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.. l statisticsI re ease- t .., By Linda D'Angelo -mits an application for admis- . < A bill to require state institu- -son. -In fact, institutions would b the applicant of b tions of higher education to re- have to "notify . port crime statistics and make the availability of this informa- those- statistics accessible to cur- tion' once the application had '.' rent and prospective students and' been received. e employees was presented to the Since the MIT Campus Police Massachusetts Legislature's Joint has "a long tradition of being up- Committee on Education and front with crime statistics," the Humanities on Tuesday. passage of the bill will not neces- This legislation echoes the -sitate a drastic change, according to Campus Police Chief Anne P. .. Pennsylvania College Security In- became law Glavin. It will become necessary . formation Act which , this.past Novemberrdue to the ef- to change the format of the re- forts of Connie and, Howard ports, but their availability to- Clery. Their daughter, Jeannie, students will remain the same. was raped and murdered in her Nonetheless, the bill "grew out dormitory while attending Lehigh of an aching need," Glavin said. that many institu- Kyle G. Peltonen/The Tech University. The Clerys, cam- Recognizing E. "Doc"' Edger- tions are reluctant to release cam- "Doc and Jacques" met today at the opening of Professor Harold paigning to make the legislation LSC lecture and joined in pus crime statistics, she described ton's new exhibit. Jacques Cousteau spoke at last night's r; national, spoke at the hearing. a "fear factors or sentiment that celebrating Doc's 86th birthday while in town. The bill would require all Mas- "- · -s C1 - CCI Ipl -- ,---r -9 C PglIlI --·,_------pl--F --· CI II · 1 Y sachusetts institutions of higher such information. should be learning to "report to the state suppressed' police, on an annual basis, crime But taken verbatim from the nu er Pennsylvania bill, this legislation -IVIToease .~a c:o statistics' and to "publish anrd Hilgh-speed regional be "done in the best By Miguel Cantillo pprovides for Cray to give MIT distribute" individual yearly re- may not network established ports to students and employees. fashion," Glavin said. One prob- MIT and Cray Research, Inc. 9grants over the next five years for Comprehensive descriptions of lem involves discrepancies in de- have agreed to a five-year joint riresearch on the computer. Cray is MIT, Harvard University, and the institute's security persornnel, termining the number of crimes effort in supercomputer research, pparticularly interested in work in Boston University announced crime awareness programs, dor- committed against the college the MIT News Office announced t,the area of networking protocols two weeks ago the formation of in the development of ed-uca- and mitory security measires, and al- population. At some schools this yesterday. The announcement aand the New England Academic cohol and drug policies would be number is restricted to crimes comes soon after the Institute tional materials for supercom- Research Network (NEARnet), to- the News included: where students are victimized, joined a new regional computer puters, according which will be soon be expanded The bill further requires the in- while at MIT it-includes the vic- network, and began efforts to Office. to include- other -universifies and had originally sought a stitutions to provide reports upon timization of employees and- win a spot for New England on MIT colleges, government laboorato- system two years request, to every person who sub- - (Please turn.ta page,2) , tte -NatibnIffal-Scieiicei!"Founda- high-powered ries, and private companies. Lin- tion 's , -anan' iig-"peed agoNoam Chomsky and Gordon now seen as victims instead of large role' in determining this r Fellman, a sociology professor at terrorists," he said. year's rebate, however. Two years Brandeis, presented opening ar- ago, the rebate was 9.5 percent. #K f, Four responses toward guments and then fielded ques- the intifada tions from the audience at 10- percent, causing many Coop 250. Israeli public attitude toward mem~z~bers concern. Argeros =6-i· Fellman, who just returned the uprisings may be divided into butes this drop to increased costs from a fifteen-month sabbatical four groups, Fellmanl asserted. at all seven Coop stores -- Har- i described the develop- The pro-occupationists, for either | in Israel, vald, Harvard Business and Law mental dynamics of the intfaeda. religious or secular reasons, hope Schools; Longwood Hospital, "A highly democratic" structure to maintain control of the occu- Stu- Downtown, Kendall, and the is developing in the occupied ter- pied territories; on the other dent Center. "The price to hire ritories as communities and small -- hand, anti-occupationists, con- arnd retain res~ponsible help has groups begin to take on more po- cerned for Israel's future (and skyrocketed, as have health in- litical power, Fellman said. Pales- sometimes even the Palestinians) surance- rates.and leasing costs," tinians are transforming into-a hope that a peaceful end to occu- he explained. "fearless people. . . laying the, pation can be achieved, accord- The Coop is trying to battle groundwork for a Palestinian ing to Fellman. Another signifi- these difficult economic factors state,". he addled. cant portion of the Israeli public by cutting costs and increasing Fellman went on to discuss the (Please turn to page 7) sales. "The Coop advertises to appeal to everyone, but a main focus ig-'always to increase mem- ber business,' said MIT undcr- Ken Church/The Tech .graduate ]Darian C. Hendricks. MkGrfi 9 widuporteichnWdesa' '89, one of the five MIT students | Ken Cuc/e Tech Engineers won their ... Wejitworth.. Th' , - game a inst - ...------Lmv, - -z . on~the.Caot~,Board To,~t~main~b__ cooperative society, theCoop ;ipinie-ha-;-R'~aaP-3- gcSstbPi~t g tC. 7, 1989 : _ PAGE 2 , The Tech FRIDAY, APRIL m Flashpoint, a young, exciting, Boston based software compa- m ny, is involved in the development of graphical business appli- Bill-requires cringe sttatics release cations for the Macintosh. Already staffed, with highly skilled fContinaed from page 1) ,tor" where students feel the extra digest it and put it into practice," and motivated software engineers, we are seeking .ne talented guests. Since this term, is a factor effort of locking doors isn't real- she said. person who is ready for a challenge. in calculation of crime rate, this- ly necessary, according to Glavin. The future of the bill is still Fluency in MPW Pascal or Lightspeed Pascal is a must. Knowl- definition problem could blur the Unfortunately, students don't unclear, but according to Glavin edge of Hypercard development, 4D, and Oracles is a plus. facts, Glavin added. realize the immediacy. of crime it- has already made some positive Flashpoint offers an excellent salary and benefits package. Glavin also noted concern until they themselves are victim- changes. "If the bill does nothing said. This tendency else but heighten awareness, [it] Send resume to: Flashpoint, Inc. about the categorization of ized, Glavin 66 Union Square crimes. "Part-one offe-nses" of students to become "believers ull have achieved its goal.... in Somerville, Mass. 02143 group homicide, rape and assault after' the fact' can sometimes That's a big accomplishment Attention: Janey in -the same category as petty make crime prevention a hard itself," she commented. ' II theft. She explained thatt.this, sell, she explained, especially in I-_ __ I over-simplification is not- only the area of theft. misleading but also lessens~the ef- Glavin noted that students are fectiveness of the information more likely to take. precautions since "awareness is what it's all with regards to personal safety, about." One cannot really protect perhaps because this threat is SYMPOSIUM ON himself unless he is aware of his "more meaningful to people." crime environment, aware of the But evein then, she'regretted, it IN specific crimes that are most occasionally takes "something HUMAN RIGHTS .prevalent, Glavin said. tragic to bring about awareness." The Chief felt strongly that The Campus Police full-time CHINA statistics must be put into per- Crime Prevention Unit is in- spective to prevent them from be- volved in a constant education ing misconstrued. She asserted process that begins with the that institutions need to be freshman packet that. all first- First Session, 1:OOPM-3:00PM straightforward with figures year students receive, Glavin A Historical Perspective while at the same time putting the next four years stu- said. For Merle Goldman, Professor of History, Boston University them into context. By comparing dents have easy access to infor- Asia Watch statistics from year to year, it is mation through seminars, IAP member of the board of directors of possible to draw conclusions events, and publications, she con- of Expression in the People's Republic of China about basic trends in order to get the event of a crime Freedom tinued. In for Democracy a balanced view, Glavin noted. rash, such as the marked increase Hu Ping, Chairman of the Chinese Alliance The ultimate goal is a balance .in bicycle theft this term, the participant in the "Beijing Spring" democracy wall movement of "'understanding,' knowledge Campus' Police will distribute and perspective," she said. 'Rath- bulletins in order to keep the lev- Second Session, 3:30-PM-5:30PM people, Glavin said- er than panic el'of victimization low. t The Legal System in the People's Republic of China to be "as se- she wanted people The underlying current in this attorney and Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School cure as we can be while realizing education process, according to Stanley Lubmanl, that there is a risk -involved." 'Glavin, is that students must play Human Rights in the Republic of China cam- False sense of security are active role in preventing Hong Chichang, member of the National Assembly of the Republic of China pus crime. It is "not just the job of the Taiwan Human Rights Association The idea of the college campus of the police to keep the commu- member of the board of directors as a haven from crime, isolated nity safe," she explained. "We all Sessions 7:30PM-9:30PM from the rest of the world, can have an investment toward that Third often lull students into a false goal." The crime prevention unit Human Rights in Tibet sense of security, Glavin ex- is available to present informa- of the Dalai Lama Campus Po- Tenzin' Tethong, special representative plained. This leaves tion, but it remains for students President of the International Campaign for Tibet lice fighting a "convenience' fac- to "not only absorb it, but also Human Rights in China and U.S. Foreign Policy. Mark Cohen, Director of the Center for Taiwan International Relations BRUT and Cray Researach member of the board of directors of the Asia Resource Center agree to 5-ye-a' effort Saturdays April 8, IRoorm 1()250 (Cfontinuedfrom page 1) Bruce, who spearheaded the Sponsored by the Amnesty international MIT Group, NSF network to set up a Boston effort to create NEARnet, the MIT Center for International Studies, and the MIT programs in node next year. Neither MIT nor pledged that MIT and other Anthropology/Archaeology and Foreign Languages and Literatures any other school in Massachu- schools would try to persuade setts is currently even part of the NSF to give Massachusetts one of NSF high-speed supercomputer the two new network nodes that year. "I'll -- I network, which includes centers it plans to set up next - - I- -· ------at Stanford University, Carnegie- make it so attractive that if they Mellon University, and Princeton say no to Massachusetts it will be University. embarrassing," Bruce told the Bob was stuck The reason is that none of New Globe. England's major universities ap- The formation of NEARnet x in the mailroom i plied for inclusion. "We were and MIT's acquisition of the asleep at the switch," MIT Vice Cray supercomputer strengthen i President for Information Sys- New England's case, but there is tems James D. Bruce SM '60 ad- no guarantee the region will be to the NSF network. e mitted to The Boston Globe. added Urnti/ ' f

