I w#~r "Continuous News Service vt As if Monday mornings weren't bad enough Since 1881" d 1dt~~~' already ... _ _____ __ VOLUME 94 NUMBER 3 MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1974 FIVE CENTS Candidates see change in Election Commission By Bill Conklin In recent years, few MIT "I'll treat all students and students have been able to reg- other voters on an equal basis," ister in Cambridge, particularly promised Tom Neel, a candidate undergraduates. After com- for Cambridge Election Comrrris- plaints of alleged "harrassment" sioner. of students trying to register, the Seven candidates for the Cambridge City Council passed a office spoke before the Demo- bill to make college dormitories cratic City Committee last week. legal domicile. The committee will elect three Several of the candidates nominees, one of whom will be disapproved of commissioners in appointed to the post by the past years requiring proof of City Manager. domicility. The candidates are Elizabeth -Shaw vowed to intervene if Dunn, Jon Halberstadt, Torn he saw another commissioner Neel, Vincent Panico, Sondra mistreating a voter. "I like to Scheir, Phillip Shaw, and argue with Samp! No proof or Andrew Trodden. check of residence is required Most of the candidates saw beyond the affidavit signed by extensive change in voter regis- the voter." tration procedures as a primary goal. Neel and Halberstadt advo- Interest min aw is growing cated a plan for checking resi- By Barb Moore vising and Education was devel- of the US, according to Nyhart. "Young voters won't come dence authenticity by sending a "Of the approximately oped to handle this over- TShe students look at the "mess because they know they will be postcard to the address given by 325,000 lawyers in the US to- whelming interest in law. the country is in," and want to hassled," stated Halberstadt. the voter in question. If the post day, 100,000 are still in law Nyhart attributed most of the know how the government "Today, people don't believe in office returns it, the address school," stated J. Daniel Nyhart, inquiries at his office to several works. their government, and this isn't given is wrong. Director of the Committee on areas of the legal profession. The most common questions just the.fault of Watergate, but '"The commissioners must Preprofessional Advising and Ed- "Apart from going to law asked, however, are still "Do I the City of Cambridge, too." provide evidence that someone ucation. school, there seems to be a really want to go to law school" "Registering shouldn't be an doesn't live in Cambridge," MIT graduates are also fol- general interest in the law," and "How do I get in?" Nyhart, intimidating experience, and it argued Scheir. "The burden of lowing the national trend. Since Nyhart noted. "Students sense a and the other members of the has been." agreed Dunn. proof is on the commission, not 1967, there has been a steady need to know about the legal committee attempt to answer When asked about the contro- on the voters." increase in the number of MIT aspects of whatever field they these questions through a system versy over residency require- According to Neel, the students who apply to, and at- are entering." of student initiated counselling. ments, Trodden, the incumbent, com missio ners should have tend law school. In 1971, the This "need to know" may be They also co-ordinate the law replied, "If they're not residents, "probable cause" before inves- Office for Preprofessional Ad- caused by the present situation related studies program, which is legally domiciled in the city of tigating the authenticity of a a listing of courses offered at the Cambridge, you should just for- person's affidavit. get about them." Institute which relate to the law "College dorms are legal dom- profession. Baker House conducts During a question-and-answer icile," said Neel. "I think you'd In a paper on Law Related have to deny registration to a Studies at MIT, Nyhart describes period, Halberstadt asked why Edward Samp, one of four elec- fourteen year old Canadian who remodeing expermetntss his responsibility in four points. lives in Boston, but not to eight- The client groups for the law tion commissioners, ran all regis- By Michael Garry The renovation is expected to tration sessions on college cam- een year old American college In an effort. to explore serve as a "trial balloon" for the related studies must first be identified, along with the nature puses. Trodden replied that the students who live in Cam- methods of improving dormitory complete renovation of Baker, city was divided into areas, each bridge." living facilities, the fifth floor which has had no major struc- and range of current research in the field. The existing law rela- one covered by one commis- "The Election Commission is west section of Baker House was tural work since it was built in sioner, and that Samp always there to serve the people," recently renovated under the 1948. James Moody '75, presi- ted courses at MIT must then be immediately coordinated, in took the universities, rather than commented Panico. "I would direction of the House's Client dent of Baker, called the renova- an area. call on all commissioners who Team. tion "an experiment to see what terms of information sharing and academic counselling, to assist "There are two ways we can haven't treated every person Improvements in the com- people like, and what the right go from here," stated Shaw. "We with respect to resign."- mon areas, halls, and lounges of cost is, with the ultimate intent the identified client groups. Another responsibility of the can expand the voting franchise, Other ideas put forth in- the section, which houses about: of redoing the-entire house." or keep it restricted. Samp is a cluded increased publicity and thirty students, were made un- The Client Team plans to survey committee is to explore the pos- sibilities of cross-registration, lawyer and a Republican who longer hours for registration der the direction of the team to the reactions and living patterns doesn't believe in the Consti- sessions, and moving the head- study considerations that would of the fifth west renovations to and other co-operative arrange- ments between area colleges. In tution, and wants to keep the quarters from the police station affect a complete renovation of see if the same guidelines for franchise restricted." to City Hall. the 25-year-old house, and to renovation would be applicable (Please turn to page 3) improve the environment of the to the house as a whole. fifth-west section. The Client Team, composed According to Hoah Mendel- of students, aministrators, Dean sohn '74, a member of the Client for Student Affairs' representa- Team, funds for the project were tives, and the House's faculty made available last May by the residents, started work almost Housing and Dining Service. The two years ago on the problem of project cost was about $25,000; improving facilities in Baker. part of the funds came from a Their report, dealing with long- special "renovations fund" es- and short-term projects for fix- tablished from alumni gifts. (Please turn to page 3) sfAT: what role? l By Greg Saltzman likely that we'll take somebody The drop in SAT scores ac- with a 500.7" Still, an 800 does ross the nation will not affect not guarantee admission. MIT admissions, according to The standardized tests of the Director of Admissions Peter College Entrance Examination Richardson. Board (CEEB) "are very useful Said Richardson, "My reac- in predicting what group of tion is: yeah, they've dropped, people will be successful aca- but so what? People tend to demically at MIT. However," blow test scores all out of pro- Richardson added, "we have portion to their significance. twice as many of those as we College Board scores are only need to fill a class." a coarse screen which tells us From studies that have been which kids we want to look at conducted, MIT has found that Massachusetts began voluntary gasoline determined by license numbers. However, even seriolsly," Richardson "the SAT is not as useful in rationing Monday, joining a growing number if you had been eligible to buy gasoline a" these continued. predicting MIT performance as of states which have adopted the so-called three stations on Mass Ave in Cambridge, you "We won't take an applicant the math and science Achieve- "Oregon Plan." Eligibility for buying gasoline is paid high prices. with a 400 on the SAT math," ment tests." The SAT measures Richardson noted, "and it's un- (Please turn to page 6j PAGE 2 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1974 THE TIECH I -~~~~~~~--- I----_ --! I $$$$$$$$$$$$$$."-$$$$$$$$$$$$S$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ NOTES $ ~~~~~~~~~~~~$, J --" I - , II Skyalaab failed gyro Official Notice Summer Sessioni $Tw o Free Drinks ..$ Schedule: A tentative schedule of $ With Every Large-Pizza And This Coupon, $ subjects for. the 1974 summer session $ You Get Two Free Drinks. 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