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MfT'S The Weathern Oldest and Largest Today: Partly cloudy, 65°F (I 7°C) Tonight: Increasing clouds, 44°F (7°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Early showers, 58°F (14'C) Details, Page 2 Volume II 2, Number 24 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, May 1, 1992 Clay Appointed Head Of Urban Studies I By Sarah Y. Keightley department hopes to emphasize ASSOCIA TE NERWS EDITOR more undergraduate teaching. The Professor Phillip L. Clay PhD department is working on "attractive '75 was recently named head of the plans" to be announced in the fall, Department of Urban Studies and involving classes where students Planning. His appointment will take will apply scientific knowledge to effect July 1. social problems, Clay said. Jean P. De Monchaux, dean of With the new plans, international the School of Architecture and students from developing areas Planning, appointed Clay to replace could be given policy perspectives Donald A. Schon, the current to make their knowledge useful at department head. The department home and in international organiza- head serves a four-year term. tions, Clay said. On the domestic Clay has been the associate head side, issues like transportation and of the urban studies and planning environmental policy may be incor- department for two years. porated into classes. Schon said, "I think it's a splen- Clay said there is a "similar did appointment. Phil will be a first- interest on the graduate side." class department head." Schon also Though the programs are currently said that Clay has a natural talent in good shape, the department hopes for administration. to "strengthen them, raise program Lois A. Craig, associate dean for funds, and participate more fully in the School of Architecture and current issues," he said. Planning said, "The Planning Clay helped with the 1987 feder- Department has always chosen an alI study on the Nei ghborhood internal candidate. It is part of the Reinvestment Corp., and later was citizenship of tie department." part of the commission which rec- Craig added that the change is an ommended a policy that became "orderly, predictable process," part of the Housing Act of 1990. because Clay was the department's Clay is a member of the policy and associate head for the past two research advisory councils of the years. Federal National Mortgage Clay said he is still in the Association, consults for several process of working out an agenda government agencies and founda- for the fall. He did say that the tions, and has published two books. I, . _--~ I, I . .1-_= I . 1, . 1 1 __ . F Repligen Container Bulgs; Student Opirion of Life Fee Van es By Alice N. Gilchrist McGeever said the UA will not Schneider added that he liked the Toxdc Chemical Leak Averted STAgFr RE]'OR MRR "hold the results as any kind of idea of a student life fee, but that it By Jeremy Hylton Karl R. Peters '95 summed up mandate," but added that they are shouldn't be mandatory. AM NAGINVG EDITOR most undergraduates' opinions of "an indicator of student opinion." Judy C. Pang '94 also didn't A bulge in a tank of waste material in a Repligen Corp. storage the student life fee when he said, "It Provost Mark S. Wrighton said think the athletic card should be facility forced the evacuation of approximately 1,500 people from sounds okay." he supported student control of included in the fee. "I wouldn't office buildings near the One Kendall Square site Wednesday morn- A referendum was held April 23 activity funds. "I support students want to pay the fee because I don't ing. The material was removed by the Cambridge Fire Department. and 24 to assess student views on enhancing resources according to use an athletic card," she said. Pang The 30-gallon plastic tank, containing cyanogen bromide, hydro- what the proposed student life fee their desires," Wrighton said. thought that buying an athletic card gen, formic acid, and water, had expanded to one-and-a-half times its should cover. Students were asked Wrighton noted he had not been told should be "up to students them- size when discovered by Repligen employees, according to Capt. to indicate their opinion on several that the referendum had occurred, selves." Gerald R. Rearden of the Cambridge Fire Department. The tank was issues, including whether athletic however. Some members of the UA intended to hold byproducts of Repligen chemical production, but cards should be eliminated. Another Students voiced their biggest thought that including the athletic "something else got into the tank and caused this problem," Rearden question asked whether administra- concerns about the athletic services card in the fee would be beneficial. said. tors or students should control