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L_ ' -'. '' _=Alaskans.demanid oil-clean-aup Alaska state officials, unhappy with the scope and pace Bush tells Shamki Israel North begins testimony of Exxon's efforts, have asked the Coast Guard to begin Oliver North has begun testifying in his own defense. managing the removal of millions of gallons of crude oil must give up WeSt Bank Yesterday, he described himself as an orders-obeying Ma- from Prince William Sound. The Coast Guard said no de- President Bush told Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak rine who had planned to command a Marine battalion cision has been made on whether to take control of the Shamir yesterday that the Jewish state must eventually when top Reagan Administration officials brought him in clean-up. Meanwhile, the Bush Administration said it give up its occupied territories. After meeting with the Is- to run the secret contra operation in 1984. North testified may deploy some.militaro troops in the effort. raeli leader, Bush told reporters he is confident an "ac- he was ordered by his superiors to keep silent about his ceptable formula" can be produced for holding elections efforts. in the West Bank and Gaza. Shamir is proposing an elec- tion to determine the makeup of a Palestinian delegation to negotiate self-government with Israel. Court papers explore Bush role with contras Thatcher, Gorbachev talk in London The White House is refusing to comment on yesterday's British officials said Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher proceedings in the Oliver North trial. Court documents and Soviet President Mikhail'Gorbachev argued energeti- revealed in the North case yesterday gave a snapshot of cally yesterday over Moscow's reported sale of long-range the role George Bush played in the lian-contra Affair. Unnamed sources contend bombers to Libya. And a Soviet spokesman said Back in 1985, Bush told the president of Honduras that Gorbachev, in London, complained to Thatcher that Pres- extra US aid was being, funneled to his country as pay- Rose bet on baseball ident Bush's foreign policy review is threatening to stall ment for helping the contras. White House spokesman Two Ohio newspapers, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the momentum of nuclear arms reduction talks. Marlin Fitzwater said yesterday that nothing can be said The Cincinnati Post reported that Pete Rose bet heavily in response to the statement, because it would then on baseball gamnes during the 1987 season. The papers become a part of the trial. quoted two unidentified sources as saying Rose bet between $8000 and $16000 a day early in the season. Senate to act on minimum wage Senate sponsors of legislation to raise the minimum DuIkakis appoints new press secretary Elliot receives Wooden Award Gov. Michael S. Dukakis named Mindy Lubber as his wage are Ignoring President Bush's veto threat. The law- Sean Elliot, forward for the University of Arizona, has makers are pressing ahead with a plan, to boost the hourly special assistant and statehouse press secretary on won the.John Wooden Award as the outstanding college Wednesday. Lubber, an attorney from Brookline, is an en- base wage to $4.55, which is 30 cents more 'han Bush has basketball player for this past season. A national panel of said he'd agree to. vironmentalist and a former member of the Dukakis pres- sportswriters and sportscasters chose Elliot, who is con- idential campaign. She replaces James Dorsey, a former sidered "the consummate team player" by his coach Lute statehouse reporter who had served as Dukakis' spokes- Eastern purchase looks favorable Olson. man since 1983. Eastern Airlines' unions are a step closer to getting the Sox remain winless divorce from Texas-Air chief Frank Lorenzo that they've The Boston Red Sox are winless in two outings this sea- Beatrice Foods acc:used ef perjury been seeking. A group headed by former baseball com- son, losing last night in Baltimore 6-to-4 to the Baltimore An attorney for the families of the eight leukemia vic- missioner Peter, Ueberroth has agreed, to purchase the Orioles. Jose Bautista allowed six hits in eight innings and tims in Massachusetts had harsh words for Beatfice Foods strike-crippled airline from Texas Air. The $464 million Phil Bradley's single snapped a fourth-inning tie to give and its Boston law firm on Wednesday. Attorney Jan agreement would give employees a 30 percent. share in the the Orioles a sweep of the two-gamne series. Baltimore, Schlichtmann- said the companry.. and wo firm -_'have -en- corAapan in exchange for contract concessions. A union which began lastseason with 21 -consecutive losses, is the ;gaged'imt seven years of per3urycsver-up and'destruction spokesman sa'id he'ls caujtious~ly_ optimistic the deal can enfd' _only unbeaten team in the"American' League East. Boston of evidence. X connection, with alleged industrial pollu- the month-old walk-out by machinists that -has virtually opened a three-to;;llothing lead in the first: inning on-a tio'n. §Chilicht~mann made the comment to reportersin the paralyzed Eastern. Thle Air Line Pi-lots Association, RBI double. by Ellis Burlks and a two-run single by Jim lobby of the federal courthouse in Boston before filing a which has suppoorted the machinists, walkout, said it's en- Rice. However, the Orioles tied the game in the bottom of brief Mwth US District Court Judge Walter Jay Skinner, couraged by reports of the sale, but that crucial strike the first on atwo'-iun single by Larry Sheets and an RBI asking the judge to hold Beatrice in default and impose issues still must be resolved. groundout by Mickey Tettleton. Tettleton homered for sanctions. The eight families in the lawsuit claim that they Baltimore, while Mike Greenwell homered for the Red suffered leukemia as a result of contamination in their UJS takes over 38 S&L~s- Sox in the ninth inning. Boston starter Mike Boddicker drinking water caused by Beatrice and other companies. lasted just two and one-third innnings and 72 pitches, al- The lawsuit, is an appeal of a 1986 jury verdict in favor of The number of savings and loans associations under lowing four hits and striking out -five. federal control keeps mounting. Federal regulators took Beatrice. over 38 more banks yesterday, bringing the total under government control to 215 in 31 states. Bruins finally beat Sabres After failing to defeat the Buffalo Sabres during the en- a~~~~~~~ Disney withldraws- suit tire regular season, and losing the opening game of the 7~~~~~ series 6-0, the Bruins have finally beaten the Sabres 5-3 in Peace hlas been restored in Hollywood. The Academy Stanley Cup playoff action. of Motion Picture Arts anld Sciences has apologized for Other Victors include: Philadelphia over Washington (3- Springing back to winter? the unauthorized use of Disney's copyrighted Snow White 2); Montreal over Hartford (3-2); Pittsburg over the character in last week's Oscars ceremony. The Walt Disney After a week of relatively mild, damp weather, it Rangers (7-4); Chicago over Detroit in OT (5-4); and St. appears as if winter will make a return visit. Low Company has withdrawn its federal trademark Loui.s over Minnesota also in OT (4-3). infringement suit. pressure over the Middle Atlantic states will develop so l l_-l~lrsa IL~P~·I~ ~ p~-·-~-~-n-5 P'--l-· - " as it moves offshore later tonight. The low will then track northeast passing east of Cape Cod late C`RYPTIC CROSSWORD NUMBER 3 Saturday afternoon. While the atmosphere will Across initially be rather warm when the precipitation 6. More Spain pets badly in need of youth. (4, 4, 5) begins, strong ascent ahead of the low will provide 8. Full-bodied little Robert holds us. (6) sufficient cooling aloft to change precipitation to 9. Errant shot by girl? 4, 4) snow in sections of New England. As of late 10. Cold, not quite nice. (3) Thursday evening, it appeared as if interior sections 11. Workplace kicked frozen water habit? (6) of New England would receive significant amounts BY DAVID M. J. SASLAV 12. Multiple strata sound like Jeweler's of snow. The local area will likely receive rain, then command to magic hen! (8) a mixture of rain and snow, and then finally all _21-l -3 4l 5 14._| Can't remember fake poet Eliot . (7) snow before the storm winds down later Saturday. 16. See, he brings back pure console. (5, 2) Despite the initial warmth of the ground, .20. Mankind is a greedy vessel for object. (8) _23. . Number Six function gets the red out! (6) accumulating snow is possible here in Cambridge. 24. Mellow era? (3) Another disturbance threatens to bring more wet -9 . . . i 25. Wintry hernia ruptured-by short pound. (8) snow Sunday. Ho-illl-10 _ 26. Why ten in back? There are eighty more ra - than11 ifthat! (6) Today: Skies will be partly cloudy anld mild. Winds 12 __13 _. 27. Sort of apocalypse feared by Columbus' west 10-15 mph (16-24 km/h). High 53°F (12'C). contemporaries? (3, 2, 3, 5) Tonight: Cloudy with rain arriving. Rains gradually mixing with some snow toward dawn. Winds .S.- j. -17~ ~18 I . Down 1. Comforting head general after Russian uprising. (8) northeast 10-15 mph (16-25 kmz/h). Low 35IF -C). 'B ) 71 9~ 1 lgl-a- 2. eStrangely enough, do test it most crazily! (8) (2 Saturdav.-Rain. sleet and snow turning toc all snow .28 _ 'Z2 su 2 4 . _ _ Broken,.3. Nelson found around dog shelters.;. (7) _ _4. .. while illicit IRAS pay buys birdhouse! (6) by afternoon. Precipitation becoming heavy at 241 1 5. 200 inside (that is, within) senior stew., (6) times. Thunderstorms possible, especially in _11 _hiS 11_ _S Examination, none of it negative, .southeastern section. Temperatures steady or -1 ___ . _ eliminates doubt. (6, 8) slowly. falling back to around freezing. Winds 7. Illegally detain a sex gun, drained of all blood. (13) 13. I sound like a lookers (3) east 15-25 mph (25-40 km/h) backing around to 15. O;r example, gravity makes breakfast food. (3) northeast, then north-northeast late. 17. Even what, when garbled, may be rhetorical (6, 2) Sundacy: Mostly cloudy and chilly with periods of _8. Shakespearean setting disorients lion seer. (8) wet snow. High 32-36°F (0-2°C). Low 27-30'F 19. Directionless, they heal, switch places, (-3 to -1 'C). and feel fine! (7) Forecast by Michael C. AMorgan

