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Inst.0 professor By Joanna Stone Deutch would not say for cer- John M. Deutch '61, former tain if he had declined Harvard's MIT provost, has been named In- offer. "My belief is that I will be stitute professor. The announce- a scholar at MIT for some time," ment came from President he said. Deutch remarked that Charles M. Vest, Provost Mark things may change in the future S. Wrighton and Faculty Chair and that he could not comment Henry D. Jacoby. on the tenure offer at Harvard. "I'm enormously pleased and However, he said that now, as honored," Deutch said in an in- Institute professor, he is "happily terview yesterday. "This is the doing what I've said I've wanted third best thing that's happened to do all along: teach and do re- to me at MIT," he added, ex- search in chemistry and public plaining that the first was being policy." admitted as a student to MIT and Albert Gold, associate dean of the second was being hired as a the Division of Applied Sciences professor. at Harvard, said he was not The title of Institute professor aware whether Deutch had made Vipul Bhushan/The Tech is bestowed on a faculty member a decision concerning the tenured Miles Arnone '91 deflects one of many scoring attempts by Tufts during last night's to acknowledge outstanding lead- position within his department. game. The Beavers lost, 6-3. Their loss to Tufts was their first at home. ership, accomplishment, and ser- He did say he would be disap- , . . , · ,. -· r ,, "8 I .. I , vice in the scholarly, educational pointed if Deutch decided not to and general intellectual life of the take Harvard's offer. Institute or wider academic com- "I have been very impressed, Report raises concerns munity. Deutch's appointment along with the rest of the faculty, brings the current total of Insti- by his credentials. [If he does de- Some question implications for free speech tute professors to nine, in addi- cline the professorship] I would tionn to Edwin H. Land, a visiting By Andrea Lamberti sections: policy, education and concerns about the harassment feel a loss of a potentially very Institute professor. valuable colleague," Gold said. Discussion of the The Report prevention, and procedures," the report in a letter to Faculty Chair report states. Henry D. Jacoby, said the re- Deutch's appointment comes at Before serving as MlIT provost, of the MIT Committee on Sexual a time when his decision of Parts of the community have port's treatment of free speech Deutch held the position of dean Harassment, released in October, whether or not to accept Har- of the School of Science from already responded to the report and due process for those ac- has included both praise for the vard's offer of a tenured position by implementing workshops and cused of sexual harassment 1982 to 1985, and was head of committee for addressing the is- in its Division of Applied Sci- sue and- concern about the re- discussions. And in mid-October, "proved worrisome." the Department of Chemistry in ences remains uncertain. Jacoby 1976 and 1977. port's treatment of freedom of former Provost John M. Deutch The revised policy includes a said Deutch's selection as Insti- From October 1977 to March speech and due process. '61, who convened the committee definition of harassment. "Ha- ii and charged it with strengthening rassment is any conduct, verbal tute professor was by no means 1980, Deutch took a leave from Most agree harassment has be- an attempt on MIIT's part to keep w come an increasingly important the former policy on sexual ha- or physical, on or off- campus, MIT to work at the US Depart- I rassmhent in November 1989, sug- which has the intentor effect of Deutch from going to Harvard. ment of Energy, first as director issue with the fisin'g _pierent "The nomination process be- of women on campus and the gested that several of the re- unreasonably interfering with an of the Office of Energy Research view that the nlumber and severity port's recommendations be made individual's or group's education- gan last March. . . . At that time from 1977 to 1979, as acting of incidents of harassment have permanent. al or work performance at MIT the possibility [of Deutch's ap- assistant secretary for energy pointment to the Harvard facul- technology from January to June increased. However, several mem- He recommended that the poli- or which creates an intimidating, tyl was not known, or rather I 1979, and then as undersecretary bers of the community have cy go into the formal Policies hostile or offensive educational, don't believe it was known by in the Department of Energy raised questions about what they and Proceduresbook, that statis- work or living environment," the view as the harassment commit- tics be kept, that Keyser compile report states. anyone," Jacoby said. from August to March 1980. Jacoby interprets Deutch's ac- He served as a member of the tee's disregard for freedom of a formal list of mediators, and It also states that, in punishing for those that-the new definition of sexual someone for sexual harassment, ceptance of the Institute profes- President's Nuclear Safety Over- speech and due process sorship as a decision to stay at accused of sexual harassment. harassment be incorporated into that sanctions may be applied sight Committee from 1980 to MIT. "I assumed it meant that he 1981 and the President's Com- The report includes a revised the basic rules and regulations 01up to and including termination has said no to other opportuni- mission on Strategic Forces from Institute policy on harassment, for approved MIT living groups. of employment or student which the Faculty Policy Com- He also requested that discus- status." ties." However, he added, "I 1983 to 1984. This past August, don't know what he'll do in the mittee and the Academic Council sions be initiated on campus, and Based on the definition, President George Bush appointed future." (Please turn to page 2 have already passed, according that the procedures for education Thomson said in the letter that to Asssociate Provost Samuel J. and prevention of harassment be an intent to offend is not re- Keyser, chair of the committee. disseminated throughout campus. quired to convict someone of ha- rassment. "it is enough to trigger The remainder of the eight- Some feel policy may consists of recom- the possibility of the imposition page report constrain free speech mendations for decreasing, if not of sanctions that an instance of eliminating, sexual harassment at At the faculty meeting Nov. 28, speech have the 'effect of unrea- MIT. 