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Volume 117, umber 60 02139 Friday, ovember 21,1997 Faculty Reject Move To House All Frosh On Campus in 1998 New motion promotes faculty interaction

By Frank Dabek presented on a timely basis. ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR At its Wednesday meeting, the Chorover substitutes new motion faculty approved by voice vote a This motion was substituted for substitute motion proposed by a motion which Chorover proposed Professor of Brain and Cognitive at the last faculty meeting. The pre- Sciences Stephan L. Chorover stat- vious motion read: "It is the sense ing the sense of the faculty on the of the faculty that, commencing issue of freshmen housing and ori- with the academic year 1998, every entation. effort be made to ensure that all The faculty also heard reports first-year students live on campus." from the ad hoc committee to In introducing the substitute review the alcohol policy and the motion, which differed radically REBECCA LOH THE TECIf advisory group on orientation and from his original motion, Chorover Michael Woods '00 shoots In Wednesday's game against Wheaton College. Mil crushed the residence 1998. opposition in a 10-5 victory. said that he had seen "enormous The motion approved by the fac- change in the last month." He cited ulty contained six points and called the "persuasiveness of arguments on for an examination of MIT's resi- all sides" and said that he had dential system, characterized the "never seen ... as many people say- MIT Pledges Support for Program faculty's view of the way freshmen ing the same thing." ••• should be introduced to MlT, rec- Bettina Voelker '89, professor of ommended increased ties between civil and environmental engineering, To Place Officers in Liquor Stores faculty and students and urged that who was opposed to the original the proposed undergraduate dormi- motion, seconded the substitute By Jennifer Lane alcohol to those under 21. pus alerting students to the exis- tory be used as an opportunity to motion. This motion contains a "large EDITOR IN CHIEF Underage individuals attempting tence of the program. experiment with the design of a resi- number of things we can agree on," Yesterday, MIT officials broad- to purchase alcohol will not be able For the future, the City of dence. Voelker said at the meeting. Voelker ened their commitment to curtailing to tell if the store employees are Cambridge is considering a ban on The motion stated that all its ini- encouraged the faculty to be "open to underage drinking, pledging actually police officers, Glavin said. alcohol delivery within the city, a tiatives would be based on input gradual change and experimentation Institute support for Cambridge's This will act as a deterrent to the move that MIT would wholly sup- from students, staff, faculty, and new Cops in Shops program, aimed underage purchase of alcohol. port, GlaVIn said. alumni and that reports would be Faculty, Page 16 at deterring illegal underage We are going to "go after this to attempts to purchase alcohol. cut off alcohol purchase at the At a press conference yesterday, source," Glavin said. Infinite Corridor Hosts Community Chief of Campus Police Anne P. The officers will also be on the Glavin presented MIT's $1,000 con- lookout for those presenting false tribution to James Tipping, the pres- identification. ident of the Cambridge licensee The program is trying to "put a At Tomorrow's Dining Extravanganza advisory board. Harvard dent in some of this illegal activity By Shawdee Eshghi MIT community together to cele- steel drum band, in addition to the University's Police Chief, Francis STAFF REPORTER where students are purchasing alco- brate the good things about MIT," antics of the MIT Beaver mascot Riley, was on hand to pledge the hol with false identification," said The entire MIT community will according to Associate Dean and and other performers. support of his university, as well. Frank Pasquarello, public informa- be invited into the Infinite Corridor Director of the Public Service In honor of the event, Lobdell "This is truly a partnership of the tion officer for the Cambridge Police. tomorrow, not to get to class Center Emily B. Sandberg, one of Food Court will be closed all day, board, retailers, the city, MIT, and indoors or cut across campus, but to the event's organizers. according to Kathy Richmond, Harvard," Glavin said. Program has different approach eat and celebrate. Recognizing that the past semes- Marketing Manager for Aramark. Representatives of the Cambridge The Cops in Shops program The Infinite Buffet, which will ter has been a particularly difficult However, etworks will be open all Sail Loft as well as Cambridge Mall emphasizes police presence rather take place in the Infinite Corridor one for everyone on campus, day, serving breakfast, lunch, and Liquors also attended the press con- than heightened penalties for illegal and nearby lobbies from noon to 2 President Charles M. Vest said that dinner. ference to show their support. alcohol procurement. Penalties p.m. tomorrow, is sponsored by the he thought "it would be great to remain the same. President's office. It will feature Vest initiates planning Officers pose as store employees have an event to bring MIT together The purchase of alcohol for cuisines to tempt a1l palates, from in a positive, celebratory manner." The planning of the event began Cops in Shops places plain- someone under the age of 21 carries traditional Southern fried chicken to No fine dining experience would about three weeks ago, when Vest clothes police offers in Cambridge a maximum penalty of $2,000 and 6 delicacies from around the world. be complete without entertainment, and Dean of Students and and Watertown liquor stores to issue months in prison. The purchase of The goal of this "uniquely MIT" so the Infinite Buffet will also offer citations or make arrests for viola- alcohol by someone under 21 car- event is to "bring all members of the the sounds of a jazz quartet and a Buffet, Page IS tions of local and state liquor laws. ries a maximum fine of $300. The program is aimed at deter- Selling, owning or using a false ring the underage purchase of alco- identification is a misdemeanor, and hol, as well as the legal sale of alco- the offender may be arrested imme- hol for the purpose of distribution to diately, without a warrant. New Design Class Studies Land Mines underage individuals. Officers Similar programs have been inside the store check identification, implemented in other cities includ- By Naveen Sunkavally while officers positioned outside the ing: Omaha, Neb., Urbana, Ill., and STAFF REPORTER store apprehend patrons supplying Dallas, Tex. Next semester, the Department of Mechanical The program includes a massive Engineering is offering a new design class entitled ad campaign including posters, tele- Humanitarian Demining. , vision and radio public service The class, 2.993 for undergraduates and 2.997 for announcements, and educational graduates, includes a trip during Independent materials for retailers. Activities Period to Laos and possibly Cambodia to Accordingly, Glavin will begin a investigate land mines. poster campaign on the MlT cam- "For any design problem, you should go to the location of the problem," said David H. Levy G, lec- turer for the course. "The conditions, materials, and A memorial service for process of demining are completely unknown to us." Michele S. Micheletti '00 He added that students in any circumstances will not GABOR CSANYI TIlE TEC/I will be held at I :30 p.m. on be exposed to any danger. Next semester, David H. Levy PhD '97 will • Jonatha Brooke: !U Sunday in Building E51 in "The primary focus is to learn to design in the teach a new course, Humanitarian Demining. the Wang Auditorium. ~ntWings Page 7 context of a difficult world-wide problem," Levy said. According to the United Nations Demining The service wi1l include Levy defined humanitarian demining as the Database, there are approximately 130 million land short remembrances punctu- removal of land mines "to make the ground safe for mines scattered across seventy countries. Egypt Short Thkes Paue 14 ated by musical pieces and civilians to walk and farm on." leads the world with 23 million unexploded land video clips of Micheletti's Members of the class would help to advance the mines, and Cambodia contains 6 million land mines. UA Minutes Page 15 life. Several students, deans, state-of-the-art in humanitarian demining by creating Every month, about 2,000 people die or are and President Vest will speak a new system that will help speed the process, while at the service. Comics Page 11 minimizing risk and cost, Levy said. Mines, Page IS Page 2 THET eH ovember 21, 1997 '.

