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n CI c rrr 1 I I --· ,.-I _ I -Z in -0 Corporate aid won't mriatd rise in tuition By Thomas Huang course discipline,'" he said. "Oth- The amount of scholarship ers specify students from certain money corporations give MIT geographical areas." J I will lag behind next year's tuition "The corporations have var- E increase, according to Leonard V. ious motives for giving money to I' Gallagher '54, director of student MIT," he said. "There might be

rg financial aid. an influential person in the com- "Corporation gifts will not in- pany who has ties to MIT. The crease nearly as fast as tuition," company might see MIT as a fu- he said. Eastman Kodak gifts ture source of personnel. ,'are tied to the cost of tuition- "The corporation gifts are the their scholarships stay at about smallest part of our total finan- three-fourths of that cost. But cial aid package," he continued. most company scholarships are "The largest source of aid is en- not tied." dowed scholarship funds." MIT will have to spend $4 mil- MIT alumni and other individ- lion to $5 million of its operating uals contribute to scholarship en- funds for financial aid this year, dowment funds, Gallagher said. Gallagher said. Individuals gave MIT $30 million Corporations gave MIT ap- for scholarships last year. proximately $500,000 for scholar- "The third source is made up Tech photo by Grant W. Johnson ships last year, according to Gal- of awards that students receive Assistant Professor David L. Akin '74 plans an experiment for the space shuttle. See story on lagher. Bendix gave MIT $25,000 directly from outside agencies, page 2. __ _- this year. "That figure is consid- like the National Merit Scholar- Ibl. p·b--r -·Q·II·--YU - _q ______R·PS - --_ ---- -_ -- ered large." ship," Gallagher said. These Each corporation involved awards add up to $1 million a gives MIT an average of $5000 year, he noted. Recount changes '86 race annually, Gallagher explained. Students in the armed forces' Corporations include Proctor reserve officers training corps that time a recount would not af- treasurer. The team of Gabrielle and Gamble, General M otors, programs receive $800,000 a year, By Byurt S. Kaliski the races. "I really Hecht and Lauren E. Singer beat fect any of Bendix, and K~odakc.- Gallagher estimated. Mary Kate Bayalis'86 defeated didn't think" there would be a Jennifer L. Snopkowski by 254 Companies often restrict the Scholarships total $8 million, Alka Jain '86 by seven votes in a change, he said Sunday. "'I votes to 200 for social chairmen, including $900,000 in Pell grants recount of Class of 1986 ballots thought it was a random error." and Toi A. Beveridge, also run- use of their scholarships, accord- last weekend to become secre- "I had assumed the first count- . ning unopposed, became the pub- ing to Gallagher. "They some- and $1 million in Supplementary tary elect of her class, according ing was correct," Bayalis com- licity/newsletter coordinator with times specify that the money Educational Opportunity Grants, to David M. Libby '85, Under- mented. "I didn't think 20 votes 349 votes. should go to students in a certain Gallagher said. graduate Association election made a difference - I had been D commissioner. told I lost by 25 votes." "The person counting ballots "Sloppy counting" gave Jain i[last week] did not count as care- thirty additional votes last week, Army recruitsat MIT despite gay bias fully asW w-e-ad'hoap`ed," 'Libby Libby said.- "I -really-don't know . . . ;. . , A... , ^ , , ;. K;., , j. A;. . . . . where the votes came from." Lib- said. M-ore than 100 students at cruit] for non-military jobs," ac- by did not think fraud was in- By Diana ben-Aaron Bayalis won by a vote of 226 Bates College in Lewiston. cording to Weatherall. The MIT to 219. The initial count showed volved, he added. Although about half a dozen Maine, held a sit-in earlier this administration should address the Jain winning by a vote of 249 to The final ballot count showed law schools, including those at 22t. freshmen cast 495 votes. Vivienne Harvard, Yale and Boston Col- month at the school's Alumni problem more directly, he said. "It was Just a mistake," Jain 1Lee defeated Samuel M. Gruer lege, banned US armed forces re- House to protest discrimination "If MIT has a policy on this is- said. "It was too bad it hap- by a vote of 322 to 146 to win the cruiters because the Army dis- against gays by military recruit- sue, I am not aware of it," said pened. I guess my race was close presidency. Suzanne C. Dunbar criminates against homosexuals, ers. Philip Crawford, president of Special Assistant to the Provost and any discrepancy affected it." -beat Sharon A. Israel by 44 votes the policy "hasn't triggered any the Bates Gay-Straight Alliance Louis Menand III. There was a 20 vote discrep-- for vice president. problem" at MIT, according to which organized the sit-in, told Gays at MIT stated this week, ancy in the Class of 1986 ballots, Eric L. Clayberg, unopposed, director of career planning and The Boston Glohe the group will '"We sympathize with the stu- Libby said Thursday. He said at gathered 368 of the votes for placement Robert K. Weatherall. continue to campaign until "no dents at Bates College who feel gay on campus is discriminated that recruiters who discriminate against." against lesbians and gay men The Army invoked the Defense should not be permitted to use nyMIT to woman I"00 00 Authorization Act of 1973 at campus facilities. Yale Law School in May 1982. "We think that M IT should jury awarded national Students of the City of December. The The act prohibits colleges from have the same policy for discrimi- By Jak6e Tinio New York, the corporation which Moskowitz $7 million in dam- Norina Moskowitz, a former using Department of Defense natory recruiters that it would owned her dormitory. She also ages, Byers said, of which MIT graduate student at Columbia funds if the institution bans mili- filed suits against MIT and Burns would pay $3 million. Burns Se- have for organizations or agen- University, will receive $500,000 tary recruiters. cies which discrminate against from MIT's insurance carrier for International Security Systems - curity and the Association of In- the company in charge of her ternational Students would each MIT requires each organization blacks, women, or any other damages resulting from an as- wishing to recruit at the Institute group that the present MIT non- sault by her ex-boyfriend, Shek dormitory's security - Valentine pay $2 million. said. MIT reached an out-of-court to submit an information form discrimination policy covers." Kwan Tsang SM '78, according attesting that it "considers candi- Gays at MIT is considering to Kimball Valentine Jr., MIT in- The civil trial began in King's settlement of $500,000 during the dates for all opportunities with- further action to guarantee re- legal administration County Supreme Court in Brook- trial, and thus the jury's decision surance and out regard to race, creed, color, cruiters at the Institute will not officer. lyn Oct. 1, 19827 ending in early (Please turn to page 3) national origin, sex, age, handi- discriminate on the basis of sex- The Institute made the settle- orientation." ual orientation, according to An- ment with no admission of the cap, or sexual Military recruiters are required thony Della Fera '84, the group's n egligence charged by MUr renevvs mnemrneslhip Moskowitz, according to Robert to sign the form, Weatherall said, president. M. Byers, director of the MIT and they have never deliberately The American Council on News Office. "MIT denies the at Miuseurm of Sgence failed to comply with the rule. "I Education last September inter- charges utterly," he declared. By Wei-Chung Hu cost. don't think we should mnake it a preted a proposed revision of the Tsang had admitted himself to MIT has renewed its sponsor- The program grants free ad- problem," he commented. Defense Authorization Act as the MIT infirmary for psychiatric ship of a free admission program mission to the Museum of Sci- The Defense Department op- exempting institutions that bar evaluation before the assault and for its students at the Boston ence for all people with either poses recruiting homosexuals for all recruiters - not just military was released a few days later, Museum of Science, according to M IT or Lowell Institute identifi- combat positions, but "mnilitary - whose actions are inconsistent Valentine said. Tsang then went John G. Strang '83, coordinator cation. Michael A. Isnardi G. recruiters are mostly here [to re- with the institution's policies. to New York City and on April of the project for the MIT chap- former president of the group, 2, 1978, confronted Moskowitz in ter of Tau Beta Pi national engi- and lecturer John A. Tucker, the her dormitory room and threw neering honor society. group's advisor, started the pro- ,,. acid in her face. 