'The committee recommen- Professor of Philosophy Judith sonable interfering' with some- dations fall into three major J. Thomson, who first expressed one's performance at MIT, or that it 'creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive ... envi- Environment laws ronment.' " And based on the definition of sexual harassment for MIT- limit parking spaces approved living groups, part of By Joanna Stone "We were hoping to get a total which reads, "Sexual harassment Recent regulations may further exemption for employee parking includes but is not limited to ... increase the already great short- lots," said Sarah J. Eusden, as- sexist remarks, slogans and age of parking spaces at MIT. sistant for government and com- behavior that demean persons "The biggest problem is that munity relations in the presi- based on their gender or sexual people feel they have to commute dent's office. Instead, the cur- preference...." Thomson said because there isn't adequate pub- rent ordinance exempts operating any remark that might be con- lic transportation," said Lydia S. employee parking and gives "spe- strued as sexist, "whatever its Snover, senior planning officer cial consideration' to future em- intention, and whatever the con- for Institute research. text,... therefore opens the Tech file photo ployee parking. John M. Deutch '61 And while the number of com- (Please turn to page 11) (Please turn to page 2) muters is on the rise, the number of available spaces may be fro- zen. Currently, there are a total Gould pronnotes the entity theory of evolution of about 5000 spaces to serve the By Brian Rosenberg reached capacity. Room 26-100 The first class, which he called Tendency theories, Gould said, MIT community of over 16,000. Why are people here? This was eventually filled as well. tendency theories, are being re- were supported by an incorrect And the 1974 Environmental one of the questions addressed by Gould began by characterizing placed by entity theories, he said. view of what he called "evolu- Protection Agency Clean Air Act Stephen Jay Gould, professor of the origin of humanity as "the re- He explained that tendency tionary topology." Evolution restricts the Institute to provid- paleontology at Harvard Univer- sult of a series of highly contin- theories view the development of tends to be portrayed as ladders ing parking to only one-in-three sity, at a Tuesday-afternoon lec- gent events that would not hap- human consciousness as the re- rather than bushes, he said. "All commuters. ture on human evolution. pen again if we could rewind the sult of "a predictable tendency, textbook illustrations of evolu- And this past Monday, Cam- The lecture, sponsored by the tape" of human evolution. that natural selection favors tionary sequences are ladders," bridge City Council passed an Technology and Culture Seminar Gould spoke on two competing something like humans." Entity he said. Gould used the example ordinance forcing the city to at MIT, was originally scheduled classes of theories about human theories, on the other hand, re- of the evolution of the horse, comply with the Clean Air Act. to be in 9-150. However, 15 min- evolution and human nature in gard species of animals as entities describing how the illustrations However, in a compromise, the utes before the lecture was about his lecture, titled "The Natural that emerge through evolution, show the ancestor of the horse ordinance exempts existing em- to begin, it was moved to 26-100, History of Human Evolution: usually as the result of "quirky becoming larger, merging its toes, ployee parking lots. after the original room had Implications for Human Nature." contingencies of history." (Please turn to page 11) I I dlFPAGE 2 The Tech FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1990 I _,_II L =-- I - I , _ -J I -: . l 11 Want to earn Report raises concerns Harvard Epworth some extra (Continuedfrom page 1) they say for fear of punishment, United Methodist money -during speaker to a charge of harass- A need for community even if they don't intend discussion seen Church ment and to the possible imposi- anything." 1AP? tion of sanctions." "What is a problem," Both Keyser and Strehle said 1555 Massachusetts Ave. Thomson noted that "There Dershowitz added, "is people the MIT community would be opposite Cambridge are First Amendment objections don't know what is and what the force behind the free speech Common We are looking for MIT students to telephone that would obviously be in order isn't harassment. [The commit- issue, forcing more discussion to Sunday Worship: 9 and. 11lam if MIT were a public university." tee's3 solution is to include every- take place. 'I think that the re-. -nonwdonor alu n-i/ae for, The language of the committee's thing that could-possibly be con- port` isgoing to'engender an aw- Undergrad Forum: 5:30 PM. dcontion-s to the definition of harassment, she strued as sexual harassment and ful lot of discussion; but I also added in the letter, is similar to go well beyond that, including think that that's a pretty good MITA-lu""mni/ Fund. - $7Vhour to some of the language in the things that are clearly not sexual thing," Keyser said. "[The} com- Mid-Year Grads University harassment." munity really needs of Michigan's anti- to be sensi- Get A Job - In evening and weekend discrimination policy which a In response to the concerns tized to what it is that's hurtful Silicon Valleyl hours United States district court de- raised for protecting free speech, to other members." \_ B Job Hunt on clared unconstitutional. Keyser questioned the need for Above all, Keyser felt that the UsYour PCI' Jane 7- 25. However, Maya F. Paczuski G. members of the community to "community needs to stop ha- 'The Silicon Valley Profilerl - a a member of the committee and a exercise their right to call some- rassing," and that everyone in the HI-Tech Employment DataBase Interested? one a name, o Over 1600 Company Profiles. member of the 1989 Ad Hoc for example, "even cdmmunity needs to know what • Prints Cover Letters/labels. Fill out an application Committee on Sexual Harass- if they have the right under free- constitutes harassment and what o Runs on IBM XT/ATs. in Room 10-140 or ment, said the University of dom of speech." they can do if they encounter it. Order by Mail today from: Michigan policy was much more Keyser said it is possible that -Manish Bapna '91, president InfoDiscs $ 39.95 i contact Gail Johnson at restrictive than MIT's. parts of the report in question of the Undergraduate Associa- 3s97 Bryant/# 429 + S -71 CA Tax 25338184. Pal Alto, Cyk .9306 Updates Grty. Paczuski also said that the de- may be reworded in response to tion, also felt the commrunity 4I5-93-2212 Specify: 5 1/4' bate of constraining free would address the issue of free 80675-2212 or 3 1/2 Fomnta speech concerns such as these. "'[The i.a JII- jI too often becomes an abstract ar- Faculty Policy Committee] is go- speech. "I think right now the ·· i 8;: : :st:; · ; ;: : :;:::: : : : : : : ·-· :. t··:····-·-·-c· -··-··-·-·:··:· ·:·:··-·-s·tti : :::·-·1--·-:···1·I·I· .,zz.c. .... gument, and any discussion of ing to take that up, " he said. campus is still quite sensitive, :· ·: :St- ·;·.