I Continuous. _ MIT News Service, am Cambridge Massachusetts Volume 10)5, Number 46- - Friday, November 1, 1985 Cambridge...to electI ofiocial s By Katile xNlairz ctiosen invienniait-at-large elec- should be strengthened, weak- tions--by 'a' system of proportional ened or left alone. AnalCysis', representation. Under this sys- Control of commercial and in- ~~~~~~~~~tem, voters rank candidates pref- dustrial development is also at is- Twenity-two cndiditosw'.ifty-1 -.-, Crrenially on their ball ts. ........sue: many candidates support f fo ninesCambridge~s 00 CQuini , Housingpolicy has been the one form or another of'exclu- s seats in elections, ¢t c xl usu nthscmpin sionary zoning" or "linkage" i All nine incumbent t4 W ii ever-oth~er, city elec- plans requiring developers to pMayor Fra ncis ','.p pat. wo decades. build low- and, moderate-inlcome r running for re-eledi PR?-Mb tS-iaroehether housing on a portion of, their Al]nine c o n Vt~h¢srent- -control laws sites -but others oppose it. Ad ,~~~~> _^ -- ax s ~~~~~The elections could,-affect Stu- CC^. AX, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~dept kidirectly~through-city paobli- ^|sSS!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~t~P-__-.............................. ~~swg, an* sy -ampgls By Kim i>^ .w.sdsmnt OtX bateQPer thedevlop06et-tof the- The Cambrii >8 I fMtract liberal .MjTzwned- SimplexsWire, and ationls.-rtf (CCA), a e s~~~n Trouighly Cable, Co. sitb~mi CAOidgeport. politialfoc los St/-th ~ oae~ Lev.: Thist yearl electia--may,. re- dorsed six Cit C 4J >e ape the decades-old-bialance on dates on a ge _eralt',ihousing wi the- opuncil betwfn --the estab- form supportin qoWjligctiensq As-the lisied, libera,- CAmbr'idje Civic of rnt> S ?cntro. * ~ ASH;YS\^t ; AMpolicift, Assc~iation (CCA) and the blue- - ~~~~~~~~~~~~Techfile photo CCA candidatesliltihe~szaio ' plto olar orientd, -generally more :ambsridqe City Hlal. tionally run on i R * . spports controls onifdus-' Cosrive indcje~dents. In such as equal OPPOnrttU X14t*-y tii- eopnt- if it 'threatens past elections,, CCA-endorsed than mphaszingeine o Ad tor erode neighborhood character candidates and independents have New p",rogressive party ticular neighborhood'S in coo- and narrow the range of housing divided the council seats about trast to the more neighborhoods-, options, "the platform continues. equally; the council now includes to vie fhor council seat's oriented independents. Tenants and property owners fourCCA seats and five indepen- }ly Charles R. Jankcowski plex to further its own mission in Outgoing CCA president Fred- must-be protected from specula- dents. Coalitionl85, a new, self-de- life," Russell said, "and that erick Levy described the organic tive piressuire on housing prices, But a slate of three newcomers, scribed " progressive" political should be allowed. But they zation as"4generally liberal;good which dvives up rents and taxes, calling themselves Coalition85, is party,.will be fighting for three of should develop a bit more hous- governmnent oriented" with aphi-' 'it asserts. trying to draw support from vot- nine seats on the Cambridge City ing than MIT currently plans.' losophy of "fairness, openness, CCA sees a threat ~totenants ers it claims are disenchanted Council in Tuesday's elections. The Institute should develop decency and professionalismtl iln (Please turn to page1 9) with the CCA, calling forloosell- The coalition's three candidates part of the Simplex land to pro- (Please turn to page 18) - Hugh A. Russel, Geneva Ma- vide student and faculty housing, lenfant and Karen Swaim -will he said. "If MIT gets the oppor- Indep-endents seek oficeL run against 19 other candidates tunity, they have an obligation to for spots on the Council on such provide that kind of housing." By Michael J. Garrson - fers to candidates who conduct generally more conservative and issues as housing in Cambridge, Russell comnmented on Cam- Mostof te cadidates running -separate campaigns without a pro-business than the Cambridge Morsetsof the can ~ y mnn ltoms h.-R Civic,Association (CC-A), al- regulation of development in the bridge City Councilmian David city and long.-range- planning. Sullivan's "linkage'" proposal, Council are not members of ei- teen council hopefuls have. _V1pA0F Hews are not-,wi Coalition85 was formed last which would tie all new develop- ther of two local coalitions. But the word is also used local- form- summer by a group of 200 Cam- ment in Cambridge to housing by These 13 candidates -- incluading ly to describe a group of estab- Traditional Independents bridge, residents. "An emerging forcing developers to include a five incumbents -represent the lished politicians with blue-collar Thirteen-term incumbent Wal- sense among Cambridge voters certain amount of low- or moder- entire local political spectrum. roots, who'run on their tradition ter J.' Sullivan is one of three that new faces are need on the ate-income housing in their The use of the term "indepen- of service to neighborhoods rath- councillors