'Last vear was the first vear ject lest year. I F o r I A X \ X To0kow-itz charged three de- that Tau Beta Pi sponsored this About 350 students visited the fendants with negligence and ac- project, and it cost about $7500,' museum each month last year. . An MIlT laboratory Catch up on the latest X cused MIT of releasing Tsang he said. "This year, however, we "We hope to increase atten- prematurely, failing to give warn- managed to renegotiate it to dance and interest through more t prepares an experiment for installment of Tch and providing ing of his release, $5000." publicity this year. Furthermore, NA4SA. Comics! Page 15. unreasonably easy access to dan- E. Gray '54 we hope to secure a constant Page 2. gerous chemicals, according to President.Paul Valentine. donated $2500 this year from his source of funding for future discretionary fund. Devan of Sci- years," added Neil C. Singer '83, Moskowitz was severely disfi- 4. gured and nearly blinded by the ence John M. Deutch '61 and president of the group. acid, Byers said. She now wears a Dean of Engineering Gerald L. Tau Beta Pi has also sponsored 9 mask to hide facial scars, he ad- Wilson '61 each contributed a lecture by space shuttle astro- Women encers top in dPd. $1000 to the project, and Dean naut William B. Lenoir 761 and a Mission terminated.Page 9. Mortheast.Page 16. Moskowitz filed suit in 1980 for Student Affairs Shirily M. 'Musical Sidewalk" display at of Inter- McBay met the remainder of the the Museum of Science. against the Association _ _ jBi _ ; z .em=U55.u?,,-.e- ..r=XZ. SO-S sWD~BI >PAGE 2 The Tech Tuesday, MARCH 15, 1983 BaX| I - i I - R r - - - MIT lab produoes "Now students get to Long Island h0ttle exp 3riment in less than an hour" By David W. Bower ductivity in space," Akin noted. PNEW ENGLAND students are discover- BOSTON TO FARMINGDALE/LONG ISLAND The MIT Space Systems Labo- Akin was one of three students iang The Atlantic Solution-Atlantic DEPART ARRIVE ratory is preparing an experiment in the Space Systems Laboratory Express flights depart at convenient Flight Logan Republic Special on human productivity in space when it was founded in 1975. The times in the morning, afternoon and eve- No. Int'l Airport Airport Notes for the National Aeronautics and students studied feasibility of in- ning, with service direct to the heart of 145 8:30 AM 9:1'8 AM except Sat., Sun. Space Administration (NASA), dustrialization in space, leading Long Island. 149 11:30 AM 12:18 PM except Sun. according to Assistant Professor them to consider how well hu- Atlantic Express flies you from! Boston's 147 3:00 PM 3:48 PM except Sat., Sun. David L. Akin'74. mans could work in space by Logan International to Republic Airport, 157 5:30 PM 6:18 PM except Sat. The MIT project, dubbed using underwater simulation. on the Nassau-Suffolk border.. .Long 161 8:55 PM 9:43 PM Thurs., Fri., Sun. EASE - experimental assembly Akin and his team first used Island's "downtown" (Route 110). Only of structures iq EVA (extravehi- scuba gear in MIT's Alumni FARMAINGDALE/LONG ISLAND TO BOSTON cular activity) - is scheduled for Pool, and eventually used Skylab Long Island Bound? Avoid the hassles of the 14th shuttle flight in June pressure suits in the Marshall the New York Airports-Try The Atlantic DEPART ARRIVE Solution, save time, money and get there Flight Republic Logan Special 1984. neutral buoyancy tank. They as- No. Airport Int'l Airport Notes Two shuttle crewmen, while in sembled structures underwater, in less than an hour. orbit around the earth, will con- he said, to test their efficiency NOTE: Atlantic Express located at the 146 7:10 AM 7:58 AM except Sat., Sun. 148 10:10AM 10:58AM except Sun. struct a simple .triangular pyra- while weightless. North Passenger Terminal, area "D"- mid of twelve-foot beams and Underwater assembly is faster Air North Counter 150 1:10 PM 2:00 PM except Sat., Sun. special joints, then disassemble it. than land assembly, Akin contin- 152 4:10 PM 4:58 PM except Sat. 160 7:50 PM 8:38 PM Thurs., Fri., Sun. The crewmen will repeat the pro- ued, but the bulky pressure suits only cess as many times as possible at Marshall slightly increased as- during EVA, and will be video- sembly times. m taped at each step. MIT is participating in NA- All previous tests of how hu- SA's structural assembly demon- mans can work while weightless stration experiment (SADE), have been conducted in under- scheduled for the shuttle in June water simulation, known as neu- 1985. NASA plans to have shut- tral buoyancy, Akin said. EASE tle crewmen build a 120-foot by is identical to an experiment pre- five-foot-square structure outside viously run in a neutral buoyancy the shuttle's payload doors. tank at NASA's Marshall Space The experiment is designed to Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala- test several assembly techniques bama. and the effect of structural dyna- NASA will assess the useful- mics on the orbiter's flight con- Students areentitled to a 10;.s discoant ness of underwater simulation by trol system. 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_S~~~~~~~ EJS"I- mThle Gil leffe Comnpany Wvorld OPEC reduces old prices by I 5 percent -The 13 member countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries approved yesterday ant agreement which clears the way for OPEC's first price reduc- tion, lowering the price of Saudi Arabia's light crude oil from $34 per'barrel to $29 per barrel. Total OPEC W~e invite mechanical production, under-the new agreement, will be held to 17.5 million barrels per day. All OPEC member countries received strict production ceilings except for Saudi Arabia whose production will be chosen to engineering majors maintain price stability in the petroleum market. Ex-Nazi stormtrooper resigns -Werner Vogel, the oldest member of the anti-NATO Greens party, said from the Class of Sunday he would resign the seat in the West German national parliament he won last week. Vogel received pressure to resign after he confirmed reports that he had been a Nazi stornitrooper, a memnber of the Nazi 1983 to spea k with Party, and an official in the Nazi Interior Ministry. Vogel, also the oldest miember of the Bundestag, was to preside as temporary speaker over the Bundestag until a new speaker is appointed. our technical recruiters Israel reiterates its desire to keeps troops in Lebanon -Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir told Secretar y of State George P. Shultz Sunday that Israel continues to -believe it is necessary for a security onlMarch 17, 1 983. force to remain in southern Lebenon for keeping Palistinian forces away from Israel's northern border. Yitzhak also told Schultz the withdrawl of Israeli troops from southern Leberion should be completed in Please sign up separate phases rather than all at one time. Poles protest in Gdansk -More than two thousand Poles participated in an illegal rally in favor of the immediately at the independent trade'union Solidarity near the gates of the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk Sunday. The protest was quickly broken up by riot police. Smaller protests were also held in Warsaw and Wroclaw. Placement Office for N ation. an interview slot. Violence flares up in Miami -A crowd of about 1200) blacks threw rocks and bottles at policemen and

