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Female Applicants Male Applicants '67 Grad houaming policy 1-987' BW r revoked 1988 By Harold A. Stern chance of getting housing. At housing problei has been in- A controversial housing policy that time, MIT was able to house creasingly mentioned by accepted which set aside "untenured" only 18 percent of first-year grad- graduate applicants who declined rooms for first-year graduate stu- uate students. The policy - to attend MIT. Approximately 14 dents has been cancelled by the which was to be phased in over a percent of accepted applicants Office of Housing and Food Ser- three-year period - called for who turned down MIT's offer of vices before the one-year leases MIT to reserve 115 places for in- admission in 1986 said the hous- of the affected students expired. coming graduate students the ing situation was a negative fac- In a letter sent out to all unten- first year. Eventually 400 one- tor in their decision, according to Applied Accepted Enrolled ured residents of Eastgate, West- year assignments would be made. a GSC letter to Dean of the gate, and Tang Hall, the Housing Giving housing to students Total Applicants Graduate School Frank E. Per- Office stated that "All assign- who are new to the Boston area kins '55. One of ten MIT gradu- ments made to campus housing would be of "tremendous bene.- ate students would have been dis- which were previously designated fit," then-GSC President Norman suaded from coming had they untenured have automatically G. Wereley said last year. The (Please turn to page 19) ,_ 3 been changed to tenured ones." 9 - HIad the policy remained in ef- M IT spends $ 10,00 - fect, untenured residents would have been forced to move out of their apartments by August 31. to send book to frosh the class of 1992, spend- 1 009 X By Annabelle Bcoyd tipns for cO The Housing Office decided to revoke the policy after consulting A copy of Beloved, the Pulit- ing an estimated $10,000, accord- El-- zer Prize winning nove:1 by Toni ing to R/O Committee member Appiied with the Associate Dean for Stu- Applied Accepted Enrolled Accepted Enrolled Morrison, has been home Curt Jones '89. -rap I -PT c '-L 9 1 - 9__ --- C -- F I dent Affairs James R. Tewhey matiled and GSC President Jeffrey A. to each incoming freshtmen, con- Some had considered the Number of minorities to Meredith, said Linda L. Patton, tinuing a practice stearted last UASO's experiment with The manager of housing services. year when the Undergraiduate Ac- Machine in the Garden a failure, They viewed the policy as "too ademic Support Office in affili- as few freshmen actually read the enroll is record ation with the student IResidence/ book over the summer. Travis R. By Irene C.in Kuo fall to work on recruiting minorities. difficuit to administer," she ex- plained, attributing the cancella- Orientaltion Committeee mailed Merritt, associate dean for stu- A record number of under- Funds were also granted to mi- Professor Leo Marrx's The dent affairs, acknowledged that represented minority students will nority students to travel to their tion to the "increased stress" on all involved. Machine in the Gaarden to "few freshmen demonstrated inti- be enrolling this fall, according home communities to meet inter- freshmen. mate knowledge of the themes to Michael C. Behnke, director ested students. Moreover, minor- The Graduate Student Council had proposed the policy last year Since Beloved hlas no)t yet been written about by Professor Marx of the Office of Admissions. ity applicants this year received issued in paperback, t.he UASO during the freshman book But the percentage of incoming more direct mail than in previous in an attempt to give incoming graduate students a greater went to great expense tco purchase discussion session last year." women continued to fall from (Please turn to page 17) over a thousand hardlback edi- But Merritt went on to say that the record set two years ago, --- ra ------_ - IIMlI _ , ·- ·9iT ··P· - 5 ·I -N I -·"I he considered the experiment suc- Behnke' said. cessful. "We did generate some Applications to MIT rose one great discussion on the theme of percent to a record 7436. Twenty- technology, but the book'did not five percent of the applicants grip the freshmen as we had were admitii,:-the.same propor- hoped.',. tion as last year. . Beloved was :chosen because it Applications from minorities is `/exciting and thought-provok- rose from 514 to 548, and the (Please turn to page 19) number admitted rose from 232 to 291. The number enrolling Groups look rose 33 percent from 132 to 175, of which there are 11 Native at the (COD By David P. Hamilton Americans, 21 Puerto Ricans, 88 Two Institute bodies are pre- blacks, and 55 Mexican- paring reports examining the pol- Americans. icy and procedures of the Com- Behnke attributed these in- mittee on Discipline. Dean for creases to expanded recruitment Student Affairs Shirley M. efforts. This past year, another McBay has commissioned a draft full-time staff member was hired memorandum examining the role of the COD and its relationship Council keeps with the Office of the Dean for Student Affairs, while a subcom- unrevised mittee of the Faculty Policy Com- mittee composed of Associate porn policy Provost, S. Jay Keyser and Profes- sor J. Kim Vandiver PhD '75 has By Andrew L. Fish been charged with studying the Despite the recommendations operation of the COD and mak- of the Committee on Discipline, ing recommendations for the Academic Council has not improvement. acted on a Faculty Policy Com- So far, the subcommittee has mittee report suggesting revisions only conducted interviews with to the MIT Policy Statement on an eye to defining the problems Sexually Explicit Films. Although Simson Garfinkel/Th ie Tech facing the COD, Keyser said. the COD refused to enforce the The fourth of July fireworks lights up the Cambridge skyline. "The system did not work well policy last year, the council last year," he admitted. "Some apparently intends to retain it. Chomsky wins Kyoto Prize for linguistics weork cases were held over a year, while "There was a significant differ- others caused quite a fuss." ence of opinion" in the Academic By Andrew L. Fish this field - cognitive