·zzzz :: Z ·:s· :. : :::·r: :53I 51 ·-· .tM ··-·- ·;ff:P · 5'·5 :5 ··-·- 5· · free speech in connection with However, Andrew P. Strehle and the issue of free speech is .... Xs· 2 - ·z t :5 st: discrimination or harassment '9 1, a member of FPC, said the going to come up." ...... ,551. : : : 1 f l S.!.,.,., ;·;·;rz ·;·; ;·.r;..rs·;-P;·;· ;:· · ·t j:: :5·: : XZt Thomson and must take into account concrete discussion of these issues is not Professor of Amsterdam $179 Jamaica $99 Port an Prince $149 examples and the damage inflict- on the agenda for this month, Philosophy James T. Higgin- Atlanta 119 London 169 Rome 279 ed on the receivers of harass- and the agenda for next semester botham also expressed concern Barbados 119 Ios Angeles 169 Kflan 2B79 ment. "[IIt is a] real phenomenon has not yet been set. He felt that about the way in which the report Berlin 249 Madrid 259 San Juan 109 that affects real people in an those concerned about the re- was approved and acted upon'be- 199 Miami, 69 St Thomas 149 adverse way," she said. port's language should speak fore it was presented to the com- Geneva 249 Munich 259 Tolkyo 269 Adam Dershowitz G. a campus with Keyser, because the FPC is munity and to the faculty. "Ev- Zurich 249 Mezico 159 Tdnidad 149 free-speech advocate, felt that usually the "last stop" for reports erything was prepared, advanced Hawaii 269 Paris 199 Sydney~ 499, people will respond to the new before they go to the floor of the and approved before ever having Each way frm Boston - Scheduled Airlines *Taxes Additional -Certain Restrictions apply I --- -- definitions byr limiting their faculty. been brought for comments to RI - - speech in fear of repercussions, Strehle also said that FPC dis- the faculty," Higginbothama said. even if what they want to say cussions of the report in Novem- "I think the report could, have WAlrYoO 0 TIRAVEL 1601 BiuehiU Ave, #4,?adttap MA 02126 - 1220 Broadway, 310 New York NY 10001 couldn't be called sexual harass- ber focused mainly on the pro- been better if it had gone through sot ment. "The definitions are so cess surrounding an incident of wider discussion beforehand. (6;17) 298-8646 ° (212) 947-l242 · , I~~~P-- IL __~~~ broad that anything will be con- harassment, and did not directly - I- -I C -- I- -- I -- · I = strued as harassment," he said. address free speech in connection "People, wuill worry -about what. with, the. report. 410LL( * :~.4 · " 0~r" 'a' Deutch appointed IA r. Institute-professor Deck the Hals with T O S H IB (Continuedfrom page 1) total number of Institute profes- All BATTERY.POWEREd LAPTOpS NOW IN STOCK...EATU'iS4+' sors or lead to an inequitable dis- T128.XE I Deutch to a two-year term on the tribution of Institute professors President's Foreign Intelligence within the different segments of T1200XE 1 1979 11 1 ''- Advisory Board. MIT. In addition, he currently serves If they decide to continue, the * 12Mbz 8OC286 PROCESSOR * BlUE/NomWhltrE SiddlT LED SCRtEEN as a member of the Defense Poli- chair, jointly with the president, * 20MB HAwd Disk 0 AuBrrsoesumi cy Board, the Science Advisory then appoints an ad hoc faculty 0 1MR RAM,, EXpA"dAble To 5MW ° BUliITlN 1.44MIB 3.5" FDD Board of the National Security committee, including members 0 8.1 lbs, 2" rhick Agency, and the Defense Science from within as well as outside Board. M IT. The process between nominat- This year's committee was ing and naming Deutch Institute headed by Institute Professor LOWEST -PRICES EVER professor took about eight John D. C. Little '48 of the MIT months. "We followed the proce- Sloan School of Management, WITH dures as outlined in the Policies and included Professor of Chemi- EDUCATIONAL DISCOUNTSI and Procedures book," Jacoby cal Engineering Daniel I. C. oj. said. Wang '59, Professor of Chemis- Coll *babt youn tOdoyl The procedures are as follows: try George H. BMchi, Stanford DSR2, Inc 1-800-326-0057 Nominations for Institute profes- Business School Dean Michael sor are made by members of the Spence, and Harold Brown of the L - - I - - S S i -s i faculty representing different Foreign Policy Institute at Johns departments, preferably different Hopkins University. schools at MIT. The committee presents its rec- On receipt of a nomination, ommendations to the president, the chair of the faculty consults who brings the recommendations with the president, provost and to the Academic Council for re- dean of the nominee's school to view and advice and then submits determine whether the nominee's the appointment to the Executive qualifications justify proceeding Committee of the Corporation further. for formal approval. CHANUKAH SALE If so, the chair then consults Deutch remarked of his recent with the Academic Council and appointment: "It makes me feel determines whether the appoint- my colleagues value me; that's LOBBY 10 ment would unduly increase the very important to me." lI- r, - - l MONDAY & TUESDAY
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I Trade talks- may:!grindlto a halt Inernational trade" talks in-Belgim may be near to breaking down, and a cooling-off period may be neces- sary. The United States and its trade allies are deadlocked with European nations over farm issues, specifically how Baseball players to receive Hussein announces much the 12-member European Community is willing to $280 million in collusion settlement reduce subsidies to farmers. hostages will be freed' The executive committee of the Major League Players' The Europeans have offered a 30-percent cut over 10 Association has approved a $280 million settlement with years, starting retroactively in 1986. The United States the club owners as compensation for teams not signing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein announced yesterday wants cuts of 75 to 90 percent over the next decade. Pro- free agents. that all foreign 'guests" held in his country would be ponents of the cut say the subsidies distort world farm The 26 major league teams, which had been found freed. Iraq's ambassador to the United States said he ex- trade. guilty of collusion for three seasons by an independent At stake in the talks are increased access to world mar- pects the hostages to begin leaving in a matter of days, arbitrator, voted for the settlement yesterday. Besides the and added that he hoped they would all be home by kets for poor countries and those with developing democ- payoff, 15 players will become "new-look" free agents in Christmas. racies, protection against copyright theft, and the exten- three or four days as part of the deal. Saddam explained his surprise move by saying that he sion of fair trade rules. The $280 million payoff amounts to $10.7 million per no longer needed the hostages to serve as human shields US trade negotiators said an agreement could double team. The full amount is due on Jan. 2 of next year. It because his forces are now fully deployed for possible world trade by the end of the decade. Trade now totals will be the largest payment in sports history from man- year. confrontation with multinational forces in the Persian $3.8 trillion a agement to players. The union must then determine how Gulf. According to the Pentagon, Baghdad has added Kahane followers riot in Jerusalem to divide the money up among the affected players. 30,000 troops and 200 tanks to its fortified positions in Among the players who will fall under the "new-look" Kuwait and southern Iraq. Iraq now has more than Police in Jerusalem have detained about 25 supporters free agency heading are: Gary Gaetti, Brett Butler, Jack 480,000 soldiers in the region. of slain extremist Rabbi Meir Kahane following a riot in Clark, Jack Morris, Mike Witt, Dave Henderson, Mike President George Bush has welcomed the announce- which hundreds of Kahane supporters clashed with police. LaCoss, Dave Smith and Chili Davis. ment, although he said Saddam should not have taken the -Some of them hurled flaming torches at police. The anti- hostages in the first place. Bush maintained that US pol- Arab group had been holding a memorial service for icy has not changed -the United States still wants Iraq Kahane, who was killed last month in New York City. An to pull out of Kuwait. Arab -gunman is charged with the killing.