the fee, which would automatically be YevgenyGurevich '94, a UA Next Repligen called the fire department to the scene at about 10:30 money available for student activi- charged to all undergraduates if the House representative, said the fee a.m., according to Ramesh Ratan, a Repligen vice president. A crew ties. fee proposal is enacted. The fee would "solve the problem of stu- of nearly twenty firefighters responded, dousing the building with Students voted strongly in favor would eliminate the need for athlet- dents who don't pay the current fee water and depressurizing the tank. of the student life fee and gave less ic cards. Oliver Schneider '95 said, taking advantage of other people" Working in encapsulated suits, ten firemen worked to depressurize enthusiastic support to paying the "Some students don't want to use who pay the fee.. About 3,000 peo- the tank. They removed the chemicals without incident. The waste athletic fee. Undergraduate athletic facilities and I am against was disposed of by Zecco Co., a Needham-based waste disposal com- Association President Stacy them having to pay for a card." Referendum, Page 6 pany. If they had escaped the room, the chemicals posed a danger both because cyanogen bromide is poisonous and because there was a chance the hydrogen would explode. "It could [explode] at any time," Collee Bowl Captures National Lyle Rearden said. Workers were evacuated from neighboring office buildings and a By Eric Richard mark. The team's alternate, Pope, who block of Cardinal Medeiros Ave. was roped off for much of the day. STAWFREPORTER Going into the final round, MIT participated in two of the team's 15 The tank was stored in "a room designed for the product with all MIT's College Bowl team gar- was tied with both Cornell and the round robin matches, said "It was the necessary safety guards," Rearden said. The room had several nered its first national title in the University of Pennsylvania, forcing great. It was very challenging, and I depressurized doors and was explosion-proof. It met all safety codes, College Bowl national champi- the use of cumulative points to am glad we came out on top." Rearden said. onship last weekends defeating make a selection. MIT's 4,210 "Stanford had been protesting a Stanford in two consecutive match- points edged out Penn by 15 points lot during its matches.... A lot of L es for the championship. The team and surpassed Cornell's 4,160 people seemed to be pulling for us consisted of captain James P. Sarvis points. [in the final round]," Pope said. '93, Eric S. Tentarelli '95, Kyle Ted E. Johnson, co-coach of the Johnson added, "it is always nice Pope '92, Larry W. Hunter G. and team, described the win as "a really to beat Stanford." INSIDE Daniel A. LaGattuta G. nice honor for a school like MIT. It In addition to its first place team The competition, held at George shows that students have a broad finish, MIT was represented by two n New satellite data sup- mStudents perform a grip- Washington University, featured a range of knowledge. ... I think it contestants on the All Star Team. 15-round tournament to determine was really great. It was really disap- LaGattuta and Hunter, both students ports inflationary theory of ping Childrenof aLesser which teams qualified for the final pointing in 1990 to lose to the in the Sloan School of Management, round. After the round robin compe- University of Chicago [in the were voted-to the All Star Team by the universe. Page 7 . God. Page 10 tition, the MIT team had an 11-4 national finals], and this really made I~ I..., record,,_, second to Stanford's 12-3 up for it." Bowl, Page 7 - ~ -- . - .-,O! f< <; Z S .t re . s$ei y 11992 -x., -T./ Page 2 THE TECH May 1, 1992- WORLD & NATION U.N. Diplomats Meet to Draft Global Wanming Greaty Bu Expcte . t Vet .* LOS ANGELkS TIMES UNITED NATIONS In an I Ith-hour effort, diplomats from more than 100 countries opened the final round of negotiations here Thursday to draft an unprecedented treaty to reduce global warming. By Helen Dewar dates, limit personal spending by Democrats "came here looking Negotiators are under intense pressure to produce a draft treaty by TIHE WASIHING7TN fPOSI wealthy candidates and close other for an election-year fight" with the end of next week. If they do not succeed, they warn, it is unlikely WASHINGT'ON loopholes through which special Bushjfully aware the president that an accord will be ready for signing by world leaders when they The Senate approved and sent to interests influence campaigns and "will veto the bill for the simple rea- convene in June in Rio de Janeiro for a major conference on the envi- President Bush Thursday a bill to the conduct of congressional busi- son that it is a terrible bill," said ronment and development.