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Volume 116, Number 8 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, March 1, 1996 AI Gore to Deliver Address At 130th Commencemen • By oral G. Bahcall a position that reflects the concerns and 1 brought those suggestions to a ASSOCIATE NEWS ED/TOR of so many of us at MIT," Vest closed meeting of the Commence- "VoicePresident Al Gore will be said. ment Committee where we created a the speaker at MIT's l30th Com- Former Chairman and CEO of short list of suggestions for the con- mencement ceremonies, President the Chrysler Corporation Lee Iacoc- sideration of President Vest," said t Charles M. Vest announced ca, former Secretary of Defense Les Barbara 1. Souter G, President of the Wednesday. Aspin PhD '66, and Germany Chan- Graduate Student Council and a "We are delighted that. .. Gore cellor Helmut Kohl are among the member of the committee. can be with us on this happy occa- people who have delivered com- "AI Gore was a popular sugges- sion," Vest said. "It is always excit- mencement addresses since 1982. tion, and we are extremely happy ing to have someone of his stature From 1964 to 1982, the Com- that he is coming," she said. "I'm with us. • mencement address traditionally glad that this year's graduating class "But his role as commencement was given by the president of MIT. will have' the opportunity to hear speaker is particularly appropriate at Last year's speaker was President Gore speak," Souter said. MIT because he has been a leader as Emeritus of the University of Chica- "I think maybe it would be cool- congressman, senator, and vice go Hannah H. Gray. er to get the Fonz" - Yale Univer- president in the areas of science, sity alum Henry Winkler, who will space; and technology policy," Vest Committee wanted Gore speak at Yale's commencement - said. Composed of students and mem- "but the vice president isn't some- "In addition, Al Gore's commit- bers of the faculty and administra- body off the street. I'm impressed," ment and leadership on environmen- tion, the Commencement Commit- said Heather M. Norton '96. tal issues is unparalleled. He has tee is in charge of the arrangement "It's at least somebody that TECH FlU PHOTO said repeatedly that the protection and conduct of commencement we've heard of," Glenn Koh '96. Vice President AI Gore, who sp-oke at an environmental confere ce and preservation of the earth's envi- exercises. "I'd never heard of the speaker for at MIT last October, will return In June as the keynote speaker for ronment is ope of the most impor- "We solicited suggestions commencement. tant issues facing this generation - through e-mail and our Tech ads, Gore, Page 13 Administrators, ~riends React to Student's Death

By Ramy A. Arnaout Ronge fell from - had been bolted, said "As of right now, we are not looking at lains, he said. EDITOR IN CHIEF MacGregor Housemaster Munther •. A. making any major changes in any residential "There should always be a number of .~.The community is slowly coming, to Dahleh. "The safety lock was working," design based on" the incident, Jablonski ways people can access tbe sy'stem," Ran- • terms with news of the death of Melissa N. allowing the window to open only a few said. dolph said. Students should know what Ronge '98, four days after she fell to her inches, although "the opening even with the those resources are. death from.a MacGregor House tower lock was somewhat large," he said. Plans are Students should know where to get help "This is very terribly, terribly painful," lounge early Monday morning. underway to make the opening smaller, he Ronge had been talking with friends, Randolph said. Any decision that comes out Campus Police have called the circum- said. • tutors, and other people on campus Sunday of the incident will involve the input of the stances of her death consistent with suicide. But no general changes are planned as night, said S~nior Associate Dean Robert M. larger community, he said. "We will really The mood is a mix of sorrow, resigna- yet, Jablonski said. "We did ask housing to Randolph. continue to think and look at this for tion, and disbelief as students and adminis- take a look at the windows again,t' she said. In general, the key to getting help is awhile." trators re~examin~ t'tIe physical and proce- "There was a concern expressed by some always asking, Randolph said. He encour- Th Undergraduate Association is work- dural aspects of the tragedy. But the students that this particular window opened aged students who need advice on serious ing with MacGregor residents to plan an . consensus is that it was not preventable. too far. matters to approach friends, tutors, and infonnal on-campus memonal service for "An incident Ii e this does cause us to "We're aJways trying to make sure our housemasters first. "Those are the people late next week, said Stephanie M. Zielenski reconsider 'what we're doing, but we have residences are safe for people, but we have they know best," he said. '98, one of the service's planners. , [no reason] to believe what w.e w~re doing to balance" that with concern for students as Next to ask are medical center staff and The planners hope it will help provide was inappropriate," aid Associate Dean for a' whole, Jablonski said. the consulting deans, although students some sense of closure to the tragedy, Zielen- Residence and Campus Activities Margaret The incident Sh9Uld not, for example, be should talk with whomever they feel com- ski said. A. Jablonski. taken as a cue to close down all tall dormito- fortable with, Randolph said. Those people All of the windows - including the one ries or roof decks, Jablonski said. might include advisers, coaches, or chap- Ronge, Page 12 IS Survey WIll Gauge Student Usage of Athena Clusters By Jennifer Lane take the time to complete the inter- CONTRIBUTING EDITOR view will get Toscanini's gift cer- A team of staff and students tificates. from Infonnation Systems will be interviewing students in Athena Athena usage changes with time clusters starting this Monday. The current data that IS has on The surveys will help IS get a Athena usage is severely outdated, better idea of what students use the which shocked both IS staff and clusters for and whether the clusters Moses, who is responsible for fund- are meeting student needs, said Naomi B. Schmidt, manager of edu- Survey, Page 11 cational planning and support for Academic Computing Services. . "It is my hope that information about the way in which Athena INSIDE clusters are being used will be of value to the Council on Technology and Education," said Provost Joel • Information Sys~ems Moses PhD '67. Dean of the School unveils a new electronic of Architecture and Planning William J. Mitchell will chair the mail system. Page 11 council. "One of the council's goals will • Short'Th.kes Page 13 be to review the use of computer and communications technology in :: • Techiya celebrates our educational programs, both on and off campus," Moses said. Jewish music. Page 6 The decision to conduct a survey was made by the Academic Com- • Jose's Mexican food puting Management Group at IS, a comes pretty close to INDRANATH NEOGY-THE TECH policy-making group involved with Information Systems' Naomi Schmidt, Bruce R. lewis '90, (center) and Tim McGovern model the cap Athena and academic computing. the real thing. Page 7 to be worn by people Interviewing students In Athena clusters. As an incentive, students who Page 2 THE TECH . March.} -19 6< 4 O.RLD & ATIO

