__ I Another century of continuous news service. -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Century MIT Of Continuous Cambridge News Service Massachusetts Tuesday, November 1981 Volume 101, Number 51 17, I- II - ..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~rl-- I~~ I-s MITto, mg payment By Kenneth Snow and Iid compared to all MIT un- Howard Trachtman dergraduates. Frailey commented MIT will soon change its that these statistics indicate that penalty for late payment of stu- most persons who are utilizing the dent bills and abolish the deferred deferred payment plan (re payment plan, according to Jack probably taking .dvantage of' the Frailey '44, Director of Student svstcnm. He noted. however. that Financial Services. he wa>s very concerned about the The new policy will probably student who chose to use the take effect next term and will deferred paynment plan because of' change the penalty froni a flat fee tinancial limitations. of $50 to an undetermined F-railey conmnmented, "The pre- monthly percentage. sent plan is very unfair.' Those Currently, MIT levies a $50 Students who do not pay a small A New House student mops up after the recent rains caused flooding in several of the rooms. (Photo surcharge on the account of any a lilulout orftheir bills are penalized by Bill Coderre) registered student who does not with at large fine. LI-l - L LLLI __ completely pay his tuition bill. A FThe plan for the change student also has the option of originated in the Office for Stu- utilizing the deferred payment dent Financial Services on July 10 EC to secede fron Dorm on plans under which, Ior a $50 sur- of' this year. Frailty said he By Jerri-Lynn Scorield charge, he may pay his tuition in rnailed a letter to all students to DormCon's denial of a request by Campus abides by general East rules. three equal installments over the inl'orni them of the possibilitv of Campus President David Senior House and East Campus The decision also means that K. Eisen '82 has informed the course of' the semester. such a change. l'or funds to have a party. He DormCon will not hold any social Dormitory Council (DormCon) One reason that the deferred After receivng nine favorable claimed that this request was activities at East Campus, atc- ol' his dormitory's intention palyment option will be ter- responses, the new plan was to similar to a proposal Burton cording to Scrimshaw. secede from that organization, ac- minated is to encourage students presented to the Academic Coun- House and Baker House had 'I have no idea really," com- cording to DormCon President to pay their bills earlier, observed cil, which approved it last Tues- made last spring, which he said mented Scrimshaw, "I really LDavid J. Scrimshaw '83. was funded. Frailey. According to Frailey, a day. Not all details of' the plan don't know when they made the significantly smaller have yet been decided, but Frailey "Well, basically we felt that According to Scrimshaw, percentage of decision [to secede]." the approximately 800 foresees no obstacles in the there was no benefit to be gained DormCon receives one dollar students Eisen noted that the house had on the deferred payment plan, implementation Of the plan for from staying as a member," said each term for each member of made this decision on October S. about 20 percent of all MIT un- next term. Eisen. He noted that "several each house currently enrolled in dergraduates, Are getting Financial people, including myself" had DormCon. Eisen noted that it is (please turn to page 2) concluded that "DormCon was "unclear where the money comes not responding to the east side of from . it comes from some fund campus." somewhere.' Commenting on the Women interested in| sorority Scrimshaw confirmed this feel- possibility that house residents By Laura Farhie pansion committee to investigate house or renovate an existing ing, commenting, "East Campus would see the money that was While there is a "good chance" the possibility of a sorority. In house, asserted Irnmerman. felt that they were getting nothing contributed for East Campus this that MIT will have its first response to this letter, the IFC is He said that building a new I'rorn DormCon." He added "I'm term. Eisen said, "I doubt it very sorority house in a few years, ac- Forming an expansion committee house would cost about $1.5 mil- not satisfied that the issue of East highly." Addressing the issue of cording to InterFraternity this Thursday, according to Mur- lion, ind renovating an existing Campus leaving DormCon is what would happen next term he Conference (IFC) Chairman Jim raly. house is about half as much. The salid. "I really don't know." Murray '82, Business Advisor to ''There are not many options