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off MacGregor Motive for suicide unknown By Dave Watt '"EIe's been in really good spirits. Younes Borki '92, a student in No one really knows why [he ,·: the Department of Mathematics, i; died]," said Patrick M. Ewing II :·· fell from the 14th-floor (A- '92, A-Entry chair. Ewing also Entry) lounge of MacGregor said that Borki's suicide note had · House yesterday at 11:40 am. He been characterized as "positive." was pronounced dead on arrival The floor tutors saw Borki just at Beth-Israel Hospital at around a few minutes before his death. 12:20 pm. Borki left a note, leav- He was sitting in the lounge, ing little doubt that his death was where she thought he was study- -P .a suicide. ing, Ivka said, about five minutes Borki, a Moroccan citizen, had before he jumped. many friends in MacGregor. He Borki's death was the second played- several sports avidly, and suicide of a MacGregor A-Entry could sometimes be found in the resident in the past three years. Chip Buchanan/The Tech A'-Entry, lounge as late as 2 am Mark R. Kordos '89 jumped to A clown from the.-Royal LichteRstein Circus holds the attention of the crowd as a playing ping pong, said Pavel and his death from the 13th floor of Ivka Bystricky, the A-Entry floor mime and President PaulI . E. Gray '54 look on. - ~ I MacGregor on April 8, 1988. L tutors. In his role as A-Enitry Floor tutors in MacGregor will athletic chair, he organized the be available throughout the week entry's participation in many in- to talk withzstudents. Vest-will choose provost tramural sports. Borki had lived in MacGregor By Reuvens M. -Lerner Vest has supposedly not made of the Sloan School of Manage- since his freshman year. He was With incoming President his final choice for provost, but ment; and Joel Moses MA '67, 19 ears old. Charles- A-Vest set-to take office he is expected to decide before pro'fessor and former head of No explanation has been of- -in less-than two weeks, attention, the Corporation meeting this ;EECS. fered yet for the suicide, said is now being focused on his Friday. He is said to have nar- *Wrighton seems to be the Robert M. Randolph, associate choice for a new provost. rowed the field down to several strongest contender, in part be- dean for student affairs. "We The provost is MIT's chief aca- candidates. cause of his proven ability to can't speculate," said Randolph. deniic-officer, and is additionally Prominenit-among them are raise funds for research. Last "We would like to know answers, responsible for, managing much Mark, S.- W-righton, -head of the year, he received the first-ever and sometimes there aren't any," of the Institute's budget. Current Department of Chemistry; Paul combination professorship and he added. Provost John 'M. Deutch '61 told L. Penfield Jr.: ..ScD '0, chair- research grant, valued at over $3 MacGregor Housemaster Rob- the Academic Councilfin FIbrue -man of the- Department of Elec- million. - ert S. Kennedy '59 called Borki's ary that -he 'would not be MIT's. trical Engileeting'and Co'mputer .-At 41, he is also one of the death a "contradiction." Borki next president or provost- and Science; Thomas-H. Jordan, youngest professors ever to head was "very sound, very outgoing, later explained that he would re- head of the Department of Earth, an MIT department. In addition, -without being frenetic or compul- sign when Pmesident. Paul E. Gray Atmospheric,-_and Planetary Sci- he is rumored to have been con- sive," he said. '5o leaves office on Oct. 15. ences; Lester C. Thurows dean sidered for the MIT-presidency. His friiends'a in MacGregor also Younes Borki '92 as he A student in Wrighton's had no explanation for what appeared in his freshman laboratory said yesterday/that might have been troubling him. pictUrebook. while Wrighton "looked very happy," he had not discussed his candidacy 6SC criticizes report Undergraduate Association By Joey Marquez cally to graduate students." President Manish Bapna '91 and The Graduate Student Council Campbell said that "the UASO Graduate Student Council Presi- has passed a resolution express- questionnaires were concerned dent Michael D. Grossberg G will ing its disapproval of an August with undergraduates," and that speak with Vest on the telephone report released by the Indepen- there was "no measure of gradu- this morning. dent Activities- Period Policy ate students' in the report. He They sai~d they plan to discuss Committee (IAPPC). added that the "comrnittee Vest's candidates for provost, and The report was primarily writ- should focus on working with the how each of them would interact ten by former Aeronnautics and GSC to see how IAP can serve i with the student body. Astronautics Professor and graduate students better." Is·1 They will also speak about the IAPPC Chairman James W. Mar It is unclear why Mar wrote L'Z possibility of appointing a new '41, who presented it to the the report without allowing com- I;l dean for student affairs. EECS Committee on the Undergraduate mittee members to change the Professor Arthur C. Smith has Program. rough draft. Campbell said that served as acting dean for student The GSC contends that Mar Mar sent the rough draft to affairs since June, when Shirley failed to consult the four gradu- members during the summer, but M. McBay resigned to head the ate students on the committee be- since no one was at MIT, no one il I Photo courtesy MIT. News Office Photo courtesy MIT-News Office 'Quality Education for Minorities fore presenting the report, and could object to the report. Mark S. Wrighton Paul L. -Penfeld Jr. -ScD '60' Network. that this exemplifies the exclusion Mar retired last year and of graduate students from tlie moved to California, and was IAP program. unavailable for comment. GSC President Michael D. Starting today, the UASO is in- Students crowd marrow drive Grossberg G expanded on this vestigating how and when the re- position, asking in the resolution port was sent to committee mem- "TCA was mostly responsible that the committee be "restruc- bers, to determine why graduate By Brian Rosenberg eryone to leave their addresses for publicizing the campaign on since they were coming back tured to include equal numbers students' concerns were not ad- Close to 1000 people partici- campus," Sundharadas contin- soon." of students and faculty, with the dressed in the report. pated in Sunday's bone marrow ued. 'We putiup the posters, Laura A. Rubinstein '92 said, chair chosen by the committee." For next year, Campbell sug- drive for, 25-year-old Christopher placed ads, and generally in- "I didn't'have time to wait [for The GSC's chief complaint is gested that the committee give J. Corcoran, son of the East creased awareness." the test). If they come back in its lack of representation in the "equal consideration for gradu- Campus house manager. Corco- No information was available two weeks, I'll go again." report. "Not once in the report ate students." ran suffers-from leukemia, and a on how many of the participants The blood that was collected did it mention graduate students, marrow transplant -is'-vital for were MIT students. on Sunday will be typed within a with the exception of one statis- tic," said IAPPC member Ajit ·1 treatment of the disease. Many people who wanted to be week Or two, according to Chris P. Chris' father, John, said, "I tested were turned away because Corcoran. Campbell G. '' As the resolution states, "`AP think the. drive was phenomenal.. of the wait that developed during "People will only be contacted :i was originally created for both I U]L· The turnout was great, and the the day. The elder Corcoran said if they are a potential match L i '::: graduate and undergraduate stu- people were unreal." that close to 300 people were for someone," he said. Corcoran 7 1 I . Reba A. Sundharad'as '91, turned away. "We took their noted that although his name was dents." The GSC is very con- C cerned that the Undergraduate r president of the Technology names and addresses,-and hope- attached to the drive, he is not at ,· Academic Community Association, which fully we'll have another drive in the top of the transplant list. Support Office did not ·"· ^"' helped sponsor the event, said about two weeks," he said. Both Corcorans wished to ex- collect data "that include indica- · i t : a ;5J ' ' 1 ·`trs ;t·z Ei: tors on graduate student partici- "" ill P)em y ;y W1 tEl · ·C-I 411W Tlr·:^ that the turnout "was really Carlos E. Munoz '93 said he press their thanks to everyone L` -··' ,o· pation.' 6 k3 C ,i ·;;· .r - good, especially because we were "filled out the [registration] pa- who participated, particularly " · ··2 ·: Although the GSC agrees with - f i' '·· .6:; rrr··. * only, expecting about 400 people. pers at 1:30 pm. I came back at Larry A. Maguire, director of )i ": XI· . n·t --*d · *L1I-·' C4 :CI iZS;t t t t t t t t t k kjf : _ A lot of peopleqcame from Som- 3:45 pm, and [the volunteers ad- the report's main recommenda- +YIC r yi ·- housing and food services, David won wnI it erville, Harvard and Wesleyan ministering the test] said they To Flett, manager of the Campus tion that faculty involvement in ·.s·r , IAP increase, they also believe `` :I P;fxi' l "j- ii nmsi`' 3D : t a· l;·'i I., College [where Corcoran went to were closed, because the- wait was Activities Complex, and the din- : · r~ school]." two-hoTs long. 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I ~: , Bushaddresses UnitedUnited~atioz. Nations. _ Z=5[GX~~~~~~~~~~Bush addresses _r~A With Iraq's ambassador listening in the United Nations, President George Bush yesterday launched a barrage of Boston judges ordered - Israel -prepares for worst words at the envoy's government and Iraq's president. Israel is gearing up'to ward off a possible disaster. The Bush declared that Iraq captured, plundered and terror- to work full day army says it will distribute gas masks to every citizen ized Kuwait in an episode of international outlawry unfit The Supreme Judicial Court has reacted swiftly to a se- starting next week. -It has also begun buying masks for for the modern era, and praised UN members who have ries in the Boston Globe that claimed some judges left Palestinians in the occupied territories. Iraqi President supported the forces that stand against Iraqi He also work early. All court personnel, including judges, have Saddam Hussein has threatened to strike the nation with spoke of negotiations, offering hope that if Iraq gives up been ordered to work a full day. The Globe reported that poison gas if attacked or if economic sanctions hurt too its grip on Kuwait, talks could lead to the resolution of some judges regularly leave the bench early to run errands badly. other mideast crises, including the Arab-Israeli confronta- or relax at home. The paper said, for example, that six of tion. I aqi President Saddam Hussein has also offered the Boston Municipal Court's eleven judges regularly left Hostages may be released Wide-ranging talks on those issues, but without giving up work early, despite a large backlog of cases. The order Kuwait. makes it clear that judges who fail to work a full day will Iranian and Syrian officials are declining comment on a After the speech, the Iraqi UN ambassador said his na- be subject to disciplinary action. reported agreement to free western hostages in Lebanon. tion supports a peaceful settlement. He' also said that Iraq -A Beirut newspaper cites unidentified diplomatic sources has said worse things about the United States. Amrherst outlaws "fighting words" as saying the presidents of Iran and Syria worked out the Supporters of a controversial bylaw that would outlaw accord last week. Thirteen westerners, including six verbal attacks in Amherst have decided to take a few Americans, are believed held captive in Lebanon. months to explain why they think the law is necessary. Iaqi.raddress to UN delayed The Citizen's Review Commission, which wrote the law, Walesa begins-campaign for president says the regulation is being held back so people can be would ban so- Lech Walesa is on the-offensive as-, he' starts his cam- Iraq has given no reason for postponing a planned ad- better educated about it. The regulation people or incite an im- paign for president of. Pbland., Whe 'Solidarity-Ahirman dress to the General Assembly- of the United Nations. The called fighting words which hurt rights advocates have has attacked the anti-Semitism'tfhat has taintied Polish speech, originally to have taken place last night, has been mediate breach of the peace. Civil politics, and is taking a stand against abortion. Poland's rescheduled for tomorrow. Diplomats speculate Baghdad attacked the law as a threat to First Amendment rights to first popular election in more than 50 years could take wants time to digest Bush's message. free speech. place as soon as late November.- Point of light may burn out soon The New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans gained fame when President Bush honored it as a 'point of light." But now the model program has fallen on hard Mapplethorpe photos times. It rnay have to close because of state budget cuts, _i lliliww 13 and that could put nearly 400 people onto the streets. Hu- , 4 i I - _ - I will be shown in court man Services Secretary Philip Johnston says he will try to Jurors in the Cincinrnati case involving a museum and find funds to keep the shelter open, but he can not prom- Sditter expected, to4receive its director who exhibited the controversial photos by the ise the money will be found. Boston Mayor Raymond *- - cofrmadon --today late Robert Mapplethorpe will be able to see what all the Flynn says he might sue state officials if the shelters do yesterday rejected motions by the lose their funding. The Senate is expeted to confirm David Souter's nomi- furor is about. A judge that the seven photographs in ques- nation to-the Supreme Court today, and the new justice defense which claim' will be but of context of the 175 couidrToin. the c6fitft;TfbiY aI'aiguments as soon as -next tion,, if- shown alone, show al- ,week. Sodid needs a majority vote, and only six of the other works. The controversial photos, which genitals, · 1Xsenators have said publicly that they will vote against ^ legedDhomosexualr acts and-children with-exposed obscenity and using 6~~~~~~~~~b· g rI}s;I him. have prompted charges of pandering material. The Supreme Court opened its 1990-91 term yesterday children in nudity-related iwith only eight justices. This term, the court is expected -Investigator; na'med'in Olson case Ato hear cases involving police authority, abortion counsel- Arm-twisting necessary NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has appointed Har- ing, school desegregation, the war on drugs, and naked vard Law Professor and one-tiffie-Watergate investigator 'women who dance in bars. to pass budget Vice President Dan Quayle says-the job of selling' a Phillip Heyman to probe allegations of sexual harassment painful defjit-r8etuctid^-pl~a-nto Congress will involve a of a female sports writer. According to Boston Herald re- lot of armtiwisting. krfumber of rank-and-file lawmakers porter Lisa Olsen, several members of the New England made lewd remarks in the locker room as she in- ,Rubeso IL-- _ L----Byeigh - Rubin- - -- are larvy of'he $500 billion, five-year package of tax in- Patriots i creases and spending cuts. President Bush says the plan is terviewed them two weeks ago. the "best chance to get the deficit under control."