South Korea Seeks Iraq owU.. ecto IMF Financial Rescue Package THE IHSfII,\GTO.v POST SOUTH KOREA To e Weapons Seare s the value of it currency continued to plunge, outh Korea began preliminary discu sions Thur day with the International By Craig Turner to be sure that has really happened. situation and start a new approach onetary Fund on a financial rescue package, according to pre and Robin Wright Action speak louder than words," toward Iraq" within the Security report from eoul and government official . LOS ANGELES TIMES Albright said in Geneva. Council. The figures cited in the Korean press reports indicated that the ational security adviser amuel A statement i sued by Iraq and bailout would be the bigge t ever, topping the $50 billion IMF-Ied The United ations ordered it R. "Sandy" Berger told reporters the Russia a a result of the Yeltsin- package that was as embled for Mexico in 1995. The state-owned weapons inspectors back into Iraq United State would continue to fol- Aziz meeting pledges Russia will Yonhap Television ews reported that eoul is seeking up to $60 bil- Thur day after the government of Iowa "two-prong strategy" of diplo- "take active measures to enhance lion in financial as istance. Iraqi President addam Hussein macy backed by the threat of mili- the effectiveness of the work" of the If Korean Pre ident Kim Young am formally approves the turned away from a confrontation tary force. weapons group, called the U. . .. request to the IMF, it will represent a deeply humiliating step for a that had threatened to draw the On Thursday, 12 F-15 fighters, Special Commission on Iraq. nation that takes enormous pride in its ri e from the devastation of the United States into renewed warfare 18 F-16 fighters, two B-1 bomber U. . officials said Russia, per- Korean War to economic modernity in a few generations. in the Persian Gulf. and Patriot surface-to-air defense haps joined by France and China, Although major Korean conglomerates such as amsung and U.S. military force converging missiles were added to the could step up pressure on the Hyundai remain formidable industrial powerhouses, the nation's on the gulf did not immediately American arsenal in the region. The Security Council to ease the Iraqi oil financial markets have been struck by a crisis similar to that which stand down, however, reflecting the latest deployments bring the total to embargo and other crippling eco- afflicted outheast A ian countries in recent month . attitude at the United ations and in 28 I U.S. warplanes and 22 nomic sanctions and may press for On Wednesday, South Korea unveiled a serie of actions to stabilize Washington that the crisis will not American ships, including two air- changes in the disarmament process financial markets. But the won quickly dropped the fun amount that is end until the inspectors have craft carriers. and for increasing the number of allowed in a ingle day, 10 percent, closing at 1,129 to the dollar. returned to Baghdad and resumed Iraq's roll-back came after Iraq non-American inspectors. their work hunting down and dis- Deputy Prime Minister Tarik Aziz The United States and Britain mantling Hussein's weapons of had discussions in Moscow with are wary of such initiatives, Microsoft Chairman Bristles mas destruction. Russian President Boris . Yeltsin although they have indicated they Richard Butler, the Australian and Foreign Minister Yevgeny M. may agree to increase the amount of At Monopoly Accusations diplomat who leads the disarma- Primakov. Primakov then relayed oil Iraqi is allowed to sell under a THE WASfll.vGTO,v POST ment effort, said 77 staff members the agreement at a 2 a.m. meeting in U. N .-administered humanitarian REDMOND. WASH would fly into Baghdad from nearby Geneva Thursday with Albright, program and might not object to Bill Gates slouches on the sofa in his office and listens intently to Bahrain by noon Friday and be back British Foreign Minister Robin raising the number of non-American the question. There is silence. His brow furrows. He fidgets, he rocks. on the job Saturday. He has said Cook, French Foreign Minister inspectors. He scowls. they will have catching up to do Hubert Vendrine and Sha Zukang, Bill Richardson, U.S. ambas- "What is the most pro-competitive thing that's ever happened in after three weeks of being blocked China's ambassador to the U.N. dis- sador to the United Nations, noted the economy?" he demanded. "Personal computers connected to the from inspections and may have to armament conference. that side agreements between Iraq Internet, by far." And Microsoft has helped that happen, Gates said. penetrate new Iraqi attempts to Despite concerns at the United and Russia are not binding on the And if his competitors don't like it, he suggested, then they should cover up work on prohibited Nations that Iraq still may be seek- United States. "There is no quid pro fight him in the marketplace. "It turns out that in capitalism, firms weapons. ing concessions in return for its quo, no concession, no carrots on actually pick what products they do and what features to put in those President Clinton cautiously reversal, all parties insisted there the part of the United States," he .. products without the government helping them to decide how to do welcomed the reversal even while had been no such deal. said. He added the United States that," he said. ordering more American firepower Aziz, in Cairo for meetings with would use its Security Council veto Last month, the Justice Department took legal action against within striking distance of Iraq. Egyptian and Arab League officials, if necessary to prevent what it con- Microsoft. contending it has violated the terms of a 1995 consent "In the coming days we will wait said Iraq got nothing for ending the sidered a premature lifting of sanc- decree by using its mark.et clout in operating-system software to and see whether (Saddam Hussein) stand-off other than a platform for tions. boost the acceptance of its Internet "browser" software. Microsoft has does in fact comply with the will of its complaints and Russian promises The 18-member panel that serves countered that it's simply improving its products and giving con- the international community," to work to accelerate the lifting of as the disarmament's oversight body sumers more \alue for their money, Clinton said in Washington. He sanctions against his country and to will meet in emergency session The two sides are scheduled to appear before a federal court added that Iraqi "must comply ensure that weapons inspectors will Friday and report to the Security judge. unconditionally" with the U. . pro- respect Iraqi sovereignty. Council. It could recommend gram. "I did not make a deal in changes in the inspection process. U.S. Secretary of State Moscow," Aziz insisted to reporters. According to their reports to the White House Releases Madeleine Albright took a similarly He said there were no "specific Security Council, weapons inspec- measured approach. "So far, what commitments" from the Russians, tors have been harassed, blocked, More Fund-Raiser Tapes we have are statements by Saddam but that he believes they "will do and misled by Iraqi authorities in TilE II'AS/II\(,T()\'/'()ST Hussein to reverse course. We want their best ... to correct the wrong their more than six years on the job. WASHINGTON The White House on Thursday released tapes of 24 political events attended by President Clinton and Vice President Gore during their 1996 re-election campaign, all but two of them campaign fund- Clinton Administration Split raisers. nltke tapes submitted earlier to the committee, none of the events took place in the White House, and the vast majority were overtly campaign fund-rai ers where there was no question of wrong- Over Issue of Lee Nomination doing by Clinton or Gore in asking for money. "We didn't find anything that was all that interesting," said Paul By Roberto Sura to proceed on Lee, the administra- Chairman Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, Clark. spokesman for the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, and Peter Baker tion will help shape its approach to who led the opposition to Lee, said which had subpoenaed the tapes. The committee has now received THE WASHINGTON POST civil rights issues for the rest of in an interview, "a recess appoint- tapes of 238 events featuring Clinton, Gore or both. WASHI GTON President Clinton's term and set a ment would be about the dumbest Included in the tapes was one from a July 13, 1995, fund-raiser at A sharp, sometimes intense framework for Democratic candi- thing they could do." If Clinton put the Maryland home of Tom Schneider, partner of the chief lobbyist debate has broken out within the dates in elections next year and in him in the job over the committee's for a group of Indian tribes who were trying to block plans by rival Clinton administration over how 2000. The decision on Lee, many objections, Lee's every official act tribes to open a casino in Hudson, Wis. The Interior Department aggressively to push Bill Lann believe, will color relations between "would be scrutinized, sometimes rejected the casino plan the day after the fund-raiser. Lee's nomination to the nation's top the executi ve branch and harshly," Hatch said, and the impact White House special counsel Lanny 1. Davis said the administra- civil rights job. Republicans in Congress, especially would extend far beyond him. tion regarded only two of the tapes as "directly respon ive" to the Lee's nomination failed in the the Senate, all through next year. "People would feel free to challenge committee's subpoena: a Dec. 8, 1996, Mayflower Hotel event Senate Judiciary Committee last One camp within the administra- the administration on everything attended by businessman Roger Tamraz; and a May 16, 1996, Thursday because of opposition tion believes the White House that comes through the committee," Sheraton Washington Hotel banquet that may show a fleeting glimpse from Republicans who consider the should pursue a recess appointment Hatch said. of Yah Lin "Charlie" Trie. Tamraz and Trie are key figures in the California attorney an activist who to demonstrate it is not intimidated White House and Justice administration's 1996 fund-raising scandals. pushes the law too far in advocating by Republican opposition to a man Department officials said Thursday Davis said the White House submitted the other 22 tapes "in a the use of racial preferences in affir- they consider imminently qualified that no decision on how to proceed spirit of cooperation" but withheld 43 others, because "they were not mative action. Angry Democrats and whose stand mirrors the presi- with Lee had been made. The alter- about fund-raising." argued that Republicans mischarac- dent's. native to a recess appointment is to terized Lee's positions and blocked "I assure you he will be the next mount a political campaign to win his nomination solely to score assistant attorney general for civil over enough Republicans on the points with their most conservative rights," said Erskine B. Bowles, the committee and in the Senate as a WEATHER constituencies. president's chief of staff, the day whole to ensure Lee's approval. Since then, administration offi- after the Senate Judiciary "It's a strategic call," said a Sloppy Saturday cials have engaged in almost daily Committee failed to vote on the Lee Clinton aide, who asked not to be discussions about what step to take nomination. named. The thinking at the White NA TIONA/. H'£../ TIlER SERI'ICE next, including the possibility of Justice Department officials led House, he added, is that there might A low pressure system will move into the ortheast this weekend, employing a little-known constitu- by Attorney General Janet Reno not be that much to lose in antago- ending the series of dry and seasonably cool weather this week. Rain tional device - a recess appoint- intervened last Friday with a cau- nizing Hatch and other Republicans will move in tonight and continue through tomorrow, becoming ment - to give Lee the post on a tion. While still supporting Lee, on the Judiciary Committee because freezing rain and snow as temperatures drop later Saturday. The sys- remporary basis while Congress is they argued that circumventing they already have been so slow in tem will move through Saturday night, leading to clearing skies for out of session. While some White Congress with a recess appointment moving presidential nominations. the latter part of the weekend. House officials favor such an after losing in the parliamentary "What are they going to do? Hold Today: Mostly Cloudy with southwesterly winds from 10 to 15 appointment as a bold show of arena would infuriate Republicans. up more judges?" the aide asked mph (15 - 25 kph). High near 50°F (10°C) resolve, many in the Justice Aides said Reno worried that other sarcastically. "The reason you do Tonight: Rain developing and becoming breezy, 90 percent Department fear that the cost of nominations and legislative propos- this is the office is important and chance of rain. Low near 40°F (4°C) defying the Republican-led als would be stalled, and Lee might he's the right person." Saturday: Rain tapering to scattered rain of snow showers in the Congress is simply not worth pay- become a victim of payback, under- The frustration with GOP attacks afternoon. A 90 percent chance of precipitation with temperatures mg. going endless oversight hearings on Clinton appointees has grown in falling in the afternoon. Early high in the mid 40s (6-8°C) Much more than tactical ques- that would paralyze him and the recent months and has made a Sunday: Clearing to partly cloudy skies, high 42°F (6°C) tions arc involved in the strategiz- civil rights division. recess appointment more palatable mg, officials said. In deciding how Senate Judiciary Committee at the White House. WORLD & THE TECH Page 3

