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By Sarah Y. Keightley The suit mentions a few inci- their colleagues in the Literature ASSOCIA TE NEWS EDITOR dents in which Wolff claims other Section, including professors David Professor of Literature Cynthia members of the literature faculty Thorbumn and Stephen J. Tapscott. G. Wolff filed a lawsuit against MIT have retaliated against her for her Wolff claims that the administration on April 7, charging that the opposition to granting certain junior failed to act when she reported these Institute breached its obligations as faculty tenure. One incident alleged- incidents. an employer by allowing a "hostile ly took place in 1981, when Wolff work environment" to continue. voted to deny tenure to Ruth Perry, Wrighton creates committee The official complaint states that .who, has since been granted tenure Wolff spoke to then-Provost Wolff is suing because of "the and i s currently head of the John M. Deutch '61 about problems Institute's wrongfu acquiescence in Women's Studies Program. In the with several personnel cases. She and perpelpation of a persistent'and suit, Wolff alleges that Perry is now alleges that the cases "were not continuing pattern of professional, excluding her from the Women's being judged on professional crite- political, and sexual harassment Studies Program. ria," that section meetings were towards [her] in the workplace." The suit also alleges that when unprofessional, and that Professor When contacted yesterday, Wolff voted to deny tenure to anoth- Theoharis C. Theoharis had told her Wolff would not comment on the er junior faculty member in 1988, he was being sexually harassed by case. Her lawyer could not be she and another female professor reached. were verbally abused by some of Wolff, Page 7 MalVAQ" UW7;nc "nwllna" 1u oul Tv*' W to UUItlU UL Becomes Second Math Professor to Be Honored in It~vYears X, ""A, r By Brian Rosenbr accomplishment, according to a com pletely definitive theory onqtshe_ `` ED17OR IN C@HIEF Guggenheim Foundation press nature of the shadow region," he Professor of Mathematics release. This year's fellows were continued. Richard B. Melrose became one of chosen from 3,162 applicants and Guillemin said Melrose has also this year's 149 Guggenheim were awarded a total of $3,925,000. won the Bocher Prize, given every Fellows earlier this month. Melrose This is the 68th year the foundation four years by the American was granted the award for his work has awarded the fellowships.. on the analysis and geometry of Candidates for a Guggenheim Guggenheim, Page 7 manifolds with corners. must be nominated to one of several The average amount of the fel- advisory panels, who then make rec- lowshlips was $26,400, but only ommendations to the foundation's individual fellowship winners can Committee of Selection. Three peo- release the amount of their award, ple, including Guillemin, nominated GSC Elects Mlehta, CujIibert according to the John Simon Melrose. Foundation applications By Eva Moy Ciacci G. outgoing president. He foster some kind of collective initia- Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. are reviewed by leaders in the appli- ASSOCIA TE NFlVS ED)ITOR added that many members would tives among them," Ciacci said. The Melrose is on leave in the cant's field, Gurl said. The Graduate Student Council rather concentrate on specific comn- council includes representatives Australian state of Tasmania this elected Anand Mehta G and David mittees, which are "much more flex- from each academic department, in semester and could not be reached Nature of shadows S. Cuthbert G president and vice- ible." The officers "have to be for comment. Guillemin explained that president last Thursday. There was involved in everything at the same GSC, Page 7 "He's one of the few Melrose's work was significant not time in the council's meeting to time and nothing in particular." Tasmanians to make big splash on because it makes "physical optics elect a secretary or treasurer. "I didn't get the feeling that the world scene. The only other one mathematically vigorous." Melrose Mebta and Cuthbert were the nobody [wanted) to do anything," that I know of is Errol Flynn," said has focused on the nature of shad- only -students to run for the two top Mehta said. He agreed that some Victor W. Guillemin, chair of the ows. "In geometric optics, if you positions. Both ran for president, people "feared of how much time pure mathematics committee, of start a light beam from somewhere, and after Mehta won, Cuthbert ran being president would involve." which Melrose is a part. Guillernin and then put an obstacle in its path', unopposed for vice-president. The duties of the president and mTonii Morrison delivers said Melrose was notified of the the light beam hits the obstacle. In Several graduate students were vice president will be changed at the award via electronic mail. geometric optics theory, the light nominated, but most declined to next meeting. A secretary and trea- a powerful speech. "I was pretty confident [that beam never gets behind the obsta- run. "A lot of people just cannot surer will also be elected. Page 11 Melrose would win a fellowship] cle. It's completely black behind the pledge to give the kind of time that The GSC serves mostly as an because he's awfulily good. ... The' obstacle, and bright everywhere the offices require," explained Furio advocate for graduate students, "to Guggenheim is not only a competi- else," Guillemin said. o On the Town, your tion among scientists, it's a compe- "SFrom real life, though, we weekly guide to the arts. tition across the board, against know that this story is not correct, artists, novelists, painters, you name that you see a shadow if you stand Page 14 it. We were very pl eased," behind the obstacle. What was miss- EDITOR'S NOTE Guillemin said. ing until [Melrose's] work was a mMen's track defeats Guggenheim Fellows are chosen completely rigorous mathematical In an effort to become more sensitive to pressing environmental on the basis of unusually distin- explanation of the nature of the concerns, and in celebration of Earth Day 1992, The Tech will be WPI) RPI in the rain. guished achievement in the past and shadow. Melrose's most famous printed on recycled newsprint, beginning with today's issue. Page 19 exceptional promise for future piece of mathematical work is a i F st la. -- I "I L -- - '' I - I I m = I P -I I Illa I I - IC I IR 9BCPa

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WORLD & NTION 6.1 Quake Hits Southernr Calffornia, Serbian President Mlosevic

LOSANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck a broad area of Southern California on Wednesday night, rocking high-rise office buildings in Approvea uce Agreement downtown Los Angeles for several seconds and sending out strong By Blaine Harden kered peace agreements have meant Bosnia's Serbs,. who make up about shock waves that were felt from Las Vegas, Nev., to San D~iego. W7E WASHINGTON POF little without the backing of the 31 percent of the republic's 4.4 mil- Seismologists from the California Institute of Technology and the * ~~~BELGRADE army and the enthusiastic support of lion population. Nearly all these .U.S. Geological Survey said the tremblor was centered nine miles Serbian President Slobodan Milos~evic. gains have come at the expense of east of Desert Hot Springs, Calif., on an unnamed north-south fault Milosevic, who has been singled out The Serbian president, a hard- Bosnia's poorly armed Slavic five miles northeast of the San Andreas Fault. by the United States as the chief line Marxist and strident Serb Muslims, who comprise 44 percent The quake jostled Southern California with a sustained rolling agent behind the bloody civil war in nationalist, has been accused by of the population. In most encoun- motion, temporarily knocking out telephone service from Riverside neighboring Bosnia-Hercegovina, Westernl governments of grossly ters with advancing Serb forces, east to the Arizona border. Initial reports indicated that the quake gave his personal approval exaggerating the ethnic threat to the Muslims have simply run away, and caused little damage and no injuries. Thursday night to an agreement to Serb minority in Bosnia and, previ- two weeks of fighting have generat- A USGS seismologist said there would be a 10 percent chance halt the fighting in that former ously, in Croatia, where a Serb- ed more than 170,000 refugees - within the next three days of a great quake on the San Andreas Fault Yugoslav republic. Croat war has taken more than most of them Muslims -as well as stronger than Wednesday's tremblor. The truce was brokered earlier 10,000 lives. Western critics say an estimated 200 dead. The quake hit shortly before IO p.m. PDT and was felt for at least Thursday by European Community Milos~evic has used these claims as a Sarajevo, which Serb nationalists 60 seconds in some areas. It temporarily knocked at least one televi- mediators in meetings with leaders pretext for armed intervention that have vowed tos partition as Beirut sion station off the air, but electrical service to downtown Los of Bosnia's warring Muslim, Croat has allowed Serb forces to seize was partitioned during the civil war Angeles was unaffected.. and Serb communities, who agreed large tracts of territory in both in Lebanon, is the one principal mil- to stop shooting and return to talks republics. itary objective that has not yet fallen aimed at dividing Bosnia into ethnic But Thursday night, after 10 under Serb control, Western diplo- U.N. Tighsw Plan to 1* lka**Xswes cantons. days of scalding American criticism mats say. In running street battles THE WASHIINGTON POST Heavy fighting across the repub- and concerted Western threats to that raged there for three days this I UNITED NATIONS lic in the past three days -particu- isolate Serbia as a pariah state, week, Muslim-dominated police The United States plans to push for a resolution under which larly in Sarajevo, Bosnia's battle- Milosevic gave a clear signal that he units and territorial defense forces frozen Iraqi assets would be used to pay for eliminating Baghdads's scarred capital -had seemed to be is worried by the prospect of eco- managed to put up stiff resistance to weapons of mass destruction, compensating victims of its invasion of building toward all-out civil war, nomic isolation and that he now Serb forces attacking from the sur- Kuwait and providing humanitarian aid, Western diplomats say. but the violence lessened signifi- wants the fighting in Bosnia to end. rounding hills. Among key U.S. allies, France and Britain have appeared cool to cantly Thursday. The truce accord "We care that the war in this coun- Independent observers in Bosnia the plan, expressing concern that it might lead to legal and technical was buttressed by a cease-fire try should stop so that we can turnl agree that prior to the recent out- problems. Nvertheless, Washington appears prepared to press ahead, pledge from the Serb-dominated to our peacetime and everyday wor- break of heavy fighting, the Serb and a Western diplomat said a draft resolution may be presented to Yugoslav army, which has been ries and to the revitalization of the minority there had no reason to fear the Security Council within a week. openly supporting Serb militia economy," Milosevic said. ethnic discrimination, let alone eth- About $5.5 billion in Iraqi assets have been frozen around the forces in attacks on Muslim-majori- Although he rejected well docu- nic violence. The Muslim-ledl gov- world, including more than $1 billion in the United States, an official ty towns across Bosnia. mented charges that his government ernment in Sarajevo had given the said. In addition, about $1.5 billion might be available from Iraqi oil As dusk fell, however, small- has used paramilitary groups operat- Serbs elaborate assurances of politi- held mnainly in Saudi Arabian tanks and in a pipeline linking Iraq with arms and mortar fire erupted ing fromn Serbia to prosecute the war cal and civil rights, and Milosevic Turkey as well as firom payments for crude oil that were held up after between local Serbs and Muslims in Bosnia, Milosevic said his gov- acknowledged as much to U.S. the U.N. embargo following Iraq's Aug. 2, 1990 invasion of Kuwait. on the outskirts of Sarajevo, near ernmenlt will do its best from now diplomats in private meetings this Tho. move to tap frotzen assets stems chiefly Ptrom Iraq's refusal to the pity's airport, pews services in on to stop "illegal" groups from month. sell oil under U.N.-mandated terms. Suchl sales were expected, in the capital reported. "The cease-fire' -leaving Serbia to take part in comn- But using the alleged threat of part, to pay for destruction of Iraq's chemical, biological, nuclear and is not respected, Bosnian radio bat elsewhere. Muslim- and Croat-inspired *geno- ballistic arms facilities and for humanitarian measures. Diplomats declared. The announcement of the truce, cide against local Serbs, Serb forces expressed confidence that the United States can muster sufficient sup- The Associated Press said sever- as well as Milosevic's effusive su~p- in early April began a well-orches- port from other council members for the proposal. al buildings and trees were set port for it, comes after more than trated campaign of violence and ter- aflame in the firefight and that a two weeks of sizable territorial con- ror across much of Bosnia. The number of stray rounds whizzed by quests by combined forces of insur- attacks intensified after the U~nited 'Dading Service' for Ex-Soviet the Bosna Hotel in central Sarajevo, gent Bosnian Serbs, militia units States and European Community where the EC delegation is staying. from Serbia and the Serb-led recognized Bosnia's secession from Scienteists to Start in June Observers said it was not immedi- Yugoslav army. Western diplomats Yugoslavia -a former six-republic THIEBALTJMfORESUN ately clear if the shooting marked say the Serb side appears to have federation now essentially reduced WASHINGT ON the collapse of the new accord or a gained on-the-ground control of to an alliance of its largest and A Moscow center offering useful work for former Soviet weapons minor violation that can be about two-thirds of Bosnia, includ- sm~allest members, Serbia and scientists to prevent them from selling their skills abroad is on the smoothed over Friday. ing at least seven Muslim-majority Montenegro. way to starting up in June, a key State Department official said As the Yugoslav region has been cities. In his remarks Thursday, Thursday. wracked over the past year by the Those gains coincide roughly Milosevic labeled all accounts of The $75 million International Science and Technology Center will bloodiest fighting in Europe since with the professed territorial ambi- Serb-sponsored aggression in serve as a sort of "dating service" matching scientists' knowledge World War 11, internationally bro- tions of the most militant of Bosnia as "false facts." with peaceful government and private-sector research projects. A high priority, said Robert Gallucci, the State Department offi- cial in charge of the project, will be research into nuclear-plant safety and mranagement of nuclear waste. A second center is planned for M~enco Reels from Explosions Ukraine, with $10 million from the United States. The center, which will be headed by an international board of By Peter Eisner Pemex, the government-run oil ing possible negligence by three city Russians and Westerners, arose out of fears that with the end of the NE WSDA Y monopoly, refused comment officials, for minimizing local resi- Cold War and collapse of the Soviet economy, scientists who devel- GUADALAJARA, MEXICO Thursday on the source of dents' complaints about the gas oped nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction would be hired While stunned survivors wan- Wednesday's explosions. But rescue smell emanating from the sewers. by countries seeking dangerous weapons. dered in search of lost relatives in workers throughout the shattered After Salinas left the neighbor- The United States has put the number of nuclear weapons scien- the blast zone, government officials zone said many survivors had spo- hood, eventually returning to tists at about 3,000. But the overall nuclear weapons establishment, and industrialists Thursday traded ken of the distinct smell of gasoline, Mexico City, survivors in Reforma, including those involved in manufacturing and in reprocessing fuel, charges of responsibility for the indicating it might have flowed into looked on blankly as workers could number 80,000 to 90,000, Gallucci said. massive sewer-line explosions that the sewage system. picked through rubble before sig- killed at least 200 people and The director of the Municipal nalling earthmovers, to begin push- injured more than 1500. -Water and Sewage Systems, ing tons of brick and steel strewn "Please help us," begged Jose Guadalberto Limon, said the cause through affected streets. Guadalupe Arrellana, weeping as he of the explosion had not been deter- The rescue effort, run with mili- tugged on the sleeve of President mined, saying hexane was "a possi- tary precision, combined anny and Carlos Salinas de Gortari, who ble cause" and a gasoline leak was police units, Red Cross officials, walked through the crater-wracked another possibliy. students and local volunteers. Local ruins of the working-class Reforma, Shortly after the explosions, doctors also participated in setting By Marek Zebrowski district of this city in western Pemex blamed a cooking oil compa- up a series of field hospitals. STAFF METJEOROLOGIST Mexico. ny, La Central, saying the firm had Officials said 15,000 people were A low pressure system moving out of the Ohio Valley on Friday "I'll do what I can,," Salinas told allowed volatile hexane gas to enter left homeless by the blasts and per- will end the first spell of nice spring weather in our area. This stonn Arrellana, whose repair shop was the sewer system. Thursday, howev- haps 1,000 dwellings were affected.. is forecast to both intensify as it moves northward and slow down, as destroyed in the blast. At a news er, the company's owner denied the Rescue teams did not report find- it passes to the south of New England during Saturday and Sunday. conference later, Salinats gave inves- charge, saying La Central was iing new victims or survivors in the -A By Monday this low will reach Nova Scotia, unfortunately not soon tigators 72 hours to find the cause of closed for the Easter holiday and rubble. enough to rescue our weekend from a typical spring pattern of the blasts and pledged "to punish had not lost any stocks of its chemi- More than 24 hours after the onshore winds, pesky rainshowers and generally gloomy skies. those found responsible." cal supply. blast, smashed cars and trucks were Monday and Tuesday portend fairer and warmer weather as a high Amid fears of new explosions, "I've spoken with the attorney still lying overturned in the 20-foot- -M pressure system will gradually move into our region. municipal workers opened manhole general's office and told him we deep trench left by the blasts. It was Friday afternoon: Cloudy with rain developing. High around covers and pumped soapy water into don't understand how (Pernex) canl evident fr-om a tour through the zone 52°F (I VC) with light winds steadily increasing from the east 10- downtown sewers to prevent a be blaming us," said Jesus Hemnan that the modular adobe and brick I rnph ( 16-24 kmh). buildup of volatile fumes, which Morales Doria. construction of the hocuses served to Friday night: Periods of rain, some fog in coastal areas. Low fueled Wednesday's calamity. On Wednesday, fire chief Jose insulate interior areas, saving them around 40'F (5°C), northeast winds continuing. And after residents of the Alamo Trinadad Lopez Rivas said thou- from even worse damage. Inside Saturday: Occasional rain and showers. Cool with highs in mid district, south of Reforma, said they sands of gallons of gasoline had one house, just a few yards from the to upper 40s (7-9°C), persisting onshore winds. smelled fumes, Guadalajara Mayor spilled into the sewer system. worst part of the blast, two para- Saturday night: Continuing damp and chilly, lows in the low 40s Enrique Dau Flores ordered the Pernex said it has no pipelines any- keets chirped away in their cage. (5-7-C). evacuation of several square blocks. where near the blast area. The kitchen was still brimming with Sunday outlook: Chance of showers. Highs in the 50s (10-12'C) The area is surrounded by about 40 The governor of the state of the remnants of breakfast -half- lows in the 40s (6-8°C). factories, including a plant operated Jalisco, Guillermo Cosio Vidaurri, made tortillas and vegetables. A by Petroleos Mexicanos, known as accompanied Salinas on his tour and rooster had its pickings as it wan- L i Pemex. said his government was investigat- dered about the abandoned house. ------, ...... April 24, 1992 WORLD & NATION THE TECH Page 3 Supreme Court Prepares Ruling on Abortion Rights By Ruth Marcus that they might pair up to forge a whether abortion regulations consti- In Roe, the court concluded that that fetuses are "persons" under the nE WA SHING TON POST middle ground on the court- a tute an ";undue burden." The other, the 14th Amendment -which pro- Constitution. However, in a speech WASHINGTON position that may or may not be rel- endorsed by the Bush administration hibits states from depriving any that became controversial after his The Supreme Court.t, one vote evant depending on whether the and at least four justices, would ask "person" of life without due process nomination to the high court, away from eliminating thhe constitu- four justices known to oppose the simply whether the abortion regula- of law -"does not include the Thomas praised an article taking tional right to abortionn, wrestled Roe decision can attract a fifth and tions have a "rational basis" - unborn." such a position. Wednesday with the imp])fications of decisive vote. Only two solid abor- whether they further the state's In the Roe opinion, Blackmun "What would flow from that such a historic step as it-considered tion-rights advocates, Justices Hanry legitimate objective of protecting pointed out that considering fetuses position could be a requirement that a challenge to a PennsyhIvania abor- A. Blackmun and John Paul potential human life. as "persons" under the Constitution every state ban abortion," said tion law. Stevens, remain on the court. O'Connor questioned Preate could require states to treat abortion Marcia Greenberger of the National In a long-awaited testt of the con- Justice Clarence Thomas, who about the husband notification pro- as harshly as murder and bar states Women's Law Center. "The fact servative new Court's views on refused to divulge his position dur- vision, terming it "curious" that the from making exceptions in their that it was explicitly left open by the abortion, the justices ,remained ing Senate confirmation hearings state did not "require notice to all antiabortion laws for saving the life solicitor general should cause peo- largely silent as Amerrican Civil last fall, was the only justice who fathers." of the mother. ple to sit up and take notice of what Liberties Union lawyeer Kathryn did not speak during the hour-long She then asked about forms of No justice has endorsed the view the fuxture might hold." K~olbert urged them to reeaffirm Roe oral argument. A ruling in the case birth control, such as intrauterine vs. Wade, the landmark 1973 deci- is expected by July, and will likely devices, that act as "abortifacients" sion establishing abortioi)n as a fun- be a major issue in the November by preventing implantation of the damental right. elections. fertilized egg. Could the state, pro- They were far moree active in The Pennsylvania law at issue is tecting its interest in preserving fetal quiizing Pennsylvaniaa Attorney one of a 'spate of abortion restric- life, require all women to inform General Ernest D. Prea~ate Jr. and tions enacted after the high court's their sexual partners of their use of U.S. Solicitor General K(enneth W. 1989 ruling in Webster vs. such contraception, she asked. Starr about the individualLIprovisions Reproductive. Health Services, in O'Connor also expressed repeat- at issue in Planned Par(renthood of which four justices voted to remove ed interest in whether the mandatory Southeastern Pennsylvaniiia v. Casey abortion from the list of specially counseling provisions and husband and what it would meE~an to strip protected constitutional rights. notice provisions violated the First constitutional protectiorIn for abor- The Pennsylvania law requires Amendment guarantee of free tion. married women to notify their hus- speech. "The state is compelling a Justice David H. Soouter, whose bands of the intention to have an woman to say something to her hus- views on the abortion qiluestion are abortion; imposes a 24-hour waiting band," O'Connor said. "I would unknown, pressed Sttarr about period on women seeking abortions; have thought perhaps compelling whether an outright prolohibition on and requires doctors and counselors speech would get us right into a abortion -with an excc:eption only to provide information that one side First Amendment area." to save the life of the woman - characterizes as the basis for Preate said that because 95 per- would be allowed under the permis- "informed consent" and the other cent of married women in sive standard of review uiirged by the views as "biased counseling." Pennsylvania inform their husbands Bush administratiorn. Utah, Nearly identical provisions have voluntarily, the spousal notice law Louisiana and Guafih ha,ive adopted been overturned by the court, as would actually affect very few laws that bar abortion underl most recently as 1986, as intrusions on women. Stevens said: "Well, if no circumstances. the right to abortion established in one's affected by the statute, what is Starr resisted Souter':is question, Roe. the state interest in upholding the saying, "I think it best noAt to answer The court in Roe said restrictions statute?" these in the abstract." Sotiuterocontin- on abortion must pass "strict scruti- During his 10-minute argument ued, telling Starr, "Youu're asking ny," a tough test that meant they in support of the Pennsylvania law, the court to adopt a statndard and I would generally be struck dow'n. Starr left open the possibility that think we ought to knowv where the, Hlating-lost a majority-to support fetuse's miight be "persohis" protec&t- standard would takle !us." that approach, the court in Casey is ed by the Constitution and that Souter's general volsting aligns presented with a choice betwen two states, therefore, could be not only ment with Just-ice, Saandra Day alternatives. permitted fo' outlaw abortion, but O'Connor has led to sl;peculation One,i suggested by O'Connor, is: required to d6 so. ______I Autodesk Corporation and the IS Software Acquisition Group invite you to attend the

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OPINION

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Chairman Josh Hartmann '93 Editor in Chief Brian Rosenberg '93 Business Manager Jadene Burgess '93 Managing Editor Jeremy Hylton '94

Executive Editor I Karen Kaplan '93

NEWSSTAFF Editors: Reuven M. Lerner '92, K~atherine Shim '93, Joey Marquez '94; Associate Editors: Sarah Keightley '95, Sabrina Kwon '95, Eva Moy '95; Staff:- Sabrina cop Lr. rWSM ce @ b Birner SM '89, Judy Kim '94, Sharon Price Cagt-g~'-~ '94, Chris Schechter '94, Kai-Teh Tao '94,