Many Say Yeltsin Can Still Wm THE WASHINGTON POST Cuba Says Reports 'of Air MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin, whose approval ratings have been stuck in single digits for more than a year, is lagging badly in all the polls - third place in one recent survey, tied for fifth in another. It is no Space Breach Were Ignored exaggeration to say that he is among the most despised men in Rus- sia. ~ By Juanita Darling Cuban actions in shooting down the the Cuban weekly newspaper,Work- • Yet many analysts and ordinary Russians - and not only his par- LOS ANGELES TIMES planes has given Castro's regime a .ers reported that the-{:uban govern- tisans - say he remains the man to beat in presidential elections this HAVANA new rallying point. During a well- ment sent a formal diplomatic note summer, even if the resurgent Communists are currently more than In the '20 months, before Cuban orchestrated demonstration at the to the United States on Jan. 16 twice as popular as the president in the polls. Some say flatly that jet fighters shot down two airplanes military academy Wednesday,' protesting the flights. Yeltsin, 65, will win. pilo~ed by members of an exile cadets and instructors recited poetry Brothers to the Rescue pUms to Their confidence in him is rooted partly in the power of the Russ- group, officials of Fidel Castro's and gave speeches comparing 'the drop memorial flowers Saturday on ian presidency and partly in his own nearly mythic political instincts, government had formally com- current situation to the 1961 Cuban the'area where the planes were shot which in the past have kicked into high gear precise~ywhen he most plained four times to their U.S. Missile Crisis, when President down, Basulto has said. The Cubans looked like a goner. counterparts that the organization' Kennedy forced the Soviet Union to claim that area is inside their territo- But it is more than blind faith and constitUtional clout that favors was routinely invading their air remove its atomic missiles from rial limits, although the United Yeltsin, some analysts say. More to the point, he has fashioned an space, a Foreign Relations Ministry C~ba. States government has said it is in electoral game plan that, coupled with some basic poJitical arith- official said Wednesday. Cubans consider the actions of international waters. metic, gives him at least a plausible shot at'reelection. U.S'. authorities appeared to Brothers to the Rescue and the inter- Meanwhile in Washington, the ~ The election - a first round is to b~ held June 16, foJlowed by a have been acting on the complaints, national disapproval that followed Clinton adtninistration groped for probable runoff between the two top finishers in July - is a crucial but too slowly to satisfy Cuban the shoot-down of the planes as ways to discourage Basulto's group test for Russia's flimsy young democracy and shaky transition to a concerns about what they perceived another chapter in more than three from going ahea4 with their plans. market economy. as the increasing frequency and decades of infringement 011 their aggressiveness of the flights, sovereignty. White House press secretary including anti-Castro leaflet drops Tensions over the alleged entries" Mike McCurry said the administra- Anti-AIDS Drug Passes Federal Panel over Havana, Cuban. authorities into Cuban territory reached a high tion has warned Basulto repeatedly LOS ANGELES TIMES said. point on July 13, 1995, when Broth- about the dangers of taunting Cas- WASHINGTON "We were left to the conclusion ers to the Rescue founder Jese tro's government with its flights. A federal advisory committee Thursday recommepded limited that they were not taking the mea- Basulto flew over Havana dropping "We will continl,le that dia- government approval of a powerful new AIDS drug that recent sures necessary to stop the flights," anti-communist leaflets. The follow- logue," M Curry said. "We will research has shown can decrease or prevent AIDS-related complica- said Rafael Dausa, subdirector of ing day, Cuban authorities threat- work through iss~es asSOCIatedwith tions, and prolong life in very sick patients. Cuba's U.S.-Canada Department of ened to shoot any planes that some of the plans that they have The drug, l'itonavir, developed by Abbott Laboratories, i~one of a the Foreign Relations Ministry. entered their air space. publicly announced, and we will do new class of potent antiviral drugs called protease inhibitors that has Since May 1994, planes from the They, also provided requested so in a manner that is consistent AIDS speetalists very excited. exile organization Brothers the the ' information when the Federal Avia- with o_urobligation to protect the .~ Researchers studying ritonavir said'that once on the drug, patients Rescue have invaded Cuban air- tion Administration began discipli- safety of American citizens, but our already very sick with AIDS suffered 'fewer symptoms and lived sig- space 26 times, he-said. . nary action against Basulto in obligation also to acknowledge that nificantly longer than those taking a placebo. "We have shown great August 1995 to, revoke his pilot's there is a right to free travel in inter- However, committee members, troubled by the lack of informa- patience," he said. "This can be seen license for violating Cuban air space national airways and internatiOnal tion on patients with earlier stage AIDS infection, approved the drug from the nwnber of flights by these - action he has appealed. waters." for use only in advanced cases. They urged the company to design pirates." However, the measures against A spokesman for the FAA con.:: further research in healthier infected populations in order to gain Saturday, Cuban authorities lost Basulto did not discourage hi's orga- firmed that the organization is wider marketing approval. Experts do not yet know how weiI pro- patience, they have insisted, and nization. Brothers to the Rescue llle- investigating recent flights by tease inhibitors will work over the long term, particularly in infected shot down two Cessnas belonging to gally entered Cuban airspace twice Brothers to the Rescue to determine individuals who have not yet developed symptoms. One of the prob- the organization. The four men last month to drop leaflets, witness-' if there are grounds for revoking lems with all AIDS drugs is the eventual development of viral strains aboard are believed dead. es liere said. the pilot's licenses of the group's that are drug-resistant. Also, the long-term toxicities of the drug are International condemnation of Following the sec'ond incident" flyers. unknown. u.s. to Help With Nuclear Materials THE WASHINGTON POST Federal Judge Dis~es WASHINGTON The Clinton administration fears that.nuclear materials in the for- mer Soviet Union remain "very vulnerable" to theft by terrorists or rogue nations and plans to spend-$330 million on new security mea- Suit Against Gingrich PAC sures to help prevent such thefts over the next six years, a senior Energy Department official said Wednesday. By Alan C. Miller tol. "We're trying to do what's right seventh term in 1990, stepped down The aim of the increased