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e sls eas s Irra ------=·-- ,, of Mafor c anges in store or interphase By David P. Hamilton and writing together. The more Motivated by concern about intimate setting is designed to en- low grade point averages and courage individual participation graduation rates among minority and skills in oral presentation,- students, Dean for Student Af- according to Professor Arthur P. fairs Shirley M. McBay has an- Mattuck, the faculty coordinator nounced major changes in Pro- for the academic side of ject Interphase, an eight-week -Interphase. summer program for disadvan- More significantly, Interphase l taged students. participants will be expected to The experimental changes will remain in their study groups- place between 50 and 60 Inter- throughout the first term of their phase students - as many as ten freshman year while taking a pre- of whom may be disadvantaged scribed set of courses: Calculus I non-minority students -into (18.01), Physics I (8.01), a non- I six-person seminar groups which writing humanities subject, and will study mathematics, physics, an undergraduate seminar. The study groups will meet four times a week under the supervision of
i, , v Or.41 an advanced undergraduate tutor. Upon completion of the first term program, Interphase stu- dents will receive 54 units of aca- demic credit, including credit for Ken Church/The Tech one 12-unit writing course that This 2.70 machine wants to make sure the can is "Not In My BackYard". See photo essay, pages IO & 111. reflects writing done during both lb= IDI811B~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I~~~~~~l~~~~~~~l~~~~~~b,, ill 34~~~~~~~~~~esrns C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ag~~~~~~~~~Ipa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~sss~~~~~~~~~~~~c~~~~~~r~~~~~~~~~~slasl --~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I·I~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~~~ow- -U~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the summer program and the fall I term. Students will not be re- quired to participate in the fall GSC polls grads on lOlsing term phase of the program, but those who drop out will not re- By Irene C. Kiuo The purpose of the survey was many of the questions in the Feb- ceive- the 12 units of writing Seventy percent of graduate to hear from the graduate stu- ruary survey had never been credit. students polled in a recent survey dent body as a whole on this is- asked. "We hope and expect there will would want on-campus housing sue, Kiss said. In the past, small Eighty-three percent of the re- be no dropouts," stated an ex- if it were offered, according to but vocal groups have tried to spondents thought that new grad- planatory letter sent to minorities Robert D. Kiss G. a member of present their views, he explained. .uate students should receive pri- ' ' - . *; in next year's freshman class. the Graduate Student Council The committee distributed the ority to live on-campus. Kiss said -Ognen J. NastovlThe Tech Housing and Community Affairs survey along with registration that vrery few ofthem now de~ so Dean Shirley M. MAcBay (Please turn to page 2) Committee. mqterial in February; 1550 stu- because of the tenure policy, dents - -roughly 30 percent of which 41lows students to'stay on- Adgll . '. .~ the graduate population cmpous as long as they want once responded. they are assigned there. As a re- z enter renovations continue "Approximately 25 percent of sult of the low turnover rate, graduate students live on-cam- first-year students, "who would By Reuven M. Lerner Sandra Nett, manager of retail mately fifty new workstations. pus, but between the GSC and benefit the most, are for the most Renovations of the MIT and administration for the CAC, Jeffrey I. Schiller '79, Project the Housing Office, we felt that part denied access to on-campus Student Center will continue on said that under the current Phase Athen~a's manager of operationas, more than that percentage of stu- housing, " Kiss wrote in The the fifth floor through the fall, I1 plan, the fifth floor will con- said that "ten or twenty" new dents wanted such housing," Kiss GraduateStudentt News. according to Campus Activities tain an Athena cluster, the Medi- workstations will be installed as said. "We just had to look at the As an example Kiss noted that Complex Director Philip J. cal Center's Health Information, soon as new tables arrive. number of applications and the only twenty-six percent of new Walsh. He added that the upcom- office, the CAC offices, the Meal According to Walsh, the other size of the wait-lists." graduate students who wanted to ing expansion of the Student Plan office, the 'Office of the workstations should be in place He could not recall when grad- live at Tang Hall in fall term Center Athena cluster is the -"pr- Dean for Student Affairs' Resi- by September. uate students tere last surveyed 1988 were granted spaces there. mary reason" for the