidersi. They're For the rest Of the afternoon might try out for Penn again. r Harvard President Derek Bok House, The First Parish in Cam- r sweet p~itches, but they irritate we took turns pitching to the "I'll see," he said. "I'll see." will lecture on "Does Biogenetic bridge. The lecture is free. e I * * * XIr ------

I classifeI into your native language are r Translations = needed for industrial literature. You will be Nevw Releases Your e ! acverfsing well paid to prepare these translations on F an occasional basis. Assignments are PIANO, THEORY, and foreign made according to your area of technical from the COMPOSITION INISTRUCTION knowledge. E Award-winning pupil of Nadia Boulanger with B M. and M.M from Boston Univer- language We-are currently seeking translatorsfor: e sity and M.F.A. and A.B.D. from Har- * Arabic * Chinese 0 Danish * Dutch M IT I vard. Christopher Yavelow. Harvard v Farsi v French * Germ.,an & Greek press Square Studio. 497-0275. ability * Italian a Japanese e Korean I

Norwegiian * Polish Portuguese 5 PART-TIME SECRETARY NEEDED * is @ Romanian * Spanish 9 Swedish for consulting engineeer at 238 Main St. in Kendall Sq- 12-18 hrs. per wk. ex- and others. cellent typing skills required. call 491- , aluabole! Into-English translations from Russiar, 6005. East European languages and many a EXTRA MONEY others also available. National Health & Nutrition Company. Foreign language typists also needed. E Expanding in the area need campus reps to meet our tremendous growth. EARN All this work can he done in your homel $200.00 - 500.00 per week part time. Linguistic Systems, Ins:. isNew England~s e Choose your hours. Call Frank or Craig, largest translation agency, located a block r 938-1680. north of the Central Sq. subway station. D Apartment rental. WINCHESTER (20 For application and test min. to MIT) 3-bedroom, spacious ga- translations call Ms. Erebia E rage, plus driveway, gas heat, near Linguistic Systems, Ins. transportation, furnished ($800) unfur- nished ($750) plus utilities. No pets. 116 Bishop Allen Drive in 469-2197 evenings. Available Cambridge, MA 02139 r immediately. I L_ ,, -- ,.,, - - - I ,, I

BACK TO SCHOOL! WE A PARrYwith IN TOUCH magazine and C0NTES T to find- lKroeHtet CollegeJoc$

Sest9S

We mute all Boston area gay college students to join us atour first artrof the **Acdemicyear, ourway ofweloomiWe you back to sBonita, back to school,

and back to Buddies. I A CaBh JoeP of $2M plus a three-year subecrp~don to IJ T MUCIr21-e Will be I mI arw~d Qto the winner. runnet r-up wi remve 850 plus a two-year subscit and the scond-runner up will ma 35 andba year's subripio So IN TrouxZn m The il eve betbe t hebrma numanned an am applause nMee. so bring aw Ore *In PopwTaut ratio permnafftyddb fta RdO1 M be JLC Contest pbote wm yapec inarn upeondug Isim o I TOLSOL and the conteft irner may have a crace t bea an 0 TOUlC cterf"

by Y by*R1P ardie awoasn Me nW M P Aea ob Wm * of eym) M tr VW" avWM away. I HQwISST COLLEGE JOCZ const actppcatk Name Age soa

Hobbiso

------~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~Ia,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 0 - - m FR!DAY, MI M - -L SEPTEMBER 17, 1982 The Tech PAGE 11 ~8

I 0 1~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ------ ------~~ I e1 -S ----------------

+--jN C) ._

C/)

. _ Woel .L 50ME COPAOPJ C/ JO.ST PkomLFEB Jo5T PToM;isED M-IT.1.n> A GkAOT ID esrBg- LISW A Po.5T6kA~uATFE COWCOLUA4hyCOM-- CO RIMIN CGoOG GLSs a1) a) AW.b I S (D C. C, -)17 IS IT?

i--

co E U,

0 9 cc

19VI - STUDENT ART ASSOcIATION FALL CLASSES r~~~~~ Register now thru Sept. 20 for classes or studio use in: Photography Ceramics Drawing Etching Silkscreen Watercolor Stained Glass Papermaking a) Chinese Brush Painting

Student Center, Rm 429 M IT x3-7019

- ·- -- I_ "Clf ------,-- - r_ I Feast your eyes on Boston. v~(u r

I a, a- I~Q -~~~9- o( I

I"~~~'P i World Famrous Baracuta Jacket r,'1@( c'(j cVr llf(ir of,'0 loc t I on cornpletfe 1'; )ic 91,!JS i 1 Hotel' Soile'sta on !the r ~rllr n Jc,y() I) 11f1 IJoy, sI)',t (1fk !);iifl! k, ,)ftiv.,C!hlc)rle, Rer is ornly by Van Heusen r~l(Jiff-fX-!'if'w (It tth Bo~s-lon c ky- two min, ites from near[)y MIT Quilt-lined lirne Anrd for chilly Autumn days. wilel yotJ re vi?',ilili 1, vvtE} I)lllty ol frfez[)~.-irki4(j Gol rtesy Lightweight, MIT yot Jcan treat yoi irself to a tranlS()rt;itlri Is pruov;(-l-d to nr iaorr yet durable shell of Boston t!ailtlion 65% polyester/35% cotten. O. , supfrtl) (nfinr 1i1 tistoric r(2ducr-tlOll i irl ldlr~finnco' aLP ourr RII) Rc,()rn Supe~wrior,rrviCuA ce'nters A must P-4 in Bostoon for Fall in oyster, navy, British tan, and now I - *, A at Harvard Square only in black. 38-46 reg.; 40-46 long.

