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rIIIr --- I- -""--L L-·"' -- d ' 'OL Student starts trash fire in Ilac Gregor By Burt S. Kaliski mittee, and faculty resident Pro- A fire broke out in MacGregor fessor Nathan H. Cook '50 will House shortly after 7pm Sunday, review the case, Olivieri said. Po- because a student threw a flam- lice action is not necessary, he ad- ing piece of paper down the trash ded, because the student did not chute of the high-rise buildings perform a "malicious act." starting a fire in a basement rub- Smoke spread through the bish room, according to Chief of basement into J-Entry in the low- Campus Police James Olivieri. rise portion of the building, and "We had to evacuate the build- into the first floors of the high- ing because of the smoke," Depu- rise. No one was hurt, O'Brien ty Chief Cornelius O'Brien of the added. Cambridge Fire Department said. A resident said he saw smoke Firefighters had little cooperation and flames in the rubbish room in evacuating students from the and called senior tutor Associate dormitory, he commented. ""The Professor Derek Rowell. Rowell students think it is a joke." then contacted Campus Police The fire was controlled by from the MacGregor desk. sprinkler systems and auxiliary Goodridge said the house fire water lines in the basement, O'- alarm was not ringing when he Tech photo by Omar Valerio Brien said. arrived, and the alarm box near Last weekend's snow storm left several cars stranded. This car was towed away from the Massa- The offending student immedi- the desk did not work. He acti- chusetts Avenue parking lane. ately told Campus Police Ser- vated another alarm box on the ------_ r4Pr 911 1 geant Vincent S. Goodridge, the first floor of the building. first officer to arrive at the build- The fire set off a sprinkler in Iing, how thle fire started, Oliv~ieri the rubbish room, which should 2700 sign nuke freeze petition Isaid. The confession, O~livieri have caused an alarm to start, ac- continued, showed a "igreat de- cording to O'Brien. By Daniel Crean tures are in, according to Jerry S. tives. gree of responsibility and con- The alarm did not ring long The MIT Disarmament Study Frost '86, a DSG member. The group has contacted cern." enough to convince residents Group (DSG) has collected over 'We ... urge all members of Speaker of the House Thomas P. The Office of the Dean for there was a fire, Goodridge ex- 2700 signatures on its open letter Congress to move toward reduc- O'Neill Jr., who represents the Student Affairs (O)DSA), the plained. to Congress and has "a shot at ing the risk of nuclear war in any district that includes MIT, Demo- MacGregor House Judicial Coma (Please turn to page 13) breaking 3000," when all signa- part of the world," the DSG let- cratic Senators Edward M. Ken- ter states, "and toward the even- nedy and Paul E. Tsongas of tual abolition of nuclear wea- Massachusetts, six congressmen Police recover MIT nicro0cope pons." who are MITalumni, and Demo- The letter, which DSG plans to cratic Representatives Edward J. By Thomas Hruang Kari, Assistant Professor of Im- it," she continued. "We really present to Congress in late Febru- Markey and Silvio 0. Conte, who Boston police recovered a sto- munology. need the instrument for our re- ary or early March, urges Con- sponsored last year's nuclear len MIT microscope in a raid-'in "It was last seen on Sunday search" in cell fusion. gress not to appropriate funds for freeze resolution. Five representa- mid-January, according to- Lieu- [Dec. 191-, because some of my It- tooks police several-days -t4 nuclear tzsts and, Jsneead. to co- tives have accepted and one has tenant Joseph F McCluskey of students were still working at the verify the microscope was MIT operate with other nuclear pow- declined DSG request to read the i the MIT Campus Police. lab," Imanishi-Kari explained. property, according to McClus- ers to stop the further spread of letter so far, according to Frost. I "The microscope was found in "At five o'clock the next moxrn- key. "There was a mix-up when nuclear weapons. None of the Massachusetts a shop in the center of the city, ing, a cleaning lady came and uhn- we tried to match identification The group solicited signatures congressmen contacted have yet iI along with other stolen goods," locked the lab door. She cleaned numbers," he said. from MIT students, faculty mem- replied, Frost said, but all have i said McCluskey. "The Boston the room, switched off the lights, Imanishi-Kari reported the bers, and staff rmembers, accord- expressed interest in the letter. II police notified us on January 28." and then left the door unlocked. theft to Campus Police the day it ing to Frost. Faculty members Kennedy has already offered the The microscope, worth $7000, When she came back at six o'- was found missing. "However, I who have signed the letter in- use of his office for the presenta- had been stolen from a lab in the clock, she found the lights on." do not think the Campus Police clude former MIT president Jer- tion of the letter to the sponsor- MIT Center for Cancer Research. Imanishi-Kari said she did not notified the Boston police," she ome B. Wiesner and all eleven ing congressmen, he added. It was discovered missing early know if the microscope was taken said. participants in the World War, II United Campuses Against Nu- on the morning of December 20, at that time or the night before. "The Campus Police were not Manhattan Project currently at clear War (UCAM) is adopting a according to Thereza Imanishi- "It's amazing that they found even the first to notify us that the M IT. letter similar to the DSG letter. ------LI I__ -- --- microscope had been found," she "Because of MIT's national UCAM will collect signatures for continued. "It turns out that and international reputation, we its letter at approximately 550 when the Boston police got the hope to bring a lot of attention colleges, according to Frost. microscope, they asked Harvard to the anti-nuclear cause," Frost UCAM sponsored last year's if it belonged to them. said. DSG plans to have a con- series of anti-nuclear rallies "Harvard told the police to ask gressman read the letter on the across the United States in which ,'Pleaseturn to page 13) floor of the House of Representa- DSG participated. Legislation to be proposed, creating caonnission to study DNA guidelines By James F List or irreligious per se," the com- agencies but also scientific and Legislation to create an over- mission stated in its November academic associations, industrial sight body to examine all aspects report that an oversight group and commercial groups, ethicists, of human genetic engineering is should determine "by what stan- lawyers, religious and educational likely to be introduced in the US dards, and toward what objec- leaders, and members of the gen- Congress this year in accordance tives, should the great new pow- eral public." The commission with recommendations made by a ers of genetic engineering be gui- also recommended the proposed presidential commission. ded." oversight body be seperate from Representative Albert Gore Jr., The presidential commission research funding agencies to D-Tenn., chairman of the Sub- recommended the proposed over- avoid conflicts of interest. committee on Investigations and sight body involve "not only the The proposed oversight body Oversight of the House Science Congress and executive branch (Please turn io page 2) and Technology Committee is expected to introduce the legisla- YS11 '· tion. ;;I ·- U " ·: ·r;li*L· F,'"r ''· E·, .i E- iij·-·-·;2·113 President Jimmy Carter created ;· the President's Commission for I the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and i The Student Center The benefits of Behavioral Research in 1980 after Materialism. three prominent religious groups i gets all wet. expressed their concern that mor- I-I Page 2 Page 9 al, ethical, and religious issues associated with human genetic engineering were not receiving ade- I scream; you scream; Dolpha strikes back quate examination. we all scream. on the comics page. Although the commission Page 8. Page 15 could find no grounds for con- cluding that any current or Tech photo by Laurie S. Goldman planned forms of genetic engi- Student reviews company listings at the placement office wrong LP·D- I - I-I---- ·b-·s·1-------aaap-P-s·i·l 1·11' ---- -- - -----r.------ 4· 1-Q ----CI--- ---· - - -I ---- s---· neering are "intrinsically I "--LIC-C -ILI i--l-e LPI is ~ PAGE 2 The Tech TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1983 _ - - ~ ^lg$D~%PBB~~wi~~~ ;t~Q~-{~~~.l ;:.:.' . ::j~t .IoCo'ngress may form. team .to study; DNA guidelines

