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I Grad dorm panned for Albany Street By Thomas T. Huang hMIT's new graduate student dormitory will be located at 143 Alba- ny Street - a site on the northern edge of campus near the New Eng- land Confectionery Company - and will house between 250 to 300 students, according to Jeffrey A. Meredith G. president of the Gradu- ate Student Council. Eight businesses that currently lease the old red-brick building on that site will vacate the premises by August 1988, when their current leases end. MIT has owned the building - constructed in the early part of the century- for more than 20 years, according to David H. Wilson '29, president of Revelation Bra Company, which has kept a division on Albany Street since 1966. Spokesmen for these businesses confirmed that Meredith & Grew - a real estate management firm working with MIT - had told them the building would be renovated into student housing. Yet William R. Dickson '56, senior vice president, and 0. Robert Simha '57, director of planning, who have postponed an announcement of the dormitory's Victor Liau/The Tech location since June, 1986, still refused to confirm the site. This building at 143 Albany Street will become the new graduate student dormitory. and the Some businesses are unhappy about leaving Albany Street, Ua requests twofold budget hike; location of the dormitory within an industrial zone raises questions regarding Cambridge zoning ordinances that prohibit housing in cer- uA request s tvvo-fold burdget hioke tain areas of the city. The business spokesmen - most of whom had some ties to MIT - MsEBay rejects previous Institute has been renting them the space at roughly half request said that the By Raymie Stata quest was turned down because funding. Rodriguez said the Pro- These businesses include Otis Clapp &: the market rate of Cambridge. The Undergraduate Associ- McBay said she could not request vost could provide money to the Boston Information and Technology Son, Inc., Optikos Corporation, ation has requested that its bud- a budget increase until December, UA from discretionary funds. Graphics, and a women's newspaper, Sojourn- Corporation, Xanadu get be more than doubled to al- according to Undergraduate As- "I think a good measure of the Tech Photo Services and -Paris er. Moreover, two other businesses, most $113,000 dollars next year. sociation President Manuel Ro- health of a university is the ex- Optikos. Litho, are subleasing space from But Dean for Student Affairs driguez '89. tent to which its students are en- is unhappy about the move, because his rent Wilson said that he Shirley M. McBay doubted that But Rodriguez said he had gaged in extra-ciricular activi- lose a significant number of employees. He is will double, and he will the request would be approved. wanted McBay "as our link with ties," Keyser said. "I think the his 200 employees live negotiating a move to Watertown, but most of The UA has also been explor- the administration" to pursue the proposal is a good idea [and that] (Please turn to page 9) ing new possibilities for increas- matter of funding with her supe- Manuel's figures were interes:- ing student activity funding, in- riors. But "she just cleaned her ling," he added. But "I just don't cluding a student "activities fee" hands and passed the buck," Ro- know where the money would and a $2 million endowment driguez said. come from," so the issue is still a fund. Instead, Rodriguez met with big question. The UA had originally asked Provost John M. Deutch '61 and Rodriguez expects to meet with McBay. for 'a $60,.000.buidget in- Associate Provost S. Jay Keyser Deutch again later this week. -crease in- late April. But the re- in an attempt to obtain more The Finance Bosard increase re- quest includes $20,000 for the Tvvo-third. e Course Evaluation Guide, of fredshmienf $20,000 for campus wide activites similar to last year's Student Life pass Phase One excaIs at MIT week, $15,s00 for new By Jeff Kim failed the exam this year than last student activity groups, $3000 for Oaf the 684 students who took year. (Pleaseturn to page 20) the freshrmen essay evaluation Walters asserted that there was during Residence/Ori~entation an "increase in the consciousness ION IT considers Mauricio Roman week, 67 percent passed or mar- of writing" among this year's freshman class. The number of AIDS facility Rob Boye '88 imaneuvers around a WPI ginally passed, and 33 percent who received a grade of Team captain MVIT's 2-1 win was the failed, according to Bonnie Wal- students player in yesterday's game. is ters, coordinator of the Commit- "pass' increased from 26 percent at uWhitehead ieers next home game By Christina Liu second in a row. The Engini tee on the Writing Requirement. to 32 percent. 