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The stu- expressed interest in making do- nations to the scholarship fund, Tech photo by P. Paul Hsu dents asked that MIT replace the A path of primroses replaces the "nerd path" in Kresge Oval. lost aid with Institute funds. Reynolds said. II1 I ICI -C-- II L IP ' -- _ - I I IBDIIC IC -- ____ _ II - 1111 1 -·- The group argued that the Once MIT established its policy amendment, although it forbids of withholding aid from the non- the dispersing of federal Title IV registrants, said Gray, the ques- State looks for waste disposal site funds to non-registrants, says tion of whether the money origi- nated from MIT or from an By Kevin D. Hurst But dangers due to soil erosion trash that are now classified as nothing about giving other aid to outside scholarship fund lost its Last in a series or radioactive seepage into the radioactive but lose radioactivity students. water table forced closing of after a short time would reduce "We wanted a way to replace relevance. "The source [of the A crisis in radioactive waste sorne LLR sites in recent years. the volume significantly, he said. the lost money," Reynolds said. aid] is of secondary importance, disposal will force MIT and Mas- "The environmental community Most of the LLR waste is pro- "We have talked with President and ought not to be a consider- sachusetts to explore methods to is very loath to accept shallow duced in research labs in such Gray, and we were informed that ation," he said. reduce and dispose of low-level land disposal," said Marvin M. fields as biology, chemistry, earth it was against MIT's policy to re- William R. Dickson '56, senior radioactive trash. Miller, principal research scientist sciences, metallurgy, and cancer place the federal aid. vice president, said the Institute's Research in hundreds of MfIT in the Energy Lab. "Hydrogeo- research. Masse said much of this Gray told them if MIT were to refusal to either directly or indi- rectly aid the non-registrants does I laboratories will be jeopardized, logy is just too complicated to research would be shut down if a give non-registrants money, according to Francis X. Masse, satisfy environmental concerns disposal site is not available at "there might be the perception not imply the administration radiation protection officer at about this method." the 1986 deadline. that other students who complied agrees with the Solomon Amend- MIT. Another method is to inciner- "It's a competitive market. If with the regulations might be ment. "1984 is a year of critical deci- ate some of the trash. "The [the California Institute of Tech- short-changed," Reynolds said. "MIT's opposition has no sions, " he said. Massachusetts amount of radioactive material nologyl can do things that we Gray said, "That is not just a bearing over whether or not we faces a 1986 congressional dead- that escapes up the [furnace smo- can't; they will get the govern- perception, but a reality. We are feel this is proper legislation - it line to find a place to dump its kestack] is so small that by the ment contracts. That's the bot- allocating eight million dollars of is quite clear that we do not," radioactive garbage. "In tom the past time it comes back to the ground line," Masse commented. general Institute funds to supple- said Dickson. "This whole case the state has wasted too much itvis very dilute," California is building he said., its own dis- ment aid for undergraduates. will be heard before the Supreme time on less important issues." Because the waste costs $300 posal site, he said. Any increase in demand for Insti- Court, and ruled on before the The alternatives for disposing per drum to ship and process, a Massachusetts state govern- tute funds amounts to an de- end of June - if stricken, the of low-level radioactive (LLR) rate likely to rise mernt has been negotiating with sharply in the crease in other available aid." whole question becomes moot." waste are limited. Burying the next few years. MIT muist contin- other New England states to cre- Those "who are obeying the Gray agreed: waste in shallow trenches is the "I regard the ue to reduce shipped waste by ate a regional disposal site, but law will either see their tuition Solomon Amendment as a bad simplest solution. This approach segregating the trash carefully at each state is unwilling to house rise or their average financial aid piece of legislation, because it is used by al three existing U.S. the source, Masse said. the site, Miller said. "A governor decreased, if only by a little bit," makes colleges the enforcers. It disposal sites. [who proposes to host the pro- Deregulating some types of he continued. couples draft enforcement with jectl would be almost committing Gray said he does not believe education - I am opposed to it. the establishment of the scholar- suicide," he said. However, we have no choice but Frosh pick noajors Since Massachusetts is not suit- ship fund will necessarily help the to obey the law." able for conventional trench dis- non-registrants; he doubts the students will be able to raise a MIT is not alone in refusing to By Arvind Kumar Professor Arthur C. Smith, posal of waste, it may resort to aid the non-registrants, Gray With 877 out of 1073 freshmen chairman of the faculty and a trench disposal