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Volume 107, Number 59 l 4 % Wednesday, January 20, 1988 n . . . . .~~~~~~~~~qq1 Four in Latent City'f trial are not gulty By Thomas T. Huang a tenth protester arrested at Tent and Harold A. Stern City, is being tried separately. A Cambridge District Court The-trial will continue on Feb. judge last Friday found four de- 12 should the defendants fail to fendants in the Tent City trial not complete community work to be guilty - three for lack of evi- verified by a court-appointed pro- dence - and said she will dismiss bation' officer. Otherwise, their charges against the remaining five case will be dismissed without a defendants if they each complete verdict and without admission 16 hours of community service that there were sufficient facts to by mid-February. find the defendants guilty or not guilty. This continuance "is an unusu- al thing to do," said Judge Wen- The judge's "community ser- dy Gershengorn. ""But, hearing vice" proposal follo)wed two the facts of the case, [I deter- days' worth of testimony by MIT mined thatl the interests of MIT, Campus Police officers, adminis- the defendants and the communi- tration officials, and supporters ty would best be served this way." of the homeless. It cut short the Thomas T. Huang/The Tech Eight of the defendants had defense's case and, in essence, The Tent City defendants and their lawyers and supporters celebrate after a Cambridge been charged with trespass and came as a behind-the-scenes com- judge found four not guilty The judge will dismiss charges against the remaining five after one had been charged with disor- promise between the prosecution they each complete 16 hours of community work. derly conduct. Carlos Gonzalez, (Please turn to pag 2) 7 Faculty taMk d cutting frosl papalSail MIT statement on "Tent City" trial By Irene Kuo that second term pass/fail should fail would increase the "pace and (Editor'snote.- Walter L. Milne, assistant to the chairman of Several facultyrmembers on the remain in place. The present sys- pressure" of the first term, shrink released this statement to the mediafol- Committee on the Undergraduate tem gives students a chance to ex- the applicant pool and lend em-- the MIIT Corporation, lowing the verdict in the "xtent City" trial.) Program have been arguing plore subjects that they would phasis to grades rather than shares with the broader community a natural concern against second-term freshman not take on grades, and it ulti- learning. MIT for the plight of the homeless. That concern was also the stated pass/fail, according to statements mately gives freshmen a clear op- - "It should be considered that purpose of the defendants and others who trespassed on MIT's made at last Thursday's "Fix the portunity to explore potential MIT students are assured and Freshman Year" discussion. majors, the group felt. should be assumed to be inteli- property. MIT regrets that the defendants failed to leave the premises Undergraduate Association The two semesters of pass/fail gent and responsible -' they the others when they and the others were given the oppor- Vice President Alan B. Davidson also serve as an adjustment peri- must be trusted to use pass/fail with tunity to do so, and tiat, as a result, arrests were necessary to of the faculty at an od for students with poorer high wisely, said Elliot Schwartz '89. '89 said some maintain order. unspecified "meeting" had ex- school backgrounds, and they Students at the meeting con- provide a chance for students to cluded that the two-term pass/ While MIT did not and cannot condone the illegal occupation I pressed a-desire to limit pass/fail of its property, it believes Judge lWendyl Gershengorn's disposi- " extrac~curular activities fail system is an easy scapegoat to fhe first term. Seth Brown '88,_ ~~~~explore~ tion was a fair resolution of the matter. that they were too busy to ex- for faculty b-ut is, overall, a vice chairman of the Student - -- - Committee on Educaticnal Poli- plore in the first term. strong point of the MIT fresh- L I- -- cy, later confirmed that this was The students admitted that two man year. last Wednesday's CUP meeting. terms of pass/fail has weak- UA President Manuel Rodri- nesses: it allows freshmen to ne- SCEP talks analyze freshlmanr year guez '89 acknowledged that a glect their academic responsibil- By Irene Kuo to improve the freshman year. At ly led by a graduate student - "large proportion" of the faculty ities, particularly in the core Presenting freshmen with dif- the end of their deliberations, per week. As an alternative, a opposes second-term pass/fail. classes, and it fosters bad study ferent "flavors" of core classes they will compile a report to dis- few participants suggested having As a result, students used the habits. from which they can choose was tribute to the facralty. a professor or seasoned graduate discussion period to take a hard Marya Lieberman '89, howev- one of several ideas proposed at The topics participants have student teach all five sessions per look at what MIT would be like er, asserted that people are not "Fix the Freshman Year," an on- addressed and will address in- week. without second-term freshman abusing pass/fail; they are just going IAP activity. clude the core classes, quality of This plan drew criticism from pass-fail and examine reasons for using it for classes they are more Participants at the activity, instruction, choosing a major, other participants. "You're talk- and against the current system. interested in. sponsored by the Student Com- quality of student life, the pass/ ing about a logistical nightmare. The students participating in On the whole, the group felt mittee on Educational Policy, are fail system, faculty-student inter- I'm not convinced that there are the discussion generally agreed elimination of second term pass/ researching and discussing ways action and the advising program. enough professors, let alone good Core classes professors, at this institute," said SACC: criticizes defensea reeaarCh Alan Davidson '89, vice president By Morlie Waxng scientists to build on each other's funding based on their qualifica- Flavors in the physics core of the Undergraduate Associ- Academia's dependence on the work, according to SACC. tions, Farber said. would -ange from project-orient- ation. military for research funding is If weapons-related research is MIT has been successful in at- ed to theoretical classes. Making Seth N. Brown '88 lamented excessive and affects universities' allowed to hurt the funding of tracting defense dollars to its re- such a variety available would en- that few students realize that they academic and institutional free- other types of research, SACC search programs. In part, this is able, students to learn in smaller are not required to fulfill the core dom, according to material col- members fear that graduate stu- as a result of MLT officials using lectures, according to proponents classes in their freshman year. In lected by the Science Action Co- dents will "follow the money," their close ties to government of the idea. fact, according to Brown, some ordinating Committee. SACC emptying the talent pool for oth- agencies in order to attract M/arya Lieberman '89 present- students may even benefit from presented its findings at a talk on er fields like medicine or non- weapons-related research to the ed several proposals for changing spreading their core classes over Jan. 12 entitled "Overview: How military computer science. Institute, according to Cowan. the core classes in her report to more than two semesters. Cowan said that Provost John the group, entitled 'The Core Referring to statistics compiled does the Pentagon affect Univer- MIT defense research M. Deutch '61 has been on a Classes I: Size, Selection, Struc- by the Admissions Office that in- sities? " is substantial "Engineering research on cam- number of Department of De- ture." dicate many students who do well puses now receives an average of Under the current funding pro- fense panels, including the De- Among the other ideas was do- in Physics 1 (8.01) had calculus in 37 percent of its federal support cess, federal agencies ask for fense Science Board Panel on the ing away with -the current class high school, Brown recommend- students attend from the Pentagon; in specialized fairly specific research projects. Small Intercontinental Ballistic format in which ed that students with no calculus fields such as astronautical engi- Researchers submit proposals for Missile ("Midgetman Panel") and three lectures'taught-by a profes- background take Calculus I neering, electrical engineering the research and are then granted sor, and two recitations - usual- and aeronautical engineering the percentages are substantially Republican candidates skirmish in N H debate higher, at 82 percent, 56 percent, ground in By Thomas T. Huang Iowa polls and gaining and 54 percent, respectively," ac- aggres- HANOVER, NH - Half-way New Hampshire, took an cording to a pamphlet distributed sive tack - involving acerbic wit at the discussion, which was led through the, Republican primary election and, at times, passionate exhor- Rich Cowan debate last, Saturday here at Dart- by S4CC members tations - in targeting the front- Noam Chomsky, and Steven A. Farber G. mouth College, the slightly tus- G runner. He claimed he had as Martin Diskin analyze sled but amused moderator, John Two major concerns of critics chairman of the -Senate Finance Chancellor of NBC, gazed, like a the US' role in Central of weapons-related research are the social boxing referee wary of the next Committee helped save American policy. Page 2. that university research financed ticular, disagreements arose over and rabbit punch, at the six men seat- security system in 1983 by the government may be classi- that Domestic Couple - social leading role in cutting ed next to him on-stage. played a fied and that federal grant dollars security and taxes. And, once taxes in 1981. Robin Williams manages Turning to the audience of 900 are being drained from other again, as in the Des Moines Re- secur- Vietnam people, he asked: "Did you come "I thought I fixed [social to make fields to support weapons-related gister's Iowa caucus debate two ityl," he said. But Bush "says he research. here expecting to see Rebecca of funny. Page 7. weeks ago, Vice President George fixed it here in his little circular. I classifying academic re- Sunnybrook Farm?" By Bush had to defend himself don't recall George being in the search, the government could Well, no. By then, the presi- against questions about his role loop then, either. I don't think he Jazz musician Keith prevent its publication. This dential candidates had poked at in the Iran-contra affair. attended a single meeting.... goes classical. on academic free- each other - sometimes playful- Jarrett would impinge At the same time, Sen. Robert He takes credit for a lot of ly, sometimes angrily - and re- Page 7. dom and inhibit the exchange of Dole (R-KS), leading Bush in the information necessary to allow opened a few old sores. In par-