1 30. MIT's Whitehead Institute for Saturday against Trinity at 1 t: 0. _ . Three percent fewer freshmen The quality of writing is 'defi- _ 111 nitely improving" and the better Biomedical Research has pro- numbrer of orporate exectoti9 performance is a "reflection of posed building a safe facility for Mm IT still trails in type of student conducting research on Acquired However, Weatherall said it Practice in the United States," the well-rounded By Cuea K. RAma Immune Deficiency Syndrome, would benefit MIT to have more which stated, "Professors and MIT is looking for," Walters MIT undergraduates once according to David Baltimore, interaction between engineering employers alike refer to the dra- said. again do not rank in the top 12 of "pass" or director of Whitehead. departments and the Sloan matically higher communication Receiving a grade schools nationwide in attaining the exam sat- Such a facility within White- School of Management. and social skills of engineering "marginal pass" on executive or managerial posi- of the Institute head would allow work with the This type of interaction would students. They seem to have a isfies Phase I tions, according to the recent Those stu- whole AIDS virus, Baltimore allow MIT to produce a new kind richer education and cultural Writing Requirement. Standard and Poor Biennial fail the exam must ei- said. At present, all research in- of executive, one who is scientifi- background and are more confi- dents who College Survey. writing volves parts of the virus so that cally adept and also sophisticated dent and assertive than engineers ther pass an expository This statistic does not reflect fi- there is no risk of infection. regarding management techniques, of the past." course or submit an acceptable the engineer's ability, but rather of expository prose "Whole virus studies would en- Keyser said. Many large American compan- ve-page paper the perception of the engineer in subject. able us to do experiments that There is little basis for the neg- ies, such as 3-M, Hughes Aircraft, written for an MIT American society, according to requirement can come closer to seeing the interac- ative stereotype of engineers, Digital Equipment, and Exxon are The Phase I Associate Provost S. Jay Keyser tion between cells and viruses Weatherall argued. Hepointed to led by engineers. In fact, Hewlett- also be satisfied by a score of 750 and Robert K. Weatherall, direc- Composi- and [between] whole beings and last year's report by the National Packard, one of the best run com- or more on the English tor of career services and Achievement viruses," Baltimore said. Academy of Sciences entitled panies for its style and product- tion (essay version) preprofessional advising. NPlease turn to page 9) Biological research on AIDS at "Engineering Education and (Please turn to page 21) There is an inherent stereotype MIT began two years ago with in American society that an engi- hazardous ckhemical study group Baltimore's own work. Now, his neer is a "nerdW and lacks strong N1 IT coordinatmS lab is still the site for most of the By Anita Hsiung new program draws, according to ter for Environmental Health interpersonal skills, Weatherall research activities The MIT Center for Technol- John R. Ehrenfeld '53, coordina- Sciences. AIDS-related said. He noted that when alum- on campus. ogy, Policy and Industrial Devel- tor of the program. The program is very dependent- Ilus John Reed '61 was appointed in- Presently, all research involves opment has started a new ten- Ehrenfeld was optimistic that on funding from the chemical as chairman of Citicorp, the Wall and calls for chemical non-infectious material - parts year $10 million initiative which this program will affect long-term dustry, Street Journal quoted another ex- $10 mil- of viruses rather than the whole will bring together representatives changes in the way academic, in- companies to contribute ecutive of the corporation as say- Chemi- virus. Because of this, there is from industry and academia to dustrial, and governmental insti- lion over ten years. Dow ing, "Here come the nerds." 20 . the problems of - tutions solve hazardous chemical (Please turn to page 21) (Please -turn to page "Our mind is set to still think investigate - -. I- hazardous chemicals in the problems in the environment. undimensionally, as of engineers environment. The group is also composed of are one track people, if they The activities of the new the following faculty members: wholely and solely committed to group, which has been named the Professor David H. Marks, head engineering," Weatherall I doing Program on Hazardous of the department of civil engi- said. MIT Substances Management, are neering; Professor Daniel Roos Fuji employee settles at MIT Sloan School after conflict MIT undergraduates have the aimed at education, research, '61, director of the Center for of interest scandal. Page 2. qualities needed to suc- necessary - and development of policies per- Technology, Policy and Industrial in the executive world, ceed hazardous chemicals in Development; Lawrence E. Suss- Publius and The Thistle: two new student publications who taining to Keyser asserted. Students the environment. lind PhD '73, professor of urban stands. Page 2. at MIT are hit the major in humanities Research on hazardous sub- studies and planning; Adel.-F. prepared because of even better stances has been conducted at Sarofim PhD '57, professor of of both their deep understanding MIT for several years and this re- chemical engineering; and Wil- Cats has more than nine lives. Page 11. the humanities and the sciences, Cen- search is the base from which the liam G. Thillyr, head of the L--- C··I·~------.- P Keyser added.
