P -· --- ·- - - - --- -- - -- - -- - - -- h- - I e- · ·C '-s Continuous _ _ MIT News Service _ __ ___ Cambridge Since 1881 rp8~e~ _ ~ ' -9g1~L _ -_~ I~w Massachusetts Volume 103, Number 34 I f__ T_Tuesday, September 13. 1983 .~~ ~ ~~~~~_ . MostI undergrads file draft status statemaent By Andrew Bein and Harold Stern Thte Institute will not report Amendment requiring proof of All but 215 of the 2949 MIT the nzlames of those who have not registration to receive federal aid. undergraduates required to file regis tered to the government, Gray stated in July that the forms confirming draft registra- Gallaigher said. If an unregistered regulations stemming from that tion or ineligibility to receive fed- student cashes a Guaranteed Stu- amendment are "unfortunate in eral aid had done so as of last dent Loan check, however, his that they require America's col- week, according to the Student office must divulge his name to leges and universities to become Financial Aid Office. the D)epartment of Education, he the enforcers of the federal go- Those 215 students will lose said. vernment's military draft registra- approximately $592,000 in aid if At Harvard, two-thirds of the tion and discriminatory in that they do not confirm their eligibil- eligib)le undergraduates have al- they apply only to those poor ity status with the Student Finan- readyy turned in their forms, and enough to need aid and to those cial Aid Office. mostt of the others have been who happen to be males between That office receives an addi- "just ;sent out" according to Janet the ages of 18 and 23." 19 tional 15 to 20 forms daily, Leon- Ironss, associate director of finan- MIT may file an amicus curiae ard V. Gallagher '54, director of cial aaid there. No problem is an- brief stating this position to the student financial aid, said yester- ticipaated with the registration re- court, either alone or in conjunc- Fech photo by Dar Dohrs n Students wait for the music to begin at outdoor party on day. quire-ment, she said. tion with other universities, Gal- Monday afternoon. Five velve students students have consulted TW have expressed lagher said. -SIPPIY - -- ---------- III Pbll-ac-l --p. his office about their refusal to an unwillingness to register, she register, Gallagher said. Three said, but Irons expects only six to can remain at MIT without the decidie against registration. financial aid, but the other two Haarvard's policy toward nonre- Co~N I r eif o l tels claw will be forced to go elsewhere for gistraants is similar to MIT's. Un- By Thomas Huang "I am more than a little sorry," "We're pleased that Concourse is financial assistance, he said. subsi(idized loans are available, as Concourse, an MIT program he continued, "not because we holding another lottery. Gallagher's biggest concern is are ccampus jobs, but no special for freshmen, unknowingly vio- picked the way we did, but that The morning after the first lot- that students who do not register fundss will be provided. lated a section of the Higher we have to redo the lottery.' tery she said, "there was somne come to the financial aid office, AllJ students receiving federal Education Act, according to Concourse is a program which concern over how it was handled. he said. MIT will provide as aid iin 1985 will be required to Prof. Jerome Y. Lettvin'47, head teaches conventional MIT fresh- Some students thought the lot-. much help as possible to these- provee draft registration to the fi- of Concourse. man subjects to a group of ap- terv was discriminatory." students, although there are no nanceial aid offices at their The program held a lottery for proximately 50 to 55 students. "'Some freshmen went to 4"magic solutions," he said. schocols. applicants last Tuesday night Roughly 140 freshmen applied scream to the Dean's Office,' MIT will assist students denied By that time, Gallagher hopes which was biased toward women, for Concourse this year, accord- Lettvin said. federal aid in locating sources of "the whole law will be out of the he said. ing to Lettvin. Of those appli- Heine said, "Concourse's in- commercial loans, according to a pictu re." The Supreme Court will "We will rehold the lottery [for cants, 32 were women. tentions were good, but they were July statement by MIT President next year again consider the con- tihe original applicants] at five o'- "Concourse was swamped," he a bit overzealous. The lottery was Paul E. Gray '54. stitutionality of the Solomon clock on Tuesday," Lettvin said. said. "We didn't expect it to be so discriminatory. They wanted the The lottery will be held in popular." Concourse in past class