with underground significant amount of money. claimed. "Only Yale University, major forms tallied, one-third in- professor in the Department of "engineered barriers" that shield "I cannot imagine that the do- to the best of my knowledge, has dicate a major in the Department Electrical Engineering and Com- the water table from radioactive nations will cover the expected [given money to non-regis- of Electrical Engineering and puter Science, said the number contamination, Miller said. need. This scholarship fund will trantsl," Gray said. Computer Science (Course VI), choosing to major in Course VI create the expectation that there is "mildly encouraging." according to Peggy Richardson, Smith said he had thought over executive officer of the Under- 400 students would enroll in the AFROTC head says corps is graduate Academic Support Of- department, but he now expects fice. the number to be "more like As of last Friday, 197 freshmen 350." not an aid or grant program listed a major in electrical engi- If Course VI enrollment ex- By Diana bean-Aaron eryone the same." change to majors the Navy might neering (VI-I) and 90 listed com- ceeds 350, he said, some action MIT students who hold Air Seven of the 17 upperclassmen need . . . Our scholarship awards pu'ter science (VI-3), Richardson for future admits might need to Force and Army Reserve Officers'- who hold Army ROTC scholar- are not broken down by course," said. (Please turn to page 2) Training Corps scholarships are ships are enrolled McClure said. -- I-. - -~-- I-·ICIII-"-·31 ·r -r ·--· · in Course VI, r - restricted to certain areas of including five in the co-operative Hetland emphasized that study, according to the two pro- program VI-A, according to Lt. ROTC is not a grant or aid pro- Intended Majors of Class of '87 gram directors. Colonel James P. Hassett of gram. The Air Force "attempts to Total number of freshman is 1073. Number of compiled responses is 877 Air Force ROTC scholarship Army ROTC. make the best use of the tax- School of Architecture awards are 'contracts to major in Army ROTC scholarships payers' money ... We're not go- & Planni 1'4 a specific field," said Colonel Joel specify whether the cadet is to ing to buy something we don't Archtecture- I \ S. Hetland of Air Force ROTC. need," he said. Urban Studies- 1 major in engineering, physical About 190 MIT students hold sciences, or social sciences, but Attrition in the Air Force Sloan School of AFROTC scholarships. not the specific field, said Has- ROTC is about 40 percent at Managerent - 17 Hetland said the scholarships sett. MIT, compared to 23 percent na- School of Humanities < \ E.E-197 "are awarded based on changing Scholarships have been restrict- tionwide, Hetland said. After the & Social Science - 18 predictions of what fields the Air ed to these general areas over the end of freshman year, students Cog. Sc - 7E Force will need people in four past few years, because the Army are committed to remain in the Econ -9 ScShool of En eering - 575 Poli. ScI - years down the line., wants to increase the technical program and complete four years HumanlaQes- X | lUnndesignate at MechE - SI "This year is strong in electri- expertise of its officer corps, he (Please turn to page 2) cal engineering, and next year added. Food & Nst. Scl -8 . .. math and physics" will be "A couple of years ago you iarth & Plan Sci.- 7A .E5 I strong, he said. could get a degree in shell collect- Half of the MIT students who ing if you wanted to," Hassett hold Air Force ROTC scholar- said. "Now they're aiming for 20 I MIT partied with Cheap 1 ships major in the Department of percent with engineering back- Trick and 'Til Tuesday Electrical Engineering and Com- ground, 20 percent from the so- during Spring puter Science (Course VI). cial sciences, and 30 percent busi- Hetland said ROTC has little ness and management types Weekend. Page 6,7. effect on Course VI overcrowd- among the officers." ing: "People go into electrical en- The Navy ROTC does not re- D)ramashop performs gineering because of strong sala- strict majors, according to Com- Harold Pinter's The l ries in the outside world, " he mander Robert McClure of Navy Homecoming. Page 10. said. "but the military pays ev- ROTC. 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I ~I -opinion . . d. . wr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a tditorial UA Council mnst w a justify existence a The UA Council devoted its last meeting to rubberstamping
the administration's committee on alcohol abuse. Instead of I treating the Council as a strong and independent undergrad- uate forum, they moved away from the concrete and into par- liamentary abstractions by passing a motion recommending student representation on the committee, and then quibbled a about whether the IFC should be represented separately. The Council's inability to resolve the question of whether the IFC w was part of the UA Council further confused the issue. With most of their appointments and budget business com- pleted and so little time left before the end of their first term in office, Libby and Scheidler might have seized the chance to make themselves. heard on more substantial issues. Administra- tion action on Course VI overcrowding, forced commons, and Institute budget cuts will affect the average