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Volume-106, Number 44 Friday, October 17, 1986

,, I L- I I - -I dYI -L --- I I -- II Alumni Sitart S. African fund By Andrew L. Fish MIT administration. But the dicted. The fund will be free of A group of MIT alumni' has es- numbers of alumni contributing South African-related stocks. tablished a trust fund designed to to the fund may change adminis- Trustee John C. Correa '81 pressure MIT to sell its holdings tration policy, he asserted. said, "we are sending a clear in companies doing business in Assistant Professor of Finance message to the MIT administra- South Africa, said Philip Katz John E. Parsons, an endowment tion." He said the fund was "lob- '82, a trustee of the fund at a trustee, said the fund was "one bying" for the senior class gift as Wednesday press conference. small step toward reducing the well as organizing a direct mail The fund, called the MIT En- economic and military might of campaign to alumni. dowment for Divestiture, will ac- the country of South Africa." Professor Willard Johnson, an cept contributions, but will with- The fund should cause the ad- fund trustee, said the endowment old them from MIT until either ministration to be concerned was "the outgrowth and culmina- MIT divests or apartheid is dis- "that alumni will stop giving to tion of a long effort." He said, mantled, according to the trust the university," Parsons added. "The message must be sent that declaration.- If the conditions for The trust fund showed "that it [South Africa] will stand alone the release of the trust are not is possible to support MIT and on every issue." met by 1994, the money will be support divestiture," Parsons Johnson said the goal of the given to Amnesty International continued. anti-apartheid movement was be- and the United Negro College Income from the funds will yond the stage of public educa- >i "Fund, the declaration said. vary, sometimes earning more tion. The movement must now "Through the endowment, than MIT's endowment, some- "press companies to get out of i :~ alumni can tell MIT that they are times earning less, Parsons pre- South Africa;" he added. concerned about apartheid," Katz said. He called the endow- ment "-yet another voice among Education comrnittees Mark Viirtue many to tell MIT to take a moral Women's Rugby Captain Rachel Berman '88 gets Ithe and fiscal stand against South report to faculty ball in a line out during Saturday's match vs. SUbNy/ Africa." By Sarita Gandhi month. Cortland. MIT lost 3 tries to 0 in Beantown's 10th an- Katz conceded that the fund A regular meeting of MIT's Gray's report emphasized the nual invitational. They lost to Williams College Sundlay. would not provide "any kind of ------I rr ---_--_I , _, faculty was held last Wednesday importance of students at MIT. economic pressure" against the afternoon in 10-250. The agenda Among other topics in Gray's re- included discussion on the on- port were concerns about the Fenway House wins legal battle going curriculum reform as well standards of admissions, Course By Katie Schwarz corpor;ation officer. The current The lawsuit has been going on as reports by the President Paul VI crowding, the Freshman year, I: MIT's Fenway House has officerssintend to continue leasing since before this year's seniors E. Gray '54 and Provost John minority student education, grad- emerged successfully from a the piroperty to the Fenway were freshmen. House members Deutch '61. uate student housing, and the three-year legal contest for pos- House living group. The Sigma at first thought the case would be The first item on the agenda need for increased integration be- session of its house at 34 the Fen- Alpha Mu members of the corpo- thrown out of court, said house was Gray's annual report. Gray tIween different academic fields. way, Boston. ration could still vote to return manager Mary Reppy '87, but had already submitted the report Dean for Undeirgraduate Edu- Sigma Alpha Mu, the national the -house to the fraternity, but saw it as a more serious threat as to the Corporation, he said. Gray cation Margaret MacVicar '65 fraternity of which Fenway relative ely few of them are inter- time went on. They began the le- indicated that the report will be presented the three. academic House was once a chapter, filed ested in doing so, the officer .gal battle with about $10,000 to published for the MIT communi- commission reports that were re- suit against the current occupants added. -- (Please (urn to page 18) ty 'as an insert in Tech, Talk next leased last week, one in final of the house in 1983. The MIT Fe fbrm, the other-two in interrnedi- chapter broke off its affiliation wer unde;rgrads quali'fy for aid ate form. MacVicar described the with the national in 1973, ren- purpose of each of the three re- amed itself Fenway House and By Philip J. Nesser II students' families. As a result, tightened up its GSL program, it ports, but indicated that time has been alloted in a future meeting became an independent, coopera- The number of MIT under- fewer undergraduates can qualify has ensured that all other finan- for more detailed discussion of tive living group. graduates qualifying for financial for aid, he said. The financial cial aid programs will continue to these reports. The house is officially owned aid ha as dropped substantially distribution of MIT students has receive funding over the next five The report of the Committee by a corporation composed of over th e past three years, accord- not significantly changed, he years. former residents, organized to ing to Leonard V. Gallagher '54, added. In an attempt to continue to on the Humanites, Arts, and So- hold title to the house when the directo.r of student financial aid. The federal government has re- meet its policy of providing all fi- cial Science Requirements, (Please turn to page 18) fraternity chapter bought it in In 198 3, around 58 percent of cently passed several bills which (Please turn to page 2) 1961. In 1978 the alumni corpo- MIT u Undergraduates received aid now require all GSL applicants ration amended its bylaws to per- througi -hthe Undergraduate Office to complete a financial verifica- New tax reform may mit non-fraternity alumni of the of Financial Aid. This number tion form. This change in policy house to join the corporation. has ste'adily dropped since then, has had little effect on MIT be- to 48 percent this year. cause the financial aid office has affect MIT financial aid The corporation now com- falling By Jinnie Jung 1990, and 0 percent beginning agher attributed this trend prises about 300 initiates of Sig- Galla required students to fill out First in a two-part series exam- 1991. Gallagher indicated that ome tax reforms over the MIT's standard financial aid ma Alpha Mu and 150 more to incc ining the effects of federal tax re- nondeductibility of interest pay- ew years which have low- form. alumni who lived in the house as past fe form on student financial aid. ments would create only an small he tax bills of some MIT Although the government has Fenway House, according to a ered ti Today's articlefocuses on 'under- incremental change to the entire graduatefinancial aid. educational cost to a student. lWore students join Japan program The impact of the federal tax Interest payments on Parent Loans for Undergraduate Stu- By Priyamvada Natarajan gram attracted only three or four Interns gain first-hand reform act on financial aid recipi- dents will also no longer be de- The MIT-Japan Science and studentts, but the program accept- knowledge of Japanese research ents is difficult to forecast, ac- Technology Program has exper- ed 19 new students last fall, she cording to Director of Student ductible, Gallagher said. Parents The program, which was estab- could consider taking out home- ienced growing student participa- said. Financial Aid Leonard V. Gal- lished by Professor of Political equity loans instead, since the bill tion since its inception five years "The lagher- '54. ere is no technologically Science Richard J. Samuels in allows deducting interest pay- ago, according to Patricia E. advanc The federal tax reform act, as ced foreign country less 1981, now supervises the place- ments on this type of loan, he Gercik, coordinator of the pro- well u it now stands, will impose taxes nderstood and more in ment of 8-10 students in'intern- on portions -of scholarships ex- suggested. gram. . .need o:f understanding by Ameri- ships every year, Gercik said. Stu- Additionally, the amount of to improve can te ceeding the amount of education- The program aims :hnological leadership than dents have worked at Toshiba, charitable contributions to the "US-Japan collaboration in edu- al expenses, Gallagher pointed Japan, " according to a program NEC, Matsushita, and Hitachi as Institute may decrease as a result cation, research, and public servi- out. let. well as the University of Tokyo "Scholarships that total less of the reduced financial incentive ce," Gercik indicated. and Kyoto and Japan's national incurred by the tax reform, Gal- One of the program's major "The than tuition plus supplies will not ere is a lot to learn from laboratories. lagher predicted. The new legisla- activities is to prepare a number Japan, be taxed," Gallagher explained. "Gercik added. "It is a The internships enhance the "Very, very few MIT undergrad- (Please turn to page 18) of MIT students for internships unique experience for students to students' language capabilities uates have scholarships that ex- * r s . : ,.. in Japanese research laboratories. incorpoorate Japan into their car- and cultural understanding, she In the first two years, the pro- eers." ceed tuition plus supplies." said. Students also gain a first- Also, the deductibility of inter- hand view of Japanese research est payments on educational which enables them to work loans will be gradually eliminated _~~~~~~ closely with the Japanese in the next five years, he added. throughout their careers. Even if students pay taxes on Students study :two years of certain portions of their scholar- university-level Japanese and also ships, they can claim those por- TRUE STORIES: The film, the album, the event... undergo a one-year orientation tions as incomes and get tax re- Page 11. program on Japanese culture be- turns unless their annual income * * * * fore embarking on their overseas is above the taxable level. internship, Gercik explained. The A major change in the recent TRUE STYLE: .Bauhaus retrospective at MIT museum. orientation program has become Page 13. tax reforms is the nondeductibi- an interdisciplinary curriculum in lity of interest payments made on l Japanese science, society, eco- student loans. Next year, 65 per- TRUE COLORS: New Cyndi Lauper Ip disappoints. nomics, politics, -and history. cent of such interest payments Page 16. The program was also instru- will be deductible. It will go Ellen L. Spero mental in bringing Japanese lan- down to 40 percent in 1988, to 20 Director of Student Financial Aid Leonard V. Gallagher '54. I · a-r-P- ------ LIIC--PCC IID··YII·IIIIC-----01 I l (Please turn to page 19) percent in 1989, to 10 percent in

