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I~~~~~~~..,w - -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!; Coi n ei d-dean By Brian Rosenberg direct impression [from different sILua±ion tnan Moses' Professor of Electrical Engi- Wrighton] that there would be appointment. [Smith] had been of Il neering and Comjputer Science, much student input [on the selec- acting dean, and the consensus Arthur C. Smith. has been ap- tion of a new dean]. It surprises people who interacted with him pointed to a two-year term as me that [Wrighton] would-make and myself was that he was doing dean for student affairs, effective a move like this without notifying a great job," Wrighton said. July 1.- Smith had been acting [the UA]. There's a great lack of "It's not the case that every ap- dean since July 1, 1990. communication here." pointment will, require, a lengthy Provost Mark S.'.Wrighton, Godfrey continued, "I have search process," Wrighton add- who made the appointment, said, had several meetings with ed. He said he thought "the ele- "Professor Smith has had a Wrighton concerning dean ap- ment of student input has been major impact on ,the Office of pointments, and I was always received in the level of enthusi- the' Dean for Student Affairs. very concerned that there would asm I've heard for Professor The role he has played as a facul- Smith." ty member, as an advocate for Smith agreed that different sit- "s'"agg-~< 4% the students, and as an adminis- uations. require different selection trator has been exceptional. I felt processes. "If we were talking it was appropriate to formalize about'a really long-term appoint- his role- as a leader at the ment, then I'd say there would Institute." have to be a search committee. Smith felt eager to begin his However, my appointment is term as dean. "There .a lot of essentially a short-term issues I'd like to address while arrangement. -dean,'" he said. "I'm really glad "I'm very much in favor of to see the Undergraduate Associ- search committees and student . ation and a number of fraterni- .participation on them. On the ties adopting their own alcohol- other hand, it seems foolish to policies. One of the major have a committee which would sources of negative incidents on have this result as something of a campus is the irresponsible use of Tech file photo foregone conclusion," Smith alcohol," he. continued. Arthur C. Smith said. Smith said he likes lAP "just Godfrey expressed concern about the way it is.... I would be student input [for the dean of that'the way Smith's appointment probably speak out against any student affairs] if not for the oth- was made could set a bad prece- Jonathan Kossuth/The-Tech change," Smith added. er deans. dent for other upcoming selec- Smith's appointment came as a "The UA considered this tions. Godfrey is scheduled to Tania P. Pinilla '92 (#23) takes a shot as Marion A. meet with Wrighton on Wednes- Casserberg '94 (#30) muscles her way inside for a re--: shock to the Undergraduate sacred," Godfrey added. "The Association. Hans C. Godfrey, academic deans don't have a di- day to discuss the search for a bound 'during, MIT's: last regular season home: game' new dean of science. "This deci- -against Babson College on TuoesdV, MIT lost 79-45.', chairman of the UA Governance rect effect on students' social _rL I_ I- - 7- -L=-i------·i------committee,C said, "I was given 'a lives, but the -dean for student sion will certainly affect my affairs does. 1 am, however, meeting with the provost," he ~~~_O~~~M . v pieased ,'that the-new dean, is said.. [Smith]. I: wanted hini to be --.... _._C.. A P ?- ?'1. ;!.--'0 ~ ~ ~ dean," he said. Wrighton said he will "soon be Wrighton made a distinction conducting broader searches for Byy Joey arquez Walters defined a warning as -pose-of the policy is for student:S and new deans of the schools of Sci- .1 between Smith's appointment After one semester with the an expression of concern by the to avoid going into higher leve the recent naming of Professor of ence, and Humanities, Arts and new pass/no-reicord policy for Committee on Academic Perfor- material without properly learn Electrical Engineering and'Com- Social Sciences." He added that freshmen-in effect, 110 freshmien - :mance to a stu-dent who fails two ing fundamentals. puter Science Joel Moses as dean there will "certainly be student were given academic warnings - or more classes and as a result is Merritt defended the policy of engineering. "I think [the dean representation on the science more than double the, number given a limit 'of 48 units for the with the examples of the Depart y of student affairs] was a very advisory committee." given last year. following semester. ment of Electrical Engineerinl ~g According to Bonnie J. Wal- Walters, along withTravis R. and Computer Science and thete ters, assistant dean for student Merritt, associate dean for stu- Department of Aeronautics andId affairs, this hu/ge increase is a dent affairs, agreedthat the new Astronautics: Both ask student: ise_ goes01 result of a grading policy in ef- policy produced the increase. to repeat courses in which the: fect for the first tinie this year, Both also said that if the policy receive a D letter grade or lower, which raised the:,passig g rad had been initiated earlier, the 'Walters said that professors do to Super, or ourt from a D letter grade to a C. same increase would have proba- not want the burden of teaching By Andrea Lamberti placed on pretrial probation, that fundamentals which The increase in the number of bly ensued. students h Steven H. Baden '92 pleaded he stay away from all prosecution warnings given to freshmen this Walters said she was "not they should have learned in theirr innocent Wednesday to charges witnesses, and that he stay away year has no-bearing on the intelli- surprised by the outcome," and freshman year. of burning a dwelling and five from MIT during the trial, The gence of the freshman class as a 'said that freshmen should not see counts of armed assault with in- Middlesex News reported. whole, Walters said. -this "as a bad thing." The pur- (Please turn to page 2) tent to murder in connection with Both Baden and his attorney, Deborah Finkel, declined to com- ment on yesterday's court pro- Local union protests at MIT ceedings. According to The Middlesex By Karen -Kaplan MIT is hot a good neighbor and rarely intervene in the contrac- News, Assistant District Attorney Members of the Cambridge does not deserve to be treated as tor's decision" of which subcon- Crispin Birnbaum declined to Painters Local No. 577 de- one." tractors to hire. comment on a motive, but de- nounced MIT this. week -for em- Joseph "Duke" Carter, a busi- "Hawkins hires both union fense lawyer Eric Levine said the :'ploying a non-union contractor. ness representative of the Paint- and non-union subcontractors," prosecutors may allege that a The union members, including ers' District Council No. 35, said Brammer .said. "Hawkins does "previous altercation between Ba- one dressed as a rat wearing an this was not a "union versus non- lots of good work on this cam- den and another student over us- MIT T-shirt, began distributing union" issue. According to Car- pus, and this is the first problem ing the suite kitchen" had some- handbills in front of Building 7 ter, members of Painters Local we've encountered." thing to do with the fire being on Wednesday and in Kendall No. 577 are picketing to discour- Brainmer spoke to Carter set. 'Squ"are yesterday. age the hiring of non-union about the situation at the end of The other student was identi- The handbills, asserted that firms. last week. "Carter said he wished fied by some sources last month eMIT is not a good neighbor" The'contractor under dispute is we -would hire union shops, but I -William ChulThe Tech to be David E. Borison '91, because it approved of hiring an Gerald H. Berggren Company, explained that MIT hires both," Steven H. Baden '92 Baden's next-door neighbor in ."unfair contractor." The handbill which was hired by H. H. Haw- Brammer said. a fire in the "kosher suite" in Burton Suite 252 - the kosher ilso: called on peopile to let "our 'kins and Sons Company. Haw- The handbill distributed by Burton-Conner House Jan. 18, suite. . elected city officials know that kins, in turn, was hired by MIT members of the Painters Local The Middlesex News reported The relationship between Ba- Physical Plant to renovate several No. 577 alleged that Berggren yesterday. den and Borison had been on math offices in Building 2; does not pay its employees Baden was arraigned in Mid- shaky ground for some time be- Berggren, a painting company, "'area 'standard' wages and dlesex Superior Court Wednes- fore the fire last month, sources employs non-union workers. Car- fringes." It also claimed that day, and a pre-trial conference said at the time. Borison and Ba- -ter characterized Berggren as an "Berggren has no bona fide ap- date was set for Feb. 28. Yester- den "quarreled often. It was a HASS-Ds draw crowds "unfair contractor." prentice training 'program which day, the case was dismissed from clear case of personality con- this, semrester. Page 2. Members of the local chapter, ,sould accord area youth the op- Cambridge District Court and flict," Shifra S. Teitz '92, presi- which is a member of the Inter- portunity to learn a: decent living. moved to Middlesex Superior dent of MIT Hillel, said last national Brotherhood of Painters In addition, Berggren has failed Court.. month, and Allied Trades, had previous- to demonstrate a commitment I Material Issue is original Wednesday, Judge Paul A. One week before the fire, Ba- ly picketed on Memorial Drive in toward affiative action hiring Chernoff reduced the bail from den and Borison had had an ar- and intensCe, but front of Building 2. goals for wo.men, minorities and gument on the standard of kash- ultimately annoying. $50,000. surety or $5000 cash to Physical Plant Diector Har- local residents." $10,000 surety or $1000 cash on rut, or "kosherness," in the suite. -Page 8. ' mon E. Brammnrer said that. after . (Please,: turn to page -11) the conditions that Baden be (Please turn to page 2) ; _r _· II I_ ·1 .MIT ,chooses a contractor,, "We