student much more w severely than any attempts at an official alcohol policy, yet mE these three areas received no consideration by MIT's sole organ of student government. Nor, to our knowledge, has the chief m officers of that government, Libby, made himself heard at fac- ulty meetings, where he is one of only a handful of students Guest Column/Donald M. Davidoff E granted speaking privileges. Libby and Scheidler have yet to make good on even their campaign promises. These promises included "projects and Ringing in old traditions . . .services that directly affect and benefit the students," "im- proving communication between the students, the student gov- In spring, a young girl's fancy three-membered ring committee at the time, Richard Cockburn I ernment and the administration," and "going out and talking turns to young men, and a young headed by Theodore A. Riehl MacLaurin. Next, the elephant to people." Yet nothing- has been done about the projected man's fancy turns to baseball. In '30. It was their sole purpose to was considered "to represent the Walker outdoor cafe and Asian language courses since the elec- much the same way, an MIT provide a ring which the Institute Tech man - strong, wise, pa- tion, and the UA Council seems as dedicated to insulating itself sophomore's fancy turns to the Committee would approve as the tient, hard-working, and like ev- from the students and the issues by layers of bureaucratic ab- age-old tradition of reaching Standard Technology Ring. ery man who gets through, has a m deep into his or her pocket to good tough hide." Unfortunately, straction as the old General Assembly was. purchase an MIT class ring, bet- After vigorous debate over these animals possessed a tragic Instead, the UA Council chose to apply itself to the cause of ter known as a "brass rat". whether to feature the Dome or flaw - they were not American. e canonizing former Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Stephen the beaver on the front, it was D. Immerman. Not only did they pass a resolution commend- Here I am, a sophomore who noted that many schools had To find the right animal, the Fi ing Immerman, but they voted to present him with a com- has not even convinced himself domes similar to ours. The bea- members of the New York club eG memorative plaque and establish a permanent remembrance of that he will graduate these hal- ver having proven victorious, the consulted Mr. Hornaday's Ani- him in student government. It is a wonder the Council did not lowed halls of Gray, and yet I committee decided to place the mals of North America, and the m have received the distinct honor dome on each shank. "MIT" was beaver was instantly recognized purchase a resolution from the Massachusetts Legislature and a of wearing one of these sacred coupled with it on one shank, to possess all the proper creden- chair in 10-250. . symb.ols of MIT. Whether on the and the class numerals were tials. "it is not only typical of Immerman was a competent dean, and he was certainly an hand of an unknown alumnus in placed with it on the other. Tech, but some of its habits are improvement over his predecessor, Robert Holden. But he is a strange far-away place or on Rounded corners for the face and much like.those of President hardly deserving of these premature eulogies. His fulfillment of the hand of Erland van Lithe de a raised bezel to prevent excessive MacLaurin." To quote Mr. Hor- "the highest ideals of the Office of the Dean for Student Af- Jeude '76 in Stir Crazy, this sin- wear on the beaver were also sug- naday, "Of all the animals of the fairs," as stated in the resolution, was proof of that. In par- gle piece of gold symbolizes the gested. The Institute Committee world, the Beaver is noted for his ME ticular, Imrmerman was instrumental in blocking student- four years of struggle we all have and the Alumni Council ap- engineering skills and habits of planned office rearrangements in the Student Center. The UA in common. Yet, I cannot help proved the design, and it has industry. His habits are noctur- Council, it seems, is blessed with a short memory as well as a but wonder how MIT has come been used ever since. nal, he does his best work at night." to have such a standard ring, and Now, on to the more pressing short agenda. why, of all things, does it picture Several weeks before this meeting, UA President David M. matter of the beaver itself. The The beaver was formally pre- a beaver? (I'm sure we've all been answer lies 15 years further back Libby '85 said "I need [the Council] to convince me why we told it's because the beaver is nat- sented to MIT, and on January should even have another UA Council meeting." Presumably in MIT history as Technique 1915 17, 1914, President MacLaurin ure's engineer, but is that really reports in a published letter from they have convinced Libby. It is now up to Libby to convince true?) officially accepted it at the annual us why the UA Council should continue to meet. L. D. Gardner '98. The Technol- dinner of The Technology Club Fortunately, through the cour- ogy Club in New York had of New York. tesy of Bill Hobbib, Chairman of oftened pondered as to why Tech the Class of '86 Ring Committee, had never come up with a mas- And so, as my thoughts must and the 1915 and 1930 volumes cot. It was soon decided to create turn to the Unified Engineering of Technique, I was able to get one and bring "good old MIT" problem set I have just managed an answer. First, to address the luck. The kangaroo was first con- to put off for an hour, I can at- issue of the standard ring. Tech- sidered because "like Tech, it least feel secure in my knowledge Volume 104, Number 23 Tuesday, May 8, 1984 nique 1930 tells us that C. goes forward in leaps and of the origin of a species - the Brigham Allen, then president of bounds, and it came from MIT class ring and its beloved Chairman ...... Martin Dickau '85 the Class of 1929 appointed a Australia" as did MIT's president beaver. 