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1. . Wellesley bus catches on fire 11 commended his By Ben Z. Stanger the driver checked the back of over, and she A fire on the exchange bus to the bus and found that the engine response. said that a mechanic and Tuesday night forced was not on fire, Carol continued. Carol Wellesley. any vehi- __8-t 111 l B students to abandon the vehicle. He went inside the bus and saw state trooper "excluded the cause of the The fire was apparently caused by smoHe coming from beneath the cle problem" as 511·:~pa~e~t~a~i~~ ·1- | t5! j!8~ B a smoldering cigarette lodged in back seat, but was unable to lift fire- They concluded that a ciga- one of the rear seats, according the seat, she said. The driver setta behind the rear seat had to Linda Carol, owner of the went back outside to try to reach started the fire,is staid. Crystal 'Transport bus company. the seat through the engine, but The engine is still in sperfect bus was traveling and will be installed -w- f·P~"-'·"~9,~-~ahYF~·srara~as~~!p~:l~a~84~,·-~,~u~wn El 1The 9.35 pm by this time the smoke was thick condition" Bon the Massachusetts Turnpike and dark, and flames appeared, in another bus, Carol added. '"t`~"-~aas~li~~~i~t;-S~t3 be sure when "the driver was alerted that she said. Passengers could not ~-~-~-Jy~f~ ( therewas smoke coming from the Student accounts of the fire where the fire started. "We were a good half hour, Kyle G. Peltonen/The Tech rear," Carol said. The driver differed from Carol's. "When it on the bus for road at what he smell like a fire, and the smoke was there the en- Why ail the suitcases? Once again, it's Campus Preview pulled off the really started to be a safe place for the bus tire time. . . . It smelled heavily weekend. Minorities and women will flood MIT before thought would we went to the front of according Masi said. making a final decision to enroll. They will "preview" the passengers to depart, and said, 'We think there's a firee of exhaust fumes," whether it campus today and leave Saturday afternoon. to Carol. in the back of the bus,' X accord- thtwas hard to tell After the passengers got oti; ing to passenger Barbara A. Masi was the bus or the seat, because G. "[The driver] said, 'it's just so much smoke was coming from exhaust fumes,"' i' Masi contin- behind the seat and from the en- forum gine through the window," she HASS wpetition Inro npts open ued. ued. ~~~~~~~continued.. this. point you could see "The only thing we care about Schwarz signed the petition by yesterday proposal's impact and the lack of "At By Katie out of the back of is that no one was hurt,' Carol -on the afternoon, estimated Marino D. student input in preparing it. smoke pouring The first open forum stood said. The bus company has "nev- '887 one of the organiz- Rodriguez will -speak on the the bus, and six people current version of proposed Tavarez over the bus driver saying 'Stop si iebscmayhsUe changes to the humanities, arts ers. The petition originated in a proposal at Wednesday's faculty nowr' He didn't say anything er experienced anything like this" and social sciences requirement student-faculty discussion in the meeting, when it is scheduled to nore and pulled slowly over to before, she said. She said the bus department of humanities a week be voted on. The presidents of threside;"shed said. y to -vercompany will be doubly sure that will take place today, in response the no smoking rule is enforced asking the ago, and has been endorsed by student government are the only the side;" she'said. to a student petition concurred in the future. on the the Student Committee on Edu- students allowed to speak at fac- Other passengers faculty to postpone voting The same bus had'been run- cational Policy, MIT Student ulty meetings, although all stu- that it was several minutes before I changes. de- Mning on regular schedule from Pugwash, and Undergraduate dents may attend. Only faculty the driver pulled to the side, filling 5:10 pm, so it would be hard to Analysis of the controversy Association President Manuel members can make motions; the spite the smoke which was I Carol tell how long the cigarette smol- over the current HASS proposal. '89. It questions the (Please turn to page 13) the back of the bus. But Rodriguez only want dered before catching on fire, Page 13. said that the driver I;; about:.100 feet before pulling Cartl said. Dean for Undergraduate Edu- Su GRRFIIITI HEET )r. cation Margaret L. A. MacVicar P'ag gton-i vwri4ll preside said she first heard details of .·.:· '65 I the petition on Tuesday, when " ` over DormiItory Council Bryan R. Moser '87 and Jona- :1.]S ·. :r· Q Robert E. Potter II wider influence, she noted. than H. Gruber '87, the student .g 'Fz By k -· Rn ·- ` ii 5PiZ Suzanne Nlaggioni '88 was "Dormcon can continue to have members of the Committee on !LIIII*LIICL( ·.-G-*C* electedI president of the Dormi- more influence on the [MIT] po- the Undergraduate Program, met ILNlm "" IblWviF1' .I tory Council-last week, pledging licies," she said. with her about it. The CUP dis- ,. .. C.Pc*Le relations with frater- cussed the petition in its meeting to improve Her sentiments were echoed by i more influence with that day, MacVicar continued. nities, gain her predecessor. The ODSA has 'the Dean for Stu- The forum is a direct response the Office of tried to involve Dormcon as dent Affairs, and make Dormcon to the petition, MacVicar said. much as possible in putting Pro- active in general. She and Ann F. Firedlaender PhD more ject Athena computers into the officers include: Lee '64, dean of the School of Hu- Other dormitories, noted Stephanie '88, vice president; Sue manities and Social Sciences, Schlenger Levin '87, outgoing president. Ronald E. BeckerlThe Tech Behson '88, Judiciary Committee agreed Tuesday that such a re- belived that student to comment chairman; and Meryl Alford '90, Levin also sponse was necessary. A student takes advantage of an opportunity recommendation on secretary/treasurer. review and Over a thousaond students had on the HASS proposal. could be in- Dormcon represents the under- judicial matters deans] really want graduates that live in dormi- creased. "IThe at N1 IT our help,' she said. band sq'4 eze to play tories, except for Bexley, before British They got back together three But Levin stressed much has Best known for uptempo hits the Institute. Bexley has chosen By Jullianl West years later and released the al- already been done. Dormcon has at MIT's such as "Black Coffee in Bed," not to send