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By Tony Zamparutti "The transmission of unofficial The Committee on Education- grades.to anyone for any purpose al Policy (CEP) will release to- is contrary to the intention and morrow its recommendations for spirit of the pass/fail system," the changes in the freshman pass/fail 1972 report claimed. system, including a requirement "A major way of addressing that freshmen be given hidden concerns raised by the pass/no grades for the spring term. credit system is to improve the ef- The faculty will discuss, and fectiventess of the student-advisor possibly take a vote on, the CEP relationship and to give students plan at its October 22 meeting. and advisors accurate, and time- The changes will take effect ly, information for making edu- -immediately upon faculty ap- cational decisions," the new EP proval," the CEP report states. report states. "Internal grades would be given Requiring hidden grades spring beginning with the end of the semester would provide better in- 1982-83 spring term." formation on student perfor- i'
The changes will be experimen- mance to freshmen and their ad- ,, tal, expiring after spring 1985, ac- visors, according to the CEP re- -· i cording to the report. At that port. 5· :.II..··: ':''· ;':·r·i ." :·:. · ' ;·- ··j·- .. ,,:i i time. the CEP may recommend The CEP decided not to rec- :.4 c -·· " ---- - - - - - ---- . I- - -I~b .- . . . ., .II~·I permanent changes to the pass/ ommend changes in the freshman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.. ;. .;-:; .:· - fail system. load limit, but to emphasize that Tech photo by Laurie Goldman The report recommends a four subjects and a seminar con- number of procedural changes in stitute a normal freshman load. The Angry Young Bees performed on the steps of the Student Center last Friday afternoon. -L- ·L·BYL L·IILsl II I sl b-- -s L------l -LJ - the freshman evaluation system, including. new freshman evalua- tion forms and new policies to encourage students and instruc- EEIS to retowate building fwVLSI researd tors to complete the forms. By Sam Cable cuitry in smaller integrated cir- its overhead charges for research continuing current research on The freshman pass/fail system Construction of new facilities cuits. Using' VLSI, over 100,000 in the new facilities to help pay manufacturing processes and ma- was intended to relieve the anxi- in building 39 for development of elements'- transistors, resistors, for the renovations. terials, Adler said. ety and pressure felt by freshmen, VLSI (Very Large Scale Integra- and the like - can be placed on There is not enough money Due to the complexity Of inte- engender a more mature educa- tion) will begin in the spring, ac- a quarter-inch square silicon presently available for buying grated circuits, design can be a tional motivation in students, cording to Richard B. Adler, as- chip, Adler explained. equipment, Adler said, but he major problem. Adler likened the and give freshmen more freedom sociate head of the Department Present facilities at MIT for in- hopes he will be able to raise designing an integrated circuit to to choose courses, according to' of Electrical Engineering and tegrated circuit design and fabri- enough money to buy new equip- preparing "a map of the United the 1972 report off tie Committees ''Conputer Science (EECS). ' c~idii are limited, according to ment and-is also'expecting dona- States containing details of each on Evaluation of Freshman Per- '"We have enough funds Adler. "We have not been able to tions of new equipment from alleyway ... It's not clear that formanc-e (CEFP), which re- pledged between industry and address what it takes to make a manufacturers. The facilities, he the way industry has broken up viewed the initial four-year pass/ government so that MIT is pre- whole chip from a fabrication said, will be ready no sooner the job is the best way. It's hard fail experiment. pared to go ahead on the build- point of view," he said. than early 1984, so funds for for industry to work on that "While many aspects of the ing and we are doing so," Adler Adler divided the cost of the equipment are not needed right question," he said. current Pass/No Credit system said. "If we had more [money] it new VLSI facilities into three ma- away. The VLSI facilities will involve are valued by students and Ficull- would be easier, but MIIT is satis- jor areas: renovating building 39 Adler hopes to meet operation- students, but their major impact ty . . . we have fallen short of [lits] fied that