II - I r ... '\·'''~-~~-~ r~ ~c~,: ~ ~';·~1,::~";~;;mom" -I·· 11 ',f ' _IM PAGE 2 The Tech WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1988 1__ Chomsky, Diskin attack 'US Latin policy Peace plan shows US becoming. US rorist nation" By David P. Hamilton /i' which is fine, because it is terror- non-central to Central Amserica Calling the United States a ism." By Christina K. Liu country, the cessation of-hostil- "dedicated terrorist superpower," II I . . In more recent times, both El "There is a feeling in Latin ities within each signatory, the Institute professor Noam A. Salvador and Nicaragua serve as America that ... the US is be- democratization of the Central Chomsky attacked US foreign examples of the "hard line" poli- coming increasingly irrelevant," American region, the cessation of policy in Latin America and cy, Chomsky said. In El Salva- said Professor of Anthropology assistance for "irregular forces" American media coverage of the dor, "democracy is terminating" Martin Diskin at a Jan. 15 talk in each country, and the organi- region in a forum on Jan. 12. and the army is traumatizing the sponsored by the Committee on zation of free elections. Chomsky claimed that since population, he explained. Nicara- Central America. In addition to these condition- 1954 or before, the United States gua, on the other hand, was ini- al sections, the treaty called for tially the recipient of the "soft "The peace plan has stimulated has tried to create "favorable in- r a negotiatory stance in Central the organization of a verification vestment climates" in Central line" after the fall of dictator America and is a legitimate solu- committee whose purpose was to America - nations- with local Anastasio Somoza, he continued. i When it became clear that Somo- tion that is not the United States' travel through Central America governments that direct develop- i za's National Guard solution," said Diskin, speaking and verify compliance to the ment in a manner favorable to in- could not be I of the Central American peace treaty. vestment and offer little interfer- sustained, the US government treaty which earned Costa Rican ence to foreign business. He said flew Guardsmen to the Honduran t This 15-member committee that "recently declassified" border in planes disguised as Red President Oscar Arias Sanchez does not include a representative docu- the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize. ments, such as the National Secu- Prof. Noam A. Chomsky Cross vehicles, which was a viola- of the United I States. rity Council paper NSC5432, tion of international law, The United States did not par- "This is cause for anxiety for propounded this policy; ued. Chomsky continued. rl ticipate in the creation of the the US and it indicates that the plan and was prominently absent The US government, according Chomlsky offered Guatemala as The United States maintains historic way the US has sought to to Chomsky, an example of the "hard line" ap- both a supply network for the I from meetings of Latin American determine the feels itself threat- future of Latin ened by "nationalistic regimes" proach, claiming that the United Nicaraguan contra rebels and countries - most notably one in America in general is less and less Acapulco in which member coun- that are responsive to popular States induced a military coup surveillance flights- over Nicara- acceptable everyday," Diskin which toppled a democratic gov- gua in an attempt to undermine tries considered discussions with said. pressure to raise low standards of Cuba, Diskin said. living. To overcome the threat ernment in 1954. Later the John- the Arias Peace Plan, Chomsky "The Central American coun- The White House has said a posed by such governments, the son administration helped Guate- claimed. These actions indicate tries are looking toward the fu- few nice words about the treaty, United States has sought alli- mala maintain a counter- the American turn to the "hard t ture of an independent, self-de- but has sent envoys to the region ances with Central American insurgency campaign against line." termined Central America, while to stop the plan, Diskin said. businesses, oligarchs, and land- rebel forces. In the 1970s, the The American media is guilty the US still holds its traditional "The treaty does not support owners, Chomsky said. Carter administration continued of tacitly supporting the basic view toward the region. The US security interests and Wash- Furthermore, American policy to supply arms to the government planks of the government's Latin 1; funding of the contras is the ington does not want a solution has always been to assume con- through the "mercenary states" America policy, Chomsky 1E prime manifestation of this US that is out of its control. [With trol of Latin American nations of Israel and Taiwan, which charged. Focusing his attacks on view," Diskin said. these envoysj] the US is really try- by the military, Chomsky said. made the actual arms shipments, James Lemoyne and Steven "For absolutely self-interested, ing to squelch the impulse to se- "The role of the Latin American Chomsky continued. Kinzer of The New York Times, pragmatic reasons, the United cure a peace," he charged. military is to overthrow civilian On the other hand, the United whom he accused of "masquer- Ii governments," he claimed. States used the "soft line' in ading as journalists," he outlined States must now begin to talk Diskin found about it ironic that Chomsky characterized the dealing with Bolivia during the a "shared consensus" among re- Latin American self-deter- President Reagan may have mination, creativity had twin features of US Latin Ameri- same time period, Chomsky said. porters and columnists concern- and genius," something to do with the signing Diskin asserted. "Otherwise, it can policy as the acceptance of The Eisenhower administration's ing Nicaragua: of the peace treaty. Immediately the need to maintain good invest- policy put forward by officials g The United States must con- will lead to the US being seen as before the Arias plan was made ment climates such as Secretary of State John F. tain Nicaragua and return it to the agent of backwardness and public, Reagan and House in Central Ameri- repression. can nations and the simultaneous Dulles, was to support the "least the Central American standard of For the very short Speaker James Wright term, Washington (D-TX) denial that such policies exist. radical element" in the country, "misery, starvation, and simply has to formulated their own plan for abandon its fear of peace." Every presidential administration resulting in a military coup in robbery." Containment is neces- peace in Central America. since Eisenhower has recognized 1964, Chomsky charged. As a re- sary to stop a "revolution with- Treaty a legitimate solution "The Reagan-Wright plan was these principles, he said. sult, Bolivia now has the highest out borders." The treaty, sometimes referred a plan for presenting conditions Historically, the United States perI capita birth rate and the low- e Nicaragua has no right to to as the Esquipulas II Agree- under which the US would no has relied upon either a "soft est growth rate of any nation in self-defense, as witnessed by, pub- ment, was signed last August by longer support the contras. How- line" of economic pressure or a Latin America, he continued. lic outrage in response to the De- i the presidents of five Central ever, these were impossible for "hard line" of military action to The United States is "officially cember revelations of Nicaraguan American countries: Costa Rica, the Sandinistas to observe, and achieve these objectives, supporting terrorism" by actions defector Major R6ger Miranda El Salvador, Guatemala, Hondu- the Central American countries Chomsky said. Since the United such as those taken in Guatema- Bengoechea, who carried the ras and Nicaragua. The main sec- immediately disposed of that States is politically weak while la,j Chomsky claimed: He said news that the Sandinista govern- ! tions of the agreement concern plan in favor of Esquipulas II," militarily strong, it has usually thatI the US State Department ment planned to obtain Soviet i the formation of national recon- Diskin said. chosen to shift confrontations definitionI of "low intensity con- MiG-21 jet fighters and build the ciliation commissions in each (Please turn to page 13) into violent conflicts. he contin- flict" sounds "a lot like terrorism, (Please turn to page 13) [ _ _~~~~~MI I SCEP p anel deb,ates first year c hanges k emerge from this isolatio (Continuedfrom page I) Quality of life n. An- many recitation classrooms re- quirements. (18.01) during the first term, other participant suggesteed that strict one's ability to meet other These courses might be Physics I (8.01) and Calculus II Discussion of the quality of the 24-hour Student ICenter people. "You can't turn around project-oriented, Lieberman sug- (18.02) the second term, and student life centered on living Coffeehouse and the archiitecture in the chairs so that you never get gested, to allow MIT students to Principles of Chemical Science group isolation - the tendency department coffeehouse seerve as to listen to what your fellow stu- break out of the exam and prob- (5.11) and Physics II (8.02) later. not to associate with people out- models. dents have to say and just assume lem set mode. Such classes might Currently, most of these fresh- side one's living group. The Anthia Chen '91, whho re- that it's not important," she ex- also be student-run so that ficul- men take all five subjects in the group generally agreed that such searched the topic before tthe dis- plained. ty do not lose time to do re- first year. a tendency fosters closer friend- cussion, mentioned recitaations, search. Choosing a majorl I By cramming the core classes ships and helps to break down in- intramural sports and parties as Chosing major The group discussed allowing into one year, however, the aver- hibitions to ask upperclassmen ways to meet people outsidde one's In his report "Choosing a hMa- students to keep their freshman age freshman, who takes four for help. living group. Almost evteryone jor," Joseph C. Wang '91 recom- advisors in the first-term of the courses per term, restricts himself But at the same time, they agreed that recitations cuurrently mended that departments offer 6- sophomore year, fostering closer to three courses in which to ex- agreed that it fosters fragmenta- do not serve this end, bGut that 9 unit "taste-of-major" classes relationships between advisor and plore areas that interest him, ac- tion of the student body and re- they should and easily cou,Id. Da- that would give both freshmen advisee. Several people felt that cording to Browrn. Many forum moval from campus activities. vidson added that improvirng reci- and upperclassmen a feel of ma- this proposal might also relieve members felt this undermined Davidson said that more cam- tations would greatly improve the jors without placing a burden on the pressure on students to de- one of the purposes of the pass/ pus events and lounge areas are overall environment at MIIT. their course load. These classes clare their majors by the end of fail system. needed to encourage people to Lieberman pointed ouit that would not be departmental re- their freshman year. SACC criticizes defense researclh (Continuedfrom page I1 MIT, according to Cowan. "It's Some defenders of military re- the Defense Science Board Panel not technology itself that's the search have argued that on Chemical and Biological War- problem, but its application." sors merely do the researeprofes- A TR / // fare. Critics of defense research have they want to do. The fat President Paul E. Gray '54 faced many obstacles in investi- such work is funded- by th "uses his position on the White gatirng those applications. tary, they argue, is only a ttechni-e milid.-i a hoot House Science Council to lobby The DOD funds military re- cality and not a sign of nailitary for increased federal funding for search through four different influence. military research, Cowan channels, making it difficult to charged. discover for what applications re- But Farber argued that in Lincoln Laboratory, which is search is being used. The Strate- to judge military research acyIfairly.emfairly, and that . Soe f gis ofpl~n operated by MIT but funded by gic Defense Initiative Organiza- one must look at the polit5ics be- t ~ - the federal government, special- tion directs part of its SDI hind the funding and from:-hwherethat , F [ izes in radar research. It has been research to corporations so that the money is coming. doing work aimed at improving discovering the nature of the re- the accuracy of MX missiles, search is equally difficult, Cowan Some scientists see then Cowan said. Lincoln Laboratory said. as victims of the bureaucra also has a facility in Hawaii for say that it is wrong for tl Even people directly involved tcyseltvesuad and oon't noise polluton. Star Wars-related testing, he said. with such research do not always take the blame, Cowan saihem to id. ~~Give a hoot. Application of research know what is going on. Profes- SACC has proposed thaitt wea- i is a key issue sors may not know the main ap- pons-related funds be conaverted pollut plication of their work; they may into other non-military area Many people are concerned just be working on a minor area as over Forest Service, U.S.D.A.B a period of time, accord.ing to about how DOD funding affects in the whole production, Farber Farber. the applications of research at said.

