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Volume 113, Number 12 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 . Tuesday, March 9,1993
Institute W'll ncrease i on b 5.6 Percent
By Jackson Jung majority of goods and services Self-help level jumps 7.6 percent was $17,700. This includes assis- maintain scholarship levels.
STAFF REPORTER needed by the universities - such tance in the form of grants, loans, Vest commented, "We have set
The cost of attending MIT will as scholarships and fellowships, The self-help level will rise $500 and term-time jobs. restrained growth of tuition as a fun-
rise $1,235 for the 1993-94 academ- books and journals, faculty and staff to $7,100 next year. Percentage self- Some students who do not quali- damental principle in planning
ic year, President Charles M. Vest salaries - tends to rise more quick- help increases have been larger than fy for MIT financial aid still receive
announced Friday. The 5.2 percent MIT's future budgets. We are also
ly than the CPI." percentage tuition increases for the scholarships from outside sources.
increase from $23,565 to $24,800 is Over the past 10 years tuition striving to maintain an appropriate
last two years, according to data MIT estimates that only about 20
the second lowest in 23 years. has risen 84 percent, while the CPI from the Student Financial Aid balance between financial aid and
percent of its students pay the full
Tuition alone will jump 5.6 per- has risen 40 percent, according to Office. The self-help level is the charges for tuition, room, and board. the price charged for an MIT educa-
cent from $18,000 to $19,000. data from the Office of Financial nominal amount that students are As more students have become tion."
Room and board increases are 4.4 Planning and Management. expected to pay before receiving eligible for financial aid, the size of "These two actions are consis-
percent and 4 percent respectively. Tuition historically covers only scholarship assistance. MIT's endowment struggles to keep tent with our stand against the Jus-
"For 15 years, the annual about half the cost of educating an About 59 percent of undergradu- pace, according to Stanley G. Hud- tice Department's anti-trust suit, and
increases have been greater than the MIT student, Vest added. The actual ates are receiving financial aid son, director of student financial aid. are major driving forces in the
[consumner price index]," Vest said. cost of an MIT education is estimat- through the Institute this year. The MIIT is emphasizing the importance development of an imbalance in our
"This is because the cost of the ed to be $38,000 next year. average financial aid award this year of its fund-raising campaign to help operating budget," he added.
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presidential debate Sunday empha- Rohit Sharma '96 commented, "I as 6%
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have worked through the UA to give and Sachs would like to make
us our legitimacy," Sachs said. changes at the top as UAP/P. Academlc Year
"The vast majority of undergrad- Godfrey feels that the role of the
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body," he said. MIT cable. In addition, they would
Godfrey and Tsao rely on their directly visit dormitory and inde-
past UA experience in seeing what pendent living group house meet-
has worked or not worked. "It's a ings.
matter of strategic planning, and In addition, the UA will offer
that is what we can offer to you," ieadership seminars for freshmen
Tsao said. and sophomores to teach them how
This is a "very good election, to look for and soive different
very clear cut," Gastelum said. "It's issues, Tsao said. This program
up to you to decide which is better
-the status quo or a fresh perspec- Debate, Page 12
Postering Problems
Hamper Campaigns
By Jeremy Hylton the postering policy, which allows
EDITOR IN CHIEF only one poster per bulletin board,
Violations of the Undergraduate according to Rohit Sharma '96, UA
Association's pestering policy have election commissioner.
frustrated candidates' efforts to Sharma also attributed the pos-
campaign over the last week. One tering troubles to the large number
team for UA president and vice of candidates. "We've got a lot of
president, Anthony R. G. Gastelum candidates for a lot of the class
'95 and Zohar Sachs '96, was council positions," he said. "They're
banned from postering over the all out there and trying to get the
weekend. best spot."
Many of the problems stemmed After receiving complaints from
from candidates misunderstanding candidates about postering viola-
tions, Sharma wrote to all the candi-
dates to reiterate the postering poli-
cy. "That seemed to do pretty well,"
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Sharma said. "Certain violations re-
Gehris disease discov- occurred and the commission had
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14 no other alternative after a certain
point," he said. Sharma cited the
team for putting too many posters
a Referendum focuses on a single bulletin board and tear-
on fsee speech and ing other posters down.
Sachs attributed much of the The Grove Men take part In the Battle of the Bands Thursday night In Lobdell Court. The battle
harassment. Page15d will continue again this Thursday.
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U.N. Group Chastises Mauritania, Sect Leader hreatens at,'
Sudan for Allowing Slavery
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
The International Labor Organization, a U.N. agency, chastised
WASHINGTON So FBI Moves in Four Tanks
the African nations of Mauritania and Sudan Monday for continuing By Louls Sahagun fear of an assault," said Peter by children inside the compound
to practice the centuries-old scourge of slavery and accused nine LOS ANGELES TIMES DiVasto of Albuquerque, N.M., broke down Sunday night when
other countries in Asia and Latin American of tolerating something
that could be even worse - other forms of forced labor.
WACO, TEXAS
Religious cult leader David
head of the U.S. Department of
Energy's hostage negotiations pro-
"when they told us, in effect, to go
make ourselves a milkshake," Ricks
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In its annual report, the ILO acknowledged that Mauritania is try- Koresh has told federal agents sur- gram. "If I were hearing that from a said.
ing, though somewhat feebly, to deal with the traditional problem. rounding his Mount Carmel fortress perpetrator in a typical situation I Meanwhile, surveillance of daily
But the U.N. agency denounced the Sudanese government for that he is "ready for war" and con- might be led to think he's becoming activity inside the sect's farm com-
encouraging slavery as a weapon in its war against the country's trols enough firepower to blow afraid and trying to muster his folks plex indicates "what appears to be
rebellious south. Bradley armored personnel carriers around him via these rallying cries." continual fortification," Ricks said.
"At the end of the 20th century many people assume that slavery "50 feet into the air," the FBI said However, Koresh's intransi- Current contingency plans do not
has been eradicated," the ILO said. "Not so. Millions of people, even Monday. gence has made federal authorities include a rescue attempt because
in 1993, are forced to work under harrowing conditions for little or Federal authorities responded to wonder whether the 33-year-old such a move "would be counterpro-
no reward. The forms which forced labor takes on today may be more Koresh's provocations by calling in polygamist and self-proclaimed ductive and play right into his
diverse, and better disguised, than those of earlier times. But they can reinforcements, including four M-l messiah is planning a violent end to hands," Ricks said.
be no less shocking." Abrams tanks. The tanks will pro- his bloody standoff with federal "It's our belief that he believes
The ILO found that entrepreneurs in Pakistan, India and Peru tect hundreds of federal agents posi- officers. The confrontation began his prophecy will be fulfilled if the
entrap millions of workers by driving them into debt; that landowners tioned about a half mile away from Feb. 28 when U.S. firearms agents government engages in an all-out
of Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Myanamar lure or coerce the Branch Davidian sect's com- tried to arrest Koresh on firearms firefight with him, in which he is
migrant workers to distant, guard-patrolled plantations from which pound, FBI Agent Bob Ricks said at violations. executed," Ricks said. "An all-out
escape is nearly impossible; and that shopkeepers and householders a news conference. In addition to four U.S. Bureau gun battle would ensure that his pur-
of Haiti, Sri Lanka and Thailand force children to work like slaves. "He (Koresh) has indicated he of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms pose would be accomplished."
Max R. Kern of Germany, the chief of the ILO's Freedom of would be most pleased if we would agents, at least three cult members That assumption, coupled with
Workers Section, described these forms of forced labor as "equal to I engage in a gun battle with him," were killed in a 45-minute gun bat- intelligence reports that cult mem-
slavery or even worse." Ricks said. "He has made such tle that erupted shortly after the bers have stockpiled automatic
"Traditionally," he said in an interview, "slavery had paternalistic statements as, 'We are ready for agents raided the compound, author- weapons, explosives and possibly
tendencies." But employers of modern forced labor, he said, do not war. Let's get it on. You're talk is ities said. even rockets, prompted the Depart-
Cel .n, responrsihi!ityft ftake care-f te lahnr they becominP in vain, I'm going to give On Monday, U.S. firearms
Arue xnlriting. ment of Defense to give agents the
Kern acknowledged that the 1LO had no other weapon except the you an opportunity to save your- agents raided two storage sheds tanks, which are more heavily
glare of publicity to try to embarrass governments into trying to selves before you get blown away.' " about 5 miles from the Branch armored than the Bradley personnel
squelch these practices. But, even when governments cooperate, he 'His exact words were, 'We can Davidian compound expecting to carriers already on the scene.
said, the practices are too deep rooted to end easily. cause those vehicles to go 40 or 50 find a cache of weapons and explo- "These Abrams will not be
feet into the air,' Ricks said. "There sive devices, but the raid yielded armed in any way," Ricks said.
Stanford Professor Named to may be explosives and perhaps even
rockets in the compound."
only a small quantity of shotgun
shells, authorities said.
"They are strictly for defensive pur-
poses to ensure any armaments
i Council of Economic Advisers
LOSANGELES TIMES
One negotiations expert said that
Koresh's increasing arrogance, irri-
In recent days, cult members
have pointed machine gun barrels
inside the compound will not be suf-
ficient to cause harm to our agents
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tability and heated rhetoric suggests out of port holes carved through the ... we do not think that they can
Stanford University economics professor Joseph E. Stiglitz PhD that he is fearful of coming under walls of buildings in the compound, harm us by firing at the tanks we
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'66 has been named to the Council of Economic Advisers, his family attack and of losing control over the which is dominated by a watchtow- have in place." M-
i said Sunday. 90 adults and 17 children with er and protected by a security flood- However, there was some specu-
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Stiglitz's wife, Jane Hannaway, said he spoke with President Clin- whom he has been holed up nine light system switched on by move- lation the tanks were moved in as a
I ton last week, and was en route to Washington on Sunday night. days. ments anywhere near it, authorities contingency, in case federal agents
Stiglitz, who still faces Senate confirmation, has long been "They are the kind of statements said. decided to end the standoff by sim-
rumored to be a candidate to fill the remaining seat on the three-mem- people make when they are afraid Negotiations over a request that ply overrunning the compound and
ber board, said Gavin Wright, chairman of the Stanford University and may have been motivated by his federal agents deliver milk needed knocking it down.
economics department.
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"I think he will have his biggest impact on the tax system - on
how to redesign the tax system so business will be most productive
and at the same time, something can be done about thie deficit. I think
he may also work on the health problem," Wright said.
Clinton to Cut Spending Further I1
Stiglitz, 50, is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the By Eric POanin But, as Myers acknowledged, the some of Clinton's proposed "invest-
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author of a recently published introductory economics textbook, and Ruth Marcus additional cuts that the House and ments" in the economy, as well as
Wright said. At 26, Stiglitz became the youngest full professor at THE WASHINGTON POST
Senate Democrats have settled upon 22
scores of cuts in other programs,
Yale University, Wright said. President Clinton agreed Mon- would do little more than enable including defense spending.
day to roughly $55 billion more in Clinton to achieve his original target Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) chair-
Rapper Pleads Not Guilty to spending cuts over the next five
years, responding to pressure from
of reducing the deficit to about $200
billion by 1997, $140 billion below
man of the Senate Armed Services
Committee, gave a speech last week
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Carrying Gun in Luggage House and Senate Democrats and
calculations by the Congressionai
the projected amount without any
action.
warning flelow Democrats, includ-
ing Clinton, who may be tempted to
NEWSDAY
Budget Office that he needed to cut In addition, a large chunk of the raid the defense budget for addition-
NEW YORK more to reach his deficit-reduction cuts - about $17.5 billion of the al savings.
The lead singer of the popular rap group House of Pain was freed target. roughly $55 billion - would come
on $10,000 bail Monday after pleading not guilty to carrying an Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) a
White House press secretary Dee in the fifth year. According to Sass- Budget Committee member, said of
unloaded handgun in his luggage at John F. Kennedy Airport, author- Dee Myers said Clinton "agreed to er and others, the cuts would total the additional cuts, "it's probably
ities said. accept $55 billion in additional about $3.8 billion in fiscal 1994 and
Eric Schrodi, 23, was arrested Sunday evening after the weapon, not enough for Sam Nunn to fear for
cuts" tfbllowing a meeting with the $11 billion to $12 billion in fiscal the safety of Georgia."
an unloaded .38-caliber automatic was detected by a routine X-ray House Budget Committee. He is to 1995. Members of the Black Caucus
scan of his checked luggage, authorities said. He is to return to court meet with the Senate Budget Com- The cuts are necessary to keep told Clinton Monday that his cuts
April 23 to answer a charge of third-degree criminal possession of a mittee Tuesday, whose chairman, Clinton's budget proposals beneath have hit federal workers too hard
weapon. Sen. Jim Sasser (D-Tenn.) also said the spending caps imposed by the
Schrodi was stopped as he passed through the Delta Airlines metal and asked him to reconsider some
he contemplated that amount of 1990 budget summit and to make up details. "I don't think the president
detector on his way to board a flight to Los Angeles, authorities said. cuts, many from "slowing some for lost ground after the CBO has looked at this package as a
investment programs in the begin- declared last week that Clinton's tax whole," to consider how it affects
ning." and spending proposals would fall federal workers, District of Colum-
WEATHER "I agree that we will have a bud-
get resolution which will be roughly
conforming to the reestimates of the
about $67 billion short of his target
of reducing the deficit over the next
five years.
bia Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
said. Asked about whether she and
other caucus members would sup-
CBO in general terms and that will Although the CBO and the port that additional $55 billion in
Overniht Storms still contain the investment strategy
that i wanted to do," Clinton told
administration's Office of Manage- cuts, she said, "We haven't seen it
ment and Budget used different yet so we didn't complain about it
By Arnold Seto reporters before a meeting with the
STAFF METEOROLOGIST
methods and assumptions in reach- yet."
