--- -- l |- | _ti ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- |Quote of the Week: "Continous News Service Since 1881" Harpo Marx, 1934 VOLUME 94, NUMBER 39 MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACIHIUSETTS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15,1974 FIVE CENTS Federal la 'WSwse %A allowV lW . i nspectio I f i es By Normaln D. Sandler mission data, letters of recom- {Seconl of two parts) mendation and standard academ- If you are like most MIT ic information, as well as nota- students, you probably have no tions of any disciplinary action idea how much personal info- or academic probation. rmation MIT has compiled about Beyonid that the' records dif- you during your academic ca- fer. The Dean's Office maintains reer. separate disciplinary files on stu- I-However, after Nov. 1'), MIT dents who have hiadaction students, as well as students at brou-ght against them. and these all other colleges and universities files remain intact even after receiving federal aid, will have an graduation. opportunity to see for them- However, Bishop's office is selves the type of information only the first place to look for college administrators maintain student files. Other MIT offices in personal files. maintaining files on students New federal laws regulating include Financial Aid, the Regis- the keeping and dissemination of trar, Student Accounts, the U personal information by educa- Medical Department, depart- = tional institutions goes into ef- ment headquarters and individ- ., fect next month, and will - for ual student advisors, UROP, the first time - give students the Institute Information Services, Kendall Square, familiar to MIT students as the locale of the nearest MBTA subway stop, will be right to peer into their own files. Housing and Dining, undergoing a major redevelopment over the next several years. The Cambridge City Council recently However, for students who Pre-Professional Advising, the voted, after heated debates, to adopt a redevelopment plan which includes housing for the area. believe they immediately will be Committee on Academic Perfor- able to examine all the data MIT mance, the Committeezon Cur- has compiled about them, there ricula, the Committee on Stu- may be problems, the most dif- dent Environment, the Campus ficult of which might be the Patrol, MIT psychiatrists and the Kendall to be revramped location of all the personal rec- Alumni Association. ords maintained by MIT. Records are also maintained By Michael Garry An e nvironmental impact Chairman of the Corporation Associate Dean for Student by judicial committees within The Cambridge City Council study of the plan, which may and Special Assistant to the Pres- voted Wednesday to implement Affairs James Bishop heads an individual dormitories and the take uip to six months, must now ident for Urban Relations. The internal administration Interfraternity Conference (IFC) a redevelopment plan for Ken- be conducted by the engineering inclusion of a subway stop at on discipline dall Square which would bring a committee which is attempting matters which nor- firm Metcalfe and Eddy, and' Kendall Square, Milne added, to assess the impact of the new mally are handled internally and "diversified living environment" zoning changes must be made by makes it "uniquely qualified" kept confidential. to the now mostly desolate area. privacy law on MIT's record the City Council, before con- for redevelopment. "Kendall keeping. Last week, he outlined Currently, the Dean's Office The Neighborhood Plan, pre- struction can begin. 'S'q-a/e is probably, 'ttie.`oily some of the problems MIT and affords students the opportunity pared by MaIT, the Kendall One of four redevelopinent pilace in the 'United- States," he its students will have for The to discuss the contents of their Square Businessman's Associa- alternatives being considered by said "where one rises out of a Tech. files, although the rules specify tion and the East Cambridge the City Council, the Neighbor- subway into a vast wasteland." To begin with, Bishop said, that there is certain information Planning Team, won the approv- hood Plan offers an opportunity The Neighborhood Plan pre- "the total number of records is which students may not see, al of the five independent mem- to convert the 24 city-owned sents a wide spectrum of redevel- really enormous." Every student including letters of recommen- bers of the City Council, with acres in Kendall Square into "a opment possibilities, ranging at MIT has a folder on file at the dation and confidential material tlhe. four ('ouncil liberals op- cohesive neighborhood," said from light industrial plants to Dean's Office, containing at the which has been routed through posing the plan. Walter Milne, Assistant to the (Please turn to page 3) very minimum high school ad- the Dean's Office. Bishop, like many other college administrators, has mixed feelings about the new MIT oil supplies,: avetlable, but