Students Appointed to Key Economic Posts Within the Clinton Administration, MIT Stands to Gain Strong Influence in Washington

VTHE H E T E C H Volume 113, Number 1 Section 2 Friday, January 29, 1993

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Harassment Suit Raises Policy Issues While both Professor Gabriel R. Bitran and MIT were eventually cleared of any wrongdoing, the sexual harassment suit brought against them by Marina R. Erulkar SM '92 raised serious questions about the Institute's policy on handling sexual harassment allegations. Story, Page 6

Clinton Win Means Good News for MIT With its former graduate students appointed to key economic posts within the Clinton administration, MIT stands to gain strong influence in Washington. Moreover, many of the issues Clinton has promised to address may bring significant change to MIT, especially in research funding allocation and the ban on homosexuals in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Story, Page 8 thr i0 Rastn lude, bsi L "'UP " 1 - = gl Incrase afey Cocerna

is also not patrolled by Campus Police. -two on each of the Boston and Cambridge Eva Moy dered, By Memorial Drive "traditionally has had its problems routes - in late December, in response intense uring the past year, crimes against nmem- after dark," Glavin said at a Baker House meeting student pressure following Raustein's murder. The 'I ,7tfs bers of the MIT community were a con- after Raustein's death. "You could walk down two new vans are fully accessible to the handi- stant reminder that MIT is an urban eam- there 10 times and never have a problem, but the capped, as required by the Americans with Dis- Funding Refusal pus, subject to the problems of the city eleventh time you might.... The bottom line is abilities Act of 1992. that surrounds it. that this tragic incident points out very graphically Growing demand also hastened the expansion. Draws MIT into The murder of Yngve K. Raustein '94 galva- the risks of criminalization in an urban area." In its first year of operation, A Safe Ride provided into discussion and imple- about 25,000 rides. Glavin estimated that total rid- nized the community Murder acted as catalyst Art Controversy mentation of improvements in security and raised ership for 1992 would exceed 50,000. The combination of Raustein's murder and the "It's been a big success, but the present Safe MIT was dragged into a national the level of safety awareness on campus. controversy about the federal "It's unfbrtrlate that it takes a tragedy like this wave of crimes which followed helped speed Ride system is a victim of its own success," action on many proposals, which had been dis- Glavin said. government's role in funding art to get people to talk about the concerns they might when the National Endowment for to themselves," said Nancy J. cussed for some time but not carried out. Before the expansion, students complained that have otherwise kept refused to fund the Schondorf '93. The community's response to the murder did not come often enough or stop long enough. the Arts And although these solutions brought the Insti- addressed a broad range of safety concems, from Glavin predicted that the average wait should now "Corporal Politics" exhibit at the tute a step closer to a safe community, many on the expansion of the Safe Ride shuttle to increased be about 15 minutes, although she speculated that List Visual Arts Center. The exhibit popularity campus continued to feel impeded- not by a lack student participation in promoting crime aware- it could increase as the service's was saved, however, when the concern, but by lines of police juris- ness. Community members are taking a more increases. Boston-based rock band Aerosmith of funding or working with Campus drawn to exclude certain sidewalks, streets, active role in promoting their own security - The GSC is currently donated $10,000 for the project. diction to try to develop a set time schedule, living groups. from participating in Project Awareness and Grad- Police The exhibit, which has received and to a bus schedule," Glavin said The Harvard Bridge, a daily part of many stu- uate Student Council safety efforts to improving "something similar rave reviews, will remain on After that, the GSC may look into dents' lives, "is not an area that' we patrol, because their personal safety through self-defense classes. in December. display at the List Center until other issues, including the addition of more stops, it's a little far-flung from our legal jurisdiction," A Safe Ride doubles efforts Feb. 14. chief of Campus Police. said Anne P. Glavin, Safety, Page 4 Story, Page 7 Memorial Drive, where Raustein was mur- The Safe Ride program expanded to four vans Januar.y 6

t Defoge Contract Audit m Agency, as part of its investiga- -..MNMNF- tion into the indirect cost billing practices of several univei- ties, rtcmmends that Mt with* draw $22 million of requests for nation's woes. Fiascoes like the House of Rcprc- ing. Neither party admits any guilt or lends any reimbursement of research- By Jeremy Hylton sentatives banking scandal increased public dis- merit to the other's claims. Many members of the relate expenses. have a friend who once described himself as a gust with politicians. literature faculty were accused of harassment and "pessimistic idealist." This oxymoron may In 1992, the people of this nation were faced now have no opportunity to clear their names. The january 13 sound a little too much like some kind of with a government which didn't seem to listen to information blackout has simply aggravated the sophomoric angst, but the idea strikes at the them or care about their concerns. The students of situation. The -New Hampshire Fire Mare heart of my reactions to the past year. I want to MIT faced a similar situation. A student was In similar fashion, the House Dining Commit- shai rules that the cause of a maintain a faith that the world is changing for the robbed at gunpoint crossing the Harvard Bridge. tee kept students in the dark about the future of fire which desroyed an MIT Out-. better, but events force me to realize that as often Despite its status as a major thoroughfare for MIT dormitory dining halls. In April the committee as students, the bridge isn't patrolled by Campus announced a plan that would charge residents of iog lub cabin is unrleefrained. not, the world is changing for the worse. 1992 was a year that injected a profound sense Police - not simply because they don't have the four dormitories $1,300 in addition to the cost of of pessimism into the idealized sense of MIT I manpower to do an adequate job (though that may food to eat in their dining halls. Strong student January 17 have tried to preserve. MIT may be one of the pre- be a problem), but because - as Chief of Police criticism of that proposal eventually forced the miere research institutions in the world -- this Anne P. Glavin explained -- "it's a little far-flung committee to maintain the status quo. Despite Te De temporarily halts its year MIT biologists mapped the Y chromosome from our legal jurisdiction." these events, the Academic Council later approved audit because of what it calls and the Department of Electrical Engineering and On occasion, events elsewhere overshadowed a plan without soliciting any direct student input. these kinds of campus events. Clinton's election "'hanging Circumstances, Computer Science created a new five-year degree Though students grappled with many adminis- program that may prove to be a model for other brought hope that the ban on homosexuals in the which include a $778,261 pay- - trative policy problems, faculty and students universities - but the murder of a classmate military and in MIT's Reserve Officers' Training seemed to develop a better relationship. The facul- mert by MIT to the fedeat gow brings a heady dose of reality: this institution lies Corps would be reversed and that the National ty listened to student calls for minor programs in emment. in a city that faces the same urban crime problems Endowment for the Arts would stop denying every department and unanimously approved that plague every other metropolitan area. grants on political grounds, as was apparently the . *-~~~~~ .. ~~~~~~~~~~. them. The physics department created a new ver- Certainly events around the world encouraged case when it refused to fund the List Visual Arts sion of Physics I (8.01L), aimed at helping stu- that same pessimism. The beating of black Center's "Corporal Politics" exhibit. dents without strong calculus backgrounds do well motorist Rodney King reminded me once again Members of this community can do little to that racism, attacked so vociferously within acade- affect problems like discrimination in ROTC or mia, remains a powerful force in the real world. the politicization of arts funding, but on-campus Perhaps students were partly to blame for being The Los Angeles riots that resulted when King's events are a different matter. Lawsuits filed against left out of the administration's decision-making assailants were acquitted call into question the MIT and its staff by Marina R. Erulkar SM '92 process. When the Undergraduate Association apparent stability of our basic social structures. and literature Professor Cynthia G. Wolff generat- held a referendum that could have given students The election of Bill Clinton as president of the ed criticism of the Institute's handling of harass- greater control over funding for activities, only United States encouraged hope among many ment - criticism both that guidelines for the 626 students voted. Voter turnout for the UA pres- Americans - or at least among Americans fed up accusers are unclear and that the accused are inad- idential elections was also pitifully low. with 12 years of Republican trickle-down econom- equately protected. I'd like to welcome you to 1993. As the year ics - that the economy would improve after a The result of Erulkar's lawsuit points to some begins, I ask you to reflect on the events and issues lengthy recession and a decade that saw the gap hope for change. The actual guilt or innocence of of 1992; many of the problems we faced in 1992 between rich and poor grow and the ranks of the the professor she accused is a matter fbr the courts continue to face us today. I encourage you to middle class shrink. to decide, but whether MIT's policy for handling approach the vear with the same idealism I will Arthur C. Snith It was probably a false optimism - at least on her complaint was a good one is a matter for the The Institute has the opportunity to develop a my part. While Clinton and fellow Democrats MIT community to decide. The rally on the steps comprehensive policy for handling sexual harass- attacked Republican mismanagement and ptchned of 77 Massachusetts Ave. is a clear sign that the ment and a dormitory dining plan that servecs the January 27 cornball sound bites like, '"Fhere's still a place community wants changes -- and hopefully 1993 needs of students. It has the opportunity to make called Hope," the electorate saw that Demnocrats uw ill bring them. the campus safer for everyonc. It's tip to you to The Undergraduate Education and Republicans alike were to blamne for the The settlement of the Wolff suit is less satisfy- make those opportunities rcalitles. Office and the Office of the Dean for Student Affairs are combined to form the Under- graduate Academic Affairs Ofice as part of a set of sweep- ing changes in the higher levels contents of the MIT administration announced by Provost Mark S. Wrightaon. The changes also itctlWe the annmifntrent of Crime1 . increases safety concern 1 Bansal, Kessler win top UA posts 9 Arthur C. Smith to the post of The Raustein murder, several stabbings, armed robberies, and a number of Shally Bansal '93 and David J. Kessler '94 eked out a narrow victory in the dean for undergraduate educa- other crimes underscored the reality of violence on MIT's urban campus. contest for Undergraduate Associa.tion president and vice president. tion and student affairs, Sheila The visibility of crime prompted new efforts to make the campus safer and E Wilnall 'o60as associate revived others. Apathy torpedoes activity fee 10 provost, and Samuel J. Keysetr Three youths accused of murder 3 Voters overwhelming endorsed Undergraduate Association proposal to crc- as assciat;e pwovost f' i>nstF ate a .tlsltent life fee with direct stude-nt contro! in an Apri! refferendum. The Yngve K. Raustcin '94 was murdered on Sept. 18 as he and a companion problem is only about one in 10 students voted. tute ife. walked along Memorial Drive near Hayden Library. Three Cambridge youths were arrested and charged with murder and armed robbery. ARA revamps dining halls 10 MIT loses Overlap lawsuit 5 Students saw a variety of changes in dining services during 1992. Lobdell January 29 Court and Morss Hall saw maior changes. and the Institute debated the A federal judge ruled against MIT in the first round of the Institute's battle Several government agencies, future mechanics of the dormitory dining system. with the Justice Department over the legality of the Overlap Group meet- including t I~AA, present the ings, where Mll' and 23 other schools exchanged financial aid information. CASPAR searches for new home 11l resuts of their investigations of Wolff files harassment suit 6 The CASPAR drug and alcohol rehabilitation center near Central Square indirct cos billing at a Con continued its struggle to find a permanent location. CASPAR is trying to Literature Professor Cynthia G. Wolff, characterizing the literature section gressional hearing. MfI is cdti win support for a deal that would involve Cambridge buying a site from as a "hostile working environment," filed a lawsuit blaming several col- MIT, using several city streets as payment. cized for ciaiming reimtburse- leagues for creating that environment and MIT for allowing it to continue. mert for a biltogy retreat and Erulkar suit challenges policies 6 Tuition jumps 6.5 percent 11 the cost fptnsrponng tcomo Marina R. Erulkar SM '92 may have lost helr lawsuit against MIT and Pro- The Institute tried to balance increasing expenses and the need for afforable ration members to meetings. fessor of Management Gabriel R. Bitran, but the case drew critical attention tuition when it approved a 6.5 percent tutition hike for 1993-94. MSImaintains that these claims to MIT's sexual harassment policy and its weaknesses. 60 accepted in five-year plan 11 are legtmate. NEA denies funds to List exhibit 7 Sixty seniors were accepted into a new five-year master's program as the When the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts denied funding Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science began to phase ' February 2 for an exhibit at MIT's List Gallery, it sparked a controversy that pitted out the bachelor of science degree. much of the art world against the NEA. dwnlC, Whtrterad, who DCAA audits progress slowly 12 founded te Whitead Institute Clinton appoints MIT alumni 8 The DCAA completed a draft audit of fiscal year 1989 -- a year behind for Biomedical Research in MIT economists were appointed to many high-ranking Clinton administra- schedule. 1982, dies of a Meat attak tion positions. As a result, the Institute is sure to have a strong influence on Athena workstations upgraded 12 the Clinton presidency, but the issues Clinton will be forced to resolve will while playing squash. have a much greater impact on MIT. Informarion Systems got faster workstations for Athena. Colloquim addresses cheating 8 Biologists map Y chromosome 13 A colloquirm was held to focus attention on academic honesty, but many stu- Minors approved for all Courses 1-3 dents questioned the actual usefulness of the effort. MIT, K-12 students work together 14 Ballot box theft disrupts election 9 Baltimore returns to Institute 15 In what was surely the most unusual Undergraduate Association election in history, a group of dissatisfied students stole a ballot box from Ltobby 7, Freshman class crowds dorms 15 angering candidates and delaying the election's conclusion by a month. City Days receives mixed reviews 15 - - -- The Year i-_n Review January 291 _ _ razz Year in Review o 2r r January 29. 1:98.7 Cambridge Youths Charged WitMurder of MIT Student

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At a Sept. 21 arraignment in Middlesex District Court, prosecutor Martin Murphy said the three were walking down the street playing "knockout," a street game in which one tries to knock a victim down with one hit. They were walking down Memorial Drive with the "purpose of stealing money from an MIT student," Murphy said. According to the district attorney's account of the crime, the three students approached Raustein Yngve K. Rausteln '94 and Fredhein, an exchange student from Norway, and asked what language they were speaking. The Middlesex County District Attorney's office is Then Donnvan, annpparntly wxrho, t prvocation, seeking to try Mciiugh as an adult. McHugh's sta- punched Raustein, knocking him to the ground. tus will be decided at a transfer hearing slated for U'ThYcfehK:beyFe~bruaryCmd pag-M8TA the btutstt. I 41 torid 'ui'i: Donovan then robbed Raustein while Velez February. robbed Fredheim to gather a total of $33. When Donovan and Velez are being held in a Cam- Raustein started to get up, McHugh allegedly bridge jail, and McHugh is being held at a juvenile stabbed him between the seventh and eighth ribs. detention center. A student who happened to be in the area con- tacted the Campus Police after hearing screams Community mourns loss, security enhanced and a commotion. Campus Police officers unsuc- The MIT community reacted to the tragedy cessfully tried to resuscitate Raustein using CPR. with anger and grief. He was pronounced dead at the Massachusetts An evening candlelight vigil in Raustein's en-a 20+:/ea cotroersyg oer,.. General Hospital at 10:05 p.m. memory was organized by Baker House residents o, ningfo What, ,s n: . t Kelly M. Sullivan '93 and Patricia L. Birgeneau X Suspects arrested, face trial ,a '93. The vigilwas intended to "express our sadness The assailants fled across the Harvard Bridge and show Yngve's family that we all grieve with A to Kenmore Square, where they were arrested by them," Birgeneau said. Approximately 350 people Boston University Police at about 10:15 por., from Cambridge and MIT gathered on Kresge according to the district attorney's office. Donovan Oval for the Sept. 24 event. Fi--* U and Velez were eventually indicted :..i:,: .a'': : '- . , - - -..: ' .- -.. -· for murder and Sullivan called the vigil a "a tribute to Yngve Th :PortCobiftbY aPOV: ::e',:, Eecompromis Coucii ::,,:* ; armed robbery, while McHugh was charged only Raustein, to the MIT community, and to each At-. t*r '-: · -.:- . . . with murder. All three pleaded not guilty and were other." She said she hoped "Yngve's friends and en a20yea cotoes fib,i held without bail. loved ones can take solace in knowing that he was "We believe Shon McHugh stabbed him," loved, that we cared, and that he will be missed." ,- fpl, ,,,pa In - Camb.' d,.., Shon McHugh, the alleged murderer, appears M1iddlesex County D)istrict Attorney Thomas F. Raustein was a sophomore Aeronautics and Boxer NMW ,:-i :: . for his arraignment. *tOft by Of*ig aprvngaoprms.. a 1yet-:,::.> Reilly said the day after the murder. "Ilt's a joint Astronautics major. Acquaintances described him g ~~~~~~~,:::--~::.. venture -- a murder that occurs in the course of an as a quiet, friendly, and well-rounded person who and sympathy to Terje Korsnes, a Norwegian con- I armed robbery. We're alleging they are all respon- "usually had a smile on his face." sul, who forwarded them to Raustein's parents in ii sible for it." Students from CRLS expressed dismay that Norway. Several MIT administrators, including If found guilty, the maximum sentence for their classmates had been implicated in such an act Baker Housemaster William B. Watson flew to I Donovan and Velez, who are legally adults, would of violence. Approximately 150 CRLS students Norway to attend Raustein's funeral in October. I be life imprisonment without parole. As a juvenile, marched in front of the student center in an after- A memorial service was held at MIT on Oct. 9, McHugh could be sentenced to 20 years in jail, 15 noon event separate from the vigil. Jill Oliver, a and Raustein's parents, Elmer and Inghild, and his of them without parole. CRLS senior, said, "We must fight back and not 18-year-old brother attended the service. ; . ,. . .0 aUs .-. 1-6a'- ;0 o ut At the time of the murder, McHugh was one accept the idea that it was just one life, because A Yngve K. Raustein memorial fund has been month shy of his sixteenth birthday. Massachusetts one life alone is too precious to lose." established in the Department of Aeronautics and law states that 16-year-olds can be tried as adults. The students presented statements of support Astronautics in his memory.

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&.tUUUL,,q1.3 L"r latUr.&K--fE, 7 r.,LH Students from MIT and Cambridge Rindge and Latin School rally on the steps of the Student Center six days after Yngve K. Rausteln '94 was murdered. __ l--r - - IIII -L -L - r Isl Ir I i _a I -_ - I - Is C- I - I - - I ------r - January 29, 1993 o 3 o The Year in Review MAT Talkes Newr Safety Precautions - Fe~bruary 21- Safety, from Page I MApolic arrest ft66, .oo which could be implemented if the community a aitmnafntrfed Oarfct NO in accepts the longer routes that would result, she added. East . V. . . . aThe two vans cost $50,000, and the total oper-

- - .... e -apg~.~k~~CPR .. ;- - ating cost of the new system is predicted to be .pusPOQ~de a rt~ls P W:~~i~~:Iabout $235,000 a year. These costs are a general to crthew part -:,mEtziWOra operating expense of the Institute and are covered

tamet~ fmm-nojte:w.- f... by tuition, earnings on investments, or gifts, 'andame T46 in~duWs.'-.-- according to Stephen D. Immerman, director of special services. T''-"t~·~~~tt ftha E .i In addition to expanding A Safe Ride, the Insti- Wee charge Wesi4: tute has installed fixtures for eight new emergency telephones along Memorial Drive. The phones &odWeny· k~f'~~ tondZAh ~o~ci~ citsiicf t w*r of a poice ad *: themselves will be installed in early 1993. Glavin said more phones will be added in future years "as pawmsio n i a waound . .. . budgetary restrictions allow." Fbrua -22-. ' Card readers to lee installed in dormitories In another safety measure, magnetic card-key ,.u teamss-f wcaidib fi..--. readers will be placed on the main entrances of the presidency *id Vigm PSte7:: MacGregor House, Next House, and possibly &entysafthe Un'dergd - . - Baker House by tile first week of February as a preliminary experiment. The Departnent of Hous- Aswdu66nia begtin Campal ft -ii ing and Food Services plans to add card-key readers to all Institute houses by next fall. PAMELA STREEr-THE K sbaleStm E"w. at-ict I)SVN,1 .. "Keys tend to duplicate themselves, but it's a TECH Students Tfom Cambridge Rinrdge and Latin School `-and Anbide 6.S.T Hi " little harder to duplicate cards," said Director for march to a rally at the Student Center, Housing and Food Services Lawrence E. Maguire. calling for an end to violence in the community. yZ.~tp It14-,iA. t -00d' g f Srd",-`94, and 94idi~i~l' "It's a timely thing to do.... It will upgrade security.- Vossiner also warned against carrying incapac- were arrested. -'ehToo C94 and 04906i~YB·' Maguire said the end goal is to have one card itating weapons, which can be easily turned Campus Police declared that the Talbot party with a picture to serve as identification, a meal against the victim. Instead, she suggested carrying was illegal bcamuse it was not registered with the card, and an access card. whistles, noisemakers, or shrill alarms and practic- Office of Residence and Campus Activities or the

