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BuUetin to increase awareness .The Campus Police bulletin was

circulated to living groups and grad-uate resident tutors, Jablonski said.

The bulletin was designed toincrease awareness of this class ofdrugs and to alert students that thosedrugs may be present on campus,Glavin said. Those affected byRohypnol and similar drugs some-times think that their symptomsresult from too much drinking,Glavin said. The bulletin shouldalert them that there may be othercauses.

Margaret A. Jablonski.In that incident, a student from

another college became intoxicatedand may have been under the influ-ence ofthe drug, Jablonski said

However, because the studentcould 'not identify the .place orremember any details, no discipli-nary action was taken, said Chief ofCampus Police Anne P. Glavin.

The Campus Police also said thatthe drug GHB (gamma-hydrocy-buterate) was used on campus. Astudent admitted to possessing andingesting GHB, which produceseffects similar to those of Rohypnol,Glavin said. The student whoingested it suffered a medical prob-lem, she said

The Medical Department,througl.! an outside laboratory, cantest for the presence of Rohypnol,Goldstein said. It can be detected inthe bloodstream up to four hoursafter ingestion and in urine up to 48hours after ingestion.

1heWeathToday: Partly cloudy, mild, 58°F (14°C)

Tonight: Cloudy, 48°F (9°C)Tomorrow: Showers, 62°F (17°C)

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tacted by the Boston Police and arrived as firefight-ers worked to reach Goodwin.

Boston firefighters and emergency workersreached Goodwin by tearing down a wall to gainaccess to the bottom of the shaft, Glavin said

Gray declined to comment on the extent and costof the damage resulting from the incident.

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William Alex Goodwin '97, pre ident of LambdaChi Alpha, was li ted in stable condition at BethIsrael Hospital after falling four stories down an ele-vator shaft at his fraternity house Sunday evening.

Goodwin had been drinking before the accident,according to a Boston Police report that ~mm~~~iXT~~~o.:-:--:-'-:-:-:~7--~cited statements made by members of LCA.

Goodwin was originally in stable butserious condition following the accident.He sustained "no serious head injuries,"said Robert B. Gray '98, a member of LCA,who is acting as the fratemity:s spokesper-son on th.iscase.

"He should be out of the hospital bySunday." Goodwin is expected to return toclass and complete the term, Gray said.Gray declined to comment. whetherGoodwin was drinking before the fall.

The elevator shaft was not in operationat the time of the accident.

Goodwin was found at the bottom of theshaft following the sounding of the house'sfire alarm. He "ruptured a water pipe duringhis fall," and the resulting drop in pressurein the sprinkler system activated the firealarm, said Chief of Campus Polic ; AnneP. Glavin.

Tyler J. Moeller '98 discoveredGoodwin in the bottom of the shaft andheld him until the arrival of the BostonEmergency Medical Technicians and thefire department, according to police reports.MoellC(rtold police that Goodwin had beendrinking prior to t~e accident. Moellercould not be reached for comment

''No more than five minutes elapsed"between the accident and Goodwin beingdiscovered, Gray said.

. Boston emergency workers were alreadyon the scene as a result of the fire alarm,Glavin said. TIie Campus Police were con-

By Thorn R. KarloEXECrmYE EDrroR'

LeA Brother Ho

CPs Issue Bulletin Amid ReportsOJ 7JateRape Drug' on CampUJJBy David D. Hsu and "the forget pill" - is a depres-EDITOR IN CHIEF sant 10 times stronger than Valium.

On Tuesday the Campus Police It dissolves almost instantly in liq-issued a special advisory bulletin on uid and reduces the inhibitions ofRohypnol, also known as the "date those who ingest it. The drug canrape drug," after. receiving a report also cause memory loss for periodsthat it may have been used at MIT. from eight to 24 hours.

Rohypn.ol- which also goes by Th~ drug is almost impossible to"roofie," "rope," "circles," "rib," detect. "You can't taste it, can't"roaches," "R2," "party poppers," smell it, can't even tell it's there,"

said Chief of Pediatrics and StudentHealth Services Mark A. Goldstein.