(Continued from page 1) not the focus of the public's con- should also examine, according cern. to the commission, an issue Concern that genetic alteration which should prove immensely might create a lethal killer out of difficult to resolve- whether in- a harmless virus, which might be heritable changes in the human· accidentally released- captured genetic code should be allowed public imagination and sparked and,-if so, to what extent. This is- the creation of such regulatory sue divides the scientific commu- groups as the Recombinant I)NA nity as well as the public. Advisory Committee of the Na- These issues have recently tional Institutes of Health. come under scrutiny because in Now, however, the presidential the early days of recombinant ,commission noted in its report, DNA technology, the ethical is- experimentation with human ge-- sues associated with human genetic code has come within the netic engineering were oversha- grasp of biotechnology, and thus dowed by the more immediate laboratory biohazards receive The MIT Coop flooded problem osf laboratory safety. 4'considerable attention ... in Human genetic engineering, con- both- the public and private sec- Pipeebreaks floods Student Center sidered -a remote possibility, was' tor." By John J. Ying tenance. "The carpet in the office Plant's] major-event this week- T The work is hard and the pay is 7 A two-inch diameter water has to be replaced. The Sala real- end," commented Paul F. Barrett, ta lousy, and the progress comes a drop p it, but we turned the fans pipe burst in the Student Center ly got director of physical plant. "We m at-a time. But the rewards are infinite. t early Saturday morning, causing on and cleaned the water up. The were also closely watching the air Join the Peace Corps and then water damage in the Student Coop managed to cover their me- pump -for thle tennis bubble; we Center manager's office, the Sala chandise with tarpaulins." didn't want it punctured again." take a good long look in the mirror. de Puerto Rico, the Harvard Co- The leaking water tripped an You'll never look the same to operative Society store, and alarm in the Student Center man- Physical Plant received over i yourself again. Charlie the Tech Tailor's shop. ager's office, which alerted Cam- 42,000 emergency telephone calls IlTe Peace Corps is alive and pus Police at 6:30 Saturday last year, according to Thomas F. wvel]. Call toll bree~: "One of the pipes in [assistant morning, according to Leonard. Vacha, superintendent of building 800-424-8580. Or write: The i Kresge Auditorium manager] "The leak was not too bad it operations. "We receive calls on Peace Corps, Box A, Frank Winsor's office on the pe- was not a disaster," he- said. everything from 'I smell gas' to Washington, D.C. 20525 rimeter broke," said Henry J. "Aside from getting rid of the 'The dorm is too hot.' Everything c;N Leonard, superintendent of sup- snow, this pipe burst in the Stu- o:n 'this campus has to be main- port services and building main- dent Center was, [Physical tainled."' space donated by The Tech, INTERESTED IN ART? .You can still register for classes: PHOTOGRAPHY * CERAMICS * DRAWIN\G ETCHING * SILKSCREEN * WATERCOLOR STAINED GLASS * MIXED MEDIA PAPERMVIAKllNG * STUDIO USE - Open to all! Come on by STUDENT * ART * ASSOCIATIO N STU DENl~T CENTER, R'OOMC 429 .x3-701 9 ~-

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SEERALSR vN SrSEE YOU HAVE Afunnyv thing happened o n the way to the Under-rgardcuate Association General Assembly meeting Th~ursday night. Noo 24 ROUR PROTESO , II one came. Not Underxgraduate Association President K(enneth H. Segel '83. Not General Assembl - Floor Leader Shiva Avva- durai '85. Not a hpundred or so representatives elected by the undergraduate students of MIT to represent them in what is supposed to be the highest authority within student government. In fact, only seven General Assembly representatives, Under- graduate Association, Vice Presideint-designate David J. Scrim-- shaw '83, and a Tech reporter appeared for the scheduled meet-' ing. "'I had totsallyr forgotten about the meeting," claimed~Segel, who has chaired the biweekly General Assembly. (GAa) meet- ings since April. Floor Leader Ayyadurai explained his absence: "The posi- II---- L -I L U II CY Ik I -I- _I I CI h I -- -·IPIPII tion of GA floor leader serves no purpose but to distribute the agenda." Representatives from at least two dormitories did not Ivan K. Fong receive agendas for Thursday's meeting; others reported receiving their meeting notices just one day before the meeting. Student government, despite popular cynicism, is imposrtant Livig inan unper ect wvorl I to MaIT's undergraduates. Through its various committees it This is a column about disillu- whose reputation in the public mental beliefs and formulate controls valuable resources - includeing money, activity space, sionmaent. eye lies solely in engineering. A some sort of life purpose. ]Disillu- and computer time - and provides channels for student par- Disillusionment with, for in- school whose admissions officers sionment leading to severe de- ticipation in the affairs of the Institute. Without an effective stance, organizations. Organiza- joke about having to convince pression, as a result of feelings of mediuam for undergraduate students to control their govern- tions to which one tries to con- parents that vvwomen do attend helplessness or hopelessness' is ment,, semi-autonomous committees will continue to operate tribute but-sees little substantial MIT. For all of the Institute's always a danger. progress being made. strengths, I am sure more than Am I being cynical? I don't unchecked, and Institute decisions will continue to be made Organizations such as the Un- one senior leaves the place disen- think so. Disillusionment can, in- without the benefit of meaningful student input. dergraduate Association General chanted with the worth -ofhis de- deed, result in cynicism or b~itter- Segel and Ayyadurfai must `bear responsibility for -the failure Assembly, which would best be gree. ness, but more importantly, it is a of the General Assembly to fulfill its role in the U~ndergraduate abolished if student attitudes Or organizations such; as the Jeminder that we live in a less Association and in the Institute community. As Segel and don't change. What has the G~en- U·S government, which requires than ideal- world. The process of A~yyadurai's terms of office draw to a close, the student body eral Assembly done for you late- students to prove they registered growing up is the process of deal- must consider' their ineffectiveness in motivating the General ly? To those actively involved and for conscription before receiving ing with change; unrealistic ex- Assembly and what measures must be taken to create a more those who aspire to elected office federal financial aid. The danger- pectations remind us of the im- aware, responsive, and diligent student government. in the body, I suspect disillusion- ous practice of linking a student's portance of keeping touch with ment to be commonplace. 'The privilege to financial aid with his reality. General Assembly is an organiza- responsibility to draft registration MbIT students, in expecting tion with much potential, but be- puts the university in an awNk- mulch fromp themsselves 4n'd from Fuu MFNo 400veart cause of student: indifference, it ward dilemma.9 University offi- others', andi if also talented and has recently shown itself impo- cials would be wise to question highly idealistic, leave much The MIT Council for the Arts deserves praise for renewing tent in student leadership. Even the constitutionality of the re~gu- room ~for disillutsionment while at M/IT students' group membership in the Boston Mu~kseum of leaders of the Tuition Riot Com- lation and to protest the bureau- the Institute. At a school extol- Finre Arts this year in the face of a $2500 increase in the annual mittee - to which I wish the best cratic burden on colleges and ling high standards, we, too, fee over last yrear. The Institute's tight budget seemned to threat- of luck - may find disillusion- universities. Coliege students, im-- come to expect high standards. .en the program last fall, but MIHT wisely dlecided to continue ment inevitable as those strongly bued with an "I can change the Professors seem to expect. perfec- conamitted to a cause find less world" mindset, can be easily dis- tion, so why can't we? Further, I- thre group membership. disenchantment doesn't~end with L The memnbership plan benefits not only those studying art as than widespread support. illusioned with Amlerican society Or organizations such as MIT, and the'political system. graduation - a first job, mar- i part of th~eir academic programs, but all MIT sltudents, miany which enjoys a worldwide reputa- Or disillusionment, taken to its riage, and family life typically tion for excellence but whose un- extrempe, with one's self and life also lead to disillusionmeent. The dergradiuate students complain of in general, as notice of a suicide ability to recover from disillu- only sporadic brilliance in teach- can make painfully aware. Stu- siontnent and recognize reality ing. A school whose economics, dents entering colle~ge, often fac- without being cynical is perhaps political science, and urban stud- ing independence for the first the greatest challenge of college ies departments are top-rated but time, begin to challenge funda- life. Column/A S.'Gori ltxl) 0tatolon mis a Treater vvrong Please don't tell me the subject posters for the registration day sh~e refused to begin het new Volume 103, Number 5 Tuesday, February 15, 1983 matter in "Deep Throat" is dis- movie? "catreer." Lovelacc's contract Ch~airman ...... 