Mviaguire estimated btht it would cost $0140,00 ing 'u'leir use. %anipus Policie, as requiredLy Institute pcy. L -- u~P~ruai A. .< per house to add card-key readers and change the However, the party's student sponsor did clear the locks on perimeter doors. He emphasized that the party with the dormitory social committee chair- The Dlepartmen4, tOf Chi..... new equipment would not eliminate the need for Campus No Longer man. EnkP,1merfn prosets .teaift: desk workers. In both of these cases, the parties were unpo- ljt~aosuctictn to Como M'e r Meth- The Campus Police also stepped up their Immune to Violent Crime liced, and the violence was caused by party-goers ods J10.Oli, a requred:- patrols. In early December, Cambridge city police Common sense keeps most people away from not affiliated with MIT. ciou~rse, only~duft Indeptteendentt and Campus Police began patrolling the campus the more dangerous parts of Chinatown and Cen- The Campus Police broke up the Talbot party Aortltfe Pewodl- perimeter in pairs, a scheme which Glavin tral Square at night, but the dramatic increase in for "public safety reasons." "Some of the charac- described after two weeks as "very successful." violence and robbery on campus and in student ters were known troublesome people... known to The multiple daily patrols focus on five zones: living groups caught many members of the MIT the Boston police," Glavin said. February 27 Memorial Drive, Vassar Street, Albany Street, community off-guard. No police were present at the DKE party, Massachusetts Avenue, and Kendall Square. because, unlike domnitories, Interlraternity Coun- Vio!ence erupted At two parties eii menbers do not nave to register parties With Unid Wayosf Ameftia, -restg Students Initiate Efforts to Two members of Delta Kappa Epsilon were campus activities office. Instead, IFC members ovw "a trklt of ensitvttv~to petr- stabbed at a DKE party on Nov. 19 when they must register their parties internally with the 1FC Judicial Committee. ceptioneGfd his sperrng,and. tried to eject eight people suspected of stealing Improve Safety Conditions from the house and pulling an internal house "it's just an increasingly more dangerous world .maagemna t dtes - i Campus Police are not the only ones making an alarm. today," Glavin said after the DKIE party. "It is hard active efii-rt to increase crime awareness on cam- John P. Olynyk '94 received knife wounds to to control what types of people attend functions pus. In addition to being a sounding board for the back and lower hip, while Sean Chappe '94 that are open to the public," she added. ideas and suggestions concerning safety, Project received cuts on his right arm and left cheek, Awareness has also sponsored three "Safety according to a Cambridge Police report. Both have Living group safety challenged Days," where it distributed information, key recovered from their injures. One of goals of the upcoming card-key system chains with emergency phone numbers, and thou- Police believe only one person was responsible is to deter outsiders from trespassing into donnito- sands of shrill whistles. for the stabbings. ries. There have been several cases of theft and "People besides the Campus Police need to Campus Police arrested three people Feb. 21 at soliciting. ;,w stand Lip and say that people need to thirk about an unlauthIorizcd party held at Talbot oiunge in Two females were given warnings at changing their behavior. People hear it from us all East Campus and charged them with trespassing, McCormick Hall on Feb. 1 after a resident ques- the time and become numb to it," Glavin said. disorderly conduct, assault and battery on a police tioned the legitimacy of the walkathon they were Projcct Awareness was created because of the officer, and possession of a weapon, according to soliciting money for, according to Kathleen J. need to talk about personal safety, to publicize Glavin. No MIT students were arrested or injured, Nothnagle '92, McCormick desk captain. Campus Police services and resources, and to get but two minors and one l9-year-old non-student Campus Police have received several com- -W many parts of the community working together on plaints about soliciting in the past, Glavin said. these issues. Dorritory representatives periodical- Sometimes the solicitors are legitimate and do not ly meet with Campus Ponice and the administra- know that soliciting is not allowed. In other cases f tion. people use it as a guise for stealing. Project Awareness representatives also want to On Dec. 31 Carnnus Police arrested three indi- 77 create an environment where students feel coma- viduals at MacGregor House for trespassing, pos- ft SAtphen A. Rinehart ·-3 fortable talking about safety, especially with issues session of a dangerous weapon, and receiving w

such as stranger and acquaintance rape, said Eliot stolen property. m

S. Levitt, staff associate for residence and campus When the officers arrived on the scene and LF March 1 activities. questioned the individuals, they found one to be in 0 The Project Awareness concept sprang from possession of Mace. Another carried stolen travel- The four Underradufate Assoc6 Campus Crime Watch Coordinators, a group of er's checks. atiol President/Vtce President 1S0 staff and administrative officers which was in a more bizarre case, a woman posing as ar. teams debate in 6-120. The formcd about two year ago, according to Sgt. Alpha Phi alumna forged a check and used the Chervi S. Vossmner, a Campus Police officer. Thc credit cards of several members of mHiT's Alpha debate covered issues ranging coordinators deal with crime issues in the w-ork- Phi chapter. from the availatbility of student placc. The crimes took place before spring break- services to the level of commul- when the woman stayed six nights at the Alpha Interest in self-defense rises nication betweern students and Phi house in KCnmore Square. The imposter also In addition, students are taking more ;esponsi- spent a few nights at Phi Beta Epsilon, but Cam,- bility for their own personal safety. Enrollment in pus Police received no reports of any thefts there, athletic department and Campus Police self- Glavin said. March 5 defense and personal safety classes rose last The imposter was arrested and charged With semester. larceny in late March by University of Rhodc L Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey About 20 people registered for a self-defense Island police after similar activity there. drops out of the race for,the physical education class off-ered second quarter, Alpha Phi President Susan K. Scruggs '93 said Democcatic mrhination after a twice the number that completed the class last sorority sisters became suspicious of the suspect spring, according to the physical education staff series of deffets. when several noticed money missing from the The self'-defense class is designed to make stu- house. After checking on one of the imposter's dents aware of their environment and to provide stories, "we asked her to leave - we packed her March 5 hanlds-on training. in part of thlC class, the teacher up and moved her out," Scruggs added. acts as an assailant, and the students learn how to TVle Department of Econornics escape safely from an attack situation. Robberies plague MIT community anrnoures. that, beginnirlg With (Campus Police officers advise that a person MIT fell victim to a series of robberies, starting confronted by a possible assailant should first try the Class of 1993, undergradu- in late September. They occurred anywhere from to avoid the situation. People should protect them- near dusk to late evening in locations mostly ates majoringin economics will selves against "crimnes of opportunity" with their A memorial was placed near the spot on around the campus perimeter, where the lines of m longer be required to watest body language, said Vossmer, one of tile instruc- police jurisdiction are less than clear to the aver- X$4sis before graduating. tors for a Campus Police presentation called Memorial Drive where Yngve K. Raustein 994 "SStreetwise and Safe."9 was murdered. *:- ...... Safety, Page 5

The Year in Review . 4 * January 29, 1993 Judge Rules Overlap Group FoAed Illegal liust; lilt Appeals Decision By Jeremy Hyltorn priorities. Group has not met in three years means that few students are eligible to sue. This June, a federal judge declared the Overlap MIT expects to win appeal Because a trial against any one of the universi- Group of 23 East Coast colleges, which met each Lawyers for MIT filed a forral appeal on Oct. ties would be very expensive, a class action suit spring to discuss financial aid awards, an illegal 13 contesting Bechtle's decisions. The Institute did would be more likely to arise than many individual trust. The group's decisions about financial aid not expect to win the case at trial, according to suits. Antitrust expects have questioned the possi- constituted illegal price-fixing, regardless of Palmer and Dodge. "It's really at the appellate ble success of such a suit because students would whether the decisions raised prices for students or level that [the attorneys] feel success will be probably need to demonstrate a fairly exact esti- not, the court said. gained," Smyth-Clancey said. mate of how much aid was lost. Judge Louis C. Bechtle of the U.S. District The Institute's appeal will focus on two areas Despite the cost of the litigation and the impli- Court in Philadelphia dismissed as "pure of Bechtle's decision. "First, the judge wrongly cation in Bechtle's decision that MIT has con- sophistry" MIT's argument that it was not subject decided that cooperative financial aid arrange- spired to fix prices, students remained generally to antitrust legislation because its distribution of ments are commercial activities," Scott said. "Sec- supportive of the Institute' stand. financial aid was not commercial but charitable. ond, in deciding whether the Overlap agreements "I am peeved about the decision," Jason R. "Few aspects of higher education ... are more were legal under the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Wilcox '93 said just after Bechtle made his ruling. commercial than the price charged to students," he judge applied the wrong standard." "Without a doubt we should be arguing this. If wrote. "[Bechtle) ignored the economic testimony that schools start competing for freshmen, if you're not MIT has appealed the decision. "We'll take it established that Overlap was not engaged in for one of the people being competed for, does that to the Supreme Court if necessary," said Sarah financial reasons by MIT," Scott said. mean you can't go to that school? Sometimes Smyth-Clancy, a spokesman for Palmer there's a principle that has to be fought for." and Dodge, the law firm representing MIT. i Few aspecw!ofhigher educatior The case has had little effect on MlT's l commitment to need-based aid so far, InvestigationI began three years ago despite the fact that the Overlap Group The Overlap Croup, which was under ... are more comrmmercial than stopped meeting when the Justice Depart- investigation by the Justice Department fOr >ment investigation began three years ago. about three years, met each spring to nego- tthe price charged to students. 7MIT does not compare aid calculations tiate financial aid packages for students with other schools currently. accepted at more than one of the Overlap JudgeLbuis C.Bech&e "We're committed to need-based finan- schools. cial aid," Simonides said. "But over time, it The individual schools' financial aid packages James J. Culliton, vice president for financial is possible that schools will become involved in for these students were adjusted at the meetings to operations, said, "All of the indications that I have bidding wars for students. MIT will try its best not make each package similar or identical. The over- are that the case for MIT is very good, having to to give anybody more than they need." all process li'r calculating flnancial aid was also do with the way the Judge ruled narrowly" in the Stanley G. Hudson, director of student financial discussed. original decision. aid, also expressed concern that aid-calculation When challenged by the Justice Department, The Institute will "fight very hard to win this standards, once shared by schools, will drift apart MXIT was the only school to defend the propriety case," said President Charles M. Vest in an inter- over time. "In the past we were able to determine a of the Overlap Group, The other schools signed view shortly after the decision was announced. "1 common need analysis," he said. But "schools are consent forms stating "that they will not longer am proud of the Institute for being willing to stand establishing different standards. We're going to collude or conspire on financial aid." up in a visible way... for important principles." get different awards for students." "Our interest all along has been providing the MIT has received the support of hundreds of Hudson is also concerned that because of the maximum amount of financial aid ... in a way that colleges and educational organizations in its battle "constraints of the Justice Department action, allows students of modest means to have the kind with the Justice Department, according to Vest. He there is no access to financial aid policies of other of education we offer," said Provost Mark S. also said that several alumni classes had asked that schools.... There are serious concerns about dis- Wrighton. their donations be put towards the cost of the law- ruption of the entire financial aid process," he said. MIT argued that the Overlap meetings were suit. The Higher Education Amendments of 1992, a necessary to continue the institute's policy of The continuing legal fees assoeiated With the law passed in the summer of 1992, may legalize need-blind admissions. "In the absence of the lawsuit are considerable. The legal costs for the some of the behavior that was the subject of the [Overlap] agreement, schools would engage in initial lawsuit alone totaled more than $1 million, lawsuit. It would permit schools to meet again to merit-aid competition. Money to fund merit-aid according to Constantine B. Simonides '57, senior discuss financial aid awards without penalty. competition would come from need-based aid," vice president and secretary of the MIT corporation. The law explicitly forbids a school from dis- said Thane Scott, an attorney for MIT. "The Legal fees are not the only cost involved, how- cussing financial aid awards for particular students amount of money available for need-based aid ever. "There is also the time of top officers and with other schools that have accepted those stu- would be reduced. Then you have the question of administrators. The cost of this thing is very high dents. The main section of the law, however, does what you do with the kids who need aid but for to MIT," Simonides said. If the Institute loses its permit schools to discuss general strategies for whom it isn't available," Scott said. appeal, it could also be forced to pay some of the awarding financial aid, which had also been chal- Though MIT made substantial efforts to government's legal costs for the appeal process. lenged by the Justice Department demonstrate the economic impact of the Overlap The full extent of discussions allowed under the current ruling Group's decisions on MIT and on prospective stu- Effects of the law are not entirely clear. "They certainly can- dents, Bechtle said that those concerns were "not The first decision also exposes MIT to the risk not agree on individual financing awards," said i ger.mane to the resolution of the case." of lawsuits filed by students who feel their finan- Robert Block, chief of the Justice Department I aid packages were affected by the Overlap antitrust section that investigated the Overlap Bechtle ruled that these considerations were cial i irrelevant. "Every institution, with or without meetings. Group. "I don't think they can go back to agreeing Overlap, is free to embrace independently any Students who feel the meetings denied them on a formula for financial aid similar to what they admission and financial aid policy it wishes," he higher financial awards may file lawsuits against were doing before." said. He noted that schools could maintain need- MIT and other Overlap schools to try to recover Vest, however, thinks the law affirms MIT's blind admissions without Overlap meetings if lost aid. However, the combination of a four-year position in the lawsuit. It "adds to my confidence they were willing to restructure their budgetary statute of limitations and the fact that the Overlap in the wisdom of our stance," he said.

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Safety, from Page 4 Street home when they were stopped by three men carrying backpacks and pocketbooks. of Edgerton House. standing in front As the victim walked through a doorway, the One of the men robbed Gong at gunpoint, tak- age student. Although the assailants were armed suspect walking in front of the victim suddenly ing his wallet, jacket, and watch. A third victim, on several occasions, none of the victims were stopped and reversed direction, thereby bumping who had observed the first incident, was also injured. into the victim. Behind the victim, the second sus- of his backpack and wallet, which con- An unidentified female MIT freshman was robbed snatched his or her wallet from within tained credit cards and $70 cash. pect then assaulted Sept. 20 while-walking along Massachu- the backpack or pocketbook. setts Avenue near Albany Street. The woman was Brian J. Young '96 was robbed of seven cents walking with a wallet in her hand when she was at gunpoinlt on the Harvard Bridge on hov. 7. In addition, car theft posed a serious problem. punched in the mouth by a Roxbury man. She fell An MIT employee was the victim of an Between Sept. 10 and Oct. 20, for example, 12 to the ground, still holding her wallet. Then the attempted armed robbery on Dec. 17. The victim cars were stolen on campus and ten were broken assailant hit her on the head with a radio he was was walking between Buildings 9 and 13 at into, according to the Campus Police. Many of carrying. approximately 8 p.m., according to a Campus these incidents occurred in the Albany Street and X a A Campus Police Patrol Officer apprehended Police bulletin. Westgate parking lots during the daytime on a | the man almost immediately after the assault. A The attacker approached the victim and said, weekends, Glavin said. s "Give me your wallet." As the employee contin- s passerby also identified him. The attacker was actions to ued walking away, the subject slashed his sleeve The Campus Police have taken charged with assault and battery with a dangerous Plain- with "a sharp object which the victim could not counter this rising problem, Glavin said. weapon and armed robbery. clothes officers have been added to various loca- woman was assaulted Oct. 25 on identify," the bulletin reported. Another tions. Memorial Drive near Killian Court. Her assailant The victim was not harmed, and the attacker allegedly approached her from behind, grabbed escaped toward Massachusetts Avenue. In addition, the Campus Police and the MIT her, and pulled her into Killian Court. "A struggle administration are in the process of installing card- Non-violent robberies also a problem ensued, and the victim struck her attacker and operated gates and new fences at the Westgate lot. escaped unharmed," according to a Campus Police Not all cases of larceny involved violence or If this system proves effective, similar measures bulletin. the threat of violence. MIT has had its share of may be implemented at other parking lots. On Oct. 16, three people were robbed in two theft, as reported in the weekly Campus Police The number of stolen vehicles has risen signifi- closely related incidents nearthe Nuclear Reactor crime logs. Two types of larceny were particularly cantly in the past few years, according to the 1991 (NW 12). prominent last year. Laboratory Campus Police annual report. The number of The first robbery took place at approximately In a series of similar incidents, several people motor vehicle thefts heas increased from 21 in 1985 9:10 p.m. Yifang Gong G and his wife were walk- were pickpocketed on campus in late November to 66 last.year. ing down Albany Street on the way to their Main and December. The suspects were targeting people

January 29, 1993 o 5 o The Year in Review WolffAlleges Professional, Sexual : ' . " :~I: -,:.""'.-*"- ' , ., , .....: :". ,: --. i: . . . * . . Harassment, Settles Out of Court exceed at least $50,000," according to the civil By Sarah Y. Keightley deny tenure to another junior faculty member in 1988, she and another female professor were ver- action document. Contending that MIT breached its obligations bally abused by some of their colleagues in the lit- Professors comment on the suit as an employer by allowing a "hostile work envi- erature section. ronment" to continue, Professor of Literature Cyn- Furthermore, the suit alleged that Professor The settlement agreed to by Wolff and MIT, thia G. Wolff filed a lawsuit against MIT in April David M. Halperin had sexually harassed another which assigned no guilt to either party, concerned 1992. The civil action suit was settled out of court male professor. several members of the literature faculty. They felt "';'. ; F':.-':,-.' "" ,'-::.:' '-''!: "':'.,". ':.: in November. Wolff expressed her concerns to then-Provost they had no opportunity to try to disprove claims :F- .'. :< :.: . .- -. ,X',"X: .Ai:-: t.·.. : i.. 3',U ~~~~~.:2"'.:"~ ,.:" As part of the settlement, neither MIT nor John M. Deutch '61 that tenure cases "were not Wolff made about them. Wolff could disclose the terms of the settlement. being judged on professional criteria," that section In May, Donaldson said that he was concerned :. ,A. .;- ~f. S~i~.:- . ,,.. , :..>. According to the released joint-statement, the res- meetings were unprofessional, and that Halperin about characterizations of the literature section olution "does not mean that either party attributes had harassed another professor. Deutch told her made by The New York Times and The Boston blame or concedes merit to the other's position." that nothing could be done, according to Wolffs Globe in their articles about the suit. "We've been tios~ , -, , :: suit. characterized as politically correct, but the curricu- : ' : : : : Background of the case Wolff approached the current provost, Mark S. lum we offer is one that ... has a strong traditional X 2r;.> b Because Wolff could never comment on the Wrighton, in 1991. He created the Clay Commit- element to it." case, her allegations are paraphrased and quoted tee "to review the tenure process and the literature After the suit was settled, Halperin said in a from the suit. section generally," the suit stated. telephone interview that "for me, the whole affair Wolff based her suit on "the Institute's wrong- The suit also claimed the Clay Committee won't be over until I find a way of clearing my ful acquiescence in and perpetuation of a persis- found that a certain literature professor's tenure nanme." tent and continuing pattern of professional, politi- process and rights had been interfered with. In "MIT's lack of a formal Institute-wide griev- cal, and sexual harassment towards [her] in the September 1991, Wrighton acted on this finding ance procedure for handling sexual harassment workplace." In her suit she made several allega- and suspended the literature section's personnel enables charges and counter charges to be used for tions. selection powers. partisan political purposes by faculty who are The suit alleged that other professors in the lit- Wolff said Wrighton "laid the foundation for fighting with one another," Halperin said. erature section isolated Wolff because of her further retaliatory action" when he later identified Response to the suit stance on particular personnel decisions - when her as the informant whose actions led to the for- she voted to deny certain junior faculty tenure. mation of the Clay Committee. Wrighton said in April that the Clay Commit- In particular, Wolff claimed that she was The suit contends that MIT did not prevent tee's report led him to conclude that "improve- excluded from the Women's Studies Program retaliation against Wolff during the peer review ments were necessary." He said appointments and because in 1981 she voted to deny tenure to Pro- process, did not take action against faculty who selections in the literature section were being han- fessor of Literature Ruth Perry, who was later conducted themselves improperly, and knowingly dled by Head of the Literature Faculty Peter S. granted tenure and c urrently heads the Women's allowedp harassnment to interfere with Wolff's Donaldson, Dean of the School of Humanities and PA -VM. BareO ,, , . , _::- :' .-... : . ._ . _ Studies Program. work. The suit also alleged that when Wolff voted to Wolff sought damages "in an amount likely to Wolff, Page i I rc' 9 t

c Former Massachus n "'~raf:~'Age ar s ': ' .. ':- F ftutE. ~w roos Ot f :.inKBah i ErmUkar Loses Harassment Lawsuit; race,' effectk:h/ hati,-- nomination to Arkansas Gow Bill r . '-. Community Criticizes MIT's Policies - :, , : ?-!:! ,,~~~~~~~~i::l . .. ,. lc. -~~~ - she receives. By Brian Rosenberg "March '19- After deliberating for just over one day, the 13 Rfjyc~~e M. Fitpo.. Allegations of sexual harassment and questions jurors ruled on Nov. 3 that Bitran's actions did not Ro 'en rFIo Jr, res'/i~z about MIT's handling of those allegations cap- constitute sexual harassment. A few weeks after after 12 years as head of the tured the community's attention when Marina R. the ruling, Erulkar announced she would appeal ahfetic department. - - Erulkar SM '92 sued MIT and Professor of Man- the decision based on the wording of Judge Eliza- agement Gabrie! R. Bitran. beth Butler's instructions to the jurors. Erulkar and Emrulkar claimed that Bitran sexually harassed her attorney, Barbara Johnson, specifically ques- March 19 her both by kissing her several times and by prob- tioned the inclusion of the word "severe" in the ing excessively into her personal life. She also standard for deterrr.ining whether harassment had Ttte Assciation of Student claimed that MIT was responsible for Bitran's occurred. M Activities fails to chooe a new actions and that the Institute improperly handled Decision stirs controversy board at its election meeting an internal complaint she filed. m

Though Bitran was cleared of any wrongdoing Seven people entered a class taught by Bitran c

because of poor attendance. c after two weeks of testimony, the decision did not on Nov. 16 carrying posters with statements made

put the harassment issue to rest. Instead, the case by Bitran and others in connection with the suit. E March 29 inspired tvwo protests and focused critical attention The seven filed to the back of the room and held on MIT's guidelines for dealing with sexual up their posters in silence. harassment. This criticism contributed to MIT's 1itran "needs to know he can't get away with th comnemnceent speakers - decision to revise its sexual harassment guide. The what he did," said Kyra Raphaelidis '94, one of ,~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~.: revised guide is due out in a few the protesters. Other harassers "need to know that B, , months. their behavior will not be tolerated," she added. Two Campus Police officers were waiting out- The two worked closely side the door when the protesters left, and two Erulkar began working in more arrived a few minutes later. Police pressed Professor Oabrel R. Bitran Bitrarn's office as a temporary sec- the protesters for identification tbr a tew minutes retarial employee in the middle of or early May. She said she was unsure of the exact before releasing them. 1988. She became a full-time date of the March incident because she had Bitran's students were largely critical of the administrative assistant in July "blocked" the details from her memory. protesters for imposing "vigilante justice" and 1989, working under Area Admin- denying them access to a class they had already L istrator Kim C. LePage. Testimonies differed paid for. During the trial, Erulkar testi- Bitran's account diverged from Erulkar's on a Four days later, over 150 members of the MIT fied that she spent about 85 per- few details. Bitran said he kissed Erulkar three communi-' gathered on the steps of 77 Massachu- cent of her time at work with times and that the kisses were friendly, instanta- setts Ave. to rally against sexual harassment. Bitran and often worked long neous, and took place with closed lips and no other "We're here to express our anger at MIT for not _-. tGAS D. KELLER-THE hours and on weekends. The two bodily contact. having a good -Yual harasscment nolir, " sanid Sihat Sanaa '93 and Daid J. Kessler '94 enjoyed a close working relation- Each of the kisses came on a "special occa- Corinna E. Lathan G, one of the rally's organizers. ship, but during the summer of sion," Bitran said. The New Year's holiday was A petition calling for improved and more spe- 1989, Bitran began asking her about her personal one, and the others were Jan. 29, her birthday, and cific sexual harassment guidelines and more uni- March 30: until the in March when she found out she had been admit- *, * ,. :- life. She put off answering his questions form grievance procedures gathered 181 signa- htv _ ta'ad and D:vd 4 fall, when she briefly described a sister's illness ted to the master's degree program at the Sloan tures at the rally. After the rally, approximately 50 Ke "94 narrowly defeat' and said the subject should not be discussed fur- School of Management. chanting protesters presented the petition to Presi- ther. Erulkar said that Bitran questioned her about dent Charles M. Vest. thme opt:Xsing t.e s to bt Erulkar testified that Bitran first kissed her on her personal life throughout this period, and that Both Erulkar and her attorney spoke at the eL-mtc Undergraduate Associda Dec. 29, the last day of work before the New his queries made her uncomfortable. rally. While Erulkar spoke, eight counter-protest- resi't and vipres ' Year's holiday. The kiss left her "completely On June 5, Erulkar and LePage visited Special ers held up signs with slogans such as "Quit Your de vteo tuBrner fats t a. shocked... like I couldn't move," and Bitran Assistant to the President Mary P. Rowe, who han- Bitching," "She Wanted It," and "Stop Harassment treeyear wof around 30 per-- quickly kissed her again, shne said. dles many harassment cases for the Institute. The of Bitran." Erulkar said during her speech that the When she returned to work on Jan. 2, 1990, three decided that Erulkar should meet with Lester signs could not bother her after all she had been : ote.- - . .. Erulkar said, Bitran said he was confused because C. Thurow, dean of the Sloan School. Erulkar tes- - .~~~~~-* through.

:,,:. :.. .·' : his feelings for her were becoming romantic, and tified that Thurow was insensitive to her complaint The counterprotesters, who described them- ~i·: .. : ...,. . . : had kissed her because he felt she had returned his and suggested that she return to work with Bitran. selves as New Right Wing, said they thought - - ' : -:,' " v feelings. Afer she explained that his behavior was Rowe was compelled to testify during the trial, Bitran was being treated unfairly. They generated unwelcome, he said he would take care of his feel- the first time she has been so ordered while deal- considerable negative reaction. "I thought they ings, she testified. ing with harassment. Her testimony included were disgusting.... Every single poster they had Erulkar testified that Bitran kissed her twice information about both the specifics of Erulkar's put the blame on the victim," said Gargi Sircar ii;:2 ; ..-:. i :;'-.. ' . ' · :* :'.''-':.'::.:.: -:':.c-:'.:'¢;S';.?:;:.?:'::;:'..:: :~-':-,i.,',...::I'5::..:.-~.-:.':' :'.',,:::. :;.:'t..:-:';' ... 0':-,. :.i.-':-'-,''': more, sometime in March and again in late April visit and general information on the complaints '93, a bystander at the rally.