Woman cannot sue after unsuccessful abortion The Supreme-Court says an Ohio woman who gave birth to a healthy boy after an unsuccessful abortion can- 1 not sue for money to raise her child. The 20;-yar-Old single woman underwent the abortion The sun will come in Sept. 1985, and gave birth to her son the following out . . . tomorrow She'gued claiming negligence and sought $103,000 March. A low pressure-center will be moving through our for the boy's care until age 18. to pay area Tuesday, bringing with it clouds and showers. Ohio appeals court threw the suit out, saying that The This fast-moving system will leave our area Tuesday income for par- allowing damages would mean windfall night, leaving nice weather for Wednesday and owm to a. child who ents, and could cause psychological harm Thursday, with slightly warmer temperatures. later found out he or she was unwanted. The court also cited an earlier state Supreme Court ruling that said the Tuesday afternoon: Cloudy, with chance of light benefits of having a healthy child outweigh any economic showers in spots. High 66°F (19'C). Westerly loss prents might suffer. wind 10-15 mph (16-24 kph). Tuesday night: Clearing. Low 46°F (8°C). Westerly Navigation satellite sent into orbit wind 5-10 mph (8-16 kph). It was up, up and away at Cape Canaveral, FL, for a Wednesdagy: Partly sunny. High 62'F (17 C). Low $65 million navigation satellite. A Delta rocket blasted the 50 -F (I 0 C). lNavstar" satellite into orbit more than 12,500 miles Thursday: Sunny and warmer. High 70'F (21 °C). above the earth. Navstar is designed to guide US war Forecast by Yeh-Kai Tung planes, ships and other military craft with supreme I accuracy. Compiled by Karen Kaplan and Lois Eaton Poetic Justic,. l,_ - · - - I , I -| 1_ =-II I classified advertising II l : Dental care .a__,._I Clipper, PASCAL, or C developers ESL (English as a Second Lan- 1990 Toyota Celica, ice blue, load- needed to work part-time for Cen- guage) instruction for busy people. ed. 6,000 mi. $16,000 or B. O. for the tral Square consulting firm. Also Conveniently taught at your home 424-0773. need part-time programming assis- or office. Call today for a free in- whole family tant familiar with PC's to work dur- terview and evaluation. 232-8772, Vermont Ski Resorts - ing business hours. Call John at Language in Action. at Sugarbush need aggressive on- Genwral - Cosmetics-Resioraive 547-1 200. campus representatives. Earn dol- Student Auto Rental lars.- ski free. Call 1-800-627- 4563. I 617 BIG CARS ERIC KLEIN, DMD Part-time @ Alphagraphics Print- shop, 290 Main St. in Kendall Sq. Fraternities, sororities, campus or- Classified Advertising in The Tech: Copy shop assistant wanted. Must ganizations, highly motivated indi- $5.00 per insertion for each 35 2353 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge 547-9100 be enthusiastic & reliable. Duties viduals - Travel free plus earn up words or less. Must be prepaid, include some bindery work, cleri- to $3000+ selling Spring Break with complete name, address, and * MIT Dental Insurance Accepted * cal, and cust. serv., 20 - 30 hrs/ trips to: Cancun - South Padre phone number. The Tech, W20- gentle and thorough dental care wk, M - F. Call Winnie or Jon 661 - Island - Orlando/Daytona Beach: 483; or PO Box 29, MIT Branch, L 1060. 1-800-258-9191. Cambridge, MA 02139. F-NULPdA(-F a Thp TechR W1·'sXl l THFSDAY.vxtfs OCTOBER -2. 1990 -.,I 1.. -z- , -, -
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Few things are certain in this wild, wacky uni- money, have little to- spend it on. Riots in the Krem- verse, except for death, taxes, and troubles in the lin over meat and basic necessities are common, as Soviet Union. In the years since Soviet High Master people.flock to buy what isn't, there.- and Savior Mikhail S. Gorbachev took office, the Soviet people have wallowed in political chaos and economic hopelessness the likes of which haven't If the Soviet Union is to 1. been seen since World War I. Gorbachev's major re- forms of the Soviet's centrally planned economy survive in any form, its and authoritarian system, his plans of glasnost - parliament must political openness - and perestroika -_economic reform - have done little more than spark the peo- implement Shatalin's 500 ple's tastes for even more reform. Nationalist move- day plan immediately. ments in the USSR's various republics, once sup- pressed, are gaining momentum. An economy, once pitiful, is getting worse- The natives are getting rest- Meanwhile, Gorby has managed to convince the less. Gorbachev, meanwhile, is consolidating his Soviet parliament to give him broad powers to set power. wages and fix prices, in the hope, that he can bring Gorby means well and all, but instead of launch- the Soviet Union out of its troubles by executive de- I ing on the uncertain path towards the formation of cree. "I command you to have a free market," or a looser confederacy of Soviet states with a free something like that. Gorby has some interesting market economy, he is attempting to consolidate the ideas on leadership, but he has yet to provide the central government within the communist frame- Soviet people with a working reform scheme. In the _ · ,_ ·s · a I-·a,- I L- · work. He hopes, with his newly created powers as West, Gorby is a hero, but to the Soviet people he- - ·I p · lb· · --- Soviet president, that he can save the economy and is a man without a plan. Go-rby has about as much keep the Union together. Yeah, right. Let's look at chance of succeeding at reform as an Eskimo has of what we're dealing with. spontaneously coinbusting. Glasnost has triggered a rise of nationalism Gorby may have led the Soviet Union out of the among the people in the Union's republics. Patriots Dark Ages, but he is no Renaissance man. Others in in the multi-racial Soviet military have helped to his government, most notably 'economic advisor make "kill your commanding officer" the fastest Stanislav Shatalin, have created crude yet promising I growing sport in the country. schemes for a rapid switch to-f capitalism.-Shatalin's Volume 1 10, Number 39 Tuesday, October 2, 1990 Perestroika, Gorby's grand scheme to decentral- - the 500-day plan-calls for the auctioning of ize and consumerize the industrial, military Soviet government business and properties and the estab- Chairman ...... Deborah A. Levinson '91 economy, has failed miserably. Factory managers, lishment of a banking and financial' system. The Editor in Chief ...... Prabhat Mehta '91 left to make their own decisions for the first time in (Please turn to page 6)J Business Manage ...... r R...... Rssell Wilcox '91 70 years, upped worker's wages and failed to rein- Managing Editor ...... Daniel A. Sidney G vest profits into capital improvements. The com- Matthew H. Hersch, a freshman, is an associate I opinion editor of The Tech. k News Editors ...... Andrea Larnberti '91 mon folk, their pockets bulging with worthless Reuven M. Lerner '92 I __IU I I IP -dsL·- · L ---I 1 0 - L1 · I- all · l dll Opinion Editor ...... Michael J. Franklin '88 Sports Editor ...... avid Rothstein '91 Arts Editor ...... ,Peter E. D.unn G Photography Editors ...... Kristine AuYeung '91 Sean Dougherty '93 II Contributing Editors ...... Jonathan Richmond G Marie E. V. Coppola '90 Lois Eaton '92 w Advertising Mlanager ...... Mark E. Haseltine '92 Production Manager ...... Ezra Peisach '89 I I -1 NEWS STAFF I I
Associate News Editors: Dave Watt G. Joanna Stone '92, Karen k Kaplan '93, Brian Rosenberg '93, Katherine Shim '93; Staff: m p Andrew L. Fish '89, Annabelle Boyd '90, Miguel Cantillo '91, r Adnan Lawai '91, Chitra K. Raman '91, Gaurav Rewari '91, Eun t S. Shin '91, Aileen Lee '92, Adam Chen '93, Shannon Mohr '93, Michael Schlamp '93, Cliff Schmidt'`93; Meteorologists: II Robert X. Black G. Robert J. Conzemius G. Michael C. Morgan r G, Greg Bettinger '91, Yeh-Kai Tung '93, Marek Zebrowski. I PRODUCTION STAFF Associate Night Editors: Kristine.J. Cordella '91, David Maltz '93; Staff: Tzu-Jun Yen '92, Sunitha Gutta '93, Jonathon Weiss '93, Aaron M. Woolsey '93, Chris Council '94, Alex Dong '94, Jeff Galvin '94, Jeremy A. Hylton '94, Christopher Lee '94. OPINION STAFF Associate Opinion Editors: Bill Jackson '93, Matthew H. Hersch '94; Staff: Pawan Sinha G. SPORTS STAFF Shawn J. Mastrian '91. ARTS STAFF Staff: Frank Gillett G, Mark Roberts G, Mark Webster G, Mana- vendra K. Thakur '87, Michelle P. Perry '89, Jigna Desai '90, L I s Il -- -II a I Illr I · · Elizabeth Williams '90, Paula Cuccurullo '91, David Stern '91, Alfred Armendariz '92, Sande Chen '92, Alejandro Solis '92, Kevin Frisch '93. PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF At least the R eview is honest Associate Photography Editors: David H. Oliver '91, Chip Buchanan '92, Douglas D. Keller '93; Staff: William Chu G, Dan Column by Joanna Stone McCarthy C;, Andy Silber G, Ken Church '90, MAark D. Virtue '90, Sarath Krishnaswamy '91, Mauricio Roman. '91, Marc Many of you probably read the article in The That was accomplished with sledgehammers on Wisnudel '91, Jonathan Kossuth '92, Lerothodi-apula Leeuw Boston Globe the week before last titled "Who'll Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. '92, Paulo Corriea '93, Michelle Greene '93, Mey Lead '93, Win 'the Battle for Dartmouth's Soul?" (Remember The Globe reported on the most recent chapter of Matthew Warren '93, Jeremy Yung '93. I'm the one who, believes that you MIT students are the Review's impact on campus, including the resig- FEATURES STAFF actually reading the newspapers now.) And if you nation of black music professor William Cole last John Thompson '90, Taro Ohkawa '91, Chris M. Montgomery '93. did read this articles-you may have come away from month. Cole's resignation came after a long cam- it with the same sentiment I did: Thank God we're paign by the Review staff, which at various points BUSINESS STAFF not Dartmouth. belittled his intel- Delinquent Accounts Mlanager: Jadene Burgess '93; Advertising called Cole "a used Brillo pad," Accounts Manager: Shanwei Chen '92; Staff: Ben Tao '93. For those of you who haven't kept up with the lect, and finally crowded around him after a class controversial goings on at Dartmouth, let me fill in 1988 and shouted at him. you in. There's a weekly off-campus newspaper cir- The idea of a group of white conservative males PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE culated at Dartmouth called the Dartmouth Review. spreading hatred in an attempt to suppress diversity Night Editor: ...... Daniel A. Sidney G This student-run newspaper is openly and blatantly horrified me. It also brought me to the convenient, Associate Night Editor: ...... Marie E. V. Coppola '90 racist. But the editorial board of this paper goes a comforting conclusion; good thing this stuff doesn't Staff: Peter E. Dunn G, Deborah A. Levinson '91, David H. Rothstein '91, Kevin Frisch '93, David A. Maltz '93, Rita step further than simply expressing its prejudice on go on at MIT. I went around for nearly a week feel- Tendolkar '94. paper. The Review is most famous for what has fre- ing generally content with the thought that in quently been referred to as its "shock tactics." In comparison to Dartmouth, MIT is a liberal, open- '1982, the newspaper ran a column in "black En- minded, non-discriminatory community. The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607) is published on Tuesdays and Fridays during the academic glish" titled "Dis Sho' Ain't No Jive, Bro," which And my contentment would no doubt have con- year (except during MIT vacations), Wednesdays during January, and monthly during ' the summer for $17.00 per year Third Class by The Tech, Room W20-483, 84 insinuated illiteracy on the part of black students. tinued, had not a black friend of mine said, "Better Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-0901. Third Class postage paid at Boston, MA. Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720. POSTMASTER: Please send all In 1984, a contributing editor taped awgay students' (Please turn to page 6) address changes to our mailing address: The Tech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA 02139-0901. Telephone: (617) 253-1541. FAX: (617) 258-8226. meeting and printed a transcript in the paper. And Advertising, subscription, and typesetting rates available. Entire contents CO1990 The then, in 1986, 10 of its staffers were disciplined for Joanna Stone, a junior in the Department of Ur- Tech. The Tech is a member of the Associated Press. Printed by Charles River Publishing, Inc. attacking four ramshackle shanties that' had been ban Studies and Planning, is an associate news edi- I I erected as a symbol by an anti-apartheid group. for of The Tech. I(r . - r 9 9 11 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1990 The Tech PAGE 5 ~