xtre...... ~ Couple in Seventh Heaven THE BALTIMORE SUN CARLISLE. IOWA Ta~ .. u arak Looking like a man who may never stop smiling, Kenny Mc aughey stood at the altar in his small-town church and described By John Danlszewskl Ha an Alfi, upbraiding him and the Arab world' largest country i the joy of fathering septuplets - the four boys and three girls who LOS ANGELES TI 1ES subordinate for failing to protect vulnerable to renewed Islamic vio- were born Wednesday in a Des Moines ho pital. CAIRO. EGYPT the ancient Hat hep ut Temple near lence. 'This i one of the most blessed events that 1 have ever encoun- The group that claims it mas a- Luxor, where Monday' ma acre Mubarak held an emergency tered," said McCaughey, a 27-year-old billing clerk at a car dealer- cred 5 foreign tourists this week occurred. Cabinet meeting Thursday to di - ship here. "We're just ec tatic." mocked Egyptian Pre ident Hosni 'Oh, ubarak, removing Alfi is cu a draft ecurity plan covering While he beamed, the family was promised everything from a Mubarak on Thur day, saying hi not enough," the statement was Egyptian touri t ites. Habib Adli, new home to a lifetime supply of Pamper. Donations and offers of hake-up of security ervices will headlined, continuing, "A move- the new interior minister, moved help rolled into thi town of 3,500, located seven miles outh of Des not prevent further attacks. • ment that lead a people cannot be quickly, meantime, to replace top Moine. The well-wi her included President Clinton, who congratu- But Gamaa al-Islamiya, or defeated. The policy of removing Interior Ministry officials and secu- lated the couple in a telephone call Thursday afternoon. I lamic Group, said in a statement mini ters and replacing them with rity chiefs in Luxor, a ile River Earlier, McCaughey reported that hi wife, Bobbi, 29, "is doing faxed to a news agency that it would other cannot solve the problem of city 310 miles from Cairo vi ited by pretty well" and the even babies were "very healthy, very good." agree to a truce "for a while" if the Egyptian regime." million of tourist each year. Doctors confirmed hi ob ervation. All seven babies, whose / Mubarak's ecular government Government spokesmen aid Hundreds of troops have been weights at birth ranged from 3 pounds and 4 ounce to 2 pounds and accepts demands - including stop- they would not comment on the deployed in Luxor since the attack 5 ounces, were listed in seriou condition at Iowa Methodist Medical ping its campaign against Gamaa Gamaa demands but the mood of but it ha not deterred cancellation Center. There are no known sets of surviving septuplets in the world. members and breaking off relations authorities clearly was to redouble of tourist booking. The Gamma with I rael. the fight against the radical I lamic attack was the wor t terrorist as ault The taunting communique came group that has undermined the in modern Egypt's history and two days after Mubarak accepted country's lucrative touri t industry seemed to mark a new chapter in Many Devices Aim at Preventing the resignation of Interior Minister and raised qu~stions as to whether term of ferocity and sheer violence. Repetitive Stress Injury

Russia Provides Diplomatic Aid RSI ufferer pend million of dollars each year searching for ergonomic devices that enable them to work without pain. The goal is to make computer keyboards, workstations, office chairs and even the mouse and the trackball - devices used to point In U.N. Weapon Inspection Crisis and click on the computer - more comfortable and hopefully less By Carol J. Williams of its interests abroad as are Ru sian officials insist no damaging during repeated use. and John-Thor Dahlburg Western leaders. promises or concessions were made Experts say that warm-up and stretching exercises are essential to LOS ANGELES TIMES Most significantly, say officials to Iraq. But Primakov did vow to condition hands, wrists, arms and shoulders a well a the upper back MOSCOW and analysts, is that Russia's resolu- press for accelerated, more efficient and neck. Among the exercises that can help is making a tepee with Having pulled the United States tion of the tense standoff b~tween inspections in hopes that a positive your hands by gently pressing fingertips of each hand against each ahd Iraq back from the brink of Baghdad and the international com- judgment on compliance will be the other. Finger curls are another way to stretch tendon. imply rub- ~lnother armed confrontation, munity enhances the solidarity and outcome, opening the way for eas- bing hands together until palms and fingers heat up, followed by mas- Russia's leadership has scored its authority of the U.N. Security ing harsh economic sanctions saging the back of each hand thoroughly can warm up mu cle and first major diplomatic 'victory of the Council by showing that its often- imposed to punish Iraq's invasion of tendons prior to typing. Also, the 'computer monitor should be at or post-Cold War era and demonstrat- squabbling permanent members can Kuwait in 1990. slightly below eye level, and elbows and legs should make a 90- ed that It takes more than one super- also be allies. Primakov set off for South degree angle.with the body while the hands are on the keyboard. ~ower to keep the world at peace. It was the intervention of Russia, America shortly after the hastily The seat should not be so long that it digs into the back of the , . Russian Foreign Minister which has long enjoyed symbiotic convened meeting in Geneva where legs, and the chair's height should be adjusted so that the feet can Yevgeny M. Primakov's success in relations with Iraq, that compelled he won support for Russia's strategy touch the floor without dangling, he said. To help improve posture, persuading Iraqi President Saddam Baghdad to allow unhindered access from fellow top diplomats from the slip a board, about three-quarters to one-inch thick, beneath the low- Hussein to lift his provocative to its weapons facilities by a U.N. other. Security Council permanent est side of the keyboard. Many experts also favor touch pads instead ouster of U.N. weapons inspectors Special Commission seeking to members - the United States, of the mouse or the trackball, which often promote unnatural gripping also testifies to Moscow's resurgent assess Baghdad's compliance with Britain, France and China. But his actions that can cause injury. ew devices are also available to attach clout in parts of he Arab world and Security Council resolutions order- deputies stood ready to interpret the the mouse or trackball to the keyboard to ease strain. confirm~ the Kremlip is as defensive .ing elimination of its weapons. bre'a1

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/0 by Any Other ame .... Wedne day, J. Kim andiver PhD '75, profe or of ocean hould precede residence lection. engineering, pre nted to the faculty a Ii t of preliminary pro- oble a the e idea may be, the admini tration ha not po al for changing Re idence and Orientation Week. The pro- b en able to excite fre hmen about academic orientation. Skit Chairman po al , which are the work of the Orientation Re idenc and spe che about science or engineering at the Pre ident' hang-Lin Chuang 98 Committee and largely in agree- Convocation, for example, are taged how with l~ttl faculty- Editor in Chief 'tort'al ment with Interfraternity Council student interaction. The academic midway i typically taffed Jennifer Lane '9 Edt recommendation, are de igned to by tudents and departmental admini trator . To many fre h- make ru hand re idence selection men, MOY A, fre hman advi ory minar dinners, and imilar Su ine anager Ie tre ful for incoming tudent, to increa e faculty- tudent event eem pointle and contrived, while till others find them Cri tian A. Gonzalez '99 interaction during RIO, and to place more empha i on ac dem- only a distraction from rush. In the pa t, these event have been anaging Editor ic orientation. While we believe the e are very laudable goal, fraught with controver y over po ible abu e by fraternity mem- Ja on C. Yang '99 we believe that the propo al will do little or nothing to bring bers u ing non-rush activities to siphon freshman toward their them about. hou e . E ecuti e Editor Names: The ingle most inane propo al on the Ii t involve Faculty-student interaction: Although Vandiver's commit- Dan McGuire '99 changing the name of RIO to 'Orientation." Changing the name tee wa not charged with determining how the e high-minded ' accompli he only one thing: It gives tho e who are not propo al will be implemented, there is every likelihood that l\'EWS STAFF involved in ru h the appearance of having changed it without implementation will prove impossible. Several faculty members Editor: David D. Hsu '98, Venkatesh having done anything. poke to the difficulty of committing more time, money, or atish '98, Brett Altschul '99, May K. T e '99; ociate Editors: Carina Rush: The propo al included everal points related to rush, energy to interacting with students. Most faculty are simply not Fung '99, Jean K. Lee '99, Frank uch a lowering the incidence of hard flu hing by fraternitie , present on campu during RIO, and there is no reason to believe Dabek '00, Douglas E. Heimburger '00, and increasing the numb r of activitie that happen in dormito- that thing will be different next year. Faculty have no incentive Zareena Hussain '00; taff: oemi rie . The e reform will do little or nothing to reduce the inten- to get involved in the community to begin with, let alone during Gi zpenc '98, Orli G. Bahcall '99, hawdee sity of fraternity ru h, however. Ultimately, the inten ity ofru h their own Augu t break. Until the faculty are willing to make Eshghi '99, Eric it '99, harmin depends on the members of the fraternities who do the rushing, changes in their own lifestyles and priorities, it seem~ unlikely Ghaznavi '00, tuart Jackson '00, Dudley not the length of ru h. The propo als fail to create an incentive that there will be real faculty-student interaction during RIO. W. Lamming '00, u an Buchman '0 I, Jenni fer Chung '0 I, Katie Jeffreys '0 I, to change the tone of rush. Making the proce s longer will only Testing: The committee also recommended changing or Dalie Jimenez '0 r, Kri ta L. iece'O I, make the experience more interminable for those participating .eliminating the mandatory te ting of freshmen during RIO. We aveen unkavally'O I; Meteorologist : in it and will further increase the profile of rush in RIO. support this recommendation. Failing Ol)eor both of the manda- Michael C. Morgan PhD '95, Gerard Roe G, Flushing, hard or not, remains the only way of telling freshmen tory tests is the first academic experience at MIT for many Chris E. Forest, Marek Zebrowski. that they are not welcome to join a given fraternity. And since freshmen. We agree that freshmen need a more positive intro- the IFC already discourage hard flushing, this proposal repre- duction to academics; purely optional advanced standing exams PRODUCTION STAFF sents no change at all. would be far preferable to the current system of essay evalua- Editor: Saul Blumenthal '98, Russell Light '98, Josh Bittker '99, Erica S. Academic orientation: Among the most prominent items tion and math diagnostic examinations. . Pfister '00; sociate Editor: Moksha among the proposals listed by Vandi ver were those related to The faculty proposals for orientation represent an idealistic Ranasinghe '99; taff: Kevin Chao '0 I, enlarging the profile of academic orientation in RIO. Faculty wish list without any mechanism for implementation. The pow- Roxanne Lau '01, Steve K. Lim '01, Ryan should be more involved in orientation; orientation to MIT and erful forces that make rush a stressful and difficult experience M. Ochylski '01. the academic work done here should dominate orientation, and will still be present, and little will change.