science and The other 1988 award twinners Foremost among the latter Council about the report, accord- Institute Professor Noam A. particularly linguistics - has were John McCarthy of Sanfordi cases was the COD hearing on ing to Associate Provost S. Jay Chomsky was awarded the Kyoto achieved significantly significant University, who won the award in the Institute's Policy Statement Prize in basic sciences for his pio- results so that it has become a Keyser, a member of the council. advanced technology 7for his on Sexually Explicit Films, which "At the moment there are no neering work in the field of lin- significant component of the sci- work in artificial intelligeence, and overturned the pornography poli- plans to bring it up again - it guistics. The prizes, which carry ences. This bodes well for the fu- Paul Thieme of the UniNversity of cy formulated by the ODSA in could just die," he said. a $350,000 award, are awarded ture of this field." Tubingen in West Germtany, who 1984 and approved by the Aca- by by the Inamori Foundation of won the creative arts a The pornography policy suf- Chomsky is also renowned for award. for demic Council in 1986. The COD fered a resounding defeat last Japan in three categories - the his work in classical Indiian fiter- (Please turn to page 17) basic sciences, advanced technol- his controversial left-wing politi- ature. November when the Committee cal activities and writings, which on Discipline refused to punish ogy, and the creative arts. Chomsky is widely regarded as have frequently been critical of Adam Dershowitz '89 for show- US foreign policy. ing the sexually-explicit film the leader of the generative r school of linguistics, which views He will receive the award in - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deep Throat on the Spring 1987 November in Kyoto, Japan. Registration Day. The COD ruled language as a particular manifes- that the policy was "an excessive tation of man's mind. Chomsky's Chomsky is the third MIT fac- 1988 Commencement Address of A. Bartlett Giamatti. restraint on freedom of expres- work holds that the similarities ulty member to win the four- Page 2. sion" and "inappropriate for encountered in widely divergent year-old Kyoto Prize. Professor, MIT." The decision received at- languages are the result of basic Emeritus, Claude E. Shannon tention from Nat Hentoff in the similarities in the intellectual PhD '40 won the award in 1984 Graduate students reaction to elimination of untenured Washington Post and Harvard makeup of humans. His views for his work in information the- housing. Page 19. Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, have had a strong influence on ory and Institute Professor, Adam's uncle, who wrote in his both psychology and philosophy. Emeritus, Morris Cohen '33 won Chomsky told the Boston (Please turn to page 17) the award last year for his contri- Much Ado About Nothing found lacking. Page 9. Globe, "I'm very pleased that butions to metallurgical science. ! - -·r -·- -- 11011 I I·· -CI -- C 3 11 ------ ------ I _~ PAGE 2 The Tech TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1988 ;. .__...._.,, Commencement address of A. Bartlett Giamatti (Editor'snote: The following is wrote an open letter to The New from Milton to his parents in the of Collier's, and a telephone that weight the size of a basketball the text of the charge to the grad- York Times Book Review quot- Yale library. The Washington doesn't call anything. There is of with "Republic of China" written uates delivered by A. Bartlett ing that Milton was not talking Post ran a picture of the memo course no ashtray. The first re- across the bottom. Giamatti, president of baseball's about evil in Paradise Lost but in the "Style" section and wrote ceptionist is reading her high National League and former was in fact talking about irony a sidebar in a box quoting a Food school yearbook and drinking a "Doctor," he says, "How are president of Yale University.) and the patriarchal abuse of pow- and Drug Administration lawyer Diet Sprite so I approached the you. It's a pleasure. Please sit Good morning. other one who was less busy, and down. Let me get you some cof- I know that this occasion is a I said, "Mr. Giamatti to see the fee. What brings you to Washing- solemn one that is meant to cele- congressman, please." She looks ton." Of course he has not yet brate the graduates, it is meant to " 'I wish to announce that us and says he is either in the dis- looked up. "I would like to get a inform us in our.commitment to trict or on the floor, they are not picture of us. I'll find a photog- seeking the truth, and it is meant henceforth as a matter of university sure. rapher." Suddenly he is gone, out to figure forth the institution's policy evil is abolished and paradise is Well, I sit in the corner by a the door, and then he is back role as conveyor of that common phone and suddenly the inner with a photographer, and with a light we call civilization. I restored.' " door opens and a middle-aged tall, slim woman, around 30, in thought much on our institutions person with eyeglasses hung on a for learning, our universities, in green cord around her neck and slacks, a blue worikshirt, denim the last two years, and today I carrying an appointment book, a vest, boots, her hair pulled back er. There was a junior who asserted that evil had been want to share with you some of in Yale clipboard, a stack of letters, a in a bun. "Doctor," he says, "this who was doing abolished three years those ruminations. that summer a le- earlier; the cup of coffee and a Snoopy is Ms. Incomparable Worth, my veraged buyout regulations Specifically, I wish to ruminate of a Tastee- had, after all, all lunchbox comes up to me and on what it means to be a univer- Freeze in East Hampton. She been printed in the Federal Regis- sity president, which I once was. wrote me a very gracious letter ter, and nobody he knew in What does this have to do with and said she understood that one Washington thought evil was bad "University today is ... a constant you graduates? Aside from en- had to have a business plan but for you in any case. riching this moment and of she hoped I didn't change things The Wall Street Journal ran a