MlT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Cloudy, windy, 58°F (14°C) Tonight: Cloudy, drizzle, 52°F (11 0c) Newspaper Tomorrow: Cloudy, rainy, 58°F (14°C) Details, Page 2 Friday, October 20, 199 lIanrard, Duke Official New Dean of Student Life By Christopher L. Failing time to meet the staff of the Dean's tration and finance, strengths that things work here, my knowledge [of ASSOCIA TE NEWS EDITOR Office and prepare for the job. would help in the ongoing re-engi- M IT] makes me want to learn Margaret, R. Bates, an academic Bates said she had no knowledge neering of student services, she said. more," Bates said. and financial planning officer at concerning the amount of student Williams was "hired to provide Bates said her knowledge of the Harvard University and a former contact the job would allow versus leadership on academic issues. It Institute could be described as hav- vice provost of Duke University, the 'amount of administrative work, would be impossible for me to do ing MIT in her "peripheral vision was named to the new position of but she said she was looking for- this unless I had someone I could for most of my life," and is looking dean for student life on Tuesday. ward to the opportunity to work count on" in the dean of student life forward to "joining the community The appointment comes one year with students, faculty members, and position, she said. that Iadmire." She has worked with after former Dean for Undergradu- administrators. Both Williams and Bates MIT administrators in the past, and ate Education and Student Affairs expressed the importance of build- her husband received a doctorate rthur C. Smith announced his Penpedive of Teamwork ing a team that would govern the degree from the Institute. intention to step down. Williams said she was "looking Dean's Office. The new position is Current Dean for UESA Rosalind for a very savvy administrator who not just "filling a hole," Bates said Selection process representative H. Williams, who appointed Bates, understood organization across pre- but a way of expanding the capabili- The same dean search committee was named in June to that position existing [organizational] bound- ty of the Dean's Office. THOMAS R. KARLO .-THE TEe that recommended Williams last but will change titles to become dean aries." Bates' outsider status is not a lia- Margaret R. Bates spring also recommended a list of for undergraduate education when Williams was looking for a can- bility, Williams said. "Bates under- candidates for dean of student life. Bates takes office on Dec. t. didate with a very strong back- standsJhat each university has a dis- While not "having the level of Until that time, Bates will take ground in senior academic adminis- tinct culture." detailed knowledge of the way Bates, Page 15 eficit Higher Due Researcher Exposed to Above- o R&engineering Normal Radiation Levels By Shang-Un Chuang fund known as the Research NEWS EDITOR . Reserve, Strehle said. The $31.5 By A. Arlf Husain According to the protection office, the The Institute finished fiscal year million left in the reserve after com- ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR researcher's intake was no more than 579 1995 with a deficit of $10.1 million pensating for the deficit will be used An MIT laboratory researcher reported above- microcuries of radioactive material. This figure is - $t.2 million more than project- toward the endowment. normal levels of radiation exposure after working within the 600 microcurie acceptable limit for sin- ed last year. The fiscal y-ear ended MIT has operated under a deficit with a radioactive phosphorus tracer in August, gle-event and annual exposure to the phosphorus ne 30. for the past several years. according to the News Office. isotope. The main reason for the larger- The man, known only to be a post-doctoral fel- In addition, the substance is gradually excreted than-expected shortfall was extra Re-engineering to payoff in future low. is believed to have ingested a small drop of the from the body, so the researcher's exposure level costs associated with the ongoing Tl)e cost of the installation of a S1JpstaT)ce.