we have enough . . ." and relocating its occupants, pur- al costs through a yearly subsidy will not be on undergraduate earlier goals,"' the CEP report VLSI research is concerned chasing new equipment for the of $1 million from industry and work, Adler said. They will, how- states. with putting more computer cir- laboratories, and meeting oper- half a million dollars each year in ever, make EECS laboratory fTa- LII a - I IPLI ---- · -- a, I ---- -- = h -- -I- --- ational expenses. gifts. The balance, he feels, can cilities in building 13 available Adler estimated renovation be raised from research overhead. expressly for undergraduates. The costs at $l5 million, equipment "We now have $300,000 a year building 13 facilities are presently costs at $6 million, and oper- pledged for the next two or three serving undergraduate, graduate, ational costs at $3 million each years,' he said. "We don't need and advanced research work. year. -the whole million right away." "One chip can have a complex- MIT is relying heavily on gov- Research in the new VLSI fa- ity level of a whole spacecraft,' ernment funds for the VLSI pro- cilities will involve studying the Adler said. "We feel it's our job ject, Adler said. The Institute re- entire process of designing and to be sure that students are edu- ceived- permission from the manufacturing integrated circuits, cated to deal with that kind of Federal government to increase designing "unusual" circuits, and sitbution." Student activities file reports for ODSA.Visiting Co,plmittcee By Jake Tinio The Visiting Committee will chairman Javan Pattin '83. The Corporation Visiting examine the relationship of the EThke Tevch's report did not ad- Committee on Student Affairs, Office of the Dean for Student I dress the newspaper's relationship one of 28 specialized committees Affairs (ODSA) to student activi- to the Dean's Office. "We report- Tech pnoto by Winston Smith meeting regularly to review ties. Dean for Student Affairs ed only the' status and goals of MIT soccer was defeated last Wednesday MIT's academic and other de- Shirley M. McBay by Harvard. Shown asked several the organization," explained Ivan partments, I here is MIT Captain John English (#18). will convene Novem- student groups to file reports for Fong '83, chairman of' 1he Tech. mum e IPI e. I ---- IF------I I ber 7-9. the Visiting Committee. "The rnanaging board felt it The Dean's Office originally more appropriate to address is- lres C 0 Sasked five large student activities sues facing the Visiting Commit- Discipline Commn hea ira %,W; 9-VS -The Lecture Series Committee tee on the editorial pages of the (LSC), the Inter-Fraternity Con- newspaper.' By Thomas Huang The Office of the Dean for graduate students, holds hearings ference (IFC), the Student Center The Visiting Committee's meet- "The Committee on Discipline Student Affairs (ODSA) handles to decide complaint cases. A stu- Committee (SCC, the Under- ing will include an overview of is not like a court of law. It tries most major complaints between dent can contact the COD direct- graduate Association Finance student activities' organizational to avoid technicalities by merely students, Halfman said. The ly, Haalfman said, by writing the Board, and The Tch - to file re- structures, their influence on the reviewing the context of a case Dean's Office tries to get the par- committee's chairman, Associate ports. ODSA has since asked sev- "MIT undergraduate educational and then making a reasonable ties involved in a complaint to Professor Chryssostomo Chrys- eral other groups to report as experience," and the ODSA's role Judgement," said Associate Dean reach a compromise. It also has sostomidis. Decisions are made well. in student activities, according to [or Student Affairs Robert L. the right to put any student on by general consensus after a one- The IFC's report points out the the ODSA agenda. There will be Halfran '44. informal probation, if clear evi- hour hearing and 30 to 60 min- need for more faculty and admin- an open forum with students, The Committee on Discipline dence calls for such action. Final- utes of discussion, according to istrative involvement in student and the visit will conclude with (COD), a standing committee of ly, Halfrnan said, -ODSA can act Halfman. There are, however, no activities, according to IFC chair- an "executive session ... to dis- the facuity, exists to. "consider as a link between a dissatisfied specific regulations for decision- man Arthur Vasen '83. The re- cuss observations and recommen- such cases