'" ' F ' t n- 'i ha ad;' I; ,; ' -L - I· . ' - Student jumps off MacGregor Motive for suicide unknown By Dave Watt '"EIe's been in really good spirits. Younes Borki '92, a student in No one really knows why [he ,·: the Department of Mathematics, i; died]," said Patrick M. Ewing II :·· fell from the 14th-floor (A- '92, A-Entry chair. Ewing also Entry) lounge of MacGregor said that Borki's suicide note had · House yesterday at 11:40 am. He been characterized as "positive." was pronounced dead on arrival The floor tutors saw Borki just at Beth-Israel Hospital at around a few minutes before his death. 12:20 pm. Borki left a note, leav- He was sitting in the lounge, ing little doubt that his death was where she thought he was study- -P .a suicide. ing, Ivka said, about five minutes Borki, a Moroccan citizen, had before he jumped. many friends in MacGregor. He Borki's death was the second played- several sports avidly, and suicide of a MacGregor A-Entry could sometimes be found in the resident in the past three years. Chip Buchanan/The Tech A'-Entry, lounge as late as 2 am Mark R. Kordos '89 jumped to A clown from the.-Royal LichteRstein Circus holds the attention of the crowd as a playing ping pong, said Pavel and his death from the 13th floor of Ivka Bystricky, the A-Entry floor mime and President PaulI . E. Gray '54 look on. - ~ I MacGregor on April 8, 1988. L tutors. In his role as A-Enitry Floor tutors in MacGregor will athletic chair, he organized the be available throughout the week entry's participation in many in- to talk withzstudents. Vest-will choose provost tramural sports. Borki had lived in MacGregor By Reuvens M. -Lerner Vest has supposedly not made of the Sloan School of Manage- since his freshman year. He was With incoming President his final choice for provost, but ment; and Joel Moses MA '67, 19 ears old. Charles- A-Vest set-to take office he is expected to decide before pro'fessor and former head of No explanation has been of- -in less-than two weeks, attention, the Corporation meeting this ;EECS. fered yet for the suicide, said is now being focused on his Friday. He is said to have nar- *Wrighton seems to be the Robert M. Randolph, associate choice for a new provost. rowed the field down to several strongest contender, in part be- dean for student affairs. "We The provost is MIT's chief aca- candidates. cause of his proven ability to can't speculate," said Randolph. deniic-officer, and is additionally Prominenit-among them are raise funds for research. Last "We would like to know answers, responsible for, managing much Mark, S.- W-righton, -head of the year, he received the first-ever and sometimes there aren't any," of the Institute's budget. Current Department of Chemistry; Paul combination professorship and he added. Provost John 'M. Deutch '61 told L. Penfield Jr.: ..ScD '0, chair- research grant, valued at over $3 MacGregor Housemaster Rob- the Academic Councilfin FIbrue -man of the- Department of Elec- million. - ert S. Kennedy '59 called Borki's ary that -he 'would not be MIT's. trical Engileeting'and Co'mputer .-At 41, he is also one of the death a "contradiction." Borki next president or provost- and Science; Thomas-H. Jordan, youngest professors ever to head was "very sound, very outgoing, later explained that he would re- head of the Department of Earth, an MIT department. In addition, -without being frenetic or compul- sign when Pmesident. Paul E. Gray Atmospheric,-_and Planetary Sci- he is rumored to have been con- sive," he said. '5o leaves office on Oct. 15. ences; Lester C. Thurows dean sidered for the MIT-presidency. His friiends'a in MacGregor also Younes Borki '92 as he A student in Wrighton's had no explanation for what appeared in his freshman laboratory said yesterday/that might have been troubling him. pictUrebook. while Wrighton "looked very happy," he had not discussed his candidacy 6SC criticizes report Undergraduate Association By Joey Marquez cally to graduate students." President Manish Bapna '91 and The Graduate Student Council Campbell said that "the UASO Graduate Student Council Presi- has passed a resolution express- questionnaires were concerned dent Michael D. Grossberg G will ing its disapproval of an August with undergraduates," and that speak with Vest on the telephone report released by the Indepen- there was "no measure of gradu- this morning. dent Activities- Period Policy ate students' in the report. He They sai~d they plan to discuss Committee (IAPPC). added that the "comrnittee Vest's candidates for provost, and The report was primarily writ- should focus on working with the how each of them would interact ten by former Aeronnautics and GSC