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The overcrowding was the re- want to turn any students away , -' . [ sult of an Institute rule limiting from courses, but that the . = enrollment in HASS-D courses to HASS-D limit on class size was 25 students per section. If too the "trade-off" for a good many students enrolled in a humanities program. J HASS-D course, lotteries were Khoury said that student- repre- held to determine which students sentatives to the HASS-D Over- were allowed to stay. view Committee insisted on the i Seniors were automatically al- limit on class size. The student i lowed to stay in HASS-D classes, representatives found that both as were students who had been faculty and students overwhelm- i

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I ",:Allied wr:. plans, -unaffected 22 more Iraqli soldiers Cross border !11ib: 11:b om bnf b'unker ·Allied officers said some of the heaviest bombing yet of The.use Whid'H re Wll b n change at all i troops in, southern Kuwait may be the rea son more of ;· ::a g t n r dures in those troops are deserting.-Officials said 22 Iraqi soldiers :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~oako :6/biin'~;iwr, Buh, ~ r the wake -of a bunker bombing in crossed the no-man's-land of the. front yeste rday. Sources :Asenior:A, Bush';admini~str~at'ion::bffi'eial;-said..-the :White, Bahds:: Icalnatkalda'im r ~ ml~~y~lei said it was the largest single, defection since the war

a~s ill ask':Conglress::to-rafthoriize $56:'billion' for' the:?~.. '' .... began. ' ·: "¢ts.ia:hi~":GiOfU-":' Some of the deserters said front-line troops are getting first three moithnfh~:i¢...... -,-o----= fiightiz-nY if...... tet '- ...... =uA,- ..~e m,:,Ailitaryatteoon:b sp kesman'-said, them~u~rwsm bunker was 'once tn a shelter,ig ... :The:offcial;: 'Wh0'-spoke::on",~cniihO..'io'mt,. ,.' .:.'F' '.- ~' -- ...... only a few mouthfuls of food every other day.. They said ithe ;White, Hbiouse expected a, grou'nd waf-whilh Ir'aii t' o " 'Urales° . m° J 7 mc % ; Un te claimed up to 70 percent of Saddam Hussein's front-line be vey ry qiolent:.a~ndverqik?' ·Hreftsedli0:speculate: _~U.._, .:"-_,._,_..L,_ .. , tr.ooPs have fled for home or crossed over to the allied · when'''.~~~~~~ a groundwar ..~ 'q'''' mi.ght:''..+'' start-,I I- 1 :', but7''*1'''"'idncaed-it di' a : ... would... not.'-''- '' ....Stq ates' InSiStS it Was a command-anu-control tccntr. L~t. side. '. :.' : ?::. :'... : :emThomas.-Kelly said there,'was no reason;2terta The allies said defectors usually overstate numbers of be within the ne'it-.....:; few:days:....' r: . ' './. .:;:"~.','.'/; i':.. ~:military, for the-types of reinforcing that were done to the, 'ex 'weeK, t'resident George: expekeadun:~ t re- .... desertions to rationalize their own actions. But they said sent'Congress W itlra su a pemnireq'est :for the-'money.'.),_= -~ ,~._,·,T,;:. .. ~n...;.,~o desertion reports are on the rise. One US officer said the cOngressi~nal :SUr'es said;'`the~ reqfxi' t could 'be 'for: as ::Dp.u.,,~,; t.,,,~-.,~m,?~.,.,~o,:bombifig of the Kuwaiti border region is about as heavy much,{ as.-$J30 jbiiiioni,l but;:-senior~ admln:nstration' officials ~ 9sg~a~~g]dIuP cmi ~ ~u~S [ ;;n ~ as pos sible without crossing the conventional warfare :pit t he fieat:$56 billioii-:: ' - ~ -'.. issue. ?wnie;orffic''at_~,:idttheUnIted. otate~s: .wilJ~or¢l;U.,g~~~1 rhh a~ hl Irq~ ~11ad 'In other r'eports, allied*officials say four weeks of air or~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ recou t raids have taken a' -heavy toll on Saddam Hussein's ..,_~ P ::: . , ...... ::C _~t :, -Hussein-"wants *toknow.. donations. Another 'source ;said:the, actua cl tr othme - ,. . _ ..." ¢...... " arsenal. Brig. Gen. Richard I. Neal said nearly one-third of Iraq's tanks' and artillery have. been destroyed. A Brit- ch cent~ter.H'-losai:d there will conti'nue toUbe cvl ish spoke~sman Said allied attacks had destroyed more on:.both sides'.-.He countered Iraqi criticism by contributions are expected.. .. :.. ' . .' ~~ian:16sses than half of the 600 shelters Iraq has been using to pro- i'sting Irq atrocities ::in Kuwait last week. tect its planes and missiles.

