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Vume !07. N u mber '?3 - b "a*. ,, _ _ . _ _ _ City to inves arrests at e n I mly Arrested allege questions brutality by Cambridge vCarnpus Police legality of CP's role By Michael Gojer and Katie Schwarz By Thomas T. Huarng Demonstrators who were ar- A lawyer working for the city government is investigating whether rested last Friday on MIT's Sim- or not MIT strayed from a state law when it ordered its Campus Po- plex site claim that the MIT lice to arrest ten people on the Simplex development site, City Council Campus Police acted "brutally" member Alfred Vellucci told The Tech. The council voted last night to during the action, while the Cam- appoint Russell Higley, city solicitor, to conduct the investigation. bridge City Police Chief told a The MIT Campus Police. arrested the demonstrators early Friday Boston newspaper that the site morning when they refused to leave the premises. They had occupied could have been cleared without the stretch of land at the corner of Blanche and Green Streets since arrests. mid-October, protesting the conditions of the homeless in Cambridge. Campus Police Captain Anne MIT may not have had the legal right to use its own police, Vellucci P. Glavin said Friday that she saw said, because the Simplex site is part of a real estate development pro- no evidence of brutality during ject and not on campus. He also said that it was unclear whether or the arrests. not MIT had full ownership of that land. All of the homeless and sup- Allan S. Bufferd, MIT's deputy treasurer, said late last night that porters interviewed insisted that the Institute has full ownership of the development site, but could not they had not expected to be ar- comment on Vellucci's other claims. rested and had intended to leave The state law that provides Campus Police with police powers is the site peacefully. limited in scope, according to City Councillor David E. Sullivan '74. Meanwhile, the MIT official He said that the language remains ambiguous as to whether the Cam- who oversaw the eviction of resi- pus Police could make off-campus arrests, but he added that, accord- dents from "Tent City" offered ing to the city manager, MIT's lawyers had decided that the Campus Police did have such a power. two possible dates yesterday for Mark D. Virtue/The Tech discussions with the homeless Vellucci - along with fellow city councillors Frank Duehay and Al- About 100 people, protesting the removal of the homeless ice Wolf - criticized MIT's actions at a protest in Lobby 7 yesterday. group and their advocates, ac- off the Simplex site, gathered yesterday in Lobby 7. cording to Daniel J. Glenn G, a The councillors called the arrests "outrageous" and "reprehensible," Tent City supporter. The discus- particularly in face of a unanimous City Council resolution that asked sions would focus on the Tent Activists used homeless (Please turn to page 16) City group's proposal for con- verting the disputed Blanche for their owNn agenda !council:C urges M IT to drop charges Street houses into community lived on MIT-owned property for . for the homeless, BY Paula Maute . housing one month and who refused to according to Glenn. Analysis The Cambridge City :Coun:- rector. of the Cambrdge' Wo leave - was brought on by op- ' Questions surround arrests By Katie Schwarz portunistic activists who used the -lastc1-i .night. censured M:Tfor .. men's Commiss.on, :recalid; and Thomas T. Huang street people to publicize their e -;v~e~ictig ;>th~e h.~Sv-.ome fro.-. t h a i o fiA The belongings collected dur- In its decision to remove the ideas for aiding the homeless. ing the arrests Friday were emp- homeless from "Tent City," MIT The activists wanted to push I-:.t':ith'd.raw :1! .carges. her belongingswhn a:.Ca- tied from storage trucks yester- employed what one source called their own agenda for solving the day afternoon onto the ground a "legal device" - that of police problems of the homeless and and into puddles along the for- arrests - to get out of a sticky shaping the character of the Sim- .- -e-a.meetingatt d .dby:w¢erdagged y tei and mer Tent City site, according to city politics. situation involving plex development - including ove.. '-0 Ca ridge r"esidnt a etacross he'lot. What Steven Penn G, another of the This situation - involving a the occupation of empty, aban- (Please turn to page 16) outragda: citdty cou 0McillorsIsaw was a p- ie ro-Hih " group of demonstrators who doned houses on Blanche Street. s'erai TntCity: S-.. sad...... - arose when several -hea:Srd ------I ------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Confusion ThCo6.ncipa. a ..:re - poterss lle t . e M:...:T... . different interest groups in- C;a nee .-lati folice::secd ng.an in . ;:G cluding MIT, the homeless, the aryforce. n evicting the .ot o te - ; iCous -Pls City Council, the Simplex Steer- . nees fro a -siJte-on MT's powe to ares.eoleo the- ing Committee, the social work- SimporySimplesproperty.Te-. ~~~~~plex.. - -.. -- uncil ers and student activists - inter- .n.:';N.''cy ....' "-- : i executive"" ' d....i ''I"I.....A. -ur t pae I..... acted but failed to come to terms (Please turn to page 17) Contract dispute delaysdi- . UA store ': · ~~~~~~~~~~~ : .... '~~''Byi Darrel Tarasewicz That hesitance led to an inci- ity the it was getting from its role ""~ aE~~~i~~S~~~A .':"~ two-week delay in the open- dent involving Rodriguez and an in the store, according to Julie ing of the Undergraduate Associ- MIT undergraduate on the Coop M. Kim '90, a student member of ation convenience store in- the Board of Directors. Christine A. the board. "At the meeting we Student Center has resulted from Chu '88, one of three MIT un- came to the consensus that being the Harvard Cooperative Socie- dergraduates on the board, said the vendor for the UA store ty's hesitance in signing a con- that Rodriguez approached her might not be in the Coop's best tract as a supplier, according to on Oct. 24 in an effort to. secure interests," Kim said. Georgina A. MaldonadolThe Tech UA President Manuel Rodriguez the Coop's agreement to be sup- However, at a subsequent It's time to sleep for the fourteen geese that live be- '89. Rodriguez said he hopes the plier to the store. meeting, the Coop decided it tween the crew house and the BU bridge, store will open next Monday. Rodriguez warned her that, "If would retain its role as vendor to you don't cooperate 'With me, I'll the UA store. make life very difficult for you on "The pullout of the Coop be- Democratic candidates campaign for NH primary this campus," Chu claimed. Ac- came an issue because the student cording to Chu, Rodriguez also directors wanted to make it an is- Gephardt maintains hope threatened to ". . . write a letter sue," Rodriguez said. "I wanted Candidates attack Reagan's to The Tech that will make [the to make it clear that it was uneth- policies in weekend debate despite unfavorable polls Coop] look so bad." ical for the Coop to pull out at The incident came four days that point," he added. By Thomas T. Huang By Paula Maute after the Coop Board had dis- Rodriguez said that he would GOFFSTOWN, NH - The six Democratic presi- Democratic presidential candidate Richard Ge- cussed pulling out of its agree- have been very vocal if the Coop barbs at the that he is a viable candidate de- dential candidates traded political phardt maintained ment with the UA. The Coop was decided to pull out. "I wouldn't Saturday but recent polls showing him in fourth place in Democratic state convention here last spite concerned about the bad public- (Please turn to page 18) concentrated most of their attacks on the current New Hampshire. Gephardt, a Congressman from administration in anticipation of the New Hamp- Missouri, spoke at Harvard's Kennedy School of ·;: shire primary on Feb. 16 and the election next No- Government on Nov. 19. ;? vember. Gephardt was interviewed by former NBC report- ..·,. Meeting with approximately 1000 state delegates er Marvin Kalb and discussed his views on the undecided - Democratic primary, international trade, abortion, - about one-third of whom remain Interview with a contra turned Sandinista. Page 2. at local St. Anselm's College, the candidates said contra funding, the Iran-contra affair, the electoral -- * * the Reagan White House has failed to care for process, and the economy. The interview was part ! * I those citizens who are less well off than others. of a series of public interviews of Democratic and babylon and on is Squeeze's danceable comeback i Republican presidential candidates at the Kennedy They described the vital problems they believe the album. Page 13. administration has caused and School. left unremedied - including the Gephardt currently trails be- budget deficit, a weakened educa- e e / g AJAR hind three Democratic candidates Major new Harbison work premiered. Page 14. tion system, and. a polluted envi- ~lO Ain New Hampshire, according to ronment. I a recent poll of New Hampshire While most delegates saved I ______~voters by Cambridge Reports for MIT libraries rank 39th among US colleges. Page 15. (Please turn to page 193) (Please turn to page 19) L - Imrl I -·o- --sr -· -- ' I - ------cu _. __ -- m il 11 MM PAGE 2 The Tech TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987 1 z t A- 9 contras 9- Kid napped Sandinista describes life with f r- Q: Please continue with your story after your training in We escaped with three backpacks filled with ammuni- i Reporter's Notebook Honduras. tion, three G-3's and one FAL [machine-guns]. E r` A: On the first mission we had two confrontations with Q: What sort of reception did the Sandinistas give you By Daniel J. Glenn the Sandinista military. when you returned? I Daniel J. Glenn G is a student in the department of The first confrontation was with the Simone Bolivar A: Very good ... We first went to my house in Jinotega, t to f architecture. He recently returned from his third trip battalion in San Francisco del Sur. This battalion is a spe- and there we wrote a letter to the local head of state secu- I Nicaragua where he worked as a volunteer architect for cial force that searches out the contra in the mountains. rity, requesting that they come so we could turn ourselves five months. Today's article is the sixth in a series for The in. Four security officers came to my house ... we were I Tech. I taken to their headquarters and we were interrogated for It On my first trip to Nicaragua in 1985, I had an oppor- I was forced to fight so I three hours about contra positions, supplies and so forth. tunity to interview a Sandinista soldier who fought as a My three campesino friends had been frightened about I by the simply did what I had to do; it contra for neatly eight months. He was kidnapped their fate, but within days they were offered jobs at a co- k--.I contras in December 1984 and forced to fight against his was not voluntary. operative farm. They were free to work there or go back own military. to their homes. I was given back my old job. Throughout seven years of war the US-backed contra Q: What impression do you have of the contras after your forces have had difficulty maintaining a force of more We were ambushed by them on a road. We were able to eight-month ordeal, and, did you at any time feel sup- than a few thousand men in their struggle to overthrow hold them off for one and a half hours of shooting.... portive of their position? the Sandinista government. As this interview illustrates The next day we were ambushed again but this by BLI A: I don't feel anything against the contra, because they the contras have resorted to kidnapping to bolster their [regular Sandinista soldiers]. This time we killed a couple are mostly people who are mistaken or confused ... forces. of Sandinistas and captured two AK-47's. Although this interview was conducted two years ago After this fight we went back to Honduras for four the issues raised are highly relevant in light of the recent months, resting and waiting for supplies. I would like to have the signing of the Arias Peace Plan, the continued funding of Q: How did you feel about fighting against your own mili- to tell the Contra that they the contras by the US Congress, and the Iran-contra scan- tary? power dal. A: I was forced to fight so I simply did what I had to do; should finish their war and One aspect of the Arias Peace Plan requires that each it was not voluntary. Central American government give amnesty to rebel in- They mix the more fanatic Somozistas with the cap- come home. surgents. The Sandinistas have given amnesty to contras tured contra so that we were always being watched. I was who turn themselves in since December 1, 1983. The sub- very afraid that they might kill me at any moment. While I was with the contra, my force did not do any- ject of the interview, along with his three friends, were Q: How did you finally escape? thing against civilians ... but there are other groups of four of the many hundreds of contra fighters who have A: On our next mission into Nicaragua I planned an es- contra that seek out civilians who work with the Sandinis- received amnesty since that time. cape with three other campesinos. We waited until we ta government and assassinate them.... were back in the Jinotega region so we'd be on familiar They kill little kids, women and men if they have any Interview with a contra ground, and then fled during the night. We were followed connection with the government. A little boy in my village for four days and four nights by the contra. We finally was killed because his father was president of a farmer's The following is transcribed from a taped session on got rid of them when by chance we passed close by a San- co-op.... Sept. 3, 1985: dinista ambush. The contra that followed us were scared I would like to have the power to tell the Contra that Q: First of all, could you please introduce yourself and off by the Sandinistas. they should finish their war and come home. describe your position in the Sandinista military? am 32 years old. A: My name is Jose Antonio Ramirez. I ' ".,. . ;; ,',.' '~ I work for State Security in Reconnaissance . . . with a small group of soldiers. We act as advance guard for mili- tary troops, checking the position and strength of contra guerilla forces. Q: What were the circumstances that led to your capture and consequent role as a contra? A: I was walking along a mountain road near Jinotega on December 10 of 1984 . . . on a mission for State Security. The contra surrounded me and threatened to kill me . . . [They] accused me of being a spy for the Sandinistas. Luckily we don't carry any identification so they believed I was only a campesino [farmer]. I was then taken to Honduras with the contra... for training, physical exercises and infantry training ... I was excelling above the rest of the soldiers (because of my military training) so 1 was quickly given positions of re- sponsibility. After one and a half months of training in Honduras we were sent with 700 men to fight in Nicaragua. Q: Who were the other contras in this group? A: They were campesinos that have been captured or kid- napped by the contra ... or men who've had trouble in Nicaragua as criminals. The rest were former National Guardsmen of Somoza's [Nicaragua's deposed dictator]. Q: Were there any contras that you met that were neither kidnapped nor Somozistas, but simply people who are i -IF against the Sandinista government? t A: Yes, there were a few. They say that before, in Somo- eF za's time, for example, they could sell their goods for i whatever price they could get, but now there are price v F controls, so that they don't have the kind of free-market I9 ¢;¢Z'~°~e- ¢ ";¢,,¢.. ,, is they once had. i ..... '1 ,- ,2 I w Q: While you were training in Honduras, did you see any s
North American personnel? [Ramirez was with the contra r during the period of US Congressionalprohibition of any form of contra-aid by US personnel] A: Yes, but only those working in the munitions supply warehouses. The instructors were Nicaraguans who had been trained in Argentina and the United States. And they were all former Somoza National Guardsman. ----- ] I I T ~~~~~pt -H % z
