__ M·--- I A Century > MIT Of Continuous Cambridge News Service | I 2 1 Ig | [ ^ [Massachusetts Volume 101. Number 57 6j I _| Wednesday January 13, 1982 Council to ask nse of $ 000-1300 in tuition By Kenneth Snow sense to make this announcement The tuition for the 1982-83 at one time rather than in bits and academic year will probably be pieces." between $8400 and $8700. The McBay explained, "As Academic Council has decided to always, there is a concern for what kind of recommend a number within this an impact the tuition increase will range to the MIT Corporation for have on the student body." consideration at its March 4 Ex- McBay noted that approximately ecutive Committee Meeting. 50 percent of MIT's un- Undergraduate Association dergraduates are on some form President [UAP] John DeRubeis of financial aid. '83 commented, "The Institute is hurting financially. They can McBay called the tuition forum either raise tuition or lower held December 1 0 very overhead and I don't think that valuable, but added that the tur- they have made an effort to lower nout was disappointing. Less than overhead." Although he did not 30 students attended the forum, vote, DeRubeis was present at the held the Thursday bofre final ex- meeting. The Council had invited amination week. the UAP to all of the Council's "Apparently the timing of the discussions on tuition, the first forum was not good," said time a student has ever been al- McBay. "It could possibly have lowed to be present at Academic had more impact if more students Council meetings. had attended." McBay noted that In the past the tuition increase the students who were present was set at the end of January and "asked some very good questions. the rest of the financial package, If the [forum attendance] number Med Dept including room, board, and the had been more impressive, it move causes shuffle equity level, determined later in would have shown a real interest By Richard Salz among MIT facilities and depart- "But we rejected it in view of the the year. This year, the Academic among the students." The Medical Department's ments. greater need for women graduate Council will postpone the tuition McBay said that she still felt move to the new Whitaker One of the plans is the con- student housing.' decision and announce the entire that the tuition forum was a good Buildings struction of an at the east end of cam- arts and media "We haven't figured out yet financial packet at one time. Ac- idea and would like to see one pus, coupled center at 25 Ames Street. The new with newly- how to pay for it," noted Vice cordino to Dean for Student Af- next year, "This year, we were announced construction plans, facility will be a focal point for President of Operations William fairs Shirl;y McBay, "It makes (Please has sparked a series turn to page 2) of shuffles research and teaching in the arts, Dickson. The building will and advanced computer applica- probably remain empty until the tions in the field. Another con- necessary funds can be raised. struction plan would result in the "It's unlikely that we'll be ready installation of a very-large-scale SCC finances discussed for September of 1982," conceded integrated circuit fabrication Sherwood. By Max Hailperin Afternoon Club activities, the decided to what extent it should facility in Building 39. The Student Center and the midnight movie series, and Spring take responsibility for Walker. The medical department is in No final plans have yet been Student Center Committee (SCC) Weekend events as the SCC's Speaking personally, he said, the process of vacating its made for the other two buildings. were the topic of discussion at a main events during the past year. "Walker is pretty dead. We facilities in Buildings 11, 12, and Dickson said he expects to have a luncheon sponsored by the Office In addition, he listed the 24-hour should probably do something W5. As a result, a number of final plan by the end of the of the Dean of Student Affairs coffeehouse, ping-pong tables, the about that." He expressed his groups within the Institute have academic year, with all new te- Monday. television lounge, and the pinball belief, however, that there should requested portions of the soon-to- nants settled within a year. Steven F. Thomas ?81, and video game-room as the ma- be a committee responsible for be-freed space. Consequently, a number of areas Chairman of the SCC, sum- jor ongoing services. Walker similar in structure to the The Infirmary, Building W5, previously used by the Medical marized SCC-sponsored ac- SCC. Thomas expressed his hope will be used for graduate women's Department could be vacant for tivities, services it provides, Other participants, including that the SCC will support such a housing. "We considered using as long as a year. membership requirements, and