I I -1 ' Iraqi deni'es':hotel useda'as'-militarV . t · :.·command-an'd -control-center: A Baghdad-hotel manager deried.United 'States cla, .that his building houses a militaryco qmmunications cen General'Motors .posts- $1,6 billion 'Wedld wants to reform state He'took foreig rpresnaouof the hotelese higher education system to, support. his", ,claimn.' ',futh',quarterJo loss' Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld said he wants, :The unusual excuirsion through tihe 14-st&YAl-Ra.s ·to see a sliding scale used in raising tuition at the state's H4otel''followed reports that a-secret, sub-basement of General/ Motors posted a $1.6-,biilion loss' during tl he public colleges and universities and in converting state hotel contains a major military communications center. fourth quarter of last year, helping -create the bigg(,st scholarship programs to loans. Tuition~increases and the the basement, reporters passed:throug h a communicant .quarterly loss ever for the Big Three automakers. GIVI's conversion of scholarships to loans are part of Weld's def-, room-which -the manager described 'a's, the base of loss-,'plus a $519 million shortfall -reported by Ford Mot by icit reduction package. hotel's 'internal co'imuni~atios isystem.=_Two, men3- .:Co. early-.yesterday and.a $31: mil!!ion- loss announced i But yesterday Weld told the Associated Press he wants working in the room. . Chrysler Colrp.last week, gave the automakers a total lc)ss to see lower-income students pay lower tuition rates than . Associated' Prss:report erDilipl C, ngulwaon * of $2.2 billion. The figures* released in the last week a rewealthy students and that he would retain some scholar- ·- those.-who .tookwthe'tour;: He said he saw huge cab abou t $400 million -more-'than'analysts expected. ::ponsand aradio n ewrbuthe';could, not tell exai 'ship-:aid ,f~r~truly needy students. Weld said the, idea,, " let~ifinfh;iM pro'posal is to 'make sure the state is not subsi- .r'dlziing the~-,educa'tion .of the well-to-do, not to shut needy AUS 0fficial-'sai'd that-'sbetause'.,o'f the::,dangr'tO ci Jsie' Departmednt' ri'oe :tO6bi oc : suideiits out 'of :the's'ystem.':.... ians, the .allies: O:not~Plan tO/aftacl~the :"' hotel;('{ ?though~tmay.--now beIa' ;main'· comm..n p~~ ·'sale 'of Eastern-; asst touie Weld also Siaid. his plans to reduce the size of the state :AI-Ra~~shi'10ests 'inclnide marny of the foreign jc .higher education system are not aimed at reducing quality, , The JusticeS Department 'announced'It '~ll g o o but eliminating bureaucracy and unneeded services. nalists and dip'lom'ats'posted inBaghdad irt ~ - ' . . . ' . · in- an. effort. to, stop the sale'of . some of Eastern Airline assets to United Airlines. Thet'ivil antitrust suit-involv 'Sateagnce receive federal aid 'UN begins''closed discussio'n-f W; 'the $35.5-million sale to Unitedo 7sosadfv a ISes Three state agencies that help families and friends of 'The united- Nations: Security :Council '-has-.-opened .''belonging'to the defunct Eastern at Washington's Natioin' homicide victims received up to $27,000 each in federal :bate on the gulf war in its first closed-doo r formal sess Ial .Airpo rt, The department's antitrust chief James R,,ill grants. Attorney. General Scott Harshbarger said the

'r 'or awards came through the federal Victims of Crime Assis- since 1975.'4:' ' maintains the, proposed sale will lessen competition'f. =The specter-of wide,-scale civilian casualties in.:Irai ;' .airline passen~ger service between Washington and otliler tance, Act. He said the new homicide survivor programs - expected. to ,be a' prim~e topic in,"the debate,(,the'Secu rUnited States cities. will offer family and individual counseling, crisis inter- Council's first sinceit4he War: began. The united states,- vention, support groups and emotional support. ·Britain wanted the 'Session closed because; they sai! Three chapters of Mothers Against Drunk Driving noisy~debate and/.'crticism of allied air. strikes mi-ghtI received awards. Harshbarger said the groups will provide Saddam. Hussein the impression of discord, in~'the 'US I.San Francisco allows-gays, lesbian,, survivors of crimes, with assistance in medical care, funer- coalition'. al -arrangements, victim compensation claims and the Some Arab, r Musfim,' and other states'are expectec ''tO' make. re'lationslhips Official criminal justice system. .question the 'scope, of allied bombing conten . reports of hundreds of civilian deaths is.cause~to ret: A San :.rancisco law that lets people~of the same sex, well as umarried heterosexuals, make their reatosi the war. -Cuban and Yemeni envoys Said thyaeda official went ,into effect yetrday. It is estimated ft a Call for a cease-fire.'... Some North African states which -had :origin thousands showed'up -to file their.-Valentine's Day regist'i ttions.' It costs $35 for'-the couples to file a declaration tf, .requested an open.'.meeting' indicated they might boy ff ·the meeting. : :: says-, among,'other things,' that -they will be jointly respc ' sible for living expenses. Similar laws are on the books Cold and blustery* t-cities such.,as Madison, WI and Seattle, WA. The cyclone which produced up to six inches of Rubes .B-v.., Leig-.0., ubin ' n oth~er./Valentine's DaY news', 23 couples exchang snow in northeastern Massachusetts and rain and . fog for our area yesterday will slowly inmensify over iivowsrad io atst athet io nMcDonald'sW G T Z ' sin Westn sCarrollion,r dwst me OH. MAed dlocalin g' : i ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, the next 36 hours as it tracks to the Northeast. In : ;". ': ~ ~~~~~~~~~~Onecoup'le did not even get .outof their car to get its wake, strong northwesterly winds will bring "'': * '-:· ~~~~~~hitched. The mayor of nearby Miamisburg read the vows significantly colder air into our region. An upper- ...... , -. : ' ~~~over the drive-up speaker, pronounced them man and air disturbance moving north along the Atlantic I wife, and added "Please drive through."- coast this afternoon and evening will enhance chances for snow. Rapidly accumulating snow is possible in squalls in some areas. A weaker system :i ~ ~~~McGo e mayruovfo Pei nc passing through on Sunday threatens to bring some G'eorge, McGovemn;.the. Democratic nominee for presi- more snow. k ' i::..... :,.."'.' . 'd~~~ ent in-.1972, may. run again in 1992. in'a column in :e ' sy t e r d a y'~~~~~~~~~~~~s NewYork Times, McGover ada xlr Friday,:Mostly cloudy and mild early. Turning breezy and colder with temperatures, falling Ali~~,"'::'-a. tory groUp. is pressing him' to. announce his campaign in during the afternoon. Snow showers and 'squalls 'rder'o to be the first to'. qualify- for' federal matching likely. Winds west shifting to northwest 10-20 .. In the Column,McGovern r outlined five issusta e ·mph (16-32 kph), High around 43° F (6°C). .would isupprt"i Democratic presidential candidate. He Friday night: Cloudy 'and cold with occasional light snow and flurries continuing With strong winds. ~,' . supported those',issues, he would run ~ said if,n0cndidate Winds northwest 10- 15 mph .(I16-24 kph). Low

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4 E co in in Coumn byMatewHthe'rshoi -famiiy : I the TR A'eb eca 1-11 With: Desert Storm raging in epic Beowulf-mike 'cate,- bringin baseb all to Meca g$>C 4. push-button slaughter, our minds must now turn to '--- the future. The -US and allied forces will defeat 4. More. realistic case A., Allied ffground offensive 5 ' 'Iraq, unquestionably.'However, defeatr is a vague, proceeds smoothly. Kuwait liberated. Saddam = word. When the smoke clears, Saddam may or may, killed.' Iraq spared' grouind assault, but in -total not be dead, Iraq may or may not be leveled, and: disarray. New, more moderate governmenlt gradually '-, emerges. Sm'all contingent rofUS'frekptie Saudi Arabia.. Bush reelected.' - Come, step right up and - -- ~ ' ,, . + ~~~~~~5.,More realistic case, #2. Like number 4, but with- play the "Guess th e En ding9 some changes.-Arab resentment against the United Game. - . ~~~~~~~~~Statesgrows.- Syrians get 'hostile. PLO gets even.