U.S. effort is to assist authorities in WS ANGELES TIMES and I think this is a very.good day as GOPAC general chairman last seven former SOY-ietrepublicsto develop and install modern surveil- WASHINGTON for free speech. It's a very good day year. The political committee was lance and monitoring equipment for use at an estimated 40 to 50 sites A federal district courtjudge dis- for the political process." considered a vehicle to enhance on their territory where such sensitive materials are stored, Deputy missed a lawsuit Thursday charging A spokesman for the FEC said Gingrith's'stature and help elect the Secretary Charles B. Curtis said. • that a Republican political commit- the bipartisan agency had not decid- first Republican House majority in Explaining that he visited several of the sites last year and found tee headed.by House Speaker Newt ed whether to appeal Oberdorfer's '40 years in 1994. antiquated security measures consisting largely of "guards, guns and Gingrich violated federal restric- de~ision. "We're pretty disappoint- "From the beginning, this case gates," Curtis said the task of upgrading this security will take years. tions by spending large sums six ed," spokesman Ron Harris said. has been about an effort by the "We are going to have to be lucky" to complete the job before a . years ago to elect GOP congression- In his 32-page ruling, Oberdorfer . Washington establishment to dis- major theft occurs, Curtis told a luncheon group called the Nuclear al candidates. said that it was undisputed that. credit those who have contributed to Roundtable, associated with the Stimson Center. The suit, filed by the Federal "GOPAC's ultilJ1atemajor purpose the realignment and shift in Ameri- Election Commission, sought to was to jnfluence the election of can politics that has been under way 'comp~l the GOP Action Committee, Republican candidates for the since the late 1980s," GOPAC said or GOPAC, to disclose the sources . House of Representatives" by in a prepared statement. . WEATHER and disposition of more than recruiting, training and funding House Whip David Bonior, '0- $500,000 in contributions in the strong local and state candidates Mich., Gingrich's chief ethics 1989-90 election cycle. The FEC with the expectatio~ that they would . nemesis, maintained that Oberdor- March towards winter! contended that the money was spent seek.higher office in the future. fer's decision "raises more ques- , By Marek Zebrowski to influence federal elections at a But, he added, "GOPAC's tions than it answers." STAFF METEOROLOGIST time when GOPAC was prohibited immediate major purpose in 1989 "GOPAC. documents make A cold high pressure system will assute us a fair Friday, but a from such activities because it had and 1990 was to elect state and local repeated references that $250,000 a sloppy, snowy Saturday and a wintry weekend are then to follow. By not registered as a federal political. candidates and to develop ideas and year was spent on Newt .support. If dawh on 'Saturday a low pressure system will be developing off Cape action committee. circulate them generally to Republi- . this wasn't a direct contribution to Hatteras, along the stalled frontal boundary lying just off shore. But U.S. District Court Judge can Party candidates and support- Mr. Gingrich's re-election cam- Meanwhile, in the northern stream, a clipper-type shortwave is going Louis F. Oberdorfer concurred with ers." paign, then what was it?" Bonior to drop into the western Great Lakes, sharpening the East coast GOP C's claim that it had directly GOPAC distributed some of its asked in a news release. I trough and allowing for a rapid backing of upper flow along the assisted only state and local candi- materials to federal candidates, The FEC's 2-year-old lawsuit Northeast, as the aforementioned storm develops off the Carolin'a dates and therefore was not a federal" among others, in 1990, Oberdorfer was based on a complaint filed by Capes. There are indications that the southern stream energy will win PAC. The judge also rejected the said, "but the distribution was not the Democratic CQngressional Cam- out, and that phasing of the mid-Atlantic and the Great Lakes systems election watchdog agency's asser- targeted to federal candidates." paign Committee in 1990. The fol- will not take place. NonethtHess, there is enough moisture and cold tion that GOPAC spent at least Moreover, he said, "GOPAC did not lowing year, the FEC found 'reason air in place to cause a moderate nowfall in the Northeast, just inland $250,000 for consultants' salaries, make any direot contribution to any to believe that GOPAC had improp-' from .coastal locations, where mixed precipitation is expected. A travel costs and other "Newt sup- particular federal candidate." erly failed to -register as a federal twin-center area of low pressure (with the coastal storm rapidly inten- port" in 1990 to re-elect Gingrich, a Although documents submitted PAC. GOPAC did so the following sifying over the Maritimes by early Sunday) will bring a cold and Georgia Republican. by the FEC quote GOPAC officials day, but declared hat only a small unsettled week. Oberdorfer's action, which had as discussing steps "to inoculate portion of its funds were spent on - Today: Mostly sunny with light winds, High 39° F (4° C) been sought by GOPAC, was a Newt Gingrich from Democratic federal elections. Tonight: Partly ~loudy early; clouds thickening after midnight. major victory for Gingrich. But he attacks" and targeting Georgia dur- In addition to requiring PACs to Light winds turning onshore. Low 27° F (_3°C) still faces an inquiry by James M. ing the 1989-90 election cycle in reveal their funding sources and Saturday: Cloudy with snow developing early. Possible accwnu- Cole, the special counsel appointed part "to protect Congressman Newt spending, federal election law limits lations of 6 in. (J 5cm), especially from Boston area west- and north- by the House ethics committee to . Gingrich" during the redrawing of individual contributions to a candi- ward, Snow may change to rain over Cape and the islands, southeast- probe allegations that Gingrich congressional districts, Oberdorfer date to a maximum of $1,000 per ern Massachuestts, and near the coast.High 36°F (2°C) with improperly used tax.:.deductible said that the FEC offered no evi- election and political action com- increasing onshore winds. donations to finance his teaching of dence that any aid provided to Gin- mittees to $5,000. GOPAC, which Sunday outlook: Partly to mostly cloudy, with scattered snow a college course, and additional grich as GOPAC chairman was used did not regard 'itself as a federal showers or flurries. Blustery highs near freezing, lows in the 15-20°F complaints before the ethics panel. "to' support his re-election cam- PAC, set $10,000 as the minimum (-9 to -6°C) range. "The fact is we obey the law," paign." annual donatiQ.n for ,charter mem- Gingrich told reporters at the Capi- Gingrich, who narrowly \Yon a bers, March 1, 1996 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page3 I. Mexico Balks at U.S. Review Fonner Spymasters Launch Computer Game Together

