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FTuesday,:~ March. 6,; 1990 Volume 110, Number 10
- C~osrprtnomeets amidrst-prtest Gray, Saxon to re ain calaldul_ torsr MiTM foun
Oct. until- S-- - -cessor -isfound I RV I - - -.- -s -rqw- RPXZV,, ~·~`.' . 1"YIxWP· IyPmF 13M . UJ I 1LIV· . u· t1ict left the Corporation with the By Andrea Lumberti The MIT Corporation decided choice between beginning the Odil Prabhst Mebta < ^Q; last Triday to resume the presi- presidential search anew or re- About 40,demon'strators-led by - - 4 dential search process, -and suming from where it left off. the MIT Coalition-Against agreed to extend the terms of The Corporation's action Apartheid last Friday took their President Paul E. Gray '54 and means that a new president could call for divestment to-the Alfred Corporation Chairman David S. be named at the Corporation's P. Sloan Building (Building E52), Saxon '41 until a successor to June meeting, although that but failed to gain-enntry to the the Gray is found. seems unlikely. In a statement re- sixth-floor- Faculty 'Club; where: The announcement means that leased yesterday, Saxon said that members of the MIT Corpora-- the Corporation and faculty the search would resume "with tion wier holding a lunhieon. search committees, which sus- due deliberation and without any To the rhythms of-African-' pended operations last month, deadline." The search committees drums and anti-apartheid chants, will soon restart their review of met Friday afternoon to discuss a the demonstrators reached Sloan presidential candidates. timetable for continuing the at approximately 1-:30 pm after a Before Professor Phillip A. search. day-long series of protests and Sharp, the committees' original Professor Eugene B. Skolni- marches whih beaa-7 am- choice to be the next president, koff '49, a. member of the faculty with a ."wake up, call" to- Presi-, pulled out of the running two committee, said yesterday that it dent Paul E. Gray '54 at his -111- weeks ago, the Corporation had was "much to early to tell" if the Memorial Drive home. beaen expected at its Friday meet- search would be complete by Five- Campus Police officers ing to approve his nomination. June. He added that "the goal were treated and released for -mi-, Sharp would then have replaced here is to get the best possible nor injuries. No students. -werear- Gray on July 1, while Gray person for the job . . . there is rested. would have taken over-from. no reason -to jump at anything." The Sloan demonstration Paulo Correia/The Tech Saxon. According to Walter L. Milne, reached a climax we prx-Students,.protest for divestment in front of the President's Sharp's decision to withdraw assistant to the- chairman of the (Pleae-to {urxtge gg huse at7 am -on Friday. disrupted that plan, however, and Corporat~ion, this is the first time Cor~~g~~gwati:>e:-hofatoe -*u+ in the recent-history of the Insti- tute that the Corporation has ex- hike of 7.6 percent tended the term of a president. r s I rrsllll I ua New candidates are RVByMiguel Caufillo percenit of our students are on fi- Tfie VMIT Corporation an- nancial aid. The average need also being considered nouneed last :-iriday an increase met -last year was $13,0.,- We're Tuition and:self help since 1983-84 Some faculty .members have of 7.1 percent in tuition, room, spending $9 million on financial voiced concern that any new 18000 and board rates, rais.in th. total aid.?'"' - ' '''''' nominee produced by the existing !, cost to ndear:- diate`duo attend ,The self-hlp lvel, the-amount lsooo-~~ I BTu~H~n·.- search ,committees would be con- ing MIT next year to $20,700. of .money :eacli student is expect- z l llEelIf help sidered a "second choice" and The $036ir ificireasd is'' slig htly ed:: to provide. through loans or 140DO ------not as good a president as they more than last- year's $1295 porice work, was increased by $400 to a might have liked. Onie said, hike. Tuition alone will rise 7.6 total of $5700. Vice President' 12000 - "You've got to think about percent,. from- $14, 500 to Constantine B. Simonides be- 1Q0000 how . . . anyone who is picked $15,600. Lzast year's increase was lieved that , this increase would out now" will be publicly labeled 8.3 percent. n6t impair MIT's competitiveness as second best. -Vice President-of Financial Op- vis a vIs similar-universities. 'The Perhaps in response to these erations James j. tulliton' said self-help level 'was kept at $4900 criticisms, the committees have that this figure varies each year.. for four. years, -while the compet- decided to reconsider old candi- 60DO4000 --i "The [original] -number, we' had ing schools have-increased their' 2000 dates as well as look at new ones, for next year was 8.3. percent, but figure. The -gap that existed be-. with "no presumption of a closed eventually President Gray decided fore has been ~closing, " hi! said. list," according to Skolnikoff. to give a bit of relief, reducing it Undergraduate Association. 'Saxon's statement also ad- by $100" he added. Culliton ac- President Paul L. Antico.'91 ar- 83-84 84-85 85-86 86-8i 87-88 88-89 89-90 90-91 dressed this issue, saying that knowledged that the tuition in- gued that the increase in -self-help "nrew names have been proposed crease was above expected infla- would a'shut MIT's competitive- Tech graphic by Prabhat Mehta in the past two weeks." tion, but argued that the -tuition ness" and that. the,,.different levels (Please turn to page 2) price indicator has been -onithe of aid "Complicated the system."- i I I ---- IR - k - -- L lrdlI I - - I 1 I I - -- - - 1 top edge of inflation. -Simonides did not believe- that. One of-the just-ifications Culli- -the increased costs would dete r -M:IT -ftrats and BU dorms discuss-problems ton gave for the increase-was that.. students from' coming to. MIT,. -in' By Brian Rosenberg BU police, who have jurisdiction addressed during the meeting. "tuition traditionally 'pays only' part because the, Institute -has a Representatives- of -15 Back Bay in the area.. MIT- students sug- "Complaints often centered for a fraction of the cost of edu- special program to lower the self- fraternities', and, -the Interfrater- gested that a better first step around a BU student who would cation. If you look at it,* that ac-, help level- of those who need the' hity Council met with .Boston would be to call the fraternity it- get involved in destructive behav- tually what's happening. Sixty (Continued from page 20) University admnninistrators^Xi':.