Hcippg St.. Potru'ck 1~s Dagd Continuous MiT News Service Cambridge Since 1881 Massachusetts -Volume 104, Number '1 Friday, March 16, !984 it -e ec icons, d-avv-ess t an 2 ercent Libby, Scheidler take top spot; Class totals in; Undergrads pass referendums 7 spots empty By Ellen L. Spero chairman of the Lecture Series By Ellen L. Spero The lowest turnout of MIT un- Committee, said, "Obviously, Vivienne Lee '86 was reelected dergraduates since 1974 elected I'm very happy it passed. ... It's president of her class, while the unopposed team of David M. nice to know that MIT under- Diane M. Peterson '84, Michael Libby '85 and Stephanie L. graduates react rationally at Candan '85, and Grace M. Ueng Scheidier '85 as the next Under- times." '87 were elected to their class graduate Association president The first item on the constitu- presidencies in the Undergrad- and vice president. tional amendment referendum, uate Association election A majority of the undergrad- which called for a "Council of Wednesday. uates voting supported the por- Student Representatives [to] ad- . Current class vice president Pe- nography referendum and the vise the General Assembly on : terson, who ran unopposed; re- three items on the UA constitu- matters concerning the faculty" ceived 171 of the 230 votes cast tion referendum. and administration," earned the for the position of Class of 1984 Libby and Scheidler received support of 62.4 percent of the president. Michael D. Battat, 563 votes, representing 55.7 per- 934 undergraduates voting on the who ran unopposed, received 152 cent of those who voted and 12.9 item. votes to capture the position of percent of eligible voters. The to- The second item, which called vice president. Lisa C. Tener, tal voter turnout for the election for the creation of an "Under- who also ran unopposed, won Tech photo by P Paul Hs u was 1010 - 23.2 percent of the graduate Council [to] assume all the office class treasurer, obtain- 4356 eligible undergraduates. In (Please turn to page 11) David Libby '85 and Stephanie Scheidler '85, newly elected ing 119. In the race for Class of 1974, the Undergraduate Associ- UAP/UAVP, congratulate each other after the election. 1984 secretary, Peter Tu defeated ation held a second election, due News Analysis Heni Meerman by receiving 113 to an alleged ballot-box stuffing votes to Meerman's 89. during the first election; 17.0 per- Hauke L. Kite-Powell '84, cent of all eligible undergraduates chairman of the UA Election Students shun election announced, "There voted in this second election. understood the constitution- Commission, By Ronald W. Norman current UA. fully official candidates and Write-in candidates Stephan J. The referendums were no Only 23.2 percent of the eligi- Students do not know what the al referendums. write-ins for the Quentzel '85 and Edward J. Es- not offered in time for full no conclusive ble voters cast ballots in the Un- Undergraduate Association does, were members-at-large, so cott '85 finished second in the by the community, and position of dergraduate Association presi- or how it works. What they know debate go to the Class of 1984 race with 201 votes. Bernard M. the third item was not fully ex- that will dential and vice presidential is that it is not working well. council and they will come up Gunther '83 and Stephen R. Baf- plained before the-election. elections Wednesday, marking the Therefore the students are willing with their members-at-large." zac '85, write-in candidates cam- a possi- The passage of the pornogra- lowest turnout for the election in to accept the changes as In the Class of 1985 race, Can- paigning as the "Penguin-Lem- ble remedy for the problem. phy referendum showed students votes. ten years. dan ousted incumbent Noelle ming" party, captured 131 Many students may not have (Please turn lo page 7) "The turnout was goeodconsid- Reaso.n.Jsthe. low.tllwnoxL Merritt by 42' votes of the 231 may include the lack of competi- ering the competition. No votes cast for the position of other than freshmen had any tion for the government seats, in- class president. Barry McQuain one in voting, and lack reason to show up," said Hauke convenience defeated write-in candidate interest. Kite-Powell '84, chairman of of student Heather Wayne by a vote of 140 L. '85 and Steph- UA Election Commission. David-M. Libby to 38, to capture the position of the elected Libby said, "I wish more peo- anie L. Scheidler '85 were vice-president. The Class of 1985 to the top-Undergraduate Associ- ple would have voted .... Some social chairman will be George people will attribute [the low ation spots with support of less Allen, who received 165 votes in