representatives to Squeeze will play bum "Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti." increased its activities and re- the Dormcon. The Interfraternity Spring Week-end concert on May "Pulling Mussels (From SCC confirmed that Jools Hol- sponsibilities greatly since last in My Council represents those under- 1, the Student Center Committee Shell)" and "Another Nail land, the original Squeeze key- year, she claimed. She cited the big in graduates residing in independent announced. The British band is Leart," Squeeze made it boardist, will be playing, allaying introduction of Athena into the early living groups. on a tour of US colleges, and has the United States in the fears that he would not be on the dormitories, a revamping of rela- eighties, but broke up in 1982. Maggioni hoped to increase q fortnminzsuW v-AD Jnew*_, afhtmhAd the ODSA, and the es- a WIl tour. The other present members Dormcon's influence with MIT. tions with of a judicial commit- W~~~~, of Squeeze include Glenn Dormcon's budget was doubled tablishment 'tY Tilbrook and Chris Difford, the this year, paving the way for (Please turn to page 13) the group, _ 1 ---- songwriting nucleus of r, - -a=-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -- drummer Gilson Lavis and bass- ist Keith Wilkinson. The opening band will be the I Truth, a British duo that is tour- ing with Squeeze, according to Barbara Roman '89 of the Spring WNeekend Concert Committee. This will be Squeeze's only date in Boston during this tour, and tickets will only be available to members of the MITJWellesley community and their guests. Tickets go on sale in Lobby 10 on April l6. SCC will not to pre-sell to liv- to . ing groups this year in order limit sales to students and ensure that as many students as possible are able to attend, Roman said. SCC will lose money on the event, Roman said, even though she expects the 3000-seat Athletic i Center concert to, sell out. The Julian P. Sachs event will be subsidized with Brian Luschwitz '89 races downfield in Tuesday's la- game Engineers lost 5-8. highlight the money raised by the SCC cr-sse match vs. Babson. The ---A is coming! The British band will _ _-· __- _-I _- . _ Squeeze room. Spring Weekend concert on May 1.

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_p ~PAGE 2 The Tech FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1987 RIPlsP19lllkPIIWBslBsll Dr. Ghaith Pharaon Military research criticized Chairman By Akbar Merchant charged. only support research in the 14 Saudi Research and Development Corporation (Redec) Approximately 70 students at- Farber is a student representa- fields that have applications in tended an open forum Monday tive on the Ad Hoc Committee SDI development, she said. "The Private Sector in Saudi Arabia'n; on the effect of military research on Military Impact on Campus Kistiakowsky attacked the over the on the MIT educational environ- Research, which also includes feasibility of SDI. Scientist after Next Decade" ment. Much of the discussion Melcher. Both Melcher and scientist testified that SDI was ill- April 13, 5:00 p.m. concerned research priorities, es- Farber felt that there was a lot of conceived and bad policy, she 7th Floor, Cabot Intercultural Center pecially in light of Strategic De- resistance to efforts by the com- said. Fortunately, Congress has The Fletcher School, Tufts Univ. fense Initiative funding. mittee to obtain information. not allowed the huge budgets for info: 628-7010, ext. 2734 The forum was sponsored by It takes a lot of persistence on SDI as requested by the Reagan the Science Action Coordinating the part of the committee to pur- - ---~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Administration, she continued. I Committee and featured Prof. sue this issue in depth, Farber Kistiakowsky also offered stat- James Melcher, director of the said. "A lot of people don't want istics on the increase in military MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MIT Lab for Electronic and things to change." research funding in the 1980's Electromagnetic Systems, and Department of Defense fund- and on the decline in military amaresR Ilrar88apaap·sasslkaru Professor of Physics Vera Kistia- ing of research has an influence funding following the Vietnam kowsky. that "sneaks up" on the educa- War. AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS Many researchers who receive tional environment, Farber ar- The issue of how to replace military funds offer the defense gued. A professor interested in Defense Department funding is that as long as they are involved area X and area Y will wind up not a major problem, Kistia- with theoretical science and not specializing in area X because kowsky added. Federal funding OPEN HOUSE FOR FRESHMEN with applied military research, DOD funds are readily available can be shifted away from military they aren't doing anything for that area. As a result certain research. Kistiakowsky cited re- ROOM 33-206 wrong, said Steven Farber G of areas of socially important recent congressional measures that SACC. This sort of thinking is search get ignored, Farber ex- restored some funds to the Na- FRIDAY, APRIL a10, 1987 flawed because the probable use plained. tional Institute of Health which NOON TO 5 PM of theoretical gains developed Kistiakowsky argued that SDI the Administration wanted to with military support is in the de- funds 'do not support broad- cut, while SDI funding was re- velopment of weapons, Farber based research. SDI funds will duced. FACILITIES, DEMONSTRATIONS, PROGRAMS