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US calls one Nicaragua to release remaining political prisoners The White House said yesterday that Nicaragufa needs M-- Missile treaty "virtually complete"' to do better than Sunday's release of 985 political prison- Secretary of State George P. Shultz PhD '49 said Sun- ers: Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said if Nica- Gay rights bill advances slowly day a US-Soviet treaty to eliminate all intermediate-range raguan President Daniel Ortega is serious about imple- A controversial gay rights bill faces an uncertain future missiles is "virtually complete." With all the main points menting the Central American peace plan, he should give even thoughthe Massachusetts Senate has given the mea- political prisoners. having been settled, Shultz told reporters on his way to amnesty to the remaining 9000 sure a tentative vote of approval. The senators voted 20- Geneva that only "operational details" remain to be IRA bomb victims remembered 15 to send the bill to a third reading, but a supporter, worked out with his Soviet counterpart, Eduard Shevard- Sen. David Locke, charged that opponents of the bill plan Thousands of Roaman Catholics and Protestants gath- nadze. The treaty is to be the centerpiece of next month's to bury it in committee on the third reading. The votes of ered in the -rain in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Sunday summit in Washington between President Reagan and So- two-thirds of the Senate will be needed to recall the bill for a memorial serice. It was two weeks ago that an Irish viet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. third-reading committee. Republican Army bomb exploded before the start of a Re- from the The bill would ban discrimination against homosexuals memlbranceDay service, killing eleven Protestants. British in employment, credit, accomodations, and housing. Iran claims it fired on US copters Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher laid a wreath at the The commander of Iran's navy claimed Sunday his foot of a statue, yards from where the bomb had gone forces fired on four US helicopters that tried to stop a off gunboat from intercepting a Greek freighter in the north- EnligOsh riots U'S Attorrney investigates ern Persian Gulf. But the claim is being flatly denied by Eight wounded in US Navy officials in the Gulf Meanwhile, shipping Hundreds of rioting youths fought with British police former Dukakis aide sources said the Iranians attacked another Greek-flagged in the southwestern port city of Plymouth early Sunday. Investigators from the US Attorney's office in Boston vessel Sunday in retaliation for Iraqi bombing runs on They overturned vehicles and hurled bottles and stones. have subpeoned records from Gov.: Michael S. Dukakis' Iranian tankers. Police said eight people required hospital treatment and office about a former top aide. According to published eearetd_1 It is not known what triggered the riot.. reports, US Attorney Frank McNamara has sought docu- ments concerning former Dukakis education advisor Ge- rard Indelicato's previous involvement in a municipal ca- in northern Middlesex County. He was paid __B14l 0$ is88~ ~~~~~BakerBkerdeie denlies heheasedf asked for i ble contract _gE H E]; about $150d for his work, according to reports. Indelicato joint session for Gorbachev is currently president of Bridgewater State College. Duka- Meese offers deal to rioting inmates White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker denied Sun- kis' spokesman James Dorsey said all documents request- Attorney General Edwin Meese yesterday offered to day that he formally asked Congressional leaders to let ed haze been turned over. make a deal with rioting Cuban inmates in Louisiana and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev address a joint meeting Georgia. AMeese proposed that the inmates give themselves of Congress. House Speaker James Wright (D-TX) said up in return for a moratorium on the return of Cuban that Baker had sought a specific date and time for an ap- nationals who have been denied residency in the United pearance by Gorbachev on Capitol Hill. But Baker said States. During that moratorium, Meese said, -each case he did not specify a joint meeting. The possibility the So- ar a will be reviewed in what he called a "full,--fair and equita- viet leader might address Congress in a formal setting has
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· ' ·-·- 1pqm PFear _~~r PAGE 4 The Tech TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987 I~I Fs--L~r ~ Y _~B~-asP·- ~sMd [I . opinion I EdIr- ! Itoral. · 5 MIT justified in l removing homeless The MIT administration faced a tough choice in dealing with the homeless who settled on MIT land over a month ago. Al- though unpopular, MIT's decision to remove the homeless and their supporters from "Tent City" was correct. MIT had been reasonable with the residents of "Tent City." Rather than removing them immediately, the Institute sent in social workers to try to bring a nonconfrontational resolution to the situation. But several residents would not leave, and MIT was forced to act. "Tent City" was a hazard to the health and safety of its resi- I dents and the surrounding community. The site contained open fires and poor sanitary conditions, and was the location of fre- quent fights. The Institute could not allow these unsafe prac- tices to continue on its property. MIT gave the homeless ample warnings of impending action. On Nov. 12, Walter L. Milne, assistant to the president and the chairman, indicated that some action would likely be taken within a week. Provost John M. Deutch '61 said early last week that the Tent City people would not be able to occupy the site indefinitely. In addition, there have been reports that Cam- bridge Police Chief Anthony Paolillo visited the site Thursday morning to warn the homeless that he might soon be forced to make arrests if MIT decided to- act. Column/Thomas T. Huang Allegations that the Campus Police acted with excessive force and made unnecessary arrests when removing the home- less should be fully investigated. MIT should not have made Do not forget the homeless any unnecessary arrests, and there seemed to be very little need The homeless are off Simplex. the homeless, can and should shelters is inadequate. Or maybe, for force on the part of arresting officers. But this does not Some of us nod our heads with MIT work to solve these prob- like most of us, the street people affect the essence of MIT's action. approval. lems? just have a certain pride that they 1 The plight of people without homes in the United States con- Even The Tech's editorial 0 The homeless do have legiti- can't put aside. cerns all of us. It is a problem which must be rigorously at- board - the ever-present campus mate concerns. They are fighting The focus of the government, tacked at the city, state and federal level. But it is not MIT's critic - states that MIT acted for their physical and psychologi- then, should not be to dump primary responsibility to provide housing for the homeless. If with reason and justification cal health, both of which are money every which way, but to the institutions and services available to the Cambridge home- when it ordered the Campus Po- threatened as the homeless are develop programs that make the lice to remove the homeless from exposed to the elements. I think homeless feel empowered. This less are not sufficient, then the City Council should act to cor- the Simplex site last Friday. that everyone - except perhaps entails getting them off alcohol rect the situation. It is out of line for Cambridge to expect MIT After all, the street people were the staunchest, most cold-heart- end drugs and offering them psy- to do more about the homeless than it is willing to do itself. breaking the law by occupying ed, "survival-of-the-fittest" con- chological support. MIT-owned land. Moreover, the servatives - would agree that, These programs must let the administration was - ostensibly for the. most basic humanitarian homeless know that they do have - concerned about the health reasons, the homeless should be choices - that there are alterna- and safety of the "Tent City" given some form of support, tives to sleeping on the street. residents, as well as its liability whether it comes as temporary The most difficultY problem that should anyone come to harm. shelter or food donations. the welfare state faces, then, is to Extremely cold weather was fore- To some extent, the problem is find a way to guide the homeless casted for the weekend. that the current administration in in their decisions without the use Friday, November 20, 1987 Volume 107, Number 51 Nevertheless, the episode both- Washington, DC, has cut off of force. Publisher ...... Michael J. Garrison '88 ers me. I wonder if, in the end, much of the funds that used to · MIT's and Harvard Univer- Editor in Chief ...... Earl C. Yen '88 we've missed the point. I wonder go to the welfare of the homeless sity's growth and real estate de- Business Manager ...... Mark Kantrowitz '89 if we're asking the right ques- and the hungry. The current velopment in recent years has Managing Editor ...... Ben Z. Stanger '88 tions. In focusing on the legality funds are about one-qUarter that been part of the cause of sky- Production Manager ...... Ezra Peisach '89 and propriety of MIT's particular of funds provided by the Carter rocketing rents and the shift decision, we fail to address the administration. The government from blue-collar to white-collar News Editors ...... Mathews M. Cherian '88 broader questions that lie before must make sure that these alter- work in Cambridge, but the con- Andrew L. Fish '89 us. natives are in adequate supply. nection between these problems Akbar A. Merchant '89 Do the homeless have legiti- But money is not the only and those of the homeless re- Night Editors ...... David B. Plass '90 mate concerns, and, if so, what problem. In fact, most city coun- mains tenuous at best. Mark D. Virtue '90 are they? Does MIT in any way cillors say that Cambridge has Frankly, the homeless got Arts Editors ...... Peter E. Dunn G exacerbate the plight of the adequate provisions for tempo- caught in the middle of a politi- Jonathan Richmond G homeless? If not, why do certain some reason, Photography Editors ...... David M. Watson '88 rary shelters. For cal fight that has been going on Kyle G. Peltonen '89 groups try to make MIT the many of the homeless simply re- for years. Groups in the city of Advertising Manager ...... Halvard K. Birkeland '89 scapegoat? Assuming that there fuse to go to these shelters. May- Cambridge have been battling for Contributing Editors ...... V. Michael Bove G are solutions to the problems of be the transportation to these (Please turn to page 8) Julian West G Column/K.J. Saeger NEWS STAFF Associate News Editors: Darrel Tarasewicz '89, Niraj Desai '90; M IT tolerates too much stupidity Senior Writers: Katherine T. Schwarz '86, Anuradha Vedantham The front page of last Friday's '89, Michael Gojer '90; Staff: Daniel J. Glenn G, Harold A. Stern nography, more than any other, gratification, thereby demeaning '87, Joel H. Friedman '88, Salman Akhtar '89, Mary Condello Tech resembled a playbill for the pits liberal against liberal in a woman's role in society. But, by '89, Marcia Smith '89, Sally Vanerian '89, Anh Thu Vo '89, Rob- Theatre of the Absurd. quixotic libertarian civil war. On1 the same token, probably half of ert Adams '90, Ahmed Biyabani '90, Eric L. Chang '90, Sarita In order, from top to bottom, this question, the conservative is the commercials shown on day- Gandhi '90, Vance S. Hampleman '90, Anita Hsiung '90, Jai we were assaulted with news of much like a neutral observer at a time television are equally debas- Young Kim '90, Irene Kuo '90, Priyamvada Natarajan '90, the MIT Committee on Disci- bull fight. The outcome is imma- ing. The sticking point here is de- Kenyon D. Potter '90, Robert.E. Potter II '90, Raymie Stata '90, pline caving in over the issue of terial; the battle is the entertain- ciding where to draw the line. We Prabhat Mehta '91, Morlie L. Wang '91, Wayne W. Wu '91, Paula the Institute's Policy Statement ment. certainly do not want a commit- Maute; Meteorologists: Robert X. Black G, Christopher A. Davis on Sexually Explicit Films. On one side of this issue, advo- G, Michael C. Morgan '88. tee of Alan Aidas deciding what Next came a tasty little feature cates of pornographic exhibitions we can and cannot view. about a group of protesters upset defend their actions on First PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF The EG&G protesters were a over a labor dispute involving Amendment grounds. Certainly confusing lot. What could they Rich R. Fletcher '88, Torn Coppeto '89, Victor Liau '89, Joyce company founded by Ma '89, Ken Church '90, Lisette W. Lambregts '90, Mike Niles EG&G, a they have a freedom of speech, have possibly expected MIT to '90, Kristine AuYeung '91, Sarath Krishnaswamy '91, Georgina MIT alumni. These protesters felt but what are they trying to say? do? Short of firing Professor A. Maldonado '91, Mauricio Roman '91, Alice P. Lei; Darkroom that the Institute had an obliga- If they are merely trying to dem- Emeritus Harold E. Edgerton Manager: Mark D. Virtue '90. tion to intervene in an ongoing onstrate their right to free ScD '27, and revoking the de- strike at that place of business. speech, better methods surely ex- grees of Kenneth J. Germeshau- In the bottom left corner of ist. You do not have to crush sen '31 and Herbert E. Grier '33 PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE issue was a piece on the con- Night Editor: ...... Marie E. V. Coppola '90 this your foot with a sledge hammer (the founders of EG&G), no solu- David B. Plass '90 tinuing saga of Harry and Henri- to prove that you can feel pain. tion seems evident. MIT has no Staff: Peter E. Dunn G, Michael J. Garrison '88, Ben Z. Stanger etta Homeless occupying "Tent On the other hand, if these films jurisdiction over the private ac- '88, Mark X. Kantrowitz '89, Kyle G. Peltonen '89, Mark D. City." are shown for entertainment rea- tions of.emeritus professors and Virtue '90, Marc B. Wisnudel '91. The one serious story on the sons, why not say so? alumni. Fortunately, this farce front page, a sensitive coverage Opposing these well-armed was short-lived. The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607) is published Tuesdays and Fridays during the academic of a memorial service forthe past combatants are various women's year (except during MIT vacations), Wednesdays during January, and monthly during Finally, the low comedy with the summer for $14.00 per year Third Class by The Tech, 84 Massachusetts Ave. year's student suicides, was belit- organizations. These groups op- MIT cast as the heartless harasser Room W20-483, Cambridge, MA 02139-0901. Third Class postage paid at Boston, tled by its ludicrous co-stories. MIA. Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720. POSTMASTER: Please send all address pose pornographic films on the of the homeless continued un- changes to our mailing address: The Tech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA I am for neither pornography basis that they degrade women. 02139-0901. Telephone: (617) 253-1541. Advertising, subscription, and typesetting abated. First, on Friday, came rates available. Entire contents ( 1987 The Tech. The Tech is a member of the nor censorship, but I greatly en- Many of these films do depict news that MIT would not re- Associated Press. Printed by Charles River PubUshing, Inc. joy the debate. The issue of por- L ·- pC ·l e --- I i . women as mere objects for male (Please turn to page 8)