of alleged misconduct student and the Committee on making, Halfrnan noted. port has been submitted to dations." dIs shall be brought to its atten- Discipline. In nine cases out of ten, the ac- McBay, Vasen said. Corporation visiting commit- tion hy the Dean for Student Af- The Committee on Discipline cused has already agreed to hav- LSC sent a draft of its report tees meet every 12 to 18 months, falirs."according to the Rules of' (COD), which consists of faculty ing done something wrong, Half- containing a few "procedural but some meet as infrequently as I1()Flle lt members, undergraduate and I(Please turn to- pagec - 2) - I complaints" to McBay, said LSC (Please turn to page 2) M MI PAGE 2 The Tech TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER -21"L 1982 - - a Cormmittee to examhine ODSA A $75 STUDENTTAXV! (Continued froln page 1} After each visit, the conmmittee Unlike other committee reports. once every two years. according chairman submits a report to the Smith noted, the Visiting- Com- Students living in Back Bay - The Back Bay repre- to G regor), Smnith '30. of the Un- chairman of the MIT Corpora- mittee on Student Affairs report sentative in the state legislature wants to impose a de-rmrduate Research Opportuni-. tion containing the groups obser- is made available to all MIT stu- $75 tax on all students for the "privilege" of attend- ties Proorarn (UROP) office ind vations and recommendations. dents. ing higher education. Fight the $75 tax by register- chalirman of a recent visiting ing to vote and electing Gil Kaplaln, State Represen- comtmittee. Twenty visitinL, com- tative. 1m1ittees crrine to MIT kast sear, co mittee on D1i1s~111iplinee, Smith noted. YOU CAN-REGISTER A T: Li;ch committee is tailored to DSA review student eqases zict in zln "advisory czpzcico" to Sigma Phi Epsilon, 518 Beacon zin MIT depzirtent. Smilith Ax- (Continuedfrom page I) The COD dea;ls with offlelses Sept. 21 5-10pm plamind. The Visiting Comimtittee nman salid. The COD more often of' plagiarisni. cheating. harm to Delta Tau Delta, 416 Beacon on Student Ailff"irs, he said. "is in evAlItMt s the seriousness of an persons, property damnage. and act and dctermines ;tppropriatte other violatiolli. The committee Sept. 23 5-9pm w the position to look ,mt or discuss a 1n1tVhiInI sttudents co nmpltin punishment than it estalblishes does not normally· rule on infrac- The Fire House, Boylston & Hereford St. m 5'Llilt or inl7nocence. tions of' sits. state. find Federal Sept. 29 w thru Oct 1 ' 6-9pm r. EtLch visiting commnittce nor- In .l:.dneitic year 1981-82, the lawsF which d(t not i-nvolve the In- Oct 2 12-8pm E nilllv includes I 1-15 mlemlbers (')1) held six hcarinfs, resulting stitute. nor does it mediate com- inl (le infOrmazil prottltion. three Oct 5 6-10pm and one chajirmlan, .Al nomllinmted .plaints against Institute employ- hb lformal probhatliorns. o1e iuspell- a the Alumni Arssociaition. the ees or I'laultv nmemibers. A stu- City Hall (at Govt Center)95m M IT Corpormtion. sion, annJd 0l11C: XuPtllsion. acscord- or the Presi- dent wishing to file. a complaint dent of' the Institute. Smith in" tlo the l)eanlls Office. Ain in- daily, thru Oct 5 95p solid. a-aainst a I'acultv menober must Members fire chosen h uscd on firnill probaltionl remlains in 01- their interest or expertise il the SA' s records lior it stated period. do so with oge of' the special ;as- For more info, call 536-5461 _0 w·hilc ; formlI;ar protbationn remlalins sistants to the president, Mlarv P. _ __ comlmlittee's, palrtiCulalr subject r- ar Row e or Il ---- zirea~, and nleed Lot he N/lIT Zl.11- ill ll StUdenltS cmlcrnal transcript CIlarence (,. k'illialms. st - - I - - - II - '---- r. -- --- I 1ii. for tenl vears. Hali1;man said.
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Theatrical productions, manticism, which received its 11VO-part sverie~s exploring difjer- which are extraordinarily well-at- most potent expression i n Ger- encees betw een the -Briti~sh and tended, and presume an ability to many, was -aesthetically more While the purpose -and, indeed, the very existence -of Am~erican educational .s istemws. understand many levels of plot brilliant in its English form. Eng- Part ttvso wrill appear.FridaYl. } development. At a minimum, lish geography, with its rolling the Association of Student Servives may be questionable, the Returning to the Institute after Undergraduate Association (UA) Finance Board acted wisely pubs. provide opportunities for hills and non-navigable river!;, a year of study in