conversation between young and old, course your lives in general, my too much before she graduated. very pithy editorial pointing out between students and among faculty, ruminations will eventually prove Of course there was the alumnus that fat, liberal, effete, Marxist- to be splendidly relevant. in New York, on Yale Club sta- oriented eastern universities - between faculty and students, a Being president of a university tionery, who wondered why the and Stanford too - were all in conversation between past is no way for an adult to make a heck we always had to get so far on a plot to undermine the Re- and in front. public and free I living, which is why so few adults enterprise. "What present, a conversation the culture has IL actually attempt to do it. It is to In September an undergradu- we need," they said in the Jour- with itself, on behalf hold a mid 19th century ecclesias- ate extracurricular activity in nal, "is not more talk about evil of the country." New Haven but some ._ '_ tical position on top of a late called The Yale Daily decent courses in risk Ii·· E 20th century corporation. But News wrote the first editorial arbitrage. George Will wrote an- says, "HIe will see you right now. legislative assistant for education. there are those lucid moments, about my memo. Its opening sen- other column citing Montes- Please follow me." She will sit in." A flash goes off, those Joycean epiphanies, that I o 4L I,. , occur and lay bare the luminous beyond and give us the essence of it all. I had those moments. They were all moments of profound and brilliant failure, but string those moments of defeat into a E strand and you have the pearls of an administrative career. Six months between being named president of Yale in De- cember of 1977 and taking office c in July of 1978 I had ample op- e @a portunity to receive advice. I lis- f
tened to many people. i learned, B 9 for instance, for the first time about the corporate world. I F learned that because the corpo- rate world is only interested in I quarterly results it talks a great Ip deal about long-range planning. E It was very clear to me that Yale needed some of that too. We needed a policy. I of course had no policy. I had a mortgage and I had one suit, but I had absolutely no policy. So I cast about. I solicited data, forecasts, projections, and models. I did something called a comparative study, I did longitu- dinal studies, I made a flow - chart, and I fired four manage- mnent consultants. I went in search of policy. I was trying to find what it was that Yale needed most, wanted most, and would most contribute to enhancing our tences were these: "Giamatti's ad- Michael D. Grossberg/The Tech ministration is off quieu, Thomas Aquinas, Locke, quality and making me what I to a miserable She takes me out the door, the photographer start. Rather than and Ernie Banks. William Buck- leaves, and Ms. knew now I was to be, which was giving us con- down the hall to the right, Worth now speaks. a manager. trol over our lives or at least ad- ley said, Milton "is all very well. through the first door we come She says, "We think the Na- -- ' -- ~ ~iii i i i .. . . , But it is typical of President Gia- to, past the word processor on an matti and his ilk to cite a secular tional Institutes of Health cuts empty desk, down a short corri- authority on evil as if, of course, should go through. We are not "To have the moral courage to dor filled with overflowing waste- those who have passed any time impressed with your fatuous ar- baskets, sharp right, past the avoid the selfishness of self- down in the agora or out gument that we can't change the on the young man methodically rialto needed an shred- rules halfway through the game. righteousness and to assert positively authority to ding what know the palpability looks like mail, and We think student aid only bene- of evil in all then into the need we each of us has for the its camaraderie the congressman's of- fits the rich and poor and rather and liberal cam- fice. ouflages." than stopping abuse we would other, that is the real work of The congressman is sitting It goes on. I won't go on. be- rather do away with everything. hind a huge desk, surrounded by humankind." As you know a university pres- We do not believe in a federal sci- plaques, awards, trophies, pic- .. _ l .. . ence .. .. facilities i . .. fund or . . in . I-P fact I ident has a responsibility not in tures, laminated scrolls, and only to the internal workings of six the non-profit postal subsidy. One night in April of 1978 I dressing concerns of students autographed footballs. There the institution but also for exter- are And given what they teach in was in my garage. I was trying to such as a crying need for a stu- easy chairs, a chocolate-covered dent nal representation and relations Comparative Literature we think memorize the trustees' names, es- center so we can make wastebasket, an American flag, friends, as well. Of all the moments I re- it would be the height of fraud pecialh, the ones 1 had met. I WaS or any of the other myri- and a mother-of-pearl paper- crouched between the lawn.mow- ad of injustices that riddle the member speaking to alumni, (Please turn to page 18) ;_4r .-IU ueo--re / C foundations, , I · L er and snow tires, and I wrote a fabric of the quality of life here. corporations, may- ors, and memo; it was the first memo I The new administration is insen- governors, the moment I remember had ever written, On July 1, sitive and repressive and the fu- best (and I just re- "Have the courage to connect, the 1978, which was my first day in ture bodes awful." minded President Gray I think we met courage to strive to keep the shouting office, I issued the following That was one of the best-writ- in this office that morning in memo to an absent and indiffer- ten of the news editorials. To be Washington) was the morning I down and the conversation open ent university: "To the members fair, of course, it was the first. saw Congressman Flange from the because I think only in that way of the university community: In Since the students were back and 3rd District in a state we will call Grace. order to repair what Milton the Daily News was publishing, eventually will equality of sexes and The