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Soviets-charge US-with Divers s~earch for corpses bugging embassies in ill-fated British ferry The Soviet Union claimed yesterday that the United "Horrific" is how one British naval officer described the US vetoes -Security Council States has been bugging embassies. Officials in Moscow interior of the Herald of Free Enterprise. Cmdr. Jack resolution against South Africa displayed microphones and other devices they said were Birkett is directing a diving team that's been looking for removed from the walls and floors of diplomatic facilities United States supported South Africa yesterday in bodies in the British ferry that capsized last month off the The in the United States. A Foreign Ministry spokesman called the United Nations Security Council. Along with Great Belgian coast. Belgian and British divers have been work- the devices "material evidence of who is really intruding Britain, the US vetoed a resolution calling for broad sanc- ing on the boat, which was righted earlier this week. They into the foreign territory of others." tions against South Africa for blocking the independence have recovered 104 bodies. About 30 bodies are believed of Namibia. US Ambassador Vernon Walters said the to be in the ferry. That would put the death toll at close sanctions would "seriously limit" Western efforts aimed at to 200. speeding the independence of Namibia. Pollard denounces Weinberger Convicted spy Jonathan Jay Pollard has reportedly accused Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger of doing Third Marine guard arrested him in. The Israeli newspaper Maariv said Pollard wrote a Woman pregnant with The Pentagon announced Wednesday that a third Ma- letter to his sister blaming Weinberger for his stiff prison daughter's triplets rine guard has been arrested on suspicion of spying for sentence and claiming the Secretary hates Israel. Pollard, The case of a woman pregnant with her daughter's tri- the Soviet Union. Spokesmnan Robert Sims said Sgt. John a former Navy analyst, was sentenced to life in prison for plets has provoked an intense medical, legal, and ethical J. Weirick is accused - but not formally charged - with selling American secrets to Israel. spying and failing to report contacts with Soviet women. debate in South Africa. Pat Anthony, 45, whose daughter He was assigned to the Moscow Embassy, the consulate in Karen Ferreira-Jsorge is unable to bear any more children, Leningrad, and the embassy in Rome between 1981 and Lebanese terrorists threaten is in her third week of pregnancy. She was implanted with 1983. Two former guards who have been charged with ova produced by her daughter and fertilized in vitro with spying worked in Moscow from 1985 to 1986. As a result to kill Jewish hostage her son-in-law's sperm. Legal scholars are unsure of of the arrest, the investigation of embassy security has A pro-Iranian group warned yesterday that the kid- whether the resulting. children will be illegitimate - an been expanded to cover the Rome and Leningrad facili- napped head of the Lebanese Jewish community would be important consideration under South African law - and ties, Sims said. killed if Israel keeps up its attacks on Moslems in South whether Ferreira-Jorge will have to undergo adoption pro- Another Marine, Sgt. Robert Stufflebeam, has been Lebanon. The statement - issued in the name of "orga- ceedings. The Roman Catholic Church - to which both charged with failing to report his illicit contacts with Sovi- nization of the oppressed on earth" - came soon after Anthony and Ferreira-Jorge belong - is firmly against the et women. Stufflebeam is not accused of spying, but he Israeli helicopter gunships rocketed Palestinian guerrilla practice, as is the Dutch Reformed Church, South Afri- supervised the two Marine guards who are presently bases on the outskirts of Sidon, the southern provincial ca's largest church. charged with trading sex for access to the Moscow capital. Isaac Sasson, the Jewish leader, was kidnapped Anthony will undoubtedly be the first woman to bear embassy. more than two years ago. her own grandchildren. (The New York Times)

reslSIIIIIIB House rejects Reagan budget plan, r l approves Democrati c alternative After dealing an overwhelming defeat to the President's - Senate urges Shultz to budget, the House yesterday passed a $1 trillion Demo- Moscow trip cratic spending plan. It calls for $18 billion worth of new reconsider spending, and stronger domestic pro- Worst of flooding over that the reported taxes, less military The Senate has expressed its concern says he'll allow. Most lawmakers= The National Weather.Service has announced that the hamper Secre- grams than the President lack- of security at the US embassy might acknowledge the plan won't meet the Gramm-Rudtndaclm'-i-'e rains ase over for ffx6Wi.iilt':ividds of residents of tary of Stat' George P. Shultz PhD '49 during his up- target of a $108 billion deficit. But the Democrats said Massachuset s' Merma Rer Valley remained out of coming trip to Moscow. By a 70-30 vote, it passed a reso- their plan comes closer than any other option. their homes yesterday, waiting for the worst floods in lution yesterday urging Shultz to either cancel his planned more than 50 years to subside. Lowell Civil Defense Con- officials next week or find a secure place talks with Soviet Courts rule again on missioner George Gatzimos said the situation is better to hold them. Shultz told reporters that he's been assured than it was, though many hundreds of basements were that there are facilities at the embassy where he can hold historic segregation case flooded. He said the Merrimack River crested Tuesday sensitive discussions. and authorities were simply waiting for it to recede. So case was Brown v. Board of Education, in which The far, statewide, about 2000 people have been evacuated. the US Supreme Court struck down school desegregation Simon announces candidacy in 1954. Several years ago, students and parents in Tope- Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL) yesterday became the latest en- ka, KS had the case reopened and asked Federal District Silber takes sabbatical trant in the 1988 presidential race. A liberal freshman sen- Judge Richard Rogers to decide whether Topeka schools announced yes- ator, Simon announced in the Capitol that he had autho- Boston University President John Silber still have traces of discrimination. His ruling, handed sabbatical begin- rized the formation of a committee to work on his terday that he will be taking a six-month down yesterday: the district does not discriminate against in several controver- campaign for his party's nomination. He promised "lead- ning in July. Silber has been involved minorities. sies during his 16 years at the helm of BU. But he has also ership that will build, that will care, that will dream." Liberties Union An attorney with the American Civil helped build up the school's academic reputation and fi- has called the decision "incredible" and said that Rogers nancial base. Surrogate mom gets second chance approved segregation "under the guise of neighborhood Recently Silber has come under attack for refusing at- Mary Beth Whitehead will get another chance to regain schools." tempts by student groups to distribute condoms to help custody of the child she bore as a surrogate mother. The combat AIDS. Abortion rights activist Bill Baird and New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case in