business establishments in Miami last weekend. The violence began after the police attempted to make t. i blacks, dancing in a park, turn down their radios, according to authorities. Police urged motor~ists to stay out of the Liberty City area of Miami, where race rio'ts left 18 people dead three years ago. i1 Poll indicates fewer Amrericans trust Reagan -The results of a poll conducted by Time magazine Who are you? indicate President Ronald W. Reagan is viewed as trustworthy by fewer people than earlier in his admi.nis- A charimtic campus fellowship serving the MIT ration. Forty-six percent of those polled considered Reagan to be "a leader you can trust," while fifty-seven commtmity. percent gave Reagan a trustworthy rating right after he took office in May 1981. What do you believe? We believe that God is the number one priority in our lives through Jesu Christ. Bulger roasts presidential candidates - William M. Bulger, president of the Massachusetts Senate, held a luncheon Sunday, a tradition for the day of the St. Patrick's Day parade. Three presidential candi- Whlat do you do? dates -former Florida Governor Reubin Askew, Senator Alan Cranston, and Senator Ernest F. Holfincs We have regular times of prayer, worship, Bible study and and Senator Paul E. Tsongas, Governor Michael S. Dukakis, former Governor Edward J. King, and fellowship. Boston Mayor Kevin H. White attended the event. Patrolmen's association goes toe court -The Bostonl Police Patrolmen's Association opposed the ap- Whakt makes yell differenVI? pointment of 26 acting sergeants Saturday by Boston Police Commissioner Joseph Jordan. The patrolmen's We are totally -committed to a Christian lifestyle based on union released a statement saying the appointments were an attempt to destroy "any motivation an officer the Word of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. has to seek promotion through study and examination." The patrolmen's association said that it will go to court to block the appointments. HOW Call we meet yous? Four men charged in raps case -Four men were arrested and charged in connection with a gang rape Call Bob FitzSimmonds at 776-3343 that allegedly took place Weore a crowd of-patrons March 6 in a New Bedford bar-'The four men were or Janice Martin at 267-2771. released the following Monday after posting bail, but were unable to meet an increased bail set at a second bail hearing. The bar at which the rape allegedly took place has been dismantled, and its owner has surren- dered its liquor license.

Harvard takes hockey title -- Harvard, University's hockey team won the ECAC championship with a 4- i victory ovter Providence College Saturday. Harvard has won the championship twice previously, the last MARANATHA* time twelve years ago. In a related' story,, the Cranbrook School Cranes defeated Flint Powers 9-0 to take the Michigan Class B hockey championship Saturday night. The Cranes last took the state crown in 1979. CHRISTIAN St. John's winls Big East -St. John's University beat Boston College 85-77 to win the Big East basket- FELLOWSHIP ball championship Saturday. A crowd of 19,591 watched the battle between eighth-ranked St. John's and fourteenth-ranked Boston College at Madison Square Garden. Vveather. Outlook is fair -The weather is expected to be fair for the rest of this week. High temperatures will range from 30 to the lower 40 degrees. Low temperatures will be in the middle 20's. W~aranatha mneans "Our Lord has come". James F. List

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I i.N _z N Editorials .~~~~~~~~~~~~. I I E i: wm entire campus agrees on something. Undergrad- For once the 5 is badly in need of change. The unre-l F uate student government E M. solved question remaining, of course, is the form that change is I- m to takce. z for Undergraduate Association az Five of six teams running 5 placed change at the center of EI president and vice-president 11km their platforms. Their proposals, however, ranged from the in- 0 adequate to the negligible. MEp Undergraduate Association president-elect Mike Witt and .W for change in m vice president-elect Inge Giedo's latest proposals wI are neither inadequate hor the structure of student government a5 LF negligible; they are downright dangerous. m of the Undergrad- a Witt and dedo's suggested restructuring 0 uate Association would place the purse strings of student ac- 1 tivities in' the hands of the treasurers of a few large organiza- mFE i tions: the Black Students' Union, the Student Committee on El ML Tech, M- Educationlal Policy, the Lecture Series Committee, The w m and the Association of Student Activities. This plan -or any 19 bearing even the faintest resemblance to it -is woefully ill- I conlceived. Short of vesting allocation authority in the Dean for I I Student Affairs, no plan moves farther from the ideal of repre- sentative government. ~ The Finance Board should simply be abolished. The directly elected representatives of MIT's undergraduates are the only le- gitimate arbiters of the proper distribution of the collective re- sources of those undergraduates. What, then, of those representatives? Witt and Gedo propose IA eL I p rese.tIlan a "smaller"9 legislative body "composed of representatives from councils, general committees, . . . and other living groups, class 1969, when the present form of !nately accountable to the student The Institute Committee failed To the Editor: large student activity groups." our campaign, Inge government (the GA) was put body for their actions. interests of student lead- During because it represented only the special and I promised to use the time into effect, there have been- long We plan to publish the pro- ers; their proposed return to narrow representation would between elections and our instal- periods of time, up to five years, posed constitution either in The merely rekindle the feeling of disenfranchisement among the lation as officers to begin the re- when the GA has been ineffective Tech or in a newsletter for the re- broader undergraduate population. organization of the Undergrad- and has neglected to even call view of the students. It will be It is not surp~rising, then, that Witt and Gedo state they will uate Association. As you knlow, meetings. The present state of the fully documented, so that every- call upon the current General Assembly, an unrepresentative we will not take office until the GSA is such that we are unwilling one understands the reasoning proposals. Wne will body., to approve their unrepresentative plan. Essential to the March 31 meeting of the General and unable to work with it. behind our govern- hold a student forumr soon after student governmenlt is the consent of the Assembly (GA). With spring The form of student success of any new that Inge and I will put up sprinlg -break to hear student in- constitution -or constitutions, for break coming up, we are afraid ment governed: Any proposed tend to stop for consideration will be a comn- put on the proposals. If all goes - must be ratified only that students may competitive ideas must be entertained thinking about student govern- promise between the present state as planned, the GA will vote -on by a vote of the full membership of the Undergraduate Associ- ment, our campaign promises and INSCOMM. It will be a the new constitution on March ation. and the need for serious UA re- smaller group, composed of re- 31 and again at a required second Witt and Gedo's proposal is surely offered not of malice, but form. We know that, to be effec- presentatives from living groups, meeting which we will call for the of naivete. Their naivete, however, could prove lethal to repre- tive, we must act now before class councils, general commit- following Monday. sentative student government at MIT. what interest that now exists dies tees (Association of Student Ac- You have asked for change. We out. We plan, therefore, to use tivities, Student Committee on have promised it. We ask for the next two weeks to prepare Educational Policy, Finance your support, for without it, the our solutions to the existing Board, etc.) and other large stu- -best plans will never be effective. Pot0 etia for INVeproblems. We plan to present o-ur dent activity groups. 