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Some American students said Rochester originally admitted that they would help me if I had Sakai last spring, but officials of any problems. The International Eastman Kodak Co. pressured Students' Office and the off- Ken ChurchlThe Tech I the Simon School into cancelling campus housing also helped me." his admission in early August The letter readmitting Sakai Jim Gort '89 pitches against Wentworth College in yesterday's game. MIT won 1 1-2. Gort gave up only one unearned run in the first four innings. after they learned of his offered to pay for his moving ,,- ··C-· ·bC ----- C---C - I employment with Fuji. costs if he chose to attend Roch- Kodak, which is based in ester. Although Sakai is staying Students form two journals of views and news Rochester, NY, has made sub- at MIT, he said he was "very Both publications produced Institute; or issues pertaining to stantial donations and sends pleased" about his re-admittance. Feature their first issues at the end of the the Simplex development. "NO many employees to the school, Sakai's situation is an unusual last term, and The Thistle circu- one was really doing it in the according to The Chronicle of example of how corporations and By Michael Gojer lated its second issue last press," he said. Higher Education. Because many business schools are linked. "I Recent months have seen a rise Thursday. Penn also expressed frustration case studies at the business don't know much about Ameri- in the number of student news The Thistle - an "alternative about writing through The Tech. school involve Kodak, and be- can society. Many of my Ameri- and opinion papers published He said The Tech classified cer- news collective' cause students at the school have can friends say it's incredible that regularly at the Institute: the tain contributions from him and access to Kodak's databases, offi- any private company gives pres- pages of two new publications, "There was no newspaper on others as opinion pieces and not cials at the company feared Sakai sure to a university to make an The Thistle and Publius, have campus that was willing to take as news stories because of would see proprietary informa- admission. In Japan, there is no already appeared on campus. up the issues that we [the perceived political bias. tion. Kodak had said it would case like this one," Sakai said. The Thistle will print a month- founders of The Thistle] were in- "If we really wanted to educate have considered withdrawing Sakai said he does not regard ly collection of MIT and Cam- terested in," Penn explained. He the people on campus we had to some of its employees because of this case as typical of America. bridge-related news stories and was said he was dismayed, for ex- have some way to communicate," Sakai's presence in the class- "This is only one private com- viewpoints, according to co- ample, that there wasn't much in- he said. room, according to The pany's program, not all of Amer- founder Steven D. Penn G. while vestigation of such issues as the Penn and others first talked Chronicle. ica's program. I can't judge Publius seeks to publish essays firing of Mary O. Hope, former about starting up the paper in the Sakai previously worked in Fu- American society by just this and opinions on controversial na- assistant dean for student affairs; fall of 198S, he said, after the ji's new products division. case. I don't judge. I can't tional and MIT issues, as related MIT's ties to off-campus research Coalition Against Aparthied Before Sakai received notifica- judge.' by chairman Pai Hwong '87. institutions like the Whitehead /Plpanv Sturn o naze 23) tion of the cancelled admission, the Simon School arranged for Sakai to attend Sloan. Dean Paul hMcAvoy of the Simon School called Dean Lester C. Thurow and explained the situation, The Boston Globe reported. Thurow was out of town and unavailable for comment. Thurow explained to The Globe in early September that T McAvoy told him Rochester was not interested in causing friction with Kodak. Thurow also said I------that Kodak assured him that they were not trying to keep Sakai out ~~e~~~et~~~~tc~~~c~e- &o of an American university alto- gether. MIT then decided to extend its acceptance to Sakai. ; Sakai said he had not been told the reasons for his cancellation from the Simon School. "I didn't know that Kodak gave pressure to the University of Rochester until I read the New York Times." Sakai received the cancellation letter on Aug. 6 when he was in Boulder, CO, where he was studying English. "I called the University of Rochester, but they didn't give any reason for my withdrawal. They simply said that they could not say. They seemed to be very sorry," Sakai said. Because Sakai was notified so close to the beginning of the school year, he was unsure of his future education. "I was sur- prised, of course. I got angry." Sakai said. I N F 0 R M A T I/O N D A Y Yet the letter suggested that Sa- kai apply to the Sloan School. An opportunity for informal discussion with technical staff from AT&t's R&D community, induding Sakai followed the suggestion Monday and was accepted -soon AT&T BHd Lacswa~r afterwards. September 28 ACT Onformnaao System Lawo"es Two weeks ago, Rochester re- 3:00-8:00 p.m. versed its decision and re-ad- &T&T En_ Pingth Cetar mitted Sakai. Sakai credits pub- lobby 13 Sonde NoatioiW Ldwwies licity for Rochester's reversal. "I appreciate the power and action AT&T's R&G mission isto advance fundamental research inthe physical sciences, material sciences, of publicity, Sakai said. "If communications sciences, information sciences and manufacturng sciences to provide technology newspapers and magazines had for the world marketplace. not reported my action OF inci- dent, the university would Wed like to talk to students inthe sciences and engineering about our mission. If you have or are pursuing one or mor of the degree/displine combinations below, or if you just want to talk about the future, stop by. Even if graduation or employment isn't inyour immediate future, wed still like to meet you.