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e~~dte R"Rebe doubts Ortega's sincerity IBIII~ ~ One contra leader said yesterday Nicaraguan President Gn.nA. .. ,r m.-.u hp. moL-in. nrnm;ia, ha w:ill nt baa~ Lanllc;I vluga mlayUS lll! jmli.npris; VntIII IAUL AIC. CIA to resume.contra shipments in an effort to influence Congress in the contra aid de- Goodbye mild weather President Reagan has authorized the Central Intelli- bate. Ortega is offering to hive his government negotiate The low pressure center responsible for the wild, gence Agency to deliver more weapons to the contras in directly with the contras for the first time and has prom- winter weather in the West and Midwest is now in Nicaragua. Reagan said yesterday that helping the rebels ised to restore suspended civil liberties. Contra officials the Great Lakes region. Fortunately for us (that is if keep pressure on the Nicaraguan government will lead to meeting in Miami have decided to talk with the Sandinis- you don't like snow), we'll be on the relatively peace in Central America. The airdrops had been sus- tas. But rebel leader Adolfo Calero says it remains to be warm side of this low and should receive mostly pended for a week while Central American leaders re- seen whether Ortega is interested in democracy, or just rain from this system. With the warmest air viewed the peace process. The White House is expected to wants to stop US support for the contras. associated with this low remaining south of the launch a lobbying blitz for renewal of contra aid later this local area and the cool air (32°F and below) that month. filtered in over the past 24 hours becoming trapped Haitian election invalid, Soviets may leave Afghanistan in May at the surface over interior sections of New A UN mediator says that Soviet troops could start pull- England, there will likely be a significant ice storm opponents say ing out of Afghanistan on May 1. Undersecretary-General in these regions. Onshore winds will keep us warm Opposition leaders in Haiti said that Sunday's election Diego Cordovez said Monday that the Soviets will begin enough to avoid icing problems although heavy rain results should be tossed out because of low voter turnout. withdrawing two months after a settlement is reached. will be a problem during the afternoon and night. The opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the Cordovez said he is optimistic about reaching an agree- After the low passes by, colder air will slowly return junta-run elections. They said the turnout is so low that ment in the next round of talks between Pakistan and over the next several days. the results don't reflect the will of the people. Many peo- Afghanistan. An early look at our weekend weather reveals the .ple stayed away from the polls Sunday out of fear of likelihood of a coastal storm developing during the violence. day Saturday. At this time, forecasted temperatures favor the precipitation falling as snow. _ ~ a~BIB~ c~B~PBslBT Chaeaenger parents settle suit Today: Rain, becoming heavy at limes during the i I ToD A Houston lawyer said yesterday the parents of two as- late afternoon. Winds L'KOA__3 MA LM tronauts who died in the Challengerexplosion have settled southeast at 10-20 mph. wrongful death claims against rocketmaker Morton Thio- High 3540°F (2-4°C). Tonight: Rain heavy at kol. Attorney Ronald Krist isn't disclosing the amount of times early then just the settlements with the mother of Judith Resnick and showers. Mild with lows in the mid 30s (0-4°C). the Winds southeast 15-25 mph. Bush, Hart lead in South- father of Gregory Jarvis. A faulty booster rocket made by A new poll shows Vice President George Bush leadinj Martin Thiokol was blamed for the disaster. Thursday: Variably cloudy and turning colder with the Republican pack in 13 Southern states. The Gallul the chance of a snow shower. Winds northwest survey found Bush favored over Sen. Robert Dole (KA 15-25 mph. High 38°F (3°C). Low 20°F (-7°C). by a better than two-to-one margin. Among Democrats Astronauts want more shuttle tests Friday: Partly to mostly sunny with a period of rain Gary Hart leads with 26 percent - followed closely b. Some of the astronauts think the space shuttle solid or snow possible in southeastern Massachusetts Jesse Jackson. 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[opminlo -> - n- A -- - l - -- l - - - . -- Column/H avi Desasl it f For IIITis sUicides Three M1T students committed students use it on an average of surface lies the fact that three I I M15, suicide last term. W-ile this in it- ten times a night. A twelve-hour- members of our community took self was disturbing, the absence a-day telephone manned by stu- their lives. of shock at this, even the absence dents only goes so far, though. Perhaps behind the surface of reaction, was just as discon- We have trained counselors to there also lies a fundamental certing. talk to, both in the Dean's Office problem with the way MIT edu- While it is true that a non- and in the medical center. Unfor- cates us. This is not an assertion, I denominational, even non- tunately, the only easy way to just a proposition that should be religious memorial service was find out about them is in Howto- questioned. The questioning hap- held, only 100 people out of a Gamit. pens in a formal sense through community of over 10,000 at- While this is an excellent various committees of which in- tended the service. The MIT ad- source of information, I doubt terested students are members. ministration reacted to the sui- that a seriously disturbed person But we also need informal ques- cides by sending out a discreetly is going to dash to the nearest tioning to make people who worded, easily ignored circular, HowtoGamit to find a person to make changes feel that students merely reiterating the presence of talk to. The facilities that MIT want them. Too often at MIT, resources on campus to help with has need to consciously advertise "academic"' interaction takes the the problem. themselves, so that people think form of commiseration - "Oh, Yes, there are resources. But of these places and people when I'm sorry you've got a 100 page there are also three dead stu- they need them. It should not be paper due tomorrow, yeah, that dents, and this is the most incon- a source of shame to need to talk class is mean." We need to com- trovertible and most painful evi- to somebody, and students miserate because sympathy is - -Ja-- L--l -LYLLIL L-·sLk·LL dence that the resources did not should know this and also know useful and reassuring, but we work. Perhaps these three stul- to whom they can talk. also need to stop and search dents did not even attempt to use That's not enough, though. through the commiseration. these resources. Perhaps they did Counseling deals with the effects Why is it that everyone here not even know about them. of stress and all the other prob- feels an undue amount of stress? An integral part of a counsel- lems that young people in a high- Why have many MIT students IWhen C ing facility is letting people know strung community face. Three never ventured into Boston? Why both sides miss- FI that it exists when they need it. suicides should somehow shake is it that very few people sleep This is where Nightline the E works - foundations of MIT. It is easy enough, and why is caffeine the ant E the points t imnporl B its publicity is widespread enough to get buried in rhetoric, sympa- drug of choice? MIT will not F To the Editor: from the same source, from ha- V that students know about it, and thy and euphemisms; behind the start asking Itself questions now. r If it is true, as Edmund Burke tred and anger. The only things, But perhaps the next time there believed, that "he that wrestles in fact, more irritating than the is a suicide, we should stop for a with us strengthens our nerves extremism of their positions are while and talk to each other, stop and sharpens our skill," Kevin J. the unswerving certitude with for a while and feel the loss. This Saeger G could not have wished which they hold them, and the is not something MIT officialdom for a more fitting Christmas pre- contempt they feel for any opin- can do for us; instead, we need sent than upstart freshman Allon ions but their own. to start asking questions instinc- G. Percus '91. By assuming the This contempt manifested itself tively. A liberal education is an Volume 107, Number 59 Wednesday, January 20, 1988 role of Soviet apologist, Percus most obviously in Percus' recent education not just in the art of has offered himself up to the column, ["Columnist should ana- questioning abstruse academic Publisher ...... Michael J. Garrison '88 maw of Saeger's anti-Soviet fury. lyze assertions," Jan. 131. In the problems, something with which Editor in Chief ...... Earl C. Yen '88 It is too early to see whether same breath in which he berates Business MNanager MIT students are notably good...... Mark Kantrowitz '89 each will find himself the worthy Saeger for his arrogance and Managing It also demands that we question Editor ...... Ben Z. Stanger '88 opponent Burke described. Sae- poor reasoning, Percus launches Piredusetion M~anage ...... our human values, and the values Ezra Peisach '89 ger's vicious condemnation of ev- into his own rambling stream of of the society of which we are a erything left-liberal, from Gary sarcasm and invective. News Editors ...... Mathews M. Cherian '88 part. Hart to the Afghan puppet-gov- Seeming to forget how to use Andrew L. Fish '89 When a friend of the German ernment, contrasts sharply with any adjective outside its pejora- Akbar A. Merchant '89 poet, Rainer Maria Filke, died, Night Editors ...... David B. Plass '90 Percus' careful defense of "cur- tive sense, Percus rakes Saeger he wrote "Requiem." It starts, "I Mark D). Virtue '90 rent" Soviet human rights over the coals for his 'Charming have my dead, and I have let Arts Editors ...... Peter E. Dunn G abuses. opinion," his "laughable arro- them go." Perhaps we should not Jonathan Richmond G But although they would be gance,"' and his "scholarly depic- Photography Editors ...... David M. let go so quickly, so easily. Watson '88 loath to- admit it, Percus and tion [of Soviet, life]." Kyle G. Peltonen '89 Ravi Desai '91 is a contributor Saeger are more alike than differ- Yet not a single fact appears to Advertising Manager ...... lalvard K. Birkeland '89 I to The ent. They are ideological oppo- back up this barrage of sarcasm. Contributing Editors ...... V Michael Bove G Tech's opinion depart- ment. sites, but opposites that spring Julian West G (Pleaseturn to page 5) NEWS STAFF 'Pornography does not Violate rights Associate News Editors: Darrel Tarasewicz '89, Niraj Desai '90; B To the Editor: r Senior Writers: Katherine T. Schwarz '86, Anuradha Vedantham "exploitation and abuse" in one with rationalizations such as 'oh, '89, Michael Goier '90; Staff: Daniel Although I was impressed by J. Glenn G, Harold A. Stern fell swoop. boys will be boys' or .'you G, Joel H. Friedman '88, Salman Akhtar '89, Mary Condello '89, Barbara A. Peterson's recent let- don't The B argument that "pornogra- have to watch if you don't want Marcia Smith '89, Sally Vanerian '89, Anh Thu Vo '89, Robert ter ["Pornography is exploita- L phy exploits those Adams '90, Ahmed Biyabani '90, Eric L. Chang '90, Sarita Gan- who are de- to' or 'they're only having a good tion," Jan. 6], it was not because 6 dhi '90, Seth Gordon '90, .picted in it" is often used by time.' " Vance S. Hamplernan '90, Anita of the validity C of her claims. In- C Hsiung '90, Jai Young Kim '90, Irene Kuo '90, Priyamvada Na- those who would deny American The stead, I was impressed by how ef- production and distribu- e tarajan '90, Kenyon D. Potter '90, Robert E. Potter citizens their 11'90, Raymie freedom of expres- tion of pornography has never Stata '90, Susan Seung-Eun Lee '91, Christina Liu '91, Prabhat fectively Peterson seems to be sion in this area, but it is an ar- been "rationalized" Mehta '91, Morlie L. Wang able to ignore the truth in her by advocates e '91, Wayne W. Wu '91, Paula Maute; gument which a does not stand up of free speech with arguments Meteorologists: Robert X. Black G, Christopher A. Davis G, pursuit of "individual rights." B to the facts. Those who partici- Michael C. Morgan '88. Peterson says, "Men have been such as these. Instead, it is justi- E pate in the production of pornog- h fied by the US Constitution itself, setting the criteria for 6accept- P ARTS raphy do so voluntarily. When STAFF able' activities for many genera- which guarantees to all US citi- E such participation is E Barbara A. Masi G, Mark Roman '87, David M. J. Saslav '87, not volun- zens the right to express them- tions and then protecting those c Manavendra K. Thakur '87, Julie Chang '89, Allon G. Percus tary, or when the participants are activities, such as pornography, selves as they see fit, so long as '91, Ricardo Rodriguez '91, Davin Wong '91. not old enough to give their vo- with ideas such as 'right to free that expression does not violate luntary consent, then a crime has s PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF speech' or 'freedom from censor- the constitutional rights of oth- Rich indeed been committed, but it is c R. Fletcher '88, Tom Coppeto '89, Victor Liau '89, Joyce ship.' " ers. e Ma '89, Ken Church '90, Lisette W. Lambregts '90, Mike ridiculous to say that all pornog- Niles She seems to imply that por- I fail to see how pornography '90, Kristine AuYeung '91, Sarath Krishnaswamy '91, Georgina raphy is produced against the will nography is something desired violates anyone's constitutional A. Maldonado '91, M~auricio Roman '91, Alice of those who I P. Lei; Darkroom are depicted in it. rights by virtue merely Manager: Mark D. only by men and that the rights of its exis- Virtue '90. Peterson continues, "Pornog- 5 to free speech and freedom from tence. raphy should not be tolerated BUSINESS STAFF censorship are not adequate to Jonathan I. Kamens '91 B Advertising Accounts Manager: Shari d -- - -- L_ - ·Y P· L. Jackson '88, Staff: defend the legitimacy Frannie Smith '90-,Genevieve of pornog- C. Sparagna '90. I; I raphy. I PRODUCTION STAFF The first implication is com- Editorials, marked as such and printed in a distinctive format, Associate Night Editor: Marie E. V. Coppola are the official opinion of The Tech. They are written by the editori- '90; Staff: Illy King pletely false. Any video store s '89, Eric Brodsky al board, which consists of the publisher, editor in chief, managing i I '90. Jeeyoon Lim '90, Daniel Peisach '90, Sta- owner who rents and sells X- c cy A. Segal '90, Ajay G. Advani '91, editor, news editors and opinion editors. 