Continuous MIT News Service Cambridge Since 1881 Massachusetts Volume 97 Number 53 Tuesday. November 15. 1977 1 1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ showing for Vellucci i - Four City Councillors lose seats a '* By David B. Koretz an administrator at Tufts Univer- There will be four new faces on sity. came in next. the Cambridge City Council next Crane and Frisoli, who finished election winners year - David A. Wylie, Kevin P. sixth and seventh, are both sons Crane, Lawrence W. Frisoli and of former Cambridge politicians; Mary Ellen Preusser. Crane's father is a former mayor (in order of finish): The four incumbent councillors and Frisoli's father was recently i "IDE. who lost their seats are Barbara deposed as school superintendent. A new million-ddollar I Ackermann, David Clem '73, Bringing up the rear in a close I Walter J. Sullivan I computer-contrrolled heating Daniel J. Clinton and Leonard J. contest were the incumbent con- I C Saundra Graham system is savingg MIT a great Russell. All except Clem had been servative Thomas Danehy and i deal of money iin energy costs, on the Council for at least two CC '77 candidate Mary Ellen C David A. Wylie but students colrmplain that the two-year terms. Preusser. Preusser was a human I Alfred Vellucci results are not as comfortable Incumbent Walter J. Sullivan services candidate known for her as under the olId, manual led the overall ballotting and was local work for tenants' and I C Francis H. Duehay I system. elected on the first round. Sul- women's rights. Kevin P. Crane livan is known as a staunch con- The biggest surprise was the fall ?-P3 servative and is perenially among of Barbara Ackermann, a coun- Lawrence W. Frisoli t the top vote-getters. cillor for eight years and a pro- I Thomas W. Danehy tenants CC '77 candidate. Acker- David Miller'799 of the MIT Behind Sullivan were two can- C Mary Ellen Preusser Junior pistol teaam has led that didates endorsed by the liberal, mann was not even close to the team to two ne-w national pro-rent control and reform- top nine after the final ballot. II records this, yeaar. He did so oriented -Cambridge Convention Clem's, Clinton's and Russell's School Committee defeat can be attributed to their after having colntributed to a '77 (CC '77): Saundra Graham, I C Alice K. Wolf first-place finis} ifor the the only incumbent black in a city stands against rent control and American Juniohr Team in the office, and Wylie, a progressive condominium conversion limita- I Donald A. Fantini Pam-American games last former councillor. tion. Mayor Alfred Vellucci, .a In the School Committee race, I Joseph E. Maynard C - Cambridge Thursday. F moderate independent, finished 70-year-old James Fitzgerald was David J. Holway Convention 77 the only incumbent who failed to fourth, surprisingly strong in light I C Glenn S. Koocher endorsed -- p8 of his recent resignation from a be re-elected. David Holway, IP state job following charges of edged out of the sixth spot two i C Sara Mae Berman I - Incumbent I negligence. Francis Duehay, an years ago, finished a strong ..i EIXCEF incumbent CC '77 candidate and fourth. I Li--- _,,,, r inventing the waterbed didn't make Charlie Hall rich or famous, but it did leave him with some interesting memories involving Jello. II Now 34, Hall was a design Hump leads UMOC pack to new record student living in San Fran- By Mark James cisco's Haight-Ashbury dis- Teamwork teamed up with ugliness this year to trict when he came up with the collect record amounts of money for the American fore-runner of the waterbed 10 Red Cross as the Hump captured first place in the years ago. His invention, ac- Ugliest Man On Campus contest. tually a vinyl bag filled with Larrv DeMar '79, Dave Browne '78, and J. 300 pounds of Jello and Spencer Love - the Hump - were assisted by styrene pellets, "was in- numerous 'humplets" in collecting 52.819.35. a new teresting but not successful, individual record. because you needed a forklift Together with the other candidates' collections. to move it." this sum helped a set another record for total dona- There were other problems. tions - $8,242.45. The bag developed a leak and J. Arthur and his Randoms (Robert Resnick '77 Jello began oozing into the and friends) finished second with S2,091.40. In third downstairs apartment. Hall place was Leo Harten G with S1,021.20, followed by decided it had to go. - Delicia (a group of WILG residents) with 5603.98. "There was.all this goo mix- and the Pec (Joel Lederrnan G) with 5377.84. ed with styrene beads," he DeMlar and Browne credited the enthusiasm of recalls, "I was