-eF~b. self or the MIT police. ior-while drunk, and when ques- 21 to discuss the fraternities' con- "BU police have sheriff's pow- tioned, said they'd been drinking -duct. The. Feb. 21 meeting result- ers [in the 'Back Bayl] which at an MIT- fraternity. It's easy for Rieferenda wllHI awess opinion ed in several decisions which may ,.Means they can enter without a them to say that rather than *affect Back Bay-social activities.-." search warrant, which they've of- blame one of their friends, and -onon presidetiald 'n.,R seac, R1 weelI The meeting was in response to ten-done in a-forceful manner," there's never any proof," Arnone complaints by BU students and Arnone said. "It was my impres- said. By Brian Rosenberg tation -Wreek. deans of excessive noise and un- sion they were going to be at the Ariel Warszawski '90, chair of Three referenda approved by The first question asks, "Do derage drinking at MIT fraternity meeting, but they didn't show the IFC Judicial Committee, said the Undergraduate Association you-believe that the committees parties.' A memorandum by As- up," he added. "A violation on the scale of not Council-will appear on the UA responsible for choosing the next sociate Dean for Student Affairs The BU police were not avail- carding or serving minors who election ballots on March 14. The president of MIT'were too secre- James R. Tewhey said other alle- able for comment. aren't stamped will almost cer- referenda deal with student in- tive about the. process and candi- gations against the fraternities Campus Police Chief Anne P. tainly result in a court appear- volvement -in the presidential dates?" The second reads, "Do ranged from "serious injuries Glavin said, "It's beneficial for ance. Jud(omm is stressing, search azndpossible ill effects of you believe that students should, suffered by members and party MIT students if calls come to us. stronger enforcement because the flushing during Residence/Orien- have had more control over the guests to Lodging House License When we. investigate a call, we Dean's Office has given the IFC . search for the, next president of violations registered with the often find that the MIT fraterni- greater self-policing power. Inci- - MI-T? " G . . Boston Licensing Board." ty is dead quiet, and that the call- dents where underage drinking . --Stacy A. -Segal '90, who intro- !"The main focus of the meet- er made a mistake." was reported used to go to the duced the referenda to' the UA ing was opening new lines of As a result of this suggestion, Dean's Office, but will now go to Council, said, "'A lot of students communication," .said Miles Ar- the phone numbers of MIT fra- JudComm." have felt that they haven't been A Red Line train- burns none.'91, president of the IFC. ternities and the MIT Campus Most of the MIT representa- involved at all [in the search pro- Police will be distributed to BU tives at the meeting were sur- in Central Square. "We tried to assure the BU peo- cess].-Right now, there's no way ple we're responsive to their con- dormitory governments, the BU prised by the lack of BU adminis- I.1 Page 2.: for students to actually partici- cerns. We want to be made aware police department,, and the BU trative representatives, including pate in the decision. Students are of problems so we can deal with Office of Residence Life. MIT the BU police. Neal H. Dorow, afraid that the next president them,'- he said. fraternities will receive the BU MIT's advisor to ILGs, said, Student .groups lobby won't care about student issues." According to a record of the academic calendar to allow the "My expectation was that there for Asian studies. Seth A. -Gordon '91, who au- meeting released by the IFC, BU houses to plan parties around BU .,would be more representatives Page, 20. thored the presidential search .students said they generally dealt study weekends. from the university." (Please turn to page 2) with.noise problems by calling Underage drinking was also (Please turn to page 2) -- --. --.-.. - .. - -I . - -- - _ ~PAGE 2 The Tech TUESDAY MARCH 6, 1990. a Subway service delayed after fire in Central -Square T stop {vl~toN~uise/ -7 By Neil J. ROss A fire on the second car of a ment's three eng ines and two six-car inbound Red Line train trucks brought the fire under sent thick black smoke billowing control quickly. Police and mnedia~ out of the Central Square T sta- cal emergency vehicles stopped tion at approximately 4 pm on all traffic on Massachusetts Ave- Friday. nue except for free buses that re- ~~~~~~~~~~ph* Plan: Pl4 e ,; Eyewitnesses reported seeing' placed the stopped trains. WV~~ ~ PR ' - sparks, green flames, and a With no injuries to report as the smoke-streaked train drew bright glowing as the burning .t . i.,.mo, an ii, oi * > , s train arrived from Harvard. away from the station at 4:23 Adam Simon, a 16-year-old from pm, the MBTA police officer in Arlington, said that on thie train charge., Sgt. Robert Bond, muf@;is~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lte4' white sparks illuminated the sub- seemed relieved. It was now up to way tunnel. "My heart's still the Cambridge police to handle L ~~ Id §tete t I' ''IdoV Im' tsr1 -, beating hard," Simon said later. the traffic as emergency vehicles In the station, people ducked dispersed from the scene. sparks coming from the top of Normal T service resumed the cars. within an hour after the fire.' MBTA employee Marvin C. Battle, who was on the train at .,Fra,' ernity reps,, the time, said visibility in the sta-' tion was reduced to the length of meet with B'U"" two train cars, in part due to oil burning -as it leaked onto the (Continued from page 1) electrified third rail. The Cambridge fire depart- The students from BU who at- tended the meeting were on their Ray, T. Powell/The Techi to the letter spring break, and could not be Phvsicalw Plantw follow's the x Bags requestsl W v -