- ~~6. More realistic case #3. Saddam pushed out of stability may or may not have been achieved. Short Kuwait, but remains in 'power. Bush, fearing inter-X of Iraqs'sexpulsion from Kuwait, we really have no national censure, does -not pursue Iraqi military - clue what will come of Operation Desert Storm. Be- into Iraq., Saddam. becomes a hero in the Arab low are some possibilities, some ridiculous, others world. .- E ,qulite sane. Choose the one that makes you happy. . - ~~7. The Q addaft case. Sda uve utlckingE the nerve, power or popular support to wage moree I. T'he parking lot case. Allied bombing destroys all war...... -....-= life in Iraq and Kuwait, even little bugs. Nuclear-. | Volume 11 l, Number 5 Friday, February 15, 1991 weapons and fuel-air-explosives, used in response to 8. Quite unrealistic case. Sadda'm. is just. kidding. Chairmian ...... Lois E.- Eaton '92 an-Iraqi gas attack, turn Iraq into what one con- Iraqi soldiers' guns loaded with blanks. "The elite gressman called " a big. parking lot." Quite sick,'. Republican Guard" turns out to be an Arabic. term- Editor in Chief ...... Andrea Lamb 'rti '9-1 Business Manager...... Mzark E. Haseltine '92 quite possible. One Air Force official was quoted in for boy scouts., Allied forces invited to Kuwait for. Managing Editor ...... i...... David A.- Maltz '93~ Newsweek saying that- US pilots should 'nuke Iraq hours of joyful merriment.. -- e Executive Editor ...... Joanna E.' Stone '92 irito glass, put on thick s'oksi, and go skating." The .:. United States gets unlimited free crude, though. 9. Even more'unrealisticcase. Iraq wins..a News Editors ...... Reuven M. Lerner '92 Karen Kaplan '93 2. Wishful thinking case-. The Iraqi military,. tired of 10. Completely unrealisticcase. Bombing stops suds Brian Rosenberg '93 Saddarn's disastrous 'rule, crumbles under allied defily amid calls for love and brotherhood. Iraqis -l Katherine Shim '131 bombing. -Friendly, happy, anti-communist, West-.-.:_ ...... :. Night Editor ...... Daniel A. Sidney $ etn-minded radicals with popular and army support.- ,-.. Opinion Editors ...... Prabhat -Mehta '91 overthrow Saddam. T~he new government demobi- S hort of I ra q's ex pu lslo n . ~~~~~~~~BillJackson '93 lizes. The Palestine Liberation Organizationl, fo u at eral ae Arts Editor ...... :...... Deborah A.. Levinson '91, demoralized by Saddam's .demise, disbands. Yasser...a Photography Editors ...... Sean Dougherty '93 Douglas D. Keller '93 Arafat becomes a mtanure 'salesman in Jordan. no- clue what W'i:1. -come, of : Contributing Editors ...... Peter Dunn G Dave Watt G 3. The CNN case. Cable- News -Network reporters;~ ) --- exceeding all troops in the Middle East in number,-| -_A " 'courage," and." te holo ical capability, -liberate,, stp-otrn--captured pilots. 'Soldiers emerge- fro~m-- - Advertising Mainager ...... BenAf. Tao '93 -Kuwa-it and conquer -Ira. Ted- Turner assumes thee the tr~enc6hes, runi itowards.-e'ach others- and grasp-'one- : ProductioniManager ...... Marie E. V. Coppola -'90 -.throne of-the new, nation-stat~e. Atlanta Biavies relox nte non mrcs o nfe uaiym Senior Editor ...... Jonathan Richmond G - ~~~~celestial harmony...... Lots of flowerss and Athings.i It:'- d Matthew H. -Hersch, a freshman, is associate rains in the desert'for the first. time in 10,000 years.E NEWS STAFF opinion editor of The Tech. -like the last scene in D~une.. t - - Associate News Editor: Jeremy Hylton,'94;, Staff:-'Lak. hnanai Rao G, Andrew L. Fish '89, Miguel Cantillo `91, Shannon' Molhr '93, Chris Schechter '94, Joey Marquez '94, Kai-Teh Tao '94, Meteorologists: Robert X. Black G. Robert-J.' Conzemius G. Michael C. Morgan G. Greg Bettinger '91, Yeh-Kai Tung '9:3, Marek Zebrowski. - ~~PARDON ME. ? - KNEOWF"- MT-a PRODUCTION STAFF vS~~~~~~~~~~~ *M.AKIIEOReo 0 Associate Night Editor: Kristine J. Cordella '91, Staff: Tzu-Jun Yen '92, Jonathon Weiss '93, Aaron M. Woolsey '93, -Chris Council '94, Alex Dong '94, Je ff Galvin '94, Christopher Lee '94; TEN Director: Andrew J. Kass '94. S) P P it : ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~r OPINIOIN S TAFF. Associate Opinion Editor: Matthew R. Hersch '94; Staff: Pawan Sinha G. SPORTS STAFF Jordan J. Ditchek '91, Mohammed Eissa `91, Shawn Mastrian '91, David Rothstein '91, Jennifer M.-Moore '94. ARTS STAFF~ MELLFOR A.5MWT BOBR 0H,YEAR?- FOR BULYMVEo Mark Webster G, Manavendra K. Tha'kur '87, Em ii Dabora '91, IOTVE (WA LUNI j Michelle P. Perry '91, Sande C~hen '92, Kevin Frisch '93, Nic lok E-Rfim Kelman '94, David Zapol '94, Chris Wanjek. PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF I '.1 Associate Photography Editor: Chip B~uchanan '92, Staff: Vipul Bhushan G, William Chu G. Morgan Conn G, Christian S. Marx G, Dan McCarthy G, Andy Silber G, Lisette W.M. Larnbregts '90, Sarath Krishnaswamy '91, Mauricio Romnan '91, Anne Sammis