Britain, I re- debate about political develop- also inculcated a sense of insular- in lending its support to the group's shuttle bus project. Such a ceived an awakening reminiscent ments or dissection of recent ity on residents of the smalll shuttle, efficiently and reliably operated, will provide a valu- of an early morning bath in the rugby matches. Nowhere, thank country villages. People concen- able service to a substantial segment of the MIT community. Charles. Is not MIT one of the God, will one find the superfi- trated on perfecting themselves, The Finance Board was rightly concerned, however, about world's premier institutions of cially humorous but ultimately their families and their local sur- the motives of the project's organizers. Michael Lopez '83, the learninig? If so, where had all the sad experience of a Lecture Series roundings; national affairs were defacto head of the Association of Student Services, holds the deep thinking that characterized Committee film. Everything that for the impractical, the noble, or seemingly titular position of UA Special Projects Coordinator. muchl of M IT's post-World War the British consider of lasting im- the power-hungry. Even todt.ls Lopez, by even his own account, has done nothing in that ca- 11 history gone, for all its pride in portance, especially in social ac-. London continues to retain much pacity, choosing, rather, to circumvent the established mecha- relevance, my school does not tivities, is centered about preser- of the atmosphere of the neigh- seem to care much about some vation and cultivat ion of the borhood, even though it is one ol' nism for undertaking projects such as the shuttle bus. UA Vice fundamental problems. As I lis- President Kenneth Meltsner '83 correctly noted Lopez "had no individual, not his destruction or the world's largest cities. The re- tened to the leaders of the dis- incorportion. markable thing for the studentort reason . .. to create a separate organization." tastefully apathetic Conservative The greatest British asset is history is that England was never One must wonder why Lopez seeks the student government's Gumby Party exhort unknowing their island. More than anything really infected with the regional] funding without its formal sanction. His insistence -that his freshmen at the R/O picnic, com- else, the English landscape has rivalries of a Germany, Italy, and group will not seek recognition as a student activity seems to parisons between my time in fed generation after generation of France; Welsh, Cornish, or Scot- be merely another attempt to bypass the system designed to England and at M IT'flew fast hungry imaginations with vistas tish separatism has really never protect the interests of undergraduate students, who bear the and furious. Most particularly, necessary to produce some time- been taker; seriously by Her M 'aj- cost of student activities and special projects. can the careerism and pragma- less literature and painting. Ro- esty's Government. tism that are the essence of the The US Association of Student Activities (ASA), the body Institute and many other Ameri- empowered to recognize student activities, must approve- the can universities be successfully Editorials,- marked,as such and-printed in a distinctive format, shuttle'bus project before it can receive the Finance Board's wed to the classical liberal arts represent the official opinion of The dTech. They are written by funds. "'The Association of Student Services does not exist," training received by tile United the Editorial Board, which consists of the chairman', editor-in- Lopez told the Finance Board, but references to the association Kingdom's college graduates? chief, managing editor, and news editors. appear in the bylaws of the shuttle bus project he submitted for The Institute could learn many Columns are usually written by members of The Tech staff and ASA approval, and abound in the shuttle bus proposal he pre- lessons from a nation like Great represent the opinion of the author, and not necessarily that of sented to the Finance Board. ASA should not granL recogni- Britain. The first is that under- the rest of the staff. tion to the shuttle bus project until Lopez eliminates the ambi- graduate education requires more guity surrounding the Association of Student Activities and its than just technical mastery of the continuing role in the project. field being. taught. The brilliant teacher has an instinct for theat- Oruc's View .If Lopez and the Association of Student Services -or what- rics, a sense of timing, and