to be reasonably balanced." LSC showrs X--ratedl room 20C-2-21, he said. Appli- years received approximately 75 Concourse decided later, after cants must be present to partici- applications and accepted 50 stu- consultation with Rowe, that the pate in the lottery. dents. lottery was discriminatory, Heine attenpd Mary P. Rowe, special assistant "IWe notified the provost's of- said. to the president, said Title IX of fice that we would take 65 stu- "Our impulses were good, our aCosta said that to his by Diana ben-Aaron Da the act states that decisions made dents," Lettvin said.."We wanted methods were bad,' Lettvin said. rI The MIT Lecture Series Com- knowledge, no one had respond- about student activities "'ought to take all 32 women and hold Several freshmen, both male mittee (LSC) showed the X-rated ed o the signs. Last to night was not be made on the basis of gen- the other 33 seats for the lottery. and female, complained to the film "Take Off" as its traditional the ffirst time LSC had posted der." We would keep about 10 men on Office of the Dean for Student registration day movie yesterday, such signs, lie added. "In effect, [the titlel is a piece a stand-by list. Affairs and to Rowe. despite some outcry from iCosta described the movie the Da of federal legislation which "Generally, we expect that 10 "When some students didn't MIT community. as "aa spoof on [Oscar Wilde's guards sexual equity in higher to 15 women will leave [the pro- even make the stand-by list, they Besides the three scheduled nove 1] The Picture of Dorian education," Rowe explained. gram] during the term. so that reacted violently," Lettvin said. showings with sequences based of the movie, which Gray, on Lettvin said Concourse "want- the class will be 40 percent fema- Cheryl A. Butters, administra- were attended by an estimated n old novies." In his Sept. 9 letter ed the class to have an equal le." tive assistant for Concourse, said, 2600 people, according to Leo to Thle Tech, DaCosta wrote, "We number of men and women. We In the last four years, the "Individuals who complained ha- DaCosta '82, LSC chairman, an have applied our usual high stan- wanted to impose fairness." This, women amounted to 20 percent ven't made any formal charges, overflow show was held in room dardss in selecting a film which is he said, was apparently unfair. of the Concourse class, he added. but it's possible they might two 10-250 after the last scheduled not vviolent, and which we feel is "Concourse is determined to Lettvin said he has been with or three months from now." show. not d(regrading to either women or support equal opportunity to Concourse for the last ten years. If a stud-ent were to bring LSC members posted signs men." men and women at the Institute," One of the program's problems charges in court, MIT would risk reading "This movie is rated A picnic held on Kresge Oval said a statement released by the over the past years was that out losing federal funds, Lettvin said. XXX. Please tell us if you feel by the Dean's Office concurrently Concourse administration yester- of a class of 50, there would be 2 "The decision to hold another you are being pressured into see- with the movie had no significant day. or 3 women, he explained. lottery was not made lightly," ac- ing this movie" at the entrances effectt on ticket sales, according "I just felt Concourse should Holliday C. Heine. associate cording to Rowe. "Students who to Kresge Auditorium. to DaaCosta. LSC has been show- try to gft better mixtures of men dean for student affairs and head thought they were already set in IThe Dean"s Office said we ing p)ornographic registrationUday and women," Letvini said. "Boot of the U ndergraduate Academic the Concourse program might could tell them [if anyone com- moviies for about 10 years, he thrive better in equal quantities." Support Office, said yesterday, plained of pressure]," DaCosta said. "This minor matter became a (Please turn to page 2) explained. (Please turrt to page Z! major legal matter," he said. _ c ank EN II I P- -- ---I s __ul _-aC II _- Is. Is `e ItS~ "usM-m taefath a I r ··I ·· .· : ..-·· ·· -'-- -· . :· By Kobert E. M\4alchman : .3 ,· and Charles P. Brown "it was a fantastic rush," :· :;.· ·- . :· ·' agreed :c· : The 1983 fraternity rush IFC Chairman John F. achieved its goal, as 385 new stu- Piotti '83. '· :· dents have pledged independant Last year 397 students pledged living groups as of last night, ac- independent living groups after a number of fraternities taB"E cording to William T. IMaimone decided to ·: '84, rush chairman of the Intra- crowd some of their rooms.