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MITF's vThe Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Cloudy, showers, 45°F (7°C) Newspaper :, Tonight: Fog, showers, 35°F (I°C) . 2 _ Tomorrow: Cool, showers, 42°F (6°C) Details Page 2 VolurnV-olume e !II3,Number 13, Number 177 . Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, Aprilt2, 1993 ~~. Cabrdg,. .... Mascuetacustt .23 0l3. .f... ,_..... .. .... Friday, April 2, 1993 I~~~- _ . ._ | . AEPhi Could Come to MIT City Proposes Parking Changes By Nicole A. Sherry By Aaron Bel:enky eating the parking spaces. The meet- residents and commuters alike, Pre- STAFF REPORTER ADVER SING MANAGER ing was attended by about 25 mem- ston said. Nine undergraduate women hoping to bring a new sorority, Alpha On Tuesday evening, the City of bers of the MIT community, mostly In 1992, the policy was changed Epsilon Phi, to MIT made a presentation to the Panhellenic Associa- Cambridge held a meeting with students with cars who are upset by to allow a limited number of addi- tion Wednesday night. They are awaiting a decision as to whether a MIT students and staff to discuss the current parking situation and tional parking spaces to be allocat- fifth sorority will be invited to come onto campus. drastic changes to on-street parking even more disturbed by the pro- ed. Under the existing plan, for On Wednesday night, the nine women as well as representatives proposed by the city. posed changes. every two unrestricted parking from the national AEPhi organization made a presentation to mem- The meeting focused on the The negative reaction prompted spaces that are converted to some bers of the four existing sororities. The presentation was followed by changes to MIT parking spaces. The Preston to say he would take the form of restricted parking, the city a discussion of the possibility of bringing the new sorority chapter to plan calls for the modification of people's concerns and recommenda- would be allowed to create One new MIT. In two weeks, the four sororities will vote whether to extend an 689 currently unrestricted spaces tions back with him, and try to mod- space. invitation to AEPhi to come to campus. around MIT, including the elimina- ify the plans before his office made Students, staff express concerns AEPhi was founded on Jewish principles. However, the nine tion of 120 spots. Parking in the its final recommendations to the women attempting to form the new chapter plan to rush without reli- remaining spots would be limited to city. MIT students and staff present at gious preference. The women hope to run the sorority like the current under two hours, metered, or limited Cambridge is facing a mandate the meeting expressed their desire four, except that it would probably have a larger percentage of Jewish to Cambridge residents. by the federal government to for closer cooperation with the Met- members, some of the activities would be directed towards promoting Parking on Memorial Drive, improve its air quality. As part of ropolitan Boston Transportation Jewish culture, and it would be smaller. The women would like to have which is controlled by the Metro- the measures, Cambridge officials Authority. They asked that the Traf- around 40 members - half the size of each of the existing sororities. politan District Commission, would are reorganizing parking in the city. fic and Parking Office make the not be affected. "We all want to be a full-fledged part of the Greek community in From 1990 until last year, Cam- reallocation of spaces contingent The proposed changes, as well as all respects," said Aliza E. Mezrich '95, one of the nine women. "It is bridge was operating under a park- upon improvements to the MBTA the reasons for the changes were just that we will have a little something different that appeals to us ing freeze. The freeze limited the public transportation system. presented by Loren Preston and we think would appeal to others." from the number of on-street parking spaces They also felt that Cambridge Cambhr;ag, Traffic; ar, Oarking availah.le. Thi s st;flre d hb . ;ine. The women want to start a new sorority because none of them was vgrowth a nd caused headache. .. s for Office, which is in charge of reallo- growth and caused headaches for Parking, Page interested by the existing sororities, according to Jarnie H. Rosen- 8 blum '96, another woman from the group. However, the women wanted to be a part of Greek-life and wanted the closeness of a soror- ity, she said. Students Join Intern Program "We feel that we have a common base. While there are Jewish By Eva Moy with industrial experience. "It is a real world it actually comes down to women in other sororities and the other