changes. dence ad Campus Activities of- Now that most of the renova- on housing, though he said that (Please turn to page 2) Walsh explained that there are fice, the Student Information tions are complete, the CAC will "two phases to the project." Processing Board office, and a sponsor programs to bring the Phase I, the physical renovation study room. Although "hopeful" MIT community closer together, PFC results said to dleal of the fifth floor, will be com- that the renovations wil[ be com- Nett said. One example is this plete by the end of May, he said. plete by September, Nett felt that Friday's "Spring Fling" program, blowv to fusion cJlamli During Phase Ils he continued, "early fall' would be a "more ac- in which student activities, out- the offices and activities on the curate" guess. side vendors, anad Student Celter By David P. Hamilton a neutron-generating source in a fifth floor will move into their Walsh said that the Athena tenants will "say goodbye to stu- MIT researchers at the Plasma water tank in order to observe permanent homes. Walsh noted cluster will ex'pand into part of dents.' Walsh expressed hopes Fusionm Center have dealt a heavy the spectrum of gamma rays that Phase II is stilll'in the the area previously occupied by that the CAC will become an blow to claims of "cold fusion' emitted from collisions between planing stages.' the C-AC because of approxi- (Please tumr to page 2) promulgated by.University of water molecules and neutrons. Utah researchers Stanley Pons Unfortunately for the Pons/ and Martin Fleischnmann, accord- Fleischmann theory, Petrasso's re- ing to PFC Research Scientist search revealed that the gamma Richard D. Petrasso. (Please turn to page 6) Fleischmann and Pons claimed 'in late March to have produced nuclear fusion with a laboratory bench apparatus consisting of palladium rods imniersed in a bath of deuterium, or heavy wa- z ter. The scientists said their de- I vice emitted neutrons and gamma rays, which are certain signatures 7 of nuclear, as opposed to chemical, reactions. Recent work at the PFCe how- ever, raises serious questions about the data Fleischmnarmn and Pons have used to support their claims. According to the theory of-- fered by Fleischman and Pons, the fusion reaction should pro- duce -a neutron and a helium-3 atom for each fusion of two deu- lerium atoms. The neutron in turn collides with a hydrogen ion from a water molecule to create another deuteinum atom and a
L, i ! ,+,,,,I·in .' ' _$-.s? oti.,,s,,,$":t·t*,,;;_, ,.+, , Ken Chutrch[The Tech high-energy gamma ray, Reent rbnd~bttohsovto -fiesllO~fteiLth i ffitent Center have left walds non-existent and according to the theory. - dlosr--e~·;-t~lw-;anuiruuInt-ulpusees.,~~~>~ Petrasso's research team placed _- PAGE 2 The Tech TUESDAY, MAY'9,- 1989 / i M&lT- considers Changes in Project Interphase fContinuedJfrom page 1) Students such as' former Black Minorities concerned Student Union'co-ch'airman Sean about changes Cadogan '90 have also com- plained that the policy decision The new program. has come was made too quickly and with: under sustained criticism from out:taking student input into ac- former Interphase participants count. "A change this major who dislike the rigid course re- shouldn't come out of the blue quirements during fall term and like this," he said. worry that the emphasis on study The revisions to Interphase groups during the regular term -grew out of discussions McBay will "fragment" the minority held with three faculty members community and encourage the - Mattuck, Professor Kenneth formation of cliques. R. Manning, and Professor John Similar. complaints were aired G. King '50 -early this year in during the 20th anniversary cele- order to explore ways of improv- bration of Project Interphase two ing minority academic perfor- weeks ago, when McBay was in- mance. In a matter of months, terrupted several times while try- this working group hammered ing to explain the details of the out a series of changes which will program. One participant voiced go into effect next year. the fears of many when he said, Although both McBay and- "Interphase is okay as a summer Dean for Undergraduate Educa- program, but there's a problem if tion Margaret L. A. MacVicar you begin extending it into the '65 explained that the changes regular year." are "well within the bounds" al- McBay dismissed such con- lowed in experimental programs cerns as "silly," pointing out that such as Concourse or the Experi- there have always been differ- mental Study Group, students ences between -minorities who are irritated by the seemingly uni- participated in Interphase and lateral nature of the decision. those who did not. Office of Mi- Members of the Black Student nority Education Director Patri- Union have already scheduled a cia Kaurouma echoed McBay's meeting with McBay tomorrow assessment, saying that "naive" to air their discontent. worries about Interphase in the regular term are unwarranted espitethestudent complaints, since