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MIT " I \ Continuous Cambridge I 1 | News Service Massachusetts II I I I i q | Since 1881 Friday, November 2, 1990 VVolume 110, Number 47 1 --- I~~~~~~ Course 4 lecturer fired Yim Lim accused of stealing student's work By Joanna Stone ture department several weeks sponsibility for the Chinatown Yim Lim, a former lecturer in ago. community service faculty in De- the Department of Architecture, The provost's conclusions were cember, 1989." was recently dismissed by former stated to Lim as follows: Christopher M. Lyon MAR '88 Provost John Mh. Deutch '61 in "I. Two photographs of Mr. died in October 1989 after fight- connection with her use of work Christopher Lyon's architectural ing a long-term battle against which was found to have plagia- model were used without appro- cancer. His wife, Kim R. Lyon, rized the work of two MIT grad- priate attribution in panels pre- first raised the issue of plagiarism uates. pared under your responsibility concerning his work when she In a letter dated Sep. 6, 1990, for Women in Architecture Ex- saw what she believed to be an Deutch ended the 10-month in- hibit in Boston in the fall of exact replica of his work on vestigation of Lim's case and in- 1989. Lim's exhibition boards at the formed Lim that it was his con- "2. The drawings of Richmond Women in Architecture exhibit at clusion that her actions did not House reflect knowledge of the the Boston Public Library. meet with "the high standards" work, of Mr. Christopher Lyon According to Lyon, Lim's of the MIT teaching staff. and this was not properly boards for the exhibit contained Sean Dougherty/The Tech A copy of this letter, along acknowledged. photographs of Christopher Ly- According to a decision by former Provost John M. Deutch with a cover letter from Architec- "3. The work of Ml. Horacio on's model and drawings derived '61, Yim Lim "used without appropriate attribution" two ture Department Chairman Wil- Chin was employed without ap- from his design. "It was exactly photographs of this model, designed and constructed by liam L. Porter '69, was sent out propriate attribution in the pro- his work," Lyon said. Christopher M. Lyon MAR'88. to all members of the architec- posal prepared under your re- The only difference, she said, was that her husband had intend- ed his design to be a retreat for the terminally ill on the Califor- IFS levies. fines for rush violations nia coastline. "This particular de- Bay Andrea Lamberti Kappa Epsilon, Delta Psi gNo. 6), tions get by," Dorow said. ing messages from freshmen and Sign was so very important and The Interfraternity Council Ju- Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon, But Rios felt the trials were not taking them on an outing over personal to him because of his dicial Committee has issued fines Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji), Lambda much different, in either quantity the maximum five hours allowed illness," Lyon said. for rush violations this -year rang- Chi Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon, or seriousness, from last year. by rush regulations were both According to Lyon, Lim used ing from $25 to $450, according and Zeta Beta Tau were charged. "Last year, the trials were spread were charged this year and are the same design, but represented to Victor T. Rios '91, Judcomm The review board also pun- out [over a longer period of considered serious violations. it as a home in western Massa- secretary. ished some fraternities by placing time]," he said. It seems worse Rios said alcohol violations are chusetts. "Nothing was changed Some fraternities were found sanctions on them for certain this year because of the large also considered serious charges, except trees were added," she guilty of more than one charge, rush week activities. Some frater- number of trials in a such a short but no fraternities were charged said. resulting in total fines of over nities were forbidden from period, Rios said. with alcohol-related violations Lyon immediately called the $1400. The highest possible fine participating in Thursday night Rios and Judcomm Chair Ariel this year. Boston Society of Architects, for a single charge is $500. dinners or from having freshmen Warszawski '90 declined to de- Many of the charges were which sponsored the exhibit, to The IFC Judcomm concluded sleep over on the Sunday night of scribe the most serious charge brought up simply for clarifica- ask them about the boards. "1 two weeks of hearigs Wednesday rush- - against any one fraternity. Keep- (Please turn to page 2) (Continued from page 13) night. Twenty-one cases were Many ILG members felt brought in front of the commit- sanctions are more potent than tee this year by one independent fines as punishment because they UA rejects