The Year in Review - 6 v January 29, 1993 r ,- .. r, 7 , .T l '** ' '-r, NEA Vetoes Funding of List Exhibit, S.::A: E mtI!.::..?:.:.5 ?:?!i7¢i.?:,;!!;!i Bringing Art Controversy to MIT -~'der."-':"~~~~~~~~~.~ n 'fu/~"~ . ~; S ..

By Joanna Stone ' ' < :. ::"det': ., W;""'':.:'ftnd .': -'..: ','. ':'. ,: '': On Dec. 12, the exhibit, "Corporal Politics" f' ' M' "'eo o - :t '-..; : . . .. -o:- opened at M1T's List Visual Arts Center. It is cur- j: -G~iii,~~a~i~~ ' . t~tt~·'~ ' , rently on view through Feb. 14. "Support for this project has not been provided by the National Apn"1 :2; - Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. And therein lies a tale," writes Katy Kline, director of Maffa Chin:-p nJ.n. .O cotIs-: the List Center, in the catalogue for the "Corporal vieted on 13 counts, inciBuit .: Politics" exhibition. murdet and racketeg: The' Indeed, it is a "tale" which began in May, and verdct ended a seve"reek' featured MIT as the protagonist in a highly publi- New York trial, cized controversy that sparked a nationwide debate within the arts community and brought into ques- I I . tion the role the government plays in the funding - April 3 of artistic ventures. On May 12, Anne-hnielda Radice, acting chair- A be tontaiing maty of Xte man of the National Endowment for the Arts, balots. stolor during ft Mar. announced her decision to deny funding for an "1. Undergraduate. Assiation exhibition on the theme of the human body at the ::ections is found in'. Lob ,: -. List Center. In her first decision as acting chair- Th vesbfn,,ro fies. man, Radice reviewed 169 applications of projects :_ :e:.g.. ..-. W· o '. . : . . -, in line for funding for fiscal year 1992. She reject- '.~~~ -. :.. : - ed both the List Center exhibition, "Corporal Poli- tics," and an exhibition at Virginia Common- ...... wealth University, which also focused on the human body, on the grounds that the proposed works lacked "artistic excellence." In deciding not to fund "Corporal Politics," "laimint hthe ma tit s-:.:e Radice rejected the recommendations both of an :-,-. .', . ,.'.,- . -.-. ::'' -., --. .: : sl.tI.l-,n" oh.s KI/IlCm141h ,,.-A--apointed peer panel., whi.ch ,o.,e,,,, - A.. %A .ll 4l9IilayUl IW) IIM1, qI. IVISI6I favor of the exhibition, and the presidentially appointed National Council on the Arts, which donate the equivalent of his NEA fellowship to the ed in this exhibition are not 'sexually explicit'; the voted 11-1 to award $10,000 for the project. List Center for "Corporal Politics" and to the sexual organs and other body parts are metaphori- Anderson Gallery in support of "Anonymity and cal expressions of a spiritual malaise and discon- The arts community reacts Identity," the exhibit at the Virginia Common- nection which is a widespread topic in contempo- Following Radice's decision in May, The Bea- wealth University which was also denied funding rary art." toblkm e Ifr~ttt teameil: con Press, one of the nation's oldest publishers, by Radice. Posner and Kline's letter expresses their own $1i4,Orindaubhi sdse #Xchnge-t 0 by-' withdrew its application for a $39,000 NEA grant; According to Helaine Posner, curator of the strong emotions on the matter: "This arbitrary and dmsH-'Mnowneg : at- :'- . O:-.:ef.:t- on--. .pi::;.: .::.a* ... do.:: -.:of. - :: :.:: .. , , . ' t - ., --:.g "..-. .::, : p- .,ay ".'-"i-",: ";::- : songwriter Stephen Sondheim turned down the List Center, Baitz legally accepted money from politically motivated action subverts a decision- : ~ _Arl"6-': ~- ~~~~-, !. . ... _: . -:, . ::'".'- _,: NEA-administered 1992 National Medal of Arts; the NEA and then gave the donations from his making process which has served the NEA well Artist Trust in Seattle refused two NEA grant own account. "[Baitz] wrote us a letter basically over many years." awards; and in an unprecedented move, the NEA's saying that he did it to protest restricting the free- Posner and Kline's criticisms were later echoed Visual Artists 7cli·owship/Sulpture peer review dom of expression," Posner said. in a May 19 letter to Radice on behalf of the mem- panel suspended its proceedings. The overwhelming public outrage was inspired bers of the Special Exhibitions Panel B which All of this followed Pulitzer Prize-winning as much by Radice's decision as by her unwilling- approved the MIT proposal. The committee wrote: ! ea:opoa:.pa-the su:e n !. author Wallace Stegner's rejection of a National ness to further elaborate on the reasons behind her "Had you simply said what you told the Congres- ::'d pay full p'ii f....: .. ---,~~:~;:}' ~ Medal for the Ars and the resignation of an NEA decision. sional subcommittee two weeks earlier, that you Solo Theatre peer panel. In a statement to the press, Radice said, "Grant would veto sexually explicit art, then your actions, --' .. : , ' : ' :'- Prompted by outrage and the desire to protest applications are evaluated on the basis of artistic although regrettable, would be more understand- i'~~~~~ - : ...... the NEA.'s decision, the Boston-based rock band excellence and artistic merit." According to able. However, by giving the false impression that LAtur P'-, e Cynthia O. Aerosmith announced it would donate the $10,000 Radice, the applications of MIT and Virginia these exhibitions did not meet our panel's standard to the List Center for the "Corporal Politics" exhi- Commonwealth "did not measure up to these crite- of artistic quality, your actions can only serve to bition. ria and, therefore, are unlikely to have the long- polarize public opinion and unfairly damage the "I feel the government has betrayed us," said term significance necessary to merit endowment credibility of the peer review process." Tom Hamilton, a member of Aerosmith, at a May funding." Posner said Radice's rejection came as a great 20 press conference at the List Center. Hamilton Posner said she believed Radice's decision to surprise to her. "I knew the NEA was becoming does not believe it is the private sector's responsi- be politically motivated. "I feel absolutely another more and more conservative - I thought it might WaWhhh&$fie- uti idee bility to fund controversial art, but rather to tell the agenda here - to have the NEA serve as a politi- be discussed in the review process," said Posner. -ApnH1.--6$S,;tu.'bying hAwe' , of Its, .'',r . -::- government when "it's not doing what it should be cal watchdog - to reject any projects that are con- However, the project was approved by the Nation- .. - Vpeeo , it-: :revise- -. doing." troversial and that's censorship." al Council of the Arts on May 1, without concern underenvironment"br of thdiningt0. ieatuefautyad th,'k Unew ittovn,' "It's as if there are brush fires going off. This for its possible sexual nature, as far as Posner was pl a, :residentso ,,,mitories one's going-to get put out and another one will pop List Center responds aware. Is.u atOhrdaost dining - up," said Joe Perry of Aerosmith. "We decided to The great irony of the matter, according to Pos- Private sector encouraged put out this brush fire as a way to create a forum to ner, is that "'Corporal Politics" was rejected for its The. Assocatron' ofStdentt~ sexual nature and yet the exhibition is not sexually Following her original decision, Radice came :we$ithAciite dinin--oa ih.-hallwul=,, - - . '. .: pay.:c:- -an:'fa discuss the underlying issues." radditiescon,. , -: , -., : of}-abu' : ...: o .-0. - -- -.' Aerosmith's celebrity status brought the "Cor- explicit. In a letter to Radice, responding to her out with several official statements in response to Literatu re ProlssoCZt GAS the protests which had ensued. poral Politics" controversy even further into the decision to deny funding to the List Center, Posner Wc~tfle at sPitin Middlesex media spotlight. and Kline, director of the List Center, wrote, "As a Radice issued a series ol statemients expressing A week later, on May 29, New York play- careful examination of the artist's supporting visu- her "regrets" that the two panels chose to end and wright John Robin Baitz announced he would al materials would indicate, the sculptures includ- suspend their deliberations. In a statement of a dif- __ __ _ I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ferent tone, the NEA said it was pleased that Aero- smith had come forward to fund the exhibition. Superor Curt ctaimmg that she "We always encourage private sector funding of was harassed by other mem- the arts," said Josh Dare, spokesman for the NEA. bees of the literature facult and, According to Dare, NEA funding is given on a dollar-for-dollar match basis. Had "Corporal Poli- thtat MAIT allowed ha hostier work tics" been granted the NEA funds the List Center environment" to continue, would have been required to match the endowment's $10,000 with money raised from the private sector. Currently, the List Center is not plan- April 7 ning on soliciting further private donations. "It has been our opinion that artists should seek Th AssXIocain of Studen private sector funding for controversial exhibits," AFivshes sessfully.elects. a he said. "We are concerned with not having wide #ew executive bard, heaaed by appreciation by American taxpayers who essen- Preiet j erome D.Mat ~3 tially write the checks" for these exhibits. According to Posner, soliciting such funding is not quite that easy. "To say the funding would Apn 9 .-:.'. :... have been available without the controversy is untrue," said Posner, noting that if she had simply Stung y crtosm of its prev~ sought out private funding originally, she would ous proosalth HoueD intrig - not have gotten $10,000 from Aerosmith. Committfee revises its pDlan to a An end to the NEA? include campustwide fee of Dare pointed out that the NEA is responsible under $~00. Under the new for only $176 million dollars of arts funding for plan, residents of dormiltories the year. compared to the S8 billion pro\, ided by with dining halls would pay an the private sector. This fact, coupled with the cen- additionlal fee of about $400 sorship implications of Radice's decisions, left and qualify for a 65 percent disc some critics preparing for a day when the endow- count an food purchased in the Aerosmith visits the Ust Visual Arts Center after donating $10,000 for an exhibit at the center. N EA, Page 12 st;/:..?,,.I'S:i.-'.,->: .>-;:-:.'f ':..:.-: :::; ,.'->:: .'JM',;>.:S':-i' .;:/-' .r.-i~.- ; u '

_ ·- -~~~- % -~~Jaur- 2I I 99 I Y In I Revie Io January 29, 1993 * 7 o The Year in Review Win~~~~~~~~-MW~4 MIT ~~~~llay Gain trom Clinton

By Sarah Y. Keightley If you're keeping score on November's election, you can almost certainly place MIT into the *~~~~~~-' :-" A ':.- -:y !..:'i!'; "-.:: ? win column. President Clinton has chosen MIT graduates to be among his closest, most influential economic anneiuieh a it WlfOfi'':-- advisers. The decisions made by the Clinton ,,, ~ , ~ ~: ~ - : ,@ .e .,,4[> . ,.'', administration will have an equally profound impact on campus - on issues raning from research emphasis to the acceptance of homosexuals in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. --.on. annouf~~~~~ht.of, that..bnsl:atd~~1 ta , .. Several high-ranking posts in the new administration are being filled by economists who wilt extend th- received their doctoral degrees from MIT. "It's

--, c.- . : - , - .. : MIT economics that will help shape policy in -8.01',te n class ts,.".'" -t'-- Washington under President Clinton," proclaims ,: , ', ~~'- . :. ~~~~.' .,, .. .. m covere - --:: the Feb. 1, 1993, issue of Business Week. The underlying philosophy of MIT's econom- a 8.01s with a diffreniteiphaJ WSjs rthnd-..-the s : andrxeso.o. :: : ics department is that public policy should be used to guide the economy, according to a recent article the as .$:g . E Q l . b-5 - - in The Boston Globe. Other universities' depart- a r t '., e . a.-...... u ::. ments, such as the University of Chicago's, believes in a free-market, laissez-faireapproach to economics. Many advisers in the Reagan and Bush bhs thanWtto is~radwo administrations received degrees from the Univer- sity of Chicago. Bill Clinton and Boston Mayor Ray Flynn look on as Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy addresses a ,41 i3::':: Laura D'Andrea Tyson PhD '74 and Alan S. Faneuil Hall crowd during a Clinton campaign stop...... HeAlias~... :-. : . - - ~., ., .. Blinder PhD '71 were both named to the three- member Council of Economic Advisers, which the liaison between the CEA and the new National nomics professors are expected to have advisory .:h-.- - a :0 *~ ~ ~. ~ : . , . -· .;..'· . will advise Clinton on White House and congres- Economic Council, which will coordinate econom- roles in the administration. These advisers will -";;.... - .: . -'.; . ::.:::...=:. :.3 -:. sional proposals. Joseph E. Stiglitz PhD '66 is a ic policy. Lawrence H. Summers'75, who taught include Nobel laureate Robert M. Solow, Profes- potential candidate for the third CEA position. economics at MIT for a short time, is Clinton's sor Paul R. Krugman PhD '77, and Professor Furthermore, Lawrence F. Katz PhD '86 was choice as international Undersecretary at the Trea- Rudiger W. Dornbusch. named chief economist of the Labor Department, sury Department. a- I, no 6 i P- - > andeDavid Cutler PhD 91 is expectd to rva -- XrLhD B ia 5-_ -1so NF1 lCG fhat 1VTATr- (

i!: . :' :: Honesty Colloquim Called Disappoining Y-- ' r.,the'-ac ".*0,-:.''- ished for cheating, having students take the issue of academic honesty more seriously, and less recy- cling of old problem sets, exams, and quizzes by faculty would discourage cheating. Only 25 percent of students thought that open The Hause DiningCOomm~. discussion about academic dishonesty in the class- :. -dl~~~~~~opsia s - . : room and the community would prevent cheating, reoOmmends that the Iniste .:' while 68 percent of faculty believed it would. :maintain the stato$Iusquoi~ttf be~~~~nsm"~~..SX -.:fa .. the campus dining situation can An honor code: past efforts, future plans be evaluated compuete it Even after much discussion, students and administrators found it difficult to define the line ' : :. r 15: .: between cheating and helpful collaboration. "A central problem is that we don't know where to The U~ndergraduate Assoc'mtiorn draw the line," said Travis R. Merritt, associate :Council votes unanimously to dean for student affairs. "Faculty aren't very good at drawing the line, and students aren't very good e ques te Undergiauate Aa at asking faculty to draw the line." demi Affairs Office to conduct Merritt, Associate Provost Sheila E. Widnall hearings on five students '60, Dean for Undergraduate Education and Stu- accused of the March tl ballot dent Affairs Arthur C. Smith, and other high-rank- box theft. The fwe~students are ing administrators talked with Undergraduate

.Jeremy M. Brawn'f94 Ross A. iEHl Z. LEE--ITH 11C Association Council members in February to try to Lippe. '93, Valerie? $ o. . 93...? Former Boston Bar Association president Margaret H. Marshhal and Digital Equipment C,,rpx, define and deal with academic dishonesty. Ralph A. Sar. os '92, and Pot>, ration founder Kenneth H. Olson '50 voice their thoughts at the Oct. 21 honesty colloquium. Widnall suggested that the UA create a student honor committee or "honor court" to represent the S. Yesley ',92. student point of view about academic honesty. By Hyun Soo Kim realistic view of the problem of cheating, but Members of the committee would meet with Apri -1A6 talked about everything in a theoretical way." instructors, thus reducing the problem of miscom- The MIT administration and students have tried Other students complained that the discussion munication between students and faculty. to define and counter academic dishonesty on was not focused enough. The Graduate'StudentOoUrmil .ar,1 ,lonorcid has allso . JI uggcstcd irn t hi erects Ananro Me!ta Gand campus. But although there were many opportuni- But Professor of Physics Robert P. Redwine, a ties for discussion presented, including a colloqui- colloquium panelist, said, "I think it depends on past. But the current UA administration does not David S. Cuthbert. to the um and the release of last spring's academic dis- what you thought the goal of the colloquium was. I plan to work on instituting an honor code, accord- offices of preside- and Vice honesty survey results, few actions were actually think it raised a number of issues and brought ing to UA President Shally Bansal '93. president+: taken. about a lot of thoughtful discussion. It may not "To be effective, an honor code has to originate The colloquium, "Success and/or Honesty: In have been tightly focused, but I don't think it from the students," Widnall said. IIere, Out There" held on Oct. 21 addressed the could have been." "While an honor code can come into play just implications of cheating at MIT and in the work- as a statement, we want to develop programs that place. Ten panelists from MIT and the profession- Survey hints at large problem will alleviate conditions which foster cheating," al world voiced their thoughts on honesty to a less- The Undergraduate Academic Affairs Office said formner UA president Stacy E. McGeever '93 than-packed Kresge Auditorium crowd. released the results of last spring's academic dis- at the mecting. "I think that we have a significant problem," honesty surveyjust before the honesty colloquium. In February, Smith said that the Dean's Office said panelist David G. Steel G, a member of the The survey results did not reveal any "real surpris- planned to write an Institute-wide policy defining Committee on Discipline, which hears cases on es" to the administration, said Alberta G. Lipson, acceptable collaboration in assignments, which all academic honesty. associate dean for research. faculty will have to accept unless they write their "There have been flagrant cases [of cheating]. Student respondents most frequently cited three own. But he has come upon difficulty since then in There have been horrific cases of unauthorized reasons for cheating: overly time-consuming finding the common denominator among various collaboration.... But we have to be careful about assignments, difficult assignments, and having department policies to write this default policy for our use of the word cheating, as opposed to cutting many assignments due simultaneously. The facul- MIT. a corner - like copying a problem set when you ty's most frequently cited reasons for student Some faculty at MIT have already defined :RXna, ;:' : have a lot of work due. Cheating is a loaded word, cheating were tremendous pressure to get good but cutting those comers progressively gets bigger grades, because an assignment represents a signifi- acceptable collaboration on assignments for their and bigger," Steel said. cant portion of a class grade, and because students own classes. For example, the Unified Engineering Panelists addressed the benefits and the allow- panicked because they were close to failing a requires that students acknowledge others' contri- 16-:'',:: able extent of collaboration on assignments. They class. butions to their assignments. offered some remedies to encourage academic Sixty-seven percent of students said they had "The idea is that that is what happens in prac- Aottm Too Mwds.Mdethr3rs aO., tice, in industry, is acknowledging other's contri- -mve :Bef~ nthre of.,ultei honesty, like educating students on ethics and collaborated on a problem set when prohibited, .,·,AfiL . -.-.,: tIf Ct'$'S..: ...... -a5I0It~.. . coordinating problem set due dates for core class- and 59 percent of students said they had copied a butions," said Walter M. Hollister, professor of es. problem set that would be graded. However, 99 Aeronautics and Astronautics. Students attending the colloquium had mixed percent of the respondents believed other students Widnall added, "The outside world is paying reactions to its value. committed these acts. high attention to ethical standards. They expect it "I felt like the panel was lost in another world Students agreed with most of the survey's sug- from MIT. It's important that we internalize the ':. .: : . theoultum ofd ,.:-nov.f- . . . .':L-Reod- ,.. / ad..... :. :':: : -: and not connected to the students at all," said ...x . · . : * .. gestions to promote academic honesty. Many stu- standards. Currently, prominent individuals are .. ~r-i.: .: - ... tium*F~Xeve.. .. . Sumit Basu '95. "The panel did not seem to take a dents said increasing the probability of being pun- paying high prices for cutting comers."

The Year in Review I 8 o January 29, 1993 The Year in Review o 83 o January 29, 1993 i Theft of Ballot Box by Protest Group Forces Delay in UA Election Results