Interphase has in the past McBay, Karouma, and hacVicar I , I .. , . included some follow-up all said they had great hopes for programming during the year. the program. Grads want housing on campus, sumrvey says Surmmer in (Continued from page 1) the length of time a graduate stu- "New students should not be dent can stay in on-campus thrown into the Boston housing housing to five years, Kiss noted. the Sun. market when they arrive," Kiss Twenty-seven percent of the said. Foreign students having survey respondents - 60 percent Summer, AssignmentsInter for Technical Students problems with English-face even of the females and 20 percent of more difficulties, he added. the, males - said that they did at Sun this Summer. The new graduate dormitory not feel safe walking home. As Sun Microsystems being built on Albany Street will the survey included students who is the world leader in network-based have 180 beds, but Kiss felt that live on-campus, probably more distributed computing systems, including workstations and M incoming students would contin- than twenty-seven percent of stu- UNIX Operating System all using industry standards and an m ue to bear the brunt of the hous- dents living off-campus have this open system strategy. Sun's East Coast Division, located in ing shortage if the tenure policy concern, Kiss said. Fifty-folr Billerica, MA, designs, develops, markets and.manufactures F continues. percent of the students said their 2; the 386i product family. ir The survey found that the rent work required them to stay at z for an MIT off-campus single room past 11 pm. We are seeking students for the summer for the following: u averaged $435 per month; mar- ried couples paid an average of EE/CS students with experience in the following areas: r Student i $480 per month. By contrast, Center * UNIX operating system rents for single rooms on campus ranged between $220 and $315 renovations to * MS DOS applications per month. As low rents may be " Networlking one reason for the high demand continue in fall * X windows for on-campus housing, the (Continued from page 1) * Extensive experience with UNIX or PC's in European Housing Office is toying with the "advising contact" for student idea of raising rents to off-cam- groups. (non-English speaking) countries pus rates in order to adjust The Student Center is becom- EE's with the following experience: demand, according to Kiss. ing more of a "college union," "The housing committee feels rather than "'just a building," e ASIC design that the solution would be to in- Nett said. "Now that the building * CAD crease the total number of beds, is finished, we will focus more on * Diagnostics but [this is not] a viable alterna- programs and community" she IMulti media technnlnav tive in the short-run," Kiss said. added. The CAC wants to create "We can't have more beds a "relaxed environment," and Please call Nancy Rogoff at Sun Microsystems, 508-671-0559 overnight." Nett hopes the Student Center or send your resume to her at 2 Federal Street, Billerica, MA Another idea that the Housing will become a "fun, nice, useful 01821. Student work permit required for foreign nationals. 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Atl antis lands safely Troops seize Panamra vote counts -Cummings still on injured list Mission control welcomed the crew of the Atlantis back Thousands of opposition supporters marched in Pana- The Milwaukee Bucks say Terry Cummings will proba- to earth yesterday with the comment "Commodore Ma- ma's capital yesterday - to protest the reported seizure of bly not play in Wednesday's opener of their best-of-seven gellan would be proud," after the space shuttle landed at presidential election vote tallies by Gen. Manuel Noriega's second-round series against Detroit. Cummings, who has Edwards Air Force Base in California. Mission control's troops. Armed men in civilian clothes attacked the pro- a doctor's appointment, sat out Sunday's game-five vic- mention of the 16th-century explorer Magellan was an in- testers and fired guns into the air to break up the demon- tory over Atlanta because of a sprained right ankle. direct reference to the Venus space probe that the crew stration. At least three people have been reported put into orbit shortly after launch last Thursday. As At- wounded. lantis rolled to a stop, Nfagellan was already more than Although polls closed Sunday afternoon, the official Canseco to have surgery 640,000 miles from Earth. NASA said a preliminary tabulation board said late yesterday that it had not re- It looks like a mid-July return for Oakland's Jose check found minimal damage to the ship's heat-resistant ceived a single vote to count. The Bush Administration Canseco, who will probably have surgery to repair his tiles. has reacted cautiously - withholding comment until the sore left wrist reaggravated during a minor league game results are announced. yesterday. The injury, originally suffered in spring train- ! ing, has sidelined Canseco