.,, . .-,".--.s.... a, - [b ...... J,1-1t< r. wP->->nA I-9-4C,Bs- l~-e>-',' [ - -- .oplnlon~-- 0 opii on . - I~~~~~~~~~~~Ar1h Column/Mauricio Roman IR~~ =------~ -t L - -- -or-- i SCONblE LArER_ ALL OF TNE PEOL It takes all types f or culture WHO WSs- It seems that Paul Sherer is not important at all. "Who cares loyalty to their friends and to Falling into the idiocy he harshly about Baby Jessy in her hole? their idols. criticizes in his column ["Amer- This does not affect me," people I] As their lives are geared more ica: land of idiots?" Nov. 17]. might think. The media certainly towards manual work rather than Throughout the column, he con- inflated the news on this particu- to intellectual activity, they are stantly mentions the lack of cul- lar event, but solely because they easy prey for the media and for ture among American people, recognized the need of the people 'companies trying to sell their but nowhere in his column does for humane compassion in these products. However, nothing is he define what he understands by times when wars and economic achieved by overlooking their val- "culture." Is culture measured by crises daily occupy the front ues and claiming their idiocy. It is the way people entertain them- pages of newspapers. the duty of the more educated selves? If so, do they need to talk People are fed up with "crises" people to use their "culture' to about Sartre, enjoy playing which affect them but in which "improve the educational condi- chess, and attend ballroom they have no active role. The suf- .tions of those who have had less dances in order to be considered fering of a small child inside a opportunities, but at the same I cultured? hole is an oasis of humanity in time,- to acknowledge and respect I As a foreigner in this country, the daily confusion of impersonal their values. I value America's authentic popu- catastrophic news. Average peo- lar traditions as much as its - ple, like those who idolize Elvis Mauricio Roman '91 is a pho- sometimes fake and pretentious or those who spend their vaca- tographerfor The Tech. "intellectual culture." Elvis tions in cramped campsites, care Presley was certainly an idol in for others. They are humane. ColumnlJulian West his time, and, especially in Ten- And I consider this sentiment for nessee, he is still remembered as humanity more a part of "cultu- Concepts are obscene, not wvvords such. He is a symbol of Ameri- re" than the intellectual selfish- can popular culture. Ridiculing ness Sherer seems to profess. Two weeks ago, some MIT stu- crosswords from time to time. have a place outside ethnic abuse, humble and hard-working midd- I do agree that the average dents tussled with students from But the use of a word in a dic- and thus should not be used at le-class families who travel a long man is somewhat oblivious to the another college and some nasty tionary or a crossword cannot all. It is far more of a shocker way just to pay tribute to their events that occur outside his own words were thrown. According to give offense, because these simply than the "F-word," and if we long-remembered idol is an unbe- surroundings. Especially in rural one of the MIT students, she was reflect English as she is spoken. were to refuse to print a word at lieveable demonstration of igno- areas, as in some parts of the threatened and called a "fucking My contention is that a word it- all, this would be the one. In rance towards American popular South and the Midwest, the peo-. nigger." self is morally neutral - it is the fact, The Tech did not use the values. And culture, I believe, is pie are so much linked both to 'This reported statement ap- use of the'word which might give word "nigger." It used the word recognizing these values, and their neighbors and to their land peared verbatim on page one of offense. " 'nigger' "; that is to say, it used having open-mindedness and re- that their whole universe is re- The Tech and prompted the fol- "Fuck" - a word which has the term only inside quotation spect towards them. duced in area to their region and lowing response from an out- been around so long we have for- marks. There is no excuse for Sherer not only demonstrates in population to their communi- raged student, Andrew M. gotten its etymology - has a using it without them. sheer ignorance of his country's ty. These apparently ignorant and Greene '91: "Your printing of the place in literature, presumably in popular culture but an incredible narrow-minded people replace 'F-word' was sensationalistic and the bedroom, possibly in conver- Julian West, a graduatestudent lack of humane compassion. For the competitive and impersonal uncalled for. I do not use that sation. It does not have a place in in the department of mathemat- him, news that does not have way of life found in urban areas word in my speech, and I do not ethnic abuse. ' ics, is a contributing editor for transcendental consequences. are with a sense of community and expect to find it in my college The word "nigger" does not The Tech. newspaper." BII IC - -L - u 2 Greene objects specifically to n sBeg the use of the "F-word." Are we therefore to assume that he uses the "N-word" in his speech? He ought to find the second word far Tech coverage of rape more objectionable. I hope that if he reads this column, he will not commit such an oversight again. forum was important He expects not to find profan- To the Editor: ity in his college newspaper, beg- I want to thank The Tech for lecture and discuss some of these ging the obvious question: where writing an article covering the issues. I also want to publically else does he expect not to find it? speaking .engagement Pack Mat- thank Profemina for asking us to 'If not in his textbooks, he had I it. thew and I did about rape in our come and for organizing the oth- better stay away from courses on I er events of the week. sexist society ["Rape's emotional Chaucer, Dante, Shakespeare and _sIzSDO ~ ~.- ~ scars heal slowly," Nov. 6]. It is I would also like to add that Joyce. I am used to coming very important that people be in- many of the readers of your pa- 'across the "F-word" in my read- formed not only of the preva- per are also survivors of rape and ing, in films, and at the theater. lence and devastation of rape, sexual assault. Often times when If I tried to avoid every use of it, Dining Service skims but ofi the gender dynamics with- a survivor reads a discussion.of my entertainment would be re- N rape she or he may be flooded r in our patriarchal system which stricted indeed. t, with memories about her or his My dictionary contains an ex- fromn hunger donations allow for and encourage horrors Basically what it comes down such as violence against women. own. experiences. plicit definition of "soixante- To the Editor: Beth Gerstein to is that Food Service perceives I I was really glad that there was neuf." "Tup"' commands the top In these days leading up to i Boston Area Rape Crisis Center of a page, and creeps into my meal-plan donations as a liability a good-sized crowd to attend the Thanksgiving, one of the most in two ways: I'--- -P-'r~- CbP- -·11 -1I1II C-- --I~~------I- worthy causes on campus, Oxfam M. ~--- e Students with less meal-plan America, is clearly in evidence in points may be less likely to use our midst. Each day at a booth MIT dining-halls. in Lobby 10, students give of v Students with compulsory their time to ask others to donate "contract" meal-plans may use to the appropriately named "Fast their Oxfam donation to "dump" uWYMEME.I for a World Harvest" campaign. II iwKIx unwanted points which would I Donations are usually made by 3 IMWTS otherwise be forfeited to MIT. J~WIl3M?IInmmCri~E M giving cash or by donating some The meal-plan option is very m~AIIV number of MIT meal-plan important to the Oxfam collec- bbal.TP- 7~4 points. tion and MIT is providing a valu- When making a charitable do- able service by making it avail- fI able. However as the donor nation, an.issue always of con- receives no food whatsoever for cern is the percentage of the amount donated which gets to these points, I would argue that .i where it's needed. Horror stories 55 percent of nothing is nothing and that Food Service should levy abound about how the final re- . no more than a reasonable cipient gets only one-tenth of the "banking charge" for this ser- original contribution to some vice. charity, though most of these sto- Wholesale dumping of compul- ries are either exaggerated or un- sory points, however unlikely it founded. may be, admittedly could be in- I was greatly shocked then to jurious to the Food Service bud- learn that only 45 percent of the get, but why should students on value of the meal-plan points do- non-compulsory plans be subject nated to Oxfam ever leaves MIT. to the same tax? I would urge The remaining 55 percent is being Food Service to remove this 55 pocketed by Food Service. Upon percent charge on noncompul- making numerous inquiries, I sory plans up tq some agreed was told that the "fixed operating upon limit (perhaps $20). costs" of running Food Service I urge everyone at MIT not to amount to 55 percent of its re- be deterred from contributing to ceipts. The remaining 45 percent Oxfam but to think twice about are presumably for the food it- using your meal-plan. Eugene G. Gath G .W self. I I I"L - -C·l --- - C- - --- L-- L-s LI --- I u n - _ls PAGE 6 The Tech TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987 ~ J-~~-- ll-a- allalC0 m41L~ II 1 ------= -- opinio n ------ Mutant ciyt' was out of tine- To the Editor: it was at this point that the Cam- something very important. The For the past month, The Tech bridge City Council began siding Council seems to have conve- has been overflowing with articles with the residents of Tent City. niently forgotten that the action about "Tent City" and the home- The members of Tent City said of the Tent City residents was less people of Cambridge. Al- that they just wanted a place to completely and undeniably il- though each of those articles was live. Sure, there were shelters for legal. It is the task of the Cam- clearly biased in favor of the them to live in, but the shelters bridge City Council to enforce homeless and against MIT, I have weren't good enough because the laws and regulations of the refrained from comment until people who lived in them were City of Cambridge, and it is now. However, I can no longer sit treated "like kids." They wanted therefore not their job to support silently and watch The Tech food to eat, but the free meal groups of people who break praise homeless people for doipg kitchens weren't good enough be- those laws as a means to achieve something illegal and totally oat- 'cause they had to wait in lines in some ends. side of their rights. order to get their food. Since the If the homeless people of Tent Approximately one month ago, shelters and kitchens weren't City wish to protest the over-. the Simplex Steering Committee good enough, these industrious, expansion of MIT they can picket held a protest on two streets ad- inventive, and extremely creative the Institute, circulate petitions, jacent to the Simplex site. At- homeless people decided to take or write to their Congressmen. tracted by the promise of a place over a piece of land that did not They cannot, however, break-the Use better reasoning before to sleep overnight and a free belong to them and to put forth laws to which they are bound as breakfast in the morning, many the declaration that they deserved the citizens of a country in whose you call someone else an idiot of Cambridgeport's homeless all that they wanted because, as rights they would like to share. If people came to spend the night. citizens of the United States, they the homeless people of Tent City To the Editor: information. So many people came, -in fact, wish to go to the root of the The second headline of Paul were all entitled to "life, liberty, While I do not applaud the that the tents of Tent City spilled and property." over-expansion problem perhaps Sherer's column ["America: is tendency of the American media over onto the MIT-owned Sim- they should start with the Cam- this the land of idiots?" Nov. 17] to overdramatize and prolong plex site. Although MIT could These homeless people seem to bridge City Council, which has is ironically appropriate. The coverage of news events, the fact have charged the protesters with have forgotten two very impor- approved the expansion of MIT headline "Americans seem unwill- that some air time was devoted to criminal trespass, they chose not tant things. First of all, "life, li- over the years. ing to engage in critical thinking" the plight of an endangered child to do so because the trespass was berty, and property" is John MIT has not acted immorally applies well. The article reflects a is not entirely inappropriate. Not not severe. Locke. "Life, liberty, and the in this situation, nor has it failed narrowness of mind that partially all news centers around economic pursuit of happiness" is the Unit- to take into consideration the substantiates the claim. Unfortu- and global affairs. The story of a On the morning after the SSC ed States Declaration of Indepen- claims of the homeless. MIT has, nately, Sherer's unsound reason- small town that banded together protest, SSC members got ready dence, which, incidentally, has no instead, merely been protecting ing does not rise above the mass to save a single human life is one to leave the site, and several legal weight in any court of law itself and enforcing the laws of media hype which he attacks. of inspiration and redeeming val- homeless people decided to stay. in the United States. Secondly, Cambridge which the Cambridge One cannot judge a whole ue. No, the economic status of It was at this point that MIT no even accepting this "right to life, City Council itself seems loath to country on the basis of a few the country does not depend longer considered the trespass liberty, and property," the Tent enforce. The homeless of Tent stereotypical portraits of its sub- upon the fate of Baby Jessie- "not severe.' Indeed, representa- City residents are entitled to earn City are not at a loss for places cultures. To classify all Ameri- but perhaps the ethical concerns tives of the Institute immediately their own property, not to take to go, and therefore, MIT's ac- cans as Deep South "rednecks" of the American people were stated that the homeless could MIT's by force. tions were neither cruel nor and "quiche-eating yuppies" is strengthened through an aware- not and would not be allowed to The Cambridge City Council, wrong. superficial, to say the least. Fur- ness of the incident. stay on the site indefinitely. And too, seems to have forgotten Jonathon I. Kamens '91 thermore, the essay fails to deal A more appropriate subject for with culture as a relative-term. Sherer's attack would be the ex- Who is to say that the people at tensive media coverage of the Myrtle Beach, SC, with their RVs Tammy Faye and James Bakker are not partaking in a cultural ex- scandal or the Joan Collins di- perience in and of itself? The vorce settlement. average pygmy may never have This column provides. yet an- heard of the opera, the ballet, or other example of the cheapshot, the symphony - but is this to attention-getting techniques used say he or she is culturally to market a product. How can lacking, or worse yet, an idiot? Sherer be so smart and yet so Sherer's conclusions are clearly blatantly hypocritical? biased and founded on limited Joanne DellaMorte How dCo you say Winnebago or "Heartbreak Hotel" in French? straight showings of A Room To the Editor: with a View and do thorough, Paul Sherer, I am truly in your scene-by-scene plot analyses. debt. How kind and humanitar- And lastly, even though I have ian of you to travel so far in not yet driven a BMW, (I was search of idiocy and then reveal saving up for a Winnebago), I the essence of it in such a finely must admit to having made and crafted, well thought-out col- eaten quiche. (Although to my umn; all so we may avoid it. unsophisticated palate it tasted I had had a soft spot in my remarkably like an Egg McMuf- heart for recreational vehicles, I fin). And since I live at French must admit. I had even consid- House, I have often been heard ered buying one after graduate not only dropping impressive school, combining the thrill of French phrases into my speech, purchasing one's first automobile but (gasp!) speaking entire sen- with that of one's first house. But tences in that tongue. no more. Your magnificient prose Your final few paragraphs talk has revealed the errors in my about the role of the United thinking. I would probably have States in the art world, and this let myself get obese and have gets slightly confusing. In your watched television from lawn incomparable introduction you chairs, sipping Buds and eating identified the seat of senility to be off of Elvis dinnerware. Ugh. the American South, yet even 1, From now on, I forswear the with the heaving burden of my company of all obese Bud- intellectual faiblesse bearing drinking, TV-watching, Winne- upon me, recognize the South to bago-drivers. I will even go as far have produced a few truly Ameri- as to stop singing "Heartbreak can forms of art: Jazzi Soul, and Hotel" in the shower. Gospel music to name a few. I must shamefully add that I Mahalia Jackson, a woman have been a media-manipulated whose gospel singing alone is en- tool; just the sort you describe in ough to make me want to convert your stellar paragraphs. Yes, I ac- to Southern Baptist, was quite tually wasted time and concern obese, (although I do not know if over Baby Jessie. I can only hope she watched television from lawn that I will be allowed to atone for chairs). Please, can you resolve the irrevocable damage I must this paradox? have caused by diverting my at- It must have been a malevolent tention from the stock market deity or deities indeed that con- crash and the Gulf war. signed a sophisticate such as you And yes, I laughed hysterically to seventy odd years on a planet at Beverly Hills Cop. In penance, of mediocre buffoons such as us. I promise to sit through five Amitabh Lath '88 Or ------I i , --;(~ill 11,.,, r~*, . · · ·-.