a firm ever he chooses to call his group -- put as much effort into command of the grammar and By Oruc Cakmakli implementing the shuttle bus project as they have into circum- vocabulary of English. One lec- venting the IUA's structure, the bus will prove to be a valuable turer of international relations at asset to the Institute community. the London School of Economics (LSE) enthralled crowds of stu- dents at 9 a.m. sessions with his Yul Brenner-like renditions of the history of warfare: at MIT~one is fortunate to find a teacher who' %I& 4 speaks in anything other than a I monotone. The English under- little In May, Cambridge Police, at the Institute's request, re- stand that inspiration is the root trial moved the food vendors from their accustomed places'along rOf creativity, the Institute encour- Massachusetts Avenue. Prior to their expulsion, 'up to a dozen ages plodding incrementalism as 11 till vendors sold a variety of foods on. campus. MIT now- plans to the best encouragement for intel- allow only four vendors to service the entire community. lectual progress. The Institute claims complaints from offices along Massa- It gloes without saying that a li . I chusetts Avenue about the smell of food, sanitary problems, sense of history influences British and interference with street parking, the pedestrian crosswalk, education in a way that it never jil (II and the MBTA's bus stop prompted its request. MIT has, at could in the United States. The colleges of Oxford and Caim- III best, cited only anecdotal evidence that these problems do in- bridge were founded as early as deed exist. MIT will choose from more than four spots on cam-- -the 1200s, and claim a' singularly if pus to put the vendors. No' one has explained why only four impressive line of alumni: Issac vendors will be allowed to operate on campus or whether four Newton, Benjamin Disraeli, Ar- t 11 I vendors can adequately meet the demand for accessible, inex- nolid Toynbee, Wi ll iam Wo rds- pensive, and varied sources of prepared food on the MIT cam- worth, find virtually every other -11 pus. prominent figure in British arts, 41 Many members of the Insti-tute community choose to pa- sciences, and public affairs over tronize the vending trucks. The long lines that form near the ,the past five centuries. Even at trucks demonstrate the vendors' popularity with students, em- colle-e founded as 'recently as the il t ployees, and faculty members. 1890 S. LSE, hats been fertilized h%, Some mtind-bogglinlg taenl!t.s: Allowing the food vendors to operate on the'MIT campus, George Bernard Shaw, John F. 11 R u rather than Massachusetts Avenue, is a1 good idea-, limiting rKennedv, Friedrich van Havek, a. 14 lp i healthy competition aInd the choices a~vailable to members of aund Mick Jagger, to name a few. I I the community, however, is not. The *grealt thinkers of the past O I I I halve a1 ferv direct bearing on d, I e I qu a O~~~vanK. Fong '83 -Chairman one's own performance: essays Jerri-Lynn Scofield '83- Editor-inl-Chief and c~onversaltional. abilitv are a 0. I a, V. Michael Bove '83 -Managing Editor covmpalred not to the work of peers, but to the alccomplish- X William L. Giuffre '84-Business Mlanager ments of Harold MacMillan or I Volume 102. Number 38 Islaac Newton durina. their time Tuesday, Septemnber 21, 1982 as students. I was once informed _ .~- by my tutor in political philos- perfor- SPORTS DEPARTMENT oPhy that my dismtal Sports Editor: Martin Dickau '85; Staff: Rich Auchus '82, Brian inance on a particular essay w as Schultz '84. Arthur Lee '85. Robert E. Malchman '85. due less to my inadequacy than to the tract that John Stuart Mill PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE hard been the only person to re- Night Editor: Daniel J1. Weidman '85; Staff: Amy S. Gorin '84. ceive al superior grade in that Barry S. Surman '84, Richard Mlynarik '86. Michlelle Sernaker '86. SUbes~t! Linda Webb '88. Connected with the phenom- enon o)f British universitv educal- tion Lis living history is a certain The Tech (ISSN 0 148-9607) is published twice a week durirng the academic elec;ance in extracurricular affairs year (except during MIT vacations), weekly during January, and once during la¢cki n( in Arnericat. 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Sign up for an appointment now at your placement oPG ce. And pick up some Gulf literatgtre for background information. Because this year promises to be a great year for new energy. And we can't think of a better place to look than here. DA T E OCTOBER 12 gl 13 (:hemacaI Es*.