'Please, if you have anty sugges- full faculty will tomorrow consider changes proposed in plan in the form of a new Un-der- For student government to tions, please call or leave a mes- The read the social sciences requirement by Profes- graduate Asssociation} constitu- have the power to do anything of sage in the UA offilce, or the humanities, arts, and proposal and attend the forum. task force. Parts of the alterations are tion, which will include a restruc- value, all student organizations sor Sylvain Bromberger's under the broad definition NWe don't intend to "railroad" The part that is not, however, turing of the central governing falling merely bureaucratic or cosmetic. the GA), redefini- of "student governlment" must be anything through, but we feel will have to be clo~sely body (presently presents a potential for great abuse and tion of our purposes and goals, centralized. Under the present -that the need for change is ur- monitored to ensure the desired effect- implementation of co- and a redefinition of the commit- system, the total lack of cornmu- gent. Let's have input now, and herent requirements- is achieved. tee systemn. nicationl or cooperation between not have to do this more than The major change, and the possible difficulty, would be the For over 75 years, until 1969, the GA, its committees, and the once. abolition of the Committee on the Humanities, Arts, and So- MIT student governmsent operat- students renders it powerless. By Mike Witt '84 cial Scienc-e~s Requirement, currently responsible for designating ed well under a body known as bringing these organizations to- UndergraduateAssociation president-elect distribution subjects. In its stead, individual depart- the Institute Committee (INS- gether, we hope to get them humanities than Inge Gedo '85 and fields would construct their own specific criteria unl- COMM), which was composed of working togther, rather ments from the various against one another, and to make Undergraduate A ssociation der new general guidelines. representatives student ogranizations. Since them, as they should be, ultiw vice president-elect Thle danger is similar to that of makting a small child respon- sible for the contents of a candy store. The humanities distribu- tion designation is attractive to professors and departments be- cause they believe it attracts students to their subjects who N~ever frget Sh'nc ia~ransy might not take them were the subjects not to fills a requirement. a temptation for the departments to help them- There would be To the Editor: The treatment that Shchar- ties have been slowly, painfully selves to a distribution designation or two in marginal cases, if ansky has received from the Sovi- torturing Anatoly Shcharansky not to wholesale inclusion Six years ago today Anatoly et governament is symbolic of that to death. His health has deterio- These "problematic cases"' would ostensibly be handled by Shchlaransky was arrested by'the government's treatmnent of its en- rated from that of a strong, of a the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science. The KGB for his desire 'to leavte the tire Jewish population. On July 4, healthy young man to that The official reason ',virtual skeleton" according to danger here is one of turning the dean into an ersatz Commit- Soviet Union. 1974, Shchlaransky was mnarried. given for his arrest was "trea- was forced his mother. tee on the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement. The next day his wife son," but as is often the case in to leave the Soviet Union. They To draw attention to his cause, The goals of the proposal are worthy. Each department the Soviet Union, had committed haven't seen each other since. Shcharansky began a hunger what criteria apply to its humanities strike in September 1982. It last- should have more say in no crime. application to Following his ed until February 1:983. Shchar- distribution subjects. The Committee on the Humanities, Arts, Prior to his arrest, Shchar- Shchar- leave the Soviet Union, ansky is desperate and needs our and Social Sciences Requirement has not been an efficient ansky had become rather well scientist and ansky, a computer help. As a fellow scientist, body, due in large part to its frequent turnover in membership. known as a spokesman for the was blacklisted mathematician, Shcharansky deserves the aid of is to implement the proposed plan while retaining Jewish emigration movement. work. H~e then The solution from professional the MIT community to obtain membership to Many Soviet Jews wish to leave outspoken about So- a revised committee with a more permanent became very his release. Today in Lobby 10, oversee the departments' decisions, to mediate the "problemat- the USSR because of religious viet human rights violationls. Soviet gov- MIT Hillel is sponsoring a booth ic cases," and to watch carefully the child in the candy store. persecution and the I urge official policy of anti- On M arch 15, 1977, Shchar- in Shcharansky's behalf. ernment's booth to Mostly due to pressure ansky was arrested and impris- everyone to stop by the Semnitism. send a post- from the United States, many So- oned. In America the "right. to a sign a petition and the Soviet gov- viet Jews have been allowed to speedy trial" is taken for granted. card to pressure his release. We can- leave~ the USSR over the past few Shcharanlsky was held incommu- ernment for before not stand idly by in the face of Volume 103, Number 12 Tuesday, March 15. 1983 years. Unfortunately, emigration nicado for sixteen months his trial. Finally, in July 1978, he this inhuman' oppression. 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We Dreamed I Had to Take a Test:" Anderson laugh at her description of a-doctor who played what seemed to be a regular violin, refuses to perfom a necessary operation only to reveal that it was a "tape bow vio- because the patient has no money only be- lin" in which the horsehair of the bow was cause we have previously been exposed to replaced by magnetic tape and the strings the money-hungry doctor stereotype. were replaced by a recording head. The in- Anderson's formula became clear during strument, when played, produced human the performance: Combine a few random vocal sounds at varying speeds, both for- observations with reminders of extraneous ward and backward. technology and unrelated cultural arti- Despite the conceptual drawbacks, An- facts, and call the juxtaposition humor. As derson's performance was refreshingly en- Village Voice critic Gregory Sandow noted, tertaining for something normally regard- the result is not unlike reading "Zippy the ed as serious art. Anderson did have prob- Pinhead." Compare Anderson's ''I lems maintaining the humor, parts of the dreamed I had to take a test in a Dairy second half did seem forced, but she suc- Queen onl another planet" with Zippy's ceeded admirably in demnystifying perfor- "Yowl Am I in Akronl, Ohio yet?" and marmce art. During "Yankee See" she con- you'll find little difference other than An- cisely stated the crux of the whole matter: derson's more serious aspirations. Most ironic about the show was Ander- SOtl'S reliance on the very technology her epiphanies decry. She floated about the stage, manipulating tapes, playing key- -boards, and -employing exotic vocal treat- ments (not to mention the complex projec- tion apparatus) with perfesct ease, while telling stories about robot welders run amok or singing a toungue-in-cheek paean to the glories of "Big Science" ("'Big Sci- ence. Hallelujah. Yodellaydeehoo.") What I found more Interesting than An- derson's heavy-handed messages were her subtle juxtapositions and elements of sur- prise. In "'New York Social Life" she tells her story (about artists who only make dates to have lunch) into a telephone while playing an Indian'tamboura. Anderson wasn't utilizing the instrument for the droning tone it produces, she was coaxing Laurie Andersonat theMBerkle Per1or- six-hour presentation titled United States, a grating twang out of it, a sound she I was in L.A. to discuss business mance Cen~ter, Satur~day, IMarch 12. Parts I-IV In her recent Boston benefit