Gray,, Saxon l ------| reached for comment. I a Lazar did not know why the _ _ _ | _ _ | * -1 1 _ " ' _ i , _ _ - to stay in office : - - . - i z BU police had not attended the (Continued from page 1) meeting, nor did he know if any, Skolnikoff said that the com- meetings that included them-were - - - -nOtlGES-- mittee had never determined a scheduled for the future. " _ _ h . _ _ . I I | " short list, but that fewer and few- Paul Lazar, one of five area di- S The Office of Consumer Affairs and er candidates were interviewed as rectors for the BU Office of Resi- Stu y Help Listings - Businessl Rdegulation hcas Sprme'ore tatpam- the search went on. "We consid- dence Life, refused to speak for The professional tutor staff of the MIT Student activities, administrative offices, marizes students' consumer rights. For a ered many, many names" at first, either the BU administration or Writing and C6mmunication Center (14N- academic. departments and other groups - free copy, write the Office, of Consumer th BU t d "Th h ~~~~~317) will be glad to consult with you on both on and off the MIT campus -can Affairs and Business, One Ashlburton he added. te BUstudents. "Te three BU any writing or oral presentation project list meetings, activities,. and other Plae, Boston; MA 02108 or call 727-7755. These and other comments administrators who were at the (papers, theses; letters, etc.) from 10am-s announcements in Ahe Tch's,"Notes" sec -' . would seem to imply that even meetingtherewer onl to sup- 6pm Monday through Friday. You may ei- tion. Send items -of-Interest`- (t~ed ,,kq aTer is a Food'Addic-'on oyline being Provost John M. Deutch '61 othr phone foro ann addoitioenstrk(0-3Wo)~ double spaced) via Institut tvid 'a r ed might be reconsidered, in addi- completely student-runl meeting, those for whom English- is a second lan- US mail to "News NotesTh7e Teh0O to.Ti oln sorvd-frito tion to Stanford Engineering and the administration had no guage are held in the-Center on Wednes- Box 29X MIT Branch,. Cambridge, MA 'about food addiction-, gatiheridata about Dean James F. Gibboffs and Eco- agenda~forthis meeting." days from 6:15-7:15 pin All services are 02139."Notes run on aspace-available bi the natuire and extent of food addiction, nomics Professor - Paul L. tute announcements and MIT student-ac- tha Hod -ditoxi.65 TEi hotfirfe Joskow. tivities. ThenTech reserves the right to edit -number is 1-800,USA-M& Deutch was thought a front- Undergradustes to vote on tne ~~~~~~~alllistings, and makes no endorsement of:.i -, - groups or activities listed * . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CALL;atolfe:inforniation service, runner until he -announced his ^ J a- 0 Ad -Ad S So Oh \ . d . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~provides free information - bucolges withdrawal from the search pro- id<.!ential search ni,| rush ,5, , c, C'2u0tfepoosfinaincia22fli ,ci,,9 cfwe~s, cess at a landary~'me'Oting -of the" Academic Council. In a tele- (Continued from paqge 1) Seminar on ISDN: Hype of Revolatioit? .MOnday.-through-ThWid_0,,9 to;.9,~pnW;!_', phone interview yesterday, he re- questionis, said "I wrote them Sv; neai impact do o -**800 > m S44'falo 2-1,171 fused to comment on any aspect [the refereanda] out of concern during -your -g/O- week?" Re-y Special showing of 'a"Alm exploring being Coven r ovonfZina vl~~tkl-l , ^ , . myJewillieson Aeiaetitl7ed -Aesent Memo-i -basis at the. Higher-Education'Infomtn of.the search, other than that he w was willing to continue as pro- minimal control over the search- to five, rated -from 'no6 impact" tet 3okil brary, b666Boylston Street, next to the vost until a replacement for Gray process. The student body gener- to "severe trauma." UA President -Copley Plaza. ; 2: could be found. ally has input into administrative Paul' L. Antico '91 commented, March 15,: 1990. w a Joskow similarly refused to decisions, but without a reliable "'We basically wan'tto see to what m E comment on his candidacy. idea of who the candidates are or exten't people's flames [about the Fnogro~f Warlf~rom "4-16prnmnE1l5-07g0. - rff Two additional stron g contend- what criteria the search commit- rush] are true. It's also informa- Speakser will be Walter Robinson, Washing- Council Travel Services .is offeringj stu- ma tees use, giving input is like tionl that the Student Housing ton Correspondent for the Bo6ston Globe. zdent, tours d the Soviet-, Jnion. For, a fre e a ers appear to be Michael L. Der- V z touzos PhD '64, director of the throwing your ideas into a black' Working Group needs."' _u rcueadisotatintdent Center, a Laboratory for Computer Sci- hole." Segal, who chairs the working ~ reIfraion 'V084 or by calling 672-5S ence, and Dean of Engineering "It's important to know if peo- group, related the third question Gerald L. Wilson '61. Another ld about the to concerns raised by the Fresh- ~D(istr i~butiona) esuqbjeectis and categories, detailed listings of-dmilitary contracts rumored candidate, Chemistry search," -said Gordon. "I hope man Housing Committee last HUM D(istribuion) subjects and fields, awarded to local companies and colleges Chair Mark S. Wrighton, said that the next time the administra- fall. "We want to see if 'there concentration requirements or procedures, across the United States. The system cans yesterday that 'he had not met progams? Comte to the tHurmanities, Arts, systemsarm with the search committees since they bring students into the pro- whether it's. aL faculty illusion. 'and Social Sciences Informatio>n Office, -,find out wehether conmpaies, in which -they "a much earlier time," when they cess more." Even if a very small minority-is 14N4.08 for help wfth~an hi' gtddth .wsocaroigltryetdvrk asked him "my views on the fu- , itstilbeig hut, need to e she~p bSS R~ll iernet We re oen 95. For 'miore, informiltion contact Paui Brink ture of MIT." what extent, if any, did 'flushing' dealt with.".= r l l i - - - -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Errat An article on the. last Undergraituate Association Council meeting ["UA tables activities fee referendum," Feb. 2-31 incor- rectly describes- the three referenda adopted by the council. There will be no referendum on -the acadernic calendar; rather, two questions will deal -with the--presidential. search. The third referendum,- as the article correctly states, will assess the prob- lems of flushing during Residence/Orientation Week.