all season. Wright house income raises questions Financial disclosure forms show House Speaker Jim Hijacking verdict expected next week Wright collected upward of $25,000 in extra income by A West German judge said a verdict in the case of TWA Buffalo hockey team renting out his Fort Worth, TX, home while he and his hijacker Mohammed Ali Hamadi will be delivered May 17 wants Soviet defector wife lived in free housing given them by a business part- and that pressure from kidnappers in Lebanon will not A spokesman for the Buffalo Sabres reports "some ner. The housing that George Mallick provided the affect the case. Reports have linked last week's abduction progress" on the NHL club's bid to settle Alexander Mog- Wright's forms the basis for some of the 69 House rules of a young West Germnan in South Lebanon to the ilny's status with American immigration authorities. Mog- violations alleged against the Texas Democrat. Hamnadi case. Hamadi has admitted taking part in the ilny defected last week after his Soviet Union team won 1985 hijacking but has denied killing a US Navy diver the world hockey championships in Stockholm. who was a passenger on the airliner. Eastern will spend $24M to keep its planes N\1Y linebacker to retire Bankrupt Eastern Airlines is asking US Bankruptcy Nicaragua hopes for better relations New York Jets linebacker Bob Crable will announce his Judge B3urtonl Lifland to approve a $24.5 million payment Nicaragua's foreign minister said he is hoping for better retirement tomorrow. Crable spent seven years with New on the carrier's leases and loans for 104 airplanes. The relations with the United States, now that President Bush York and sat out last season following reconstructive knee request signals Eastern's intent to keep the aircraft for is in office. Miguel D'Escoto said former President Rea- surgery. sale or lease to other carriers. Under US bankruptcy code, gan had a "gut commitment" to destroy the Sandinista it has 60 days from the date of its filing for reorganiza- government. But he said Bush is more pragmatic. tion to declare whether it would honor or reject contracts D'Escoto is in London for talks with British officials. for the purchase or leasing of aircraft. Without such a declaration, the lenders and lessors could reclaim the planes. Israel seals off West Bank ep sr~~~~~-1 Israeli troops have sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip in an effort to reduce violence during two Israeli RaMin ahead School bus-seat belts not holidays. Some 700,000 Palestinians are under an indefi- The weather in the Boston area will worsen over cost-effective nite curfew in the Gaza Strip, and one million West Bank the next day or so as a trough of low pressure A panel of safety and transportation experts has told residents are forbidden to enter Israel until Wednesday deepens to our west. As the-disturbance deepens, its Congress the costs of school bus seat belts outweigh the night - after Memorial Day and Independence Day cele- associated flow pattern will bring moisture from the benefits. It said safety efforts should co~ncenitrate instead brations conclude. Gulf of Mexico into the Northeast. Thus we can on mnaking bus loading zones safer. The panel reports expect rain to develop by tomorrow and continue nearly forty children are killed each year while getting on until Thursday. By Friday, we should see improving or off school buses compared to ten children a year killed PLO leader criticizes Iranian weather here in Boston. while riding buses. The report says it would cost $40 mil- call for terrorism lion dollars to install bus seatbelts, and might save one Today: Morning sunshine will give way to life a year. The US State Department said it welcomes a statement increasing cloudiness during the afternoon. High by PLO leader Yasser Arafat criticizing an Iranian call for temperatures will be 55-60 F (13-16'C) with attacks on Westerners. A PLO spokesman said Arafat's winds becoming southerly at 10-15 mph (16-24 Mayor pessimistic about Exxon spill statement is consistent with his renunciation of terrorism. kph). A congressional panel investigating the recent Exxon Tonight: Clouds with thicken overnight and there is Valdez oil spill is winding up two days of investigations in a chance of showers by morning. Low Valdez, AK. In his appearance yesterday, the mayor of H-bomb fell close to Japan temperatures will be near 45°F (7"C). Valdez said he doubts Exxon can complete the cleanup More than 23 years after a hydrogen bomb fell off a Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with rain likely. Highs before winter. US aircraft carrier into the Pacific, new controversy is near 55°F (13'C). Top Exxon executives told the panel that federal au- swirling. A research analyst said the bomb ended up Thursday: Continued cloudy with a chance of thorities turned them down when they urged quick use of much closer to Japan than the military first admitted - showers. Highs 55-60 'F (13-16CC). chemicals to break up the massive oil spill. That conflicts about 80 miles from the Okinawa Island chain. In 1981, Forecast by Robert Black with earlier statements by the Coast Guard and state offi- the Navy acknowledged the accident and said the bomb cials who said the oil company never asked permission for ended up 500 miles from land. The bomb was aboard a Compiled by Seth Gordon widespread use of dispersants. jet that rolled the aircraft carrier in 1965. and Andrew L. Fish i_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ r I Cryptic Crossword #6 ACROSS By David M. J. Saslav DOWN not 1. Seed that detects lies? (5, 2, 5) 1. Bottle making lasso gown big, but correct (5-7) 7. Small apartment is likely (3) 2. 