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PDF of This Issue AddDaw 1bday MIT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Clear, windy, cold, 40°F (5°C) Tonight: Clear, cold, 25°F ( 5°C) \J Newspaper Tomorrow: Fair, light winds, 45°F (70C) Details, Page 2 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, March 10 1995 u.s.News Ranks Sloan School First Engineering rates first for 6th year By Jeremy Hylton honor for .the Institute. "It is very TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR meaningful indeed that this kind of The School of Engineering, synergy can develop within a single which has headed U.S. News & institution," Vest said. World Report's annual survey of "America's future in the world graduate schools since the survey economy depends on innovation - was started six years ago, wi II share technological innovation and orga-. the limelight this year with the nizational innovation. They arc Sloan School of Management, increasingly linked:' Vest said. which was ranked as the top busi- In rankings of specific disci- ness school. plines, the Department of Econom- The rankings, announced yester- ics shared o. I with four other day, will be published in the maga- schools, six engineering programs SIIARON N. YOUNG PONG -- Tilt: TECH zine's March 13 issue. were ranked o. I, and the Depart- President Charles M. Vest, John B. Vander Sande, associate dean of engineering, Glen L. Urban, dean of At a press conference yesterday, ment of Political Science was the Sloan School of Management, and Professor Paul L. Joskow, head of the Department of Economics President Charles M. Vest said that ranked eighth. speak yesterday at a press conference about the annual U.S. News & World Report survey of graduate the No. I rankings in engineering - schools, which ranked Sloan and the SChool of Engineering first in .thelr fields. and management were a special Survey, Page II ,Plans to .MacGregor, Burton Housemasters to Leave By Jennifer Lane Being a housemaster "Clndheading a depart- should only do a job when you feel your best Renovate STAFF REPORTER ment require a lot of time and responsibilities, work is sti II ahead of you." MacGregor Hoosemasters Stephen J. Lip- and "it would be unfair to both the students and Lippard's time as MacGregor housemaster pard PhD '65 and Burton-Conner Housemas- the department if I tried to do both" Lippard has been a positive experience, said Anand R. Sr. House ters William L. Porter PhD '69 will step down said. "It would be pretty hard to be as conscien- Radhakrishnan '96, MacGregor House presi- from their positions at the end of the spring tious as I would like to be at both positions," dent. "Lippard was always on our side," on term. Lippard said. "It had to be one or the other." issues such as crowding and the closing of the Discussed Lippard will resign when he becomes head "Department heads have to respond to dining hall, Radhakrishnan said. "He alway of the chemistry department on July 1. He and unpredictable situations, much as a housemas- tried to help us out." By Ramy A. Arnaout his wife Judith have been housemasters at ter does," said Porter, who is a former head of "There are various ways that the housemas- EXECUTIVE EDITOR MacGregor for four years. the Department of Architecture. "You have to ter can be the students' advocate under difficult In the latest in a series of weekly Porter, a professor of architecture, and his be ready to jump into a situation at any time." circumstances," Lippard said. >meetings, residents and administra- wife Lynn have been at Burton for four years. "I had anticipated staying [on as housemas- Lippard said he was instrumental in bring- tors met last night to discuss plans They will resign to avoid paying large capital ter] a bit longer, but it wasn't something I for major Senior House renovations. gains taxes on a home they sold in Concord. wanted to do forever," Lippard said. "You Housemasters, Page 12 Announced last fall, the $9-12 million renovations will have important implications for Senior House residents .. Committee to Examine "We plan on gutting the whole house and starting from ground up," said newly electe.d Senior House .Campus Dining Semces President Samuel L. Johnson '96, who attended last night's meeting. By A. Arlf Husain customer," McBurney said. "Cus- One fundamental change wi II be STAFF REPORTER tomer comments, feedback, sugges- in the floor plan, which will have to In response to mounting student tions, gripes, or complaints are the be completely reworked in order to dissatisfaction with campus food medium in which information is make the dormitory handicapped- services, a new comm)ttee is being passed. The committee can and will accessible, Johnson said. The new established to develop a "strategic be the way to ensure that all such plan will probably include long plan