|Continuous W^ > MIT News Service 11fCambridge Since 1881 ' 1a~ Mseclassachrusettsamrig Volume 102. Number 45 Tuesday, October 19, 1982 aculanto1 | _ l CEB plalln th~Iorrvm., By Tony Zamparutti address Wednesday's meeting. The faculty will discuss tomor- "As far as I know, in just my row the Committee on Educa- day-to-day activities ... I'm not tional Policy (CEP) recommenda- aware of much discussion" tions on the freshman year, in- among faculty members of the cluding a formalized system for proposal, Physics Professor Mar- hidden freshman grades. garet MacVicar '65 said. The CEP proposal would take "My experience in speaking effect immediately upon faculty with" professors and department approval. heads in the school of engineer- 'I am not aware of any kind of ing, Ocean Engineering Professor intense discusion among the fac- Kim Vandiver '69 said, is they are ulty" about the proposal, Felix "in general ... quite critical of Villars, chairman of the faculty, pass/fail-." said, The CEP proposal is "by "Even though [the CEP plan their view a minor deviation is] encroaching on pass/fail, it is from practice," he -added. probably defending it," Vandiver The CEP last month recorn- said, "because a lot of professors rnended a formalized system of want to do away with [pass/ hidden grades for all freshmen in fail]." Tech Photo by Omar Valerio the spring term, along with new Both MacVicar and Vandiver This Falafel King truck, along with various other street vendors, has been relocated to another evaluation forms for the end of are members of the CEP. part of campus. fall term. The fall term forms '*The last time there was a seri- -- I, - I ----·II- -- , _----I------- 1- - --s. --JI----- - --n would use a "cheick-box" system ous proposal to alter pass/fail to evaluate freshman perfor- there was a good deal of student mance. discussion and faculty interaction Man stabbd Saturday night Both the Undergraduate Asso- with students about the propos- -ciation General Assembly and al," noted Louis Menand III, the Student Committee on Edu- Special Assistant to the Provost. outside ATO and Kappa Sigma cationlal Policy oppose the CEP "I have not heard any discussion 'plan for hidden grades at the end from the faculty on the proposal By. Burt Kaliski -ense methods, according to Ken- The assailants fled east on Me- :of spring- semester. The two bo- at all." Two men stabbed a photogra- neth L. Moll '85 of KS, but had morial Drive, he said. He and dies recommended the present Mathematics Professor Arthur pher, Jeffrey Ferrell, while at- been taught how to disarm a man two other KS members brought spring term freshman evaluation Mattuck said he had informally tempting to rob him on Memori- with a weapon in his right hand. Ferrell into the house. form be replaced with a faculty- discussed the CEP plan with oth- al Drive Saturday night, accord- The assailant held the switch- Moll said Ferrell had a severe :'initiated check box system. er faculty members. "The people ing to Campus Police (CP) Ser- blade in his left hand, Moll con- hand wound and had been l UA President Kenneth J. Segel I've spoken -to -support it and I gpant Anne P. Glavin. tinued, and when Ferrell resisted, stabbed in the side. Another KS '83, who has speaking privileges suppose they'll go and vote for The men attacked Ferrell near he was stabbed. memrn6r -called the Campus Po- at faculty meetings,.said he will it." Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) and lice while Moll attempted to ad- Moll said he heard, shortly Kappa Sigma (KS) fraternities. be- minister first aid to Ferrell. Ferrell arrived to photograph fore 9 pm, a man scream and saw None of the - quipment was two tall men, one on a an ATO event. He told Campus bicycle, taken. Neither he nor other wit- examines POP and Police and KS members the two Ferrell standing on Memorial nesses would be able to identify By Ron Norman facilitate social programming In a Drive outside Kappa men assaulted him as he was Sigma. the suspects, Moll said. The new $102,000 Student building?" sks. the ODSA report a leaving his car and they demand- The victim ran toward Burton An ambulance took Ferrell to Center Committee (SCC) budget Another key question raise d in ed his cameras. House shouting for help, Moll Massachusetts General Hospital, has fueled debate over budgeting the report asks d be if SCC should One man had a switchblade. continued, then ran back toward where he was put under respira- of the group's money and the expected to fund events 'side out Ferrell said he knew some self-de- Kappa Sigma. tory intensive care, Glavin said. committee's purpose. the Student Center or if momney The Office of the Dean for raised in the Student Cennter 'Student Affairs (ODSAi) report should be used for, "future ac- to the MIT Corporation Visiting tivities or services in that beuild- Slaughter Committee on Student Affairs, ing only." addresses blacks released last Friday, raised specif- Should SCC be encouragedd to By Will Doherty education