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Science is a lengthy process first ones to report the discovery is not required to pay tribute to 9 to discover the it is also all right that we are stil truth, which is the MIT empire with his not always obvious. Therefore, unable to duplicate the test, findings. a al to remain though our experiments are "al open-minded and to The pride of our community believe the unbelievable r least as sophisticated as those al - at should not depend on whether we least to give it the benefit of the LI Utah." are the first to discover 0 doubt - are not necessarily bad or refute But it is not all right to dismiss cold fusion. Working construc- 16 I pieces of advice to repeat to some the Utah researchers' claims be- tively with a proper sense of cause of envy. And to attempt to of our absent-minded professors. modesty, I find however, does help block a congressional research it hard to believe that sci- when entists the total scores are count- grant for the project ["MIT prof all over the world are ed. If a "small-town" wrong mentality voices doubts about cold fusion about cold fusion, ranging becomes from the ones working dominant in our scien- claims," April 28] is, simply put, in little tific community, basement laboratories in is the fall of the mean. the MIT empire still -19N b 24Tedy a 18 Third World to the ones at Stan- far away? I wish this whole "cold fusion" Jun Zhang G stuff were faulty, so that we ford, whose qualifications are at L Volume 1<)9, Number 24 c Tuesday, May 9, 1989 c Camel cigarette ads encourage sexual harassment 6 Chairman ...... Marie E. V. Coppola P '90 would Editor in Chief ...... Niraj S. Desai '90 be horrified at the pros- to send out to male smokers and I have just cancelled my sub- r Business Manager pect of being dragged out of the potential smokers - that it is OK ...... Genevieve C. Sparagna '90 scription to Omni magazine and I L Managing water by a total stranger and tak- to treat women like a piece E Editor ...... Peter E. Dunn G feel it is necessary to inform the of Executive Editor en to God knows where to face meat? Isn't it time we stopped I ...... Andrew L. Fish '89 MIT community of what I think an unknown fate. As if the words this madness? C is a giant step It is bad enough News Editors ...... backwards in the were not i Annabelle Boyd '90 enough, the "advice" is that a woman cannot E fight for women's rights. While even go Linda D'Angelo '90 accompanied by a picture of a jogging without fear of attack. r reading the May 1989 issue of E Irene C. Kuo '90 woman in a bathing suit slung Why.should it now be unsafe to Prabhat Mehta '91 Omni, I came across a pamphlet- I over a man's shoulder. The wom- go to the beach in Night Editor ...... Josh Hartmann '92 type advertisement for Camel cig- broad day- 1 an has an obvious look of horror light? Furthermore, Opinion Editor ...... Michael Gojer '90 arettes in the center of the maga- judging from 1.e Sports Editors ...... on her face and is clenching one the actions of the men at the New r Michael J. Garrison G zine. I did not know that the ad 1 Harold A. Stern G of her fists while the man sports Bedford, RI bar where a woman was for Camel until I turned the E Arts Editors ...... Christopher J. Andrews '88 a large grin. In the background, was gang raped, who page. The front of the ad showed is going to F Debby Levinson two other women have looks of '91 a picture of a seductive-looking lift a finger to help someone who Photography Editors ...... Lisette W. M. Lambregts '90 disgust and disbelief on their is being attacked on the beach? E Kristine AuYeung blond with the caption "Bored, '91 faces. People will just assume the guy is Contributing Editors ...... V. Michael Bove G lonely, restless? What you need The behavior encouraged by "having a little fun." Well, sexual is . . ." Upon turning the page, e Mark Kantrowitz '89 I Camel cigarettes is obviously sex- Ezra Peisach '89 was faced with Camel's "fool- harassment is not fun, nor ual harassment and, more impor- should Kyle G. Peltonen '89 proof" advice on 'How to im- it be tolerated at any r tantly, could lead to more serious r Mark D. Virtue '90 press someone at the beach" enti- time. Advertising Manager crimes like assault and rape. It is ...... Lois Eaton '92 tled "Smooth Move #334." First Unfortunately Camel cigarettes Senior Editor ...... Jonathan Richmond G a sorry day when a reputable sci- i on the list was, "Run into the plans to fill us in on more I L- ence magazine such as Omni smooth moves i water, grab someone and drag in the near future. a NEWS STAFF would accept such trash. Then I her back to the shore, as if certainly hope others will not E Associate News Editors: Seth Gordon '91, Gaurav Rewari '91, again, maybe we should have you've saved her from drowning. ex- aid Omni and Camel cigarettes in David Rothstein '91, Reuven M. Lerner '92, Joanna Stone '92; pected it from Bob Guccione Senior Writers: The more she kicks and screams, their plan to insult and degrade Mathews M. Cherian G, David P. Hamilton G; who also promotes the porno- Staff: Sanjay Manandhar '89, Anuradha the better." women. Please help stop this Vedantham '89, Anita graphic publication Penthouse. Hsiung '90, Miguel Cantillo '91, Adnan Lawai '91, Tzielan Lee The more she kicks and abuse of women and write to the However disturbing the existence '92, Dawn Nolt '92, Amy J. Ravin '92, Casimir Wierzynski '92, screams, the better?! I am out- R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Compa- of pornography is, the issue here Paula MaLute; Meteorologists: Robert X. Black G, Robert J. raged. I think there are many ny or any publication that dis- Conzemius G, Michael in this ad is harassment. What C. l\organ G. other women.out there who plays this offensive ad. kind of message is Camel trying -··------·-s-- ·-~~~~~~~ SPORTS STAFF -- m Laura Ryzowicz '89 - L-l Associate Sports Editor: Shawn Mastrian '91; Staff: Marcia I sil 04 Sm'-th '89, Anh Thu Vo '89, Paul McKenzie '90, Manish Bapna '91, Adam Braff '91, Emil Dabora '91, Kevin T. Hwang '91. OPINION STAFF Daniel J. Glenn G, Kai F. Chiang '92. FEATURES STAFF Christopher R. Doerr '89, Jeff Ford '90, W. Owen Harrod '90, Allan T. 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I - - --c--. i PIIP · P I·l s r _I. r·IDIP"··r ------ -I--- -- I a' I'a --,, , = b~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C pyc 17ntmna- UA played an instrumental. role in vote to keep P/NR During our campaign for Un- presentations for the faculty lently, earning the respect of the dergraduate Association presi- meetings. faculty. President Paul E. Gray dent and vice president, we Two months ago, it seemed '54 commended us for demon- stressed the need for the UA to second-term pass/no record was strating proper respect and dis- become proactive, to initiate ac- dead. A large portion of the fac- senting in an appropriate man- tion and follow through rather ulty opposed the CFYP proposal ner. Student representatives than react to administration ac- because they felt it did not go far disputed the logic and method- tions. We met many students who enough in restricting pass/no re- ology of the CFYP proposal, in- were very blunt in their assess- cord. Amendments were intro- troduced solid arguments in the ment of the UA: What is it? duced to cut it back further. defense of the pass/no record What has it ever done? Why Again and again, student repre- grading system, exposed the true bare --r I should I care? Looking back at sentatives argued the merits of problems of the freshman year, I the manner in which the UA con- pass/no record. They gathered and thus formed a platform Tech reporting speaks poorly of the fronted the threatened eliminia- evidence to expose the flaws in maintaining that the pass/no re- tion of second-term freshman the CFYP proposal. They polled cord grading system with ;men's crew team's performance pass/no record grading, The Tech's recent 'article , we com- students. They formulated a modifications as necessary. M~en'screw has bad out mend this incoming UA adminis- in the article is deceptive because strategy to defeat the-CFYP pro- May 5] spoke poorly ofthe menis it is the aggregate of the first, tration for successfully answering posal and worked with a growing The UA works. It is the only May 5] spoke poorly of the men's scnadtidvriybas these questions. group of concerned faculty mem- really effective voice students crews, the heavyweights in partic- second, avd third varsity boats. The faculty vote on pass/no bers to promote an alternative have to achieve results. Any ular. There were several points The third varsity is lighter than made that deserve a response. the JV, which itself is lighter than record grading did not spring proposal that addressed the prob- group of radicals can stage a sit- madTo begin witdsvarthe varsity. Furthermore we do from a vacuum of apathy. It was lems of the freshman year and in or occupy a building. Some- bee gi ih tid a the culmination of efforts begun maintained the pass/no record times injustice cries out for such not have a particularly young firstfirst varsity boat, now 0a-7. But crew There are eight seniors, ten over a year ago when the Student grading system. measures, but the