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I will give us fair and marginally cooler weather 1991 budget deficit today. Weld will axe Mass. budget From then on, it will be a cold and damp estimated to be $300 billion weekend. A low-pressure system will develop off A congressional study said the weak economy and the Governor-elect William' F. Weld said he will send a the South Carolina coast tonight; Expect rain along huge cost of bailing out the savings and loan industry will package of proposed budget cuts to thelegislature shortly the coast on Saturday, and snow and rain inland. push the federal deficit over $300 billion. But the report after he takes office. Weld told a meeting of the Massa- Clearing afterward will largely depend on how far said the-recently enacted deficit-cutting law, coupled with off shore the next storm will be; at present it. looks 'I, chusetts Newspaper Publishers Association that without improved economic "'news, will shrink the shortfall by the cuts, the state will end the year in the red again. He like only the Eastern Seaboard will see another asnqwtqy.,4andraig tQo Subduea ,, in i ai ; ^ 1993. declined to, say how Hu40he would cut or what state ser- .. -,- . . .- . vices would go, but he did say that economic development i I-I will be his major priority. Friday afternoon: Mostly sunny with northwesterly. Co-defendsant says Noriga; is-guilty I In a separate speech, House Ways and Means Commit- winds around 10 mph (16 kph) gradually shifting I'l A top6do-deendaiht~ih I a4nuel' Nofiega's drug case tee Chairman Richard Voke said Weld cannot balance the to the northeast and east late in the day. High called him guilty. Luis del Cid pleaded guilty yesterday to ,t- and cut taxes at the same time. temperature around 40'F (4°C). giving drug payoffs to the former Panamanian dictator. budget Friday night: Increasing cloudiness, lows in the high He claimed he was following the orders of a superior offi- 30s (3-4°C). Some light rain may begin before cer. Del Cid's plea arrangement could let him go free in as dawn. little as two years. He originally faced up to 70 years in New gas tax offsets price drops Saturday: Some wet snow early will change to rain prison. along the coast as temperatures slowly rise to a A state survey said a drop in wholesale gasoline prices high of around 391F (4WC). Light winds from the New AIDS drug tested over the past month dampened the impact of a new five- northeast. cent federal tax. It said that the average full-serve price Saturday night: The rain will end, and the winds successfully in vitro will shift to the north and northeast. Lows in the A drug firm said yesterday a new anti-viral compound for a gallon of unleaded gasoline rose two cents a gallon to $1.55. The average self-serve gallon of unleaded is low 30s (-1-0°C). kept the AIDS virus from reproducing in lab experiments Sunday: Remaining cloudy along the coast with without the toxic effects of drugs now in use. In a $1.47, up three cents. The federal tax went into effect Dec. 1. Commissioner Paul Grumer said the oil market is some light precipitation possible. Highs in the report to appear -in the journal Science, a pharmaceuti- mid 30s (1-3 C). Winds northerly, drifting cal company, Buehringer Ingelheim, said the compound beginning to respond to ordinary supply and demand. Grumer said there is plenty of oil- available. He said toward northeast. (B1-RG-587) works by blocking a key enzyme. The com- Forecast by Marek Zebrowski pany said it will go into clinical trials next year. Bay State motorists should see lower prices for gasoline in the next few weeks. Grumer added that if prices do not come down, consumers should demand an explanation. 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Minor political intrigue may not always be big general welfare. Hoeveler acted caimding to protect news, but it should at least be allowed, to be. The" Ndriega's-right to, a fair itral, and 'the attorney gen- pledge that the United States government would be eral during'tbe Pentagon Paper qcase sought o'ffi accountable to, controlled by, and operated for the cially to guard confidential strategic 'information. American people was and is a double-sided promr- Such a doctrine, however, compromises the most ise, and the Constitution a contract. The legal gov- fundamental of our libertiesbon the hunch of one ernment has a responsibility to guarantee liberties unelected, possibly unscrupulous individual. The and share information about its operation with the Pentagon Papers were more of an embarrassment public upon demand, and the people are required to to the government than a confidential national se- curity document, and the Noriega tapes are only worrisome to the government because their release Control of the press is 'a makes the government prosecutors' jobs tougher. The potential for abuse of the prior restraint doc- power that no human is fit to trine is, it seems, so enormous that it cannot be wield-. used in any circumstance. Prior restraint's justification implies that certain information is too sensitive for the people to know. accept the legitimacy of the system and the leaders Instead of demonstrating -accountability, govern- it has produced. Blind faith in our representatives ment can hide behind a shroud of 'national securi- and their appointees, however, never worked into ty" or "general welfare," and the people can only the equation, and the the maintenance of our rights bow their heads and accept the colossal -wisdom of was never meant to be convenient or easy. But the their representatives.