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L~~ ~~-~ ~~- _Xwlsww LaRouche trial begins 183sl-sl~L~['IPP-·1188 f Jury selection began today in Boston in the trial of po- LaRouche. He is charged with US attacks Iranian ship in gulf litical extremist Lyndon PH. Biden lies about past accumulating more than $1 million for his 1984 Presiden- The Pentagon and the White House both say that the tial campaign by credit card fraud. The government last night, Democratic presiden- US military attack on the Iranian ship Ajr was a purely In a statement released charges that LaRouche saw himself and his followers as he was wrong when he defensive move taken after the Iranian ship was found tial hopeful Joseph Biden admitted "6saviors of Western civilization" entitled to anybody's he was in the top half of his laying underwater mines. The Pentagon says the stern of claimed earlier this year that money. If convicted, LaRouche faces five years in prison In a written statement, the Delaware the ship was set on fire and the ship was left "dead in the law school class. and over $250,000 in fines. water.' Democrat also admitted misspeaking about a scholarship, Two American helicopters were on patrol from the his degrees, and winning an award for achievement in po- Frigate USS Jarrett when they saw the Iranian ship drop- litical science. Earlier, Biden told The New York Times he Illinois AIDS law approved ping objects over the side. The helicopters responded with exaggerates when he is angry. The governor of Illinois, Jim Thompson, has approved rocket and machine gun fire after the ship ignored both Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt, another legislation that would allow the state limited power to an order to stop laying mines and a warning shot. Democratic presidential contender, denied his campaign quarantine AIDS victims. In addition the legislation The incident was the first American military action staff was behind Biden's plagiarism controversy. Biden ad- would allow the tracing of sex contacts of victims. against Iran since Aug. 8 when a Navy F-14 Tomcat fight- nitted having been disciplined in law school in a plagia- er fired two missles at an Iranian jet that was judged to be rism incident. But CBS News reported that one Gephardt NBC: collects most Ermmies That episode was the closest staffer admitted being involved in the controversy - with- hostile. Both missiles missed. NBC dominated Sunday's Emmy Awards ceremony. to combat since the out the candidates knowledge. that the two countries have come Sixteen of the 31 awards handed out in Pasadena, CA, Kuwaiti tankers. United States started escorting refagged went to NBC. Among the winners were "Moonlighting's" North testimony disputed Bruce Willis for lead actor, Sharon Gless of "Cagney and British ship burns in gulf Documents indicate fired White House aide Oliver Lacey" for best lead actress and Michael J. Fox of 'Fami- In an apparently unrelated incident, Iranian gunboats North first thought of using Iran arms sale profits to aid ly Ties" for best actor in a comedy series. "Golden Girls" attacked an empty British flagged tanker near Farsi, an the Nicaraguan contras in December 1985. The papers, won best comedy series. Iranian held island in the Northern Gulf. Lloyds shipping obtained in the investigation of the Irarn-contrascandal, intelligence said that the attack set the ship on fire and said North talked about both aspects of the scandal with that two crew members are missing. an officer of Israel's military purchasing unit in New York. During the Congressional hearings on the scandal, North claimed Iranian middleman Man ucher Ghorbanifar came Andy and Fergy plan USi visit up with the diversion idea in January 1986. Buckinghaml Palace has announced that Prince Andrew and the former Sarah Ferguson are to make their first visit Bakker investigation begins to the United States in February. It was announced that Proceedings began this week in the federal grand jury during their stay here they will attend a British Arts investigation of former PTL head Jim Bakker in Char- Trash debate continues Festival in Los Angeles. lotte, NC. The committee's first witness will be former The return of the Massachusetts legislature this week is ministry secretary Jessica Hahn. It was Bakker's interlude expected to keep alive the Boston trash battle. With land- with Hahn in 1980 that eventually led to his expulsion fills at a premium, city officials have been struggling to Spandau's walls crumblirng dawn from the ministry in March. According to Hahn's lawyer, find a way to dispose of tons of daily trash. Senate presi- Demolition began yesterday on the Spandau prison in she feels it is her "responsibility" to cooperate with the dent William Bulger says a new incinerator in the affluent West Berlin. The go ahead followed one month after the federal investigation; suburb of Weston could be the answer. He says it could suicide of its most notable prisoner Rudolf Hess, a- con- benefit several cities and towns. victed Nazi official who was the last occupant of the - The Boston Democrat entered the fray when he object- facitlity. Siamese twins in trouble, ed-1 a proposed incinerator in his senatorial -district. He Doctors