In the last issue, part of an article o n the MIT Corporation. meeting ["Corporatio n to meet today," March 21 was accidently omitted. The following includes the omitted text: The Corporation- is also ex'pected to exterf the terms. of Presi- dent Paul E. Gray '54 aned Cotrporation Chairman- David S: Sax- on '41. Gray was originally scheduled to replace Saxonl, who, had planned to retire on July 1. Sharp's withdrawval- from. the rff search makes it quite possible that the search wi'llnot be- com- k 9 pleted by then. In a statement Ireleased on Feb. 14, both Gray it
and Saxon announced their willingness to stay pn until a re- I placement for Gray is found. Milne said that Gray wouild be the a w first president in "the modern era" of the Institute to have his 5 9 term extended in this manner'. II If the Corporation agrees to resume the search, candidates wv. who were on the search committee's short list may be reconsid- ered. Two of the leading people. on that list were Stanford Uni- versity's Dean of Engineering James F. Gibbons and MIT Eco- nomics Professor ''Paul L. Joskow. Gibbons was offered -the find out. Pizza presidency of Carnegie Mellon University last fall, but declined every Sunday at 6pm because of his candidacy at MIT, according to The Tartan, CMU's'student newspaper. d -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L - ul · I_·1_ TUESDAY MARCH 6, 1990 The Tech PAGE 3
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_v2 : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ eCLI~bl'l -- - d - American soldiers involved in Panamanian drug ring Israeli leaders accept US- US denies hostage negotiations A cocaine smuggling ring involving US soldiers and proposal for peace talks The Bush Administration is letting it be known that no Colombian suppliers was broken up recently in Panama, Conservative leaders in Israel have conditionally high-level US -officials are involved in -hostage negotia- CBS News reported yesterday. The network, citing un- approved US proposals for starting Middle East peace tions. The denials come amid reports of recent talks identified military sources; said at least seven Colombians talks. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's Likud bloc said involving contacts with Iran. White House spokesman and one American have been arrested. conditions must be met for an Israeli-Palestinian dialogue Marlin L. Fitzwater said many people, including relatives One serviceman confessed that he recruited soldiers to to take place in Egypt. Among the conditions, the leaders I li of the hostages in Lebanon,, may be involved in talks. smuggle cocaine aboard military flights to the United said there must be a consensus in Israel on preventing the But, he said, none of these individuals represent the US States and paid them up to $10,000 for doing so, accord- Palestine Liberation Organization from taking over the government. ing to CBS. Officials are looking into the possibility that peace process. -Friday's grenade attack on a Panama City disco was con- Disbanding of contras urged nected to the breakup of the smuggling ring. One US Efforts to get the Mideast peace process started may soldier was killed in the attack, which also left 15 other US Rep. David R. Obey (DALI), who chairs a House also be stalled by a new Palestinian demand that delegates American servicemen and 12 Panamanians wounded. subcommittee that controls foreign aid, has demanded from the Occupied Territories be chosen by the PLO. that the contras disband immediately. The Bush Adminis- tration has-said there is no reason to continue the rebel war in Nicaragua, now that opposition leader Violeta UN focuses on global illiteracy Barrios de Chamofto has-beaten Sandinista leader Daniel The United Nations has kicked off a global fight Ortega Saavedra at the polls. But White House officials against illiteracy. The UN Scientific, Educational, and Soviet old guard falters at polls will not set a deadline for demobilizing the rebels. US of- Cultural Organization opened an international conference Just as President Mikhail S. Gorbachlev predicted, ficials are currently in Honduras for talks on the matter. in Thaland yesterday with illiteracy at the top of its reformers appear to be the big winners in Sunday's elec- Chamorro has promising amnesty for. the US-backed agenda. The head of the agency questioned how much the tions in three Soviet republics. Unofficial election returns contra rebels. And in neighboring Honduras, the contras world can advance when almost a billion people cannot indicated old guard Communist officials lost many races have expressed .a willingness to turn over their arms to read. for local government positions and seats in the parlia- Chamorro's National Opposition Union. ments of Byelorussia and the Ukcraine. Runoffs are expected in two weeks in the races where nobody won a majority, and reformers have predicted another round of victories for their side. L1·~T1 r- r ~ Jury selection begins iX Att w ~~~Jury selectionsbegins UML AL-w-- W I' LWA.'M, in Poindexter trial l A lawyer who worked for the Bush presidential campaign is one of 21 people who could be a juror in the Lead poisoning in children latest Iran-contra trial. The trial of former National $D widespread, study finds Security Adviser John M.' Poindexter began yesterday in The Environmental Defense Fund has released a report Washington with jury selection. Poindexter is charged showing that about half the children in older, Northeast- with conspiracy and lying to Congress about contra Ed Ngelson's March Almanac 1990 ern cties have' unhisccepttable levels of lead in their blood- -resupply efforts and the'sale of missiles to Iran. As the Northern states head into the month of streams., The report estimates that 69 percent of, Boston March; there is much to look forward to. The cold childien-_ 123,000 btsg, and, gill between the ages of six Greyhound drivers mourn air will finally begin to relinquish its hold, and months and five years - have lead levels "above the level many parts of the country which have spent the of concern.' This figure places Boston third behind New death on picket line winter buried in snow will get to see bare ground by York and Newark, NJ, on a Hisi of 38 areas with popula- Some striking Greyhound bus drivers are wearing black the end of the month. By the end of the month the tions of at least one million. armbands as they walk the picket lines in memory of a yellow blossoms of the daffodils will be wide open, Virtually all of the poisoning is attributed to lead paint striker who was crushed to death by a bus while picketing proclaiming that spring has arrived. still found in older houses. But the report is based on esti- in Redding, CA- over the weekend. The union president The days will continue to lengthen, and nights to mates and uses a lower level of lead than in-current gov- has called for pickets to observe five minutes of silence shorten. The big event of the month will be the ernment standards. tomorrow, when a memorial service for the striker will be vernal equinox, which marks the beginning of Senators Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT) and John H. held. spring. It will occur on Monlday, March 20, at 4:19 Chafee (R-RI) will co-chair a hearing of the Senate Toxic The union representing the striking drivers has asked pm EST. At this time, the sun will