iy- ·- (·u r~r~- Yi I3-M _M PAGE 2 The Tech FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1986 IPC~~~4 I I~~-Cs~~~··~ ~IP Financial aid funding continues to rise (Continuedfrom page 1) for students, he said. MIT is also However, the effective ROTC secutive years, something almost mined by the financial aid depart- nancial need to students, MIT invoved in the Consortium of Fi- contribution is in excess of $2 unheard of in other schools. ment. It has been the Institute's has continued to expand the nancing Higher Education,' a million, since many MIT students There is a "positive picture," policy to meet all determined amount of money needed to meet group of 30 schools that have receive their scholarships directly at MIT, Gallagher said. "We need since 1967. The average this need yearly. In 1977-78, the joined together to provide loans from the armed services. don't see disaster around the need for those students receiving total amount of grants was $6.2 to needy students and parents. · Private funding accounts corner." MIT financial aid this year is million. By 1984-85 the amount The loans are at a 9-10 percent for over 76 percent of the finan- The Institute determined that $11,600. had grown to $15.1 million and interest rate and allow 10-15 cial aid. MIT's unrestricted funds 2300 of the current undergrad- The Institute expects each stu- in 1986-87 the total has increased years for payback. represent the largest single source uates had financial need. This de- dent to provide a self help pro- to $16.5 million. MIT's unres- This year, MIT undergraduates of undergraduate financial aid, termination is made through the gram each year. The expected self tricted funds alloted to financial received $16.5 million in total accounting for $5.868 million use of the Financial Aid Form aid, which have quadrupled since help for this year is $.4900. Most grants and scholarships from the this year. In addition, the MIT (FAF) and through a set financial students chose to raise this mon- 1977-78, are largely responsible Institute and outside sources, endowment is providing $4.85 aid policies. The current estimat- ey through loans 'and summer for this rise. Furthermore, the en- Gallagher explained. This sum million this year. Incoming stu- ed cost of attending the Institute dowment fund has doubled over and term employment. Student comes from' three primary dents are bringing $1.9 million in for the 1986-87 year is $17,700 are not forced to work if they the same time period. sources: outside private scholarships. plus travel dosts. Gallagher is confident that think it will detract from their ® The Federal government e Yearly gifts to the Institute A student's need is determined studies, Gallagher stressed. How- MIT will continue to meet its ob- provides roughly 18 percent of comprise the final 5 percent of by taking the estimated cost and ligation to its students. Even if ever, more than 50 percent of un- this year's total. Pell Grants, for grants and scholarships. These subtracting the self-help and the dergraduates work on campus. the federal government pulls which every student must apply, gifts amount to over $800,000 parents contrilution as deter- completely out of its loan pro- total $800,000, while Supplemen- yearly. I grams, MIT is prepared to step in tal Educational Opportunity President Paul E. Gray '54 has and take over that responsibility, Grants add another $1.3 million. done his best to keep costs to stu- he said. In addition, the Reserve Officers dents under control, Gallagher The Parent Loans for Under- Training Corps directly provides concluded. Gray has kept the graduate Students program has $840,000 in the form of MIT-ar- self-help down and has even held provided a ready access to money ranged ROTC scholarships. it at its current rate for two con-

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T T A; F Terrorists wound 70 at Wailing Wall Soviet dissident gains freedom Aw ' ~ The Palestinian Liberation Organization and two other Soviet dissident David Goldfarb is headed for the Unit- Palestinian terrorist organizations have claimed resnonsi- ed States. reported an Occidental Petroleum .nnkesnman bility for the grenade attack launched near the Wailing Goldfarb flew out of Moscow yesterday with company Gorbachev considers American Wall in Jerusalem Wednesday. One person was killed and chairman Armand Hammer. Goldfarb reportedly rejected summit visit nearly 70 others were wounded in the attack. Police have a KGB offer of freedom to emigrate to the United States Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is prepared to come to arrested 29 suspects in the worst act of terrorism in Jeru- in exchange for his framing of Nicholas Daniloff. (AP) Washington for a summit meeting sometime between salem since early 1984. March and June of next year, provided that enough pro- The grenades were thrown at a group of 300 new re- Nightmare continues in El Salvador gress on arms control is made in the interim. cruits of an elite infantry force that had just completed President Reagan had noted in his television address their swearing-in ceremony. Rescuers are still clawing their way through rubble in earlier this week that Gorbachev had not announced plans Israeli planes attacked Palestinian bases near the city of search for survivors of Friday's earthquake. Salvadoran at the weekend summit in Iceland to visit the United Sidon in retaliation yesterday, according to Lebanese po- President Jose Napole6n Duarte announced that one citi- States, as was agreed at the Geneva meetings. lice. One fighter was shot down and its two pilots appre- zen was rescued after being entombed in debris for five The Kremlin was not prepared to offer new compro- hended, the police report. (AP) days. mises, either on the Strategic Defense Initiative or reduc- Secretary of State George Shultz arrived yesterday for a ing offensive strategic arms, a Soviet diplomat reported. first-hand look at the damage. The United States has The Soviets feel that Washington must make the next pledged $1.5 million in emergency aid, and a joint House- move, since their proposals at the summit were rejected Senate conference committee has added $50 million in aid by Reagan, in an attempt to hold on to SDI. to its half-trillion dollar spending bill. The diplomat did, however, indicate some possible ad- [S As many as a thousand people have died in the quake, justments on the part of the Soviets to their Iceland estimated the State Department. Possibly 30,000 have stance on the "star wars" issue. Areas open for negotia- Court rules against been left homeless in the disaster's aftermath. (AP) tion included how many and what kinds of tests could be Problem Pregnancy The Massachusetts Supreme Court performed outside the laboratory, rather than banning all ruled yesterday that an anti-abortion group tests. This would be contingent upon American agreement in Worcester may not use the trademark "PP," because those are the not to withdraw from the Antiballistic-Missile Treaty of initials of Planned Parenthood. Problem Pregnancy opened up an office * 1972 for 12 years, rather than the 10 proposed at Reykja- next door to a Planned Parenthood building and put --vik, and that deployment of the advanced weapons sys- the "PP" initials on its door. Some women -temrns would not be automatic but subject to agreement. seeking abortion infor- I mation enterred the Problem Pregnancy office Soviet officials are awaiting Congressional elections in by mistake, Planned Parenthood Dull weather ahead November, possible moves by Congress to cut funding for claimed. (AP) The next few days will feature little missile defense, and West German elections in January be- change in temperatures, as we are locked into a slow-moving fore attending another summit meeting, the diplomat weather pattern. In a day or said. Gorbachev would prefer to wait several months be- so, the clouds will start Boston doctors isolate anti-cancer gene to disperse, and the weather starting Sunday fore attending another summit, he continued. (The Bos- will be Scientists have identified a gene that appears to prevent clear but dull. -ton Globe) rare eye and bone tumors, and may lead to methods to Today: Increasing clouds, with a light shower treat more common forms of cancer. The gene guards possible. High 55 ° (12 °C). against the rare cancers when present in a subject, accord- Tonight: Overcase, more showers possible. Low 43 ° ing to Thaddeus Dryja, of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear (7 °C). t i Infirmary. (AP) Saturday: Rain possible in the morning, clearing towards evening. High 55 ° (12°C). Saturday night: Clear and cool. Lows in the 30 °- House approves 40" (-5 °C to freezing). budget plan AIDS victim reinstated at work Extended forecast (Sunday and Monday): Sunny The Senate is expected to commence debate over the- A 31-year-old victim of the Acquired Immune Deficien- and mild, with a high near 55°(12°C) on Sunday, half-trillion dollar spending bill approved by the House cy Syndrome will return to his job as a lineman with New 60 ° (16 C) on Monday. Wednesday night. Some lawmakers have criticized the bill, England Telephone as part of the settlement in a $1.5 mil- Forecast by John Nielsen calling it too large, but Congress is trying to adjourn so lion suit he filed. A spokesman of Boston's Dorchester Ia ------I ------rr- that lawmakers can return to their constituencies for cam- section declined to say whether the 13-year employee will paigning. (AP) receive back pay. (AP) Compiled by Harold A. 