'91, Jonathan Kossuth '92, Lerothsodi-Lapula' Leeuw '92, Chris It ._D Blanc '93, Paulo Corriea '93, Michelle Greene '93, Matthew A Warren '93, Jeremy Yung '93, Lawrence S. Schwartz '94. Dark- room Manager: Kristine AuYeung '91. I 9 FEATURES STAFF li I . I Taro Gihkawa '91, M~ark Hurst '94. 'BUSINESS STAFF Associate Advertising Manager: Shanwe i Chen '92; Accounts Manager: Jadene Burgess '93; Staff: IHaider Hamoudi '93. ADVISORY BOARD A4ccus~ed zsr a-nonymt V. Michael Bove ' 83, Harold A . Stern ' 87. -- I am troubled by- a recent arii- crime, it would be permissible. that I shbuld--ex'prss my point in cle ["SAE sanctioned by ODSA, C But if he is innocent (which very, a letter., ;^ PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE Feb. 53. A major componenit of well might be the case),, you have 'Night Editor: ...... ,. .. .-. Deborah A..Levinson '91 I- feel 'that it is, a repulsive cop- Associiate Night Editor: ...... David A. Maltz '93 .the article was an alleged date done irreparable harm to his rep- outto. cite- accepted practices."" Staff: Vipul Bhushan G. Peter E. Dunn G. Daniel -A. Sidney G_ rape. You did not mention the' uttinand performed mean and. Wge-afe not.-a4tthe Three-Stooges David Rothstein '91, Douglas D:. Keller '93, Shulamit Lerner name of the alleged victim; hbw-_ reckless character assassination. ~ High'-;Scho'ol- where- we have ,to 1 '93. ever, you did give the. name of the .I phoned your publication -to look to an outside party to deter-

-- accused.,- register my concern on Thursday. iniine right ,and' -wrong. We are. This issue needs sorting "outin' I nwa's told, that' the, policy of pub- not an institution,. of following The Tech (ISSN01t48-9607) is published on Tuesdays and Fridays during the academic year (except during MIT vacations) Wednesdays during January, and monthly during- the courts.. It would be 'imposs- 'lis'hing the'name of 'the accused sheep.-- the summer for $19.00 per year Third Class by The Tech, Room W20-483, 84 fible for you to say at this moment was-standard anid accepted jour- Massachusetts Avenue,'Cambridge, MA 02139-0901. Third Class postage paid at .,If in the event. -that.this young Boston, MA. Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720. POSTIVASTR Clase, send all .in time what' actually occlurred. ::nilistic practice.- mian .is-.innocent,. you, can never address changes to our mailing address: The Tech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA 02139-090)1. Telephone: (617) 253-1541. FAX: (617) 258-8226. With that -in mind,,-I feel it,-is In fairness to whomever I undo what ~-you ~have' done, what Advertising, subscription, and typesetting rates available. Entire contents i)1,991 The irresponsible,-reckless and mean spoke with, he did say that this is Tech. The Tech ide.a member of- the Associated Press. purpose did it serve to publish !his Printed by Charles River for vou to ijublish the name of ai issue that P-ets- discussed exten' l ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~the-accused. If he committed the sively in journalistic circles. and Ala J. Mc~fillan, '91 - X 0 D : : : : 0 :0: - . :~~~~~~a

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I i_; '! .. - ;- ' : , ^ r''-''I',,',' ' . ', ''In'',' ,''' ',; '.'. warrants rebuke a!k In the Year in Review, the arti- graphic evidence against the .-.. . 1 cle on the Committee Against charges. The Tech published a Apartheid's protests ["CAA front-page photo clearly indicat- intensifies call for divestment," ing that the charges were false. _, _ , !!@ ','' '-, Feb. 1] mentioned, the charges Last fall, a lecturer in the' w..t . -- ' . j L' - ' ' ' that Campus Police Chief Anne architecture department was dis- P. Glavin brought to the Com- missed for using the work of her mittee on . Discipline. against students without appropriate Ronald W. Francis PhD '90 and attribution. Glavin's offenses are Steven D. Penn G. far worse. Lying and pressing The article omitted the fact false charges are utterly incom- that Glavin brought those, patible with the mission of a charges just after the April pro- lice force to investigate and fight tests, more than amonth after crime. the events of which Francis and Glavin has demonstrated a lack Penn were accused. In all proba- of the moral. qualities essential to bility, she pressed the charges as any police officer, let alone a, harassment for their political police chief, Her continued pres- activities. ence here as chief of police is an ~~~~~~~~~~-- · As the article noted, the COD abomination. She should be found Francis and Penn innocent fired, and permanently disquali- of all charges. Several officers fied from working in the criminal were able to testify that the two justice field. were not guilty. The police had ample photo- John Morrison G .nstitute .e lAnStitute new semester has.begun, :andshol -January' 1979.idonaate:roprytoCSA after years of of the' MIT-,community? And goals are empty without applica- * erty to CASPAR.shelter We who sup- 'the Albany Street shelter is'-still. looking' for a site, CASPAR ne, how can the MIT Corporation. -tion to societal needs. The MIT port the shelter are not asking17 ,looking for a permanenit- home.. gotiated a Iease forda,,property at justify ign'oring the:- neds of the administration has consistently t MIT to be a shelter operator; weD We would like to remind the MIT Main Street :and. Windsor Street.' Albany Street. shelter when such' said that it has done enough to 'are asking MIT to give one shel- administration that the MIT Within the: month, SMIT-H% a'large-portion of theMIT com 'help the shelter. We disagree. ter a place to stay.

community-cares about the shel- bought this -same property and munity has shown support? .... -: . ..--.- .~~~~.I f,. ter and what becomes of it. .. offered CASPAR the Albany. - In the face of such 'a wide- Ajay Advani '91I -. : Last semester, approximately Street site.., The MIT administra-: MIT- has sometimes argued spread' Support for. the Albany Corrie Lathan G .1000 signatures, representing stu- tion claims~to: -have.--ha-d no/,.'that its mission is solelyeeduca- Street shelter- the -bests solution is Christopher Stipp G dents,.' faculty,.andti. staff:~were .'::,knowledge:;.of'CASPAR s'Orln'a". oa u:researcX. Hwt , se, to ant-e S . reet prop The MIT Homelessness Initiative - gathered,. on, a.:-petition. asking.- pla:` :to -;uild!Va 'shelter 1.ot. - . . :' ::'"" ' . - . MIT to donate-the-property at' -property.:'"A.terrible accident-'or , .- . . - -- 240 Albany St,.- to. the,Cambridge. not, MIT-'s 'Urchase depdved'the -. . .'. ,--· . - - ' ' - - -and Somerville Program' for Al- 'EEmergency'Service. Cednter'.-of .a:, :-*:..'.,- .'. . '-'. .' coholism .Rehabilitation,' the or- -permanent home. -MIT now has a ' ':' ' ' · '"' Calf or, PCapers ganization which runs. the' Emer- commitment;t0:fulfdl./- -- -,t.:'-':. ' - ':.- :- ,. :.' . .- .n..'t' .' 'gency Service Center. - With a large: fraction of Insi- .IT AC erScien .vonlferenceI :The Graduate Student Council ' tute funding:. coming from .tax--' - ...... " . - ...... passed a resolution supporting.-payer moneyv.administered'by - - .;' .- .-, . .. 'the donation- of -the land',and-th e -:'-federal:.. agencies '.-MIT has: a--. re- - : . . . : "' .:. .. - ' :---...:'......