OPINION STAFF Editors: Anders Hove G, Stacey E. Blau '98; Staff: A. Arif Husain '97, Mitali Dhar '99, Wesley T. Chan '00, eth Bisen- Reject Draconian Alcohol Policies Hersh '01, Michael J. Ring '01. At Wednesday's faculty meeting the ad hoc committee to its of the law, permit them to spend their own mon~y any way SPORTS STAFF review with alcohol policy put forth a set of extraordinarily dra- they would like. Editor: Daniel C. Stevenson G; ssociate conian proposals on alcohol with little acknowledgement of their . Initially, .this ad hoc group appeared to be a-sin:tple admin- Editor: Shao-Fei Moy '98; Staff: Chris massive implications. With their sweeping scope and ludicrously istrative review gro~p fo;rtht; In~*~~~;~ a.lco~r?lp~li~'y ,s~~ired Brocoum '00. broad definition of Institute funds,. by Clay, who Qea.dsmany such reylews. The'group's re~om- ARTS STAFF Editorial' the proposals would in effect create mendations go: far beyond the scope of a mere revj'ew, liowever;. Editor: David V. Rodriguez '97; Staff: a dry campus and impinge, proba- in effect, the group has put forth a bold recommendation for a Thomas Chen G, Vladimir V. Zelevinsky G, bly illegally, on individuals' personal freedoms. The recommen- dry campus without explicitly admitting it. Considering that the Teresa Esser '95, Teresa Huang '97, Mark dations are unreasonable and inappropriate, and we stroflgly scope of the committee's review was so wide, students should Huang '99, Yaron Koren '99, Joel M. urge President Charles M. Vest and Academic Council to reject have been included as members on the committee, which was Rosenberg '99. them. simply a panel of three administrators. PI/O TOGRA pfI}' STAFF The proposals as they stand expand on Vest's curtent ban The committee did meet with a number of students, but Editors: Gabor C-anyi G, Gregory F. on the use of Institute funds to purchase alcohol at events where their opinions appear to have played little orno role in the com- Kuhnen '00; Staff: Rich Fletcher G, anyone under 21 will be present. The committee proposes mittee's recommendations. Clay acknowledged that the one Jonathan Li G, Wan Y. W. Morshidi G, retaining that ban, with possible exceptions for those who statement the committee heard over and over again from stu- (j a h r icleM ig Ii 0 r i n i G, Tho mas E. Murphy G, t\rifur Rahman G, T. Luke receive prior approval ba ed on adherence to the committee's dents was that they want to feel treated like adults. But in a Young G, Tiffany Lin '97, Dennis standards. Approval would be granted on a case-by-case basis seeming dismissal of this important concern, Clay made no Ya-ncey '97, t\driane Chapman '98, Ahmed by the senior officer in each area. In the case of student events, attempt to actually address it. t\it-Cihezala '99, David Tarin '99, Wendy that per on would be Dean for Student Life Margaret R. Bates. The committee s proposals do little to add to the sorely' Fan '00, Rita II. Lin '00, Karlene But the committee defines Institute funds as any money spent lacking campus-wide introspective dialogue on alcohol. Indeed, Rosera '00, Cornelia Tsang '00, Chun Hua by anyone on any event even tangentially related to MIT, they do not so much as acknowledge one of the few efforts Zheng '00, Ajai Bharadwaj '0 I, Courtney including personal funds. Their definition would include, for Clench '01, Ying Lee '01, Rebecca Loh '01, made to look at and improve the way we implement alcohol Amy Yen '0 J, Agnes Borszeki, Miodrag example, money spent by an MIT fraternity, money spent at an restrictions - the proposals passed last week by the Cirkovic. off-campus function in any way connected with MIT, or money Interfraternity Council presidents. While the presidents' propos- spent by anyone on any MIT property. As Clay said, the com- als likely have.little chance for survival among the rank and file FEA Tl.'RES STAfF mittee made sure to leave no loopholes. of fraternities, they at least represent a well-intentioned stab at Pawan Sinha SM '92, Hugo M. Ayala G, But the scope of this definition is ludicrous, as Clay him- better student self-governance on alcohol that the ad hoc com- Calista E. Tait G, Katy King G, Zachary self illustrated in an example he gave of the application of the mittee could have considered in its proposals. Emig '98, Jessica Wu '99. rules. Clay said that if he invited some students from a class he As they stand now, the recommendations put forth by the BUSINESS STAFF taught to an informal dinner at his house, the funds he spent out committee are unacceptable. MIT does not need reactionary, Advertising Manager: Jennifer Koo '00; of his own pocket on the dinner would qualify as Institute draconian measures. Understandably, MIT must be sure to pro- Operations anager: Joey Dieckhans '00; funds. Indeed, President Vest himself might be in violation of Staff: Satwiksai Seshasai '0 I, Amy Cai '0 I. tect itself from alcohol liability suits, particularly because the the rules if he kept alcohol in his office or in his Institute-owned alcohol liability laws in Massachusetts are so vague. But the EDITORS A T LARGE house and had a student under 21 as his guest. It is doubtful that Institute already has the rules it needs to operate in accordance Contributing Editors: Dan Dunn '94, such ridiculously overreaching definitions could hold up in the with the laws. What it needs is education,'faculty-student inter- Indranath eogy '98. courts. Whether or not the committee acknowledges it, people action, and a will to enforce the reasonable rules that already ADVISORY BOARD do have personal freedoms outside of MIT that, within the lim- exist. V. Michael Bove '83, Rohert E. Malch- man '85, Thomas T. Huang '86, Reuven M. Lerner '92, Josh Hartmann '93, Jeremy Hylton '94, Garlen C. Leung '95, Opinion Policy days before the date of publication. Scott C. Deskin '96. Letters must bear the authors' signatures, addresses, and phone Editorials are the official opinion of The Tech. They are written PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE numbers. Unsigned letters will not be accepted. 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In the pa t, new hou ing a everyone mu t know by now, was not a pace ha been filled by increa ing admis- Meetings This Monday, some new signs appeared vote of the faculty on the issue at hand. At the ions; in other word, a new donn does not along the McGrath-O'Brien Highway in last moment the Chorover motion wa gutted nece arily produce real change. I need hardly omerviHe, my road home in the evening. I and replaced by a vacuous hibboleth. The point out that changing the name of "RJO" to tacey E. Blau assume the ign, replacement motion waxes optimistic about "Orientation" amounts to nothing at all. And which were posted increasing funding for faculty-student interac- as Arthur C. mith, profe or of electrical Wednesday's faculty meeting wa a exer- below the left-turn tion and better aligning MIT's donn and fra- engineering and computer cience (and a for- cise in near-disa ter. arrow across from av- ternitie with the educational mission. It pro- mer dean him elt), pointed out, little about I ay that with all due re pect. Meetings are, Mor Liquors, intended 'pose no concrete action, orientation can change after all, hard to run. And they are not made any to show a left-turn only and it studiou ly avoids since faculty don't even easier when the people arrow. After all, any the issue of whether fresh- return from break until at the meeting are busi- driver attempting to men should be housed on L~T' after Labor Day. ly spouting their on-the- make a right turn from campus. 1:r On the hou ing side, spot revelations on I' the left-turn lane at that In other word, we sig- it seems fair to say housing and faculty-stu- spot would have to cut nailed left and cut right. TURN we've already had a dent interactions. E]W;:a in front of three lanes It seem safe to ay that brush with the forces of President Charles of 50 mile-per-hour highway traffic. I imagine the motion, like so many ON Gn EN conservatism on cam- M. Vest, who presided the Metropolitan District Commission will high words poken about I"( pu . Every single word over Wednesday's correct the error within hours of my writing faculty-student interaction ARROW of Chorover's watered- meeting a he doe all this paragraph. in the past, will be quickly down motion faced the faculty meetings, could MIT has been getting some bizarre signals forgotten, Perhaps a house OlllY most intense scrutiny urely tell you thi . And of its own, albeit from a different source than fellow or two will be fund- 1'\1- from faculty members so, too, could fonner President Paul E. Gray the MDC. When ovember dawned upon the ed, a new a sociate dean concerned not to give '54, who gracefully re cued the meeting from world, the campu was embroiled in a debate for faculty interaction umbrage from members it out-of-control state by finally calling the over housing and alcohol, with the balance of hired, or a seminar found- of fraternities, orori- question on the issue at hand - Professor of vitriol expended on the housing side. The ed; beyond that, little will tie , and independent Brain and Cogniti ve cience tephan L. cause for the debate was a brash motion made change. living groups. Henry Chorover's flimsy ubstitute "sense of the fac- by one professor, Stephan L. Chorover, that It was bound to hap- Jenkins, professor of lit- ulty" motion. suggested all freshmen should be housed on pen. The fraternity system erature and housemaster Never mind the fact that several faculty campus begmning next year. When the is every bit as entrenched of Senior House, even members had to ask aloud what it actually motion was made, several faculty members and set in its ways as the objected to the sugges- meant to call the que tion. After clearing that, spoke to the necessity of having the faculty faculty. A motion at a fac- tion of improving the hurdle, the faculty approved the motion with show leadership on topics related to campus ulty meeting suggesting sense of M IT as a just a handful of "no" votes. life. change in either fraternity whole community, The It was a mystery that the faculty needed to Like all motions at faculty meetings, the or faculty life causes as forces of conservatism bother voting on the motion at all. Its trans- Chorover motion was to be considered at the much change on MIT as a seem eager to reduce fonned ver ion was a hodge-podge of faculty next faculty meeting, one month later. During breaking wave upon the everything to a zero- hopes and dreams that anyone with an ounce that month-long interval, the campus was shore ofa continent. sum game between pre- of sense knows will never come to pass. embroiled in a debate over housing freshmen Don't get me wrong; serving living groups Before the vote, 1. Kim Vandiver PhD '75