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What I find gan Moving Service ("no job too in Denver, my parents and I be- especially ironic is that it only I ciate Advertising, Manager: Michael Kardos '86. small") that frequently advertises came concerned because we had PRODUCTION STAFF took the trucking company sever- I in your classified section. I hope heard nothing about the harp. al days to ship the harp 2000 Associate Night Editor: Ronald E. Becker '87; TEN Director: An- The Tech policy will allow you to drew S. Gerber '87; Staff: Bill Coderre '85, Ron Bloomn '86, Carl Many long distance calls (day- miles to Denver, while Finnegan's A. LaCombe '86, Mary C. Ystueta '86, Kathleen M. O'Connell publish my letter. time rates) followed; the trucking required almost three weeks to '87; Typist: Virginia K. Chang '85. 1 own a large harp that I ship company had no record of ever cart it ten miles. to my home in Denver each sum- receiving the harp, and Finne- PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE mer. The major trucking com- gan's was (at best) vague. Finally I have since learned the best Night Editor: ...... Gregory D. Troxel '87 panies won't pick up, so 1 arn we learned that the harp had way to move the harp is to rent a I Associate Night Editor: ...... Ronald E. Becker '87 faced with the problem of getting been sittting in Finnegan's ware- van for an hour (about $10) and house for two weeks. Staff: Amy S. Gorin '84, Diana ben-Aaron '85, Drew Blakeman, my harp to the company's load- take the harp myseif to the load- wI '85, Simson L. Garfinkel '85, Robert E. Malchman '85, P. Paul ing dock, about ten miles from ing dock of a major trucking Hsu '86, Thomas T. Huang '86, Ellen L. Spero '86, Andrew S. One man at the trucking com- MIT. pany (who told my parents that company. Brown and Finnegan's Gerber '86, Howard Hartenbaum '87, Christine Hom '87. Moving Service Two years ago, after seeing the Finnegan's was not a reputable is bad news. firm) was particularly helpful. He With this letter, I hope to spare i The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607) is published Tuesdays and Fridays during the academic classified ad in The Tech, I called some agony (and money) for year (except during MIT vacations), Wednesdays during January, and alternate Tues- Fifnegan's. They agreed to pick personally called Finnegan's, and days during the summer for $12.00 per year Third Class by The Tech, 84 Massachu- anyone else who is moving this setts Ave. Room W20-483, Cambridge, MA 02139. Third Class postage paid at Bos- up my harp, take it to the truck- the people there had the gall to ton, MA. Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720. POSTMASTER: Please send all address spring. changes to our rnaling address: The Tech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA ing company, and handle all the ask him if he could send one of 02139 Telephone: (617) 253-1541. Advertising, subscription, and typesetting rates his trucks to pick up the harp. Fi- Marla Mathias '84 available. Entire contents a 1984 The Tech. 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Prohibition of worship is abridgement of rights To the Editor: organizing as a school activity to how holy they are. This is not my I do not quite understand what hold prayer meetings or to speak assessment of why school prayer is wanted by the actual laws regarding school with friends about their faith - Christians. Prayer is prayer say, but I would like to activities which are vital to the communication with God, and group prayer encourages each of point out that prohibiting people service of the Christian god. I the believers in knowing that oth- to worship their god is an abrid- would like to add that the scrip- er people agree with his petition gement of rights. I understand tulre referred to by Joseph J. to God. that in some schools, students Romm irn the May 1 issue of The I agree that the public schools who desire to follow Jesus of Tech refers to people who pray in I- - ~ ~ -~ should not endorse, directly or Nazareth have been banned from the open so other people can see indirectly, any religion. However, ' YOU WANT TO KE PAID How MUCH ?!,,. LISTEN MISS, WE'RE JUST HIRING the schools should be allowed to SOMEONE TO EDUCATE THESE CHILDREN, NOT BABYSITHEM:., accommodate the interests of the Colullmn a "tirade"Tstudents. Just as there are school IL--yls~~~l4--hl s~lls~~d - -- I To the Editor: church, where it belongs. activities for students interested ~~ ~- How dare you, Burt Kaliski! You go on to explain the sepa- in music, athletics, the military, What on earth gives