Undergraduate Association.- sponsibility'to use some of 'these .. .:: ' - .-' -' . .' I passed a resolution 'asking 'that 'resources to.benefit: our own *'MIT grantMIT -a'lease.a laseof.ran of. not'lessot les community: '"':-- ': The' third MIT-ACM Undergraduate Comlputer Science Confer- than 40 years to CASPAR. ' 'a- '.From/the. start, we' have been :'"-. ence:.wiu recognize and display quality research d([one by MIT undergradu- . In 'addition,, over 250 pounds . told that:.!he'property-at 240'-A-:l ...... - . -r.e. -p,,n' of clothing were c011ected~forlthe- bany St. -is'"tmder the control:. of -,.t I wide' variety of Computer shelter'in a.clothingdrive. during'- the-MIT Corporation;, and that :,'_.Science subjects.' The'authors of the best' papers will receive'cash awards. December' and January. .Clearly,. giving up the, property does not ..- l. ' .-- . . .s .-e the community has shown strong.. make sense from ..a -corporate"- -- ..... a p p e . support for"the sheIter. point of view.,' '.'','.The .. :' ' goal ofthis conference is t0 assemble unidergraduates in a forum Our relationship.with CA- . gBut what is the role of the Cor- . ' ' SPARbegan twelve years ago..In -. porationbut to'serve the iinterests. ": ' ' _.:L2: _ . _ ... 4_ _. 4... I a ....._a. ~ ...... -. · -1.- .xpancsme'rea_ ot unaergracuate education to issues Deyona class

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RENNIAL ALTERNATIVE, MUSIC ;favorites Killing Joke recently released Extremitiesi Dirt,' and .A Various Repressed- Emotiatnos,-?- their first new Material 'in~ abut-ithre.e:< i years. The album comes on the heelsg of.fa ( series of extremely .successful- "reunion"i -: shows done by- Killing;Jdke in early 1990. : - In Extremities, the. band' :manifests a-'- sound almost 180 degrees 'from that of their last release, 1988's comm ercial flop, Outside the Gate. That album was charac-' terized by a tinny, synthesizer-enhanced sound, while this release explodes 'with a seething array of guitar riffs and industrial drum beats. -It is ironic that the band's new sound is remarkably similar to that of the group's eponymous 1980 debut. At that point in time, the punk sound of the late '70s was starting to die, and the European techno- 'Killingng 'JokeJke pop sound was beginning to burstinto the . also--was 'a-:haunting3. almost gothic',flavor- US commercial collapse); then, in August, "North of the Border" shows a similar music scene. Killing Joke-was the- first. -- to--the music;:.A'A:-single- fronr-the -album the band hit the studios to record new ma- sentiment: "I've tried wearing bright col- band to interweave heavy, guitar-iaden' .Eighitiesbec ame an 'antiihem- for' the punk ~ terial 'for an album. The result was ours to brighten my life but 'the truth cuts riffs with keyboard and percussion beats movement-:of ti diecaide. and was even in- Extremities-,an explosive album marked through.fashion, it cuts like a knife. Just to obtain -a fresh .and addictve;:souid'b-a.~.: cluded&on Si in -magazine's-list of the top with a soiind that resembles the current look at our faces, yes, they say more than sound which led eventually to the birth of- 100 singles of the 1980s. It seemed that the industrial stylings of Skinny Puppy, Nitzer words. We're so lost in our problems. industrial music as we now know it. band would once again be able to entrench Ebb and Ministry. We're so lost in our world." Songs like "Requiem," "Complications" itself atop the heap of alternative acts. Atkins' presence is heavy on'the album, and "Wardance" featured vocalist Jaz However, a series of lukewarm subse- as is that of guitarist Geordie and the ever- Extremities is extremely difficult to lis- Colemanls angst-ridden chants coupled quent releases through the mid- to late bizarre-Coleman on vocals. Throughout ten to, and at times the songs branch into with a ferocious backbeat. The band re- eighties caused Killing Joke to literally the album, Coleman airs his views about extended periods of dissonance. Still, the leased more albums as years. passed; vanish from-Athe -nmusic scene with little evil and the hopelssness of modern Soci- pure energy of the music is hard to top. however, none were as commercially notice. ety in stunning cuts like "Money is Not The din of cuts like "Extremities" and accepted or as musically brilliant as their In- 1990, Killing Joke. acquired the set- Our God," "Age of Greed" and "Intrave- "Solitude" bursts from speakers with an first record. : vices of Ministry drummer -Martin Atkins. nous." Coleman's screw-the-world attitude unparalleled intensity. In 1985, with the release of Night Time, This seemed to give the band the spark it is evident in verses from "Money is Not Needless, to say, Extremities is a worth- the band was once again thrust into the needed to start over again. First there was Our God": "Ten percent of the land is in while purchase for fans of Killing Joke, spotlight of alternative underground a series of remarkably -successful reunion the hand that pulls the strings, Be the priv- the industrial sound, or those open- music. This album featured a revamped- shows throughoutf America and Europe ileged few (to have, to -own, to hold) pow- minded music lovers who are ready to free sound for Killing Joke. The loud, pulsate: (where, incidetally, the band had, re- er oxver people; yes-' yes, power. oveur themselves from the unending drudge of ing backbeats were still present, but there mained fairly prominent in spite of their people." house music and synth-pop.

