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.----------"-----_--pg -0-· --e-·e-·llm II IPL_- __ _ I UA offers initiativE3r~Bon P/F .^',2~~i~ - 11-ByGauraS Rewari no-credit option. According to retained. Furthermore, we believe The nain focus of last night's Davidson, most of the faculty that the administration should seek to improve the freshman :..: . _ ~ ~Lk~la~·h~-L~p~.d-~b~L~~lq~~* [ Undergraduate Association was under the impression that the Council meeting was a resolution majority of the student body was year by addressing the more fun- damental issues that affect fresh- to make'a concerted effort to atgainst passifail. The proposed petition drive seeks to clarify this man education, such as teaching . su32ma~ns~tA1--clws~sss~8~ * rg B~I~B~$ save second-term freshman pass/ i,>y`~·~::~`~peaesi~i~;·t~ne~~~: ~·l~s . no-credit grading. misconception. quality, advising, and the rele- vance of the core curriculum f Alan B. Davidson '89 made a The petition reads as follows: stiong appeal in favor of the "We the undersigned believe that The proposal was met with Or ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Nis acting quickly and decisive- the second term of pass/no- much enthusiasm on the council record grading during the fresh- floor. UA President Jonathan ly on the issue of freshman pass/ man year is an integral and bene- Katz '90 made a call for swift ac- x ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~no-creditglrading. He'esaid that at ficial part of the MIT tion and increased student in- present "things aren't looking too volvement. If anything is going good for freshman pass/fail" and educational experience, contrib- Uting greatly to the health of the to make a difference, he said. it _tD D that the faculty is "looking to get Institute, and as such should be (Please turn to page 7) wet > {"^+ j~~a. ok s . rid of it." However, according to a recent survey over 70 percent of -~ · ·. ~f~t~$~8~1~~'Mark S. ~BaAaneB r li Tec the student bfdy felt that -resh- Dornn rejects porn policy S man year pass/no-credit was a good thine$Davidson ofm- By Linda D'Angelo Virak Tan '90 and together they mounted . Residents of Random Hall drafted a letter which was sent to In the light of this, he an- have voted 30 to 13 that the dor- all house residents. The letter ~L~-~j~inounced that a group of students mitory, should continue to have suggested that the dormitory Mark S. AbinantelThe -Tech had formed a'petition drive that no pornography policy, ending hold one or more house meetings Shawn Marnmros G wNorks ait th-e "C" control panel in Wjould seek to rally further stu.- debate on three possible policies to discuss the question of por- the WMBR studio. See story page 2. dent support for the ret ;ntion of drafted by the Random Hall Por- nography in Random Hall. A the second-term freshman pass/ nography Committee. The vote, committee should then be taken at last Wednesday's house formed, the letter continued, to aLaArDne-s at MOST meeting, marked the end of a draft a policy proposal, which BtLsADGspark process that began last December would then be voted on by house -6GAMIT posters are always when a pornographic film was residents. _By Joanna Stone is reportedly good, it does have The letter also stated that the tipped- down. During- BGLAD - shown in a common area at Two weeks ago, posters and-a -its less favorable aspects, accord- house meetings should "be re- week, l actually caught someone Random. booth in Lobby 10 informed the --ing to Jerry Luke 191, social co- The initial incident occurred stricted to residents of Random shredding posters. Not just tak- MIT community that it was -Bi- ordinator for GAMI.T. One such a resident of Random Hall Hall." This is not a common ing.-them off the wall,-but mali- when sexual, Gay and Lesbian Aware- point, Luke said, is Reserve Offi- practice, but realizing that "Ran- ciouslly .teariaig them' apart," she came uipon a bachelor party ness Days (BGLAD).- This fact --cer Training Corps policy. "SBasi- the third 'dom doesn't live in a vacuum," -said.' WZhen' Kaplan questioned when walking thrcbug offended some, comforted oth- cally, if you're gay and they find floor lounge to get to the stair- Pless felt -it was important to the- shredder as -,to the reason be- outs, they._ ick 4y4uc4utjthen ers, and had 'the overall- effect of vel- Po?m-ograplic- material was mumnze outidde involvement un- moakhig studentsip 4wged -yo're liableifor -any Andtion that til the-residents were able to re- +.pasd---byoue, sn being shown at the party and.this the presence.of,-,niomsexua6...OH- imphied*- o tgE - · I1 W.t· pfiia zl mke,~i_saidt - I- bid-haie: iie t10ction, lie- "depoly-ofendedr -the,-risideint, the MIT campus.: that fSi is paitiaularlqd bad -for accordinggto Rtidom Hall Hou- also explained that the measure "The whole point of the week cause there's no response for those people who already were semaster Irwin Pless, who was ivras- to ensure that 'there would like that, " 'Kaplan was to be noticeable.. to- in- something gay or caine out while-thiey-were immediately notified of the prob- be no outside influences. crease people's awareness that explained. still in ROT-C. They really have lem by a formal, written com- When it became clea at this Another negative incident oc- there are gays, lesbians,-and bi- to keep their social lives very plaint. Pless said he "suggested first closed house meeting that sexuals at MIT and that we are a curred when a group calling itself secret." that the group move from the resident opinion was too varied hung up sizeable portion of the student DAMIT (Dudes at MIT) Another unfavorable aspect of open area" and "everyone coop- to reach a consensus through dis- body," said Paula Ferguson '90, various derogatory posters; De- life on campus, according to erated." cussion, the Random Hall Por- both Ferguson . general coordinator of Gays At spite all of this, Luke, involves' the' fraternities. "Given the sensitivity of this nography Policy Committee was MIT; and Kaplan agreed. that BGLAD: "It's a really difficult situation particular issue, I wanted to give formed. The goal of the commit- was a sudcess.. j - At the booth in Lobby 10, being in a fraternity and. being all residents a chance to get in- tee was to continue discussion GAMIT members handed-out While the quality of life for closeted," said Luke, who at one volved," Pless said. So he spoke until a proposed policy could be buttons with "MIT BGLAD '89" homosexuals on the MIT campus (Please turn to page 7) with Random Hall President drafted and presented to the written over a pink triangle. The house. A "clear effort" was made 4 buttons symbolize the pink trian- 1sundebnt- ife to represent "every conceivable gles that gays and lesbians were *CEP surveys quality of opinion on the committee," Pless forced to wear in Nazi Germany. 