Wlcomse Freshrnet ! Kang c:harged in assault MiaT sophomore accused of kidnapping woman By Harold A. Stern is free on his own recognizance, drink. So they did, and she An MIT student whose throat Maria Foppiano, an Arlington reached inside the pocketbook was slashed by a woman he alleg- woman, claimed that Kang at- and pulled out a razor and sliced edly was trying to abduct has tacked her on the Harvard Bridge his throat." been charged with assault and at about 2:30 am on Tuesday, Foppiano also suffered minor battery with a dangerous weap- August 9, The Boston Globe re- wounds when Kang cut her face on, kidnapping, and attempted ported. He allegedly grabbed her during the struggle. But she was rape, said Thomas Samoluk, and forced her to a baseball field able enough to flee the scene, spokesman for the MIiddlesex located at the corner of Memori- flag down a car, and report the County District Attorney's al )Driveand Brookline Street in incident to a policeman in Cen- Office. Cambridge. tral Square, the Globe article Thomas S. Kang '91, who has Cambridge Police Lt. Calvin continued. a statement with the court filed Kantor told the Globe that Fop- Kang was arrested shortly after alleging that he was instead the piano "had a pocketbook with Foppiano gave police his descrip- victim of an unprovoked attack, her, and she told him she had a tion. He had walked from the from the in- has since recovered bottle of vodka inside and sug- field to 77 Massachusetts Avenue, juries suffered in the struggle and gested they stop and take a according to William P. Homans Jr., his attorney. Kang, who was bleeding from the throat, ap- Demoenngraphics are proached a Campus Police offi- cer in front of the Lobby 7 steps Mark D. Virtue/The Tech and told the officer that he had They're here! A freshman takes inventory in the challenge for ILGs been hurt; -shortly after an ambu- Kresge R/O center. _ -_ ,__I_, ___ _ -I __II _--cl-I_. By David P. Hamilton lance had been summoned, the pledge to maintain full member- officer heard the Cambridge po- Changing demographics of the ship. This year the capture rate is lice report on the radio. student body and community re- Student Center project 65 to 70 percent, according to at lations difficulties have height- Kang underwent surgery Jeff Hornstein '89, chairman of Massachusetts General Hospital ened concerns about the future the IFC. for his injuries; he has since been continues into fall term of the MIT independent living "Vitality" of ILGs a concern released. By Andrew L. Fish in reopening (which was original- group system.- The renovations of the Julius ly slated for early September) to The Planning Office and a After a semester of study, an Kang files counter-charges; A. Stratton '23 Student Center increases in the project. "Consid- committee charged by the Office MIIT committee charged with ex- Foppiano- charged with possession will not be completed until as late ering that there was a 145 percent of the Dean for Student Affairs amining threats to the "future vi- Kang has filed a petition with as November, according to Ste- increase in the scope of the pro- of are both conducting studies tality" of the ILG system has de- the court in which he charged phen D. Immerman, director of ject, a one or two week delay is Furthermore, the the ILG system. termined that "there is aptto be that Foppiano was the aggressor. the campus activities complex. fairly good." increasing-,`>numbers -of women a problem," according to com- in the complaint, Kang stated But the second and third floors Most of the additional work and minority students entering mittee chairman Robert S. Ken- that Foppiano "... without of the building are expected to be was for building systems, such as MIT are narrowing the tradition- nedy '59. provocation of any kind, cut the completed by mid-September, sewage evacuation, ventilation, al white male membership base Although the committee's complainant's neck with a sharp and the building should be opera- and electrical wiring. These addi- of all-male fraternities, which charge mentions both changing instrument, unknown to the com- tional by Sept. 23, he said. At tions raised the total cost of the make up more than 80 percent of demographics and neighborhood plaintant, which cutting caused a that time all but the retail space project from $7 million to the ILG houses. complaints as potential threats to sharp and deep wound on the left on the first floor and basement around $12 million, Immerman Figures from the Admissions the ILG system, Kennedy said the side of the complainant's will be completed. said. Office show that nearly 40 per- committee has chosen to focus throat." Immerman attributed the delay Immerman praised the work of cent of the 1988 freshman class (Please turn to page 17) (Please turn to page 18) the construction crews over the are minority students, while 33.8 past 13 months. "Their coopera- percent of the class are women. tion and ability to work under The minority figures include Fienman resigns actiities position difficult conditions in an unfor- tar hernt'm~e tha livling roomr o~f Asians and Latin American His- LU LU V 1 O .L a s.