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MwnchI-- I a -- asnr mi ~ - ~a~_~llssed h spllIstoBRicnex·I I I I F AWanchausen reviewer miss htoia nex The Tech's review of The with the stories, and 7The Tech's MNlother Goose nursery rhymes. t If Adventures of Baron Munchau- reviewer did not research the Although their popularity has 71 sen ["Terry Gilliam's ponderous production of the film, waned over the years, similar to fantasy Baron Munchausen doth Baron Munchausen is not a the wane of the popularity of I collapse," April 4] evidenced two creation of Terry Gilliam's. Paul Bunyan tales in this country, things. The movie is probably Munchausen's adventures ap- they are still an important part of i doomed to obscurity in America peared in various forms between the cultural heritage of large due to our lack of familiarity 1781 (in "Vademecums fur lustige parts of Western Europe. Ieute") and 1788, when, I be- Terry Gillitam took a collection Nightline has no lieve, they attained their present of classic yarns connected loosely form. The stories are lent by sparse I the narrative and wove e caller IDsystem name of Karl Friedrich Hieron- them into a story. His success in ymus We're writing in response to Freiherr (Baron) von doing this is debatable; but to F "This line is long even by Russian standards... 70 years we've been waiting for this." the recent controversy over the Munchhasen (1720-1797), who judge the film artistically out of Automatic Number Identification had a penchant for telling tall this context is unfair. ,J , _1 -~I naarr I issue. This feature would allow tales. The Tech's review lacked this i the person on the receiving end Most of the tales were assem- context. It is akin to reviewing a of a phone call to identify the bled by Professor Rudolf Erich Monty Python and the Holy caller's number. Nightline would Raspe, who flew from Germany Grail without mentioning the tra- like to take this opportunity to to England to escape embezzle- ditional tales of King Arthur and I inform MIT once again that we ment charges. Raspe added more the knights of the round table. I are not equipped with this fea- tales in the subsequent editions think if the reviewer read Raspe's Volume 109, Number 16 Friday, April 7, 1989 ture. Our phones are unable to of the book, as did Gottfried or Burger's collections and then give us any information regard- August Burger in his German saw the Chairman ...... Marie E. V. Coppola '90 movie, he would have a ing a caller's translation. e. Editor in Chief ...... identity. All calls greater understanding of what Niraj S. Desai '90 are, and will remain, The stories once enjoyed a Business Manager ...... Genevieve completely Gilliam was trying to do and his C. Sparagna '90 confidential. popularity comparable to that of Managing Editor ...... Peter constraints. E. Dunn G Nightline the Grimm's fairy tales or the Executive Editor ..... :...... Andrew L. Fish '89 staff Ernie Fasse G -i pBII I-isl i - - IIL-e ·- PLd I-L-IILLIL L- Q- = -·-- C- lI- - --I L I- News Editors ...... Annabelle Boyd '90 Irene C. Kuo '90 Prabhat Mehta '91 Opinion Editor ...... Michael Gojer '90 Sports Editors ...... Michael J. Garrison G Harold A. Stern G Arts Editors ...... Christopher J. Andrews '88 Debby Levinson '91 I Photography Editors ...... Lisette W. M. Lambregts '90 I Kristine AuYeung '91 Contributing Editors ...... V. Michael Bove G Mark Kantrowitz '89 g Ezra Peisach '89 Kyle G. Peltonen '89 Mark D. Virtue '90 Senior Editor ...... Jonathan Richmond G I