-II ·---,- · ·-- l ", , ---(----rr- -~- -~ I - I - . i - , _T-^-l.5 ~"i~s~lllsaI IIN - II I I i I i I I I .I-; "al ,w~^ y; I- 11 I 1 ' i I-VrUV -- - jb F~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ opno -----u Irs ~ _ ----I~------I Homeless outlive-the controversy SIEp RUGTPAND fiArzouCm (Continued from page 4) is a statement in itself. avert our eyes as we pass them on affordable housing and blue- Somehow, the best minds of the street, it's very true. Maybe XR--.ZE collar jobs on the Simplex this nation are being put to work we are afraid. Maybe we don't site .mmm -- --r~a ar ka s, - and, for about 20 years now. These on military research and ques- have time, or just don't care. groups have valid arguments., Yet tionable space defenses, and not Maybe we believe the homeless these problems apply to low-in- on problems that cut right to the are beasts. come earners, not to street peo- heart of human beings who need What does this say about us? ple. our help. We fail to recognize Before passing judgement on Essentially, these groups used that there are shelters that we the homeless, couldn't we at least the homeless as a political weap- need, and shelters that we don't have gone out in the cold to look need. them in the eyes? on that put MIIT in a tough spot z - and under the media gun - in Tho~mas T Huang G, a student 5 order to highlight and further z One of the major purposes of in the department of electricalen- their own concerns and not those I Tent City was to raise public gineering and computer science, e of the homeless. The concerns of awareness about the concerns of is a former editor in chief of The 9 the homeless simply don't involve the homeless. But it did not do f Tech. b. ----·Ic· 3 17·-- - 'II IIY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---C- -··C~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~rly~~~~~~~~~~~~ affordable housing, because the so - at least not yet. Nobody is homeless can't afford the low asking the broader questions. rents that the Ci ty Council talks We don't know 'what to do Acftivists want everything for free about. with the homeless. Some of us (Continuedfrom page 4) Why don't the Simnplex Steer- believe that the homeless problem ner parties for several hundred of the same grade, the class average. ing Committee and th City isin fact unsolvable -that there spond to the demands of the our closest friends? The large When the lunatics are in charge Council demand public housing will always be some people who "Tent City" denizens despite the kitchen will make me happy, and of the asylum, all things are pos- on Simplex? appointment of a mediator by she will enjoy the athletic facili- sible. fall through the cracks. Some of Cambridge City Council. The ties upstairs. We will both like o None of this means that us believe the homeless are to Tech, in an extra edition on'Sat- the nice view of the river. A small ethical problem stops MIT was innocent in this epi- blame for their own predicament,. urday, regaled us with the low Maintenance of our new abode me from pursuing these fine sode. As a member of the Cam- so why should we help them? lights from the long-awaited evic- will be expensive, but we are will- goals: MINT has the right to dic- bridge community, MIT owed the In fact, some of them even tion of the merciless encroachers ing to do our share. To earn ex- tate what is and is not permissi- d city more than the heedless and dare to refuse our charity. residing at the aforementioned tra money I will open a topless ble on its properties. In general, callous action that came in the Well, I'm not asking for solu- hotel without walls. This eviction bar on campus, perhaps in Lob- the administration has formulat- early hours o~f Friday morning. tions right now. I'm still asking if prompted apocalyptic prophesies by 10. This enterprise would be a ed sound, defensible policies. More importantly' in the we've got the questions right. of doom from sundry Council guaranteed money maker. In or- However, small, vocal groups broader sense, MIT is failing to From Oct. 16 to Nov. 20, we members. der to avoid any charges of sex- have continually delayed the im- educate its students on issues of learned little because we weren't None of these stories is par- ism, my wife could open a place plementation of these policies. social responsibility. The MIT ad- asking questions. Very few stu- ticularly important when taken for male dancers in the new Stu- The results have been laughable. minlistration did not encourage dents went to talk to the home- separately. However, when each is dent Center. These two clubs Relatively small matters have be- students to go out to talk to the less. A difficultt problem - one seen as a symptom, a more per- would also demonstrate that we come very difficult to deal with homeless. The administration'did -that isnational inscope -ended vasive illness is recognizable. were not favoring any sexual due to initial inaction. not set up any forum for discus- up inour backyard, and we, the MIT, in an effort to cater to every preference. sion. The Institute shirks from MIT should stand firm once, if future leaders of this nation, ig- deviant whim which presents it- With the added commitment of for no other reason than to break political statements, but some- nored it. self, has lost all semblance of running these operations, I am times, when it says nothing, that the monotony. I would like to see Whzen the homeless say that we sovereignty over its own affairs. sure that I will not have sufficient what would happen to illegal Instead of critiquing this behav- time to study for finals. Finals (e.g. trespassing) campus activ- ior, I think I will take advantage only add stress 'to an already ism if someone actually had to Editorials, marked as such and printed in a distinctive for- of it. stressful atmosphere here at the stand trial. Such drastic measures mat, are the official opinion of The Tech. They are written by First, my wife and I will move Institute. So, if enough students may be the only way to separate the editorial board, which consists of the publisher, editor in into the Walker Memolrial Build- band together, we can probably the committed from the chic and chief, managing editor, news editors and opinion editors. ing. Since she is one-quarter abolish this unsavory practice of to quell this continual onslaught AllDissents, marked as such and printed in a distinctive format, American Indian, I am sure that artificially evaluating our kcnowl- of mind-numbing bleeding-heart are the opinions of the undersigned members of the editorial at some point in the development edge. swill. board choosing to publish their disagreement with the editorial. of this country her ancestors were Better yet, we could do away Columns and editorialcartoons are written by individuals and deprived of something. We would with grading altogether. In -fine K.>. Saeger, a graduatestudent represent the opinion of the author, not necessarily that of the l only be reclaiming it. 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And, ifwu buv both now the first reamof lhe power tobe yaur hest MIT Microcomputer Cgenter Room 11-209 HIours: 10 a.m. - 4 p. m. Save $75 on a Macintosh Plus Bundle* Save $10Q-125 onI a Macintosh SE Bundle* Bundles include Macintosh and Imagewriter lI Bundle I - E-7B '~'5 ~ 4 f 4; -' i 9 ~sd PAGE 10 The Tech TULESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987 BBe Psl g ggi er ·9%aBRgl Plllls ara aass3lllsllasPr osrrsa esaa ------u - - I _ _- , ______I A___ R T _S _ _ __ _ ,_ I Ra l llsl· sslllPa ··slr - ,,, __ sc a - - - --- ra - sc - --·- _ Hope and Glory presents child 's view of Worl War HI tHOPEI AND GLORY I~qWin hi.:~ . WAX: N,.--. ' Directed by John Boorman. Starring Sebastian Rice Edwards, Sarah Miles, and Ian Bennen. By MANAVENDRA THAKUR OHN BOORMAN. The name brings back some of his great thrillers from the past: Point Blank, Deliv- erance, Excalibur. The last thing one would expect from a director of such grand mythic adventures would be a cheer- ful, humorous, and quirky recreation of childhood memories of London during World War II. And yet, that's exactly what John Boorman has done with Hope and Glory. It's a delightful film that is thor- oughly entertaining because it draws richly, and somewhat paradoxically, from its seemingly serious subject matter. Other films have depicted the horror of war as well as grand myths of heroic ef- forts and noble sacrifices. War has also been examined from a child's perspective in great films such as Forbidden Games and The N&ight of Shooting Stars. Boor- man's film transcends all of them through its casual debunking of the sentimental myths surrounding wartorn England in its darkest hour. But while the other films fo- cus on the tragedy of war, Boorman shows the comedy of it. The beauty of Hope and Glory is that its satire is so deeply sub- merged beneath the film's truly funny and S sncd ds oH a Grw nostalgic story that it is unapparent on ca- de sual viewing. That sort of subtlety is rare Sebastiana Rice-Edwards, srtar of Hope and G/orry, $Nith :iirector John Boorman. in current cinema and is what makes Hope joins a gang (he's initiated into it by learn- portray them. life. Although he comes across as a can- and Glory a true classic. ing new swear words) which rummages in More importantly, they all are seen tankerous, semi-senile old man, his hu- The film is about 7-year-old Billy Rohan the ruins of bombed houses, smashing al- through Billy's eyes as he remembers manity shines through after an ordinary (Sebastian Rice Edwards, in his acting de- ready broken windows and furniture. them, which means that he sees individual fire (of all things) burns down Billy's but) and his family as they weather nightly When Dawn hears Neville Chamberlain's eccentricities that he (and therefore the au- house, forcing the Rohans to move to bomb runs of the Luftwaffe. The very first announcement of war on the radio, she ex- dience) finds most interesting and memo- George's riverside country home far from night of the bombing, Billy and his 16- claims that the war isn't her fault and that rable. It's difficult to forget Billy's expres- the turmoil of London. When Billy's old year-old sister Dawn (Sammi Davis) rush she still needs her stockings that she's sion of disgust at being repeatedly kissed school is destroyed by a stray bomb, out, surprisingly enough, to dance in their looking for. Their attitude is not one of on the cheek by his mother and aunts, or George and Billy laugh all the way back to front yard under the bomb flashes. The crass materialistic infatuation but one of his toothy grin as he playfully tells his the house. George begins to spend a great next day Billy begins his prized shrapnel focus on the immediate relevancy of the grandfather, who had just completely deal of time with Billy, teaching him to collection as he makes his way to school. here and now. The war simply gives Billy missed shooting a field rat, that the rat row, playing cricket with him, and telling At school, he and his younger sister Sue and the other kids new games and toys to was limping as it walked away. It is be- stories. Billy is far more endeared to his (Geraldine Muir) are bombarded with pa- play with as they go on living life their cause the characters and plot develop piqued muttering and mean jokes than his triotic songs and speeches from the school- own way. Danger is present everywhere through seemingly banal scenes as these aunts' romanticizing or his sister's tears teachers, who are every bit as nasty as the around them, yet they recognize it and ab- that the film is so disarming. Savage in- when her newly found Canadian lover is teachers in Pink Floyd- The Wall. But sorb it in a uniquely childlike manner sults worthy of Luis Bunuel or Jonathan stationed in Germany. the overpowering tyranny that Pink suc- which few, if any, of the adults possess. Swift are completely absent. In its place is Although the film's sharp division be- cumbs to in that film simply bounces off Nonetheless, the characterizations of the a much more gentle and smooth story that tween the males and the females would be the youthful resiliency of Billy and Sue, adults is just as rich as that -of the chil- depends as much on what is not shown as considered sexist today, the film doesn't even when they are forced to recite multi- dren. The entire film is a three dimension- well as the scenes that are. The nonstop harp on that because it's not a political plication tables while wearing gas masks in al portrait of Billy's family, and each char- comedic moments tend to make even that film. It simply portrays idyllic country life a shelter during an air raid. acter's screentime is used to the fullest. subsatire virtually unnoticeable, and yet it as it existed then - complete with lushly Their response to the war in general is Billy's mother Grace; his father Clive, his is there, for those who wish to see it. green and beautiful scenery that belies the very much like that of many MIT students three aunts, his Grarndma and grandfather Billy's grandfather, George (Ian urgency and tension usually associated last year when Hurricane Gloria brushed George, are all fully developed human Bannen), dominates the second half of the with war. Ian Bannen's performance is so Boston: "If it causes damage, I can't do characters, and there is not a single bad -film, and rightly so because he becomes magnificent that the force of George's per- anything about it, so let's have fun!" Billy performance among the actors who the most influential character in Billy's (Please turn to page 14) Sally Kirkland deserves Oscar nominationfor performance in Anna ANNA Eve, leaves much to be desired, Sally from the persona of Krystyna (played by derstudy for an Off-Off-Broadway produc- Directed by Yurek Bogayevicz. Kirkland certainly deserves recognition for the beautiful fashion model Paulina tion), as well as her occasional lover Dan- Starring Sally Kirkland, Paulina her superb acting in what is perhaps the Porizkova), a young Czechoslovakian iel (played by Robert Fields) who leaves Porizkova, and Robert Fields. best female lead role so far this year. woman who immigrates to the US to meet her for Krystyna's glamorous beauty. Opening tomorrow at the Nickelodeon. Anna (played by Sally Kirkland) used to Anna, her star and idol. Touched by her Anna's mind snaps under the strain, lead- be a well-known and successful actress in innocence and naivet6, Anna takes ing to the climax of the film. By MANAVENDRA THAKUR her native Czechoslovakia before she was Krystyna under her wing and helps her ad- The full potential of the narrative prem- permanently exiled for her outspokenness just to life in America, both as a foreigner ise is undermined, however, by heavy- ROM POLISH DIRECTOR Yurek against the 1968 Soviet invasion. The loss and as a struggling actress. handed efforts to explain Anna's mental Bogayevicz and writer Agnieszka of her family, homeland, youthful beauty, It is when the film concentrates on Anna collapse. In the course of 100 minutes, the Holland comes this film featuring and career irn rapid succession took its and Krystyna that it is at its best. One film encompasses issues of divorce, betray- apowerhouse performance by ac- emotional toll, leaving Anna ill-prepared scene in particular, in which Anna moving- al, attempted murder, a stillborn birth, tress Sally Kirkland in several scenes of to cope with her fall from great stardom ly recounts the loss of her baby due to cutoff from childhood roots, failure in deep psychological intensity. Although the to relative obscurity as another unknown harsh prison conditions in Czechoslovakia, one's lifetime dreams and aspirations, and plot, which resembles the story of Joseph hopeful actress in New York. stands out as being extremely effective. a few others thrown in for good measure. L. Mankiewicz's 1950 classic All About The only bright spot in her life comes As Anna and Krystyna lie on their bed Each one is individually believable, but as late at night, the camera slowly pans in each one is introduced the narrative in- .... ~ ,,,·-~·· ' - ,,;,' one smooth movement from the bedroom creasingly begins to resemble the histrionic XsA,/C ? v 5 door to focus on their faces. No sound ex- plotline common to soap operas. cept Anna's emotion-laden whisper is Director Bogayevicz employs well-worn a~~~~ir-7. Qsi S heard as she relates her life story. The clich6s, such as sudden rainfalls and the lighting is unobtrusively low-key. Anna melt-down of film celluloid (with Anna's and Krystyna lie almost motionless picture being burned, no less), as well as throughout the scene, with the reverie fi- visual punctuation to drive home Anna's nally being broken as Krystyna stirs. This psychological despair. At one point, even scene integrates the power of the spoken an elevator Anna is using is shown from i word with the language of cinema so well above as it descends into the darkness far that it achieves an Ingmar Bergrnanesque below. The striking intensity of the film's .4 quality rarely seen in recent films. The ini- opening moments dissipates as the film tial relationship between Anna and progresses, leaving a feeling of squandered Krystyna is the highlight of the film. opportunity. That period of deep friendship only Anna is the first film by Bogayevicz and tL~g lasts, though, until Krystyna borrows Holland, and it shows great promise for Anna's most intimate sorrows during a efforts in the future, as the film does have 11 li talk show interview. Anna, feeling be- moments of vision that shine through. For trayed and outraged, throws out Krystyna now, Sally Kirkland's performance is the and her belongings from her apartment. most notable attraction in this film, as it Krystyna continues to advance in her act- never falters thoughout the film. Her's ing career while Anna falls deeper into her would be one of the few truly-deserved Roi:,r t Fiel-e :':;,la Porizkova, and Sally Kirkland in Anna. mental morass, losing her job (as an un- Best Actress nominations in recent years. I I .. - ,.q r e s Y +_'s w;Xsggl~~~~~~. Cr~La~sl~lssaa~l~smijllp~pl I TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987 The Tech PAGE 11 _ - - c -- - lrari I"" - CI P --eQ·L ---- 1- --Bb-·-QIBsi C-.