Vinu G. Ipe '95, Jayant Kumar '95, Trudy L.L Liu '95, Ben Reis '95, Eric Richard '95, Kathy Sun '95; Meteorologists: Michael C. Morgan G, Yeh-Kai Tung '93, Marek LETTERS TO THE EDITORa. Zebrowski. T'T - . . - . from the Office of the Dean for r one from being searched without a warrant, PRODUCTION STAFF Pro-Life Argument Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs, probable cause, or consent. l, and I assume Editors: Daniel A. Sidney G. David A. Is About Downfall with obvious UA approval. One cannot help most other MIT students, have not given con- Maltz '93, Matthew E. Konosky '95, Garlen but be curious about where the UA's true alle- sent to being searched. Some vague concept C. Leung '95; Staff: Chris Council '94; giances lie. of "implied consent" is not good enough, TEN Director: Reuven M. Lemner '92. Of Society I Reaction from elements of the MIT com- especially when the information about the OPINION STAFF I agree with the statement in Randall T. munity other than the UA have been interest- search was given after the ticket was pur- Editors: Bill Jackson '93, Matthew H. Whitman '94's letter to the editor ["Letters ing. While Anne Tsao received an explicit chased. Explicit consent is necessary. Imply All Women Support Abortion," April apology in the Hersch '94; Staff: Mark A. Smith '92, first Tech issue after the Daily If SCC members try to conduct the search, Christopher 10] that it is much too often implied that if Reamer, no regret was expressed at the treat- M. Montgomery '93, Jae H. then there is some possibility that it is legal, as Nam '93, Jason Merkoski '94. one is a woman, one will support abortion. ment of Peter Yesley, who was mentioned no they may be acting in Wbell, here is one woman that doesn't. less than 29 times -including one mention their private capacity. SPORTS STAFF - - - What I find in, pro-life people -s' that we which considered the size of his penis. One This still raises questions about what will be Editor: Dave Wait; Staff: Mike Purucker tend to be conservative in nature (which does has to wonder why segments of the MIT com- done if they find something they believe to be '93, Nick Levitt '94. not mean being narrow-minded). As a result, munity which are so vocal in their opposition illegal. Will they make a citizen's arrest? Will AMZSTAFF people will not find all of us in anti-abortion to sexual harassment on campus -such as they attempt to confiscate it? If, however, they Editors: Joanna E. Stone '92, Chris demonstrations. Instead, people will find us the administration, the harassment committee, are acting on behalf of MIT, an institution that Roberge '93; Staff: Mark Webster G. supporting the pro-life cause from deep within and The Thistle among others -have not receives federal funding and to which the the Manavendra K. Thakur '87, Michelle P. our hearts and minds. I have found that it is even raised a brow at a discussion in a widely Massachuisetts Civil Rights Code applies, then Perry '91, Sande Chen '92, William Chuang difficult to speak on this matter because those circulated MIT publication of the effectuality these actions, are clearly illegal. '92, David Hogg '92, Allison M. Marino who are set on their abortio-n ideas will not of a student's erogenous zone. If anything '92, Rick Roos '92, Roy Cantu '93, Brian hear our reasoning. They feel that pro-lifers deserved to draw an apology from the staff of The Campus Police are fully Cambridge Rose '93, Nic Kelman '94, David Zapol '94, are imposing their moral principles ont them, The Tech, this should surely be it. police. They are given this power by the state. Elaine McCormick, Chris Wanjekc. but the argument goes far beyond morals. It's The constellation of events and non-events This means they have the power -and the about the downfall of society. This is a strong surrounding the ballot box theft have made it responsibility PHOTOGRAPHYSTAFF to make'an arrest if 'contraband I argument that pro-choicers, choose to ignore. clear that the act was one of genuine hu-mor is found'in- any search, and that an order from Editors: Michelle Greene '93, Douglas D. Just remember that (as others have stated) and brilliance. It is hard to think of a more Keller '93; Associate Editor: one of them, fior example to open a bag, has Matt Warren "~one wrong does not justify another." entertaining and convincing exposition of the '93; Staff-.,William Chu G, Morgan Conn G. the power and the threat of the state behind it. Frances M. Pinedo, '93 sorry fact that the UA is largely a self-impor- D~an McCarthy G. Andy',Silber G. David- To counterbalance these powers they are, for- tant organization at once aloof from Henry Oliver '91, Jonathan Kossuth '92, and tunately, bound by the laws of the state. They antagonistic to the very student Lerothodi-Lapula Leeuw '92, Ben Wen '92, SRG CreIated body it pur- may not conduct these searches without prob- Wrongly by ports to Sean Dougherty '93, Sang H. Park '93, represent The more vigorously it acts able cause. Hugh B. Morganbesser '94, against these students, the more this is con- Anna G. Self-Important Groups While .SCC may' have made Fortunato '95, Ben Gordon 95, Yueh Z. Lee firmed. some -contract The theft of the UA ballot box, which at '95, Michael Oh '95; Darkroom Manager: Nicholas L. Cassimatis '94 with the band, that contract has no power over first appeared merely to be a Douglas D. Keller'93. prank deserving other MIT students who have not signed it. little more than -a good laugh, has revealed Even. if there -vereat contract between SCC itself to be the a FEA TURES STA FF cause of series of events Legality of Concert and myself; police officers cannot enforce demanding serious attention. The latest Christopher Doerr G, Jon Orwant G. Pawan such a contrast betwee~n ether irodividiluils. It is, episode in this story Sinha G. Mark Hurst '94, Cherry M. Ogata has been the unanimous Searches Should ~ none of tl* campus police's business. '94. UA vote "to request the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs .Be Examined The argument that it is illegal to bring B USINESS S TA FF to conduct alcohol of weaobs to a-concert is ;rrelevant. I hearings for five students." The Tech received a copy of this letter Advertising Manager: Hlaider A. Hamoudi The This action is thus far the most significant addressed lo Campus Police Chief Anne- chance that some rule may -be-broken '93; Associate Advertising Manager: in a series of responses (or should I write Glavin. does not justify searches. ~ f11 Karen Schmitt '95; Circulation Manager: ' 114rT1"' f -_ l knee-jerks?) to the ballot theft. Only the most I therefore expect that there will Pradeep Sreekanthan '95; Staff: Tomas I recently purchased a ticket to the upcom- be no naive reader of the manifesto of the SRG Matusaitus '95, Oscar Yeh '95. ing Violent Femmes concert sponsored by the pol ice officers conducting mandatory (or could take that organization with such serious- Student Center Committee. After receiving "4coerced voluntary") searches at the entrance CVN7RIBUTING EVIrT(RS ness. That document was an obvious parody the ticket I was handed a sheet of paper claim- to this concert. Additionally, I hope that SCC of several political theorists from Vipul Bhushan G. Michael J. Franklin '88, Jefferson to ing that "MIT retains thie right to search all has considered the legal implications should Marx. One Marie ENV. Coppola 590, Deborah A. has to wonder about the mentality people before entering the building." I hope its members attempt to conduct any Searches. of a group of people who I Levinson '9!, Lois E. Eaton '92, Mark E. feel directly threat- that you and your police officers have no There should be no repercussions, in terms of Haseltine ened and offended by such a clearly '92, Benjamin A, Tao '93. facetious intention of having anything to do with these attending the concert or document. in any other way, ADI'ISOR YBOARD searches. against any student thatstands on his or her While Wednesday's vote is but one of a V. Michael Bove '83, Jon von Zelowitz '83, As you are well aware, due to our similar Fourth Amendment rig isand refuses-to be series of insipid acts by the UA, it is certainly Bill Coderre '85, Robert E. Malchman '85, correspondence two years ago, the Fourth searched. - the 'most appalling and revealing; Besides the Thomas T. Huang '86, Jonathan Richmond Amendment of the Constitution prevents any- I .Adam Dershowitz G PhD '91 . fact that it is an "Undergraduate Association" harassing five of its own, it is indicative of PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIMSISSUE how correctly cho'sen the words of the con- NightI Editors: Matthew E. Konosky '95, ceivers of the SRG and two of the candidates IGarlen C. Leung '95; Associat~e Night- for UA president and vice-president were: The Editor:I Josh Hzartmann '93; Staff: Bill UA is -an inefSutual groilp.,acting to pad a resume. By attacking a group of students that Columns and editorial cartoons are written by individuals and represent the opinion Jackson '93, Jeremy Hylton '94, Richard R. of the author, not necessarily that of the newspaper. 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ColumnI By Matthew H. Hersch vengeance, plain and simple. Reading of the imprisonment, a minimal failure rate in the Robert Harris, tell a condemned man that he OPINIONEDJOR execution in the papers, I was drawn to a pic- justice system is barely tolerable, especially if no longer has the right to try to prove his Earlier this week, the State of California ture of a pro-death protester, marching and opportunities for appeal are widely available. innocence -that the prison warden should murderedI a man. With much fanfare, law chanting, carrying a sign asking for "an eye If however, the penalty for conviction is ignore appeals and just "get on with it." When enforcement officials strapped him into an air- for an eye." Vengeance, though, is not justice. death, and opportunities for appeal disappear the framers of the Bil1 of Rights wrote of tightI torture chamber and slowly pumped in When a man kills another in a fit of (as they slowly have been), then even one Americans' right to a "speedy and public cyanide gas until he was dead. There was revenge or lust or rage, he is thrown in jail, over-eager prosecution or faulty defense is an trial," they did not mean a lightning execu- once a time when I supported the death penal- and for good reason. Under common law the .unforgettable tragedy. tion. . ty, but now, especially after the execution of killing of another human being is justifiable Robert Harris, I can never do so again. only in self-defense. At the time of his execu- How can a civilized nation co'mmit ritual tion, though, Robert Harris was incarcerated, What possible reason could there be for the United States to murder? What possible reason could there be unable to threaten anyone. And still the State join all the other tyragt states that use execution as an for the United States to join hands with Iraq, of California murdered him, in a manner so China, Iran, and all the other tyrant states that gruesome that it has been banned in warfare in0nent of justice? use execution as an instrument of justice? since 1925. When a citizen kills in anger it is What possible use does the death penalty revenge, but when the State of California does If we allow capital punishment, who has One of the most noble traditions in serve? so, it is justice. the right to say when it should be imposed - American culture is the belief that no matter D~oes it deter crime? No, not really. This when a wrong is so heinous that it can only be how vile a wartime aggressor, enemy prison- nation was filled with criminals when capital What frightens me most about capital pun- righted by execution. American history is full ers of war must be treated as victims of punishment was commonplace. ishmnent is that it assumes a perfection in the of instances when this very decision was upbringing and environment, entitled to life Is it a cheap solution to the crime problem? American criminal justice system that does twisted by unscrupulous politicians and racist and liberty upon the cessation of hostilities. No, not really. When one considers the cost of not exist. Even today, courts make mistakes, judges to murder blacks and immigrants on Unfortunately, though, the same noble, ethical appeals and the maintenance of facilities, exe- confessions are coerced, and evidence is mis- shaky evidence for even the slightest trans- standards America applies to even the most cution is expensive. placed. Innocent people are convicted, only to gressions. When the question is one of life bloodthirsty foreign invaders it will not apply Then why the death penalty? be released, if they are lucky, after serving 10 and death, no one has the right to say that one to its own citizens. No matter how we try to The State of California, and its numerous or 20 years in prison. man deserves to die and another doesn't, or to, justify it, capital punishment will never be supporters, murdered Robert Harris out of In a world where the highest punishment is as the Supreme Court did in the case of more than barbarism.