a NEWS STAFF as Associte News EdW rs: Linda D'Ang-elo: 'S0;-SthGordon '91,- Gaurav Rewari '91, David Rothstein '91; Senior Writers: Math- ews M. Cherian G, David P. Hamilton G; Staff: Salman Akhtar '89, Mary Condello '89, Sanjay Manandhar '89, Sally Vanerian I '89, Anuradha Vedantham '89, Anita Hsiung '90, NMiguel Cantillo '91, Adnan Lawai '91, Tzielan Lee '92, Reuven M. Lerner '92, Dawn Nolt '92, Amy J. Ravin '92, Joanna Stone '92, Casimir Wierzynski '92, Paula Maute; Meteorologists: Robert X. Black G, Robert J. Conzemius G, Michael C. Morgan G. SPORTS STAFF Marcia Smith '89, Anh Thu Vo '89, Paul McKenzie '90, Manish Bapna '91, Adam Braff '91, Emil Dabora '91, Kevin T. Hwang '91, Shawn Mastrian '91. OPINION STAFF Daniel J. Glenn G, David Gold G, Kevin J. Saeger G. FEATURES STAFF Christopher R. Doerr '89, Allan T. Duffin '91, Katherine M. Hamill '92. . I------ARTS STAFF Mark Roberts G, Julian West G, Bill Coderre '86, Mark Roman '87, View Rushdie affair in light David M. J. Sasiav '87, Manavendra K. Thakur '87, Michelle P. of Iranian Revolution Perry '89, Corinne Wayshak '89, Rob Martello '90, Peter I Parnassa Discussion in The Tech on the and poured '90, Paige Parsons '90, Alfred Armendariz '92, David money into his mili- ing is that, for the sake of fair- Stern '91. subject of Salman Rushdie and tary, while neglecting serious do- ness, the actions of the Ayatollah The Satanic Verses seems to indi- mestic problems PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF in Iran which should be judged in the light of cate a 'deep difference of perspec- needed attention. E Associate Photography Editor: Michael Franklin '88; Staff: The revolution the history which brought him to tives between those critical of grew directly Michael D. Grossberg G, Andy Silber G, Rich R. Fletcher '88, out of the Shiite power. The United States must M Joyce Y. Wong '88, Victor Rushdie and those who view him clergy's anger Liau '89, Joyce Ma '89, Ken Church with the Shah, not accept a significant amount of re- '90, Julian Iragorri '89, Mike Niles '90, Wes Huang '91, Sarath as a victim. I believe that much only for the way he i treated the sponsibility for the situation Krishnaswamy '91, Georgina A. Maldonado '91, Ognen J. Nas- of this difference of opinion is Iranians in general, but also for tov which now exists in Iran. If the '91, Ray Powell '91, Mauricio Roman '91, Jacqueline D. colored by a lack of knowledge his efforts to force Western cul- Glener, Alice P. Lei; United States were to do this, Darkroom Manager: Kyle G. Peltonen '89. of the history of Iran. It is unfair ture on Iran's primarily tradition- then it would be much easier to BUSINESS STAFF to view the actions of the Ayatol- al population. i Associate Advetsing lah out of the context normalize the relationship be- C Manager. 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Tuesday, Apr. 18 academic departments and other groups - Avenue) will present a slide lecture --- -- Historian Pauline Maier, professor of both on and off the MIT campus - can "Shipbuilding in Essex 1872-1948" by ------history at MIT will discuss "What's So list meetings, activities, and other au- Dana Story, 5th generation Essex ship- Saturday, Apr. 15 The final regular GSC meeting will be Revolutionary about the American Revolu- nouncemenls in The Tech's "Notes" sec- builder and historian at 7 pm on Wednes- held on Tuesday, April 18 at 5:30 pm Final tion?" at the Museum of Our National tion. Send items of interest (typed and day, April 12. Free to the public. Call Mar- The BU College of Communication will elections for GSC offices will be held. Heritage in Lexington on Wednesday, April double spaced) via Institute mail to "News cia Conroy at x3-4422 'for more present Morley Safer of CBS' "60 Min- 19 at 7:30 pm. 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Interested graduates-to-be should submit their resumes, with cover letters, by April 19, 1989, by mail or fax to: C'OMTEC, Inc. Letha Anne Vogel, Legal Personnel Coordinator Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 · offering an-Internationial FAX: 617-542-2241 Experience MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C. BOSTON WASHINGTON a two-year training program in Tokyo, Japan · any major welcome -1 · must be Japanese and computer literate