'V. Michael 1Bove '83 gusting and imamorial. That is for I tried because Linda Lovelace awarded her three p-er-cdnt of the individuals to decide for them- says she was forced into doing returns from the sale of her '"pro- Editor-in-Chief...... Barry S. Surmnan '84 duct." She claim~s she never saw Managing Editor ...... Mnatthew WI Giamporcario,'85 selves. the film. Because she says her life Business -Mlanager ...... Keith Tognoni '84' Don't tell me any women who was Threatened when shie tried to even that amount, She was living Executive Editor ...... Robert E. Malchman 8 sells or shows her body for mon- end her career in pornographyy oh welfare a few years after her ey is under the thumb of some and prostitution. She says, in divorce from T~raynor. People can't beievre what hap- News Editors ...... John J. Ying '84 man who is forcing her to serve fact, she ntver wanted to begin it...... Burt S. Kaliski '85 (and service) to further his'own T~here is a picture sitting on the pened to Linda Lorvelace is true. Night Ed~itors ...... William A. Spitzak< 83i luxury. I know women who have desk, in, front of me, a picture of They say she had a failting out .. I...... Charles P. Brown '84 worked in the combat zone for a friend of mine. I hope it's the with Chuck Tr~aynar, and 'she Photo Editors ...... Laurie S. Goldman '84 no pimp other than the grealt god last one in circulation, but I wants revenge. Thaey say she real- ...... Omvar S. Valerio '8 5 Mammon. doubt it. ized afterward her ]over had used Sports Editor ...... Martin Dickau '85 I have heard pornography pre- He isn't wearing much in the her. She claims hec wasn't her Advertising Manager ...... Paul G. Gabuzda '84 cipitates violence against women. picture. Through the camera's eye !over, just her rapist. People ask Contributing Editors ...... Dasvid G. Shaw '82 A rep~orted rape occurs once ev- he looks even younger than he why she didn't walk away from ...... I...... I .... Jon von Zelowitz '82 him. She claims she-did, several I...... Max Hailperin '85 ery three rminutes ' We cannot really is, but I doubt if any trick ...... I ... .. Daniel J. Weidman '85 blame our problems on one small of the photographer was needed times before succeeding. A per- Senior Editors ...... Ivan K. Fong '83 part of our culture. The fact that to make him seem more inanocent. son who has been bieaten down ...... Jerri-Lynn Scofield '83 violent pornography exists indi- He escaped, before it was too often enough will do anything, ...... Tony Zarnparutti '84 cates the violent tendencies are late. He realized wh~atl h~cad act anyi way, in order to avoid Indexing Project Represen~tative ...... A. David Boccuti '79 there already. gotten into and quit. He had more pain. What man is going to Faculty Advisor ...... ,...... -...... Edwin Diamond So why do I object to "Deep enough self respect, enough pres- call the police and tell them that PRODUCTIEON ST-AFF FOR THIS ISSUE Throat?" ence of mind, to avoid doing the prostitute he was just with Night Editor ...... Williamr A. Spitzak '83 As,. a budding journalist and what Linda Lovelace didc, and he-` was crying? David G. Shaw '82, Amy S. Gorin ,84, Barry S. Surman '84, Bill Co- veteran protest marcher, I am didn't have a Chuck Traynor to "Deep Throat" was not the derre '85, Buzz Moschetti '86, David Chia G. painfully aware of the impor- force him to continue. worst thing that happened to tance of first amendment rights. Chuck Traynor was Linda Lind,, Lovelace during her time The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607) is published twice a week during the academic year (except during MIT allows us to think we have with Chuck Traynor. Sh-e may MIT vacations), weekiv during January, and once during the last wiek in July for $10.00 per Lovelace's (a.k.a. Linda Traynor, year Third Class by The Tech. 84 Massachusetts Ave. Room W20-4183, Cambridge, MA 02139. those rights. n~e Borerman, now Marchiano) have been happy about the rela- Third Class postage paid at Boston, MA. Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720, POSTMASTER: Please send! all address changes to our mailing address: The Tech, PO Box 29. MIT Branch,. Why, then, did I try to enlist husband when the filmn was tively painless sex she was having Cambridge', MA 02139. Weephone: (617) 253-1541. Advertising, subscriation, and typesetting the help of the M IT Women's made. He was the man who she with her co-star. She may even rates available. Entire contents 411983 The Tech. Printed by Charles River Publishing. Inc. Rugby team in' tearing down claims waved a gun at her when - (Please turn to page 7) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1983 The Tech PAGE 5 - _ 0 _ I_

Column/Joseph J.-Romm -JC PI -PH I _--- IC-l--h·_ -- I _--· ·r· · I -- I I -- What do al- these m have In commons I Isn't it strange that Extra- necting corridors of any building strength Tylenol - which was complex in the world, second apparently-laced with poison by a only to the Pentagon? Is it also crazed adult- and Edward Tell- true that MIT is second only to er - an adult who believes nu- Johns Hopkins University in re- clear war isn't so bad - both search funding received from the have the same initials as "E.T., Pentagon? Is there any intercon- the Extraterrestrial" - a movie nection between these two facts? banned in Sweden for children Was that a pun? under age 12- because it "portrays Could you walk through the adults as enemies of children?" C40ridors of M IT for 50 miles Isn't it odd that E.T. was re- without ever crossing your path leased-shortly after we found out or breathing fresh air? (Holding about IT - Coke, that is - and your breath and running to that we go to school at MIT? Building 20 or East Campus And speaking of Coke, if they doesn't count.) can put a machine in Building 16 Why are the trees between Am- that takes empty soda 'calls and herst Street and Kresge Oval all returns a nickel, why can't they tilted several degrees to the east? put a man on the moon? And S-fow many MIT students does why can't that man be James it take to replace a lightbulb? Watt? NFone. MIT students will never SHE DlDN'r`START GIOWIN6 11ME TATUIIL And speaking of MIT, isn't it replace a lightbulb. MIT students at least slightly peculiar that a don't give off light. circular permutation of MIT WE FLEWJ QUER A IOXIC WASTEDUM PlB gives TMI -the initials of the Consider the following syllo- gism: ill-fated Three Mile Island nucle- --II ------e- - -a-_=-__ - I n I -- -II -arr.-- ---------, - I ---· a III CI --·- ·- "-C-·l ar power plant? Human beings who go to MIT And what about Harvard? Isn't are very smart. Column/Bob -Lu'barsky it weird that the name of Har- I go to MIT. vard's president, Derek Bok, is I am not a human being. frighteningly simnilar to Bo) Speaking of aliens again, why Morales morals in El Salvador Derek? Two questions remain un- didn't E.T. call directory assis- The military situation of the El late 1950's and early -I960's be- Soviet-Cuban expansion. Cuban answered: Is Bo's middle initial tance for a number he could not Salvadoran government is indica- cause the southern regime could frms do not make the guerrillas "K,"' and why has ho one ever have easily looked up himself' tive of the morass that the Rea- not handle the rebellion within its subservient to Castro. Further- seen the two celebrities in the And while directory assistance gan administration is perpetuat- own borders. The massive com- more, the Soviet-Cuban link is same room at the same time? may have cost $50 million in ing. mitment of the strongest military portrayed as too automatic. If a dishwasher washes dishes, Massachusetts last year, Ronald Some recent New York Times in the world in the midd~e 1960's Cuba has always been fairly inde- does a vacuum cleaner clean Reagan wants to spend $50 mil- articles have described a morale could not defeat the peasants of pendent of the Soviet Union, and vacuum~s and if so, why? Is the lion Onl defense every hour. -problem in the E1 Salvadoran the north and south. Later Viet- greater maneuverability in its mail the third best thing to being But don't worry, for as Reagan army. Recruits are often drafted namization plans could not work, area would make it more so. there? Do they study mitosis and might have said himself, "Nucle- randomly, they sav, and even because the southerners would If the US really wanted to limit meiosis at the Microrepro-duciion ar war means never having to say many of the volunt zrs ate there not Fight on the American side in a perceived Cuban influence, it Lab'? you're sorry." Remember, today only for lack of ajob.