-- Congressional Black Caucus.
The weak system that brought us overcast skies and a shower last
ing their deficit projections, Clinton The House and Senate Budget
Clinton, in a speech earlier in the promised to abide by CBO's esti- committees are scheduled to meet
night will move off the coast today, leaving mostly cloudy skies in its day to the National League of
wake. These clouds will clear out on Wednesday, only to bring
mates to avoid criticism he was Wednesday to draft budget resolu-
Cities, made a pitch for his entire resorting to budgetary gimmicks or tions that will form the blueprint of
another system Wednesday night that will give us 1-2 inches (2.5-5 program of economic stimulus and
cm) of snow. This second storm may last through Thursday morning, "smoke and mirrors" - a criticism Clinton's nearly $704 billion in tax
new "investment" spending, along that the Democrats frequently lev- increases and spending cuts over the
but will then give way to sunny skies. Winds will remain in the teens with tax increases and spending cuts
and highs will be around 40°F (4°C) through Friday. Friday, look for eled against the Bush administra- next five years to help boost the
to reduce the federal budget deficit. tion.
a more intense storm from the Gulf of Mexico to bring us rain. economy and reduce the deficit.
"We need to pass the whole pro- House Budget Committee
Today: Broken cloudiness. West winds, 10-20 mph (16-32 kph). gram," he said. Clinton said those Clinton's proposal for spending M
sources said the $55 billion cumula- about $16 billion this year to accel-
High 40-45°F (4-7C). who oppose the short-term stimulus tive figure was "in the ballpark,"
Tonight: Clearing. Slight NW winds, 5-15 mph (8-24 kph). Low erate the economic recovery has
plan or additional "investment" although committeee Chairman
25-30°F (4 to - °C).
1 spending "might be characterized as been challenged by Republicans and
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny with increasing cloudiness. Winds
Martin O. Sabo (D-Minn.) and other some Democrats who question the
'status quo-like.' " committee Democrats were still
northwest, 10-20 mph (16-32 kph). High 38-45°F (3-7°C). Low Moderate and conservative need for it in light of a decline in the c
meeting last evening to work out unemployment rate and a gradual
27-33°F (-3 to O°C). Snow late in the evening. Democrats have complained for final details of the cuts. Aides to expansion of the economy. I
Thursday: Early morning shower, clearing afterwards. Variable weeks that Clinton's package relied
winds, 10-20 mph (16-32 kph). High 40-45°F (4-7°C). Low
Sasser said Monday night that the However, House Majority
too heavily on tax increases to additional cuts might be as high as r
20-30°F (-7 to -I°C). finance economic initiatives and to Leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-
$73 billion. Mo.) who attended the White House
reduce the deficit and have demand- The additional savings would be
- session, told reporters, "I think it's
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Using Photos, Agents Seek Egyptian Islandmic Militants Deny
Any Tie to New York Bombing
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CAIRO, EYGPT
Egypt's most rnilitant Islamic movement Monday denied involve-
By Gebe Martinez added when asked about the dimen- to be Salameh. The superintendent ment in the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and
and John J. Goldman sions of any bombing conspiracy. said the agents also searched the warned of unspecified "action" in retaliation for accusations against
LOS ANGELES TIMES "We suspect a conspiracy ... but we building's basement, roof and took its spiritual leader living in the United States.
NEW YO}RK don't know the size. We don't k-low fingerprint samples. The statement by the Islamic Group was its first comment on the
Federal agents, seeking to deter- how many there were. We don't "They left a mess in that apart- bombing since assertions last week by anonymous U.S. law enforce-
mine whether the World Trrade Cen- know whether they were allied with ment,." he said. "They fingerprinted ment officials that a suspect arrested in the case had worshipped at a
ter bombing was the restult of an a foreign power or what their with black stuff all over the door in New Jersey mosque where the group's spiritual mentor, Omar Abdul
international conspiracy, showed motive was." the hallway." Rahman, sometimes preached.
photographs of potential suspects As the inquiry continued, a Investigators said people who "Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman, may God preserve him, has no link
Monday to neighbors and acquain- heavy crane was brought in to may have seen Salameh were shown whatsoever to the explosion of the World Trade Center," said the
tances of Mohammed A. Salameh, remove an estimated 2,500 tons of a series of photos - like a police statement faxed to the Reuters news agency here.
the only person charged so far in the rubble from the devastated garage lineup - which contained some fig- "Unjustly defaming Imam Omar Abdul Rahman will under no cir-
explosion. of the Trade Center. Explosive ures unrelated to the case. cumstances pass without action whether on the level of (Islamic
At the same time, inveestigators experts were trying to match residue Records showed that Salameh Group) or his followers and supporters in the world," the statement
seized an automobile on wned by from the blast with highly volatile received a parking ticket at a load- said, adding, "Doctor Omar has not been, is not and will never be a
Salameh and scoured it for traces of bomb-making chemicals recovered ing zone just up the block from the scapegoat."
bomb-making chemicals , finger- from a storage shed Salameh rented Al Salam Mosque in Jersey City It was unclear whether the new threat came from an individual
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prints or other clues. The four-door in Jersey City, N.J. where he practiced the Islamic faith. zealot of the group or represents a new, planned strategy of the orga-
1978 Chevy Nova was diiscovered A federal judge has kept sealed The description on the ticket, dated nization. In any event, it has prompted increased security at many
in a body shop in Woodbriidge, N.J. the results of police and FBI search- Jan. 20, matches the car the FBI companies, hotels and office buildings in Cairo.
It reportedly had been bardly dam- 6s after the bombing as well as impounded Monday. A telephone number on the fax indicated it was sent from
aged in a traffic aceiden t several chemical analysis of materials The auto's registration carries Peshawar, Pakistan - a center during the 1980s for training young
weeks before the blast. obtained. Once all searches are the address of the Islamic Center of Muslim volunteers fighting with Afghanistan's Islamic resistance
Sources said the picturees of sus- completed, the court papers may be New Jersey, where a spokesman movement against the communist government there.
pects of Middle Eastern origin being unsealed, authorities said. denied any connection with Salameh. The statement said that targeting Abdul Rahman - who last week
shown in New Jersey and e elsewhere FBI agents visited Pedro Texi- When Salameh rented the van "unequivocally denounced" the bombing - "aims at disfiguring the
included some U.S. citiz :ens with dore, the superintendent of a build- believed to have been used in the image of faithful Muslim scholars in the world, which could leave
ast
possible links to Middle Ea terror- ing on Virginia Avenue in Jersey Trade Center expolosion -- which bad repercussions on relations between Muslims and the West in the
ist organizations. They lwere not City where Salameh, a 25-year-old killed 5 people and injured more future."
identified. One photogr aph dis- Palestinian whose family fled the than 1,000 on Feb. 26 e
}- also The group also said it "would like to clarify" that its policy "does
was of a Israeli ocrupation of the West Bank, listed the Islamic Center as an not target innocents regardless of their religions."
group of about eight people ~. ~ lived in an apartment for about two address. This latest communication from the Islamic Group illustrates
"We hope residents wil11 ablebe weeks in January. "This is a public building. Any- some of the difficulties faced by officials, diplomats and foreigners
to tell us if any of these perople have Texidore said the agents showed body could use this address," said here in assessing the clandestine organization's activities and strate-
been seen in the neighbor rhood," a him pictures of about 12 men to Abdul Luh Mamaed, who said he gies.
federal agent said. identify. He recognized a person in had known Salameh "for a long Even though the underground group appears to operate in discrete,
"It's very elusive," tlhe agent one of the photos whom he believed time." local cells, it apparently has a hierarchy of authority. But apart from
some identified senior leaders who are in prison, its most authorita-
Political Disillusionment Fuels tive officials still active are unknown to outsiders.
With the group now under intense scrutiny by Egyptian security,
it is communicating mainly by sending faxes to news organizations.
But the contents of those messages are sometimes at odds with what
German Righst Movement the group's sympathizers and members say in private, as well as withn
what the group has said in the past.
For example, though denying Monday that it targets innocent
By Tyler Marshall bickering and inde:cision within his we've had pre,viously," he said. civilians, the organization has claimed responsibility for attacks on
LOSAN GELES TIMES ruling coalition as imajor factors. Both lead(ers seemed to agree foreign tourists as part of its campaign to overthrow Egypt's secular
-BONN, GERMANY "Without quest ion, we've ... pre- with those atnalyzing the results government and replace it with an Islamic one.
The growing strength of the senrted a miserable , picture," he told Monday that an increasingly nega- In interviews, people calling themselves members of the group
extreme political right in four suc- reporters at one p, int. tive image pr,esented by the main- say it has attacked tourists because, one of them said, "We want them
cessive German regional elections Few would firn it hard to dis-
nd stream politicaal elites was responsi- to leave Egypt."
appears to be fueled more by a agree. Despite mnonths of messy ble for voter shift to the political
infighting, his ggovernment has fringes and H4 esse's lowest election
deepening disillusionment with the
country's mainstream political elite failed to formulatee a revised pack- turnout of thee post-World War 11 British Telecom Seeks Entry
than by xenophobic hatred.
In comments made Monday less
age for meeting tb spiraling costs
he
of German unific,ation. It remains
era.
While Sun day's results, follow- To U.S. Phone Market
than 24 hours after their latest elec- deadlocked in its eefforts to win par- ong
ing similar stro rightist showings I THE WASIINGTON POST
toral debacle, the leaders of Ger- lianmentary passagee of key constitu- last year in sttate elections in Bre- Global communications giant British Telecommunications PLC
many's two major parties, Christian tional changes- - one that would men and Badeen-Wuerttemburg and Monday asked the U.S. government for permission to set up an inter-
Democratic Chancellor Helmut tighten the countryy's liberal asylum local governnment elections in national telephone network linking businesses in the United States
Kohl and Social Democrat Bjoern law and another tl:hat would permit Berlin, are likcely to spur the main and other countries.
Engholm, admitted major failures. Germany to join iits Western allies parties towar(d greater action, the go
But British Telecomn's pursuit of that al might be challenged by
They were failures that eroded in United Nations ;-approved peace- task of winnirng back disenchanted U.S. telephone companies complaining that they do not have an equal
the support for their parties and keeping operations ;. ot
voters will no be easy, observers right to establish a similar telephone system in Britain. It is a familiar
helped the extreme right-wing Monday, Koh 1Isaid he would here say. argument, having been made recently by U.S. airline companies in
Republikaners win a stunning 8.3 seek compromise with the Social Even if theey manage to control trying to block British investment in Arlington, Va.-based USAir
percent of the vote in Sunday's local Democrats to help resolve these and embarrassing, scandals and refurbish Group Inc.
government elections in the affluent other important issiues. their poor imra iage, Kohl, Engholm, In a petition filed with the Federal Communications Commission,
western state of Hesse, including Engholm was, almost as candid and other Gen-man democratic lead- British Telecom said it is seeking to take advantage of a potential $5
9.5 percent in the state's largest city as he surveyed t]-he post-election ors are up agaainst a series of com- billion market in business telecommunications by becoming the first
of Frankfurt. wreckage dominat ted by his party's plex problems s: stemming immigra- carrier to sell point-to-point services between U.S. and foreign loca-
The election provided the right- loss of more thani 8 percent of its tion in an e:ra when European tions for voice, video, facsimile and data transmissions.
ists with a new foothold in one of support in a state that, on election governments e committed to free
are Many businesses now use a variety of carriers to move volumes of
the country's largest, richest states, eve, was thought t to have a solid and open tra)vel; reducing unem- data abroad from the United States, often encountering an array of
a result that led party leader Franz Social Democraticc base. He called ployment in a i deepening recession; switching arrangements in the process.
Schoenhuber to declare that the
Republikaners had been brought
the result"an extraiordinary defeat."
He said his pairty had failed to
and finding ne,wrevenues to finance
the reconstru action of the former
IComplex billing procedures also abound in the use of multiple
carriers.
into the mainstream. clearly defend thee interests of its communist es tst at a time when liv- Some companies, seeking to simplify their overseas flow of infor-
At a news conference here, Kohl rank and file. ing standards in the west are drop- mation, have established private telephone networks.
ping for the fir irst time in a decade, a But those systems require huge expenditures of money and labor,
accepted much of the blame for his
party's poor showing, citing internal
"We're agreed we need a much
clearer profile, mtuch clearer than decline that se(ems likely to continue. I
thus increasing the costs of global business operations.
In its FCC proposal, the British firm said it seeks to end all of that
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"We will be concerned about the further opening of the interna-
LOS ANGELES TIMES renounced her Korean citizenship However, the president d:id not tional telecommunications market in the United States until foreign
SEOU L, SOUTH KOREA and proclaimed herself an American accept an offer to resign by his gov- markets allow us equal access," said Jim McGann, a spokesman for
President Kim Young Sam, who to gain admittance to a Korean uni- ernment administration minister, AE&T. McGann said that AT&T will study British Telecom's pro-
pledged to uproot corruption in versity under a special quota for for- who confessed that his daughter posal in detail before deciding if it should protest its British rival's
South Korea when he was inaugu- eigners; the health and welfare min- also had gained admittance to col- petition.
rated 11 days ago, fired three Cabi- ister who was found to have lege through the same special "for- Officials of Washington-based MCI Communications Corp. Mon-
net ministers Monday but retained a amassed a fortune through question- eigners" quota by claiming her day declined comment on the application.
fourth who had offered to resign for able real estate dealings; and the American-born nationality. Students British Telecom's strategy is to take advantage of a growing cus-
the "misdeeds" of his daughter. construction minister, whose mis- admitted under the quota do not tomer demand for simplified international telephone service, said Les
g He also acted to put his own deeds had not even been exposed have to take a rigid entrance exami- Hankinson, the company's director of global programs.