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Wolff, from Page 1 Literature Section generally," the Wolff said Wrighton "laid the defeated at a section meeting, but worked with Peter S. Donaldson, suit states. foundation for further retaliatory that this does not constitute harass- head of the literature faculty, "on a Professor David M. Halperin. The suit also claims the Clay action" when he later identified her ment. "If all of us sued every time process to rebuild relations." According to Wolff, Deutch said Committee found that Theoharis' as the informant whose actions led we lost a suit against our colleagues, . Wrighton said the Clay nothing could be done. tenure process and rights had been to the formation of the Clay there would be endless litigation," Committee's report led him to con- Wolff approached the current interfered with. In September 1991, Committee. he said. clude that "improvements were nec- provost, Mark S. Wrighton, in 1991. Wrighton acted on this finding and The suit contends that MIT did "I think [Wolff has] had quite a essary." He created the Clay Committee ";to suspended the literature section's not prevent retaliation against WolffS lot of power within the literature Wrighton said appointments and review the tenure process and the personnel selection powers. during the peer review process, did faculty," Perry said. "She's consult- selections in the Literature Section not take action against faculty who ed on all decisions." are presently handled by Donaldson, conducted themselves improperly, Halperin agreed: "The notion Dean of the School of Humanities and knowingly allowed harassment that she's been excluded is prepos- and Social Sciences Philip S. Guggenheim Foundation to interfere with Wolff s work. terous -her opinion carries great Khoury, and Wrighton. This is Wolff is seeking damages "in an weight." Both Perry and Halperin "14somewhat unusual," he added. amount likely to exceed at least said Wolff is the highest paid mem- Normnally, these decisions are made $50,000," according to the civil ber of the literature faculty. in the sections themselves. the best in the country." action document. Wrighton said he is not in a posi- "I am very concerned about Guggenheim, from Page I Other recent winners at MIT tion to comment on the lawsuit, and Response to allegations issues such as feelings that people include Edward A. Boyle PhD '76 that MIT will respond through its have not been able to work in an Mathematics Society, for his work and Roger G. Bumns, both professors Perry denied that Wolff had legal counsel. atmosphere conducive to their on physical optics. of earth, atmospheric, and planetary been excluded from the Women's Thorburn expressed dismay at scholarly research. Differences science; Drew Fudenberg PhD '81, Studies Program, saying that "Wolff the suit. "My understanding is that among people are not easy to Other MIT winners .a professor of economics, and has never submitted a course pro- the Institute finds no merit in the resolve," Wrighton said. Richard M.-Dudley, another Harriet N. Ritvo, an associate pro- posal to Women's Studies."' suit and plans a vigorous defense in Wrighton said he is pleased with member of the math department, fessor of writing. Isabelle de Courtivron, head of court. This is appropriate in my the outstanding things being done in won a G uggenheim last year. Dudley said the awards provide the foreign languages and literatures opinion because Professor Wolff s the literature section, and that all Dudley said he was pleased to hear "the flexibility to travel to places section, said she does not remember claims are entirely false. Her char- these good things continue despite of Melrose's award because "any where there's interesting research getting a proposal from Wolff while acterization of me is particularly kind of award to anybody in our going on." she was head of the Women's distressing, because I've devoted so the faculty problems. department helps our department 'Karen Kaplan co7ntributed to the Studies Program from late 1987 to much of my time as a teacher and Donaldson said, "'The group has and helps to show that it's one of reportingof this article. early 1989. writer to a pluralistic and dialogic made a strong commitment working According to Perry and De idea of intellectual work," he said. out its problems internally, and that Courtivron, course proposals are Tapscott said, "[The suit] sad- process is going well. There were a judged by the Women's Studies dens me. The specific charges are series of problems which led to a GSC to Elect Secretary Program Cu-rriculum Committee, inaccurate, ungenerous, and'unfair, process of recovery. Most people not by the head of the program. but more to the point, it saddens me are committed to that process. "I'7ve never sat on the curriculum that these kind of charges distract Obviously it's my wish that prob- committee," Perry said. "One of the attention from important things lems be resolved in a collegial spir- things that disturbs me is the way going on between professors and it."' GSC, from Page 1 a lot of graduate students, like I'm being pin-pointed." students." Perry said, "My own feeling is health coverage, but at the same Perry said, " would like to clari- people in the literature faculty have proportion to the size of the depart- time addressing topics which affect fy factual mistakes, but I don't want Section addresses problems tried to talk to each other about our ment. Most of the council's deci- only a minority, like ABID. to comment on anyone's motiva- Wrighton said that when he intellectual differences in the last sions are made in the committees, Looking back on his term as tion." She also said she has never became aware of problems in the lit- five months or so. We've made which deal with issues such as acad- president, Ciacci said, "i think that I witnessed-any incidents of harass- erature section, he appointed the progress. I think the process has all been a healthy and a good one - emic procedures, but dissertation started with very big goals. I started ment against Wolff. Clay Committee to review the situa- status, sexual harassment, and Halperin said there have been tion. Wrighton also said he and that's why this has been quite a with the idea to fix all the problems tuition. occasions when Wolff's views were Associate Provost Samuel J. Keyser shock." that the GSC has." Ciacci said these "I think what the GSC needs most right now is exposure among problems include communication graduate students," Mehta said. The between the GSC, graduate stu- council must make sure that stu- dents,, and the administration. "I dents know about what is being think that some of those goals have done to help'them, he said. He been partially achieved. ... It wasn't added that the GSC is "covering a easy from the start; but it was worth lot of issues which are important" to doing it."

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By Garlen C. Leung Engineering Harry West PhD '86, instructor compete against students from, the Toky, NIGHTEDITOR for 2.70 and organizer of the contest since Institute of Technology, Cambridg Tom Massie '93, an electrical engineer- 1988, explained that this year's contest was University, and Technische Hochschu` ing student, won the 21 st annual a bit more difficult than many in the past. Darmstadt, who competed in similar colE Introduction to Design (2.70) contest last West was pleased that his students were able tests. night. Massie's device bested more than I100 to come up with successful designs despite other students' machines before an enthusi- the contest's difficultly. IThe 10 students from MIT will includ astic crowd in 26- 100. the four semifinalists -Massie, Dokyru The competition started in Wednesday Winning strategy Kim '94,--Paul Hsiao '94, and Chad Clizc night's preliminary round, which eliminated Massie' s machine moved quickly, '93 -and six others chosen by independer about half of the 200 students in the class, extending a box over his goal from the start- judges. Three contestants were chosen b according to Ross Levinsky G. a TA for the ing position, and releasing his balls into the judges in the audience: Dionne Chapma class. goal. At the same time, a flap covered the '94, Won Chikyang '94, and Elizabet In this year's contest, entitled "Pipe opening -of the other goal, preventing his Dream," each student set out to design a opponent from depositing any balls. Zaputa '94. Professional engineers exarr- machine that could get the most ping pong Massie's ingenious use of the flap was an ined all of the machines before the conte-. Below: Onlookers watch and chose Heather Klaubert '94 and Ma-. Gwendolyn Watanabe '93 oper- balls possible into one half of a vertical pipe important factor in his win. ate her 2.70 machinle. in the center of the playing area in 30 sec- Massie and nine other contestants will Manning '93 to participate in the intemna onds. compete in the International Design Contest, tional competition. PBS chose Camero- Assistant Professor of Mechanical to be held at MIT on August 20. They will Miner '92 to attend the contest.

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Momson proves to be moving and eloquent TONI MORRISON The History of Beloved and the Cullure ofJazz. Kresge Auditorium, April 16 at 8 p.m.

By Joanna Stone ARTS EDITOR With a special address to the seniors surrounding her, Ellen Harris, associate provost for the arts, intro- duced one of the most moving speak- ers ever to grace the Kresge Auditorium stage - Toni Morrison. Morrison's lecture, entitled "The History of Beloved and the Culture of Jazz," spanned the spectrum - from the humorous, such as Morrison's rec- ollection of a high school teacher's personal complaint to her, 'How could she be expected to teach her students Beloved if there weren't any Cliff's Notes?', to the painfully serious - students have complained about the offensiveness of the explicit sex scenes in Beloved, Morrison recalled, but they take for granted the real obscenity, slavery. Morrison put forth an initial thesis for the lecture: "The thrust of all edu- cation is to move from data to infor- mation to knowledge to wisdom." Throughout her talk, it was clear that Morrison had reached the last goal, as the wisdom of her words was both evi- LOREY' dent and inspirational. Islandl¢ artist June Gudmundsdottir (Greta Scacchl) works on her painting In The Player. In writing Beloved, Morrison said she had set out to "disentangle the grip of history while remaining in its palm." She based the story of Beloved on an article she came across in Harper's Weekly, a true story of a woman who attempted to kill all her children to keep them from enslave- ment. With that story, Morrison sought to "take artistic control away from the Player poke fun at Hollywood institution of slavery and give it to the individuals who knew it best." Those THE PLAYER But only a movie like Trhe Player would at the In another scene, Griffin waits in a restaurant familiar with Beloved would agree that Directed by Robert Altman. same time poke fun at itself - simultaneously to meet the writer who has been harassing him. the protagonist, Setha, retained that Written by Michael Tolkin. grabbing the audience's attention and reminding The audience is shown a shot of a foreboding- artistic control. The children's murder StarringTim Robbins and Greta Scacchi. them that it's only a movie after all. looking man (Lyle Lovett) intently watching could not be declared illegal, for the The plot of The Player focuses on Griffin Griffin's every move. Then the camera pans to a law did not recognize the relationship By Chris Roberge Mill, a senior vice president of production who photo of Alfred Hitchcock, the director who between a slave mother and her chil- ARTS EDITOR oozes confidence and success. He is familiar made giving the audience suspenseful extra dren. _obert Altman's The Player begins with a with the rules of the game at the studio, and he is information like this standard practice. Later, This provided the skeleton for the wonderfully audacious scene that sets truly a master player. Lately, Mill has been hav- Griffin and June seek seclusion at an ultra-pri- novel, but Morrison said she needed the tone for the remainder of the film. ing some problems, though. Larry Levey (Peter vate resort. June tells Griffin that she never more specificity of detail to make the After a clapboard appears to announce Gallagher), an executive from another studio, is thought places like this existed, and Griffin says work full and real. She found that the beginning of the movie, Altman uses a strik- rumored to be after Griffin's job. Also, Mill has quite frankly that they actually exist "only in the specificity in the diaries of a slave ingly elaborate eight-minute tracking shot to been receiving a steady flow of threatening movies." The effect of all this is truly unique and owner. In an apathetic, note-taking introduce the audience to executive Griffin Mill anonymous postcards that seem to come from a eerie. This is not some wildly anarchistic movie tone, a slave owner recorded his daily (Tim Robbins) and the Hollywood studio that is writer whom he refused to get back in touch like some of Mel Brooks' or Woody Allen's activities: "Thursday, Jenny wore the his world. with. Griffin starts to feel uneasy about the mail, works in which a crew member is injured by the bit ... " Morrison read from the diary, in which references to "the bit" were Jean Lepine's camera follows characters as which gets more ominous day by day, but he has action he is filming. The Player works much they walk through the studio's parking lot and an even greater fear that if he lets the postcards more subtly, providing a movie that is in many rep'Alted over and over again. zooms in to look through nearby office windows, become public knowledge, he will further desta- ways completely standard, while at the same Morrison researched the bit, which all the while eavesdropping on the comically was "designed to shut you up." bilize his questionable hold on his position of time suggesting that Altman and his production exaggerated conversations taking place. Sitting power. Instead of involving anyone else at the Morrison said "the point became to crew lie just outside of the frame, carefully in their elaborate and tackily-furnished offices, studio in his predicament, he drives out to see reveal not what it looked like, but what orchestrating everything that the audience sees. Mill and other movie executives listen impa- David Kahane (Vincent D'Onofrio), his primary At one point during the initial eight-minute tiently to writers pitching their prospective pro- suspect, and his Icelandic girlfriend, June Morrison, Page 17 shot, the camera focuses on a postcard that has jects, most of which recycle ideas from other Gudmundsdottir (Greta Scacchi). fallen on the ground in the studio parking lot. past successes and easily fit into familiar and The story of The Player is filled with twists Written across the panoramic view is the slogan, predictable storylines. One writer tries fervently and turns, but the most interesting fact about "Your Hollywood is Dead!" A good deal of The to describe his grand and exciting plans for The them is not that they are truly surprising, but that Graduate 2 while a few floors below another is they seem to obey some unwritten rules of popu- Player provides a convincing argumnent of this explaining the mood that he wants to achieve in lar scripts. At one point, Griffin tells June that all point. Every time one of Griffin's required plot his lighthearted but hard-hitting supernatural movies need to have "suspense, laughter, vio- factors turns up, the recognition of it is both political thriller with a heart, which he envisions lence, hope, heart, nudity, sex, and a happy end- funny and painful, because as a satire of as a sort of "The Manchurian Candidate meets ing." It's all here, and the audience is invited by Hollywood, it is dead on. There are unquestion- Ghost." this amazingly self-reflective film to keep track ably too many films that look for a successful In the middle of this immense shot, security of each requisite ingredient as it appears. pattern and do not dare to tamper with it. When chief Walter Stuckle (Fred Ward) walks out of Indeed, the greatest thing about The Player is Larry Levy suggests that studios refuse to talk his office and starts to tell another man that he is this self-reflectivity, which appears in many with writers and instead take current news head- disgusted with movies' current obsession with more places than just Stuckle's reference to the lines and adapt them to proven formulas, the constant cutting. He complains that audiences opening shot and Griffin's comment about typi- idea is funny because it is so exaggerated, but it today are too used to an MTV style of editing, cal movie formulas. Another key element of suc- is also scary because today's movies seem like and that no one ever attempts to film long track- cessful movies that everyone in the film agrees they might have been produced by just such a ing shots such as the famous opening of Orson on is star power, particularly that of Julia process. Still, when something as excellent as Welles' Touch ofEvil. This one exchange shows Roberts and Bruce Willis. Over the course of the The Player is made, even though it is mocking what makes The Player the excellent, and occa- movie over sixty easily recognizable actors show the death of quality film, it suggests that sionally brilliant, film that it is. A very good up to play themselves, including, in one Hollywood itself might have some of the hope movie could have the complex technique, daring absolutely inspired sequence, Roberts and Willis and heart that Griffin spoke of, and perhaps even style, and hilarious humor of this one huge shot. themselves. a happy ending of its own. _Page 12 THETECH___ __ TAiE AilS __ April 24, 1992