THE WASHINGTON POST Of Global War Against Dmgs WASHINGTON By Mark FIneman bolster Mexico's decade-old posi- Decertification would mean sus- Old spies never die. They just interface away. LOS ANGELES TIMES tion that the world's largest drug- pension of U.S. foreign aid to Mexi- In a new twist to the post-Cold War world, William Colby, former MEXICO CITY consuming nation has no right to co, and a U.S. vote against all CIA director, and Oleg Kalugin, former head of foreign counterintel- In the week leading up to the pass judgment on its suppliers: World Bank and International Mon- ligence for the KGB, have teamed for a bit of over-the-counter intelli- Clinton administration's Friday dead- -For each Mexican who has etary Fund loans to this already gence: an interactive computer thriller called "Spycraft: The Great line to certify the progress of key used illegal drugs, there are nine cash-strapped nation. It also would Game." nations in the global war on drugs, Americans who have used them; jeopardize billions 'of dollars in The sight of two old adversaries joined in friendship and capital- Mexico's stock market plunged, its -Nearly 24 million Americans remaining credit in Clinton's $20 ism was just too good to pass up, which is why more than 200 folks frustration soared and its rhetoric used illegal drugs last year, com- billion loan package for Mexico. jammed into a hearing room in the Dirksen Senate Office 6uilding seethedwith nationalist pique. pared with 320,000 Mexicans; In Washington, U.S. officials said Wednesday night for the launch party of the CD-ROM adventure. "The Mexican government does -And one of every five Mexi- there is little chance that Clinton will The two men were hired by the software company Activision as not recognize any legitimacy to the can students who admitted to using decertify Mexico; most said Mexico consultants to bring their expertise to the spy game, and both appear 'process of certification,' " declared cocaine or heroin in a 1993 national istoo important to risk such a step. on the computer screen playing themselves. "I'm sort of the avuncu- Jorge Pinto, Mexico's consul gener- survey here said they first tried it in Nevertheless, they added, some lar fellow the player can turn to for advice," said Colby, who helps al in New York. the United States. U.S. drug enforcement officials flush out a mole from the agency and says such things as "That's just And Mexican Health Secretary Behind the numbers and the would like to give the Mexicans a a dumb thing to do." Dr. Juan Ramon de la Fuente deliv- rhetoric is a real concern here that wake-up cllil. Among Clinton's Using the latest computer and video tricks and real-life, state-of- ered a scathing speech recalling the President Clinton, responding to options are to give Mexicoa the-art intelligence technologies, the game - part "Mission: Impossi- U.S. invasion of Mexico in 1847 and election-year Republican pressure, "national-interest waiver," which ble," part John Ie Carre - sends CIA agent Thorn (you, the player) evoking the words of Mexico's first could stop short of fully certifying. was applied last year to Colombia. on a mission to the dark side of espionage. indigenous president, Benito Juarez: Mexico, a nation where the DEA A waiver would mean that the coun- "It's got the assassinations, the rampant crime, the treachery; it's "We do not need a foreigner to estab- estimates powerful smuggling car- try's anti-narcotics efforts are too all a reflection of life today," said Kalugin, now a businessman spe- lish reforms for our.country." \ tels are supplying up to three-fourths poor to certify but U.S. national cializing in Russian-U.S. ventures. "That' s-what attracted me. It He cited recent academic studies of the South American cocaine sold interest compels Washington to reflected the realities." in Mexico and the United States to in the United States each year. waive the pe~alties. Art imitates life; life imitates art. New Breast Cancer Gene Could Mrs. Fields Told Her 'Low Fat' Cookies Could Stand a Diet THE WASHINGTON POST Prove Useful inTreating.Patients WASHINGTON By David Brown these women account for only 3 per- injected a virus carrying the BRCA1 The Food and Drug Admihistration recently approved marketing THE WASHINGTON POST cent of the 184,000 new cases of gene into mice with breast t.umors. of fake fat, but the Federal Trade Commission is continuing to crack WASHINGTON breast cancer diagnosed each year, Some of the injected genes were down on fake "low fat." Recent experiments with the. researchers hoped that studying taken up by the cancer cells, restor- The FTC said Friday that Mrs. Fields Cookies Inc., the largest "breast cancer gene" discovered 18 them would shed light on the far ing the BRCA 1 function that the seller in the United States of fresh-baked cookies, has agreed to settle months ago suggest that the normal more common "non-familial" form cells had lost. Mice getting such charges it misled consumers with inflated claims that two of its cook- version of the gene may theoretical- ofthe disease. treatments survived three times ies were low-fat. ly be useful as a treatment for the • The researchers found a protein longer than animals that hadn't got- In fact, two of the cookies promoted as "our new line of LOW disease. that appears to be BRCA 1 attached ten them. FAT cookies" contained almost twice as much as the FDA's standard The gene, named BRCAl, pro- to membranes in breast cells - the .. for low-fat products, the FTC said. The Chocolate and Semi-Sweet .t h t d t' In a slml1ar study, cancer-prone duces a protein that slows both the SI e were secre e pro ems are. ... Classic cookies in the line contained 5.5 grams of fat, versus the FDA fl d Th II t d 't fr fl'd mIce were mJected WIth cancer standard of 3 grams or fewer. formation and growth of breast oun.. ey co ec e 1 o~ U1 cells, and some also with the tumors in .laboratory animals. bathmg breast cells grown 10 cul- BRCAI . . Th t A release from Mrs. Fields Cookies said the company had discov- Equally important, the protein ture. Using an electron microscope,. -carrymg VIruS. ose ge - ered that the claims were in error before being notified by the FTC appears to do its work outside, they even photographed a cell in the tmg the BRCA 1 treatment devel- and had contacted its stores and instructed them to remove and rather than inside, cancer cells -.a act of releas.ing several "labeled". oped tumors m~ch more.slowly than destroy incorrect material. fact that greatly enhances its poten- molecules of the protein.~ those that hadn t gotten It. Mrs. Fields, which is headquartered in Salt Lake City and sells \ tial usefulness as a drug. All three findings strongly sug- Together, the experiments sug- cookies through more than 600 bakeries nationwide, is the latest Abnormal versions of BRCA I gested the BRCA 1 protein, while gest that the BRCA I protein sup- manufacturer to find its low-fat claims under fire. Last year Haagen- originally were found in families manufactured inside the cell, does presses tumor growth - although it Dazs and Dannon Co. agreed to settle charges with the FTC that they containing large numbers of women its work outside it. doesn't destroy tumors and may not had made false and misleading claims about the dietary nature of with breast cancer and, less fre- Then the researchers looked for prevent them completely. And it their frozen yogurts. quently, ovarian cancer. Although what that work might be. They somehow does this outside the cell.