> stamp on the nation's 625,000- yet. Lee Kyung Jae, Kim's nation, normally the sole basis for "Our customers are absolutely demanding the single-supplier
: strong armed forces by downgrad- spokesman, said only that they selecting college freshmen. I
approach," partly because it eliminates billing problems and partly
., ing the Defense Security Command, involved "serious corruption." Prosecutor-General Kim Doo because a single supplier tends to respond more quickly in fixing net-
the military's spy organization, to a Last Thursday, Kim instructed Hee was named new justice minis- work problems, Hankinson said.
k
At
two-star post, replacing the army's
chief of staff and naming a new
the justice minister to order his ter; Koh Byung Woo, head of the
daughter to renounce her U.S. citi- Korea Stock Exchange, was picked
IHankinson and other British Telecom officials said they do not
buy the argument that U.S. companies are prevented from establish-
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U.S. Combined Forces Command.
zenship, resume Korean nationality as construction minister; and a jour-
and drop out of her university in an nalist, Seong Jeong Sook, was
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"The U.K does provide equal treatment," said Jim Graf, a British
Those ousted from the Cabinet effort to spare him from resigning. selected to replace her female pre- Telecom vice president in Washington.
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Tomorrow, undergraduates will elect a new Fpresident and Because the UA has provided so few concrete details, students
vice president of the Undergraduate Association. We recom- should vote "no" on the student life fee.
mend they vote for Hans C. Godfrey '93 and Annle S. Tsao '94. The referendum question focuses on the mechanics of set-
Their competitors, Anthony R. G. Gastelum '95 and Zohar
' ting the amount of a fee. Under the proposal, the UA would set
Chairman Sachs '96, have raised some issues - overcrowd ing in dormito- the student life fee every other year and students would have the
Douglas D. Keller '93 ries, the high cost of tuition, oversubscribed Hum tanities, Arts, opportunity to reject it - but only if a two-thirds majority of at Ir
and Social Sciences Distribution subjects - that have a great least 30 percent of the student body votes to do so. The idea is
Editor in Chief .......- - impact on student lif& The pair
e. good, but the two-thirds clause is inappropriate. A simple
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Jeremy Hylton '94 ons, however, majority should be all that is necessary to reject an increase in mm
Editofial speak in generalizatik
and details of their pi!ans do not the student life fee.
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Business Manager K
reflect a solid understanding of the issues. In addiition, the The referendum also ignores the most important part of a
Benjamin A. Tao '93 Undergraduate Association has very little influene ce over admin- student life fee: how much it will cost the individual student. No
istrative decisions on these issues. The team's foc:us on these student should vote for the fee until he or she knows how much
Managing Editor
issues shows that although their hearts are in the rright place, it costs.
Garlen C. Leung '95 they simply have little what is involved in mnninj g the UA. This is the second time the UA has failed to present an ade-
Executive Editor Godfrey and Tsao have more realistic goals ffor leading the quately-researched referendum question to students. This refer-
UA. Going head-to-head with the administration { the calendar
on endum should be defeated -- and the UA should do the job
Matthew H. Hersch '94 right on its third attempt.
issue may be the only way to preserve Residence//Orientation
Week and Independent Activities Period. Safety iissues and the
NEWS SrAFF closure of dining halls are both important to stude:nts and within
nd
nts wthin speech questions miss make an
FreeUnfortunately, we cannotthe issue endorsement concerning
Editors: Karen Kaplan '93, Sarah Keightley the scope of the UA's powers.
'95, Eva Moy '95; Associate Editors: More importantly, Godfrey and Tsao have de:monstrated the free speech referendum, which concerns a number of modi-
Katherine Shim '93. Eric Richard '95. Hyun that they know how to achieve their goals. Their ssix years of fications of the Institute's harassment guidelines. The choice
Soo Kim '96, Michael A. Saginaw '96; combined experience serving on various student a Institute
and between protecting freedom of expression and keeping our
Staff: Jackson Jung G, Kevin Frisch '94, learning environment free of harassment is an important one,
committees, including the UA Council, has taughtItthem how to
Rahul T. Rao '94, Sabrina Kwon '95, Trudy but this referendum frames it in a vague and inconclusive man-
Liu '95, Matt Niemark '95, Ben Reis '95, get the job done.
ner.
Nicole A. Sherry '95, Kevin Subramanya
Student life fee plans are incomplete The complexities of the issue have not yet been properly
'95, Charu Chaudhry '96, Deena Disraelly
'96; Meteorologists: Michael C. Morgan G, A student life fee has the potential to increasee the amount discussed or debated, with the result that few undergraduates
Yeh-Kai Tung '93, Arnold Seto '96, Marek of money student activities receive and the amournt of control indeed will be capable of making an informed decision. The
Zebrowski. students have over that money - which is why stuch a fee is a questions seem designed to elicit a "yes" answer, but offer little
good idea in principle. Unfortunately, the UA has; made little insight on what students think about free speech and harass-
STAFF
PRoDUCTION effort to forrealize the plan that appears on this ye,-ar's ballots. ment.
Editors: Vipul Bhushan G, Matthew E.
Konosky '95; Associate Editors: Teresa
Lee '96, Michelle Sonu '96; Staff: Sasha K.
Wood '93, Chris Council '94, Ravi Dalal
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'96, Rolf Rando '96, Vivian Tung '96; TEN Academic Computing Students Need More stands is not on the referendum or presented at
the polls, nor are the changes that Lars Bader
Director: Josh Hartmann '93.
OPINION STAFF
Council to Consider Facts To Make Informed G, the author of the referendum, would like to
see made. We keep hearing that similar poli-
Editor: Bill Jackson '93; Staff: Michael K. Dormitory Networking Decisions cies at the Universities of Michigan and Wis-
consin were struck down. Why can't we see
Chung '94. The Tech received a copy of tehis letter Freedom of expression is a fundamental these policies? This would allow our student
addressedto Daniel Thumin '94. fight in this country, guaranteed to every citi- body to compare the policies and the reasons
SPORTS STAFF
I have met with the Academic Computing zen. This basic freedom is not at argument. behind changing them.
Editors: Lynn Albers G, Haider A. Council on this issue ["Busy Clusters Make What I am concerned about is the current non- If Lars Bader and David Martin G ["UA
Hamoudi '93; Staff: Mike Duffy G, Andrew Donnrm Network Necessary," March 5], and I binding referendum that is being put before Misunderstands Values of Free Speech",
Heitner G, Ognen J. Nastov G. have asked that they work with Information the undergraduate student body. I cannot stop March 5] really believe in Justice Holmes's
Systems to work up a specific proposal giving it, nor should I be able to, but I can explain idea of a marketplace of ideas they will be
ARIS SrAFF_
timing and costs (both up front, non-recurring why it is so poorly constructed, and that it happy that I have expressed my viewpoint. I
Editor: Chris Roberge '93; Staff: Dave Fox and continuing expenses). Additionally, there obviously does have an agenda. must admit, I doubt that this is the case. I
G, Joanna E. Stone G, Joshua Andresen '93, is a need to consider what the consequences Let us first examine the three questions on doubt this is the case, for it seems that they are
Allison Marino '93, Allen Jackson '94, John will be on the needs relating to public clusters the referendum. They are "Should MIT guar- more interested in twisting my words and in
Jacobs '94. antee its students the same freedom of speech insulting the Undergraduate Association. Yes,
and dial up services. Professor Steven Lerman
chairs the Academic Computing Council and that students have at public universities?"; I believe the questions are "slanted" as I have
PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF
is working to advance the proposal to me for "Should students have the freedom to express already mentioned, but I have never implied
Editor: Josh Hartmann '93; Associate further consideration. unpopular or controversial views?"; and that I "consider the idea of personal freedom
Editor: Yuch Z. Lee '95; Staff: Ben en'c; Mark S. Wrighton "Should the M!1T harassment policy. which slanted." It has been insinuated that the UA
'92, Pamela Street '93, Sarah Wheeler '93, Provost currently restricts constitutionally protected doesn't want to fix the MIT harassment policy
Michael Oh '95, Raluca G. Barbulescu '96; speech, be revised to provide protection for until it causes "irreparable harm." This is not
Darkroom Manager: Douglas D. Keller freedom of speech?" the case. Our disagreement is how the referen-
'93. Speech Codes Do Not My problems with the first two are in con- dum is presented, not the ideas behind it. What
struction of the questions. They have been scare me is that the answers to these slanted
E.4 rURES ST4 rF
Prevent Harassment worded in a way that asks for only one questions might be used as part of an argument
Christopher Doerr G, Pawan Sinha G, Mark I believe that, as a private institution, MlT answer: "ves." It is similar to asking "Do you to change the harassment policy. I feel there is
IHurst '94, Cherry Ogata '94, Steve Hwang has the legal right to establish speech codes; think education is a good thing?" or "Is mur- no validity to this referendum because of the
'95. der a bad thing?" The questions are too simple wording of the questions. This harassment pol-
but I also believe that, as an institution of
thought and ideas, MIT should not exercise and offer the issues too starkly. This might be icy might need to be changed, and we might
BUSINESSST.FF
this right. Thus, I support the free-speech ini- how the questioners see the issues, but they need a survey of undergraduates to find a way
Advertising Manager: Aaron Belenky '96; tiativc. should allow for other opinions. to fix it but sadly, this refcr.ndum won't be
Associate Advertising Manager: Pradeep The third question is troublesome on many able to help us on this issue.
Unfortunately, MIT already has a speech
Sreekanthan '95; Accounts Manager: different levels. First, it states the opinion of Since this is an issue of freedom of expres-
Oscar Yeh '95; Staff: David Gornez '94.
code masquerading as an anti-harassment
the questioners a fact. It is true that policies sion, we should remember that all of us are
policy. The administration has enacted a
similar to the MIT harassment policy have entitled to our point of view. But it is the duty
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS vague policy of punishment based on the con-
been struck down by State Supreme courts of each individual to present the facts and
tent of speech, under which speech which
Michael J. Franklin '88, Jadene M. Burgess and the U.S. Supreme Court But these are speak the truth. It is our obligation to present
'93, David A. Maltz '93, Brian Rosenberg
might be viewed as perfectly normal outside recent decisions. Justices, judges, and lawyers all relevant information, not just that which is
'93. MIT could result in expulsion from within.
are still determining these issues. I think these convenient.
Those responsible for enforcing the policy people know much more about constitutional
law '~- --t David J. Kessler '94
A vtIsoRYSOA -D have promised to annly the rules intelligently. iahisamS of '"-- questions. 'T
lawtha. fraerso those UtA Vl;,-., Droeilnt
V. Michael Bove '83. Jon von Zelowitz '83,
Perhaps they will. But should we have to trust they haven't settled the issue, I think it shows -- I I-
Bill Coderre '85, Robert E. Malchman '85,
them? What if they are replaced by others poor judgment to state your opinion as fact in
Thomas T. Huang '86, Deborah A. Levinson less willing to listen? The slippery slope of the question. It is not certain that the MIT
'91, Jonathan Richmond PhD '91, Reuven defining "offensive" language and the poten- harassment policy is unconstitutional in whole Ut , i <rr r11.j"
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sweeping policy are too dangerous; the free- The third question gives no context of ·
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PRODUCTION STAFF FOR 7M1,S ISSUE speech initiative could serve to check these what costs are involved. The issue is reminis-
Night Editors: Vipul Bhushan G, Teresa dangers. cent of the dining services survey. The Office
Lee '96, Michelle Sonu '96; Associate In response to these objections, it will be of Housing and Food Services asked: "Do you m
said that there is a serious problem of harass- want the dining hall in your dormitory left K
Night Editor: Ravi Dalal '96; Staff: m
Deborah A. Levinson '91, Josh Hartmann ment and we have to do something. Yes, we open?" and the dormitory residents over- im
'93, Brian Rosenberg '93, Garlen C. Leung do have to do something -- we have to do the whelming responded "Yes." The problem was
'95. right thing. The right thing means becoming that the question implied no cost, and when
serious about stopping sexual assault - from the students found out about the costs associ- m
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Tech, Room W20483, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambndge, ous about stopping quid pro quo harassment. students to make uninformed decisions. What
Mass. 02139-0901. Third Class postage paid at Auburnm, Speech codes do neither of these things. Per- are the costs to changing the harassment poli-
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started, "Rub my duckie, you know how..."
and proceeded to scandalize the "alternative
lifestyle" of the famous couple, all in bad taste
and all very funny.
One of the better skits was done in a "mad-
lib" format, where the audience was prormpted
for various parts of speech. After this was
done, two Chorallaries stood at the front, and
while one started breathing audibly, the other
started in a Darth Vader-like voice, "Your
elbows betray you, young Skywalker." They
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The traditional "'Engineer'sSong" conclud-
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crowd-pleaser of the night. The mother of one
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verse sung by her son, but apparently written
by her. It was in the standard bad taste and
ended with the line "but my son hasn't heard
A doughnut-toting policeman (William Un '94), flanked by Amy Fisher (Cathryn A. McNamara '96, left), Hillary Rodham Clinton (Tere- of sex 'cause he's an engineer." The crowd
sa L Rancik '93)j, and jack Kevorkian's sister i(Mye A. Fogacy '93) perofu n-wn '-w -**"'-x loved this and gave her an unusually long ova-
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s1%"2in : iu-S. y tion that swamped out the next several lyrics
of the song. It was a great touch for Bad Taste.
CONCERT INBAD TASTE sion on alternative lifestyles. Other celebrity soloist picked up and ate a french fry off the The Chorallaries performed two encores
Chorallaries. participants included Sinead O'Connor, who floor that a member of the audience had before ignoring the thunderous final applause.