Pro-Life referendum living group or sorority against affect the scope of an ILG's rush- another. ing activities. By Reuven M. Lerner of such a referendum. UA Vice council members if "we are not On Oct. 22, six other fraterni- To most people close to the The Undergraduate Associa- President Colleen M. Schwingel dealing with a bigger issue than ties brought charges against Sig- hearings, there seemed to be tion Council narrowly defeated a '92 explained that it would cost we should be dealing?" ma Alpha Epsilon in a 13-hour more cases this year than last proposal last night to hold a non- between $350 and $400, which VA Secretary General Stacy E. trial that began at 7 pm. The IFC year. Neal H. Dorow, advisor to binding referendum on the sub- could come from the $2100 re- McGeever '93, who wrote and would not disclose the fines lev- fraternities and ILGs, felt that ject of medical insurance re- maining in the UA discretionary presented the resolution, said ied against SAE or any of the was true. funds for students who oppose fund. that Linda L. Rounds, executive other ILGs involved in the But he added that he did not abortion. Former UA President Paul L. director of the Medical Depart- hearings. think rush was any worse this The council also discussed the Antico '91 declined to give an ment, and Constantine B. Simon- In addition to -SAE, Alpha Tau year. In the past, "maybe ILGs future of the homeless shelter opinion on the issue, but asked (Please turn to page 2) Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Delta were willing to let more viola- run by CASPAR (Cambridge and 1 -- r-- I err srr -- --- · I Somerville Program for Alcohol Rehabilitation), which is located Iaw on land owned by MIT, and stu- requires choice of dent discounts at local stores. The proposed referendum, longmdistance carrier - which was defeated by a vote of 18-19-3, would have asked under- By Katherine Shim to other phone companies. graduates if students should "be The recently approved federal "Widespread consumer dissat- given the option to be reimbursed Telephone Operator Consumer isfaction of rates and practices," upon written request for the Services Improvements Act out- has also led the Federal Commu- abortion coverage fees currently laws "call-blocking' and gives nications Commission to pursue included in the medical insur- colleges an 18-month window pe- the elimination of call-blocking. ance package offered by MIT riod to make appropriate changes In a report released this summer, if they are morally opposed to with their chosen long-distance Policies and Rules Concerning abortion." carriers. Operator Service Providers, the At the last council meeting, Call-blocking,is a term for sit- FCC recommends forbidding col- which was held on Nov. 18, rep- uations in which a college forces leges from call-blocking. resentatives from the Association all of its telephone users to use With the recent mandate from for Women Students, which op- one particular long-distance car- Congress, the FCC is likely to posed a referendum, and from rier by blocking alternative paths decide in favor of instituting its MIT Pro-Life, which supported new regulations, said Morton it, argued their cases before the ~srrmIII sa ~ g·II " Berlan, director of Telecommuni- council. Council members were cations Systems. told at that time that they would The new regulations, however, be given a chance to debate the Errata will produce few changes in the issue at last night's meeting. Tuesday's issue con- current long-distance service sys- But there was virtually no de- tained two errors. The sto- tem of the Institute, Berlan said. bate before last night's vote. Im- ry "Student attacked near MIT, which has a contract for mediately after the resolution was Inman Square' incorrectly telephone service with AT&T and presented to the floor, Glenn R. identified Todd S. Ander- the ACUS Operator Service, does Berry '92 made a motion to "ta- son G's housemate. His not block alternate carriers. ble indefinitely" debate on the is- name is Dan Elbaum. Dormitory residents who dial sue. The motion, which required A typing error resulted 9+1 to access ACUS still have a two-thirds vote to pass, was in the appearance of the the option of dialing 190, 800, or narrowly defeated. word "classicism" in MIT 950 to use calling cards. Under After quickly inserting the Food Services General the new regulations proposed by words "non-binding" into the Manager Alan Leo's letter the FCC, colleges must allow stu- text of the resolution, a council ["Cartoon insults, degrades dents alternative access by dialing member made a motion to close food service workers"]. 800, 950, and IOXXX+0. debate on the subject. This was Kristine AuYeunglThe Tech Leo had used the word "I have spoken with AT&T- also defeated by a small margin.