J :on (;ampus - a debate that pitted fraternity this month of discussion and achieving any other presented the similar ideas of the Orientationl members eager to save their ever-so-fragile about housing has been conceivable goal. Residence committee (otherwise known as the community against the supposedly unfeeling, quite extraordinary. ever Whither MIT? Now OIR committee - images of an operating unknowing faculty. Professors threw me~t- have so many faculty that the faculty cat has table come to mind). The report, not surpris- ings, and fraternities offered dinner. E-mail interacted with so mimy students. Never have had its say, the deanly mice will play. Up ingly, rejected the idea of housing all fresh- flames shot hither and yon. Students from the creative efforts of student leaders and their until this point, the Dean's Office has men on campus next fall because of the logis- independent living groups presented a peti- organizations been so widely heard and inte- proven adept at blowing in the political tical problems it posed. The rest consisted of tion. Parents and alumni weighed in. Dozens grated into the work being done by adminis- winds of the moment. And at this moment, lofty talk of facuIty-student interaction and ofletters and columns, on the subject appeared trators and faculty. Never in living memory the political winds are howling with the some nice ideas for change. in th~ campus press. . ' have' faculty meetings been so heavily domi-.. most arctic variety of conservatism. Many of the ideas were, of course, good 'All'!' 1S .~uripg 'the ,mori,h' pr~v.ioysly' set .. 'nated '~y actual concern abbut the 'nifty-gritty Committees will meet, reports will be writ- ones. Who wouldn't want more faculty aside for 'introspective 'dialogue about alcohol r 'of student life. For that matt r;never have fac- ten, more fair words will be spoken. As the involvement in rush and more faculty-student and binge drinking.lnstead of dialogue or dis- ulty meetings been so widely attended. days slip past, fewer and fewer people will interaction? WelL .. maybe faculty. cussion, the campus'had a debate - a debate Will anything come of it in the long run? I remember the day when someone breathed If the faculty's attendahce at the meeting over MlT's sacred cow, fraternity rush. for one will believe it when I see it. What we the words "faculty leadership." was any indication, you'd have to conclude that faculty could not care less about these issues. The sad fact is that faculty attendance, at about Passing the .Buck on Activities Funding 55, was notably above average. But you've got to wonder when above-av~rage faculty atten- severely limits their ability to raise funds from run group to bring several major concerts to dance still manages to leave a huge gulf in the Douglas E, Heimburger outside groups becaus it may threaten gener- campus each year for Brown students. The center section of 10-250. al Institute funding. 'groups still have to pay for police officers and Faculty members who were present certain- At the faculty meeting, the ad hoc commit- It gets even worse when activities decide the equipment being used, but they actually ly removed any doubt about what the faculty tee to review the alcohol po'licy introduced 'a that they want to hold an event. If the event is have the funding to do it. could do. Several professors spoke plainly /1 sweeping group of pro- judged to be even remotely dangerous or if Most smaller groups at Brown receive about the futility of getting faculty involved in posals. One of the money is being collected and more than 100 funding that is orders of magnitude higher students' lives. One professor stated that you interesting proposals people are expected, a group must have and than those here at MIT. The debate society at would actually have to get faculty to commit - for the future, howev- pay for at least one Campus Police officer at a Brown received almost $7,000 two years ago, gasp! - time and energy to successfully pursue er, was the idea to rate of almost $25 per hour per officer. compared to less than a thousand dollars for student-faculty interaction. But he admitted that revisit "activity fund- Considering that most parties in La Sala de the debate group here at the Institute. he himself has been unable to muster enough _~ ing and needs." It's Puerto Rico or Lobdell require three or four Here at MIT, there was a movement to enthusiasm to have more than one freshman police officers at a minimum, it's not surp.r:is- establish a student activities fee a few years seminar in more than 10 years. ::I~~~~~.M~~e1~:i~i~::e~Ya~e;:~ing that most groups can't afford a party or ago. It was to be far more modest - less than And as one joke at the meeting made clear, • Institute currently suf- concert or any social event when they have to $40 per year. Still, it would have been a step there's no way you'd be able to get the faculty fer from a lack of funding, space, and more shell out $500 so that, CPs can secure the in the right direction, but it fell flat on its face to be part of RJO (or OIR or 0 or whatever it than token support from the administration. place and are only receiving $1,000 or $1,500 because of student protest. Activity funding at is going to be called): You'd have to send stu- In many ways, most student groups are from the Institute for a full academic year's the Institute has not kept up with inflation as dents to drag faculty back from their August like mini small businesses, connected to the worth of expenses. research and external funding has fallen. A Cape Cod vacations. Institute only ~hrough a small office on the Those allocating the funding agree that it's student activities fee would provide the impe- The meeting brought back memories of the fourth floor of the student center and a tax 10 not enough. "As to whether the groups are tus to finally increase activity funding to at ROTC Task Force's visit to an Undergraduate number allowing them to purchase things adequately funded, I don't think anyone could least keep up with demand. Association Council meeting two years ago. At tax-free. argue that they are," said then-President of the that meeting, Vandiver himself made little of a However, a student activity fee is unlikely Unlike at many other universities, activi-, Association for Student Activities Douglas K. faculty resolution made five years earlier (when ever to occur because, in some way, it's ties at MIT are treated like a self-sufficient Wyatt G two years ago. "But until MIT he was chair of the faculty) stating the faculty bound to cost every student some money. department - they're required to pay for decides that extracurricular student life is a would vote to end MIT's ROTC program if the Since this is inevitable, the administration most of the facilities that they use. For exam- priority, there's not a whole lot that can be government did not make enough progress should either step in and give activities more ple, a student group wanting a phone line in done, unfortunately." toward ending discrimination against gays in money unilaterally, institute an activities fee, ,) their facilities, which is central to doing any Well, it's time for extracurricular student the military. The faculty in 1995, Vandiver said, or pay for many of the services that most level of business or fundraising, must pay the life to become a priority. As the administra- was not at all bound by the resolution, which schools of MIT's caliber pay for as a matter of Institute about $25 a month, plus the cost of tion looks for new non-alcoholic opportunities was not much more than a back-room deal he phone calls. Want a network drop? That costs for students on and off campus on the week- course - phone calls and network drops, for helped cut. one. an additional $30 a month. ends, it can look to student groups to fill some Just a few years later I could see Chair of Not only this, but only the smallest of the of the void. There's already a wealth of the- As the administration and the MIT com- the Faculty Lotte Bailyn'making little of the small activities even receive any funding ater and other artistic productions on week- munity in general searches for ways to Chorover proposal, saying it was simply a from the Institute. It's no wonder - after ends, and there's almost always a movie improve the climate of the campus and shift it back-room deal she cut. No one really would all, the Institute as a whole only allocates showing in 26-100. For those who want a away from alcohol, it's important to note that be bound by it. about $80,000 per year to give to student party or just a nice social event, however, activities have suffered for many years from With that -in mind, why didn't the faculty groups as a whole, and with groups request- there generally aren't any. Not to mention poor funding. Yet they remain a great diver- just amend the motion to read something like, ing mu tiple thousands of dollars a year, it's concerts - there's only been one of those in sion from the stress of the academic workload "The President will designate a committee to impossible to give all of the groups the the year and a half that I've been here, and it and other things that take their toll on report back to the faculty every six months on funding they deserve. wasn't really a big-name group. students. the lack of progress m~de on these proposals." In fact, many decent yet small groups only For ideas on where we could go with activ- If activities were better funded, they could It sure would beat the pretending. get a fraction of the funds that they really ity funding, we only have to look at some of produce more meaningful events and pro- No such friendly amendment was made. need to stay afloat and end up scraping by the Ivy league schools. Brown University, for grams for the MIT community and perhaps The faculty was convinced that things could with old equipment and without the materials example, assesses a $106 student activities fee provide new diversions from the alcohol envi- change. They voted for the Chorover motion that they really need. Larger groups and even on all its students. It then distributes about ronment that has penneated this 'campus to a because they want to explore the possibilities many small ones are left to collect the funds $750,000 to student groups. For example, large extent until the events of the last of what they can take on. They'll do it. Really, they need on their 'owh while the institn thei finarrc oard lve $96,.000 to a student- two months. the will. H ovember 21, 1997

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This space donated by The Tech Page 10 Tn T cn Experime tal a Juxtaposes With Electronics Katie Jeffreys human' movements, cau ing each SI.IH Rf.PORIFR perfonnance of the play to be differ- A graduate tudent in the ent. Program in Media Arts and For example, when the human cience ha created a y tem that grow tired of the computer' game allows people to interact with com- and decide not to play, the comput- puter characters in the production of er get angry and throws virtual a play. Claudio . Pinhanez G brick at the actor. developed "It/I," an experimental The y tem allows for a unique theater play which u es tate-of-the- fonn of perfonnance art. "The ques- art computer technology to create tion i : How can we use this in other and control a computer graphic applications?" Pinhanez said. character on stage screens. "We can use this sort of technol- The play consi ts of two charac- ogy in entertainment places such as ters, a human, played by Joshua a mall, theme park, or museum," Pritchard, and a computer-con- Pinhanez said. trolled one. The person interact In addition, Pinhanez envisions with the computer, as it trains him his interactive technology becoming to follow order , and it play game part of everyday life. "The problem with him. Thi is a rever al of roles, with video games i that the action with machine controlling man, happen on the wrong side of the resulting in a "real fanta y," screen," he aid. Pinhanez said. By putting cameras in living The Iive interaction between areas to "augment the phy ical reali- man and machine is facilitated with ty" u ing interactive sounds, pic- the use of three cameras upended tures, and video. This would allow above the audience that construct for a mood to be set in one's envi- images of the actor's ilhouette. ronment that corresponds to their The e vision ystems were created activity and state of mind. by John Liu G and Chri Bentzel Pinhanez studied theater in G. Brazil, and was very interested in A program then analyzes the computers as well. After corning to data and the computer character the United tates five years ago, he react to the actor's actions with began thinking about interactive animated graphics, sounds, and computer theater, before the appro- lighting effects. "The idea is to priate technology was available. build something active enough for a In the summer of 1996, scripted situation" Pinhanez aid. Pinhanez went to Japan and was able to create a four-minute interac- Program reacts to actor tive piece. He began working on It/I While the computer's abilities last May, and he is now looking to are limited to tho e specified in the take it to other venues. GABOR CSANYl-THE TECH program, the behavior is not entirely WI can be seen in the Media Lab HOLODECKvO.1 - Freedom Baird G poses under the electronic eye of her computer partner on stage in predetermined. It reacts to the today, Saturday, and Sunday. It/I, a computer theater play by Claudio S. Plnhanez G.