Room 10..250. walked out and tore up a picture of MIT, thrown back at him. The first was "Necrophilia Down by the
March 7. Michael Jackson, Kelly Bundy, Richard Sim- The next skit listed 101 new uses for Graveyard," sung to the tune to Paul Simon's
mons, Counselor Menage a Troy, and the new sperm. "1 bet most of you thought sperm was "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard",
By Joshua M. Andresen Mattel MIT Barbie, who walked out and pro- only good for sex!" they started. The item that involving a guy who would go to any lengths
STAbF REPORTER claimed, "Math class is easy!" - though only got the biggest audience reaction was "for that to get some. The final song was another
he Chorallaries' annual Concert in after a string on her back was pulled. fresh feeling." This prompted a hailstorm of crowd-pleaser "Cab Driver in New York,"
Bad Taste is a favorite MIT tradition, The format of the concert followed the for- the multi-colored plastic discs that members sung to the tune of Sting's "Englishman in
and this year's offering proved as pop mat of previous Bad Taste concerts, alternat- of the Assassins' Guild are so familiar with, a New York,"- a Chorallaries' standard,
ular as ever. The line started forming ing skits and a capella songs that were suppos- response saved for the most lascivious (and though one not always sung with the extrane-
at four in the afternoon, eight hours before the edly the point of the concert in the first place. the most nerdy)jokes. ous expletives.
doors opened. The die hard group of four who The first song was "White House," a spoof on The traditional Bad Taste top ten list was Overall, this was a good quality Bad Taste
headed the line spent the time playing a role- President Clinton sung to the tune of Paul "the top ten children's book titles that didn't concert. Although most peor.edid not go to
playing game as they waited for the Chorallar- Simon's "Graceland" that cast the new Presi- make it." The Chorallaries took advantage of hear the singing per se, the Chorallaries did a
ies' biggest concert of the year to start. The dent as a puppet figure ruled by his wife. This the mechanical blackboards in 10-250 to fine job. They are a much tighter group than
Chorallaries started admitting people in started out the goal of the Bad Taste concert reveal the items one by one as they were read they were last year and they sang very well.
groups at 11:20, and by the time everyone was to offend as many people as possible- in an by one member. Included on the list were The soloists gave varied performances rang-
in, the ratio of audience members to seats in equal opportunity fashion. "Curious George and the Man in the Trench- ing from very clear and precise to strained and
the auditorium was about two to one. Every The skit following started with the Choral- coat," "Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Got struggling (especially as the evening wore on)
seat was taken, as was every inch of space in laries singing the LSC theme, which greatly Syphilis," and "Horton Hires a Ho." to one soloist who got so involved in his per-
all four aisles and on the floor in front. A fire amused the audience when it figured out what One of the best songs of the evening was formance that he forgot some lines. Still, it
hazard perhaps, but this was, after all, Bad the song was. True to the LSC standard, they sung to the Sesame Street theme "Rubber was very entertaining for those whose sensi-
Taste. even died in the middle, simulating a reel Duckie." It featured Ernie and Bert sitting in tivities could handle the bad taste that defined
The audience was well prepared for the dying. They started up again after the requisite the tub "enjoying" a bath together. The song the evening.
performance it had waited for. The enthusias- "LSC ... Sucks!" They proceeded to give an
tic crowd was rambunctious, throwing paper LSC movies preview, complete with placards
airplanes and the playing cards that had proclaiming "Saturday" and "In Stereo,"
helped some pass the waiting time necessary which the audience attacked with more vigor
for guaranteeing a seat. In lieu of a beach ball than any LSC audience ever has. The movies
and in the style of Bad Taste, the crowd batted reviewed included Alive, about a group of
around an inflated condom. Someone on the starving MIT students stranded in the base-
right half of the auditorium started a call and ment of Walker Memorial, Dracula,with Pro-
response: "Tastes great!" The response from fessor Walter H. G. Lewin playing the title
the left half of the room: a less-than-tasteful role and West Campus Story. The review of
obscenity. That went on for a while, but this last included a medley of songs based on
before dying out the four words were permu- West Side Story: "McCormick ... I just met a
tated a bit to make a call-and-response that girl from McCornick" and "I feel nerdy! Oh,
was a bit more suggestive. As midnight so nerdy!" for example.
approached, everyone joined in a rousing ren- The night's selections included the requi-
dition of the Jeopardy theme to count down site complaint about ARA, sung to the tune of
the final moments. Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill." The soloist
At last the Chorallaries were introduced. carried a plate of food on a tray and threw
The traditional wild costumes ranged from slices of Spam and french fries out at the audi-
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton to a rather bright- ence as he sang about the various places ARA
ly colored Ernie and Bert, who were intro- acquires the food it serves. Perhaps the most
duced as members of the President's commis- offensive part of the whole song was when the
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Leslie NM. Compton '93, erstwhile purveyor of "lNight Train" Intoxicant guaranteed to An airport security guard (William Un '94) chastlses unmasked neighborhood Presby-
make any date appealing, plays a child who unexpectedly discovers her parents' bed- terlan minister Mr. Fred Rogers (Thomas C. Bruno '94) attempting to get through alr-
room activities. port security in less than appropriate attire.
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RON SAVAGE TRIO smooth drumming style which supports the re-harmonized the Louis Jordan standard with ble-time groove. Savage offered a thoughtful
Willow Jazz Club. other two musicians and sets the "mood" of some complex chord voicings. The melody drum solo, during which he slowed the tempo
March 5. the individual piece being played, and an dissolved into some thoughtful piano improvi- down quite a bit, only to speed it up again at
ability to play dramatic solos. McWhirter did sation, followed by a good bass solo. This was the conclusion of his solo. This was an inter-
By Dave Fox a good job of covering Goods' bass parts, on followed by four-bar solo riffs tossed out by esting effect, and was followed by re-estab-
STAFFREPORTER short notice. each player in turn. lishment of the groove proceeding to a dra-
ocal drummner Ron Savage brought his The first tune I caught was "It Could Hap- The trio followed this with the ballad "Old matic ending.
trio to the Willow Jazz Club in pen To You." This featured Wonsey playing a Folks," which opened with another beautiful Overall, the Ron Savage Trio presented
Somerville Friday night and performed beautiful, moody introduction, after which piano introduction. The other two players three hours of very high-quality jazz.
two sets of very listenable, straight- Savage and McWhirter entered to establish a entered, with Savage once again establishing a Although it didn't break any new ground, the
ahead jazz. For this engagement, Savage was quick groove, with a nice piano melody and moody feel with his brushes. Wonsey offered sound was well-molded, and displayed virtu-
joined by pianist Anthony Wonsey and bassist good drum accents. McWhirter offered a bass a complex, moving piano solo, follow by osity, especially in view of the tfact that their
Ron McWhirter, filling in for usual bassist solo to round out the piece. The next piece, another bass solo. After re-establishing the usual bassist was absent. Wonsey in particular
Richie Goods. "So What," featured McWhirter playing a melody line, the trio fabricated a sweet-sound- showed great potential, and should develop
The Willow Jazz Club is a very unusual introduction consisting of bass figures ing ending, with McWhirter using a bow on into a first-rate innovator and leader. This
venue. Imagine two 30-foot storefronts side answered by the piano and drums. This lead to his bass. To provide a contrast the trio ended trio's smooth sound make them a good group
by side. The one on the right is a typical a quick bebop groove, featuring good inter- the set with an upbeat tune, which featured a for any jazz fan to hear, but especially for
neighborhood tavern, complete with a full- play between Wonsey and Savage. Wonsey quick introduction that lead to a very fast dou- those listeners unfamiliar with jazz.
length bar, dart boards, sports on the TV, and offered a magnificent, technically demanding II
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on the left is a tiny jazz room, with album
covers pasted to the wall, tables surrounding a
sounded almost effortless. Savage also per-
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performance area, and Berklee students rapid- quick bass drumming and precise stops. The a
ly scribbling notes. Together, these two rooms intro was repeated to end the tune. m
form the Willow Jazz Club. (if you make a In honor of the bad weather, which made LORRAINE HUNT MEZZO-SOPRANO
mistake and enter the door on the right, you'll for a small crowd, the trio played "It Might As Boston-based mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt makes her Boston solo recital debut with a a
think you're in the wrong place.) In spite of its Well Be Spring." This was a beautiful ballad, program that will include songs by Debussy, Faure, Ravel, Granados, Rodrigo, Turina,
humble appearance, the Willow presents some once again featuring Wonsey's fluid piano and Schumann. A Bank of Boston Celebrity Series Event.
big names in jazz, and is always a good place work. Savage and McWhirter provided a very Sunday, March 14, 8 p.m., Jorday Hall
to hear some good jazz in an intimate setting. good backup for the piano, with excellent MIT price: $7.
Friday evening was no exception. "mood" setting drumming (with brushes) and
Savage, a 1984 Berklee College of Music a smooth bass that blended with the piano so LYNN REDGRAVE IN "SHAKESPEARE FOR MY FATHER"
graduate, and his trio serve as the rhythm sec- well that it was almost imperceptible. Lynn Redgrave gives a one-woman presentation of excerpts from Shakespeare's plays
tion for saxophonist Christopher Hollyday. McWhirter offered an understated bass solo and sonnets as a living memorial to her late father, Sir Michael Redgrave. A Bank of
These three men perform wel. as a trio, pre- that fit the ..oot. ofa h.e piece wel!. The-sound "eleb-'-"
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senting a repertoire of standards, and the picked up in intensity, ending in a piano Sunday, March 21, 3 p.m., Symphony Hall
occasional original piece. Pianist Wonsey, "coda" that sounded almost like a celeste. MIT price: $7.
who is only 20 and still a student at Berklee, Later in the set, the trio offered their ver-
displays a keyboard mastery and musical sion of"Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?" ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
imagination beyond his years. Savage has a This took me a while to identify, as Wonsey The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre celebrates its 25th anniversary in Boston. A
Bank of Boston Celebrity Series Event.
Wednesday and Thursday, March 24 and 25, 8 p.m., The Wang Center
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MAC date and Bruno is an aspiring artist and the being an artist and using his mind to get for his own houses.
Written and Directed by John Turturro. first member of the tfamily to go to college. ahead. IBut Bruno and Vico dream of rising Turturro, Badalucco, and Capotorto are
StarringJohn Turturro, Michael Badalucco, What Vice and Bruno have in common is a out of the lower middle c1sS 2nd entpring the exce!!ent in their depiction of the Vite!Ei
Carl Capotorto, and Katherine Borowitz. desire to enter into the world beyond the sophisticated world of Oona and her Bohemi- brothers. Turturro is once again very convinc-
Loews Nickolodeon. streets of Queens, a an friends. ing in his role as man slowly being consumed
seductive and exciting The film traces the tri- by the pursuit of his dream. Hie plays Mac
By Douglas D. Keller world represented by als Mac goes through in with just the right amount of passionate fire.
CHAIRMAN
Oona (Ellen Barkin), trying to make it as an Badalucco continues his comedic roles which
ac is an intriguing, yet predictable an artists' model and independent contractor, began in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever with his
film about a first-generation Ameri- self-styled Bohemian. from bad land purchases portrayal of Vico. Capotorto also does a fine
can's struggle to get ahead in the Mac is a film about to keeping his brothers job as the confused Bruno. This is not the first
construction business, while hold- dreams and the overwhelming desire to motivated. Along the way Mac is forced to time that Turturro, Badalucco, and Capotorto
ing on to his integrity. Turturro stars as Mac achieve them. Mac dreams of building houses motivate his brothers on a daily basis. He also have worked together and the sense of family
Vitelli, the oldest of three sons of a carpenter. his own way through hard work. Vico wants confronts an unscrupulous builder who used that they create on the screen is remarkable. In
The source of Mac's integrity is his father, to work hard and play hard. Bruno dreams of the Vitelli brothers' finished homes as models one scene the three men are in the bathroom
whose mantra is "There are together- Turturro is using the
two ways to do something. toilet, B3adalucco is shaving,
. . my way and the right and Capotorto is in the bathtub.
way. They are one in the There is no embarrassment or
same."
At the beginning of the
• ok Xill-ease between the actors, they
just appear to be brothers in an
film, Mac and his brothers everyday situation.
Vico (Michael Badalucco) The problem with the movie
and Bruno (Carl Capotorto) i is that it is singularly focused
1 on Mac's obsession with doing
are working disliked con-
cal and muchfor an unethi- ~ things his own way. Vico's
tractor who doesn't share attempts at being a ladies' man
Mac's high standards or is utilized only in comic inter-
appreciation for hard work. ludes. Bruno's desire to be a
Mac complies with the full-fledged artist and his rela-
contractor's cost-cutting tionship with Oona are barely
and shoddy craftsmanship explored. As a result there is
only to save his job and not enough character develop-
that of his brothers. At last ment to explain their departure
Mac can no longer cut cor- from Vitelli Bros. Construction.
ners, and with the help of Turturro has done a fine job
his brothers and financial in writing a tight script and in
support of his soon-to-be directing his first film. The act-
wife Alice (Katherine ing is convincing and the cam-
Borowitz) he buys a piece era work is engaging and dar-
of land, starting an inde- ing, with close ups on the
pendent contracting com- construction work being per-
pany, the Vitelli Bros. formed. Mac is an interesting
While Mac has inherit- and enjoyable film, but I was
ed his father's "Old World" left with the feeling that it could
value system, Vico and have been better and that the
Bruno have different goals characters of Alice and Oona
in life. Vico is a frustrated could have been more fully
ladies' man who can't get a Pl~,i.,, ,-.':..
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ItI Ie;It;I ILUtoall :co, Carl Capototto, ansd John Tuldurro play three ,-othe,'s TI;faic.