9' Jabin T. Bell '91, Scott R. rated films will B tell you that the Dissents, Ikeda '91. TEN Director:'H·alvard K. Birkeland '89. marked as such and printed in a distinctive format, are r majority of films are rented and the opinions of the undersigned members of the editorial board sold to women and couples. e The choosing to publish their disagreement with the editorial. a second implication has no basis Columns and editorialcartoons are written by individuals and re- i PRODUCTION STAFF FR THIS ISSUE in fact, since the United States present the opinion of the author, not necessarily that of the news- a Night Editor: ...... paper. a David B. Plass '90 Supreme Court and other lower a Staff: Peter E. Dunn G, Harold'A. Stern '87, Ben Z. Stanger Letters to the courts have repeatedly ruled that Editor are welcome, They must be typed double L '88, Mark e D. Virtue '90. spaced and addressed to The Tech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch, Cam- pornography is protected by the bridge MA 02139, or by interdepartmental mail to Room W20-483. a Constitution because of the Letters and cartoons must bear the authors' signatures, addresses, The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607) is published Tuesdays and Fridays during already-stated rights. ,= the academic and phone numbers. Unsigned letters will not be accepted. year (except during MIT vacations), Wednesdays during January, and monthly during No letter I am bewildered the summer for $15.00 per year Third Class by The Tech, 84 Massachusetts Ave. by Peterson's or cartoon will be printed anonymously without express prior ap- Room W20-483. Cambridge. MA 02139-0901. Third Class postage paid at Boston, comment, MA. Non-Profit Org. Permit "pornography is ex- proval of The Tech. The Tech reserves the right to edit or condense i No. 59720. POSTMASTER: Please send all address changes to our mailing address: The Tech. PO Box 29, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA ploitation and abuse, in its pro- letters. Shorter letters will be given higher priority. We regret we 02139-0901. Telephone: (617) 253-1541. Advertising. subscription, and typesetting cannot publish all of the letters rates available. Entire contents Oc 1988 The Tech. The Tech is a member of the duction, sale, rental and we receive. Associated Press. Printed by Charles River Publishing, Inc. viewing." I fail to see how all r ______I pornography can be classified as LlbaL1~3-_0·II i 1 I--^-'-- -r----l-,,,,,,___,, _____ ________ ,,8Itst t-1 * .,',-m ',, 'o r A- , - ~L~ J~s~bsrI~L _-~~-~ 98~~ -- ~-- sB~PIFrslk-B-· WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1988 The Tech PAGE 5

Translations into your native language YOPu are needed for industrial literature. You will be well paid to prepare these foreign translations on an occasional basis. Assignments are made according to 1e- str opiniont eyf language your area of technical knowledge. We are currently seeking translators or: ability • Arabic 0 Chinese 0 Danish s Dutch o Farai 0 French 0 GAsran * Greek is O Italnn a 3Japanese 0 Korean valuable! • Norwegian O olish 0 Portuguese Tech story emits **Teit city°^ {act • Romanian o Spanish 0 Swedish and others. III To the Editor: than the others, no evidence was recounted trying to help other The Tech's article on the Tent given of specific unlawful acts. CPs arrest Penn, Fernandez and Into-English translations from German and French. Many other languages also 5 Parks. No CP said what these de- City trial [" 'Tent City' protesters Two of the defendants were available. never even mentioned in the testi- ferndants were doing immediately go to court," Jan. 131 left out a Foreign language typists also needed. mony and one defendant was not prior to arrest. Glavin said that key development: the defending AN this wark canabe done In your attorney's request for dismissal of even arrested on MIT property all hell broke loose, but that is 1; the case. The Campus Police have no juris- not enough to convict specific I Linguistic Systems, Inc. is New i To my understanding, any le- diction off MlT land. people of crimes. England's largest translation agency, gal case must be made through For the others, it is not enough located a block north of the Central Sq. ,. in her summation, the pros- to show that they were on MIT subway station. the testimony of the witnesses. ecuting attorney was reduced to property. Campus Police Chief iOrI The prosecution has called all of arguing that the defendants were For appicaction and test I Anne P. Glavin, the officer in its witnesses to the stand. For obviously committing crimes, translation call Ms. there to have been a valid case, charge of the arrests, claimed she otherwise they wouldn't have I,,. Helnemann these witnesses have to have given tried to give people time to pack been arrested. Unugist:ic Systems, evidence that crimes were com- their belongings. Thus the case 116 Bishop Allen Drive - %864 -39 0 0 mitted by the defendants. hinges on whether the defendants At this, the judge smiled. Cambridge, MA 02139 were trying to comply, negotiate, How did The Tech let all this This never happened. I _- I. - . - - I- . 7 Except for the case of one or do something else. slip by? woman arrested two hours later All the CPs called to the stand Barry Klinger G SCIENCE AND Keep hatredI out of left-right debate ENGINEERING (Continued fronm page 4) how Percus can say Soviet human always acted honorably in world MAJORS! I' He dismisses Afghanistan as a rights violations "pale in com- affairs, I firmly believe that there small country, discounts Saeger's parison" with what we can expect is a fundamental difference be- 1~ opinion of the Soviet system be- from South Africa in light of the tween our mistakes and their The Air Force has opn- cause he has not personally vis- bloody Sovietexpansion into Af- policy. But even if I wrote one ings for me and women in E ited it, and with a wave of his ghanistan that has resulted in the word in proof of that history for hand pardons Soviet atrocities loss of a million -ives and has each of the 200,00 who protest- selected science and engineering a because other countries violate created over four million refu- ed Soviet human rights during fields To prepa you for one, you can human rights too. As an example gees, the largest refugee problem the Washington summit, I would apply for an Air Force ROTC scholanrhip. I of a country that is more evil in the world. Over one hundred accomplish no more than they than the Soviet Union, Percus thousand children have been did. See what it can do for yo. Contact the cams- dares to list Syria, kussia's main maimed and killed by a policy Honest, open debate is con- pus Air Force ROTC repeseltatiwtodaty. squeeze in the Middle East. Percus claims does not reflect on structive. There are many ques- When Percus angrily accuses the Soviet system. tions worth considering'iin US- M aIjor XSh 1neol Tulbi g Saeger of being a "[serious] ob- Meanwhile Percus seems to Soviet relations. Gorbachev's 617-253-4475 stacle" in the way of "those who think that no empire is "evil" un- image as a reformer opens many work incessantly to fight barba- til it has killed more people than hearts to the prayer that this is fi- rous cruelties worldwide," he ir- Nazi Germany. How does he ex- nally it. A year from now, those revocably turns what could have plain the ten million Ukrainians hearts may be crying, but now _ l =w =Gam ^ been a political debate into a per- starved to death under Stalin's they are hoping, as they have sonal thrashing, perhaps confus- reign? Were they not as impor- hoped many times before, and ing The Tech with the Rowman tant as the six million Jews who may yet hope many times again. Ueadomhip Fjwelne SFtarts kem Colosseulm. died in the Holocaust? What is But we should approach that de- I------. i . - Not surprisingly, both Saeger the basis for this apology for So- bate and approach those ques- and Percus are wrong, but the ir- viet totalitarianism? tions with clear heads and sound rational ideologies they both Enough of it! minds. There is no place for bit- cling to so tenaciously will not al- History itself is testament to ter, sarcastic attacks here. Let us low them -to admit that. Saeger's the horrible evils that have result- rather save our hatred for those just appraisal of the Soviet sys- ed from the Soviet system. And who would do us harm. tem as oppressive and tyrranical while the United States has not Eliot S. Levitt '89 prevents him from seeing that its government rules as such over an essentially peaceful and long- Wellesley-MIT Exchange AEROSPACE ENGINEERING suffering people. It prevents him GOOD IDEA #150 from appreciating, as Percus cor- GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF rectly charges, the rich and var- Latin American Peasantry ied cultures of the Russian and TECHI NOLOGY There are 372 more good ideas among the subjects offered at other Soviet peoples. The value Wellesley this spring. For information contact the Wellesley- of this cultural history is not in MIT Exchange Office, 7-103, x3-1668. any way lessened by the officially sanctioned "literature" and "art" - - . _- , . .I the Soviet regime thrusts down its IIe-- sC$~I " a~gspx Major areas of graduate study and research peoples' throats so as to better (M.S. & JPh.D): control them. 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Marsha Hewitt: Recent Sculpture contin- C:LAtSSICAL MUJSIC: POPULAR MUSIC ties through February 8 at the Cambridge A Concert by the Math Department & World-renowned singer Deia Reese per- Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second Friends is presented as part of the MIT forms at 7:30 and 9 pm at Club Cabaret, ( n Street, East Cambridge. Gallery hours IA P Music Library Series at 2 pm in Kil- 209 Columbus Avenue, Boston. Perfor- ON CAMPUS Compiled by Peter Dunn are Mon-Fri 12-4. Telephone: 577-1400. lian Halal, Building 14. No admission mances continue through January 24. i------I 1986 Wildlife Photography Exhibition, charge. Telephone:- 253-2')06. Tickets: $25 and 530. Tel: 536 0972. I -.--L- ·LBP4LPPIPbCIPAIiPBPIDBU· 50 prize-wirming photographs from in- ternational competition, continues The Boom and the Busl, graphic visions * * * CRITIC'S CHOIC E * * * through January 30 at the MIT Museum, of American life in the 1920s and 1930s, Les MIWrmbles, the Tony-award win- Carol Lewis. viola da gamba, and Fran- * * * CRITIC'S CHOICE * * * 265 Massachusetts Avenue (552-2nd continues through February 21 at the ces Conover Fitch, harpsichord, perform ning musical adaptation of Victor Tal Farlow, jazz guitar great, per- floor). Gallery hours are Tues-Fri 9-5, Boston University Art Gallery, 855 Com- works by de Visee,. Couperin, Marais, Hugo's classic, continues through forms at 8:00 and 10:30 at Night- Contemporary Insanity. a collection of Sat-Sun 12-4. No admission charge. Tele- monwealth Avenue. Boston. Gallery and Bach in a NsewsEngland Conserva- satirical songs and sketches portraying a April 23 at the Shubert Theatre, 265 stage, 823 Main Street, Cambridge. phone: 253 4444. hours are Mon-Fri 10-4, Fri evening 7-9, tory Faculty Recital at 8 pmn in Jordan Tickets: 510. Telephone: 497-8200. sophisticated and offbeat look at modem Tremont Street, Boston. Perfor- and Sat-Sun 1-5. Telephone: 353-3329. mances are Mon-Sat at 8 pm, Wed & Hall. 