By Reuven M. Lerner upset to hear that the ballots had been stolen. When asked what services · :.d b-g}Se,22 S' i~·s: .~. 'U he felt a democratic :i t e :-f .n '. s,>a, ' ;."'''>- ''. 9. "Basically, I think it stinks," said Mark A Sher- student government should provide, the caller Undergraduate Association elections were dis- schberg '95, a candidate for class vice president. indicated that Student's social lives would be rupted on March I 1when a group of students call- "It is incredibly rude of these people, after all that greatly improved if student government were truly ing itself the Student's Revolutionary Government has been done by the candidates, to just steal the effective. A:P,'i~s,,,'-,,ne,'Xi:·:; stole a ballot box from the Lobby 7 polling station. ballot box and call the election into question." The unprecedented theft, which completely UA President Shally Bansal '93, who ran in UAC asks for punishment surprised UA officers and the election commis- that election, agreed. "It's annoying: that's one At its April 15 meeting, the UA Council voted for[ S:, j dg', , sion, forced a special election for students whose reaction I have. But I also find it despicably dis- :;' ~ ~w '"'''.-,i.',:,~:· ballots were stolen and delayed the announcement unanimously to ask the Dean's Office to conduct >00*'t'R' >aIz-'v o gusting." hearings for five of the students thought to have of election results for nearly one month. "If they're trying to make a statement, there are Four of the five students accused of having been involved with the theft. In a resolution, the many ways to make it, and that's not the right way council reserved "the right to recommend to the taken part in the theft were eventually ordered to to do it," she said. do community service and pay a $60 fine by the ODUESA any appropriate sanctions" to be levied Students whose ballots had been stolen were against the five students implicated in the theft- Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education given the opportunity to recast their votes at a spe- and Student Affairs. Charges against the fifth, Brown, Ross A. Lippert '93, Valerie J. Ohm '93, cial election on March 13. Nearly 500 of the close Ralph A. Santos '92, and Yesley. Jeremy H. Brown '94, were dismissed after it to 700 students whose ballots were lost had voted When asked by became clear that he had not participated in the in the special election by March 17, and many oth- a council member if these five theft. ers voted later at students were definitely involved in the theft, Elec- the UA office. After the UA tion Council approved the use of Commissioner Raajnish A. Chitaley '95 said They ballots from the spe- that only Campus Police 'started running with it' cial election, it declared Bansal and Arthur C. Smith, and her running dean for undergraduate According to eyewitnesses, several students mate, David J. Kessler '94, the winners. education and student rushed the Lobby 7 polling station at 5 p.m. on affairs, had access to the names. March 11. "Two of us were working desk when Thieves felt UA was ineffective He added, "The UA has no power to investi- four or five guys came over," said Natesh Parashu- Students involved in the SRG described their gate the matter independently. We have to take rama '95. Two of the guys started running with it, action as one of liberation from a government that their word for it. There is no investigative body on and took it toward Building 1," he said. Parashura- did not care about student needs. this board." ma and the other booth worker called the Campus "The SRG feels that the UA is ineffectual," "This bill is just a call for a hearing -- no Police and the UA office. said the group's self-proclaimed ideological municipal action will be taken," added J. Paul A crowd of people followed the ballot box leader, identified by a number of sources as Peter Kirby '92, the outgoing UA vice president. toward Building 1, but did not catch the thieves. S. Yesley '92, in an anonymous telephone inter- Chitaley explained that "the Dean's Office Camnpus Police found the boyx about one hour later rie .e dayaw after t,19 tt,,l. Th a allet said, "It needs f'r someone to be a,.ictit, . AS a cou... , w. at Bexley Hall. The box was unlocked, opened, was [the group's] right to incorporate a new gov- will send three people to represent all of us and be and empty. ernment." the victim. I'd like to stress that one ballot box A similar incident took place several minutes The so-called revolutionary group announced alone costs over $800." .. later at the polling station in Walker Memorial, itself in a two-page "manifesto" distributed in dor- In the end, all of the students except for Brown where two men tried to take the ballot box. mitories and Institute buildings early the morning were heard by Neal Dorow, adviser to fraternities According to several witnesses, a quick-acting after the theft. Lhe document said that "'whenever and independent living groups, and Andrew M. Hans C. Godfrey '93, UA Floor Leader, grabbed any formn of government becomes apathetic ... it is Eisenmann '75, assistant dean for student affairs. the box from the men before they were able to take the right of students to alter or abolish it, and to The four accused students were finally told to pay it away. The thwarted thieves used force in their institute new government." a $60 fine and perform 25 hours of community *. aciG'Y1E~ait*By~. 1 9C attempt to take task the ballot box, Godfrey said. The caller described the theft as the first stage service as punishment for their actions. i '-l.-:.-':.:'t ~no:.. .:.-w, In: -the' In:$ .ar- -- The ballots were finally recovered about one in a revolution against the UA, but refused to dis- Lippert was not upset about the $60 fine, meant i· 7 month later, after an anonymous caller told The cuss fiuture plans. "It would be nice if I could tell to reimburse the UA for the money it spent to hold ...... ; ...... ,:.:.,-.. .,-.. .: ...... Tech that the ballots were in Lobby 7. The ballots, you all the plans of the government. But then it a seeond election. "Given that i know at least a which were originally taken by Campus Police as wouldn't be the Student's Revolutionary Govern- couple of people who didn't really come forward evidence, were eventually returned to the UA. ment; it would be my government. That's not fair. the same way we did, I think I'll be able to cut that ':.Api~srit'2 : .-..- : :. ....-. .,X :,'. -::..- Candidates running in the March election were That's not democratic." down to $30," Iippert said. Ai-:.. .Ak :-:;mtt'; Bansal and K{Issler Win Top UA Posts Centr tBe; i-- i By Michael A. Saginaw other candidates were just saying the same things. campaigning, Rinehart and Brown received almost Other-wise, they risked ruining their chances of as many votes as first-round leaders Bansal and When the results of the Undergraduate Associ- winning. Kessler. But in subsequent rounds of preferential ation election finally came in - a little over a Like all the other candidates, Rinehart and vote cournting, they quickly dropped out of con- month late - Shally Bansal '93 and David J. Brown felt that both Independent Activities Period tentiorn. Kessler '94 were declared Undergraduate Associa- and Residence/Orientation Week should not be Kai-Teh Tao '94 and Peter K. Verprauskus '94 -:'-.:'.:': " : ' -'-.: .: : -oi·.:· '- ' l .- .. -: tion president and vice president. changed. And although they agreed that alcohol promised to establish a number of "tangible stu- On March I 1i,the elections were disrupted was a problem on campus, they were against a UA dent services" including a non-profit student credit vh W rlwik 16mv,f when a small group of students stole the ballot box alcohol policy because they said it would not 7:.:-: ?- -'-"- ... '.. . ,, ::ui:i::i11.... t:.,' ::::"' .... be union, UA-sponsored ski trips, and organized col- twoH-COWsfrtr t from Lobby 7. The imbroglio that ensued delayed effective. lections of notes, or bibles, for classes. rb: : the announcement of the final results for more than Rinehart and Brown, on the other hand, cam- Emily R. Prenner '93 and Anne S. Tsao '94 a month. paigned on a platform of apathy. Stressing that concentrated on communication as their key issue. Bansal and Kessler distinguished themselves only a small percentage of students vote in the UA They wanted to the UA to create a committee that · :,5. . . . . i :::'::":i· from the other candidates, campaigning on the elections, Brown said, "That many people can't all would be a direct liason between students and platform of "recitation representatives" - stu- be wrong. Vote apathy. Vote for us. We don't Arthur C. Smith, the dean for undergraduate edu- dents who would meet with professors and discuss care," Brown said. cation and student affairs. the professors' blackboard technique, problem "We don't claim that we're better than the In addition to speaking with students at house ; . .' , ...... ·.. .: .. . -. - ..- sets, and tests. Thley aso Felit mnat tne UA should other candidates. ... ri A candidate is a candidate," study breaks, the four candidate pairs faced off at a compile and publish a pamphlet to help students Rinehart added. The apathetic ticket also had debate late in February. However, many candi- find scholarships and financial aid. strong and unusual views about women's bath- dates complained that the format of the debate did vihaeWseftils SAeo'onc f xf:sMin stt, 'ok,;-inctio However, the team of Stephen A. Rinehart '93 rooms, which are often locked. not give them enough time to convey their posi- -wto thetnsewri lie toatces and Jeremy H. Brown '94 felt that many of the Despite their unusual platform and style of tions. :capture it, fitf nt- onafChampi .onship, ': : Clinton May Change ROTC Policy on Gays Apnlt-27 : Clinton, from Page 8 Clinton campaigned extensively on the issue of Research. "What is needed that didn't exist before :Nin offcalas .f *i~'s state- research being essential to a strengthened econo- is a coherent plan which I think Clinton will pro- . m. O!!'mone 6WLAngeMXJ. eh. ed s.- Defense Secretary Les Aspin PhD '66 also my. Still, some administrators conceded that there vide." -'..with n..e.gen in c...oe.dAYn studied economics at MIT. would be less money for defense-related research. : N the fatal linesewer expto-. J. David Litster PhD '65, associate provost and ROTC controversy over ban WSill effect research emphasis vice president for research, said that Lincoln Labo- Just as these MIT graduates will be shaping the ratories would not be affected by defense cuts If Clinton follows though on his campaign ::;:A : · country's economic future, the Clinton administra- because their research projects are applicable in promise to reverse the military's ban on gays, he tion could have a great effect on future MIT many areas. could eliminate the controversy surrounding research. Earll M. Murman, professor and head of the MIT's ROTC program, which currently does not "MIT is the leader in many areas that I suspect department of aeronautics and astronautics, admit homosexuals. Because this Defense Depart- *~c 6Wts offrotf , - in will be important to the Clinton administration's agreed. "There will be a continuation of research t ment policy conflicts with the Institute's nondis- -:.i-.',.-:.t..,5: ' -; X ' - t soreexam technological despite any downsizing of the Pentagon's budget," .-- , : : :; goals," said MIT President Charles crimination policy, the very existence of ROTC on ;..-',. .43 : ·-.. . : . · . ' - . -. I.. 'eSt . "'Aalso am h,,Ulpu"I that a u.veio adlii!, hle said. campus is in question. If Clinton ends the ban, '-;:.i:::... .. " -O'",' h..... tration and Congress will build stronger programs Although 25 percent of the department's MIT will continue to allow the three ROTC units for student aid. I hope they will support returning research is sponsored by the Department of to remain on campus, according to MIT officials. to a strong system of merit and peer review in Defense, Murman noted that Vice President Al awarding academic research and facility grants, Gore is interested in the space program, particular- MIT has been reviewing the discrepancy thereby stopping the trend toward congressional ly its use in environmental monitoring. between the RrTC gay ban and MIT's nondis- earmarking. All of these actions would be benefi- Biotechnology research is expected to benefit crimination policy. According to Sarah E. Gallop, cial for MIT, but it is likely that the budget will under Clinton. "Health care has been such an issue an officia!. a txhcv AIT,..T·· ~.vvou ing Group, fac- continue to make the path of universities difficult." in the campaign, and one key part of that is basic ulty addressed this issue in October 1990, and rec- Administrators generally believe that research research," said Professor Gerald R. Fink, director ommended that MIT try to change the govern- -. ~:. .. . .· ' of the Whitehead Institute for Biornedical ment's policy. at MIT will benefit from the Clinton presidency; :... ; ..... :......

v I Iw A eJanuary 2' li ' ------C -- Y ~- I- R ve I - -,- I I ll January 29, 1993 e 9 v The Year in Review 0 0 0 0 14 Ir" 11 I L about recom- for a campus-wide fee of under $100. Residents of now. The committee was unanimous By Eric Richard mending the house dining fee, and I think the com- -- - ~~~A dormitories with dining halls would pay an addi- mittee has come to the unanimous conelusion that In an effort to satisfy ever-continuing student tional $400 and receive a 35 percent discount, as that wasn't a good ideal" Watson explained conplaints while trying to turn a profit, ARA had in the original plan. f short-lived contract with Kowloon Chinese Watson claimed that the original plan was a Renovations in Lobdelll and Morss Hall restaurant, brought Burger King to Lobdell Court, based on a bad interpretation of data collected in a and renovated Morss Hall in Walker Memorial. survey earlier that year. "I thought, looking at the During the summer, ARA negotiated with The House Dining Committee created controversy survey, that the system we set-up was a reasonable Burger King to bring a "BK Expressway" fran- when it discussed meal plan one, but it turns out there is a significant number Additionally, Morss ·... i ...... court. . April . .: . in - . food .- . of its own chise to Lobdell of people that don't spend that amount of money" i:: W ;7"> I programs. Hall in Walker Memorial was renovated Chinese on dining hall food. ARA arranged for Kowloon, a local Burger King's "BK Expressway" replaced card strt- This second plan enraged students living off restaurant, to accept the MIT ValifDine Leghorn's in Lobdell. The addition makes Lobdeil it a few campus who felt they should not have to pay for ing mid-February, only to terminate "'mowe like a food court - like it was supposed to the dining halls. "We have our food programs, as months later. be," said Lawrence E. Maguire, director of Hous- Kowloon was chosen over its closest competi- most ILG's do," said Erik J. Abernathy '93, presi- - ^- AS 9ad*. ' Ago; > ing and Food Services. .. ~: . :: ~~.·':~--~,:' ¢ :-.~ ~. _.: . S. tor, Aku Aku, because of its value and selection, dent of Beta Theta Pi, "and therefore, we as a what the students want," Leo added. according to Alan Leo, general manager of MIT whole, would probably be a bit unhappy with hav- "It's Food Services. The agreement was similar to the ing to pay $100 to subsidize food." ARA considered other national chains includ- one MIT Food Services has with Domino's. A third proposal was offered only a few days ing McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken However, students soon complained about later, requiring all dornitory residents, starting before deciding on Burger King. MIT's franchise ., lqu g,'Pa.,", Kowloon's long delivery time, the food quality, with the Class of 1997, to purchase a $2,000 meal is one of the first to open under a new agreement and the high prices. "It's too expensive for my plan. between ARA's national corporation and Burger meal card," said one Baker resident. The problem with the second proposal, accord- King. President and committee mem- A resident of Senior House complained, "It's ing to Next House As with other ARA outlets on campus, MIT A. Bergeron '93, was that it was overpriced and the quality is terrible and they are ber Katherine receives a 5 percent commission on all purchases. of the four houses [with rude." "unfair for the residents Leo refused to say what commission Burger stuck with the burden.... I In addition, both the Undergraduate Associa- dining halls] to be King's national corporation was asking from was any huge dissent, but there tion and MIT food services voiced their disap- don't know if there ARA, but said that franchises are generally paid proval. was a bit of confusion." and 10 percent. recom- between 6 - Ote rspwe,,· o w w Stacy E. McGeever '93, the UA President at Finally, by April 17, the committee YeL quo Morss Hall was closed all summer for renova- the time, said, "'Ijust sent a letter to Kowloon say- mended that the Institute maintain the status . ..iM ', IhO ''. - tions as the serving area was altered to accommo- ·. b B in;~~~.:-"5 ¢ w ','.-.v 'Look, a lot of students I've spoken with have until the campus dining situation could be fully ing, date a Pizza Hut, similar to that in Networks, as had bad experiences. I personally have had some evaluated. well as a new section called Changing Scenes. The bad experiences with your food.' "' "The concept of some kind of membership fee board cafeteria also added a stir-fry section. Sometime after Leo sent a similarly critical let- for dining service is pretty much off the n - i .i - fl* -A- at ' -Am.-'.- .. ter to the Kowloon management, the program with KCzw!c"z.ended. Committee makes recommendations - hip nti*andtw:N ra. . In a flurry of activity during April, the House Dining Committee made four separate proposals which would have drastically affected student meal plans, but finally decided to stay with the status quo. In an attempt to curb the $500,000 losses incurred annually by the dormitory dining halls Af " irs Lisiua and to make them more economically viable, the -Ttie }daq ae the : : - -House Dining Committee churned out a series of four proposals in a ten-day period in April. The co.-ittee's first proposal called for residents of dormitories with dining halls - Baker House, MacGregor House, McCormick Hall, and Next House - to pay an annual flat fee of $1,30)0 to become members of the House Dining System. As members, they would be able to buy food from the dining halls at 35 percent of its retail value. 'You pay something up front and get the benefits for the rest of the year. It is much better than any other alternative," said William B. Watson, chair of the committee. However, less than four days later, strong stu- DOUGLAS Lo. KEU.n-IHrag no check n center In La Sala de dent criticism of the original proposal resulted in An MIT Food Service display at the Residence/Orientation the committee submitting a new plan which called Puerto Rico presents the various dining options on campus. t - -~ .'I by: . .. . -~~~~~rl...g~. . 0

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set the fee. came before students only two weeks later, an c_e the UAC M By Brian Rosenberg unusually short time for this process. 9 -~~~ - Turnout was 'exceptionally low' Both Kessler and Lee felt that the plans to Last year's Undergraduate Association effort to I0 the student life fee have been rushed. gather opinion on a student life fee ended disap- "I think with the turnout so exceptionally low, implement meeting, Lee moved to hold the referen- Frr '''wfedth " "d' a". pointingly when only 626 students cast ballots in the data is only good as a guide, and any further At a UAC ...... d - hel,, :-Ek. ; >.::dus.:,:: 3 an.d 4, when he felt the distnibution two days of voting. Aiter this result, Provost Mark action on this would have to be brought to the d(7um onr. May a fee UAC," said David J. Kessler '94, then the incom- of registration materials would increase turnout, S. Wrighton decided that student interest in 5 but his motion was voted down. was not sufficient to merit its creation. ing UA vice president. explained that the referendum came so However, Raajnish A. Chitaley '95, current Next House UAC Representative Jonathan J. Kirby this because the issue has been discussed with 96stoirf SW: of,. .', Undergraduate Association floor leader, plans to Lee '93 agreed. "I don't know how seriously quickly "We have been talking propose a similar referendum sometime this can be taken as a campus-wide referendum fervor during the semester. it very intensely; it's been a really dense spring. because of the low turnout," he said. about he said. Last April, more tian 75 percent of the voters, Kirby was puzzled by the low voter turnout. four months," ,an :A,' ' .-,' -'..' have been nice to have a few representing about one in every 10 undergradu- "We were there for two days. We made pretty sig- "I think it would discussion on the campus-wide ates, voted yes on the first referendum question: nificant attempts to get pamphlets in everybody's more weeks of think that a reason- scale. I think it would have been nice, but I don't ,,000 towthe ust tEm,t ., Should students, rather than the administration, set mailboxes," he said. "I don't student activi- ably aware person could have wandered through think it was horrible that we didn't," McGeever 8fun I poitcd ,;,prl the overall amount designated for ties? MIT and not noticed there was a referendum." explained. turnout question, whether students should Students also supported using the student life Lee, however, attributed the low voter The first the for activities, received 475 yes fee, which would be collected from all full-time to poor publicity. "it might have been nice for control funding exhibition. tom Hanftm a 130 no votes. undergraduates, to fund the Course Evaluation sponsors of this particular referendum to perhaps votes and band member.-say he fe~s as concerned what group and to eliminate the need for a $20 athletic have taken a few further steps, such as organizing The second question Guide of the fee. The three toug the govermnent has. services fee. dorm-to-dorm and house-to-house sessions to tell would set the dollar amount student body referendum, 165 berayed ua.' PlaOwright 10h "I am overjoyed at the results of the rcferen- exactly what this was about," he said. Lee noted options were: by the referen- by the UAC, with an option for the students deaths, dum," said J. Paul Kirby '92, UA vice president at several other publicity problems with votes; Robin SAt later by referendum, 178 votes; the time, "though I am unsure of what the turnout dum. to reject the proposal $7r5003 from an NV grath by the UAC and through means." Kirby and then-UA President Stacy E. McGeever felt the vote was a clear indication and by a board selected

receiv~ed.;Z tX Ui exhibit 250 votes. Because the firs" McGeever '93 spearheaded the student life fee of student support, albeit from a support from a student body elections, [the fact] that proved inconclusive, the third option proposal. small number of students. "I think round votes preferential balloting sys- Students also voted to have '"a board of knowl- 78.5 percent of the people who voted said yes for was selected under the 297 votes. edgeable people, some selected by the undergradu- question one points to a very strong student ten- tem, ultimately receiving whether an athletic ate student body and some by the UA Council," dency towards wanting to control a portion of their The third question asked UA Financial Board own tuition money," McGeever said. "It is a very services fee should be paid for out of the student : . · · . . -· i set the student life tee. The : · Voters gave the would still control the distribution of the funds. strong indication to the UA that such a program life fee, eliminating athletic cards. Support for the special board was weak, should be implemented." question 393 yes votes and 200 no votes. it, On the fourth question, 361 students supported : :· however. Forty percent of the voters favored Plans were rushed Evaluation Guide from the i·:S .jl .··,, :: i. ..:. but two other proposals each received about a funding the Course . · :2.'' .''' f· 'I'r. Ii ·" - referendum was proposed and approved at student life fee, and 167 students voted against the :i ·: .·i. quarter of the votes cast. The defeated proposals The on Apr. 9 and : ' ···;i were to have either the entire student body or ane emergency UA Council meeting proposal. 'W .,r .:·..r 1 _ I--·*II1~·IIIII_ _ IIP r ·_I~~P 1. 9 II P 11 4 - -C· I - -T· I- I - m- The Year in Review a I0 * January 29, 1993 9 I,

., By Charu Chaudhry The Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcohol Rehabilitation (CASPAR) shelter has oc>cupied its present location at 240 Albany St. rent-free since 1979. CASPAR officials are anx-

4 ious to move to another, permanent site, but lengthy discussions between the shelter's organizers and MdIT have failed to settle the shelter's future. Under a proposal made by MIT and CASPAR, Currently CASPAR Is temporarily located on MIT-owned Albany Street land. and supported by somne Cambridge officials, MIT would purchase and renovate a property at 380 Green St. in Central Square at an expected cost of The CASPAR shelter is open 24 hours a day, Building on Sidney Street, a vacant lot on Hamil- $2 million1. MIT would then give the land and seven days a week, and provides primarily emer- ton Street, the Volvo Building on Massachusetts building to Cambridge, and the city would enter gency care for alcohol and drug abusers from Avenue, and other sites in Inman Square. into a 6long-term lease with CA SPAR. Cambridge and Somerville. CASPAR provides "The committee will continue to talk and come In1 exchange for the property, MIT asked that basic services such as food, clothing, hygiene, and up with proposals until a consensus is reached. Cambridge transfer ownership olf three streets counseling. The most important thing is that whatever site is within thle MIT campus to the Institute, along wvith CASPAR staff and MIT officialsl agree that a agreed to, it be a consensus site that the entire a portion of the sidewalks one a fourth street. The pernanent site for the shelter must be found soon. community and the committee can support," said value of the land MIT wants was estimated at There is little disagreement among Cambridge res- Ronald P. Suduilko, special assistant to the presi- about $2 million, according to Cambridge City idents on whether a permanent site should be dent for government and community relations. Manager Robert W. Healy. found. "We are hopeful that a permanent site will be MIT would relinquish all development rights to "It is absolutely imperative that we get a per- found for CASPAR. We are very supportive of the thlis land: all of Carleton and Hayward streets, manent site and that we get it now, because there's CASPAR communtity, and we feel that it is impor- Amherst Streetl west of Massachusetts Avenue, a real possibility that we won't be funded and the tant to focus on CASPAR as an organxization: that is he - and a section sidewalks on Vassar Street adjacent comnmunity will not support us unless we have a striving to meet the community's needs," he added. to Briggs Field. permanent site,)' said Aaronl Shepard, CASPAR's At its Jan. 25 meeting, the City Council held a M- me - Residents of Green Street and the surrounding assistant director. "It's been a long process. We hearing on MIT's proposal to take over four city area object to the proposal, because they say mov- have been in a trailer for I13 years." streets in return for providing a home for CAS- /- ing the shelter would bring a dangerous, undesir- "The most important thing is that CASPAR get PAR. When Green Street residents and business ssv ;XBzEs :#-^F At I' ^ : able set of people to the area. A committee of a permanent site. The best thing we can do is owners spoke against the plan to move the shelter ^As S; business leaders, citizens, and politicians is work- allow the deliberative process to continue," said there, a recurring point of contention was MIT's ing to find another suitable site. Paul Parravano, an MIT community relations insistence on being given the streets in return for The proposal also faces strong opposition from assistant. establishing a permanent site. Hi :- 0: :: : > ' >::v:SA: - ' : : several city co~uncilors anid Cambridge Mayor The current proposal was first announced in By Feb. 4, the Council hopes to reduce- the pos- --Deck SEAM Ad the Kenneth E. Reeves. August 1992, and since then CASPAR and the city sible number of sites from six to three. Councilor A:f. ..; ,. ..; .. - : "My greatest disappointment in public life in have held public meetings to address the concerns Alice K. Wolf said that "the decision should be ',:IOrlu h85-n- " I find the of community groups. Municipal and state laws based on good public policy for the city"' and that And ''a tsw4.,1 Ths *thiscity is that have not been able to .2 ..-r: - o : Or : r .-. o . . - heart of [MIT and Harvard]," Reeves said. "'I pro- require an extensive review process before the the most important factor that should be consid- f fflji, , de@; foundly disfavor the notion of giving away Cambridge City Council can vote one the proposal. ered is "in what way does this fit into the long streets." Possible alternative sites include the Donica term city interest." ,'''{, Ibidon Eike Underscores B~udget Shortfall I high-ranking administrator, are looking to reduce By Brian Rosenberg the nation, while at the same time controlling our costs so that those students can afford to come the budget deficit within the next three to five years. On Mareh 6, the -MIT Corporation approved a here." Wrighton is also looking to make immediate 6.5 percent increase in tuition, setting the cost of "Since students are only responsible for paying cuts in operating expenses. "I asked all individuals the 1992-93 academ- of the real expenses of reporting directly to me to provide a scenario fior attending MIT at $18,000 for approximately one-half 56: ic year. Average overall costs rose 6 percent, from attending MIT, it is still a bargain," he added. coping with a 2 percent per year reduction in bud-

$22,230 to $23-565. Undergraduate Association President Stacy E. get in each of the next three fiscal years," he wrote Accompanying the tuition hike was an 8.2 per- McGeever '93 disagreed. "If you compare MIT in an article in the most recent faculty newsletter.