The bulletin said that theCampus Police have receivedreports that date rape drugs mayhave been used at MIT parties indrinks reserved for female guests.

So far, MIT is aware of only oneincident where Rohypnol may havebeen used, said Associate Dean forResidence and Campus Activities

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seniors in the United States has beenincreasing in recent years. "If noth-ing had changed, we would expectour pool to grow" as a result,Johnson said. Ipstead, while earlyaction applications continue toincrease, the number of applicationsreceived for the regular decisionprocess is decreasing.

While the total applicant poolhas decreased, the nwnber of appli-cations received from foreign citi-zens has remained stable in recentyears, Johnson said. Int~mationalstudents are generally not permittedto file early admissions applications,and thus are not affected by the shiftto early decision programs, she said

Other schools also see declinesMIT is nQtthe only school to see

a decline in the nwnber of applica-tions this year. According to aBoston Globe report, the number ofapplications fell at all the IvyLeague schools except C~lumbiaUniversity, where applicationsincreased 9 percent.

''This could be the beginning ofa return to greater sanity and less ofa craze of apply:in c . ally;fu-any place in sight," said WilliamFitzsimmons, dean of admissionsand financial aid at HarvardUniversity in the Globe. The num-ber of applications to Harvard fell 8percent this year.

"Those students who would haveapplied to numerous schools areinstead committing early to one,"said Richard Shaw, de.an of under-graduate admissions at YaleUniversity in the Globe.

While applications fell dramati-cally at some Ivy League schools,the drop was smaller at MIT. Still,other Ivy League universities "hadbeen up much more" than MIT dur-ing the early 1990s, when the num-ber of applications to Ivy Leagueschools increased dramatically,Johnson said .

Between 1991 and 1996, the

Youssef Marzouk '97 energetically plays a Scarlatti sonata on Wednesday In .Klllian Hall.

The number of high school stu-dents applying to MIT this year isprojected ~o be at least 100 fewerthan the number of applications lastyear.

Last year, a record total of 8,022high school seniors applied foradmission, said Associate Directorof Admissions Elizabeth S. Johnson.

While 'Some applications haveyet to be processed, "we defmitelywon't hit 7,900 this year," Johnsonsaid. MIT has processed 7,812applications so far, compared with7,968 process~d by last year at thistime.

t This year's numbers should not. change appreciably, Johnson said. "Idon't think [the umber of addition-al applications still to be processed]will be signincant," she said.

While the number of applica-tions decreased slightly, the candi-dates for admission this year are"very comparable" to those in lastyear's application pool, she said

~ nstoClass of 2001 DownBy Almost 2 Percent

Early decision plays a roleThe gradual shift from early

action to early decision programs bySOD1ecolleges in recent years iscited as a reason for much of thechanges in MIT admission figures.

Most Ivy League schools -many of whi~h compete with MITfor potential students - haveimplemented binding early decisioJlprograms in recent years. Such.pro-grams require students to attendtheir first choice school if admitted

r; ~ .eady~As more' students receive bind-

ing early acceptances to otherschools, they do not apply to MITfor regular admission, Johnson said.

In addition, many of the IvyLeague schools are admitting moreof their class under the early deci-sion plan than in prior years,Johnson said. "Someone said thatunless you apply early and. get inearly, you won't get in," she added

The number of high school

By Douglas E. HelmburJerASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

February 21, 19 7

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highly explosive chemicals in the"fall of 1994; a Kansas farmer whosays he saw McVeigh and co-defen-dant Terry L. Nichols together thatfall shortly before Nichols allegedlypurchased 4,000 pounds of ammoni-um-nitrate fertilizer; and the farm-store manager who allegedly soldthe fertilizer used in the massivebomb.

Nichols is fo be tried separatelyafter conclusion of the McVeighcase.

Attorneys for McVeigh andNichols also previewed what islikely to be a pillar of theirdefense. They argued that proce-dures at the FBI crime lab inWashington were so sToppy as to /1

invalidate testing of bomb residues •found at tile scene of the explosionand on McVeigh's clothing andpersonal effects .