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RE Editorial -- CJAXshould1 E IWEVE)|||| /uhold ofi @lAN|| S#'~~~~~~~~~ I m/ m I ,11 11 \\ I P l i E~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~m anan gopenoeraforum | Vl e j Last semester, tensions between members of the Coalition :. ' Against Apartheid and the MIT administration came to a head with the arrest of eight students on Kresge Oval. One of the .OK- 55WE'LLSiND 14NW major causes was the lack of communication between the MIT ~ TRI[ETROuPE F WE ARE, WAC14I[91..a. 1iALKING! A administration, the faculty, and the student body. l NY=DSIUEU2 Ri6 To improve these relations, MIT reconvened the Corporation | ~ c Css1 tL<| Joint Advisory Committee on Institute-wide Affairs (CJAC). / . CJAC's objectives included organizing a public forum on i MIT's anti-divestment policy._ That forum has not yet been scheduled happened; CJAC failed to make the necessary preparations in time for a fall I- 1 colloquium. It is unclear that this failure should be blamed upon any one person - several committee members were unaware of the pro- , - gress, or the lack thereof, towards the column/Julian W est One stumbling block cited has been the failure to enlist- a l "drawing card" speaker, such as Rev. Leon Sullivan. Although o--- a a r0 1 1 e ; a many members of the MIT community would be interested in aboio estpsfanl what Sullivan has to say, the purpose of the colloquium should With anthe abortion Novemberb~atioallo question coud on fwhicIleeaps ofirs·exetedto Chares D. otheromates be to have the MIT administration explain their investment the Novembermak~~~~~~~~ balloteer which uncostitutionCarlein could otheP brg' letters.Pr-lf policy to the students and the -faculty, both of whom have make unconstitutional in the Presbe rg'etter[says that supportersS Commonwealth what is now a le- against improper choices,"Ot approved resolutions calling for divestment. The presence of a g-right inthe country, whave 71 which begin from'undeni the of abortion rights have a "selec- drawing card speaker should not have resulted in the post- been subjected to even more dis- 't able premise that some choices ive attitude about choice [which] ponernent of the forum. ,cussion than usual on reproduc- should be protected by law, whi e . v _ The colloquium should instead feature members of the MIT tive freedom Several people have others should not. He then ob-' is abourtion.. . This is patent non- F rosense. Everyone feels that peopleB Corporation who have repeatedly failed to clearly explain the recently put forward· arguments' · " serves thatI people~ ~ who~ are~ pro-~~~~~~sohsould . , be required. . . to do some Institute's justification for not divesting. It is unacceptable that which are, presumably, intended choice on abortionto change are eole smindsalso hoices ~things, forbidden to do others the Corporation continues to meet behind closed doors while tochange people's minds. quite' . ,.~..charm-ionselective about the choicesOf curseandgiven a choice whether or the students rally outside. lnThey are not likely to do so. In the,. . 'champion. Of courset Serious effort towards scheduld asrin g colloquium should fact,ta all of tethe anti-abortion let- they are! Groups fighting tor beginexist immediately.in order to CJACfacilitateshould ters which haveI re inad abortionrecent rightsmaintain arestems ~~~~~~~(Please turn to page 9) discussion between the corporation and students, not to pro- wek[aesfee rmmjr sigeisegop hc r o vide one more diversionary outlet for silent stalling. ....-.

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Volume 106, Number 44 Friday, October 17, 1986 L ag Chairman ...... , _ B i8_ Editor in Chief ...... Harn A. Siter __ e Managing Editor ...... Mr KaArowAs in Business Manager ...... Eric N. Starkman 187 Executive Editor ...... l J G f8|

New s Editors ...... eta l C. | Andrew L. Fish '89 Opinion Editor ...... a E. Ihang '87 iEd Edwad E. Wangre '87 Night Editors ...... Hal K.ard B ir keland '89 l[ Ezra Peisach '89 A rts Editor ...... M ichiel Bus G Photography Editor ...... Stephen P. Berczuk '87 Advertising Manager ...... ShariB A. erkenblit'88 C ontributing Editors ...... V. Micha el Bove G E Bill Coderre G Fe Julian West G ~~~~~~~ Carl A. LaCombe '86 ~m Steven Wheatman '86 Sidhu Banerjee '87-*Rm Simson L. Garfinkel '87 Andrew S. Gerber '87[ Ben Z. Stanger '88 F Senior Editor ...... Jonathan Richmond G - Indexing Project Representative ...... Sharelee M. Field '89

Associate News Editor: Akbar A. Merchant '89; Staff: Joseph. J. Kilian G, Donald Yee '87, Robie Silbergleit '88, Saiman Akhtar MT Sshuts ou t mw%n~orit ie '89, Derek T. Chiou '89, Mary Condello '89, Jeffrey C. Gealow '89, Irene E. Skricki '89, Marcia Smith '89, Sally Vanarian '89, To the Editor: stitutions. In fact, the situation onlythe total number of minor- Donald Varona '89, Anuradha Vedantham '89, Robert Adamsitya. graduate '99Ifthe MIT Corporation mem- with regard to minority admis ity graduate students at MIT in a - bars claim to be a positive force sions at MIT is nearing a crisis. gvnya.I goe h atta '90, Michael Gojer'90, Kenneth D.Leiter '90, Suzanne J. San-* escamobeaostvfre sonatMTInaigacii. given year. It ignores the fact that BK dor W '98.Meteorologists: Robert X. Black Ge Christopher A. in South Africa, they must first All a student needs to do islook a graduate student spends, on the Dav Michaelis C. MorganG, '88. D~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~avisage,convince usMichelC that theyMosiyersgan are being MT. a around and ask himself how average, five to six yeas at MIT. OPINION STAFF positive force here, at MIT, in many minority students he sees in It does not address the fact that Associate Opinion Editor: Sharalee M. Field '89; Columnists: their treatment of minority stu- his classes and department. the number of black students en- Thomas T. Huang G, Robert E.Malchman '85, ScottSaleska dents. Firstly, the article mentions (Please turn to page 7) '86, Mark McDowell '88, Daniel W. Pugh '88, Alan Szarawarski The Tech article ["US black ... . '88, Elliot Marx '89. SPRSSAFgrad enrollment declining,' Oct. '88,SPORBTS Elliot STAFF Marx '89- | grad enrollment declining," Oct. | Editorials, marked as such and printed in a distinctive for- Staff: William Hou G, Paul Paternoster '88, Jerome G. Braunstein 7] was misleading in the folloTech.They are written by '89, Anh Thu Vo '89. - ing ways: the editorial board, which consists of the chairman, editor in PROD UC TION' STA FF | ) The figures given were for chief, managing editor, executive editor, news editors and opin- | Staff: Amy S.gorin '84, Illy King '89, Joyce Ma '89, Marie Cop- total enrollment, not new enroll- ion editors. pola '90, Jigna Desai '90, Julia Drewry'90, Jeeyoon Lim '90, ment each year. David B. Plass '90, Stacy A. Segal '90; TEN Director: Ezra Pei- 2) The article dealt with gradu- Dissents, marked as such and printed in a distinctive format, sach '89; Supplies Manager: Andrew S. Gerber '87. are the opinions of the undersigned members of the editorial ange:Adr7ate,not undergraduate enroll- board choosing to publish their disagreement with the editorial. PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE ment, which concerns us most. Columns and editorial cartoonsare written by individuals and NightEditors: ...... Mark Kantrowitz89 3) The years picked for the sur- represent the opinion of the author, not necessarily that of the . Ezra Peisach '89 vey give a misleading impression newspaper. Staff: Peter Dunn G, Julian West G, Ronald E. Becker '87, of trends. For example in 1976, a Lettersto the Editor are welome. They should be typed and Andrew S. Gerber'87, Eric N. Starkman '87, Harold A. Stern year tpresenTed inbe tl e, 1 '87, Shari A. Berkenblit '88, Andrew L. Fish '89, Steve E. Hill addressed to The Tech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch, Cambridge '90, David B. Plass '90. ~~~~minority graduate enrollment was '90,David B. Plass '90. min8orityof graduatewhenrollmas iMA 02139, or by interdepartmental to mail RoomW20483. M - .178- -out of 3744, whereasin 1985 Letters and cartoons must bear the authors' signatures, ad- I The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607) is published Tuesdays and Fridays during the academic it was 139 out of 4920. year(except duringMIT vacations), Wednesdays during January, and monthly during dresses, and phoneletters willnumbers. Unsigned not be ac- the summer for $13.00 per year Third Class byThe Tech, 84 Massachusetts Ave. The object ofthe wprinted article anonymously with- o Room W20-483, Cambridge, MA 02139. Third Class postage paid at Boston, MA. implant the idea that minority Non-Profit Org, Permit No.59720. POSTMASTER: Please send all address changesto out express prior approval ofThe Tech. TheTech reserves the our mailing address: The Tech, PO Box 29. MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA 02139. enrollment is generally bad in the rgtt dto odneltes erge ecno uls l Telephone: (61 7) 253-1541. Advertising, subscription, and typesetting rates available. Unrioedt censeoS lettherrightthedit we cannotlishtters. Entire contents A)1986 The Tech. The Tech is a member of the Associated Press. nite tates, bsof the letters we receive. ,, Printed by Charles River Publshing, Inc. doing a better job than other in-