cent increase in the self-help level. The revised with similar schools, you would find that MIT's According to James J. Culliton, vice president

figuree of S6,600 is one of the largest amnounts, any self-help level is significantly higher than those for financial operations, the task forces hope to university expects its students to contribute to the schools, thoaugh their tuitions are comparable,"' she make cuts ine administrative services rather than said. cutting actross the board. "There have been cau- cost of their education. ra~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. President Charles M. Vest explained the Cor- The issue of how to balance increasing expens- tions about affecting student support services," he

poration's desires, saying the major issue in setting es with the desire to limit tuition increases did not noted. be that undergraduates would tuition was to keep the increase as small as possi- disappear in March. Just a few weeks ago, the "'Our hope would ble while supplying sufficient additional income to Institute released projections indicating that it see very little detrimental change," Culliton said. enable the Institute to continue its "need-blind" faces a $20 million gap in its 1996 operating bud- "One of the hopes is to moderate tuition over hee admissions policy. get if growthi in expenses continues to outpace that next few years." "The tuition increase was not as low as I hoped of revenues. It is likely that some jobs will be eliminated by it would have been," said Provost Mark S. In response to this problem, Vest and Wrighton budget cuts. "We can't rule out the possibility of Wrighton. "We are trying to maintain a very care- created four task forces to look for new ways to layoffs," Culliton said. "Our hope would be that full balance of providing academic support which trim expenses and increase revenues throughout improvement can be made that would make attri- A s~ ,M¢46f~~~O .',- My gf;. I@o, will attract large numbers of the best students in the Institute. The taske forces, each headed by a tion a better approach." MTWQlff Sttl Narassment Suit Privately Wolff, from Page 6 the program. Thus, Perry could not have excluded approaching deans and other administrators rather Wolff from the program. than discussing the problems with the individuals Social Sciences Philip S. Khoury, and himself. first. normally MIT filed to dismiss suit in May This is "somewhat unusual," he added; The source also said that anyone who has had ~~~~~LOde afte r I these decision are made in the sections thernselves. In} Mav- MI4T qttrnevyq filed a ynotion asking extended dealings with Wolff would say she is a mlloningits. '' that Middlesex County Superior Court dismiss the ",notoriously difficult" person. tooft-$ , After the suit was filed Perry said, "My own case, saying that the "plaintiff s claims [rested] on ;''"'" a fie-ea'',' feeling is people in the literature faculty have tried allegations that she is unhappy in her relations In June. MIT filed motions for a conference to talk to each other about our intellectual differ- ;vith her colleagues, but do not show that MIT and a stay in discovery, which is a halting of pre- disclosure of pertinent facts or documents. I ences. ... I think the process has been a healthy [had] done anything to impinge on any of her legal trial - ZAd - and a good one - that's why [the suit] has be-en rights." MIT stated that "the plainltiff's complaint makes quite a shock."' Robert Sullivan, one of MIT's lawyers working highly personal allegations about the conduct of her colleagues," The statement went on to mention ': IO :.fM Perry said that the Women's Studies Program on the case, said, "Everything that Professor Wolff that the discovery requests included 42 separate WxS Cr Wolff, since she never has said about difficulties she has had with col- could not have excluded categories of documents containing "information never submit- leagues, and so forth are not the kind of difficulties approached the program. "Wolff has of a highly sensitive and private nature concerning to Women's Studies," Perry which courts look into judicially for the obvious ted a course proposal the plaintiffs colleagues." said. reason that courts think universities and colleges should run themselves." Courts do not want to act Afler a hearing and review in late June, MIT's Isabelle de Coulrtivron, current head of the for- as "surrogate administrators," he said. motion to dismiss the case was denied. B~y default, eign languages and literatures section, who headed "Wolff has not alleged any acts of discrimina- the motion for a stay of discovery was also denied. the Womten's 'Studier Program from late 1987 to tion," Sullivan added. On Aug. 25, a Middlesex County Superior early 1989, said she did not remember getting a While the case was still in litigation, a member Court Judge issued a procedural order prohibiting proposal from Wolff. the literature section said that Wolff was con- of further litigation until Sept. 8 in an effort to have fiusing disagreement with harassment. The source According to Perry and De Courtivron, course the parties resolve the case. proposals are judged by the Women's Studies Pro- said that Wolff blatantly disregarded expected The suit was settled in late November. gram Curriculum Committee, not by the head of standards of civility with her colleagues by

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By Deena Disraelly almost entirely by the students' cumulative grade the way that the Institute does business," said point averages. Students with GPAs lower than a Searle. "Most of our students will go on to the fifth 0ractices at NI~T, OtherU ynive sides The Department of Electrical Engineering and minimum cut-off were rejected from the program. year." By Eva Moy responding, according to Culliton. There is $11.5 Computer Science accepted 60 seniors into its "I know this sounds terribly grade-oriented," The new curriculum will involve changes in million of questioned on-campus and $3.3 million nevdy-created 5-year Master of Engineering pro- Searle said, "but I guess that is how it will wind graduate admissions and graduate qualifications. In an effort to correct its long-term oversight of of off-campus research costs out of a total operat- gram this November. The program will eventually up. If students wish, they can submit extra letters. The requirements for the MEng degree will university billing practices, the Defense Contract ing budget of about $231 million, Culliton said. replace the bachelor of science as the primary ... I feel very strongly that there should be a built- include the General Institute Requirements, mak- Audit Agency questioned many of the research- The methodology used was similar to that of degree offered by the department, said EECS in process by which students can appeal. This ing the degree available only to MIT undergradu- related costs that universities bill to the govern- FY 90. But DCAA had changed the tuition remis- department head Paul L. Penfield Jr. ScD '60. keeps the bureaucracy to a minimum, but protects ates. The EECS department, however, will not ment and other contracting agencies. sion rate from the FY 90, which accounts for the The Department of Aeronautics and Astronau- those whose GPAs are not representative of their offer students financial support for the fifth year. Along with MIT, dozens of other universities lower overall disputed amount, Culliton added. tics is considering the addition of a Master of abilities." There are three reasons, according to Penfield, were audited, including Stanford University, The DCAA still has to submit audits MIT for Engineering degree. The Course XVI program In the future, students in good standing at the that the MEng degree is necessary. "The master's Columbia University, and the California Institute FY 86-88, which they had originally planned to under consideration would be a nine-month mas- end of their junior year will automatically be level of education is needed for the practice of of Technology. complete by June 1992. They had decided to ter's degree. It would not replace the bachelor's accepted into the MEng program. Planners hope engineering," said Penfield. The fields of electrical The DCAA resumed the $22.8 million audit of forego these audits starting in 1986 in an effort to degree, though. that next year 75 additional spots will be added. engineering and computer science are growing the Institute's forward pricing budget for fiscal keep better track of private and corporate govern- The MEng program was offered to more complex, and there is little space for year 1992 at a hearing before the Subcommittee en ment-sponsored research. EECS seniors in September. Of the 106 the inclusion of professional material in the Energy and Commerce in late January 1992. In Culliton hopes that DCAA will complete audits students who applied, sixty were accepted [his program will represent a current program, Penfield added. addition, it presented an audit of MIT's fiscal year of these open years by June 1993. to the program and twenty were placed on The MEng proposal, approved in 1990 budget. In addition, the DCAA received the FY 91 a waiting list, said Campbell L. Searle '51, major change in the way that December, includes a provision directing At the same time, the General Accounting budget at the close of FY 92. They will receive the chairman of the EECS committee on grad- that the MEng program will be reviewed in Office charged that universitieslack adequate FY 92 budget, as well as the FY 93 and FY 94 for- uate admissions. the Institute does business. 1998 by the Committee of the Undergradu- checks on the allocation of indirect costs and that ward pricing budgets, soon. Students were notified of their accep- ] ate Program, the Committee on the Gradu- Office of Naval Research - to which DCAA The other audits should quickly fall in line tance or rejection by the program as soon MIost of our students will go on ate School Program, and the School of reports - and the Department of Health and once the final decisions affecting the FY 90 audit as the committee determined their status. f 77Engineering. Human Services have "lax oversight practices." are made, Culliton said. He added that while Acceptance into the MEng program deter- to the fifth year. Some faculty members expressed con- The DCAA retracted MIT's FY 92 audit on DCAA makes recommendations, it is ONR which mined whether a student must write a Campbell L. Searle '51 cern about the inclusion of courses focused Jan. 17, 1992, to allow further examination of it, has the final decision on the matter. Rep. John D. Dingell (0-Mich.) senior thesis this year or a masters thesis on the practice of engineering, the effects of because of changing circumstances, according to "MIT remains committed to seeking improved next year. technology on society and ethics in the James J. Culliton, vice president for financial oper- administrative and accounting procedures. ... We The MEng program was originally introduced When the program reaches full capacity in two workplace. ations. These included a $778,261 payment by remain willing at any time to review any and all claimed that these disputes stemmed from dis- to students at an April colloquium held by the ad years, 100 additional spots will be opened to MIT MIT to the government and the creation of a $6 administrative, accounting, allocation, and reim- agreements and changes in policy rather than erro- hoc MEng planning committee. Penfield said the undergraduates, said Searle. Searle explained that some people, including million trust fund for employee benefits. However, bursement methodologies on a prospective basis," neous or improper accounting, Culliton said. committee wanted to get students' reaction to the "In the next one and a half years, we will be the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Tech- the Institute did not concede to owing an addition- Culliton wrote in the executive summary of a nology, would like to see the program expanded to According to a national DCAA spokesman, the plan. making the offer to 80 percent of the department's al $21.6 million. juniors, deal with more real-world difficulties. response to the FY 90 audit. MOUs can be retracted if the university does not The Course XVI master's degree would be hoping that about 65 percent of them will The January hearing was preceeded by two But if the ONR decides to accept the DCAA's substantially different frorn the EECS actually enter," Searle fL-HolwL the terms of the am-epment if the orverl- plan, if it is added. If everything follows Some professors, however, objected to the pro- recommendations, MIT will challenge their others in March and May of 1991. The audits had deci- ment thinks the agreement is no longer beneficial, approved for introduction in 1995. The emphasis the proposed timetable, most members offthe -lass gram because the MEng degree requires less been ordered by the House Oversight and Investi- sion at the judicial level of the Armed Forces or if a retraction is allowed in the terms of the of the new degree will be on preparation for work of 1997 who major in Course VI would enter the research experience than the current masters gations Subcommittee, headed by Rep. John D. Board of Appeals, Culliton said. in industry and manufacturing, rather than the new agreement. program. degree. The MEng degree also takes less time than Dingell (D-Mich), after an initial hearing concern- research focus of the current curriculum, accord- a regular master's degree to complete; the MEng ing Stanford's misuse of government funds, Misunderstandings over MIOU "We recognize the government's right (and ing Earll M. Murman, head of the department. "A major change" can be completed in three semesters, while the according to Dennis B. Fitzgibbons, a committee Most of the controversy concerning the MIT's obligation) to discuss reasonable revisions, The acceptance decisions were determined "This program will represent a major change in normal degree requires two to three years. spokesman. DCAA's audits deal with several Memoranda of where appropriate, on a prospective basis, but Understanding - signed agreements under which object in the strongest possible terms to DCAA's Past budgets still outstanding MIT can determine its budget in certain ways. attempt to retroactively alter MOUs negotiated by Facult~r Prmitr Nliors in Ad epartme t The DCAA has finally submitted a draft of the Four of the 10 MOUs questioned by the DCAA MIT in good faith," stated MIT's response to the audit for FY 89, to which MIT is currently had the most impact on the FY 90 audit. But MIT FY 92 audit. By Sarah Y. Keightley The Sloan School of Management is discussing interesting spectrum of minors. They are very nice the issue, but has not made definite plans. Hillary offerings for the student body. It's a win-win situ- The faculty unanimously voted this fail to H. Debaun, assistant director of the Sloan School ation for faculty and students. Faculty get more MullA Eno 01 ojeet Athela allow all academic departments to offer minor proof Management, said that the School of Manage- students in classes, and students get the recogni- grams for undergraduates. tion on their diplomas," Vander Sande said. By Kevin Subramanya the project. As a result, more students than ever strict to be was the hardest problem." The motion was unopposed in a voice The minor programs "may cut down the have been using the campus-wide network of To ensure people are not trying to gain unau- vote by the approximately 70 faculty pre- it [t's a win-win situation for number of double majors. ... A student has One year after the completion of Project workstations. thorized access to private information, the Office sent at the November faculty meeting. The to overload to do that. Maybe now they Athena and Information System's subsequent of the Registrar sends verification letters to stu- approval of this motion allows all depart- [aculty and students. Faculty don't have to overload at all," Brown said. assumption of responsibility for the campus-wide Registrar services added Christie L. Halle '94 and Barbara C. jikely DaU4cratie'Presidentlet dents who request a second passwor& ments to offer minor programs if they computing system, users noticed hardware A major addition to Athena services allows stu- wish, but it does not create any specific get more students in classes, Manganis '95 started the push for science improvements, but little serious change in the dents to view personal records as well as informa- FBI investigates security breach minor programs. minors last year. They were on the commit- that Tennesswe $oriL Gr Athena computing environment. tion from the MIT Bulletin. On Oct. 1, MIT stu- The proposed science minors require and students get the recogni- tee that reviewed the science minors pro- wNift be hkis rurm-nE mate About 200 new workstations were added to dents gained access to the Student Information Security became a top concern when a bug 60 to 72 units beyond the General Institute *posal. "I thought [MIT] should have science ------Athena clusters over the summer in an effort to Service, an Athena application implemented by IS allowed one user to capture the passwords of many Requirements. "We got a committee tion on their diplomas. minors. We were surprised that the entire update the campus-wide distributed computing for the Office of the Registrar. other users. together to make sure the minor programs university decided to do it," Halle said. environment -- an effort that resulted in record- were approximately Associate Dean John B. Vander Sande "It's about time that we had minors in The service combines class descriptions from In December, the Federal Bureau of Investiga- similar in scope and setting Athena usage. the Bulletin, registration information, data from tion began an investigation of the breach in an number of subjects. There was remarkable the sciences," said Undergraduate Associa- All older Digitai VAXstation 2000 worksta- the student directory, and a compilation of stock Athena dialup machines. An arrest warrant was agreement about the scope and intellectual con- nient is thinking about offering a minor program, tion President Shally Bansal '93. "I'll be interested tent" of the programs, said tions were replaced with DECstation 5000 mrrodels. answers converginlig basic information about cross- issued for the alleged perpetrator. biology Professor Gene but "it's not on the launch pad yet." to see which departments actually follow through while an additional 40 IBM RS/6000 workstations registration, graduation requirements, finals poli- M. Brown, chair of the committee that reviewed To minor in a subject which has a program, a and create a program," she added. will be installed later this year, said Janet MI. Daly, cy, and other data. On Dec. 14, the distributed computing section science minors. student must submit a petition any time before add "I think it's probably a good plan. There's a lot information officer for Academic Computing Ser- The system also provides access to information of IS released a statement on the incident. "This Before this decision, only minors in the human- date in the fall term of his senior year, according of people who would take up classes in another vices. Some older IBM RTs were placed out of containing personal academic records accessible individual's mode of operation is believed to be ities and social sciences were available. Currently, to Brown. A special exception exists for current field, but are not willing to put in effort to get a commission as well. only to MIT students who have established a sec- limited to breaking into accounts for the sole pur- the five science departments have minor programs seniors, who can still request minors if they satisfy complete double major. Now they can get a minor. The new machines are nearly 30 times faster ond password through the registrar's office. Stu- pose of discovering any user [identifications] and for undergraduates. the requirements. ... Or people who go halfway through a major and passwords stored there to enable him to break into LI~iCAI WItU 1III..JI 1'..iISUI'. LlailI LIA., UIUd... work-sa-~Li~sLI UL.A3 may viw past gjdU3eS. duditd,degree and The School of Engineering may also offer Each department which offers a minor will hate it, now they can get something out of it," said they replaced. Each DECstation runs at 27 million ject registration, and are also able to update their additional systems," it said. minors as early as next fall. "It's expected that the have a faculty adviser to answer questions about Phillip B. Hume '94, a physics major who is con- instructions per second and has a 16-inch color official phone directory and address information. The perpetrator used a bug in the dialup pro- minor program construction will be done at the its minor program. sidering a minor in planetary science. display, 24 megabytes of memory, and 232 MB of In the future, the Registrar's Office hopes to use gram to replace the telnet command, which allows department level. There is great interest in all eight Helen E. Cargill '94 said, "I was majoring in Faculty hard disk storage, Daly said. the service as a vehicle for pre-registration. user to remotely log on to other computers, with a departments to come up with minor programs," and students support minors chemistry, but I'd been taking more Humanities Keith M. Swartz, an online consultant for the "Security was quite an issue," said Scott compromised version which captured every key- said Associate Dean of Engineering John B. Van- Faculty and student support for the new minor classes.... I will probably switch majors. But it Computer Support Services branch of Information Thorne, the project leader from Distributed Com- stroke after the command was executed, IS offi- der Sande, who is also chair of the School of Engi- programs has been strong. will not be good to throw all the science away. I Services, noted that IS provided $1.2 million for puting and Network Service. "Determining how cials reported. neering Education Committee. "The school of engineering will offer a very will probably minor in chemistry." U.$. AttorneYGerl thr D. 8eamett ant t Nearl i,200pnewstudents: irisnnal chatgs 'Ifl be"brought 4AI.nu-B .P/· . - - -FunwMdinm org or P00 i'vero Do ates oney for tE NEA, from Page 7 cultural events of our country," said Ellen T. Har- improve relations between the NEA and the art N EA, from Page 12 ner. narowicz took on the NEA and Donald Wildmon, $eptember . K~ati In conre-votw- WM-b er role' ris, associate provost of the arts at MIT. "I hope field. In mid-January, the Wolfsonian Foundation who had used images from his exhibit out of con- tJAS~~~·£~aet~ oajud0lO~i·g* ment may no longer exist. the NEA improves its policies and I am going to ened attitude." Posncr stresses that she has always announced that the "Corporal Politics" catalogue text. Wojnarowicz won in both these conflicts. C.Bewlrue htMI iit *in the auege(I 1 dCatio>n Of ed~oiatd Th Sheman "I don't believe that the NEA should be main- work to that goal," Harris said in May, shortly A new 'enlightened' administration been very optimistic about the future of the NEA. had been chosen to receive a Special Mention Wojnarowicz's autobiographical texts and images data fors 198& paper coau.

The Year in Review o 12 o January 29, 1993 January 29, 1993.r 13 * The Year in Review K-12 Porm ikIsttCmng 7:: . ", Stember By Eva Moy and science education is important. It makes sense design marketing strategies, and organize an oper- 3.... the studio. "-:".-f for MIT students to work on it," said Mark Dug- ations system for X "Science and math education in K-12 is not gan G, an organizer of the program. "The program allows the graduate students to somebody else's problem - it's a shared respon- Jee Y. Ahn '93, another Education Outreach get involved in the community. You can't become sibility," said the MIT Council on Primary and coordinator, said they expressed concern about the a successful manager without understanding the Secondary Education. It called for MIT "to engage lack of female students in the program. "The nor- community. I think it is crucial for a manager to the problems of the K-12 system" two years ago, mal social expectation is that men can do math and get involved in the community," said Samer Salty .:.Chi ..gh he s Ni t pe'~r c e mtnt a g e. -'n., r -. den ..ta?n -i{ according to Ronald M. Latanision, the council's science, and women can't. If kids see only men G, a mentor who has worked with the program chairman. going to the elementary schools, it reinforces this from the outset. "As we get involved, we learn, A year ago, Latanision noted that these efforts view." and we apply tools we learn at Sloan," he added. * had not been coordinated by MIT as a whole, and Two of its major exhibitions were a 45-foot that the committee hoped MIT would take these MULTICO long sculpture entitled "From Darkness to the initiatives as an institution, going "beyond the mis- Fifteen MIT students are teaching Cambridge Light," which was displayed at the Boston Aquari- sion of higher education and research." area students the valuable skills necessary to run a um, and an exhibit featuring painted jean jackets, It is ironic that Cambridge elementary school business. The Cambridge students, all of whom T-shirts, sculptures, and photographs, which was Wunusua riumlb~ 0f friuai students have the lowest standard achievement are non-native speakers of English, run MULTI- displayed at the Nielsen Gallery. rquests frmm taii rsu e t scores in Massachusetts while both MIT and Har- CO, or Multicultural Company. MULTICO's a ~e a s n s ar t h r >w in g . vard are just up the street, said Felix A. Guzman sales of pens and T-shirts give these students both 1992 Senior Class Gift '93, one of the founders of "City Days: A Two a source of income and experience in the business The 1992 Class Gift, called the Program for the Way Street." world. Encouragement of Technology Fund, will send .-S e p m b 2 But while this Institute-supported, two-day pro- MULTICO is made up of six high school, nine MIT students around the nation visiting junior gram during Residence/Orientation Week received middle school, and 14 elementary school students, high schools to encourage the use of computers in much publicity and participation, many other pro- along with a group of adult coordinators. In addi- school. clfiforla' Repui ia no grams tried to establish more lasting links between tion, local teachers and businessmen run the grant- "The objective of the program is to get students pete MlsoWpgs a"$ biW MIT and Cambridge. based system, which the MIT students act as paid excited about science and technology," said Senior advisors, according to Curtis A. Gabrielson '93, an Class Gift Co-Coordinator Joanna E. Stone '92. lien t:t endti. a certification pr-agram Teacher MIT student coordinator who works for MULTI- "Studies have shown that the 7th and 8th grades .. Fifteen students entered MIT's new Teacher CO. are critical times in forming interest in science dis- tiad issued-over $&.4 biion' -in: Certification Program last fall by enrolling in IOUIts to cotv . pw ta. Issues in Teaching and Learning (I 1. 124), the first of the program's six classes. The program teaches MIT students"to learn to S1eptember 3 appreciate the kinds of conceptual intuitions that young people bring to their studies, and ... [to] monitor their conceptual progress," said Professor *- 01 Mi USic afl 11caL 1 r . eaii. B.eagt. :Sexual Posltions-_oidramat. Bamberger and Professor of Brain and Cognitive zation and discussion' o~f p Sciences Susan Carey are teaching this semester's and sex lft at MMta class. One unique feature of the certification program is the presence of six Boston-area K-12 teachers, who are spending the academic year at MIT as Septem be'"r 4' part of another new program, the MIT Teacher Fellows Program. Bamberger said the fellows pro- At the coneltson of Rest- gram is designed to help teachers "develop innov- derea/oien toiar Week, Sevort . ative approaches to math and science teaching . . . a: indep'nftdent I ,rou , so they can become effective agents of change in the schools to which they will return." The fellows will help Bamu..licg. and Carey sRh,; sou ht us .. s 'h. teach 11.124, and each will serve as a mentor for one or more students in the certification program. Also, each fellow will be given an MIT faculty mentor in his or her field. Fellows and mentors will identify areas of mutual research interest and develop new teaching techniques. The State Bureau of Teacher Certification is expected to register the program sometime this academic year. Currently, the program trains only math and science teachers, but it will hopefully DOUGnSeD. KELLtER- HE TECH extend to include humanities, arts, and social stud- MIT students assist workers at a Cambridge elementary school In maintaining the grounds ies, Bamberger said. If the program is accepted, near the school. MIT students who finish six classes will be certified to teach students in grades six through twelve. The MIT students stand by only to advise. ciplines. We hope that we can provide engineers "I've always been sort of interested in being a "The idea is that the [Cambridge] students run the as role models for these students since there is no teacher," class member Monika L. Reninger '94 business. We [MIT coordinators] are here to give 'L.A. Law' for engineers." g said. "I'll at least get certified, but I don't know them the knowledge, skills, information, and mate- The program will send five members of the whether I'll actually become a teacher," she rials necessary for them to do it themselves.... To Class of 1992 and five other undergraduates dur- added. relate the finer points of entrepreneurship to a class ing spring term to Boston area schools. These stu- In previous years, MIT students interested in full of students from six grade levels, four lan- dents will bring donated Apple computers to each teaching had to complete their certification guage and culture backgrounds, many of whom of these schools, instruct teachers on the use ef the through the Wellesley Education Department have been in the United States for less than two computers, and encourage students to use and pro- years, is difficult for even the experienced teach- gram the machines. Stone noted that the MIT stu- Educational Studies Program ers," Gabrielson said. dents will teach the junior high school students to Since 1969, the High School Studies Program "We don't all speak Engiish well, but we work progs,-, Ill LkOO. . has been part of the Educational Studies Pro- together," said Erica Autuori, MULTICO sales Originally, the program planned to send stu- gramns drive to improve the education process. manager and a student at Cambridge Rindge and dents to two underfunded junior high schools in ln ftt for a of tours MIT students, alumni, and friends teach sev- Latin School. "We get to be close friends and to each of five regions of the United States, but they e : , 'n ' ' ,: enth through 12th grade students from the greater respect each other." are starting locally as part of a pilot program. Boston area each spring. All teaching is done vol- "This is far from a passive job in which you According to the description of the PET fund untarily, and students involved said "it is a lot of show up and work for a few hours," Gabrielson Sepembr 8: program, the week-long program will conclude fun." said. "But I personally learned an immense with a competition among the students. "Two stu- HSSP offers a wide variety of subjects, ranging amount from this project, far beyond what I hoped dents plus one teacher representative from each of Fbrty-four fre~shmeii registei fa from presentations on favorite hobbies to an inten- to, and most of the time it was a real kick." the schools will then be flown to MIT for a week- Sivc course in calcul-s. The "teachers," including long visit to give them a taste of what MIT and Sloan students market H.S. art Physics I MI.-L), which Wit both undergraduate and graduate students, create college life is all about," the description said. the classes in subjects that interest them, choosing Students in extend jnto Idpe'"dert AiWtM- the Sloan School of Management "We hope this gift will give the junior high tehs FPeiviod. their content, format, and difficulty. are also using their business skills to market air- students a glimpse of what futures may hold and In addition. HSSP helps MIT students to brushed T-shirts and other art created by Boston inspire them to pursue higher education," said explore and test their interest in teaching while area high school students. Five Sloan students vol- Rizwan Q. Virk '92, senior class gitt co-coordina- still in college, since formal certification is not unteer as mentors to the Artists for Humanity pro- tor. Septe~mber 1-8 required to be an HSSP teacher. gram, which employs selected high school student The program is scheduled to continue for five artists. Education Outreach years. At the class's fifth year reunion the project Thgw" K. Raustin '94 is WaOyl "The program begins in middle school. We find will be re-evaluated, but organizers hope that by Education Outreach. sponsored by the Public students eligible to work in our studio. They do that time it will be an overwhelming success and stabbed near H-ayden Llbraty a-s Services Center, has initiated partnerships between design work and business [work] such as market- he and. a cmpanion, Arme Er-. will continue indefinitely. 00ovn-. .ti, 47'. A..ed V .l.z five MIT living groups and five Cambridge ele- ing and advertising. The students gain experience g8 ad bmr S$$ This year's gift is similar to last year's helm G, W04reilking east on mentary schools. The program is a follow-up to in many different professions [while earning the] Teacher Fund -a loan forgiveness program for Memoral Dvo. Thtee' Caro. the City Days events during Rush week. minimum wage. The only thing the students have MIT graduates who pursue K-12 teaching - in areb s~rhnde ty~e toXoan Kappa Alpha Theta, Zeta Psi, Lambda Chi to do [to stay in the program] is to stay bridge yroufth Jsei in high the respect that it is non-physical. In past years Alpha, Phi Beta Epsilon, and Chi Phi each helped school," said Susan Rodgerson, a co-director of classes donated physical gifts such as the campus d a t e k i n t i le d a s Mq a r an partner schools through tutoring, after-school the Artists for Humanity. maps provided by the Class of 1987. thes*Me"SNa.. ~laXbl Tte>fo -6^,thlsgeaD on sports, trips to the Museum of Science, and other Since its inception two years ago, Artists for "What is striking to me about the gifts for this creative activities. Humanity has been a non-profit organization, and year and last year is the sense of focus which goes *.: "We are not trying to solve the social problems all money from sales goes toward a scholarship beyond those of the past. This is a 'living' gift and i of Cambridge. We are not trying to stop crime by fund for the artists. the fact that it has the potential to affect students reaching out to kinds at Cambridge. We are trying The MIT mentors have helped the Artists for and teachers for a long time is very impressive," to get MIT to reach out to the community. Math Humanity write successful funding proposals, Latanision said. Sy>@ > B; .::.,':'.