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er a more complete band around them, the ness. appalled by the oppressive atmosphere of RUTES OF PASSAGE effect is often less a fleshing out of a song The biggest surprise of Rites of Passage is racism and sexism that existed both on the Indigo Girls. than a type of sonic sandpaper smoothing out that Amy Ray's songwriting is nowhere near campus and in the city. Her disgust is made Epic Records. the rough edges of the pair's delivery, edges as powerful as it has previously been. Her obvious in the lines "Nashville, you forgot the that make their music so special. "Three Hits" and "Joking" are set to fairly By Chris Roberge human race. You see with half a mind what ARTS EDITFOR "Galileo," by Emily, fortunately does not catchy melodies, but her lyrics lack the poten- It simply is not possible to listen to the lat- suffer from the accompaniment it is given. An cy listeners have come to expect of her. And colors hide the face. Nashville, I'd like to est Indigo Girls release, Rites of Passage, interesting and inventive percussion rhythm after listening to "Chickenman" twice, I'm know your fate. I'd like to stay awhile but I've which is due in stores this May, without introduces the song and continues throughout still at a loss. Amy has explained that the song seen your lowered state today." comparing it to the duo's previous efforts. while Emily's playful lyrics about reincarna- is about an old man who lives in a trailer in Ultimately, many of the songs on Rites of

That's really too bad, because Rites of tion swell high above on waves of humor and the middle of a junkyard off of a highway. Passageare enjoyable. "Airplane" is a cute, if whimsy. "Ghost," also by Emily, isn't quite as She said of him in an interview, "This guy is Passage is certainly not a bad collection of somewhat vapid, take on the fears associated new songs, but relative to Strange Fire and fortunate. Lyrically, the track shines as one of deep, he had layers of cliaracter underneath with flying and the promises one jokingly their outstanding eponymous follow-up, it is the album's best. Emily sings of the human that rough skin." Not much of that depth is e disappointingly fair. Nomads, Indians, Saints ability to create a beautiful and romantic present in the song, which is a stream-of-con- makes when imagining one's self at death's was not quite as strong as the first two albums, memory of a past lover that ignores all of the sciousness account of dead animals and junk- door. And "Love Will Come To You" is a and Rites of Passage only continues the pain and problems of the real relationship. Her yard Zen. I think that more can and should be kind-hearted promise from one friend to downward trend. imagery is as wonderful as always in lines expected from the writer of "Strange Fire" another of future love replacing present loneli-

Perhaps one of the reasons for the decline such as "The Mississippi's mighty but it starts and "Kid Fears." ness as Emily describes her "face pressed up e in Minnesota at a place where you could walk Amy's singing and playing are excellent in quality of the Indigo Girls' last two studio against love's glass to see the shiny toy I've albums is their increasing reliance on denser across with five steps down. And I guess on a cover of Dire Straits' "Romeo and the enjoyment derived @ that's how you started like a pinprick to my Juliet," however. And the biting and aggres- been hoping for." But arrangements. Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are I: from the new album is never in the same excellent performers, and with only their heart but at this point you rush right through sive lyrics that more typically characterize her r league as that associated with the group's past acoustic guitars, they can create a mood of me and I start to drown," but the song's writing are present on "Nashville." The harsh- E absolute intimacy that can explode in an omnipresent string section threatens to ly critical song was written by Amy when she work. Rites of Passage is a good album, but it instant into jarring intensity. When they gath- squelch any true emotive power with sappi- was a student at Vanderbilt University simply isn't a good Indigo Girls album. Binningham Symphony provides non-stop drama c BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY "The Revolution of Expression," refers to the of this intoxicating sunrise, Rattle's broad arm my seat not only by the full orchestra, which ORCHESTRA ground-breaking musical activity that movements seemed almost magical. A final included 10 percussion instruments, but also I

Conducted by Simon Rattle. occurred during the years 1911-13, with each climax was reached after Daphnis and Chloe by the 80-member Tanglewood Festival ar With Tanglewood Festival Chorus. program focusing on works from a single were reunited and the pirates dispersed, as the Chorus, directed by MIT's own John Oliver. e

Symphony Hall, April 9 and 10. year. Even the encores were composed in the chorus ascended ever upward and the orches- When the music was too loud, no one could e By Allison M. Marino appropriate year. tral tension and volume only increased; Rattle reach for a remote and turn it down. In combi- I e STAFF REPORTER was literally jumping with the syncopation as nation with Rattle's superb artistic direction,

I Trror coursed through my veins as the Daphnis and Chloe, the most outstanding the orchestra wildly followed him to the sud- this immediacy made Birmingham a wonder- cymbals continuously crashed and the work of Thursday's concert, is technically a den, joyous conclusion. ful contrast to the refined and mature BSO. chorus chanted wordlessly just meters ballet score, yet the composition is in essence Wild, loud, and talented, Birmingham's pas- E BE away in the pirate scene in Ravel's bal- a symphonic work needing no dancers and The CBSO's rendition of Daphnis and sion at times seemed uncontrollable, adding E let Daphnis and Chloe. No, this scene was not perhaps not even, the story of romance that Chloe drove home the importance of live per- an element of power and emotion that seemed performed by dancers, but by the City of accompanies it, especially when it is per- formance. The orchestra's powerful visual truly inspired. Appropriately, the audience I Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the formed with the fire of the CBSO. A feeling presence on stage could not be reproduced on went berserk after Daphnis and Chloe, with e Tanglewood Festival Chorus as part of their of passion and spontaneity marked Rattle's a recording or a videotape, nor could the cheering, foot stamping, and a standing ova- national tour. With Simon Rattle conducting, conducting, yet no nuance in Ravel's colorful dynamic range, which exceeded that of any tion.

e= the CBSO treated Symphony Hall audiences writing was ignored. In the popular Suite No. compact disc. At times, I saw the violinists' vi to three different programs of nonstop drama, 2 (with the opening "Dawn" scene), it was bows moving, yet could not hear the sound; in Soprano Elise Ross and the Birmingham including such musical landmarks as easy to imagine a perfect sunrise and Daphnis other passages, such as the pirates' abduction Contemporary Music Group gave a different Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire and stretching as he emerged from a luxurious of Chloe, the ensuing violent dance, and later, Stravinsky's Rite qf Spring. The tour's theme, sleep. Accompanied by the sumptuous sounds the jubilant finale, I was nearly blasted out of Orchestra, Page 17 _11ELIMIMIIIII*