- 4 I lrr, II~~. system, for reasons we still don't completely under- In the real world, where judicial decisions often - aaa - --- I -- -- stand, worls. rest on previous rulings, one win for prior restraint Once in a while this arrangement gets renegotiated. can snowball until free speech is curtailed at the Weeks ago CNN, the cable news behemoth, ob- government's every whim -until recently, owner- tained audio tapes of incarcerated Gen. Manuel ship of a typewriter in the Soviet Union, the eciam- Noriega's phone conversations with his legal tean,. pion state of prior restraint, required government which had been legally monitored by prison security lcensing. officials. Noriega's lawyer, arguing that the release There Ls very little occurring behind the scenes in I to the public of the these conversations would jeop- Washington or elsewhere that the'public doesn't de- Volume 110, Number 56 Friday, December 7, 1990 ardize Noriega's rights to a fair trial, insisted that serve to know. The'right to freely publish and dis- the charges against the former Panamanian ruler be tribute -should not be infringed upon, -even if the Chairman ...... Deborah A. Levinson '91 dropped. Federal district Judge William Hoeveler, Editor in Chief ...... Prabhat Mehta '91 fearing a mistrial, ordered CNN to return the Nor- Business Manager ...... Russell Wilcox '91 iega tapes. Naturally, CNN aired them instead. Judge William Hoeveler Managing Editor ...... Daniel A. Sidney G Days ago, Hoeveler reversed the temporary re- strictions. ordered CNN to return the News Editors ...... Andrea Larnberti '91 In those few weeks, this country came close to Noriega tapes. Naturally, Reuven M. Lerner '92 releasing another mutant strain of the world's most Joanna Stone '92 dangerous plague.... CNN aired them instead. Opinion Editor ...... Michael J. Franklin '88 Arts Editor ...... Peter E. Dunn G Prior restraint. Photography Editors ...... Sean Dougherty '93 According to most contemporary interpretations release of some information'may' be mildly in- Douglas D. Keller '93 of the Bill of Rights, the judiciaryy cannot bar the convenient or embarrassing he media will not Contributing Editors ...... Jonathan Richmond G media from running' any story (i.e, execute appnor publish- nialkilous or roiisii.l praAsge-,.isof-, Marie E. V. Coppola '9Q restraint on the newspaper or news program il fending the- public kiiic it' *ve¢Ci IIkeepsthis Lois Eaton '92 question). In 1971, the governuent lost a case to country's f i6dpri*-iisibil itothe-I press Advertising Manager ...... Mark E. Haseltine '92 prevent The New York 771mes and The Washington has yet to cause the apocalypse that many think it Production Manager ...... Ezra Peisac:h '89 Post from printing Vietnamera Pentagon plans, will. The costs of restricting free speech are much and prior restraint has been a nearly dead issue ever higher. Control of the press is a power that no hu- NEWS STAFF since. man is fit to wield. Associate News Editors: Dave Watt G. Karen Kaplan '93, Srian Prior restraint is a legit concept that seems inno- Responsibility for the release of information, Rosenberg '93, Katherine Shim '93; Staff: Lakshmana Rao G. cent but Andrew L. Fish '89, Miguel Cantilo '91, Adnan Lawai '91, can lead to a host of complications and then, rests withtthe media. On numerous occasions, Chitra K. Raman '91, Gaurav Rewari '91, Eun S. Shin '91,Aileen abuses. The doctrine, many claim, only sacrifices the media has frozen stories. at the request of the Lee '92, Adam Chen '93,-Shannon Mohr '93, Chris Schechter free speech to protect other rights or protect the government (The Times sat on the story of the Bay '94, Joey Marquez '94; Meteorologists: Robert X. Black G, of Pigs invasion days before it occurred). If real Robert J. Conzemius G. Michael C. Morgan G. Greg Bettinger Matthew H. Hersch, a freshman, is an associate harm does come from media negligence, the gov- '91, Yeh-Kai Tung '93, Marek Zebrowski. opinion editor of The Tech. ernment can sue all it wants -but that is the limit.