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- ACM Undergraduate Cornputer Science (Sonference

Saturday, April 8, 1989

1 2 30 pm. - 5:00 p.m Grier Room (34.401)

This first MIT-ACM Undergraduate Computer Science Conference will recognize and display quality research done by MIT undergraduates. Papers covering topics generally relating to Computer Science were submitted by MIT undergraduates. The top seven papers which will be presented and distributed at the conference are: 0 "A SEAGUL Visits the Race Track" by Michael de la Maza - a "ML Type - Checking is Not Efficient" by Michael D. Ernst s "4A Simple Placement and Routing Algorithm for a Two-Dimensional Computational Origami Architectures by Roberts S. French 1 "Pipeline Timing Simulation with ConstrainttManagement" by Edan KabatchnikE and -Steven Cahmg - E "LAMBDA: A Simple but Powerful Parallel Programming Environment" by Michiael Benjamin Parker N "Hybrid Network Routing for Large Store anld Forward Networks" by Stephen R. Smoot The award winring paper is: "Aa NeVVS-based Window Oject for Graph Interfaces" by Alanuela O. Vasilescu

The goal of this conference is to 'assemble undergraduates in a forinm which:

0 Expands the realm of undergraduate education to isssues, outside classes; c Encourages communication of technical ideas among a peer group; c Allows undergraduates to present their work in a formal setting; 0 Provides undergraduates with experience in writing and presenting papers. Each undergraduate presentation will be a half-hour in length. For more infortnation contact: David Goldstone, General Chaisman 410 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 225-8263 stone@ wheaties.ai.mit.edu.

Special thanks to MIT EECS, ACM and Microsoftfor sponsoring this event.