- ---- I --- -- -P -- · I s b -P- - , - s e -I-I - - -- I ---- I I ------I ------I - I- -- Is I- A R T S ChoraEl Society sperformances of Haydn illuminating MIT CHORAL SOCIETY Jayne West remained the central attrac- also, where the chorus seemed too closely pure delight. There were many layers, but Performed Salve Regina tion during the' Missa Solemnis in D trained, and short of individualistic vari- they built into one coherent, uplifting and the "Nelson Mass" by Haydn. minor, "Nelson Mass." Kleyla continued ety. But, for the most part, the chorus was whole. Church of the Covenant. to impress, too, particularly in the reflec- accurate, well-synchronized and quite ca- Despite the audience's enthusiastic re- Friday, November 20. tive Qui Tollis, his voice pungent but mov- pable of being used to -subtle effect - able sponse, one person among the exiting ing. And the other soloists - they re- to underline the gentle pathos of a soloist's crowd was heard to complain about the By JONATHAN RICHMOND mained relatively subdued. - expression as well as to sing with exultant touch of humor in the concluding Agnus Choral diction was not always clear and vigor. Dei. But, never mind if he remained un- AFFINITY for Haydn OHN OLIVER'S there were brief lapses in ensemble -- the As for the orchestra, the deep colors of convinced; by the work's end, Oliver's per- shone through in illuminating start of the Et Resurrexit was not quite basses and cellos, fluency of violins and Choral Society surely had angels dancing. formances of Haydn choral music there, for example. There were passages, fire of jubilant brass continued to provide last Friday night. The evening be- ·-----~---·r II F I- - -__ Ib- 1_____ IIp------_--~~I~~-- __~ ~b-·ICIIIIIII~IIIII gan with the Salve Regina, in which Oliver established a nice balance between his sen- sitive instrumental ensemble and the cho- ral singers: the cohesiveness of the perfor- mance gave it life. Soprano soloist Jayne West sang with a voice pure and sweetly radiant, a free- flowing conduit for musical expression. Strings provided close and sympathetic support, a springboard for West's evoca- tive imagery of beauty and melancholy in- tertwined. The rich, deep voice of James Kleyla also made a significant contribu- tion. The other two soloists .-- Mary Westbrook-Geha and Brad Cresswell - sounded rather swamped by comparison. Salve Regina has a prominent and de- manding organ part, and Ross Wood played it penetratingly. While Wood's tech- nical skills were clearly masterful, the ex- trovert virtuosity of the part was kept on a stWambreigB- :TI/e, leash; music was endowed, instead, with a Lisette W Lambregtsf, he Tech simple and direct appeal, which made it all The Logarhythms do what comes "naturally" in 10-250 Saturday night. the more compelling. -- I ------pe --L ------King's Singers bring Old McDonald with Grecian grunts to Boston THE KING'S SINGERS deserve high praise. :LCA Symphony Hall, November 22. "Musica Transalpina" was a collection pap3~~~~~ I9~ PEvent ~~~~~~~in The Tech Performing Arts Series. of Italian and English madrigals, including such songs as Of all the birds. We were If .··~;s~-'~~~~~~~~ - ALLONaBy G. PERCUS told in the introductory narration that this piece "would appear to be about a spar- (.I-·qNe I HE KING'S SINGERS, the all-male row, called Phillip, with a voracious appe- vocal ensemble rooting from k w~ tite. As the piece progesses, it becomes King's College, Cambridge, has clear that it is neither a sparrow, nor been provoking audiences with male." "As to its voracious appetite," the its a Capella renditions of otherwise re- chorister said, "you'll have to ask one of spectable works since 1968. They typically my senior colleagues, as they telilme I'm give over 100 concerts each year, in such too young to know." varied locations as Europe, the Far East, During the concert, the King's Singers many of the English speaking countries, took the opportunity to indulge their more and America. They have appeared on the zoological tendencies with imitations of PBS program "On Stage at Wolf Trap," roosters, sheep, dogs and more. In a hilar- due to be rebroadcast. ious rendition of an Italian madrigal "best The King's Singers are claimed to "com- translated as, 'Animals improvising at mand the most diverse repertoire of any counterpoint,'" the Singers proved that vocal group in the world," presenting mu- their vocabulary was not limited to the sic from the Renaissance through the mod- sounds made by human beings. ern era. Their appeal undoubtedly lies in After the intermission, Masterpiece, the creativity of their "orchestrations." written by Paul Drayton, attempted to pay Not until one hears this group does one re- tribute to the great composers of the past alize the versatility of the human voice: three centuries - in ten minutes! The vo- that it is by no means confined to the tim- cal orchestra astonished the audience with bre that one normally finds in vocal music, a piece that entirely lived up to the prom- but call actually cover a whole spectrum of ise, crediting each major composer in his different sounds. own style (from the Baroque call of "Jo- Sunday's concert, given before a packed hann Sebas-ti-an Bach" through to a hor- Symphony Hall, began with Songs front ribly dissonant "Cage!"). the Auvergne, French folk songs arranged The voices, at times, were virtually in- by Goff Richards, Lk-bas, dans le timou- distinguishable from instruments they in- sin, a somewhat biased opinion of the tended to represent: an extraordinarily re- beauty of the young women and the aiistic horn, flute, and piano were evident strength of the young men in the Auvergne at times. Perhaps the ensemble, realizing as opposed to the neighboring region of the impracticality of musical instruments the Limousin, came first. imitating the human voice, decided this L'eau de source was a message for "all was the next best option. of us and for the French in particular," de- Arrangements in close harmony, which scribing the evils of drinking water, and has been described as the King's Singers' the virtues of wine as a substitute. A la "trademark," added two more languages campagne, finally, praised the country life to the evening's supply. Along with some in which "we carry on as we please" - superb renditions of more contemporary countertenor Alastair Hume refused to go works, the group offered a song in praise into any more detail, lest he "offend the of a sailor's life - a girl in every port- ~' sensibilities of some in the audience. For by the German "Comedian Harmonists" The King's Singers all of these selections, all of the vocalists of the 20's and 30's. -- and the countertenors in particular- The show then moved to more tradition- al lines. Even the King's Singers, we were r Music Society told, would not sing Old MacDonald had Drama and balancefrom ChambeJ a farm on stage at Symphony Hall; an performance to become a virtuoso music faculty member Stephanie Chase. the "up-market" version translated into BOSTON CHAMBER play-off. The exciting, rhythmic pulse of The evening began with Maurice Duru- Greek, was not, however, beneath them. MUSIC SOCIETY the final movement Maestoso e larga- fl6's Prelude, Recitative et Variations, The ensemble here showed off one more Program of works by ma non troppo, was particularly Op. 3, with Fenwick Smith, ffute, Kather- mente, facet of its extensive vocabulary, as each of Durufib, Kodaly and Schubert. effective. ine Murdock, viola, and Mihae Lee, the farm animals delivered its Grecian Sanders Theatre, Novemnber 22. The concert closed with Schubert's piano. In this delightful piece, Murdock's grunt. Quintet in A, Op. 114 "The Trout." Chase deep, rich tone contrasted nicely with The audience's enthusiasm was suffi- By JULIE CHANG led Lee, Murdock, cellist Bruce Coppock, Smith's playful, articulate passages. ciently great that- the King's Singers pro- and contrabassist Edwin Barker, in a very Perhaps the most dramatic performance vided two encores, one of them a Duke expressive rendition of this beloved piece. HE BOSTON CHAMBER MUSIC of the evening was Kodaly's DLuofor violin Ellington song in which countertenor Despite the occasional lack of clarity in SOCIETY was in fine form Sunday and cello, Op. 7 featuring violinist Steph- Hume played an outstanding vocal saxo- the piano, the selection was done with evening as it performed to an ap- anie Chase and cellist Ronald Thomas. phone. Judging from the standing ova- great precision and articulation. The man- preciative audience in Sanders The pair adjusted to one another very tions at the concert's close, the King's ner in which the ensemble worked together Theatre. The program was impressive, of- well, always remaining sensitive to each Singers already has a large number of con- was especially commendable. As a group, fering a broad range of styles, and capital- other's playing. Both musicians demon- firmed viewers for the rebroadcast of its the music was very well balanced and the izing on the fine talent of the musicians. strated fine individual musicianship and PBS program. Among the featured musicians was MIT outstanding technique without allowing timing was perfect. . . . -- . I. -...... ~LII1*N-i·?)?hlll i(Ci"~iqlf~J~ :4L,~~~~~~~~~~~nLINli-LI"" IL,I F IM I _M PAGE 12 The Tech TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987 N---- mummioF 1,1111 I I - A D rri 16Z -- - -I--- iJ_ __ ~_,_,*I _ _a~n t_ _qh Joel's Kontsert redeems hin as ambassador to Russia KONTSERT has been said that the fate of all artists is Billy Joel, on CBS Records. "people saying they preferred the old stuff." This is true of no one more than of By JULIAN WEST Billy Joel, which is one good thing about this album: if you liked nothing after ILLY JOEL'S PERFORMANCE as an Glass Houses, you can still enjoy half of international ambassador on his the album. trip to the Soviet Union left something to be desired. As the But there is still not enough of the "old first major US pop musician to tour in the stuff." There is no track taken from Piano USSR, he did little to ensure that there Man, and only one from The Stranger would be a second - kicking over chairs, (and that not the best). Thus the concert complaining about his audiences, and gen- encapsulates only the past ten years of erally behaving boorishly. Joel's career. j He has redeemed himself with this As you would expect, some of the songs double-album set, a concert recording go over extremely well in concert, others made in Russia, titled simply Kontsert. less so. "Stiletto" has some beautiful key- Packaged in red, and with a cover photo boards, but too-visceral sound effects by of young Russians holding up Soviet and Joel. "A Matter of Trust" is far too heavy, US flags, the album makes a strong state- but it was never his best song anyway. and ment for international understanding Another poor choice was not editing out glasnost. some of the speech. While it helps to cap- Joel carries the message onto the vinyl ture the full flavor of a live performance, as well, but does not break any chairs over listeners will not want to hear the band in- our heads. He challenges his audience - troduced every time they play the album. which must have included many English And while Joel's occasional spacebo and speakers even though he uses an onstage nyet, nyet, nyet (in "Big Shot") are cute, translator - to consider the feelings of US the on-stage translation is a little tiresome. Introduc- soldiers in "Goodnight Saigon." is also available on a sin- a song about workers in The recording ing "Allentown," gle double-length cassette. One advantage areas of industrial decline, he stresses that has over the double al- Pennsylvania the single cassette the song is not just about is that where the vinyl must be northern world. bum but about the entire flipped, the tape is continuous, and the The one time when he does become a tracks blend together over the gap: little obnoxious, encouraging shouting "'Goodnight Saigon" goes straight into from an audience which came prepared to "Stiletto." gone listen, and saying "we could have More cynically, another advantage of home after London," becomes a self- flip it right after of the tape is that you can parody because he links it to the lyrics ruthlessly excising three of the the audi- "Stiletto,'" his song "Big Shot." Actually, newer songs and going straight into the ex- ence sounds a lot like a Western concert "Only the Good Die but cellent final sequence: audience, with a few idiosyncrasies, oldest original song on the al- shutting up Young" (the they are much better about "Sometimes a Fantasy," "Uptown the music. bum), and letting us hear Girl" (the best of the newer songs), "Big Like the album cover and the concert Shot," and the two well chosen covers, tour, the recording is a glossy package, "Back in the USSR," and and Bob Dylan's and the high production values are obvi- "The Times They Are A Changin'." ous. On "Goodnight Saigon," the opening The first of these covers provides the au- helicopter effect flies on one side of the dience with a chance to show that they re- stage with precise sound engineering usual- member the Beatles as well as Joel's oldies; fy reserved for studio albums. 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' By JULIAN WEST FTER BREAKING 'UP IN 1982, Squeeze has had only ,one, somewhat disappointing, al- bum. But the new-effort, babylon and on, is such a convincing comeback that it's like they never left. It clicks so well that one wonders how they ever had difficulties, and suggests 'that Squeeze can indeed babble on and on, and on. Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook were once called the greatest songwriting team since Lennon and McCartney, and while' they have not sold so many records, they have turned out some mighty fine songs. Here are a dozen more. If you liked old Squeeze, this is the al- For a group that still appears to have a death and pines "I'll regret not seeing her The genius of Squeeze is that all of this bum you' have been waiting for. It is a glorious career remaining, there is a lot of more." is expressed to the accompaniment of up- close follow-on to "classics" such as Argy talk of squandered time. "Hourglass," the The same feeling is expressed in two of beat guitar rhythms, underscored by in- Bargy and Cool for Cats, and I insist that first hit, puts it most directly: the most sympathetic and moving songs ventive percussion from Gilson Lavis and there is not a bad track on it. i feel like i'm runnirng up a steep hill on the album, "The Prisoner," a lament organ by Julian Holland. (Holland, the for a woman chained to the stove by her original Squeeze keyboards player, is one My personal favorite has been "Striking no one can stop me from running. husband, and "Cigarette of a Single of their greatest assets). Matches," about a person waking up with the hourglass has no more grains of sand Man," a lament for a man with nothing to a new lover and visualizing her as the per- to it, it can't mean too my watch has stopped no more go home to: If you can dance fect actress to fill a role in his life. The much, and that is precisely what makes .turning hands. now he's one of those little lambs love affair ignites with the simple strike of their songs such appealing universal state- But there are clear references, too, in who strayed too far from the a metaphorical match. The metonymy is ments. Life can be rotten, and can be "Footprints," which regrets having partied flock to find, reminiscent of earlier songs such as "Pull- meaningless, but you can't let it worry you away the summer of a year, or a life, and he's better off without the grief ing Mussels" and "Black Coffee," as are too much. Dance. the delightful backing vocals, subtle wit, "In Today's Room," which looks ahead to that people wear between their teeth. and discordant rhymes (eyes/night, down/ proud). These Squeeze trademarks are present throughout the album, and out of the ran- dom rhymes and catchy rhythms carefully crafted pictures emerge. Most of them are individual shots - portraiture is Difford and Tilbrook's forte - but "Some Americans" is an exception, a rare foray into large scale politics which gives an evenhanded and sympathetic ap- praisal of the United States: some americans are disney people some americans eat apple pie. some americans scare me the leader of the pack, living in this theatre i'm waiting for the trap to drop in the show. __ - - - i F-- I - --- `- -i I I PROFESSIONAL WORDPROCESSING 10 % Student Discount · Resumes B -C" II 1 IIII ha - - -· -- ® Thesis and Student Papers m Typed and edited on IBM/PC At ® Overnight turnaround for most projects Reasonable Rates ® Acesible by MBTA I Don't be ASSIURTED DOCUMENTS 418 Washington St., Brighton, MA - Rm 215 782-9603 a test turkey I Want to knock the stu out of tests : ov 30 --- ec like the SAT, LSAT, GMAT, MCAT, GRE, NTE, CPA, or others? DoAt let last-minute caamming keep you from testing your best. 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[ I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~R8·slll~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~··l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ssss~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~r~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sl~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~F%~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COUNCIL TRAVEL '3ie f ford CAMORNGE .I- 1617,1266-IMo~[61t 26- [6171a] 7-17 rw Gy & ~p af.,*r [ if a I in I! 11a -1 _ · ,- · ·.9 tro ; e .' 7 'P_ ·- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >;.. .-. ~ ~ ~-- ~ c~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~c~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;r-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- _g PAGE 14 The Tech TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987 PPIPPr ·l o s ar le ·Ilasrrulr 8sl I - . - =-- - I- - -- - I _ =. -=I-- -- A R T IqI -· ------LI- 1 I -_n 1- 11 -0 I--- IA= -- Eimerson String euartet casts light on new Harbison work EMVERSON STRING QUARTET ists were able to lend it a surprising coher- World premiere of Harbison's ence, without which the quartet might .- - 11 "I "- ,' String Quartet No. 2. have been far less pleasant to hear. ··-'goo-·· r; · Works by Haydn and Schubert. Starting with the second movement, Jordan IHall, November 20. Concertina, the satisfying aspects of the Event in The Tech Performing Arts Series. music started to give way to a more agitat- ed sound. Happily, there was a brief res- By ALLON G. PERCUS pite from this in the third movement, Reci- IN THE SEASON following its tenth an- tative: a pause allowed for a change of niversary, the Emerson String pace in the mood. A convincing musical Quartet has shown that it deserves its climax soon began to take form, and it place as one of the world's leading was later released gently, with restraint. string ensembles. Its performance on Fri- Schubert's Quartet in G Major, D. day evening displayed a rare combination 887 was probably the high point of precision, vitality and spirit. of the eve- ning. The quartet glided through the Al- Setzer, Druckman, Dutton and Finckel legro molto moderato with reaffirmed hit the ground running with the Allegro mastery for bringing out the subtleties of spirituoso of Haydn's Quarter in F major, contrasting passages of piano and forte. Op. 74, No. 2 ("Salomon"). she exposi- The Andante an poco moto, with its quiv- tion had both a complete and a satisfying ering of the second violin and viola sug- sound: from the animation of the artists, gestive of rippling water, had the audience their masterful understanding of the piece completely subdued. was evident. The minuet and trio of the As with many of Schubert's works, the third movement subsequently illustrated first and second movements were mere their remarkable volume control, as they hints of what was to come, and the sailed from fortissimo to piano and back, group's performance of the without the slightest strain. Scherzo and Allegro assai were no less than astonish- To many, the premiere of Harbison's ing. The recurrence of tuneful and color- String Quartet No. 2 was the main attrac- ful melodies by no means felt repetitive; tion of the concert. This piece, commis- the audience was completely charmed, and sioned for the 150th anniversary of the it proclaimed its appreciation with thun- Harvard Mulsical Association, successfully derous applause at the end of the concert. attempted to recall some of the musical While Harbison's piece may have color of the Baroque era before the time gotten weaker towards the end, at no point dur- of the string quartet. Unlike so many of ing that or any other piece was the works of contemporary composers, there any question of the Emerson String however, Harbison's quartet' began with Quartet's proficiency. As a group of music that was not only thought-provok- young and ener- getic musicians, ing but pleasant as well. they had the skill neces- sary to exhibit the vivaciousness of the fine There was no doubt aboult the affinity Romantic works, and the initiative neces- that the performers ultimately- came to sary to take on the more challenging con- have- for this new work. Harbison's five temporary quartet. They -used the fire The Emerson String Quartet movements of widely varying form and where it was present, and supplied it where structure held together admirably. The art- it was demanded. rrrm .I ;iiill --- !I 1 John Boormnaln as completion as The Tech Performing Arts Series presents... a film directorand auteur CHRISTMAS Z- -O)RATORIO = F. John Adams will conduct the Boston Premiere Ensemble f in a performance of the Chaistmas Oratorio. Emmanuel Church, December 5 at 4pm. Ml price: $6. :_: _Z PRO ARTE ._ The sweet-voiced Jayne West will join Frank Kelley, A Larry Hill, the Back Bay Chorale and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra for what promises to be a joyous performance of Haydn's The Creation. Sanders Theatre, December 13 at 3pm. MIT price: $6. i :7- _- (Continuedfrom page 10) dren have an uncanny ability to _L see events Tickets are ona sale at the Technology Community sonatity overpowers and disarms whatever unhindered by social and cultural baggage notions the audience takes with it inside - to see their immediate relevance - and Association, W20-450 in the Student Center. the theater. One should consider George Boorman's film captures that beautifully, Ofice hours posted on the not from any current context bult see him from the wonder and pity to the tears and door. Call x3-4885 for as Billy does, with his childlike perspective humor. The children are not cute little further information. in 1940s England. tykes completely'oblivious to their sur- roundings - they are perceptive enough to That perspective is well depicted see the effects of the war, but they are go- through superb technical production val- happy enough not to be too bothered by _Z ues. The art direction by Don Dossett is it. The depth of Boorman's portrayal of El thoroughly convincing, and The Tech Performing Arts Seties, a service for the Philippe these children, as well. as the other charac- Rousselot's camerawork demonstrates a f, ters, is one that can only come from cher- i. entire MIT community, perceptive and guiding I from The Tech, intelligence. With ished, heartfelt personal memories. It is a the exception of some extremely sappy sheer joy to see Boorman's work on the MIT's student newspaper, in conjunction with the music by Peter ii Martin, each individual screen, with all its humor and intelligence. I· technical detail -- the costumes, ol <7; Technology Community Association, lighting, hair styles, sets, etc. - coalesce together Hope and Glory Boorman's MIT's student is first film community service organization. so well that their efforts seem completely that he has written, produced, and direct- natural and at ease with themselves, the ed. The results of his efforts represent the actors, and the audience. maturation of his filmmaking abilites, the completion of John Boorman as film di- And in-that fusion one must not forget rector and auteur. It is his personal the RE I -i-nlllii~llllllllllllfunsillllllllllllll'·"'·~~"""""'·'·-. """"l'·"·"L·' i I(· · ·( · ill -illll-lrl~rrrl···--·r1--- unifying hand of John Boorman. Chil- masterpiece. LI LLLLj IIIIIII1111llllllllh illI llslllllllllllIItlllillllllli llllllllllllllllllllllllllil . If;i I. 1I.,. ' Ifiililltssli!'II I..~iiI: Ff i "I ` - '-'----- 1-1 - ---~--- 1 111* 3·*U1I II*(l) ·rsL (rt. . rUIPO ) I C·.revlR--·i bl ·mrm.r TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987 The Tech PAGE 15 MI - n -- Ya -· --- 5 1--- ----_ -__ Study ranks M IT library 39th By Mary Condello books for these disciplines, he are bought with foreign currency, decline The MIT library system needs continued. he explained. The dollar's journals more ex- no major changes despite being Institutions with large human- makes foreign of US currency, ranked only 39th out of 101 in a ities departments, especially large pensive in terms study of university libraries, ac- graduate humanities depart- he explained. MIT libraries have can- cording to Director of Libraries ments, must contain an enor- The journal Jay K. Lucker. mous number of volumes encom- celled some little used The study, which was conduct- passing such diverse fields as subscriptions. ancient Greek and Roman litera- ed for 1985-86 by the Association Acquisitions of books and sal- ture, history, and modern art. of Research Libraries, was based aries of the library staff are two does not have a large hu- on the number of volumes held, MIT other areas which require more department; as a result, number of volumes added, num- manities funding, according to Lucker. its library system does not have ber of current serials, size of staff Lucker hopes that the Campaign huge quantities of humanities and total expenditures. for the Future, the Institute's volumes, Lucker explained. Lucker argued that the rela- fund-raising drive, will increase tively low ranking is misleading endowment funds for the librar- because it depends onr the size of "MIT's strongest disciplines ies. the library. MIT's library system are least dependent on volumes," Lack of space is another major is relatively small, and is where it Lucker asserted, referring to the problem facing the MIT libraries, belongs with respect to size and science and engineering fields. according to Lucker. There is an activities, Lucker asserted. Science and engineering are rela- facility in Comparing MIT's rank in tively young disciplines compared off-campus storage Central Square which holds old terms of number of volumes to humanities, so there is not as material. But with the exception alone with its overall rating re- much material as in the older Oruil~i'illh-Ill ·*· -- svssNssNss.sssso&b- of an enlargement of the Rotch veals that MIT has a high-quality fields, he continued. Rich Fletcher/The Tech Lucker said. MIT Library, which houses the archi- library system, How high will it go? Students watch anxiously as a of the 106 university tecture and planning collection, ranks 53 out MIT's library system is stron- 2.70 machine begins to push its ping pong ball up- in the ARL with respect there are no plans for building libraries ger than the ARL statistics would wards in last night's preliminary competition. The fin- volumes. When the new libraries or expanding cur- to number of lead one to believe, Lucker insist- als will begin tonight at 7pm in 26-100, Lucker said. -··IP -C overall rating of 39 out of 101 is ed. Three or four years ago, MIT rent ones, ILI -3e -·IYIC -P F-- -C- - s - · ___--u- examined in light of this size rat- took part in a comparative study a _L~~~~le ~ ~ ,^Cw -4 ing, the overall rank appears with seven other libraries which quite good, he explained. contain technological holdings. Several factors at MIIT adverse- MIT had the largest collection by ly affect its ranking, Lucker said. 50 percent, Lucker reported. These include the relatively small number of students, the absence of a medical or law school, the -CZ absence of a graduate humanities department, and MIT's technical emphasis. Some universities on the index c co have more than 50,000 under- a)cl graduate and graduate students, while MIT has a total of about 9000 students. Fewer students ._ generally require fewer library re- (II sources, Lucker asserted. Medical and law schools neces- sitate large specialized collec- tions, Lucker said. Since MIT has neither a medical or law the library system does school, I not contain a large number of classified advertising Classifed Advertising in The Tech: $5.00 per insertion for each 35 words or less. Must be prepaid, I with complete name, address, and phone number. Thre Tech, W20- 483; or PO Box 29, MIT Branch, I Cambridge, MA 02139. Sexually Tranrsmitted Disease Confidential testing and treatment of STD's and AIDS. 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F E Cavellini called on the City L Council to condemn MIT for the B eviction and to go on record as t being in Mark D. Virtue/The Tech r Mark D. Virtue/The Tech favor of dropping all E O Kim Fitzgerald, a former "Tent City" resident, holds a child criminal charges against those ar- Alice Wolf, Cambridge City Councillor, speaks at yester- E e after yesterday's E rally in Lobby 7. rested. day's rally in Lobby 7. z a e B g CP's criticized r for using excessive force in arrests a (Continuedfrom page 1) not the Cambridge police. Ac- were not packing up their things. But homeless group's supporters. cording to Penn, Paolillo did not Penn said that the homeless d 4 "Poor people. Who the hell arrive at the site until twenty were waiting for the delivery of wants to arrest these people?" minutes after the MIT police. plastic bags to protect their be- longings from the rain. a asked Cambridge Police Chief Both Glavin and Campus Police t When moving Anthony G. Paolillo, according Chief James Olivieri declined to personnel ar- d to The Boston Herald. comment on their dialogue with rived with plastic bags around I "These people [Tent City resi- the Cambridge police. seven, Penn said that the Campus dents] are not violent people," Cambridge appointed City So- Police gave the campers an ulti- Penn said. licitor Russel Higley to investi- matum of four minutes to clear r r Paolillo had visited Tent City gate whether the MIT police act- the site. I Thursday morning with one other ed within their jurisdiction in Shortly thereafter, Penn said, officer, according to Penn, in or- making the arrests on the Sim- the Campus Police yelled "you der to establish a dialogue with plex site, which is not a part of have to leave now or you'll be ar- f the residents in the event of a po- the MIT campus. rested." At that point several of the homeless ran to avoid arrest. lice action. Penn said Paolillo Ryan: arrests were "ruthless" told the Tent City residents that, Two made it over a fence, ac- if asked to clear the property he "Either [the patrol officers] cording to Penn, but MIT police would legally have to comply, but have not been trained to handle caught Bruce Greenholtz before protesters he could get away i that he did not want any unnec- in a professional way, and arrested i essary trouble. Specifically, Penn or they were not told to exercise him. i said, Paolillo told Tent City that any restraint," said Nancy Ryan, Penn said that, when he pro- I no one would be arrested who director of the Women's Commis- tested at seeing Steve Fernandez, did not want to be, and that the sion for the City of Cambridge, a former MIT student, grabbed residents would have at least an who witnessed the arrests. by MIT police, he too was hour's warning before Penn said that, after having grabbed by the arm, handcuffed i the