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TII"VlL97."IT •• OU Page 14 ---e ead Dismembered body part, police he truck her and she hit her position of the body parts. need," errill said, who had ju t Wu contributes 5 million every believed to belong to mi sing head on a stereo. Ithough Gregory [Daily Orange. 11/20/97] returned from the legislative hear- six months to the engineering Syracu e was bleeding profusely, Ev n told ing for UConn football in Hartford. chool. The money i placed in the Univer ity opho- police he did not eek help and dis- tudent Ie p out for fundrai r errill said the government endowment fund and support grad- Short more April covered the next morning that she ixty University of Connecticut must take more re pon ibiJity to the uate fellow , new professorships, Gregory, were wa dead. students and one faculty member homeless, blaming government cut- and a dean' fund for teaching. di covered by After Evan confe ed, police braved the 20 degree weather backs. "Poor people don't occur, we "Mo t of the contribution goes into Takes police Tuesday earched hi hou e and found Wednesday night for "Love Shack" create them. Many people live in the the bank with the rest of the night and Wedne day. de compo ed body parts in the ba e- - a sleep-out fund-raising event, suburbs (away from the problem). University's endowment," Jamie on Gregory, a Syracuse native, has ment, behind wall , in closets and in as a part of Hunger and We don't see it, touch it, feel it, (to said. "We only use a mall portion been mi ing since May 24, 1996. the attic. Onondaga County Oi triet Homelessness week. many) it doesn't matter any more," of it at a time." Thirty-one-year-old Terrance Evans Attorney William Fitzpatrick aid a The event, held to rai e con- Merrill said. [The Daily Princetonian wa charged Tue day with second- pair of legs that were found in the sciousness about homelessne s, "I appreciate what I have now 11/20/97] degree murder after confes ing to attic had been burned. Evans included an overnight sleep-out in becau e , know a lot of people who the crime, according to the Syracuse attempted to destroy the limbs by cardboard boxes, guest speakers, don't have anything," said Juan ethamphetamine u e rising Police Department. Evans, April's setting them on fire in his garage. and a candlelight vigil. Soto, a I st-seme ter Latin American Most people wouldn't think o( former boyfriend, lives next door to He put the fire out because of the The sleep-out, including the studies major. '" just want to go gulping down a tall cool glass of the Gregory family on the city's smoke and stench it created and "Love Shack" and cardboard city, home and thank my parents for what antifreeze. But mix it with lantern South ide. tried to cover up the odor with per- were constructed by Habitat for they have given me." fuel, drain cleaner and Sudafed and Police said Evans had been a fume. Humanity, according to Carlye [The Daily Campus. 11/20/97] people might inject the concoction suspect from the beginning. He was SPD Crime Lab investigators Thomson, a 7th-semester psycholo- directly into their bloodstream. que tioned by police at lea t three were still searching Evans' house gy major, and Habitat for Humanity Princeton donor uffer in crash This blend of chemicals is the recipe times, but a lack of evidence for evidence late Wednesday night. volunteer. Princeton University's "mother for one of Colorado's newest drug stopped police from obtaining a The county Medical Examiner's The speakers and events were lode" may be facing financial diffi- trends - methamphetamine. search warrant. In his confe sion, Office is using dental records to sponsored by UConn PIRG begin- culties. Hopewell Holdings, the With varieties such as crank, Evans told police that Gregory came positively identify the body parts. ning with a speech by local State company owned by Gordon Wu, crystal meth and ice, methampheta- to his house at 227 McKinley Ave., Although a positive identification Rep. Denise Merrill. "It's really hard who donated $100 million to the mine use is on the rise in the the night she disappeared because should be available oon, the cause to believe the state would spend engineering school in October 1995, Centennial State and the problem his parents were not home. of death will not be known for $107 million on a football stadium has lost money in the recent global appears to be spreading. While meth After the two argued, he told weeks because of the severe decom- when there are so many other stock-market drops. use is highest in Denver, the stimu- Though the company has suf- lant is quickly gaining popularity fered from the crash, Assistant Dean across the state. for Development in the engineering 'There certainly has been an school Matthew Cottle said he is incline here in Boulder County," Students, Remember the 12-unit Credit Limit for lAP certain that the University will con- said Boulder police Sergeant Pat tinue to receive its payments. Haugse. In 1996 alone, police bust- "Up to this point all of Gordon's ed 28 clandestine meth labs in Guidelines for Counting Units pledge payments have been early," Colorado, more than double the of Subjects Extending beyond Independent Activities Period: Cottle said. "There seems to be no number of the previous year. doubt that they will continue on The drug can be smoked, Subject Units Applied Available Units schedule." In addition, Cottle said he inhaled, injected or mixed into cof- believes any public perception that fee, and its low street price anp (Begun in Fall) towards lAP for lAP Hopewell Holdings is suffering exhilarating high have earned met 8.01L 6 units 6 units financially will only further encour- a reputation as the "poor man's 18.02A 6 units 6 units ag~ Wu to continue his contributions. cocaine." One gram sells on the 18.01 6 units 6 units The crash of the Hong Kong street for about $125 and can pro- stock market and the collapse of a vide a high that lasts up to 10 hours, -Students taking one of these subjects cannot receive credit for more than six additional units in lAP. $3.2 billion mass-transit project in nearly 20 times longer than a com- -Students taking two of these subjects cannot receive credit for any additional units in lAP. Thailand forced Hopewell Holdings parable hit of cocaine. -Students cannot receive credit for all three subjects. to declare a $2.2 billion loss. "When I tried it, it didn't seem According to the South China like we smoked that much," said the Subject Units Applied Available Units Morning Post, this deficit marks a CU junior. "But it lasted a really great change from the $769 million long time. It was fun." (Begun in lAP) towards lAP for lAP profit posted by the company during "I remember being happy, excit- 10.491 4 units 8 units the last fiscal year. ed. Really happy. We spent about The decline in Hopewell's stock seven or eight hours partying and UROP activity for credit also counts towards the credit limit. followed the trend of the fall in the getting totally wasted. It was like a Asian markets, and does not neces- euphoria. I remember sitting on the The CAP will be disinclined to approve future petitions to exceed the sarily indicate dire financial prob- couch thinking 'this is not normal.' lems for the company, Director of And we crashed at, oh, probably 12-unit lAP credit limit. 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Buffet, from Page 1 small group of P staff and stu- [Residenc and ampus Acti ities], A resolution of condolence in honor of Michele Micheletti passed, dents to discuss possible ideas. e Physical Plant, etc - come together 17-0-0. • Undergraduate Education Rosalind wanted to do something uniquely to work on this," Ives said. A resolution to e tabh h one single undergraduate student govern- H. Williams heard from students MIT that everyone could enjoy," ment was tabled. The resolution would urge the Dormitory Council that morale was generally down. said andberg. Thus the idea of an Buffet not fir t community e cnt and Interfraternity Council to di band and join with the UA to form Given that the end of the term is Infinite Buffet. "Everyone loves free The Infinite Buffet i not the first one stud nt government. always tough, Vest and Williams fOod,"she said. community-building event at MIT. A resolution concerning the expansion of non-academic hours decided that a community building The team came up with a pro- Until several years ago, the entire passed, 11-0-2. The resolution re,commends that no academic event would be appropriate. posal and budget, which was MIT community, including living activity be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. The cur- Vest and Williams then contact- approved by Vest and Williams. groups, staff and faculty, would rent non-academic period is from 5 to 7 p.m. on weekdays. ed Anthony J. Ives G, Assistant 'Even the president has a few dis- form teams to participate in Johnson The Council also heard a report from Shawdee Eshghi '99, a rep- Dean Katie O'Dair and Sandberg cretio~ary dollars in the budget, so I Games, a sort of field day held resentative from the committee on the first year program. Eshghi because of their ~xtensive contact was pleased to fund this," Vest said. annually at MIT. informed the council of her committee's decision to recommend that ith students and event planning "I've never had to plan an event However, attendance began to all fre hmen be hou ed on campus. experience. 'With all the students so intensively and quickly before, dwindle because the event required OURCE: FLOOR LEADER PAUL T. OPPOLD '99 that come through the Public Service but it's all worth it," Sandberg said. a full-day commitment, Sandberg Center, I can say that I know stu- "It's been really neat seeing so said. dents very well," Sandberg said. many groups on campus - [the "I have high hopes that this will The team began to meet with a Campus Activities Complex], be a wonderful event," Vest said. Course on Land Mines To Be Funded by DoD Mines, from Page I Humanitarian Demining class, the materials science and engineering maimed by stepping on land mines. department is conducting research This year, the obel Prize on the characterization of materials Committee recognized the effort to in land mines, and the Department ban land mines by awarding the of Electrical Engineering and Peace Prize to Jody Williams, coor- ComputeF Science is investigating dinator of the International the building of a sensor to recognize Campaign to Ban Landmines. The the various signatures of land mines. effort to ban land mines has also "The class is fun," Levy said, gained publicity through efforts ."We have the potential to have an from Princess Diana. impact on a worldwide problem." 