you the au- ration of church and state, claim- community service, politics, busi- aaasaes ·aa ·a4prr a gi thority to say that my "right not ing that it benefits not the state, ness, etc., students of any reli- i to worship God is not 'inalien- but the church, citing the medi- gion should be allowed to meet able' "? I really don't care if eval popes and the influence of with others of their faith for wor- SPEECH RECOGNITION you're a born-again Christian, power and money on their posi- ship and other activities. Arfifldal Iel1igen Roman Catholic, tions. Unfortunately, Jewish, or Bud- you show In response to David Levy GTE Laboratories is the central Research and dhist, Kaliski, but no one tells me no benefits of eliminating the [Feedback, May 1], I have a ques- Development facility for the entire Corporation of who or what I can and cannot separation between church and tion: If you do not believe that more than 60 communications, products, research worship. What started out as a state. In fact, if we are to believe your belief is true, why do you and service subsidiaries in the U.S. and 19 coun- column [April 24] promoting you, such a "fusing" will result in believe it? Faith is being certain tries around the world. prayer in school became a reli- religious leaders becoming un- of things which cannot be prov- gious tirade, saying, in essence, faithful to their "Master." en. Anyone with faith in some- As a member of our technical staff, you will put that if a country (like those in your interest in artificial intelligence to work You then attempt to justify thing would be lying if he did not Africa and the Far applying A.l. concepts and techniques to speech East) does not your beliefs by quoting from the say as Burt S. Kaliski [Column/ worship your "true God", then it recognition research. Responsibilities will involve Declaration of Independence, April 24] does, "I know my be- is doomed to become a "den of enhancing the performance of phoneme and word- which makes a reference to "our lief is true." This does not mean disease, poverty, and crime." recognition algorithms for continuous speech by Creator," who has endowed us that he is closed to the beliefs of use of syntactical and contextual knowledge as But first, let me address the is- with inalienable rights. You auto- others and certainly does not sue of school prayer, which you well as designing programs and coding for speech matically assume that "our Crea- mean that the beliefs he hold to- recognition algorithms. did touch on lightly. You yourself tor" is your "true God" - an as- day will remain with him forever. said that "too many fear their Qualifications include a Ph.D. in Computer sumption which I find to be, at Levy's statement that "religion children will be ostracized Science with emphasis on Artificial Intelligence or for not the least, extremely presumptu- can be dangerous" is misleading. worshipping the way their class- a Master's degree with the equivalent experience. ous. As far as I am concerned, Anything can be dangerous if it is mates do," even A background in Computer Science is essential. . - going so far as "our Creator" is whomever each misused. Corruption is what is to say that there are- Knowledge of linguistics helpful. not enough person believes, be it' Allah, a dangerous and-this applies to' ;abl.1 "true followers of Jesus" to pre- race of intergalactic beings, or things people get into. -For more infomnation, plea"e forward your resuome vent such a thing from happen- someone that an individual can I agree with Romm that stu- or detailed letter to Paul WHoule, Personnel, GTE ing. I, foir one, would Laboratories, not want have faith in - and not whomev- dents should not be forced to re- Inc, Box COL, 40 Sylvan Road, my child Watlham, going to school and be- er we are told. cite a generic prayer in school. In MA 02254. An equal opportunity ing ostracized because he is Jew- fact, my understanding of prayer employer, MIF. ish, for example. I understand that someone of is that the words said are not so Then, you claim that schools your beliefs would be upset by important as the focus of the teach of Zeus and Osiris, but not the materialism of today's world mind and heart on God. Recita- of "the true God". By teaching - the commercialization of tion of a prayer is not in my the mythologies of other cultures Christmas, for example. And, if opinion prayer if the mind and GTE Laboratories Incorporated such as Greece and Egypt, it is you believe that "the laws of sci- heart of the individual are not fo- IL. hoped that our children will learn ence and of this country are sub- cused on God. % ---- d·1~914%-- more of the world around them. ordinate to those of God," that is I ask that someone please cor- L - -I -- Those who teach such material fine. But to attempt to unite this rect me on my understanding of are not looking to convert a nation under your beliefs (which, the present regulations on school group of fifth-graders into wor- of course, are undoubtedly prayer, and I also suggest that shippers of Apollo. If a child shared by many others) is far be- criticisms of writers should be wishes to learn of your "true yond your - or anyone else's - constructive rather than destruc- God," such guidance and infor- prerogative. tive. mation can be found in the Adam Bernard '86 Dennis W. Dillon '85
