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MIT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Partly sunny, 38°F (30C) Tonight: Light snow, 30°F ( J0C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Cloudy, 40°F (4°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 115, umber 2 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, February 10, 1995 Gibbons Outlines Government King Celebration . PoliCYon Research Funding Takes Place Today By Jeremy Hylton the conference would assist in building consensus By Sarah Y. Keightley botham will then speak. TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR between government, academic, and industry and NEWSfDITOR President Charles M. Vest concluded Tuesday's would inform the ongoing debate in a substantive The Institute's 21 st annual cele- Argued for Overlap forum on national science policy with a call for way. bration of the life and work of Dr. The M IT community might bet- cooperation between the government, research uni- Dean of the School of Science Robert 1. Birge- Martin Luther King Jr. takes place ter remember Higginbotham for his versities, and the industrial sector. neau felt that the conference had done just that. Rep- today and tomorrow. support of the Institute in the Over- "As leaders of government, industry, and acade- resentatives from government were inspired, he said. The featured speaker is A. Leon lap anti-trust lawsuit. In the case, mia we must build a strong, mutually-supportive sys- "They felt that they really got the kind of support Higginbotham Jr., chief judge the Justice Department charged MIT tem for scientific advancement and technological they need for an aggressive science policy," he said. emeritus of the U.S. Court of and other schools with violating the innovation that serves t,he national interest in both Appeals for the Third Circuit and Sherman Antitrust Act by dis- the near and long-term," Vest said. Science, Page 7 Public Service Professor of cussing and agreeing upon the The "Science in the National Interest" forum Jurisprudence at H~rvard Universi- financial aid packages of individual drew attendees f.rom over 100 corporations and uni- ty. The theme of his address is "The students who had been offered versities and from the federal government for a day- Trumpet of Conscience: Dr. Martin admission to more than one of the long discussion of the changing nature of research in Luther King's Contract with Ameri- schools. After nearly three years of science and technology. ca." litigation, the case was settled in In the keynote address John H. Gibbons, science Higginbotham's address is part December 1993. adviser to President Clinton, outlined the administra- of a series of day-long events, aid In June 1993, Higginbotham tion's budget priorities in science and technology, Director of the Office of Minority joined MIT's attorney and made an which include proposed increases in the 1996 budget Education Leo Osgood Jr., one of impassioned argument before the for research funding for the National Science Foun- the co-chairs who planned the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He dation, the National Institutes of Health, NASA, and event. " argued that the pub Iic service aspect several other agencies that support for university The celebration starts with an of the case outweighed the alleged research. invitational breakfast this morning harm of price-fixing. Reducing the federal deficit is the overriding con- hosted by President Charles M. Vest "I find a special significance in cern of the Clinton administration, Gibbons said, but and his wife Becky Vest. A high- having as our speaker the distin- draconian reductions in the science and technology light of this year's events is the guished jurist Leon Higginbotham budget would hurt the economy. establishment of the Ty1LKLeader- because he played a wonderful role "Government is a vital partner in promoting tech- ship Awards and the announcement in the MIT financial aid anti-trust nologies that are critical to economic growth, the of the new M LK visiting professor case," Vest said. creation of good jobs, and meeting the common program? Vest said. The award win- "He took on our cause because . needs of the nation," Gibbons said. ners will be announced at the break- he believed our principle of nced- fast. blind admission and need-based aid Consensus needed DONNA COI'f:NEY- fit'S OFFICI;' At noon, the traditional silent was very important in providing In a Monday night statement, Vest:said he hoped John H. Gibbons, presidential sciene adviser march from Lobby 7 to Kresge Auditorium will take place. Higgin- King, Page 9 Institute- Will Select An ADA Coordinator. \I,' ,By Charu Chaudhry coordinated in.one area." I- TAFF REPORTER A search committee has nar- Coordinator will be an educator -rowed its pool to three candidates to The new coordinator's responsi- fill the role of a disabilities services bilities will include keeping track of coordinator and a final decision federal regulations