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MTV 120 MINUTES TOUR fun with the audience and concluding a pow- Lydon was in impressive voice, however, catalog of the old BAD lineup. They played With BAD IA,PiL, Live, and Blind Melon. erful and interesting set. He announced that and the band played well together. Lydon some interesting versions of album cuts - Brandeis Uiniversity. Blind Melon will have an album out by largely ignored his bandmates on stage, and notably an electric version of the album's April 16. August; if it captures the excitement of their he busied himself by bantering with the audi- acoustic "Innocent Child," - but the pace By Bill Jackson live show, it should be quite a set. ence. When someone threw a shoe at Lydon, was marred by the forced, cheesy playing of OPINION EDITOR Next up was WFNIX favorite Live, whose he laughed. "The silly bastard who threw his synthesized beats between songs. I don't Corporate rock reached a new low as the set was, well, dead. Pardon the obviousness, shoe is not getting it back. Hope you have a know if Jones thinks this is hip or what, but it MTV 120 Minutes Tour came to Brandeis but that is the best adjective to describe their nice walk home in the snow!" Later, removing serves only to distract from the material. University April 16 as part of the Boston show. Others are: lethargic, average, and yet another object from his seemingly bottom- While the band was playing, however, they Phoenix New Music Poll Celebration. The uninspired. Live comes across as yet another less shorts, Lydon held it up, asking "Does were actually pretty good. The singing was results were less than stunning. of the approximately 4,000 bands currently anyone want to buy a sanitary napkin?" weak, or at least it seemed weak in the mix, The most noticeable problem was the trying to sound like U2. Proving that drunk people will do anything, a but the band made even the slowest album sound, an impossible mush. Brandeis' The lead singer announced that two of the large group screamed that they did, and he cuts really move. All of the familiar album Gossman Center made our own Johnson band members had received stitches that after- tossed it into the audience. samples were faithfully reproduced. The paus- Athletic Center seem like an acoustical dream. noon. It's been a weird day, he said, and it's Lydon finished the regular set by saying es and holds which work well on record are Certainly a major national tour could do better gonna be a weird show. Too bad it wasn't. At "You want more, you know the routine." thrown out live and replaced with driving returned and than this. The only band whose sound mix least weird would've been interesting. After the requisite cheering, he beats, both from a live drummer and the drum angry young punk was even bearable was PiL, the third of the The band's singles were played out in played an encore. The machine, which improved the songs greatly. into a modern four bands. muddied arrangements and the crowds' initial Johnny Rotten has turned But Jones was totally ignorant of the prob- fool. The band is Opening up was Blind Melon, a newcomer warm reception for the band cooled. "We're dandy, a scolding, doddering lemns of the evening. He seemed oblivious of to, but Rotten has become mere- to the national scene. Melon's record compa- here in Boston, Massachusetts," they nice to listen whether or not the band received any ly unpleasant. ny has been hyping them as the Next Big announced, "to start a relationship with three applause, but simply smiled and mumbled a rock The final band of the evening was Big Thing, and in that rarest of events, the band or four thousand people, not to play unintelligibly into the microphone between I didn't care for Audio Dynamite 11, the latest incarnation of lived up to its hype, putting on a dazzling dis- concert." That explains why songs. At one point, h1e tried to tell some story because I went to see a rock con- Mick Jones' career since The Clash. The play of energy, tight playing, and fun. their show, about learning the guitar when he was grow- cert. lights came on, and a person who appeared to Lead singer Shannon Horn weaved ing up, and he broke into a sudden series of The next band was Public Image Limited, be a band member came out. The crowd went between the other band members, stopping guitar licks. Then he said, "But I got better." Johnny Rotten (a.k.a. John Lydon)'s post-Sex nuts as a "6BAD 11" sign was revealed in the only to dive into the audience and "surf' The audience didn't understand for the most The best way Pistols vehicle. Within the space of the first background and the man -he turned out to along their hands while singing. part, and there was only murmured confusion Melon is kinetic. The mem- song, Lydon had removed several condoms be a deejay -began to play an electronic to describe Blind about what Jones was trying to play. and jamming from his crotch and thrown them to the crowd. rhythm. For over five minutes, we sat listen- bers were constantly moving Overall, it was not the great event I was each other. The band clearly came to In a significantly more impressi ve move, he ing to this rhythm. No band, just rhythm. For with hoping for. There was, however, some inter- play, and they were amazingly good. mooned the audience, removed an object from this, I could go to Narcissus. esting music and the occasional flash of bril- Comparisons range from early Faith No More between his cheeks, and tossed it to the Finally, the actual band graced us with liance on this MTV tour. Maybe I'll even start to Guns N' Roses to Pink Floyd-like psyche- crowd. (I think it was a canister of liquid their presence. 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Tickets: S7 50 horrified perspective of a peacful $8. $6 for students; call ticket office 491-8166. _ and S8; call box office 734-4760, ticketmaster or Bosix-Faneuil Hall. old couple who just want a little Interpreted TTY April 19 731-4426. D~~~~~~~~~ _ harmless entertainment, the world of talk-show television is Another Country Julian Mitchell's provocative look at life in an English public school in the 1930's, where the sons of Britain's rul- I seen to be populated with an ing class learned to conjugate more than Greek and Latin verbs. CONTMHPORARY MUSIC army of psychotic celebrities and Continues through April 25 Wednesday through Saturday at 8 at The cet A Loife Concert presented by The MIT Cross Products. Paramount Penthouse Theater, 58 Berkeley St in Boston's South End Their annual spring concert, an evening of Christian a cappella music wannabes, dominated by a fero- Tickets: S15; call Ticketmaster 931-2000; At Box office after 7 on and skits. with special guests Living Water from Yale and Under cious, abusive, foul-mouthed fig- evenings of performances, call 426-3550. Construction from Harvard. Performance at 7.30 in Rm. 10-250. F Free; refreshments served after concert. ure modelled on a well-known talk * * 0 * Cabaret tonight through April 25 at 8 (matinee at 2 on 25) at show host. Media Amok is a salu- Emerson Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St. Tickets: S15. 12 and 10 JAZZ MUSIC tory antitoxin to various noisy general; call 578-8785 or 578-8786. An Evening with Mkhael Tomlinson, in his sophisticated melange orthodoxies currently in fashion, of jazz and contemporary folk, WCDJ's Smooth Jazz sen'es continues Showcase or Emerson Playwrights tonight through April 25 at 8 at with this special event. Tickets: S15.50 in advance, $17.50 at the fi- both on the left and the right, Bnmmer Street Studio Theatre. Tickets: $5; call 578-8785 or 578- door. Performance at 7 at Nightstage, 823 Main St., Cambridge. call I designed to blow the poisons out 8786. 497-9287, 497-8200. Cf r*** .- of our systems through gusts of Underground Railway Theater presents The Christopher Columbus CLASSICAL MUSIC ,- Follies:An Eco-Cabaret tonight through April 25 at 8 at the laughter. Media Amok runs The MIT Concert Band to pay tribute to composer John Bavicchi in Cambridge Multicultural Arts through April 26 at the American Center. Tickets: SI ; call 577-1400. their last concert of the season at 8 in Kresge Auditorium. The pro- gram will include works by the composer and many of his students. Media Amok written by Repertory Theatre. Christopher Durang, Tuesday through Free; call 253-2826. Saturday at 8, Sundays at 7 with weekend matinees at 2 at The Hasty +*·* Pudding Theatre, 12 Holyoke St., Cambridge. Tickets: S17-$33; rall E 547-8300. Egmont Trio presents the third concert in their series at 8 at the +*** Longy School of Music, 1 Follen St., Cambridge. Tickets: $7. 5 stu- dents and seniors: call 756-0924. COWNTEPORARY MuSIC AMCE .*** Svd Straw who's heartfelt and unique style gained fame in the Boston Conservatory Dance Division presents dances choreo- Maria Bachmann, violinist will give a recital as a tribute to Fritz Golden Palominos yet only hinted at the tremendous success that graphed, staged and danced by students in the division at R at the Kreisler. Performance at 8 in Jordan Hall. Tickets: $7.50, S5 avail- awaited her solo album She has recorded with some of pop music's Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., Boston. Free; call able at Jordan Hall box ofice 536-2412 or call CeiebrityCharge 482- heavy hitters. Performance at 9 at Nightstage. Tickets. S10 in 536-6340. 2595. advance, I I at the door; call 497-8200 or 497-9287. Boston Symphony Orchestra in its final two weeks for the season, CASSICK MUSIC COMEDY I.ynn Harrell plays Shostakovich's Cello Concerto no. I on a pro- Chamber Music Society. Rachmaninoff Sonata in G Minor, OP 19 Caroline's presents Lizz Winstead in her one-woman-show Scream gram with Brahms s Variations on a iheme hy Haydn and Symphony for cello and piano; Haydn String Quartet Op. 77, No. I in G; of Consciousness, a hilarious personal journey toward political cor- No. 4, at 8 at Symphony Hall. Tickets: S19 to S52.50; call 266-1492. Schubert Quartet in G Minor at 12 at Killian Hall. rectness through May 2, Wed.-Sat. at 8 at the Back Alley Theater, reet E 1253 Cambridge St., Inman Square, Cambridge. Tickets: S12.50 American Women Composers/Mlassachuwetts presents the 7th Critics' Choice Wed.,Thurs.; Si5 Fri., Sat.; available at Box office, Bostix; call 576- Annual Marathon, a two-day event featuring music by women com- _ MIT Concert Choir and MIT Chamber Chorus performs St. 1253 or Ticketmaster 931-2000. posers past and present this evening from 4-10 at First Parish Church, Matthew Passion by J S. Bach; John Oliver, director. MIT graduate Watertown. Tickets S6-10; call 731-5890. student Kenneth Goodson, baritone. Performance at 7 at Kresge. Cross Comedy at Catch A Riving Star. Shows at 7:30, 9:30. cover r Tickets: S10 at MIT Museum Shop in Stratton Student Center; limit- S l 2; 1 1:30 late show, cover S8. Located at 30 B John F. Kennedy St., MIT Alumna Chamber Mnsic Recital at 4 in Killian Hall. Free. ed number of free tickets available in advance to MIT students. Harvard Sq.; call 661-0167 for information and reservations. MIT Concert Band performs works of Bavicchi and others at 8 in e The Boston Conservatory Chamber Ensemble will be joined by Kresge. Free. APmRANCES r*** guest violist Roberto Diaz, in a program including Mozart's Piano Steven ledbetler, musicologist and program annotator for the BSO Qutartet No. I in G minor, K 478, Brahms' Viola Sonata in F-flat, will discuss the BSO program featuring Bernard Haitink, conductor E Op 120). No. 2. and Sinerann is Piano Trio in G minor. Op IS at 8 at and l ynn Harrell. cello performing- Brahms Variations on a theme Children of a Lesser God at 8 in Kresge Rehearsal Rm A. Free; See _ First and Second Church. 66 Marlborough St. Boston. Tickets $10 by Haydn; Shostakovich Cello Concerto, No. 1 and Brahms Ap~ril 24 listing general, $7 students and seniors; call 536-3063 Symphony No I at 11:15 am at All Newton Music School, 321 , J I J . Chestnut St., West Newton Tickets: S8 lecture, 10 lecture and light Love After Dark An evening of mostly modern scenes by .the _l Mozart Concerti Claude Frank. piano; Lihan Kalilr. piano; Pamela luncheon all 527-4553 Shakespeare Enserble at MIT at 8, Rm. 66-110; Free; call 253-2903. Frank, violin with the Long} Chamrer Orchevtra at 8 at the Edward Pickman Concert Hall. 27 garden St., Cambridge. Tickets S$15.lim- EVENTS Media Amok written by Christopher Durang See April 24 listing. _ ited number for students and seniors for S10 advance purchase only International Fair sponsored by the International Students Assoc. at call R76-0956 Eleemosynary at 8 at Harvard's Leverett House. See April 24 listing. IOlwn until 5 on Kresge Oval Ilaydn's The Creation by Tufts IUniversity Chorale, conducted by The World Premiere of Tuck Everlasting: a musical today at 3 at Steak Fry sponsored by Delta Upsilon at 4 until 7 at the Dupont William Thomas at X at ('ohen Auditorium Free; call 627-3564 the Wheelock Family Theatre. See April 24 listing. Barbeque Pits. Boston Symphony Orchestra in its final two weeks for the season, Another Country at 8 at the Paramount Penthouse Theater. See In Musical Chair Contest sponsored by Kappa Alpha Theta at 6 until 9 ILynn Harrell plays Shostakovich's C'ello Concerro no. I on a pro- April 24 lisrtng. E on the Athletic Turf. ***4 gram with Brahms'.s Variations on a Theme hayHaydn and Symphony r*+* No 4, at 2 at Symphony Hall. Tickets: S19 to S52.50; call 266-1492. Cabaret today at 2 and 8 at the Emerson Majestic Theatre. See April * * * Critics' Choice 24 lisfing. World Figure Skating Champions starring Olympic gold medalist E The Harvard-Radclitfe Orchestra (James Yannatos, conductor). Kristi Yamaguchi. silver medalist Paul Wylie and bronze medalist Showcase Of Emerson Playwrights tonight at 8 at the Brimmer premieres Yannatos's Symphony no. 4, "Tiananmen Square," on a Nancy Kerrigan at 8 at Centrunm Foster St., Worcester. Tickets: S25, Street Studio Theatre. Tickets: S5; call 578-8785 or 578-8786. program with music of Mozart and Beethoven at X at Sanders S30, $40; call 931-2000. _ Theatre Tickets: $10, 7 general; $7,5 students and seniors; call 864- Underground Railway Theater preseats The Christopher Columbus 0500 or 496 6013. ONGOING THEAtER Follies:An Eco-Cabaret tonight at 8 at the Cambridge Multicultural e Critics' Choice Arts Center. Tickets: S10; call 577-1400. Lua Collins. Her orfinal tunes, ranging from humorous to thought _ provoin:i, 'teintertwined with Sacred Harp songs and Shaker The Cocktail Hour by A.R. Gurney through May 17 at The New lpeSrorJ Thcatn,;S incoln St., Newton Highlands. Showtirne . _ rs~a~beita fOr Watatown-El Slqdo Sister City Prct at 8 at, vests; Tjnicets: X^,ra~f~ db; pto for stud "nE- sawiprs, group Snion ConsmratCo Badce Dllsfon eq*s dances choreo- Metehodist Churxk 80 Ej~~i~~4~~B~ho~e.St.Jc~k~~i~rnla gnrphed, staged and dinced by students lihv.divfsion at 8 at the I9St.Aufci'Si;, Waeniown. Tickets: f; call 924-3795 rates arailable; ca§E'bffij 33X-1646. r Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., Boston. Free; call 8 'a,' Our Country's Good through May 24. Wed.-Fri at 8, Sat. at Sand 536-6340. . THFATO 8:30, Sun. at 3 at Lyric Stage, 140 Clarendon St, Copley Square. Crtics' Choice Tickets: S1418; call 437-7172. WOMEDY Children of a Lesser God. Theater Arts Student Workshop Caroline'spresents Lizz Winstead in her one-woman-show Scream Performance of Mark Medoffs drama at 8 tonight through April 26 Shear Madness playing Tues.-Fri. at 8, Sat at 6:30 & 9:30, Sun at 3 of Consciousness at 8 at the Back Alley Theater. See April 24 listing. 0 * * * in Kresge Rchearsal Rm. A Free; Reservations call 225-7414. and 7:30 at 74 Warrenlon St., Boston. Tickets S18 & 23; call 542- E 8511. Cross Comedy at Catch A Rising Star. Shows at 7:30, 9:30, cover Love After Dark An evening of mostly modern scenes by the S12. Located at 30 B John F. Kennedy St, Harvard Sq.; call 661- Shakespeare Ensemble at MIT tonight through April 25 at 8, Rm. 66 Another Country Julian Mitchell's provocative look at life in an 0167 for information and reservations. 3 110. Free; call 253-2903. English public school in the 1930's, where the sons of Britain's rul- * * 0 ing class learned to conjugate more than Greek and -Latin verbs Continues through April 25 Wednesday through Saturday at 8 at Compiled by Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing. A touching exploration of mother- Paramount Penthouse Theater, 58 Berkeley St in Boston's South End. Rbl, daughter relationships tonight through April 26, April 30-May 2 It Tickets: $15; call Ticketmaster 931-2000; At Box office after 7 on Leslie A. Barnett delivers a powerful message on familial tics In modern society at 8 at evenings of performances, call 426-3550.