The Year in Review v 14 - January 29, 1993 WhiteheadlResearchers Map Chromosome By Eric Richard investigate through family inheritance. I think the The fact that a single gene is responsible for the biology of the Y chromosome can only explored deficient learning behavior made the findings even I Researchers at the Whitehead Institute of Bio- from the DNA level up," Page said. "Since this mow significant. medical Research made national headlines in map is anchored in the sequence itself, it can melt October when they completed the first map of a away into the sequence of the chromosome." In experiments mice were placed in a maze human chromosome as part of the Human Genome Page said that the work has set the stage for with a hidden underwater platform which was Project. In a separate project, Professor of Biology constructing a more detailed maps for determining moved from place to place. At first, the location of Susumu Tonegawa and collablorators at the Uni- the exact order of the remaining bases in DNA. "If the platform was indicated with a flag, and all of versity of Colorado and the Salk Institute discov- one can make such maps for the Y chromosome, the mice were able to learn the relationship ered a gene responsible for a learning deficiency in then the same can be done for the rest of the between the flag and the platform. mice. genome," Page said. "People in human genetics However, when scientists removed the flag, but In the Oct. 2 issue of Science, researchers led are excited about the work because perhaps in few kept the platform in place, only the normal mice by David Page, associate professor in the Depart- years we will have similar maps of the other chro- were able to quickly learn where the platforn was. investigator for the ment of Biology and assistant mosomes." Mice lacking the gne took significantly longer to Howard Hughes Medical Institute, reported that understand these spatial relationships. they had mapped the entire functional region of Learning deficiency gene found the Y chromosome, which controls sex detennina- In a separate project, Tonegawa and collabora- The gene was shown to encode the enzyme tion in humans. The achievement is considered to tors described a gene responsible for a leaming alpha-calcium calmodulin kinase II, which regu- be a major early step in the U.S. Human Genorme deficiency in mice. The discovery is expected to lates long-term potentiation. This refers to the abil- Project. be of value in the treatment of epilepsy, chronic ity of synapses in a brain cell to become increas- The ultimate goal of the Genome Project is to arnxiety, and strokes. ingly stronger as a piece of information repeatedly determine the actual genetic man of all human In the July 10 issue of Science, Tonegawa and enters the brain. As these synapses become chromosomes. collaborators showed that mice lacking the gene stronger, the information entering the brain is Page explained that the Y chromosome is par- behave normally in non-spatial learning tests but learned. Synapses lacking this enzyme lose their ticularly mysterious "because it is difficult to have difficulty understanding spatial relationships. strength and infonnation is not learned. Baltimore to Re0tur to ksdtute in i994

By Lakshmanna Rao ging off repeated warnings that his collaborator ore neau said. the papers Thereza Imanishi-Kari, who was then a Baltimore's return to MIT will coincide with Almost three years ago, David Baltimore '61 post-doctoral student under him, had fabricated the inauguration of the new biology building resigned his post as director of the Whitehead some of her data. scheduled to take place in the early spring of 1994. Institute for Biomedical Research after years of Soon after the governmrent's announcement Baltimore will be allocated space in the new build- stormy controversy about research fraud. At the that it would file criminal charges, Baltimore told ing to pursue his research on AIDS. He will also time, few would have believed that the embattled The Associated Press that the decision was 'a teach undergraduate and graduate courses at MIT. biology respar-her with a Nobel nri7e under his complete vindication of my own position" denying According LO 1irgeneau, AIDS research is a belt would return. fraud. He said, through a spokesman, that he major focus of the biology department and several But Baltimore is coming back. He has been would ask the scientific journal Cell to reinstate professors are studying the disease. "Baltimore's appointed a professor of biology at MIT and will the paper. arrival will increase the effectiveness of our pro- return to the Institute in the spring of 1994. Balti- Tne year before, Baltimore had formally apolo- gram significantly," he added. more is currently a professor of biology at Rocke- gized for his staunch defense of Imanishi-Kari's feller University, where he also served as president work. On March 20, 1991, Baltimore asked Cell to "I am looking forward to my return to MIT," until December 1991. He stepped down from that retract the paper. Baltimore said. He plans to continue his work on position when he lost faculty support because of immune specifications and the role of tumors in his role in the brouhaha involving a paper pub- MIT offers fresh start immunology, cancer, and AIDS research. lished in the journal Cell in 1986. One of Balti- Robert J. Birgeneau, dean of science, said that AIDS has been a focus of Baltimore's work more's collaborators was accused of falsifying her MIT initiated the dialogue to get Baltimore back to throughout his research career. In 1970, he helped data, but no criminal charges were filed after a MIT when 'ne announced his resignation as the discover reverse transcriptase, a critical enzyme yer-long probe by the Office of Research Integrity. president of Rockefeller. Baltimore held no stand- found in the group of viruses that cause AIDS. The Although Baltimore was not accused of coming position at MIT when he left fIor Rockefeller. finding won him the 1975 Nobel Prize in physiolo- mitting fraud himself, he was criticized for shrug- "This is effectively a new appointment," Birge- gy or medicine. Large Entering Class Crowds Doruito es

By Eric Richard Westgate were guaranteed that their doubles moved to an ILG. would not be crowded. Incoming students were able to make their dor- Because of the large size of the incoming fresh- Crowding has also forced the housing office to mitory selections using a computer, rather than by man class and an increase in the number of hous- turn away about 90 percent of the requests from submitting preference cards, as in previous years. US'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:'

ing requests from transfer students, more the num- upperclassmen returning from leaves of absences According to Levitt, six computers were set-up ~·Sh -: CS , ber of crowded rooms last fall doubled the without guaranteed housing. in the Residence/Orientation Center for freshmen " '3·:"S·· previous year's total. A room is considered crowded if tvo students to input their preferred dormitory selections. The According to Eliot S. Levitt '89, staff assistant are assigned to what is usually a large single or if use of the new system resulted in 97.5 percent of S ,,, $~~~~~~~~~~~~··:..~·~, for Residence and Campus Activities, 70 to 80 three are assigned to a large double. Crowded stu- freshmen getting one of their top three dosmitory percent of the freshmen in dormitories are living in dents pay less than students in normal accommo- assignments. dations. However, Levitt did explain that the number of crowded rooms. Of tne 228 rooms on campus A'.~~~~~~~~~~. p:tI which can be crowded, 220 were crowded this Students reaction to the crowding situation was freshmen receiving their first choice would not be year. Last year only 101 rooms were crowded. mixed. Kristen N. Fortino '96, who lives in Baker as high. "Everybody has their needs at MIT, and Dean of Student Affairs Arthur C. Smith said, House, said that living in a crowded triple is "not deserves to not be extremely unhappy in their "The number [of admitted studentsl was somewhat too bad at all." environment," said Levitt. Thus, first space choic- larger than we had intended.... We have to deal Stacy L. Robb '96 said, 'The Baker rooms are es are used to help freshmen who would otherwise with what has happened." pretty big anyway." receive their last choice. aceTo try to cope with the overcrowding ofi under- However, one sophemore transfer student said Uinder the new process, the computer system graduate housing, 20 transfer students were she was very upset when she was assigned to forces students to rank six choices, preventing a assigned to doubles in Westgate, a graduate dormi- Westgate after being denied her first choice donni- previous practice of submitting only one or two meet~~~~~~Can i i - tory for married students. Students assigned to tory. In order to avoid living in Westgate, she choices. City Days Brings Freshmen to Cituy Schools pfa~en:a pow-·cCat fo By Nicole A. Sherry dents hosted various activities such as kite-build- coordinate Chi Phi's involvement in City Days on node i: nmu}#memer ing, paper airplane construction, and jello slurping, the second day. "I saw quite a few kids get close to hais -. . .: Freshmen participated in the first annual "City according to Associate Dean for Academic Aft-airs the fresnmern - tney were hugging and telling Days: A Two Way Street" during Residence/Ori- Travis R. Merfitt, who helped plan City Days. In jokes." . ' '5 . : , Y addition to playing games, the Cambridge students HB:" .'. ' {: . !Jf entation Week. The program was designed to fos- But Juno Choe '96 said, "We were all exhaust- toured Id1T and ate lunch with MIT students. ter class spirit, to get students involved in volun- out of it. ed afterward, and we didn't get anything ,~ :· ,-. : - 4c Thne events also inclluded a ke1ynote conlvoca- .*A.'2, } - · teer work, and to introduce them to their new I think the school was using the freshmen to get tion held in Kresge Auditorium. The speakers environment: the Cambridge community. some good public relations." i,'.,,,,Z,,,g,,.,,.j~tS,...... CCity Days, jointly sponsored by the Cambridge included MIT President Charles M. Vest, Harvard 58*@Sij..;R ., -i; ;. 22 .' > School Department and several offices at MIT, University President Neil Rudenstine, and Ken- City Days planners felt that it was an overall replaced the traditional R/O Week freshman book neth E. Reeves, Cambridge mayor and chair of the success but that there was room for improvement. night. Cambridge School Committee. "rhe purpose of the tour was to get people On the first of two City Days, more than 600 Students have mixed reactions walking around in Cambridge, which hadn't been freshmen went on a tour of Cambridge. They then done before, and that happened. To do this again, : went to one of 14 Cambridge public schools and Student reaction to the success of City Days we'd have to make it more interesting," said Ateev i,14 other agencies to performr such public services was mixed. Many enjoyed the activities but some Mehrotra '94, a City Days planner ir. the Public as painting, raking, and gardening. felt that the tour of Cambridge was boring and Service Center. On the secon(' day approximately 450 Cam- compared the interactions with the elementary bridge elementary school students from the 4th to school students to baby-sitting. In a follow-up to City Days, Education Out- 6th grades came to MIT and were met by about "We painted a day care center, and it looked reach has designed a program pairing MIT living 1000 MIT students. The students were split into like it really needed it. It was definitely worth- groups with Cambridge elementary schools. MIT groups of about 20 people, with a two-to-one ratio while," said Maria S. Redin ?96. students work with Cambridge students through of Cambridge to MIT students. "Taking the kids around was more fun than tutoring, after-school sports, trips to the Museum MIT students not grouped with Cambridge stun hosting an activity," said Han Shu '95, who helped of Science, and other creative activities. __- Irrr I I Jnar 9,-99 15 -a Th Y er Revie -in January 29, l993 r 1E5 ' The Year In Review m 0

From Cleansr~0 to ie Mhite G A Retrospecluve of 1T.e chs Editoriais

election, The Tech saved face and finally endorsed trashing of student newspapers which resulted in a winner-Bill Clinton. thousands of Copies of The Thistle and hre Tech being thrown into dumpsters. "We call on student Friday, March 13. The Tech condemned the leaders, faculty, and administration to take Strong actions of the Student's Revolutionary Govern- stands against such intolerance and reaffirm their ment, an organization which claimed responsibili- commitment to free speech and a diversity of opin- ty for stealing the ballot boxes during the Under- ions." graduate Association elections. "These actions are reprehensible and indefensible," wrote the board. Tuesday, Sept. 15. Suggesting major changes In the following issue. hnowever, The Tech argued in rush poiicy, the board wrote that Ciearnghouse that the results of that 'tainted election," including information should be more open and accessible to the re-votes by those whose ballots were lost, freshmen. Rush is a stressful time, when freshmen should stand. The UA Council voted to let the unfamiliar with the people and places around them votes stand. are asked to make a critical decision about where they will live for the next four years. The Institute Tuesday, April 7. The Tech apologized for a should do everything in its power to ease this parody issue produced by some Tech staffers. process and provide them with any information "Unfortunlately, many readers were offended and that will make the decision easier." In dissent, one disturbed by it - definitely not reactions a publi- board member wrote that "mindlessly providing cation that is intended to be cynical, witty, and [freshmen] with a series of numbers will only be entertaining should provoke." counterproductive."

'riday,Apri; 17. The editoriai board, writing Sunday, Sept. 30. in a Tech special edition fol- about recommendations by the House Dining lowing the murder of student Yngve K. Raustein Committee, congratulated it for "telling the admin- '94, the board wrote of the need for more security istration what it didn't want to hear: Dormitory on campus. "The MIT administration must take a dining halls are a financial burden on the Institute, renewed interest in campus safety if it hopes to and should be closed if necessary." However, "the remain a respected institution of leaming." Cam- fact remains that the committee did not realize pus safety has been and continues to be a hot topic how ill-received its suggestions would be." The ever since, and many changes have happened and editorial offered options while concluding that the are planned for the future. worst part of the dining fiasco was "the administration's unwillingness to buy to the inevitable and Tuesday, Sept. 29. Following the announce- face the economic and social reality." The admin- mnent of its 1.1 percent member rebate for 1991-92, istration ultimately decided to leave the dining The Tech recommended that the Harvard Coopera- plan essentially unchanged for another year. The tive Society lose its monopoly on the MIT text- dining plan for 1993-94 was revealed in early Jan- book market, and that a new student-run coopera- uary. tive be formed. "The time has come for students to do something about the problems in the Coop." Friday, April 17. Writing about the student The Coop recently announced a program to give life fee proposal, the board supported the idea with 10 percent rebates on textbook sales. reservations about "the possibility of mismanagement and sloppy allocation." 7The Tech concluded Friday, Nov. 6. Regarding the harassment case that "students should jump at the chance to control against management Professor Gabriel R. Bitran, funding of these campus activities. . . but this The Tech wrote that "it is time for MIT to create a change should not force students to pay for facili- standing committee dedicated to hearing cases of ties they don't use, nor should it lead to unfair harassment." and "each member of the community fiunding for student activities." After the vote, 7The needs to make sure he or she personally takes the Tech criticized the UA for "poor voter turnout, lead in fighting the spectre of sexual harassment." poor wording of the questions, and questionable S +f* yS~s , .v 6;6- *~- '' -" t.F motives" in hurrying the vote along. The UA Friday, Nov. 20. The Tech recommended that ;i. 6. n ~ i -~~~~~~~.~T1T~:1)(n .n. - a¢ Council is now planning to set the fee in early the next step for campus safety should be taken: February and hold a referendum in March on locking the doors on canpus. "Admittedly, this is whether or not the student body wants the fee not a complete solution to the campus crime prob- ::------i- --^-' e --:· · Tuesday, Mar. 3. When the Department of rescinded. lem. But it will add a practical dimension to MIT's Chemical Engineering requested the permission of handling of the problem that many other inner-city e~~~~~~~~~, -u-b the faculty to offer a required course for majors, Monday, June 1. The Tech sharply criticized college campuses have already embraced."

f -I : :et f~>--:-rfi~i-f ::.^ Introduction to Computer Methods (I 0.00 I) exclu- the National Endowment for the Arts' rejection of sively over Independent Activities Period, The the "Corporal Politics" exhibit at the tist Visual Tech opposed the request. "Such reasoning should Arts Center on campus. "One can only assume that .-;··; fy-f an ">ofyS-:: : Zfwa worry anyone who cares about IAP... Approving in an election year filled with Republican pleas for f was -;~~~~~~~~~~~~~::;,9;~sff~f,:;:<.^-^-- I Nvi ew the request would begin a process that would lead 'family values.' President Bushl has taken- it upon I,...~~, to the eventual demise of one of MIT's greatest himself to render taboo any kind of artwork educational achievements." The Department has, involving the human form or Junior high school An annual supplement to ne Tech so far, continued to offer the course during the biology." ' -5.~~~~. term. Friday, January 29, 1993 Monday, June I. Saying, "This kind of dis- Chairman ...... Douglas D. Keller '93 Tuesday, March 10. Elections led to several crimination is completely inappropriate,'" Te Tech Editor in Chief ...... Jeremy Hylton '94 "t, - B··"^- endorsements by The Tech this year. In primary used its Commencement Day issue to ask the balloting, former Massachusetts governor Paul E. keynote speaker Rep. Les Aspin PhD '66, to sup- Managing Editor ...... Garlen C. Leung '95 Tsongas was the choice, with one member dissent- port an end to the ban on homosexuals in the mili- Executive Editor...... Matthew H. Hersch '94 ing for former California governor Jerry Brown. In tary. Aspin is now President Clinton's Secretary of News Editors...... Katherine Shim '93 WESS~~~~~~~~~~. the UA election, The Tech endorsed the ticket of Defense, and the ban is under review. Sarah Y. Keightley '95, Eva Moy '95 Stephen A. Rinehart 93 and Jeremy H. Brown '94 Assoc. News Editor...... Hyun Soo Kim '96 with two members dissenting for Emily R. Prenner Tuesday, Aug. 27. The board welcomed new Night Editor ...... Vipul Bhushan G '93 and Anne S. Tsao '94 ticket. A third ticket, students to MIT, saying, "You have been rewarded Sports Editors...... Lynn Albers '92 Shally Bansal '93 and David J. Kessler '94, won. for your hard work with one of the greatest gifts Haider A. Hamoudi '93 The board endorsed a "yes" vote on all four Mass- possible: an MIT undergraduate education." Photography Editor ...... Josh Hartmann '93 achusetts ballot questions, and encouraged stu- Contributing Editor.....Brian Rosenberg '93 dents to get out and vote. Before the final national Tuesday, Sept. 1. The Tech condemned the

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qwlw Di o uvvefrS ot Mr. Georg thele Unfathomably Lucky? I L" m EBy Matthew H. Hersch and Iraq. Yet George and his henchmen have got- soil their party's good name than :- ten away with it. the possible renegades they . Back in the good old days, when barbarians Within this past year, we have seen two defend. L1 still roamed the unspoiled European wilderness, inquiries, Iran-contra and Iraqgate, fall into the pit Bush's pardoning spree sug- feudal warlords oppressed the peasantry, and pil- of forgotten crimes. The first investigation ended gest not mercy but panic .-- and lage was still socially acceptable, kings and late last year with a series of unprecedented Presi- the efforts of the Justice depart- lE princes had names that really made sense. No one dential pardons, the other started amidst a flurry of ment only a campaign of delay wandered into the court of Charles the Great, or accusations, only to be slaughtered in its cradle by and obstruction designed to shield Pepin the Short, or Louis the Stammerer, or the Justice Department- presumably on the the man at the top. To pardon a Ethelred the Unready, without knowing just what orders of the Bush administration. man who has been tried and found kind of man they were about to meet. Either one of these scandals should have guilty is to say that he is forgiven What name, then, would we give to our past crushed this administration; both involved enough for his crimes. To pardon a man, leader, whose fall from grace we have watched in fraud, theft of public funds, and abuse of presiden- as Bush has done in the case of Rrefighters at this last, oh-so exciting year in politics? Well, my tial power to have brought down even the most Iran-contra, before his conviction >i ">.S·F:e" ''>' dear readers, I will tell you. popular of leaders. If these charges are true (and is to say that no crime was ever committed. few doubt that they are), they amount to a pattern George the Unfathomably Lucky We have had enough of Lucky George. Per- s...f : .So.'> : ...: S .-::., - of deception so vile as to make that of Richard Of,·~',.-i~. ;* , .6- For who would have thought a man so slender Nixon seem playfully goodlhumored and innocu- haps Bill the Inhaler will help America learn the r 2'Ef- ~ zsiet'93:b,er.;~~xSi thought that he could have survived scandals that Some Republicans, running to the defense of the history books will do justice to them and their would have ripped apart men much stronger than their president, have cited the expense of these secret designs. he. investigations, or the cruelty involved in holding George is out of power now, and the nation no It is a crime in this country, you see, to transfer honorable men up to such pointed scrutiny. But longer looks for retribution. All it wants now is the cash or weapons to other countries without the the truth is worth the price, and in seeking to truth. Lucky George, tell it to us - you have noth- approval of Congress, even to close allies like Iran obscure our search for it, these loyalists do more to ing to fear.