A~cia~ H3 U I I Uuld San e nelienceI Column by Bill Jackson A phone call came into The' Tech last high tech, media manipulation, and com- magazine photos. Some of these are very Hughes provided rock solid proof of his week to which I simply had to-respornd. It: mnercialism, with showmanshiasp, a slightly eff~ective and funnyr, but some look likee thee own inventiveness. He claims to have in- seems that a man named Eric Hughes had paranoid attitude, and shameless self- work of a third-grader. Still others look vented the idea for the sneaker phone be- csallled and told us that we should write a promotion.. like the funny work of a third-grad~er. O~ne fore Sports Illustrated began selling theirs, story about him.-His message-said that he The major project -Artificial Stupidity is particularly good one is Hughes' mural of and will provide you with pag~es ancd pages had been taped performing his show on working on is The Parade Of The Tall the Berlin MuIall, soon to be at the site of of photographic proof. He will tell you the steps of 77 Massachuseits Ave., and Buildings. Hulghes p~lans to bring the great the former Wa~all. that his own Duller Image catalog was of- thaat it would be worthwhile for The Tech tall buildings of the world here to Boston Featured at the Berlin Maall will be the ferinmg equipment to help you spy on your- to write a story about him: I begged- for for d parade spectacular on Tuesday, Jan.. new brands of cars made possible by Ger- self long before the Sharper Image catalog this assignment. 2, 2000. 1 looked that date up, and it's a man-American trade, including the 1997 offered actual eavesdropping devices, and WhenB he called back, I answered the Sunday, not a Tuesday, but I'll give Chevy Benz. Also, the mall will contain a then he will show you the prooP! phone. It turns out that he' performs an Hughes the btriefit of the doubt. "Store 5," so named because, Berliners I spent an hour and a half talking to orfal/visual' show. at .experimental the- When I asked him~how he would0 carry "Don't have much to sell' and therefore Hughes, and he never went for more than aters, scientific meetings, 'and on the the buildings over land he told me indig- don't need to be open for 24 hours a day. a few minutes without consciously saying street. He refers to his- show as "A~rtificial something like "you should mention this Stupidity and Dada Processing." I agreed in the article" or "I want to flag this." to meet with him. After a couple of maes- ("Flag" being his personal term for some- sages on my answering'mathine and one thing he really wants to see in print, usual- here at the news office, he finally agreed ly accompanied by a finger pointing at my to meet at The Tech, as I ha~d originally notebook.) He h~anded me document after suggested.. document, selling me on why certain pic- He arrived in The Tech's office five min- tures or images should run with the arti- utes early, carrying a couple of bags and cle. He would then slide into a tirade about how we're: constantly being bom- barded by media images. He pokes fun at In other words, Hughes is a high-level user of~the constant media manipulation high tech, media about which he seems so indignant. While manipulation, and his barbs at media imagery are very funny, .he turns out to be in love with the spot- commercialism, with light and really enjoyed every minute of show~manship, a the "interview," which was actually more like a version of his; show for an audience slightly paranoid of one. Most of my questions were cut off attitude- and so he could get to another part of his rou- tine. Near the beginning of the interview shameless self- he asked if any of the other Tech staff promotion. members would like to listen to himn. I ex- plained that they were probably too busy. He seemed to understand. portfolios, resemnbling.- a craggier and He even brought in a review of his per- slightly older Nick Nolte. He qu~ickly rein- formnance-art show from an Oct. 1984 is- forced this by telling me that he was "NP\ick sue of The Tech. Thoughtfully, he circled Nolte's ernotio nal s~tuntman. I do stunts the line where the reviewer said "the nmate- which are too dangeerous or difficult rial was veryr funny." He didn't, however, emotionally for Nick." circle the parts where the reviewer dis- Hu~ghes has morked -at'MIT -in ' arious cussed the various problems and incorn- capaicftidS`, he--claims,- includinjg 'a stint prehensibilities of his show. writing technical papers for thte Energy That's the beauty of Hughes. He pro- Lab and one as a volunteer researclher for vides h~is own interpretation, elimninating the Same Dayr Braille Project back in 1980 the nasty habit people have of interpreting and '81. He also taught IAIP courses here, his work for themrselves. He is constantly and seems to simply love the Institute.. in "'high explanation mode," pointing out "Look at the ol' place!" He exclaimed the deep significance in his work. I agree while looking out the window over M~ass. that the material is, for the most part, Aave. I was immediately worried. very funny. However, Hughes ultimately He is currently a "marketing maanager destroys it with his repetitive self-analysis. for an MIT start-up compaPny." Now, hee His -peri'ormances are given approxi- says, the new ABC show America's Funnnpi- mately four times a year at Mlobius, on est People has taped him on the steps of Congress St. in Boston. (They're billed as 77 Mvass. Ave. performing his work and quarterly ~updates' on the Tall Buildings will probably use the footage in an up- Photo courtesy Eric Hughes project.) He also told me that he was just comning episode. He just wanted to let TPhe Eric Hughes picked as the banquet speaker for the 1991 Tech know that~he thobught this was a .,nantly, '"It's very difficult to move a sky- H~ughes has a shirt made entirely of meeting of the Institute of Electrical and new~sworthyr event. Set your VCIRs now. scraper over land!" and explained his ideas UPC product codes, which he once wore Electronic Engineers in B3altimore. If you Il asked him what sort, of show he did. for bringing them over water. He brought as he slid over a laser checkout scanner, want to see a fascinrating by-gproduct of a He answered, "I do a one-man show along pictures, in fact, of the Sears TowJer ringing up a bill of $4002.17. Attached to technological rmecca like MITFcatch one of which is sort of a stage magazine show, a -arrivin~g in B~oston Hlarbor and another of the back was a Velcro backpack, which is his performances. Hughes is a unique but variety show which is sort of a-satire on the John Harncoclk Tower -floating out to simply a felt square with objects velcroed cross-purposed trip into the bizarre. high-tech a~nd 'futuristic concepts." Myl greet it. to it. He points out qjuite vehemaently that own irmpression- was that kugheg is a His "pictulres" aren't elaborate electron- this idlea "antedates you-know-who doing Recovering from his mintd-numbing ex- bizarre genetic recombination of Noam, ic monrtages created with expensive com- the Velcro Wall trick by a year or two." periencse with H~ughes, Tech columnist B~ill Chomskcy,. David Letterm~an, Walter puters, scanners, and integrating software. You mean Dav~aid Letterman, Eric? Aalckson '93 was unable to think of some- thing interestingg to say here. Lewin, and Al Sharpton. He pokes fun at They're cut-and-glue comnbinations of But no, thsis wasn't the only time
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The School of Humnanities and T~he blueprin~t for this tapkeover be possible "in the foreseeable -f L leaf of student officers to est pool of available cash. Social Science is expan~ding its off student assets is a 1988'docu- future." They then mount an ur- conceal~tlhe fact th~at they are Tkhe music, dance, and theater empire by seizing the resources menta titled "Accommodating the gent plea for ownership of Walk- actually functions of academic arts people now demand that the allocated for extracurricular stu- Performing Arts at MUIT." This er Memorial arnd various campus departnments. current ;activities vacate their of- dent activities. This departmental 62-page report, commissioned assets currently owned and used Students paraticipatinag in these fices. As stated on page 20 of the land-grab is being carried out-in and researchede by the SHSS but by others. "'clubs" usually get academic "1989-1990 Long-Range Plan for secret, with no involvement by comnpleted by outside consul- Not surp~risingly, MIIT appears credit. Faculty members are paid M~usic, T~heater, and Dance": student government or the stu- tants, preserits several options, to be impalementing the plan pre- to supervise them; in fact, run- "Thie most: critical space needs dent activities these actions are including "Schemae D" , give us sented to them as the "cheapest." ning these activities is usually a are for Theater andl Dance, and destroying. I a new building (costimng $25 mnil- However, the true costs of this significant part of the supervi- the most urgenmt need is to secure While our -committee is cer- lion); "Schemae B3" - give us e~v- program are dramatically under- sor's professional duties and dedicated control of the spaces tainly in favor of more and better ery large lecture hall on caimpus, stated in the SiISS report. And is inmcluded0 in the formal job they are presently using. humanities options for' students, rip out the seats, and renovate the human costs of this program description. "T~he use of the spaces listed we feel that the Schodl of Hgu- them fFor our use (costing 3$9.8 have not been addressed at all. Academic departments sub- below, which include vital re- -Inanities' current'plan is wrong- million); and "Scheme N' - give Part~ of the problem lies with stantially und~erwrite the day-to- hearsal, design, construction, and thinking, cynical, and destruc- us Wallker M~emorial andl othner tlhe so-called "co-curricular" stu-- day operation of these activities; even office space, are currentlyr tive. Their worthwhile goals must selected rooms on campus (cost- dent activities. For several years however, they are not above dip- controlled by the Camnpus Activi- not be acomnplished at the cost ing $2.3 million). the Undergraduate- Association ping into the meager resources ties Complex and are subject to of drasticalljl reduced quality of In a later SHSS documrent ti- and the Aassociation of Student which MIT allocates for student the shifting needs, interests, andf life for students and th~e linvolun- tled "Five-Year Plan, FY 1990- Activities have tolerated, and extracurricular life. The UA has perceptions of the Association of tary disbanding of popular stu- 94," the authors acknowledge even generously supported, sever- frequently subsidized them with (please turn to page 9) degnt activities. that a new arts building wflI not al organizations whicli use the grants drawn from th6~UA's mnod- L
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_ Gorbachev must abandon all conservatism (Continuedfrom page 4) no matter how Initial signs! sjhow that, even worse, quickly. He recently used his powers to or- Shatalin's 506 day plan - crude - immediately. The Soviet Union parliament has yet to accept this plan, and Gorby won't be jumping into reform that der the republics to quit hoarding consum-
_ cen- must decentralize political authority. Once Gorby, a conservative at heart, is weary of er goods, in the hope that he can keep the economic stability is achieved, political such radical measures for one very impor- tral planning alive until the end of equilibrium will follow. Gorby must sign' tant reason: Shatalin's plan calls for the year. Soviet airborne troops in full battle in Moscow. a non-aggression pact with the United destruction of the Soviet Union and the dress were recently deployed a mili- States, to diffuse the expensive arms race, association of repub- Gorby haISabout as No one is sure why, and many fear creation of a loose and pave the way for a smaller, cheaper lics, each with political and economic much chic tary coup. No one is really sure what side ance of military that could9double as a public Gorby won't stand for that. the military would fight on, either. Now, power. construction corps. He should The Kremlin's king is fighting a losing SUCCeedr ng at arch-conservatives, forward-thinking liber- cleanup and encourage heavy investment in transporta- battle. The inevitable switch from commu- reform as als, and independence-minded minorities s an Eskimo for sacking the Big tion and manufacturing to establish a nism to capitalism will undoubtedly result have their own reasons off, at the Soviet working market. Gorby must woo foreign in some immediate economic problems, in- has of Cheese. To top it all