'By Michael Gojer relate these along with the stu- make some statements about the said. Today gays and lesbians- have The Student Committee on dents' majors and grades. results by the end of the spring, The committee first "came up adopted the pink triangle as an Educational Policy will conduct a The survey organizers hope to depending on student response. with a working definition of por- emblem of pride and solidarity. . survey of undergraduate academ- find evidence to either support or nography," according Eleanor Students groups organize BGLAD asked people to wear ic and social life at MIT, accord- dispel myths about the social Hoff '91, a member of the com- the buttons in support of ing to Sean Murphy '91, chiair- character of the student body, es- heir second cooqupium mittee. GAMIT and all the gay people man of SCEP since December. pecially upperclassmen, accord- The "How To Be Different' The members then attempted I i they knew. The survey is only one of SCEP's ing to Monnica Williams '91, a Colloquium, to be held on April to reach an agreement about Ii According to Ferguson, the current projects, which include SCEP member. 12, will focus discussion on vari- what the proposed policy should student turn-out was good. "We the Institute-wide Colloquium Because the Institute has been ous issues of MIT's institutional entail but "the points of view had lots of people stop by the "MHow To, Be Different," which changing so fast in the last 10 identity. The idea for the Collo- were so radical" that 'the com- booth - talking to us - and we SCEP is organizing along with years, especially in demograph- quium was originally sparked by mittee itself couldn't agree on a got lots of people to wear the the Dormitory Council, the Inter- ics, according to Murphys the re- Professor Travis R.-Merritt, head policy," committee member Sam buttons." Ultimately, Ferguson Fraternity Council, and the MIT suits of the survey will update of MIT Colloquium Committee, Chen '92 explained. Instead three said, it was "a very positive Colloquium Committee. possibly outdated faculty opin- according to Murphy, though members of the committee volun- week." - SCEP's survey, which will be ions about the nature of the stu- SCEP, DormCon, and the IFC teered to draft individual policies However, not all reaction to distributed two weeks from now, dent body. have been doing most of the or- which could then be presented to the week was positive. Many will ask students general ques- One obvious trend, Murphy ganizational work. the house and voted on by secret GAMIT posters were ripped tions about their social life, their said, was in admissions. Murphy The Colloquium is modeled af- ballot. down through the course of the .extracurricular activities, and advised that "we can't change the ter last semester's "How TO Be The idea of a no poLicy chice week, accordingto GAMIT Trea- their satisfaction with MIT inl student body without changing Good" which was also student- was also introduced during com- surer Rebecca Kaplai '92. several areas and attempt to cor- the curriculum." Murphy said the organized. Professors William M. mittee discussion but at the time Institute should be cautious Siebert '46, Tuenny R Lee, and members felt it was not a useful about admitting students with Jeremy M. Wolfe PhD '81 will option, according to Pless. "our broader extracurricul~ar interests give keynote presentations in role was to come up with poli- but not sulpportingZ those interests Kresge, after which students will (Plsse tun to page-5) once thbstudents are here; mis- host faculty members in their liv- · LlA··I·I·Ilrl)·bl ll . matching will produce either un- ing. groups for dinner dis- Replacementfs music is as tight and vicious as the band- happy or unsuccessful students. cussions. ErIPratui members are drunk. Page 10. Murphy reasoned that- if -for ex- S.siebert is expected to discuss ample, -students with extracurric- the nature of a technical 6duca- The article on Pi Lamb- ular interests end up -being more tion, Murphy said, while Wolfe da Phi [Fraternity recov- -wi offer thoughts on how peo- ers from lost rush," March Bernadette Peter shows no depth of character as 'Eleanor satisfied with their experiences .here than others, that ·wlould sulp- ple interact at MIT, and Lee may 14] misidentified the frater- h Ilim in James Ivory's Slaves of NleW York. Page O0 .". - reanderadmissions discuss MIT's institutional image. nity's president. Pi Lambda +*Qt *+ .* * * * . .. - - SCEP'should- be ready--to pre- -Nost of the dormitories and Phi's -prident is Mark A. sent much of tkheir analysis~of the independent living groups have H~fausmam ' 9 not Mark"- Director Chris Shaw's Splitaimsto be "film of ideas" but surey t e begihning of the agredi to host faculity at their .E., lousman 991 'as re- -ported.; aVA=iA--- -n - -- -it atut t; th l- toy (Please tum to page 2V _f -though they,,might be, able to i s -*--CPr-AI1l p UP _ r- -9---C --- 8-I-lla ------__

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and-ars new programs .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-I''=.;.. .^ .-. . . By Adn= H.B, Lawai with speSial antennas. -At -that- WMBR, MIT's student-run ra- time it was not regulated by the I dio station has increased its FCC, Mamros explained. In the transmitting power from 200 to 1950s interest grew in stating a- I; 'LONDO 318 CARACAS -37 360 watts, according to Shawnv student-run station that could' CfflCAGO t138 TOKYO. 679 Mamros G. a member of the sta- reach the fraternities across -the PHarvard Epboh - tion's technical staiff The move Charles and the residences of fac- 'Unlbd M~tlhtolst Bo~stin-0RIDA 4 s4 f-: -? was necessary in order "to pro- ulty In the Boston-Cambridge Rtestri/ctions apply, area. IL taXiS n7bt 1,~ded.W - tect the station's signal,' he said. -Church Check our low teach&. rs. - - - A large number of local high An application for a radio sta- FURA IL PASSES ISSUED ON THVE SPOT! school and college stations had tion was submitted with the FCC 1555 Matsachuseffs Ave. begun broadcasting at and in 1960 and was granted, in late opposite Cqmbddge Common C all fOr F.REE RStudent TraviB/ Catalog!t around 88.1 F.M, the frequency 1961. A 10 watt FM station siart- 6f7-225-255SMfr~~~~~~~~~~~~~·.i· .; . - used by WMBR. This threatened ed transmitting from the base- Sunday Worship: 9 and. Ilam the station's signal, which be- ment of Walker Memorial which Student Center -- come more difficult to pick up. could be heard throughout Cam- u l WMBR also wanted to expand its bridge, downtown Boston and listening range, though this was Boston's innermost suburbs. In not the primary reason for the 1971 the transmitting antenna-. change, Mamros said. was moved to the top of East- The transmitter currently used gate, where the height advantage by the station was instated in gave the station a bigger trans- 1979 and has a peak transmitting mitting range, Mamros power of 500 watts. Increasing remarked. transmitting power to 360 watts At this point the station decid- was therefore "no problem" and ed to increase its transmitting only required approval from the power and submitted another ap- Federal Communication Commis- plication with the FCC. This ap- sion. WMIER submitted an appli- plication, however was not grant- cation with the FCC for the ed until 1978, Mamros said. The change last year and was granted reason was competition for the permission last November, Mam- same frequency with a high ros said. school station.