& Comp. Sci. Majors I T r .. _ IC -/.I _ _ _ _ - -...... For a 15s3A xZOuI/color posterof this illustration, please send your request to: Poster, College Relations. P.O. Box 1166, Pittsburgh. PA 15230. C(Gulf Oil Corporation An Equal Opportunity Employer TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1982 The Tech PAGE 7 _M la I- -~ia~·~ -cs~al·B~·~Bs~B~B1I the one most unlike the Who. It's I called "Eminence Front," and I begins with what sounds like a Who's hard teenager trying to play the open- I ing to "Baba O'Riley" on a syn- i thesizer. However, it gets more I on a intricate as synth parts start It's Hard. The Who on Warner holds up when cranked put, layering and a funky bass breaks Brothers Records. good set of speakers. Simply Entwistle's playing drives the al- in. That's right, the Who play and they raise to new lev- I heard about eight tracks bum in much the same way that funk, els. It's the most innovative thing THE MOST IMPIDRTANT MONEYMPOWER DISCOVERY from IIts Hard the day it was re- Moon's drumming did on- pre- from the Who since INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION leased in Philadelphia. The radio vious albums. I've heard SINCE THE '"My Generation." Pete also Stations had gotten a hold of it Roger Daitrey is, was, and al- NOW EVEN COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN BECOME Daltrey, titan- shows a sense of humor in that morning and were simply ways will be Roger hMONEY/POWER GIANTS playing it to death all day. I don't ium-throated mega-stud. Enough "Cooks County." The line "Peo- ple are suffering/l'll say it again" blame them. It's got to be the said. an entire to prosper - even you're almost bored The discovery of dinary people best The Who have done since In the past several years Pete repeats until in the with the song, when suddenly new field of knowledge has been flourish - anywhere Quadrophenia. As soon as I got a Townshend has become quite a song/is so long/it made by Dr. Frank R. Wallace, world. Last January, NTP co- chance I ran out and bought it skillful guitar player. It's a you hear "This This is a former Senior Research Che- lumnist Efic Savage obtained and I've been listening to it at change from the days when Pete ends up where it begins." also something new from Pete: mist for E.I. du Pont de Ne- this information from Dr. Wal- least twice a day since then. merely beat his guitar to death political message. mours &i Co. Since mid-1976, lace at his home in southern Anyway, the Who are definite- on stage and in the studio. As songs with a the Dr. Wallace has worked to un- Nevada. For a copy of this re- ly back, although they aren't the well as amp-blowing power- "Cooks County" is about of poverty throgh- cover. a powerful array of new vealing information, send $1.00 same Who we know and love. chords we have some good rne- ever-presence "I've Known No knowledge called NEO-TECH. (check, cash or postage) to cover The most obvious difference is lodic solos, which fit to the songs out history and War" is about the inevitability of new knowledge allows or- postage and handling to: the absence of drummer Keith well and are by no means self-in- That Moon following his untimely and dulgent. Pete manages to give us nuclear war. will be short I & O Publishiing Co. incredibly useless death from al- a well-executed and lyrical solo The glimpse in the sky 1209 S. Casino Center Boulevard coholism four years ago. The on "'Cooks County" and some Fireball line battle cries Las Vegas, Nevada 89104 Who replaced him with Kenny really rowdy guitar work at the No front heard and the button is Jones whose drumming talent end of "Cry If You Want". Can be -- - J Now we come to the major pushed ------was noticeably missing from their LI -- - surprise of the album' I was a lit- By a soul that's been bought previous album, Face Dances. I THIS FA L L FIND O UT WH Y admit that his playing was capa- tle disappointed by the writing In short, this album is a must- fan. It's got ble, but it just didn't match the on Pete Townshend's last solo al- buy if you're a Who most on rhythmic power of Moon's lyrical bum, All the Best Cowboys Have twelve strong songs (the Intercity's pounding. I am pleased to an- Chinese Eyes. I realize that Pete's a single Who album since the six- nounce that Jones has learned to albums never are as hard-hitting ties). I can't guarantee you'll like play since then and that the as Who albums, but I was afraid it (a poll of my friends who are Who fans yielded two · Homemnakers drums on It's Hard are