"'------I ·'' --- I --------'- '---- · I . . TPidThF ashy .r,F--17 e7- e _ - * * | | Jo!FRlDAY *s A s* s*{ R*VI~~ 1\1IILIAPRII 7 '198.9V V V _ _F I- I_ "~*~ Xv M- I { S - i- i _ = = _-i -A Ib~~~d --- ~~~blc~~~~lg- Tq - ~~~~----ii- -, I------e- ~~~~~~~~~~-~~--L-·,- - - - , -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Search for Signs o FIntelligent Life a ti meless perio iece TME SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF. INTELLIGENT oncile political awareness with- upward mobility. This LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE nearly full-length piece gives remarkable insight into the Starring Lily Tomlin. issues that have confronted women throughout civiliza- Written and directed by Jane Wagner. tion, in particular during the past thirty years. Lyn Ends Shubert Theater, through April 29. herself dominated by lovers of both sexes and must take assertiveness training courses while her husband attends a By DAVID M. J. SASLAV sensitivity seminar. Trying to raise hyperactive twins ('fu- ture Darth Vaders"), hold down a full-time office job, LILY TOMLIN EXUDES'TIMELESSNESS. In her humor, maintain marital relations, and lend counsel to manically her pantomime, and her philosophy, she has be- Ironically enough, the audience gets the impression that it depressed friends has her running to her therapist at top come the quintessential comedienne of her gen- is really no greater than any of the other crises thrown her speed. eration and quite possibly of others as well. The way. Agnus -merely moves- in with -her grandparents, as - Though these vignettes serve as a highly diverting expo- aura she brings to her current vehicle, The Search for sition of gender issues, much of the dramatic tension here hostile a place as any other, but from behind a locked a~~--saqla -f - f , N Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, shoots off from bedroom door, one person's house is pretty much the the stage of the Shubert Theatre as though from one of same as another's. Despite her years (and perhaps in spite those revolving glass balls in a disco. The sheer energy of of them), Tomlin has not lost the dynamism and perspec- wonder. her performance alone is a whirling tive necessary to portray a post-pubescent teenager con- _ esLakr. ,9rA. _IBI~~~BBB~ vincingly. Among the other characters in the first half of Search, we meet Kate, an upper-upper class New York social but- relies upon the ability to identify with Lyn's femininity. terfly who spends more time waiting to get her hair done To me, at least, much here went unappreciated, and as a than shoe cares to think about. By inserting flashes of life result,ftfiis part of the show tended to drag. Nevertheless, in the boring lane, Search r'eminds us that affluence is not Tomlin brings us home with more of Trudy's outstanding all it's cracked up to be. Kate finds an article which states observations, and she finished to a standing ovation from that it is in fact possible to die from boredom, but alas, the delighted crowd. this too bores her. Tomlin's recursive humor, -spiraling Equally outstanding as Tomlin's thespianism and Wag- ner's writing are Neil Peter Jampolis' scenery and light- Searec enables Tomlin to explore the foibles of the hu- within a single joke, within a scene, between scenes, be- tween characters -serves beautifully as a metaphor for ing. As much a member of the cast as Tomlin herself, the man race through the eyes of many of her most beloved spectacular visual effects +t.rowmuch of the play's impact characters, particularly "Trudy the Bag Lady." Trudy is the futility of the entire- human condition. By intermis- sion, we are already dazzled by the onlslaught of truth, into even sharper relief. Noteworthy too are the sound ef- an astoundingly- insightful drop-out from the world of fects which complement Tomlin's energetic stage move- reason who has been put into contact with "space aliens" ments. The sounds of Angst's zippers, a car pulling out as a result of a bout with electro-shock therapy. The aliens, conducting the search-alluded to by the show's ti- tle, are constantly late for their rendezvous with Trudy

I "at the corner of WALK/DON'T WALK." Through Tru- paradox, and insight thrown at us, and we eaggerly await dy, they teach us about the pursuit of meaning, knowing, more. and feeling even as they themselves try to puzzle out the The second half of this, amazing productioni, however, adopts a radically different tone. The audiencet travels on a whirlwind journey through ERA rallies, Gestaalt therapy, and marriage in what is primarily a chronicle cof Lyn, an early feminist at odds with herself as she atter lpts to rec- after nearly leveling Trudy, the slosh of an imaginary wa- _ti~~~~~~ 1~1p~r- _ to _tsrec- terbed, and many other noises effectively complement the _g~L~wesss~i~8p~Y-y~:rr.i~B~yE _X~paaeP~ueaew~asaaa~e~~ ~ g~gs~AdF~1 i,.- He action. difference between a can of Campbell' Tomato ("soup") Taken all in all, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life and an Andy Warhol painting of the same object ("art"). in the Universe comes off as that rarest of animals: a Segueing in a flash, Tomlin moves on to an 1980s ver- timeless period piece. What we learn about ourselves and sion of the 1960s radical - Agnus Angst, a l5-year-old our culture as a result of observing Trudy as she observes performance artist at The Anti-Club in Indianapolis. Ag- us is significant, albeit elusive. As the aliens cryptically nus has parents who have changed the locks on the front put -it to Trudy, "the more you know,- the less knowing the door of their house, thus confronting hOr with a- crisis. meaning of things. . . meanls."

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(Continuedfrom page 20) '91 moved him to second with a -wild pitch moved the runners comfortable. Stoller drew a walk, One final MIT run scored in scoring Collins. After a long fly single of his own. Purucker bat- over, and then Day walked for moved to second after an over- the eighth as Kevin Tow '89 sin- out, Griffin walked to put men ted Murray in with the third the third time to load the bases.- throw on a pickoff attempt, and gled to short right field, moved on first and 'second with two straight single off the new pitch- Murray then walked in his second then scored on two wild pitches. to second as Scott Toussaint '91 outs. Day then slugged a solid er, and Eisner scored on a Collins run of the game, but a fly out Thirumalaisamy then walked, walked, and scored as Stoller sin- double, wliich scored Stoller and fielder's choice. At this point, the and two merciful called strike- stole second, and scored on a gled. Meanwhile, Gimre held Griffin easily. A fielder's choice score was 8-1 and everybody was outs ended the inning. sharp' double down the right field Wentworth to only one run in the got Wentworth out of the inning. just enjoying the weather and line by Griffin. ninth as MIT prevailed 13-7. awaiting the ninth inning. The slaughter continued in the sixth as Stoller dropped a triple into right and Thirumalaisamy walked. Griffin drove in Stoller with a grounder to second, and was safe when the second base- man dropped the ball, moving Thirumalaisamy to second. A