Webster pledges to uphold Silber debated the issue earlier this week on a nationally September. A Superior Court judge ruled last week that televised morning talk show, and on Tuesday Baird called the surrogate mother contract should be upheld and congressional notification for Silber's resignation. awarded custody of Baby IM-to the biological father, WVil- William -Webster, President Reagan's choice to be the liam Stern. next Central Intelligence Agency director, said that he'd quit if the Administration chose to keep things like the Iran arms deal secret from Congress. Webster, who is currently the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, __(Q said that withholding congressional notification in such cases violates "the spirit of the law." He was testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee which is considering confirmation of his nomination to head the CIA. F-~~- -mm~~l Last night's NHL playoff results I , Rains may soon be ending INew York Islanders .... 3 Washington Capitals .. 1 Negligent landlord sentenced After almost 150 hours of considerate cloudiness, The series is tied, 1 1. to live with rats the Cambridge area will experience a few days of at slow moving storm A California appellate court has told Milton Avol to go least partly sunny weather. The IPhiladelphia Flyers ...... 8 New York Rangers .... 3 weekend will be live with the rats. Avol, a Beverly Hills neurosurgeon, is that developed to our south last The series is tied, 1-1. dry the landlord of a building with numerous health viola- just far enough away to allow westerly winds to last a couple of tions. A Los Angeles city court judge sentenced him to 30 us out. Our better weather will only Montreal Canadiens .... 4 Boston Bruins .... (OT)3 what looks days in jail and 30 days in the rat-infested building he days. By Sunday afternoon or evening Montreal leads the series, 2-0. weather will owns. He appealed, but the higher court upheld the sen- to be another period of cloudy, rainy that's the end of set in. Edmonton Oilers ..... 13 Los Angeles Kings ..... 3 tence. A city prosecutor said that, if to start The series is tied, 1-1. Avol's appellate road, the doctor can get ready ° living in less than luxury. Friday: Partly cloudy and milder. High 53 (12 °C). Friday night: Partly cloudy and cool. Low 42 ° Winnipeg Jets ...... 3 Calgary Flames ...... 2 (6 °C). Winnipeg leads the series, 2-0. can't trust anyone these days Saturday: Partly cloudy and even milder. Inland You ° trust the Internal Revenue Service to know temperatures will approach 68 (20 °C), while Hartford Whalers ...... 5 Quebec Nordiques ..... 4 Can you advice on your taxes? coastal locations will reach 57 ° (14 °C) before Hartford leads the series, 2-0. what it's doing when it gives you Sometimes, says a congressional agency. The General Ac- cooling off. Office says that about a quarter of the questions Sunday: Clouding up. Rain possible by dark. High Detroit Red Wings.... 5 Chicago Black Hawks . 1 counting the IRS toll-free hotline got 55-60 ° (13-16 °C). Detroit leads the series, 2-0. which investigators phoned to wrong answers. Of course, if the IRS does give you wrong Forecast by Michael C. Morgan information, it wants you to know who will shoulder the Toronto Maple Leafs .. 3 St. Louis Blues ... (OT) 2 rol i I- i - blame when the time comes - you will. The agency says ·~ ~ The series is tied, 1-1. Compiled by Niraj Desai1 it is your job to get things right. L _ ,r- ---LI _II I

·r^-·----uaanvyrP1-r-r W .= _,__II .I, nmnuw·rsParrnrrrvluRcaarr"nsumul*`l ,25.,,zi,...... MIP= PAGE 4 The Tech FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1987 -- MM F I L- -Mopinion - ,, ---. I sPPIr;1, . ~ -~-A. .f . Column/Thomas T. Huang b Bu lets that wake the young On the morning of March 31, twigs and branches. Now people are saying that 1987, Staff Sgt. Gregory A. Fron- If you got shot, you'd holler, they understand the Vietnam ius of Pennsville, you'd PA, discovered collapse to the ground, conflict, that they have beheld the the reality of war. Awaking to the you'd imagine the splattering horror our boys went through. sound of explosions, he ran out blood. But you always knew you The catalyst of their statements is of his quarters, past the military could get up again a few seconds the movie "Platoonm" With its barracks of his army base in El later. graphic scenes of warfare and its Paraiso. Blessedwith Racing up a flight of this invulnerabil- technical accuracy, 'Platoon" re- Stairs, he was ity, hit in the chest by a we could romanticize such presents the state-of-the-art in rebel's bullet. warfare. Like Tom Sawyer and war films. He was 27 years old. He was Huck Finn, we hoped to attend You watch a young soldier beat the first American advisor our own. to die funerals and watch the the brains out of a village idiot. in combat in El Salvador. people cry for us. We could You watch a sergeant shoot an Maybe you imagine went to war when the medals that the presi- old woman in the forehead be- you were dent a little boy or little girl. would bestow upon us. cause she won't shut up. These I know I did, and I didn't have to What could be more romantic, are horrifying, effective scenes. go far. more heroic, than dying for our But, even as these images tore me In the Indiana town where I country? apart, I couldn't help but think grew up, there Moreover, was a hill that lay the reality of war that something was wrong here. like a sleeping didn't reach giant behind our us, even though we There's the danger that people - - CI--C6-- __ -q · C- -R C---P ---1IW· elementary school. were born L 41F·CAII Every day, in the maelstrom. could misinterpret the images __ p ·----ll··IC I IwB"a after school, my When I was friends and I nine, I saw the news- they see on the large screen. I can would roam the woods that cov- cast announcing the cease-fire in imagine some teenager saying, ered the back of that hill. From Vietnam, but it didn't register. "God, those explosions are awe- behind peeling sycamore What cease-fire? trees, In l1975, I some, " even though I know it -- we would fire invisible bullets at watched the Marines exit from wasn't Oliver Stone's intent to each other, wielding rifles and Saigon, but it didn't register. Sai- glorify war. submachine guns gon? fashioned from (Please turn to page 5)