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'"e, - ~ at. - ' to.t th/-phrasin ofg a drop- poster ' t '. A eri figuresonorn-oll-o "M y Body .; , " - -we hadhunin g Lobby? to ' . . - -- p " a. 'I . ,advertises acdebaterw weree spon - . . "" :. . - - frthat The- phraI sing c chsef ' -Poster followsfrom: t wosimple:e . . facts. 1)The USSupreme Court, through Roe v. Wade and subse- y quentdecisions, has made it ex- .crutiatingly clear that the only. power any state legislature has - with respect to-abo rtion is the power to regulate tax-fundingof I,. abortions.* 2) Referendum Question #1, if' _that would give same passed, , power back to the state legisla- ture. Therefore, the phrase which . appeared on the poster, "Should 9 believe comuncaio5 . trgrswerl theMassachusetts legislaturecrutiatingly~~ the ~only ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~lwy . . facts££ torestrict tax havethe power is quite- - 1 funding of abortions?" - - psewouldlogical.felag isavantag same a is always As you can imagine, it is diffi- ourcareer cultto anticipate theattitudes for It's more than just talk. AtROIM, y ( like this,. our career is always a both sides in an event l two-waydialogue. Right from the start I received1and a complaint from voice in important projects which t, you have an immedi- ate-pos ie. fromt ,o s p the course of so- the pro-choice speaker who asked phisticatedbusiness communications shape meto take it down, because she 5. A Your input makes a direren :x ad !'XL,'7. ZA LRJItij IyI3 L ` would feel at a disadvantage at we rely advertised as it always believed communication-is the key to progress, the debate, being newest employees to help us was.-In the interest of not mak- on the fresh perspective of our maintain a leading position in the marketplace. ing her feel uncomfortable, and demand- for Your ideas hold the answers to the industry's most keeping any form of publicity Innovative I agreed to ing questions. New markets. Expanded capabilities. the debate I could, "create a slightly, to applications. And to foster those ideas, we make change the wording most visible corporate conform more precisely to one great place to work" one of our particular provision of the refer- philosophies. Speak with us in person when we visit your campus. We'll endum. communications, from The fact is we did have a de- discuss the next decade of business technology to opportunity. And we'll tell you about the ROLM bate, where both speakers got a for professional speak their minds. workplace, technically advanced and designed fair chance to and benefits that motivate bril- I want to thank all those who growth, with surroundings liance and reward achievement. came and were open-minded en- for a career, even After the hard work you've put into preparing ough to listen to both sides; anything less. if they didn't agree, andespecial- we wouldn't think of offering ly those who participated through their questions. Matthew Bloomer President MIT Pro-Life Community Computer Science & Electrical (Editor'snote: The "Proposalfor a legislative amendment to the Engineering Majors Constitution relative to allowing the General Court to regulate the See us at the IBM booth at the Black practice and public funding of Student Conference Showcase on October abortions consistent with the 17 and at the ROLM booth at the Society United States Constitution" reads of Women Engineers Career Fair on as follows: October 18. the [Massa- "No provision of See your Placement Office for more details, chusetts] Constitution shall pre- and letter of interest to from reg- or submit a resume vent the General Court Magda Schoenhals, University Relations, ROLM ulating or prohibiting abortion I' Corporation, 4900 Old Ironsides Drive, M/S 372, unless prohibited by the US Con- Santa Clara, CA 95054. We are an equal stitution, nor shall any provision employer. of the Constitution require public opportunity or private funding of abortion, or the provision of services or fa- cilities therefore, beyond that re- quired by the US Constitution. The provisions of this article an IBM company shall not apply to abortions re- A great place to put your mind to work. quired to prevent the death of the mother.'9) - - I

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In slurs from the MIT faculty are especially refrain from going out listings for the IAP fact, if you look at the number far too common. of its way to hire black adminis- of minority graduate students Secondly, the article claims trators who restate its belief that Guide. coming to MIT each year in sev- that MIT enrollment has not de- some "blacks aren't polished and eral departments, you find an im- creased in the past ten years, al- refined" and are the root cause of Check your local ATHENA cluster for instructions pressive string of zeros. though the data shown covers the problems. or In 1984, the departments of only the past five years. The de- (Editor's note: The number of IAP Office, 7-108, x3-1668 civil engineering, ocean engineer- crease in enrollment appears less minority graduate students at contact the ing, linguistics and philosophy, drastic, if it is examined for only MIT in 1985 was supplied by DEADLINE - Thursday, October 30 applied biological sciences, biol- a period of five years, because the John Turner, associate dean for ogy, chemistry, and earth, atmo- graduate students' turnover the graduate school and assistant Indepenadent Activities Period spheric, and planetary sciences would not have been significant. I provost.) had no incoming minority gradu- am indeed saying that the same MIarie A. Gilles-Gonzalez G January 5 - 28, 1987 ate students. In 1985 the depart- students are being counted year for the Coalifion Against Apartheid ments of ocean engineering, after year. If one looks at the to- - I psychology, applied biological tal number of minority graduate a - sciences, biology, earth, atmo- students at MIT, that number has spheric, and planetary sciences, drastically decreased from 1976 and mathematics had no incom- to 1986, while the number of oth- ing minority graduate students. er students has increased over the JEWISH INTRODUCTIONS Yes, the number of zeros has same period. remained stable over the past five We minority students, who are years. That is not something that acquainted with each other and MIT should be boasting. That know the lengths of our mailing .We announce for you: an extreme lack of sensi- shows lists, are rather skeptical of the # An unpressured, student-designed service to introduce you to other Jewish tivity and an unwillingness to 1985 figure which appeared in the graduate and undergraduate students in Boston. deal with a crisis. a school where we are article. In * We feature a brief informal interview* and we will match students from all of the The number of minority stu- supposed to learn the scientific Boston area schools. Interviews will be conducted at your campus beginning late dents entering MIT is being kept method and scientific honesty, October and at regular intervals throughout the academic year. Matches will be deliberately low. Undergraduate this does not set an extremely rnmde between November and May. minority students are shut out good example. You and your potential friend will each receive a confidential letter, so that you can largely through financial pres- Thirdly, the reason the article arrange to meet each other at your mutual convenience. Whenever possible, sures. Graduate students are, for deals with only graduate students participants will receive more than one match. All inquiries and information the most part, funded by re- and chooses to ignore undergrad- will be held in strict confidence. search grants and are not subject uate admissions is because MIT's · There is a non-refundable ten dollar fee, plus a five dollar deposit which will be to the same financial pressures. record on undergraduate 'admis- -o ~_ ~ ~~~returned upon completion of a follow-up questionnaire. Payments are due at the of the interview. But they are also kept out of sions cannot be defended, no time Monday through Friday for MIT. matter how the data is presented. Inter viewsMIT at wi be · Call Arlene at 266-3882 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., ·views at MIT will interview appointments and informnnation. Although the Office of the The solutions to the problems condlucted November 4th and 5th Dean for Graduate Student Af- which I have presented here are 'Cancdlatw-os must be made 24 hours In advance fairs makes a valiant effort to re- rather obvious. 