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Wenver i try tOspeakc ,st"s eetxng, *ctivies., adiad other date, MiT's Defense and Arms Control Health I aanounceiemets in -The Techs' "Notes" sec- 'Snudy Program, Center for International and Counseling Services, call 5224090, sionfunds an apetehs tBr e mployees [bUt tio.n_. Send items of interest .. and Berggren:doesn't (typed and St udies, Sponsored by the MIT Japan Pro- weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm. Outside do jominigaunion], theysnub upat doublespaced) via Institute mail to "News gramn. 12 to 2 pm in the conference room Boston call collect. I these things." ;-He added, "The- me," he said. : Notes,:The Tech, Room W20483,"orvia on the 6th floor of building E38. Info: quality of life -is :not what it ': The Painters Local members; US 'mail to '"News Notes, The Tech, P 253-8095. Parenting ·should .be? for those who; don't-get -Carter said,"planto .Box 29,'MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA: is a tough job. If you need reach out to --:,02139." Notes run.on a space-available ba- March help surviving the parenting experience, union wages, pensions and health the entire community as much as ' sis only;.priority 'is given to official Insti- i4, 1991 the Family Supporl Network and Parents cant- teannouncementsMIT Anonymous are co-sponsoring I and student ac- Pr ofessor Leon Kamin will lecture on a support in~surancer 1 -~legally-we especialy by t-vities.: group for isolated I TheTeh, reserves the right to edit P Race and :Racism In Psychology" at or overwhelmed parents. According to Carter, the lo1cal's izing' their freedom of speech.- all listings, and makes no end'orsement of Every Tuesday night from 6 pm to 8 pm at . . ortheasiern University at 8 pmr. Info: -only concern is that·: all w~rkiers, - But Carter doubtedI that the groups or: activities listed. -- 437-3148 or 4374702. Roxbury Children's Service, 22 Elm Hill including those hired -by.' Berg- union had a chance to convince F . 14-, 1 Ave., Dorchester. ' The Family Support Network is also gren,: be able to:enjoy a- union MIT to change contractors. , _' eb..."_191 Counseling sponsoring a support group for teen par- standard of living. By -picketing, -- : - Learn about the "green" alternatives avail- ents, every Thursday night from 6 pm to 8 the union's 'members-- hope to'- Braimmer said MIT is iot pan- able in today's growing marketplace of en- The Samaritans - someone to talk to pm at Roxbury Children's Service. -vironmentally sound products and services d- befriend you, are on call 24 hours a * *' * e discourage MIT and other em-. ticularly 'concerned about the 'at-the "Lodv the Eart Ert.h-Fir. The. da:Ly,7 days a week, The center, at 500 Getting ployers from hiring non-union- picketers or with public opinion. Earth Fair will be held in the Watertown CocCiDmmonwealth Avenue, Kenmore Square, High? or Getting D)espergte? 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The long- Vietnam veterans every Wednesday (except (Continued from page 2) the-HASS-D policy of senior half of Jenkins' class this term is teran crisis group meets Thursdays at 6 pmn. the third week of the month, when. they McKenna. However, this still 'Fo r more information, call (617) 735-4738. will be held Thursday) at 7 pm. There is left priority is "tough because the made up of freshmen. also a group for the wives of Vietnam vet- 11 students who were unable to freshmen are the 'students with . Khoury. said that although the Today, more than one million men and erans. For more information, call 879- take the class. the most rigid schedules." - current system wo}men are demonstrating by their personal 9888. is not perfect, "at exaample that alcoholism is an illness that --- Despite the fact that 'some stu- . But Assistant Professor of least it attempts to give students cann be'arreited. If you have an alcohol re- dents were forced to withdraw Literature Henry Jenkins, who a fighting chance, by givingpPi- lated' problem please get in touch with the The Cambridge Dispute Settlement Cen- from 21.003, McKenna said the : teaches Comedy AlccohoUcs Anonymous group nearest you ter has announced that it is making its ser- (21.021),: said ority in courses: to' students who ·with complete assurance that your ano- vice of mediating disputes available to 25-student limit is vital. "Chang- the :HASS-D requirements are were forced- to. withdraw from mity will be protected. Call 426-9444 or roommates in the Cambridge area. Those ing the number of [students per not difficult to follow. them in the past, and by making write: Alcoholics Anonymous, Box 459, interested in using CDSC's service to re- section] would really change the According to Jenkins, Grrand Central Station, NY 10163. You will solve a roommate dispute or any other dis- the.. courses available twice a year. 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':..':~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~versity.')Tech: ha'1st .to'Bi-w '-'1 9-7 in a' ual, meet. earlier. this' _IL II _ " -'season. -Not so 0n Saturday. :FATHE R'S FORE£ firstt..i.:Although roud 2-2, Te3h't the e t sit 300 Mass Ave g s~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~of s r .ended:.:te~follo'Wingthere as roundstheyntook:34,1, produe: e Iscofnal . -of. 1- theOf IICambridge - Near MIT I.- -boutswon- by 'MiT, Alice A. %-.V ------, - - - I :) Changf·s:orer withG lwas. 'tp 4,. ! S CaptaiE.wC. nFelice'T Swappeoe92 Best Bar For Hanging Out With Friends: *and Sarar Ont iverss eachy93 took i -;:i ~~~~~~~~~~~~~three;'andKathryn A. Fricks '92 .:.took-.one. " . ' ' ~';'.~~~~~~~~~~~~".Wewere really pugmped," FATHER'S FORE. :.wppsaid .i"After they i6eat us ineceber wevowed it would ". ':' - ...... - ':' ~~never'happen again," she added. "MainlyMIT students Faris~Hit ~ J192'a~ blockshT ~": aeR' h h :The- Engineers proceeded t FarisP..Hitti "92.blocks. a.~~~Springfield iCollege shot. with the vcoy vrBadi nvriy hang out there"' help.of Javier Seg'-via' '93 (#24):in:''MIT's 3-'2. win:'Wedns:--6bt'ltacoeoeto -- ' ~~~~~~~~~9 r- !-- day..r [See-.story, p g'16.]".": .'' .: .. ':. "' ' ' r ' . ' ' ' i r ' :. . +' , .. '...,-. Northwestern University with, the. Weekly Special . . D. - -...... bout.-score tied 8-8-and the , . :,..' ~~~~~touches 'at,57-56. .. r.lady s; n b -Thew e blades' season record. LARGEi> (d runnersnd.ctheNortheast region stands'at rs~~~~~~~ tra.c :~... .n: : 9'-2,: While :their;' overall -record is pitcher of BUD ^99 ..- ' . - ... ..-.:'. ....-...-::"-' :.""-- ....--... --. : 13-6.- The- championship. season (Cont~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ind6'"'":ii-',~_.:"'frmpg ~':'i-...,I" wil'open: on:Feb. 24:' with' the · : I. . Ia~.'n _.m .aulding a. weeK"' '.' : : . · ' ,orUD i, te and Johnb Clarke '_,_C eig h , f. bein. cleared-._' New England-Cham.pionshbps at Darts - Dart League thro, .hotput,"to..f..~'¢i::.;~o;0;'~t'M~L~;~~ts~L~Y".':'Tufts University, followed by the Basketball- Video Games most two dozen athletes who are Spau and.o?'al;r thedldm't shipsto n cha.MIT making the, trip 'to' Maine/.'d shiicl:DpartmntMarc,,} 2.el-:a3 ~·-ther at MIT;~,,n~." Pinballs ""It';;,-'~-' f~ls' ,A:.,2 li~ .,_.-:.c_ _ ' ... w_,.,-.:- a.:_-;, S.ara, ~,,t,.,r., ;.,.is manager 51" TV-with cable - "Itfeels like we"te wgoing up:: -sports dii- .I i :.. : _ :. . : .TE- - h ... tape,there ' held, together-. w ... ithit: : and-.-' '-i~.".' l.meght. v - b ': tra-ng-o "...... ".."-. 'n.h trac.:-. :.-...- the,...: ' :;:: , .. . ;, :. ' : [' -B'' ,pro~bably found hi ke s d fe t X BEN .... EER'6 head coach somewhat mortry-'.. three '-daysat' the hospital"'. -.. "---..:.. _.' 129,oz- Bottle -- $.65, ing. than he,.would,-haVe::iked. ':')Moose.s:.'.: aid'pr - .'nterview ng -in - -. "On3emember of:'he:-rack.:[ea'm.-'h:Wednesday ne~evening.hing ~~~rn~l ".":;-' ', '". '"- " ' v FREE CHICKEN WINGS got!:a laughwhen he read last'Fri? fil The :'during :5gam practice fra' e thrilr EVERY WEDNESDAY, day's"issue. of The TOch, which'--- tredd'the .backof. Moose' skull,- THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY had reported that Moose's injury :causing.i a large primary ' contu- : (Continued from page16) AT 5PM was, so severe that'he-.would:not./':':sion- on the back bof'. ' 'khis brin, /"S'zafranski, 'hustledhsldaon around h the likely return'to competition,.:and' ' : and'moretlhan30 secondary-con-- court and used his hitters well:. raised. the'possibility that Moose mtusionson' thefrontaanlitempo Hitti. and Everniam on the would not be- able' to :complete. ral lobes, according to Moose. strong side,- Peyrat on the weak- - Never A Cover Charge the academic term. The contusions caused, in:ef-' side, and Moorer and Javier ("l -Then -tile- trackman Iooked-at feet,-bythe brain's ,sloshing .- really can't digwith two hands") i the person sitting nextto him in around" inside theskull-- creat .. Segovi'a- "93. (11 kills)' in the the lecture: Sure enough, -it was ed -a lot .of pressure, causing middle.. Moose himself. - Moose.great .discomfort 'fr om And sophomore Danny Alva- At the' time the article was loud noises. - rez played quality minutes in the written, 'the latest information. "I'mdefinitely very lucky," final game, replacing-a fading available to The Tech indicated-.. said Moose, who feels no lasting Evernham.. that the effects of Moose's injury. effects of the fall, except for oc- ; MIT's next home match is on werequite severe. casiona'l pressure on his eyeballs. March 1, when the Engineers "I'm slightly amazed,".admit- and- inner-ears. This,- too,- isex- host New,York University at. ted Taylor,:-commenting 'pected'to-disappear on -- with time. -_ 7 pm in the'duPont Gymnasium. Moose's rapid recovery. He isnot Mo6se will'compete in four, alone. -. events the- long, high and tri' Moose spent two- weeks at- ple. jumps, and the pole vault.- Massachusetts General before be-- in the championships. As a pre- ing transferred to the-Spaulding 'caution,'he wilI'wear a bicycle- ' Rehabilitation Hospital for fiv e type helmetw hen hes. viult. -