U BL"~" Volume 107, Number 17 Friday, April 10, 1987 I I Publisher ...... Michael J. Garrison I88 Editor in Chief...... Earl C. Yen '88 Arrest of student Business Mlanag er MarkM...... Kantrowitz '89 was not racist Managing To the Editor: what their color. Editor ...... Ben Z. Stanger '88 not speak up was because the ar- Production Managere...... A letter from Stephen Fernan- Ezra Peisach '89 Fernandez strongly suggested rest was racially motivated, yet dez '87 ["Fernandez accuses CPs I that his arrest occurred because provided absolutely no basis for News Editors ...... Mathews M. Cherian of racial harassment," April 71 '88 he was a minority. This accusa- this accusation. Throughout the Andrew L. Fish '89 alleged that he was harassed and tion followed an explanation letter, Fernandez seened to think Akbar A. that Merchant '89 arrested by the Campus Police that Night Editor ...... Ha. vard the people the Campus Police people treat him the way K. Birkeland '89 because he is a minority. It Opiniion Fditor ...... ~~~~~~ ...... Sharalee were talking to had just reported they do simply because he is a M. Field '89 sounds to me Arts Editor ...... as though he was an minority. That . Peter E. Dunn G attempted break-in by some- just is not true. I Photography being paranoid about his minor- Editors ...... David. M. Watson '88 one dressed similarly to Fernan- have no way of knowing whether a ity status. a Kyle G. Peltonen a89 dez. I think that it was the the arresting Campus Police offi- a Contributing Editors ...... !Fernandez stated that he was V. Michael Bove G clothes -he was wearing cers were racist (Fernandez's first involved when he heard and the, let- Julian West G fact that ter certainly doesn't Campus he would not show iden- provide any Simson L. Garfinkel '87 Police talking to some- evidence Senior Editors ...... tification that led to his arrest, that they were), but I 5 ...... Carl A. LaCombe '86 one, and "being a member of Stephen-P. and not the fact that he was a mi- think it more likely that his repu- Berczuk '87 People Against Racism, [Fernan- w Andrew nority. tationn as a trouble-maker had an S. Gerber '87 dez) feared that a minority might effect on his treatment by the be getting hassled." He stated Fernandez made the point that NEWS STAFF Campus Police than his race did. that many minorities have been several officers present at the ar- Associate News Ediitors: Robert Adams '90, Niraj Desai '90, Mi- harassed by police in the past. rest knew he was a student, and Fernandez should be more chaei Gojer '90, Jai Young Kim '90; Senior Writers: Katherine T. While this is true, it is no reason did not say anything to the ar- careful before he Schwarz '86, Harald A. Stern '87, Salman Akhtar '89, Anuradha starts making to suspect a police officer of resting officer. This may or may accusations Vedantham '89; Staff: Joel H. Friedman '88, Derek T. Chioul '89, ha- about racial harass- rassment merely because not have been Mary Condello '89, Jeffrey C. Gealow '89, Marcia Srith '89, they are true. But he ment. Sally Vanerian questioning claimed that '89, Christopher P. Colby '90, Desmond Davis someone, no matter the reason they did Thomas B. Tatlow II '88 '90, Sarita Gandhi '90, Vance S. Hampleman '90, Irene Kuo '90, Priyamvada Natarajan '90, Kenyon D. Potter '90, Robert E. Potter 11 '90, Paula Maute. Mleteorologists: Robert X. Black G. Christo- Framers' intent not always moral pher A. Davis G. Michael C. Morgan '88. To the Editor: enough with his right to property Under the current protector OPI/NON STAFF Robert Adams 590 ["Court rul- to allow some of his personal and defender of our Constitu- Richard A. Cowan G. Thomas T. Huang G. Arthur Hu '80, Scott ing unfair to non-minorities," R. 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By JULIAN WEST By JULIAN WEST WINDON, ENGLAND is an odd place HE FIRST I HEARD Off the new LP for a pop band to come from, and by Lone Justice was the title a stranger place still to wish to track, "Shelter." I liked it imme- stay. Take my word for it. Perhaps diately. It was catchy and seemed it is because XTC chose not to abandon to have something to say. It also sounded a their home base that they never quite hit little different from the general run of Top the top of the charts, especially in North 40 hits, for reasons mostly - but not America. quite entirely - to do with Maria McKee's Their new album, "Skylarking," could voice. She has a distinctive deepish voice well explode this theory. It rises to the level with a trace of an accent, and sounds of their earlier material, which has earned agreeably like a clear-voiced version of them critical acclaim and a devoted fol- Stevie Nicks. lowing, and ought to earn them a measure of popular success as well. Fans of the splendid two-LP set, The flipside of the "Maxisingle" (three "English Roundabout," will not be disap- songs instead of two) is disappointing by pointed by what they hear here. Some orf comparison. The one other selection from the tracks, such as "Dear God" and the album, "Belfry," starts off promisingly "Extrovert," sound as though they could enough but soon bogs down, becoming re- have come straight off the earlier album. petitive and too-familiar sounding. Per- Listening to them, it is impossible to tell haps I would like it more if McKee's that several fairly troubled years lie in be- vocals were audible. They are much less tween the "Roundabout" and "Skylark- crisp and open than on "Shelter," and it is ing," and that the latter represents some- a struggle to make out the words. They thing of a comeback for XTC. don't sound too inspired anyway, so per- Those unfamiliar with XTC can expect haps it is just as well. to hear unadulterated, upbeat rock. Lyrics are usually direct enough that one can take them in while dancing, but not with- If the full LP contains a few more hits out wit as sung by Andy Partridge. Songs like "Shelter" then it is not a bad buy. One by Colin Moulding do not hold up tc Partridge's best, but on the whole the suspects, however, that the max/-single ~B~aa~e~·8wsrrrslp~Il. goo -_0 -- got contains the best the album has to offer. °ti" album is catchy, pure and well worth a lietan &AJ ae Pr~~~~~~~l 1· d~ ~ ~ ~ ~~M'm1 lne tech proudly presents... ft The Tech Performing Arts Series A service for the entire MIT community from The Tech, in conjunction with the MIT Technology Community Association. Speci reduced-pri...... e tickets w available for the following vents:...... Special reduced-price tickets now available for the following events: Alvin Ailey Guarneri String Quartet Steve Reich and Musicians American Dance Theater Continuing to blend the talents of its four Recognized internationally as one of the One of America's foremost contemporary founding members - Arnold Steinhardt, world's foremost living contemporary dance companies, the Alvin Ailey violin; John Dalley, violin; Michael Tree, composers, innovative performer Steve American Dance Theater continues to viola; and David Soyer, cello - the Reich and his ensemble of musicians will expand and change the definition of modern critically acclaimed Guarneri String offer a program of works by Mr. Reich Quartet will be dance. The troupe will feature three new in concert on Friday, including the Boston premieres of "Six works in their week-long engagement at the April 24 at 8 pm in Jordan Hall of the New Marimbas," "New York Counterpoint," England Wang Center for the Performing Arts, Conservatory. The program will and "Sextet" on Friday, April 24 at 8 pm in April 21-26. include works by Mozart, Janacek, and the Berklee Performance Center. MIT price: $8.00 Debussy. MIT price: $5.00 MIT price: $3.O50