congressman's called the ruin of our grand par- the major media outlets now had office - let me races and opportunity finally come, only ents, I wish to announce that a source for news because stu- set the scene - is a series of dark, henceforth as a matter of univer- dent stringers went to work. In a paneled warrens each lead- that way will the homeless get ing to the other sity policy evil is abolished and smart article bylined "Special to and as one enters housed, and the hungry fed, and the paradise is restored." . The New York Times" the coun- one sees on the walls a framed The reaction was fascinating. try's newspaper of record mis- poster of the last major arts festi- poor get work, and will the city be val held in the a Four young members of the fac- spelled my name and said a Har- district which was August rebuilt." ulty of Comparative Literature vard professor found a letter 17, 1937. There are some chairs, a table with some copies ----- ------=-s ._c --- _ i _ I: r BIIs 11 m =III II gRIII, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1988 The Tech PAGE 3 _
'J[Jl ! I[ 0 J UNl to debate Persian Gulf incident GAunmen attack Greek liner The UnitedSecurity Nations Council isAt least nine passengers on a Greek cruise ship were The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to killed and over 100) were wolulnd l w llhn gunmen convene today to debate the Vincennes' actions ...... vuu wvvlg n11r.I, gunmlen Nicaragua in the opened fire and threw a grenade aboard the ship, trigger- expels US ambassador Persian Gulf. Iran wants the council to condemn the Unit- ing an explosion. Some of the 570 people on board re- The Sandinista government has ordered US Ambassa- ed States for the attack. The United States, Great Britain-, portedly jumped into the sea to escape. Passengers told dor Richard Melton and seven other embassy officials to and France are expected to use their veto power as permna- police that the attackers escaped aboard a small vyacht leave Nicaragua within 72 hours, accusing them of state nent Council members to halt any censure resolution or that pulled alongside the City of Poros cruise ship and terrorism. Foreign Minister Miguel D'Escoto, who an- any demand that the US fleet leave the Gulf. sped away. nounced the decision, said the officials were engaging in The ship was headed for a port near Athens where a "activities complementary to the state terrorism US Presi- car packed with explosives blew up earlier today. That dent Ronald Reagan is carrying out against Mexicans still await election results Nicaragua." blast killed two people who were in the car. Police specu- Earlier yesterday Five days after Mexicans went to the polls to select a the government shut down the opposi- late that the two incidents were connected, believing that tion newspaper La Prensa for 15 days, closed the Roman new president, the final results are still a mystery. The the car's occupants were waiting for the ship to arrive in Catholic radio station, and arrested an opposition leader. Federal Election Commission - which had hoped to an- port. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. This occurred just a day after police clashed with thou- nounce the winner on Sunday - blamed bad weather and sands of demonstrators at an anti-Sandinista rally. Presi- computer problems for the slow vote count. Preliminary dent Daniel Ortega described the demonstration as being returns show the ruling party winning by a large margin. Philippines, US negotiate fate of bases a part of a US plan to undermine his government and Opposition leaders accuse the government of disseminat- Secretary of State George M. Shultz PhD '49 is in the vowed to "act with force" against any violations of public ing misleading information. Philippines for talks with President Corazon Aquino, a order. D'Escoto said US Embassy officials were at Sun- key issue being the future of strategic US bases in her na- day's opposition demonstration 40 miles south of Ma- North Sea fire rages on tion. Central to that is the amount the United States must nagua. Sonme of the oil rigs on the "Piper Alpha" platform in pay to hold on to its leases on those bases. Shultz says if the North Sea are still burning, five days after an explo- there is no agreement, the United States has other options START talks continue sion killed 166 men. Three more bodies have been found for basing its forces in the Pacific. He did not elaborate The United States and the Soviet Union are scheduled around the platform yesterday that was destroyed by ex- what those choices might be. to resume talks today in Geneva on reducing their arse- plosions and fire Wednesday. Texas oil well specialist Red nals of long-range nuclear weapons. Chief US negotiator Adair was set to cap the wells again yesterday after an Send them William Bennett Max Kampelman is reiterating that the Reagan Adminis- unsuccessful attempt on Monday, but weather conditions Kenya's President Daniel Arap Moi wants his nation to tration will not agree to limits on the Strategic Defense were so rough that the workers had to again put off plans end a policy that keeps its schools from teaching Shake- Initiative missile-defense program. to return to the ruined platform. A spokesman for Occi- speare. The Kenya Times said the policy was instituted to dental Petroleum, the rig's owner, said capping the wells remove what was considered a vestige of British colonial- Gorbachev visits Poland would cost millions of dollars - and could take weeks. ism. Moi pointed out that Shakespeare is an international Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrived yesterday in figure - and there should be no barring the Bard. Poland for a visit that will focus on re-energizing the Pol- ish and Soviet economies. Polish leaders say the visit by More deaths on the West Bank the General Secretary will give a rush to what they call Hospital officials in the Israeli-occupied West Bank say "socialist renewal" of the political and economic systems. Israeli soldiers opened fire on protesters yesterday - kill- Meanwhile, Polish opposition activists want assurances ing two teenagers and injuring 13 others. The Palestinians that the Soviet Union will keep hands off Poland's affairs. had been throwing rocks.