Ken Church/The Tech Ken ChurchlThe Tech This MIT batter followed through with his swing and MIT followed-through to the finish, Timmy Day '89 swings at a fair pitch from the Wentworth defeating Wentworth 13-7. pitcher. - - I Springfield defeats WI IT in volleyball seasonfinal e (Continued from page 20) ahead of the New Jersey Institute I outside hits and problems setting. of Technology. Both Navy and JV setter Jim Szafranski '92 East Strousberg are nationally came in halfway through the sec- ranked. ond game and played very well, MIT can still make the Eastern Altman said. Intercollegiate Volleyball Associa- MIT was probably tired from tion playoffs if Roger Williams playing Saturday and Sunday in a College defeats Springfield at five team tournament at the US Roger Williams on Tuesday. If Naval Academy in Annapolis, Springfield wins, they will make MD, Altman speculated. The En- the playoffs. Roger Williams will gineers came in fourth behind advance in either case, having de- Navy, East Strousberg, and Indi- feated Springfield last week in ana Perdue at Fort Wayne, and Springfield. Softball defeats Sailing Framingham State Saturday and Sunday The MIT softball squad Northern Serie's I opened its New England season on the Charles River with a 5-2 away victory over Fra- mingham State. Lynn Albers '92 1, Tufts 17; 2, MIT 23; 3, SU 28; 4, BC Summer at UMass/Boston means , 35; 5, Maine Maritime 51; 6, Brandeis pitched a strong game, retiring 51; 7. Dartmouth 58; 8, Salem State the first 12 batters (five of the 60; 9, Norwich 69; 10, UNHi5; 11, first six on strikes) and allowing a distinguishedfaculty and impressive facilities, ¢., Northaastemrn 81; 12, Babson 90; 13, Massachusetts Maritime 94. only three hits in the game. Fra- mingham, on the other hand, * liberal arts,management, education, and science courses, Frills Trophy gave up eight walks, five hits, · morning, afternoon, and evening classes-over400 sections, and hit two batters. at Tufts.University sessions beginning May 30 and July 17, 1, Tufts 108; 2, Hlarvard 132; 3, URI MIT opened the scoring with i 191; 4, Yale 196; 5, Coast Guard 206; two runs in the first inning and * affordable tuition, 6, Connecticut College 208; 7, Salem two more in the fourth. The State 223; 8, Brown 236; 9, Navy 259; score could have been much high- * convenient IHarbor Campus and downtown locations. 10, Dartmouth 279; 11, MIT 291; 12, BC 292; 13, St. Mary's 307; 14, BU- er, however, since the Engineers e ·~~rr I · San Diego 308; 15, Georgetown 343. left the bases loaded at the end of · · each of the first three innings. ~· ''°·" ~'''"' ' ...... Emily Wick Trophy (women) Framingham replied with a run in *'*._·~~~~· .'-.'·o .*.- Make your summer a UMass/Boston summe . For afree on the Charles River the fifth and, following an MIT .*'_ --. ;- :--'summer bOilletin, send in the coupon or call 929-7900. 1, Connecticut College 73; 2, Radcliffe insurance run in the top of the Return to: ' Namea* 77; 3, MIT 81; 4, Yale 86; 5, Brown ~p - · ~ · '8·· seventh, scored once more in the o·o0 0~ 0 · o 87; 6, Tufts 86; 7, Dartmouth 102; 8, ~o.°o 0; BU 110; 9, Norwich 69; 10, Coast bottom of the seventh. Retu0· ~rnt:.Nm Guard 133; 11. UI! 138; 12, Simmons Compiled by Harold A. Stern 175. Michael J. Garrison Division of Continuing Education - - __ -· - -- -- .. I I II and the Sports Information Office University of Massachusetts = L-- - at Boston Address y Hush Iltle baby Harbor Campus don't you rY. Boston, MA 02125-3393 City, State, Zip Ifsomeone doesnt This advertisement appears at no cost to the Commonwealth. MIT

