MlT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Cloudy, cool, 42°F (5°C) Tonight: Cloudy, sprinkles, 30°F (-1°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, 45°F (6°C) Details, Page 2 arch 24, 1995 --Moo, Balsley Enjoy Strong Wmin Elections By Shang-Un Chuang large majority of students are vote, a total of 1,589 ballots, includ- said she is relieved and ready to which should be taken care of by ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR opposed to any change in the grad- ing paper and electronic ballots. work with Balsley on improving the the Executive Committee so the UA In an ejection marked by an ing system. "J am really happy with the UA. Counci I can focus on more produc- unusually high voter turnout, under- Muh and Balsley received 42 voter turnout," said current UA "I basically want to keep the stu- tive and beneficial issues," she said. graduates chose Carrie R. Muh '96 percent of the votes, outdistancing President Vijay P. Sankaran '95. dents thinking about the UA and "Second, I want to find a U A and Erik S. Balsley '96 to be the the other candidate teams of Shel- "The UA elections usually have keep them involved to help out," secretary general, treasurer, and next Undergraduate Association don W. Myrie '95 and Jennifer K. only 30.percent of the students vot- Muh said. [judicial committee] members so all president and vice president. Johnson '98 (22 percent) and John ing. I think the grading referendum Muh said that her first course of the positions are filled. Then the UA Many class council positions S. Hollywood '96 and Jennifer A. definitely had a good impact," he action as president will be to change can get to work immediately," Muh were left unfilled, while the winners Pinson '98 (17 percent). The said. the structure and constitution of the said. In addition, she will continue in other class council races have not remaining 19 percent of the voters The newly elected candidates UA to make it a more effective and working with the administration to , been declared yet since ballots still did not vote in this race. will be installed in early May, efficient organization. raise funds for student activities. need to be counted. About 35 percent of the under- Sankaran said. "Right now it is too bogged The referendum showed that a graduate student body turned out to With the elections over, Muh down with administrative details Election, Page 15 Students VISit D.C. To Promote UROP By Sarah Y. Kelghtley dation for their UROP work, and NEWS EDITOR "this event was highlighting NSF- Four students traveled to Wash- sponsored research and educational ington, D.C., on Tuesday to pro- projects," Smith said. mote the Undergraduate Research "It also seemed logical that it Opportunities Program. would be useful for them to go Aomawa L. Baker '97, Michelle around and meet" with aides from M. Irizarry '95, Gus J. Leotta III the Massachusetts' delegations and '95, and Marc A. Mander '97 went Rep. Sherwood Boehlert from New to Washington to "spur confidence York, who continues to raise "ques- in senators and congressmen and to tions about the quality of undergrad- tell them that programs like this uate education," Smith said. work," Leotta said. The students talked about UROP Tobin L. Smith, a legislative and how their research relates to assistant in the MIT Washington their education, Smith said. "They Office, made the arrangements for did a wonderful job~ I think it's the tri-p. Originally the students important that students talk about planned to attend the Coalition for their experiences at their universi- National Science Funding exhibi- ties," he said. SHARON N. YOUNG PONG-THE TECH tion on Tuesday, but the scope of The meetings focused on two Students march down Massachusetts Avenue yesterday as part of their protest against the the trip grew, Smith said. points: that "lab work can help to Republican 'Contract with America.' The students waved their signs and banners at the passing The four students receive fund- cars, aiKI many cars honked, their honks In support of the students. ing from the National Science Foun- UROP, Page 13 Women Make Up 45 Percent of Admittees By Shang-Un Chuang dents. "Since we had more applica- was not bad." work involved as well as the oppor- INSIDE \A UTE NEWS EDITOR tions, the admit rate decreased," tunities that can be found here," Women make up a record 45 said Elizabeth S. Johnson, associate MIT encourages women, minorities Johnson said. "The video attempts oercent of the 2,102 students admit- director of admissions. The Institute increased its out- to address stereotypes that people • Ten are chosen for ted to the Institute for the Class of "It's very tough taking calls reach to all applicants, but especial- have about MIT." D.C. Internship on tech- 1999. The applicant pool this year from people who did