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Chairman Scott C. Deskin '96 Wisdom Watch by The Tech editorial board Editor in Chief AI Let's hope Al moves off the stump for the Ramy A. Arnaout '97 ...... Ashwin Viswanathan: Slim, plain platfonn reflects Gore: ~ status quo campaign. commencement address. Business Manager Christine Chan '98 ...... Steve Jens: VMOC wannabe wants food service •IFe: President Pride says having "fraternities not based Managing Editor .~ competition, but that might be a tall order. on alcohol" is too idealistic a goal. Hiccup! Saul Blumenthal '98 MEng: Faculty nit-pickers table a new degre~ because Executive Editor Richard Lee: Counterpoint publisher promises • "renaissance of passion." Can he really up VA funds of semantics. Is this part of the educational vision? Anders Hove '96 where hIs predecessors couldn't? . NEWS STAFF College Bowl: With Harvard gone, the MIT brains Editors: A. Arif Husain '97, Stacey E. • • are heading for the nationals. Next stop, Disneyworld! Blau '98, Shang-Lin Chuang '98, David D. UA Elections: Deadline for direction-arrow petition Hsu '98; ssociate Editors: Venkatesh extended. Satish '98, Orli G. Bahcall '99, Dan McGuire '99; Staff: Oleg E. Drozhinin '97, • James M. Wahl '97, Christopher L. Falling '98, Sam Hartman '98, Brett Altschul '99, Shawdee Eshghi '99, Carina Fung '99, Yaron Koren '99, Jean K. Lee '99; Meteorologists: Michael C. Morgan PhD '95, Gerard Roe G, Marek Zebrowski.

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vet Underground, much to the band's dismay. small-time crooks.e. just follow along, because they care about THIS WEEK AT THE KENDALL After just two years together, the group dis- , Actually, only Dignan (played"by Owen him and they can't think of"anything better to Kendall Square Theat~r, One Kendall Square, banded, and Nico pursued.a solo career, writ- G. Wilson, also one of the writers) does the do. Wilson's brother Luke plays Anthony, Cambridge. - ing her songs and 'oc~asionally acting. But dreaming. The other two, Anthony and Joe, and also shares a screenwriting credit. A few heroin became the main force in guns get fired and a little By Stephen Brophy her life. blood gets.spilled (most- STAFF REPORTER Many people have seen her ly from noses), but the ometimesI wonder how anyone from in many different ways, and prevailing tone goes a my generation has managed to survive. Susanne Ofteringer, the film- back and forth from I came of age in the late 1960s, a time maker who gives us NicolIcon, comic to poignant. Swhen we had a whole worl

- BY THE TECH ARTS STAFF - ****: Excellent wiser mercenary who steals the two nuclear that's exactly what writer-director Michael Richard ixon's twisted character. While ***: Good warheads from the bomber's cargo bay; Slater Mann does in his latest film. Robert De Niro Anthony Hopkins doesn't exactly resemble **: Average is the young, idealistic whipper-snapper who is the robber determined to make one last big Nixon, he does effectively mimic many of the *: Poor enlists a spunky park ranger (Samantha Math- score, but complications develop when he president's nervous mannerisms. Nixon con- is) to foil the plan. The action sequences falls in love with a young graphic designer tains a number of fictional scenes created by *1/2 Before and After shouldn't disappoint fans of director John won over by his candor; AI Pacino is the cop director Stone - scenes that blur the already Before and After (starring Meryl Streep Woo - they're all executed with humor and who doggedly pursues De Niro at the expense unseemly facts of the Nixon scandal. In spite ) and Liam Neeson) is the story of a family finesse, with people leaping across the screen of his crumbling third marriage. Although the of the canards, Stone accurately lays out some dealing with their son being accused of mur- in slow-motion with both barrels blazing. But dialogue is a bit excessive at times - the film of the late president's strange psychoses, dering his girlfriend. This includes ~oth the the story is trite and predictable in comic- is about. three hours long - Mann's sense of including phantasms of his saintly mother, legal issues, (whi~h are interesting) and the book fashion (it's basically a rewrite by Gra- pacing serves him well in setting up the pulse- . dead brothers, and "enemies:' The outstand- emotional issues (which are done to excess). ham Yost of his own script for Speed), and pounding action sequences. The supporting ing supporting cast helps weave the entir~ The movie spends so much time trying to tug the pivotal fight scenes feel staged and chore- actors, too, deserve a lot of credit for bringing story into a tapestry of deceit and b~trayal that on our heart-strings that it quickly become ographed. But you don't get to see an explod- life and credibility to the scores of characters can't fail to impress even true Nixon affi- ineffective: In a supposedly heart-wrenching ing nuclear warhead (bC?low-ground) every- in the 'film. -SCD. Saturday at LSC. cionados. -Anders Hove. scene, when the father started crying and the day, and more often than not the special heavy music started, most of the audience effects team delivers the goods. -Scott C. **** Leaving Las Vegas *** Restor.ation started laughing: -David V. Rodriguez. Sony Deskin. Sony Cheri. This sometimes-harrowing, oft~n-redemp- This 17th-century tale focuses on James Copley. tive look at a relation.ship between a destructive Merivel (Robert Downey Jr.), a ne'er-do-well **** Dead Man Walking alcoholic (Nicholas Cage) and a prostitute English physician who has an amazing stroke *** Black Sheep Dead Man Walldng. directed by Tim Rob- (Elisabeth Shue) could be a spiritual antidote to of luck and falls into the court of King Charles This film, the latest attempt by Lome bins and starring Sean Penn and Susan Saran- the excesses of Showgirls. Cage is a newly- III (Sam Neill). Merivel lets his healing talents ) Michaels to milk money out of Saturday don, addresses the death penalty issue fired screenwriter whose vices have tom apart go to waste. when he wallows in opulence and Night Live, is truly funny. Chris Farley and unflinchingly and comprehensively. It follows his family and led him to Las Vegas, where he. pleasures of the flesh. However, Charles. soon David Spade revive their roles as big fat spaz convicted killer Matthew Poncelet (Penn) . resolves to drink himself to death. Shue falls in bestows on him the ultimate reward-tempta- and wimpy sarcastic guy, both the same type from the murders, through his several appeals, love with him for his lack of pretense, and both tion: a title, an estate, and a wife (Polly of characters they played on SNL. The story is and finally to his execution in excruciating embark on a journey of love and self-reyela- Bergen) -=-- actually one of the king's mistress- predictable, but the film works because Far- detail, escorted by his spiritual adviser, Sister tion. Director Mike Figgis completely redeems es with whom he must never faIl in love. But ley's wild antics make the film fun. The fact Helen Prejean (Sarandon). Don't look to this himself for the pathetic Mr. Jones; here, he 'Merivel blows it, and is consequently banished that their routine srin seems fresh shows that movie for much action, adventure, or excite- paints the characters with warm, natural emo- from this paradise to the plague and squalor of Farley and Spade are a great comedy team. - ment. This emotionally brutal film challenges tions and uses the garish Backdrop ofthe Vegas the real world; there he must learn how to Rob Wagner. Sony Copley. yoU' to think about the issues surrounding the Strip (where even the golden arches of regain his faith ~n medicine and in himself, death penalty. You'll walk away from the the- McDonalds are adorned with a multitude