the best that Pete was getting a little hard-core I've heard in a while. wimpy in his old age, and that yes votes and two no votes) but John Entwistle is the reason the writing on It's Hard might be it's worth the cost just to hear are t e Best! same. Well, I was ex- Entwistle play the electric bass this album is so great. His mas- more of the iWE OFFER YOU: tery of the electric bass, as well tremely pleased by both the brave like it's never been done before. as his proficiency with horns and experimentation on some tracks Oh, here's an interesting excerpt + Choice of Location synthesizers, simply carry the al- and the sheer energy of other ob- from "Cry If You Want:- Flexible Hours tracks. The Yesterday the-day before bum. His bass playing is the best viously 'old' Who r Home Health Aide Training - since "The Real Me" from Quad- best of the 'old' Who are two When you were young with rophenia, on which he just outdid songs, both written by John much to learn *An experienced agency with supervisors himself. Unfortunately this could Entwistle. "One At a Time" is a Aren't you glad it's your last who understand your needs be a major factor in the amount horn and bass laden song about term of radio play this album receives. John's favorite subject, his hatred No more acting lowly worm I NT ERCITY HOMEMUIAKER SERVICE, INC. You can make the suckers AM music-radio playlists are not for his wife, while.."Dangerous" Equal Employment Opportunity/ generally progressive enough to is an eerie composition about squirm Affirmnative Action Employer much include music of this type. Ideal- fear in the streets, musically rem- When you tell them how 321-6300 or 623-5210 you earn. ly, you should check this album niscent of Quadrophenia. My fa- Interviews in Your Area Ray Henry album is also . out under headphones, but it still vorite cut from the - I -- . - - i - - - ,-- , , - - , - --- z"" ,t II -- _--· -- I--- The world of communications is changing at an unprecedented pace. Here is an industry where Tech r iue your fresh ideas and energy will be welcome. Satellite and cable technologies will soon dominate the most vast communications is still not ink network imaginable. You can contribute to this exciting evolu- tion when you join our elite engineering community. Thinking strategically led us to our position as an acknowledged international leader in the design and manufacture of equipment for satellite comrnunications, cable eFebrulary1982 We missed adeadlinee. television, energy management, and home security systems. 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Coach MIT Room 8-105 First half action was dominat- Walter Alessi of MIT comment- ed, ed by Nichols as the team out- In the second half, MIT domi- "We just did not capitalize on shot the Engineers I I to 5. With nated the action, outshooting Ni- some scoring opportunities." The team about sixteen minutes left, MIT's chols II to 4. However, 37:39 also missed some key play- defense broke down as Nichols' into the second half, Nichols' ers including co-captain John Busa '83 Andy Bonzagni set up a shot for Dave Delisle capitalized on a due to a pulled ham- string. Greg Rose, who booted the ball Don Fitzman assist and put Ni- past goalie Sang Hoon Han '85 chols into what proved to be a The Engineers' next home for a l-0 lead. But with 7:53 to permanent lead. Playing against game is today at 3pm against go in the half, MIT co-captain. what little time they had, the En- WPI in Steinbrenner Stadium. m Footal downs Savvk 20-8 By Martin Dickau In the third quarter MITadded Jeff Olson in 1980 against Buffa- Strong defense and offense, in- to its lead as the Martinelli-- lo State. E cluding a record-setting perfor- McKinnon connection again mance by fullback Dan Curran came through, a forty-eight-yard Roger Williams' only score came in c '85, powered the football team to touchdown pass. Hastings' kick the fourth quarter when the Seahawks a 20-8 thrashing of Roger Wil- made the lead 14-0. A minute lat- put together an eighty-one-yard liams Saturday afternoon. The er, defensive back Rich Sapienza drive which saw Andy Vollaro take the ball the fi- victory raised the Engineers' sea- '86 intercepted a Parris pass, set- r nal seven yards for son record to 1-1 and their record ting up another scoring opportu- a touchaown. Vollaro also got against the Seahawks to 4-0. nity for the Engineers. the call on the two-point conversion try, MIT opened the scoring mid- A drive powered by a fifty- making way into the first quarter on a four-yard run by Curran ended