eviction. been at the Tent City site for and then pulled to his feet by his But on Friday morning it was about half an hour Friday morn- hair. Penn said a Campus Police the MIT Campus Police that re- ing, the MIT police began to get officer told him that, "if they let iI moved the Tent City residents, impatient that the campers who me, I'd hit you right in the face, mother fucker." Fernandez was still lying on the ground,: Penn said, when the Campus Police told him to get up. Since his hand was injured, he did not get up, Penn said, and a campus patrol kicked him. Mark D. Virtue/The Tech Robert J. La Tr6mouille, a Kim Fitzgerald, a former "Tent City" resident, whistles in Cambridge attorney who has support of a speech during Monday's rally. been the zoning advisor to the Simplex Steering Committee tried to tell Peter Valentine -a eral stud(ents, Ralph S. Guernsey, since 1980, said he witnessed the resident of 55 Blanche Street - an advocate for the homeless, arrest of Fernandez from 20 feet about the arrest of Fernandez. and Simlplex Steering Committee away. He said Fernandez was spokesmian William Cavellini, Administration/Tent City walking around on the site yelling spokesmfid. to meet this week le i "negative things about MIT" Suduikko thought that was too when suddenly "a bunch of offi- Suduiko yesterday told the pro- many peeople, Glenn said, and cers" converged on him "without testers that he and Walter L. asked to limit the total number advance warning." Milne, assistant to the chairman of Tent City representatives to There was no need for several of the MIT Corporation, would six, acco rding to Penn. officers and no "immediate rea- meet with the homeless group ei- The mleeting this week would i son" to arrest Fernandez, La Tre- ther tomorrow or Friday, take pla( ce in a "neutral site," mouille felt. "I was really quite according to Glenn. problablyy the Quality Inn hotel shocked," La Tr6mouille said. The protesters had wanted in Harva rd Square, Glenn said. When Charlene Gilbert - a President Paul E. Gray '54 and The piurpose of the meeting, member of the Massachusetts Chairman of the Corporation from the viewpoint of the home- Coalition for the Homeless - David S. Saxon '41 to be present less advco>cates, would be to dis- objected to the treatment of-Fer - at the meeting also, but Suduiko cuss Tentt City's proposal for. the nandez, a Campus Police officer indicated they would not be pre- developmrent of existing houses ~~a~ggppOF'.' +n.F'2~ad2,, __ ,~..I~llSSB immediately said "Get her, too, sent, according to Glenn. on Blan che Street in Central Mark D. Virtue/The Tech for assault and battery," he con- Suduiko turned down the pro- Square ass housing for the home- "Tent City" protester Evelyn Parks argues with former Tent tinued. La Tr6mouille also said testers' request that others be less, Glernn said. The Tent City City resident Carlos Gonzales. Parks expelled Gonzales that an officer made remarks that present including five homeless group ouitlined their proposal to fronm the encampment earlier this month. he felt were threatening when he representatives of Tent City, sev- MIT two weeks ago. IFI TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987 The Tech PAGE 17 MM ACtl v'ists mani ulated 1 orne1ess for owvn goals Opposed to the project - envis- cause, on the one hand, MIT (Continued from page 1) ioned as another Technology would have been liable if any of at "Tent City." The confusion led Square or Cambridge Center - the homeless living on that site to the escalation of tensions, knew this was their last chance to had come to harm. Reports con- which culminated in the ten ar- stop the development, and they flict, but it became apparent that rests that took place early Friday were willing to try desperate tac- there was frequent physical vio- morning. tics. lence involving the homeless at Each of these groups held dif- With a radical proposal to turn "Tent City." ferent world views and different the Blanche Street houses over to On the other hand, MIT must assumptions. Dialogue broke the homeless, they asked the City have realized that the removal of down when the views could not Council to take them by eminent the homeless would result in a be reconciled. The activists fo- domain. The City Council has Cambridge community and city cused on the fate of the Blanche consistently refused such requests government backlash. Street houses, while MIT officials in the past, and it is doubtful Why, then, did MIT choose ar- dismissed these houses as a mere that anyone ever thought this one rest as a solution? Why did it ig- footnote to the planned Universi- would be successful. But it served nore a City Council request to ty Park, including construction the purpose of escalating ten- negotiate with the homeless? of new housing. sions. The administration chose ar- To MIT, these houses were in- The activists knew how MIT rest because it did not believe consequential, but to the activists would respond eventually to the that, if told to get off the site, the and Simplex Steering (Committee, conflict. They had seen how MIT homeless would leave peacefully. they were an important symbol: responded when the Institute or- They may have been wrong; the the only part of the Simplex land dered its Campus Police to arrest Tent City people maintain they which will be converted from eight apartheid protesters on were trying to leave when the ar- residential to non-residential use, Kresge Oval early Friday morn- rests began. But the Institute tiley represented MIT's threat to ing, March 14, 1986. wanted to put an end to the situ- Cambridgeport neighborhoods. They knew that a confronta- ation - cleanly and quickly - After nearly 20 years of con- tion with MIT would probably and make sure that the demon- Mark D. Virtue/The Tech troversy, construction on Univer- lead to removal and stir up media strators would not reoccupy the After the rally in Lobby 7, protesters marched to the sity Park is finally beginning, interest, and so were looking to site. Blanche street site of "Tent City." awaiting offly the approval of a put MIT in a difficult situation. The administration chose not zoning ordinance. Local activists The situation was difficult, be- to negotiate with the homeless r ------` because it did not feel it had an Office of Career Services Room 12-170 obligation to address the protes- ters' grievances. It did not take MANAG1EMs0QENT CONSULTING AND FINANCIAL FIRMS the Tent City demands seriously. INTERVIEWING IN THE SPRING TERMS, 1988 So, -in the end, MIT placed a bet - what it thought was a sure Due to the increased student interest in interviewing bet. It bet that its actions would with- certain firms, the office of career services has not substantially sacrifice the designed special sign-up procedures for such companies already-strained relations with coming during the first three weeks of spring recruiting. the Cambridge City Council or derail its plans for the Simplex Requests for interviews will be honored on a first-come site. basis after 9 a.m. on the following days: The result of MIT's gamble Tuesday, December 1 for the week of Jansuary 25-29 will become apparent by next December 3 K for the week d February 2-5 month, when the City Council Thursday, votes on whether or not to accept Friday, December 11 for the week of February 8-12 will al- a rezoning proposal that PLEASE NOTE: This cspecial procedure is for a select low MIT to go ahead with its group of firms only. 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I C i \c" aBs PAGE 18 Thee Tech TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987 i ' ------Yrp-----L-- _ --ly- - k- lb h- ·- D BIC 6-b __ L -- I--- ·c --s UA opens store after two-week delay PHYSICS OR ENGINEERING RESEARCH TECHNICIAN (Continuedfrom page 1) knowledge of the incident be- executive board, it was precisely Experienced research technician with say it in The Tech though a degree in physics or , it's tween Rodriguez and the student the desire to open early in the se- engineering to manage and maintain x-ray Diffraction Laboratory. The just not my style," he said. board of directors. mester that kept the UA from position requires a responsible, organized individual with mechanical Rodriguez confronted Jaames An emergency meeting was considering vendors other than skills. Maintenance of X-ray optics and diffractioncameras requires A. Argeros, president of the held on Nov. 4 between Argeros the Coop. "It would have taken precision and attention to detail. Some knowledge of vacuum technology Coop, the weekend after his con- and the five MIT student mem- way too much work to find a ven- and electronics useful. The ability to perform light machining a plus. We frontation with Chu and re- bers of the board, according to dor which could offer a similar offer a stimulating research enviroment focused on determining the viewed the contract with hinn. "I Chu. At that meeting, the-partici- deal with better prices," Ifays structure of proteins, DNA-protein complexes and viruses. Send resume wanted to make sure the (Coop pants decided that the Coop said. to Professor Don C. Wiley or Professor Stephen C. Harrisom at Howard stayed in the deal," Rodriiguez should retain its role as the ven- Originally Rodriguez was Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory-of Structural Molecular Biology, at Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138. said. One of the conditions that dor, Chu said. quoted as saying that once the Argeros made was that MIT sign But Mark W. Phillips G, an- store lost $1000, it would be shut -- ~~ . ` . . the contract first, Rodriguez add- other student member of the down. Recently the UA council Translations into your native language ed. board, did not think "emergency decided the store would not shut wwourY are needed for industrial literature. You MIT took a lot of time in sign- meeting" was an appropriate down until $2000 would be lost, will be well paid to prepare these ing the contract, delaying the term for the meeting, as one Rodriguez said. "The UA felt foreign translations on an occasional basis. store's opening even Assignments are made according to more, R(odri- week's notice had been given. that $2000 was a more realistic fi- your area of technical knowledge. guez said. gure," he added. language We are currently seeking translatorsfor: "After Manuel confrontedI me Coop views store with caution It is very important that the ability • Arabic Chin"e e Danish Diutch that weekend, I called Artgeros The Coop Board has taken a store open this semester, Hays e Fars Fetnch · Geman * Greek up on Monday, OCt. 26, andItold much more cautious attitude to- said. She stressed that people is · 1taln 0 Japaese ·Korean him that the situation was; be- ward the UA store since the inci- have to realize this term that the · Noroan · Polish ·Portuguese coming ridiculous; somet :hing dent with Rodriguez, Kim said. store is there to provide a conve- valuable! e Rminian S pansa 0 Swedlish had to be done," Chu said.* Ar- She reported that the Coop does nience. and others. geros promised her that he w/ould not expect the store to be very "It's important that in the first Into-English translations from German discuss the issue with Miilton viable since it is starting late in few days of February, people and French. Many other languages also available. Brown, the chairman of the the semester. come here to buy their supplies. Foreign language Coop Board. But according to Katie H. Those will be the biggest sales typists also needed. AN this work can be done In your Argeros has denied having any Hays '90, a member of the UA days of the semester for us, " Ro- driguez said. home! According to Rodriguez, the Linguistic Systems, Inc. is New it'c~z&%&% M IT England's largest translation agency, Council c ,r iticies ml hours will be from II am to 4 located a block north of the Central Sq. (Continued from page 1!J as Kendall Square and the pm, Monday through Friday. The subway station. also resolved to explore nev,v op- planned commercial development store will only sell stationery and For application and test tions for housing former Tent of the Simplex site - has con- insignia. 'During our discussions City residents. tributed to a shortage of afrolra- with the Coop, they told- us these translation call Ms. The Council disagreed over ble housing in the area, Wolf were their top selling items and Linguistie Systems, inc. Heinemann MIT's responsibility for the said. their peak hours in the old Stu- 116 Bishop Allen Drive plight of these homeless. Councillor David E. Sullivan dent Center Coop," said UA Vice Cambridge, MA 02139 864-3900 William Walshh as- '74, noted that MIT is the President Alan B. Davidson '89. Councillor - I -"I .i serted that MIT should be treated second-largest landowner iin I- --- I I -- like any other private landowner Cambridge and takes advantagge in Cambridge and that the Insti- Of the benefits it enjoys as a nonn- tute bears no direct responsibility profit, tax-exempt institution. for the well-being of the home- The council also passed a res(O- less. "You can't put the burden lution ordering an investigatioDn on MIT. 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Z. w . . ~_ _ I ._ .. i ·- · zI --7p I__~_T~ U`I7·a~uw a,,, __1, I-!Cb· :iJ:5 :jr ""' P -a89saanI r- I_-- - : 1 r1 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987 The Tech PAGE 19 _ Gephardt dismisses recent unfavorable polls (Continuedfrom page 1) the rest of the campaigns do their tional amendment banning abor- WNEV-TV. Massachusetts Gov. own thing." tion, but shifted his position Michael S. Dukakis led the field Gephardt criticized President after declaring his bid for the with 37 percent of the New Reagan for not being in control Democratic nomination. He now Hampshire vote. Following Du- of his own government during opposes the constitutional kakis were: Sen. Paul Simon the Iran-contra deals. Reagan amendment and wants increased (IL), with 14 percent; Rev. Jesse gave subordinates like former family planning, sex education Jackson, 11 percent; Gephardt, 6 National Security Advisor John and maternal health programs. percent; former Arizona Gov. Poindexter and Lto Col. Oliver L. Gephardt said his "beliefs" had Bruce Babbitt, 3 percent; and North a "blank check," to imple- not changed, but the route to Sen. Albert Gore (TN), 3 per- ment policy, he said. Gephardt achieving his goals had. cent. vowed that, if elected, he will "After 14 years of fighting Twenty-six percent of the New make sure the Central Intelli- about this issue legally, I've come EHampshire Democrats were un- gence Agency and the. National to the conclusion that you've got decided or had no preference, ac- Security Council do not imple- to address the underlying prob- cording to the poll. The New ment foreign policy, and Ge- lems" and encourage people to Hampshire primary will take phardt promised to appoint sub- avoid unwanted pregnancies, place Feb. 16. ordinates who are accountable to Gephardt said. CGephardt disagreed with the him. The battle for a constitutional media's portrayal of him as amendment banning abortion has Changes stance on abortion "'cool, competent, opportunistic, prevented anti-abortion advo- pandering and pragmatic," and Gephardt has been criticized cates from dealing with the prob- incapable of arousing passion in for changing his stance on abor- lem of unwanted pregnancies, the hearts of American voters. tion when he joined the presiden- Gephardt noted. He added that Kyle G PeltonenlThe Tech he has given Gephardt claimed tial race in 1985. Prior to 1985, he opposes federal funding of presidential candidate Richard Gephardt speaks over the past several Democratic speeches Gephardt worked for a constitu- abortions through Medicaid. at the Kennedy School of Government on Friday. months that have aroused pas- sion and enthusiasm in the audi- ence. social policy Gephardt described himself as Candidates blast Reagan (Continuedfrom page 1) a man of action who has worked strong social justice backbone. for the particular vention, he was also the only can- and programs in employment, hard in Congress for issues he be- their applause "I don't have the biggest dem- they were backing, a didate booed when introduced. education and health. The feder- lieves in: tax reform, improving candidates onstration in New Hampshire," speech by Rev. Moreover, a single protester in- al government, he said, must try the health care system, increasing fiery, emotional Jackson said, alluding to shout- Jesse Jackson drew an ovation terrupted the convention for to maintain an even distribution international trade opportunities, ing matches that had taken place audience. Mean- about ten minutes