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I f# , I I I .,' .IlIil I I I It It , I , I i I ' I , I . I , :. I* ,. I I . PAGE 16 The Tech FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1991 I --_- - -~- -spo'r.ts, I. ______' I I - I" - Ir I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Vo I eyba Iralie past'S prin'gfield IA By David Rothstein, ability to control the middle o - How well the men's volleyball the net (both on offense. andd t. team played in its thrilling 3-2 defense) as having contributed Y,.0 victory over visiting Springfield the win. College -Wednesday night was The officiating, said Tierney matched only by how poorly the was "badon both sides." referees (aill of 'em) called the Hitti -and team captain Ala]n contest. Call it a Comedy of Peyrat '92 did practically all o)f Officiating Errors. the passing during the matchI, After all the dust' had-settled, and were able on the most part tcg all the feet been stomped, all the handle Springfield's servin Ig exasperated glares glared, all the- .game, feeding setter Jim Sza arms upraised in wonder .. . franski '92. Hitti and Peyrat di,d raised up... After all that, MIT have-some trouble with th e, had itself a fancy 15-17, 15-12, Chiefs' short service in Game 4 16-14, 10-15, 15-12 win to even a game the Engineers desperatel[y ..- William Chu/The Tech its record at 3-3 (2-1 conference wanted to win to avoid the rall)1- College as record). scoring final. frame. Nicholas J. Pearce '94 (#1 1) chips the puck into the net against Nichols rules game, 1 1-4. MIT plays in the New England' Under rally-scoring Michael S. Mini '93 (#4) covers the far side. MIT won Wednesday's I no h - -·r rrpy* - e4 -- --' --- -- I------Conference of the Eastern Inter- invoked if a match goes to arfift collegiate Volleyball Association. game, each serve' results in a In victory, the Engineers did point: If the serving team.winIs Track limps closer to N.E. title what they had not done for a the rally, it gains a point and while- in practice: they played retains the serve; if the servinlg By David Rothstein share of key performers to injury long jumps, hurdles) and hur- inspired ball;' Well, most of the team loses the rally, the -receivin tg Dean Moon '92 and. Ed The reports of MIT's track in recent weeks, and will be hard- dlers time. . - 'team gains a. point and takes oveer standout Garret Moose '91's de- pressed to defend their champi- Cho '93, each of whom has suf- With an offense led by outside the serve. In short, a deficit c)f muscles. mise, to adapt a phrase, have onship title against hungry teams fered pulled hitters Faris ("yes, I have played even three or four points can*bDe been greatly exaggerated. like Tufts University and Bran- "If some of our injured people more beach ball than you") Hitti deadly. Or, perhaps, it is better to say deis College. can come through," said head (36 kills, at a .415 clip) and MIT opened the final gai ,le Halston Taylor, "we '92 simply that Moose, who suffered The track team lost two con- coach Jeff Evernham '91 (15 kills) and flirting with death, as it fe11 a serious head injury three weeks secutive meets for the first time should win." middle hitter, Garry Moorer '93 behind, 8-4. But after MIT wo n ago during pole vaulting practice in ages, falling to Tufts in Janu- Winning New England Divi- its fifth point, Peyrat (12 kills o)n stan- (18 kills, .469), and a defense and spent a considerable arnmount ary and Bowdoin (Bowdoin?) sion III titles has been the MIT. an injured right shoulder) serve.d of a season's suc- keyed by stronig blocking, of time in the Massachusetts earlier this month. Gone-from' dard measure was able to control the visiting'- five straight points to pull. MI'T General Hospital, not only will the picture were Moose (suffering cess in recent years. Chiefs, despite Springfield's-- out'to a 10-8 lead that it woulId compete on the track again. He from a concussion) and leading So the pressure is on for the scrambling defense and the notgive up. scorer Kevin Scannell '91 and team to produce. may even vault and jump in this strong hitting of senior captain Moorer 'had a strong sol o New England Division Steve Cooke '91 (both with The Engineers will have to weekend's Jim Groen'eveld.Jim -Groeeveld.'block in -that' key run, bringinlg III Championships, held at Bow- strained hamstrings). count on the production of so healthy (knock on wood):eam - "We -played more intensely his match total to five;He"als doin College. The hope is that all three will blockedhis match for' total game to five:.point He in -als(tilhe be able to compete this weekend. co-captains Mark Dunzo '91 (55 than in' other matches,"'said sea- And that is nothing short of ond-year;coachSean-.TierY"ni8 ...... ' 7 , --7Game ....amre3 ' -16-14:win~,16-14-win Engineers, Also among the injured are and 200 meters, 1600-meter relay) great news for the who noted in particular MIT's (Pleaseturnto page 15) who have lost more than their John Tewksbury '92 (triple and (Please turn to page 15) ------~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- =- ==-m-m -=,--= r ---- = m =-= m -, I $2.00 OFF i ANY COMPACT DISC Regularly priced $9.99 or more with this coupon

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