John Turtur o hopes his personal film reaches its audience
JOHN TUTWURR0 the artist in the movie was the craftsman. Now tion to Lee In general, "Spike has this whole tion deal was in place it was too late. We had
Interview. they don't go around saying that 'I am an public persona, but that's not the Spike that I to wait for one of two windows for the film to
February8. artist.' But in their purity of approach and know. He has a lot of really good sides to him. come out. I hope that this will be a good win-
who they are it is all over them. Any time the He has given many people a lot of chances. dow for the movie. The hard thing about this
By Douglas D. Keller lower middle class is portrayed we either see Spike wanted to go commercial and wanted to film is that the people that this film is all about
CHtAIR.MAN the seedy side [of them] or we see them as be seen. If I was him I would just shut up. It
ohn Turturro's name may not be a buffoons. But I wanted to show the real side would be better to say [regarding Maalcolm have responded very strongly to the film. I
household word, but he is one of the of the lower middle class." X]'Here it is, judge it for yourself.'" can't do a wide release and so I have to hope
great young Hollywood actors. Film When asked about the humor in the film When asked about the peculiar release of that the film will grow from a small release so
buffs will remember him as the neurotic Turturro said he felt it was a "very behavioral Mac, which has been finished for over a year, that more of these people [the lower middle
writer in Barton Fink or the homosexual type of humor. I wanted to keep the humor Turturro responded, "By the time the distribu- class] can see it."
bookie in Miller's Crossing. But lack or coming from the human elements. It's like life
recognition doesn't seem to bother Turturro, in a way bcause it is fCunny and sad, but the
"Most of the movies that I haven't done have absurdity is also an element that I was always
made a $100 million." While he would not attracted to. It is one of the few worlds [the
elaborate on the projects that he has turned construction business] that you can see people
down he continued, "I'm not at all unhappy almost strangling each other or arguing over
with what I've done. I wouldn't do something who is going to buy each other a cup of cof-
that I didn't know about or care about because fee. The humor comes from the interactions. It
it is too hard." is not a type of skit humor like Saturday Night
Turturro was in town last month to speak Live."
to the local press about his new film Mac, "You go with an instinct," Turturro
which won the Camera d'or at the Cannes film answered when asked about the funeral scene
festival last year. "I was shocked," Turturro in the beginning of the film when the deceased
said of the award given to his movie, which father turns and speaks to his three sons. "I
opened last Friday at the Nickelodeon. Mac, a felt that the whole thing about a funeral is that
film about the construction business in New it is not very realistic. You have flashbacks at
York City during the 50s, is a very personal a funeral and you are just sitting there waiting
work for Turturro because, as he admits, for the person to talk. In the movie I realized
"There is a lot of my father's spirit in the that basically the spirit of the father will hover
movie. I spent many summers doing construc- over them for the rest of the movie. The dis-
tion work since I was a little boy. The film is cussion of the quality of the casket was more
about construction, but it is also about con- realistic that people crying over the body." In
structive acts. It is a universal story in that it the same vein, "I instinctively put the mother
could be applied to any fieid." upstairs so that h.L coulde in -any sc.ce. 1
Turturro received advice from directors didn't want to make the movie into a domestic
like Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee on various thing with the mother in the kitchen cooking
aspects of pre-production. "I didn't think that because people would say that they had seen
I was going to direct it initially. I had asked that before. The only problem is that I never
Scorsese to direct it but he had many projects brought her back down again.
at the time and I would have had to wait ten "The interesting thing is that if you do
years. I had directed it as a play on stage, so I something personal, unless it is so insular, it
decided that there was no other choice but to has ramifications in the outside world that you
direct it myself. I made a short to see how it can't even predict. I didn't make the movie to
would feel. It's hard to have power as a direc- start out as a political type of film. But I real-
tor. If you have people around you who sup- ized when it was all over that it deals with the
port you it makes things much easier. If you major questions in everyone's lives. Is making
compromise too much then they [cast and money the major aspect of your life? That is a
company] take over." When asked how he question that everyone must deal with. This
dealt with the pressures of directing his first movie deals with asking that question."
movie, Turturro responded, "I stood up for John Turturro has worked on three of
myself." Spike Lee's movies, Do the Right -Thing, lMo'
"My whole idea of the movie was to say Better Blues, and dungle Fever. In response to
'Here I am in a boat, come aboard and we'll the negative reactions to the situations pre-
go somewhere.' The passing of these people sented in Spike's films, Turturro .said, "I won-
(the craftsman of old) makes the world a little der what world are they living in?" He also
had the following thoughts on the' public reac- John Turturroas the title character of Mac, which he.also wrote and directed.
bit poorer. I realized that-the person who was
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****: Excellent The performances by Tom Cruise and Jack their perilous journey. The script is well writ- and simplified manner. This dated and trite M
***: Good Nicholson are stirring, and the photography, ten and is quite funny overall, despite the filim is for Pfeiffer fanatics only. -- CR. Loews
**: Mediocre with crystal clarity and frequent symmetry in corny morals that are presented. The hilarious Copley Place
*: Poor its images, is polished until it shines. For the and amazing footage of the animals in action I.
officers in the story, precision leads to truly makes this film, though. -Joshua *1/2 Passenger 57 M
*** Bad Lieutenant tragedy, but for the film it leads to a triumph Andresen. Loews Copley Place This is a bad take-off of Die Hard set in r.
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Not a movie for the squeamish, of sorts. -CR. Loews HarvardSquare the air. John cutter (Wesley Snipes) is a ter- F.
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writer/director Abel Ferrara's Story about the **i/2 A League of Their Own rorism and hijacking expert who happens to
self-destruction of a once proud and success- ***1/2 Groundhog Day Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, and Lori Petty be aboard a plane when a terrorist (Bruce
ful NYC homicide lieutenant is a fiery and Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is an arrogant, work very hard to rescue this film about the Payne) hijacks the plane. The movie uses M
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poignant character study exploring the land- self-centered weatherman for a Pittsburgh advent of women's baseball during World cliche after cliche as the entirely predictable
scapes of the human soul. Keitel does a mag- television-station who is sent to Punx- War 1I from its pedestrian and formulaic plot plods along. The premise could be inter- w
nificentjob with his portrayal of the reprehen- sutawney, Pa. to cover the annual Groundhog screenplay, and often they succeed. At its esting, but it gets turned into a final product
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sible man, who is being corrupted by Day festival. All is well until Phil wakes up best, the movie is a funny and relevant story that is as banal as it is unbelievable.-JA.
alcoholism, cocaine addiction, gambling, infi- the next morning to find that first, it is about women forging their own individuality LSC Saturday
delity, extortion, and theft. At no point can we Groundhog Day all over again, and second, he and pride. At its worst, it panders to pre-
sympathize with the lieutenant's plight, but on is the only one who realizes it. Phil soon rec- dictable and sappy plot elements that never **** Swing Kids
some level we can all identify with his pain ognizes that no matter what he does there are quite ring true. -CR. LSC Friday Set in 1939 Germany, this film concen-
and desperation. - Douglas D. Keller. Loews no consequeranes for his actions, and he there- trates on the "swing kids" who were a group
Harvard,quare fore aims to try anything he can think of. ** Love Field of youth rebelling against the Nazi movement,
Credit is due to director Harold Ramis who Michelle Pfeiffer plays Lurene, a DaIlas wearing their hair long, dressing up in English
**** The Crying Game manages to keep the premise fresh through beautician whose obsession with the current fashion, and dancing to American swing
Neil Jordan's story of an IRA terrorist hundreds of repeated Groundhog Days. This president, John Kennedy, and his wife leads to music. Peter (Robert Sean Leonard) and
(Stephen Rea) is a remarkably well-written is one of the freshest comedies to come out in a cross-country adventure and an interracial Thomas (Christian Bale) are best friends
piece of work that at first seems to follow its recent memory. -DDK. Loews Cheri romance in this technically well-made and forced to join the Nazi Youth movement. Ini-
protagonist in aimless yet intriguing direc- well-meaning drama that nonetheless fails to tially figuring they can have it all (Hitler
tions, but eventually reveals itself to be a per- ***1/2 Homeward Bound rise above mediocrity. Afer Kennedy's assas- Youth by day, swing kids by night), they find
fectly structured look at violence, race, love, Despite being aimed at a juvenile audi- sination, Lurene leaves her husband to travel that it is impossible to be a part of thie Nazi
and sexuality. Rea is ordered to guard a kid- ence,-thte latest Disney release about two dogs to the funeral by bus, but after a series of party without being a full-fledged member.
napped British officer (Forest Whitaker), but and a cat travelling cross-country to find their mishaps she is driving east on the run from This puts strains on their friendship as Peter
he begins to care for the hostage and later family is sophisticated enough to appeal to the FBI in a stolen car with a soft-spoken rebels against the Nazis while Thomas gets
Ilees to 'Lon;don., where he m eets that offccr's WYvcn a co'lege audilence". M.ichael l. Fox and Black man (Dennis Havshert) and his daughter sucked into their way of thinking. Incredible
girlfrienid (Jaye Davidson). The two halves of Don Ameche provide the voices of the two (Stephanie McFadden). The three grow close acting and wonderful direction allow the inter-
the film, which contain some completely dogs and Sally Field provides the voice of the in a number of predictable ways as the movie esting material to overcome an unfortunately
unpredictable plot twists, become mirrors of cat as all three pets think aloud while making treats racism and bigotry in an unimaginative predictable plot. -JA. Loews Copley Place
one another, reflecting how understanding and
compassion may be a means of salvation.
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pressures of society and lashes out with vio-
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UA President/Viel President
And-tony Gastelum Hans C Coodfey f·
& Z~ohar Sachs & Ann-ne S. Tsao r ~ ~ c:~g~F
If you think the UA is Irrelevant in its | People ofen cornment on how ineffec-
current form, you're right. But if you think five the UA is, but never seem to question
that MIT's problems don't affect you per- A_ why this is so. Although there are a num-
sonally, you're wrong. Until now, the UA ber of reasons for the UA's problems, we
has been a completely irrelevant, self- | feel that it boils down to one item: effec-
absorbed body. GASTELUM-SACHS will _ fa tive leadership. Having served in various
take the initiative needed to change the UA X UA positions, we have had time to learn
into an active channel of communicatio-n form past mistakes, make contacts in both
between the student body and MIT. We the other student organizations and the vital that the people occupying these posi-
will change the UA from an insular, advi- effectively advocate the interests of the MIT administration, and most importantly, tions have concrete experience in dealing
sory group into one that will actively and undergraduates to the administration. discovered what mechanisms work in get- with issues that affect the undergraduate
ting things done at this unique school. The populace. It's time to change the UA into
UAP and UAVP need to act as both the an active body. Give us the chance to put
collective voice of the undergraduates and our experience and vision to use for the
| the interpreters of Institute jargon. It is benefit of the undergraduates of M!T.
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Class of -.... _md~
This question is regarding the-proposed "Student Life
Fee," a fee controlled by students to substitute for the current
tion of the fee. After setting the fee, it would be automatically
placed on the ballot for the regular March elections. If two-
Reshma Patel
allocation from the Dean's Office that supports student activi- Hi, members ofthe class of 993! It's been a lot of fun being
thirds of at least thirty percent of the student body reject the your president this past year. It has been so great I want to
ties. The fee would be set by the Undergraduate Association
Council in February every other year, based on recommenda- fee, the level will remain unchanged. The fee level would not
tions of the UA Finance Board. During the off-years, a two- rise or fall by more than ten percent each year. Would you
thirds vote of the Council would be necessary for reconsidera- favor such a fee?
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ShouldhaIT gsusarantee its students the same freedom of Ivana Markovic
speech that students have at public aniversities?
1 have been involved in the class of '93 in past events and
have a great desire to stay involved. I've worked very closely
with the Alumni Office in my activities with the Student
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Should students have the fiaedom to express unpopular or
1isa Chow
controversial views? Hi there! I had so much fun serving as vice president and
president of this class. I am looking forward to serving you
again as treasurer, so vote for me.
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-010 alum Mwe-·I~·1L irl-c~ -3 r
Should the MIT harassment policy, which currently
restricts constitutionally protected speech, be revised to pro-
vide protection for freedom of speech?
Class
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Should~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~Pe3 MIT
thep~ harssen policyBwhichcurrer t
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Ann Chen
Having been both vice president and secretary of the class
Finance Koard
of '94, I have seen Class Council struggle and succcel I know
what works and what fails. I believe I would ha; c th, ability to
lead and motivate our council to make our seninr scar memo-
UA rable.
The class of"'94 is a unique class - for exan,! . we are
commonly known as the smartest class to go throulh NIIT. We
.
deserve a terrific senior year with events suc!'ia a -runch, a
I oM 30= - ~- pub night, a pizza dinner, a ball, and a fantastl. .veek.
ir,-x
In addition to using money raised by the cC:i',ui in past
Edward M1. Drozd dents and the needs of the undergraduate community. I believe
the primary goal of the FinBoard should be ensuring that stu-
b ello! I am running for a position on the UA FinBoard dents' money helps all the students efficiently by funding pro-
because I want a FinBoard which is more responsive to stu- jects of use to all students. Joey Marque z
- I., For the past three years, I've always been cuirious to know
what the class of'94 has done at MIT since acet cprercd back in
the fall of 1990. But to no avail, I have not seen m,.ichn of any-
thing. Therefore, I have taken the initiative to cha!,nge you in
B
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Boern
er~t Hacolor tance, nor the board members' biases for or against a particular
group. Every group should be judged equally, based upon the
The purpose of Finance Board is to financially aid any stu- usefulness of their request. As a Finance Board member, I
dent organization that shows a need for funding. This funding would try to ensure that everyone has an equal chance for Sita 9 Venk-atararmc lt
should depend upon neither the group's size, beliefs, or impor- funding. Hey all you members of the class of '91?1 Leadership,
responsibility, and dedication are essential qualities which a
successful class officer must possess. We need someone who
is creative, motivated, and enthusiastic in order to lead us
effectively. I feel that i embody all of these qualities, and so I
..OEM& Cimit E. Kumcuoglu
I am running for Finance Board in order to help create a
mitment. Istand for a diffusion of power and responsibility
from the FinBoard's chair, to all the members of the board. If
feel that I would be the right choice for president of our senior
class.
