MlT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Sunny, clear, 62°F (17°C) Tonight: Warmer, cloudy, 49°F (9°C) ewspaper Tomorrow: Warm, cloudy, 58°F (1°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 115, Number 24 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, May 9, 1995 UA Council Rejects New Constitution UACsize halved by later amendment By Daniel C. Stevenson floor leader and now UA Treasurer EDITOR IN CHIEF Russell S. Light '98. Several elec- In a meeting more like a barroom tion decisions had to be approved, brawl than an organized legislative as we)) as the Finance Board budget se ion, the Undergraduate Associa- recommendations. tion Council last night overwhelm- "Ba ically, people didn't know ingly rejected a constitution that what [the new constitution] was," would have implemented changes Light said. While the final draft was across the entire organization. not circulated until yesterday, many Instead, the Council passed an of the changes had been di cussed amendment to the current constitu- and voted upon by the UA Council tion that reduces the size of the body at earlier meetings. by half, one of the flagship provi- ""m very afraid that the post- sions of the defeated constitution ponement of the new constitution [ ee sidebar, page II]. means that we'll waste another The new constitution was not semester of the UA on administra- passed because "there was too much tive business," said new UA Presi- administrative business" to process at the meeting, said former UAC UA, Page II Number of Summer DROPs Down 60% ""Summer funding declines dramatically -By David D. Hsu something that's finite," Shoap said. NEWS EDITOR The amount Qf funding from outside r' The number of Undergraduate sources like the National Science Research Opportunities Program Foundation is also still not definite, projects could drop by 60 percent she said. compared with last summer, accord- Departments like biology are ing to the UROP Office. finding UROP funding scarce. The decrease, which in large part "We're trying our best to find sup- results from changes last year in the port for as many students as we federal rules that govern UROP, can," said Professor of Biology wi)) be felt both by projects funded Gene M. Brown, UROP coordinator by sponsored research money and for the department. "Unfortunately, by the UROP Office. there' isn't enough money to go The UROP Office has denied around." f 'rect summer funding to more than Professor of Electrical Engineer- 90 of the approximately 250 stu- ing and Computer Science Richard dents who submitted proposals by D. Thornton, EECS UROP coordi- the April 12 funding dea~line, said nator, also expects the number of Debbie H. Shoap, UROP staff asso- summer UROPs to "be down signif- ciate. The total amount requested icantly," although numbers have not was more than double the summer yet been taHied. UROP stipend budget, she said. UROP is receiving donations CPs Now Obey Information Laws By contrast, last summer over from alumni, but "the money 900 students held paying UROPs, received all went into [UROP's] By Christopher l. Failing Buckley Amendment, DoE states been clarified, resulted in the dis- about 600 of whom were funded endowment, and we can't touch it," ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR that educational records of students covery by The Tech that the Campus completely from sponsored research Shoap said. As a result of a 1992 clarification should remain confidential. But in Police might in fact not have been funds. The UROP Office has suggest- of a Department of Education priva- his 1992 Student Press Law Center abiding by this law. Approximately 200 students last ed that students lacking full fund- cy act, the Campus Police are now v. Alexander decision, U.S. District The Campus Police have been summer were funded with a combi- ing pursue a part-time UROP. Stu- required to release the names of stu- Judge Stanley Harris made it clear required by Massachusetts state law nation of UROP and sponsored dents could then either seek dents they arrest. that the Buckley Amendment could to maintain a log of names and research funds. Last year's govern- another part-time UROP or other Historically, the Campus Police not be used to justify denial of addres es of people they arrest ment regulations change restricts employment. have blacked out the names of stu- access to campus crime infonnation. accessible by the public since 1980. r . UROP from matching its own dents it has arrested, said Chief Questions about Campus .. funds with faculty funds in this Increase in UROPs (or credit Anne P. Glavin. "We were con- Police's compliance with the law Police log includes names way. Some departments experienced cerned not only [with] having to arose following the 1992 theft of an The Tech currently publishes the The UROP