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IBVIIIPRARtV MUSIC I WEM CONTEMPORARY MUSt= Les Debral.Conic celebrate the release of Lea's new recording Boston Conservatory Dance Division students present works The Berklee At Nglbtstage Series, 18 and over starts at 8. I lnOrs14ad Bull dike in a China Shop. She is an artist who artfully blends her created by Boston Conservatory senior choreographers at 8 at the Tickets SS, S4 with coupon at Nightstage, 823 Main St., a dNEMRMGmu music with a biting sense of humor. Tickets: $12.50 in advance, Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hernenway St., Boston. Free; Cambridge. call 497-9287, 497-8200. Alpha Chi Omega Up Sync Contest at 8 in Kresge. Tickets S2 $15.50 at the door. Performance at 8 at Nightstage, 823 Main St., call 536340. ***w in advance, S3 at door, call 225-8201. Cambridge. call 497-9287, 497-8200. COMEDY 0 * *¢ * * * * COMDY Caroline's presents Llzz Winstead in her one-woman-show De La Soul presented by Rock For Shelter doors open at 6:30 at CWSSCA MUSIC Caroline's presents Laz Winstead in her one-woman-show Scream of Consciousness at 8 at the Back Alley Theater. See Bright Hockey Arena, Harvard University. Tickets S13 in The Revolution of Expresion, a series of events exploring the Scream of Consciousaness at 8 at the Back Alley Theater. See April 24 listing. advance at Holyoke Center Ticket Office, Harvard Sq; call 495- cultural impact of the years 1911, 1912 and 1913, will be per- April 24 listing. 9390. formed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the City of Jeff Jena at 7he Imprav tonight at 8:30 at the Wilbur Theatre, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Cross Comedy at Catch A Riving Star. Show at 7:30, cover S8. cover S8. See April 28 listing. Jean Ritchie In Concert. One of the finest traditional folk *e * Museum for their Sunday Concert Series. call 266 1492 for more Located at 30 B John F. Kennedy St., Harvard Sq.; call 661-0167 singers in the U.S. continues through May 3. Tickets. S12.50, information. for information and reservations. 547-6789

Handel's Messiah, Part I1I will be performed by the Harvard Bop Hsrvey This world beat hand mashes up ska and reggae University Choir and the Hanrard-Radcliffe Orchestra Chamber CONTEMPORARY MUSIC with an aggressive bar boogie edge Be prepared to skank the Players at 4 at Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. Program will Diamonds Ganls Performs at 8:30. An international vocalist and night away starts at 9 Tickets $8 in advance, $9at the door also includeBach IsAir on a G String. Randall Thompson's composer described as the John Gill of "Time Out" no other Alleluia, Pachelbe/'s Canon in D, and Orlando Gihhons' CaSSIICa MUSIC The MIT Brass Ensemble under the direction of Lawrence voice in rock with her violence, passion and force at Nightstage, CLASICAL MUSIC Hosanna to the Son ofDavid. Tickets: S8, S5 for students. 823 Main St., Cambridge. call 497-9287, 497-8200. Isaacson will be joined by the New England Conservatory Brass Advanced Music Performance Series A student recital at 10 In Ensemble led by Frank Battisti in a concert at 8 at kresge. Free; Killian lall Free Longy Artists Ensemble presents Julia Orhan: Tres Cantigav CLASSICAL MUSIC *+*- del Rey. Martinu: Promenades; Mozart: Duofor violin and viola call 253-2826. MIT Chapel Concert presents musicians of the Old Post Road in G major and Brahmts: Piano Quartet in e minor at 8 at Edward Dedham Choral Seciely presents an All-French Program from 8- Pickman Concert Hall, 27 Garden St., Camnbridge. Tickets: $5; Works of Beethoven and Amon at 12 at MIT Chapel. Free. 10 at Trinity Church. Copley Sq., Boston Tickets $14, S12 for call 876-0956 Works by Prokofiev, Mozart, Bach, Sarasate, Debussy in the students and seniors; call 536-0944 Artist D)iplomn Recital at 8 at Edward Pickman Concert Hall, 27 MIT Chamber Chorus concert of Folk Songs by Hoist at 5 in Orchestra will perform Richard Strauss: Don Garden St., Cambridge. Free; call 876-0956. Lobby 13. call 253-9800 to confirrn. Dresden State The Cantorum Baroque Ensemble at 7 30 at the All Newton Juan. Op. 20 and Beethoven: .Sympwhony no. 7 in A Major, Op).92; Music School, 321 Chestnut St, West Newton. Free; call 527- Andre Previn conducting. Performance will be held at 3 at THEAT Boston Symphony Orchestra at 8 at Symphony Hall See April 25 isting. 4553 Symnphony Hall. Tickets: S32, S28. S20 available at Symphony The World Premiere of Tuck Everlasting: a musical tonight at Hall box-offiec 266-1492 or call SymphonyCharge 266-1201. 7:30 at the Wheelock Family Theatre. See April 24 listing. Boston Symphony Orchestrn at 8 at Symphony Hall See April Iongy Flute Orchestra Trix bout, conductor performance of 25 listing. MIT Alumni Recital featuring works by Schoenberg, Schmidt, COMEDY pieces from the classical period as well as contemporary works at Ostling at 3 in Killian Hall. Free. Caraline'spresents Lizz Winstead in her one-woman-show Edward Pickman Concert Hall, 27 Garden St.. Cambridge. Free; call 876-0956 THEATER Ridge String Quartet Concert as part of the Sunday Concert Scream of Consciousness at 8 at the Back Alley Theater. See Series at I at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museumn. Tickets: $6, April 24 listing. Sexual Perversity In Chicago by David Mamet through May 2 tic $3 for students and seniors; call 495-2397. THEATIM at 7 30 at The Fxpenmental Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Sexual Perversity In Chicago by David Mamet through May 2 Brattle St., Cambridge. Free, tickets can be picked up day before at 7:30 at The Experimental Theater. 1-oeb Drama Center, 64 or day of performance; call 495-2668 Dorothea Brinkmann, contralto; Edn Maza Shlyam, piano * * * program to include music of Wolf, Strauss, Zerrlinsky, Brattle St, Cambridge. Free, tickets can be picked up day before Schoenberg, Webern and Berg at 5:30 at the Busch-Reisinger CONTEMPORARY MUSIC or day of performance; call 495-2668 Eleemosynary at 10:30 at Harvard's Leverett House. See April 24listing. Museum at Harvard University. Tickets $5, S4 for students and Tori Amos performs at 9. Her sound, not easily categorized, has Eleemosynary at 8 at Harvard's Leverett House See April 24 seniors. call 495-2397. been compared with Kate Bush. Tickets: S8 in advance. S9 at the listing. Oleanna written and directed by David Mamet continues through door. at Nightstage, 823 Main St., Cambridge. call 497-9287, May 24 at 7 at the Hasty Pudding Theatre, 12 Holyoke St., American Women Comaposers/Massachusetts. See April 25 497-9200. listing. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare at 7:30 at Mary Norton Cambridge. Tickets: $17-S33; call 547-8300. Hall, Old South Church, Copley Sq., 645 Boylston St. Tickets: CUMi:LA§S MUSIC $8, SS with advance reservations; call 536-1970. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare at 7:30 at Mary Norton * * Tickets: Boston Comnposers String Quartet plays music of William Boston Symphony Orchestra at 8 at Symphony Hall. See April Hall, Old South Church, Copley Sq., 645 Boylston St. 536-1970. Carlins, Leon Kirchner, Robert Kyr, and others at 2 at Tsai per- 25 living. Terminal Hip, a spiritual History of America through the $8, S5 with advance reservations; call forrnance Center, call 524-1557 for more informnation. Medium of Bad Language at 8 at the Brimmer Street Studio Works by Bach, Beethoven, Vitali, Dvorak and Persichelti in Theatre, 69 Binmmer St., Boston. Tickets: $3, call 578-8785 or Terminal Hip, a spiritual History of America through the 578-8786. Medium of Bad Language at 8 at the Brimmer Street Studio Pro Arte Chamnber Orchestra Conductor laureate Gunther the Arkist Diploma Recital at 8 at Edward Pickman Concert Hall, Theatre, 69 Brimmer St., Boston. Tickets: $3, call 578-8785 or Schuller leads the orchestra in the premiere of Gerald Plain's 27 Garden St., Cambridge. Free; call 8760956 DANCE * * * c 578-8786. Cl.awhammer on a program with music of Schoenberg and U.S. Amateur Ballroon Dancers Association: Students from Beethoven at 3 at Sanders Theatre. Tickets: $22, SI 5. $8; call F.roilk Trio perforred as part of the Gardner Museum Young' MIT. Harvard and other colleges and universities perform as part DANCE 661-7067 Artists Showcave Spries at 6:30 at The Gardner Museum. 280 The of the midday music series al The Federal Reserve Bank of The Four Chamber Ball, an event to benefit the American Heart Fenway. Tickets: S6. $3 for students and seniors. call 566-1401. Boston. Association, will include performances by ACE Frntertainment's * * 0 * THEATO Dance Company and Peter Di Muro and Associates as well as COMEDY fashion shows by Daniel Faucher Couture and Mankind Design. Children Of a L~esser God at 8 in Kresge Rchearsal Rm. A. Free; There will also be a raffle, S5 for each ticket or 3 for S10. Event See April 24 listing. COMEDY Caroline's presents Lizz Winstead in her one-woman-show will be held at 7 at the Avalon nightclub, 15 Lansdowne St. Caroline's presents L17J Winstead in her one-woman-show Scream of Consciousness at 8 at the Back Aliey Theatcr. See Tickets: S25 per person. Dress is creative black tie Scream of Consctousness at 8 at the Back Alley Theater. See April 24 listing. COMEDY Media Amok written by Christopher Durang. See April 24 listing. April 24 lisling Jeff Jena at Th7eImpmv tonight at 8-30 downstairs at the Wilbur Caroline's presents Lizz Winstead in her one-woman-show Eleemosynary at 8 at Harvard's Leverett House. See April 24 Jeff Jena at The Improv tonight through May 3 downstairs at the Theatre, cover S8. See April 28 listing. Scream of Consciousness at 8 at the Back Alley Theater. See e * -v v listing. Wilbur Theatre. Headline Comedy Tues.-Thurs. and Sun. at April 24 listing. 8:30, cover $8; Fri. at 8:30 and 10:45, Sat. at 8 and 10:45, cover VISUAL AITs The World Premicre of Tuck Everlasting: a mnusical today at 3 S12 Best of Boston Showcase Mon. night at 8:30, cover S8. Holocaust Memorial Art Exhibit called Everv Stitch A Memon Jeff Jena at 77heImprov tonight at 8:30 and 10-45 downstairs at at the Wheelock Family Theatre. ,See April 24 /iriting. Located at 246 Tremont St. in Boston's Midtown Cultural with featured guest speaker Josiah A. Spaulding, Jr. sponsored by the Wilbur Theatre, cover S12. See April 28 listing. i District. Tickets also available at all TicketMaster locations; call Emerson Hillel opens tonight from 7-9. Opening events will 695-2989 for information and reservations. include the guest speaker. performances by members of the Wang VSUAL Aim ***e The Discovery of Columbus presented by The Underground Center's Young at Art.s program, and refreshments. Exhibit will Holocaust Memorial Art Exhibit called Ever! Stitch A Memory Railway Theater at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center. remain on display through May 3 at The First and Second at The First and Second Church, 66 Marlborough St., Boston. See