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston. life, continues at the Boston Baked The- NEC Extension Division Oapers Scenes Sat matinees at 2 pm. Tickets: $27.50 atre, 255 Elm Street, Davis Square in Puzzles Old and New, the largest and are also presented at 8 pm in Brown Somerville. Performances are Thurs at to $45, $16 special student tickets for most diverse collection of puzzles ever Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Richard Lloyd, with The Ex-Girlfriends. 8 pm, and Fri-Sat at 8 prn and 10:30 pm. some performances. Tel: 426-4520. assembled for public exhibition, contin- Tribal Traditions of Kenya, a multimedia performs at Axis, 13 Lansdowne Street, exhibit highlighting the infinite cultural No admission charge for either concert. Tickets: S8 Thurs, $9.50 Fri-Sat. Tele- ues through February 21 at the MIT Mu- Telephone: 262-1 120. just across the street from the entrance phone: 628-9575. seum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue. Gal- variety of this East African country, con- to thre bleachers at Fenway Park. Tele- lery hours are Tues-Fri 9-5, Sat-Sun 124. tinues through February 28 at the Muse- FILM 8 VIDEO phone: 262-2437. Nina, It's Different, Michel Vinaver's um of Science Stearns Gallery, Science Forbidden Broadway 1987, the musical avant-garde French play, continues Admission: $2 requested donation. Tele- The MsIT Lecture Series Committee pre- phone: 253 4444. Park, Boston. Telephone: 589-0250 or comedy revue with parodies of various through January23 at ThcatreS., St. 589-0253. sents Rollerball, starring James Caan. at famous personalities, continues indefi- Peter's Church, 838 Massachusetts Ave- 7 pm and 10 pm in 26-100. Admission: Battlezone, with guests Obsession JIron nitely at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel nue, Central Square, Cambridge. Perfor- $1.50. Rage, and Verniscaliper, perform in an Ellswortb Kelly: Small Sculpture 1958-87 18 + ages Heavy Metal show at the Terrace Room, Park Square. Perfor- mances are Friday at 8 pm and Saturday Massachusetts Masters: Afro-Ameri2nt mances are Tues-Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 7 at 8 pm & 10 pm. Tickets: S10 general, continues through March 27 at the MIT Channel, 25 Necco Street near South List Visual Arts Center, Weisner Build- Artists, with the works of 25 contempo- The Somerville Theatre presents Mionty Station in downtown Boston. Tickets: and 10 pm, Sun at 3 and 6 pm. Tickets: $6.50 students, $5 Saturday late shows. rary black artists on view In the Foster P,~thon's Life of Brian (1979) at 8:00 and $16 to $22.50. 1elephone: 357-8384. Telephone: 625-6087. ing, 20 Ames Street. Gallry hours are 56.50 advance/57.50 at the door. Tele- weekdays 12-6, weekends 1-5. No admis- Gallery, continues through March 6 at Repo Man (1984) at 6:15 & 9:45. Locat- phonle: 45 1-1905. sion charge. Telephone: 253 4400. the Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Hunting- ed at 55 Davis Square in Somerville, just Gillette, William Hauptman's play about ton Avenue, Boston. Tel: 267-9300. by the Davis Square T-stop on the red the adventures of two drifters who arrive line. Telephone: 625-1081. in the modern-day boom town of Gil- Right You Are (If You Think You Are), Didi Stewart & Friends. Push Push, and LA Hot and Cool: The Eighftes, drawing Knoltts & Crosses perform at T.T. the lette, continues through January 22 at Luigi Pirandello's satire exploring the photogra- difficulty and undesirability of probing together painting, sculpture, Bear's, 10 Brookline Street, Cambridge. the American Repertory Theatre, Loeb phy, and installations by 23 of LA's most Dutch Landscape on Paper: Rembrandt The Brattle Theatre begins its Wednesday Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cam- into other peoples' lives, continues provocative young artists, continues lo Mondrian, tracing changing concep- Telephone: 492-0082. through January 31 at the American series Films by the Score with Hitch- bridge. Performances are Tues-Fri at through February 7 at the MIT List Vi- tioas and continuities in the Dutch vision Repertory Theatre, Loeb Drama Center, cock's North by Northwest (1959), star- 8 pm, Sat at 2 pm and 8 pm, and Sun at sual Arts Center, Weisner Btiiilding, 20 of landscape from around 1600 to the ring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint, at 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge. Perfor- early twentieth century, continues Runaway Dan, Spiro GeltS, Inside 2pm and 7 pm. Tickets: $13 to $26. Ames Street. Gallery hours are weekdays 2:45 &7:40 and Journey to the Center of Straight, and Llamas perform at the Rat, mances are Tues-Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 2 pm through mi'd-April at the Museum of Telephone: 547-8300. 12-6, weekends 1-5. No admission the Earth (1959, Henry Levin) at 5:X0 & 528 Commonwealth Avenue in Kenmore and 8 pm, and Sun at 2 pm and 7 pm. charge. Telephone: 253-40. Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Bos- Tickets: $13 to S26. Tel: 547-8300. 10:00. Located at 40 Brattle Street, Cam- Square. Telephone: 536-94-38. ton. Telephone: 267-9300. bridge in Harvard Square. Admission: Hard Times, Charles Dickens' tale re- OFF CAMPUS $4.75 (good for the double bill). Tele- FILM & VIDEO creatmg the teeming world of Victorian New Works, an exhibition of recent phone: 876-6837. The Brattle Theatre begins ils Thursday industrial England, continues through paintings by Cambridge artist Elizabeth _Iaz _Q I series World Cinema: Itav/ with Vittorio February 7 at the New Repertory The- The Water Engine, David Mamet's story of what happens when a brilliant but na- Marran Hull, continues through Janu- de Sica's, Bicycle Thief (1948) at 4:00 & atle, 61 Washington Park, Ncwtonville. ive inventor tries to patent an engine that ary 29 at the Cambridge Arts Council, 7:45 and Roberto Rosselini's Open City Performances are Friday 8 pm, Saturday runs on distilled water, continues 57 Inman Street, Cambridge. Exhibition (1945) at 5:45 & 9:30. Located at 40 5 pm and 9 pm, and Sunday 2 pm. Tick- hours are 9 am to 8 pm. Tel: 498-9033. POPULAR MUSIC Brattle Street, Cambridge in Harvard ets: 59 and $12, $2 discount for seniors through February 27 at the Alley The- CLASSICAL MUSIC atre, 1253 Cambridge Street, Inman * I . * Roy Buchanan, soulful master of the Square. Admission. $4.75 (good for-the and students. Telephone: 332-1646. electric guitar, with special guests Driving Richard Given, trumpet, Ellen Given, double bill). Telephone: 876-6837. Square, -Cambridge. Performances are Resfponses and The Human Wall, instal- Thurs-Sun at 8 pm. Tickets: S12 general, Sideways, performs at 8:00 and 10:30 at flute, and George Kient, organ, perform lations by minimalist artist Jo Sandman Nightstage, 823 Main Street, Cambridge. solos and trio sonatas as part of the MIT Murder at the Rutherford House, la S10 seniors and students. Telephone: 491-8166. and figurative sculptor Heidi Tobler.-con- Tickets: $10. Telephone: 497-8200. Thursday Noon Chapel Series at 12:05 in The Somerville Theatre presents Blazing mystery in five courses," continues tinue through January 30 at Mobius, 354 the MIT Chapel. No admission charge. Saddles (19?4, Mel Brooks) at 6:00 & through January 27 at Club Cabaret, 209 Congress Street, Boston. Gallery hours Telephone: 253-2906. 9:45 and Dr. Strangelove (1964, Stanley Columbus Avenue, Boston. Perfor- are Wed-Sat 12-5. Telephone: 542-7416. The Pixies and Rash of Stabbings per- Kubrick) at 8:00. Located at 55 Davis mances are Tues-Wed at 7:30 and Sun at form at Axis, 13 Lansdowne Street, just * * * CRITICS CHOICE * * * Square in Somerville. iust by the Davis 1:00. Tickets: S45 Tucs-Wed, $25 Sun across the street from the entrance to the A Concert by the Physics Department & line. Tele- Orton's Square T-stop on the red (includes meal, show, tax, and graluitics. What the Butler Saw, Joe Tuscany Series, expressionist paintings bleachers at Fenway Park. Telephone: Friiends is presented as part of the MIT phone: 625-1081. Telephone: 536-0966. wild comic melee of disappearances, by Leslie Abrahams Barham, continues 262-2437. IAP Music Library Series at 2 pm in Kil- . * - . disguises, and discoveries in a lunatic through January 30 at the a.k.a. Skylight lian Hall. Building 14. No admission asylum, continues through Febru- Gallery, 43 Charles Street, Boston. Gal- charge. Telephone: 253-2906. * * * CRITIC'S CHOICE * * * * * * CRITIC'S CHOICE * * i. ary 14 at the Lyric Stage, 54 Charles lery hours are Mon-Sat 10-6. Telephone: in an 18+ Exodus and M.O.D. perform begins its The Piano lasson, by Pulitzer Prize- Street. Boston. Performances are 720-2855. Paradise, The Museum of Fine Arts ages Heavy Metal show at -the series The Cinema of .Surrealism: The winning playwright August Wilson, Wed-Fri at 8:00, Sat at 5:00 & 8:30, 967 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Esa- continues through January 31 at the and Sun at 3:00. Tickets: S10 to $13. Beginnings Through the Thirties with Telephone: 254-2052. Pekka Salonen conducting, performs Dough and Dynamile (1914, Charles Huntington Theatre, 264 Huntington Telephone- 742-8703. Ellsworth Kelly: Works on Paper and works by Dukas, Haydn, and Sibelius at Chaplin), Entr'acte (1924, ReP6 Avenue, Boston. Performances are Ellsworth K~elly: Seven Paintings, pre- 8 pm in Symphony Hall, corner of Hun- Clair), Histoire du Soldae lnconnu Tues-Sat at 8 pm, with Wed, Sat, & sented in conjunction with the exhibit at The Hardtops, G.G. Turner, Doppler tington and Massachusetts Avenues, Bos- (1932, Henri Storck), and UIn Chien Sun matinees at 2 pm. Tickets: $12 to the MIT List Visual Arts Center, contin- Effect, Say When, Delusions of Cran- ton. Also presented January 22 at 2 pm Andalou (1929, Luis Bunuel) at 5:30 $27. Telephone: 266-3913. ue through January 31 at the Museum of- deur, and Notite perform at the Chan- and January 23 &26 at 8 pm. Tickets: Yes To Everything!, an improvisational and Illusions Funambulesques (1903, Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Bos- nel, 25 Necco Street near South Station SI5.50 to S41. Telephone: 266 i492. movement-theater piece with actress/ ton. Telephone: 267-9300. in downtown Boston. Tickets: 53. Tele- George MCliis). Les Yampires (1915, Shear Madness, the long-running comic dancer Daena Giardelta, continues phone: 451-1905. Louis Feuillade), Le Retour i la Rai- at the New Ehrlich murder mystery, continues indefinitely at through January 24 The Longy Chamaber Singers perform son (1923, Man Ray), and Les Mys- the Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton Theatre, 539 Tremont Street, Boston. Italian Renaissance Mpiolica from the works by Mozart and Stravinsky at 8 pm 0eres du CNibcau do Ik (1929, Man Street, Boston. Performances are Tues- Performances are Thurs-Sat at 8 pm and William A. Clark Collection continues Judge Mentril, Raging Lemmings, and in the Edward Pickman Concert Hall. Ray) at R pm. Located at 465 Hun- Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 6.30 and 9:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. Tickets: $10 general, S$ through February 6 at the Museumn of Ex-1S perform at ST.T. the Bear's, 10 Longy School of Music, corner of Follen tington Avenue, Boston. Tickets: Sun at 3 and 7:30 pm. Tickets: S16 and seniors and student rush. Telephone: $3.50 general, $3 MFA members, sen- Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Bos- Brookline Street, Cambridge. Telephone: and Garden Strems, Cambridge. No ad- iors, and students. Tel: Z67-9300. $19. Telephone: 426-6912. 482-6316. ton. Telephone: 267-9300. 492-0082. mission charge. Telephone: 876 0956. c _ _, _- _-_ _- _ _ _- _ _.. - - 1

