MIT Faces Crunch in Summer Housing As Many As L~Ostudents Maybe Denied by Matthew Palmer Begun Assigning Spaces
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MlT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Partly cloudy, 65°F (l8°C) Tonight: Clearing, 45°F (6°C) ewspaper Tomorrow: Mostly Sunny, 59°F (l5°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 120, Number 24 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, May 2, 2000 MIT Faces Crunch In Summer Housing As Many as l~OStudents Maybe Denied By Matthew Palmer begun assigning spaces. As a result, ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR many students already know their Renovations to the East Campus housing assignments while others and Random Hall dormitories have wait and wonder. caused runch for summer hous- "Individual housemasters are ing and may leave some students doing their own lotteries," said East without a place to stay. Campus President Brandy L. Evans Manager of Undergraduate Resi- '01. "Senior House and Bexley have dential Services Phillip M. Bernard finished, so people living there said there were 980 people vying for already know. I think the only one some 800 summer slots. that hasn't [finished] is Next "I doubt there will be enough House," Evans said. room," Bernard said. "Summer As a result of the timing of the housing is not guaranteed." lottery, students who do not receive Because some people are expect- summer housing will have a diffi- ed to cancel their requests, it is not cult time finding housing elsewhere. yet known how many students could "Pepple who haven't heard back be left without an assigned room. are definitely worried," Evans said. ..ROSHAN BALIGA - THE TECH The lottery system being used "People are pretty upset about the CHEEKTO CHEEK- Two out of the approximately 1,000 people who attended the Johnson Games has been the source of confusion timing, because if you don't get compete.ln the Tit •• Tite event. The Johnson Games, held 'this past Saturday, were part of and criticism among the students. summer housing at this point, it's MIT's Spring Weekend 2000 •. see page 12 and 13 fOrmore coverage. Students had until yesterday to going to be difficult to find hous- request summer housing, but many individual houses have already Housing, Page 16 NextJbres Cambridge Unfazed by MlT's Building Boom By SanJayBasu ( recent MIT building boom and new undergraduate dormitory on east." And meetings on the dorm 1bMake ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR responses to other development in Vassar Street. were "rather friendly, in,comparison Cambridge City Councilors say the area. MIT's spree has received But the questions raised focused to other discussions" on develop- that recent MIT building proposals minimal opposition in comparison on the height and appearance of the ment in Cambridge, said Born. Wing COed· have left CaItlbridge residents curi- to onslaught faced by developers building. The questions, said-Cam- , ,'ously planning buildings in Kendall bridge City Councilor Kathleen Larkin baIts development By Mike Hall 'AnallJlsis unfazed Square and Harvard. Born, "were not spoken with anger. MIT presented its new dorm ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR a;. even as The recent developments add to These people just want to know development plans in January to a Next House residents voted they protest other development a backdrop of intense debate in a what they'll be looking at when they generally positive reception. At the overwhelmingly on Friday to abol- plans across the city. city that houses.two wealthy univer- stare out the window." same time, the City Council passed ish a section of all-female housing The change in relations between sities that border neighborhoods Fellow Councilor Henrietta an l S-month moratorium on devel- beginning next term. Cambridge and its two Universities, stroggling with issues of affordable Davis said that the stalling of. the opments of over 20,000 square feet .' Sixty-six percent of voters in traditionally characterized' as housing, homelessness, and gentrifi- dorm by an injunction from Cam- in east Cambridge including the Friday's referendum chose to open stressed and unfriendly; was herald- cation. bridge Executive Enterprises "was Kendall Square area near campus. the nine female-only' rooms on ed by Assistant Cambridge City not really a concern for residents. The Larkin Petition, as the mea- Next's Fourth West floor to both' Manager Beth Rubenstein herself, Gty accepts new donn, Stata Center The business thinks it'll cause traf- . sure was called, affects an area that women and men while keeping a when, in a speech given at the Stata Make no mistake: Cambridge fie problems, but a dorm doesn't has become a haven for biotech female-only bathroom on the floor. Center's groundbreaking, she told residents aren't celebrating MIT's really do that, and Cambridge resi- firms