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Faculty, from Page I ty. Pre ident Charles M. Vest aid tephen D. Immerman, director of that he was 'plea ed" with the special projects, and Clay. The following motion was approved at Wedne day' faculty meeting. with the re identiaJ sy tern." motion a pas ed by the faculty. o students at on the committee It wa ub tituted for a motion brought before the faculty by There wa debate on the motion, "I do not believe it would have but the committee met with many Profe or of Brain and Cognitive ciences tephan L. Chorover at and it wa amended lightly. been appropriate to ask all freshmen student groups including the the OctobeF- )5th meeting. Text which appears in italics was removed Profe sor of Earth, Atrno pheric to live .on campu in the fall of Graduate tudent Council, UA, IFC, from the motion by amendment. Text in boldface was added to the and Planetary cience, Charle C. 199 ," Vest said of the previous and Dormitory Council. The "quali- motion. Coun elman was the most vocal motion. ty of conver ation has been extraor- opponent of the plan. Referring to Ve t aid that he hoped the dinary for [it' ] thoughtful, intelli- motion would lead to a "stronger gent" nature, Clay said. the clau e which advocated "bring- edne da, 0 ing the system into fuller alignment sense of overall community within The policies proposed by the with MIT' educational mi sion," MIT' while maintaining the diver i- committee include extending the It is the sen e of the faculty that: Counselman said, "life is multi- ty of individual living groups. ban on the use of lnstitute funds to 1. MIT should move immediately to begin a comprehensive, dimen ional and MIT's educational "There i strength in that diversity." purcha e alcohol where per ons deliberate examination of its residential system, including the uit- system does not span that whole Chorover, who propo ed the under 21 will be present. Exceptions ability of undergraduate residences as freshman hou ing, with the pace." Continuing a vector space original "sen e of the faculty" will be made for events which goal of bringing the ystem into fuller alignment with MfT's educa- metaphor, he aid, "Living group motion, called hi original motion receive "prior approvaL" tional mis ion. help our student to mature and to , really an attempt to learn what the The definition of funds wa 2. The introduction of freshmen to MIT should be characterized learn the ... orthogonal compo- ense of the faculty is." I was "never broadened to include not just money by: a proper orientation to the Institute' academic environment, a nents" of life. and not now primarily interested in in MIT account but also funds held sense of belonging to the larger MJT community, greater opportunity President Emeritus Paul E. Gray moving fre hmen to campus," by FSILGs, residence halls, or those for interaction with faculty and acb other, and the ability to make a '54 proposed an amendment triking Chorover said. We now have the associated with an MIT-sponsored calm, informed choice of living group, including a delay of rush for the clause "including a delay of rush chance to "move the sy tern' to a event off campu . "We didn't leave those students who want it. for those student who want it." The better level of tability," he said. any loopholes," Clay aid. Any 3. The Institute should' commit signific~nt funds to the design and amendment passed 41-16. Christopher D. Beland '00, pre - event which can be "characterized implementation of new initiatives that strengthen the ties between eal H. Dorow, a sociate dean ident of Fenway House, said that the and understood as an M IT event" faculty and students, and enhance the living and learning experience and adviser to fra- meeting "went will be included in the ban. for all students. ternities, sorori- spectacularly. The report's policies were devel- 4. The newly promised undergraduate dormitory should be seized ties, and indepen- This was incredi- oped under a set of principle upon as an opportunity to experiment with the design - program- dent living groups "Ido not believe it bly positive." including support for the responsi- matic and physical - of a residence that consciously integrates stu- said after the Beland adminis- ble use of alcohol and the right of dent life and learning. meeting that the would have been tered an ilg-talk the MIT community to "establish a 5. The e initiatives should have significant input from students, clause "might apprapriate to ask all mailing list for set of standards of behavior." Clay taff, faculty and alumni/ae. have been redun- interested stu- said that one problem lies in the 6. Timely reports should be given to the Faculty and the MIT dant." Dorow said freshmen to live on deT'ts to con- belief that the "use of alcohol com- community, about the design, implementation and evaluation of these initiatives, beginning in April 1998. that under current campus in the tribute to the prises the social life available on rules, "after RIO debate. There is campus." Original Motion ends, an ILG is fall of 1998." "no que tion that The report also affirmed that the free to rush" and we influence the "faculty and administration have a Wednesday, October 15 is limited only by -President deba e," he said responsibility for enforcing" policy. It is the sense of the Faculty that, commencing with the academic students' own of the group. The The report placed the responsibility year 1998, every effort be made to ensure that all first-year students constraints. Charles M ~st "recom menda- for the enforcement with the Dean live on campus. Iddo Gilon tions contained a of Students. SOURCE: FACULTY MEETING MINUTES '98, president of lot '" that we The interim report has yet to be the Interfraternity Council, said that talked about at meeting and pub- approved but Vest said he hoped the clause was a "residue of the ear- lished," he said. that "by Tuesday [to] make a firm 1998 and reported that "the human positive, competitive environment," lier motion." Undergraduate Association decision." cost was basically unacceptable" he said. The report also suggested Professor of Literature Henry President Dedric A. Carter '98, said and that moving freshmen was "not increasing opportunities during pre- Jenkins, housemaster for Senior that the motion was "excellent... a RIO report presented to be recommended for fall '98." _ frosh spring, creating an activities House, proposed a friendly amend- plus for all parts of the community." The final report presented at the Improving RIO became the midway, 'and reducing hard flushing ment to add a clause to the final meeting was made by the OIR com- focus of the group following this and anti-rush. point which stipulated that reports Interim alcohol policy presented mittee chaired by Professor of decision. The group worked under a Vandi ver also proposed chang- would be released "to the MIT com- At the meeting, Associate Ocean Engineering Kim J: number of principles including ing the process of maintaining munity" as well as to the faculty. Provost Phillip L. Clay presented a Vandiver. The committee, whicH increasing "early and lasting inter- freshman-approved housing status Chorover accepted the amendment. proposal for the interim alcohol pol- was created three weeks ago, con- actions between faculty and 'stu- to a "~riodic .event with teeth in it." icy report. The report was produced tained four students. dents," emphasizing the intellectual "'The '''ho~sing sy.stem has had us Most in favor of motion by a three-person comm ittee con- The committee first deliberated excitement and academic reality of. over a barrel. .. [the] proposal of The motion as amended was sisting of Director of the Campus on the feasibility of housing all MIT, and developing the "whole having a dorm does loosen up the passed by a voice vote of the facul- Activities Complex Phillip J. Walsh, freshmen on campus in the fall of person." system," he said. The group then made a number. of suggestions for improving RIO. "RIO report well received The group suggested renaming RIO Vest called the report an "extra- Resume "orientation," arranging for fresh- ordinarily good job in a short period men to receive a phone call from a of time." He also applauded the professor during the summer, hold-" "strong congruence with [the alco- ing important orientation events hol policy committee's] report and before rush, orienting students to the the IFC." ;forgan rneans more traditions of MIT, and changing the Dorow said that "if the recom- way placement tests are nm to place mendations are accepted I think it • • an emphasis on "early rewards." will have a positive effect" on RIO. Changing the way residences are "I hope freshmen will be given a lit- career opportunItIes seiected was also a major focus of tle more time" to make their deci- the report. Vandiver spoke of the sion, Dorow said. need to "to'ne down the intensity of Dorow noted that William W. J.P. Morgan is a leading global financial firm that provides strategic rush." While maintaining that the Shen '98 sat on both this committee focus of RIO should lie with the and the IFC committee which creat- advice, raises capital, trades financial instruments, and manages assets interests of incoming students "as ed a proposal for RIO in 1998. Shen for corporations, governments, financial institutions, and private clients. opposed to the best interests of ... "was in a position to represent the the FSILGs" the committee pro- IFC community very well,''- Dorow posed several changes. said. Interviews for MIT seniors will be held on The report suggested" restricting Gilon said that he was "very January 21 st for a position in / unsolicited mailings in an attempt to happy to see that much of the IFC's "increase signal/noi-se," Vandiver proposal was adopted." Gilon called said. A comprehensive and impar- the report a "real breakthrough 10 InvestmentBanking tial guide to residences was also communication between students proposed. 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.("J , ovember 21, 1997 SPORTS THE EC Unstoppable 4gers Will Run Over Spikers Garner Honors Chargers Like a Runaway Truck As Team Ends Season By Roger Crosley Information Directors of America Brocoum, from Page 20 bad for an expansion team. It must be depres ing to DIRECTOR OF SPORTS INFORMA TlON Football Academic all-district team. then be four games behind the iner. Of cour e, the Betsy Sailhamer '99 ha been Defensive tackle Brad Gray '98, against the Redskins. Regardless, I still don't like Ram are four games behind the Panthers. Take named an All- ew England first vol- defensive back Duane Stevens '98, Dallas. Take G.B. Carolina. leyball team selec- defensive end Kevin Trexler '98, The Bills and Oilers are both coming off losing San Francisco is like a runaway truck. othing C!110rl ra tion. Additionally, linebacker Mike Butville '98, and weeks and both have di mal 6-5 records. Flip a can stop them, e pecially the Chargers. San Fran 01-' fA) Sailhamer and running back Troy Gayeski '98 are coin ... take the Bills. goes II-I. r~ f'\r,lra teammate Jill all repeat elections onto the ail-dis- The city of Indianapolis reportedly threw a The Jaguars are still tied with the teelers in the fW fA) Eich '99 have trict team. Kevin Clarno '99 was parade today to celebrate the Colts' first victory of AFC Central and the Bengals shouldn't be much of a S been named to the selected to the all-district team for the eason. Unfortunately the season started eleven problem as they win to tay tied with the Steelers. ot ew England Women's 8 AII- the fir t time. All six players will games ago. Take Detroit. only is Kansas City just one game behind Denver, the Conference team. The team lost to now appear on the national GTE Things were so bad with the Patriots last week