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Continues through Janu- well as Your Eyes, and M.A.D. to Nova Mob, and The Threats, perform at ary 30 with performances Thurs-Sat at N.U.T.S. at 8 pm in the Fitzgerald the Channel, 25 Neeco Street near South 8 pm. Tickets: $10. Telephone: 623-5510. Auditorium, Cambridge Rindge & Station in downtown Boston. Tickets: Latin School. Tickets: $10 general, $5.50 advance/S6.50 at the door. Tele- LECTURES $8.50 Dance Umbrella members. Tele- phone: 451-1905. ORCHESTRA phone: 492-7578. Painter and Potter in Renaissance Italy, i a lecture by Wendy M. Watson, curator, The Cleveland Orchestra will be conducted by Mount Holyoke Art Museum, is present- Mercy Seat and Class Action perform at I ed at 8 pm in the Mabel Louise Riley FILM & VIDEO T.T. the Bear's, 10 Brookline Street, i Christoph von Dohnanyi in Chain 2 by Lutoslawski and Seminar Room, Museum of Fine Arts, The MIT Lecture Series Committee pre- Cambridge. Telephone: 492-0082. 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Tick- sents Predator, starring Arnold Schwar- CLASSICAL MUSIC I Bruckner's Symphony No. 7. Symphony Hall, ets: $7.50 general, $6.50 MFA members, zenegger, at 7 pm and 10 pm in 26-100. i seniors, and students. Telephone: 267- Admission: $1.50. An IAP Chamber Music Concert, featur- January 29 at 8pm. MIT price: $5. 9300 ext. 306. ing Copland's Appalachian Spring and I other works, is presented at 7:30 in Kil- I The Brattle Theatre presents two film lian Hall, Building 14. No admission ____as m i versions of Crime and Punishment, by charge. Telephone: 253-2906. I Pierre Chenal (1935) at 4:00 & 7:55 and w -- - I I by Joseph Von Sternberg (1935) at 6:05 & I POPULAR MUSIC 9:55. Also presented January 23. Locat- * * * CRITIC'S CHOICE * * */ I ed at 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge in The Parley of Instruments, presented I Jimmy Johnson Band and 'Harmonica" Harvard Square. Admission: $4.75 (good I Phil Wiggins &John Cephas perform at by Charles River Cbncerts as part of I for the double bill). Telephone: 876-6837. the InternationalEarly Music Series, I PRRO ARTE 8 pm and 11 pm at Nightstage, 823 MainI Street, Cambridge. Also presented Janu- performs at 8 pm at the First Baptist I I Church, 110 Commonwealth Avenue, The Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra will be conducted by ary 23. Tickets: $10. Tel: 497-8200. I I * * * CRITIC'S CHOICE * * * Boston. Tickets: $9 to $15 [$6 student Bramwell Tovey in Gerald Dinzi's Cello Concerto, with I The French Library in Boston contin- tickets available at the door]. Tele- I Dumptruck, with guests Cavedogs, ues its series Films of Alain Resnais phone: 262-0650. I Blood Oranges, and Pat on the Back, with Nuit at Brouillard (Night and * $ $ Raphael Wallfisch, soloist, Mendelssohn's Overture to perform at the Channel, 25 Necco Street Fog, 1956) and La Jetle (The Pier, I near South Station in downtown Boston. 1962) at 8 pmr. Also presented Janu- "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and Dvorak's Symphony ary 23 and 24. Located at 53 Marl- 1 * . CRITIC'S CHOICE * I Tickets: $4.50advance/$5o50 at the The Emmanuel Chamber Orchestra door. Telephone: 451-1905. borough Street, near Arlington T-stop I No. 7. Sanders Theatre, January 31 at 3pm. MIT ptice: $6. on the green line. Admission: $3.50 performs the last three symphonies of general, $2.50 members. Telephone: Mozart in An Audible Celebration of I Mozar:'s Birthdoay at 8 pm at the Em- Down Avenue and Look One Look per- 266-4351. I I manuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, form at the Paradise, 967 Common- near the Arlington T-stop on the I wealth Avenue, Boston. Tel: 254-2052. IIPw ___-1Wob Nd -- ft Apromida foos_|_l green line. Tickets: $10. Telephone: I The Somerville Theatre presents Two In 437-620M ext. 258. I Twenty (1988), a five-hour, independent- I Treat Her Right, with guests Bee Vaughn ly-made video featuring a completely lo- 1- I Combo and Luddites, perform at T.T. cal production crew and cast, today and the Bear's, 10 Brookline Street, Cam- tomorrow at 8 pm. Parts 1-3 on Friday Thomas Stacy, English horn and oboe I I bridge. Telephone: 492-0082. I night, parts 4-5 on Saturday night. Lo- a'amore, performs works by Telemann, I CANTATA SINGERS * * * ,~ cated at 55 Davis Square in Somerville, Yvon, Melby, and Berg at 8 pm in the I I just by the Davis Square T-stop on the Edward Pickman Concert Hall, Longy Royal Pimps, No Surprize, Cost of Liv- red line. Telephone: 625-1081. School of Music, corner of Follen and I Blanche Honegger Moyse will conduct the Cantata Singers in I ing, and Happy Campers perform at the Garden Streets, Cambridge. Tickets: $7 I Rat, 528 Commonwealth Avenue in Ken- general, $5 seniors and students. Tele- I a program of Bach cantatas. Jordan Hall, January 22 at 8pm. more Square. Telephone: 536-9438. I The Cambridge Center for Adult Educa- phone: 876-0956. I CLASSICAL MUSIC tion continues its film series The Wages Please note that because of the short notice discount tickets I of Sin with Eric Von Stroheim's Greed FILM St VIDEO I c RFITC'S CHOICE * * (1926) at 7 pm and 9 pm. Located at 56 The MIT Lecture Series Committee pre- will only be available at Jordan Hall, on the night I The Opera Company of Boston opens Brattle Street, Cambridge in Harvard sents a Cartoon Film Festival at 7 pm I its new season with a spectacular new Square. Admission: 53.50. Telephone: and 10 pm in 26-100. Admission: $1.50. of the concert, to those with MIT student ID. MIT price: $5. I production of Medke by Cherubini at 547-6789. I the Opera House, Boston. Also pre- I scmnted January 24, 27, and 31. Tick- Tickets for the Cleveland Orchestra and Pro Arte ets: $25 to $55 [see also reduced-price The Museum of Fine Arts begins its film I tickets offered through The Tech Per- series Costa-Gavras:The Political Thrill- Chamber Orchestra are on sale to all members of the MIT I forming Arts Series). Tel: 426-2786. er and Beyond with ie Comparlimat Tuenrs (The Sleeping Car Murders, 1965) POPULAR MUSIC I · · * . community at the Council for the Arts at MIT; Rm. E15-205, at 5:30 and Un Homme de Trop (Shock O Positive, with guests Tribe, perform Troops, 1967) at 7:30. Located at 465 I and Ensemble per- beginning at 9 pm at Nightstage, 823 The Cautata Siagers Huntington Avenue, Boston. Tickets: I 2:30 - 5pm, Monday - Friday. Personal callers only. I form works by J.S. Bach at 8 pm in Jor- Main Street, Cambridge. Tickets: $7. dan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Bos- $3.50 general, $3 MFA members, seniors, Telephone: 497-8200. II - I I ton. Tickets: S5 to S16. Tdel: 267-6502. and students. 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No admission . . . . charge. Telephone: 262-1120 ext. 257. . ¢ q * Chicago pianist Pinetop Perkins, guitar- The Erdely Duo, Stephen Erdely, violin, ist Hubert Sumlin, and Ltfle Mike & and Beatrice Erdely, piano, perform as Kathesrine Anderson, viola, performs The Tornado's perform beginning at part of the MIT Faculty Series at 8 pm in works by Schumann, Bach, Brahms, and 9 pm at Nightstage, 823 Main Street, Kresge Auditorium. No admission Colgrass at 8 pm in the Edward Pickman Cambridge. Tickets: S9. Tel: 497-8200. charge. Telephone: 253-2906. Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, corner of Follen and Garden Streets. Cambridge. No admission charge. Tele- Les Rita Mitsouke performs in an 18+ * * . CRITIC'S CHOICE *, * phone: 876-0956. ages show at Axis, 13 Lansdowne Street, John Gibbons, harpsichordist, per- just across the street from the entrance forms works by Byrd, Frescobaldi. FILM & VIDEO to the bleachers at Fenway Park. Tele- Gibbons, Bach, and Scarlatti at 3 pmrn * * * CRITIC'S CHOICE * * phone: 262-2437. at the Museum of Fine Arts, 465 The Brattle Theatre continues its Huntington Avenue. Boston. Tickets: Monday series of Film Noir with a CLASSICAL MUSIC $12 general, $10 MFA members, sen- John Huston/Humphrey Bogan dou- The Boston University Chamber Players iors, and students. Telephone: 267- ble bill, Malitese Falcon (1941) at 4:00 perform works by Brahms and Prokofiev 9300 ext. 306. & 7:55 and Key Largo (1948) at 5:55 at 8 pm in the BU Concert Hall. 855 & 9:50. Located at 40 Brattle Street, Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. No ad- Cambridge in Harvard Square. Ad- mission charge. Telephone: 353-3345. A Faculty Recital with works by Schu- mission: S4.75 (good for the double bert, Strauss, and Ramsoe bill). Telephone: 876-6837. is presented at Gary Joynes, saxophone, performs in a 4 pm at the All Newton Music School, New England Conservatory Faculty Re- 321 GM Chestnut Street, West Newton, No cital at 8 pm in Jordan admission charge. Telephone: Hall, 30 Gains- 527-4553. borough Street, Boston. No admission FILM & VIDEO charge. Telephone: 262-1120 ext. 257. The MIT Lecture Series Committee pre- POPULAR MUSIC FILM & VIDEO sents Alan Parker's Famne it 7 pm and 10 pm in 26-100. Admission: $1.50. Eek-A-Mouse, the totally unique scat * * * CRITIC'S CHOICE * * * rapper from Jamaica, performs at 8:00 The Brattle Theatre continues its nv * * ~ and 10:30 at Nightstage, 823 Main Wednesday series Fihlms By Tie Score The Brattle Theatre continues its Sunday Street, Cambridge. Tickets: $10. Tele- with a James Dean double bill, East series Vintage Hollywood with a Kathar- phonre: 497-8200. of Eden (1955, Elia Kazan) al 3:40 & ine Hepburn double bill, Woman of the 7:55 and Rebel Without a Cause Year (1942, George Stevens), also star- (1955, Nlcholas Ray) at 5:50 & 10:00. ring Spencer Tracy at 3:50 & 7:50 and Jazz compositions, written and per- Located at 40 Brattille Street, Cam- Holiday (1938, George Cukor), also star- formed by New England Conservatory bridge Ir Harvard Square. Admission: ring Cary Grant, at 2:00, 6:00, & 9:55. students, are presented at 8 pm in Brown $4.75 (good for the double bill). Tele- Located at 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge Ha;l, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. phone: 876-6837. in Harvard Square. Admission: 54.75 No admission charge. Telephone: 262- (good for the double bill). Telephone: 1120 ext. 257. 876-6837. CLASSICAL MUSIC The Somerville Theatre presents a doub- Omnibus: Music of the Twentieth Cen- le-bill of Alex Co, films, Sid & Nanc tury presents works by Theodore Anton- (1986) at 7:45 and Straight to Hell (1987) The Somerville Theatre presents Some- at 6:00 & 9:50. iou, John Goodman, Ezra Simns. and Located at 55 Davis thing Wild (1986, Jonathan Demme) at Square in Somerville, Just by the Davis 5:30 & 10:00 and Blue Velvet (1986, Da- Daniel Kastner at 8 pm in the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Common- Square T-stop on the red line. Tele- vid Lynch) at 7:45. Also presented Janu- phone: 625-1081, ary 25 and 26. Located at 55 Davis wealth Avenue, Boston. No admission Square in Somerville, just by the Davis charge. Telephone: 353-3345. LECTURES Square T-stop on the red line. Tele- In the Spirit of Dubois: Black Atlantic phone: 625-1081. FiLM & VIDEO The Bratt!e Theatre begins Visual Tradition Since Coltrane, a lec- its Tuesday ture by Robert series The Cutting Edge: New Filmnsby Farris Thompson, profe- sor of art history, InternationalFilmmakers with Yale Univeristy, is pre- The Harvard-Epworth Church presents Life Is a sented at 8 pm Dream (1986, Raul Ruiz, France) at 7 pm in Remis Auditorium, The Iron Crown (1941, Alessandro Bla- Museum o! and Suburban Angels (1987, Carlos Rei- Fine Arts, 465 Huntington setti) at 8 pm. Located at 1555 Massa- Avenue, Boston. Tickets: $7.50 general, chusetts Avenue, Cambridge just north chenbach, Brazil) at 9 pm. Located at 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge in Harvard $6.50 MFA members, seniors, and stu- Humphrey Bogart can be seen in John Huston's The Maltese Falcon and of Harvard Square. Admission: $3 con- dents. Telephone: 267-9300 ext. 306. tribution. Telephone: 354-0837. Square. Admission: $5 (sitnge admis- Key Largo, shown at the Brattle Theatre on Jan. 25. sion). 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US termed an obstacle to Central America peace ,,^ (Continued from page 2) try's most prominent anti- pare Nicaragua and E1 Salvador duce this and they blame it on cation program that lowered the in the context of the Arias plan. A tale of two countries: Sandinistas, Miguel Cardinal never having had a real govern- illiteracy rate. El Salvador seeks a free market Nicaragua and El Salvador Obando y Bravo, as a member. ment they can be happy about. Diskin also criticized US press El Salvador, in comparison, solution to its economic troubles, They're looking for a far-right depictions of the treaty. In a report issued by the plan's also formed its reconciliation he said. president so they will be en- verification committee last No- commission, but that commission The private sector of that gorged with wealth and encour- "The press continually de- vember, Nicaragua was said to was eventually dissolved after the country claims that it needs a aged to start trickle-down,". Dis- scribes the treaty as a plan that have taken "many steps toward resignations of opposition repre- government that will give it free kin said. will 'bring democracy to Nicara- compliance," according to Dis- sentatives, Diskin said. The situa- reign to use the country's re- The government of Nicaragua, gua' or one that only affects kin. The Sandinistas reopened tion "deteriorated into the politi- sources so productively that it however, sees its role as the up- Nicaragua, where actually it is the opposition newspaper La cal accusation slinging so will be able to produce wealth lifter of the poorest members of not," he said. Prenza, admitted exiled priests common in El Salvadoran poli- that will benefit the rest of the society and it designs projects "In the case of human rights, and formed its four-person rec- tics between the right and the far population, Diskin said. that begin with them in mind, the image is that only Nicaragua onciliation commission immedi- right," he reported. "After forty years, [the private Diskin claimed. The govern- has non-compliance," Diskin ately, naming one of the coun- Diskin went on to filrthPr onm. sector has] not been able to pro- ment's track record shows that in said. "However, in Nicaragua, the first three years of the revolu- the accusations only concern vio- tion, some changes benefitted lations of due process of the law, US attacked as "terrorst nation" even the poorest of the popula- while -in El Salvador and Hondu- (Continuedfrom page 2) ers, explaining that they would be ion, which generally has been op- tion: infant mortality decreased, ras, the governments there are army up to a force of 600,00 used to stop illegal contra supply posed to the "hard line," the while countries like Honduras answering to accusationris of mur- men. Humberto Ortega, Nicara- flights. An earlier attempt to buy policy has been successful in ter- even experienced a rise; and ders, mutilations, and disappear- gua's defense minister, verified French Mirage fighters was minating social reform, Chomsky Nicaragua implemented an edu- ances of innocent citizens." Miranda's claims in the same blocked by the United States, he admitted. Evidence of Nicara- I2~ ~ ~ _ _m week. said, adding that the'"loyal gua's weakness lies in its ruined The media failed to report the press" suppressed this informa- economy and its acceptance of actual text of Ortega's speech, tion. Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bra- Chomsky claimed. Instead, they vo, an opposition figure, as medi- quoted it selectively and built a American claims of Nicara- ator with the contras, he said. false interpretation. The Sandin- guan "aggression" are similar to Yet the domestic American de- 11 istas actually intend to reduce - and as valid as - those made bate seems to be shifting away their army once the contras are against Poland by Nazi Germany, from the "hard line" in Nicara- overcome, Chomsky said. He at- Chomsky said. Nicaragua is actu- gua, mostly because the decline 11 tacked the attitude that Nicara- ally "an astonishingly open coun- in the American economy has led gua's military buildup was un- try," he said, since it allows to a cutback in "international justified, saying "[I]t's scandalous American journalists within its aggression," Chomsky said. Two to defend against US invasion, borders. 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Fernandez said he be- days, but the street people stayed. for St. Paul's fense motion to finld Miriam An nandez and Penn immediately for the Salvation Army dis lieved her action was related to The one-month standoff came to gram, Sara - who was arrested for prior to their arrests. American the Tent City affair. Glavin de- a head on Nov. 20, when the and for the Central orderly conduct - not guilt - Nancy Rtyan, director of the Association, according nied this and said she had filed Campus Police arrested ten pro- Solidarity because the MIT Campus Polic Womeres Commission for the Steven D. Penn G. charges in June. testers who allegedly refused to to defendant department acted outside of it City of Cambridge, who was on said he will work with t.c The defendants appeared jubi- leave the site. One of the protest- He jurisdiction. Ansara was off MI' the site but who was not arrested, of the Covenant to watch lant at trial's end, although, ac- ers, Carlos Gonzalez, is being Church property when she was arreste, claimed she never heard any offi- the apartments in which the oth cording to Robert Johnson, an- tried separately. over for allegedly interfering with cial say: "Now you must leave or are now living other defense attorney, some had Tent City homeless er arrests, according to police tes you'll be arrested." Thle defense focused its ques- temporarily. Police Chie had reservations about the pro- timony. Campuls tioning on three issues; whether Donna Crosby, the assistant Glavin confirmed tha posal. Penn said that he, Fernan- Anne P. MIT was aware that the Simplex district attorney prosecuting the do not hav dez and Parks wanted to contin- She testified for the defense campus patrolmen Steering Committee intended to case, called the result "fair and powers which would allot ue with their case in order to get that Parks had asked her to help sheriff camp out on the Simplex site beneficial to the community," to make arrests off MI' the court to record testimony on pack Parks' belongings. Ryan them durng its Oct. 17 demonstration; while Kurt Pressman, one of the their behalf "We didn't even get said that she, Ansara and Ansar- property. whether the SSC had received defense attorneys, called it a arrest," Ansara said a chance to present our cage," a's daughter began to stuff Parks' "My permission to use the Simplex "victory for the defendants." The 'showed MlT's disrespect t. Penn said. belongings into plastic bags. She property; and whether the Tent defense lawyers worked without members who wante, These defendants asked the said that Parks - "concerned community City residents had been given suf- fees, and the defendants will not to play a role in negotiating judge if they could split their and distressed about other people ficient warning to vacate the have to pay court fees, either, successful resolution [to the Ten case. But Gershengorn offered on the site" - would tell Ryan property. Penn said. City standoff].' the defendants an all-or-nothing which items to pack and then re- she would withdraw the Walter L. Milne, assistant to Guernsey said he and other deal: turn to the center of activity. Milne, who was subpoenaed by proposal if the defendants did the chairman of the MIT Corpo- are considering suing the Campu the defense, testified that Chris- did not not accept it unanimously, ac- ration, said, "While MIT- Police for false arrest. The re But Special Assistant for Gov- topher Weller, an SSC member, the illegal cording to Johnson1. and cannot condone maining defendants included ernmenta} Relations and Commu- had indeed notified him of the it be- occupation of its property, Penn, Beret Anderson, Stephei Police testimony lacking nity Affairs Ronald P. Suduiko, Oct. 17 demonstration in ad- dispo- lieves Judge Gershengorn's Fernandez, Charlene Gilbert an, subpoenaed by the defense, testi- vance. Weller corroborated, say- resolution of the Glavin had identified earlier in sition was a fair Evelyn Parks. had not seen anybody ing he had several conversations the trial all nine defendants as fied that he matter." MIT has decided not to fil to pack up his with Milne before the event "to been on the Simplex land making any effort Gershengorn had earlier grant- charges with the Committee oi having make him aware of what we when she warned protesters they or her belongings. ed a motion by the defense to Discipline against student pro would be doing, and make sure would be arrested if they did not find Susan Durkee, Bruce Green- testers Ff,-rnandez and Penn, ac The Tent City protest began MIT would not react with sur- leave the premises. But in subse- holtz and ft. Stewart Guernsey cording .o Milne. when homeless people pitched prise." Weller claimed he "de- quent testimony" no police officer not guilty because the prosecu- But Tenm said that on Jan. tents on a parcel of Simplex land scribed exactly what was going to confirmed seeing Durkee, Green- tion had failed to produce suffi- Glavin filed charges with th, as part of an Oct. 17 Simplex happen.' cient evidence showing the defen- COD) against him and Fernande holtz, and Guernsey at the mo- Repuhlzlzna ca%,vndidates skirlwnish in NH debate (Continuedfrom page p} When Chancellor raised a simi- things. I was almost ready to vote lar question, Bush retorted: "Let for him after I read that." me tell you something: You and The other candidates at the de- the media have a fascination with bate included: former Delaware Iran that I don't think the Ameri- Gov. Pierre S. DuPont, Gen. can people are interested in that Alexander Haig, Rep. Jack Kemp much." At this, some members of

FG (R-NY), Rev. Pat Robertson. the audience booede Dole himself was not free from In their campaigns, the Repub- attack. A number of candidates lican candidates have held that - particularly Kemp - por- Nicaragua's Sandinista governm- trayed Dole as a legislator all- ment poses a threat to US securi- e too-ready to raise taxes. "Why is ty. They have favored continued

e it, Bob, that every response to ev- US aid to the contra rebels. Most pi ery budget problem from Sen. oppose the Arias peace plan - Dole is to raise taxes?" Kemp an accord signed by the presi- asked. Dole was criticized for his dents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, support of an oil import fee and Guatemala, Honduras, Nicara- farm subsidies: stands that hold gua, calling for ceasefires, demo- up well in the bread-basket-land cratic reforms and amnesties - of Iowa, but not in freezing New because that plan does not ad- Hampshire. dress Soviet and Cuban influence E P kIonically, all of this jousting in Nicaragua. occurred as the candidates tried The candidates addressed ten- to explain to the public that Re- sions in the Middle East, as well. publicans - oft condemned as Palestinian riots have beset Israel hard-headed and hard-hearted - in the occupied territories - the could be compassionate and sen- West Bank and the Gaza Strip - sitive folk when it came to social for almost a month. issues such as poverty and hun- In the past, tensions-have de- ger. Dole, sometimes sounding veloped because Israel considered like the most liberal of the six, the territories vital to iis security, rp~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~r said that federal government while Arab countries wanted to- should take respon'sibility for tal relinquishment of these lands, long-term health care and day according to Haig. He said the care if no one else did. current tension was aggravated "Replacing the welfare check by Islamic fundamentalists who with the pay check: that is com- believe the Arabs are leaving passion," said DuPont. DuPont them. also said that the United States must prepare itself for a future in Robertson said that the United lEST LIMITS OF? YOUR4j,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i GAO which there will not be enough States should invite Israel, Egypt, social security benefits for retir- Syria and Jordan to a peace con- ees, as the pool of retirees is cur- ference in Washington, with the rently growing faster than the ' president playing broker. Dole pool of workers putting money said that, although "radicals in into social security. This is due to the Gaza have been taunting Is- ~~~~automationin homes and buildings-AND their social. the so-called "baby-boomers," rael," he sees "srael using excess Enter6ththe Ente AnAnnual thualimpact 6t on the world of tomorrow.2 DuPont said. sive force." He criticized the Rea- But both Bush and Dole said gan administration for its lack of HONEYW ELL FUJTURIST Ifyour ideas are among the most imaginative and technicall that the current surplus in social forming any visible policy for the AwardCompetition ~~~~~~~feasible, youl may be among the 10 winners awarded $3,000). . security payments is being invest- area. For Futurist Contest mles, entry form and a free 17 X 22 color ed in a "trust fund' of treasury Visio. ImnafilL Tchnoogy he wrld s ye bomnow.poster of the jean-Michel Folon pfint pictured above, call this bonds, which can be used in the On another front, calling the ViinTcnk. Iignain ~ er 5yer ro o. toll-free number. future in the case of a shortfall. Soviet Union an "economic bas- Today's dreams become tomorrowv's reality. Write your vision Du- "needs us more Candidates aiso belittled ketcase' which of th worldin 2013and enter Honeywell's188Futurist 1 "8O'o V 328-5111 Ext. 1581 Pont's proposal to fight drug than we need it," Kemp said the Awar CometitorL among teenagers by revok- United States must condition the abuse If you're a full-time student at an accredited U}.S. college or 1988 andely mailo rqusyour entryor 18.198by March ing the driver's licenses of those next summit conference on untiversity, we invite-you to wse your imagina~tion and 198adsalyu nyIyLrh1B 98 who fail drug tests. whether or not the Soviets are kniowledge of technology to write a 1,500 word essay on the Last week, the press raised willing to discuss violations of advances you foresee in one of several topics-electronics, S_ questions about Bush's role in the past arms and anti-ballistic mis- industrialautomation, aerospace,semiconductors, or H loneyw ell 9 Iran-contra affair - specifically, sile agreements. about how he could not know abodut the arms-for-hostages deal Bush qualified this: "Sure, and the subsequent funds divert- they've cheated. But we've got to done against 44joe.X. contras if he had at- weigh what they've a progress for peace." . tendjed",s Utings.