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iiJanuary 29, 1993 - The Year in Review I I January 29, 1993 e 1g7 $ The Year in Review 1992's Crop of Music Below Par October 13 ' *. . . .. By Deborah A. Levinson scathing. "Diet Pill" recounts the frustration of the average housewife, with L7 snarling, "The diet pill sually, I spend a lot of money on music. In is wearing off ... Calgon can't take me away." to a grandjurys charge of mur'- 1992, however, I didn't buy much - These women scream about how there's always der at hs araignment in : something I attribute not just to my finan- "one more thing that I can't take /I one more thing desex. Superior Cout. He is " cially draining purchase of a CD player, and I'm gonna break" in "One More Thing" and helm without bail. but also to the dearth of really worthwhile music growl "You bring out the monster in me" in last year. REM came out with Automatic for the "Monster." They're never afraid to ask for what People, which was good enough to make up for they want. Many women are going to find Bricks Out of Time, but not good enough to buy. Sin6ad are Heavy a liberating album, in more ways than October 13- O'Connor's Am I Not Your Girl? consisted of little one. more than perfunctory readings of old standards The three main candidates for (and a pitiful version of a pitiful song, "Don't Cry XTC -- Nonsuch. I have been an XTC fan vice president spar in a debate for Me, Argentina"). WFNX persisted in playing since a friend and I discovered Go 2, the band's mindless, soulless dance music from one-hit won- undistinguished second album, with its enticing, marked by strong rhetoric. ders when they might have sold that same air time self-referential cover design. I've followed the to something more interesting, say, more ads for band's career through flings with 1960s psyche- skiing resorts. delia as the Dukes of Stratosphear, to Skylarking's October 14 That doesn't mean that there wasn't anything Sgt. Pepper feel, and now to Nonsuch. worth listening to last year. Following is a list of my i have heard her sing. Listen to "The Mind of XTC started out as four nervous, edgy new- Jo"eph D. IDonI n and Alfredo seven favorites, starting with what I consider the Love," where muted guitar and strings sway like wavers and over time, has evolved into a trio that two best recordings from male and female vocalists. island palms, and Lang croons about a self- pays more homage to the Beatles than to Bauhaus. Veiez are arraigned in Middle- destructive love affair, "Surely help will arrive Nonsuch delivers 17 songs of shimmering pop that sex Superir Court and held :- Sugar - Copper Blue. Sometimes you can tell soon / and cure these self-induced wounds / Why belie the often-biting political lyrics. Colin Mould- without bail. Both plead rmt. how good an album is by how much it annoys the hurt yourself, Kathryn?" There's also the jaunty, ing's "The Smartest Monkeys" sounds like a rela- guilty to charges of murder ad. guy in the next office. If laying out 1,000 pages of coy "Miss Chatelaine" - "Just a kiss /just a kiss / tively standard pop song until you listen to the an automobile shop manual didn't drive this guy I have words: armed robbery. lived just for this / I can't explain why I've . become i Miss Chatelaine." Lang's strongest suit, however, is her sweet, Well man created the cardboardbox smoky voice. She can wrap her voice around a to sleep in it song and draw the subtlest emotions from it, seem- And man converted the newspaper ingly without effort. I would be happy listening to to a blanket ·Thr:ee people- two of t :.st' : .- her sing nursery rhymes. Wellyou have to admit that he's .. Even if you think you'll miss Lang's quirky come a long way derntos, alr robbe at :npo·nt country music, if you're as much in love with her Since swinging about in the trees. incredible voice as I am, you'll need to buy Ingenue. Likewise with Andy Partridge's "Books are Burning" - "Books are burning / In the still air/ Other notable recordings of 1992, in no partic- And you know where they bum books / People are O tober 19 ular order: next," and his song about politicians, "Ugly The Cavedogs - Soul Martini. The only way Underneath." Soul Martini wouldn't have made it onto this list is Softer, more pastoral songs like "Humble Ann F, Frlealaender Ph D 4 , a if the Cavedogs had omitted "3oy in a Plastic Daisy," "My Bird Performs," and "Holly up on noted economist and the first- Bubble," clearly one of the best singles of the Poppy," balance the political ones. There's a cer- year. It has swirling female dean at MIT, dies at the -- guitars, a driving drum beat, tain formal elegance to Nonsuch, evinced in the and paranoid lyrics like "I'm happy living like a e f 54 after *.batting-rsanm cover art, a map of Surrey, England in 1611, and boy in a plastic bubble/ No one to wake me from for several years. in the type, a Caslon with wobbly, uneven letters the dead / I close the hatch on what I only guess is designed to look like hand-set type. This gracefil- nuts, the fact that i spent many an afternoon play- trouble / and pull the sheets above my head." The ness lulls the listener, making Nonsuch sound ing "Helpless" and "Hoover Dam" over and over first time I heard it, I couldn't believe how good it harmless, when in fact it's XTC's most political O:ictobr 20 i through the thin plaster walls surely did. was. album - and its best since Skylarking. I couldn't help it, though. Copper Blue is so The Cavedogs, like Marshall Crenshaw, are ' * * * Tria heiarigs. begi in a sexual good that I played it almost every day for a period masters of the pure pop song, relying on clever of about two months. I'm still not tired of it; in Arrested harassment Suit fied by! Marina lyrics and killer hooks. This gives them a singular Development -- 3 Years, 5 Months fact, I can hardly wait for Sugar's next release, due niche in the relentlessly "alternative" Boston rock & 2 Days in the Life of... Generally, I don't like A .Efruar SM '92 agahist fro.. out sometime in March. Since I was a big fan of scene - you'll never confuse the Cavedogs with rap music. I remember listening to Run-DMC in feS essoof Management Oabt Hiusker Dii, the band Sugar-singer Bob Mould led O-Positive or Tribe. They also have a singular way r.BiOtTn and M. t the suitte before starting a solo career, I was expecting to with song titles and subjects, like "Tarzan and His rioquim Con-act, admti c-: like Sugar a lot. I will frankly admit that occasion- Arrowheads," "Love Grenade," and "Boy in the Erulkar dcairis thea ptrane ally on Copper Blue (and especially in concert), Plastic Bubble," the latter inspired by the John kissed her against he ifts -S Sugar sounds like a low-rent Huisker Dii - but my Travolta movie. ral-tmes a thart dMITin attitude is that a little Hiisker is better than none at responsible for hs actionsuandfc all. Peter Gabriel - Us. I never thought that Peter o failing tobprperly hane An: From the ferocious chords of "The Act We Gabriel could produce an album of the caliber of intemral complaint she- made. Act," to the Byrds-y jangling guitars of "If I Can't 1984's So. Us, however, is that album. More emo- Change Your Mind." Copper Blue never lets up. tionally rich than So, it has the same lyrical conm- Mould has always been a loud but melodic gui- plexity and musical intensity that are Gabriel's tarist in a way Metallica can only dream about signature. October 21- imitating, and Sugar's range of fast and slow Many of Us's songs are drawn from Gabriel's songs allows him to merge the vastly different experiences in group therapy, which he participat- 4Sueress and/or Honeslit I sounds he achieved on solo albums Workbook and Black Sheets of Rain. ed in after his divorce, and later, his breakup with Here, Out There," an ahInstitte Rosanna Arquette. As if Sugar's music weren't enough to like. "Digging in the Dirt," the first coiloquium on academic hon- there's also Mould's lyrics, as in this passage from single, is specifically about psychotherapy: "i'm digging estys,receives mixted reviews., "Hoover Dam": in the dirt / To find the places I got hurt." Other songs explore closed-off romantic relation- Students describe the panelists ships ("Come Talk to Me") or emotional neediness t Standing on the edge high school, and I like Neneh Cherry ... but the as ' Oo far removed andi the ("Love to be Loved" and "Kiss that Frog"). discuttssion as "unfocusedp Of the Hoover Dam last CD I expected to purchase this year was *'Suxess and H~retl I 'mn on the centerline As in So, where a dance song ("Sledgeham- Arrested Development's debut - not just because Right between two states of mind mer") and a slow love song ("In Your Eyes") were it's mostly rap music, but because MTV loved it. And if the wind from the traffic the standouts, on Uis, there's "Steam," a lusty tune Then I heard "Tennessee" while driving in a Should blow me away in the spirit of"Sledgehammer," right down to the friend's car and realized that Arrested Develop- same thinly veiled sexual innuendo, and the ment is anything but the typical MTV bubble-gum The MhT Safety Office rules that From this altitude remarkably beautiful "Blood of Eden." Sin6ad rap group. After seeing AD's astonishing perfor- the cause of the fire that It will come back to you O'Connor provides breathy backup vocals on mance on "Saturday Night Live" - probably one And do you know the time "Blood of Eden," and her wispy, little-girl voice of the three or four best performances on SNL in destroyed New House Room All that's left of me is slight insanity meshes perfectly with Gabriel's throaty rasp. the past few years - I bought 3 Years, 5 Months 507 can _rnot.be determni , .- What 'e on the right I donn 't ,now & 2Days in tie Life ofI.. Us's only drawback is that it is so personal that one almost feels like an eavesdropper. Still, it is After weathering Mould's soul-cleansing on Arrested Development reminds me most of this rawness that distinguishes it from Gabriel's his two solo albums, it's satisfying to hear him in a vintage Sly and the Family Stone, and AD October 24 other work, and quite possibly makes it his finest band again, producing music that isn't about the acknowledges its debt to Sly Stone with "People effort. breakup of Huisker Du. With Sugar, he has an Everyday," an updating of "Everyday People." Its The Ctass of 1993 triumphs in: ensemble that pays homage to his old group, but music mixes rap, R&B, spirituality, and Afrocen- trism, blending to yield a positive message -- the Battle of the Classes for the maintains a sound that, with time, will be all its L7 - Bricks are Heavy. At last -- a women's a refreshing change from Ice Cube's bleak vision of own. thrash-metal group! There's only so many times I second consecutive year. street life. can listen to men screaming about how wonderful k.d. lang -- Inge;nue. I must confess that I had it is to mistreat their girlfriends before I get dis- Speech, AD's singer/songwriter, brings a wry October 25 never heard K.D). Lang before the song she cov- gusted and turn off MTV (one of the primary rea- sense of humor to the songs, as in "Dawn of the ered for Red, H:ot + Blue, and it was not until sons I stopped watching it at all). L7 is the anti- Dreads" where he claims he's too short to attract sonime friend, ?laved Lnenue for me that I consid- dote to the misogynist metalheads - they're four the average woman, but that he'll "patiently wait A female MIT stu dent is ered buying any of Lang's work. Now, after women unashamed of being powerful, sexual crea- for someone I can reach." His Ivrics can also be asa.ufted on Memorial Drive repeated listenings to the CD, I am willing to call tures, and they don't sound willing to put up with gentle and beautiful, even in the same song: :nea;Kfiaan Court. She strikes it one of my two favorite recordings of 1992. anything. "Many sisters don't understand my style, I live my Ingenue marks a departure from Lang's coun- Bricks are Heavy is not for the faint of heart: life in an outcast tribe / A tribe that strives to see a ~:: i'x eiscapes.. try roots, but she is as adept with the torch songs the guitars are very, very loud and fast, the drum brighter day, I foresee that I'll / Walk with closed on this CD as she is with any of the country songs beats driving, the bass pounding, the lyrics eyes ... until dawn. / Dawn of the Dreads."

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a Best&of '92 By Chris Rc:berge every scene that was greater than that found in any into obsolescence - and through the comic and other movie last year. tragic events that ensue after the Schlegels, hat have we learned from the films Howards End, brought to the screen by the trio Wilcoxes, and Basts are drawn together, the film released in 1992? Well, for one thing of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchants considers who will come to inherit the future of 1 ..P~~~~~, 3¢· :$ we can expect far fewer grand scale and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, is a con- the country. r.s Petedel "th-e$eat : ' ;-l v v biographical epics in the future. sistently masterful production of E. M. Forster's Howards End is a magnificently acted and pro- Regardless of whether they were hailed as a sign acclaimed novel of class struggles in England. In duced film. The photography, sets, costumes, and of the second coming (Malcolm A) or of the apoc- adapting Forster's work for film, Ivory, Merchant, music create a stunningly attractive aura for Whe alypse (Chaplin), the movies were lucky to gener- and Jhabvala do more than merely provide a beau- mnovie, but the beauty of the film extends far deep- Nov -Ur.-Fj ate enough money to offset their large costs. tiful illustration of the book; they have created a er than its appearance. Emma Thompson and Sequels, on the other hand, are an inevitability. richly complex movie which is itself a great work Helena Bonham Carter are excellent as the irteen jurom Me that Notes!aer. Three of the five top hits of the year were Batman of art. The story, which involves the intelligent Schlegels, as are Anthony Hopkins and Vanessa %r nagewnt dabW A.-: Returns, Lethal Weapon 3, and Home Alone 2. and free-thinking Schlegel sisters, the more con- Redgrave as the parents of the Wilcox family. In .tie. :.i- robed a t sequels and A Few Good Men, were not shining .... mber 9 examples of originality but nonetheless managed S-ititdg . Bet?-~~~ ~s~o( 4~hi~1E:- ~i... i · ~ i: . . to be highly entertaining. Still, as more and more i4mi-ie.-. ~ 4vcx Nreihar

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Dogs, and there may be some grave ormissions . from this list. But each of these ten movies is m bi( indeed special and worthy of strong admiration. The two best films of the year by far inhabited two very different places and times-England at 7h Washsingm Post pubishes the turn of the century and Hollywood in the pre- an intvmal S8t Deportmt - sent-yet each scrutinized its setting closely to mnemo reveling that in late

examine the problems festering there. Both movies 066t Q~tk~r. d ep~c~artrilt-w o . , s .t s were executed nearly flawlessly in terms of narra- .- archd t passport files of tive strength and filmmaking style, and both pose In Robert Altman's The Player, Tim Robbins Stars as Griffin Mill, a high-powered Hollywood sessed a liveliness and passion pulsating behind executive. therict·aardidata~teBill Cgabm, WSbgf: .' er,iand Ross Pgo ha - --

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! ~if IF lre__ YT__ '[Kt- l_ _,lrt rl1 _ I T e Ta .- fl A~n, f 35 upUp xv~alseVa Slo 10 i Film. from Page 19 impossible task: simultaneously grabbing the audi- expectations fostered by countless stereotypes, ar ence's attention and reminding the viewer that it's have moved in new and exciting directions. Thompson bristle with excitement and joy and only a movie after all. What sets 35 Up apart from its four predece conjure up emotions strong enough to blanket the Sharing the title of funniest movie of the year sors is that with the group now in their mid-thi [!-remainder of the film. Hers was the best acting with The Player is Aladdin, the 31st animated film ties, many are losing parents and gaining childre performance of the year. from Walt Disney Studios. Aladdin marked a and the links between generations become evider The Player, director Robert Altman's tri- departure of sorts for the studio - adding a cur- There are many touching scenes where men ar umphant return to power, is also set in a communi- rent, often satirical, and always hilarious sense of women talk about the love they had for their pa ty in transition. The wickedly funny and smart humor to the well-known story of the poor boy ents and the lessons they have learned from Io black comedy captures perfectly the changes in who finds an all-powesffil genie in a magical lamp. relatives. And in the fir,,,Sm rnthertbr.eakiTost attitudes that have enveloped the Hollywood film The result is an enormously entertaining film, full scene, a reclusive boy who has grown into a d. industry when the major studios' artistic goals of of more laughs, action, and romance than may be turbed and depressed individual remarks that he the 1960s and 1970s gave way to the blockbuster possible to cram into a live-action film. The frenet- afraid to have children, because of a dread th fixation of the 1980s and 1990s. Griffin Mill (Tim ;ic Dace of the movie, coupled with the animators' they will inherit his unhappiness. Robbins) is senior vice president of production at ability to stuff every image with beautiful artistry The project as whole is one of the greate one of these studies, and his primary job is to lis- and subtle background gags, renders it nearly works of film ever produced; it has limitless pote ten to concise pitches from filmmakers eager to impossible to fully appreciate in one viewing all of tial to entertain, touch, and educate. Because t- produce their projects. Griffin begins to worry the work that went into producing this absolute film is an ongoing experiment, it is difficult to raM when his job is threatened by a young executive pleasure. After the success of its last four projects alongside the other nine films mentioned here, b from another studio who is rumored to be lookingl (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, the widely under as one of the year's best movie-going experience it deserves recognition near the top of the list. Director and star Clint Eastwood's magnifice Unforgiven is one of the better westerns ev made. The wonderfully complex screenplay, wr ten by David Webb Peoples, attempts to deco struct the myth making behind the legends of t- American West by rendering its characte ambiguous and shrouding its story in irony. In t West depicted by the film, "sheriffs" brutally be men in the streets to keep violence out of tht towns, "villains" feel true remorse for actions th- know to be wrong, and "heroes" only truly expe ence life when depriving it from someone else. In the film, Eastwood portrays William Munr a retired gunslinger who is reluctantly convinc to leave his struggling hog farm to seek out a- kill two men who have slashed the face and anr of a young prostitute, robbing her of her beau The other members of her brothel have agreed pay a reward to anyone who carries out what th believe to be a just punishment - one that t sheriff (Gene Hackman) is unwilling to give o The uniformly excellent cast, which also incluc Morgan Freeman as Eastwood's former partr

n-JlUiclard U 1arri;s aS -o.,ble-ma.Ke. from Hrac Tony, a former Jockey, Is now a happy-go-lucky cabby in Michael Apted's 35 Up, the fifth and man's past, displays all the facets of well-round latest Installment in a series of documentaries that started In 1964 with 7 Up. characters who are neither good nor bad, : to replace him. He worries even more when he appreciated The Rescuers Down Under, and The instead possess equal doses of honor and crue begin.s to receive death threats from a writer whose Little Mermaid), Disney's animation branch is - ingredients the movie feels were instrumen screenplay he rejected. appearing more and more to be a force that can do in defining the personality of the West and pos I The story of The Player is filled with unpre- no wrong. bly even America of today. And Eastwood's dir- dictable twists and turns, but what makes them Next on the list is the documentary 35 Up, the tion never rushes the action, allowing the film most interesting is not that they are truly surpris- latest installment in a continuing series intended to possess a slowly building pace that allows ev ing, but that they seem to obey some unwritten explore the validity of the assertion, "Give me a the most minor characters and events to be embe rules of popular scripts. At one point, Griffin com- child until he is seven, and I will give you the ished with fine detail ments that all successful movies need to have man." In 1963, director Michael Apted inter- The Crying Game, writer/director Neil Jorda- "suspense, laughter, violence, hope, heart, nudity, viewed fourteen seven-year-old children from film of an IRA terrorist (Stephen Rea) who fir sex, and a happy ending." lt's all in The Player, varying social classes within Britain, asking them love and redemption in some entirely unexpec; and this amazingly self-conscious film invites the about their joys, fears, hopes, and dreams. Every places, was one of the most unusual films of audience to keep track of each requisite ingredient seven years since then, Apted has returned to these last year, and among its most satisfying. This as it appears. The film exists as a perfect balancing individuals to interview them once again and dis- one of the rare films that obeys no rules and f act between a scathing indictment of the vapid cover if their different backgrounds and personali- lows no formulas. Instead it creates extreme aspirations of most of today's movies and a glori- ties have indeed urged them each on to predictable believable characters, introduces them into pivc ous exercise in emulating the style and contents of destinies. Some of the children have grown into situations, and follows them wherever a series these same movies. One of the two funniest films adults whose lives appear to have been strongly seemingly directionless events leads them. Onl? of the year, and easily the year's most wickedly influenced by the goals that they set out for them- intelligent, The Player accomplishes a nearly selves as young children. Others have defied Fil rm, Page

i I- -· ~ Y --u ~-~-r· - Th e- -Yearin- ~ lI Re -- ~L ·- The Year in Review ,, 20 v January 29. 1993 I . ,; , , ~ , k , 1 Picks of the Year's Top 10 Films Fi Im, from Page 20 in the valueless Glenganry Highlands to the dubi- The Player, also wrote, directed, and starred in I ous "leads" they are assigned by management. The another of the year's best films, Bob Roberts, a the film's conclusion is it possible to look back depths to which they sink and the cons that they very funny and occasionally disturbing satirical over the past few hours and appreciate the perfect occasionally pull off are fascinating and pathetic, mock documentary about American politics. and subtle construction that Jordan used in design- and fuel an exhilarating film that goes straight for Roberts is one of the most interesting and memo- ing his extremely original story. the jugular. rable characters created in a film in quite some Rea plays a soldier who is ordered to guard a Deep Cover, another energetic film set in a cut- time. He is also one of the most depraved and rep- kidnapped black British officer (Forest Whitaker) throat world, deals not with sellers of land but rehensible. As a boy, he quickly grew apart from who is to be executed if certain demands are not those of drugs, and the desperation and dangers his parents, whom he saw as "potheads" influ- met. In the process of watching over the hostage, present in the world of the dealers and users clear- enced by the 1960s. In adulthood, Roberts adopted Rea develops a kinship with the man, and realizes ly overshadows those in Glengarry Glen Ross. In folk singing as a medium for conveying his con- that he will have trouble following his orders. the film, Larry Fishburne plays a cop who is cho- servative attitudes on such best-selling albums as After a scene of abrupt violence Rea flees to Lon- sen by a government agency to go deep undercov- Times are Changing Back. As his popularity don where he meets Whitaker's girlfriend, played er to buy and sell narcotics in the hopes of moving swells, he uses his momentum to launch a bid for very well by Jaye Davison, and again begins to far up enough in the drug society to get close to the senate seat held by liberal Brickley Paiste feel emotional involvement. The plot elements set the men who are importing the illegal substances (Gore Vidal). in Ireland and those that take place in London from Latin America. Fishburne quickly gains Bob Roberts is good at satirizing the realities of begin to mirror each other, as in both locales Rea power in the streets, at least in part because, as his political campaigning without having to rely on learns that understanding and even love may be a governmental supervisor (Charles Martin Smith) much exaggeration. And some of Robbins' means of salvation. The story, which is full of gen- tells him, his psychological profile is much closer sharpest criticisms are not at politicians, but at uine surprises that millions of audience members to that of a criminal than it is to that of a law television news coverage, which he sees as a so far are guarding from those who have not yet enforcement worker. Before long he begins to medium responsible for the commercialization of seen the movie, has been interpreted as a metaphor work in partnership with an influential man in the politics. Occasionally the film becomes a bit too for the conflict in Ireland, a parable of the need to flow of drug trafficking, played by Jeff Goldblum, preachy about its arguments, but much more often recognize the beauty that lies than not, Robbins proves to be beyond individuals' superficial adept at balancing the humor- appearances, and an example of ous and frightening elements of how compassion can bridge even his story. When, in tihe last the widest gaps between people. third of the film, the tone The Crying Game manages to be all becomes more serious, the of these things without straining movie remains very effective beyond a wonderful story that and convincing as it raises seri- seems to unfold quite naturally. ous questions about campaign- In contrast, Glengarry Glen ing, entertainment, and the rela- Ross is a film which dbos not uinfld A~ ~tionship between the hvwn naturally. The characters in this The final movie on the list is ferocious and funny dark comedy the one with the most limited - real estate salesmen working in release in the Boston area. The dead-end jobs - exist in a world Best Intentions, a gorgeous and created by playwright David iovingm, story of a love that Mamet, a world ruled by testos- reaches more obstacles than it terone and harsh language, a world can overcome, was written by which is a skillful exaggeration of film genius lngmar Bergman the often ruthless environments of and directed by Pelle August. s- offices and workplaces found in any The film won the grand prize at r- industry. The language they speak the Cannes Film Festival, but n,Str-It.Id is merciless, cutting down anyone Gene Hackmran warns Clint Eastwood not to bring firearms Into his town in never seemed to find its audi- ig who-t~ gets in their way with a verbal U2~~lnfrglven. ence here. RerOman modeled S- assault of remarkable power, but it the story after the lives of his is is used as a means of self-defense more than any- and his connections grow larger and larger. But as own parents, who created troubles both for their at thing else. The salesmen are workers with no secu- he moves closer to his targets, his actions follow a vastly different families and for themselves after rity and no respect, and as a result they lash out cloudier moral code. deciding that they want to be married. Bergman's st with a venom that is all bluff. To one another, they All of this has been seen before, but the engag- father (Samuel Fr8ler) becomes a priest and his n- are hiding the fear that drives them to more and ing performances by Fishbumne and Goldblum, the mother (Pernilla August, named Best Actress at ie more desperate acts. To their potential customers, or tight direction by Bill Duke, and in particular the Cannes) becomes a nurse, but although the two ik "leads," they ooze confidence in the land they are extremely well-written screenplay by Michael specialize in dealing with the pains of others, they ut selling, which in fact has as little worth as they do. Tolkin, the author of The Player, turn Deep Cover remain oblivious to or indifferent about the pains

:S, Tht. salesmen, played with absolute perfection into something more than it could have been. they cause one another. August takes his time in by Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, and Alan Tolkin is nearly as good here as David Webb Peo- telling the story-the three-hour film is only a nt Arkin, are given an ultimatum by a hot-shot from ples is in Unforgiven at confusing any audience fraction of a much longer version which aired on er management (Alec Baldwin) who informs them member who sets out to define what is just and Swedish television-but the length is necessary that the office is sponsoring a contest with a first what is evil. Deep Cover is a convoluted movie for portraying the sense of emotional decay which prize of a Cadillac, a second prize of a set of steak that effectively exposes the ironies that exist in the the couple undergoes. August also creates some it-he knives, and a third prize of a pink slip. For the worlds of drug dealers and drug enforcers alike, truly inspired and handsome images, particularly and it illuminates the difficulties involved with in the tremendously powerful final shot, which : rs remainder of the film, the four men, sometimes as ',~', "-'-' :' .:r',':,:"'-," xJ-: hie fierce competitors and sometimes as skilled team- curing society of this particular disease. manage to convey a fragile picture of beauty con- at mates, do anything possible to sell off real estate Tim Robbins, the talented actor who starred in cealing a tragic core.