could have produced from almost any in- With my record company performances for the Center Screen film strument. I think she was more concerned And I told them I considered myseff Laurie Anderson is a performance art- organization, Anderson presented a solo with the association of tamboura with tele- To be part of the great American ist. Exactly what a "performance artist" is, performance consisting of extracts from phone, ancient with modern. Andersonl's Tradition of humor, is something even Anderson cannot ex- parts III and IV of the larger work. use of the violin seemed to reinforce this Like Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck plain, commenting in a recent Boston Just what Anderson did is easily ex- not ion; modifying a classic instrument to And they said "Well, Globe interview: "Performance art?... It's plained: She delivered a series of short, of- produce new sounds. She alternately We had something more adult in mind." just totally vague. Even in the art world, ten humorous commentaries accompanied bowed and strummed the instrument, of- And I said 'I see. nobody knows what it is. Theater, music, by slides and movies, projected on a screen ten employing treatments that produced Well, I can always adapt." something. . .It's just some kind of hybrid. behind her, and by music, both on tape un-violinlike sounds. Perhaps, when Anderson finally has Totally loose." Anderson's performance art and performed live. Just what Anderson Anderson's use of electronic processing something concrete to say, she can join the is a combination of music, recitations, and meant is harder to explain because it in- produced most of the eveninig's surprises, great American tradition of humor, but visuals that provide a backdrop for her corporates -a paradox: Anderson's com- particularly her use of vocoders and digital until then she will still have to adapt, commentary on life in these United States. mentary requires prior knowledge of mod- delays. The vocoder is a device that fits something she has done so far with great In February Anderson premiered the ern living in order to make its humor musical material into the waveform pro- success. culmination of her work so far, an epic work. duced by a voice; when Anderson sang David Shaw Ragged Honor Medal Medal of Honor Rag, written by Tom actors for expression. Ralph Pochoda as Cole, directed by Peter Thompson; starring the Doctor (the author doesn't give him a Ralph Pochoda and Reggie Montgomery. stage name) admirably attempts to build a Now showing at the Next Move Theatre. character from the scripted lines, but the The Next Move Theatre's revival of script only gets in his way. Pochoda's best Medal of Honor Rag is bound to receive moments come at the play's opening, when good treatment from the Boston area crit- he has plenty of stage business to perform ics, and I'li tell you why: Peter Thomp- and nothing to say. It is then that we see son's direction is well conceived and unob- the character of a harried, coffee-drinking trusive, the single unit set is appropriately psychiatrist. One should not conclude Tom chilling, and Reggie Montgomery's perfor- Cole can't write convincing characteriza- mance as Dale Jackson, a black Vietnam tion for the stage: Dale Jackson is one of veteran troubled with "survivor guilt," is the most fully realized stage characters I outstanding. But a great production won't have ever seen. He is an intelligent, articu- obscure the fact that the script has prob- late man with complex psychological lerms. problems. The play, written by former MIT profes- Reggie Montgomery takes command of sor Tom Cole, is based on the story of the author's work so completely that we Dwight Johnson, one of twenty-two blacks don't know where Cole's art ends and the who received the Congressional Medal of actor's invention begins. Every gesture, ev- Honor for service during the Vietnam war. ery word that comes form his mouth, is What little action there is takes place in an true to the-character. We feel Jackson's an- office of the Valley Forge Army Hospital. guish; we see how the senselessness of the Dale Jackson, the Vet, is brought in to Vietnam war has devastated his life. Mont- face yet another in a long line of psychia- gomery's performance alone is worth the trists, one from the civilian sector. The price of the ticket. spite of these drawbacks the play is pro- tape recorded voice of President Johnson drama documents a single session between But his brilliant performance points out foundly disturbing. sounds authentic (maybe it is!) - it takes doctor and patient. W7e learn of Jackson's the play's fundamental flaw: Medal of Director Peter. Thompson hasn't missed you back to the Vietnam era. problems, the terible events he witnessed Honor Rag is all exposition and no action. a technical detail in his staging. The set, The show is brief (running time is just and participated in at "the 'Nam", and the 'The Doctor serves as a device for illumi- With its institutional green walls, grey of-' over an hour, no intermission), but in- confusion he feels about winning his coun- nating Jackson's past, and hence his own fice furniture, and stencilled "No Smo- tense, and proves that good theatre doesn't try's highest military decoration by violat- character is wooden. We don't find out king" sign, is immaculately ugly; the Doc- always depend on perfect play writing. De- ing his own morals. about Jackson's fate from any direct action tor's stiff suit-coat contrasts effectively spite these shotcomings, .I still recommend We also learn that Medal of Honor Rag on the stage, only from the device of an with Jackson's flowing hospital robe; the Medal of Honor Rag highly. is a one-character show that requires two epilogue at the play's conclusion. Yet in sickly neon lighting is perfect. Even the Bill Bryant i Tuesday, MARCH 15, 1983 The Tech PAGE 9 - %Ir-1. -g--cs - C --CBBC~·rt' L -pbs---ICbBB Harold Pinter's ultimate betrayal know its origins. Since we don't see Jerry place. The opening segment with Jerry and and Emma's initial mutual admissions of Emma talking in the cafe lasts for about their love for one another until the end of fifteen mninutes. Even at that early stage, the picture, all dramatic tension is lost. We the viewer starts to get restless, hoping for don't care about the relationship between some variation or some action. The result- the two lovers because we don't know how ing experience is not unlike watching a or why it started until too late. We cannot play - a scene ends, the lights dim, an- completely side with Robert, either, since other scene starts, it ends, and so on. Be- it turns out that he has been having an af- trajvl is so self-conscious about its style fair himself, an affair with a person whom, and structure that the audience is never al- II for some reason, we never get to meet. lowed to forget that it's watching a movie; ai Emma's shock at her husband's disloyalty, therefore, we never get involved in the sto- i therefore, is never completely realized. As ry. i a result of this backwards telling of the I feel a bit guilty at panning a film that story, the audience is left somewhat con- has so much talent and potential going for fused, waiting for a wave of emotion it, so I should note that "Betrayal" is mar- which never comes. ginally worth attending for the perfor- Betrayal also suffers froin a problem mances of Kingsley, Irons. and Hodge, common to movie adaptations of plays: it and for the attempt at originality in film- looks too much like a play to succeed as a making, which is commendable if not movie. The picture is a series of flashbacks completely successful. spanning nine years, which results in a Returning to that aforementioned bottle presentation of seven or eight scenes with of wine I propose a toast. Here's to hoping two or three people sitting around talking that all the people who were a part of this Betrayal, starring Ben Kingsley, Jeremy lovers' purchase of a flat in which to en- about themselves. After a while, the scenes film will reunite to make another movie- Irons, and PatriciaHodge. Directedby Da- gage in their illicit activities, and