$42.99 8- r nj )Hotel Sonesta,Cambridge reg. $57.50 - 60 Five Cambridge Parkway. Carnbrdge MA 02142 (617) 491- 3600 Call a travel agent or Sonesta at 800-343-7170 (In Mass 800-952-7466) HARVARD COOPERATIVE SOCIETY I L', . . ',-A: t - - J~fd, K,, vJ >. x, (r1 t~ .V .)ien #I[; t R-B, ..... -:- .,~~c;et, - ,, ,r;- Harvard Square, One Federal Street I MIT, Children's Medical Center I ------.- .- -.- _S PAGE 12 The Tech FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1982 ~~-~P ~% I -l4C6N -g--lpP~ e- rslsP LLell

sports Column/Robert E.Malchman I iI -. I~---=-- -P -I Brewv and Hype play catch on a [hot day The June morning was already an unt ortunate tendency, though, warm and sticky at half-past ten, to pitch in games in which the the harbinger of a very hot day in team didn't score runs. For exam- the offing. I was walking along ple he pitched a two- or three-hit- Park Avenue in New York on my ter against Long Island Friends way back from my eye doctor. I School which he lost 2-1 when was pleased that my prescription the substitute right fielder mis- hadn't changed so I wouldn't judged a ball in the bottom of have to shell out $100 for new the sixth. (We played seven in- Coke bottle bottoms. Still I felt ning games.) there was something missing He would also get very down from the day. on himself when either he or the TechFile Photo~lil I think there's atctually some team would make mistakes. One chemnical in the air on muggy game he had a no-hitter into the MltS atnheticteams are gearing up tor the season's meets. summer days which affects aging fifth against Englewood, lost it, a I baseball players in much the then got upset, gave up three so - - - PCI ii - II ·a - same manner as bells affect old runs, and was taken out. We won firehorses. I was struck by the the game, though, in extra urge to pick up the leather, tie on innings. - --- ii 11 IP P- F-- the spikes, and chuck the old pill Standing on the mound, Paul Saturday Brown vs. UMass-Amherst ...... L:0()pm around. appeared the complete antithesis Field Hockey vs. W. New England ..... 10:30am RPI vs. Amherst ...... 2:00pm Accordingly, I called my friend of a baseball player. Half-way Rugby vs. Boston University ...... 12:00pm MIT vs. UMass-Amherst ...... 3:00pm Paul. He was in my class in high into his wind-up, however, he Soccer vs. Nichols ...... 2:00pm Brown vs. Villanova...... 4:00pm school and a pitcher on the base- took on the look of a real pitcher. MIT Open Water Polo Tournament: MIT vs. Amherst ...... 5:00pm ball1 team. ''Rumba-bu mba, The curve would come rolling Villanova vs. RPI...... 8:00am Villanova vs. UMass-Amherst ...... 6:00pm Hype,"' I said when he picked up high up to the plate, then break Amherst vs. UMass-Anherst...... 9:00am RPI vs. Brown ...... 7:00pm the phone. ("Hype" was his nick- down through the strike zone. MITvs. RPI ...... 10:00am Women's Sailing Man-Labs Trophy...... 9:30am name in high school.) The slider would start lower and Brown vs. Amherst ...... I I:00am Sunday "Opa-opa,'' he replied. "Hey, (Plea.se turn to page 10) MITvs. Villanova ...... 12:00pm Women's Sailing Man-Labs Trophy...... 9:30am how's it going, Brew?.- (That's me.) ''Having aI grrrreat time,'. I said, concluding our time-hon- ored exchange. 'I'm about ten blocks f rom your house. You want to go out and play some chuflas?" ''Sounds dominating. Can you bee over in 20 minutes'?" "No problem. See you then." When Paul pitched for Dalton, he had one of the most devastat- ing curve-slider combinations I had seen in our league. He had classified advertlsln

Wellfleet- Harvard Room Exchange Wanted: for quiet, bayside home in pines overlooking marsh. I need pied-a- terre Cambridge, to June; must be on- Cape mid-week, travel frequently. 1- 349-2680

PART TIMAE Collegiate travel sales. Earn extra cash -- free trips. National travel marketing co. Call Larry Benus at 1212) 855-7120 or write to 26 Court St., Suite 2312. f Bklyn., NY 11242.

NEED CREDIT? Information on receiving Visa, Master- card. with no credit check. Other cards available. Free brochure call Personai Credit Service: (602) 946-6203, Ext. x810.

USEFUL FURNITURE Good and cheap. Bureaus. desks, tables, chairs, etc. Call Richard Weiner 492- 5426 eves.. or visit warehouse at corner of Pearl St. and Putnay Ave. (South of Central Square) all day Saturday.

I . .

z Get to Mhe answvers Caster, ANTIQUES s With theTI·55S~ L What ye)u need to tackle the and hyberbolics-at the touch the entire formula. m higher r Special: Mathematics of a science of a button.And it can also be Included is the Calcullator M or engineeering curriculum are programmed to do repetitive Decision-Making Sourceb,ook. more furactions-more func- problems without re-entering It makes the process of Mission Oak ,:.- tusing tions than a simple slide-rule theTI-55-II even simpler, and Desk E Chair calculator has. I shows you how to use all the i Enter the TI-S5-I1, with 112 power of the calculator. $150.00 I powerful functions. You can Get to the answers n work faster and more accurate- faster. Let a TI-55-I1 I ly with theTl-55-II, because it's show you how. I preprogrammed to perform C complex calculations -like de- 1 3081 Broadway TEXAS finite integrals,linear regression s Cambridge, MA INSTRUMENTS' 1 ' 10t;' Texis Instruments (617) IE 497-0666 I B 2!

a L L JL- I a