Office has not yet an increase in for-credit UROPs for comply with the log law, but also Undergraduate Association election weekly campus police log, which released actual figures on this sum- with federal law," she said. ballot box. The theft, which took mer's budget. "It's ever varying, not UROP, Page 13 Under that law, known as the place before the amendment had Police, Page 10 .INSIDE Committee Evaluates Walker's Role and Use • Proposed UA Constitu- Plans Include a Variety of Structural and Functional Improvements tion changes. Page 11 By Stacey E. Blau wellness and fitness center, a performing arts vations over the past year. The third-floor gym- NEWS EDITOR center, a grad'uate student center, a cultural nasium, which was closed and repaired last The Walker Memorial Strategic Planning center, and an international center, Walsh said. year because of structural problems, was sand- • MITSO'sRequiem full Committee is currently developing a "program The final plan may incorporate one or more of ed and refinished last summer. The gymnasi- of heart. ~Page8 concept to determine ... the mission" of Walk- these recommendations, he said. um, which serves as a testing room during the er Memorial, said Director of the Campus Walker still needs "major reconstruction" to week, is open for basketball and volleyball on • Englishman an excit- Activities Complex Phillip 1. Walsh, chair of repair structural problems, meet safety codes, Friday nights and weekend . the committee. and comply with the Americans with Disabili- Pritchett Snack Bar on the second floor of ing story of dirt. Page 8 The plan will examine both the physical ties Act of 1990, Mackay said. Plan for this' Walker reopened this past fall following exten- repairs needed and a restructuring of the inter- summer include replacing the elevator, con- sive renovations. Pritchett boa ts a 50 diner • Butt 1hunpet blows nal space for more efficient and diverse use, verting a torage room into a handicap-acce i- and a late-night convenience store. hard but well with said Amy T. Mackay '97, the student repre en- ble re troom, and repairing acce ramps on the The committee plans to continue its work tative of East Campus and Senior Hou e. third floor, Wal h said. '.~-------'Enema. Page 9 Suggestions have included propo al for a Walker has already undergone several reno- Walker, Page t 3 Page 2 THE TECH ORLD & NATION . u.s., Allies May Wm • THE WASHI GTON POST C Leads FQrt Meyer EWYORK An intense U.S. and allied campaign to win the permanent exten- sion of a global treaty meant to halt the spread of nuclear arms i nearing a major victory at the United ations this week, according to Commemoration ofV-E Day U.S. and diplomatic officials. By Sam Fulwood III ovation by a respectful group of vet- didn't serve in combat for their "all- A comfortable majority of the 178 nations that have signed the WS ANGELES nMES erans, military officials and active- consuming effort" toward the Alii nuclear on-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are on record as supporting ARLI GTO • VA. duty representatives from every victory. it indefinite extension, and some U.S. officials ay it may even be President Clinton, in V-E Day branch of the armed services. "Millions were heroes here on approved by consensus before the month-long U. review confer- ccremonie at Arlington Cemetery He listed the achievements and the home front," he said. "They ence ends on Friday. and nearby Fort Mye'r Monday, contributions of many seated in the buHt the planes, the ships, the tanks, About 20 nations - including the five declared nuclear powers prai ed every Allied World War II reviewing stands at Sommerall Field the trucks that carried the Allied and some highly vocal developing nations - are engaged in fervent, veteran as "a hero who carried the on this Army base outside Washin'g- armies into battle. They bought vic- la t-minute negotiations on a document sponsored by South Africa banner of justice into the battle for ton: Robert Katayama, a private tory bonds to pay for the war. They that official say is widely expected to provide the basis for such a freedom." with the Japane e American 442nd collected scarp metal for weapons, con ensu vote. As the flags flying under a cloud- Regimental Combat Team that worn-out rubber for tires, leftover The South African proposal would endorse the treaty's exten ion less, azure sky at Fort Myer snapped broke through the Gothic Line in fat for explosives and they planted while also ordering more inten ive, periodic review of di armament , Clinton offered reverent words for Italy after five months of ferocious 20 million victory gardens to help teps taken by the major nuclear powers - the United States, Britain, those he called "freedom's war- assault; Anna Connelly Wilson, a feed the nation." France, Ru ia and China.