when, strug- of wealth while keeping interest strengthening the Social Security from the entire shortly before the forum, involv- one man dis- gling with security guards, he de- rates from skyrocketing. system, fighting against aid to the while, a protest by ing groups supporting each can- briefly fol- nounced Dukakis without citing In view of the staggering high contras and against the Gramm- rupted the convention didate. But he said he had been Rudman Act. Gephardt has also lowing a speech by Gov. Michael a reason. school drop-out rates of minor- In speaking of balancing the ities in large cities, Simon said at other - perhaps more impor- voted against school busing, gun S. Dukakis. tant - demonstrations: in Ala- Gov. Bruce nation's budget, only Babbitt that the nation must rework its control and government-spon- Former Arizona bama to make the vote possible sored abortion. Babbitt, Rep. Richard A. Gep- said the federal government education system. would have to raise taxes to re- For him, nuclear arms control for all people, in Washington, In May, Gephardt was a front- hardt (D-MO), Sen. Albert Gore DC, with Martin Luther King, runner in Iowa, according to a Jr. (D-TN), and Sen. Paul Simon duce the budget deficit. between the United States and pressing Jr., at farm foreclosures, at Des Aloines Register poll, but last (DI4L) also spoke at the forum, "Congress walked up to the the Soviet Union is the then "If I'm wrong about this schools where teachers were laid I week, he ranked number three in "Moral leadership cannot lick most important issue. and issue. turned around and hid," said issue," he said, '"then I'm wrong off, and at toxic waste dumps. the same poll. "You can't believe its finger, feel the chill of the Jackson said, Babbitt, who focused most of his period. We need to defend free- The president, every poll you read," Gephardt wind and then head in a different has to set the moral tone for the responded. "I think we're doing direction," said Jackson - who speech on the budget issue. "The dom, but we have to seize and move nation. He or she must set priori- very well in Iowa . . . every cam- currently leads the polls among United States is now at the ele- create opportunities to arms race." When ties in solving the problems this paign has its ebb and flow," he Democratic candidates. He said venth hour. The deficit threatens away from the people look back at our actions nation faces and appoint people added. that of all the candidates, he had to destroy our economic future in history, Simon said with integrity to tackle these Gephardt argued that the lack stood alone in protests against and remove America from world at this time leadership - as well as erasing he hopes we will be viewed as problems. The Reagan adminis- of public enthusiasm for any contra aid and apartheid, and to do the gains of the New Deal, the "people of uncommon 'vision, tration, he said, has failed Democratic candidate is due, in protests for gay rights and more this, instead selling the nation a funding for Acquired Immune Great Society and the New Fron- passion and courage." part, to a desire for a "perfect" Simon - who portrays his set of false premises: that the Deficiency Syndrome research. tier." candidate. "We want someone campaign as down-to-earth, lack- United States is militarily weak He said that he plans to visit Babbitt accused his fellow can- supernatural ... whoever gets "glitz" - said he wanted to and that it cannot afford eco- the Persian Gulf next week to as- didates of remaining silent on ing into the race will be another hu- install a government that actually nomic justice. sure American troops there that specifics in tackling the budget man being and disappoint us to cares about the people. Gephardt Painting the Reagan presidency "we are for them - we care for deficit. "By our silence, we be- some extent." echoed these sentiments. He said as irresponsible in many of its de- them - even if we are against come complicit," he said. "Stop But further into the primary, that the current administration cisions, Gore complained of a Reagan's policies." this silence. We must raise taxes that has "people are going to see there are has based its values on "get yours "vacuum of leadership Dukakis said that as president and cut expenditures, because down." When the good candidates out there," Ge- of the fittest," on let this country he would make tough budget there is no other way [to balance now," "survival phardt predicted. He compared selfishness and greed. He asked stock market crashed last Octo- choices and create "genuine eco- the budget]." ber, Reagan failed to outline a vi- the 1988 primary to the 1976 Both he and Jackson said that Americans to stand up for values Democratic primary, "when no nomic opportunity" by offering sion, inspire confidence and pro- the Democrats who voted for the that provide a "fuller measure of who was in the good jobs and good wages. vide political leadership. one really knew Gramm-Rudman-Hollings bal- liberty," including equal rights a "I know how to make those In the Iran-contra affair, the field," and when Jimmy Carter, ago for women and minorities and choices," he said, "because I've anced-budget bill two years administration sold relativley unknown candidate, support for the poor. Reagan made those choices." made a big mistake. The bill, Kho- became the popular front runner. Gephardt was the only candi- weapons to the Ayatollah Speaking on the troubled Sea- they said, was based on an "illu- linked to Asked about the possibility of date to speak on protectionism in meini - who has been brook nuclear power plant, he sion of equality." Babbitt said murders of the Ma- New York Governor Mario foreign trade policy. He said the the terrorist promised he would "do every- that the federal government - Beirut, according to Cuomo joining the race at the nation must '6stand up for rines in thing [he] can to prevent the setting priorities to balance the then last minute if no candidate seems American jobs. We must reflag Gore. The administration opening of the plant." budget - should not treat the "il- to galvanize the party, Gephardt American jobs rather than Ku- funneled funds to support an Throughout his speech, Duka- homeless and sick children on Nicaragua, he said. said he was "not nervous" about waiti oil tankers." legal war" in kis presented himself as a policy- equal terms with the Strategic han- the possible competition. "I de- Jackson's current campaign- Moreover, the president's maker of experience who has Defense Initiative and presiden- cided a long, long time ago that I concentrating on issues involving dling of SDI and the nation's made many decisions similar to tial libraries. budget, Gore said, showed that wasn't going to worry about who that policy- economic inequity rather than on those a president would have to But Simon said Reagan does not understand was in or out of the race. I have makers could stand behind both the racial issues he had empha- in make. But while he had the ma- what can work and what cannot. to run my race . . . say what's a balanced-budget amendment sized in 1984- still maintained a my heart and mind . .. and let jority of supporters at the con- The Corporate Finance Department of Salomon Brothers Inc Will Be Interviewing Seniors For the Position of FINANCIAL ANALYST in the FINANCIAL STRATEGY GROUP on December 14, 1987 Interested Candidates Should Forward Their Resumes by December 4, 1987 to: Miss Louise K. D'Alo Salomon Brothers Inc Two New York Plaza - 14th Floor New York, New York 10004 (No Telephone Calls Please) -- I Salomon Brothers inc 140 RIVER STREET - CAMBRIDGE 547-2455 Market Makers and MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 10:00-6:00 Investment Bankers , ~~11- 1~~~11-'MIIMTIIII-111~~~~~~~11V-~~,%,T.113s~~LLluF~·Lel7~Jy.U ~ m ? r Z:L : tz :t :- r`Ess;'l^u Z - h 5; r. ; MM PAGE 20 The Tech TUESD)AY, NOVEMBER 24, 1987 ~e~·~as~aa~8m11a1i1 ~ 0s1nr I 1pcs r - - - -- 'II I I -u,., mw's -6,flatI,- , , I fl. ,10 ; bgP, d, li v L !q jL, I Ave Hock-ey tean ooses opener By Peter Dunn Skidmore's lead had quickly been by usually surehanded Rick Rus- atqrue The MIT men's hockey team reduced to a single goal. sell G. A long pass from the played its home opener last Sat- The play having now- slowed Skidmore blue line should have urday against the Skidmore Col- down more to MIT's pace, tem- easily been intercepted by Rus- lege Thoroughbreds, losing the pers began to flare as the game sell, but he missed the puck and values closely fought battle before a became more physical. On sever- the Thoroughbred forward sizeable opening day crowd. al occasions the referees had to scored on the ensuing breakaway, Skidmore, whom the Engineers separate opposing players who This final goal ended the game at Simply means hail and had beaten last February by a insisted on tussling with each 5-3. score of 5-3, returned the favor other. This in turn detracted save at CafFe Capucino's by beating MIT by the same mar- from the game as the referees, The Engineers put up a strong gin. now quick to stop play in antici- fight against a faster team which in Brookline. The early minutes of play saw pation of possible fights, blew the has had more time skating to- the puck moving quickly up and whistles too early in instances gether, and the 5-3 loss was no down the ice, but with few shots when the play was clearly not terrible disappointment for the I also got a delicious lesson in what ighter on goal since neither team could dead. This took away many scor- opening day crowd. The Engi- Italian cooking tastes like. Wiha 1 sorts of Pizza finish its plays. The Engineers ing opportunities from both neers have yet to gain full consis- lb)tes, pasta salads and homemade specialties. Be sure were checking harder than Skid- teams. tency and confidence, but with to leave room for desserts like European style cakes and more but the faster Tho- - Skimore finally put the game more ice time it is clear they are pastries, that were made for Caffe Capucino's special roughbreds skated the puck out to rest with just over five minutes bound to have just as successful a coffees, including cappucino, naturally. It's also a great of their zone more quickly. It left to play on a defensive gaffe season as last year. seenied a classic I place for Sunday Brunch and fast take-out service. confrontation of Caffe CapucinosS, thafs power versus speed. r how you say value in Italian. i Unfortunately it was Skidmore Serving 11:30 to Midnight. that drew first blood at the 3:20 , I mark as a short pass from behind I -·- - --- ------ -C·- --- IC--·neL q --- ·-·- C ·_--qlI YI g e -Il qa I - -· -·- -C -- ·I the MIT net was tipped in. Later, Reservations and Myjor Credit Cards Accepted A halfway through the 6.-A i I ~~~~~. p 60 period, the 4 Engineers seemed to lose all com- posure as Skidmore controlled A* I dg a northern taltan ristorante the play deep within the MIT Brookline 1370 Beacon St. 7314848 Newton 1114 Beacon St. 527-2440 zone, but the MIT team managed Marblehead 40 Atlantic Ave. 639-2442 to weather the storm without -iv- I i L -· --I - -- -- ing up a score. -- -- I The lack of time the MIT team has had to practice together (the MIT rink has only been open a week) became apparent as the Kyle G. Peltonen/The Tech Engineers' defense faltered on An MIT player spars with an opponent from Skidmore Col- Skidmore's second and third lege in Saturday's game. The Engineers lost, 5-3. The last thing goals. ir. both cases the defense allowed the opponents clear shots R fle tea m sets new fromn the slot, failing to pick up you want X G E: the proper men. F- With 4:22 left in the first peri- RllUT record ,for air rifle i od, Skidmore scored its second Bly Gail Benson time, scoring 1111 (of 1200 possi- experimant wein i The rifle team set a new MlT goal as a forward picked up the ble) and 1 12, respectively. Op- puck from the blue line, glided -air rifle record Saturday at St. sasnick and Bendix fired 11 16 unchecked to the top of the slot, John's University. Eugene Opsas- and 1098 for a total team score and deflected in a shot off the nick '88, Anna TrujilIo '88, Terry of 4437. is yowls careers Wong '88 and Chandra outstretched pad of goaltender Bendix Two new shooters, Fleur Goo- Peter Gasparini '88. '90 combined to shoot a 1496, Skidmore's den '90 and Jack Schuer '91, third goal, at 13:10 breaking tihe previous record of of the second fired new highs. Schuer fired a period, 1493 set in 1984. t resulted from a deflection 977 in his first collegiate Each of match, Sync. off the the four took 40 shots. right post which was easi- while Gooden's score jumped ly poked in as a Thoroughbred The maximum score possible was W'e're a top medical diagnostics company that develops, over 50 points from her last com- skater glided 1600, 10 points per shot. manufactures, unguarded to the Despite petition to a 1050. and markets a broad range of innovative tests left of the goal crease. high scores, MIT lost to St. On the same day the MIT sec- that can diagnose infectious diseases or detect clinically But if the MIT John's 1542^1496 in air and 4560- defense seemed ond team shot at home against significant substances. Syva's facilities are considered among a bit unsure of its footing, 4437 in smallbore. St. John's usul- the the Canadian Royal Military Col- the finest in the country with sophisticated lab equipment to power-play and penalty ally vies for first place with West killing lege. The team of Andrew Wright handle the more routine scientific tasks. squads made up the difference Point in the Mid-Atlanltic Confer- G, Eugene Lu '90, Sei Young with no indecision whatsoever. ence,, in which MIT competes. You'll Sohn '91 and Gail Benson '90 be free to do what every scientist does best - question, Over the first two periods MIT now has a 7-2 record in the the En- lost, 2038-2015. Sohn shot well, investigate and discover. You'll have many opportunities to gineers converted four power- conference. breaking 500. advance your career and develop as a scientist. And you can play opportunities into two goals MIT also had a strong perfor- (Editor's Note: Gail Benson positively determine the degree of your success; a career with - an incredible 50 percent rate mance in smallbore rifle. Wong '90 is a member of the MIT rijfe results. - while allowinlg Skidmore and Trujillo both broke the pres- no team.) I goals while short-handed. tigious I1100 mark for the first Currently, we have openings for graduates at the PhD level i, MIT's first goal came on a- as well as post-doctoral positions in Molecular Biology, iI power play at 14:28 of the first Biochemistry, Chemistry and Immunology. period when Alec Jessiman '88 Information Session on I took a short pass behind the Learn more about Syva. Come to our T Skidmore net and slipped the I -" -- - -- - 1-i k puck around the post for the m Information Session IEi~ score. Likewise, Jessiman scored Wednesday, December I2 MIT's second goal on a power- Harvard University play when Jeff Bates '90 blasted a 5:00 pm. - 7:00 pm. rocket from the left point, the Graduate School of Design Chemistry Building puck dropped at the crease, and Norris Room #18-490 mi Jessinian lifted a backhand into z the upper right of the net. Campus Interviews MIT's scoring opportunities in- Thursday, December 3 creased in the latter part of the Tuesday, December I 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 pm. second period on several good 1:00 pm shots from the blue line, but the Room 12- 170 Chemistry Building Engineers could not convert on Massachusetts Institute of Technology #18-592 these. At the other end of the 11 _I _ rink, Gasparini kept the Engi- Syva offers an attractive benefits package,-ir ncluding a neers in the game with excellent generous relocation program. To sign up foi)rCampus Inter- goaltending, but could nost pre- views, please contact Anne Lees in the Cheimistry Depart- vent Skidmore's fluke fourth goal ment. If you are unable to meetwith us on ccampus, please as the puck, after deflecting off Masters and Doctoral degree programs in send your resume to: Syva, College Relation several players in front of the net, ns-MIT P.O. I Box 10058, Palo Alto, CA 94303. An equal opportunity dribbled across the goal line. Architecture This ieft the score at 4-2 with a employer, m/f/h. Landscape Architecture period left to play. If evening the margin seemed Urban Planning and Design out of reach as the third period I I began, that thought was quickly dispelled by John Santoro '89. la' Just II seconds into the period, Syntax Santoro Compary drove up the right wing AMjseo and ricochetted a shot off the left All Majors Welcorme post from an impossible angle. - . . .- .- _ - -- o I--I .--i