- Extreme the firstplace.-The----cnd result was would accept the rebels' offer of Is it true that MIT has the sec- is the last day of your life--so dependence on the United States a demolished country and a deci- a negotiated settlement, including ond longest system -of intercon- far. shows itself by a lack of confi- sive military victory for the oppo- free elections. This would both dence among the Salvadoran nent. bolster the moderates amono the commanders. The guerrillas, by The Reagan administration rebels and preserve the present Editorials,.marked as such and printed in a distinctive format, contrast, are highly motivated. represent the official seems to be headed toward a powers. Since even that is "going opinion of The Tech. They are written by As an example of how damaging similar solution. It does not want too far," it seems Reagan's real the Editorial Board, which consists of the chairman, editor-in- this discrepancy is to the Salva- chief, managing editor, executive elections to include the rebels concern is the preservation Of US editor, and news editors. doran government, 1000 troops Columns are usually written by members of Thze Tech staff and freely, which would contribute to influence. recently sat in a provincial capital a peaceful settlement. represent the opinion of the author, and not necessarily that of while the rebels took a city twen- Previous Reagan wants'to win the war. the rest of the staff. elections are not necessarily in- ty miles away. If he can't, he will brutalize the Letters to the Editor are written by members of the MIT comn- dicative of the public's attitude. The Tiz7es's description, which opposition, and give the extrem- munity and represent the opinion of the writer. When the white government of seems plausible, implies that the ists their military victory in a The Tech attempts to publish all letters received, and will con- Rhodesia made some conces- government has little popular decimated land. The destruction sider columns or stories. All submissions should be typed, triple sions, its voters support. Almost no one is willing turned out in will ensure a post-revolutionary spaced, on a 57-character line. Unsigned letters will not be large to fight numbers. The guerrillas El Salvaldor wil11 not be a11 att rc-C printed, but authors' names may be withheld upon request. The for it. Increasing commit- ments from the United States are pushed the fight, and when the tive modeJ to other US-domninat- 'ekh reserves the right to edit or condense all letters. whites settled with them, the not reciprocated, and serve to ed states. A repressive govern- mire it further. A government guerrillas won a clear electoral ment will provide justification victory. Since it seems to be the that cannot stop a rebellion is and domestic support for further not a good investment, morally Salvadoran guerrillas, and not Elostility. the government, that or practically. motivates That the El Salvadoraln opposi- people. they might do well in a The same morale problems tion hars the morale does not by fair election. functioned in Vietnam. The US itself make its side right, but it is Death prompts reflection commitment there grew in the The US claims to be fighting a sign. on life at the -institutet Oruc's View To the Editor: us - not in the country, not in Tuesday'afternoon, someone in Boston, not in our living groups. my dormitory committed suicide MIT envelopes we who study - someone I knew. My first re- here so fully that we tend to for- action was shock combined with get that tomorrow's 6.003 prob- some sense of nausea and fear. lem set or next week's Unified- Then came the feeling of help- quiz may at times take a back a 9T lessness - was there anything I seat in importance when com- could have done? Probably not, pared to such things as people, but the question persisted in my friendship, and life itself. mind, especially since I have of- MIT is time-consuming; yet, all ten felt deeply depressed and lost of this work, this drudgery, this at MIT and have badly needed pain is to be rewarded by a good someone to talk to. Fortunately, I job with a high salary at some have always had somewhere to ti~me jr2-.the not-so-dstant future. turn in those moments. That is important, but it is not On the wholei-students at MIT the only important thing in life. are lost in their worlds of Course MIT consumes time; it should 4 6 or 16 or some other number not consume so much thought between 1 and 24. Buried in and effort that people are forgot- 13 heavy coats and hidden.beneath ten. hats and hoods, MIT students The week before finals of' last P don't see much of what passes by term, I received a Christmas card during these cold winter months. in my mailbox from the boy who Buried beneath problem sets and died Tuesday. With all the tur- I hundreds of pages to read and moil of studying for four finals labs to do and classes to attend, and packing to go home, I never we don't see much of what is got the chance to thank him. happening in the world around Sara Thornton'84 -- --- '- I IAALBPC·-C-~-~ --- I ----I--

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Random Hall re sidents E Electric Boat is the world's foremost designer protest rent hike plan and builder of nuclear submarines - one of ; the'great engineering challenges of this century. = .--lrs*'ar4birrY; Edlitor'v note: The Tech received a this year will be more successful, With a $3 billion backlog and long-term contracts, copy, of the following letter to As- but it will certainly be no less en- .F . Electric Boat offers career opportunities in nearly .-- -·I sociate Dean for Student Affairs thusiastic, as -our primary goal is "- r a- Robert A. Sherwood. to give a positive impression of every engineering discipline (including electrical. tiL civil, etc.), top pay and benefits, " Rr· .c·: Dear Dean Sherwood: our home, Random Hall. mechanical, 5 We also hope the Dean's Office long-range stability and an unmatched lifestyle ·' E As residents of Random Hall, will reconsider this proposed new on the southern New England seacoast. we feel that the Dean's Office rent structure. Surety the prob- U.S. Citizenship required - an Equal Opportunity Employer Mg F, HC proposal to redistribute rents to ,lems in question can be solved in cover the losses from vacancies is GEENERAL DYfNAMI CS M manner which does not consti- grossly unfair. Should we be Al tute, as this' one does, a fraudu- made to pay because, through no Electric Boat Division lent attempt to extract even more The Best Shipbuilding Team in America fault of our own, the Dean's Of- money from Random's students cannot fill all the spaces in Groton, CT 06340 fice on the preposterous pretext that our dorm? The Dean's Office has we.are somehow responsible for always been free to fill any' va- Electric Boat Division will be interviewing on the undersubscription of our dor- cancy here. We would have wel- campus on February 17, 1983. Please con- ,gitory. tact the Placement Office for time and place. commed a new resident: almost Anne E. Crook '84 more in- anyone is bound to be Random Hall RIO Chairman teresting to live with than an empty room. And the room and 65 other residents of Random Hall I would indeed have been empty- .~~ . _ ,,, ,, ,,,, __ __ we are not guilty of so-called "ghosting:" all the residents of Random Hall are legitimate resi- Health Care, Busixiess, dents. Moreover, we resent the impli- Comnputer Scie nce & Related Majors cation that--we run an anti-rush, or in any other way discourage students From living here. In asct, le aa ook at He hie l % our rush has been quite enthusi- astic in the last few years. Ran- dal~aQ -Ieoem leader thats- dom offers a unique and -com- fortable living arrangement, and we have done our best to convince new students, be they freshmen or transfers, of this fact. We have been undersubscribed despite our best efforts, but entering freshmen often rlniss ar disre- gard the advantages of Random, becuase, at first sight, the more modern dorms make a better impression. This is in part due to the greater money lavished on these facilities, to the neglect of Random. Our "off-campus" location is also particularly discour- aging to frosh. We hope our rush An alternative There's a win'ming spirit at SMS. It's made us Me unquestioned ton 6sO.0 offered leader in providing information'systems to the health care in- To the Editor: dustry through the development and delivery of technology and The enrollment limitations in services that are always one step...ahead of tomorrow. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (6.001) have that keep SMS at the caused a number of students to oSaton and Dedicafisn are the values search for, alternatives. Michael leading edge of-the health care data processing industry. Anrd Candan in his letter of Feb: 4 these are the personal and professional attributes that we seek in notes Elementary Programming and Machine Computation (2.10) the people we select to join us. as one such choice. I would like to point out that eall ~Care, Business & We.aWd Wjor-You wi be Principles of Computer-Based thoroughly prepared through our proven company traiing pro- Engineering Problem Solving (1.0() is a viable alternative a' gram to work directly with clients as our representative in all well. This 12-unit intensive sub- stages of systems preparation and installation. ject has been offered by the De- partment of Civil Engineering for Computer S iex&inn Systents MajoYou will the past 15 years. It is an intro- ductory subject which deals with have the challenge of being an important part of the ongoing computer hardware and software development, implementation and customization of our systems organization, and structuring and and programs to meet the unique information handling needs of itplFementing computer pro- gramns. More detailed informa- our chielts. tion on subject' content is available from Ms. Betty Schumacker There's a place on ou. wianing team for individuals willing to in room 1-232, x3-5061, reach into tomorrow for solutions that work today. Joseph-M. Sussman PhD '68 Prof ~ssor and Hedn k to the SiS Departmlenrt of' Civil Engineerinr g To find out moae about SMS caeer optl - _I _ _ _ _ recruiter visiting sour campus: FEBRUARY 15

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OP1IIlQI1 I Professor responcis to 6m001 complaints Editor's note: 'Fhe Tech received a need of new facilities, and it is I copw of the following letter sent to true that our computer is severely I Leonard H. Foner '86 in response overloaded. But you should not, to his letter IFeedback, Feb. 10]. however, draw the conclusion Dear Mr. Foner, that we could have predicted and I empathize with the frustra- perhaps averted the disaster. tion you must feel because of 6.001 has had an enrollment of your elimination from Structure between 220 students (in Fall and Interpretation of Computer ,terms) and 320 students (in Programs (6.001) this term. Hav- ISpring terms) for the past three ing been an undergraduate (SB in years. The system will uncom- mathematics '68)-and a graduate fortably support 200 students and student (PhD in mathematics '73) it becomes unbearable at about as well as a faculty member here :300 students. At no time in the for some time, I think I under- 'past three years have more than stand what it is like being a stu- 330 students appeared in the first dent at MIT. lecture. Thus, we have consistent- ily printed 450 copies of notes and I am sorry that we had to limit .other materials for Spring term enrollment (for the first time in S how 'Deep hroaty .use. You mnust imagine our sur- in class history) and we would like to .;prise and dismay when 600 stu- (Continued from page 4) It may be have any help you can provide in said that it is wrong the history and psychology of :dents (as counted by Joel Moses) have enjoyed' it. She claims to prevent people making it so that the problem from seeing the pornography, kidnapping, brain- appeared in Room 26-100 in the Traynor believed so. If you see movie and deciding washing, will not recur. However, I strong- for them- and sado-masochism. I !first lecture-on Tuesday, Feb. I. the fim, she says, you will see selves. It is a greater wrong to al- believe any reasonable human be- ly disagree with some of your the bruises that resulted. If you low the continued exploitation ing who has had access to the in- conclusions. I would like to re- Is this a fluke or is it part of a talk to Linda Marciano now, you and exhibition of someone who formation I have seen, heard, and spond to them from my perspec- long-term trend? If it is a trend, will find she needed surgery to now only wants to be left alone experienced would agree with me: tive. we must double the number of repair the damage done by his to heal. Most people go to the "Deep Throat" should not be Yes, it is true that the Electrical faculty and graduate student staff beatings. registration day movie as a joke. shown for profit. Engineering and Computer Sci- assigned to this subject in the fu- I helped Stop the showing-of This movie isn't funny. ence department is in desperate (Please turn to page I 1) "Deep Throat" not because the I . . . . subject matter was bad, but be- If people are to decide for cause I am familiar with the con- themselves, let it be an informned ditions under which the fillm was decision. The film belongs in a made. I am against it not for any classroom, along with the testi- feminist idea., but rather for the mony of witnesses, Lovelace's EARN OVER $I00Q people involved. own writings, and information on AIM NOTH And open The Door To A Atrocities in Cnambodia- -BrightEngineering Future. renain indefXensible To the Editor: How many corporations would be willing to pay you over $1000 a month ample of Mr. Lubarsky's work in during your junior and senior To put it bluntly, years just so you'd join the company after Bob Lubar- this vein to appear on campus. graduation? Under a special sky's column Navy program we're doing just that. It's called on Cambodia [Feb. They also might consider whether the Nuclear Propulsion Officer 4] is pure propaganda. Candidate-College Program. And under it, To defend or not it is to be the last such ex- you'll not only get great pay the horrifying.atrocities during your junior and senior years, but after of the ample to appear in the pages of graduation you'll receive a year of valuable Khmer graduate-level training that is not Rouge, or to try to ex- The Tech. available from any other employer. plain them. away at this late date, Kevin Walsh G whatever the crimes of the US If you are a juniorwith a GPA over 3.3, or a seniorwith a G PA over 3.0, majoring in government or the inevitable dis- (Bob tubarsky responds: I said Math, Chemistry, Physics, or Engineering and are a U.S. citizen, find out tortions of the media, is to be nothing nice about the Khmer more today. And let your career pay off while still in college. Rouge. The evidence worse than uninformed. Mr. Lu- and analysis For more information, call: barsky I presented seem like a defense is either a fool-or is in- - ~~~~NAVY OFFICER PROGRAMS; dulging in what Lenin described ,only next to the media's portrayal. Code OP"-57A as serving the needs of My column wjas not about Khmer the-state. (61 7) 223-0222 The editors of Thte Tech might Cambodia, but instead about the note that this is not the first ex- American government and-press. L = _'- _ .--- .- ~~~~~ _ - - - 1 · . -----'-.- - ~-- - - - 1 ---.-I C -- -- IMCDIVIDUAI - ATT]E)NTIZOX dFU^XORS & SEXXORS~

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-They're not really a band, they're a col- -statementof Material's non.-band philos- Musician label). Described by Beinhorn as lective headed by two musicians. Their ophy: non-stars recording music illustrat- "garage funk punk jazz electronic commu- music isn't really rock or jazz, but some- ing the band's current, if only temporary, nist 'white noise,", Memory Serves is a me- times it could be considered disco' They've interests. With-the help of drummer Fred lange of musical styles incorporating ele- recorded with -thefinest jazz musicians in M~aher and guitarist Cliff Culltreri, the m ents of jazz, rock, disco, and even coun- New York City, yet they retain close ties to band recorded two more EPss: Temporary try music with a startling effect. Each I art-rocker. Brian Eno. They're Material, Music 2 and'American Songs (The first composition is a study in dense instrumen- and they continue to confound people's .two recordings are currently available as tal textures, often leaving the listener with expectations of what should -be called the Temtporary Mulsic- Compilation on the only a single familiar reference points be it 'new music."' French- Celluloid label). the steady pulse of "'Conform to the Masterminded by bassist Bill Lasswell "Secret Life"5 and "Discourse," from the Rhythm" or the sawing fiddles in "'Uns- and keyboardist Micha~el Beinhorn, Mate- last two records respectively, marked Ma- quare Dance."t Memory Serves is a chal- rial has been recording since 1979, when it terial's first explorations with diisco--influ- lenging and uncompromising disc, accu- issued the Temporary Music EP. Beinhorn enced dance music, an avenue it continued rately'representing the wealth of creativity felt "*tempo~rary music" was the best best. to explore with "utnOt"ad "6The to be found in the New York scene. Cage." These singles, recorded with vocal- Never content to repeat itself, however, ist Nona Hendryx (formerly with Labelle), Material has just released One Down, an proved to be major dance-club hits and- offering of pure, faceless, functional dance further evidence of Material's stylistic di,- music in the spirit of late seventies disco versity. from the likes of Chic and Cerrone. Al- Lasswell 'and