costly law. "It's good that (the law) By Mike McNamee especially during the month wouldn't have to worry at all' be cut as much as possible. opens records that have been MlT officials expect an ade- of December, and a crash about energy now.'" Dickson said that Physical closed," said Bishop. "Students quate supply of oil and other energy-saving program allowed Shepherd cited last year's Plant's goal was to cut as much have been able to come in and fuels to get the Institute through the Institute to weather that publicity campaign, which in- energy use as possible from last talk about their records, and we the coming winter, but are con- crisis. Physical Plant officials cluded weekly Teclh Talk articles year's record low consumption. have indicated to students what tinuing to stress savings in ener- credited savings by the MIT on saving energy, and an energy So far, most of the savings is there without showing it to gy use due to the higher cost of community f6r the savings, contest now going on in the that have been made have been them." I fuel this year. which made it possible for MIT dormitories as examples of how in areas where "we could use Most students are not aware Significant savings, amount- to get through the winter with- the Institute community will be existing equipment in more of the types of information that ing to as much as 20 per cent of out depleting its oil reserves. informed about the energy prob- economical ways than we were are contained in their files, with the energy consumption in some "Since we found out last lems. "As the days get shorter before," according to Dickson. gueses ranging from elementary areas, have already been nmade Novemrber that we could live and colder, we'll be increasing The Physical Plant chief said school discipline reports to dam- by Physical Plant efforts under with only 75 per cent of our fuel efforts to make the community that he expected increased sav- aging information compiled by the direction of environmental allocations, economsny has been aware of savings programs, and ings from this point on would MIT administrators. Bishop says engineer Carl Haage. the major concern," said asking them to help," he said. involve making capital expendi- many students might be disap- But these savings have been Thomas E. Shepherd Jr., Physi- The temperature in most tures to replace "inherent pointed by the nature of the more than offset by rising costs cal Plant Supervisor of Utilities. buildings at MIT will be kept at energy-wasters" with more effi- material in their records. "The of oil, electricity, and other "The money concerns are hitting around 68 degrees again this cient equipment. Dean's Office gets far less infor- energy sources, making conser- harder than ever now, though - winter, and usage of lights and "We'll have to weigh the pay- mation than most people think," vation of energy a top item on if it weren't for the cost, we other electrical equipment will (Please turn to page 4) (Please turn to page 2) the Physical Plant agenda. Director of Physical Plant i l, M~~s{|E lF {T~~ William R. Dickson said that the -I -8Sv9^ S~~~~~~~~ savings already made in energy consumption would amount to more than $1 million each year at current energy costs. "But prices have risen so fast," Dickson said, " that our savings have been more than wiped out, and we're paying more even .-though we're using much less." Economy is the major con- tern pushing the savings pro- gram, as MIT's oil suppliers have assured the Institute that it will get all the oil that it needs - and the Federal government allows it - this winter. This contrasts with the situation last winter, when MIT's oil supplies were cut 30 per cent in the wake of the Arab oil embargo against the a., 11 Ilg United States. Gas lines, a dreaded but unavoidable sight during last winter's energy crisis, may reappear this year. However, MIT is currently set for the Warm weather last winter, winter, as officials say that the Institute is well stocked on oil. Phoro by Davlid Tenlenbaum PAGE 2 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15,1974 THE TECH - -- -- ------ ---- - I . - - -- P-~- II I I iI I NOTES Students cran examine I *FMOUS FOR - I ., '. I 1 ; ' F Singapore~ C8;':ie No'jf in CHINATOWN * [fourth-year students: Oct. 25, i ~- -Less than Chow Hor Fun - Rice Noodles 1974, is the last day for seniors to files under new:- laws ~' i$2 an order! Rice Plates - Ice Cream 11A Hudson St. specify an elective for Pass-Fail (Continued from page 1) for public hearings, during which IWI '. Take Out Orders 542-6424 ,radin,, I r- __II - -L--··IIL-·IP- I-s-D---- - I i he said, "Most notes (prepared Congress would be apprised of ---- --- --- IC11- - -- - I=·== by the Dean's Office) are on the dilemma facing college ad- i Representative Michacl Har- academic or bureaucratic mat- missions offices in light of the rinrton (D-Mass.) will speak at the ters and more personal things privacy statute.