level, the higher the Turner expressed concern that ic questions concerning issues re- be more self-sufficient, the repport The Tenth-Annual MIT Black dropout rate," he lamented. "MIT is not immune from Feder- lated to the Undergraduate Asso- asks, or should a means of dis- Students' Conference on Science Dr. Slaughter advised students al cutbacks, especially for those ciation (UA). tributing surplus funds be fouind. and Technology hosted hundreds at the dinner to continue their of us who are of color." "Much discussion has revolved Stephen D. Immerman, Asssis- of prominent blacks from a vari- education beyond a bachelor's Throughout the conference, par- around the role of the SCC, the tant Dean for Residence and ety of fields in science and engi- degree because "we're going to ticipants seemed anxious about use of its unallocated, reserves, its Campus Activities in ODSA, saids neering, Friday and Saturday. need all the minority graduates economic statistics, like relationship with the UA, and to the 20 the D)ean's Office will be lookking Participants in the conference we can get to fill those places." percent unemployment the Student Center as a program rate at the SCC budget. included students. faculty, staff, Slaughter concluded his re- among blacks nationwide. in and of itself," the report states. Immermnan explained a metthod alumni and prominent black marks by affirming, "Yes, there is Between 1865 Several other questions in the for addressing the problemss of leaders, like Dr. John B. Slaugh- a place for the black and 1974, MIT experience awarded 12 PhD .report were raised by SCC in its the SCC's funds, suggesting that ter, Director of the Nationlal Sci- in science and technology." degrees to black contribution to the Dean's Office a task force be created to re- ence Foundation. students. In the eight years since John B. Turner, Associate 1974, the Institute conferred report to the Visiting Committee. search the duties of the SCC, and Slaughter, the first black Di- Dean of the Graduate School, 55 PhD degrees on blacks. "Is [SCC] a government group that the issues be addressedd at rector of the National Science pointed out that 14 years ago a or is it simply a group created to the UA's annual spring electicons- Foundation, was the conference's black undergraduate could "walk The Institute now has 19 black keynote -speaker. He addressed for miles before finding a person faculty members and 26 black two major themes: tapping un- of color" on the MIT campus. staff administrators, including used human resources and com- 'He was quick to admit, however, nine with tenure. MIT has one batting serious education prob- "We've come a long way since female black faculty member, a lems in science and technology. 1967." fl.ease tunt to page 2) Stressing that "minorities are a part of the pool of human re- sources that have not seized the opportunities that are available 0" to them," Slaughter seemed opti- mistic for the future. "For weli- educated women and minorities, job prospects are continuing to improve." Professor Marvin Minsky The magic of the Steve Minorities accounted for only tells us what artificial Miller band is on page 7. four percent of the entire work- intelligence is all about. force, six percent of the bache- ...,I . Page 6. Women's soccer has begun. W| lor's degrees, four percent of the I For details see page 12. _ graduate degrees and less than ..~ _~ More than 100 rooms in the ' s-·-r two percent of the doctorates in science and engineering, Slaugh- dormitory system are MIT football team loses I.: ter quoted an NSF report. overcrowded. For details see homecoming game. Badly. man In page 6. Page 12 Tech Photo.by Laurie Goldr 1978, women occupied less hen Immerman, Assistant Dean for Residence and Campus Ac- than 10 percent of the jobs avail- tivitie Is. able in science and engineering, Slaughter said. "The higher the i PAGE 2 The Tech TUESDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1982 _ _~dB '''''''''''''''''''''P - lls4 8 ILdC 3a--'4PPb p , a I - - . I-. NMIT hosts Get Published!I Rune, the MIT journal of arts & leters is now conference accepting submissions: Do you have trouble studying? finding I i enough time to do your homework? taking {Continued fromn page 1) Poetry, black physician and a black psy- exams? chologist. Prose, Dr. Ray Hammond, a doctoral Photographs & Sketches The UASO might be able to help: student in medical ethics at Har- vard University, speaking at the I Saturday luncheon, explained Please send with return address to 14E-310 (The HOW TO STUDYAT MIT that the gains of blacks in institu- Writing Center) tions like MIT were a result of i -a series of seminars led by graduate and what he called "a tidal wave that upperclass students to discuss techniques opened up the doors of educa- sss< I' ,G'~ o Xe ) ~4~ j ~B 'o Q ~ BI il P tional opportunity." for Hammond traced the develop- ment of this tidal wave through - managing your time the black American struggle for change to the present day.