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Prayer should ds v not be ita school To the Editor: that this separation must include I am writing in response to keeping religion out of public Burt S. Kaliski's column "Prayer education. in the classroom would benefit it can certainly be argued that our society" which appeared in there is no problem in allowing The Tech on Tuesday, April 24. public schools to be used for or- Kaliski complains that a proposal ganized prayer outside of school to allow prayer in the public hours, with the groups involved schools in Framingham was re- paying for any additional heating jected. Although he does not and services required. However, I state so explicitly in his column, think it is much more important Kaliski also favors the school to maintain a strict separation prayer amendments which were between religion and public edu- recently voted down by the Sen- cation. ate. Kaliski also speaks against the Prayer in the public schools is study in high school of Zeus, not illegal in Framingham or any- Osiris and "some tribe of people where else in the country, and I on the other side of the earth." I have no objection to it. Any stu- cannot argue the validity of dent may pray silently in the hall- studying Zeus and Osiris as I (ONFIDENTIALY, SER6EANT,,,lM 6a106WTRRIED A0AOPR41N, way on his way to class, at his have never studied them, but I do desk before the teacher calls the believe that it is very important L u -·------__ -- I------·- L- -_--_ r I -II--~IIB-L-·-·s~- - - class to order, while exams are to study other societies and that being passed out, or at many oth- elementary and secondary er times. A student can also sim- schools -are the appropriate 5 COLLEGE STUDENTS ply stop listening to the teacher places for such studies. The Guaranteed work for the for a moment and pray, just as knowledge that I gained through WITH entire summer. We will select students often stop listening for these studies is very useful as I other reasons. The acceptabililty try to understand newpaper arti- 5 students to participate in an of such private prayer is well es- cles and current political issues. unique office employment tablished in Judeo-Christian tra- (I did not know much about Cen- program . Tem po ra ry dition and it has never been de- tral Anerica until I studied it in CHECK- P assignments in Boston! clared illegal in this country. ninth grade, and what I learned AND A Cambridge. 60 wpm typing, What is illegal, and what I op- then formed the basis from well dressed,,flexible + min. pose, is organized public school which I learned mnore and devel- CHElCK summer office, experience prayer. oped my own opinions on issues required. Must be available Students may also pray at concerning that part of the home before leaving for school world. ) for work thru September 7. or in groups at a student's home The words "under God" were Call 423-2986 for appt. THE or some other place of worship. added to the Pledge of Allegiance SKILL BUREAU, -Boston's Transportation could easily be ot the flag after the Second most selective Temporary arranged, and, prayers could be- World W/ar. Where I went to Help Service. gin early, enough sd,,that -theyqend ~schooj ,the. l4w ,stated, -that .Wve I -r-- ,, . . , . "--- .- f,I ;-C. ., -- 11 . - C in time for the students- to arrive were to recite the Pledge e'ver'y - I ------at school in time for class. Oddly day from kindergarten through enough, it seems that the people high school. If this had any effect who spend so much effort in fa- on the opinions of anyone I went vor of school-run, organized to school with concerning God, HeIlp Prevent prayer at the public schools are country or religion, it was only unwilling to spend effort to or- towards makting a mockery of ganize prayers for students in them. After all, we also said "in- Focus On Birth Defects other, perfectly acceptable loca- divisible" while we were studying tionls. the Civil War. (In the fourth When my mother was a girl, grade a teacher explained what illi rica s school began every morning with the word meant.) The absolute a reading from the Bible. A few statement "with liberty and jus- weeks ago I asked her about how tice for all" also disagreed with Future it was organized and she could several of the things we studied in not rememzber. She told me that history class and read in the nobody paid attention and often newspapers. Support the the children were talking among The Senate of the United themselves so that no one could March of Dimes States recently spent an enor- _ H IRTH DEFECTS FOUNDATIONSI hear anyway. I believe that such mous amount of time and effort This space donated by The Tech imposed activities served to alien- debating the issue of organized ate numerous people of her gen- prayers in the public schools. In eration from religion. the meantime, there are about - --.