- The problem was The station has also been up- finally resolved with MIT sharing grading its equipment during the the frequency with the high past year. This was a result of in- school station, Mamros said.. creased listener contributions, The transmitter that is current- Mamros remarked. Two new ly in use was installed in 1 979. control consoles have been in- FCC restricted WMBR to 200 wIFe

stalled and extensive sound- watts so that competing stations z proofing and renovation work at adjacent frequencies would not has been carried out in the be crowded out, disc jockey studios. Charles L. McKay '90 said. The new equipment has made Although the latest increase in it possible for the station to transmitting-.power would in-' transmit live music from-the stu- crease WMBR's listening range, dio, something that the station it is still much smaller than local has 'wanted to do for a long commercial stations, which typi- time," Mamros said. The result is cally transmit in the 10,000 watt a program called "Pipeline," in range. However, Mamros re- which different . bands perform marked that the "scale is not- lin- live every Thursdays Other novel- ear" and a factor of 20differnce ties introduced this term,.include in transmitting power "does not I an early morning show. ean`that they_ have, j :time. olur WMBR began in 1946 as a range." He was optimistic about campus-only AM station which the station's future and remarked could be picked up around the that "the last two years have been UNIQUE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Institute and in the dormitories rreally good for us." FOR SCEP surveys MIT students C/UNIX on quality of academic life APPLICATION PROGRAMMERS Continued from page 1) faculty interaction. "The way dinners, according to DCormCon that we're going to get over living O'Connor & Associates is a leader in the options trading marketplace. We President Eliizaeth Williams '90. group isolation here isn't going Williams are recognized as a pioneer in the development said some houses are in- to be by having more parties, but and application of sophisti- viting as many as 25 faculty by interacting on an intellectual cated analytical techniques and cutting-edge technology for valuing and members,.though others are in- level," he said. trading derivative securities. A private partnership, O'Connor is able to viting smaller numbers. "We were In addition to its survey of un- really surprised and impressed" dergraduates, SCEP plans to move quickly into new products and-markets w orld-wide, wherever-we by the response, she said. study some area of MIT educa- can apply our expertise to capture a trading edge. SCEP is planning to organize tion over the summer and pro- similar colloquia. in terms to duce a report detailing their sug- come, Murphy said, assuming gestions. Possible topics for the En irgnm the MIT Colloquium Committee study include the recitation sys- remains interested. Murphy tem and the use of technology at O'Connor's open UNIX-based environment consists of a heterogene- stressed that the colloquia are MIT in education, Murphy said. good opportunities for student- ous, distributed network of worksttions, super-mini and mini-super computers. with C and C++ as primary languages. AO"&la I A2116, AMIN6 - Ag:h I I Skills R eard t -t Working knowledge of C programming attaind through academic 0 . @ projects or personal work experience.

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Soviettscriticize Pakistan, -~~~~~~~~~~.A on Afghan agree'rent Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze has ac- Newspaper identifies suspect- cused Pakistan of ignoring its commitment not to inter- House approves $4.55 fere in Afghanistan. Shevardnadze said Moscow will take -minimum wage in Pan Am bombing firm steps to protect its citizens in Kabul. The- ministers in The -House Bild, a West German newspapers repcrtedWednesday a Tass interview, said Pakistan violated the Geneva agree- voted yesterday to approve a larger increase in the minimum wage than President that a Palestinian named Samir Khadar planned the ment by allowing creation of an interim Afghan Bush wants. Bush wants it increased to bombing that destroyed Paif Anm'flight:03- over Locker- government- ins-its ternitory. $4.25 an hour, but lawmakers passed a $4.55-an-hour rate. Republicans contend bie, Scotland. A West German, offidiil denied the.report that too big an increase would fuel inflation and force but said'authorities are seeking Khadar in-connection- with - the layoffs of hundreds of thousands of workers. other attacks. Authorities iid-Greece had 'thought Klhadar had died in a car bomhbing hours before'.a7 Palesetii-an at- taek on a cruise ship off Greece- in July,. But US and West. Tearful Hall testifies at North trial Germansofficials think he is still.alive. Fawn Hall's tears brought Oliver North's Iran-contra R1ose. suspected of gambling trial to a halt Thursday morning. The judge had to call The Scientists report fusid r breakhrouigh pressure is growing on Cincinnati's Pete Rose. recesses after North's former secretary broke down on the Rose, baseball's all-time base hit leader, is apparently In witness stand twice. Later she said, "It's tough when peo- Two scientists said yesterday that they- have 'made a deep trouble. Reports continue to surface about his being ple portray you as a witness for the prosecution when breakthrough in nuclear fusion that could lead to a tech- a big-money gambler who is being investigated not only you're a witness for the truth." She told the jury yesterday nology capable, of driving electrical generators within a by the. Commissioner's Office, but by several federal that North was a tireless worker - and she called him few years. B. Stanley Pons of the University of Utah and agencies. The most recent accusations appeared in The "an excellent man' to work for. Hall helped North shred Martin Fleischmann of England's Southampton University New York Times which reported that Rose is in debt to a documents detailing North's secret efforts to aid the said they have discovered a way-to create fision to pro- Cincinnati bookie for at least $500,000. The paper used Nicaraguan rebels. duce energy without using tremendous heat.