effectiveness of varsity boat, now 0-7. Butjuiradnesohmesn Committee on Educational Policy Last Wednesday, with over 100 an organization rests on its the article neglects to mention juniors and nine Sophomores on ac- that issued its Report on the Freshman students present in support of complishments. We believe that the junior varsity beat both the team, including the cox- Year, pre-empting the Committee pass/no record, the Undergradu- the results speak for themselves, Columbia and Coast Guard, and swains. The three sophomores in on the First-Year Program's re- ate Association threw its support and we applaud this UA adminis- the third varsity beat Columbia the first varsity by no means slow and tied Harvard lightweights the boat down. Instead it speaks port. Then, this Winter, the UA behind the Groisser-Keyser- tration on this victory. Further- The Harticle continues to de- very highly of their strength, en- began a series of forums to gain Meldman-Merritt-Vandiver more, we challenge students who The article continues to de-duacndthiqe scribe the team as light and durance, and technique. student input and formulate a re- amendment and took a definitive feel the UA is worthless, or a scribeteight The aved Syracuse is a fast crew and young. sponse to the CFYP report. The stared defending the educational waste of time, or a greasy clique The weight average cited somewhat faster than MIT.But UA coordinated the efforts of merit and integrity of pass/no re- to stop complaining and get in- Center for Public MIT did not go out expecting to many students, not just the "usu- cord. The UA acted instead of volved. There is much yet to be beat them. The team fought for al suspects," to canvass students reacting. And we won. fought and won. Let us Servicespon~ rfsudid notn o ,margins. Our first varsity and and lobby faculty research data, Students' voices were heard. determine the field of battle. sponsor forum first freshman crews were closer send faculty well-thought argu- Instead of disrupting and com- Dave Atkins '90 We would like to thank The than they have been in recent ments,I- and-- prepare solid plaining, students protested si- Luisa Contreiras '90 Tech for its article on public ser- years. Although MIT did not o -- - - a U sl ·- we vice and financial aid ["Bills link win, the team was pleased to service and financial aid," May gauge such improvement against 2]. The MIT Center for Public Syracuse. Service was pleased that this din- MIT competes as a Division I ner forum on public service at- school and consequently has the tracted such a large and commit- opportunity to race the fastest ted group of MIT faculty, staff, collegiate crews in the nation. and student-leaders. The crew makes no excuses for We would like to clarify one the program. The team was dis- point in the article. The MIT appointed that the artaicle in last Center for Public Service was the Fnriday's Tech implied that we do. organizer of the forum, not the MIT crew has a first-rate pro- sponsor. The event was made gram with as much training, ded- possible by the generous support ication, and water time as any of the Student Financial Aid Of- school in the country. By any fice, the Department of Urban measure, such as 2500 meter er- Studies and Planning, the Admis- gometer score, one-hour ergome- sions Office, and the Office of ter score, technique, shear the Dean for Student Affairs. We strength, and endurance, this thank them for their support. year's first varsity crew is faster Irene Stticki '89 than any in recent years. Matt Turner '89 Jay Damask '90 -- IIIY -- III CI I _ s 1_ III RCII PI - -·I Ib MIT Center for Public Service Heavyweight crew ,, -· _ - - - I -- - a _ I e_- -- - - ---·-- -L- _ sl- I - --- I-- -ILI --- - I- _q I _ _ _ _
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New Subject - Ethical Issues in the Work Life of Engineers & Scientists Fall 1989 2.95J, 16.996J, 18.096J, TPP09J, & STS061J with HASS credit This subject examines ethical problems that commonly occur in the work life of engineers, scientists, and architects, and gives I students practice designing constructive means for solving Qr at least coping with those problems. In small recitation sections, students will develop scenarios involving ethical concerns that might arise on the job or in graduate school and then investigate the norms and policies that exist in particular settings for developing I a satisfactory resolution of the problem. Topics to be addressed in leture ® Designing for safety o Prejudice and harassment on the job · The use of animals in research v Intelectual property o Fraud and miserepsention in techny fievls a Credit in sience * Environmental protection · Controlinlg mistakes while stimulating creatity X Sources of research fnding v Comnficts of interest for editors and reviews of technska pusbications * Biologica testing of workers on the job or as a condition of employment (e.g. drug tesig
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