Maher, became involved though -assisted by a bevy of superstars-- with a series of side projects involving the Chic's Nile Rodgers, saxophonists Oliver cream of New York's crop of avant-garde 'Lake and Archi~e. Shepp, guitarist Fred 'jazz musicians. The first splinter group,. Frith, and an Eno songwr iting credit - Massacre, was a- 'power trio" featuring Material remains true to its non-band, Lasswell, Maher, and guitarist Fred Frith; non-solo credo, often with startling results" 'the results of -this collaboration can be The refusal to include a spotlighted solo- heard on two recordings: Massacre's Kill- forces each musician to make the moost of ing Time (on Celluloid Records) and on. his role as a sidernan, coaxing brilliant Ibill lasweil one side of Frith's solo album Speechless playing 'out of all concerned -listen to (on Ralph Records). The trio, augmented- Oliver Lake's sax fills in- "Come- Down," one of them works very well: Hugh Hop- by Beinhorn, trumpeter Olu Dara, and' or Nie R~oda~ers' guitar work in "iI'm The per's "Memories," here performed as a drummer Philip W~ilson,'played a series of- One." slow ballad with some evocative fills from critically acclaimed performnances'as'Dea-- Disco though it may be, One Down is Archie Shepp's tenor sax. The other cover, line. Lasswell currently performs with hardly conventional dance music. Each Sly Stone's "Let Me Have It All," succeeds mnembers of DNA, Pere Ubu, and Ornette piece is anchored by Lasswell's incompara- in merely recreating, rather than improv- Coleman's band as the Golden Palominos, ble bass work and suffused-by Beinhorn's ing upon, the spirited original version, but with a record in the works. battery of synthesizers, tapes, and clanging -that's just nitpicking. One Downt is a near- Ins'pired by its association with the bur- percussion. Three of the tunes -"Take A perfect dance record and yet ,another ex- geoning avant-garde jazz scene, Material Chance,"9 'Time Out,"' and `D:on't Lose ample of Material's musical flexibility. (which officially consists of Beinhorn, Control" -utilize vocoder-treated voices, Material has made enough music to satisfy Lasswell, and sound man Martin Bisi) re- whichi lend the vocals a machine-like almost everyone's taste; one of their discs corded what may become a landmark art- sound and further the notion -of the mu- should be right for you. After all, there's a michael beinhom jazz record, Memory Serves (o~ne of the in- sic's pure functionality.-"Although the bit of the materialist in all of us. augural releases on the. pioneering Elektra .choice of cover tunes is unusual, at least David Shaw

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Friday' at noon to get your pet oleewl e aig 'WktVe'd like to recover any MIT titiQ^Sstill plentyin. There are ~a party with Heivsti on Friday,. Marching Band music, plastic of-positio'ns with only one de- A . February 4,!1983. IMIT students folders, stuff, money, or talent clared canxdidate and jus-t as asre invited (UJANews Editor's that has floated away from our many with none. Note: We received this invita- - grasp. Please send it to Baker Stop by the UA Office, tion on the 8th. On behalf of 6010 or the UA office. Thanks. Room 401 of the Student Cen- Coop Board: MIT I took the liberty of tver, fort UpetUtAVn a nd Cls * N [=ew nformation RSVPing to the invite. E'ndicott

l ^MorPower Thtan You send their resumes' to o'ur glo- wor ingE again we'll go.) This is my traditional please- I ~~Ever Dreamed Of -rious UAP, Ken "Long may he .. send-us-items paragraph. it I If you wvant MPTYEDO go to reign" Segral. However, like th~e Attentionl Seniolrs: has nothing to do with medi- _ the Association of -Stu~dent'Ac- arbitrary bureaucratic organi- The Senior Class Pledge Pro- umn crust, but. Ken Segei asked tivities (ASA) meeting at zation we are, we've changed gram is beginning to organize me to use "Medium Crust" as 7.30pm in Ro~om 400 of the our-mind. Instead the'Noxmina- its committee. We need your a. title. Frankly, I don't know Student Center on Tuesd-ay, tions Comnmittee (NomComm) help to make thzis drive suc- why. Perhaps he's thinking March 1. The ASA will be will1 have a hearing for two of cessful. Soliciting will be made youthl buy us a pizza. Still, it A:__-:_ _ -a Ad1 s_I_ s-1 _ 4 13)1- far r krot thyn 4Z CrI r:;r' OVif n Zfl n: _Ti eiectin its six executive mem- the seats on tne uoarcl. Flease for Doin ine11eioU1UM anaoi a aoesn c maKe sense. ime Nest bers: t We Chairman, Treasurer, call David Libby, Nornlornmm lo n fte rm p ledge. Hel p Xis thing to do is forget the title Secretary, Member at large Chairman, at dl8739 for infor- needed on all levels. This is a~nd send me all kinds of stuff and two Members at large to mation. 'Even if you already one of your last opportunities for the UANews. the Finance Board. Any stu- sent-Ken a letter call D:ave. to help the Class of 1983. Any- David Scrimshaw, W20-401. dent in a student activity at You see, like the iniefficient one Interest'ed in helping. MIT may run. If you're inter- bu reaucratic organization we please call: estedt ca'II Steve Burke at the are, we lost one of your let- Dawnla Levenison, c1l7276 UA Office x3-2696 to leave ters. Sorry. Ken Dumas, c117188 your name and ask questions. We need your help nlow! (Paid Advertisement) _ , =mc

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FT-op~~~~~~~~..d~gl..0dwkn-Mmw Tenrs are CASH A Divsion of CHECK Abesiass Master Charge Used Conqmter tqq A xmicanExpress C@mfnpa 6,001 professor responds Eletroic8s ompte ( Continuedfromn page 7) concernn for the future, and ex- ture, and it takes a long time to 'traordi inary efforts to improve find people good enough to be the situuation. We are usually as teaching in our department. If it frustrateted as you are, though our is a fluke, thet precipitous com- frustrat tion is with the limitations mitment of additional resources of our fiscal resources, and with will just add to our fiscal prob- the inaadequacies of commonly Super Closeout aams lems (,hich have caused your availablle computer products.

large tuition), I do not know how On aanother note you objected Ar%-]L -IN m - -- - w~ to answer these questions. Our to our.arbitrary method of elimi- Onl a E ~rsltgvnhje ~Qc1P~as~PI~e~e uwitucgb tofo B~~,pssg~M~plBOSTSONKenmore U,.VE,.w TVTH~ -SQUJ{MVR.4sse department administration, head- nating ssome freshmen in this cri- Square at 712 Beacon Stret Mqp. '11= ed by Joel Moses, Dick Adler, sis. Yess, It would be nicer if-we and Peter Elias, has the job of could kknow which freshmen are * 10,000 Sq. Feet of Hectrenic Cabinets, Eltnic Boardrs, worrying about such matters. really Clips, CRT Course VI majors and Tabes, Print Mehoanisam, C ommunations Devices, Powver They are as deeply concerned which aare Supplies, destined for other de- 'Rasks, Enlosures, Cables, Connectors, Fans, Adjaptors, Panels and about the problem as you and I partmernts. Unfortunately, fresh- MOREINI are. If you have suggestions that -men arere not committed to any might help them prepare for the departrment, so to be fair, we * UIsed DECPS and PDP8II, -Dtata General CPUs and Components future, you are certainly-encour- treated all freshmen equally. I aged to make an appointment lo have n(io better way to handle * '1kand Nemr""And~erson-Jacobsdn A.J242A 300 baud hah/fuH duplex see one of them. this., Acoustic Coupim.: $99. d.ess if you buy Morel) Thus, I object to your belief It is certainly not necessary that we saw this coming and we that an)y freshman take 6.001 this * SeDECs Newest Ternidkab on Display beatuin the AI2 "refused" to help avert the crisis term. TFhe departmental require- ICoreespondent Plain PaperPortable and the LA100 Leftenvriter. Ask by obtaining more computation. ments coan easily be completed in .,about or SECIAL PRICING for 1FT sBonsored presam The department (and the whole a norm;al four-year stay at MIT if School of Engineering) has been the pr(ogram is begun in the * Also Disqplyed are New IM 3101 erminals, plus Racal Vadc and actively pursu ing the procure- sophormlore year. You should see Andersonda n Modems and Coupkr. . ment of substantial -new compu- the Couurse VI undergraduate of- ntational resources to support our fice forr a road map describing * Ask About Our Great "'sed Terninal And Modem Buys. teaching activities in the future. I, ramany mways to comfortably ac- personally, -have spent much of complis!,h this. * SPEC9L4JU- BrmA New" IBEX Personal ComptIer (64KB, Duial 51/4" Disk the last year organizing an effort Plas e contact me if there are B= W4[n GrenVie, Detachd Keyboard, CP/M) ONLY $1885! to obtain new, advanced, person- ways wlhich I can help you plan at computers for -use in 6.001 yu u ture. From the inside, I sense none of Gerald Jay Sussman '68 the hostility toward students, Associate Professor of ALL MUST GOA which you seem to see. I see only Electrical Engineering Store Hours are Ham - 5pm oA Weekdays 9am -7- spm. okn Saturdays.