- -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, negative - r- - I cluding unemployment. While people in spontane ously Union's economic growth rate of individual republics may accept the conse- three percent a year, the country will prob- quences if their republic's leaders are to COmbUStiing. ably implode in a year. blame, if their misfortune results from to survive in Patriots in the Gorby's executive decrees, the USSR will If the Soviet Union is s, -- r- parliament must implement have a revolution on ;ts hands. _ - any form, its multi-racial Soviet military have helped to make "kill your Racism and MIT a hidden problems commanding officer" the fastest (Continued from page 4) get - or rather, easy to forget when and bring racism out into the open, you're not feeling the brunt of it. And occurs. growing sport in the that we were like Dartmouth." This this, according to my friend, is the real country.,- shocked me. Why would anyone - espe- atrocity - this state of "forgetting." At Personally, I don't know what the an- cially someone at whom much of the dis- Dartmouth everyone is racially aware, peo- swer is, although waiting for some unfor------I crimination at Dartmouth would be direct- ple constantly discuss minority issues, mi- tunate incident to occur before we address -- s dL I - " -'- --Y. Ir ed against - want to live in such an Porities know the source from which most these issues certainly doesn't seem to be it. openly racist environment? of the racism stems and students openly And I don't really, know exactly what the aid and expertise, and cultivate the sup- "Because at least it's out in the open," discuss how to combat the discrimination. current situation on campus is (like I said, port of local radicals like Boris Yeltsin. If he told me. He said he believes MIT is just And, indeed, the Globe article quotes I'm unaware and not alonein this). But I Gorby hopes to remain in office, he'll as racist - that all the prejudices exist. one black student as saying, "Maybe do know that 'most of the nation stands need all the friends he can get. Only here, people don't talk about it. [Dartmouth's] a good place to become aghast at- the racism present on the Dart- Hearing this I was reminded of some- conscious." Conversely, maybe MIT is a mouth campus. That- even just one person Mikhail Gorbachev has to realign his thing a friend told me last year. The rea- good place to remain unconscious. My who should know (who, feeling the brunt views if he hopes to stay in. the main- son, she said, she'd virtually stopped go- friend, a former member of the Black Stu- of it, cannot remain unaware) says that stream. Gorby has brought some measure ing to most MIT parties was because when dent Union, said he believed the sentiment MIT is worsei fthn,Dartmouth, means that of political and social freedom to the peo- people get drunk their true racist feelings on campus was a clear "better not to talk something's wrong on this campus. If the ple of the Soviet Union, and we should often begin to come out. She said it had about it and pretend racial prejudice source of our problem, rather than a commend him for that, but-he has to keep become too painful to go to a party and doesn't exist." And in the meantime, the group of conservative newspaper writers, moving if he intends to survive. His past hear someone she'd considered a friend re- student body will divide into more and is simply being unaware, then hopefully talents for knowing' w-hen-..he's lost and vealing his deep-rooted prejudice, blurting more specified racial and ethnic special in- this column-vill make some more people rolling with the punches are mo~re-mimpor- out slanderous racial statements. terest groups. And he believes that this aware. So, Ebrin the, situation up for dis- tant now than ever. As a leader of a coun- I've known all along that some preju- sentiment of a generally unaware student eussion (in hopefully a better medium than. try., Go~rbachev should know when to set dice exists on campus, but I so rarely hear body will continue until some racial inci- Dartmouth's .RAe"e)- and hope thiat this policy, and when to provide a guiding people talking about it that it's easy to for- dent, which would finally spark awareness discussion will lead -to action. hand for the efforts of others.
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i Consereationfrequires active a I ) participation _ _ w of all students to work the paper plate your sandwich waste problem is cutting back on real glass. It's all ARAs fault." of the semester if this year is I'm worried. I am a member cameson? There is a lot of gar- how much we produce in the first Sorry, folks, we can't blame similar to last year. off Share A Vital. Earth (SAVE), bage in this world, far too mu ch. place. The city of Berkeley, CA, this one completely on ARA. the campus environmental action, Some of-it is recyclable, and. if has started an awareness cam- Some of you may remember a At $3.76 per plate, that's $7520 group,, and Iim afraid that our you're lucky, you can find a place paign to do just that; they call it ioint effort between Food Ser- that Food Services should not planet will lose its vitality if cur- on campus to put it where it ac- "precycling." Think about your vices and SAVE to reduce the have to spend. All it takces to help rent trends don't charine. There tually will be recycled. Recycling actions and your purchases in a amount of disposables used on curb the enormous amount of are a lot thingPof on the planet is'.-great - I'm all for it - garbage frame of mind. Is there campus. SAVE members ap- waste and cut costs is a small ef- which need to be improved, but I but what about those things that some way to reduce the amount proached Alan Leo, general man- fort from those who get their would, like, to address -an issue can't be, or just aren't, recycled? of stuff you throw away from ager of food services, with our meals at the dining halls. When that -we can all understand They are trucked off to a landfill this meal? When you eat at Lob- concerns about the amount of you have the choice between pa- garbage. or incinerator, where they are not dell, you get your pizza on a pa- paper and plastic used in dining per and china, use the china - Think about it. How often do only rendered useless, but -also per plate, your salad in a plastic halls. Leo was more than willing then return it. It doesn't take you have to empty the waste bas- contribute to groundwater and bowl, and your drink in either a to work with us to reconcile the much time to bring your plate ket in your room? How long air. pollution. How many re- paper cup, glass bottle, or card- problem. and tray back to Lobdell after does it take to fill up the dump- sources (petroleum, water, etc.) board carton. All of that gets So SAVE designed posters and eating on Kresge Oval. If you ster behind your fraternity went into producing that plastic thrown away. table cards to inform campus res- bring your dinner up to your house? Is there ever enough room salad bowl you just relegated to "Hey! That's not my. fault!" idents of its efforts, and Leo pur- room, bring the serviceware back in the garbage cans in front of the trash bin? you say. "It's what they give me. chased china plates and bowls at breakfast. Don't just leave the the Stratton Student Center for The key to reducing the solid I'd gladly use a china plate and and had the posters and table stuff in a corridor somewhere on cards printed (on recycled pa- campus. Although - · · L IL · dl - L I I --- I -_I - _ -II I--I I - II I it's hard to be- per!) and displayed. The program lieve, janitors often throw away l seemed to be a success. Many china plates. people on campus were pleased If you want your own dishes . II with the change. and silverware, Woolworth's is But what happened? The pro- pretty cheap. gram started in March, but by This is all common sense, and the end of the term, paper plates I'm not trying to bawl anyone were back in regular use. Some out, but the current practices of you even recall having to use must change. -The convenience of styrofoarn trays. So -many china disposable everything has spoiled plates and bowls, as well as reus- us. It is time to break this bad able trays, had been left in corri- habit and start thinking about /I dors and rooms, "borrowed" and our actions in terms of how they then forgotten, thrown away by affect the environment. mistake, or simply stolen, that This brings me back to the idea Food Services had run out. By of 5"precycling." The basic idea is the end of the summer, only 300 to reduce our use of disposable to 400 plates were left on the items. Instead of buying many entire campus. There was no al- little bags of chips, buy one big ternative but to use disposables one. Carry your own mug or cup while waiting for reusable ser- for coffee. Return the ser- viceware to be ordered again and viceware to Lobdell and Walker received. so that it can be used again. That new china wtill be put into Last spring's campaign suf- use very soon, if it hasn't been fered because people were just already. Two, thousand dinner plain lazy. I'm asking everyone plates, 2500 other plates for sal- on campus to make a conscious ad, bread, etc., and 4000 knives, effort to produce less garbage. forks and spoons each were or-r It's our turn to show that we dered for Lobdell alone. But ac- care. cording to Leo, another 2000 Amy Rovelstad '92 L I la L ll-- _ I~L--- - !I- I I Ik~l- plates wvill be needed by the end Education Coordinator SAVE UA voter drive presents unbalanced view of tax rollback question Stacy E. McGeever '93's col- ton, I feel that additional ,growth of the allocation is such the M~assrchusetts Maritime cies spent the better part of the umnn lacks the perspective neces- background on the Citizens for thiat every--Democratic candidate Academy are counted) and each 1980s squandering their money in sary to fully educate an -out-of- Limited Taxation petition is in for governor this year suggested one has developed its own inde- court costs - suing each other state voter ["Register to vote in order. some form of health care ration- pendent bureaucracy under the for jurisdiction rights. Massachusetts elections," Sep. McGeever is only partially cor- ing system. governor's tutelage, complete Mental Health Department. 281. The column, written under rect in asserting, "If budget- cuts 03 Consultants. This is basical- with echelons of overpaid middle The MHD underwent an explo- the guise of supporting a nonpar- caused by rollbacks force the ly a slush fund used to rehire managers and legally distinct sive period of growth in the mid tisan voter-registration drive, state to lay off workers and re- people who have been laid off be- higher offices. 1980s. Its workforce doubled, yet perpetuates a few misconceptions duce spending, we can see the re- cause of budget cuts. A Dukakis Police forces. We have three institutions have been closed, and Boston students generally have sulting decline in the speed and -invention, it has allowed him, in distinct police forces with three patients either released or re- about our state's financial quality of public maintenance recent months, to lay off workers separate jurisdictions - and moved to correctional facilities. situation. and services." I should assert at in a given department, and retain three separate commissioners, Public projects. Dukakis' ad- Naturally, I read her article the outset, and I cannot stress them, as consultants to another one controlled by-the Metropoli- ministration chose to site a new with some concern, since the this enough: Services have been department. In a word, patronage. tan District Commission, and the "temporary" county jail in West- prospect of 300,00 misinformed cut event this year, when spending Redundant state and communi- others independent. We are field last year to accommodate people arbitrarily voting "No" on mushroomed far beyond the ex- ty colleges. Community colleges unique in this respect among the overflow, which was to be demol- Question 3 (a petition to rollback cessive budget. In my hometown, abound, and are starting to take fifty states. All state police ished within a few years of con- state taxes to a previous level) in- the library has closed its only on the character of real universi- should be consolidated under one struction. The commonwealth November is something to be tak- branch, and it keeps shorter ties thanks to the irresponsible aegis. awarded the contract to a compa- en seriously. It is ironic that she hours at its main office. Funding spending patterns of our legisla- Industrial Finance Agencies. ny which was going to build the uses the word '"insular" to for the honors programs, and ath- tors; some have complete cam- Massachusetts has two of them, structures using concrete and describe the MIT environment, letics in public education have puses, with athletic facilities, a one created by former Governor steel, at a cost approximately since this is precisely the trouble I been cut completely, and the physical plant, and campus Ed King, and one later by Duka- three times that of the proposed have 'with her column -it fails school committee doesn't have police force. kis. Both of them finance loans wood ones. to account for the history our enough money to pay for its State universities. The Univer- for companies working on public legislature has of glibly taxing its heating bill beyond January. sity of Massachusetts has three projects, but the jurisdiction is so (Please turn to page 9) constituents without discretion, The cause of the local services campuses, (five, if ULowell and closely overlapped, the two agen- and without subjecting its expen- crunch is wholly attributable to
ditures to a, more critical bad policy, formulated by House ,_ .,,,,-·· -···C~~-lhr. , l--L ,,r..-----lu, rlL~... 1;..1.1..- l.- .,1_ 1 ..l .- '-·~..... I. .. I analysis. Speaker George Keverian and · · · :· 6 " In a large sense, as the Central Governor Michael S. Dukakis, I ·· .e · b tb. .hconist· chir Artery construction project dem- which bankrupted the state even I "'n~~~~~~~~~~·· onstrates, laws are formulated to in a period in which taxes were I secure the prosperity of Boston, raised, not once, but twice, and and Boston only. While Boston's when the budget expanded at an a weir~iiPSb~eb sar need for the Central Artery is not unprecedented rate to reach -e '- ;·-" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.··~~~'Z' disputed, its good for the com- $13.4 billion. s~~~~~~~~~~~~·~~e monwealth, is questionable. Our This year's budget represents commnonwealth extends for some an increase over last year's, but distance beyond Boston -it can- -has not resulted in any tangible not 'be :good' for the -common- improvement in quality or quan- wea-lth to. -create 15,000 -jobs for tity of services - quite the the Arten Pftoject in theiffluent opposite is true. part of the state, resulting in a Where, then, are all of our tax surplus of jobs here,'-and contin- dollars going? A substantial por- ued unemployment elsewhere. tion of the state's rapidly declin- As'a resident of Massachusetts ing funds are compensating for from outside the sheltered com- increases in: I munities clustered around Bos- Medicaid/Medicare costs. The _ PAGE 8 The Tech TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1990 ,L -- ·s I I I I__II , _I __ I - -e i f.I I I ., -.- - _ - w, I 12th Annual a Career Fair and Banquet Banquet