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There is a great differ- degree in chemistry cies at certain times and under stand. In fact, minors- are seldom ence, in viability and in sensual certain conditions." He seems to held legally responsible for any- maturity, between a foetus and a · references required think it implies "in favor of al- thing. If she shot someone, a mi- baby ready for birth. lowing individuals to do anything nor would not feel the full weight She also claimed that if we they wish," and claims that al- of the law. Yet although she is be- really cared about poor women Contact: though he can be "fully pro-life' low the age of consent, Brinkley "we would prevent them from de- and mostly pro-choice" in that he wants to condemn her to the stig- stroying a life, and incurring Stella Moran is in favor of allowing individuals ma of a high school pregnancy. emotional scars.' What attitude @ 617-782-0818 to do most things. In the case of rape, Brinkley is is this, to decide that we know He says, "all such groups are even more surprising. "To abort better than a shffering woman Leave message on answering machine. militantly pro-abortion." Mili- the baby would be to punish an what is. best for her? tantly is a adverb meaning "in a innocent child for the crime that What am I to conclude from All calls will be returned. these people who are concerned combative or warlike manner." his father committed," she de- -j Certainly, any political group clares. She would prefer to go on enough to write letters while not which faces opposition must be punishing the mother. This inno- in command of their material? I combative to protect its ideals. cent woman has already been could conclude that all anti-abor- But as for warlike, let me say raped, already discovered that tionists have made some obvious that I have heard of no pro- she is pregnant, already made a logical error, and if these were all Boston's First Salad Bar abortion groups which have been difficult decision, and is prepared systematically pointed out, we is Still accused of fire-bombing clinics. to face the trauma of an abortion could at last reach an agreement A scarcely more logical argu- as the lesser of two evils. Are we on this sensitive issue. ment was advanced in the same now to force what she Sees as the But to do so would be to .make Boston's First Salad Bar paper by Cynthia G. Brinkley. greater evil upon her as well? an unjustified logical step myself. ["Anti-abortion is not 'anti- To say that abortion is punish- Rather, I conclude that many in First. Number 1. In ten short years, Souper Salad has become the the anti-abortion camp are begin- first place to go for the greatest selection of fresh vegetables, choice'," Oct. 7]. She feels that · ing the child for the crime of the prepared salads, homemagrde salad dressings, bread, and assorted the choice to become pregnant father is misleading. This was an ning with an emotional comm- delicious touches. should be made before having old practice used as a deterrent, mitment and then attempting to Add hearty hand-stuffed sandwiches; steaming, flavorful soups; sex, so that the decision whether on the premise that the 'father justify it. They would do better mesquite grilled entrees; appetizers; premium beers; juicy burgers; to begin with logic and an open devastating deserts and values that give you the most for your or not to terminate the pregnancy would care for his family more money. Souper Salad - the first that will last - always. need not be made afterwards. than for his own life. It is hardly mind, and attempt to develop a This sounds appealing, but does a good analogy for the case of a position from the facts. not stand up to the facts. rapist who cares not at all fTr the The facts are these. No birth The forces of evolution have woman he raped, and still less control yet developed is flawless. ensured that it is difficult to have for the child. One woman of every three in the ·sex regularly and avoid concep- Iri the same week, the Wellesley- United States is raped. About tion. Rather drastic physical or News contained another remark- one million US teenagers become chemical methods have to be em- able column [Student says "yes" pregnant annually; this is as ployed, and none is foolproof. to Question One, Wellesley News, many girls as take the SAT test. Therefore, by ,her argument, Oct. 31. Leaving aside the fact Campaigners. for abortion all people electing to have sex, that the writer did not know the rights are working not solely on whether or not they use birth present status of the law, or their own behalf, but for the control, are accepting the respon- which side'of the ballot question poor, the young and the disad- I ; sibility of becoming pregnant. In- was "yes," the letter contained vantaged. aleed they are, but should we de-, astonishing logical holes. Perhaps I won't change any cide that even those who have "What makes the mother more minds with this Column, but at taken precautions should accept important than the unbtorn child? least I tried. Checking the facts responsibility for the child? Is not the values [sic] of both was once enough to change my The fact is that most people their lives equal in the eyes of mind. choose to have sex, and usually it man [sic] and the state?" she !~ is not with intent to conceive a asks, as though unable to distin- child, but as an act of love. To guish between an adult human say that sex as an expression of being and a three-month foetus. love should be denied us because I believe she was unable to see we are responsible is to push us this distinction. "Just because a away from civilization and to- fetus lives inside its mother as ward savagery. opposed to outside does not Worse, Brinkley has made no change its identity," she pro- L- _ II_,------4 ------. -I allowance for cases in which the claims. 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I A I I I film David Byrne's absurdvision o life TRUE STORIES- (THE FILM) The characters of "True Stories" are hi- to the level of an Everyman, who wants no If I have left it until now to mention the Directed by David Byrne. larious. They were created to fit plotlines more than the rest of us, to be loved. music in the film, it is because it is not my culled from The Weekly World News, a But best of all, there is the narrator, province. So I will be brief: the music is tabloid, and anyone who has read that au- played by Byrne himself, who observes all outstanding. Several of the songs have gust publication knows what a hoot it can and offers naive comments on the world he been recorded for the film by Talking be. They were clipped from the News and sees, but never seems to be part of. His de- Heads, others are covered by the charac- deposited in the town of Virgil, Texas. scriptions touch the surface world, but ters, but all are fine examples of Byrne's somehow appear to peer deeper. Generally, songmanship. Additionally, it makes a There is Louis Fyne, whose life revolves and very appropriately, he finds himself pleasant change that all of the songs ap- around the single word "matrimony," who behind the wheel of a large automobile, a pear logically in the movie, following from takes out television ads pleading eligible bright red Chrysler convertible which is as the story line or fitting neatly into the women to dial "544-WIFE." He is "6-foot- much a larger-than-life caricature as the background. 3-inches and maintains a very consistent landscape through which it cruises. One sequence features another exempla- panda bear shape." Byrne's demeanor, always sympathetic, ry videoclip by Talking Heads, for "Love There is the Lying Woman, who boasts always unpresuming, and always, always for Sale." It blends images of the band SmRam of writing "Billy Jean," of knowing Sly, of deadpan, is as funny as his seemingly ran- members with clips from TV commercials, sexual encounters with everyone - the dom utterances.. He is like a dislodged packaging the band as a product, until the mayor, John Kennedy, Rambo. Fred Rogers, who has left his neighbor- two scenarios converge as the artists are There is the Lazy Woman who never hood to explore the universe. Omnipres- dipped in chocolate and wrapped for sale. gets out of bed, and spends her days at- ent, but often silent, Byrne is almost as Chocolate covered David and Tina! tended by servants, robots, and a televi- much the center of attention as he was in Actually, the entire film has been put to- By JULIAN WEST sion. Her speech, devoid of any indication his previous, performance film "Stop gether in a style resembling fast-cut video- OU WILL HEAR A LOT about this -of an understanding of the world beyond Making Sense." Part of the humor, per- clip editing. The narrative is barely se- film. You will hear that director her bedroom, is full of delightful non- haps, comes from the fact that we know quential. Scenes bounce back and forth David Byrne has been confirmed sense. Byrne, and think he has a different per- offering glimpses of different facets of life as a major artist. You will hear The wonderful thing is that these char- sonality. This may not be true. In any in the town of Virgil. But somehow an that the film speaks about the US way of acters, once black and white figures case, if there are any of you out there who overall picture emerges. A coherent film life. You will hear that it speaks about the clipped from newspapers, have been mrold- do not yet know who David Byrne is, you emerges from a file of true stories, and it may not enjoy the film human condition. ed into people for whom we can care. as much. entertains. That may be true anyway. "True Stor- Never mind all that. Try not to listen. Fyne is a modern-day Ulysses, whose Pen- ies" relies on the same sort of quirky hu- This film is funny. I laughed harder than I elope has simply not been well defined. By mor and keen insight that have always have in quite a long time, and sometimes the time he makes his most emotional plea been second nature to Byrnfe as a lyricist. that is enough. for companionship, he has exalted himself If neither the words nor the music