sororities are not discrimina- NEWS EDITOR great advantage for students to work application of those theories," she tory, we feel more comfortable with each other and feel that forming Despite a decrease in the number in the real world," said Professor said. a sorority would give us a medium for developing our Jewishness as of positions offered, the three under- Regis M. Pelloux PhD '58, one of "It's really nice because you get well as the benefits of Greek life," Mezrich said. graduate engineering internship pro- the coordinators for Course III-B, to see both ends of manufacturing," AEPhi's national philanthropy is the support of a rehabilitation grams are still enjoying much sac- the materials science and engineer- said David Gomez '93, who has center in Israel. The nine women have discussed the possibility of cess in recruiting and have plans to ing internship program. The stu- worked for Motorola both in the III- inviting speakers to discuss Jewish issues, and hope that the forma- expand in the near futre. dents "really know what to expect B program. and before entering EIP. tion of the group will facilitate women coming together on Jewish Each of the programs consists of when they get out." He added that internship students holidays. However, Judaism will not be the sorority's main focus, two summer work periods - the Internship students also tend to can "use all the knowledge you've according to the women. The group hopes to partake in all of the summers after the junior year and have higher starting salaries, said gotten here." Greek activities, and will work to provide support for all of the senior year. Students who are William H. Ramsey '51, executive women in the sorority, they added. accepted to MIT graduate school director of engineering special pro- Number of internships declined One of the main concerns of current sororities is that a fifth could may also complete an additional grams. "The company sees them as The number of internships reduce number of women rushing each sorority, making it difficult for six-month work period. having a leg up on working in offered has been affected by the the existing sororities to fill their quotas. Also, people are concerned The School of Engineering spon- teams," working with people in a economy's woes over the past few that the group would be too homogeneous, that they may intimidate sors the Engineering Internship Pro- corporate setting, and making use of years. However, this year the VI-A rushees, and that Jewish women may feel pressured to join. gram. The Departments of Materials the resources in the companies, he program had 93 openings, compared Still, many members of other sororities support the idea. "Summa- Science and Engineering and Elec- added. with 78 last year, according to rizing views is hard to do at this point but I think the general view of trical Engineering and Computer Theresa T. Chiueh '94 is in EIP Kevin J. O'Toole '57, director of [Alpha Phil is that it shouldn't hurt our rush, and that it will maybe Science provide their own pro- with Ford Motor Company. "I think the VI-A internship program. make PanHel better by providing support for more women at MIT," grams, the Course III-B program that it's a good program that MIT EIP had about 30 openings this said Melonie A. Hall '94, president of Alpha Phi. and the VI-A Internship Program. has," she said. Students also learn year for the approximately 150 stu- When hiring college graduates, about how industry operates. MIT many companies prefer students focuses on theory, and "out in the L - Story, Page 6 ·I - I BR I 1IIIL d b I --I ·---I - - I _ U - y C_ I I ____ -·I Y __- - ·-- - Biologists, 8 from MIT, Find Huntington's Gene By Kevin Subramanya gy department. STAFF REPOR TER The unique technique, called The longest search for an inherit- "exon amplification," enables ed disease gene recently came to an researchers to cut out the pieces of end when a group of scientists that the gene of interest from the introns, included eight MIT biologists, which are pieces of DNA unrelated announced on March 23 that they to gene expression. had identified the gene responsible Approximately 30,000 Ameri- for Huntington's disease. cans have Huntington's disease and The results of the discovery about 150,000 are at risk. Children of appeared in the March 26 issue of a parent who has Huntington's dis- the journal Cell. ease are at 50 percent risk of inherit- Huntington's disease is a disease ing the bad gene associated with it. characterized by involuntary jerky There is no cure for Hunting- movements, mood swings, slurred ton's disease. However, people will speech, depression, and eventual be able to take a more improved test dementia.