cross the equator Substances Subcommittee on 'Thursday. They will be the bus company to return to the bargaining table. There on its track from the southern hemisphere to the examining the extent,.of the lead poisoning problem and have not been any formal talks since Friday, the day the northern hemisphere, resulting in equal portions of the response of the federal government. strike began. daylight and night (12 hours each). The full moon will occur on the II th and the new moon on the 26th. Late March will be the best time all year to view the "morning star" which is the planet Venus, in the southeast before dawn. The average high temperature for the month is 44.6°F (7.0°C) and the average low temperature is A_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~a 38.1 °F (3.4QC). While the normal precipitation for the month is 4.22 inches, there are 12 days with measurable precipitation. State agencies argue College basketball star Gathers against dies after collapsing on court In the shorter range.. budget cutbacks The death of basketball star Hank Gathers, who as a The fiscal 1991 budget proposal submitted by Gov. junior became only the second National Collegiate Athlet- As a low pressure system stationary over the central Michael S. Dulkakis came under fire from a number of ic Association player to lead the nation in scoring and re- part of the country continues to bring rainfall to directions yesterday. State prosecutors and the heads of bounding in one season, has left his Loyola Marymount that region, the weather in New England will be state social service agencies complained to legislative com- teammates in shock. Gathers, who was 23 years old, died determined by a high pressure system in mittees that the governor's $12.6 billion spending Sunday evening after collapsing on the court. northeastern Canada. This high, which has been proposal is too lean to let them do their jobs. Coach Paul Westhead called Gathers "an incredible life responsible for the weather for the last few days, The commissioners of mental health and mental retar- force" on the Lions team. Many children looked up to the will continue to bring cold but nice weather into dation told the Human Services Committee' that the six-foot-seven-inch star, Westhead said. The Loyola team our region for the rest of the week. As the high state's budget crisis has led to an erosion of care. Mental has put off indefinitely a decision on playing in the decreases in intensity and moves southwards Health Commissioner Henry Tomes said the state's fiscal NCAA tournament, which begins in 10 days. over New England, warmer temperatures will crisis has prevented the state from opening some already- Results of an autopsy are expected today. Gathers col- follow so that by Friday we can expect to enjoy constructed group homes for approximately 500 mentally lapsed during Loyola's West Coast Conference Tourna- above normal temperatures again. ill people. Tomes said this has forced the state to keep ment semi-final against Portland. League officials can- some patients in hospitals, at a yearly cost of $85,000, celed the game and awarded the Lions the automatic Tuesday afternoon: A strong cloud cover will instead of moving them to group homes, where the care NCAAQ bid by virtue of their 13-1 conference record. remain throughout the day and light winds will costs about $33,000. Efforts to improve rehabilitation and blow from the north at 10 mph (16 kph). High upgrade conditions at state mental hospitals have also suf- Raye to direct Patriot offense temperature 27 'F (-3 °C). fered because of the budget crisis, Tomes added. Tuesday night: Clearing skies throughout the night, The New England Patriots have named Jimmy Raye winds continuing northerly at 5-10 mph (8-16 their new offensive coordinator and quarterback coach. kph). Low 15'F (-10 C). Pop quizzes improve learning, Raye has spent much of his 13-year coaching career with Wednesday: Clear skies but temperatures still below the Atlanta Falcons. He played quarterback for Michigan normal. Winds northerly at 15-20 mph (24-32 Harvard study says State in college and also played defensive back for the kph). High 26°F (-3°C). Low 17'F (-8°C). A new study from Harvard University indicates a one- Philadelphia Eagles before turning to coaching. Thursday: More sunny weather as winds blow north minute, low-tech, no-cost technique could improve Amer- Raye began his coaching career with San Francisco in to northeasterly. Further temperature increase. ican education at the college level. The three-year study 1977 and then spent two seasons coaching offensive backs High 34°F (1PQ). Low 22°F (-5QC). said pop quizzes and a quick summary at the end of class in Detroit. He joined the Falcons coaching staff as receiv- Forecast by Michael J. Hess can substantially improve learning. ers coach in 1980. He spent the 1984 season on the Los __ -9911------1CI Angeles Rams coaching staff and two seasons with Tampa L Bay in 1985 and 1986 before returning to Atlanta. Compiled by Linda D'Angelo _~ PAGE 4 The Tech TUESDAY MARCH 6, 1990 -. -. 0 * ;~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 0 0
- *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EDITORIAL MIT ust be sensitive to dvorce Aon atmnosph,ere Column by Dave Atkins Last Christmas, I got up early in the morning to MIT's acknowledgment that she is a parent, of visit my father. When I go home, I usually stay with ,equal importance as my father. of intoeace my mother, since my father has orify one bed and Why is MIT so far behind the times in~this area? has not yet sorted the debris from when he moved, I am sure I am not the only student with' divorced Last Tuesday morning, members of the Alternative News Col- from our old home. This past Christmas was more or separated parents. MIT -knew--my parents, were- lective found 1300 copies of their newspaper, The Thistle, de- -relaxed than the Christmas Day freshman year separated in 1986, and diiorced in 'I987', th-rough. stroyed in and near Lobby 7. This was not the first attack on their when my parents announced they were planning to my dealings with the Financial Aid Office. Yet the'y, distribution. separate and eventually divorce, except for one did nothing to even acknowledge that. anything had Also last week, hundreds of posters advertising a lecture by Is, *small detail: the MIT Bursar's bill I noticed on the changed. Freshman year, was, a, very difficult time rael Shahak on human rights violations in the occupied territories kitchen table. for me, emotionally. Had MIT given some indica- were torn to pieces. On Wednesday, seemingly in retribution,' the After almost three years of divorce, my father tion that it cared in the least, life might have been words "Israel is Apartheid" were written over pro-Israeli posters still receives mail directed to Mr. and Mrs. David L. easier. put up by MIT Students for Israel. Atkins. It's one of those little details you don't Is it too much to expect.tlhat MIlT.