Independent Residence Division Scrimshaw indicated that he Sc r i m shaw o bserved. Fraternities and Independent Liv- for women's housing,' com- Fund (IRDF), which lends money held asked Eisen for permission to "DLorniCon will be weaker ing Groups Stephen D. Im- plained Palm Gannon '84, I co- to living groups Lt low interest address an East Campus House because of it [the East Campus merman indicated that there are signer of the letter to the IFC. rates ot'about 3 percent, is "pretty Committee meeting on Thursday withdrawal]. He noted that East many obstacles to starting a Gannon perceived'a sorority as a dry' right now, according to to discuss the benefits of Campus, if it abides by its deci- sorority at MIT. ''group of close-knit friends living M urra y. DormCon membership, and sion, will not be involved in any Two women from McCormick together in a house." She said, Another problem is where to Eisen had granted that request. decisions *governing dormitory Hall wrote a letter to the IFC tell- "We want -to live in an at- find land for housing or a house Eisen confirmed Scrimshaw's behavior f or n ex t ing it of' the "lack of choice for mosphere that is as socially and to be renovated, noted Im- sltalement, adding, "It's possible Residence/Orientation Week, but women in regards to type Of living academically interactive as most merman. He explained that it ... that.we'll join up again." he expressed optimism that the groups f'or women," said Murray. fraternities are." took "three years ot' hard One reason for the secession, Office of the Dean for Student In this letter, the women re- AR major obstacle to forming a searching to r'ind a home for Zeta according to Eisen, was Affairs would ensure that East quested that the IFC form ari ex-, sorority is the funding to build a Psi." "I think that given sufficient ef- t'ort, the momilentun7 against the project [t'ori)ing a sorority house] Simplex property talks suspended cann be overcome," claimed Mur- raty. He said that the IRDF pulls By Michael Shimazu During the negotiations" the did not," the letter charged. incg the talks and added that in roughly $500,000 a year, find 'I n one sense the negotiations SSC advocated zoning the area to Asked to clmient on this, MIT's insistence on these points that anmount can be increased by have stopped but in another a largely industrial classification Milne said, "Well, they've been "created an titmosphere of con- lund-raising. Also, Gannon as- sense, they will go on for quite a fnd wanted "a defined zone, ex- doing that for years and I seldom I'rontaition that nearly brought the serted, "We are willing to put in period of' time,' said Walter L. elusively for housing" to be part answer their letters anymore." He negotiations to a halt.' hard work. we are very deter- Milne, Special Assistant to the of' the Simplex property. i d d e d t h i t d e s p i t e t h e The question of the disposition mined.'' President for Urban Relations, The SSC, 'in a. letter to the breakdown, "I think we'll be of the land will probably be raised Ininiernian said it takes five commenting on the suspension of C'almlhriilge CthroI1i( /e, blamed mi o v i n g ahead toward before the Cambridge City Coun- years to f'orm negotiations to reach a com- a strong, indepen- MIT f'or the breakdown in the something.'' cil in a few weeks. The Council dent living proniise on the development plan group; thus, the talks. "All parties should have The SSC letter noted that the considered a proposal by the women who are l'or the so-called Simplex forming the property come to the negotiations willing Committee conceded to M IT on a Canibridge Development Depart- behind 1MIT. sorority will never actually live in to compromise,' but clearly MIT number of' procedural points dur- ment (CDD) which com- the house. Murray noted "I expect there will be ongoing that in templated a higher development the past, the idea discussion tor 20 years,' com- of a sorority had *4 2 , _ .x ._, density that that advocated "pretty m uch fallen mented Milne, who said he an- by the by the SSC wayside when ticipates continuing deliberation, last spring. the group realized Four councilmenebers sup- it could not f'ormal and informal, during the Vet a sorority house ported the CDD> proposal. Six lrr the rcmainder of' the planning stage following frall." However, votes are needed for adoption of a he said that this time the women fnd during the development of zoning ordinance, however. the property. (plea.s e urnl to page I ) The 160 acres of land in C'armbridgeport, Iormerly owned hy Simplex Wire and Cable Com- Ipany, are now owned in part by MIT, and were discussed in negotiations which ended without 1 Reviews of the new Steeleye resolution in October.