who voted against last Cambridge City Council" plans. dent" in Cambridge politics can er than more abstract issues. year's linkage proposal. Linkage prompted the creation of the co- Linkage is a "good concept," b cofsn=Tcncly tr-.Teeidpnetcniae r is a plan which would require de- alition, according to its campaign Russell said, but it would "stifle veors^ ^E o puu l incuiu mp- allu literature. development" in Cambridge. low-income housing as part of Russell, a Cambridge architect, "David Sullivan doesn't under- each new construction project. addressed low- and moderate-inl- stanld development well enough. Sullivan also said that downzon- come housing and MIT's Simplex "Linkage is essentially a tax on ing -rezoning of an area to pro- site, which is yet to be developed. new construction," Russell said, hibit large-scale development - 'IMIT wants to develop Sim- entease turn to page 19) {Please turn to page 2) MI t g Ft new AT Tsyse I Bay Andy Fish munications Morton Berlan. Bond issues are used for N41T has approved American The new system will resolve "funding projects that are diffi- I cult to obtain gifts for," said Cur- Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) two problems: the need to re- rie. "No one wants their name on Co. Informatioan System's #5 Iplace Dormline and the insuffi- a phone duct. Electronic Switching System cient capability for data commu- (5ESS) as the new telephone sys- nications in the Centrex system, "The bond issue looks like a tem for the Institute. according to Director of Finance good deal, " he continued. "I John A. Cuffie '57. to Tech photo by Ronald E. Becker MIT plans to install the system don't think it will be a burden by June 1988 -a more reason- The replacement will be about students." Businessmen visiting MIT last week got swept up in able target date than earlier dead- the spirit of Homecoming. $9,1 million cheaper than making NA lines -said.-Director of Telecom- the same changes to Centrex, The status of separate residen- tial trunk lines, which connect Curre said. MIT's switching system with ouit- lonson coun ers D I isputes A $22.4 million bond issue will side lines, is stil undetermined, missile's vulnerability by decreas- decoy boosters might also be det- fund the installation of the sys- said Berlan. "They [New England By Steve Pao ing its time of exposure to de- rimental to a "Star Wars' de- tem, Currie said*. This is "the Telephone Company] have con- Second in a series on thefense systems. But missiles with fense system, he said. Decoys, sixth bond issue of its kind in the tinued to say no.' New England Strategic21Oct. Defens~e Snitiasolid boosters would carry fewer however, could be easily distin- Forum.tive warheads, he said. last15yeats~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~n {Please turn to page 18)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ guished from real missiles, he ar- an DrrJme Jamesondirndieor of Mfissiles with thicker shells are gued. science and technology for theanother potential SDI counter- Missiles that spin or that have StrategicDefensentaie JSDOties(SImeasure. But lonson claimed shiny surfaces could reduce the ~~~Office argued against the effec-that such missiles would be more effectiveness of the lasers. lonson ~~~tiveness of measures that otherexpensive and massive than nor- countered that lasers could also natins nainmight useUndimine to' -mal missiles. Each missile, again, destroy missiles by "impact.' ~~~SDI systems. would carry fewer warheads. Ionson's final argument against ~~lonson said that using solid An increase in the number of SD>I countermeasures lay in sub- ~~~rocket boosters could redua ce 10marine launches. In the case of submarine launch, the missile trajectory would differ from the managbyy anage land-launched missiles, reducing cdvtdoertdoe 3 SDI's effectiveness. -Submarines, e~gc DefenseIiX ihowever can carry only a limited ingover ~ fiscal"iin number of warheads, he ex- a~~~Of reseams list plained. Tech photo by Kyle G. Peltonen Pileileby Thei "We're not here to recruit sup- Members of the MAIT Concert Band perform ine their er~~e Education port for SDI, but the viability of seventh annual Halloween concert. Soloists played Nearlya the concept. is evenly split 50/ from the balconies to take full advantage of the acous- ,WejttnLinrn to 50," he said. tics of Lobby 7 - (SPlease turn to page 17) *Cr~Wareerhi I , , I. · I-~ - ·. -. 1...- . i· · _ji~i PAGE 2 The Tech FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1985 1. I - - - , x 9i s: : Independents discuss. issues |I ti P, plan, which includes substantial I I (Continuedfrom page 1) created by local residents,.and is lowers propetpy values. concerned about a lack of open amounts of low-income housing, Incumbent Alfred Vellucci, space in the city. He has some for the development of MIT's seeking his 16th term, supports doubts about rent control, pre- Simplex property. rent control in its-current form. ferring to encourage homeowner- Candidate George Spartichino He also supports linkage.