Goodenl vs. Viola in Summer Classic ; I Tom Kelly, manager of the Minnesota Twins and the i American League's All-Star team, announced yesterday that Twins' pitcher Frank Viola will start in tonight's 59th 8'1( " 8 All-Star Game. The lefthander, who leads the American ~kes~pllsALIr-K-ItILIF JLJ M Thornburgh to succeed Meese League in wins and earned run average, will face Dwight Former Pennsylvania Governor Richard Thornburgh re- Gooden of the New York Mets. St. Louis manager Whitey Reagan wants to offer compensation portedly will be the next Attorney General. An adminis- Herzog, who will run the National League squad, gave tration source and a Pennsylvania Republican party offi- the nod to "Dr. K" on Monday. But weather may be a to families of passengers of downed jet cial both say Thornburgh has accepted President Reagan's factor - the National Weather Service reports that there President Reagan has decided to offer compensation to offer to run the Justice Department. is an 80 percent chance of rain in Cincinnati, where the the families.of the 290 people who died when a US Navy game will be played. If the game is rained out, it will be played tomorrow night. missile shot down an Iranian passenger jet over the Per- Senators debate Great Lakes water sian Gulf. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater em- Arkansas Sen. David Pryor said water from the phasized that the decision was voluntary, and made for Great Lakes is desperately needed Football players lose anti-trust suit humanitarian reasons, not because of legal obligation. He to help fill the drought- shrunken Mississippi River. Barges carrying grain and fuel said no money would go to the Iranfian government, and Players such as Carl Banks and Mark Bavaro of the along the river have been getting stuck. But Michigan repeated the US view that Iran was at fault for letting the New York Giants, Randall Cunningham of the Philadel- Sen. Donald Riegle called the lakes a valuable source of plane fly over an area where the US cruiser Vincennes was phia Eagles, and Bill Maas fresh water that he does not want to see flowing into the of the Kansas City Chiefs will fighting Iranian gunboats. Fitzwater also said that the Gulf of Mexico. not become free agents this year. A US District judge has amount and timing of the payment are yet to be worked refused to grant an injunction that would have allowed out. some 300 union members to peddle their services to the Congress will have to approve the payment, Fitzwater Staffer accuses Pentagonl official highest bidder without any compensation going to their said, and some congressmen have indicated opposition. A woman who worked in the office of Melvyn Paisley, old club. Several think the payments should be linked to the release a former assistant Naval secretary, said an aide to her for- Judge David Doty, who ruled on the case, said granting of American hostages held by Iranian-backed groups in mer boss ordered her to copy classified documents. The such an injunction could have potential harmful effects Lebanon. House Speaker James Wright (D-Texas) said he aide, Cpt. Robert Toll (Rtd.), said the allegations reported on the league, citing destruction of the competitive bal- supports compensation, and thinks any linkage with the by ABC News are "totally false." Paisley is a major figure ance and the possible demise of some franchises. hostages would look too much like ransom. in the on-going investigation of alleged bribery and fraud Doty has had jurisdiction in the case since the Players' Iran is denying a report that it has recovered the flight related to Pentagon weapons procurement. Association filed an anti-trust suit following an unsuccess- recorder from Flight 655. Finding the "black box" would ful .24-day strike in October of 1987. be a key step towards determining whether the jet received a warning from Vincennes Capt. William B. Rogers III Discovery may be delayed again _ ~ ~~~~b __ n before the ship fired. Iran's Navy Commander denied the NASA officials say the launch of the Space Shuttle Dis- Dubai newspaper's claim that the recorder had been covery may be delayed again. A worker damaged a boost- found. er rocket that has to be tested before the launch can pro- ceed. The test was scheduled to be run in two weeks; a space agency spokesman said a delay could push the take- Jackson says he'd accept VP spot off date past early September. I'd still rather be at the beach Rev. Jesse Jackson has ended speculation about whether Some - but not much - relief to the heat wave ° he would accept an invitation to be Gov. Michael Duka- Bally to bail out of pinball business that pushed the mercury over 100 in much of Massachusetts yesterday is on the way, in the form kis' running mate. Jackson told reporters yesterday it is The Bally Manufacturing Corporation name is nearly of a cold front that will be passing through New obvious he would accept an invitation. synonymous with pinball machines, but the company said York State. Relatively cooler temperatures will it is getting out of the arcade business - a market it cre- arrive by this evening, but there is no relief in sight ated 57 years ago. A Bally official said it is selling its pin- for the high humidity. Dukakis continues VP search ball and video games business to its chief competitor, Gov. Michael Dukakis worked WMS Industries, for about $8 million. Bally brought us deep into the night last Today: Cooler weather ahead, but the stickiness night at his Brookline home. He such popular games as "Pac-Man" and "Space Invaders." spent much of the day will remain. It will be humid, with clouds, hazy on the problem of a vice presidential running mate. sunshine, and a 50 percent chance of showers Shortly after 10 pm, advisor Paul Brountas arrived at the New Mlexican prisoners fly to freedom and thunderstorms. Winds will be from the west, governor's home after a flying trip to Washington. Broun- New Mexican authorities said two convicted murderers 10-15 mph. Highs of 88-92 ° . tas, who has been screening background information and a thief took a flight to freedom yesterday. A helicop- Tonight: Some clouds, and a 30 percent chance of about the potential candidates, carried a