- - -- -I ---- L --· i I have many friends for whom 40,000 nuclear weapons in the religion was not as important a world, and this country is mak- part of their upbringing as it be- ing plans to build another came for them when they reached 15,000. These thermonuclear college age and beyond. Al- bombs are currently built at the though I have no proof, I suspect rate of a couple a day. Mean- that if people of our generation while, millions of people are had been force-fed religion in a starving in numerous places very poor environment such as around the world. I could not be- the public schools, many more lieve in a god who would not would have been alienated from have preferred that the govern- rI a_~~~~~B ~ $iL-I ~~ -(~~~~- 1~ it and far fewer would decide to ment of the richest and most make religion an important part powerful nation on earth spend of their lives when they get older. its time on these problems rather Thus I agree with Kaliski that re- than on organized public school If you get your color print film developed at a drugstore or a camera store, use ligion benefits by being separated prayer. you probably get back a lot of pictures that just don't look good. Ask why, from governm~ent, but I believe and they say you made a mistake. But too often the real problem is that Ax Finley R. Shapiro G the lab made bad prints from your good negatives! 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This Hom¢eomnin9 is al i s the Frraily The Homecoming, by Harold Pinter, pre- Happily, Dramashop's production of sarcasm to make Don Rickles flinch. sented by the MIT Dramashop, directed The Homecoming is a strong one. The There are times when this is a problem, es- by Bill Bryant; playing at Kresge Little cast is well balanced and has an excellent pecially in areas where Lenny probably Theatre this Thursday, Friday and Satur- grasp of Pinter's slow, tense style. should have been a bit more open, but day, May JO, 11 and 12 at 8 p.m.; admis- Joel Gluck '86 leads the cast with his overall it works very well. sion $4.50/$3.50 with MIT ]D. portrayal of Max, the acidic and cynical Joey, the youngest son, is portrayed by The setting: A house in North London. patriarch trying to hold on to his position David Altshuler '86. Altshuler has a hard Max, a 70-year-old butcher, lives with his as head of the family. Gluck achieves the job in trying to round out Joey, whom two youngest sons - Lenny, a pimp, and very difficult task of making Max vulner- Pinter seems to have neglected a bit. Most- Joey, a would-be boxer - and Max's able without making him seem like a ly, all the audience sees is Joey whining or younger brother Sam, a chauffeur. wimp. Gluck displays a vocal and emo- talking about boxing. The performance is Enter: Teddy, Max's oldest son, who left tional maturity which is especially pleasing a bit weak, but that may be because the for America six years earlier. Teddy shows .to see from a sophomore. role is weak. Altshuler, however, does a up for a surprise visit, with wife and When, in the first few minutes Max re- very good job of reaching out to Teddy,; Ph.D. in hand. marks, "Il'm getting old, my word of the returning prodigal, when nobody else These are the circumstances surrounding honor," one can feel remorse mixed with a will. Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, the slight desire for sympathy. When he argues Sam (Charles Grimes '86) is a weak man MIT Dramashop's latest production. with Lenny about horses, he desperately who takes pride in the fact that he doesn't Dramashop's decision to stage this play tries to show his knowledge and exper- disturb the rich, patrons who ride in his demonstrates quite a bit of ambition on ience. He is like an old lion who keeps limousine. "I don't press myself on peo- their part. The colloquial dialogue, the age roaring to prove he is in control. ple, you see," he says. Sam freely allows of its older characters, and the bizarre sec- If Max is the old lion, then Lenny is the Max to tease him and push him around. ond act have defeated more than a few ex- young cub who keeps making playful Grimes carries the weakness well, although cellent American theater groups. It de- threats until he is ready to challenge. he sometimes seems to forget how old he mands a lot of thought and work from Lenny is played by James MacStravic '84, is supposed to be. both actors and directors. who fills every one of his lines with enough Teddy (Kevin Cunningham '84) comes home to realize that he cannot love his family anymore. Teddy appears to feel that he is better than they are because of his education. Cunningham is a good choice for the role, and his charm sets him apart from the rest of the family during most of the play. Susan Wiegand '84 plays Ruth, Teddy's beautiful wife, like an ice cube. This works very well except for a few scenes - notably one in which she flirts with Lenny, when she probably should have pretended to be more friendly to him until she had him on a string. However, this was not a major weakness.