-be pyro-aetive in These attempts to suppress free discourse, in light of the attacks think about when you're trying to keep your life to- this area? Yes, I could have gqne-. to. SAP or- the against GAMIT and MIT Pro-Life posters last term, point to a gether and survive MIT. But as I got to, thinking ODSA and discussed my-parents' divorce. It might- growing trend of intolerance. Campus debate has degenerated into about it, I got progressively more upset about the have made me feel better'. But wihy',couldn't-aa, flag senseless destruction and vandalism. One would imagine that at an little things that MIT doesn't do that could make have gone off ,,somewhere in my files,. to .alert my a institution which prides itself on attracting some of the brightest students lives so much easier. I determined to fi'nd '-advisor to the situation? Even if I had spoken with - solution and at least satisfy my curiosity as to what and most imaginative students in the world, such acts of narrow- the various support groups that exist for students, I should have had the presence of mind to do four this would have changed nothing. for the 'little mindedness, would be greeted with outrage. Instead, the response years ago. things" like mail addressed to both parents at silence or further hostile acts. has been MIT supposes all students have' two parents who Christmas. There is no procedure 'for counselings or ' The Tech condemns these actions- MIT, like all other universi- live at the same address. I spoke with the Bursar's ev'en attempting to deal with students whose parents ties, must be a forum for ideas not only in the classroom but in Office, the Registrar's Office, the Undergraduate are-separated or divorced. Individuals in the various every day campus life as well. We call on student leaders, faculty Academic Support Office, Student Assistance Ser- offices are generally supportive and eager to help, and administration to take strong stands against such intolerance vices, the Financial Aid Office and the Information but as an. institution,,,and sdue to the structure and and reaffirm their commitment to free speech and a diversity of Office. Of these, only the Information Office was bureaucracy therein, MIT just, doesn't care. opinions. of-'any help. For seniors, at least, they keep a-list of ''Year After. yar, faculty and admfinistrators com-. alternate addresses, so students can have Senior' plain that the-y' do' care ari-d'that they are-misuinde-r- Week material sent to both parents. At all the other stood by students. I don't doubt that many,faculty offices, they defer- to the registrar for such informa- care and I know personally -that' administrators tion. The registrar's database has one field for care, but the problem is structural. -This tiny, specify "home address." For parent billing, through the ic issue is but the tip of the iceberg indicative of the Bursar's Office, there is also only one' field for a institutional structure in MIT which is cold and un- parent's address. caring. I, appreciate the sympathy of individuals, Volume 110, Number 10 Tuesday, March 6, 1990 I fixed half of the problem by asking the Bursar's bu'if this schiool is to reverse thie "IHTFP'" image i Office to delete the ok Mrs."S from my parents' bill- -must' be changed. ,Chair m an ...... D ebora h A . Levin son '91 has among students, the system ing address. But this doesn't fix the larger half of Some might- call that-a change towards paternalism, a Editor inC hief ...... Pra bhat M ehta '91 the problem, the fact that since my parents' separa- but frankly, I have had enough- of thin-laissez faire, B usin es s M a na ger ...... R uss ell W ilc ox '91 tion, my mother has been effectively written off by educational system and I would welcome some M anagin g Editor ...... M arie E.Vf. Co pp ola '90O MIT. She receives no mail whatsoever from MIT, degree of administration involvement -in my, life.- M Ex ecutive Editor ...... Lin da'D 'An gelo '90 Im but is expected, every year, to fill out a "divorced- I would like to see, before I graduate, a, proce- m /separated parent's form" for financial aid pur-, dure put in place td''deal with at'''s~~ se- News Editors ...... Annabelle Boyd '90 m E Andrea Lamberti '91 poses. MIT expects her to pay for my education, keeping aspects of divorced/separated parents-. As a F. Reuven M. Lerner '92 but refuses to acknowledge her existence. student, I should be able' to simply 'fill out' a card G With-. a-second home address on -Registration 'Day. Night Editor ...... ;-Daniel A. Sidney My mother knew nothing of Parents',Weekead,' Opinion Editor ...... ~Michael J. Franklin '88 :That ShWould -play havoc' wfit'-the eidnidtg~e for example. She does not receive a copy Sports Editor ...... Shawn Mastrian '91 of tie ^^bu~wht~ar myparents pay ing $1>4,500,;9'yeAr Mr' Parenits~'Newsletter. Mylfaher' keroxed`tile -sefnior Arts Editor ...... Peter E. Dunn G anyway? Thty have -a right to expect some degree of Week information on hotels and sent it to her. On Photography Editors ...... Kristine AuYeung '91 respect from MIT.4 ' '" ''~ Lerothodi-Lapula Leeuw '92 the positive side, she does not receive any informa- Contributing Editors ...... Jonathan RichmondG tionl on the Campaign for the Future, but I am sure Dave Atkins, a senior, is double majoring in po- - Niraj S. Desai '90 she would not mind that small inconvenience for litical science and management. , Irene C. Kuo '90 Lisette W. M. Lambregts '90 Lois Eaton '92 1:1R-W.I M t.1II]I 11toI1.1]".11, 1 I1.1I ,I:I1 11 . 1.1 , II0, Advertising Manager ...... bMark E. Haseltine '92 Production Mlanager ...... Ezra Peisach '89 Senior Editor ...... Genevieve C. Sparagna '90 Police single out blacks: -in demonstration NEWS STAFF Associate News Editors: Neil J. Ross G. Joanna Stone '92, Brian I was deeply disturbed by an to sing or chant, "This is - not of the larger, society. Friday's ex- Rosenberg '93, Katherine Shim '93; Staff: Joan Abbott '90, observation from the edge of the South Africa." perience brought home to me Anita Hsiung '90, Miguel Cantillo '91, Seth Gordon '91, Adnan crowd at Friday's divestment This is not South2 Africa, and what a lonlg, long way we have to Lawai '91, Chitra K. Raman '91, Gaurav Rewari '91, Eun S. Shin presumably this is not the Boston go. '91, Aileen Lee '92, Karen Kaplan '93, Mlichael Schlamp '93, demonstration. It was students of Cliff Schmidt '93; Meteorologists: Robert X. Black G. Robert J. color who bore the brunt of the of the Stuart -case. We suppose Loulise Dunlap Conzemius G. Michael C. Morgan G. Greg Bettinger '91, Yeh-Kai aggressive behavior of the Cam- ourselves to be an 'educational in- Senior Lecturer Tung ' 93. pus and Metropolitan District stitution that takes leadership in Departme~nt of Urban Commission Police who were at- rejecting the longstanding racism Studies sand Plahninig PRODUCTION STAFF tempting to clear the area in Associate Night Editors: Kristine J. Cordella '91, David Maltz I '93; Staff: David E. Borison '91, Lawrence H. Kaye '91, front of the Sloan School ele- Jonathon Weiss '93. vators.: SPORTS STAFF When a dozen or more large, Michael J. Garrison G. Harold A. Stern '87, David Rothstein '91. armed police push into a crowd- ed space to dislodge people who ARTS STAFF were already there, there was a Staff: Frank Gillett G. Mark Roberts G. Manavendra K. Thakur lot of confusion. Out of my cha- '87, Michelle P. Perry '89, Peter Parnassa '90, Paige Parsons '90, Paula Cuccurullo '91, David Stern '91, Alfr'ed Armendariz '92, otic sensations, I recognized a Sande Chen '92, Alejandro Solis '92, Kevin Frisch '93. pattern I had never seen so clear- ly. One after another, it was PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF black students who were pulled Associate Photography Editor: Sean Dougherty '93; Staff: William Chu G. Frank Espinosa G. Andy Silber G. Khen Church into the main Sloan lobby and '90), Mark D. Virtue '90, Sarath Krishnaswamy '91, Georgina A. more or less wrestled to the floor. Maldonado '91, David H. Oliver '91, Mauricio Roman '91, Marc The first was stretch-twisted by Wisnudel '91, Jonathan Kossuth '92, Douglas D. Keller '93, Wey' two police, one on1 each arm; the Lead '93, Matthew Warren '93, Jeremy Yung '93; Darkroom second seemed to have officers Manager: Ken Church '90. attacking each limb. Their body- BUSINESS STAFF language and the hate and antag- Delinquent Accounts Manager: Jadene Burgess '93; Advertising onism I felt in it were very hard Accounts Manager: Shanwei Chen '92; Staff: Ben Tao '93. to describe. In all, I remember five people of color singled out for rough treatment to only two PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE caucasians, one of whom ironi- Night Editor : .w...... David A. Maltz '93 Staff: Peter E. Dunn G. Mike Franklin '88, Ezra Peisach '89, cally turned out to be a plain Becky Chang '90, Kristine Au-Yeung '91, Kristine J. Cordella clothes -officer mistaken for a '91, Debby Levinson '91, Lerothodi-Lapula Leeuw '92, Reuven demonstrator. I would estimate Lerner '92. that only 25 percent of the group were people of color. 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- - [ - n~~~~~~~~~~~~~-- -- MIT m'ust fight discrimination by ROTC The time has come to do some- sexual conduct, or who by their How long will MIT support - thing about a tradition of for- statements demonstrate a propen- to the tune of $500,000 a year - malized discrimination on cam- sity to engage in homosexual a program that openly and pus that threatens the hard-won conduct, seriously impairs the ac- shamelessly discriminates against pluralism of the MIT community. complishment of the military some of its own students regard- We refer to the stated and en- mission." less of their academic strength, forced policy of discrimination The Defense Dlepartment's Per- financial need, physical fitness, against lesbian, gay and bisexual sonnel Security Research and citizenship, mental stability, or students practiced by the Reserve Education Center, in two recent desire to participate? MIT offi- Officers Training Corps. reports, concludes otherwise. cially "does not discriminate ROTC offers MIT undergradu- Lesbian and gay soldiers have against individuals on the basis ates a variety of significant mate- better-than-average service re- of race, color, sex, sexual orien- rial and vocational rewards, such cords in the US military, which tation, religion, handicap, age or I as leadership training, job oppor- should, PERSEREC recommend- national or ethnic origin in the tunities, and four years of finan- ed, consider a phased integration administration of its educational cial support. But it does not offer of lesbian and gay people into the policies, admissions policies, em- -- w~~~~EMOEAP these rewards-to all MIT under- military (as has already occurred ployment policies, scholarship graduates alike, on a free and in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, It- and loan programs, and other In- non-discriminatory basis. ROTC aly, West Germany and the Neth- stitute-administered programs is constrained in its scholarship erlands). Nonetheless, ROTC and activities. . .. " The hetero- program by 'current US military persists in systematically denying sexuality requirement imposed by policy, which states: "The pres- its benefits to an entire segment ROTC on its participants clearly ence in the military environment of the MIT undergraduate popu- mocks the spirit, if not the letter, of persons who engage in horno- lation. A truly pluralistic and of MIT's non-discrimination multicultural community can not clause. It narrows academic free- tolerate discrimination against dom. And it interjects a poison- any of its members, let alone ous element of enforced secrecy against an entire class of persons into what ought to be an atmo- in its very midst. sphere of open and uninhibited A growing number of colleges, exchange among members of the MEM, use's sa'tire- to attack beliefs, not people universities and faculties have MIT community. We write-to address the, issues MtM for its supposed connec- Williams' hypocrisy is most started to take a stand against We, the undersigned, are wom- raised inl-a. recent' letter by MIT tion to Refuse and Resist, a guilt- blatant-whenkshe says, "I1t is un- ROTC's discriminatory practices. en and men; faculty, students, Pro-Life President Monnica J.- by-associatioA, tactic. Also, The fortunt htMTwte h The law school faculty at the and alumni; caucasians and peo- Williams '91, ["Abusive literature .TPhistle article referred to by Wil- -may have -had unpleasant abor- University of Iowa has refused ple of color; Hindus, Muslims, from~~~~~-hie MEbeidpsuo iams was not written by a mem- tions are-forced to endure the in- ROTC the use of its buildings as Christians and Jews; lesbians, shield. of satir~e,"March-.2 . Her - ber of MEM as she claims. Final- -suits of MEM on -a regular ba- Iong as ROTC maintains -its dis- gays, bisexuals, and heterosex- -letter was fraught. with-'errors. y Williams-. !asserted: that -our ':r"e rnind her of 'the- less-- criminatory policy. 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'-: ~' - PUNT" has' no ...... -of the~class,paeo y.....trest that they inex!- I am writing- to let -you know I ring, anywhere, even if you claim cusably abused that office. I ask thiink the^'192-rifig is a childish a tiny "tool" makes everything you to accept this criticism as and expensi~ve hack in less than fair. valid in the same spirit you would poor taste. I find- it to be a chim- My cultural argument for stop- accept praise, and not to dismiss' Sy aesthetic nightmare. You-made ping this ring design entirely, that the points mentioned herein as extreme decisions 'without is, not allowing them to be pur- emotional ravings. I and the oth- consulting the class. chased by anyone, is the. "cele- er undersigned hope that there I called a member of the corm bration of the founding of Amer- can be a solution, even if it is to mittee before the premiere and ica" 500 years ago, referring to insure that this never has to hap- asked him to confirm or deny the Christopher Columbus. This has, pen in the future. information I had about the de- as far as I can tell, nothing to do Eva Berlandi '92 sign, -s-pecifically the mention of with the MIT Class of 1992, and with'supportfrom "-"PUNT" in the sticks and Chris- was only used as an excuse to al- Debra Allison '92 topher Columbus in the crest. ter the official crest of MIT and Linda Sauter '92 The rumor was denied. I1can un- simply make it look silly. J. Scott Willcox '92 derstand the desire for' an ele- In 'the unlikely event that the ment of sur'prise; however, I and committee actually has some well ARA food still sut despite claimed reforms others were extremely concerned. founded' and uncontrollable ad- )standard I do not appreciate being lied to miration for Christopher Colum- In a recent Tech article ["MIT last week, french fried mush- tasted horrible, or was complete- about my own class ring by those bus, 'and if the committee holds likely to renew ARA," March 21, rooms were served at dinner on ly devoid of flavor. The icing on who 'supposedly represent