- if practical unnamed sources in the story which also said Rose is be- on a larger scale, the technology would provide a safe, ing investigated -by the Internal Revenue Service and the relatively. clean and virtually inexhaustible energy source. Federal Bureau of-IrIvestigation- in Cincinnati. US airlines warned of -Another -newspaper,, The Dayton Daily. News, said that possible hijacking Roqse has:been selling osf his baseball memorabilia, Walesa in- United States Embassy officials in London have con- mayrun for Parliament : ` cdipng the bat and ball he used to get the hit which broke firmed reports that US airlines have been warned of a Solidarity leader Lec'h- Walesa said yesterday- he. is-not -Ty Cobb's all-time record. It also said Rose has obtained possible hijacking, but they deny that US diplomats and ruling out a, candidacy. for-the Polish-Parliament. MAaesa a $15},000.second mortgage on his home. Rose's agent, military personnel have been notified. A London tabloid said whether he runs despvnds` on the wish of -the voters--." Reuven Katz, denied that Rose is having money problems reported a secret Federal Aviation Administration memo He said he would prefer -not to- be. a candidate,- but, he and said, "He's in' a-wondirful condition." added, "there are, situations when one must do -it." warned that Palestinians might try to hijack an American Underdogs -ona top airliner in Europe this weekend. US Transportation Secre- tary Samuel Skinner is angy because the alert was US asks PLO to reduce tensions- . seat ECAA basketball tournament publicized without aathonrization. The United States' -chief.envoylqn- talks. Wiith-the- Pales- This seaso'n's NCAA Division I basketball tournament tinmian Liberation Bi~ganaizaaioihas urgedthe PLO to take has been kind to favorites so far,- as 15 of the remaining practical steps to reduce tension Wii-1lsraeli-occupied-terfi- 16 teams were-ranked in the top five of their regions. But Court voids NYC government tories. The US ambassador to Tunisia,: Robert Pelleireau, no more. Last night, the underdogs emerged supreme, as The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that New called Wednesday's US-PLO meeting in Tunisia, part of a 'all four games played ended in upsets. Two top seeds - "new dynamic" in the h;iddle York City's present system of governnent -violates the East. He refused to discuss * Oklahoma and Arizona and two second seeds -- North principle of the specific contents -of -the talks. one person one -vot. In a unanimous ruling.; --· :- >-'A-l+#¢ A d .Sbefeit. - fandnina e~iai 1n.,thet jusicessthe saidtdi city's Board of Estimt A-:sen-or-otW afdls-ogasat nwU6d6o -kufis6 Aoniffh-seedd 'Vfr gin'ida opple1d !he Soon- - a unifque 'cept the deployment of governmental body which shares- some-authority with the US; forces in the occupied lands, ers, 86-80, and third-seeded Michigan, upendded the Tar City Council - is unconstitutional because during a transition. period, if Israel ach of the withdraws. The offl- Heels, 92-87. In the West Region, £furth-seeded Universi- five boroughs has equal representation on it, regardless of cial said the troops could help oversee elections for-an in- ty ·of Nevada-Las .Vegas surprisid the Wildcats, 68-67, their populations. New Yorkers may be asked to vote in dependent Palestinian government; A State Department and thir-d--ranked Setops Hall waltzed past the Hoosiers, November on a new government. (Tlhe New York Times) official said, however, that the PLO has not actually- 78-65. (See graphic, back page.) made a formal request. Afghan rebels continue siege .The Afghan government said guerrillas have blown up a bridge on the only paved road to Jalalabad. That is the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ citvC theL% American-backied rebels hive chosen -as their.. first :aw v-_ major objective after the Soviet withdrawal. The Muslim - Wilt~~~~~~~~~~O~~ insurgents have been trying for more than two weeks to .A surface low pressure center and an upper level disturbance both located in the southeastern United States dislodge government troops from the city. will produce some much needed rainfall in the local area later today and tonight. After these systems pass, a weak cold front will pass through the area - perhaps producing a gusty shower or thundershower. Drier weather will follow into early next week. With light winds, coastal areas will be as much as I0F to 15°F cooler than inland areas as a sea breeze should develop.

Fdday afternoon: Clouding up with rain arriving from the south. Winds east-southeast 5-10 mph (8-16 km/h). High 43°F (6-C). Friday night: Cloudy with rain, perhaps- heavy at tines. Winds east 10- 15 mph (16-24 km/h). Low 35IF (2I). Duskakis predicts higher taxes Saturday: Rjain tapering to showers early with a few sunny breaks possible. A late afternoon or early evening Gov. Michael S. Dukakis said Wednesday that he still shower likely. Winds west 10-15 mph (16-24 km/h). High 491F (9°C). Low 37°F '(3°). believes the state will have to raise taxes next year. The Suntday: Partly cloudy, cool along the coast, mild inland. High around 46°F (8IQ for coastal sections, 50- Governor told reporters at Bunker Hill Community Col- 55°F(10-13°C) for inland sections. LoW 3033TF (-1 to 1°C). lege that it will take some investing to get the state mov- i ing forward. His comments followed predictions from i Seattle: Variably cloudy with a Senate Ways and Means Chairman Patricia McGovern on i few rain showers. Denver: Increasing clouds. High 58, low 44. Tuesday. that the "no-new-tax" budget passed by the I High 66, low 33. \ \ ~~~~~~~~~~~Chicago:"Bartly cloudy and House is still at least a $250 million out of balance and \ Chicago: nild. High 57, low will have-to be cut some more. Dukakis said he will work 37. with legislators to narrow the-gap between spending needs and available'revenue. But, Dukakis, who has proposed a Cleveland: Clearing. High 59, $600 million tax increase next year, added. he thinks low 40. additional revenue will be needed.

Colby-Sawyer students I Baltimore: Clearing and be- allowed to continue protest coming milder. A spokesman at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, High 60, low 44. --NH, said the protesting students who have taken over the admissions building, part of another building· and a park-. ing lot, will not be forced to move. Byron Champlin said that the fifty students, who Iocked, 6ut administrators at *Atlanta: Partly Cloudy and about six o'clock yesterday moirmnig, 'are not creating any IWarm. High 75, ~sAngeeles: Cloudy with rain lowI sE_ problems and will be allowed to cofitin6e protesting. likely. High &i, low 58.