The most noticeable problem with the show is the difficulty with accents. Max's and Lenny's are fine, and Teddy and Ruth do not need one; but Sam's is awful and Joey's is erratic at best. Possibly, Bryant should have let the actors go without them, rather than distracting the audience. A strong production staff backed up the actors. The set, designed by William Fre- gosi, is a spare living room with a staircase leading upstairs; it follows Pinter's de- The cast and director have to be very care- scription almost to the letter. The lighting ful not to make these perfunctory, but to by Marc Dinardo '84 is quite good, espe- find a dramatic reason for each and to cially his use of light by the window. Mar- vary the length of them. This was skillfully garet Hall's costumes are fine, although performed, resulting in many tense mo- Sarn's uniform looks a little large. ments that gave the audience time to think What really made the show work, about the action, as well as a reason to do though, was timing. Pinter wrote more so. than two hundred pauses into the script. William H. Kasner ..... -- -1 classified Why take everything hone with O 0 advertising you. I I COUNCIL TRAVEL i CIEE for Int'l Student ID, Budget Air Fares, USA flights, Europe charters, Youth Hos- tel Membership, Eurail pass, Work % Discount and study abroad, and much more! FREE CATALOG - CALL 266-1926 or drop by our new office at 729 Boylston St, 2nd Fl.,Boston, Ma with Student 02116 I.D.
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Track Ioses champion hi, heartbreaker 8988 By Christopher YVKim three-year reign over the outdoor pio '85, both of whom have al- lost to WPI's Dan Pond, who sixth with 57.13. LEWISTON, MAINE - The championships and allowed ready qualified for the National had set a meet -record of 14.88 This, coupled with Brandeis' MIT men's outdoor track team Brandeis to capture the New Division III Championships, seconds. Arenberg continued to 12-point performance in the suffered another heartbreaking England Division III "triple- were fine performers in the ham- have a good day, capturing fifth 5000-meter run (first and fifth), loss, 89-88 to Brandeis University crown" titles in cross-country (in mer throw as they captured sec- places in both the 100-meter and put the Engineers within easy at the New England Division III which they are the national Divi- ond and fifth places with throws 200-meter dashes in 11.28 (a per- striking distance as they trailed Outdoor Track Championships sion III champions), indoor, and of 178' 7" and 161' 11". Parris sonal record) and 23.24 seconds by only seven points. last Saturday at Bowdoin Col- outdoor track. also took third pi ice in the discus respectively. DeRubeis followed The stage was set for the final lege. The Engineers finished sec- On Thursday and Friday, Ross throw with 145' 1", edging the in sixth place in the 200-meter showdown in the mile relay, with ond overall out of 23 teams. Dreyer '86 and Ed Martin '85 throw of the sixth-place finisher dash with 25.80 seconds. MIT the favorite to win. All MIT As with the indoor champion- turned'in steady performances in by only eight inches. The Engi- Gordon Holterman '87, co-re- needed was to finish four places ships, when MIT lost to the the grueling decathlon with neers were completely shut out in cipient of MIT's Freshman Ath- ahead of Brandeis, and the out- Brandeis Judges by two points, fourth and fifth place finishes of the other seven field events. lete of the Year award, turned in door title would once again be- the meet was decided in the final 5011 and 4546 points. The Engineers fared much bet- some tough clutch finishes in the long to the Engineers. MIT's re- relay. "Brandeis just happened to The remaining events were held ter in the running events as they i500-meter and 800-meter. runs. lay team of Smith, Andrew get most of the lucky breaks this Saturday. The most significant raced nip-and-tuck with the Holterman stayed with the leader Peddie '86, Dan Lin '86 and Tay- time,"' head track coach Gordon factor in MIT's loss was the low Judges. Bill Bruno '85 had an ex- for most of the 1500-meter race lor won in 3:24.21. This meant Kelly said. MIT finished the sea- scoring from the field team, traordinary race in a tough but faltered in the end to finish Brandeis had to finish fifth or son with a perfect 13-0 record in which had anticipated a poor 10,000-meter run as he led the third with a strong 3:58.85. He lower in order for MIT to win. dual meets. performance against tough com- pack most of the way only to be returned 45 minutes later to take Unfortunately, the Judges The loss ended the Engineers' petitior. outkicked in the final mile. Bru- fourth in a very tight 800-meter scraped up a fourth place finish Pat Parris '85 and Greg Proco- no finished second with 31:25.87. run with 1:56.40. to win the team title by one point. ~~,, IL ~~~~lbI IlI I~~~~~~~~··--·lq~~~~~l C I1--~ ~ ~ ~ - - - - The 400-meter relay team of Ed MIT's hope of victory was un- Arernberg '85, John DeRubeis G. expectedly revived by the Judges' Although- the meet concluded l David Richards '86 and John poor showing in the 800-meter the season for most of the team, Taylor '84 also turned in a good run coupled with MlT's powerful some of the top individual per- effort, finishing second with finish in the 400-meter intermedi- formers arid relays will comnpete 43.49 seconds. ate hurdles. Co-captain Taylor next weekend at thie All New The sprinters also scored some snared the Engineers' individual England Championships at Dart- crucial points for the Engineers. first place finish in the hurdles mouth and after the end of the Co-captain Joe Presing '84 took with 54.71 seconds, closely fol- term at the National Division III second place in the I10-meter lowed by Ron Smith '84 in third Championships at Northfield, high hurdles with 15.07. Presing with 55.32 seconds and Presing in Minnesota.
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