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Ice Hockey wilf 6 .btr~~aa~l,t Ph·B~wr~:i~l-?:ito ii tM Captains: Gene McKenna '92, Mike Quinlan '92, and Jason K. Kreiser '92 MVP: Noel F. Nistler G *n--. *.,. fe - .. .. , . . :.: Four-year letter winners: Kreiser, McKenna, and Quinlan Record: 20 4 No other team had so many fans, or such notable ones as President Charles M. Vest and -Dece.-:ma ", '..-, iberSd:" :--" .: ,3 ',,-.,: -:-fo'.f: :jit.-. ,':. ::::--Athletic Director Royce N. Flippin Jr. The team gave its fans some of the finest hockey ever played at MIT. The "Bruise Brothers" line of Mike Mini so .iosto"u .- f w.s -: ::-..::'J:'--' '93, Rob Silva '93, and Nick Pearce '94 averaged -~~. ~ ~~~~~~.. ;: . -. .:...-..- : .: ..,. a combined six points per game. McKenna was a multiple threat as an offensive defenseman who .,: - , , .-, .. - .:: was equally effective anywhere on the ice. Quin- Atkn-" HetG * ftvk:"::: -- i*'S -;. ,-::.".: -' S. i" lan solidified the defense and Kreiser excelled at penalty killing. ,:: ,, :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~: I John Simmons '92 stepped in and provided excellent goaltending. Nistler contributed superior playmaking skills while Alain Curodeau added an element of breakaway speed and offensive fire- TECH FILE PHOTO power. Substantial contnibutions made by all the The Engineers flght for possession of the ball;at a home game against Stonehill College. players attributes to the team's success and New England College Hockey Association Division I Women's Sailing RFleming, Sameera iyengar '92, and O'Neili North Championship victory. Captain: Spring, Monique Lawrence '92; Record: 12-5 Fall, Paula Lewin '93 Men's Lacrosse MVP: Spring, Lewin Softball '- Captains: Stephan Feldgoise '92 Four-year letter winner: Spring, Lawrence Captains: Lynn A. Albers '92, Showna H. Chang i' i, and Richard Oh '92 Record: No records were kept. '92 and Denise Nemchev '92 MVP: Feldgoise Men's Skiing MVP: Albers, second time Four-year letter winner: Daniel Wakabayashi '92 Captain: Greg Montanaga '92 Four-year letter winners: Albers and Chang Record: 8-6 MVP: Andrew F. Parsons '92 Record: 12-6 !:'w~i b *stop~i.: : ': :': i Four-year letter winners: Mark E. Lundstrom '92, The softball team had one of its most success- *i - i ; ; - Women's Lacrosse Parsons, and Alexis P. Photiades '92 ful seasons this spring, -.. finishing with a preseason -:::-.,:': Captain: Kimberly Williams '92 Record: 34-26 .500 record in Florida, defeated archrivals Smith, MIT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.;MVPs: Susan D. Ward '92 and Williams Mount Holyoke, and Brandeis to finish second in Record: 6-4 Women's Skiing the NEW 8 Conference. Captain: Kate Bergeron '93 gram,e' te tavj wil.it relcitfn :four- t .f . Pistol MIVP: Bergeron (third time) Squash Captains: Kyle Blasch '93, Jeffrey Winslow G Record: 22-32 Captain: Matt D. Trevithick '92 · > ' MVP: Blasch MVP: ,ea. achefors de;o Trevithick Record: 4-10 Men's Soccer Record: 6-15 " caS Eri.~hte~r!.n0ci M'aU a~ Computer :fa. n t o-. AM age.. ,,. f, .. Captains: Jason Grapski '94, Dave Irvine '92 Rifle MVP: Grapski Women's Swimming Captain: Miguel Perales '92 Record: 4-11 Captains: Jennifer M. Chan '92, Patti Foote '93 MVP: Arthur Merritt '95 Despite a disappointing record, the team had its and Tina Grosskopf '92 -. . . - o --. -' - : gradate~e~. eeW~f ~ '..aark ' Record: 25-9 moment of glory when they defeated Babson Col- MVP: Chan lege, a nationally ranked, top 10 team. Four-year letter winners: Chan and Grosskopf geat bcego's deiwn be -.. " Men's Sailing Record: 4-3 Captain: Spring, Michael B. Binnard '92; Women's Soccer Fall, Eric Rueckwald '92 Captains: Celia Fleming '93, Meg O'Neill '93, Men's Swimming MVP: Spring, Binnard and Susan Scruggs '93 Captains: Matt Beaumont '92, Saul Nuccitelli G, Four-year letter winner: Spring, Binnard MVPs: Chantell Wright '95 and Fleming Record: No records were kept. Four-year letter winners: Christine Coffey '93, Statistics, Page 23

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won the event with a time of 27.2 seconds. Y-~III r ... . I in-. _ _e JnrI I9 I -I -2 I The Year in Review * 22 , January 29, 1993 TenhiS Spen 2 to NCAA Championship Statistics, from Page 22 Convocation and Tim Salter '92 Award MVP: Brian R. Meade '93 Four-year letter winners: Dinesh S. Lathi '92 Winners Record: 3-5 Tt Harw W. Johnson Award The swimming team had a successful season last year, with four men and one woman named is presented to tw male senior All-Americans. Tina Grosskopf '92 was the only athlete of the year. The 1992 female All-American swimmer because of her per- winner was Thomas A. Washing- formance in the 100-yard breaststroke. ton '92 of the indoor and out- The men, James Bandy '93, Chad Gunnlaugs- door track and fiefd son '93, Brian Meade '93, and Robert Rockwell '93 were selected beacuse of their excellent per- The Betsy Schmace Awad formance in the 800-yard and 400-yard relays. The four posted an outstanding 6:54.16 in the 800, giv- is presented armnuy for exce~ irng them fourth in the NCAA Division III champi- :lace in.athteti. mpe.t b. onships. In the 400, the team's best time was * a femae ndelgrauate.The 3:09.32, which is quite impressive. They posted a :.992 winner w '"Usati K.A. e' slightly worse time at the nationals. Meade says 92,gymngast :- the team anticipated last year's performance and is hoping to do even better this year. T.>he AmSdaidL Coe "We were definitely gunning for it, we wanted G-: s t~~~td . . -esen.A i- %nnualyA-O.- to go to nationals last year, and we hope to be nd. : , :-*. somewhere in the top three in the 800 this year," :mae senior b ih .-: Meade said. Meade also said the team wanted to win the New England Division III championships ... . and. · *: . - *. this year. So far, the team is on track. The swim- most notable achievement this season was mers' Mathew DI L:. w.e*. - the 136-101 shellacking of rival Tufts, a team the w':s'the:19l92e 'ahler-.. .X: 1,2 ant.-.. : Engineershad never beaten before. --' ' *'i'L - - '- ...:* . # .. ':** ':*''- Men's Tennis .'-"Sented, annualS't gagfmae '-'". Captains: Manish Bhatia '93,

Kenneth Peng '92 BEN WEN-THE TECH MVP: Peng The MIT women mount a formidable challenge to their Pine Manor College competition, est qua~ties of: Insd Four-year letter winners: Peng defeating them handily, 89-60. - Wdershp in XintrololW th Record: 12-8 (combined Fall-Spring seasons) :'ltecs. Showneas- Gbat *92, Four teams were granted Straight "T" awards . .: over the past year. The men's fencing team was a lot more competition," he said. MVP: Nicole L. Freedman '92 baskatbul a nd'softbari wa's :t selected because it qualified to the Epee' National The tennis team has responded well to the chal- Record: 4-3 epieen : Championships. Henrik Martin '93, Wi!!ian lenge. Bhatia and teammate Jay Muelhoeffer Indoor Track Chavez '94, Ed Chin '92, and Felice Swapp '92 placed third last spring in the NCAA national Captain: Thomas A. Washington '92 The Mtcolim X. Despert Awalda made history by being the representatives from the championship toumrnament. In addition, Muelhoef- MVP: Robert P. FRemming'93 ax presented annually to the first division III school to make the champi- fer and Alan Walpole '94 won the doubles Divi- Four-year letter winners: Washington mate and female scholar/ath- onships. sion III chanmpionships in Corpus Christi last fall. Record: 8-2 The women's fencing team won the New Eng- Indeed these achievements seem to strengthen letes of the year. The 1992 win land championships, crushing archrival Harvard 4- Dhiatia's claim that the tennis t.ar is one of the Men's '* "--I T- Sa ·nets were Lisa K. Arel '92. a 0. The pistol team also qualified for the national better teams at the Institute. Captain: Thomas A. Washington '92 biology major on Xt gymnastics championships. MVP: Jay P. Chiang'94 team, Amy J. Rovetstad '92, Finally, the tennis team, which does not get Women's Tennis Four-year letter winners: Washington environmental engineering and enough respect according to Manish Bhatia '93, Captains: Claudia Hung '93 Record: 3-3 was eminently successful. "We feel that we are Record: 13-2 ]'he MIT male athlete of the year was Thomas cross country, and Rodfigo R. one of the more successful teams on campus, and A. Washington '92. He was voted captain of the RubianG o92, a football player fielding a competitive tennis team in Division ill is Women's Outdoor Track track team during his senior year and set a school who pursured a double major in a lot easier than in many other sports because there Captains: Gabrielle Rocap '92 and Kelly Sullivan record in the high jump. He was the track team's nuclear engimerirg and materi- are only six players on a team. As a result, we get '93 best high jumper, and he qualified for the NCAA -k als science. championships his senior year, soaring to a height of 6-9.5 feet in that tournament. The Harold J. Pettegrove Award Like Arel, Washington was an exceptional is presented annually in recogni- scholar as well as an exceptional athlete. Head Coach Halston Taylor '92 said that he was a tion f outstanding service to "prime example of how some of the best athletes intramural athletics. Mark at the Institute are also sore of the best students." Jansen '92 received the award. Despite the loss of Washington, Taylor expects the team to be much improved this year. He said that because of losses due to graduation, last Department year's team was one of the weakest in the last 7 years. Despite this, the Engineers were able to post of Athletics an 8-2 record indoors and finish third in the New Award England Division Ill playoffs. Taylor expects much more from this year's Winner team, which he says is significantly stronger. The The Varsity Club Awards are team, which has not lost in its first six meets, hopes to finish the season undefeated and win the presented annually to the out. . YUEH Z LF,E--TEHE TECH New England Division III championships. The standing male and female fresh- Mary B. Richards '94 squeezes the ball past her oppositiorn, helping her team to a 3-1 win. Engineers will have to defeat a strong Williams man athletes of the year, The team, which is favored win the championship. 1992 winners were Cynthia J. But Taylor does not think that the Engineers Doane '95, for field hockey, 1991-1992 Multi-Sport Conference All-Stars need to win all of their meets to have a good season. "Of course our goal is to be 12-0, but if we basketbatl, and sotall, and Constitution Athletic Cornference All-Stars lose to Williams and have an 11-1 record, I will Christopher J. Ellefson '95, Ethan Crain '95 Windham, Maine Cross Country not be that disappointed," he said. gymnastics. Mike Duffy '92 Westerville, Ohio Basketball David Moyle '94 Voorhees, N.J. Cross Country The Buton R. Anderson Award Men's Volleyball Dan Sabanosh '94 Westfield, N.J. Baseball Captains: Garry Moorer '92, Alan Peyrat '92, and is presented annually to the Jim Szafranski '92 oustaning interoilegiate rG-us New England Women's 8 AII-Conference Selections MVP: Thomas J. Klemas '92 ager of the year. The 1992 win- Lynn Albers '92 Garden City, N.Y. Softball Four-year letter winner: Peyrat ner was David G, Steel G, marn- Kamilah Alexander '96* Grand Blanc, Mich. Volleyball Record: 6-17 Sue Bach '93 Murrysville, Pa. Tennis aer of the men's basketball Amy Bowen '92 Royal Oak, Mich. Crew Women's Volleyball team. Janet Chen '94 Bridgewater, N.J. Tennis Captains: Coleen Kaiser'94, C.J. Doane '95* Lyndonville, Vt. Softball Colleen Johnson '93 The Gold Awards are presented - Nicole Freedman '94 Wellesley, Mass. Cross Country for the highest degree of st- Rebecca Hill '95 Wolcott, N.Y. Soccer Water Polo dent leadership and service in Carla Oshiro '95 Plainsboro, N.J. Field Hockey Captains: Chad Gunnalugsson '93 and Jim Lee the administratiort of all levels Pratima Rao '92 San Diego, Calif. Tennis '93 of athletics at MIT. The 1992 Valerie Tan '93 Singapore Tennis Four-year letter winners: Isy Goldwasser '93 and Katherine Taylor '95 Princeton, N.J. Crew Lee winners were Showna H. Chang Ann Torres '96* Baltimore, Md. Field Hockey Record: 13-13 '92, Mark Jansen '92, Thomas Chantal Wright '95 Tigard Ore. Soccer J. Klemas °92, Kenneth S. Peng Wrestling '92, Randall Pfetuger 'G, *Rookie of the Year Captain: Matthew D. Long '92 Michael C. Purucker '92, and MVP: Long Tennis coach Candy Royer was honored as New 8 Conference Coach of the Year Four-year letter winner: Long Tyler L Worden '92. Record: 12-5 I Ill---r II Ist - -- II - I -. -- - I - -- Jarnuary 29, :1993 23 o The Year in Review , -

-A J% o, 4.c t el% el v. Straight "T'y Award Ninners The Straight "T" is the highest S award Oven for athlatic peffor- mavit at MItx Temn Straight "T' Awards are given tf memnbrs of any team which wins a tritoa ({New England, th qe Nodheast, or Eastern})fite F which qualirses for a national

USa K. Am[l 192' Gyimnstics, WomeP's AfAmeri:ca selection A Roundup ofS Team Seasons Jawes H,, Saindy A9d By Lynn Al bers Men's Cross Country '92 and Rodney Tranum. Rubiano, an All-Amecri- Swimming, M~en's All-America, and Haider A. Hamoudci Captains: Spring, Peter Ronco '92; Fall, Carlos can Honorable Mention defensive end, was the Duran '94 team's most valuable player and a team captain. 8W yd free relay Baseball MVPs: Spring, David T. Moyle '92; Fall, Ethan Rubiano is also an exceptional student, win- Captains: Eric J. Hopkins '92 and Mike C. Crain '95 KIatheen JL sergeon 193 ning the Kaplan award given to the outstanding Purucker '92 Record: Spring, 4-1 Skiing, Women's ElsA Divisioe junior in the Nuclear Engineerin~g department. He MVPs: Hopkins and lan W. Somerville '93 11SK crsss-county- champion is also a member of Tau Beta Pi, the national engi- Four-year letter winner: Hopkins Women's Cross country neering honor society, and he was given the Record: 14-15 lmantshXB.hra 'ir Captains: Spring, Amy Rovelstad '92; Fall, Kispert award for being the most outstanding male Agnieszka Reiss '95 Tennis, Men's AfI-Ametca sojec- scholar/athlete at the Institute. Rubiano is now a Men's Basketball MVPs: Spring, Nicole L. Freedman '94; Fall, graduate student in the Nuclear Engineering tion, fCAA Djuision fit Team Captain: Michael A. Duffy '92 Reiss department at MIT. MVP: Duffy Four-year letter winner: Spring, Rovelstad Nathaniel Offiswhito tar Record: 5-1.9 Record: The team did not compete in dual or tri- Wide-receiver Tranum broke 'he single season Grew, Medalist IRA Regotta meets in the spring. records for number of catches and the record for Women's Basketball Nitkael t.DoaRn g92 career receiving yardage this past year. Most Captains: Showna H. Chang '92, Tania Pinilla Mlen's Fencing impressive was tile fact that these records were Swimmintg Men's N.E. Division '92, and Susie D. Ward '92 Captain: Henrik Martin '93 both broken in the homecoming game against III 200 yd free champion MVPs: Marion A. Casserberg '94, second time, MVP: Martin Stonehill College, with two games yet remaining and Ward Record: 9-17 on the schedule. InI recognition of these efforts as TEna M. Grosskopf `92 Four-year letter winners: Chang, Pinilla, and Ward well as his performnance in the classroom, Tranum Swimming, Women's All-Aerica Record: 9-13 Women's Fencing was given the National Football Foundation and 100 yd breaststroke: Captain: Felice Swapp '92 Hrall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award, marking the Heavyweight Crew MVP: Swapp, second time fourth consecutive year that this award was given Chma 'GunnalaIugsson 'Os Captains: Bradley J. Layton '92 and Tyler L. Wor- Four-year letter winners: Swapp to an Engineer. Swimming, ~n'-s All-America den '92 Record: 208 8Wydfree elay} N.Ed Diavison MVP: Layton Golf tit 200 yd free, Water Poto first- Four-year letter winners: Layton, Worden, and Field Hockey Captains: Spring, Watru Yamaguchi '92; team Eastem Alt-tar Scott K. Jacobsmeyer '92 Captains: Robin Krofikowski '93 and Mary Beth Fall, Erik Norton '93 Record: 6-5 Richards '94 MVP: Spring, Yamaguchi, second time Jamses R. LeeR$ 93 MVPs: C.J. Doane '95 and Richards Four-year letter winner: Spring, YamTaguchi Water Pao Firk-tetam Eastern Lightweight Crew Four-year letter winner: Krolikowski Record: 20-5 (combined fall and spring seasons) Captain: Jeffrey Kuehn '92 Record: A stellar performance was put in by Edward MVPs: Keuhn and David D. Brenneis '92 '&Tiger" Harris '93 last Spring at the Engineer's BiraMdley censtelln eg95 Four-year letter winners: Keuhn, Brenneis, and Football Cup, the last golf tournament of the season. Harris Paul A. Tempest '92 Captains: Jason Hunter '93 and Rod Tranium '93 shot an impressive 77 to place first in the tourna- Crew Medalist IRA Regatta Record: 3-6 MVPs: Tranum and Nolan Duffin '94 ment while teammate Yamnaguchi shot an 84 to Brian R. Mead e '93 Four-year letter winners: Justin Glotfelty '92 and take second place. MIT solidly defeated the five Women's Crew Hunter other teams to take home the Engineer's Cup. iwimminses Meons-fbnerica Captain: Amy Bowen '92 Record: 2-7 This fall brought some fresh blood to the men's 80A yd free reapy, N DME)sib MVP: Bowen The football team did not have a very success- golf team. Tom Kawamoto '96 and Doug Yeum fil 20X d faei Record: 4-6 ful season, despite the efforts of Roderick Rubiano '96 are both excellent golfers and will be able to continue the team's winning tradition for many Arft-tr 8Merritt 'SS~ seasons to come. Rifle, Nationat Championship Mlen's Gymnastics Captain: Reginald Abel '92 JyE A. Mueftofer' 9 MV/P: Christopher J. Ellefson '95 Tennis, Men's All-Americs Four-year letter winner: Abel sedation in doubles, NMGA Record: 3-6 Divisimn it Tournament. Women's Gymnastics Saul NucoftelD tit 192 Captains: Lisa Arel '92 and Kortney Swimming, Men's N.E£ Division Leabourne '92 til 200 yd free relay champion MVPs: Arel, fourth time, and Julie Lyren '93 Four-time letter winners: Arel and Leabourne Keieth S. Peg '192 Record: 3-7 Tennis, Men's NCAA Division ill .MIT athletic teams performed exceptionial ly Tamn Selection well over the past calendar year. In sports ranging from pistol to swimming, Engineer athletes quali- Robert fockwef Jr. '9;3 ficed for NCAA chamipionship tournam nets. Swimmings M-en's AIITSmedc Undoubtcdly Lisa Arel '92 was the most success- 8X yDd free relay, AICArrterica ful athlete of all. Arel, an outstanding gymnast, was named a Ho0 yd free, tN.E. i-vbrisirtftit Natio,-nal Collegiate Giyrmnistic. Association All- 200 yd free American seven times in four different exercises. This past year she was voted the New England Rodrigo R. Publano 192 C'ollege Athletic Conference Division III Woman Footbalt, All-America selction Athlete of the Year. She held Ml T records in every gymnastics event --- a 9.05 in vaulting, 8.95 in the soykan 5oysa3cai'95 uneven bars, 9.1l5 on the balance beamn, 9.40 in the Crew, Medalist IRA Regafta floor exercises, and a 35.65 all-around score. Felice L Ct@. Swamyp '9P Are! harzw nsot let her excentional athlletic career distract from her performance in the classroom. In Fencing, Women's Netw Eagand addition to being named a Burchard Scholar, she Champion has posted a perfect 5.0 during her junior and senior years and was awarded an NCAA postgrad- Jeftey MA.Tomasi 195 uate scholarship. Crew, Medalist IRA Regatta "Lisa really was a great asset to our team, she would compete even when she was hurt and she Alarn 0 WalpoNe 194 4~44V 1 was a real team player," said Assistant Gymnastics Tnnis, Men's NCAA Divisin tit Coach Catherine Rocchio. "Gyrrinasts, from all Team Seecion around the country are writing to us saying they I - - - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-,- . _.,_._,_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--- never even knew we had a gymnastics team. When -Petor Y. Y," "95 AMICHAELJ FRANKLIN-rflE TECHi The men's soccer team maintains control of the ball despite stiff competition. I:Cmw, MAe4alst IRA Regatta Statistics, Page 22 24