are as carefully refined as the ones he crafted for alburm: True Talking Heads Robert Wilson's The. Knee Plays, the in- tent is the same and the effect similar. In TRUE STORIES (THE RECORD) tant thing is that they are still sounding any case, '"True Stories" will both reach Songs' written by David Byrne and Talking good. and appeal to a wider audience. Heads. Performed by Talking Heads. The song currently getting airplay is "Wild Wild Life," released a month be- fore the album's debut. It's a good song, M am book: A. coompanion piece but not indicative of the diversity of the record as a whole. The first track, "Love For Sale," features loud guitar riffs and and conversation piece too Byrne vocals that will please any Heads fan. "Puzzling TRUE STORIES (THE BOOK) Evidence" continues in this By David Byrne. vein. The other songs are mellower. "Ra- With photographs by William dio Head," Eggleston, my favorite, talks about some- Len Jenshel, Mark Lipson and David one who "tunes in" to another's thoughts: -ql81~-~iC~L·l~ Baby, your mind is a radio Byrne. A Penguin Book. $15.95. Got a receiver inside my head. I,- I - Baby I'm tuned to your wavelength. Lemme tell you what it says. - -C~a619 The use of a pedal ~teel guitar adds a enables us to read over Byrne's opening M country flavor to several of the songs, in- cluding "People Like Us." I was queasy speech, which goes by quite quickly. Story- boards give us an idealized view of the fig- M about the whole idea of Talking Heads singing country music, but have got used ure in the landscape. to it. As for nice photographs, the introduc- By ANDREW S. GERBER The rest of the album, "Papa Legba," tion contains eight fine examples of the HE NEW TALKING HEADS ALBUM is "City of Dreams," "Dream Operator," work of William Eggleston, whose simple, colorful shots helped Byrne truly a multi-media presentation. and "Hey Now" are good, and the album By JULIAN WEST visualize the True Stories is available as a has great continuity. If a record sounds film. Mark Lipson took pictures from the O DAVID BYRNE COLLECTION is book, a movie, on compact disc, great the first time you play it, and gets point of view of the movie camera, which complete without a copy of this LP, and cassette tape. The album consists less interesting as time goes on, that's bad. serve as stills. Photographs by Len Jenshel As I have been playing this album, it has book. That is not, however, the provide sidelights to the film, pictures of Talking Heads versions of the songs only reason to buy it. True Sto- from the movie, several of which are sung sounded better and better. which tell as much about film making as ries adds a lot to one's appreciation of the by actors in the film version. There's only one fault with the it: the about suburbia. True Stories is album number nine for lyrics are not reproduced on the sleeve. film, "True Stories." It has nice photo- graphs. It provides an interesting view of' This is a departure from every other Talk- Talking Heads. In some ways, the new one life in the southern US, and an amusing ing Heads studio album. Apparently you evokes memories of the original Talking look at the consumer society It contains Heads albums, such as Talking Heads 77 have to purchase the book True Stories if . song lyrics, which are not included with _,. _ . ... the album. And it makes a nice coffee.ta- C-;'= ;' ble book. _.;: ' As for enhancing one's enjoyment of the film, readers can find all their favorite mo- ments in the screenplay, which runs _~_ through the book as a unifying thread. Two pages of costume sketches for the Take the first scene, where a little girl uproarious fashion show are amusing in walks down a dirt road which stretches their own right. Also, people curious about the genesis of Byrne's opus will be interested in the excerpts which provided some of the inspiration, from publications such as the Texas Monthly and The Week- -- ly World News. It might be amusing to study the book a little before seeing the movie, just as it -... . .-.. " . ArE y helps to read a chapter of a textbook be- t' ... fore seeing the corresponding lectures. But don't read all of it. There are still a few away into the flat Texas landscape, an surprises in the film worth seeing. emptiness which Byrne "supposes" to be "existential." For me that scene, with the matching · -- one at the end, was very evocative, and ·also reminiscent of an indeterminate num- and More Songs about Buildings and you want the lyrics. If you buy the CD, ber of things I could not place. The screenplay in the book tells us that Little Food. It also continues trends started in you'll get an extended mix of "Wild, Wild H i~~~l' their previous album, 'Little Creatures. Life." Not much for the $5 more the CD Girl is making "uncanny vocal imitations Talking Heads doesn't seem to care about costs, but probably worth it if you are into of natural sounds," that she has an "inno- cent but all-knowing look about her." It sounding different anymore. 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APlus Methods _ _ _ Bauhaus rebuilt at major for Student Excellence MIT Museum exhibition ,4 Wforkshop offered by BAUHAUS the 1MI T Yoga Club An exhibition organized by the German Institute and the Kundalinz Process ... for Foreign Relations. At the MIT Museum, through Feb. 28. Saturday. October 18, 1986 = 9:00- 5:00 pm, MIT Ashdown House By MICHIEL BOS O SINGLE INSTITUTION has been as influ- ential as the Bauhaus in establishing the Know yourself as an effective, efficient learner. fundamentals of modern architecture and design. During its 14 years of exis- Ideal for MIT students! A unique oppor- tence this famous German school deeply changed tunity to develop your mind. practical aesthetics. It took half a century before its principles would meet a serious challenge - and some would claim they have not met a real chal- M. I.T. H Contact Fred Martin at 623-7907 lenge yet. For the next few months, a large exhibi- 'YOGA t+ for more information. .-';- L~""--'-,,;',-.%~,~ tion at the MIT Museum looks back in wonder and " ~ respect. , ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,,' , ' : -~-- . CLUB All are invited' The history of the Bauhaus was a tumultuous etficla sige ofte a hu one. Founded in 1919 by architect Walter Gropius in the town of Weimar in Thuringia, the Bauhaus was under continuous fire of rightist parties in the MIT Course XXI Alumni Series Thuringia parliament, which ultimately forced it to close in 1924. The whole school then moved to lamps, or typography. presents Dessau, where it stayed until 1932, when a Nation- Fundamental to the Bauhaus curriculum was the al-Socialist City Council closed it again.' By then the compulsory Vorkurs, the Preparatory Course. It directorship had been taken over by Mies van der consisted of exercises to familiarize the student with THE AMERICAN REED TRIO Rohe. After a short epilogue in Berlin, the Bauhaus various materials, and with fundamental concepts was finally dissolved in 1933. like form, proportion, light, and color. The several I Many of the most important personalities in Eu- year long studies which followed it were centered Richard Killmer, oboe ropean art of this century taught or studied at the around practical training in the various workshops. Bauhaus. Apart from Gropius and Mies, Kan- But of more widespread influence than this edu- Frank Ell, clarinet dinsky, Klee, Schlemmer, Moholy-Nagy, Breuer, cational scheme was the Bauhaus aesthetics. Not John Miller '64, bassoon Feininger, Muche and Albers were at some time or surprisingly, functionalism was at its core: architect another associated with it. As in many revolution- and designer should match form with purpose, ary endeavors, the interaction between them was without superfluous decoration or gratuitous embel- not always smooth. lishment. What was called for was rigor, rational- FREE The basic philosophy of the Bauhaus was laid ism and clarity. This obviously went with a concen- down in Gropius' manifesto of 1919. It stressed the tration on basic colors and geometric forms. Thus I 4 PM, SUNDAY need for a reintegration of architecture and the the artistic attitude of the Bauhaus easily merged 19 OCTOBER 1986 decorative arts, and postulated that this required a with the De Stijl movement in Holland, with Rus- revival of craftsmanship. No art for art's sake; the sian Constructivism, and with the architecture of Le KRESGE AUDITORIUM artist had to work as a designer for everyday life. Corbusier. The emphasis on the equality of all forms of cre- The many foreign students took the Bauhaus 253-4446 ative work, as well as the direction of the artist's message home with them. Moreover, many promi- energy toward practical purposes, remained a con- nent teachers or students at the Bauhaus emigrated stant throughout the Bauhaus' history. from Nazi Germany - Gropius, Mies, Moholy, Yet Gropius' real interest was not so much in re- Breuer and Albers to the United States. Thus the viving the old guild ethos as in creating a synthesis Bauhaus creed spread around the world. I am writ- of art and technology in design. As he saw it, the ing this in a tubular steel chair, by the light of a Bauhaus was a response to the new demands posed thoroughly functional metal desk lamp, in a con- by industrial society. The artist had to be a media- crete building positively devoid of Romantic frivol- tor, fusing a sense of purpose and life with mass- ities. production in the industrial apparatus. Hence the The present exhibition at the MIT Museum is II extensive involvement of the Bauhaus in commer- mainly didactic in nature. It has a lot of text, with cial areas like wallpaper, furniture, _kitchenware, selected original Bauhaus items for illustration.