X S I am running for Flnance Board In order to heln create a I have served as Class Publicity Cchair during this past
6Ll~v Finance Board that adequately represents the preferences and elected, I will support the activities that will make MIT social year, and I would like to continue to serve our class more as
if* ^ - ~;interests of the student body. I do not regard this job as merely life more diverse and exciting. I stand against wastefulness in president. I will strive to achieve a greater public awareness of
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,~~''·~~8~"9 another line on my resume; i take it to be a major time comn- allocation offunds. Class Council is actually doing. I plan to start a monthly
' -i - - newsletter which updates the activities of Class Council,
announces class events, and has a column which responds to
class concerns. For instance, if anyone has an issue that they'd
tribute funds quickly and efficiently. With limited finances, the
Nichael HI. Joo distribution of funds to different activities is very important
like addressed at a Class Council meeting, I'd like them to
The key to success for many organizations is the effective and requires knowledge of many organizations. My experi-
handling of finances. Unfortunately, financial difficulties are
sometimes the biggest obstacle to many student-run organiza- ences with many student activities will help greatly in estab-
lishing clear communication with the various organizations I
Peter K Verprauskus
tions at MIT. While a member of the class of '95 council, I Senior year in college is a transition time from undcrgradu-
personally experienced the difficulties involved in raising am assigned. As a member of the Finance Board, I will over-
ate life onwards. As president of the class of 1994, 1 vili make
funds and the burdens and paperwork involved with the see projects and activities organized by campus groups, and
this transition year as successful as possible. Some things I
finance board. As a member of the UA Finance Board, I will will strive to help these organizations accomplish their goals will accomplish are:
work to alleviate these difficulties while finding ways to dis- with minimal financial difficulty. Thank you for your support. I) Organize career fairs
_vA Or vo-. A D,72 En g
Richard M/IcK~ern
Senior Year. We've got one year and $13,000 to do some-
thing in our final year of tenure. First of all, to supplement our
budget, I'm announcing a fundraiser for the spring. T-shirts for
j a dollar. The shirt's back will advertise a group often compa-
nies, and students will receive a discount when wcaring the
shirt in an advertiser's store. This fundraiser has the poicniial
to raise $3,000, which will add to our finafice of next year's
activities, like Senior Week.
Also, high on the agenda of activities for next year are '94
Senior Pub Nights at the Thirsty Ear, the Muddy, and
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Cathermne L. Downard
After serving as junior class treasurer this year, I feel that I
have gained the necessary experience that will help me to
make our senior year a great one. as seniors, we have so much
to which to look forward. Perhaps most important of all is a
spectacular senior week that we will never forget!
Unfortunately, money is a necessity. This past year, we
were very successful in earning money from numerous fund
raisers. Of course, t, ·re can never be too much money. Next
Vickie Carltona
As I was going home late one night, I started talking to tile
Safe Ride driver about the dangers of being out at niglt. I sud-
denly realized that here was one obvious way that the US had
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serve you for another five years as Alumni Class Council presi-
dent. W~e on the Class Council hope you. have enjoyed all our Sanldybun whose members are geared towards individual achievement
and have been segregated by living groups, majors, and other
activities this year. There is a lot more planned for this term The offDice of class president is a demanding yet rewarding exclusive factors. In the upcoming year, I will work to
and Senior Week. I hope youl all can make it out. See you there. position. it challenges its incumbent to represent a diverse enhance school/class spirit through Battle of the Classs and a
group of individuals as a whole, unifiedd entity. I've been hon- homecoming event. i will also start a fundraising drive to raise
ored with the opporuity to represent the class this past year money for our Senior Week. I am willing to dedicate the time
and hope to continue this service next year. My past and pre- and effort required for this position and hope that you will sup-
sent leadership positions qualifyr me to serve the class in this port me in my campaign to serve you as the class of 1995 pres- I
capacity. Through this organization, I hope to unite a class ident. i
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Alumni/ae C~ouncil, such as the Studenlt Telethon and reunions.
For the past two years, I have organized the Valentine's Day
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L~ee these activities can
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~properly. My highbe implemented if we as junior and senior
school experiences
are able toofund-raise
Ball at Faneuil Hall. both have been big successes. I really F w ~~~~As president, I would like to change the staus quo of class vice president, Student Congrs tesurer and National
class
want to work with the class of '93 and the Alumni Offic to our governments I want tospromote class unity and class spirt
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help organize an incewdible fifth-year reunion. a,-^ through increased class activities. Our class should come HnrSctPeietcmmdwgm
4 xeine
is > - ~together by having tclass study breaks, picnics, semiformals, MIT student sa enable me to be a very effective class presi-
will
~~~~fiaculty-student luncheons, and other ac~tivities. I think all of dent. I see myself as an agent of change for the better.
Jay
Sarkar s~~~~~~~) lectures
Dinner
-_x;~~~~I will get the class moving. My plan: 6) Battle of the classes
I_~~~~~1 Free class T-shirts I'll go door to door to inform you. The past council has
- =- ~~~2)
Semiformal done nothing.
3) Band party Vote change. Vote Jay.
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Mchael R Evms
e R.Evn ~~~~~~~~~~~Ring
Committee chairman, I worked very hard to give the
class of 1995 a ring that they could be proud of for a long time
1F < s ~~Sophomores, ask yourselves this question: "What has to come. I did my best to organize the committee so that we
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; Class Council done for me?" I'm willing to bet that the answer could be most productive at our meetings. As a result, we
^ :. j s ~is either nothing or very little. I bet you don't even know who picked the company, designed the ring, and got it into produc-
* <s the class council members were. I want very much to change to ha fshdl fIwwo
,, | . that. I know from personal experience that the information mybesthtodof shedsame.with aI ta rels rsonsCasonible woulry
we :
orcl ol r
about the few class council events that were held never m ett otesm ihalta eaersosbefr
seemed to get to the members of our class who wanted to par- I wokdhr o o attr'a igCmitecar
M M - ticipate. Not only that, your opinion matters much more than. and I'm asking you to give me the opportunity to work for you
years to fund senior activities, we need to raise money through that of any of the officers; were you ever asked what you C!-t -_a
Ihi as yorvc rsdn.Ibleeta ]d
icareer fair in the fall. I would form a committee as soon as thought? More events needed to be planned, organized, adver- much better job than has been done in the past. In order to
3ossible to recruit companies over the summer. Other tised more thoroughly, and you should have been more make this change, you must vote, but don't vote for those
Fundraising possibilities include selling Chinese pastries and involved in the decision process. whom you know haven'td done the job Previously. All you
,,ourmet ice cream. Last year's council did not function well, and as a result, have to do is give me the chance to show you what can be
I would also form committees to plan senior week, our accomplished little. I blame this on the class officers; it is their done, and how successfull our class can be when we put our
-lass gift, and various social events. A publicity committee initial responsibility to plan events and to organize them. As minds to it!
,would be in charge of letting people know about events. ~~~~~J. Mogn.ld suc a .ts_.
klthough I plan to work closely with all committees, my goal
-would be to get as many people in our class involved as possi-
Ale. The more input we have, the better our senior year will J. Morgan Slade ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My balance of insight includes cone year as Interfratemnity
w.-^ ~~~The office of vice president of the class of '95 shall require Council Scholarship Chairman, coupled with my most recent
D)e!
or ,]
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~~of the elected individual the ability to motivate his/his feliow representative position on our own class of '95 Ring
~~officers in fu~lfilling their designated responsibilities. The vice Committee. I act decisively, insist on organization and never
'iellping me maiiakc the class of '94 leave its mark at MIT. I
>;g? ~~president shall also administer the council meetings in the miss deadlines. Most importantly, you'd probably have trouble
-,now that everyone has his own opinion on what they would F _ ~~~absence of the president. and fiurthennore assist in the recruit- zw~riting me late Friday night on Athena: you'll have better
lie to do their senior year, so I will make it a point to listen to ment of those members comprising the council. The vice pres- luck finding me at the party ofthe evening with the rest of our
mch one of you, because if we all work together, we can actu- ident is in effect a "behind-the-scenes assistants to every other class. I would appreciate the chance to serve our class in the
311y make something happen! Take the challenge and help offilcer on the committee. I am well prepared to accomplish function of vice president. Thank you.
nake our senior year a year to remember!
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Kalen Yang g Alumnae here
~~~~~~~activities Council. FromImy experiencetowith realisticto organize
at MIT, have learned set trying goals, yet
irop off a letter in our mailbox in the Student Center, and then {;: ~~~As a two-year incumbent in the office of vice president, I I haven't lost the enthusiasm to find new ways to promote
we'd be sure to address it at our next meeting. Also, Ihope to -; . ~~am very familiar with the duties of this positionl. In these past class spirit and unity. I can't promise any enlightened
get more people involved in Class Council by publicizing our _ ~~~~two years, I have worked extensively with the Ring world harmnony, but I would like to mnakeb MIT a mnore spirit of bearable
meeting times, agendas, and distrubuting the minutes after n _ ~~Committee, the Undergraduate Association, and the Studenlt place.
meetings. in addition, I plan to organize plenty of fundraisers
;uch as the sale of boxers and decent T-shirts in order to raise
mough money for Senior Week and our Senior Gift. I'd also
like to help our buddy class of '69. Furthermore, I hope to do
iornething for the MIT community -possibly start a big
brother and sister program.
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Sa~~~~&brma Bernold Ito aresponsible, organized, and dedicated person under-
am
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~readythe class of '95. 1who is
be completely committed to
I'd like to stress that I am dedicated and willing to spend ~~~~~~Hii, my name is Sabrina Bernold, and I'd like you to con- stand the responsibilities of being treasurer and am confident
the time necessary to do the job well. I want to listen to your [ s ~~~sider me for the position of your class treasurer. I'd like to take that I could contribute a great deal to the office. I can handle
ideas; after all, if elected, I will be your representative to the a minute to tell you a bit about myself After a year and a half iuto eangwhmnyadsvl ak typirtyo
UA, and i want to represent all class interests fairly. All in all, A , s ~~mao ricng in economandcsndusinorin Ihvfinallychology. My increase the funds of our class. In the past two years, our class
I want us tohave a fun, memorable senior year, so if you share A _ ma~oringin
economis and minoing in psyhology- My council has not built up our cash reserves; in fact, our wallet is
that interest, vote for me, Sita Venkataraman, for class of '94 involvement with crew over the past two years has enabled me runn onepy n o stetmocag. Thi upom
president. Thanks! to become a part of the athletic community here. Ais member rningyeani emptremelyno impotant bieochausee need tporis
a
of a sorority, I am active within the Greek community and par- igya seteeyipratbcuew edt as
ticipate in service activities throughout Boston and surround- money fior our Senior Week. I am bursting with creative ideas
ing areas. Now, my intentions in running for treasurer are to and am ready to put them to work to build up our account. The
2) Organize the senior gift become involved with and work for the MIT community as a
3) Develop a list of MIT alumni willing to discuss their choice is yours, but Iencourage you to consider me for your
whole; our class in particular. treasurer. I will honestly do my best to serve you.
careers with undergrads
Myr experience on this year's Senior G:ift Committee and in
the Stuldent Alumni Council should help me fulifill these goals.
Thank you for voting!
~~~~Jennifer X Cho newsletters that will keep all members of the class of 1995
OW ~~~~~updated with the goings-on of council meetings. I plan to work
- , Ad ~~~Communication between the class council and the class is hand in hand with the social and publicity chairs to keep the
s s ~~~~crucial for a successful! year to comne. If elected secretary of class going strong in terms of activities and staying informed. I
Crossroads. Themes include "1994Last to the Latrine Night,"
tK
^ v s ~the class of 1995,I will act as a liaison between our class and am very eager to work my hardest with each officer to plan
. the class officers. I will do so by keeping in tune with our events and increase participation and enthusiasm within our
where our class pays for all the beer until someone breaks the
sea] on the bathroom. Please plan your Friday schedules ~~ -5 ~classmates' concerns and ideas and by submitting occasional class and within MIT.
accordingly. Now, for all you prodigies who skipped a grade,
arenot 21m and are feeling leflout -please, just borrow some
grad stuldent's ID. (They like to feel useful.) If you still have
_[i
problems or just have ideas for what to do our senior year
(banques~t, spca'%-e-.., lotauOr. career flair, etr..0 please e-mail {_ Frances Hsieh &i
David Lee with your year, activities.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This class there arc TWO of us running for publicity chair-
,me at elbalnsathena.mit.eclu.
jade_ ~~~Publicity is the direct link between you and your class gov- WhileFrances knows the ropes, Dave brings new ideas, input,
Student government needs tomeander from our conserva- I )
L 3 ~~~enment- Frances has been thatlink for the last two years, snnt ,.e tive to the iob. We're both dedicated to rousing up
tive past. We need to do something crazy, yet tasteful, in the __ 5 ~~~coordinating -rr
~~~~Dofp posters (for Ring CommitteeiBuddy Class Receptionl................... .
class spirit and improving the office to best keep YOU
remainder of our undergraduate careers. _ 2 ~~~~~Flyers (T-shirt designs, study breaks, Battle olf Classes .
the informed. We're also the only team that offers the best of both
Table tents, LSC slides, lecture announcements ...................... worlds: experiernce and innovation. So.............. FRANCES and
vote
ALL tangible proof that she's been keeping you in touch .....................
DAVE!
year, i will continue to work to build our funds by promoting
many more fundd raisers such as pastry sales, insignia wear
sales, etc. Jennifer Chu & ERama Chiruvolu We are looking forward to serving as the next publicity
chairs for the class of 1995. Through a strategy of creative
As a member of Class Council, mny does not merely
job Why was it that the class of '96 outnumbered us two to
one at the Battle of the Classes? We would like to think that it marketing, we will help get more sophomores active in our
stop at counting dollars. Each member has a responsibility to
was not our "sit on our butts" attitude, but that the event was class activities. Our increased attendance will put the other
work towards the general benefit of our class. I will make a
conscious effort to make suresthat we, the class of '94, are well not effectively advertised. classes to shame.
represented within the UA. Furthermore, I hope to promote
more class-oriented activities and events.