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He produced the srnap- HE PARACHUTE CLUB is a musical pier, more upbeat half of the album, and club in a very real sense. sings in the duet "Love is Fire," and sup- Lorraine Segato, as lead vocalist port vocals on several other tracks. He and co-founder of the group, is even has a few joint songwriting credit. bound to attract the most attention, but People who buy the LP for the hits may each member of this group of seven talent- be pleasantly surprised by the more inno-' ed musicians has something to contribute vative songs such as "Cheat the Prophe- to the whole. Lauri Conger has a classical cy," which juxtaposes "newspeak found musical background which comes through dialogue" from newscasts with hard- on the songs she co-wrote, and her techni- hitting lyrics about life in a mad world cal expertise is evident on the synthesizer 'What then would you say is the lesson tracks. Billy Bryans (drums), Margo Da- of Chernobyl?' Cheat the prophecy! vidson (sax), Julie Masi (percussion), Dave A4t least two million people Gray (guitar) and Keir Brownstone (bass) face starvation' Cheat the prophecy! complete the group, and surprisingly enough all share composing credits with Se- The Parachute Club. gato on one track or another. The fact that all compose together reveals the ensemble nature of the Toronto- A nother successful film comedy from Seidetlman The project she finally took a chance on based band, and this can be heard in MAKING MR. RIGHT Mr. Right" above slapstick to the level of a was "Desperately Seeking Susan," a pic- 'Small Victories," their third album. They Directed by Susan Seidelman. touching romantic comedy. ture whose box-office success owed as click as a group. In fact, on the album Starring John Afalkovich Ann Magnuson, last seen in "Desperate- much to Seidelman's quirky, understated cover they have gone to some trouble to and Ann Maeanuson. ly Seeking Susan," plays an adept public- style as to the superstardom of Madonna present seven individuals: a row of por- image maker by the name of Frankie By JULIAN WEST Ciccone at the time of the film's release. traits has been cut out and taped together. Stone, hired to publicize the Ulysses USAN SEIDELMAN CERTAINLY Her new film, "Making Mr. Right," is a They look more comfortable in the group knows android. The makers of the robot are wor- winning comedy which could well repeat shot on the sleeve. Either way, they radiate how to pick films to direct. Her ried about Congressional funding for the the success of "Susan." an image of a nice, fun bunch of guys. first feature, "Smithereens," which latest space-age wonder, so they point to What you will hear on the record is un- she made on an $80,000 budget In the not-too-distant future, scientists lucrative past spinoffs like Tang and obtrusive rock with a variety of musical in- after graduating from New York Univer- are attempting to build artificial people Teflon. that would be able to survive the rigors fluences. The lyrics, some provided by To- sity's film school, was accepted into com- Frankie, who is slightly more people-ori- and loneliness of deep space. The awk- ronto poet Lynn Fernie, are contemporary petition at Cannes. She turned down film ented than the nerdy scientists, suggests wardness of these androids supplys the and socially aware, though not overbear- offers for the next few years realizing that polishing Ulysses' image. This brings her laughs, but the failings of the human char- ingly so. An idea of the Parachute Club's if her first big picture was a flop, as a into immediate conflict with Dr. Jeff Pe- acters - no better put together than today political sensitivities is provided by the woman she might not be offered another ters, who has no social graces himself and dedication on the album sleeve: ". . .to the chance. -- provide the pathos and raise "Making thinks Ulysses could also do without. Pe- people working to end apartheid in South ters is both egomaniacal and insecure, and Africa and the recognition of Native Indi- has built the android in his own image, an rights in the Americas. Small Victories with anatomical revisions to give him are big steps. " Timely enough, considering "confidence." the recent brouhaha over native self-gov- The fact that Ulysses looks just like ernment in Canada. Peters of course leads to lots of on-screen One is not beaten over the head by the fun with mistaken identity and also allows iyrics, but such sentiments are on offer as John Malkovich the chance to play a dou- Oh, I need to be told ble role. Malkovich, acclaimed for serious how a woman ike me can learn to hold roles in "Places in the Heart" and "The Her dreams in her arms Killing Fields," turns out to be a natural when the world is changing comic genius. faster than a shooting star Rather than try to program an adult Segato's vocals make the most of her spaceship pilot, the creators Ulysses have material, and are probably what has made built him without wiles, a child in an the singles "Love is Fire" and 'Love and adult's body, expected to learn from exper- Compassion ' hits in Canada. In particular ience. Malkovich does a terrific job of por- on the chorus to "Love and Compassion," traying Ulysses' childlike innocence and of she reaches beyond a straightforward en- making him learn with time. Scenes of the unciation of the lyrics. The slightly pouty tabula rasa acquiring motor skills, such as repetition of "only love and compas- learning to walk, are downright hilarious. sion. . ." comes off as a heartfelt plea. Later he walks