MIT's The Weather Oldest' and Largest Today: Sunny, cool, 70°F (21°C) Tonight: Increasing clouds, 57°F (14°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Cloudy, 70°F (21°C) Details, Page 2 Volume 115, Number 27 _ Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Friday, June 9, 1995 ... Committee Nixes Bates Accelerator Funding By Jeremy Hylton real understanding of what goes on the country, including 30 graduate Massachusetts Congressional dele- medium-energy electron accelera- TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR at these labs," he said. students from other schools, also gation were hopeful that funding tor. "The electrons are used to do In a move that has shocked The speed with which the budget use the Bates facili~. would be restored by the full House precise experiments studying the researchers and administrators alike, mark was passed surprised MIT Two last-minute amendments to Science committee. MIT spokesman structure of nuclei and protons and '" .3 House subcommittee yesterday officials. The preliminary markup, the budget proposal failed yesterday Kenneth D. Campbell noted that neutrons," Redwine said. , approved a plan that woul" elimi- released Tuesday, was approved on a pai r of 12-12 votes. The Rep. Robert S. Walker (R-Pa.), A recent upgrade added a stretch- nate funding for MIT's Bates Linear yesterday. The markup eliminates amendments were introduced by chair of the House Science Commit- er/storage ring to the end of the lin- Accelerator and four other nuclear the $18.6 million the Clinton admin- Rep. John W. Olver, a Massachu- tee, voted for the amendment. ear accelerator. "This will allow physics particle accelerators next istration had requested for Bates, as setts Democrat, and Rep. Vernon J. Leslie Lillard, Olver's press sec- unique experiments in this important year. well as funding for four other accel- Ehlers, a Michigan Republican and retary, acknowledged that it would research area," Redwine said. Bates "It will have a devastating erator programs across the country. a Berkeley-educated physicist. be more difficult to restore funding also has the world's highest resolu- impact and we think it is totally Located in Middleton, Mass., "These facilities are not only after the subcommittee approved the tion energy loss spectrometer for undeserving," said Professor Robert Bates employs 122 and is used by vital for the training of students, but cuts. measuring particle energy. P. Redwine, head of the Laboratory six MIT professors', several senior also conduct important research," The Bates accelerator is a Along with Bates, four other •• '-" for Nucle~r Science, which runs' research scientists, and 22 graduate Ehlers said. Department of Energy laboratory , Bat~s. The cut "is not based on a students. Researchers from across Spokesmen from MIT and the operated by MIT. The facility is a Bates, Page 24 Moses Named New Provost Congressional Cuts By Daniel C. Stevenson EDITOR IN CHlEF ffit Student Loans Dean of the School of Engineering Joel Moses PbD '67 was confirmed as the Institute's next By Sarah Y. Kelghtley translates to a total reduction of provost by the Corporation Executive Committee and Jeremy Hylton about $24 billion over the four last night. President Charles M. Vest announced STAFF REPORTERS years. Tuesday afternoon his intention to nominate Moses As the Republican-controlled The House and Senate budgets to the position. Congress moves to balance the bud- will be reconciled over the summer, Moses succeeds Mark S. Wrighton, who is step-. get by 2002, it is proposing broad and a final bill will probably be ping down today to become the chanc 1I0r of Wash- cuts in all areas of domestic spend- voted on by both houses of Con- ington University in St. Louis. ing, many of which will have a seri- gress in September. The appointment fills the first of several gaps in ous impact on MIT and the nation's Professor J. David Litster PhD the senior administration, which include ,the dean for higher education system. '65, vice president and dean for undergraduate education and student affairs, dean of A resolution passed late last research, cautioned that while the the graduate school, and associate provost of the arts. month by the House of Representa- cuts would be serious if implement- However, "no other positions will be announced tives proposes to eliminate the ed, the budget was still far from until further into the summer," Vest said. Departments of Energy, Education, being approved. Moses "will be the next in a line of distinguished and Commerce as well as the in- "What finally counts is what the scie~tists and engineers who have served superbly in school interest exemption for gov- appropriation committees appropri- this important position," said Vest. His "deep knowl- ernment student loans. By contrast, ate, what the Senate passes, what edge of MIT,' varied educational background, eclec- the Senate version