afraid it would Baker House and Pi Kappa Alpha for much of their clog the toilet and I couldn't success. Browne also complimented their graphic just throw it out. So I ended up arts assistants - Al Chock '78. Geoff Baskir '78. taking it out at night in little and Rich Perlstein '78 - for the posters. slides. and i' bags and putting them in gar- t-shirts they produced. bage cans at the beach. Browne said that the contest was "a hell of a lot of ii Hall persevered, sub- fun." Demar noted that it was also an "incredible stituting water for Jello and time-sink,'" but Browne added that it was also "an adding a frame and heater. An incredible way of meeting people." i art gallery invited him to show The Hump repeated their victory of last year when his invention and he came up they collected 1,.678.89 and the contest netted with an eight-foot square 'S7.273.69.This year the Hump produced a "slush waterbed covered in red velvet fund" equal to their last year's total. and dubbed "The Pleasure The year before last, Count UMOC son with less Pit." than S700 collected at the last minute. and some "it was a big hit," he said, doubted the future of the contest. Browne said that "I thought the merits of the this low total may have contributed to the revitaliza- waterbed would be seen im- tion of the contest in the last two years. because mediately.' many new contestants ran with the attitude "I can be It didn't work out that way. UMOC" if someone can win with $700. Waterbeds, says Hall, were Each candidate who collected over S100 will be viewed as part of the treated to dinners at MacDonald's. Top winners also i "Hashbury" hippie culture, receive dinners from Newbury's Steak House and another example of California Legal Sea Food, and the Hump will receive a keg of craziness. beer from the Student Center Committee. "People saw these undula- The week-long contest drew to a close last Thurs- tions and there were all these day as candidates attacked passersby in crowded hippie and sex connotations," Lobby 10. DeMar asserted that "the contest was too he said. "Actually, although I long for the enthusiam of the people," and it was dif- hate to say anything negative ficult to secure last minute contributions. about waterbeds, as far as sex J. Arthur used popcorn sales as a main collection goes, well, that's not the best tool. Resnick smirked that "the Hump has been col- part. Waterbeds are for lectively kicking themselves for not thinking of it J. Spencer Love (left) and Dave Browne 78. two thirds of The Hump (Larry DeMar '79 first." Resnick contended that J. Arthur broke the sleeping." -Associated Press i . not pictured) wound up their record-breaking UMOC campaign last Thursday, (Photo by record before the Hump, a claim vehemently dis- 1 I:?ouolas Birdwell} puted by DeMar and Browne. .m -1 , . -I i ' I WiB~~FPAGE 2 THE TECH IUESDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 19/7 - [ -- U I- ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES Observations on an open campus . TO MEDICINE m Based on Spiritual Science By Roger Silserstein Of course, if you have 24-hour Seminar by J. Herbert Fill, M. 0. "I think it's a good idea. It access to the buildings. you need Former N.Y.C. Mental Health makes it ea ier to uve the coimputer 24-hour security. Of the 300 Commissioner at three in the ,morning.' suspicious persons" the CP stop- Psychiatry Professor - Author student Saturday - November 19, 1977 ped In the buildings last year. one 9.45 AM. to 4:00 P.M. It Is past tNxo in the morning In third were stopped between 8prn Roomi 315, Georqe Sherman Union Bldc the Infinite Corridor. It is rather and Sam. The Patrol also answers Boston University fire alarms (most of w*hich UnderI discussion will be homeopathy, eerte. The hustle and bustle of the are at nutrition,I acupuncture and meditation. dau is replaced bN a muted night). unlocks doors; provides Registration.I 9:15 A.M. -S10.00 s%.mphon. of door,, slamming. escort service. and performs other (S7.00 students & faculty- vworkers cougthing. machines services ranging from checking TO RESERVE NOW call (617) 332-132- The Rudolf Sterner Seminars, ahirrlng. and the constant static out elevator malfunctions to ob- taining dr! ice necessary for a c/o Boval of the cable TV. The cerieness is NewtonI Highlands, Mass. 02 i 61 augmented bx the lighting (half midnight experiment. the lithts are off): there is no one "I thinlt the open door policil IIr6 ra%; m in s!ght alongt the entire corridor. promortes the opinlion in prroIessors According to Canmpus Patrol that oull can dio work 24 hours a There's Chief James Olivieri.