MlT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Cloud ,windy, 70°F (21°C) Tonight: Cloudy, rain, 58°F (14°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Cloudy, rain, 68°F (20°C) D tails, Page 2 Volume 115, Number 46 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, October 3, 1995 Wellesley Student Attacked at MIT By Yaron Koren The assailant and her three com- and David D. Hsu panions then jumped into a red car STAFF REPORTERS with a Massachu etts license plate A Welle ley College student was and drove away toward Mas achu- assaulted by an unidentified female setts A venue, Glavin said. The near McCormick Hall while waiting police report was unclear as to for the Wellesley bus early Sunday whether this car was the same one morning. which sparked the conflict, she The victim" howed no visible said. signs of injury" after the assault and A dormitory night watch worker refu ed medical treatment, Chief of called the Campus Pol ice who Campu Police Anne P. Glavin aid. arrived within minutes, Glavin said. Wellesley College Police declined The victim and her friend took to relea e the name of the victim. the bus back to Wellesley, with The victim described the Campus Police officers tanding by assailant as a black female, 5 feet 4 . the top, she said. inches tall, approximately 21 years The Campus Police are still fol- old, of thin build, and wearing a lowing up on the investigation, sweatshirt and jeans. interviewing the victim, and search- The victim was leaning against a ing for witnesses, Glavin said. How- car on Amherst Street along with ever, there is "no information that another Wellesley student at there were any witnes es." approximately 1:25 a.m. on Sunday. Wellesley College Police Chief Four females, including the Frank Urbano said the case assailant, approached the car. The appeared to him "to be a random assailant asked the victim why she incident." was leaning on the car. Glavin said "we have no reason JIRI SCHINDLER-THE TECH When the victim stepped away at the moment to believe that the Sweatshirts at the Coop weren't the only place parental pride could be found this. weekend as from the car, the assailant grabbed Wellesley bus or people waiting for families descended on the Institute for PaNnt's .Weekend. and punched her. the bus are targets." White to Give Compton Lectures By Brenton A. Phillips Jacoby, who heads the Center for Depression and World War II as Energy and Environmental Policy president from /930-1948 and as Robert M. White ScD '49, he~d Re earch. chairman of the Corporation from of the National Academy of Engi- Prinn said that he is delighted 1948-1954. neering from 1983 to la t June, has that White was offered the lecture- The Ii t of pa t Compton Lectur- been appointed MIT's Karl Taylor ship. White is looking forward to ers includes Nobel Prize Laureate in Compton Lecturer for the 1995-96 his time at MIT, Prinn said. Physic iels Bohr, former U.S. academic year. The Compton Lectureship was Vice President Hubert Humphrey, As the Compton Lecturer, White established in 1957 in honor of Karl obcl Laureate in hemistry Linus will present a series of lectures Taylor Compton, the In titute' 13th Pauling, and John Armstrong, for- throughout the year on the role of pre ident. Compton successfully mer vice pre ident. for science and research universities in the United guided M IT through the Great technology at IBM. States in the upcoming year . Along with the lecture eries, the Compton appointment is also "an opportunity for leading scientists and engineers in the U.S. to pur ue some research and tudie of their own away from their principle workplace," said Profe sor Ronald . G. Prinn ScD '71, director of the Center for Global Change Science, who will erve a one of White's ho ts at the Institute. White will conduct research in the field of envi- ronmental science and engineering. White wilt have an office in Building E40. White's other host if Professor of Management Henry D. l>isabilities CoordiIiator Takes Office By Stacey E. Blau Resources Joan F. Rice announced on campus. NEWS EDITOR the appointment last March. Barbara Roberts assumed the . Roberts was previou ly th~ dis- Coordinator i al 0 an educator Insti~te's new position of disabili- abilities coordinator at the Universi- Rice said that one of the coordi- ties services coordinator last June ty of Rhode Island. nator' main responsibilities is "to after a six-month search proce s. Rice said that she chose Robert provide student and employee he coordinator will take on for having succes fully brought to with the tool to be independent" by responsibilities that were previously . fruition a program for di abled per- helping people to find what they share~ by several MIT administra- sons in a university erling. "She is need, whether it be tutor or readers ~rs. Vice President