the undergrad- turn-out] to student apathy, but than 13 percent of the uncontested race. this was not a hotly contested uate population. The positions of Class of 1985 than freshmen year." Only five of the 25 offices "No one other treasurer, secretary, and public- had more than one had any reason to show up," said ity/newsletter coordinator all had on the ballot '84, chair- candidate competing for the posi- Hauke L. Kite-Powell no official candidates and no con- man of the UA Election Com- clusive winners, and will be re- tion. 13 Approximately 83 percent of mission. Of the 18 candidates, ferred to the class council. ran unopposed, and seven of the 1109 undergraduates voting re- of class council seats were left open.' In the Class of 1986, each sponded "yes" to the non-binding the candidates ran unopposed. "Do you feel that mo- Other potential voters may not question, where or when to Lee received 185 of 236 votes cast deemed by the Mo- have known tion pictures many who went to the for the presidency. Sharon A. Is- Council as unsuit- vote, and tion Picture booth were met by a rael received 193 votes of 219 cast "I able for viewing by minors Lobby 10 discouraging line of voters. to win the vice-presidency. Toi A. should be permitted to be shown Lines of over 15 students Beveridge won the position of the MIT campus?" on that booth, driving treasurer, with 175 votes of 207 '85, a member of the formed at Ishai Nir voters who did cast. The publicity/newsletter co- Pornography Committee of the away potential not want to wait several minutes ordinator will be Hannah Bond, UA, said, "Now that the student who received 196 of 214 votes body has spoken, I believe that to get their ballots. supposed Alka Jain and D'Juanna O. [James MacStravic '84, another The booth which was to be between Baker House and (Please turn to page '7) member of the pornography I moved committee,] and I will present Kresge Auditorium was of poor weather condi- legislature to help LSC and other because tions and there were no clearly organizations in their struggles." ASA president .visible signs mentioning the Weems new "We now know what the com- By Charles P. Brown cause I have any specific goals, an advisory capacity for its mem- munity thinks," Nir continued, move. As a result, some students ber organizations, and have gen- did not know where to vote. The Association of Student but because ASA hasn't done "and we are going to try to do Activities elected Kenneth M. much over the past year, and I eral meetings regularly to discuss something to ensure the continu- The problems with the voting activities' concerns. further separate Weems '85 its president at an would like to see it do more," ation of the majority's will to may, in effect, Weems declined to comment the Undergraduate Association election meeting Tuesday in Weems said yesterday. have adult movies, but I'm hop- to on the passage of the UA refer- from the students. The passage which four of the six officers Weems said he would like ing that the questionnaire will avail- endum that proposes to replace of the referendums on constitu- elected ran unopposed. see more information made help us to make this the least of- Stephanie L. Scheidler '85, able to activities about publiciz- the ASA with a joint Undergrad- fensive to opposed groups and tional changes to the Undergrad- uate Association-Graduate Stu- a who was defeated by Weenis in ing events and getting space for individuals." uate Association may represent general dissatisfaction with the the presidential election, was them. "Right now the only effec- (Please turn to page 11) Timothy L. Huckelbery '84, elected ASA Secretary, defeating tive source of information is - I- -- -- Timothy L. Hucklebery '84. The HowToGAMIT, put out by the Constitutional Referendums following officers ran without op- Technology Community Associa- Pornography Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 position: Edward S. Podszus '85, tion." Council of Student UA/GSC "[ASA has] got one of two UA Council treasurer; Chiquita V. White '85, Referendum Representa tives Council member at large with a seat on ways to go, it can go the way it Analysis of Super the Undergraduate Association has been, just recognizing consti- Tuesday results. Page ;2. I 583 579 511 (UA) Finance Board; Karla L. tutions, or it can define itself YES 922 Stickley '85, member at large some goals and work on achiev- without a seat on the UA Finance ing them," Scheidler said yester- M Board; and Althea T. Haylett day. Arts Butchers the Axis NO 187 351 390 377 '85, non-voting member with a Scheidler said she would like to as the Minutemen fire seat on the UA Finance Board.