like Amgen and Biogen. Twenty-six percent voted to reduce audience members that the building plans and they haven't been apathet- dents know it." Councilor Davis calls the area "a single-sex housing to only seven symbolized a new turn to "civic ic. Cambridgeport residents attend- The "real issue," she said, "was complete failure ... nothing happens rooms and eight percent voted not to cooperation." ed a community meeting with MIT that MIT wouldn't make a line of there at night. It's dead. That w~ an change the configuration at-all, Indeed, a strange polarity exists development officials in late Janu- big buildings and create a wall Male residents will be allowed to between citizens' reactions to the ary to express concerns about the between neighborhood and the Cambridge, Page 15 choose rooms in 'the formerly reserved space during this Sunday's housing lottery, according to Next Subway, Bus Fares Likely House president Jay R. Mitchell '01. Mitchell said that the 'change, enacted by the dormitory's Execu- To Increase Over Summer tive Committee, was added only to the dormitory's bylaws and can be By JordanRubin committee, will not go into effect reversed based on future demand. PRODUCTION EDITOR until they are approved by the In response to concerns that. an Starting as early as July 1,Boston MBTA Board of Directors. Before informal women's wing will form commuters traveling by subway can the board may tackle this issue, the T around the new single-sex bath- expect to buy tokens for one dollar, must hold public hearings to review room, Mitchell said that, while and bus riders will pay seventy-five the report. No schedule has been set females may choose rooms around cents per trip, if the Massachusetts up for these public meetings. the bathroom, "it's not an inconve- Bay Transportation Authority enacts nience for guys to walk over to the recent recommendations. Commuter Push for new fare collection system next'restroom." rail prices, currently between eighty- The increased fares, according to five cents and $4.75, are expected to . the committee, should be accompa- Most residents support change increase by one dollar. nied by the implementation of an Current residents of the women's The MBTA Blue Ribbon Com- automated system for fare collec- wing were mostly unopposed to the mittee recommended the fare tion. Such a system would allow for change, according to Fourth West increase in a report issued last fares based on distance travelled graduate resident tutor Steven R. Wednesday, citing the T's low fares and discounts for off-peak travel. As MillmanG. relative to other urban transit systems reported by Boston news website "Some [residents] expressed a and recent state legislation reorganiz- <httpt//www.boston.com >, installa- desire to live among women, but not ing funding. • tion of an automated fare collection SEPHIR HAMILTON-THE TECH The rate increase, along with MBTA rates may Increase as early as this summer. Next, Page 16 other recommendations made by the MBTA, Page 16 Cuts in Wellesleyfunding for stu- OPINION dent activities will force Coun- Veena Thomas sees improvement World & Nation 2 terpoint to seek money from in student-administration rela- Opinion 4 alternative sources. tions after debates over such Features 7 issues as CPWand the Dot. Sports 24 Page 11 Page 8 Page 5 Page2 THE c May 2, 2000 Israe · gs Close erP e Plug THE WA HfNGTO POST W ~~.ey's 1V An Israeli short-range ballistic missile splashed down in the east- ABC Stations ern Mediterranean last month near a U.S. avy Aegis crui er, caus- By Harry Berkowitz An FCC rule says a cable system merce, electronic programming ing momentary fear that the ship was under attack, Defense Depart- 'EWSDAY cannot carry a network without such guide and other enhanced TV ser- ment officials said Monday. EWYORK an agreement. vices of the future. The Jericho 1 missile, which can carry nuclear warheads or about More than 1 million homes in The FCC, after meeting with The two sides hurled accusations 1,000 pounds of chemicals or high explosives, was launched from a ew York City could not find out both sides, said it is conducting an at each other in language usually missile testing facility at Yavne, Israel, on April 6 and landed about "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" expedited review and asked Time reserved for Washington politics or 40 miles from the USS Anzio, they said. 'That's pretty damn close Monday as Time Warner threw Warner to file a response to ABC's even street brawls, rather than the for a missile that's not the most accurate," one of the officials said. ABC stations off several cable TV request by Tuesday. usually polite corridors of giant "The warhead wasn't live, but it still could make a hell of a hole .... systems across the country over a The cable operator pulled the entertainment companies. There are a lot of people pissed off." . contract dispute. plug at 12:01 a.m.