EPA fines Nashua company Miami: Partly Cloudy. High A division of a Nashua, 80, low 62. NH firni has beenqfined-.$3.4 o=Dallas: Partly cloudy and million by the Environmental Protection Agency because warm. High 77, low 6 St. Louis: Sunny and mild. of allegeel;misuse of chemicals. Wortal Industries,'which SS. High 68, low 46. manufactures adhesives and coatings, was fined along with three other, codmpanies for riot submitting jpremanIu' facture notices to., ie EPA before.- manufacturing and.+ -Forecast by Mkhad ..C Morgan importing new chemicals. -- I-PIIICPIDaAlrr II C - p----_ _ _ _qI Illlp· ·- · "C- IIII C I C - -s '71 II L9· IslllP---PI III

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Drarnashop oneacts program remains healthy brates the accomplishments of of student production. And yes, Concerning the review of the our student writers, actors, direc- Dramashop Director Robert recent Dramashop student-writ- tors, designers, and technicians. Scanlan, who has directed super- ten one-act plays: I was alarmed We intend to keep an working lative productions and inspired by The Tech's premature - in- with them as closely and creative- enormous love for drama among deed erroneous - report of the the students in the last dozen ly as ever. death of the one-acts program William Fregosi years, is leaving. However ["Dramashop one-act plays mark the Technical and Dramashop staff remains firmly Design the end of an era,"' Mar. 211 es- in place, with no intention of di- Coordinator pecially as I can attest to having minishing either our standards or,. for Theatre Arts just spent the last two weeks ar- our accessibility to the students (EditorX note., In past years, ranging for next year's produc- who are the entire reason for.our Dramashop has considered the tion schedule, including an eve- being at the Institute., siudent-written scripts to be only ning of student-written one-acts, w It would be deeply unfortunate a part of! its one-act program, to be presented in Kresge Little if The Tech's "epitaph" discour-. which, included four evenings of Theatre in May 1990. a aged students from submitting one-acts per year. Each, evening Details change, over the years _E scripts or joining Dramashop Ivasfollowed by a critique involv- --sr· II- LPII C9llls CI --·III II - ----- I I II in any vital, developing program in I the mistaken belief that the pro- ing directors, actors,- and audi- (when I first came to the Insti- gram is moribund, thereby un- ence. Nlext year no one-acts, oth- tute, for example, student scripts er than the student-written were neither solicited nor pro- wittingly precipitating the decline scripts, are planned.) duced if submitted). Change is of the program. Dramashop cele- i not synonymous with decline. .0 Yes, there will be some differ- Referendulm report incoomplete I Volume 109, Number 14 Friday, March 24, 1989 ences next year: the first-term one acts will be converted into Those of us on the faculty who the questions was not presented. Chairman ...... Marie E. V. Coppola '90 Workshop opportunities wherein are involved in consideration of Also, it was not possible to infer i= Editor in Chief ...... Niraj S. Desai '90 our strongly-motivated students the freshman pass/fail issue have from the article how many alter- Business Mlanager ...... Genevieve C. Sparagna '90 can form production units natives were presented. A very ef- eagerly awaited the outcome of HEe Managing Editor ...... Peter E. Dunn G around material.which they espe- the March 15 student referendum fective way to communicate stu- Executive Editor ...... Andrew L. FisK'89 cially wish to explore, and which on that subject. Your article on dent views on this issue to the .aa rem can be formed at any time during the outcome ["Students vote on faculty would be to print the ac- E News Editors ...... Annabelle m Boyd '90 the year when they have openings three referenda," March 17] left tual wording of the questions Irene C. Kuo '901 in their schedules, .Prabhat Mehta '91 not just at 'one many questions in readers' along with the number of votes Opinion Editor ...... Michael Gojer '90 time in the fall. The goal of the minds, since the reported voting and percentage of the vote re- Workshops, then, is actually to ceived Sports Editors ...... Michael J. Garrison G percentages do not add to 100 by each. orl Harold A. Stern G increase the range and flexibility percent and the actual wording of John1 L. Wyatt, Jr. '68 Arts Editors ...... Christopher J. Andrews '88 Associate Professor Debby Levinson '91 Department of Electrical Photography Editors ...... Lisette W. M. Lambfegts '90 'IE Censorship marred lip sync contest F Kristine AuYeung '91 Engineering and Computer Science Contributing Editors ...... Michael Bove G On Friday, March 17, the so- fortunately, after about one min- e Mark Kantrowitz '89 rority Alpha Chi Omega cospon- ute of performance, the sisters of Ezra Peisach '89 (Editor's note: below is given sored a lip sync contest with the AXO decided that the song was S Kyle G. Peltonen '89 the complete text of the two ref- Student Center too explicit, and they turned it t Mark D. Virtue '90 Committee. erendum questions on freshman Er off, thereby stopping our act and Senior Editor ...... Jonathan Richmond G There were nineteen acts present- pass/no-creditgrading, as well as censoring us out of the contest ed by members of the MIT com- the complete voting percentages.) munity; ours wvas the fourth on completely. NUEWS STAFF Later in the show was- a lip Associate New* Editors: Linda D'Angelo '90, Seth Gordon '91; the, program. .We began to lip Pass/Fail Gaurav Rewari sync to a recording of a piece of sync. to the Village People's '91, David Rothstein '91; Senior Writers: Math- II. The current Pass/No-Record ews M. Cherian G. David P. Hamilton G; Staff: Salman Akhtar "YMCA." The Village People are '89, Mary Condello '89, Sanjay Manandhar '89, Sally Vanerian known to have been gay, and the grading system for second term '89, Anuradha Vedantham '89, Anita HSiung '90, Miguel Cantilio lip syne act included a parody of, freshman year has a positive or '91, Adnan Lawai '91, Tzielan Lee '92, Reuven M. Lerner '92; anal intercourse, something- negative effect on the undergrad- Amy J. Ravin '92, Joanna Stone '92, Casimir Wierzynski '92, which the sorority members as uate MI4T experience in general. Paula Maute; Meteorologists: Robert X. Black G. Robert J. Con- well 'Choose one: O Positive O zemius G. Michael C. Morgan G. as the majority of the audi- ence found extremely funny. We Negative O No opinion. SPORTS STAFF understand that it might be hard Marcia Smith '89, Anh Thu Vo '89, Paul McKenzie '90, Manish for someone to use his or her Results on question II.