PRODUCTION STAfF la a I- I L- I - BL· - IIPeu - -- I I Il ·I -, o Associate Night Editors: Kristine J. Cordella '91, David Maltz '93; Staff: Tzu-Jun Yen '92; Sunitha Gutta '93, Jonathon Weiss '93, Aaron M. Woolsey '93, Chris Council '94, Alex Dong '94, Jeff Galvin '94, Jeremy Hylton '94, Christopher Lee '94; TEN Director: Andrew J. Kass '94. OPINION STAFF Associate Opinion Editors: Bill Jackson '93, Matthew H. Hersch '94; Staff: Pawan Sinha'G. SPORTS STAFF Jordan J. Ditchek '91, Maohammed Eissam '91, David Rothstein '91, Jennifer M. Moore '94. ARTS STAFF Mark Webster G, Chris Wanjek H G, Manavendra K. Thakur '87, Michelle P Perry '89, Emil Dabora '91, Sande Chen '92, Kevin Frisch '93, Nic Kelman '94. PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF Associate Photography Editor: Chip Buchanan '92; Staff: William Chu G. Morgan Conn G. Christian S. Marx G. Dan McCarthy G. i Andy Silber G. Sarath Krishnaswamy '91, Mauricio Roman '91, Anne Sammis '91, Jonathan Kossuth '92, Lerothodi-Lapula Leeuw e r '92, Chris Blanc '93, Paulo Corriea '93, Michelle Greene '93, r Matthew Warren '93, Jeremy Yung '93, Lawrence S. Schwartz '94. Darkroom Manager: Kristine AuYeung '91. b FEATURES STAFF John Thompson '90, Taro Ohkawa '91, Chris M. Montgomery '93. tE r BUSINESS STAFF r Delinquent Accounts Manager: Jadene Burgess '93; Advertising t Accounts Manager: Shanwei Chen '92; Staff: Ben Tao '93. {IWELL, 14MG19, ... ATAWE T _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIDN'T WAND U IN meXT OP AMRING SQOUAD! 11 r r rp PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE r r NightEditor: ...... Daniel A. Sidney G c h I Staff: Marie E. V. Coppola '90, Kristine AuYeung '91, Deborah a A. Levinson '91, Josh Hartmann '92, e Joanna E. Stone '92.- a E c B
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------Campus crin deserves greater attention by CPs Column by lave Watt' On Tuesday, The Tech reported that dangerous South Side, declined to' partici- Today's compilation, Columbia University, ered it, since it was MIT property (less a MIT has the highest crime rate per capita pate, as did a quarter of the schools located on the border of Harlem in New $1000 deductible), but a friend of mine of any college in Massachusetts, and the located in New York state. -,,York City, reported lower crime rates per lost nearly four months of research time fifth highest in the nation fMIT crime-, . But some schools participatedin this capita in their jurisdiction than MIT. I because part of his experiment vanished. rate tops state"]. Campus Police Chief survey despite having never provided sta- don't believe that MIT is less safe than What can be done about thefts on cam- Anne P. Glavin downplayed the statistics, tistics to anyone before. Harvard Universi- Columbia. And I'm sure their students pus? The campus is a sieve; anyone can arguing that they don't really reflect how ty, for one. Even Glavin was surprised to don't believe it either. get in at any time. That's unfortunate, but safe students are on campus. That is strict- find out that they had sent some numbers MIT's crime statistics would have to be necessary. Graduate students and tooling ly true, bult misleading. The campus has a to USA Today. Perhaps the thought of an amalgam of numbers from police de- undergraduates need access to campus all serious problem with property crimes, and seeing the words "Harvard University - partments in Cambridge, Boston, Brook- day, every day. And because of MIT's lay- even though Glavin said, "many of the in- refused" in a national newspaper struck line and the jurisdiction of the Metro- out, the moment that you leave one out- cidents reported have nothing to do with fear in their hearts. Two years from now, politan District Commission, in addition side door unlocked, you make the entire students," to claim these do not have an to our own numbers, if they were to ac- campus open to everyone. So people have effect on student lives is to deny reality. curately reflect all student-related crime. to lock their office and laboratory doors MIT's police feel defensive about these The campus is Thefts from residences -a statistic we at night. That's just common sense. But statistics. Glavin feels that because the sta- can trust since they all go through the not common enough. tistics USA Today published are based on a sieve. Campus Police -are down. In other ar- On the other hand, where are the Cam- pus Police at night? Other than around the, number of students at each campus, .~~ _ _ I eas around or near campus, however, it rather than the total population, they they will be unable to refuse. The Campus doesn't appear thefts are on the decline. paid events, like Lecture Series Committee make comparisons misleading. Also, some Crime Security Act, recently signed into (Contrary to what Glavin has said, thefts movies and parties, they're hard to find. If campuses didn't provide any hard num- law by President Bush, will require schools outside residences do affect students.) you call emergency, they will show up, but bers. For example, the University of Chi- to disclose statistics on campus crime, be- Those. of us who park their cars near they are reactive, not proactive. j cago, nestled in the heart of Chicago's ginning in 1992. Overall, USA Today sent campus are vulnerable. Cambridge has Why not have more good old-fashioned surveys to 530 campus police departments; one of the worst per capita rates of car foot patrols on campus? They could wan- Dave Watt, a graduate student in the 49 declined to provide information. theft in the nation. I alone know three Department of Chemistry, is an associate Jurisdictions also present a challenge to people whose cars have been stolen while news editor of The Tech. accurately interpreting these data. In USA parked near campus in the past year. Mine Cambridge has one was parked in front of Ashdown, where it 4 · II lb s ----- I -- disappeared overnight. It was a profes- .of the worst per capita sional job. My car was recovered near rates of car theft in Boston Common, its insides stripped of everything of value. And yet, Glavin the nation. claimed in Tuesday's story that these crimes are committed by professionals, der around a few buildings, and get to and should not be considered campus know people. Over time, they'd find out crime. Okay, it's not the CP's jurisdiction, who works late, and what their habits are; but students have to park there. who knows, they