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Suffolk foils -Om --- PII _ _I, men s hockey finals bid i (Continuedfrom page 16) ·:-·I ilfit .X x-·.`r·'" ",9: Nd-·n ,, ;2 ,,· I This enthusiasm went for derneath Gasparini's pads. With i The hole was just a little too a ' ·I ·. rI. ..· · - s·'l· "·"·-ii . ·-: ..· B naught, however, as the Rams the score at 6-2 it looked unlikely ·') n b .o t ·· deep. With MIT driving deep and tr--·· '";i; ;" L= ; ;L scored twice again late in the pe- that the Engineers would make it forechecking deep, they managed ;I Z i; r· Ir. r .4 riod. The first goal came on a 2- to the championship game. to pull within two goals of the r L- · -· ; · on-O breakaway as the MIT de- The third period showed that ·. .r : ··- ,r -· Rams, but that was the best they ···: . r fense was caught standing at no matter how big a hole the JEn- t p.a: · the could do before the game was fi- ;··;·ti· F:i· 41 ... Suffolk blue line, the second goal gineers had dug for themselves, nally put out of reach. a I f · -1 ,· on a Suffolk power play as a shot they were still willing to try to The Engineers notched their d ,· from the point found its way un- pull themselves out of it. " ; -J",_ " ",·JP, ,,,; -' third goal at the 11 :02 mark ·e .r -r r' "g- ,;··· r· .rR'' :- ··· '· a ': when Mike Foley G scored on a T$)C. d-- -·*rr rebound off a Jessiman blast 13t'. 7* Z(- Strong defense shuts out BU from the right point. MIT's ·- {Continued from page 16) fourth goal, bringing the score to 6-4 just more than a minute later; > si ning, beating Bowdoin College drove up through the Bowdoin resulted from excellent forward for the first time in the team's defense for the go-ahead goal. passing up the ice, eventually. I history. ii· It was a closely fought Offsetting penalties with less leading to a Bates breakaway ·.r ^·" battle that remained tied for the than two minutes left brought the goal. majority of the game, and it number of skaters on each team With these two quick goals it looked like Bowdoin might pull to four. Bowdoin pulled its goal- looked like the MIT squad might- off a tie in the final minutes of tender to try for the tying goal pull off the impossible, that the play. with the 5-on-4 advantage. Then, dream might come true. But the Katie Hope scored MIT's first with 20 seconds left, Rachael dream turned to nightmare as a goal on a fluke shot from behind Berman '88 '- notorious for soft lob from the right point took M4IT's blue line and the first peri- picking up penalties with her rug- a freakish deflection off Gaspa- od ended in a 1-1 tie. Michelle ged style of play - took a seat rini's pad into the net. The score Bonugli '88 made a patented on the bench to give Bowdoin the now at 7X4, with the MIT spirits drive up the left wing for the En- 5-on-3 advantage. These last few demoralized, it would stand as gineers' second goal, ending the minutes saw tense play as Bow- such until game's end. The Engi- second period at a 2-2 stalemate. doin got several good scoring op- neers would have to be satisfied Victor Liau/The Tech The score remained tied until Steve Ybon '89 serves during his squash match versus portunities, but the Engineers with the consolation game inL- Cornell. seven minutes were left in the stood their ground for the stead of a shot at the champion- ·BSdL LIL---SL -·II-- RLII------bC -- Iru - game, when Sandy Linde '87 victory. ship. - ,_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Y~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------· C-- A MESSAGE TO M.l.T. STUDENTS REGARDIlNG F NOMNllOOP BOPARD OF DIRECTORS

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By Peter Dlunn minutes left in the period all hell Excise 27 seconds from the broke loose. l· first period of last Saturday's With 1:41 left, a Suffolk defen- game between the MIT men's seman slapped a shot from the hockey team and the Suffolk blue line off a faceoffin the MIT University Rams and take away a zone to beat netrninder Peter freak goal at the end of the third Gasparini '88 past his glove period, and it would be MIT hand. Five seconds later, a Ram squaring off against the Tufts beat the entire MIT squad off the iJumbos in a rematch of last faceoff at center ice to give Suf- year's championship game of the folk the 2-1 lead. Flustered, the · ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ P~~~en Martin TTournamrent. M~IT defense continued to lose TfThe Engineers instead suffered composure and allowed a third another frustrating loss where the goal 22 seconds later: a pass c > ~ breaks just wouldn't fall their from the right boards found a way and will be facing the Uni- Ram breaking up center ice and _,~~"e~88~a~a~pa~·18B·~~aA d~ versity of Rhode Island Rams in he beat Gasparini to end the peri- the consolation match tonight. od at 3-1. The game against Suffolk be- The Engineers seemed to settle gan with a slow start, much down after the disorganization slower than the fast paced Tufts- and confusion of the last two 2,eA~tg[ URI match played earlier the minutes of the first period, but saneW day, but more intelligently Suffolk continued applying pres- ayaged and with cleaner passing. sure and extended its lead to 4-1 The Engineers were playing their at the 2:39 mark with a strong - :1 usual physicil game, slowing the drive up theleft wing from center Rams in the neutral zone, but ice. The MIT defense stood perhaps not applying as much strong over the next five minutes pressure in the Suffolk zone as as the Enginthrs played short- they could have with more handed on high sticking and in- fcorechecking. terfe~rence calls. The EngiIleers put themselves Halfway through the period, on the scoreboard first- convert-w the Engineerse ut the lead to 4-2

ing a 5-on-3 powerplay oppor_,- on a power play. Alec ,essiman ~I~I %nity at-the 13:35 mark. The play '88 puta the pucek on the crease started with good passing be- from behind the Suff'olk net and tween the men at the point, then Henry IDotterer '91 lifed it over ~~~iK~~~~~h~~defenseman Rick RussellG the sprawled netmiuder for the slipped forward into'a hole in the goal. This goal seemed to fire up Suffolkdefensetoput a lowshot the MIT team, especially the past the R~ams' goaltender. It Jrfont line of IDotterer, Jeff Bates Victoriau/Thelooked as if the Engineers would '90 andl John Santotro '89 who Darlene6e~ild'88 ges fora lay-p durig lastnightsgame aainst uffolk head to the lockers with a one were playing with added gusto. won the gambile 55-35.sfrala-pdrngls igt aeagis ufok goal lead, but with less than two (Please turn to parge 15)

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MIT shutout BU,I 2-0 By Peter Dunn much as the first but with the The MIlT women's hockey team Terriers forechecking better, thus paid a visit to Boston University slowing down the MIT offense. last Friday and left the BU Terri- Even so, the Engineers managed ers in their dust as, by evening's to break through, as they scored end, they rode off with a 2-0 vic- their first goal just past the tory. Despite missing several key game's halfway mark. players, the Engineers dominated Liz Stock '90, open at the right the entire game and, if not for, of the BU crease, scored on a some excellent BU goaltending, centering pass from Katie Hope. would have tallied a more lopsid- And even as the MIT offense ed score. slowed a bit, the defense hung The -Engineers dominated the tight, not even allowing a shot on first 1S minutes of play with goal during BU's lone power play strong forechecking and hard of the period. The BU goaltend- play along the boards in the BU ing continued to excel, denying zone. This pressure resulted in MIT any further goals. several good scoring opportuni- It looked as if the Terriers ties as MIT was able to set up might pull out a tie as they put plays from behind the BU goal several shots on net during the and from along the boards. Un- opening minutes of the third pe- fortunately, the BU goalterdirng riod, but this short burst was to kept MIT scoreless during the be their final gasp. At the 4:00 first period despite these many minute mark the Engineers again scoring chances. scored as Julie Ask '90 swiped The key to MIT's game, how- the puck under the BU goal- ever, was more their defense than tender on a slow shot from their offense. In an ostensibly no- Sandy Linde '87 from a pass check game, the Engineer defense from Tanya Jegeris '89. The 2-0 applied a healthy dose of body score did not seem like an over- contact to their opponents, time whelming victory for the Engi- and again stopping the Terrier of- neers, but MIT had dominated fensive drives in the neutral zone. the game from start to finish. This intimidating, physical atti- tude set the tone for the game and assured MIT's domination The Engineers skated to a 3-2 over the Terriers. home victory on Monday eve- The second period continued (Please turn to page 15)

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