not get in and ly to women and minority students, In addition, Professor Robert J. also reached an all-time high of who might have in a different year," Johnson said. "As part of MIT's Birgeneau, dean of the School of nology Policy. Page 13 nearly 8,000 students. Johnson said. affinnative action policy we try to Science, sent a letter to female Under-represented minorities - Johnson attributed the increase admit minorities if we feel they will applicants, writing about his daugh- • Security breach found defined by MIT as Mexican Ameri- to a number of factors, including succeed here," she said. ter who attended M IT. on MIT subnet. Page 13 can, Native American, African new publications, an MTV-style MIT produced a new video, "I know from her firsthand that American, and Puerto-Rican - recruiting video, and more outreach viewed by applicants who visit the MIT is a wonderful place for a made up 9 percent of the applicant from faculty and the Admissions campus or attend meetings at high bright, ambitious young woman to • Abramowitz lecture pool and 14 percent of the accepted Office. "MIT had some reasonably schools where MIT actively obtain an undergraduate education. .features work of Steve students. favorable publicity during the year," recruits. "The video attempts to give Weare very proud of the academ ic Ultimately, MIT hopes to enroll Johnson said. viewers a feeling for MIT from the Reich. Page 11 about 1,080 new undergraduate stu- She added that "Boston's winter student'.s point of view, both the Admit, Page 13 Athena Adds SGI Workstations By Raymond W. Hwang STAFF REPORTER New Silicon Graphics workstations, equipped with cameras, microphones, and CD ROM drives, are now in' use in Athena Com- puting Environment clusters in the Student Center and Building 66. "We buy about 200 new Athena workstations each year, of which about 100 end up in public facilities," said Gregory A. Jackson '70, director of academic computing. "Faculty in everal departments have been asking us to deploy Athena SGIs for some time, largely to support applications with intensive graphical requirements," Jackson said. The 20 new Indy workstations, lOin each cluster, ,replaced older DECstation 3100s and IBM RS/6000s. Several divisions of Informa- tion Systems also use SGI workstations. The Indy workstations are made by SGI, a company that produces theworkstations and servers that helped create hit movies like Juras- sic Park and Forrest Gump. The computers, acclaimed for their capacity to handle graphics ADRIANE CHAPMAN-THE TECH Students try out the new Indy workstations located In the Student Center and Building 66 Athena clu SGI, Page 13 ters. The Workstations, made by Silicon Graphics, offer powerful video and graphics support. Page 2 THE TECH March 24, 1995 WORLD & NATION " Police Raids Bring Relief To Sect's Rural eighbors Se ate A proves Line-Item LOS ANGELES TIMES KAMIKUISHIKI. JAPA Fear still lingers in this once-peaceful village near the foot of Mt. Veto Legis ation, 69 to 29 Fuji. But six years of open conflict between the secretive Aum Supreme Truth religious sect and local farmers terrified by its activi- By Helen Dewar agreement, while likely because of would almost certainly veto the leg- ties is finally ending in victory for the locals. THE WASHINGTON POST political pressure for curbs on islation, a two-thirds vote would be As police conducted successive raids on sect buildings Wednes- WASHINGTON spending excesses, could be diffi- required - as in the Senate bill - day and Thursday, discovering huge caches of suspicious chemicals, The Senate Thursday joined the cult to achieve. to block a president's spending cut. a mood approaching jubilation remained just below the surface House in approving line-item veto Like other chief executives Although Congress has been among village residents. legislation that would vastly expand before him, President Clinton sup- wrestling with the line-item veto "We were hoping and hoping that the police would act," said Mit- presidential powers to cut individual ports a line-item veto, under which issue since the 1870s, it took on its suko ozawa, 39, a dairy farmer's wife who lives within sight of items of congressional spending. a president can strip appropriations current momentum during the some of the Supreme Truth buildings. "We feel, 'They finally came!' While the House and Senate bills bills of'individual items of spending 1980s, when it was championed by We were frustrated that even though the Aum followers were always differ, key senators predicted that without vetoing the bills as a whole. President Ronald Reagan. When doing terrible things, the government wasn't taking any action." differences will be resolved and Governors of 43 states have that Republicans won control of Con- But the drama - and the fear - hasn't ended yet, ozawa noted.