i We/com0-~e Freshmpe~n IA1 I- -- -- ·-- --- -c- ------ I 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- of Squeeze include Glenn Dormcon's budget was doubled tablishment 'tY W~~~~, the 13) Tilbrook and Chris Difford, this year, paving the way for (Please turn 1to page ---- songwriting nucleus of the group, 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. -~. , II i, .I - . I - .. .._1 .. ,l- . ~ I . f 1 -1t _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.