better, but a little unnatu- It was "their approachi to the songwrit- rally, something like Roddy McDowell in John Malkovich and Ann Magnuson in "Making Mr. Right." "Planet of the Apes.' But Malkovich found his other role trickier. Like Frankenstein's, Peters' crea- ture. is more human than his creator. Movies on the town lB Malkovich makes Peters odious, but also * * Angel Heart - Alan Parker's oc- for Goldberg but unfortunately these do er only partially satisfied. At Copley pitiable. It is a combination which works. cult thriller, with Mickey Rourke as the not mesh well with the rest of the movie, Place, the Lexington and Harvard Square Magnuson also does a fine job with her gumshoe hired by a sinister looking Robert resulting in a very disjointed film. At the cinemas. character. Despite- or perhaps because De Niro to find a missing Big Band Cinema 57 and Somerville theaters. * * * * A Room With a View - Out- of- Frankie's successful career, she has a crooner, is high on symbolism, visuals, * * * * Children of a Lesser God - A standing adaptation of E. M. Forster's troubled personal life. While educating and sex, but ends up as a hollow, artsified beautiful, moving love story between pupil novel, with a sterling performance by He- Ulysses about social conduct, she comes to "Friday the 13th." Lisa Bonet also stars in (Marlee Matlin) and teacher (William lena Bonham Carter as a youth on the realize the shortcomings of her own char- a role that will make you look at "The Hurt) with fabulous acting performances brink of womanhood in Victorian Eng- acter. Cosby Show" in a completely different by the principals. Winner of an Oscar for land. Strong support from Daniel Day The filmmakers have also done their job light. At the Charles and Somerville (As- Best Actress, Marlee Matlin. At Copley Lewis and Denholm Elliott. One of the well. The opening sequence of Frankie sembly Square) cinemas. Place and Lexington cinemas. year's ten best, this film won three Acade- driving to work is amusing and revealing. .k ** Betty Blue - Jean-Jacques * * Crocodile Dundee - Paul Hogan my Awards. At Copley Place. Seidelman has included lots of clever little Beineix, of "Diva" fame, directs this is likeable as the Australian from the * * * Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home details. Once I started looking for them, French film that chronicles a searing tale Northern Territories who is invited by a - All your favorite space voyagers return, anthropoid figures popped up everywhere: of obsessive love and tormented anguish. beautiful female reporter to visit the big all with gray hairs, a few more pounds a shopping mall robot, caryatids, on a The film stylistically follows the moods of city. The scenes in the outback are gor- around the waist, and many years the wedding cake.'A photographer's backdrop Betty (B6atrice Dalle), alternately dark, geous but the story bogs down once it wiser. Not all of the magic of the television also plays with the reality/illusion angry, and hateful, then tender, apologet- moves to New York. At Beacon Hill. series is there, but, unlike the three pre- question. ic, and beautiful. As with Beineix' earlier *r Lethal Weapon - Mel Gibson is the vious movies, this film takes a much light- Any problems the film has are not with work, "Betty Blue" is gorgeously photo- "Lethal Weapon" and Danny Glover is his er approach to the subject matter. At the the acting or directing, or even with the graphed in startling colors. At Copley sidekick in this overly violent tough-cop Beacon Hill cinema. characters or scenario, but with the plot. Place and Harvard Square theaters. movie which features helicopters, heroin- * *l. *Tin Men - Barry Levinson The action is more or less episodic and the * * Black Widow - A psychological smugglers, head-butts, and three different continues in the same vein as his previous ending is both too obvious and a little thriller starring Debra Winger and Theresa types of martial arts. At the Cinema 57, film, "Diner," now focusing on the alumi- hard to take. Russell, this film doesn't quite address all Cleveland Circle, and Somerville (Assem- num siding salesmen/conmen of Baltimore So what does the future look like? In the issues it raises. Largely about the fasci- bly Square) theaters. 1963. Richard Dreyfuss and Danny De- Southern Florida, the Cubans are the most nation of the hunter (Winger as Justice *** r Platoon - Oliver Stone's film Vito are the "tin men" of the title, caught important vote and pink flamingoes still Department agent Alex Barnes) with the depicting an infantryman's view of the in a feud of mutual car mutilation and litter the lawns. Daytime television in- hunted (Russell as a murderess of rich hus- Vietnam war is harrowing and spellbinding one-upmanship after an initial collision of cludes "The Joker's Wild" and a sizzling, bands - also a hunter), "Widow" never but depicts the war as a whole more hon- Cadillacs. Barbara Hershey makes a awful new soap called "New Jersey" ("It's fully develops or investigates the sexual estly than it does its individual characters. smashing appearance as the innocent not just a state, it's a state of mind"). The tension between the two. At Copley Place, Winner of four Oscars including Best Pic- housewife caught in the middle. At the social revolution has yet to come; homo- Cleveland Circle, and Somerville (Assem- ture and Best Director. At the Paris, Har- Cheri, the Janus, and Somerville (Assem- phobia is rampant, and the establishment bly Square) cinemas. vard Square, Somerville (Assembly bly Square) cinemas. is predominantly male. * Burglar - Whoopi Goldberg again Square), and Cleveland Circle cinemas. * * Working Girls - Lizzie Borden's In short, perhaps the film isn't about the stars in a film, not unlike "Jumpin' Jack * * * Radio Days - Woody Allen's film tries to explain the motivations and future at all, but the present. Car models Flash," where she snoops around a lot and latest entry again takes us to a recent by- realities of prostitution but falls short of haven't had time to change much. Either tries to get the audience rolling in the gone era in America but the many humor- providing any true insight. At the Nickel- this is a foretaste of the nineties style, or aisles with her many highjinks. "Burglar" ous episodes lack Allen's typical love/sex odeon. Frankie has atrocious taste in clothes and also tries to incorporate dramatic scenes conundrum themes and so leave the view- Compiled by Peter Dunn from Tech reviews interior decorating.