might even make some 1· Car thefts out on Memorial Drive are friends. -f , not a part of the statistics compiled by the We have some foot patrols now, but not Campus Police. We live under three differ- many. I have no idea whose beat my office ent police jurisdictions on this side of the is. I wish I did. At Ashd-aYw4-, som-eone- river, so, If your car disappear, th&' police-! once left a note on my door telling me that' you call depend on' where you last thought it had been left unlocked, and anything in- ., do ,esn't, _.I your car was. Memorial Drive belongs to side could have been stolen. Why someone do the same dutsi&E Altfrmitories?7 I in f the MDIC; Cambridge police write the $15 uEjA,#,,t And sign their names to it, so I can talk tol Iaft .I "Storage" tickets J've gottenr..4 summer ion -Amhelhst Street; viiT's peop-e them later? ' i ! -11 patrol the alleys, parking lots, and--cam-, The dormitories have nightwatchmen, pus. With all of these overlapping jurisdic- and the Campus Police drop by the dorms- 1'.. tions;, I wonder how well patrolled certain at night. But again,,iV-tesffis Zik-ttt-e con-" I ~areas of campus are. Cambridge's police cern for security beE'*§'&id§'ii the! f.l seem more intgrested in writing harassing living groups. They're comparatively- easy' parking tickets and catching speeders on1 to protect - you can control access to the Massachusetts Avenue than going after car buildings; you can assign people to watch
.;' thieves. all of the entrances. Auto thefts are not the only other prop- Controlling non-residence thefts re- C.: erty thefts affecting students. Robber' in quires more finesse. Both the police and Strategg Sessioas the Institute buildings affect many gradu- the people working there must take a more ate students. A $7000 laser head was sto- active role. But downplaying the issue is len from a research lab down the hall not the answer. We know we have a prob- IPI· I, I -C~~~C-I-II Is III~~e~C i mm m om from where I work. MIT's insurance cov- lem. What can Glavin do to help? ~II-~ ip l -p -r- -rI- · I I- II
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- _I =-I L· -- -1 _I -I I_ :I LI -I_-III 1_ I · LI, e_ · , · _ = · _ I - -- s -- - -- L -- -I - -- -- I------_ I _ I ------Gi - A RRT S Neck and Neck caters to.c fnsna e cv t otisof Atkins,* notKoleo o NECK AND NECK dove even deeper into the Tennessee hills. Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler. But these earlier songs, at least, were CBS Records. interesting - more than just background music. Knopfler wasn't meant to play background music. By CHRIS WANJEK Neck and Neck was made more for Chet ECK AND NECK is a decent coun- Atkins fans than Knopfler fans. Atkins is try album - and this is great the lead singer and guitarist on most of considering the current state of the songs. And the mellow song selection Ncountry music. But the fact that definitely caters to a middle-age crowd. the album is only above average is also "There'll Be Some Changes Made" is shameful, considering it was made by proof of this. Atkins adds his own parody two legendary. guitarists: Chet Atkins and lyrics to this country standard and the out- Mark Knopfler. come is truly silly. "I'll start wearing The album starts off fast with dual gui- make-up like Jackson and Prince," Atkins tars running through "Poor Boy Blues." sings as he ponders whether he should Unfortunately, this song doesn't set a stan- change his style. "I'll get my money for dard for the rest of the album. It slows nothing and my chicks for free." down immediately, only to perk up on two The song turns into one of those cute, more songs. The slower songs, including question-answer show tunes with Knopfler five instrumentals, are nice but boring in responding, "Those groupie girls aren't the long run. what they're cracked up to be." Then "I'll See You in My Dreams Tonight" is Atkins: "Well, I had a quiet life here one the best of these instrumentals, but even music row. So, Mark, what you think?" this song leaves Knopfler unchallenged. Then Knopfler with the obvious rhyme: The best song on the album is the only "Gee, [pause], I don't know." new song - 'Knopfler's "The Next Time Only the 50-year-old refugees from the I'm in Town." This is Knopfler's only Crosby/Hope era can appreciate stuff like worthy contribution to the album. this. I really don't understand Knopfler's role So if you're a Chet Atkins fan (or, more on the album. His occasional solos are likely, if your parents are fans) this album sparse at best. And his rhythm guitar is won't let you down. It's a nice album, but uneventful. Anyone could have played his certainly nothing to brag about. If you're part. Hopefully this isn't the direction a Mark Knopfler fan, wait for the new that Knopfler is going - mellow country Dire Straits album which should be out twang. soon. The only thing you'll miss on Neck It's obvious that he has a soft spot for and Neck is that original song that closes country music. Many Dire Straits songs the album. But I'm sure his upcoming have their' roots in country. And his ven- album will have many more songs like ture last year with The Notting Hillbillies this one.
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______I _ _ _ _o ______* . 1, I I I rl C - -- I- C~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I .CI The Tech PerformingrArts Series announces 1 1 I ANDREYEV BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA A'rare-opportunity to, hear authenticmusic for the balalaika, an ethnic Russian 1 folk instrumenit, perfonned by a vkiuoso ensemble on its first US tour since 1910. A-Banki-of E"too Celirity Si-es event. 1 Synphony.Aall, Januay 9 at 8 pm. MlT pdi~2$I -¢ And.d i PRO ARTE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA A concert for the whole familyl If you can't afford tickets to Phantom of the Opera, T~he Pro Arte Chamber Orcbestra has the next best thing -the premiere performance of Phantom -of' the Orchestra, or "The Dark Side of the' Symphony. ".Music by Mozart, Beethoven, et. al.; script by Justinn Locke. Sanders Theaire, January 12 at 2 pm. MIT prike: $6.
photo courtesy MIT Cross Products I The MIT Cross Products will give a Winter Concert on Saturday, Tickets are on sale at the Technology Community Assoclation, Dec. 8. The concert begins at 8 pm in 10-250. The Cross Products W2-8458 in the Student enter. 0fce hours posted on the door. are a Christian a cape/la vocal group.