EW-.-M I WZU BELf. --
Laura Vojvodich &c
Sabn'na Kwon stronger ties with our Buddy lass (class of '70) and to)pro-
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Promoting class unity and spirit, providing diversion from mote school spirit amongst our class and throughout the cam-
hadan impact upon my life. I feel that there are other prob-
academic stress, and creating a social atmosphere -that's
lems at MIT that student involvement can solve, and Iwant to pus, We're dedicated and ready to work with the class of '95
what social chairs are all about. leaving been on Class Council
work on some of these issues by becoming involved in the to make the upcoming year an exciting and eventful one. We
for the past year as social chair and treasurer, we have the
VA. experience and enthusiasm to successfully coordinate class hope you'll give us the opportunity to) do so. Thanks for youi
events that will help unite the class of '95. We hope to make support!
Class of 1996
Albert Hsu
_AIr
the
:communicated.
Debate Team, so I know how to
My primary goal as
Michael Cho class activities that'll inspire class
unity and spirit.
If elected, I would like to be the president would be to deal with the It's time again for you to decide Someone who'll actually get the
voice of the class of 1996. All of the prsdnwolbetdalihte who shouldbethenew secretary. work done.
issues that affect our lives as students.
class officers work together to make Basically, someone who'll showup Someone who has experience, but
our events successful, and as president, After getting input from the class, I to all the weekly meetings and take
I would direct these efforts. I have would present our views to the admin- hasn't lost the motivation to work for
minutes.
helped to organize the MIT Speech istration. Please vote Albert Hsu for Someone who'll take time towrite his class.
Team, and I am an active member on class president! a class newsletter. If you still have doubts for who to
Someone who'll think up ideas for vote for ...
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_Bryant Lin
Bryant I who supported me by signing. If elect-
In running for president, my main
ed, my first project will be to improve
the communications between us, the Shin-I Alice ar want to be an active member on the
council to contribute my ideas and help
goal is not to win, but to stimulate the students, and our government. The job of a secretary is to keep an implement activities. Vote for me and I
election process by meeting the people Surprisingly, many of you who I talked ,accurate record of everything that goes will try my best to keep our class spirit
I wish to represent. I am not one of to had no idea who the president was, on during a meeting. I believe that I!on n e oepol novdb
those who passed petitions around 8.02 much less what our class officers have have the experience and qualification to
or 18.03 lecture to get volumes of accomplished. This has to change. I fulfill that responsibility. However, I
meaningless signatures. I met and will not tell you who to vote for. You don't believe that a secretary should be (through newsletters and flyers)!
remember each and every one of you can judge for yourself. Thank you. limited to taking minutes. If elected, I Vote Alice for '96 Secretary!
Edward Miguel dents, and by taking active stands on orFrancM'e Ball
Francine Wng I hope to bring some new
-the student government.
ideas into
the issues important to our class. I had
Hi! My name is Ted Miguel, and i extensive leadership experience in Hi! My name is Francine. I Enthusiastically yours,
am eager to serve as. president of the promise to do my best, both for the Francine Wong
high school, and plan to use the cam- Remember to vote!
class of '96 next year. I intend to council and for you, the class of 1996.
change the way student government pus newspapers (I have written for
r _ _
interacts with students by opening both) to ask for your views on the way
broader lines -of communication student government is or isn't working
between the officers and other stu- for you. Thanks!
Jason Florillo
I _ i _l~ drop posters, student center banners,
Matthew
v I Turner feel that we must communicate more Jason O signs, grassroots, and through our
{1 :: { M a t thew
Hello, my naner is M~atthiew
Turneras a class so we can make those vital
connectioins ard n.etw..- groups that
& Michelle Nee
g _ newly formed Publicity Committee.
,ill maep sure that our class
we
college is supposed to entail. Also, We intend to continue our progress
:. ... ?. . . :... ... .~~knows
. and extend the beneficial programs we about all of the wonderful
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MIT's class of 1996. 1 am originally
other issues affecting you, like the began while serving as publicity chairs
I:':.-'fro Amityville Newmork, adwhich iorersety,
very much like this place in being vers, option of cable TV in our dorms, better for the '92-'93 years. This includes will provide. Finally, we'll make efflec-
diverse and very proud. I have some student-faculty communcations, and increased notification of our class five decisions concerning the well-
excellent ideas for the class of '96, for any other of your concerns are also my about upcoming events via Athena, being ofour class.
I believe that we can be the best class concerns, and I will try my best to get
MIT has seen in a long time. our voice heard!
As I plan to promote
I pla
As president,preident to pomote I intend to achieve all of my goals
school spirit, community service, net-
working among our class, and other
I more co events, my oals Joann Yelt
JoannYell the tricks of the trade. We feel that the
invaluable experience that we gained
issues that concern you. As a member Although this place keeps us busy, I
of the football team, I feel that there is think through participation and our
& Evan Gol tei b
Evan 'elds tein
last term will help us to hold more
events for the upcoming year. We hope
a severe lack of school spirit. We must common need to have fun, I know we, Through the past year (half a year, to be a part of the class of '96 sopho-
put an end to this by having more fun the class of '96, can make the change to be precise), while our class did not more class officers and use what we
together and participating in as many My goals and expectations are very hold many events, we, the officers, had have learned to help raise both money
events as possible. With such a talent- . a the opportunity to "learn the ropes," and spirit. Thank you for your support!
ed ad dvere I z e wecan recd.Iwldombstoahiv
cass
ed and diverse class, I feel we can high and with your vote they can be
offer the MIT community, as well as
the Cambridge community, a whole lot these goals and to represent you, the Skating party
through charity and good will. I also MIT class of1996! Marnie Biando Variety show
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Nss__ & Sandy Raju Movie nights
Formal
Reasons why we can do it: Superbowl Heros sale
_ F pi RebeCCa .. h.
C_ they did not feel that I have worked
.e
*Your ideas + our commitment = fun
* We work well together:
Philanthropy project
qrtle hard and been dedicated to serving my
I am the current vice president of class well. Sandy - ideas + enthusiasm But remember, your ideas are what
the class of 1996. Our Class Council I am always willing and happy to Marnie - organization + initiative count!
has been very productive; we have
already raised a lot of money for our
hear anyone's opinions for how to help
our class in any ways. If you have any
* We want all of you to have the
best sophomore year!
For a sophomore year that's full of
fun, trust Mamie and Sandy to get the
i
class through T-shirt sales, and we are suggestion or comments, feel free to A few of our ideas: job done!
planning a freshman formal on April call me (225-8730) or e-mail me
18 and study breaks with free food (cmuhgathena.mit.edu) and share
throughout the semester. your thoughts.
The other members of the I feel that I have served our class
Undergraduate Association would not well over this pastyear, and ! would
have recently elected me to the like to serve again next year as your
Executive Committee of the UA if vice president oftheclass of'96.
the chance to express any ideas or sug-
Craig Workie gestions that they may have. I would
Hi fellow freshman, my name is also like to increase the involvement of
Craig Workie. Since most of you prob- students in the class government which
~ably
eS don't know me, I would to tell I believe can be done through getting
you a few things about myself and the input from students on what they
reasons why I'm running for class of would like to see done. This could
'96 VP. In the past I have served as mean anything from talking to differ-
President and Vice-President of the
studnt gvernent
s well asheld psigotsresadgtigdrc project is begun to
student government as wel as held ent people before a
various other positions in different inuonteypsfacvtestdns
varius oherposiionsin iffeent passing out surveys and getting direct
organizations. However past eeperi- i npu on tth types of
e students
activities
ences by themselves mean very little.
What I truly believe is important is a a point to try and get more involved in
candidates dedication and determina- class government next year, and I hope
tion to do a goodjob. that you decide to cast your ballot for
As Vice-President I would work me, Craig Workie for Clabs of '96
hard to see to it that every student has Vice-President. I
well as iAP T-shirts. We organized a
study break and are now planning the
As current class treasurer, I've spring formal. With all my previous
helped organize various class events. experience, I feel that I am well quali-
We managed to get class T-shirts out as fied to hold the office of class treasurer.
vated, and hard-working. I am confi-
Dipti Newekar dent that Ican manage our funds effec-
Hello! My name is Dipti Nevrekar, tively. I have experience in managing
and I am seeking the position of trea- accounts in a position I held last sum-
surer of the class of 1996. If elected, I mer as a bookkeeping intern. For these
will serve the class of 1996 to the best reasons, I ask for your vote for the
of my abilities. I am enthusiastic, moti- treasurer of the class of 1996.
cient ways of funding class projects so
Keimeth Song as to have more funds for new ones. I
The Class Council is here for you. have confidence in the class of 1996
Its aims and objectives are centered on
the improvement of resources for stu- that you will vote for the most capable
dents at MIT. As treasurer, my main candidate. The decision as to who that
objective will be to look for more effi- is completely up to you.
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Debate, from Page I rent solution," she said, adding that
they would work out a solution with
"gives people working knowledge" faculty and the Faculty Policy Com-
early on, she added. mittee.
"What needs to be restored is However, Gastelurm feels that
student confidence in the UA," God- "it's not a problem of finance; it's a
frey said. problem of priority." Their team
On the other hand, Sachs feels would like to offer HASS-D classes
that "the students need issues that according to student demands, since
they care about.... Before we the Institute has to pay for profes-
advertise, we need to get into the sors for the same number of stu-
issues." dents in either case.
Gastelum and Sachs want to The Institute, however, does not
improve the quality of undergradu- allocate funding for HASS-Ds on a
ate education. To promote more stu- per student basis, but rather at the
dent involvement, they propose to section or department level.
rotate UA Council meetings through Tsao, who has worked on the
Yu'EH Z. LEE-THE TECH the living groups to make them calendar committee, feels that "we
UAVP candidate Anne S. Tsao '94, UAP candidate Hans C. Godfrey, and UAP candidate Anthony R. G.* more accessible to students. They need to stop the academic calendar
Gastelum '95 speak at Suncday's debate. also pointed out that rnany people proposals from going through"
4~~--~~lbP~~PI·P~~P·~~__ I may not be interested in the fine which would push R/O Week to
details of UA and Institute policies, second semester. This would create i
GIMMIE A BREAKo
but everyone has opinions on these problems dormitory overcrowding
issues. and independent living group under-
Gastelum said that he "believes crowding problems, as well as affect
that people who ... have participat- minority programs, sports, and stu-
-
ed in a system that they've literally
GIMIME A SPRING BREAK. written the Constitution for... are
dent activities, she added.
Gastelum countered that there
mma iess able to change."
"The UP already has legitimate
are currently plans for dormitory
expansion right now. But with a
claim" to represent students, dormitory being built in another five
0 Liz__ _ . ~~...< Gaste!urm said, "'AIl we have to do is
years, thle~re -will' still Adc a cm-woding
change the philosophy of the IJA, problem, Tsao said.
not the rules," Sachs added.
The UAPNVP "need to know the
Tuition HIASS-Ds are issues ins and outs oef the [calendar] pro-
posal before fight.in~g it91," ',rhich, !he
Oversubscription of Humanities,
GodfreyitTsao team already does.
Make Spring Break 1993 THE ONE to remember. Arts, and Social Sciences Distribu-
tion classes and tuition increases are Both teams are in favor of free
Garber Travel can show you how to do it, I REACHrl main issues that Gastelum and speech protection in the Inistitute
harassment policy, one of the refer-
Sachs emphasize on their platform.
at the best bargain prices available. FORTHE POWER "What we need to do is reevaluate enda on the ballot.
TEACHE the respect that undergraduates have "4I'm all for a safe environment,"
(I !JI
1) golf
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1-800-45-TEACH.
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urC~nHitl Dorr~ I>_I
r· er-)~ under the administration," Sachs
said.
Hans said. But peer pressure should
be the controlling factor, not MIT
policy superseding the U.S_ Consti-
However, Tsao feels that the UA
1105 Mlassachusetts Avenue, C:ambridge does not have power regarding these tution, he said.
492-2300 issues. "If President Vest can't Our personal opinions are irrele-
This space donated by The Tech change tuition, do you expect to'?" vant, Sachs saidl. "It's up to the stu-
she asked Gastelum and Sachs. dents what side of the fence we
1
Tsao said that creating more want to fall on," she added.
recitation sections would raise (Yueh Z. Lee contributed to the
tuition. "There I don't have a cur- reportingof this story.)
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Anthony R. G. Gastelum `95 and Zohar Sachs '96 at Sunday's
debate.
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problem to misunderstandings. "We
were a little bit unclear about pos-
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ambiguous,' she said. "We ended
up putting up two signs per board."
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Still, Sachs did not think the sus-
pension was appropriate. "We had
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been caught for all these ridiculous Yes It Is Here Again!
violations," she said. But, she
added, "We didn't think the punish-
ment was very harsh." LET US HELP YOU
After Sharma informed the team
that it had violated the postering Obtain Your Green Card or Work Permit
rules, they took down most of their
posters, but forgot posters on "some STEVE CLARK has a national
of the very obscure boards," Sachs
said. reputation in employment-based
Sharma also cited Gastelum and immigration.
Sachs for tearing down other candi-
dates' posters, though Sachs denies
the charge. Someone else probably Member of the National Consortium
tore down, the posters, and shear Posters for the Undergraduate Association candidates dominate of Immigration Law Firms
coincidence made it look like Institute bulletnl boards.