- Posi- Bapna '91, Adam Braff '91, Emil Dabora '91, Kevin T. Hwang mind for a moment and make an tive, 7,Z2%; .Negative, 12.s0o; '91, Shawn Mastrian '91. honest judgment about the real No opinion, 5.0%; No response OPINION STAFF offensiveness of our song, a piece 5.0%. 1503 votes cast. Daniel J. Glenn G, David Gold G, Kevin J. Saeger G. that defends feminism and equal Pass/Fail FEATURES STAFF rights and treatment for women. IM. Which of the following grad- Christopher R. Doerr '89, Allan T. Duffin '91. We understand that it is very easy F to hear a piece of music 'and say ing systems do you prefer: ARTS STAFF m . O 1. Pass/No-Record grading Mark Roberts G, Julian West G, Bill Coderre, '86, Mark Roman "Oh no, bad words!" and there- L '87, David M. J. Saslav '87, Manavendra K. Thakur '87, Mi- performance art by Karen Finley fore decide to censor it. However, for first term freshman year. Sev- FE chelle P. Perry '89, Corinne Wayshak '89, Peter Parnassa '90, called "Tales of Taboo, The Na- we cannot understand how any- en Pass/No-Credit courses, to be F E Paige Parsons '90, Alfred Armendariz '92, David Stern '91. ked Truth'Mix." It has very ex- one with a conscience or intelli- used one per term (non-cumula- plicit lyrics. The piece is a discus- tive) only for each of the seven m PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF gence could stop our act and then I Associate Photography Editor: Michael Franklin '8'8, Staff: sion of the differences between find extreme humor in- the per- terms after first term freshman Michael :). Grossberg G, Andy Silber G, Rich R. Fletcher '88, men and women and the prob- formance of -YMCA," with an year. Two of these courses may Joyce Y. Wong '88, Victor Liau '89, Joyce Ma '89, Ken Church lems of sexism in our society un- openly anti-homosexual tone. be used for humanities subjects, '90, Julian Iragorri '89, Mike Niles '90, Wes Huang '91, Sarath derneath a description of various David Hogg '92 two for science distribution or Krishnaswamy '91, Georgina A. Maldonado '91, Ognen J. Nas- "deviant" sexual practices. Un- Jonathan Ogas '92 sdience cordesubjects, and one for tov '91, Ray Powell '91, Mauricio, Roman '91, Jacqueline D. --- ----s----- a _subject in the departmental Glener, Alice P. Lei; Darkroom Manager: _I aI Kyle G. Peltonen '89. program. BUSINESS STAFF O 2. Pass/No-Record grading Associate Advertising Manager: Lois Eaton '92; Advertising Ac- for first term freshman year. Sev- counts Manager: Catherine Lukancic '92; Delinquent Accounts- -en Pass/No-Credit courses, to be Manager: Russell Wilcox '91; Staff: Shanwei Chen '92, Heidi used freely at.any time after first Goo '92, Mark E. Haseltine '92, Ellen Hornbeck '92. term freshman year. Two of these : ~~~PRODUCTION STAFF courses may be used for human- Associate Night Editors: Bhavik R. Bakshi G, Daniel A. Sidney G, itie§ subjects' twolfor science dis- Josh Hartmann '92; Staff: Stephen P. Berczuk '87, Shari L. tribution subjects, and one 'for a Jackson G, Carmen-Anita C. Signes '90, Blanca D. Hernandez subject in the departmental pro- '91, David J. Chen '92, Peggy C. Hsieh '92, 1Lesley C. Johnson '92, Elyta H. Koh '92, Sheeyun Park '92, Linda M. Saunter '92, gram. For any term in which two Mariam Tariq ' 92, M . L . B..Thompson ' 92. or more Pass/No-Credit courses are taken, a credit lmit of 51 PRODUJCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUE units will be imposed. Night Editors: ...... Stephen-P. Berczuk '87 0 3. 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Advertising, RWesults on Question III: Choice subscription, and typesetting rates available. Entire contents O 1989 The Tech. The .Tech is a member of the Associated Press, Printed by Charles River Publishing, Inc. 1. 9.0%; Choice 2,1 28.5%; Choice 3, 47.9No; Choice 4, m n -LI L·-L IPIIIICIPL- _I _I I -CII- L 8.41N; Choice 5, 6.5%5N. 1503 IL_ L -u -_ ILIILIIL I=_5-·lllllBLI _ votes cast., FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1989 The Tech PAGE 5 _ Random Hall residents reject pornography poliCy from page 1) (Continued The third policy represented a house meeting, 'to determine if emotional issue like pornography cording to Judicial Committee cies, if someone at the house middle ground between the first Random wanted a policy." Scan become a divisive thing." Chairman Akbar A. Merchant wanted to bring up that option", two. It stated-ethat pornography Discussions became so emotional '89. "It's not worth having such a v Random drops issue they could do so at the house could be'viewed -in private rooms that it "felt like you were hurting bitter dispute over something that meeting, Hoff explained. at all times..But it went further So before the three policies people you knew when you were doesn't happen often. Why have One of the poicies that was to IaIlow pqrnography. in' the were presented at the house meet- debating a polic-,' she added. all these bad feelings?" he asked. drafted by the committee re- basement kitchen contingent on ing last wweek a vote was taken Chen also felt 'friction in the "Incidents that happen once ev- quired that "pornography be re- consent of first floor residents by "to decide whether to continue dorm was a big factor." ery three years are what Jud- stricted to and limited to the pri- secret ballot, posting of signs, discussion on developing a policy Others, like-Ferguson, felt that Comm is for. That's not what vate rooms of Random Hall and a two-to-one ratio of Ran- or to drop the matter complete- the dorm "copped-out." Al- you write policy about," Mer- residents." At no time would por- dom Hall residents to non-resi- ly," according to Random Hall though pornography is an issue chant added. nography be allowed in a public- dents for the duration of the Secretary Paula Ferguson '90. "that makes enemies," it is "im- The fact that residents "didn't access area, it concluded. viewing. With a quorum of 43 residents, portant and worth dealing with," want their behavior regulated" Another policy stated that - The committee then submitted representing 46 percent of the she said. may have also contributed, Hoff "pornographic movies may be copies of the three policies to all- dorm, it was decided 30-13 that Hoff, too, was "upset because said. People "want freedom- to viewed in common areas - floor house members asking them to Random Hall continue with no I feel strongly about this and it do certain things and, if they kitchens and lounges De-with the anonymously mark their. prefer- pornography policy. upset me that people didn't want don't feel it's an issue, they want consent of all floor residents pre- ence and make Suggestions for Part of the reason that resi- to deal with it." to be able to do what they want;" sent." It stipulated that "signs amendments, Hoff said. Several dents voted to end discussion on The feeling- that one isolated she said. should be posted" so that no one of the responses advocated no a possible pornography policy "is incident is not worth "ripping the Tan also cited this as a factor "accidentally stumbles across the policy. In light of this Hoff "fig- that Random is a very s'mall dorm apart" was also a factor in in the decision. "There is~no movie" and that the "consent of ured it would be advisable, be- dorm," Hoff said. Residents the vote to end pornography pol- sense having a policy to bind us floor residents. ..be obtained by fore further discussion at the "know each other" and. so an icy discussions at Random, ac- when it's just consideration of other people,' he explained. secret ballot." - I -- I ------I --