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For a Exotic pastries * Honey EAS- baked on Cured .An Exhibit of Pictures from the den. One-semester programs in detailed brochure and an applica- Stop in for MU premises! Mcn.-Sat. 8-11 a.m. Bacon Subconscious" by Janet Zimmern Denmark are also available. The tion form, please write to the Ad- -a FREE r DA1- -BREAkFAST TRY OUR: Kahan will be shown -through the 1983-84 fee, covering tuition, missions Office Box 0, Career Try our Sunday DRUNK with TIIRI. brunch I *CcabPucino° Espresso month of February at the Zionist your breakfasttt room, board, and all program-re- Discovery, Harvard Graduate * Fresh Squeezed Juices 1S AAJ^ House, 17 Commonwealth Ave.1- lated travel in Scandinavia, is 48 Quincy St., Open 7 days w/this ad! and much more! School of Design, - - -- " - - - I- 4pm weekdays or by appoint- .$6,200. Applicants may apply for Cambridge 02138 or call 495- '" -r ------I I --- · C ment. The drawings are for sale. interest-free loans and grants, 9344. The deadline is May 1. Free and open to the public. Re- awarded on the basis of need and freshments will be served. qualification. The application Yoga exercises and meditation deadline is March l. For further classes.are held Wednesday evern- TIpnwrt Co. Ioc. A~n in-depth 4-week course in information, write to: Scandina- ings and Sunday mornings at the University Siddha Meditation taught by vian Seminar, 358 Pleasant St., Siddha Yoga Meditation Center, Swami Shraddhananda and Swa- Amherst MA. 01002. 155 Clyde St., Chestnut Hill. Call Repairs * Sales * Rentals mi Anantananda will take place 734-0137 for more information. Monday evenings through Febru- Anyone interested in being a pen- $5 per class. Electronic, Electric, and Manual Typewriters ary 7:30-9pm at 155 Clyde St., -pal with someone from a foreign Chestnut Hill. Cost $35. For country should send a stamped, A group entitled Women and Self Olivetti - Brother - Hermes more information, call 734-0137. self-addressed envelope to Pen Esteem meets Thiursdays, 8pm, at Olympian- Silver Reed Pals, 22 Batterymarch, Boston, The Institute for Women's Devel- Smith Corona Want to lost weight using hypno- MA 02109.. opment located at 50 Orchard sis and relaxation techniques? St., Cambridge. It focuses on the Quality Ribbons Beth Israel Hospital is running 3 Cambridge School Yolunteers following issues: developing posi- 10-session hypnosis and weight -tive self-esteem in women's per- Inc. needs tutors, classroom aides, 547-2720 S _j loss group programs beginning big brothers, big sisters and mini- sonalarand work lives. For more Friday, March 4; and Tuesday, _course teachers from kindergar- information call the Institute at 54.7-1298 March 22. For more details, call ten through high school. For 876-0763. 735-4195. call 498-9218. 90 Mt. Auburn St. * * * * more information, . . . Are you aeraid of speaking in A.t Harvard Square , A luncheon will take place Students interested in volunteer- public? Beth Israel Hospital's hy- Carmbridgea, MA 02138 Wednesday, Feb. 16, 12pm for ipg to tutor public schoolstudents ponSis program helps people who academic and professional educa- should Contact Dennet Page, Pro- have a phobia of public speaking. tors and writers interested In be-Director School Volunteers The class meets 5-6:30pm Tues- coming part of the new Boston- for Boston at 267-2626 or 451- day. evenings. Call 735-4195 for area Zionist Academic Council. 6145. details or a flier. Call Dr. Phil Baram at 267-3600 for details. I~,~---~~ r~rll ,IlqR s e r-q V- B ------U L --·-·u TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1983 The Tech PAGE 13 Lurant-- - - I - --- - -r II I - re s - Ir -a - - I - a - ,, I okline MacGregor reet )ridge II- I II I a I _- - I-` , -- I -r - , --- I ru--nolesi '£NTIC fire alarms I IBIC written expressively for the con- OD! check payable to MIT to Office the keynote speaker at the Third malfunction Announcements test, or papers from classes may of the Director, room 14S-216, VE Annual Speaker Banquet Feb. 18. be submitted, either as they stand M IT Libraries, 02139. He will discuss, "America's Space IDLE (Continuedfrom page 1l) The UASO is currently in the or in revised and expanded form. rEMN Shuttle: Opening Doors to "There was no malfunction per process of updating Students New the Freshman are encouraged to con- The MIT Health Plan is initiat- Science and Technology." A re- se," said John M. Fresina Handbook. If any sult with faculty. rCING of the student activ- The deadline is ing an infant car seat loan pro- ception will be held at 4pm in the Safety Office. A thermal protec- ity was not listed in last year's , Apr. 29. '.-SAT. gram. MIT Health Plan members Mezzanine Lounge, followed by tive device designed to prevent handbook r-until and would like to be and student families using the dinner at 5pm in the Sala. Tickets the alarm circuit from overload- listed Nominations '-2A.4,1 this year, please send a gen- are now being ac- MIT Pediatric Service are eligi- may be purchased in Lobby 10 or l I ing had cut off the-bells after eral description of 100 words to cepted for the John Asinari Award ble. Reservations can be made at through the NSBE office, room / about a-minute, he explained. Kim Coldwell, room for Undergraduate 7-103 by Research in the Health Education Service, 1-211, x3-4395. Tickets are $10, During spring and fall fire Wednesday, Feb. 23. the Life Sciences. All course VII E23-205, For more information, drills, $3 for students, and $2 for NSBE Fresina continued, the am- undergraduates are-eligible. For call x3-1316. members. bient temperature of the room The Student Telethon will contin- more information, please contact which contains the protection is ue until Feb. 24. If you'd like to Tom Lynch, room 56-524, x3- Two free lecture-discussions will much lower'than it is in the win- help, call either Rhonda Peck at 4711. The deadline for submis- Lectures be held 8pm Monday, Feb. 28 at ter. Since the device was already x3-8281, or Sue Berg atrx5-7284, sion is Apr. 29. the Institute for Remarriage and warm, it cut off the circuit much or drop a note to room 10-156. Professor Francis Bator, Har- Stepfamilies, 259 Walnut St., sooner than expected. The MIT U.H.F. Repeater Associ- vard's JFK School of Govern- room 10, Newtonville. The topics The Physical Plant electrical The !. Austin Kelly III Competi- ation offers radio communica- ment, speaks on "Unemployment are "Joint or Sole Custody in the shop and the Safety Office will tion is now open. The award is tions assistance to any MITevent and Inflation" Wednesday, -Feb. Stepfamily" and "Custody Issues either ventilate the room-contain- two prizes of $250.00 each for the free of charge. If you or your 16 at 8pm at Cambridge Forum, in Separation and Divorce." ing the device, or relocate the de- best papers in any of these fields: group are interested, contact 3 Church St., Harvard Square. vice to a cooler area, he said. Literary Studies, History, Musi- Richard D. Thomas, room W20- Free. "Dealing With Children During Seven Cam-bridge fire trucks cology, Anthropology, Archaeo- 401, or call 354-8262 for details. and After Separation" is the title and two ambulances responded logy. All full-time MIT under- The MIT Chapter of the Nation- of a free lecture-discussion to be to the fire. graduates are eligible, except pre- The 22nd edition of Serials in the al Society of Black Engineers will given 8pm Monday, March 7, at vious winners. Papers must be at MIT Libraries is now available. present Dr. Ronald McNair, the Riverside Family Institute, Microscope least 4000 words long (14 stan- The price is $10; MIT staff and Mission Specialist Astronaut at 259 Walnut St., room 14, New- dard typed pages). Papers may be students, $3. To order please send the NASA-LBJ Space Center, as tonville. is recovered - L _L -L· - -- L __ (Continuedfroim page I) Leitz, the company which made the instrumtent. Leitz then in- formed me, because I was trying to buy a new microscope from Graduate them at that time," Imanishi- Kari said. The Campus Police did not notify the Boston police "because the lab first told us the microscope had no identification num- ,I0 bers, and that it had been bought engineers. in parts. The area police will not take a report without identifica- Put Your Knowledge to Work tion numbers, ' McCluskey explained. The microscope was not returned -to the lab until last Fri- day.. "The Boston police wanted 'The Aerospace Corporation to keep it, as evidence for the plenig co(urt case," McCluskey said. "The lab told me this was If you prefer systems engineering to design and development, causing hardship on its research consider work, so I had to guarantee per- the scope of opportunities we offer. We are working on important sonal ,responsibility that if the military-space programs like the Space Transportation System, the Boston police released the micro- Defense Satellite Communication System and the Global Positioning scope, it would be returned to them when the case comes up." System. "It was certainly a pain for If you want a career that includes independent us," Imanishi-Kari commented. study and professional "What annoys me is that this growth, we want to talk with you. We need professional engineers place is left open - the outer with advanced degrees in electrical engineering or computer science doors to the building used to be for positions in the following disciplines: left unlocked. I'm sure it's the same throughout the Institute. Anybody can come in, and we COMPUTER SCIENCE have expensive equipment here. J ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING None of it is insured." Signal Processing Antenna & Microwave Systems Tufts and Boston Universities Comnputer Architecture post guards near outer doors at Radar Systems all times, according to Imanishi- Computer Networking Command & Telemetry Systems Kari. Harvard has a worker iden- Distributed Systems Conmmunications Systems tification card system. Softwvare Engineering The case remains under investi- LSI/VLSI Design & Analysis gation, McCluskey said. 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r --- ---- rts i -sgo ------ Swimmers split And ~ sf > N~ \x\a cs@ t ; s - ' ; against Amherst By Martin Dickau stroke and the 500-yard freestyle Despite a day's postponement boosted MIT's edge to 18, the fi- due to the snowstorm, the swim nal score ending up 61 52.