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As she searched through said the appreciation of jazz is one of the few "I went to school here and for much of my tained a certain down-to-earth humanity that Beloved for the appropriate quote to highlight places where a transcendence of race is possi- time here the only thing that made sense were many lose when placed out of reach on a the use of "the bite, she excused the excess ble. She noted that the jazz movement was the words that you spoke and words that you stage. It was a joy to watch her and a special time it was taking her to locate the passage first sign of cultural change in America and a wrote. Institutions often miss the truth, but treat, especially for the seniors. Four years "since this book is not written in a linear, cultural affirmation for Afro-Americans. you speak truths." later, seniors were able to examine the literary intelligible fashion ... she should have an jazz tells the story of tragic love in Harlem Another woman thanked Morrison for nuances of Beloved from the author herself. index or something." in 1926. According to Morrison, the protago- helping her daughter get through Brown One student asked about the "birth-death- Later, she told of a time she read a passage nist has achieved something in the act of University, saying Morrison had been her to a friend of hers: "You really love your own being in love. It's irrelevant whether there is a daughter's role model. She then handed rebirth" significance of Beloved's nakedness stuff," he said. Her reply was: "But what you happy ending, Morrison said, and there's no Morrison her daughter's thesis, written on in her first appearance in the story, to which don't see is the seven or eight versions I threw whining, because "the blues never whine." Beloved. "My daughter's in California now, Morrison responded, "She's naked because out, so by the time you see it, it really is won- Particularly moving were the comments and when I tell her this she'll say 'Mom, you she's hot." ''-' Binningham Orchesba pe Sonns wig emotion Free Catalog Orchestra, from Page 12 robes, captured the audience with her ness of the dissonant Sprechstimme kept the P.O. Box 37000 Sprechstimme, Schoenberg's term for pitched audience's attention, while her attacks were Washington DC sort of dramatic performance on Friday with a speaking. Ross told the audience (in German) never too harsh, giving the seemingly chaotic 20013-7000 work from Vienna, the other progressive the bizarre story of Pierrot - a Viennese music a certain smoothness. The climax of the musical hotbed of the early twentieth century. Romantic carried to grotesque, clownish 21 verses of PierrotLunahire was clearly "The In a darkened Symphony Hall, a lone beam of extreme - with such emotional intensity that Moonfleck," in which Pierrot is obsessed with the tale seemed unreal and fantastical. Her light, representing moonlight, set the stage for removing a spot on his black jacket which is PierrotLunaire as Ross, garbed in elegant silk quick mood changes within the inherent same- actually a spot of moonlight. Ross and the CBMG captured the insanity and irony of Pierrot's confusion in this verse, after which THE TECH PERFORMING ARTS SERIES the mood settled and- Pierrot's agitation even- tually faded into wishful daydreams. 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By Amy Bowen The first novice eight had a very chance to race Simmons. However, TEAM CAPTAIN exciting race. Intent upon beating the second novice eight had a solid By Kevin Knoedlor ond, also with a personal best, The MIT women's crew team rival Mount Holyoke after losing to row, coming in second behind AMMEMBER 13'0". In the triple jump, Ugarov traveled out to Holyoke, Mass., them on Apr. 4, MIT proved they Mount Holyoke. The weather was awful, but the was second at 41'6.5". Nathaniel Saturday to race against Mount were a strong crew by taking the men's track team was still victori- Bogan '93 took fourth with a jump Holyoke and Simmons. Although lead in the first 20 strokes. MIT kept Although the MIT women lost ous against WPI and RPI on Apr. the clumps of melting snow made it a finn hold on that lead for the body of 40'8.25". the Brunelle Cup, awarded to the 1 . Temperatures in the low 30s and seem more like winter than spring, of the race and pulled even further In the next running event, the winner of the varsity eight race, a steady rain made for a grim day, there were no waves and no wind on ahead in the last 500 meters for a 400 meter dash, MIT easily they are aiming to bring the cup but MIT prevailed with 83 points to outscored the other teams. Patron the river. The Holyoke course is well-earned first place, 3.8 seconds and 4.2 home next spring. This weekend, RPI's 70 and WPl's 40. won the event at 52.93, Mason took directed against a substantial cur- ahead of Mount Holyoke The day began with the 400 rent, but to compensate, the course seconds ahead of Simmons. Just as the MIT women will be racing meter relay, run by Jay Chiang '94, third, and Geilfuss placed fourth. is substantially shorter than the stan- in the junior varsity race, the MIT Boston University and Northeastern Elliott Mason '94, Ed Patron '95, Chiang took second in the 100 dard 2,000 meters. Each MIT crew second novice eight did not have a on Saturday and Tuftes on Sunday. and Brad Geilfuss '94. This event meter dash with a time of 1.55. took advantage of the excellent was won by default, as WPI and Crain won the 800 meter in a time water conditions and short course to RPI couldn't even keep hold oftheir of 2:00.4. Chiang, in his third of row well together. batons. The 3,000 meter steeple- four events, won the 400 meter MIT inched ahead of Simmons Crew Loses Compton Cup chase followed, with David Moyle intermediate hurdles with a personal at the start of the varsity eight race '94 taking second in a personal best best time of 57.93. Kevin Knoedler and continued to steadily move on Crew, from Page 20 time of 10:06.9. Rob Casadonte '94 '94 took third with a time of 58.36. them down the course. After exten- came in fourth in a time of 10:40.5. Chip Goetzinger '95 took fourth in sive illnesses, all of the rowers in two crews soon after and slipped to three or 4 lengths down at the fin- The distance runners had another 58.57, his best time of the year. the first eight were healthy, and they ish, 6: 10.0 to Princeton's 5:53.8 and Harvard's 5:54.2. strong showing in the 1500 meter, Geilfuss came back from the 400 consequently had a good row. A The second varsity's race was not as close. MIT lost contact with where Ethan -Crain '95 won in meter to take second in the 200 strong sprint at the end brought the two crews after a little more than 500 meters were gone. The race 4:05.96. John Noland took fourth meter with a blazing time of 23.1. them in second place behind Mount finish saw Princeton pull out a tight victory over Harvard, with MIT some distance behind the two. with a time of 4:20.41. Colin Page Patron placed fourth in 23.6. Pete Holyoke and 10.8 seconds ahead of '95 was MIT's sole placer in the Simmons. The MIT junior varsity The first freshman boat was handed its first loss of the season by Ronco '92- placed third in the 5,000 I1I0 meter high hurdles with a time eight could not race Simmons, who Harvard and Princeton. Princeton's time of 6:06.3 beat both meter with a time of 16:06.1 and of 16.37. have only a JV four. However, they Harvard's 6 06.5 beat MIT's 6:27.0. Rob Flemming '93 took first in Jesse Darley '95 placed fourth in demonstrated how much speed they The second freshman's race was the only one of the day that was the hammer throw with a toss of 16:10.6. Finishing off the day, the have picked up in the last couple of not at all close. Prnceton beat Harvard by 10 seconds, who beat MIT 47.98 meters. Flemming also took 1,600 meter relay team of weeks by finishing much closer to by 31 seconds. second in the shotput with a throw Goetzinger, Rixner, Andy Romain Mount Holyoke than at their last This weekend the first boat travels to Washington, D.C. to race on of 12.54 meters. Finally, Flemming, '95? and Knoedler beat the nearest meeting on Apr. 4. Both crews the Potomac, while the second boat will race Tufts on the Charles on took third in the discus with a throw team by three seconds, finishing in raced at higher stroke ratings than Sunday. of 37.00 meters. 3:36.1. they have so far this spring. 'I-- ''' L" I c--- Tom Washington '92 was the winner in the high jump at 6'4". Andy Ugarov '95 placed second at 67'2. MIT placed one and two in the pole vault as well. Matt Robinson Wednesday April 29 1 am 4pm '94 was first at a personal best of 15'2", Scott Rimrer '94 came' sec- Vannevar Bush Room e Room 10-105

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t6 audbyIcnis~tPrfrac4l By Danny Su opposite field. But his luck ran out questionable move on a day when the final out. MIT surrendered the only to miss the catch by inches. STAFFREPORTER the second time around the batting the temperature was around 40 lead in the third inning when a cost- The two-run triple gave Wentworth The MIT baseball team is any- order. With two outs in the eighth degrees and a new pitcher is ly two-out error led to two more the lead and sent Ritter into the thing but consistent. After a tough inning, the outfield was instructed to allowed only eight warmup pitches. unearned runs. With the score tied showers. 5-4 loss in extra innings to Division play deep to guard against extra- But the decision paid off as the new at 4 in the fifth inning, the visitors Olson made it a one-run game in I team Boston College last week, base hits. Wentworth dropped what pitcher retired the next two batters had two on and two outs. the bottom of the sixth when his the team seemed to be heading in seemed like a harmless blooper that to send the game into extra innings. Wentworth's number seven hitter clutch two-out single brought in the right direction as they crushed just eluded the outstretched glove of MIT's charity contributions were hit a line drive into right field. With Brian Pendleton '94, who had Wentworth 12-2 in the first game of centerfielder Jeff Olson '94. But the generous and frequent. Two errors the wind blowing out, the ball walked to lead off the inning. But a doubleheader Saturday. It looked opportunistic Wentworth turned the led directly to Wentworth's first run refused to die and carried further the inning ended when Olson was like MIT would run away in the sec- blooper into a two-out rally as they in the second inning. But Purucker than expected. The right fielder mis- caught stealing, the second MIT ond game as they jumped to a 4-0 put together four more hits, includ- saved the inning when he made a judged the ball and was turned the runner gunned down by lead after the first inning, highlight- ing a ground rule double, for a 9-6 nice sliding catch in the outfield for wrong way. He finally adjusted, Wentworth's catcher. ed by a bases-loaded double cour- lead. They received another insur- tesy of Ian Somerville '93. But the ance run when MIT committed its team took a vacation from there on, fifthh error of the game. both defensively and offensively. Down 6-5 in the bottom half of ~Mens Heavies Win One, Lose One The team played charity give-away the seventh inning, MIT made a on the field while runners never val iant comeback. M ike Purucker By Dan Dunn The second boat was equally second before UNH. But a steering made it as far as third base in the '92 atoned for his early fielding mis- TEAM MEMBER successful. MIT had a rough start incident that had the boats' oars next four innings. MIT's comeback take by leading off with a base hit. The heavyweight crew team had and was down two seats after 250 clashing for a few strokes caused attempt was foiled when Wentworth After a successful sacrifice, Dan mixed results this weekend. Friday meters. The boat smoothed over its the race official to award the race to broke the tie in the extra inning with Sabanosh '94 knocked in the tying saw victory over UNH, but on difficulties and quickly pulled away, UNH. five consecutive base hits. The final run with a solid base hit to left field Saturday MIT fell to Harvard and winning by several boat lengths, Harvard was the the best college score was Wentworth IO, MIT 6. and reached second when the left Princeton, 5:57.6 to 6:1 1.0. crew in the country coming into With MIT trailing 6-4 in the fielder misplayed the ball. Friday's race was held at The first freshman crew also beat Saturday's race, and they retained fifth inning, Eric Hopkins '92 Wentworth decided to walk Brian Durham, N.H., on UNH's unusually UNH, bringing their win total to 7. that honor after they left, though relieved Nate Ritter '93. Hopkins Christensen '94, a left-handed bat- short course, which is 250 meters Times for the race were 6:00.3 and Princeton had a strong showing. The did a fine job of relief. His unortho- ter, who faced their southpaw. Then short of the regular 2,000. The var- 6:04.5. race, between Princeton, Harvard, dox sidearm delivery seemed to baf- Wentworth brought in a righty, their sity crew moved out to an early lead The only disappointment of the and MIT, is run for the Compton fle hitters as he retired eight of the shortstop, to pitch against that they easily held for the length race was for the second freshman Cup. first ten batters he faced, giving u p Somerville, who had doubled earlier of the course, finishing in 5:39.4 boat. In a very close race, MIT MIT had an excellent start, end- only two T~exas-leaguers to the in the game. The substitution was a over 5:43.9 for UNH. crossed the finish line less than a ing their first 25 strokes even or a little ahead of Harvard and ------L -- '' I Princeton. Through the next 750 meters, though, Harvard and Coming this summer to an Athena Workstation near you! Princeton moved slowly away from MIT. 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