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ny -,S i Many student groups in Walker Memorial could lose activity space (Continued from Page 5) The scope of their demands ex- actions have occurred without Only poison their feelings towards the School of Humanities and The proposed seizure of Walk- Studeit.Activities and.the stasff tends far beyond the spaces they any form of written notice' and the consultation or Social Science. er comes at a time when many of thei Ca pus. Activities Com- are already using. In Walker, for .without involvement of student govern- Another major problem with other student activity spaces are plex.- At the moment, there is example, they also demand exclu-, ment, despite their supposed the music, dance, and theater also disappearing. The imminent even :'a, threat of losing some of sive possession of the gym, the stewardship over the rooms. arts plan is that it callously ig- demolition of Building 20 will the already inadequate space the showers and bathrooms, Morss Hall, much of the basement, and So far, these actions have nores the fact-that Senior House eliminate the offices of several program-.depends on. and Walker Memorial were de- clubs currently housed there: .'The ASA and CAC, have al- most of the third floor. closely paralleled the goals of the SHSS master plan for the take- signed and built as a unit. Senior Most notably, the Model Rail- ready raised questions about-the Perhaps the most odious aspect over of Walker. However, it has House, and later the East Cam- road Club will lose its enormous Theater program's control of of this secret coup is the map of been impossible to get the CAC pus dorms, were constructed as layout. Watker 201,'the only room'suit- Walker's third floor included in to document its actions and -in- " Roman-styl e" apartments: a teaching many of the the SHSS master plan: It shows The SHSS has recently kicked able-'for in writing, particularly block of bedrooms and bath- the use of the offices of seven healthy and .tentions the Outing Club's kayaks and ca- core studio courses, of offices is rooms, stripped of other ameni- the -newly refurbished" Costume popular student activities with where the seizure noes out of Building E-20. And concerned. ties. By design, Walker Memorial Room -which is now shared by their names scratched out and the the fifth floor of the student Verbal communication between contains the lounges, dining Dramashop, Shakespeare Ensem- new departmental uses penciled center, which was originally ear- the CAC and the affected activi- halls, and other social facilities and'Dance Workshop, and in. For all of these doomed clubs, marked for the expansion of stu- ble? been so outrageous that deliberately excluded from the in Kresge." the unauthorized viewing of this ties has dent activities, is instead being office space have a new un- dorms. What the SHSS so bluntly pro- .page was the first and only notice several activities consumed by the ever-bloating "Don't speak to Walker Memorial is a crucial is the large-scale confisca- they have 'ever received about written policy: bureaucracy of the Campus Ac- poses Phil Walsh unless there are other component in the quality of life tion- of student activity, space. coming events. tivities Complex management. students present to witness the for Senior House and East Cam- goes on to list rooms Campus Activities Complex Never before has MIT's extracur- The report conversation." pus residents. With the current others have generously Director Phillip J. Walsh has al- ricular life faced an assault of that Needless to say, the covert im- extreme overcrowding of these in Kresge, the ready embarked on a program this magnitude. shared with them of this plan is al- dorms, the role 'of Walker's Stratton Student Center, the Ar- for the "Walker Recreation Cen- plementation anxiety, rooms, facilities, and open spaces Meanwhile, most of the stu- mory Building E-20, and Walker ter," which so far includes the ready generating anger, and suspicion among the student is more important than ever. dent activity spaces currently "on 'Menioriah,then it presents a huge unannounced seizure of some ac- body. Thee unfair and high- Nostalgic alumni present an- loan" to music, dance, and the- list" of additional tivity offices and the padlocking .shopping of students can other critical problem for the ater arts groups are being used seize. of others. These unprecedented handed treatment spaces'they wish to SHSS's designs on-'Walker. The - for dead storage. Many of these building's granite face bears the rooms are needless duplicates of State government continues to spend, spend, spend inscription: "Gift of the Alumni facilities that already exist to the Massachusetts Institute of elsewhere. (Continuedfrom page 7) Dukakis introduced (one of his son, is claiming that Question 3 Technology," and there can be no The Walker Memorial Com- Hones, Convention Center. finer efforts) some years ago to is perfect. It has important defi- doubt that any significant "re- a full and public Built and maintained with public the General Court to amend a ciencies which need to be ad- purposing" of Walker will lead to mittee demands the administra- funds, it is currently unprofitable section of state- code - and thus dressed. These technical deficien- passionate and sometimes vitriol- accounting of for the state's misman- allow New England Telephone to cies' in Question 3's wording, members of the tion's plans and intentions because- of ic debate among space in Walker agement. construct such a service -,lan- however, should not disqualify it student activity Alumni Associationl. and elsewhere. If our rooms are -Welfare. It is not necessary to' guishes, while state legislators from consideration. The School of Humanities and we want equivalent present a Social Security number debate the measure, and collect It is important to consider the being taken, -Social Science would do well to replacements. to receive welfare benefits in their salaries. reaction of the governor who will remember that all alumni over And if MIT is seizing the assets .Massachusetts. This is a tremen- What is most impressive about be in office in January - not the the age of 45 and a significant traditionally allocated for extra- dous incentive for residents of this list is not that it is so long, one who is clamoring loudly now. portion of the younger ones have, curricular activities and giving other states (even other countries) but rather that it is incomplete. Both candidates for governor strong emotional ties to Walker to vacation in Massachusetts for Judged in the context of actual have clearly indicated vigorous and the activities it has housed. them to academic departments, has the a few months, receive payments, recent state expenditures, the tax assent to the CLT petition's spir- This important demographic then the MIT community then return home. The "welfare rollback petition does not seem it, if not its letter; hence, spend- the bulk -of donations right - in fact, the need - to provides know. magnet".,fiund- -is--a constantlyv-in- -as harsh -as it did- before. In-.fact, ,ing cuts-willy be focused odi!re- Institute. The and gifts to the Brian Bradley '89 creasitig' unregulated expenditure. like its predecessor, proposition structuring efforts, and will not percent of souring of even one Coon '90 Legislative. inaction. Most of 21/2, Question 3 is a populist re- be indiscriminate cuts of needed Cam- Christopher these gifts would cost the Walker Memorial Westei' ""Massachusetts does not volt against wasteful spending. services. Future several mil- for the paign for the Committee have vital 911 Emergency Medi- Nobody, not even its sponsor, Dan Green '92 lion dollars in lost revenue. cal, Serviees. 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FESTIVAL OF FESTINALS: . THE 15th ANNUAL TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Toronto, Canada. -- Sep. 7-16.
By MANAVENDRA K. THAKUR THE FOLLOWING ARE reviews of films shown at the recently concluded Toronto International .lFilmFestival.
TILAI [THE LAW] Directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo. Burkina Faso, 1990. Confirming the promise of his previous filmn Yaba, which played in last year's To- ronto Film Festival and was shown at the Institute of Contemporary Art here in. Boston for a few days this summer, Afri- can director ldrissa Ouedraogo returns with'Til i, a film that is best understood in the context -of picking up where Yaaba left off. Two brothers find themselves at odds in Idrissa Ouedraogo's Tilai (The Law). Yaaba is a -charming film thiat celebrates the values, wisdom, and simplicity of vil- lage seems to exist in a bubble by itself, text, he has imbued his film with a palpa- TULITIKKUTEHTAAN TYTTO lage-,life in Ouedraogo'g native-Burkinla unencumbered by any serious problems or ble authenticity that makes the poignancy [THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL] Faso.- (a West African country formerly divisive issues. This is the error of omis- of the story all the more effective. The act Directed by Aki Kaurismdnki. kcnown as Upper Volta). Moving forward sion that 7hai (hee Law) rectifies. The of violence that ends the film points out Finland, 1989. at an unhurried pace that mirirors the re- law, to which the title'of Ouedraogo's that the danger of individual alienation is laxed pace of village life, Yaaba envelopes newest filn refers, is the law of honor and all too real even in societies -as cohesive Director Aki Kaurismdki of Finland has itself within the oxmfrtirng support struc- tradition in which village life is thoroughly and supportive as the families in this already made a name for himself with his tures found in tradifionWl village life. At steeped, and the film explores what hap- village. Short, compact films combining varying the same time, Ouedraogo gently and hu- pens when an individual's personal beliefs degrees of humor, existential pathos, and morously portrays the villagers' discom- directly contradict what society's law American cinematic influences. One of his fort as new ideas and ways of doing things dictates he must do. - In many ways, this is an important film newest films, Tulikkutehlaan Tyttb (The enter> into their ..livfes.- Most, ismportandly. for Ouedraogo to have made after com- Match Factory Girl), carries his reputation the authenticity of Ouedaogb's porirayal Ouedraogo explores this difficult issue pleting Yaabs because theclarity and hon- for tightly-edited, ironic filmmaking to of village life in his native land, especially in Tiles with sensitivity and sympathy for esty of his portrayal demonstrates consid- new heights. compared to thetself-sering, touisty pap his -characters. - He ;has- taken tthe b6road erable professional, artistic, and The film tells the story of a homely made by most Western.-irectors shooting theme of conflict~between individual and philosophic growth. Ouedraogo's technical young woman named Iris (Kati Outinen), filrngln Africa, transformed Saaba into-a society, and translated it into achingly sim- ability-to realize his concerns cinematically who has a numbingly repetitive job at the refreshing and enlightening film. ple terms. By doing so he has infused his is also improved in Tilai, and with his new local match factory Her mother and step- film with a deeply ;novi' humanity, and film he has demonstrated beyond any father virtually ignore her except when she However, the one significant criticism because he addresses his universal themes doubt that a major new talent-from Africa brings home her pay, and there is little for that'can be aimed at Yaaba is that the vil- through a specificaily nat African con- has arrived. (Please turn to page 17)