to see how IAP can serve i with the student body. Astronautics Professor and graduate students better." Is·1 They will also speak about the IAPPC Chairman James W. Mar It is unclear why Mar wrote L'Z possibility of appointing a new '41, who presented it to the the report without allowing com- I;l dean for student affairs. EECS Committee on the Undergraduate mittee members to change the Professor Arthur C. Smith has Program. rough draft. Campbell said that served as acting dean for student The GSC contends that Mar Mar sent the rough draft to affairs since June, when Shirley failed to consult the four gradu- members during the summer, but M. McBay resigned to head the ate students on the committee be- since no one was at MIT, no one il I Photo courtesy MIT. News Office Photo courtesy MIT-News Office 'Quality Education for Minorities fore presenting the report, and could object to the report. Mark S. Wrighton Paul L. -Penfeld Jr. -ScD '60' Network. that this exemplifies the exclusion Mar retired last year and of graduate students from tlie moved to California, and was IAP program. unavailable for comment. GSC President Michael D. Starting today, the UASO is in- Students crowd marrow drive Grossberg G expanded on this vestigating how and when the re- position, asking in the resolution port was sent to committee mem- "TCA was mostly responsible that the committee be "restruc- bers, to determine why graduate By Brian Rosenberg eryone to leave their addresses for publicizing the campaign on since they were coming back tured to include equal numbers students' concerns were not ad- Close to 1000 people partici- campus," Sundharadas contin- soon." of students and faculty, with the dressed in the report. pated in Sunday's bone marrow ued. 'We putiup the posters, Laura A. Rubinstein '92 said, chair chosen by the committee." For next year, Campbell sug- drive for, 25-year-old Christopher placed ads, and generally in- "I didn't'have time to wait [for The GSC's chief complaint is gested that the committee give J. Corcoran, son of the East creased awareness." the test). If they come back in its lack of representation in the "equal consideration for gradu- Campus house manager. Corco- No information was available two weeks, I'll go again." report. "Not once in the report ate students." ran suffers-from leukemia, and a on how many of the participants The blood that was collected did it mention graduate students, marrow transplant -is'-vital for were MIT students. on Sunday will be typed within a with the exception of one statis- tic," said IAPPC member Ajit ·1 treatment of the disease. Many people who wanted to be week Or two, according to Chris P. Chris' father, John, said, "I tested were turned away because Corcoran. Campbell G. '' As the resolution states, "`AP think the. drive was phenomenal.. of the wait that developed during "People will only be contacted :i was originally created for both IU]L· The turnout was great, and the the day. The elder Corcoran said if they are a potential match Li '::: graduate and undergraduate stu- people were unreal." that close to 300 people were for someone," he said. Corcoran 7 1 I . Reba A. Sundharad'as '91, turned away. "We took their noted that although his name was dents." The GSC is very con- C cerned that the Undergraduate r president of the Technology names and addresses,-and hope- attached to the drive, he is not at ,· Academic Community Association, which fully we'll have another drive in the top of the transplant list. Support Office did not ·"· ^"' helped sponsor the event, said about two weeks," he said. Both Corcorans wished to ex- collect data "that include indica- ·it:a;5J''1·`trs;t·zEi: tors on graduate student partici- "" illP)emy;yW1 tEl· ·C-I411WTlr·:^ that the turnout "was really Carlos E. Munoz '93 said he press their thanks to everyone L` -··' ,o· pation.' 6k3C ,i ·;;· .r - good, especially because we were "filled out the [registration] pa- who participated, particularly " · ··2·: Although the GSC agrees with -f i' '·· .6:; rrr··. * only, expecting about 400 people. pers at 1:30 pm. I came back at Larry A. Maguire, director of )i ": XI·.n·t--*d·*L1I-·'C4:CI iZS;tttttttttkkjf:_ A lot of peopleqcame from Som- 3:45 pm, and [the volunteers ad- the report's main recommenda- +YIC r yi ·- housing and food services, David wonwnIit erville, Harvard and Wesleyan ministering the test] said they To Flett, manager of the Campus tion that faculty involvement in ·.s·r , IAP increase, they also believe `` :IP;fxi'l"j-iinmsi`' 3D:ta·l;·'i I., College [where Corcoran went to were closed, because the- wait was Activities Complex, and the din- : · r~ school]." two-hoTs long.