:i X eX teams finally took on the Lord The women found Amherst to E I ' < '· Jeffs of Amherst Sunday after- be a tough opponent, as the visi- ·h - noon and came away with a split tors dominated many events. - the men winning 61-52 and Standouts for MIT were Brenda v~~~ ,,. 4~. @ ~ > ,, , , ^ , , .;- .i ,, , ,. the women losing 90-49. Golianu '85, who was first in the

The men started the meet by 200-yard individual medley (IM); . M 4 2t ^, ' h , *'* oe ' '* capturing the 400-yard medley re- Marie Issa '86, who captured top lay for a 7-0 lead. The Lord Jeffs honors in both the 100-yard IM ·Ij;· -- closed the gap to three points and the 50-yard butterfly; and over the next four events, but Lori Blackwelder '86, who won Dave Bauer '83 won the l-meter the l-meter optional diving. diving, and Andy. Renshaw '85 The meet produced three more took first in the 200-yard butter- qualifiers for the Division III fly to give the hosts a 34-27 lead. national championships. Bauer Amherst moved-back to within and Bob Schoenlein'84 (200 yard ufi·ri·, four with a win in the 100-yard breast stroke) join Renshaw, h`· who t-x· "~\ ·· · ·· · ?. freestyle, but successive 1-2 fin- qualified earlier., in the men's c·- ishes in both the 200-yard back competitioh, and Ann Tulinsteff '83 (I-meter diving), who started her diving career as an MIT Tech photos by Omar Valerio freshman, joins Issa, the other Lori Blackwelder '86 (left) and Ann Tulinsteff '83 (right) competing in the 1-meter diving event last womian qualifier thus far. Sunday. ,. 8111111 - II ---lllplll·P Il--·l·PI I-P-·glLsC-e ------- II I a I H

Women's Basketball - The women's basketball team set the school record for most points scored in a single game Thursday night, whipping Wheaton 75-44. The Most Sophisticated Taaining Ground The previous mark was 73 points, set in 1979 against Pine Manor. Julie Koster '85 led MIT with 17 Flor iendear Ea~neeirl points and 13 rebounds. Terry Felts '84 and Cindy Robinson'84 each had 15, and Lisa Howard Isn't nThes Gund0 '86 chipped in with 13. The win moved MIT's record up to 8-9. Saturday's game scheduled at Trinity was snowed out and will be made up at a later date. The team's next game is Thursday night at WPI. Fencing - Despite the weather, It's on a Navy ship. get them fast. Because the men's fencing team got in two The Navry has ii E in the Navy, as your matches over the weekend, losing more 14-13 to New York University on than 1,900 _knowledge grows, So do Friday and 17-10 to Cornell on reactor-years of nuclear 3·ad~,"?·B~~your responsibilities. Saturday. Brad Nager '83, how- power experience id T-oday's Nuclear ever, won all fOur of his sabre more bouts. Another standout was than anyone else Navy is one of the most Russeil Holtz '84, who won four in America. The Navy ichallenging and reward- out of six matches in' foil. has the most sophisti- mg career choices a The women's fencing team had cated nuclear equip- _mman can make. And its three-game winning streak snapped by Cornell Saturday, 10- ment in the world. And that choice can pay off 5. Captain Ya-Pei Chang'83 won the Navy operates over half of the nuclear while you'r still in school. Qualified two out of four bouts and now reactors in America. jurors and seniors earn approximately has a 35-15 record for the year. Vivian Wang '84 also has been With a nuclear program like that, you $1,000 per month while they finish school. having a good year, with a 31-19 know the Navy also offers the most compre- As a nucleax-trainled officer, after 4 record. hensive and sophisticated nuclear training. years wath regular promotions and pay ice Hockev - The men's hockey club lost to Curry 5-4 on Thurs- Every officer in the Nuclear Navy increases, you can be earning as much as day, breaking a four-game win- completes a full year of graduate level $40X500.- That's on top of a full bnefts pack- ning streak. MIT's record is now technical training. Outside the Navy, this age that includes medical and dental care, 8-3 and, under Coach Joe Quinn, b kind of program would cost has a 33X11 mark over the last you thousands. and 30 days' vacation earned each year. three years. Two games were In the Navy, you're paid while you learn. As a nuclear-trained officer, you also snowed out over the weekend. Then, as a nuclear-trainaed officer, you earn a place among this nation's most The next scheduled game is supervise highly trained personnel in the qualified and respected professionals. So, Wednesday night at home against Suffolk at 7pm. operation of the most if you're mnjornng in Squash - The squash team was advanced nuclear NAVY OPPORTUJNITY W 203 nnath, engineering or blanked 9-0 by Bowdoin on Fri- propulsion plants r INFORMATIONCENTER the physical sciences, dav and was edged 5-4 by Ford- I P.O. Box 5000, Clifton, NJ 07015 ham Saturday. The team is now ever developed. You C Please send me more information about i send in the coupon. 2-15 on the season. The team's get a level of technical becoming an officer in the Nuclear Navy. (5Z>N ) MFnd out more about match againt Army scheduled for I and management First (Please Print) Last the molst sophisti- Sunday was postponed. Saturday I Address -- Apt. $ the squad travels to New Hamp- experience unequalled ca td training ground shire to take on Dartmouth. F anywhere else. 3 Citv State Ziv - for nuclear engineer- Wrestling - The wrestling team You get important I Age. tCollege/University_ _ i ing. Today's Nuclear came in second out of nine at the 1Ia. gE:*Year in College #GPA . 11 rei7%JLn Oz ULbU: :V.Lv Ci'- your I Nav. Niew Engiands on Saturday. Host AMajor/M~inor Plymouth State won the event Phone with an 87.25 score. MIT coming IA rea Code) Best Time to Call This is for general recruitment information. You do not have to fur. in with 83.25 points. Captain Ken nish any of the informnation requested. Of course. the mnore we knot, tfie more we can help to determine the kinds of Nasv vosi- Shull '84 and Steve Ikeda '85 tions for which you quaify. MAG 9/82 took tfrst in their weight classes. Earning second place were Tim Skelten '85. Pat Peters '85, and Mlark; Mvers '84. Tom Tiller '83 l~pvy Officers Get Besponibility Fast. and captain Steve Leibiger '83 both took thirds. This weekend the squad competes in the New England Conference Champion- ships at Coast Guard. ·a npla I----a ·,ll-·-,---3--c-m.ap- I PBISIPC -------I I-·--C-·I·C- -1 I- ---------I- --·---- ·- ---