UAC Cuts Voodoo's Funding
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MlT's The Weather Oldest and Large t Today: Rainy, windy, 40°F (4°C) Tonight: Clear, cold, 34°F (10C) ewspaper Tomorrow: Cloudy, 42°F (S°C) Details, Page 2 UAC Cuts Voodoo's Funding, Approves Logan Finals Shuttle By Dan McGuire The motion came as council Carter said that the amount of NEWSEDrrOR members debated whether Voodoo money given to Voodoo could be The Undergraduate Association would make good use of the money increased after discussions between Council held its last meeting of the allocated to it the VA and Voodoo staff. In the term Wednesday evening, approv- "Voodoo has not come out all meantime, the VA Executive ing an amended version of the this term," said Edward A. Gordon Committee could issue emergency Finance Board recommendations for '99, a member of Finboard. "Over funds if the need arose, Carter said. spring term funding for student half of the people on campus, fresh- activities and an airport shuttle dur- men and sophomores, have never Campu publications discussed ing finals week. seen more than two or three issues The debate over the future of After some debate, the council of Voodoo ... Voodoo can do better," Voodoo's funding evolved into a voted to approve an amended ver- he said. discussion of how much money stu- sion of the Finboard recommenda- "I think that the money that dent publications need from the VA. tions. UA Vice President Dedric A. we're giving them is keeping Voodoo, along with Carter '98 made a motion to give [Voodoo] from dying when it should Counterpoint and The Thistle, are at Voodoo $1,600 for the spring term die. It's a lot of money that could be least partially dependent on VA rather than the $2,400 allotted by going to other groups," said council. funds, while The Tech is self-suffi- Finboard. The motion passed 12-6. member Natalie Tal '99. cient. "These are larger-scale policy issues that we should deal with in council," Carter said. "Voodoo used to be funded a lot Building 16Changes - almost $4,000 to $5,000 a year. The VA decided to match them dol- lar for dollar for ads. The idea was to generally make them self-suffi- To Begin in January cient," said UA Treasurer Russell S. By erik S. Balsley open throughout the spring term. Light '98. SPORTS EDITOR However during the summer, the Some students said that advertis- Renovations to Building 16 and connection will not be accessible ing revenue was difficult to get Building 56 will continue, with because of construction work on the because of competition between Building 16 closing in early January first floor lobby. campus publications. to accommodate the construction of During the construction, "it's a major indoor route to Building 26. going to be awkward to get to UAC, Page 19 Building 56, which has been Building 26," Joyce said. under construction since the fall of To lessen confusion while the 1995, will reopen when Building 16 work is taking place, plans will be closes. posted showing alternate routes De tc ,Leaving elf\, Eails to Wm "We have to shut down access to through the area, she said. 26:100 through Building 16 for the month of January for asbestos Athena cluster will move Secretary of Defense Nomination removal," said Nancy Joyce, project Closing off Building 16 will manager for Beacon Construction eliminate an Athena cluster in the By Brett Altschul Clinton also announced that Wednesday that he would leave the Company, the outside contractor in basement there. The cluster is mov- STAFF REPORTER Deutch will not continue as the CIA Pentagon early next year, once the Senate approves a successor. charge of the project. ing to 56-129, Joyce said. Institute Professor John M. Director and nominated Anthony After the removal is complete, a The construction will close Deutch '61, who is currently the Lake, the current director of Over the past weeks, Deutch was temporary tunnel will be created access to classrooms, as well, so director of the CIA, was passed over National Security Council, to fill the often suggested as a strong candi- through the first floor of Building 16 alternate ones in Building 56 will be in the nominations announced by post. date to be the next secretary of to provide access to 26-100, Joyce made available, Joyce said. the White House yesterday. However, Deutch, who served defense. Deutch was the the deputy secretary of defense until he became said. The renovation of Building 16 President Clinton nominated as provost at MIT from 1985 to However, the tunnel will not will include the addition of many Senator William Cohen (R-Me.), 1990, may also be under consider- CIA director in 1995. provide as "free or open access as new amenities. The changes will who is retiring from the Senate, to be ation to