its Dean for Student Affairs Shirley group by providing initial funding the building for a fraternity," said Since MIT will probably go financial status. Members of the M. MacBay, questioned why the and sharing some of the skills the Associate Dean for Residence ahead with the VLSI plans for SCC, the Dean's office, and other budgetary surpluses were not SCC has developed. Programs Robert Sherwood. student activities discussed SCC used to improve the conditions of (Pleacse tursn to page 8) funding of activities outside the the student facilities in Walker Student Center. Memorial. Several participants In financial matters, Thomas pointed ou~t that the SCC New draft registration policy protested salid that a $30,000 endowment provides lounge furniture and was started from accumulated 24^ other benefits only to activities By Stephanie Pollack privately that the abolition of predicted that "millions of dollars hour coffeehouse revenues. The located in the Student Center; Draft registration opponents registration now would send the will have to be wasted in a vain at- interest from the endowment will therefore, these activities have an have questioned President wrong signal to Moscow. tempt to enforce this law." be used to refurnish the Student advantage over those activities Ronald Reagan's decision to con- Elizabeth Stevens of the Anti- Doherty noted that Reagan had Center. not located in the student center. tinue indefinitely the program, War Organizing League, created "over a million young Thomas cited live band parties, Thomas said in a iater inte:- contesting both his reasons for however, contended that registra- felons in a single decision." He I the Mezz Coffeehouse, Friday view that the SCC had not diet the action and the governmient's tion is designed to lead to a draft also claimed that federal courts R t,'. ability to enforce to raise a standing ,.iel 2 V >' . it. army "useful and prisons are not capable of Reagan's announcement last only for confrontation in third- handling the huge number of men Thursday reversed his campaign world countries." failing to register. position and his administration's The main idea of registration, Dr. Louis Menand 3d, Special previous policy. The estimated claimed Will Doherty '84 of MIT Assistant to the Provost, said that 800,000 young ren who failed to Students Against Registration "students are subject to the pains register now have a 30- to 60-day and the Draft, "is to keep cor- and penalties of citizenship" and grace period in which to sign up. porate interests, military interests added that MIT "would not go Presidential counselor Edwin and the interests of the elite rich out of [its] way to intervene' if an Meese 3d said that the Justice class happy by protecting US in- Institute student were prosecuted Department would have to terests in foreign lands." for failure to register. He prosecute those who failed to Critics of the decision also dis- emphasized that MIT's policy on register after this time. puted the Administration's posi- information requests about stu- Meese also asserted that the tion that non-registrants would be dents was to release only that in- major consideration in the deci- prosecuted. David Landau of the formation appearing in the stu- sion was a discovery by a special American Civil Liberties Union dent directory. Presidential commission that registration could speed mobiliza- tion by six weeks. The commis- :~~~; :~~~~..,.: .. r ;I~i:,~~ ~ ~~~~~t l All~~~~~~,iir:J·~~~~~~~~~~~~ntle sion, headed by Secretary of !"'""ji(~WV Defense Caspar Weinberger, was I named during the summer and SCCChairan Steve F.'Thoms '81 exlained srvices povided b made its recommendation early US officials call for selected The Arts staff gets its annual theCC t Mnda's DSAlunheon (Potoby erad Wathrby last week. restrictions of the foreign ex- chance to pontificate, and Meese repeatedly denied that change of scientific research. doesn't let the chance go by the President's decision was Page 2. unnoticed. Page 6. related to the Polish crisis, but Administration officials said I - -- ·- -r II · ~ ~ ~ , I I I Ir- -I- -b ~bk_ PAGE 2 THE TECH WEDNESDAY.JANUARY 13. 1982 i -1 -9 .- 4 d - qS1 -·B· _ - s_--c-l -g · g4L4 _, I-ss I-,· c I(I Technological leaks assailed By Tony Zamparutti and proposed legislation when prior to-publication, the question High officials in the Reagan this "hemorrarhage of the of potential harm to the nation." administration have publically country's technology" became The fields that should be called for restrictions on unclas- known. In 1977, when Inman was reviewed, Inman declared, in- sified scientific research that director of the National Security cluded "computer hardware and could be used by foreign govern- Agency (NSA), that agency tried software, other electronic gear ments.