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- BY THE TECH ARTS STAFF - eating his younger brotl1er Clarence (Nigel genre in much the same way Pulp Fiction did Kate Winslet plays Marianne, her younger, romance and chivalry. -SCD. Sony Nick- Hawthorne) as traitor to the royal court for gangster pictures. -SCD. Kendall more passionate sister. elodeon. headed by his older brother King Edward Square. When struck by the loss of their father, (John Wood). Along the way, Richard must the family must look to its daughters to seek **1/2 Twelve Monkeys get rid of his brothers, deal with Queen Eliz- ***1/2 Sense and Sensibility out prospective husbands; through their trials In this science-fiction offering from direc- abeth (Annette Bening) and prevent Director Ang Lee (The Wedding Banquet) apd misfortunes (including liaisons with tor Terry Gilliam (Brazil, The Fisher King) Edward's young sons from reaching the and screenwriter-actress Emma Thompson prospective suitors Hugh Grant and Alan and writer .David Peoples (Blade Runner, '" throne. McKell en is the standout, playing present one of the newest Jane Austen adapta- Rickman), the family stands together and Unforgiven), Bruce Willis plays Cole, a pris- his villainous part to gleeful, devilish per- tions this year. Despite the similarities to never forsakes its honor. The dialogue and oner in a post-apocalyptic future. Scientists fection. . BBC-TV's Pride and Prejudice, the film is a ruminations on sexual impropriety may seem hand-pick him as a "volunteer" to go back in .This.latest Shakespeare adaptation maS' treat to watch. Thompson plays Elinor, the quaint by today's standards, but Thompson's time to uncover information regarding a mys- not be a ~asterpiece, but it helps revitalize the older, more sensible sister of the family, while screenplay does justice to 18th-century terious' virus that wiped out most ef the earth's population. He runs 'nto problems, however; when he gets thrown in a mental institution and meets a sympathetic doctor '(Madeleine Stowe) and a defective inmate (Brad Pitt). Cole trips through time much like Billy Pilgrim in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughter- house-Five. Unlike Pilgrim, Cole seems trapped;n an infinite loop; he's haunted by an image from his childhood, and once we see what this means for his mission, we pity him even more. What results is an incredibly bleak picture; a romantic development between Stowe and Willis toward the end is a pretentious and unsuccessful attempt to' offset the film's inevitable, depressing conclusion. However, Twelve Monkeys is partially redeemed by some comic relief from Pitt's character and Gilliam's distinctive, engaging visuals. - SCD. Sony Harvard Square..

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Students are more used to the "We felt it would make sending files Athena environment." and working between Macintoshes "I like Eudora a lot better,". said and PCs a lot easier. Also, the appli- Henry Chiu '97, who installed the cation would now be the same on software on his PC. "It's a lot easier both platforms," she said. to organize and sort your mail. I Eudora is an e-mail program think it's just more convenient. produced by Qualcomm, Inc. The "It can encode and decode files Eudora Pro (v2.1) is an e-.ail software is available for both Mac- for sending bye-mail," unlike Tech- Macintoshes and OOS/~lndow5 intosh and Windows machines con- mail, Chiu said. COlIlpUterswith Ethernet or PPP d ia l-up connect ions such as NIT's Tether. Eudora is available to nected to MITnet either by Ethernet IS will continue to support Tech- IIelIlbers 0 f the NIT COlnllluni ty under a site license or point-to-point protocol dialup mail users for the near future and ogr'..-en t with QlJALCOMM, Inc. 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"We servers using either an Appleshare encountered some first-day conflicts or FTP client. THOMAS R. KARLO IS'Survey Aims to Assess Student Usage' of Athena Survey, from Page 1 have had in the past, but it's never Athena equipment will change versus those that simply do word survey does not cover, like what too late to start." One question focuses specifical- processing and document prepara-' percentage of people with Athena ing academic computing. ly on what percentage of a'student's tion," Schmidt said. accounts actually use the clusters, "The last survey of Athena use Interviews probe use of Athena Athena sessions are spent doing "For the past year, we've had Sil- Schmidt said. was in the mid-' 80s, and Athena In order to make the surveys "quick" things like electronic mail icon Graphics machines in the clus- The effect of Resnet on cluster was totally different then," clear and effective, a group of 15 to. and Zephyr; Schmidt said. ters that can do high end graphics. usage has yet to be measured, Schmidt said. "We didn't have ~O students and IS staffers will be "We're looking into developing We may be moving towards more of Schmidt said. The current survey third-party software like Matlab or responsible for writing them. This kiosks or express clusters that have a mix of machines," she said. includes questions about whether or Framemaker, and the conclusion group will be conducting interviews very little on them but e-mail and The survey will continue for a not students have computers on then was that Athena was used for in the clusters over the next few Zephyr. It. would be like an auto- few weeks, and there may be a sec- MITnet in their dormitory rooms gaming." weeks, Schmidt said. matic teller machine --:- you could ()nd round later in the semester and what kinds of computing they With the addition of third-party The staff members will be wear- get in quick and not have to fight depending on the response rate this do there. software and more powerful ing hats with the logo "Poll Patrol" with someone writing papers," time, Schmidt said. Results will be "We can't do a before-and-after .nachines to the Athena environ- so they will be easily to identify as Schmidt said. available in May. comparison because there was no ment, things have changed dramati- they move through the clusters. The To further balance the load on "We don!t expect any drastic survey before Resnet. But we're cally, Schmidt said. "W~ need to interviews should last about 10 to machines and place appropriate changes in the next few years," interested in what people do in the respond to what the marketplace 15 minutes, she said. equipment in the clusters, the com- Schmidt said. clusters versus in their dorm room," b.rings and what the community The 12 questions on the survey puting management group will Schmidt said. needs," she said. cover topics that range from stu- examine what third-party software More data will be collected later Students can send ~-mail to "Any organization that provides dents' years and majors and what people are using to determine "how In the future, there is more data [email protected] with their services to the community needs to kind of work they typically use the much we need powerful machines that IS would like to collect that the comments. collect data from that community," clusters for to what software they Schmidt said. 