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He moved to third as r neers pounded out l13 hits and Tim Collins '89 roped a shot to r were the beneficiaries of 12 walks ,right, and later score d as the e as they.-jumped out to an early pitcher threw a pitch which, if I 10-l lead and coasted from there. not for the backstop, would be in r Eric Hopkins '92 started for Arlington right now. Collins the Engineers and pitched six moved to third as the catcher r strong innings, allowing just one threw the ball to nobody in par- run on two hits, striking out ticular after digging out the wild three. Meanwhile, his teammates pitch.- L took a little extra batting practice After a strikeout, Stoller belted I on the Wentworth pitching staff a double to the fence in left (it r making the warm spring after- would have been a triple had he Ken Church/The Tech noon enjoyable for the home not been "in his home run trot"), An MIT batter eyes the -ball in MIT's 13-7 victory o er Wentworth on Wednesday. c fans. Steve Stoller '89 proved to (Please tu rn to page 19) L be the heart of the offense for e e MIT as he recorded four hits, in- r cluding a double and a triple, League opponent too tough for lacrosse e and scored three runs. c By Admn Braff early, winning the face-off and The second period was marked I Wentworth took their only lead Eastern team, one with solid E of the game in the top of the first The men's lacrosse team began passing and stickwork ability. Al- scoring twice in the first two min- by slightly higher scoring, each utes. Paul Dans '91 scored with a team tallying r as a wild pitch allowed a runner their 1989 season with a close though the Engineers dominated three more goals. I to score. MIT quickly responded loss to the Babsonl Beavers by the the Pilgrim League last year, win- hard shot from the right side, John Buck '89 cut in close-to the r drawing net, e in their half of the inning as their score of 12-11 last Tuesday. The ning the championship with a 6-0 first blood for the Engi- took a feed from Kim, and n neers II first five batters reached base defeat came after a successful league record (9-5 overall), they at 1:20 into the first. Half a slipped the ball' in to increase 6 safely. Stoller singled to center to road trip in California over were unprepared to face up to a minute later, Matt Lee '91 MIT's lead to two. Just 20 sec- lead off the inning, but he was spring break, where the Engi-" league opponent. whipped a perfect underhand onds later, captain Pat Nee '89 a cut down as he tried to steal sec- neers proved that West Coast "The competition on our Cali- shot between the legs of the Bab- was knocked to the ground and son goalie s ond. Pillan Thirurnalaisarny '90, teams are no match for practitio- fornia trip was easier," Coach after a feed from Phil- from a prone position somehow F who also scored three runs, ners of the hard-nosed Eastern Walter Alessi said, "and we failed lip Kim '89. Kim led both teams got the ball off to middie David E reached base next when Went- style of play. to adjust to the playing level of with four assists on the day. Chang '89. Chang promptly worth's third baseman did his im- Truesday's match, unfortunate- our league [on Tuesday]." Babson tied up the score with- scored with a, hard shot from pression of a croquet wicket and ly for MIT, was against another The home sticks dominated in two minutes with shots that thirty feet out, putting him on his allowed a sharp grounder to pass just passed MIT goalie Ken Nim- way to the game's only hat trick. between his legs. itz '91 on his high off-stick side. Babson retaliated -with one Mike Griffin '90 then lined a But the home squad reversed the goal before Brian Luschwit-z '89 single to right, putting men on momentum right away when Jeff executed a perfect give-and-go first and second, and a base on Feldgoise '91 bounced in a hard with Nee, making the score 6-3 in balls to Tim Dayr '89 loaded the shot unassisted. The remainder MIT's favor. The visitors chipped bases. Mike Murray '90 proceed- of the first period -was unremark- away at the three-goal deficit, ed to collect the first of his three able except for numerous inter- scoring twice to make the score RBI's on the day as he walked, ference calls, most going MIT's 6-5 between halves. scoring Thirumalisamy. Unfortu- way. (Please turn. to page 18) nately, a neat 4-6-3 double play p ft Oa N 'sM ended - . . _ ,' "''? ,1,- ...- , the inning and left the ~~~~~~?. h. SoftbalII goes on sSprng score at l-l.

,, ,, t *.' _ ' ' :U2 o h ' It was obvious that the UAfent- ,,· ;, ,XV Ma worth pitcher was a like a gas trip to Florida tourney can . . . ~~~~~~~~~;;,8.. .I in a room full of inatches at this By MarciaISmith nal Stritch College 7-6. point; he only managed to retire The MIT wowien's softball The-Engineers lost their first Mauricio RomanlThe Tech team won three of one of the batters he faced and The MIT Engineers opened the season against eight games at game to Carthage 6-5. The teams Babson in the 1989 Rebel Sp he was hit hard in the process. lacrosse Tuesday. This season the Engineers have seven )ring Games in started out evenly; both scored This proved correct in the bottom new starters. Florida. MIT def eated Wheaton one run in the first inning. Car- 11-6, Elmhurst II- 10, and Cardi- thage picked up another -run in t.a , 1. I II-pC-of-- the second which MIT matched Sang takses 9th in sabre at the top of the third. Co-cap- ming:",· · ^>tain Teri Lowenstein '89 walked Aro~s - and then came in after the Car- at NICAA Nationals thage pitcher threw three wild was was rained out. The first <<.N+.*v/ 1- pitches. Carthage regained the lead in the bottom of the irning, SPorts Update game of Saturday's previously t`~~~~~~~~~~~a . , . , ,~· v· xPr,^. ., e. , , scheduled home doubleheader ,,, \ ^scoring ^ twice. once again, MlIT Fencer receives versus Tufts will count as the fi- took the lead in the top of the nal of the tournament. fifth when six players walked and Alll-America ho-nors the pitcher committed an error, . 3+0. aseball On -Sta~rdet n Fencer Jae Sang G earned All- · b~~?" P',V." i making the score 5-4. Carthage Lac=rosse wins two American Honorable Mention iWrmon>~i~l ¢ fought back, however, and scored status for his ninth-place finish in in Cagifornia ;V~t. ;two runs in the bottom of the the sabre event inning to win the at the NCAA The MIT lacrosse team won -... '~;-; "Ot· Ir`..··~7~in = game 6-5. Championships held last week at two games and lost one on their MIT made some strong defen- Northwestern University. Sang spring break road trip to Califor- sive plays in the second game, 1. . .. ,, > ...... ^ . <. < became the 20th MIT All-Ameri- nia. The Engineers lost to the . .t .; .w¢..*,. .. s ,., ,.~keeping v 0 .. Plymouth.. .sX scoreless. 9,. for... . 4 . can honoree in the 1988-89 aca- University of California at Santa ',,sx:',,,,', *',^ the first three innings, but lost 8- demic year. Joe Harrington '88 Barbara 7-12, but beat Pepper- -T ,· ~· A . "We need some stronger hit- also represented MIT at the tour- dine and UC San Diego 15-14 >< .ting," Lowenstein explained. "A nament, finishing 24th in epee. and 18-11, respectively. Coach Ah- 7;C;Springfield College Lynn Albers '92, to hold, off Tournament and won all three, (13-15, 8-15, 15-13, 15-7, 14-16). Wwheaton. Wheaton made a sight,, elevating the team's record to 5-2. The match, played Tuesday at conmeback in the fifth inning be- MIT defeated Skidmore Col- Springfield, was crucial to the fore co-captain Diane 3iMassa G . lege (4-3), Suffolk University (3- Engineers' playoff hopes. threw out two batters~from her ,. 1), and Wesleyan College (I1-0) Allen Downey '89 and Roland third base posifioh to--end the to qualify for the final against Rocafort '90 both "played really inning. Tufts. Wesleyan had a 9-1 record well," according to Coach Karyn The Engineers 'lost, their "iext before being whitewashed by the Altman '78. However, MIT had a two games against Luther (5-0) Enmgineers. Zero percent hitting average on and University, of Wisconsina_-t Unfortunately, the final game (Piease turn to page 19) Whitewater (7-1). MIT:did _h-wc _ (Please turn dpg:.i