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W ITH A VOICE like Aimee Mann's, it would be very hard not to produce a fantastic album. Unfortunately, 'Til Tuesday has done it for the second straight time. It's not that Welcome Home and It Voices Carry were bad albums; they just don't stack up to the quality of Mann's singing. David denies that he'll ever change his mind iE David denies- D but he's left his love behind All members of the MIT Community are and so I'll wait and so I'll hope welcome. Bring your own meal or purchase somehow I can convince him not to let me go one at the Kosher Kitchen (Walker Rm. 50- [David Denies] 007) which serves dinner Monday through I made the mistake of tacking on a few Euryth- Thursday, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm. Validine mics songs onto the end of my 'Til Tuesday tape, ! and the comparisons became impossible to miss. accepted. Both Mann and Eurythmics vocalist Annie Lenox ir possess beautiful but sad voices. Both have a sur- prisingly wide vocal range. Both sing almost exclu- Sukkot services and holiday meals Friday, - sively about love turning bad, or never existing in I the first place. October 17, through Sunday, October 19. But Eurythmics songs can be played for hours on Contact MIT Hillel for info and holiday end, fascinating me more each time I listen to them. B (Please turn to page 17) reservations, 253-2982.

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THE COLOR OF MONEY cial, in complete contrast to Eddie's steely- begins by loving the game he plays so ex- "Hustler" by not conceding to such a de- Screenplay by Richard Price. eyed cool-headedness. Despite the differ- ceptionally well and is 'finally reduced to a vice. This film is too good to offer such a Directed by Martin 'Scorcese. ence in personalities, Eddie decides to be braggart describing the amazing shots he simple resolution to the complex situations Starring Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, and Vince's stakehorse. makes in order to convincingly dump it has developed. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. The two embark on a six-week road trip games. Vincent is transformed from a "The Color of Money" is both depress- At the Charles Cinema. to prepare for the upcoming Atlantic City cocky but likable boy to a warped man ob- ing - by its presentation of Vincent's cor- pool tournament, along with Vincent's sessed with optimizing the monetary gain ruption - and uplifting - by its presenta- By PETER DUNN beautiful girlfriend and manager, Carmen from each game he plays. tion of Eddie's redemption; but is not so (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). Their trip If this film is the story of Vincent and presumptuous as to assume that the story ANY PEOPLE THINK that Paul covers all the major pool halls en route to Carmen's-corruption, it is alsothe story of ends there. In offering a detailed conflict Newmain is over the hill. New Jersey. During this trip Eddie tries to Eddie's salvation. Eddie starts off as a between deceiver and deceived, it makes -They argue that he should teach Vincent and-Carmen the art of hus- rather unsavory character:: it is clear that for an engrossing and thought-provoking gracefully bow out from tling. Vincent must learn to curb his insa- he is leading Vincent and Carmen along a film. movies' and pursue one of.his many other tiable appetite for victory, to dump a game path of deception. Paul Newman' is perfect interests, such as automobile, racing. If in order to win more money later. Carmen in this role with his cold, icy-blue eyes and 1982's "The' Verdict" was proof that New- must learn to play Vincent's foil, to act her his. soft but forceful delivery of lines. But man had not yet finished producing great role in the hustling scenarios, but is -also if Eddie'is such a.,fraud, he is twice as performances, then "The Color of Mon- used by Eddie to keep Vincent emotionally deadly because he is also-so-likable. Eddie ey" goes one step further in demonstrating and sexually satisfied. In Eddie's words, .not only manipulates Vincent to do his to Newman's critics that he is still a force "Vincent is a thoroughbred. You [Carmen] bidding but also gets the audience to side to be reckoned with. make him feel good, I teach him to run." with him., Vincent seems to be getting just In "The Color of Money," Newman re- Vincent's skills-are seen by Eddie as a rare what he deserves for falling for -Eddie's prises his role as Fast Eddie Felson, the commodity that must be milked'-for all it ruses, just like the inferior players that are principal character of 1961's "The Hust- is worth. hustled by the group. ' ler." Twenty-five years later, Eddie no The road trip turns out to be a major .Scorcese's 'fluid but jarring camera longer plays pool - rather, he hustles al- conflict of personalities, with Eddie having movement gives a dreamlike quality that cohol. But Eddie still keeps in touch with trouble controlling Vincent's desire to win amplifies the' deception 'in the film. Scor- the pool scene, bankrolling promising and jealous protectiveness ,of his girl- cese used his camera style to great effect in nine-ball players, and one day he spies friend. The group parts ways before At- creating the nightmarish, quality of "After Vincent Lauria (Tom Cruise) strutting his lantic City, only to meet there again as op- Hours," and applies the -same skill in stuff, clearing table after table. ponents in the climactic pool tournament. "Color of Money" to' reflect Eddie's cor- Vincent is the ultimate child of the 80's, "The Color of Money" is less about rupting influence over Vincent' and Car- cocksure and anxious to show off his tal- pool than it is about the corruption of the men. ents. The first time Eddie catches sight of innocent by the lure of money. Eddie takes "The Color of Money" has a great op- him, Vincent is playing like a wildman, an essentially pure pool player, one who portunity to cop out by presenting a wielding his cue stick like a samurai war- plays only to win, and warps him into a "Rocky" style ending (mentor and pupil rior and killing time between matches with money making machine. The change in meet in final climactic head to head battle) video. games. Vincent is flashy and superfi- Vincent is astonishing and disturbing: he but fortunately stays trite' to the original Paul Newman is Fast Eddie - - -- ' -- A_ --- classified advertising

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MacVicar were open to input by any mem- is Italian · Japanese · Korean the report-as identifying a need and Chemistry), and the-Labora- • tory Requirement. This commit- ber of the hMIT community, espe- Norwegian * Polish e Portuguees e to give the HASS requirement cially from the student body. valuable! oRom SanianSpanish 4 Swedish into a more coherent structure. tee has not finished its discus- sions yet. and others. Kerrebrock also felt that there Into-English translations from German Dean of School of Humanities The Commission on Engineer- and French. Many other languages also Education, needs to be more one-on-one in- and Social Sciences Ann F. Fried- ing Undergraduate teraction between faculty and available. laender PhD '64 pointed out that chaired by Professor Jack L. Ker- Foreign language typists also needed. issued a progress re- students. Other faculty expressed two dissenting opinions, which ebrock,'had a desire to see more academic ad- All this workD can be done in your offered what she termed a less port in September. It has come stu- home! preliminary suggestions, vising for undergraduate radical change, were attached to up with dents, especially for freshmen. Linguistic Systems, Inc. is New report. She Proposed asking but as it has not yet finished dis- England's largest translation agency, the of the Central Sq. the Council on the HASS to ad- cussions its final report is not The last formal item on the located a block north ready. subway station. dress the changes suggested by agend a was a report from Pro- the committee. Many faculty members ex- vost John M. Deutch '61. His to- For application and test pressed willingness to cooperate pics included undergraduate edu- translation call Ms. Professor of Chemistry Robert with other departments in com-- Edu- cation, the five-year.,,.planning inc Desormeaux Silbey, chair of the Science ing up with proposals to improve various Linguistic Systems, cation Committee, presented a process for departments, 116 Bishop Allen Drive the quality of undergraduate edu- specialized committees, and a 864-3900 report which focused on review- cation. Cambridge, MA 02139 Campaign Priority Group. -4 . Fenway House defeats I .