for Human incredibly committed" to her work, or resources in the 80 ton area. Rice said .. Rice said that so far 90 percent MIT chose a di abilitie services of Robert' time ha been pent coordinator to comply with the 1990 dealing directly with tudent. But American with Disabilities Act, Rice said he hopes that once stu- INSIDE which mandated the de ignation of dents are ettled in, Robert can a "Section 504" coordinator, a cen- focus her attention on her role as an tral administrator whose dutie educator, helping the MlT commu- • Plasma Fusion Center include aiding disabled students and nity to be sen itive to the needs of official high~paid MIT personnel and educating the com- di abled persons. munity about disabilities. Roberts will communicate with employee. Page 9 Roberts was selected from a pool the planning office and Physical INDRANATH NEOGY-THE TECH of 180 applicants by Rice and a Plant about handicap acce sibility Sri N. KosaraJu '99 serves In his third round match of the committee composed of people around campus. She will also keep Rolex Division III Intercollegiate Tennis Championship. He bat- • Police Log. Page 20 from areas of MIT that are affected tled to a 7-6, 7-6 win. by the implementation of the ADA ADA, Page 8 Page 2 THE TECH WORLD & NATION Bosnian Serbs Launch Counteroffensive in Northwest Sheik's. Conviction Spurs THE WASHINGTO POST SARAJEVO. 80S IA-HERZEGOVI A Bo nian Serb forces have launched a counteroffen ive in north- .Anti-terrorism Security western Bosnia and apparently are retaking land conquered la t month by a combined Croat-Mu lim offensive, U.. officials aid By Robert L Jackson Airport, managers said they had what makes it so difficult. An . Monday. ~nd Robin Wright been preparing for the terror trial vidual or cluster doing somethin d Some of the land lies near sites of alleged mass grave of Muslim LOS ANGELES TIMES verdicts for more than a month - hoc doesn't need to be directed by men, reportedly executed by the Serb in 1992 when war erupted in WASHI GTO tightening access to the airfield, someone if you get someone who is Bosnia. Those site were discovered following the offensive by Croa- With the conviction of Egyptian speeding the towing of cars left angry enough:" tian forces in tandem with troop of the Bosnian government last Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and unattended at curbs .and selectively Authorities said the leading month. ow, U. officials said Monday, they could be recaptured nine other Muslim militants in a X-raying {lackages and luggage. hard-line group associated with by the Serbs. planned terrorist plot, U.S. officials All those procedures.- first Abdel-Rahman, known as the The renewed bloodshed around the Bihac region underscores the are now' confronting a prospect tha.t instituted last spring after the Islamic Group, might be discussing difficultie faced by a U.S. peace delegation in the region. Richard C. has troubled them for months - Unabomber threatened airliners fly- a retaliatory blow overseas. Besides Holbrooke, assi tant secretary of tate for European affairs, left Sara- that a new terrorist attack could be ing in California - were re-institut- his conviction for plotting to blow jevo without clinching an agreement by the Muslim-led Bosnian gov- launched in revenge. ed following Sunday's verdicts, up the United Nations and New ernment on terms of a cea e-fire. Intelligence officials and investi- officials said. York area commuter tunnels, the Other problems with the peace process include a belligerent gators are probing discreetly for "Wf1 have been anticipating this sheik was found guilty of conspiring. stance taken by the Croatian government over reintegration of the last clues in this country and abroad, since August," airport manager to assassinate Egyptian preside • sliver of Croatian land occupied by rebel erbs, continued differences and some believe the greatest threat Stephen Yee said of the' New York Hosni Mubarak, an avowed ene over the !'ate of Sarajevo and other disputed territories in Bosnia. may.come from Egyptian militants convictions. "~o far there has been ofthe Islamic extremists. This could"' operating out of Sudan or Arabs nothing unusual and no delays. lead to a possible life sentence for who fought with Afghan rebels Everything is in place." . Abdel-Rahman. France Rebuffs Nuclear Criticism again t Soviet occupation forces. "Certainly there is a measurable At the same time, some authori- THE WASHINGTON POST The terrorism trial verdicts were increase in the threat," said L. Paul ties said there are mitigating factors PARIS only the latest development in an Bremer, a former State Department . - most notably the legal appeal France rebuffed a fresh wave of global criticism Monday follow- unusual confluence of events that official who specializes in countert- process.