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By~DEBEIBY LEVINSON could dare play a sonag. froma 101, Dalma- Mvost of the material was fr~om the RI~e- Despite songs like "The Ledge" and Let tians in concert' and Iget away with it. R Bie's "Answering Machine" (a-vitriolic RADITION\ALL'Y, A REPLACEM~ENTS placements' later albums; 11987s~PleasedT version of which was promd t band Watching·TTbmmy Stinson leaping aroynd concert is more of a drinking to Meet~Me and the current IDon't Tell a hasn't- forsaken its rowdier material in fa- the stage in his red and green dan~dy- contest between the band mem- Soutl drew 6velve of the twenty-five or so striped suit was almost as.,entertaining as Tbers than an actual musical gongs, including an almost rockabilly vor o f soul-searching. They raced through listening to the music, but, ihe, young bass- event. The band used to stagger on stage, slhuffle on "Asking Me Lies" and a plain- their paean -to their: chief musical"'icon, ist is definitely starting to resemble Sid "Alex Chilton," and even'though Wester-' drinak more dur~ing thme course of the con- tive', lonlging "I'll Be You,' both from Vicious.. cert, and then stagger off stage, but in be- Deon't Tell ar~bul. Most'emotionally pow- berg offered a disclaimer before starting .The Bristols, a local all-woman group, tween the music -was exuberant, joyous, erful song of the. evening was "The "We'll Inherit the Earth," ("We-can ,t playy rock and roll, and the audience was rariely- Ledge," dealing with a boy's decision to this one very well,", he apo'logized) the disappointed. With the departure~of chief commit suicide by - umpinrg from a high song was livelier than'the overproduced, partier and guitarist Bob Stinson, the band building and his defiant reje~ction of all at- stifled albumi rendition. They-dven offered shaped up somewhat; last year~s concert at tempts to help him. Wresterberg has stated their loose, bluesy "Cruella de Ville," the Opera House showed stone-cold sober that the song is rooted~in his own teenage cribbed from the recent Walt Disney col- Replacements who sounded as lively and playbful as always. Still, for every one of last year's concerts there's one like their 1988 show in Wrashington, DC during saveS ' epe in"a circ e goin, r owhere which singer Paul We~sterberg was so ine- paints pictures of Popeye cartoon, charac- I- I - ·· , . If briarted he fell down on his back in thee -~SLAVIES OIF NEW YORKD ."I I ters. The content of his pictures, in a I Oak, I- middle of the show and, unable to get up, Directed bty James Ivbory. -I sense, represent-the overall effect of the ,,,,o sang. the next three songs lying on the Screenplay book by Tama Janowitz. stage. Starring Bernadette Peters, Adam movie: the exaggerated and, at the same Wednesday night at the Opera House Coleman Howard, and Madeleine Potter. time, apathetic interactions between car- was a return to the Replacements of yore; Opens today at Copley Pla~ce. toon characters, and the integral aspect of soon after the band took the stage, it be- visualization of cartoons. SlaPves is set in thre d8ownto~wn Ndew Yoirk came -obvious froam W8esterberg's slurredO By JOANNAI~ STONE words and his cl-,)wninag with bassist Tobm- art scene populated by myriad ~'downtown my Stinason that at least half of the band DESIGN HATS," SAYS ELEA- people." However, Ithe New Ylork the mov- was drunk. Weslerberg sometimes forgot NOR (Bern~adette Peters), on ie shows us does not exist, a fact which lyrics, the band startedf one so~ng only to mrany occasions in ]many yar- will be disturbing to many natives. Jaames cut it off after the first verse ("N~ah. We "(Il~edsettings. But instead of a ]Ivory distorts the real-life -New York by don't feel like playi~ng that,"' they an- hat designer, Eleanor could be thorught of staginag the film on unknown, austere- nounced), and there was only the slightest as a hat h'erself, or perhaps morfe accurate- looking streets and by dfressing the charac- hint that ane actual set list existed, but the ly as a rack on which hats may~be hung. terEs in baroque and flamboyant clothes ine music was tight and vicious, a musical 'Eleanor, during most of the movie, shows, a way not found in the real-lNew Yo~rk. kick in the teeth. Naew guitarist Slim virtually no depth of charracter, and allows- Ivory's New York is as cartoon-likt-,as D~unltap has helped to keep the Replace- things to happen to her- without really at- S~tash's art. Between the often oultlandish ments from the sloppiness that marked tempting to take cont~rol an~d inlter~act--with artwork,.-the,'somewhat, gimmicky ]photo- their earliest, most allcohnolic shosws. Last these things around her. Shae walks graplhic teffects (incl~uding .the repeated use year, Dunlap never h~ad time tci learn the through life a9llowing· things to be thtrown of split-screen photography,, for example) band's old material before going out on at: her and on her, including her own ec- and the sometiirmes overpowering rock Imu- tour; this year, he apeda Bob Stinson's fi- centric hats. sic, we feel as though we are -watching ery, canreening solos without showing any ;Eleanor's boyfriend Stash (Adam Cole- pieced-together music videos. Eleanaor (13ernsadette'Peters) man Howard)) is an as~piring artist who (Please. turh tfo pagee 13) I . .- - I .- - I - I--. .------. - . . - - - .. I -- -.1 . - . I . ..,. . aI iI