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-Mn-i Ss II-weenconcern society and nature that they seem FESTIVAL OF"OE9TIVALS: Yanagimachi's first feature filim,--ju1yu- that they_-depit. 'ather,-thie order and se- so beautiful and unspoiled quence in whicih Yanagimachi's images un- to incarnate nature.itself - with the pres- THE FILMS OF sai no Chi=z (Tre Nineteen-Yearbidt-4-' Map), made in 1979, is atso not'-a comn- fold reveal patterns and dualities. The film ence of an advertising truck that plays a MITSUO YANAGIMACHI manding success, but again his distinctive is filled with shots that describe the new silly television jingle from a loudspeaker. Toronto, Canada. concerns are apparent. It's about-_j9ung Japan of dump trucks and bulldozers and As Ritchie points out in his introductory Sep. 7-16..- man who makes a map of a neighbo r od combines harvesting grain on farms. essay, "This silly little song is ludicrous in in whic& he delivers newspapers. IHe keeps- Alongside these images are shots of a full the face of such beauty." And indeed it is. By MANAVENDRA K. THIAKUR a -dossier on each family, recording, their moon, an eclipse of the sun, and beautiful Yanagimachis -comment on the inherent The mythical conflict between society and nature - and to1 HIS YEAR'S SPOTLIGHT DIRECTOR habits and rating how much he likes or waves in lush fields of rice. at the Toronto Festival of Festi- dislikes them. One family, for example, beauty of rural life stands contrasted with divinity, in this case - couldn't be clearer. vals- was Mitsuo Yanagimachi, a gets an X because their dog barks all.the- the hectic new Japan built on technology. Yet once again, the images themselves are than 46-year-old Japanese ffirnmaker time. Another man gets an X because he It is this milieu in which Yanagimachi neutral and mean nothing more Context and sequence are who for the last fifteen years hias been refuses to pay his bill. places- his characters and inside which the themselves. Yanagimachi's films. making neutral, non-judgment-at-films What turns all this scary is that the conflicts of the story talke place. everything in highly reminiscent of. the austere style of young man declares 'I'm a rght-winger!" Characteristically, however, Yanagimachi Mit- Robert Bresson and the social concerns of and starts ruthlessly calling' in' bomb refuseis to condemn or praise what he sees. As this retrospective makes clear, suo Yanagimachi is-one of the handful of Kenji Mizoguchli. As Donad Rlitchie, the threats on these families.' He psychologi- As Donald Ritchie has written, "Every- Japanese film directors who is -exploring curator of this particular program, has cally abuses the crippled mistress of -his. thing is shown but nothing is explained." with an open and unwavering Yanagimachi's films are concerned roommate until she i-s driven to the brink The -audience has to pick up where his society written, or condemn between the individ- of suicide. Rather than coming up with, Yanaginiachi leaves off. eye. His refusal to "prettify" not with the conflictt similarities to ual and society but that between society pat explanations for such anti-social be- In his 1984 film, Hi Matsuri (Fire Festi- what he sees obviously bears and nature. His films all concentrate on havior, Yanagimachi only descnibes- the ac- val), perhaps his most mature and success- the approach of cinema verite documenta- of ry filmmakers - as is the case in cinema situations where this balance has been up- tions and lets the viewer decide why these ful film, Yanagimachi adds the notion veritW filmmaking ir general, Yanagima- set. Yanagimachi has made only- five films things are happening. Questions of per- divinity to his exploration of the tensions editing is the essence of his art. With in his career- one of which is 'adocumenta- sonal responsibility versus societal influ- between society and nature. The film tells chi's Empororu, none youth in a motorcycle ences are completely left to the viewer to the story of a lumberman who cuts trees the exception of Buraku ry about'disaffected considered yet even such a short number of sort out. and traps animals in the majestic and of Yanagimachi's films can be gang, It is nevertheless films provides a measure of the matura- Saraba Itoshiki Daichi (Farewell to the beautiful sacred forests of Kumano. De- formal documentaries. accurate to characterize Yanagimachi as a of Yanagimachi's talents anld style Land), Yanagimachi's next film, was com- spite his willingness to defile ancient lands, tionl narrative filmmaker who criss-crosses the the mid 1970s'., pleted three years later and took up the the man believes that there is a mountain since landscape of his society, photographing :His first film, Buraku Emptororu (God question of what happens when the bal- goddess with whom he has a special and what he sees. Emperor), is in many ance of an extended family in rural Japan favored relationship. and portraying Speed YouNG BldNtk Because he has control over what he ways his least~suceedsful film. It was shot is upset. The man character blames him- -In the film's most drasmtic moment, the in his films, however, the-auitiimn of 1974 and the sum- self for the deaths of his two sons in a lumberman appeals to his goddess when chooses to recreate between Yanagimachi has flexibility that is denied mer of 1975. It is a documentary shot on boating accident and leaves his wife and he is caught in the midst of a fierce rain- -the strict cinema veritfe filmmaker. In this grainy black-and-white 16 nun film, and it parents behind. He takes on a mistress, to storm. As he presses his upraised hands sense, one can conclude that Yanagimachi the exploits of a Tokyo motorcy- the shame of his family, and he pops stim- against the bark of a large tree, there is a is about is not so much a documentator but a com- Yanagimachi employs ulants to keep up with his'work schedule sudden lull in the rainstorm. The sun ap- qle gaing. Otiiesibyik on the society in which he lives. many tools of cinema ventet no narration, as a truck driver. Growing increasingly ir- pears, and the wind stops blowing. All is mentator he occupies a unique role among noc entary or judgments, ritable and irrational, he goes through var- unnaturally still. Yanagimachi does not tell As such, no script the internationally-known filmmakers handheld footage of events along with ious conflicts with his brother, his col- us that the goddess has appeared; every-. just working today. His total output over fif- sound. Unfortunately, the leagues, his boss, and his wife. The film thinag that has come before this moment synchronized teen years has been relatively small, but values-are so poor- ends in an act of violence for which no leads viewers, and the lumberman, to that technical production film -with the possible exception of to -allow ob- explanation is given. conclusion. The man answers this presence each the lighting is much too dim Shadow of China, which to. be seen with any ,clarity, and the In, stark contrast to what one might ex- with "I understand"-but as a polluter his newest film, jects well-received in the camera often overwhelms pect, this is not a film about a wayward of nature, he is perhaps the one who least apparently was not that whirring of Toronto -has served to refine his skills, dialogue the microphone man- individual breaking up a family. Instead, understands the wishes of the mountain whatever themes, and interests. It is perhaps most the viewer spends the balance being destroyed is the rural goddess. That he understands nothing be- ages to record -that fitting, now that the themes that unify his out what is be- family's harmony with nature'- the "fare- comes. apparent when a horrifying sacrifi- more time trying to figure are more apparent than ever, that it is well to the land" to which the film's title cial offering concludes the filn. works ing shown'rather than pohidering why audiences have finally being shown. Nevertheless, early signs' of refers. Yanagimachi does have a message In another fascinating comment, Yana- international aware of his accomplishments Yanagimachi's trademark, themes are to convey, but his individual shots repre- gimachi contrasts the majestic beauty of become Kumano - mountains through this timely retrospective. already apparent in this debut film. sent nothing more than the literal images the mountains of _IsI PAGE 16 The Tech TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1990 _II-I L· 1 · I LY- _ I ------_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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concept of twilight as a hazy, undefinable moment in time that somehow marks the boundary between night and day, or light and dark. The film transforms this bound- ary into a vehicle for exploring the nether world surrounding the mysterious links be- tween inner motivations and external ac- tions. Similarly, the film pushes and stretches the boundary between narrative content and cinematic form, invokcing each independent of the other. The high level of suspense in Feher's film, for example, comes almost entirely from the atmosphere created by the ca- merawork,.lighting, music, and the setting in which the film takes place. Feher also eliminates all but the most essential dia- w· ; logue, and he shoots characters in silhou- ette to explore psychological motivations "· , .- ,. -·- · via cinematic moods. This is very different from the films of Alfred Hitchcock, whose :dC a i cinematic manipulations were always sub- i.Y 'i .i.·,'-. I jugated to narrative developments in order v i.' L \·* ` to force audiences to identify with individ- ·' I E- i l rX I ual characters caught up in unusual cir- Kflpi OuPiron takes a break fsom'work in Aki Kaurisrs7aki's li r'k coi Ataan Tytto (The Match Factory Girl). cumstances. In contrast, in Feher's film narrative development is equated to psy- (Continuedfrom page 15) feminist revenge on those who made her chological exploration, which is almost Iris to do to amuse herself. Whenever she life so miserable. SZURKUiET entirely achieved through cinematic goes to social events she usually ends up While similar stories have been told in [TWILIGHT] manipulations. sitting alone on the sidelines, without a other films, few have been imbued with Directed by Gybrgy Fefer. Because of this approach, some viewers dancing partner. This is the only life that the grim humor of KaurismAki's film, and Hungary, l990. might dismiss Sziirkidet as an exercise in she seems to have ever naown. certainly none of them have achieved so style. Few, however, can deny that it is an Finally, she reserves a little money from much with so little: KaurismAki tells the In one of the -most phenomenal directo- indisputably brilliant example of uncon- her salary to buy herself a beautiful red entire story of Iris' troubles and revenge in rial debuts in years, director Gyorgy Feh&r ventional filmmaking that engages the dress and, despite the objection of her par- only 70 minutes and with hardly any dia- has created an elegiac study in psychologi- viewer in ways that are markedly different ents, she kceeps it and wears it to a dance. logue. By stretching the limits of acting, cal obsession as well as cinematic expres- and original. For Feher to accomplish so Much to her delight, she meets a hand- facial expressions, sets, makeup, camera sion. Filmed in sharply defined black-and- much thematically, cinematically, and psy- some tall man there, but finds after they shots and angles, and music, Kaurismaki white, with extremely long takes, an chologically - and to do so in his debut sleep together that he has no interest in a has created a masterwork of tightly-edited alternately static and mobile camera, and film - is simply astounding. Szuirkilet is long term relationship and, to. make mat- filmmaking. The narrative would have suf- high-contrast lighting, Sairkidet (Twilight) a fascinating introduction to this new di- ters worse, he has made her pregnant."This fered greatly if the film were any longer or evocatively creates an ominous, forebod- rector, and his future works will be await- nearly drives her to desperan, but Iris any shorter, and"it is Kaurismaki's genius ing mood. as it probes ever deeper into the ed with much anticipation. manages to avoid slipping into despair. to know how to shoot and cfnstruct his mind of a detective determined to find a She instead conquers her plight by grow- film with such precision. The result is an killer who has been murdering young girls. (Editor's note. The last of Manaven- ing into a confidentt woman who decides inm mensely satisfying film that points out The film goes well beyond conventional dra's reviews of films at the Toronto Inter- to take control of her life. The film ends the need to revise many commonly held detective-thriller moviemaking by con- national Film Festival will appear in as she methodically plans and executes her assumptions about narrative filmmaking. structing a central metaphor around the Friday's edition of The Tech.)
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I October 21: Principal Guest Conductor Gunther Schuller leads the orchestra in Mozart's Concerto No. 19for piano and orchestra in F., ,4 K.459; Liszts "Malediction" with Benjanmin Pasternack, piano; Delius' "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring" and "Summer Night on P the River"; and Honneger's Pastoraledtti. There will also be a world premiere of Before Sleeping, a new work by Scott Wheeler basedg on the music of Virgil Thompson. eConcert at 3pm in SandersTheater. 2 November 18: Pro Arte's long tradition of performances with the Back Bay Chorae continues as conductor Beverly Taylor directs an evening of Mozart and Mozart-related themes. Before Amadeus, there was Mozart and Salieri, and Pro Arte will present Rimsky- rsalov's~s one-act opera tonight. Other works: Motart's Mass in C, "COTOnation,' K.317, featuring soprano Nancy Armstrong, alto cKatharine Emory, tenor Gregory Miercer, and baritone James Maddalena; and the Overture to "Lucido Vila," K. 135. d Concert at 8pm in Sanders Theater. S
January 12: A concert for the whole family! If you can't afford tickets to Phantom of the Opera, you can still see the Boston premiere of 5 The Phantom of the Orcbestra, or "The Dark Side of the Sympbony.- Script by Justin Locke and music by Mozart, Beethoven, et al. If b you liked Pro Arte's presentation of Peter vs. the Wolf last year, you'll love The Phantom of the Orchestra. To be conducted by Max ,~Hobart. f Concert at 2 pm in Sanders Theater.