my that nothing here was worth, call- Undergraduate Association Presi- three separate occasions. Stir-fry the cake was that the dining hall best interests. Something is very ing America before European dent Paul L. Antico mentioned chicken graced-the me'nu at least walls were covered with posters wrong with that. culture arrived, then they are wel- improvements to ARA food ser- twice. Why? Because these dishes depicting scenes of Japan. That's The quality of the cut is quite come to those opinions. If they vices which "have been especially were, to be blunt, terrible! Sinlce interesting. ARA succeeded in in- poor -even on the large men's feel this "founding" merits cele- noticed at Lobdell, Next House,- the abundant supply of these sulting two cultures in one night: rings I examined. The Athena brationl, that is also their opin- and McCormick." I do not often foods could not be depleted in one by mocking its cuisine, and owl is an indistinguishable bump. ion, and they are free to celebrate dine at McCormick, and while I one night, ARA decided to con1- the other by blaming it for such The "PUNT" is no more hidden it in any way they choose, except do believe that Lobdell probably tinue to offer them on1 subse- horrid food. in the sticks than the letters on on my ring. . offers the best food of any ARA quent nights until they finally These are just examples from this page. I could see them plain- This celebration includes the establishment on the MIT cam- disappeared. I don't think any- one week. Who knows what lies ly when I stood looking down at' celebration of the beginning of ...... pus, I have'to wonder what Mr. one would be surprised if it in store for us in the future? I'm them on the table. "Rather than the end for many 'cultures that ...... Antico thinks has improved at turned out that there's still a little not sure I want to know. I just being hidden in the -sticks, were here first. I am sure that ...... the Next House dining facilities. chicken and a few mushrooms wish that Mr. Antico would stop "PUNT" is obviously in relief.'I your Native American class- I...... - a Next House resident waiting to die in the dining hall by Next House one evening and .-am sorry the -committee does not mates, should there be anly, are ...... since coming to MIT -have not- refrigerators. try the food before making state- .seem to have investigated this not at WI1pleased. Most likely, ...... ed a distinct decrease in the qual- Also last week, Next .House ments'about its quality. fundamental aspect of ring pro- they will -not buy a ring -even ...... ity and variety of food offered at (and other dining halls) offered a Aaron Newman '92 'duction. One only had to look at though they wanted one as badly ...... the Next House dining hall since special Chinese dinner. I person- :the, riams: on display~h at the. pre- as I did- becueteonptsu 'last term. I noticed that in the,- ally, fo~und - that the foods either mt~ iiv$seg an xamseof t;_soepu siVe. 'The executive deci- I Baitfour"s'lackin'gcr-aft'smanship. --sion ''to assci te the' Class' of Iwills not 'buy,, aring thartakes 199 wh the be'lief' /o ol The Technology and Culture Seminar ainavthe MIT Energy Lab ,four years -of ha'rd, hard work to ish whim-s of' the committee to Present a Series on' earn if it proclaims "PUNT" to me seems nothing less than pig- ,me and to the -rest of the -world. headed. I hope something can be When I graduate, it will be be- done to change this._ cause I suffered greatly to cons Mydisappointment is deep anld f 0 -m rgFadIh Human. rights 'violations should not be examined in relative' terms- ronncent Some interesting posters have as it is a little better than what been put up in response to a lec- they do. ture about human rights viola- Would anyone accept the fact tionis in the occupied territories, that America is justified in dis- by Israel Shahak that took place criminating against blacks be- on March 1. One reads, "Can cause South Africa is apartheid? you name one Arab country that Or that a moderate amount of treats the Palestinians as well as anti-Semitism is okay because a Israel? " lot of it goes on in the Soviet Whether one can or not -and Union? I imagine most people have so-lit- My answer to the question on tle knowledge about Arab coun- these posters is who cares? We tries that they probably don't send billions of dollars every year 0 know whether Palestinians. are to Israel, and we ought not sup- treated better in them or not (I port the type of,^ treatment peo- THE POTENTIAL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY believe they are) -the question ple, Palestinian or not, are get- poses an interesting type of logic. ting under occupation. In short it says, if we treat Pales- Pamela Taylor tinians better than other coun- Spouse of graduate student tries do, then we are justified in Master's candidate at Harvard SPEAKERS:- we want, so long Divinity School doing whatever DAVID CARLSO)N, The Solarex Corporation WILLIAM MOOMAW, C:enter for Environmental Management, Tufts University Comic fosters wrong impressions BARBARA PYLE, Director of Environmental Programming, C:NN News and ignorance of Islamic intentions In the Feb. 27 opinion pages festivities require killing hun- there is a a particularly offensive dreds of innocent civilians. cartoon depicting the celebration Similarly, I resent the insinua- of the anniversary of the "Islamic tion that Islam somehow encour- Revolution" with exploding air- ages or condones such acts. It is planes serving as the fireworks. deplorable that The Tech allows It is quite ironic that on July 3, itself to serve as a vehicle for this 1988, a day before the commem- insidious allegation which is ut- oration of another anniversary, it terly false and totally misleading. 4:00 PM ROOM 9 150 was a US warship, theVincennes, It serves no purpose other than that provided a gruesome display to malign and to perpetuate the of fireworks by shooting down a prevalent misunderstanding civilian airliner over the Persian about Islam. Informal Supper and Discussion to Follow gulf. Imagine how distasteful it Evoking such degenerate imag- would be for someone to imply ery is unworthy of a newspaper that the American Revolution is at an institution like MIT. observed by blowing up passen- Ahmed Biyabani '90 -Supported by MI/T Student Pugwash ger aircraft and that American _ PAGE 8 The Tech TUESDAY MARCH 6, 1990 _ I _ . 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L- · i · & -i. ·*' I: A viceii -product development and planning r ·- · r 'L Easy top management E i bT% pi L C9i e Foundedirrl981 by three MIT graduates '4- I r·, g --ta !S ? e Challenging' Work: -- ·- * Development in C and assembler : """ : S t' v Operating systems and utilities software in development v RISC processing v Color graphics * Entering the world of object oriented programming' Great Location: e E · (Geologically stable) New England e - · 15 minutes from Boston's night-life r * Located on 128 in Waltham 9 = For more information about GCC Technologies see our Winter 1990 product catalog available at your. e campus career services office, or call (617) 684-8926. e GCC Technologies (formerly General Computer) will be conducting on campus interviews at MIT on: March 14 & 15 and April 5' SIGN UP AT THE OFFICE OF CAREER SERVICES (Rme 12 - 170) JUST DO IT! 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