·vx Eaw, Jx 1sx.a VIn giving building is near mirac- By Andrew L. Fish ible by setting up advisor rela- campus." Fienman also said there panics, who are normally not tionships with various clubs and ulous." mi- Director of Campus Activities has been a great deal of bureau- considered "underrepresented student government and taking A tour of the partially com- norities" by the Admissions Barbara Fienman resigned her cratic streamlining in the Campus position Aug. 26 after four years some of the responsibilty for al- Activities Office over the past pleted building seems to indicate Office. cohol education and enforce- that the project was successful in When only underrepresented at MIT to become Dean of Stu- four years. Institute ment. She believed there is now overcoming many of the limita- minorities - blacks, Puerto Ri- dents at the Wentworth When Fienman arrived four of Technology. Her position has more daily contact between her years ago, she suggested starting tions of the original building. cans, Mexican-Americans, and office and the student body. One of the projects major goals Native Americans- are count- been restructured as part of a a student activities fee. Although new organization scheme for the Fienman also was very happy a fee referendum was defeated was to improve vertical circula- ed, 17.8 percent of the incoming of the Stu- Campus Activities Complex. with the renovations last spring, Fienman was not dis- tion in the building; a new three freshmen are minority students. dent Center, in which she played story staircase through the center The increasing numbers of The Institute has created a new appointed, as the vote was close. position, director of the Stratton a part. "I hope the Student Cen- (Please turn to page 21) of the building and a front stair- women are forcing a rise in the case to the basement will proba- InterFraternity Conference "cap- Complex, to oversee the opera- tion of the Student Center and Technical difficulties delay bly reduce the need of visitors to ture rate," the percentage of search for the fire stairs or wait freshmen men fraternities need to surrounding buildings. Fienman's job has been split in two. Ted switch to new phone system for elevators (which are expected to be twice as fast). In addition, Johnson will become responsible By Irene Kuo phones are working cor- "Most first floor for programming, working with Technical difficulties have de- the originally recessed rectly. There are some problems, doors to the building have been the Student Center Committee layed MIT's switchover to its new such as absence of dial tone on replaced with clearly visible en- and other program-oriented telephone system, according to some room telephones. AT&T is trances, making it easier to enter groups; Susanna Hinds is moving Morton Berlan, director of Tele- problems as Over 120 crowds responding to these the building. from the Undergraduate Aca- communications Systems. are identified, and we expect expected in dormitories. they The renovations seem to have demic Support Office to oversee The entire campus was sched- Page 2. that they shall be corrected expe- also succeeded in improving the Dean's Office related activities, uled to change to the AT&T-de- ditiously," he said. *X .x * * such as advising student govern- signed SESS system - a central (Please turn to page 14) office switch _- August '" (Please turn to page 20) ment and activities and supervis- 3V- l- gll - - Ull I pi ,,, 3 ICIl., President Gray IIIeYICII I 11 ing alcohol education. Instead, only the dormitories sg esbc 91PBLu -·r- LL-- -· welcomes freshmen at Fienman praised the reorgani- were cut over on that day. The convocation. Page 2. zation; she said it was "important rest of the campus will be trans- Clifford A. Wilburn to get both program and opera- ferred to the new system over the Clifford A. Wilburn '90 died unexpectedly July 24 at his tions under one roof" Columbus Day weekend - the in Birmingham, AL. No further information on the death !LG presidents surveyed Stephen D. Irmmerman, the largest one-time cutover of an in- home was available, according to Associate Dean for Student Affairs on their future. Page 17. current director of complex oper- tegrated services digital network Robert M. Randolph.