head the Department of CIA stint was problematic what is there now," Joyce sai.d. secretary of defense, the position for Energy, according to published The passageway will remain Construction, Page 17 which Deutch was being considered. reports, and there is some specula- During Deutch's time at the tion he is headed to the private CIA, the agency has faced many sector. difficulties. The most severe of The current defense secretary, William Perry, announced on Deutch, Page 12 Beating Outside Saloon Prompts Order for Guard By Douglas E. Heimburger I n a letter addressed to STAFF REPORTER Tuesday Afternoon, Inc., which The Cambridge License owns the saloon, the commission Commission has voted to require the said, "No student nor person Cambridgeport Saloon to hire a secu- should be fearful of walking by rity guard on weekend evenings to your premises for fear of being patrol the sidewalk outside the bar. attacked." The saloon, which is located Commission Chairman Benjamin next to Random Hall on Massachusetts A venue, prompted Random, Page 15 concern after the October beating of Jonathan R. Blandford '98 by sever- al men who had just left the bar. The men beat him before fleeing. Blandford suffered an ear infection and bruises to the back and face as a result of the incident. The commission, in a 3-0 vote released this week, decided to require the saloon to "have a securi- ty guard, detail officer, or security doorman outside on the sidewalk" from 11 p.m. until closing on Friday and Saturday nights. The commission also required the saloon to provide a "contact per- son" to Random Hall so that resi- ERIK S. BALSLEY-THE TECH dents of Random can call the estab- Bulldl.., 56, which has been under construction since the fall of 1.995, will reopen when Bulldln. 1.6 lishment with their concerns at any cIoees In early January. time. Page 2 TH TECH D cember 6, 199 Go e e t • •e For Jailing 18 LOS A GELES TIMES WASHrNGTO The Ju tice Department relea ed 495 million ThUT day partly to reimburse tates and municipalities for the cost of imprisoning ille- By Peter Baker minded diplomat whose family o am I glad that I have a gal immigrant . and John F. Harris escaped the azis in Republican in the Cabinet? Yes." The beefed-up grants fall far hort of the complete reimbursement THE WASHI GTON POST Czechoslovakia ~s slated to become For all their novelty, though, that tates and municipalities have been demanding, but federal offi- WASHI GTO the highest-ranking woman in the three of the four are known com- cials said the almo t 60 percent reimbursement rate i a significant With one eye on the history history of the United States, fourth modities who served Clinton in his increase over last year's 16 percent. book and the other on a Republican in the line of succession to the presi- first term. To provide the money, federal officials are reaching back to the Congress, President Clinton dency itself. Collectively, they face the task 1986 immigration reform law, which authorized that state be com- Thursday nominated U.. Cohen, a moderate with a of continuing to redefine America's pensated for the cost of impri oning illegal immigrants. For year, Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright famously independent streak who is role in the post-Cold War era as the however, no fund were appropriated under the program. to be the first woman to serve as retiring after 24 years in Congress, world's sole "indi pensable nation," Linda McCay, the Justice Department official in charge of the secretary of state and Sen. William propel1ed himself to the top of the as Clinton termed it. During the program, said the 1996 total is "a fairly big chunk of change." S. Cohen to be defense secretary military hierarchy on the strength of next term, the president and his new Attorney General Janet Reno called the award an important step and the first Republican in his his job interview. Long enamored team mu t find ways to bring home toward responsibility for the jailing costs of illegal immigrant felons. Cabinet. with the idea of including a U.S. troops from Bosnia and central "We have more work to do but we have made real progress and Clinton also tapped national Republican in his inner circle, Africa safely and successfully, get our task now is to build on that progres ," Reno said. "We wiIl con- security adviser Anthony Lake to Clinton developed a personal chem- the Middle East peace process back istry with the part-time poet and spy tinue to expedite deportation and removals, and we will work togeth- take over as CIA director for his on track, usher in the expansion of novelist during several recent meet- er with Congress to increase the funding to ensure complete reim- second term and promoted Lake's A TO without alienating Russia ings.