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Continuous e 1T1MIT News Service .1 Cambridge i-Since 1881 [ | 1 | 1 I " | I H 1 | Massachusetts |Volume 103. Number 30 _ ^ ~ _ ci~BP~ WE·l~~p~ Tuesday, August 16. 1983 Harvard non-registrants By Barry S. Surmanl bear the consequences themsel- ble for registration. Harvard University will not ves." Friday was the deadline for i provide financial aid to replace MIT announced last month MIT students to return the com- t federal' funds denied students that it also will obey the US De- pleted statement forms to the I who do not register for the draft, partment of Education regula- Student Financial Aid Office to i: president Derek Bok said last tions stemming from the Solo- retain their eligibility for federal week. mon Amendment, a law denying aid. Q r B "In-our view, the university federal grants and loans to non- Leonard V. Gallagher '54, di- r ·i should be reluctant to offer assis- registrants. rector of student financial aid, r tance and encouragement of any -said his office will send letters "This is the law of the land," 1 kind to students who violate the and duplicate forms to MIT stu- law," Bok stated. President Paul E. Gray '54 said, dents who have failed to submit E 'I.. and MIT will enforce it." i. "One can appreciate the cour- the required statement. s age of those who are willing to Enforcing the law entails col- The letter will inform those i live by their principles," he said. lecting statements from all stu- students that the Institute "is es- i i: "But individuals who choose to dents receiving federal aid, certi- sentially backing off on our comm- 2 f on each of the [federal I stand on their convictions and fying that they either have regis- mitment 6 disobey the law must normally tered for the draft or are ineligi- financial aid] programs," Gal- 'i Bar~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~a~~~~~~~~~~~ P lagher said. The Institute will, rr Ia l B _ h _ RI1 d eLa a however, reinstate federal aid to E students submitting their forms t·i rrOT8SSor pronmpis i b after the deadline, he said. s: MIT's billing system will allow ;i sweetener use- many students to file their state- B cu-t ments as late as registration day ered filing a formal objection L· By Diana ben-Aaron - Sept. 12 - without penalty, c h Efforts by an MIT professor against the sweetener, but decid- Gallagher said. have led to a voluntary decision ed not to after hearing the Coca- Bok, in his written "Statement :: i by the Coca-Cola Corporation to Cola company's announcement. to the Harvard Community," ex- ·i reduce the levels of a new artifi- "The soft-drink industry decid- r presses "doubts about the consti- Michael Bove i: cial sweetener it is planning to in- ed on its own to -be more con- tutionality" and "questions the Tech Photo by V troduce into its diet soft drinks. cerned with what I was saying fairness" of the Solomon Amend- The Harvard Bridge has been partially closed to motor traffic since than the FDA was;" said Wurt- inspectors found cracks in support pins. a Research by Dr. Richard J. ment. i· Wurtman, M. D.,-MIT professor man. The letters produced no I: Harvard students who lose fed- of neuroendocrine regulation, change in the FDA approval of eral aid, Bok said, will be eligible i,r i.i aspartame for unlimited use in I: suggests that aspartame, a prod- for unsubsidized loans and nor- uct of the G. D. Searle Corpora- soft drinks, which was issued jobs. replace campus MD(: to mal tion, can affect neurotransmitters July 1, ten months after it was t The federal aid programs af- i. sought by Searle and almost two fi in the human brain. fected by the Solomon Amend- years-after aspartame was ap-- Harvard -Bridge 6j This spring, Wurtman-sent mentt include: Guaranteed Stu- r eight letters to the Food and proved for use in foods. i3 dent Loans, Parent Loans for By Barry S. Surman state agency said yesterday. Drug Administration, Searle, and Aspartame, 170 times sweeter Undergraduate Students, Nation- The Metropolitan District "Definitely we're going to rT- a others detailing his laboratory than sugar and-twice as costly, is al Direct Student Loans, Pell Commission (MDC) is develop- place the bridge," said David D findings and calling for more now used as a substitute and an Grants. Supplemental Education- ing plans to replace the Harvard ei senior civil engineer study of the sweetener's effects on additive in instant drink mixes, al Opportunity Grants and Col- Bridge without disrupting pedes- l enhardt, for the MDC. "Our mai n con- i human subjects. He also consid- (Please turn to page 2) lege Work-Study. trian traffic, an engineer for the r cern is pedestrians: it's easy to di-, E. CIPI- II _----------- -L--IC--C -L -P__I_ ·--s_--. - ·-a__ IIY-RIIIIIY··I-e·I I- -- -·ARe·IBLIL 3 I vert motor traffic."' i >oSr ..x ·- `- - :.:·.- ... ;aa^<a ·-·.... SE'. -'.. 1 >-v--- V --*-V::'-4" Lenhardt Said the comrnissioIn i~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9 .,O.........oa. , >.->............. xZ-l <.......-- ...... _- :^,, r t hopes to begin construction of, a ii replacement bridge spanning the ~ ~~~-:·· Charles River at Massach usetts X:r.,i- :·:·- :._.···-R;- Avenue within two v'ears. T~he project would then take atbout two years to comple!. Replacing the 2I66-folt-I 1lX- inch-lIonL bridge -- which is more often m.easured in Smnioots - wviH cost "so3mewhere around S2(l million" Lenhacrdt solid. lThe two outer aines of' the fou,-lane bridle haive atretciv heen closed to all traffie, and the rcml-aitning lanes closed to trucks and buses. &ter-MI)C` inspectors found crack,, in steel pins SUp- portint the structure. Their inspection followed the collapse into tine iManus River of' ,a 4 L1section of a sirmilaTrly -construct- ed bridge on Interstate 9_5 iII Connecticut. The June 2X accli- (ek qp, d:l. dent killed th ree people Lind seri- ouslV injured three others. 6 i......-··-···· I Current plans call Ior prcscr,- J,4ai, ing aI strip of the rid bridge for Whkale,a e, pedestrian traffic while the re- placemnent is under construction, Ienhardt said. whale The new Hlarvard Bridge virill no. look substantiallv dilfferent ironm the low, green spatn it rc- i pices, he said. "WeC're going to provide (as much of the old chalr- As eager whale watchers look on, a pair actcr as possibfe." of humpback whales (right) feeds in wa- ters about five miles off the coast of Gloucester, Mass. Above, another pair, perhaps less concerned with the specta- tors, sounds nearby. I Get synchronized with the Police. See the review in the Arts Section - Page 7. ICIIl - -Y ·aUC-·II - - - - Il 1118--·1 ·--- --_-_- -- _ ------ 4e··c·1 9. II --L --s-sF-- C-----Y --- -- a·-l I"c-·-·lrl·la·l--·---·I-- i ea~p~ PAGE 12 TheTech-ETUESDAY. JULY 26, 1983 __ L_ ~e~ 81 -- e~l~lcl ~--- 6 0 1 ( p U4AI- 9 Experience trdtzons0 tht t ne dfutres .i i i I I : I I ·I I i I ?f : i ·' ·i ii L r ; i i I ii C ·; ·I : i e a i E e c WE CANNOT look far into the future. We Since 1881, The Tech's news, sports, arts, and editorial departmenlts have been c cannot tell what buds of genius may be known and respected not just at MIT, but unfolded in these columns. But even if across the country. 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Friday was the deadline for provide financial aid to replace MIT announced last month MIT students to return the com- federal funds denied students that it also will obey the US De- pleted statement forms to the who do not register for the draft, partment of Education regula- Student Financial Aid Office to president Derek Bok said last tions stemming from the Solo- retain their eligibility for federal week.