The attorneys said a recentJustice Department investigationthat found instances of sloppy evi-dence handling and lax procedureswill aid their. defense. "The govern-ment should be required to provetheir methods are reliable," saidMcVeigh attorney Rob Nigh in urg-ing Matsch to hold 'a pretrial hearinginto the lab's procedures., How~ver, prosecutor BethWilkinson said the government'sexplosive-residue experts are world-renowned for their expertise.Notwithstanding any problems atthe FBI lab, she said, "there is noevidence these iteJTls themselveswere c9ntaminated." , _'

top Communi t leaders frequentlyhave one or more deputy chairmen,Deng' ha none, which some ana-Iy ts aw as an attempt by Jiang, achairman, to set himself apart frompotential rival .. The committee is an unwieldygroup with 459 member , twice thesize of the Communist Party'sCentral Committee. That was seenas an effort to include a wide varietyof national constituensies, includingthe Communist Party, nonpartymembers, military leaders and evennewly appointed leaders and civilservice figures from Hong Kong andMacao.

The funeral will showcase peo-ple believed to be busy jockeyingfor position at the party congress.

At that time, because of constitu-tional limit of two terms, Premier LiPeng will have to step down, settingoff a chain reaction of new appoint-ments. Some leading candidates forthe position include deputy premiersLi Lanqing and Wu Bangguo aswell as Li Ruihuan, chairman of theChinese People's PoliticalConsultative Congress.

In the past, funerals for Chineseleaders - Zhou Enlai in 1976 andHu Yaobang in 1989 - helpedlaunch protest movements thatshook the hold of the party or gov-emment. This time, the governmenthas asked Beijing students, who arejust drifting back from Chinese newyear's vacations, to limit'their going•out at night.

The funeral presents not only anopportunity for Jiang .to alter hisimage, but also a chance for Chinato change the most memorableimages of the past eight y ars.Those are still the images of 1989:student demonstrators for democra-cy, tanks firing on the protester$,and an individual standing alone tokeep a tank column from advancingbefore he was dragged away byfriends.

ThUT day flag in China's capitalflew at half- taff and the tre twere calm. tate television repeat-edly repla ed thi morning's newsbroadcast announcing Deng's deathWedne day night of complicationfrom Parkin on's di ease and a lunginfection, and- other programsshowed highlights of Deng's lifefollowed by dirges and a smilingphoto of Deng with the words "eter-nal glory." AJI newspapers carriedthe same 5,000-word eulogy pre-pared for the occasion.

The official news agency carriedtributes from various dignitaries,ranging from school administratorsto military leaders, from PresidentClinton to orth Korean leader KimJong II.

StiJl many people, especially inrural areas, were slow to learn of thedeath of Deng, architect of a neweconomic order that transformedChina without loosening his politi-cal grip.

The funeral will not only be theclosing political act for Deng, whoentered politics in his mid-teens, butit will also be the opening act in ahighly. political year th'at will climaxin a major Coml11unist Party con-gress in the faJl that is expected toreshuffle several of. the top govern-ment and party posts.

For President and party chiefJiang, Deng's funeral offers an

'opportunity to further cement hisposition as the country's top leader.Jiang will be seen on national televi-sion inheriting the mantle of leader-ship from the man who handpickedhim in 1989, and leading theCommunist Party's call to rallyaround flag, party and leadership.

"Party organizations at all levelsshould organize officials and themasses to listen to or watch the livetransmission of the memorial meet-jng," the funeral committee said in astatement.

Although funeral committees for

the gov~rnment'.s techniques,"Assistant U.S. Attorney ScottMendeloff said. "It reflects veryfavorably on the approach we'vetaken."

Stephen Jones, the lead attorneyfor McVeigh, conceded the rulingwas a setback to the defense, butsaid the motion to exclude the testi-mony was an "uphill battle" thatstill gave him an important tacticaladvantage. The -two days of hear-ings, Jones said, gave the defense aninvaluable sneak preview of keygovernment testimony by both FBIinvestigators and eyewitnesses whohad refused to meet with thedefense.

"I'll take my acorns where I canfind them," Jones said. "I found afew over the last few days."