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They fear losing this contact and ably delay the eventual imnple- By Katie Schwarz Wte are currently seeking translatorsfor: becoming a "service" depart- mentation of the new require- ability lengthy debate over the 0 Arabic · Chinese o Danlsh · Dutch In the ment, teaching general surveys ment by a year, since no students distribution require- · Fasi9 French · German * Greek humanities instead of subjects in their own who entered or applied to MIT is · I!tan Japanese ·Korean there is a growing feeling mert, fields of expertise. before the proposal was passed · NoBwegian · Polish Portuguese arts and valuable! that! MIT's humanities, A significant part of the sup- would be obligated by the new · Fiebmanan · Spanish · Swedish sciences requirement can- social port for breadth over choice and requirement. and others. fulfill all of the many goals not depth appears to come from out- Into-English translations from German and stu- other languages also envisioned by faculty Human- HASS petition and French. Many side the Department of available. dents. ities. Six of ten faculty on the this week, a proposal in- wants delayed Foreign language typists also needed. Until Maier Committee, which first to ANl this wwrk can be done In your tended to give more breadth recommended a specific distribu- vote HUM-D requirement ap- faculty home! the tion requirement, were from out- (Continuedfrom page 1) peared to have a good chance of Linguistic Systems, Inc. is New side the School of Humanities petition's organizers are looking agency, being approved by the faculty England's largest translation and Social Science, and two of -for one to make the motion to located a block north of the Central Sq. of some hu- over the objections the remaining four dissented table. subway station. professors. But a group manities from the committee's report. Richard L. Cartwright, head of urging the faculty to For application and test of students The leadership in the develop- the department of linguistics and the vote have collected translation cal Mr. postpone ment of the current proposal philosophy, headed the commit- a thousand petition signa- over came from Dean Ann F Fried- tee which submitted the proposal Linguistic Systems, inc. Skagestad startling the proposal's tures, laender PhD '64 of the School of at last month's faculty meeting. 116 Bishop Allen Drive backers. Humanities and Social Science It was adapted from recommen- Cambridge, MA 02139 864-3900 Students have played very little and Richard L. Cartwright, head dations made last August by an .8 in the proposal's develop- -- - -' ---~~~~~~~~--- -- role of the Department of Linguistics Institute-wide faculty committee -- " I the only formalized par- ment; and Philosophy. after a year-long study. The com- ticipation was the eventual inclu- The HUM-D proposal has the mittee which prepared the version Curtiss '87 in the sion of Mark solid support of several now before the faculty held no the Institute- Maier Committee, heavyweights with clout among student-faculty forums. committee which spent June wide the faculty: the CUP, the Corn- The proposal affects the hu- August 1986 studying the 1985 to mission on Engineering Under- manities distribution require- The petition- HASS requirement. graduate Education and the ment. It would require one sub- the top-level adminis- ers accuse Council of the School of Human- ject each in any three of five tration of insensitivity to ities and Social Sciences. areas: Cultures and Societies; those students' concerns, while The faculty has usually agreed Historical Studies; Literary and proposal insist who support the with recommendations by CUP's Textual Studies; Mind, Thought they provided ample opportuni- predecessor, the Committee on and Value; and the Arts. About ties for student input. Educational Policy; a notable ex- ten subjects would be offered in principal views on the role Two ception was the 1984 rejection of each area, in contrast to the pre- requirement have of the HASS a plan to restrict enrollment in sent system in which 156 subjects One side feels that it emerged. the Department of Electrical En- in 22 fields count toward the re- a broad should above all ensure gineering and Computer Science. quirement. background and an introduction to the fundamentals of humanis- iiw tic study. This side favors more ,laggiolnMal wons election structure and commonality in students' courses, leaning towards Dormconi president in particular areas. for requirements (Continuedfrom page 1) The support MacGregor resi- a dissenting view has Recently tee to review inter-house dents have given to the recent appeared: some of the humanities problems. plan to open that dormitory to r'. that, given the limit- faculty feel Among the most pressing women was a step in the right di- subjects tak- ed number of HASS problems Dormcon must face is rectiorn, Levin believed. students, it is more en by most the growing number of women at Maggioni also pledged to infor important to preservechances the Institute, Levin said. ,R/O volve Dormcon in campus activi- they students to choose courses must change because of the in- ties this spring. The organization want - and possibly develop so- creased number of women.... is planning a number of dormi- phistication in some area - than We don't want the situation tory events, including produc- to enforce breadth requirements. where 50 percent [of students] tions of the musicals "Hair" (by Lacking graduate students, the live off-campus and 50 percent East Campus and Senior House) wdsn't it about time you earnedwhat homosexuality really is?. Ii Course XXI faculty prize contact . .9 live on-campus." and "Grease" (Baker House). I I 'a en I ,,, ...... Are You Short On ...... I...... Storage Space? .' : m m m M-Ill. 10 E E I" I m

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