bulky box of pa- ter plucked the three from a state prison yard in Santa Fe rain. Evening low of 66 ° . pers into the house. But he declined comment to waiting as guards fired on it. Officials said two inmates were let Wednesday: Partly cloudy and more comfortable. reporters. Brountas had gone to Washington to talk with off when the chopper landed about 80 miles away at Los High of 84°. Jesse Jackson, runner-up to Dukakis in the Democratic Lunas, after which one inmate was wounded National Weather Service Forecast primaries. and cap- tured. The other is still being hunted. The chopper was Dukakis is expected to announce a decision about a later forced down at the Albuquerque International Air- running mate later this week. The governor has scheduled Compiled by Harold A. Stern port by a Customs Service helicopter that chased it. Two a series of conferences tomorrow plus a speech to the an- Marie E. V. Coppola people were taken into custody there. M;.hh°.e 5. G.::;e-.- nual convention of the NAACP. 12, 1988 M M PAGE 4 The Tech TUESDAY, JULY , ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~..L [~:- -- opllo - - I~~~ Opini~0n ...... r · ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~~~~~~iEi!' Column/Michael J. Garrison Editorials, marked as such and printed in a distinctive for Life and death in the jury box mat, are the official opinion of The Tech. They are written b As I remember from high one day or one trial, that only about 30 minutes. the editorial board, which consists of the chairman, editor ij school poli-sci, every resident of half of jurors get selected for a After checking in and receiving chief, managing editor, executive editor, news editors, and opin the United States is entitled to trial, and that most trials last a magic juror serial number (4-3, ion editor. certain rights, such as protection three days or fewer. Hmmm, or something like that), I took a Dissents, marked as such and printed in a distinctive format from searches and the like. But maybe this won't be so bad. seat near the desk. Five minutes are the opinions of the undersigned members of the editoria only US citizens are allowed such The pamphlet also came with a later a small commotion broke board choosing to publish their disagreement with the editorial privileges as the right to vote and questionnaire I had to fill out for out. A woman had come in with Columns and editorialcartoons are written by individuals ant the right to serve on a jury. A the lawyers who would eventually a baby, and the clerk told her she represent the opinion of the author, not necessarily that of the few weeks ago I was allowed try my case. "Where are you em- would have to come back some newspaper.r -t to Ed,,) a-l wecome. They ,.-- be typed ,I.,l (required) to exercise the latter. ployed? What is your job title? other time when she could ar- z g,-.. too g .1. -t -1 r.a.,. vv.a.--Ja~,-~~&, lX'F &a-tl - ~~~ - a-u I`.,a It all started back in Novem- Have you ever served on a jury? range a babysitter. She was not spaced and addressed to The Tech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch ber. I picked up my mail and Do you have any relatives who happy. "Why is it that some peo- Cambridge MA 02139, or by interdepartmental mail to Roonr )y~~~~~~sway, Jw found a summons to jury duty. are law enforcement officers?" never get W20-483. _ e pie without children E Being a Washington state resi- Are they serious? "Bring this summoned, but some people with Letters and cartoons must bear the authors' signatures, ad- Ln dent, I was confident I would not form with you." children have to go twice?" dresses, and phone numbers. Unsigned letters will not be ac- have to serve here in Massachu- So, early Monday morning, I What's wrong with her? This is cepted. No letter or cartoon will be printed anonymously with- setts. However, hard as I looked slipped on a tie and my best going to be fun. out express prior approval of The Tech. The Tech reserves the among the excuses for not serv- clothes and walked over to the For the next two hours I right to edit or condense letters. Shorter letters will be given ing, not one of them said any- Courthouse. Fortunately I knew watched a corny video about higher priority. We regret we cannot publish all of the letters we thing about being a legal resident where it was, having covered the court procedures, read The receive. of Middlesex County. infamous Contreras-Kolodney Globe, and twiddled my thunbs But it was possible to postpone Shantytown trial for The Tech. (Please turn to page 5) the summons for up to a year. Awaiting me there on the fifth Hey, I'll just put it off until the floor was a crowd of people in summer, Then GE will have to what was euphemistically called pay me for it. So I did. the jurors' lounge. Having Then, in May, I received a rushed all of the way from Ken- copy of the Juror's Handbook dall Square in order to make it for Middlesex County. It assured on time, I was not very surprised Science should serve public interes' me that I only had to serve for to find that I had to wait for To the Editor: are undemocratic. They are too government-sponsored resea The Tech is to be congratulat- often made without the participa- comes from the Department ed for its Commencement issue tion of students, faculty, and Defense. coverage of biological warfare re- members of the public. These de- I should point out, by the M search at MIT and Provost John cisions are left in the hands of that the four articles on May 27 v M. Deutch's influence. Thomas the Provost Deutchs of the world did not exhaust the Deutch in)ves- T. Huang's articles offered a rare and their friends - experts in tigative agenda. In addition to glimpse into the hidden politics Washington, lab administrators, advising the government aandi behind the Institute and help to executives whose at1 Volume 108, Number 28 Ttlesday, July 12, 1988 and corporate steering the research direction create an awareness that will be actions may be hidden by a veil MIT, Deutch sits on the trusstee Chairman ...... Peter E. Dunn G necessary to redirect science to of military secrecy. boards of four major weap( onsi Editor in Chief ...... Andrew L. Fish '89 serve the public interest. As a result, the university loses contractors (Draper, Perk:in- professors argue that sci- i Ap- i Business Manager ...... M~ark Kantrowitz ' 89 Some its ability to help set directions Elmer, MITRE, and Science 11 - Managing Editor...... Ezra Peisach '89 ence, as "unfettered exploration for science, and merely rides the plications). Such trustee positih of knowledge for its own sake," crest of external forces. MIT fails usually pay a handsome fee, ppre- j i News Editors ...... Darrel Tarasewicz '89 would be the same no matter to meet its potential to promote senting conflicts of interest wvith[ i Niraj S. Desai '90 where the money came from. But democracy by keeping the public potentially far greater conndsise-_r.