Chiefs have proven they can beat them too. Do you Wheaton College 1-3 in the first Academic All-America ballot. that they can only get better. The thing is, better than feel a huge playoff game brewing in the near future? round of the ational Collegiate last week isn't saying much. Take Miami making a Take the Chiefs easily over the Seahawks. Athletic Association Division III Tennis little run at the Jets. The Redskins have stumbled their way down to a national championships held last The mid-season collegiate Minnesota has a good team this year. They just terrible season, but in an effort to motivate the team, Friday night at Wellesley College. men's tennis regional rankings have have a funny tendency of stumbling for no apparent coach orv Turner has declared that they have a spe- been released by the Intercollegiate reason, like last week against the Lions. The Jets cial role in the FL as spoilers. Take them to knock Water Polo Tennis Association. MIT appears have a bad team this year, and even though Bill the Giants back into a tie with Dallas. Water polo player Zac Lee '98 prominently in the three categories. Parcells has worked wonders, he will come up short Monday Night Special: After a close loss last has been named to the College Water Eric Chen '00 and Jim Matysczak this week. Minnesota will be on the ball. week to the Chiefs, you can bet Elway and Co. will Polo Association second team. Lee is '99 are the second ranked doubles The Bears were distressed to hear of the Colts' have something to prove at home on Monday ight is the only player from a Division III team in the east. Additionally, Chen victory last week because it meant they are now tied in front of a national audience. Especially since the institution to be named to either the is ranked eighth among singles for dead last in the NFL. Needless to say, Tampa Bay Raiders is the only other team the Broncos have lost first or second team. players, with Matysczak ranked will have an ego after dismantling the Patriots last to this season. Look out for a lean Denver machine eleventh. As a team the Engineers week. It will only work in their favor. Take Tampa. to terrorize the Raiders. Football are ranked fifth in the east and third Carolina has had a rough year but 6-5 isn't so Last week: 6-8, season record: 96-52. Six football players have been in ew England behind Williams named to the GTE College Sports College and Amherst College. Wrestlers Begin Year with Wms at Roger Williams Open By Han Chou high expectations. tive weight classes. Both followed breaking takedown late in the third season ahead will yield even better TEAM MEMBER These expectations were fulfilled up with two dominating wins to fin- period, but was beaten in the cham- results. Some wrestlers, including The wrestling team began its early. Several wrestlers battled their ish third place in the tournament. pionship bout. Chou finished at sec- Aguayo, are planning on dropping to season at the Roger Williams way through to the semifinal rounds, Other notable individual perfor- ond in the tournament. lower weight classes for more seri- University Open this past Saturday. where competition stiffened. mances include captain Andrew Newcomers Jarad Vasquez '01 ous competition later in the season. Having lost just a few starting Both Ivan Aguayo '00 (134 Ibs.) Migliano '98 (heavyweight), who (heavyweight) and Daniel Bush '01 The team will be heading to varsity wrestlers from the previous and captain Matt Ziskin '98 (167 had five wins and one loss on the (177 Ibs.) also wrestled well. Both Springfield College for another .eason and seeing the return of sev- Ibs.) were contenders to finish first, day to finish at third place. were able to put together win but wrestling tournament this Saturday. eral other wrestlers from injuries, but lost close semifinal matches to Han Chou G (118 Ibs.) won an did not place in the top four. The next home meet is on Dec. 4 the team began this tournament with the eventual winners of their respec- exciting semifinal match with a tie- The team is confident that the at 7 p.m. in the DuPont Gym.

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e Harriers F__• _ Niners Extend Streak easo AtSnow a alifie To 10 as Patriots Flop By Ray Molnar last few meets, they were ranked fed off of each other near the middle It wa a big week in the FL last week. TE,HI J/E.\IBER ninth in ew England after being as of the pack. Frank Johnston '00 and Denver lost to K.C. in a huge game that propelled The men's cross country team high as third in the middle of the Mark Strauss '0 I played it even the Chief: to within a game of Denver for the AFC put on their now gear as they head- season. Additionally, neither Mike safer by staying a few seconds back lead. The FC Central i one of the more power- ed to the tarting line of la t Parkins '99 nor Chris McGuire '00 from the others. ful divisions in football thi year, but you wouldn't aturday's race at the University of were considered contenders for the The team ate up the field as they have known it by the perfonnances of Green Bay Southern Maine. Five inches of six individual qualifying pots ran the early miles. Every member and Minnesota. The Vikings got hammered by the freshly fallen snow compounded despite battling evenly with the passed people, threatening the teams Lions in Detroit, and Indianapoli broke its win- with a generally hilly layout made powerhouses throughout the regular ahead of them. At the halfway point Chris Brocoum Ie streak by up etting the Packers. Amazingly, for an exceptionally demanding season. MIT had something to prove the team looked strong and ready to \I'ORI.\ COI L \/.\1.\1 the Colts haven't won a game all year and they ational Qualifier meet. and they were ready to show it. fight to the top. Parkins surged, A WORD ON beat the Packer? For all those who haven't fig- A vain early morning attempt to forging a path for him and McGuire ~. • ured it out yet, no repeat for Green Bay this year. clear the course managed only to Con ervative tart to reach the top guns in the lead. ~ And, of course, any recap would not be com- leave most of the five-mile path As the gun went off the engi- Hussain and Rosalez also plete without mention of the Patriots. They had a covered with ice and mud, a small neers settled back for a fairly con- worked together, steadily improving mo t unmentionable game. One of their worst perfonnance in recent improvement over the parts still servative start. Knowing that the their position to the top third of the (and extended) memory. Only a last second touchdown saved them covered with snow. Everyone knew difficult course and demanding field of 190 runners. Johnston had from being hutout 27-0 which would have been their first shutout in 12 the race had to be slow, but this weather would punish those who caught Molnar and together they years. Perhaps the Patriots were trying to hake off hangovers from their only left more room for the tactical pressed too hard at the beginning, fought their way through the masses carousing last week, jumping off stages into crowds and stuff. Whatever engineers to make their mark. they set themselves up for moves to keep sight of the others. it was, they played something more akin to little league baseball than With only three teams qualifying later in the race. Parkins and Unfortunately, the difficult race professional football. They failed to get a first down until midway for nationals, the Engineers had McGuire stayed just off the lead took its toll on the Beavers. The through the third quarter! You don't have to be a football fan to know their work cut out for them as they pack while Sohail Hussain '98, Rich that that is horrendous. They really were playing baseball: three strikes entered the meet. Faltering in the Rosalez '98, and Ray Molnar '00 Cross country, Page 18 and yer out for mo t of the game. ew England needs to stop worrying about the playoffs and start worrying about finishing above .500. As promised, the 4ger watch continues: San Francisco clinched a Fencers Foil Opponents with String playoff berth already by disposing of Carolina 27-19. The Panthers are now a tidy four games out of first behind the iners.

The picks, week 13 Of Victories in Weekend Competition Atlanta is hosting the ew Orleans Saints. For lack of anyone else By Daile Jimenez The men's team managed an Beginning the day with an excel- to root for, I'm gonna hafta go with Ditka. TEAM MEMBER impressive but close 14-13 win lent record, the women managed a The Eagles are heading to Three Rivers to take on the Steelers. The men's and women's fencing against Brandeis, one of the toughest 20-12 win against BU and a 25-7 The Steelers are 6-1 at home and Philly is 0-5-1 on the road. The teams ran through the competition schools. Brandeis has been an espe- win against UMass-Boston. teeler are going to make Jacksonville work to keep up with them. at meets last weekend. The men cially difficult team to beat in the Wellesley and Brandeis, historically Baltimore players report feeling unsettled after taking part in the competed on Saturday against past, "even before 1 came here," said some of MIT's toughest challenges, . first tie of the season last week. They look to settle things against the Boston University, Brandeis Jarek Koniusz, head fencing coach. found themselves at a loss with an Cardinals. University, and University of Next was UMass-Boston, against 18-14 MIT win against WeHesley either the Packers nor the Cowboys have been very consistent Massachusetts, Boston. The women which the men managed a 16-11 and a 16-16 tie against Brandeis this year. Then again, Green Bay was just part of the Colts' historic competed on Sunday against the win. Against BU, the difference was which was broken in favor of MIT first victory of the season, while Dallas won an important game University of New Hampshire, BU, more marked with a 22-5 win. The for accumulating 14 more touches UMass-Boston, Wellesley College, foil team managed to remain unde- than their opponents. Brocoum, Page 19 and Brandeis. Both teams defeated feated against BU with a 9-D win and The women's epee team had every single competitor. sabre came in with an 8-1 victory. some great representation in terms Impressive examples were set by of fencers who won an impressive sabrist Brian Bower '98 who was amount of victories. Merideth A. undefeated 8-0 against all three Rising '98, fencing while injured, schools. Evangelos L. Efsta- managed to remain undefeated thiou '00, also on sabre, was close against all four schools, 18-0. Nora behind with a 6-1 record. Sabrist Szasz '98, winner of the New Allen Chen '00 also contributed to England Collegiate Invitational indi- the team win with a 5-2 victory. vidual fencing competition this year, In the men's epee team, Matthew scored 15-2 against the four schools. S. DuPlessie '98, although injured, Jessica G. Sandland '98 helped managed a fr-l victory while foilist win the tournament with a 15-5 Andre Van Horn '01 won 5-2. win. 2ahra Kanji '01 impressed all The women's team managed to by winning two bouts with incredi- stay on top of the winning game all ble skill. In the women's foil team, through an arduous meet. Aimee Wiltz '98 had a 17-1 record.

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