the first become so redundant in structure that we remembering the center next time. Cheers. vid Jones. Screenplay by Harold Pinter. A encounter. start to lose interest in what is taking " Michael C. Magras 20th Century-Fox International Classics Ben Kingsley plays Robert, a book pub- Release. Now showing at the Nickelodeon lisher who must deal with the unfaithful- Theatre. ness of his wife Emmna (a character named Betrayal is an interesting yet frustrating in homage to Flaubert's Madame Bovary, movie. The picture oozes with elegance no doubt), played by newcomer4 Patricia and grandeur, from the lush photography Hodge. Jeremy Irons is the debon-air Jerry, to the stylish direction to the fine acting to who has been Robert's best chum since the sets and dialogue that are deliciously their college days and has become quite British. Yet this film needs something chummy with Robert's wife as well. All more. What should have been a carafe of three stars are fine performers and display exquisite wine winds up as a bottle of flat their acting abilities admirably. Kingsley club soda, Instead of being a croissant, the underplays his character effectively, pre- picture is more like a doughnut - lacking a senting to us a man who is experiencing center. great inner torment due to the loss of his Harold Pinter's Betrayal, based on his wife's loyalty. Hodge radiates a sultriness successful stage play, is a me'nage a trois that is both sensual and sophisticated, and tale with a twist. Rather than,leading us Irons succeeds admirably in breathing life from the beginning of an illicit affair to an into a rather poorly written character. emotional denouement, this story begins Despite this extraordinary acting ensem- with the lovers dining at a caf6 two years ble, the Film ultimately fails to leave ainy after they terminated their romance. The powerful dramatic impact on its audience. story's ending occurs nine years earlier The whole purpose of the story 'seems to with the gentleman's initial admission to be to analyze what made these characters his best friend's wife that he is in love with betray one another: more generally, the her. What we get in this movie are the tra- film tries to be a psychological study of ditional ingredients of a love triangle human nature as it attempts to figure out played back for us in reverse order: the what prompts people to behave. in certain break-up, the husband's learning of how ways. In order to understand the reasons his wife and friend have betrayed him, the for such behavior, however, we must first

I'lI be mission you one thing was evident during Saturday's Mission of Burma at the Bradford Hotel performance, it was how much the band Ballroom, Saturday, March 12. enjoyed performing for an audience. Saturday was a day for pilgrimages. Fueled by the enthusiastic crowd, Burma Boston's serious artists and art lovers tore through a set of old and new favorites flocked to Laurie Anderson's performances with unmatched ferocity, rendering the at Berklee, and Boston's music fans, both hardcore posturings of the opening band the hardcore and the curious, flocked to (the Proletariat) utterly useless. Every tune the Bradford Hotel to bid farewell to a lo- was delivered as the intense personal state- cal legend. Mission of Burma made its last ment it was meant to be, with bassist/vo- Boston appearance, playing an incendiary calist Clint Conley pushing himself to the final set to an audience that had only re- edge of exhaustion during each number. cently begun to appreciate the band's pro- What makes Burma's sound unique is digious talent. an uncharacteristic approach to song An element of Mission of Burma's structure. Their songs don't utilize distinct sound - the sheer, enveloping volume - melodies, but instead rely on rhythmic tex- is responsible for the breakup. Years of tures and sheer drive. What differentiates unprotected exposure to loud music have this approach from loud, fast, three-chord afflicted guitarist/vocalist Roger Miller punk/hardcore is the complexity of the with tinnitus (constant ringing in his ears), sound generated, due in part to Miller's se- a condition ear protection cannot remedy. rious theoretical training. Miller started wearing rifle range earmuffs All of the individual elements of Mis- when the condition worsened, but bones sion of Burma merged into a perfect whole can still conduct sound, exacerbating the on Saturday: Miller literally attacked his ringing. Since Miller tunes pianos for a guitar, extracting from it a vast array of living - the band's income isn't sufficient sounds, supported by Conley's driving to support its members - it has become bass playing and Peter Prescott's fluid vital that he stop playing before the tinnyi- drumming. Soundman Martin Swope was tus further interferes with his otherwise on hand to add his tape manipulations to normal hearing. the mix, producing voices when no one It is unlikely Mission of Burma will con- sang or adding extra voices to produce a tinue solely as a recording band. Their re- chorus-like effect. Swope also took the cord label, Ace of Hearts, is a small, inde- stage briefly for one number, where he pendent company that relies on perfor- strapped on a guitar and jioned Miller in mances and tours for promotion of new creat;ing a shf.mmerintg wad of chlr ds. releases. Constant touring brought Bur- Most upsetting about the final perfor- ma's first album, vs., to national attention: mance was the feeling that most of the au- vs. was chosen as one of the year's best re- dience would not have attended the show cords in The Village Voice's critic's poll. if it had not been the band's last, attending Live performances have always been es- that one only because it seemed to be sential to Burma's songwriting process. thething to do. Had more people support- The band's. predilection for experimenta- ed Mission of Burma during its short-lived tion is well founded: A live performance carreer, they might have been assured of often provides the definitive rendition of a continuing as a studio-only unit. The ulti- new song, something that cann-ot be mate sadness lies not in the death of an- equalled with any number of rehearsals. other Boston band, but in the trendmon- The members of Mission of Burma are gering ignorance Of genuine talent. Once not sure they would want to continue again, we have learned too late. without the benefit playing in public. If David Shaw 1'_ a ' PAGE' 1 O Thd TRhW ues~d-ay.t M740RC- 1@, 1 989 I.,I

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(Continueda~from page 7 Efice, and 12 for Undergraduate Why does he also say, on the * "Only 52 votes" (emphasis identified the sad state of affairs; o The "low" voter turnout was Association president/vice presi- same page, that the Class of 1984 mine) is quite impressive for a the Undergraduate Association within 5 percent of the record dent this year. Last year those president race was decided "by write-in candidate. has the potential to be effective W turnout, and within 2 percent of - numbers were 26 and 6 respec- but eleven votes." (Emphasis * The positions of social and and important if properly run, last year's turnout despite the tively. mine.) publicity/newsletter chairperson but now it is powerless. But in rainy weather which this year e Kaliski states that only two o Few attended the election fo- are new. They replace the mem- the case of class elections, I don't caused the outdoor polling places races, Class of 1983 secretary and rum, Who cares? The campus ber at large offices which have know what Mr. Kaliski wants. iS to be moved inside. Class of 1985 vice president, media was there; that's who mat- historically been resume posi- Class government simply isn't so 6 34 candidates ran for class of- "provided close competition." ters. Most undergraduates have tions. The new offices were in- important that three candidates better things to do with their tended not to attract many candi- should run for every office. And time, and I'd say that the 1845 dates, but to recruit those inter- even if a candidate wins without Letters to Congress who voted without the benefit of