at Johns Hopkins Medical 0enter in Baltimore clashed with his neighbor, Mayor Raymond Flynn, on the have announced a setback in the conditions of the Siamese issue and promised to suggest a better site. twins that were separated two weeks ago after more thfcp twenty hours of surgery. Both needed to be put back on case starts respirators after partial collapse of their lungs. Doctors AIDS malpractice from AIDS testified to- Senate cautious over arms accord don't expect any significant change for at least a week. A Cambridge woman suffering first AIDS malpractice As the Reagan administration approaches a new arms day in what may be the nation's testified that physicians ignored Y1 reduction agreement with the Soviets, members of the case. Elizabeth Ramos Georgia man executed she claimed her symptoms were being caused by Senate are warning against new interpretations of an old her when A man convicted of raping, torturing and murdering a fatal virus. The 32-year old woman is seeking unspeci- treaty. The White House is pushing for a reading of the the 17 year-old girl in 1974 was executed in Georgia's electric damages in her suit against the Harvard Community 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty that allows for testing of fied yesterday. Timothy McCorquodale lost a bid before Plan and doctors Kenneth Bernstein and Cynthia the "Star Wars' missile program. The Senate Foreign Re- chair Health Supreme Court this afternoon for a stay of execu- She claims the physicians were negligent in their lations Committee warns that such a provision could af- the US McGinn. Witnesses at McCorquodale's trial say he killed and treatment of her illness, even though her fect Senate consideration of the settlement of intermediate tion. diagnosis runaway Donna Marie Dixon of Virginia because he saw symptoms were evident. Harvard Community Health Plan range missiles. her talking to a black man in an Atlanta bar. -a health maintenance organization - said yesterday that it believed it provided adequate care.
Paper reports failed assasination The West German newspaper Bild reported that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was hospitalized for food poi- soning as a result of a failed assassination attempt. The story sites no sources but claims a similar attempt in Feb- F~~~ M~~a car filled with explosives was ruary failed when a police II found. The Kremlin denies both charges. Football players orn strike Nothing but clouds The players of the National Football League began a A cutoff low pressure system which helped to give strike at midnight. Gene Upshaw, executive director of the wet weekend weather is beginning to spin NFL Players' Association, said "it looks like its going to us our weaken. The system is positioned to our take a strike to get the owners of the NFL to negotiate down and so it will continue to adversely with the players in good faith." Upshaw said players have west, though, during the next couple of been "forced into this action" and NFL "hard-liners" influence our weather deluged with rain, but wanted to break the union. days. It is unlikely we will be isolated showers are possible today Jack Donlan, the chief negotiator on behalf of the own- cloudy skies and and tomorrow; ers, told ABC the union had refused several proposals From home, the fifth tropical storm over the past few weeks - including proposals of liberal- Farther away Atlantic hurricane season ized free agency, pension and disability plans, and insur- of this year's feeble in the Carribean. Tropical ance. Donlan said the union has refused to negotiate over continues to intensify |''7'F~" storm Emily was quickly approaching hurricane the last two weeks. He added that the union has also re- last night with sustained winds in excess of 65 fused offers to go to mediation and had refused to extend status the strike deadline. knots. NFL owners say they will conmtinue the season after a cloudy with one-week layoff. Teams will be made up of non-striking Today: Skies will be partly to mostly Winds will regulars and free agents. high temperatures near 70'F (21 C). be weak from the NW and there is a chance Of a Baseball's owners in collusion shower. An arbritrator has ruled collusion by baseball's owners. Tonight: Continued cloudy with weak nortwesterly I1n a 16-page decision, Tom Roberts wrote that the clubs' winds. Lows will be 55-60'F (13-16'C) and there approach to free-agency in 1985 violated the collective is a slight chance Of a shower during the U2 bargaining agreement between players and owners. The concert. ruling came in an action brought by the players' union on Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of behalf of 1985 free-agents. Only two of 62 free agents showers. High 65-70 OF (18-21 OC). that year were signed by another team. Another action on Thursday: Partly sunny and warmer with highs 70- behalf of the 1986 free-agents currently is being heard by 75 °F (21-24 °C). a different arbitrator. Forecast bpy R~obert Black -a new round As for what's next for baseball's owners I - - -- IP..1 U ------0 IA what reme- of hearings will begin this week to determine I Comnpiled by Daufel Tarasewicz dies should be pursued.
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