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(Continuedfrom page 24) one paid any attention to the Pi- league. And currently, the Bucs' than he is already. His is a hero- rates during the Series. day-to-day media coverage con- The ism limited to the last remnants sists of two beat reporters.-Most Tech of the brick wall of old Forbes Pirate players still get their egos Field. In today's world of saturation satisfied by doing No. I Cochran Mazeroski wasn't the greatest journalism and multi-million- used car commercials. Not too Sports player; he was a better-than- dollar player contracts, it's hard mediagenic, the Boys of Summer. average second baseman with a to believe that one team - and a lifetime batting average of .260. darn good one at that - can still I might be exaggerating the rel- What elevated him to deity status go out every day and just play ative obscurity of the hometown voe was a twist of the wrist that ball. (They used to call them team somewhat. After all, there translated into the greatest upset the Boys of Summer.) But that's are the Cleveland Indians. (The in baseball history. In a series what the Pirates - the last true who?) But just ask yourself f this: that was won by the Yankees, but Boys of Summer - have been Before the self-professed pundits actually lost by the Yankees doing for over 100 years. out here in the Northeast woke- (blessed be the ever-so-humble And this year has been no dif- up and took notice of the best' New York press), Mazeroski belt- ferent. At $15 million, the Pirate outfield in baseball - Barry ed the immortal home run over payroll is one of the lowest in the "US" Bonds (left), Andy Van qe. the brick and ivy in Forbes Field. Slyke (center), Bobby Bonilla Bottom of the ninth. Seventh (right). And 22-6 pitcher Doug game. Score tied. ... Drabek, ace reliever Bill Lan- 0 That '60 Series, for all its great drum (2.19 ERA), and wiry sec- .-i memories (even for someone who ond-baseman Jose "Chico" -4 Lind, Td .J ;- wasn't born yet), bore witness how many of you had paid much f"N to one particularly outstanding attention to them? event: It remains the only Series After the Pirates - who where the Most Valuable Player clinched the division on Sunday award was given to a member of - host the Mets this week to the losing team - Bobby Rich- wrap up the season, maybe even ardson r of the Yankees. Not be- New Yorkers will take notice. a cause someone from the Pirates Well, maybe they won't. didn't deserve it. but because no But, then again, who cares? L -- - --- F - I_- ------I -I r E classified e r advertising c Classic Folk/Rock Guitar Lessons.] r Learn fingerpicking styles and tech- h niques of James Taylor, Paul Simon, c Neil Young, Dylan, The Beatles, and e more! No music reading required. t- All songs free! 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MIT sent two boats to the also performed well this week- The men performed exception- Head of the Ohio Regatta - in endi missing a medal by one ally well in the fours race, plac- Pittsburgh, PA, last weekend: place. The eight-boat event was ing first and third out of' 12 This four-year-old regatta con- won by Brown,-whose time of crews. The winning crew (Katie sisted' of a two and a half mile 12:10 was only three seconds off Broughton '92, Scott Jacobs- race down the Allegheny River, the' course record, set by the meyer '92, David Brenneis '92, finishing at the junction of the United States Olympic crew at Jeff Kuehn '92 and Riclk Ewing Allegheny and the Monongahela last year's-regatta. '92) finished in 20:08. Finishing Football overwhelmed Rivers, which together form the Cornell was second, in' 12:17, third, in 20:16, were Chris Cun- majestic Ohio River. -followed by the- Bachelor's Barge ningham '93, Franz Busse '93, by huge Canisius team (Continuedfrom page 24) downs, 125 net yards, 2.2 yards The monsters from. New York per play, four interceptions, two controlled every aspect of 'the fumbles lost. You get the picture game. The undersized Beaver de- - the final score was an unfortu- fense was powerless to stop the nately accurate description of the The varsity women's eighit Rowing Club (12:19) and MfIT Geoff Kuziemko '92, Godard Canisius offense. Canisius accu- game. scored- a bronze medal in a com- (12:31). Chuck Sindelar '91 occu- Abel '93 and Otway Louie '93. mulated 498 yards' for the game MIT travels to the University petition with seven other crews. pied the bowseat, followed by The men also sported an eight and averaged 7.6 yards per play. of Massachusetts, Boston on Sat- Brdiwn University won the race in Jeff Myjak '91, Jon Li '93, at this regatta, and the women They ran the ball 51 times for a urday, hoping to improve on the 13 minutes, 32 seconds, followed Dylan Cors '91, Brad Layton '92, entered two eights in their first. net of 333 yards, with two backs 14-14 tie that occurred in last by Cornell University (13:35). Tom Cole '91, Tyler Worden '92, race of the season. - going over 100 yards. The one year's game at Steinbrenner Sta- and 'MIT (14:16). Representing stroke Roger Knapp '91, and a defensive highlight was junior dium. Perhaps the Beavers can MET, bow to stern, were Becky vibrant coxswain, Mark Driscoll Sunny Ahn's 33-yard interception use Saturday's debacle as a Zavistoski '92, Barb Sigmund '92. (Laura Beecroft '91 is a mem- return, but that did little to stop learning experience, put it be- -'92, Bethany Foch '93, Sue Perrin ber of the varsity wosen's crew the onslaught. hind them, and make the UMass- '91, Sarah Burgess '93, Lynore The varsity lightweight men's team; Dylan Cors '91 is a mem- The undersized Beaver offense Boston game interesting. Then Abbott '91, Laura Beecroft '91, and novice women's crews raced ber of the varsity heavyweight was also powerless against the again, MIT football fans may be Lola Matysiak '91 (stoke), and three, miles at the Textile River men's, team.) Canisius defense. 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Certain blackout dates and other restrictions may apply For complete offerdetails, call 1 800-942-AMEX. i 1990 American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. THE AMERICAN EXPRESS" CARD. FOR STUDENTS MORE THAN EVER. L I , · · - -1 Il--e, C I II TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1990 The Tech PAGE 23 1 i- i spvort---rr I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ r - - - · -r r I aa r r. I - - I Women's tennis edges by Mt. Holyoke,,5°4 The women's tennis team trav- Southeastern Massachusetts State eled to Mt. Holyoke College Sat- University won the meet, with 24 urday for a New England Worn- points, followed by host Con- en's Eight Conference match, necticut, with 41. and emerged 5-4 winners. The Other top finishers for. IMIT Engineers played especially well were Gabrielle Rocap '92 (12th, in singles, winningfour out of' in 23:02), Sharlene Day '91 (13th, five possible matches. Valerie Tan in 23:14)5 Stacy Holander '92 '94, Sue Bach '93, Jackie Nearny (17th, in 25:02), and Jean Con- I I '94 and Janet Chen '94 all won, don '92 (18th,'in 25:i4). at positions- 2, 3, 4, and 5. The pressure was'still on the Engineers, as they had to win one - Update -of the 'doubles matches to Clinch Sports I the victory.-The doubles team of Claudia Hung ?93 and Bach pro- Volleyball goes. 42 vided the key win, overcoming-a' first-set deficit to win, 4-6, 6-0, during busy weekend 6-2 at the No. 2 spot. It was MIT's first win in four It was a busy weekend for the William Chu/The Tech matches. women's volleyball team at the It takes two defenders, Todd Riggs '92 (left) and Rodrigo Rubiano '92, to bring down -Pratima Rao Salem State University Invita- a Canisius rusher. MIVIT lost to Canisius on Saturday,- 63-0. tional. The Engineers went 4-2 to I ------III , I- II - - id -- - -a bring their 'record to 9-4 overall Sports Update (4-0 in the New England Wom- en's Eight Conference). Patriots fall; LA tops Chicago ' Friday evening MIT defeated 1990 graduate receives Salem St. (15-1, 15-12) and Fitch- Brad Baxter ran for two touchdowns and Ken The Indianapolis Colts stunned the Philadelphia ECAC Award of Valor burg St. (15-4, 15-6), but O'Brien threw for 282 yards to lead the New York Eagles at Veteran's Stadium, 24-23, when Jack Tru- dropped a heartbreaking match Jets past New England, 37-13. New York's Rob deau hit Bill Brooks with a six-yard touchdown pass to Eastern Nazarene College (12- Moore hauled in nine passes for 175 yards as the as time ran out. Dean Biasucci connected- on the ex- Tim Day '90 received the East- 15, 11-15). Saturday the Engi-- Jets improved to 2-1. The Patriots are 1-3.. tra point for the margin of victory. Trudeau, who ern College Athletic Conference's neers won against Roger Williams 'The Denver Broncos have to be wondering what. was filling in for the injured Jeff George, connected Award of Valor at yesterday's College (15-8, 15-9) -and South- happened in'Orchard Park, NY. Buffalo came up on 19 of 40 attempts for 329 yards and two touch- ECAC Awards Luncheon, held at eastern Massachusetts University with 20 points within a span of one downs. It was the Colts' first win of the season. the Tara Hyannis Hotel., The. (15-4, IS-I 1), but lost to a beata-, Don Majkowski rallied the Green Bay Packers to award' established in'1985, is giv- ble Gordon College teamt'(15-3, Pro Football Roundup a 24-21 comeback win over Detroit in Pontiac, MI. en annually to three student-ath- 12-15, 11-15). minute, 17 seconds of the fourth quarter to post a The Green Bay quarterback was 2846, for 289 letes whose, 'courage, motivation 29-28 win. The Bills took advantage of three Bron- yards, with two fourth-quarter touchdowns. De- and relentless determination serve Juniors Cind ;>arrish and Su- cos miscues, turning a blocked field goal, intercept troit's Eddie Murray missed a 44-yard field goal as an inspiration to all." sie Gardner led the attack, re- tion and fumble recovery into scores. attempt with three seconds left. cording 33 and 35 kills, respec- In the battle of unbeaten clubs, the Los Angeles The Pittsburgh Steelers offense is still looking for tively, during the weekend. Raiders beat the Chicago Bears, 24-10, Sunday in its first touchdown of the season. Miami duped Day was a two-sport standout- Parrish-and Gardner also lead the LA. Raiders' quarterback Jay Schroeder passed for Pittsburgh, 28-6, to improve to 3-1. The Steelers at MIT as a starting All-League team in kills-to-date,, with Parrish 178 yards, 151'in the first half, to lead LA, which, drop to 1-3 with their offense gaining just 160 quarterback in football and start- recording 125 and Gardner, 105. with a 4-0 record, is off to its best start since 1984. yards. Sammie Smith ran for two touchdowns for ing catcher- in- basebial1. Trying to,- >-Both -are hitting at a .371 clip-.- - The New York Giant&-(40) -remained unbeaten the winners. protect his girlfriend from being with a 31-17 win over Dallas. Phil Simms passed Kansas City embarrassed the Cleveland Browns, robbed and abductediby'two men for three touchdowns and moved past former Pitts- 34-0 as Kevin Ross and Chris Martin each scored at knifepoint early last year, Day burgh quarterback Terry Bradshaw into 20th place touchdowns off blocked punts and Steve Deberg was stabbed several times as he Scores in all-time completions. threw two scoring passes. successfully warded off -the at-' tackers and--suffered a collapsed The women's sailing team AME RICAN CONFERENCEi, NATIONAL CONFERENCE t scored 90 points to place 10th i lung and lost massive -aniounts of at I Eastern Division Eastem Division. blood. the Captain's cup, held on Mys- tic Lake in -Medfiord. . .. Golf W L T Pct. PF PA W L T Pct. PF PA I After several weeks of hospital- Buffalo 3 1 O .750 92 75 NY Giants 4 0 0 1.000 106 47 ization, Day was the.opening-day dropped a tough match to Tufts, Of Of Miami 3 1 0 .750 88 57 Washington 3 1 0 .750 101 51 catcher for the baseball team, losing 419-418.... Field hockey NY Jets 2 2 O .500 88 89 Dallas 1 3 0 .250 56 92 and started each game at QB for continues to struggle, losing to I 1 3 0 .250 58 89 Philadelphia l 3 0 .250 91 95 the football team in the fall. Wellesley College, 4-0, last Indianapolis Thursday, and to Clark Universi- NEW ENG. 1 3 0 .250 60 119 Phoenix 1 3 0 .250 40 118 ty, 6-0, on Saturday.... The Central Division Centroal Division Rovelstad paces men's cross-country team ran a, *Cincinnati 3 0 0 1.000 87 43 Chicago 3 1 0 .750 77 53 five-mile course at Bates College Houston 2 2 .500 77 84 Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .757 98 86 women's X-C to 3rd Friday, losing to Tufts College, Cleveland 1 3 .250 48 85 Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 76 93 Detroit 1 3 0 .250 93 99 57-117. James Williams '91 was Pittsburgh 1 3 0* .250 32 70 Amy Rovelstad '92 led MIT the first MIT finisher, in 5:36.8, Western Division Mfinnesota 1 3 0 .250 89 69 finishers at the Connecticut Col- followed by Nate Getrich '91 LA Raiders 4 0 1.000 75 35 Westerrn Division Kansas City 3 1 .750 98 48 San Francisco 3 O O 1.000 58 38 lege Invitational women's cross- (28:21) and James Scanllanl '91 O Denlver 2 2 .500 95 97 Atlanta I 2 0 .333 74 67 country meet Saturday, in which (28:44). O the Engineers-placed third, with San Diego 1 3 O .250 61. 