eliminates only emerges from the House-Senate tic intellectual interests, respect for faculty culture, one department - commerce - conference, and what the president and thoughtful understanding of the current forces Joel Moses and would eliminate only the inter- signs," he said. uIt will be a long for change will make him an outstanding institution- est subsidy for graduate and profes- summer." al leader for our times." In the 19408, Vannevar Bush ' 16 promoted "the sional students. By way of explanation, Republi- Moses brings a broad educational background vision of federal support for university research and, In addition to abolishing the cans say the cuts, which take aim at and successful computer science and engineering implicitly, for the education of undergraduate and three departments, the House bill programs ranging from weather career to the position. "For me, the magic lies in the graduate students for the good of the county," said would lower funding for civilian satellites to nuclear fusion pro- endless oppottu:nities to work with and to come to Moses. "That compact is now being questioned." science research in the House bud- grams, target waste and backing of know individuals of the highest caliber across all the get from about $32 billion last year corporations rather than basic sci- disciplines and ranks," Moses said. 'Provost, Page 24 to $24 billion in 2000, a cut that Loans, Page 10 I 1,794 Students to Graduate Today By Amy I. Hau estimated 8,000 relatives and guests. STAFF REPORTER A total of 2,026 degrees, 961 Today the well-kept grass ofK::tl- undergradUate and 1,065 advanced, Iiart Court will host MIT's 129th will be awarded from the Institute's Commencement exercises, bringing five schools and 21 academic together 1,794 graduates and an departments. ,Hanna H. Gray, preSident emeri- tus of the University of Chicago, will deliver the main Commence- ment address. President Charles M. INSIDE .. Vest will give' the charge to the graduates; aJ)d MIT Corporation Chairman Paul E. Gray' 54 will pre- • MIT Libraries installs side over the ceremonies. new system. Page 9 Exercises begin at 9:45 a.m. with the traditional academic procession from 77 Massachusetts Ave. to Kil- • Three named Institute lian Court. Students will begin the Professors. Page 10 procession at the Johnson Athletic Center, where they will line up by degree and department. They will be • President Charles M. 'led in the march to Killian by Chief Marshall R. Gary Schweickhardt ,Vest reflects on his 7JIOMAS R. KARLQ-THE TECH SM '73, president of the MIT Page 20 Alex Jun, 3, taes to the .., while playing In the Inftated noaaur ad lest weekend'. COIIIIIIUIIIty tenure. fIIIr ......... Kresp AudItorIum. CommeIIClNnent, Page 24 Page 2 June 9, 1995 WORLD & NATION / Christopher Says Israel-8yria Talks Enter 'New Phase' Rescue of Downed. Pilot THE WASHINGTON POST . JERUSALEM Secretary of State Warren Christopher arrived here Thursday on Gives Allies Momentum his 13th Middle East shuttle mission amid signs of movement in the long moribund talks between Syria and Israel. By Paul Richter spoke by telephone to the pilot, who about his apparent intentions - There has been a striking change in tone by both governments in and Art Pine was aboard the amphibious assault quickly denied - to broaden th recent days, enough so that the habitually cautious Christopher LOS A.NGELES TIMES ship Kearsarge, where he was being potential use of U.S. ground troops allowed himself to declare the opening of a "new phase" between the WASHI GTON treated for hypothermia, exposure in Bosnia. historic foes and "a moment of real momentum in the peace process." America rejoiced Thursday at and a burn. Referring to CI inton as ".the early every day since late last month, a top Israeli government the re cue of a downed F-16 pilot For the White House, lately commander in chief," White House figure has broken new ground in intimating Israel's willingness to from a rebel Serb-encircled hillside besieged by attacks on its Bosnia aides talked about bringing the res- give up the Golan Heights, the strategic plateau conquered from Syria in Bosnia-Herzegovina as Western policy, O'Grady's rescue was a cued pilot to Washington for a wel- in the 1967 Middle East war. The characteristically harsh Syrian defense ministers gave the allied tonic. His return laid to rest Clin- come-home ceremony to try to press, for its part, has welcomed the Israeli remarks and praised the effort in the Balkans war new ton's pri~ate fears that the pilot catch a little reflected glory. American mediating role. momentum by endorsing the cre- was captured by Bosnian Serb . Those plans remained uncertain, In Thursday's editions of the Syrian newspaper Al Baath, which ation of a multinational rapid-reac- forces, held hostage and would be however. conforms precisely to the government line, editor Turki Sakr wrote of tion force to protect embattled U.N.