- national fraternity (Continued from page 1) another in the expectation that $15,000 that had been intended the property will be used-to the for renovations, and could not first party's benefit. mortgage the house for more The national fraternity sup- funds while its ownership was be- plied a $10,000 loan when the ing contested. house was purchased, and the The plaintiffs have not yet de- chapter contributed $10,000 de- cided whether to appeal the case. rived from parents' gifts and its housing fund. The loan and the Court rules alumni mortgage on the house have been were responsible for upkeep paid off by the corporation with argued in payments collected from both Sigma Alpha Mu resi- court that the circumstances un- fraternity and non-fraternity der which the house was pur- dents of the -house. The court found insufficient chased gave the fraternity certain ... is special. It means being bright, others, who vearn to play with and legal rights to it. They based their evidence to show that a resulting them trust existed, stated the ruling by innovative, curious and thoughtful, develop ideas, are rare. We have claim upon a resulting trust, a le- at BBN. Actually, we pay people to play gal situation where one party Chief Justice Thomas R. Morse, eager to turn technical problems into the purchase price of a Jr. of the Suffolk Superior Court. solutions. It means a willingness to take and to stretch their genuine intelli- supplies pay for "a property whose title is held by The fraternity did not testing and gence. Want to join them? specific and definite part of the chances, to expose ideas to MIIIT unsure property" and hence the legal the challenges of colleagues. People We are interviewing at MIT definition of a trust was not satis- who learn by sharing and by teaching November 6. of federal tax fied, the ruling continued. The court concluded that the reform effects national fraternity's involvement (Continuedfrom page I) with the house was limited to the Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. tion allows the deduction of do- amount of the loan, since the nations only if the tax return is alumni corporation - not the -- =_-- 10 Fawcett Street, Cambridge, MA 02238 itemized, he pointed out. fraternity- has been responsible We are an equal opportunity employer m/f/v/h Since the bill has not become a for maintenance and mortgage law yet, many uncertainties re- payment. i main. For example, the date that - C- - LI~ _ , . the new tax law was to become effective was Aug. 16, 1986. Some students were notified of their financial aid before that date, but most were not. Wheth- er or not most students would FRO.M OLD'DELl still be subject to the tax reform An.., .... r - All~~4 ^"I,-'.-. is not certain. 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nen's reTv spors xe resutsat |yo Women's crew shows mixe~d results at Hol .yoke By Anh Thu Vo they accomplished during the The MIT women's varsity crew brief week rowing together," team captured second out of four Earle said. The BU team carried' places in the Mount Holyoke all- home the first place trophy with a women's regatta last Saturday. time of 20:52, and the Coast The first novice team placed first Guard crew placed second in in a field of 13 boats in the com- 21:11. petition, held on the Connecticut The varsity team will enter two River in South Hadley, MA. crews at the Head of the Charles this Sunday. The Head of the The Varsity Charles is one of the most presti- At the Mount Holyoke Regat- gious events in the rowing world ta, varsity coach Mayrene T. and crews come from as far away Earle had put together a varsity as Finland and England to com- team of four that she felt could pete. Mark S. Abinante have won the-race. However, the The Novices Women's novice crew at Mount Holyoke. Simmons College crew enjoyed a very well-rowed race and could The novice team started out team will come at the Dartmouth face tougher competition and will can compete. Instead, the novices not be caught, Earle said. Sim- roaring. The MIT "A" team cap- Invitational Regatta on Oct. 26, have to push themselves harder will be training for their own mons' winning time was 6:06.0, tured first place at the Head of noted Coach Tom Tiffany. Rac- than before. Foot of the Charles regatta, a 13 seconds ahead of the MIT the Textile while the three other ing against Dartmouth College, spoof of the Head of the Charles. boat. Northeastern University MIT novice teams came in within Boston University, University of The novice team will not be The regatta is slated for late and Williams College followed in 10 seconds of each other. New Hampshire and probably racing at the Head of the Charles November this year. third and fourth place. The '" boat then repeated its Trinity College, the novices will regatta since only varsity crews The MIT team rowed a rough performance at the Mount race and did not set up the boat Holyoke Regatta, beating the Sports Update well. because of a harsh tail wind, other three MIT teams and 15 commented Coxswain Audra A. others to take home the first Noel '88. The MIT team'did not place plaque. The other teams Golf w;ins spot in-championships came from Simmons College, ,'-~~~~~~~Soccer wins sixth race up to its potential and could Team finishes second in MIT finished 13th out of 40 have rowed a much better race, Smith College, University of straight victory teams at the New Englanrid Cham- Earle added. Massachusetts, Radcliffe College, ECAC qualifying meet pionships, the best finish for the The MIT men's soccer team The fall season began at the Williams College and the host The golf team won one of the team in several years. defeated Tufts Wednesday in Head of the Textile Regatta, at school, Mount Holyoke College. two qualifying spots in the double overtime, 1-0, to improve Lowell on Oct. 4. The MIT grad- The "A"' team's winning time Northern Division for the East- its record to 6-5. Tom Hoffman team uate team finished third place out was 6:19.7 while the' "D" ern Championships of the East- scored the deciding goal barely of 14 competing crews, with a finished in 6:36.0. MIT "B' came ern College Atlantic Conference one minute into the fourth period time of 21:17. The graduate team in at 7:51.7, and MIT "C" at Portsmouth, NH, Country Sailing takes second of play, on an assist from Matt the Club Tuesday. Both Boston Col- rowed well against two heavier finished in.8:06.1. Rowing in in MIT invitational Soloman. Mike Schoen had two (308) and MIT (314) quali- crews from Boston University MIT "A" boat were Wendy lege saves in goal for the Engineers. and the US Coast Guard Acad- Rowell '90, Beth Jones '90, fied. MIT freshman Brent Bea- The men's varsity sailing team emy, according to Earle. Beverly Saylor '90, Becky Dumas dling was runner up for the day placed second in the MIT Invita- Baseball ends season The MIT varsity team also par- '90, Laura Opsasnick '90, Alli- with 74. Gary Zentner '87 had a tional race held Oct. 12. The with- Wentworth sweep ticipated in Lowell, finishing in son Hochstein '90, Jerelyn 79; Captain Eric Asel '87, 80. team also finished seventh out of The MIT baseball team swept ninth place with a time of 23:00. Watanabe '90 and Gayle C. Ben- MIT finished fifth at-the Dart- 16 teams in the Hood Trophy a doubleheader against Went- e "Our varsity four came in the son '87. Charissa Lin '90 was the mouth Invitational, led by Asel's competition at Tufts University worth College over the weekend, middle of their pack and I was coxswain. rounds of 78-72, and Rick Chle- the same day., 6-0, 9-1. The team ended its sea- _tF pleased with the improvements But the real test for the novice boski '90s 78-75. son at 8-10.

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