ested in accomplishing a specific, opposition, who says he won't be attending made an excellent deci- useful task. My personal philos- the best person ever to fill that sion, to elect Mike Witt and Inge ophy is that it is better to have no position? Accomplishments are urges nulear freeze Gedo. one run for publicity/newsletter important; elections are unimpor- M No one ran for Class of 1984 chairperson than to have some- tant. I would prefer that The (Continued from page 7) 5. The United States and the So- treasurer, secretary, social chair- one become a member at large Tech, instead of just bitching viet Union should work vigor- person, or publicity/newsletter and do nothing all year. about election interest once a We accept the view of most ex- i ously with other nuclear powers chairperson. For one, Kaliski ne- Student government's success year, do an article each week perts, including the Department to prevent the spread of nuclear glects the fact that 4 students should be measured by what it criticizing what the Class of 1984 of Defense, that "'the United weapons to countries that do not who have held these, or other, Council has done. States and the Soviet Union are does, not just by how many can- In fact, I chal- now possess them. Class of 1984 offices ran for Un- didates get their names on the lenge The Tech to write one such roughly equal in strategic nuclear Aron Bernstein dergraduate Association presi- ballot by the deadline. In the case article. power." (Dept. of Defense Annu- Professor of Physics dent, and were therefore unable of Undergraduate Association Rich Cowan al Report, Fiscal.Year 1982, page Jerry Frost '86 to run for Class of 1984 posts. elections, The Tech has correctly President, Class of 1984 43.) and 3256 others 2. The Congress of the United ------States should in the interim re- frain from appropriating funds for the testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons- and of missiles and new aircraft designed primarily to deliver nu- clear weapons. (The action rec- ommended in this clause is in- tended as an indication of U.S. good faith, and as a test of the good faith of other nuclear pow- ers, during the negotiation speci- fied in clause 1.) 3. The United States should join the Soviet Union and other nuclear powers in declaring a mutual policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons, in any circum- stances and in any part of the world. 4. The United States should re- sume negotiations with other countries leading to a compre- hensive nuclear test ban in accor- dance with the provisions pre- viously agreed upon by the Unit- ed States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom. S haw noIas courtesy" To the Editor: Why is the Student Center Committee (SCC) charging stu- dents for admission to the Battle of the Bands? Previous events were always free - even with SCC paying for bands, alcohol, and food. For the Battle of the Bands SCC is receiving about ten bands who will play their best material (remember, they're only given twenty minutes each). SCC will be receiving live music for FREE. Correction, SCC will be. PAID to receive live music, since they actually have the nerve to charge the bands an admission fee. Granted, prizes will be awarded, but, it is unlikely that they will total more than the fees SCC, usually pays to bands. So why is SCC charging us to go I !i hear our friends play! If SCC is t~ i i Ijj:: trying to find ways to use their $100,000+ budget to improve MIT social life it makes no sense Ii., to charge for what will be one of the most highly attended SCC parties ever. What do you mean tNis event has been brought to wou "Cortesy (sic) of SCC & 'F* ~aMaybe we should do SCC he "courtesy", of nominating it or Big Screw! Joseph P. Cernada '85

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Astonishi by Bonugli~s letter To the Editor: nism and morality with capital- see. He loathes the questioning I was absolutely astonished ism. Perhaps he is referring to the attitude people have today. Yet m when I read the recent letter in Soviet mutilation of communism, throughout his letter, he consis- The Tech proposing that we stop but surely he is not saying that tently questions contemporary I showing pornographic movies at m American capitalism is necessar- philosophies. How can such a m MIT [Feedback, March 41. ily moral. contradiction exist within his - Mr. Bonuglihs arguments were One of his major problems is mind? w generally invalid, suffering from his definition of words. Admit- Mr. Bonugli has several unsub- E these problems: not defining con- tedly, his idea of secular human- stantial conclusions in his letter. Im cepts (except for secular human- ism is clear. But I must ask, what He states that 96% of all Ameri- ism); improperly equating certain M is his idea of freedom? Do we cans believe in God. But. does e

words; asserting hypocrisies; and 0 have the freedom to show a porn this mean they wish to scour the m a not substantiating conclusions. movie? Do we have the freedom Earth of secular humanism, as he Is existentialism, as Mr. Bon- to be immoral? For that matter, proposes. That 80% of all Ameri- - ugli would have one believe, tan- he uses the word "morals" as if it cans oppose pornography does ; tamount to moral neutrality? One represents a fixed set of beliefs, not mean they will insist on a of the basic tenets of existential- his set. Morals stipulated by him ban. How, pray tell, will not STOP PAIN FAST! ism is that one must be responsi- would restrict freedom and pre- abolishing pornography result in ble for one's actions- this seems clude dissension against author- a loss of our freedoms? How will to encourage morals. Also, exis- ity. And is his respect for women making pornography legal make tentialism does not say that "If is merely prudery or will his also us sinners in the hands of an an- feels good, do it!" but rather it support the women's movement? gry God? I really do not under- states that life is pain, as exempli- It is confusing. stand. fied by Hemingway's character What makes his letter laugh- If Mr. Bonugli has a response Santiago. able.are his blind hypocrisies. He to this letter, I advise him to Until Mr. Bonugli informed he will write immoral pieces or think before he writes. me so wisely, I did not know that manipulative ones. Let's wait and Mike McCutchan '86 Social Darwinism implied moral _-- I _I _ neutrality. I thought it simply said that the most socially fit are selected for. Do not morals make BIrKI k, one socially fit? Social. Darwin- ism does not propound atheism. As his crowning achievement This handy, illustrated, information- in obfuscation, Mr. Bonugli com- STUDENT COMPUTER SYSTEM packed pamphlet . PRACTICAL states that he does not care what method of writing he uses; maybe Featuring Extended SECRETS OF · PAIN RELIEF of- pares ethics and economics by Basic, and optional fers over 30 safe, simple, effective, coupling atheism with commu- I integrated Printer/ I time-tested, non-drug techniques to PSK did nlot Microcassette II HT ((P-Cvk-- all types of pain, Recorder reduce of eliminate whether from accident or internal lose game -I s,.tp_ 1 m a X a30 ! a 1o8P W. im PK1250 Pocket computer-$80 le to a m e a I lr s disharmony. Covers acute pain (3 To the Editor: CE125 Pirintter/ssette-$130- When I opened The Tech today * Advanced Slide Rule - Continuous Memory methods), chronic pain, tension head-- (March 8, 1983), I was pleased to Functions 24 DigitThermal Printer ache, migraine, back, neck, knee see that IM results were pub- v CMOS 8 Bit CPU for fast lished. However our house [Phi AC or Rechargeable battery processing power pain, toothache, earache, eye, stom- Sigma Kappa] and I were quite * Features Extended Basic Tape counter and Standard surprised to find out that we had Language Cassette Controls ach, joint, menstrual, sore throat been defeated by Sig Ep B when @ 18 User Definable Keys . Vinyl carrying case we thought that we had won. In pain, heartburn, ankle sprains, han- e 2.2K RAM, 24K ROM Tutorial instruction handbook fact we played tonight against the * 24 Digit LCD Display govers, hemorrhoids, childbirth, and Zete Devils. I realize that these Printer/Microcassette recorder includes 20 application programs. printing errors may not be your I more. Carry it with you in pocket or fault entirely if at all, but I hope MEN.J.61 U - purse or keep it with your first-aid you can correct the mistake and Accessories discounted too. Mastercard or Visa by mail or phone. Mail Cashier's Check, Money Ord..Pers. Check (2 wks to cdr.). retract the previous result print- Sorry no C.O.D.s Add 54 00 Ist item(AK Hi, P.R;1Canada add $8.00 first item) S1.00 ea. addsI shpg. &handl Shpts. to ILaddress add 6% tax Prices subj. to change. WRITE (no calls) for bee catalog. supplies. $1 to Infinity House, Dept. ed. ALL ELEK-TEK MDSE. IS BRAND NEW. 1ST QUAL AND COMPLETE. T, 359 Boylston- St., Boston, MA I 021160 1I