69 LA Rams 1 2 0 .333 80 77 10 69 points. Rovelstad finished Compiled by David Rothstein *Seattle 0' 3 .000 44 68 New Orleans 1 2 O .333 43 52 ninth overall, in a time'of 22:07. and the Sports Information Office *last night's game not included -"I I II · - · ' P41 - e PI a g I I I r rrPr I Pro Baseball AMEERICAN LEAGUE ' NATIONAL LEAGUE '' '_ _ ' EAST , _ EASI The Boston Red Sox clinched a tie for the American League East title last night, defeating W L Pct. GB Streak W L Pet. GB Streak the White Sox, $43.Dwight Evans snapped an BOSTON 87 73 ,544 - YV 1 c-Pittsburgh 94 66 .588 - L I eight-inning tie with a run-scoring single to give Toronto 85 75 .531 , 2 L1 New York 90 70 .563- 4 W 1 thie Red Sox- the win. Detroit 78 82 .488 9 L1 Montreal 83 77 .519 11 W 1 The win- moved the Red Soi two games ahead Baltimore 75 84 .472 IIV2 W1 Chicago 77 , 83 .481 17 W 2 of Toronto with twio games left for each team. Cleveland 75 85 .469 12 W1 Philadelphia 75 85 .469 19 W 3 One Boston win or one Toronto loss will give the Milwaukee. 72 88 .450 15 L 2 St. Louis 70 90 .438 24 L 5 Red Sox the Americann League East title.- New York 66 94 .413 21 L1 Baltimore beat Toronto, 6-3, and pushed the Blue Jays to the verge- of elimination from the American League East Division race.- Orioles' RWEST WEST pitcher Jose Mesa gave up four hits and three W L Pct. GB Streak W L Pct. GB Streak runs over 72/. innings to get his second victory c,'*Oakland - 102 57 .642 W 3 c-Cincinnati 90 70 .563 W I over the. Jays in the past 19 days. Gregg Olson Chicago ' - 93 67 .581 9 1/2 L I *Los Angeles 84 75 .528 5 1/2 L 4 closed for his 37th save. Texas 83. 77 .519 19 /2 W I *San Francisco 84 75 .528 5 1/2 W7 David Wells dropped to 11-6 with the loss, To- California - 78 81 .491 24' L 3 *San Diego 74 85 .465 151/2 L 1 ronto's fifth in the last six games. Seattle - 76 84 .475 26 i/2 L3 Houston 74 86 .463 16 W3 The New York Mets stopped Pittsburgh, 4-1, Kansas City 75 84 .472 27 W 3 *Atlanta 63 96 .396 261/2 L 5 on'a David Cone three-hitter. Cone fanned 12 Minnesota 73 87 .456 29V/2 W I c-clinched division title and added a pair of run-scoring singles to the c-clinched division title *last night's game not included Met offense. *last night's game not included The Mets reached the 90-win mark for the fifth time in the past six seasons. L I I P a I - bl I -s - I - I IL LI - L · b a I Y I I I -·I I -=-- L · . . . . I . .:.:.-T1 - .I I . .I . .I. . . .I . . I...... I . . z~~~~~~~~~~~ . . of..; . . . Itw., .,.A...... wt...A . _ ' FPAGE 24 The Tech TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1990 i - . r ~ . I . _I - · Ib Il~sL~ ngLX-~ - I I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------sp-orts - - I -- I I ---- · rrs · -- 1 ·' e~~~~~31~~- - e I · I ii I rrs~~~~~~ Words on Sport/ - .soccer Prabhat Mlehta - ops Bates- By Marc -Bailey, Pittsburgh: The men's- soccer team outlast- ed Bates College Friday to claim Where the .a tension-filled, 5-3, -doubole- overtime victory before several hundred fans at Steinbrenner Boys are Stadigm. The first time I stayed up past In the- first half, the Engineers II pm on a school night was in experienced-,major concentration . the fall of 1979. It was October. lapses. They. were unable to con- r School had just begun. The Pi- nect onl simple passes, mnd were rates were in the Series. And 1 weak 'defensively. -Goalkeeper was in f ont of the tube every Chris Prince '92 made II saves 'in night - whether my parents ap- the game, and was the,ffahi rea- proved or not. son. MIT trailed only- by. a score The '79 World Series flashed of 2-0 at halftime. back at me in detail as crisp as autumn leaves on Friday, as I pe- Play was much more even after rused the sports section in The the, break, anld eventually MIT Boston Globe. "The Pirates, settled into its fast-paced attack- nearing their first National ing, rhythm.- In the 71st minute, League East title in 11 senior forward Marc Bailey had a years... ." pass blocked by a Bates defender. Eleven years, could it be that The ball popped tip in the air and long? Michael Franklin/The Tech Bailey drove it in past Bates goal-' Yes and no. For a fan, some- Marie Xeras '93 (right) and Christine Coffey '93 advance the ball against Mt. Holyoke ie John Livens (eight saves) from one whose earliest memories con- College on Saturday. MHC defeated the Engineers, 5-1, at the Steinbrenner Stadium. 20 yards. tain mostly Steelers and Pirates, Twelve minutes later, co-cap- years without titles are years un- tain Hannes Smarason '91 (]-ent spent. Whether a season ends McCord ' 91 and Bailey, assists) early with only a handful of evened the score, which remained wins, or whether it remains alive W~omen's soccer-falls, 5-1 at 2-2 until reg ulation time until school begins, the simple expired. truth remains: If there is no post- By Jennifer Moore on the MIT goal, 10 of which The Engineers, 1-2, in the Only three minutes into the season, there was no season, and ,first 15-minute bvertime'peflod, there will be no winter off - A9fter winning three games were saved by goalie Meg New England Women's Eight Conference, takes on Wellesley Bates' -Kip,, Vanl Valcenburgh there will only be next season. and tring one in its first four O'Neill '93. At times, O'Neill outings this year, the women's seemed to be the only one de- College this afternoon at scored. Bates thou&'tit hiad the fending the -goal but Mlt. Ho- 3:30 pm at Steinbrenner win, and retreated into A defen- Thus, for me - indeed, for soccer team has hit what ap- lyoke was often unable to exe- Stadium. sive stance to protect its lead. anyone whose day could be made pears to be a rough spot in its cute a strong shot. In the .The Engineers took -advantage by traveling to Pittsburgh and schedule, losing for the second time in three games. second half, Holyoke had an No. 5 occurred when (!Neill of their opponlent's refusal to -at- merely passing by Three Rivers tack by- pushing MIT defensive open shot, but opted to pass came out of the goal box to re- Stadium - time has stood still. players into the offense. The Mvt. Hoslyoke College was the ball, only to have it inter- trieve the ball, and an MHC And memories of past Pirate glo- strategy paid off for head coach Saturday's spoiler, winning, cepted-by an MIT player. player snuck the ball behind ry remain fresh. Walter Alessi as Smarason capi- 5-1, over the 3-2-2 Engineers. Though neither team's pass- her. talized on a loose ball in front of MHC scored early in the game, ing was extremely accurate, Dionne Chapman '94 and the Bates net to score his,-second. then added two more to make MHC seemed a bit more ag- co-captainl Azza Edris 791 both Yesterday. October, 1979. The goal of the match,-uiiassisted, at Family: Willie "Pops" StargeIl, the score 3-0 at halftime. Co-· gressive and played the line played an excellent game, but well1. Holyoke's defense was 97:45. - Dave "Cobra" Parker, Phil captain Vanessa Feliberti '91 MIT had few offensive cppor- also a bit swifter than that of- "Scrap Iron" Garner, Ed Ott, scored MIT's only goal early in tunities, and was forced to play, In the second overtime -period, MIT. Omar Moreno, Kent "Teke" Te- the second half, bringing the defense most of the game; Bailey (unassisted) scored off a~ The Lyons' two second-half kulve, Bert Blyleven, Tim Foli. score to 3-1. The Lyons scored Starting sweeper anid co- blocked -Stephan -Ftld' oise '92 Aside from Stargell - now a twice in the last 20 minutes of goals came with 16 and four captain Alyssa Parker '91 was shot at 1.03:51- for the go-ahead Hall of Famer - and Parker, the game to finalize the score. minutes remaining. No. 4 came out. with injuries, severely com- goal. Twenty-four seconds later it on an open-goal shot, while people probably won't remember Mit. Holyoke took 16 shots p-romising MIT's defense. was .Bailey scoring once more,_ many of those names. But that's Im II~ C-- - I I - III _---__I - I -·-ba ICr- -- - k- unassisted, as he took a Smara-~ OK; basking in obscurity is noth- son through ball 40 yards, with a ing new for the Pirates. defender, on his trail, and slipped a shot past Livens to complete Back a little further, to the Canisius tramples Beavers the hat trick and ensure the MIT day before yesterday. 1971. i (I By Shawn Mastrian said, "Well, they don't really Assumption as opening-day jit- win. was only two, but I was already ters, unfamiliarity with the offen- The weather was really nice have much experience, but, hey, The victory should boost the a fan.) Roberto Clemente (yes, Saturday afternoon at Steinbren- anything can happen." The opti- sive or defensive systems, or trav- you've heard of him), Pops (ya, el weariness. In reality, that was Enghieers, last, ranked 13th out ner Stadium. It was one of those mist would have seen that six All- of 76 -New England teams, into ya, but I already mentioned him), Conference players had left the the same team that MIT beat, 56- days where you could go out, the top 10 on the New England Manny Sanguillen, Bruce Kison, team, including five from the of- 6, last year, and a one-year im- soak up some sun and really en- Division III coaches',poll for the Al Oliver, Steve Blass, Richie joy yourself. Yes, the weather was fense, and hoped that some in- provement in Assumption of that Hebner. Actually, this is a pretty magnitude is hard to fathom. first time in recent history. MIT really nice Saturday. tangible leadership quality had is 1-1 in the newvly-formed Con- famous bunch, so I'll go back a Oh, yes, there was a football been left behind. In reality, how- The optimist would have little further. . looked at the Canisius team and stitutionI Athletic Conference, in game, too. ever, those are the kinds of losses which Feldgoise and Bailey were Two days ago. 1960. (I wasn't Before the 63-0 loss to Cani- which are almost impossible to said- absolutely nothing. The born yet, but I was already a Canisius backs were as big as the the leading scorers as of last sius College, the optimist would replace. weadi- 3-2 overall fan.) Bill Mazeroski. Who? To have looked at the 1990 version The optimist would have writ- MIT lineman. The Canisius line- MIT hosts Brandeis on Thurs- be honest, he probably doesn't of the MIIT football team and ten off last week's 34-14 loss to .men were as big as the MIT need to be remembered any more buildings. David and Goliath? day at 3:30 pm at Steinbrenner No. In the end it really was 63-0 Stadium. (Please turn to page 20) for the bad guys. {Please/Afnrrb turnvypnilvfn to coucfplo/ 2 IC un rrohmpmhpr (P~lease turnm to paage 21) . of Ifiemen's socccerteaim.) ____~~ Boston beats Chicago. Baseball roundup. Page 23. Jets trample Patriots. Football roundup. Page 23. Sports update. Page 23. Crew teams fare well. William Chu/The Tech Page 21. Doug Smith '93 rounds the corner and looks- upfield, in Saturday's game against Canisius. See photo, page 23. ., ·- .-.. ·. ·..·. .. . -..·. . ·. _ ... 1.··- · · ·. , , . . j.i-e . . . \ :· · .1 I I I. . . . . I . . . ; . , . . .! ." . . . ".. . : . r , - - -·. ··