MIT's The Weather Oldest and Largest Today: Dry and breezy, 53°F (i 2°C) Tonight: Clouds, windy, 40°F (4°C) Newspaper Tomorrow: Cold, cloudy, 47°F (g°C) Details, Page 2 I..- ....--l .. - .--. 1- %, -. 1., ., . ... ,.·-" . .1-.. ... .. ...- - -I ...1.. , - - ..... - I. .I . ., . - - . ..I - -..-1 - . I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I L ~~~~~~SIS Imroemnti ltseba 'l.^eil^^:^ ^ators M d Adminstr~^^~^^ By Daniel C. Stevenson tern, department offices, facuity NEWS E)DITOR committees, and faculty and student An extensively revised and opti- advisory groups during the develop- mized Student Information System ment process, Cull iton said. was released earlier this month cul- The part of SIS that students can minating a four-year development access on the Athena Computing effort. according to James J. Culli- Environment has not yet changed, ton, vice president for administra- according to Registrar David S. tion. Wiley '61. The update of the The changes affect registration, Athena program, which allows stu- transcripts, Bursar's Office bills, dents to make some changes to their financial aid forms, and departmen- name and address as well as to tal information, Culliton said. SIS review their grades, trned out to be provides academic, biographical, more difficult than expected, Wiley and financial information to stu- said. dents, faculty, academic depart- Once the Athena interface is ments, and administrative offices. fully updated sometime next year, The Registrar's Office, which students will also be able to prc-reg- manages the system, consulted with al, administrative users of the sys- SIS, Page 13 Gray, Pei, Others to Remember Wiesner By Sarah Y. Keightley in the building that is named after EDITOR IN (CHIEF him. A memorial service for Jerome Chairman of the Corporation B. Wiesner, the 13th president of Paul E. Gray '54 will open Frid(lay's MIT who died in late October, will program, according to Director of be held this Friday in Kresge Audi- Special Events and the Information .torium at 3.pm; -. Center Mary L. Morrissey. Wiesner died of-hcart failure on Several people will make Oct. 21 at the age of 79. His accom- remarks for the first part of the scr- ..1;,,.s.,,,.,-,.,. ;,,.-.$. ..... ;o',,, ,-.... ; [$*,,.II III,, 'I.1 « ,.,l UM . ..}H _.I , CW1C", Ulj-,W« ence advisor to President John F. of the National Academy of Sci- Kennedy and leading the develop- ences Frank Press, Institute ProCfes- ment of public policy regarding sci- sor Emeritus Walter A. Roscnblith, ence and technology over the last 30 President of the MacArthur Founda- years, with a particular emphasis on tion Adele S. Simmons, folklorist curbing the arms race. Alan Lomax, President Charles M. At MIT-, Wiesner was instru- Vest, Professor Emeritus Carl Kay- mental in expanding research and sen, and architect I.M. Pei '40. teaching programs in the humani- After these speakers, Vincent ties, arts, and social sciences. He Dion Stringer, the music coordina- was also one of the founders of the Media Laboratory, which is housed Wiesner, Page 9 ~_- _ --·-= - --P~ -a - _ - · = l'wo Compete in Local Comiedy IjilobjContest; NllOllUiliStahovi h Ws JTIAtitPrize By Sarah Y. Keightley to prepare three to five minutes of ing aboutfaminc-stricken children EDI7OR IN C'l/Ef-' original material. Half of them com- drinking from the same disecisc- Thomas F. Stahovich G was the peted on Saturday, and the other infcsted water that animals batihe in, grand prize winner in a local come- half competed on Sunday. Conicy and on another channel she's telling dy contest searching for [B3oston's was leading the contest after the first you how to make more money in funniest college comedian, and day of competition, but Stahovich your own home through correspon- Catherine D. Conicy '96 was a garnered more points for his perfor- dence courses. I finally got so con- finalist in the event which took mance on Sunday to win the con- fused I called the 800 number and place in late October. test. enrolled an entire Latin American Thle contest was part of the annu- Stahovich expected students village in computiter repair." al College Fest "Way More Week- from Emerson College, which is a "I had jokes on everything from end" at the Hynes Convention Cen- performing arts school, to dominate driving to sneezing. My biggest bit ter. the competition. "It's really surpris- was about crew, it being Head of the As the winner, Stahovich ing that MIT students were funnierl Charles weekend and all , ConIcy received two round-trip airline tick- than people from performing arts said. Part of her routine was: "What ets to any destination in the conti- schools," he said. gets me is this weight class thing [in nental United States, as well as a "They did emphasize that I was crew]. I mean, for guys they have chance to perform at the Comedy from MIT, to my chagrin," Conlcy lightweight and heavyweight. For Connection, a Boston comedy club. said. "I hope