-R i Michael Gojer '90 that is not how the system works informed on critical issues. To quences than Attorney Gene eral Night Editor ...... Marie E. V. Coppola '90 today. Both science and technol- quote Senator Mark Hatfield (R- Ed Meese's Wedtech scandal. Arts Editors ...... Jonathan Richmond G ogy funding are regarded as in- '871 e Christopher J. Andrews '88 Oregon), "The universities, by Could Deutch as Provost ad [vo - FE Photography Editors ...... Kyle G. Peltionen '839 vestments for social ends, with becoming inferior, contracted cate a shift (that most MIT sstu- of national security Mark D. Virtue 9() the pursuit members of the defense establish- dents and faculty surveyed waant)i [ Contributing Editors ...... V. Michael Bove G through military power at the top ment, can only increase their par- back to civilian sponsorship of Akbar A. Merchant '89 of the government's agenda. De- ticipation as the intellectual advo- research? Could he, as chairrr n [ De-~~~~~~~~~~~~~5 Senior Editor ...... M Aichael J. Garrison G cisions to increase math and cates and architects of the war of DOD's Task Force on Che physics funding at universities machine." cal Warfare and Biological I NEWS STAFF (while cutting research which Continued coverage of the mil- fense, do anything but advoc,ate , Associate News Editors: Annabelle Boyd '90, Seth Gordon '90, pursues national security through itary research issue in The Tech renewed US deployment of che Irene Kuo '90; Senior Writers: Mathlews M. Cherian G, Harold A. cooperation and arms control) will give MIT students a better ical weapons? Or are such ac- Stern G, Katherine T. Schwarz '86, Anzuradha Vedanthamn '89; are strongly.influenced by the fu- understanding of the Pentagon's Sanjay Manandhar tions ruled out, for fear that tthey Staff: Salman Akchtar '89, Mary Condeilo '89, ture needs of military laborato- policy in '89, Marcia Smith '89, Sally Vanerian '89, Anh Thu Vo '89, Kau- role in shaping science might jeopardize his lucrat five shik Bagchi '90, Ahmed B3iyabani '90, Eric L. Chang '90, Sarita ries for mathematicians and the United States. This will not board positions? Gandhi '90, Anita Hsiung '90, Ieriyamvada Natarajan '90, physicists. only enable students to learn Perhaps the Provost could ddis-E Kenyon D. Potter '90, R~obert E. Potter 11'90, Raymie Stata '90, That science is political is not about different scientific disci- entangle himself by resigniing ' i Jean Ihm '91, Christina Liu '91, Prabhat Mehta '91, Gaurav the problem; this is unavoidable. plines before they invest time and from the corporate boards on Rewari '9 1, Morlie L.-Wang '9 1, Wayne W. Wu '911, Paula Maute; Since we are increasingly affected money in those fields, but also which he sits or at least by tu!rn-[ Meteorologists: Robert X. Black G, Michael C. MorgarI G. by science and technology in the will allow them to become in- ing over the proceeds to stud~ent[ OPINION STAFF modern world, it is natural and volved in the decision-making activities at MIT. The issue de-4 Daniel J. Glenn G, David P. Hamilton G, Kevin J. Saeger G. proper that they be subject to po- process affecting research fund- serves more attention from the litical scrutiny. ing in academia. Almost all par- MIT community and demar FEATURES STAFF The problem - as The Tech Christopher R. Doerr '89, Jonathan G. Monsarrat '89, Allan T. ticipants in the current debate some explanation from I Duffin '91. articles reveal - is that decisions have a vested interest in the sta- Deutch. affecting science and technology tus quo, in which 70 percent of ARTS STAFF Rich Cowan Associate Arts Editor: Allon G. Percus '91; Staff: Barbara A. Masi G, Julian West G, Mark Roma'n '87,D:avid M. J. Saslavi. '7, Manavendra K. Thakur '87, Julie Chang '89, Paige Parsons '90, Thistle shoLLidl not receive funding Ricardo Rodriguez '91, Davin Wong '91. (Editor's note: The Tech received unfulfilled demands as if they to publish outright falsehoodds; [ a copy of this letter addressed to PH/OTOGRAPHY STA4FF had been fulfilled. Including this what it does imply is that M[IT the student activity fundingcom- lead story in a document which students should not be forced to Associate Photography Editors: Lisette W. Lambregts '90, mittee of the UndergraduateAs- Kristine AuYeung '91; Staff: Michael D. Grossberg G, Rich R. calls for tolerance of "free fund adisinformation operatic011. sociation and the GraduateStu- Fletcher '88, Tom Coppeto '89, Victor Lieu '89, Joyce Ma '89 , speech" is hypocritical. Freedom John F. PitrelliiG Ken Church '90, Mike Niles '90, Wes Huang '91, Sarath Krish- dent Council) of speech does not mean freedom Lori Tsuruda'89 naswamy '91, Georgina A. Maldonado '91, Mauricio Roman '91, We noticed in the May 27 issue Alice P. Lei; Darkroom Manager: Mark D. Virtue '90. of The Thistle that its writers, who referto themselves as the BUSINESS STAFF Electronic artist rebuts Advertising Accounts Manager: Genevieve C. Sparagna '90; "Alternative News Collective," at L Delinquent Accounts Mianager: Michael Ho '89; Staff: Shari intend to request student govern- negative artistic review Jackson G, HumphreyD. Chen '90, Susan Seung-eun Lee '91, ment funding of their opinion Shazia Makhdumi '91. paper. To the Editor: not unknown words to the wotv [ Regardless of whether the stu- PRODUCTION STAFF I am sorry that Jonathan Rich- European museums and N{ewi dent government funding for ac- Associate Night Editor: David B. Plass '90; Staff: Daniel Peisach mond didn't get off at the "onan- York gallery with whomI aam tivities