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The City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, the fastest things like T-pass ordinance, when MIT needs ad- because there wouldn't be any- For example, growing degree-granting institution in Hong Kong, employee ditional parking, it must apply to more parking spaces to apply programs, changing is looking for candidates for a number of faculty shifts, and car and van pooling the Internal Park Control Com- for," Eusden said. positions. The positions to be filled are in the A more comprehensive State would help lessen traffic and alle- mittee for permits. following departments and disciplines: Accountancy, The total number of additional Implementation Plan is currently viate pollution, Eusden said. "We think traffic mitigation is Applied Mathematics, Management Information spaces to be granted in the future in the works that will address the want to be part Business, Human Resource has been set at 500 for the entire issue of "special considerations" a good thing and Systems, International city, plus whatever spaces are for employee parking. MIT is of it," she said, adding that there Management, Marketing, Finance, Econometrics, made available as permits expire. hoping to help work on SIP. would be no better way to en- Applied Linguistics, Public Administration, For example, about 450 spaces "We'd like to turn parking al- courage such efforts than Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, & a positive thing," a positive rather than are opening because the tempo- locations into through Engineering. punitive allocation process. Manufacturing Although currently many stu- Gould speculates about dents and employees wanting The Director of the Polytechnic, Dr. Y.C. Cheng, will parking spaces are denied thern, be at MIT on Wednesday, December 12. If you Snover insists that MIT's parking and the origins of humanity t,- are interested in discussing these teaching situation is a comparatively good research opportunities in Hong Kong, come and meet "Human one. (Continuedfrom page 1) said, are far-reaching. Dr. Cheng on December 12 in Room 12-170 and increasing brain size to be- beings are less different racially "We're -more generous than from 3 to 5 p.m. Dr. Cheng is particularly eager to come the modern day horse. than 'we ever thought," he said. any place around in an urban, People's What these illustrations miss, Gould also speculated that the environment," Snover said. She v meet students from Hong Kong and the Gould said, is the majority of "commonality in human myths noted that MIT does not charge. Republic of China, but other students are also species which evolve and then be- may be some historical memory." for parking and only charges a welcome to attend. He may have time to interview come extinct. "We tend to linear- He suggested that the theory $10 administrative fee for the individual candidates on the evening of December 12. ize evolutionary bushes," he said, would also help establish ties sticker. "Whereas at Harvard adding that "horses are a pitiful between linguistic and genetic they pay a lot of money to park Sponsored by the Office of Career Services their entire order." history. at far-away places," she added. remnant of I -1 Gould contended that the evo- lution of a successful branch of animals, such as rodents, was never shown because people "don't know how to handle that." He went on to say that when only one end of an evolu- tionary branch is left, as in the case of horses, that people tend to see that branch as the "culmi- nation of a tendency." Gould noted that human be- ings are part of just such a branch. And then asked, 'Why are people here?" His first- an- swer was that about -MOD rillion years ago, a "small species -of fish developed fins that '*riadapt- able into weight-bearing struc- tures" such as arms and legs. This development, he said, brought animals onto land-;, al-- lowing humans to evolve. f His second answer was that mammals were spared when "'whatever climactic changes oc- curred to wipe out the dinosaurs" I about 65 million years ago. Gould's point was that there is no predictability to evolution that points to an overall trend toward human beings. Homo sapiens, or any other species, he said, is an entity, "just the latest branch of the evolutionary tree." Gould then discussed the re- cent idea that there was a single "branching point of human ori- gin" much more recently than had been thought previously. This conclusion, Gould ex- plained, is based on a study done or. a racially diverse group of people. The study found that the differences in DNA composition among those studied indicated that our species originated around 200,000 years ago in Africa. The implications of this, Gould
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. 1 -- --- sports~~~~ II -- -- Fencing teams compete ,, I I-I · I · =- - C · I - - in marathon meets on Sat. By Sara Onltiveros team to set the pace, and before The MIT women's fencing we knew it we had to play to team took three out of five meets catch up." last Saturday in duPont Gym, As the day went on, Brandeis bringing the season record to 6-2 joined the ranks of Air Force, thus far. losing to the Tech women, 13-3, The United States Air Force and in the last meet of the day Academy was kind enough to Tech lost to top-ranked Universi- preserve the Tech winning streak, ty of North Carolina, Chapel falling to Lady Blades, 13-3. Hill, 124. The next meet was not so easy Top scorers of the day included as Baruch's women surprised Alice Chang C, 14-6, and Cap- Tech by stealing the first three tain Felice Swapp '92, 12-8. bouts. Kathryn Fricks '92 put an This Saturday morning MIT end to that, however, and by the will host Cornell University. end of the second round the meet (Sara Ontiveros '92 is a was tied, 4-4. member of the women's fencing Wins flipped back and forth, team.) leading to a sudden death final bout situation where Baruch was By Ken Ellis ahead in the bout score, 8-7, Last Saturday the MIT men's but Tech was ahead on touches fencing team participated in a scored, 57-52. Alice Chang G. marathon meet, in which it com- with nerves of steel, hooked up peted against opponents from the and wiped the strip with her US Air Force Academy, Worces- Baruch opponent, winning her ter Polytechnic Institute, Brown bout, 5-1, tying the bout score, University, Brandeis University, z 8-8, and winning the meet on and the University of North j touches, 62-53. Carolina, Chapel Hill. 9 As all good things must come Against UNC, the team lost, to an end, so did the Cardinal 20-7. The epee squad, which lost i and Gray winning streak when by a narrow margin of one bout, the women lost a close one to was carried by Henrik Martin mf long-time nemesis Brown Univer- '93, who scored a victory in all Ray T. Powell/The Tech Ii sity. Unable to dominate the three of his bouts. Rob Silva '93 (#20) looks for an opening against the Gordon defensemen. MIT i game, the Engineers were locked The team also lost to Brown, blasted Gordon in Tuesday's game, 14-3. Until last night, the Beavers were II into a 5-5 tie with the Bears at by a score of 10-17, although the urndefeated at home [see photo, page 11. -- the end of the third round. foil squad won, 5-4, with Ken El- - I -s a · C1-= 1----- · bp L I, I With one bout left to fence it lis '93 sweeping two of his bouts, was deja vu with the bout score 5-0, 5-0. For the epee squad, at 8-7 in Brown's favor, except Henrik Martin also scored a 5-0 this time the touch score was 57- victory against nationally ranked 52, also in Brown's favor. Tech Scott Abersaro. I i would need to win the final bout The sole team victory of the 5-0 in order to achieve a dead tie. day for MIT came against WPI, Alas, the fates did not smile by a score of 16-1 , with sabre upon the team this time, and and epee winning, 5-4 and 7-2, MIT dropped the bout, giving respectively. The epee squad then Brown a 9-7 victory. went on to devastate the Brandeis "There is no question that we team, again with a 7-2 victory, did not perform up to our poten- with William Chavez '94 winning tial," said coach Ri Romano. all three of his bouts. "We played much too passive a (Ken Ellis '93 is manager of the game. That allowed the other men's fencing team.)
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