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Szekeres will be arraigned in is on leave from school and could But not everyone agreed on the choice. "I'm really not that excit- tenure process Middlesex district court thi~ month not be reached for comment. [The ed about Al Gore. He's on his little down spiral'" said Felix Chen differently. for allegedly embezzling funds from Harvard Crimson, Feb. 23J '96. "I could care less about what his views are these days. I'm sick ~edical schools, unlike graduate of him. schools, depend on revenue from "I'd sure he'll do fine," Chen said. "I think we could have done patient care instead of grant and better, though. I'd rather have' an entrepreneur - some one who tuition revenue. Competition from made it big" like lacocca, he said. managed-care corppanies has made "I would wish they would get someone who wasn't a political fig- their work less profitable. ure," said Craig R. Leathers '96. "Name recognition doesn't neces- Medical schools failed to consid- sarily correlate with speaking ability." er the consequences of hiring more ''I'm very excited. I'm thrilled to be having him on campus and more clitli'cal professors. Now again," said Undergraduate Association President Carrie R. Moo '96. their revenues are stagnating as a "I think he's an excellent speaker, and I'm looking forward to it. "I result of competition with managed- think he appeals to a wider audience than the average politician," she care companies, but th~ schools said. must still pay the high salaries of those tenured clinicians. [Chronicle Gore talks of discovery in science of Higher Education, Feb. 16] "Having coined the tenn 'information superhighway' 17 years ago - [something] which will rely heavily on fiber-optic networks being Law schools cut enrollment developed at MIT - he is now the recognized public leader of the Law schools across the country National Information Infrastructure," Vest said. - are feeling pressure to cut the size Gore recently recognized Vest's support of scientific research in of their classes. The pressure stems an appeal for federal funding at the annual meeting of the American from declining numbers of appli- Association for the Advancement of Science in Baltimore. . cants (a 16 percent increase over the During a speech on the role of science in American society, Gore past four years) and a tough job referred to Vest's. annual report as an example of the many critical market: 15.3 percent of graduates problems whose answers remain unknown to scientists. were unemployed six months after Vest "decided to present his annual report as a series of questions graduating. his faculty told him were the most urgent ones in their fields. What he "We are an expensive institu- told us in that report underscores the need to deliver on these crucial tion," said Daan Braveman, dean of investments in science and technology," Gore said. the Syracuse University law school. "He reminded us that we don't know which aspects of climate "And if we are taking money from change are predictable. 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SOLUTIONS IN THE NEXT EDITION OF THE TECH 'March 1, 1996 SroRTS THETEC Page'f5 I Crew's Ayer,.Gieffers Do Well . Rowing, from Page 16 '96 placed 55th with a score of ley Rogers Jr. finished fifth, in 6: 18.3, with Adam Cotner '96 right their respective eteran men's Ayer rowed his heat in 6:05.1, behind him in 56th place with events. his best time ever, placing him in 6: 18.4. Karen Chenausky '89 placed the collegiate heavyweigqt final. Also from the varsity heavy- 19th in the International Women Ayer was tied for third place just weights: Brian Smith '97 was 68th with a time of 7:37. MIT freshmen past the 1000rn mark, but finished (6:19.7), Chris Putnam '96 was 97th lightweight coach Greg Barringer fifth with 6:0~.2, ten seconds behind (6:23.9), Robert Lentz '98 was won a silver in the Master's Men. the winning time. 102nd (6:29.6), Victor van Berkel This was the first time that MIT Based on the results of this and '96 was 129th (6:27.0), and Marc varsity rowers had qualified for the the International finds, he was Carlin '96 was 156th (6:37.3). CRASH-B finals. It places therp given a rank of eleventh out of 290. Alumnus Pete Peterson. ' 58 won decisively among the best college In the same event, Steve Morales a silver medal, and Professor Hart- teams in the country. Individual Fencers Perform Well Fencing, from Page 16. competition from' upperclassmen of ishes were more representative of opposing schools, Bower took con- MIT's level of fencing than the and a half minutes. trol from the beginning and domi- team round. The next competition The performance that showed . nated the sabre pool, placing first will be the IFA Championships Sat- the most promise, however, was that without giving up a bout. . urday and Sunday in Rockwell • of Brian Bower '98. Facing stiff These excellent individual fin- Cage . Join 'The Tech. JONATHAN U-THE TECH Amy Gleffers '97 placed third In the. Lightweight women's event at the World Indoor Rowing Championships on- Satur- day. Stop by on

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Boxers Bra ey, Rowers Succeed inCrash B . . Whale Fall S ort World.Indoor Championships By Gordon Hamilton out the m rning; the eight best times in each event TEAM COACH qualified for the afternoon finals. InTough Fights Two MIT rowers reached the finals of their Gieffers rowed a 7:33 in her heat, somewhat events at Sunday's CRASH-B regatta, the World slower than her previous best, but still' qualified for By Brendan Bellew with a flurry of body blows which Indoor Rowing Championships. Amy Gieffers '97 the lightweight final. TEAM MEMBER left his opponent groaning audibly. won a bronze medal in the lightweight women's The eight finalists' machines were connected to The boxing club began its fifth But Arentz won by a controversial event, while Toby Ayer '96 finished fifth in the col- computer monitors which depicted the competitors season of intercollegiate competi- decision that outraged the audience. legiate heavyweight men's event. as virtual. boats racing each other down a 2000-meter tion on Saturday in