continues to come from '90,Carmen-Anita C. Signes '90. istic" collaboration between currently negotiating exhibitionns. tuition money distributedby the George Lewis and myself as per- WhileI am pleased that my X PRODU'CTlON STEAFF FOR THIS ISSUE Dean's Office orbegins to be col- formed at the recent Hyperin- animation evoked an intenser re- Night Editors: ...... Ezra Peisach '89 lected separately as an activities struments concert in the Media sponse in Richmond, I shouald Marie E. V. Coppola '90 tax, it is distasteful to use man- Mar", D. Virtue '90 Lab ["Electronic noodling clarify that the sequence of, "a datory student paymentsto fund Staff: Peter E. Dunn G, Harold A. Stern G, Christopher i. around in Media Lab doesn't human face with arms and hanads Andrews '88, Andrew L. Fish '89, Mark Kantrowitz '89, any political cause. Furthermore, make music," June 21]. A reac- coming out of its orifices," canme Carmen-Anita Christiania Signes '90, Patricia A. 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B _ ...... _, . - I 0 - e -- - - F ---- · Jurors nave Important auty I"I, - --- - (Continuedfrom page 4) Suffice it to say it involved a fa- senting the entire force of law until the clerk called out, "Panel tal accident between a bike rider and deciding what the just four, panel four, assemble in the and a large vehicle. The estate of resolution should be. hallway." Here I go. the rider were suing the driver. It sounds strange to say it now, About 30 of us met outside. For how much, you ask? I was but in that jury room we were the "Oh boy, you guys are in for a more than a little surprised when law of the United States of bad one," the bailiff chuckled. "I we in the jury were never told America. You remember the bit wouldn't want to get stuck with how much the plaintiffs were about "the Judicial Branch inter- this case." What does he mean? seeking. "Compensation for the prets the law?" Well that wasn't Is this one of those three wppk nloss of the rider's racSnc!Jaly ,-- the Supreme Court, or some wiz- murder trials or something? May- pected lifetime net salary and the ened old judge. We were the Ju- be this isn't such a good idea loss of the companionship and dicial Branch. Just twelve ordi- after all.... aid of the rider," that was our nary people who had been We sat down in the seats out- only guideline. selected by random chance to side of the bar (where the blood- At first, it seemed like I was come into the Courthouse early thirsty crowd sits in the lawyer the only one who wanted to be Monday morning. films), and the judge told us we there. We did listen to all of the The foreman of the jury were about to serve in a "com- evidence very carefully, but in summed it up best: "I have mon vehicular tort case." He our own room we couldn't help learned more about civics these asked us if we knew the lawyers, but make jokes. We made jokes four days than I ever learned in ' rlsl rnrlBP e weF I ·ldlsr_- W the witnesses, or the parties in- about Twelve Angry any classroom." Or anywhere Men. We "ICP3aT' . SP 4P1·1C I A13 S J CBaE .W volved. Then he led us in an oath made jokes about our "field trip" else, for that matter. to be impartial. Where's the "So out to see the siteWof the accident, Michael J. Garrison, help me God" part? I guess they jokes about the cafeteria, and a gradu- ate student in the Department don't do that anymore. jokes about the judge's manner of Aeronautics Then twelve jurors got called of speaking to the lawyers. and Astronautics, is a senior editor of The up to the stands. Tech. a "3-1, 3-2, 3- We especially made jokes 3,...""No surprise I - l·ll-L PI ALIIII - I slls PIPlsLC· _=___ who's next, about the lawyer who didn't un- anyway. They sat down, in turn, derstand radius of curvature and looking rather unsure of them- repeatedly asked the expert wit- selves. "Is the plaintiff satis- ness (an MIT alum) which point Keep in touch with the 0 fied?" the judge 'Tute.. asked. "We chal- on the curve was the center of lenge jurors one, five, seven, and curvature. twelve," the lawyer answered. The Tech's been keeping in Thus began a short merry-go But as the trial went on, it be- touch with the Institute for over a round of jurors. Each came harder to make jokes. The :Send mie honme. challenged century I juror stepped down and was re- same people who on Monday had - covering issues I placed. Seat seven was replaced bitched about how silly the whole both on and off campus that I US Mail Subscription Rates I three times in a row. When the thing was were arguing (politely) affect MIT students. From the I s t plaintiff was satisfied, about causal negligence, the val- I 1 Class: 7 2 years $86 3 1 year $44 the defen- future of student loans to the C la ss: dant replaced a few of his own. ue of human life, and the respon- 3rd 12 years $32 C 1 year $17 That was when they got around sibility of safety. "I don't think future of pass/fail grading, to "4-3." I bet I get challenged. human life has a price tag either, from fun on the football field to Foreign Subscription Rates but $0 is just as much a price I'm only 22. Oh good, the de- tag fur! in and around Boston and Canada/Mexico (air mail): 01 year $49 fense left me here. But the plain- as $I million...." tiff is challenging now ... but The decision was not easy. We Cambridge. The Tech has kept its Overseas (surface mail): 0 1 year $49 I not me! I'm on the jury/ took about a day longer than the readers informed and Prepayment Required E New O Renewal I The case lasted two and a half judge expected, and we carime entertained since 1881. There's days, and near to being a hung jury. No- I we deliberated for an- no better way for parents (and I other one and a half. For obvious body wanted that. But I think we Name: -- all felt the burden aunts and uncles and brothers and I reasons I don't want to go into to be right - I all the details in this column. we were responsible for repre- sisters and goldfish) to keep in Address: - ~~Wbl I"~~~~~~ ""1 touch with what's going on at the I e Institute. Subscribe to The Tech - join 15,000 readers who keep in touch ... I The Tech P.O. Box 29 M IT Branch B with The Tech. ------Cambridge,,,,,,,,~- MA 02139 j
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