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MIT's The Weather Today: Hazy, warm, 84°F (290C) Oldest and Largest Tonight: Cloudy, fog, 69^F (21 'C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Chance of thunderstorms, 79-F (26-C) Details, Page 2 Volume II2, Number41 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, September 18, 1992 MayHS4 vesbcie Some HASS classes cancelled By Maft Nelmark space in literature classes to the sec- Between 10 and 15 of the 49 tion's failurc to prepare for the large Forms of Westcrn Narrative Humanities, Arts, and Social number of students. Hc suggested (21.012), the only HASS-D can- Science Distribution (HASS-D) that this problem could be solved by celled, was eliminated because only classes offered this term were over- fortifying the faculty in the litera- seven students enrolled. subscribcd, and one was cancelled, ture department or reducing the Several HASS classes were also according to Bette K. Davis, HASS number of literature HASS-D's cancelled, but not all the cancella- Coordinator. offered, which would encourage tions were due to under-enrollment, Several non-distribution HASS students to take distribution courses Davis said. Magic, Witchcraft, and classes were also cancelled, Davis in other departments. the Spirit World (21.51 1) was can- said. HASS administrators acknowl- celled bccause the professor had to Literature classes were extreme- edged that there are faults in the teach Introduction to Anthropology ly popular this year and had more HASS-D system but argued that as a (21.50). The switch became neces- oversubscribed HASS-D's than any whole, it works very well. Associate sary when the professor scheduled other HASS section, according to Dean Harriet N. Ritvo said, "There for that class took a medical leave Philip S. Khoury, dean of the arc problems. They're not major of absence. Surveillance and School of Humanities and Social problems, but they attack individual Society (I 1.009J) was cancelled Sciences. In Shakespeare (21.009), students." because the professor who was sup- for example, 24 students were Khoury said it is important to posed to teach it took an unexpected forced to find other classcs. As in limit HASS-D sections to 25 stu- sabbatical. most oversubscribed HASS classes, dents, even if it means that some Students who have been lotteried the students chosen to stay were students will not get their first out of HASS-D classes are immedi- selected through a lottery. choice HASS-D. "We will not sacri- ately put on a list and given priority Khoury attributed the lack of fice anything for quality. The stu- in the lottery the next time they dents themselves have demanded attempt to take the class. it," he said. Khoury said the HASS-D system Seniors lose priority IFC Processes Rush T 7ilolation~s has been improving ever since its For the first time this year, introduction five years ago. seniors do not have priority in By Jason Wertheim JudComm pressing charges against Brooks C. Mendell '93, SAE Advisors, warn students that they HASS-D lotterics. Thc reason for The Intcr~ratcrnity Council a house," Yen continued. president, said the verdict was "not may be forced out of a class by a this, according to HASS administra- recorded more rush violations this During rush, 11 student IFC true." He said, "A guy in our house lottery and enc ourage them to have tors, is that seniors have had the year than last year, according to investigators visited fraternities to was talking to a pledge and the a second choice class in mind when opportunity to take the class for at Karl L. Yen '93, IFC Rush Chair. make sure the rules are being fol- phone lines were crossed and one they register, lie said. least three years. Sigma Alpha Epsilon was already lowed. Each investigator was person drew inferences." To save tinmc, Khoury suggested Though freshmen are currently convicted during Rush of extending assigned to three or four houses to Yen said that there "had been a systemn where students find out if not given preference in lotteries, I an early bid, he added. see if they had any problems with allegations" that Alpha Tau Omcga they are in the HASS-D of thecir many administrators think they The IFC Judicial Committee will other houses, Yen explained. hid freshmen during rush. Yen choice when they receive their should be. Proponents give several officially notify the fraternities that The investigators held nightly added that JudComm was still in the schedule. "The student [could] learn reasons for the change, including have been charged with violating meetings to discuss the day's possi- process of compiling charges right away that he or she is not in freshmen's unfamiliarity with the rush regulations next week, said ble violations. Typically, Ask or against fraternitics, but that the the class and could immediately registration process and their greater Eric A. Ask .'93, IFC Judicial Yen would contact a fraternity sus- ATO incident "certainly hasn't been proceed to choose another HASS- Committee Chair. pected of a rush violation and try to dropped." DI," he said. HASS, Page 10 Last week was the deadline for solve the situation temporarilIy. When asked about hiding frcsh- both the lFC JudComm and the fra- However, JudComm usually waitcd men, ATO President Karl A. ternities to press charges against until after rush to impose a penalty, Koschnitzke 1V '93 said, "We run a other fraternities. If an accused fra- Yen said. clean rush at ATO. We don't run a temnity pleads innocent to a charge, dirty rush." the case will be tried by JudComm SAE, ATO face charges Edward M. Wylonis Ill Dclta within the next few weeks. "We imposed a few sanctions on Tau Delta's rush chair, said his "We were more vigilant this year houses during rush," Yen said. Thc house was not charged with any and followed up on things during IFC JudComm found SAE guilty of rush violations, nor did they press rush," Yen said. "Some houses tried extending an early bid. As a result, charges. He also said that DTD's to duck around the rules last year," the fraternity was not allowed to investigator was "less strict" than Yen said. "[Ask and 1] felt that if give out any additional bids until 10 last year. the rules existed, we must enforce A.M. Sunday, two hours after frater- them." nities were officially allowed to give Violations, Page 10 "Most trials this year will be out bids, Yen said. 15 Students Enter New Teacher Certification Program By Brian Rosenberg twelve. identify areas of mutual rescarch something to do with MIT's prima- students have developed compc- EDL TOR IN C'III.FF _ One unique feature of the certifi- interest and develop new teaching ry education program. It pays half tencies" in a number of areas related Fifteen students entered MIT's cation program is the presence of techniques. of the teachers' salaries, and also to teaching and Icarning. new Teacher Certification Program six Boston-area teachers, who are "It seems like the teachers will supports the certification program in Bambcrgcr said the program will by enrolling in Issues in Teaching also spending the academic year at be very beneficial - they've been a significant way," Bambcrger said. borrow ideas fiom a UROP she has and Learning (I 1.124), the begin- MIT as part of another new pro- in the classroom and they know sponsored. "We set up something ning of the program's six-class gram, the MIT Tcacher Fellows what's going on," said Jake M. Yara. History of programs called the Lab for Making Things required series. Program. Bamberger said the fel- '93, a student in 1]. 124. Both the certification and the fol- [in a Cambridge elementary school] The program's goal is to teach lows program is designed to help The certification program is lows programs were proposed two where UROP students worked with MIT students "to learn to appreciate teachers "de- jointly sponsored by years ago by the MIT Council on children and tried to understand the the kinds of conceptual intuitions velop innova- the Office of the Primary and Sccondary Education. way they thought about things," that young people bring to their tive approaches Dean for Student "The committee outlined five areas Bamberger said. studies, and ... [to] monitor their to math and sci- Affairs and the they wanted to take action on. One Last fall, the UROP grew into an conceptual progress," said Professor ence teaching Departmecnt of was bringing teachers to MIT for a undergraduate seminar, Teaching of Music and Theater Arts Jeanne ... so they can , 7 Urban Studies and year, and another was some kind of Children Enginecring Design, which M. Bamberger. Bamberger and become effec- Planning. "The pro- teacher development program. Last Bambcrger taught. Some of the stu- Professor of Brain and Cognitive tive agents of gram is in urban year, working groups! were formed dents now in 11.124 participated in Sciences Susan Carcy are teaching change in the studies because we to combine the two ideas, and we the seminar, she added. this semester's class. schools to want to focus on had a design by the spring," "I'm glad that MIT finally put a The State Bureau of Teacher which they will urban education. Bambcrgcr said. prog.am like this together," Certification is expected to register return." We are particularly Upcoming changes in state Reninger said. "I know people the program sometime this academ- The fellows concerned that our teacher certification requirements who've graduated who wanted to go ic year. Currently, the program will help MITCOMAFMEmNICA7TioNSOFF1CE teachers be prepared gave the program a final push into into teaching, but didn't want to go trains only math and science teach- Bamberger and Susan Carey to meet the chal- reality, Bambcrgcr said.

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