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During all of this, the film features 41 years of age, he seems to have built on That is, of course, exactly. the healthy Computer effects by Robert Shaw. some bizarre set designs and a lot of terri- his memories of the 1960s by embracing attitude that has-opened doors for many a US Premiere today at the Coolidge bly fancy special effects, many of-them 'the best elements of that decade's anti-au-- creative filnmaker trying to revolutionize Corner. . - based'on computerized representations of thoritarian attitudes while eschewing'the his art. But in this film, the attitude is the branch of physics known as chaos the- self-destructive excesses of the' time. Dur- turned on its head - and the primary cul- By MANAVENDRA K. THAKUR ory (including Loretz-' transfoimations, ing the 1970s, he wrote some highly re- prit is the film's flashy, hyperkinetic chaos transformations, and the like). The garded mathematical textbooks, dabbled editing. f 7 HEN A FILMMAKER SAYS HE'S editing is hyperkinetic, images are re- in painting, and ended up traveling At one point, for example, Starker gets \ Jt /made a film, "dealing with versed, multiplied, superimposed, or oth- through India for a while. ·So it's hardly frustrated trying to turn off a blaring V Ad ideas" and focusing on "the erwise manipulated,. and the soundtrack surprising that he describes the motivating (Please turn to page 13) v- v interplay between, chaos and consists of appropriately synthesized order," expectations inevitably rise, 'since sound effects and music on top of the of- filnts with real ideas, much less ones that ten incoherent dialogue. This keeps up for tackle such a rich theme, are virtually ab- the bulk of the film's 85-minute running sent from theaters these days. But it is a time, and indeed seems to be the film's sad reality that filmmaker Chris Shaw biggest selling point. went astray somewhere during the four There's no doubt that the combination years he worked on his debut film, Split. of all these elements is always dazzling, The film exhibits every sign that Shaw suc- since it constantly spits out something new cumbed to the seductive power of glitzy for the viewer to digest. However, the au- editing and razzle-dazzle special-effects; as diovisual barrage that causes the film to might be expected, his original ideas, fas- work on a "wow, isn't that neat" level is cinating as they are, simply get lost in the precisely what crowds out the central con- kinetic audiovisual assault. flict and prevents the film from working The film's central characters, Starker on deeper levels. (Timothy Dwight) and The Director (Chris For example, Starker retreats two or Shaw), epitomize the forces of chaos and three times into what appears to be a order. Starker claims to have captured the painted mouth of a fearsome monster, essence of independence and freedom and complete -with large white teeth. He seems formulated it into a powder, buit he tends thoroughly depressed and discouraged in to be paranoic and more than a little un- these scenes, and at one point tears roll stable. That's understandable,-because a down his cheek. The most that can be sinister organization, headed by The Di- readily gleaned from these short scenes is rector, maintains omniscient surveillance a vague sense that Starker has retreated over the entire -city to maintain order. into a psychological hole of some sort. Af- Naturally, The Director doesn't like the ter the screening, Shaw explained that the idea of Starker throwing a monkey wrench painted' mouth is indeed Starker's psycho- into his iron grip, so he sends his robot- logical retreat, where he questions whether .like underlings after Starker. While run- all that's happening is real or not. He's :ning from these goons, Starkermanages to crying. because he can't reconcile the simi- fool around -with a cafe Waitress, snort larities between reality and delusion. Put :some Sweet and Lowj give a wacko artist this way, the scene begins to make some (John Flynn) a' whiff of what his -freedom sense. But-the film does not convey this ',' --8vif powder can do, and sleep with a woman impression on its own; without Shaw's elu- An example of the dazzling special effects to be found in Chris Shaw's XJoan Bechtel) whom he apparently used cidation, it seems impenetrably obscure. debut film, split. To know. By this time, The Director's rain- It's a shame that much of the film is _----, ,, . , ,.,,,,,, - ru " " ' ...... ' . . . . t--i j l

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But rather than contributing to the film's Although the film is crippled by some seri- central conflict between order and chaos, ous flaws, this'introduction to Chris Shaw the montage seems gratuitously thrown in puts him on the map and shows promise to insure that;a-udiences don't- get bored for, his future efforts. He mentioned in during a relatively Calm moment. At its ' one interview that- his- next- film will not worst, flashy editing can degenerate into feature fancy special effects and that it mindless images strung together MTV- will be more like the type of films he even- style. This film never actually- falls into tually wants to make. (Asked why he then this trap, but it comes dangerously close chose to employ these special effects to tell on a number of occasions. Had the filmi his story in Split, Shaw replied- that' it offered a better balance of sophisticated "would have been stupid not to take ad- Split dontains many special effects based on chaos systems. kinetic editing and striking imagery- as vantage of" .his brother's expertise and epitomized by Alan Parker's Pink Floyd: other resources that were readily available The Wall and Stanley Kubrick's A Clock- to him.) If Shaw can give creative expres- work Orange- Shaw's editing would no sion to his ideas and let more of his genu- longer remain the weak link that it cur- inely appealing persona shine through, he Slaves'garish artwork is visual treat rently is. will be weallon his way to delivering on the Split has been compared to' Alex Cox's promise apparent in his debut film. (Continued from page 10) waits for life to happen and then whines Author Tama Janowitz' screenplay ·about the outcome. Only at the end of the (based upon her book of short stories. movie does Eleanor's character gain any Slaves of New York) does not contain the strength or depth. Sans hat, and in rela- continuity or intriguing action that many tively understated clothing, Eleanor makes people may have come to expect. Rather, it her first and only insightful remarks dur- The Tech Performing Arts Series presents... is a story about weak characters; weakest ing the movie. It is at this point that she is among them is the protagonist. Eleanor no longer a slave and no longer a hat rack, ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER seems an easily dismissible character, as it but an actual person. It is only through The most popular dance company in the United States will give its 20th anniversary is human nature to ignore those who sim- Eleanor's freedom that Ivory finally allows Boston performance with classic Alley works and world premieres. ply allow life to happen to them. 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