-TheMIT Rt\diation Protection Office and has returned to normal. ampus-wide re-engineering effort, computer-based accounting system 1 the Campus Police are investigating the case. The incident seems to be isolated as no other cording to Tteasuter and Vice as part of the I'e-engineering project The protection office suspects the incident members of the lab appeared to have been exposed. President for Finance Glenn P. accounted for the one of the main occurred Aug. 14, although it was not discovered The Radiation Protection Office confiscated and Strehle ' 58. factors of the increased deficit, until five days later during a routine radiation self- took inventory of the lab's radioactive materials for However, continuing cutbacks in Strehle said. examination. How the chemical was ingested is not a brief period in August, but the lab continues to government subsidies and research Total expenditure for the project yet known. operate as usual. funding were also to blame for the - which aims to save the Institute The researcher has been examined by the Medical No other details regarding the case have been gap, Strehle said. money by streamlining administra- Department and by Environmental Medical Services released, although it has attracted media attention in The shortfall came despite a tive processes - was $t 0.6 million, a number of times since the report was issued several The Boston Globe, The Chronicle of Higher Educa- decrease in the two major cate- he said. days ago. No physical health effects were noted. tion, and other local papers and radio stations. gories of expenses - salaries and Re-engineering is expected to benefits and goods and services, have an overall $30 million non- ,,ehle said. While these are grow- recurring expense, but will pay ing under the rate of inflation, the back $40 million each year in on- unexpected increased costs of the going savings beginning in t 998, Forum Recaps Million Man March -engineering project and the less- said Director of Finance John A. an-expected recovery of indirect Currie '57. By James M. Wahl March," over 60 people crowded the leader of the Nation of Islam, CO$ts of research from the federal "The benefits of re-engineering STAFF REPORTER into the third floor lounge of the the march on the National Mall was government offset the balance, he wiJl be realized in the future," Building on the euphoria gener- predominately black living group billed as a "day of atonement" for said. Strehle said "It is an investment in ated by Monday's rally of hundreds Chocolate City for an open forum black men across the nation, draw- The Institute will balance the of thousands of black men in Wash- Wednesday night. ing 400,000 participants, according budget with money from an Institute DefIcIt, Page 17 ington for the "Million Man Organized by Louis Farrakhan, to National Park Service estimates. Organizers of the event say that the count was closer to 2 million. With memories of the rally fresh in their minds, several students who attended the rally opened the discus- sion by describing their experience. "We got to the march by 4:30 a.m. when it was still pitch dark and there were already 100,000 people there. By 8:30 a.m. we had made our way up to the front and kept lift- March, Page 14 INSIDE • Faculty discuss ROTC, new degree. Page 11 • Man found dead near- Building 13. Page 13 • Nightline looks for lis- teners. Page 13 • Get Shorty boasts charismatic cast. Page 6 Page 2 THE TECH October 20,199. WORLD & NA~ION Clinton Says He's WIlling to Work With GOP on Budget Compromise GOP passes :House Bill.w NEWSDAY WASHIGTO President Clinton offered congressional Republicans an olive Cut Spending on .Medicare branch Thursday, saying for the first time that he can meet their demand for a balanced budget in seven years if they'll make conces- By Eric Planln merce Committee and a keyGOP other private sector programs as sions toward his spending priorities. Surprised Republicans did not and John E. Yang lawmaker, said a compromise might means of reducing costs. immediately accept the offer. THE WASHINGTON POST be possible before the final biIJ is The plan would not increase out- Clinton's gesture toward a budget deal came in a brief news con- WASHINGTONsent to the White House. "I'd be of-pocket costs for benefici~ries ference where he assailed Republican legislation and confessed error The GOP-dominated House willing to consider any reasonable such as a increased co-payments or in offending congressional Democrats. He referred to those who voted 231 to 20 I Thursday to proposal," he said. deductibles. But it would make voted for his 1993 budget, from which he had distanced himself in a approve a historic overhaul of The vote climaxed a frenetic 48 large cuts in payments to hospitals Tuesday night speech to wealthy contributors by lamenting that it had Medicare health care program for hours of behind-the-scenes wheel- and doctors, increase the Part B pre- "raised your taxes too much." the elderly, increasing the premiums ing and deal ing, as Gingrich and miums paid by all enrollees beyond In a partisan, uncompromising atmosphere, Republican leaders for most beneficiaries and encourag- other House leaders pressed to projected increases and force have gone as far as threatening a fiscal Armageddon of government ing them to choose from private assemble the 218-vote majority wealthy seniors to' pay considerably debt default unless Clinton signs a new budget reaching balance in health care providers in an attempt required for passage.