related to the should be made by the end of the ADA and monitoring progress made -month, according to Vice President in the schedule of the alteration of for Human Resources Joan F. Rice. facilities to accommodate disabled The.Americans with Disabilities persons, Rice said. Act of 1990 mandates the creation The coordinator will also be of a Section 504 coordinator, a per- responsible for dealing directly with son "intended by the federal gdvern- students with disabilities, providing '. ment to be a central person that students with information about could aid disabled students and per- options and resources, as well as sonnel via counseling, referrals, and contacts in the Boston area, Rice advocacy," wrote former Under- said. The coordinator should be , graduate Association Vice President someone "t9 whom a person with a . "Anne S. Tsao '94. disability can come to and tell of Tsao described the need for a their difficulty," Rice said. coordinator in a letter to Senior Vi~e The coordinator will also func- President William R. Dickson '56 tion as an educator, "someone who wri ten last year. can teach others of what they need The "position of coordinator is a to be sensitive about and conscious l~ very important one, and a lot needs about so that they can treat the per- . f to be done," Rice said. "~n the past, son with consideration and respect," The children huddle around their father in the Dramashop performance of The Skin of Our Teeth. different people have been helping Rice said. The show opened last night and is showing in Little Kresge. The Antrobus Family is Maribel l. with the problems related to this Delfaus '95, Richard C. Davis G, David D. Dettmer '95 and Katie M.Leo '95. issue, but now we hope to get it ADA, Page 6 Dean Jablonski Looks Back at Her First Year INSIDE By Christopher L. Falling Amherst. She replaced lame R. Tewhey who from tudents, she said. "I think that student ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR left MIT in April 1993. access to th administration is a positive thing." After being as ociate dean for residence and Dean for Undergraduate Education and tu- tudents are more involved in residence hall campu activities for just over a year now, dent Affair Arthur C. Smith .said Jablon ki management than they we're at the other col- Margaret A. Jablonski said she thoroughly "very quickly caught on to the' way MIT tu- lege she has worked at, Jablonski said. Thi enjoys being at M IT. dents are different in what they need and involvement ranges from house government to "It is an incredible challenge," Jablon ki want." He described her as being "energetic election of graduate tutors, . he said: said. "MIT i extremely different from the and able" and "knowing how to do the right "I p'erceive MIT students to be more other colleges I have ,worked at." thing to get things done." assertive and much more involved in the life of Jablonski came to M IT after working at Jablon ki said she is impre sed by student the campu ," Jablonski said. She pointed to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Boston Uni- initiative at the Institute. ~'I did not expect to ver ity, and the University of Massachu etts at turn on the computer and find lots of e-mail" Jablonski, Page 9 • On the Town. Page 12 Page 2 THE TECH February'10, 199 ORLD& Quayle Drops Out of '96 ue e ·cans Unveil Presidential Race THE It'ASHINGTO POST W HI GTO Fonner Vice Pre ident Dan Quayle unexpectedly dropped out of We are ~form Legislation- the 1996 presidential race Thur day, etting off a cramble for hi con er ative support and heightening peculation among Republican By Elizabeth Shogren sure would end welfare's protected . signal that the 'government can not that other candidate may now join the field. LOS A GELES 'fIMES status as a federal "entitlement" that and will not solve everyone's prob- Quayle' urpri e deci. ion came just three week after he laid out a • WA III GTO promises benefits to all who qualify, -Iems," Shaw said in an address to clear timetable for declaring hi candidacy. Friends and advi ers said his Launching what could become regardles of the co t to taxpayers. the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the sudden change of heart reflected his conclusion that he had fallen well the defining debate of the 104th A a concession to cost-con- venue he chose to unveil the Gap behind the fund-rai ing and organizational pace of hi rivals and that Congre s Hou e Republicans scious governors, .however, Republi- plan. catching up would be enonnou Iy difficult and personally grueling. unveiled Thursday welfare refonn can leaders agreed to create a "rainy "The Republican proposal will ides aid the deci ion had nothing to do with Quayle' recent legislation calling for more exten- day" fund that would set aside be strong on punishing children, and medical problems, including blood clots and a rare benign tumor sive reductions in ca h as istance money for state to use if a recession will be wecrk on getting their parents found on hi appendix.