Lock Haven, Bradley, a light-middleweight, Held at Harvard University's indoor track facility, course. Pennsylvania. Mac Whale G and was matched with Shane Stille, who the CRASH-B is the largest ergometer, or rowing Gieffers rowed a strong race, often getting to sec- Michael Bradley G represented is a member of the Naval ROTC at machine, regatta in the world. It attracts the best US ond place. She finished third with a time of 7:25.8, MIT at the 17th Annual Lock VMI. Bradley charged his opponent collegiate oarspeople, recreational rowers in a number earning a bronze medal and an eighth-place rank Haven University Boxing Show. right after the opening bell and of age categories, and many international competitors. overall for lightweight women. In addition to MIT and the host landed a straight left to his oppo- All competitors row 2000 meters on the ergome- school, the United States Naval nent's forehead. ter. Heats for the sixteen events took place through- Rowing, Page 15 Academy, Virginia Military Insti- The 6'-2" Bradley, took advan- tute, and Pennsylvania State, Ken- tage of his greater reach throughout tucky, Westfield State, Duke, and the rest of the match to deli'v:er Buffalo Universities were represent- many more left jabs while keeping ed at the ational College Boxing his opponent too far away to strike Association show. back. Whale, a welterweight, led the In the last round, Bradley charge for the Beavers. Fighting in seemed to tire. Stille got close to his first inter-collegiate bout, Whale was matched with Matt Arentz from Bradley, where his shorter stockier build was an advantage, and took boxing powerhouse Penn State. the bout by a close decision. Arentz had the upper hand during • the first round, and Whale was After the fights, Coach Kandiah forced to take a standing eight count commended the two boxers for their after Arentz landed a solid left to exemplary technique, although he the solar plexus. admonished Whale for failing to Despite that setback, Whale "put his opponent away" during the gained confidence as the bout pro- third round and chastened Bradley gressed. Following the advice of his for letting his fatigue show. coach, Colonel Kandiah, Whale Coach Kandiah is former Ban- started the last round by following tamweight Champion of Sri Lanka feint left jabs with hard rights to the and former coach of the Sri Lankan face three times. He followed up National Boxing Team.

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March 2 JONATHAN L -THE TEeH Men's and women's fencing at Intercollegiate Fencing Association Tobias H. Ayer '96 competes In the collegiate event during SUnday's Crash B finals. Championships (team), 8 a.m.

Rifle at Mid-Atlantic Conference Rifle Championship March 3 Fencing Championships to Bring Men's and women's fencing at Intercollegiate Fencing Association Championships (individuals), 9 a.m. March 5 Foils, Epees, and Sabres to MIT Intercollegiate Volleyball Club vs. Salem State By Jennifer Mosler ditionally the teaching or practice head. ASSOCIA TE SPORTS EDITOR weapon. That heritage can be seen The IFAs are possibly the largest The 99th Intercollegiate Fencing in the way the weapon is used collegiate fencing championship Association Championships will today: The torso is the only valid tournament in the country, with take place here tomorrow and Sun- target, and points are scored only nine schools represented and over day. This is the oldest collegiate with the weapon's tip. Score is 150 fencers competing: championship in the country - determined by the rules of "right of Teams competiting include New even older the the NCAA Champi- way" and is judged by the director York, St. John's, Brown, Columbia, onships - for this ancient sport. of the bout. Brandeis, Harvard, Cornell (women Fencing has been practiced for Epee is the descendant of the only), and Y~le Universities, the Uni- centuries. The sport is nothing like rapier, or dueling sword. The blade versity of Pennsylvania, and MIT. the action you see on television or is larger and heavier, and the entire These teams represent some of in movies - do not expect to. see body:- including the head, hands t~e top fencing schools in the men in black leaping from a bal- and feet - is a valid target. nation. -This such a prestigious cony with a weapon in each hand Although touches can be'made only tournament that UPenn is missing and a dagger between their teeth in with the tip of the weapon, the point its own regional NCAA qualifier in formal competition. goes to the fencer that hits first. order to attend. Modern fencing uses .three . Sabre is the modem version of. The team competition will take weapons, each with its own rules the slashing and thrusting calvary • place tomorrow, while the individ-' and tactics. Men compete in foil, sword. Touches are, scored both ual competition will happen Sun- epee, and sabre, while women com- with the tip and the sides of the day. Both events will be held in pete in just foil and epee. blade; the target area is from the Rockwell Cage and DuPont Athlet- In the old days, the foil was tra- waist up, including the arms and ic Center. Men Fence Well at New Englands By David Nauman epee squad finished the team round_ the individual competition. Only TEA CAPTAIN with a record of 14-6. Lewinnek two other schools, Boston College With strong and consistent placed first in his pool with only one and Dartmouth, were able to do the fencers, the men's fencing team loss, and qualified to the individual same, though neither was able to placed fourth overall at the New competition. . match MIT's results in this round. Foilists Dav'd Nauman '97 (A) Park finished the day sixth, while • England Championships this week, fighting to within two bouts of the and Jae Park '98 (B) tallied 16 vic- Nauman carried away a third place first place team, Boston College, tories for MIT, each with an 8-3 trophy in foil. Lewinnek ended the and beating Tufts and Boston Uni- record. Both Nauman and Park also round 7-1, tIed for first with Ron versity. qualified for the individual round. GQld frOJTl Tufts and Zach Stein of The top five schools were all . The sabre squad, composed of Dartmouth. In the three-way ba age within two victories of each other,. Brian Bower '99 (A) and Ruben to determine the winner, Stein beat revealing just how evenly matched Brown '99 (B), added the final 11 both Lewinnek and Gold 5-0 to the competition, which was posted wins. Bower finished the team round clinch the gold medal. by the University of New Hamp- in second place, and also' qualified Fencing for the silver, Lewinnek JIRl SCHINDLER-THE TECH shire, was. for the individual competition. then beat Gold 5-2 in a close bout Lynn D. Cornell '96 competes In the seven and a half kilome- With David Lewinnek '97 and While the overall result of the that was scoreless for the first three ter classical race on Saturday. She finished 5th. Jonathan Blandford '98 fencing in team round was disappointing, four the A and B slots respectively, the of the six MIT fencers qualified to fencing, Page 15 t)