that people saw that I girls, they really ought to call it Thle contest promoters chose 15 was from MIT, and 1 w\as not the finalists from dozens of entries to one doing the Star Trek jokes, that Comedy, Page 9 compete at the College Fest. was some geck from Tufts [Univer- Both Stahovich and Conley audi- sity]!" tioned on-campus in the Student "My humor is very much about Center, where they each performed getting the audience thinking in a a routine before a video camera. "I particular direction, and getting ran over and auditioned," Stahovich them to realize I was talking about said. "It was completely unexpect- something different," Stahovich ed." said. "My comedy is a guy who m ......: ............. - ' ' 'L'T~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~..... l- T ;' Tt . Conley also auditioned unex- thinks he's smart but doesn't realize >''''7'(i:..,-.--*-7-.A'Lo-L-o--. ---.--- ~--~,..:-. :. [ ~ ~ '4,~ ,4=, ..7........ ~ ..i........... ... ' .'-.:'..".;,.&.':h::.·.. :.- .'?.'!.' .....:";.,- :.' _ ~ ~~~~-: i - .' pectedly, using a comedic mono- he's missing the boat." THOM.-IS R. KARLO)---THE TECH logue from a play that she had per- Stahovich said this is one of his *l.,,;ari ;. -, -*' John Miller '98 struggles as a Babson college player grabs formed in ,astyer' s o,,"g-na Kappa ucsi JukcS: last ..... ....... ... ll ...SD ..... .. .. .. for the ball in the final seconds of MIT's 100-77 loss Late Nite variety show, she said. "I'm really confused by Sally Tuesday. channel she's cry- -- -- For the contest, the finalists had Struthers. On one BslllsCe-IP 11 1III- ssL- IPCU -- PPdbll--re LI-- - Y U - ·- Page 27 THE TECH November 29, 1994 i s WORLD & NATION Norwegians Say No' to Membership Clinton Aides Now Favor InEU by Slim Margin LOS ANGELES TIMES I OSLO, NORWAY In a move heavy with significance both for Norway and the drive Concessions for Serbs toward a united Europe, Norwegians voting in a national referendum Monday narrowly rejected membership in the European Union. By Daniel Williams France and Russia criticized a On Sunday, Defense Secretary With more than three quarters of the vote counted, Norwegian and Ruth Marcus recent U.S. decision to stop enforc- William J. Perry indicated that the THE WASHINGTON POST ing part of an international arms Serbs had essentially won the war. Television Corp. computer projections indicated Norway would say I no by a slim 53 percent to 47 percent. WASHINGTON embargo against Bosnia. A senior With that perspective, it was dif- Monday's ballot effectively split the country. The rural, agrarian Top Clinton administration poli- United Nations officials called on ficult to see how contact group north, fearful of losing subsidies, had enough no votes to counter the cymakers Monday abandoned their all powers with peacekeeping forces diplomacy would succeed, particu- urban, business-oriented south, which voted strongly in favor of EU long-standing support of allied mili- in Bosnia to agree on a common larly after the Bihac assault. The membership. tary force to prod separatist Serbs in policy or consider withdrawing. Serbs had already rejected a propos- The biggest personal loser in the referendum is undoubtedly the Bosnia to the negotiating table and The new approach was agreed to al to divide Bosnia nearly in half country's prime minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland, who staked much decided instead to offer them signif- by Clinton's top foreign policy with the Muslims, even before the of her political prestige in heading the yes movement. "The result is a icant diplomatic concessions, U.S. advisers, who met for three hours successful attack on the enclave. heavy defeat for her," said Knut Heidar. an Oslo University political officials said. Monday to assess options for U.S. officials strained to explain scientist. The new U.S. policy, if approved Bosnia. The immediate focus for why, with a major victory over the However, her overall popularity and the absence of any obvious by President Clinton. would move U.S. diplomats, along with fellow Muslims, the Serbs would be ready challenger within her own party would seem to assure her future as the United States much closer to the "contact group" negotiators from to deal, even with new concessions. premier for at least the short term. relatively conciliatory position on Britain, Russia, France and Ger- The decision to seek no further The implications for Norway and for the drive to create politically the Serbs maintained by the United many, will be to get the Serbs to military action was made with an and economically united Europe seem less certain in the wake of States' European allies and Russia. agree to a temporary cease-fire, U.S. eye toward the upcoming meeting Monday's vote. Those allies have supported only and Western diplomats said. of NATO foreign ministers sched- limited use of military power on The lure will be the prospect of uled for Thursday in Brussels.