Gastelum and Sachs had, she said. with Offices in 14 U.S. Cities
Sharma did not characterize the date for class president, agreed that Sachs was also unconcerned by
violations as intentional. "There there were some problems, but was the ban. "We feel that we've
were not the same problems over not as concerned as Lee. "There is a postered so muchf in the last few FLYNN & CLARK, P.C.
and over. New violations came up problem, but it's not ripping down weeks that a few days won't make a
and they were very cooperative
about it," he said. "It had to be
posters, but with the rules," Joung
said.
difference," she said.
Part of the pestering problem 354-1550
done, Just to keep the elections as "It is kind of a problem because inay have nothing to do with the Selecting a lawyer is an important step in your
fair as possible." there is a limited amount of space. candidates, Lee noted. "lt could be I
Right now I don't see it as a big just other random people - that's career planning. Call for written information about
Problems are 'petty' our qualifications.
Many candidates think the prob-
lems are the result of pettiness -
deal," Joung said. She noted that a
few of her posters had been taken
down recently.
how I looked at it. Other people
poster too, it's not just the candi-
dates," she explained. Our Kendall Square office has free parking.
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both because of the actual violations
and because candidates complained
Jay Sarkar '95, a third class pres-
ident candidate, agreed that prob-
I
about them. "It wasn't so much that lems exist. "General problems
[the commission] complained about
it, but that other candidates com-
always arise when people are run-
ning for office. I think the intensity
NON4INATIONS
plained about it," Sachs said. this year has caused some of the are requested for
Sookyung Lee '95, a candidate problems," he said.
for class president, was disturbed by
the problems. She has not had many
"I don't think anyone has any
malicious intent," Sarkar added.
GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL
problems with her own posters, but
is concerned by other candidates' Violations should have little effect 0FFCER POSITIONS
reactions.
"I feel harassed because I've
Sharma and Joung downplayed
the significance of the postering
(President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer)
been accused by the other candi- problems. "It's just a little prob-
dates of pulling down their posters lem," Joung said. /Other candidates
and removing them. I've been
wrongly accused of it, but not only
felt there was a problem, but, as one
candidate put it, "I think it's all
Officers-will be elected at the April 15 meeting
that m- posters have been torn
y blown out of proportion in general." Interested, or know someone who might be ? Ii
down too," Lee said.
"I thought this election thing was
Sharma did not feel the ban of
pestering would seriously effect the Contact GSC Secretary Chris Gittins (cgittins@athena)
going really great and I was really
happy," she added. "I think it's gone
Gastelum and Sachs campaign
either. "I personally don't think that
or call the GSC Office, x3-2195 for further information
over the limit of the normal election it will have too much of an effect on L. -
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Sandy Joung '95, another candi- process," he said.
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Gene That CausesLou Geh-gs
Disease Discavered
By Niecoe Shery be possible sooner than researchers familial version, the symptoms are people who do not have the familial aging, Parkinson's disease,
STA
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previousl y expected.. ow ir, idntldW! .. both versions of AUl version have mutations in the super- Alzheimner's disease and others.
Researchers reported Thursday there are still many questions and, therefore, therapies developed oxide gene, Horvitz said.
the discovery of the gene, which Discovering the role of the free-rad-
researchers must answer before they through studying the superoxide Scientists also hope that this new
causes one form of Lou Gehrig's icals in Lou Gtehrig's disease may
can propose possible treatments. gene will likely apply to many of finding will aid the research of other
disease, a disorder which results in "More questions remain unre- the sporadic cases. In addition, diseases. Free radicals have been lead to new treatments for these
muscle deterioration, paralysis and solved than have been answered so researchers will investigate whether linked to tissue damage caused by other conditions.
death, when the gene is defective. far. The first question we have is, _
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H. Robert Horvitz '68, professor what do the mutations do? Do they
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of biology, Robert H. Brown of the increase or decrease the activity [of
Massachusetts General Hospital, the enzyme]?" Horvitz said.
and Teepu Siddique of the North- Researchers' other immediate
western University Medical School goals are to determine whether the
led 29 scientists working at 13 other individuals with the familial
research institutions across North version of ALS have defects ill the
America in the search for the gene. superoxide gene and to look for
The scientists examined genetic other genes which may be involved
material from 18 patients affected in ALS, Horvitz said.
by the familial version of Lou For thisse who have the familial
Gehrig's disease, also known as version, the nlew discovery will have
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In 13 immediate effects.. These individu-
patients, researchers found a muta- als will now be able to have a genet-h
tion in the superoxide gene, which ic test which will tell them if they
produces the enzyme superoxide have a mutation in the superoxide
dismutase. When this enzyme is gene. This will enable doctors to
healthy, it deactivates free-radicals, council patients on the likelihood
biproducts of metabolism which can that they will develop ALS and to
destroy cells. do prenatal diagnoses.
Since there is already much Although only about 10 percent
known about htow this gene oper- of the 20,000 to 30,000 people with
ates, therapies for the disease may Lou Gehrig's disease have the
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Ilelerendum Addresses Free Speech and Harassment
By Sarah Y. Kelghtley *"Should MIT guarantee its stu- policy, which currently restricts on the ballot. harassment policy during his pre-
NEWS EDMrOR
dents the same freedom of speech constitutionally protected speech, be According to Bader, the puupose sentation to the UA Council last
Three referendum questions that students have at public univer- revised to provide protection for of these questions is to "stimulate Monday. Bader said that one should
addrcssirnn *he St^+er. f o In_ A-- -P ~rr
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T hara only be punished for his speech if
speech in MIT's harassment policy "Should students have the free- A group of students, including ment policy's speech curbs and he intended to offend, if he contin-
are on the Undergraduate Associa- dom to express unpopular or contro- Lars E. Bader G. collected under- encourage the administration to ued speaking offensively after a
tion election ballot on Wednesday. versial views?' graduate signatures so that these revise the policy to provide more warning, and if the speech was
The questions are: e "Should the MIT harassment non-binding questions could appear freedom of speech." uninvited, not including violent and
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dures, sexual harassment is defined Moreover, "Speech which con-
as "any conduct, verbal or physical, sists only of expression of ideas and
on or off campus, which has the opinions, with no element of hostili-
intent or effect of unreasonably ty and no immediately threatening
interfering with an individual's or nature, should not constitute harass-
group's educational or work perfor- ment under MIT's policy, regardless
mance at MIT, or which creates an of how 'offensive' the speech is.
intimidating, hostile, or offensive Controversial views should not be
educational, work, or living envi- silenced," Bader said.
ronment."
He also supported a policy
Bader said this definition "raises
which would allow those who dis-
serious freedom of speech con-
agree with an accusation to present
cerns" because "well-intentioned
their view, only punish an alleged
people can hold views that are very
harasser if he knew his actions wvere
offensive to each other." Similar
unwanted, give tougher punish-
policies at University of Wisconsin
ments in cases where harassment
and University of Michigan were
involved abuse of power, place rape
found to be unconstitutional in fed-
and sexual assault under separate,
eral courts, he said.
stricter policies, and publish harass-
Bader stressed that he does not
ment guidelines.
"condone any harassment, regard-
less of severity." He added, "I do Some say questions are biased
believe that offensive speech, unless
it is deliberately offensive and Undergraduate Vice President
directed at an individual, is not Dav id J. K~ess ler ' 94 sa id he
JOSHHARTMANN-rTlE TECH harassment. For that reason I oppose believes that the questions are
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MASSACHUSEITS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY to Kessler, the first two questions tion one way or the other."
6'make the issue too stark of a con- Bader conceded that "there is a
trast" and do not allow student opin- limit on what one can do," but he
Public Service Center ion. The third question "does not
imply what cost is involved' in
hopes that the results from the refer-
endum will give guidance to the
revising the harassment policy to administration. The message he
permit complete freedom of speech. hopes to get across is "we want seri-
"It makes it so that there's only ous cases of sexual harassment dealt
$4800 SUMMER '93 FELLOWSHIPS one correct answer. Instead of ask-
ing for an opinion, it's looking for
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with survey questions in general," free speech questions do not really
Kessler said. address the sexual harassment issue.
Three fellowships of $4800 are available for MIT undergraduates IHanyoung Huang '94, who "The questions aren't relevant to
to assist the Cambridge School Department's Science helped Bader write the referendum the issue of sexual harassment,"
Coordinator or Coordinator of Education Technology questions, said that whether or not Kessler said. He added that the
the referendum is biased, "it doesn't harassment policy is more a ques-
in curriculum planning and development. detract from it's pfirnary point." tion of implementation than free
"The questions are phrased to speech.
bring attention to harassment," Bader said that the questions
Bader said. were written to bring up the rela-
Do you have: Bader said he could not predict tionship between free speech and
-- experience or interest in curriculum development, the results of the referendum: "It's harassment. "It's an attempt to talk
-- knowledge of Cambridge Public Schools, quite possible some questions could about this issue, not to exclude other
lose." issues."
-- evidence of independent work, and However, Kessler predicted that He said that other than the word-
-- a good academic record? referendum results would be an ing of the referendum items, "the
"overwhelmning" yes to the three most direct feedback I've gotten has
If so, drop by the Public Service Center euestions "hbrause of their slant."
However, he does not think the
been positive." He added, "There's
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the summer to undertake a special project in United States government or politics.
products. As a member of our technical staff, you
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I~vren Noaed NWC(;A 1Divsin 10I Voiomen's Basketball
Senior Gynnast of ihe Year F'inishes Season Well
By Roger Crosley record of 15 10 1/4 which Robin- onships. Two provisional individual
DIRECTOR OF SPOR
TS INFORMA TION son broke. qualifiers for the Division III cham- By Michelle Green 27 shooting from the line won
Gymnast Julie Lyren '93 is the pionships also came from the meet. TEAM MEMBER the game against Smith. In the
second MIT athlete in as many Skiing Ferguson in the 200-yard individual The women's basketball team only conference win of the sea-
years to be named the Division III Five skiers have been named to medley and Achtem in the 400-yard finished the regular season son, the team came from an
Senior Gymnast of the Year by the the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Asso- individual medley and the 200yard strongly with a 53-51 win over eleven point deficit to defeat
National Collegiate Gymnastics ciation Division 11 All-East team. backstroke. Pine Manor College and a 54-48 Smith by six. However, the 815
-Association From the women's team, Kate Berg- win over Smith College. The season ended with a 63-85 loss
eron '93 was a selection for the Football Engineer's 55 rebounds and 19 to Babson College in the first
L~Spo, t)Lyren's selec-
(NS fourth consecutive year. Bergeron Rod Tranurm '93, MIT's record steals clinched the tough game round of the New England
rys ti~on follows won the New England Division II setting football wide receiver, has against Pine Manor. Their 20 for Women's 8 playoffs.
SBR~Ol--% S tianthe
of Lisa Arel
selection Classical Cross Country champi-
onship for the second consecutive
been named one of three male final-
ists for the National Collegiate Ath-
'92 at last year's championship. year. Joining Bergeron on the letic Association Walter Byers
Lyren was also named to the NC&A
All-America Academic squad as
women's AIl-East squad is Gwen
Crevensten '96. Male representa-
Scholarship. Tranurn. an electrical
engineering major, is the second
UPCOMING HOME EVENTS
was teammate Karen Oda '93. tives on the All-East squad are cross consecutive finalist from the Insti-
Lyren is a materials science and country skiers Christian Lund '96, tute. The Byers Scholarship is the Thursday, March ! 1
engineering major while Oda, who Westley Sherman '95 and Joel Sin- highest scholarship honor bestowed Men's Volleyball vs. Harvard University, 7 p.m.
hails from majors in biology. In the delar '93. by the NCAA.
competition held at the University Saturday, Mllarch 13
of Wisconsin-River Falls, Lyren Men's Swimming Men's Volleyball vs. New Jersey Institute of Technology, noon
Wrestling
earned All-America status in both The men's swim team tied its
the beam and all-around at the best finishl ever in the New England Wrestler Jeff Breedlove '94 has
championships. She tied for fourth Division III Championships with a been named to the National Divi-
on the beam and also finished fourth
in the all-around. Janet Sollod '96
fourth place finish in last weekend's
meet. The Engineers were led by the
sion III Wrestling Coaches Associa-
tion Scholar/All-America team. Blurnder of the Week
placed 13th in the all-around. 800- and 400-yard freestyle relay Breedlove is a mechanical engineer- This week's blunder roes to the Random Hatt's C !jpnv hat-,}
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team~s whilchl captured titles. A-he irng Ma.-j~or and was captains of this team, which lost to Phi Kappa Sigma last Tuesday by a sore of
Indoor Track team of Brian Meade '93, Bob year's team. I I-1. Allowing 73 points in a C league basketball game mnay be bad,
Pole vaulter Matt Robinson '94 Rockwell 993, Jim Bandy '93, and Wrestling coach Tim Walsh has but any team whizh even bothers to play defense shiuld manage to
was the only place winner for the Chad Gunxnlaugsson '93 won both recently been honored by the prevent ekven goals. There was an ashragm of about one shot per
Engineers in last weekend's IC4A events. The four seniors broke their NCAA Division III Wrestling minute, ani PKS had a shot to convertion ratio that would put most
meet held at Harvard University. own New England Divisionl III Coaches Association with that orga- college bastetball teams to shame. Perhaps the Massachusetts
Robinson set both a personal and record in the 800 and also set a nization's 25-year coaching award. Avenue dormitory should'codnsider morving down a league for next
indoor record with a vault of 16 pool, league and Institute record in Walsh, who has been at MIT since year (Contributed by James Refiner '94, athletic diiector Random
feet, 3/4 inches to place sixth in the the 400. Gunniaugsson, Meade, Ted 1980, has compiled a career record Hall S~idents Asssosiation.)
competition. Robinson is the first Achltem '95 and Dave Ferguson '93, of 146-761 for a winning percent-
MIT athlete to place in the IC4A set an Institute record in the 400- age of .657. Walsh is also a two-
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