for improving food services," information is gathered, communi- halls and a central elevator, he said. said John S. Hollywood '96, chair cated, and acted upon officially." Not all residents welcome the of the Undergraduate Association The Committee on Dining will proposed change, Johnson said. Committee on Student Life. examine all aspects of current food "There's a lot of people who like The committee will work with services, exploring options like re- [Senior House] just the way it is Aramark, MIT's contracted food opening some of the residence din- now. A lot of people live here service provider, to make major. ing halls, Hollywood said. bec~use it's not ... neat, fresh, sani- structural changes to food services, Re-opening dining halls would tary," he said. Hollywood said. not make sense financially unless a "That's one of my concerns - The formation of the Comm ittee mandatory meal plan is re-instated, th~t it's going to be like a hotel, on Campus Dining was suggested according to A sociate Director of with long halls and uniform rooms," after the preliminary findings of a Housif!g and Food Services John T. Johnson said. The change would be survey taken by the UA Committee Mac eill. Since many student are acceptable "as long as I can work on Student Life showed that only 4 opposed to a mandatory plan, Mac- out a way to preserve" the unique percent of respondents were satis- eill doe not believ.e reopening Senior House atmosphere, he said. fied with current offerings. dining halls is a viable solution. The major goals of the new com- "We have to figure out a way to Renovations, Page 13 mittee will be to give students a try and please everybody without voice in decisions and to make spe- making anyone required to have to cific suggestions for improvement, go back to their dorm for a meal," Hollywood said. Mac ei II said. The exact composition of the Hollywood hope the committee committee will be decided Monday, will be able to address the varied Hollywood said. Tentatively, the needs of tudents. committee will include Hollywood, "I'd like to ee cafeteria in the. Aramark General Manager Robert dorms," said ikhil . Batra '98. SHARON N. YOUNG PONG .- TIlE TECH McBurney, Assi tant General Man- Another student, Cui ling Gong Dabajlt Ghosh '97 contemplates what type of class ring he ager Elizabeth Emery, and represen- G liked the convenience of Lob- should purChase, while trying on one of the samples yesterday tatives from each dormitory. r I ,II afternoon. Jostens has been selling the rings In Lobby 10. "The critical factor here is the ---..;;~--------------------~--------------------=-:':"--~l.Page 2 THE TECH March 10, 199~ WORLD & NATION Dollar Resumes Downward Spiral LOS ANGELES TIMES Ways and Means Chainnan . WASHI GTO De pite the Clinton admini tration's renewed effort to bol ter the sagging dollar, the U.S. currency resumed its downward spiral Thurs- day, falling again t the Japane e yen, the Briti h pound and the Swi Presents Tax Cut Proposals franc and edging up only slightly against the Gennan mark. By Eric Pianin deliver long awaited middle-class- late this year, after they complete With his option limited, and timing considered crucial, Treasury THE WASHINGTON POST tax relief and bolster the economy. work on a long tenn deficit reduc- \ Secretary Robert E. Rubin declared, "This administration believe a WA III GTO "We have done exactly what we tion plan. "I'm opposed to doing strong dollar is in America's national interest." House Ways and Means Com- promised we would do - no ifs, taxes first when there's a lot of In the measured language of international finance, uch a tate- mittee Chairman Bill Archer, R- ands or buts," Archer told a cheer- skepticism about whether we will ment i considered powerful and represented the most forceful Tex., Thursday dismi sed a barrage ing gathering on Capitol Hill. "I see any deficit reduction at all," he defense the administration has offered ince Rubin issued a similar of Democratic and Senate GOP challenge the anti-growth Democ- said. statement when the tumble began last Friday. But it appeared to have warnings and presented a costly tax rats to stop throwing roadblocks in White House Chief of StafT Leon no impact on the course of the dollar, which fell once again after plan that include a 500-per-child the path of those who want to try a . E. Panetta, ticking off the business appearing to rally late Wednesday and early Thursday following an tax credit, a deep cut in the capital new way - those who see~ to help tax cuts in Archer's plan, said the increa e in . orne European interest rate. gains tax and a cornucopia of busi- our empl?,yees by helping our proposal to cut the capital gains tax By the end of trading Thur day one dollar was equal to 90.50 yen, ness and corporate tax breaks.
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