the final score 20-8. -seventy-two-yard drive capped by with Martinelli taking the ball The Engineers now look ahead a twenty-t~hree-yard touchdown I the Final three yards for a 20-0 to next Saturday's home game e pass from Vin Martinelli '85 (5-9, lead. Curran had 118 yards in ten against Fitchburg State. Last B 109 yards, 2 TD's) to Stu McKin- carries, breaking the old single- year Fitchburg hosted MIT and non (4 receptions, 100 yards, 2 g;ime record of 108 yards set by shut it out 1'9-0. TD's). The g kick by Tim Hastings I G made the lead 7-0. e Early in the second quarter, Roger Williams tried to come j .port in .. ice back, getting possession of the ball at the M IT seventeen and There will be a meeting tomor- marching down to the one. The row at 8pm in the McCormick Anyone interested in taking Films e defense, however, stood Firm and living room for all people inter- for the football club should forced Seahawk quarterback Ray ested in the Volunteers for Youth contact coach Dwight Smith at Parris to fumble. Engineer line- (VFY) program. For informa- x3-5018, Ken Cerino at x3-7946, backer Jon Opalski '84 recovered tion, call Arunas Chesonis at or leave a message at The Tech's sports desk. the ball. 536-1300. 1 I~ -z- z ---- P-p2= b,1 :- : :llb ------1% - - 1------cc : b* ,- - a2a ;M- oc - - -- .1I I- I E 'All the items you I I P A 1-1 D A DO0 E submit, we prit, Ir gte ktXAMS a r Tuesday, September 21, 1982 I -~~~ .- .- .- .- - E 6 Is Harvard to Invade, Jom' the ASA Mobilizes High Command I a In a surprise move this weekend, Har- a vard has announced its intention to in- vade MIT. The ASA has called a special If you're interested in real power, why meeting to combat this threat and to not join the Corporation Joint Advisory i re elect new officers for the coming term. Committee? If you think that you can be .E Representatives from all ASA activities one of the few and powerful, write a- g ;hould attend this meeting; MIT's future short essay on "Why I Want to Join ais al independent entity may depend on CJAC" and send it to Ken Segel, Room it. ASA General Committee elections W20-401. All decisions of our judges will will be held Wednesday, Sept. 29 in the be final. Special emphasis will be placed War Room (Student Center Room 400) on speed in answering this notice. Designer edition UA News by V. Michael Bove e at 7:30 pm. Call Jonathan Miller (x5- i 6211) for more information. Every War Harvard Espionage i Needs a Band Ruins MIT Academics Learn How to Freshmen! Jump-Start People Start In an attempt to provide entertain- In another surprise move this week- Fighting ment for our fighting boys, the MIT end, Harvard spies have infiltrated Marching Band has been formed. Every- MIT's academic rules and regulations. for Your one is invited, and kazoos will be pro- The Student Committee on Educational wil YeUR PART!s A course in CPR Rights! vided for those gallant souls lacking con- Policy (SCEP) will be meeting on Thurs- will be given in two sessions: ventional (or unconventional) day, Sept. 23 at 7:30 pm in Student ;. 25 Cen- 1:00 pm-5:00Q~ pm Saturday, Sept. Get involved in the fight against the instruments. The next rehearsal is ter Room 400. The freshman and I grading I Harvard terrorists! Your Freshman Thursday, Sept. 23 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 proposal, especially the distribution of 9:00 am-1:00 pm Sunday, Sept. 26. Council will meet TONIGHT at-7:30 pm pm at Steinbrenner Stadium (the foot- freshman grades, will be discussed. This Classes will be given in Room 491 of the in the Master Suite Lounge at Baker ball field). The Band will be playing at is your chance to flame and protect MIT Student Center. No previous experience House. Start on your petitions - all you Saturday'sI game against Fitchburg from the evil Harvard forces. SCEP also is 1 required. The course will include prac- need to join the council is 40 signatures State. Also, veterans of the Marching has a large number of interesting pro, tice on mannequins (you don't think from other freshmen, but come to the Band should return all their music- jects that you can be involved in as part they'd allow you to practice on real peo- meeting whether or not you have them. 11the Band needs it for their gallant fight. of our long-term defense. New fighters ple, do you?). Please call x3-3788 in ad- Call Rich Cowan for more information j Questions?I Call x5-8632 or x5-8566. for freedom and justice are always ei- vance to enroll. (x5-6485). I come. 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