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------.------·------Eric R. Fleming 7 , , L · i College athletics and amateur sports Editors note: This is the Jirst in itself, if the young men involved mean anything to us anymore, so a series of columns on issues in in it and other major college we're gonna have to cut you off." college sports. sports were getting their under- In many cases, that's what is Herschel Walker's recent jump graduate degrees, which is osten- going on: the exploitation of bo- to the newly formed United sibly why they are in school. A dies for enjoyment of the fans, States Football League after sizable majority of these students, alumni, and bolstering of'"school completing only his junior year however, don't earn degrees, and pride." Sounds a lot like the in college raises a number of if they do, they are in majors pros, doesn't it? M questions concerning college such as "communications"' and is removing the facade from m sports. Most important of these "physical education". This isn't to these athletes, and calling them F questions is, are college athletes, say that these fields can't turn out professionals, the answer? A c who go under the guise of ama- productive graduates, but for col- number of administrators, former m teur status, really amateurs? lege athletes. they are the excep- athletes, and sportswriters think z The answer to this question de- tion rather than the rule. so. On face value, the idea F pends on where you ask it. At These "student-athletes" are doesn't souned very good to me. m MIT, where student-athletes re- usually given the best of every- College is a place where one is ceive no scholarships or aid thing: plush living facilities isolat- supposed to develop your mind, I m based on athletic ability, the an- ed from the rest of the campus; in order to contribute'to society w swer is a clear "yes." This story first-class hotel accomodations upon departure. Changing the F is true at most of the nation's col- while on the road; and of course, status of college athletes to pro- *~~~~~~~~I- - A:l- - o W9.. m leges and universities. But it is scholarships to defer the costs of fessional, or even semi-pro, will `111~~%~· m the select few, the schools where attending school. The make a mockery of what higher catch with m football and basketball are huge having an athletic scholarship, education is supposed to be. w money-making operations, that however, is if an athlete doesn't Only a commitment by faculty, .a** ., the term "amateur" comes into perform up to expectations, then administrators, and coaches to serious question. the scholarship is thrown out the develop these athletes' minds as Tech photo by Francesco Floris mf At schools such as Alabama window. It is equivalent to say- well as their bodies will legitimize and Michigan, football is big ing, "O.K., your body doesn't college athletics. Wrstlers competed in an open meet at duPon Saturday. business. Think about it for a ------moment. Michigan Stadium seats a little over 103,000. The going rate for tickets is $12, Which means the average gross ticket sale per gaine (discounting for approximately 30,000 student tickets at $6 apiece) is in excess of one million dollars. Michigan traditionally plays a six-game home schedule, so yearly ticket revenues are in the neighborhood of six million dollars, not includ- Take Charge At 22, ing concessions, parking, televi- sion and radio rights, which add much more to that number. As the above example illus- trates, college football is a lucra- tive operation. This isn't bad in Women fencers N.E. champions In most jobs, at 22 care of sophisticated By Martin Dickau you're near the bottom i equipment worth The women's fencing team of the ladder. showed that recruiting does not nillions of dollars. always guarantee success, as the In the Navy, at O=P~-~a`·It's a bigger chal- squad captured the New England 22 you can be a leader. lenge and a lot more Fencing Championships and cap- After just 16 weeks r tain Ya-Pei Chang '83 defeated esponsibiht than training Yale's Diana Mendley to take the of leadership most corporations give individual crown. you're an officer. You'll you at 22. The rewards "It's nice to beat Yale," coma have the kind of job are bigger, too. There's mented MIT head coach Eric your education and training Sollee, "They recruit for their prepared a comprehensive package of benefits, team." The Elis finished second, you for, and the decision-making au- including special duty pay. The starting two bouts behind the Tech thority you need to make the most of it. salary is $17,000-more than most com- fencers. .- As a college graduat and officer "We won enough bouts early," panies would pay you right out of college. Sollee continued, "so that we candidate, your Navy training is geared After four years, with regular promo- only had to keep even with them to making you a leader. There is no boot tions and pay increases, your salary will at the end," canmp. Instead, you receive professional have increased MIT did exactly that. The to as much as $31,000. squad had built up a two-bout training to help you build the technical As a Navy officer, you grow, through margin going into the series with and management skills you'll need as a new challenges, new tests of your skills, Yale, and came away with a 2-2 Navy officer. I- Ir - ;~ and new opportunities split, assuring the victory. The This training is NAVY 0)PPORTUNITpY W 200 I Beavers chalked up a total of 39 INFORMAWATION CENqTER I to advance your edu- wins to the Elis' 37. Harvard was designed to instill I P.O. Boxc 5000, Clifton a,NJ 07015 cationls including the third with 33, Brandeis fourth at confidence by first- | a I'm re,eady to take charge. W11me more about I possibility of attending 28, and Wellesley rounded out hand experience. You I the Navyy's officer programs. (ODG) the top five with 25. Name- I graduate school while A similar situation occurred learn by doing. On First (Please Print) Last i you're in I Address_ Apt. # in the Navy. the individual competition. Both your first sea tour, -State Zip Qon't just take a Chang and Mendley entered the you're responsible for I City _ finals undefeated (4-0). "Mendley I ASP _tCollege/Universitye job. Become a Navy was a recruited athlete," noted managing the work Qof ,Year in Colllegp *GPA~ oQfficer, and take charge. Sollee, "but Ya-Pei took up fenc- up to 30 men and the IAMajor/Mir nor I Even at 22. ing in college." I Phone Number- Chang had worked with Sollee (Area Code) Best Time to Call This is for general recruitment information. You do not have to fur- on specific techniques for the nish any of the information requested. Of course, the more we i know, the more we can help to determine the kinds of Navy posi- bout with Mendley. The MIT Ltions for which you qualify. MA 9/82 | fencer took two quick touches but then ihe practice paid off as she went on to take the bout. The title is Chang's first. Janet Yanowitz '83 also did Aflfa Offvce well in the individuals. coming in fourth of forty-four behind Viv- ~espoonsb~ibiliFaty. ian Fuchs of Harvard. Like Get Chang, Yanowitz began her fenc- ing career as a freshman at MIT. The women are now looking ahead to the United States Fenc- ing Association Foil Champion- ships in June. r . . .. I I - - - -L c ---- - i

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