The most important testimony. that Matsch allowed to proceed willcome from two em'ployees ofElliott's B~dy Shop in JunctionCity, the Ryder outlet whereMcVeigh allegedly rented the bombvehicle on April 17, 1995.McVeigh's attorneys argued that theidentifications by rental outlet.owner Eldon Elliott and mechanicTom Kessinger had been undulyinfluenced by publicity and coach-ing by government investigators.

Other witnesses who also will beallowed to testify include a manwho asserts he saw McVeigh refuelthe truck north of Oklahol1)a City inthe early hours of April 19; a rac-ing-fuel salesman who saysMc Veigh inquired about purchasing

China began ix day of mourn-ing for Deng iaoping Thur day aofficial announced plan for agrand but tightly controJled farewento the man who reshaped China'seconomy. Deng will be cremated,and 10,000 invited guest win honor .his memory Tuesday at a "memorialmeeting" to be held in Beijing'scavernous Great Hall of the People.

Unlike Communist PartyChairman Mao Zedong, whosedeath in 1976 caused a vast nationaloutpouring of grief and whoseembalmed body rests on display in a

. mausoleum in Tiananmen Square,Deng requested that his corneas bedonated to an eye bank, his bodydissected for medical research andhis ashes cast into the sea, his fami-ly said in a letter released Thursdayby the official ew China ewsAgency.

"Comrade Xiaoping alwaysbelieved in simple and frugal funer-als," Deng's family said in the Feb.15 letter sent to President JiangZemin, head of the official funeralcommittee, and to the CommunistParty's Central Committee. "Wehope that the last thing we do forhim win reflect the essence of hismental outlook, and express our,grief in an utterly plain and solemnway."

They asked that the casket con-taining his ashes be covered withthe flag of the Chinese CommunistParty, with a color photo on top"that displays the superb mentaloutlook of Comrade Xiaoping ...and to express the solemn atmos-phere."

No foreigners- will be amongthose invited to the memorial ser-vice, apparently. because of Deng'sformal status as a private .citizensince he gave up his last officialpost in 1990.

DENVER

By Tom KenworthyTHE WASHINGTON POST

Judge Denies: Defense .Motio~_ ..~On Witnesses inMcVeigh.Case'

The federal judge presiding overthe Oklahoma City bombing caseThursday denied motions by attor-neys for Timothy J. McVeigh toexclude critical eyewitness testimo-ny linking McVeigh to the rental ofthe Ryder truck used in the 1995explosion that killed 168 people.

The ruling by U.S. District JudgeRichard P. Matsch represents a sig-nificant victory for governmentprosecutors, who will rely to a greatextent on a web of circumstantialevidence when the case againstM eigh goes to trial on March 3 I .A loss Thursday would have rippeda large whole in that web.

After two days of testimony,Matsch rejected defense argumentsthat identifications of McVeigh byeyewitnesses in Junction City, Kan.,and elsewhere had been tainted bymassive publicity and governmentmanipulation, including the widelybroadcast pictures of McVeigh leav-ing a county jail after his arrest.

"The bottom line is I do not. findthere is such suggestibility or imper-missible influence," Matsch saidfrom the bench. "This is the test, .really: Would it be unreasonable fora fair-minded juty to believe theirtestimony?"

Prosecutors hailed Matsch's rul-ing as an important victory butmaintained their case would havebeen strong enough to survive an

. adverse ruling. "It's.a vindication of

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E.U.S.

LOS ANGELES TIMES

WEATHERReality Check!

By Marek ZebrowskiSTAFF METEOROLOGIST

WASHINGTO

Sick people deserve to know about an possible treatments regard-less of their cost, President Clinton said Thursday, endorsing legisla-tion that would bar health care plans from imposing "gag rules" ontheir physicians.

The health care industry denies that such "gag rules" are a wide-spread practice. But Clinton said there is enough doubt to justify anew law that would ensure that cost-conscious health maintenanceorganizations and other "managed care" plans ten patients about anmedical options - even the most expensive ones they don't cover.

Clinton made his announcement while publicizing efforts hisadministration is making to ensure that patients in managed careplans under the federal Medicaid program for poor people are notsubject to the alleged gag rules.

The legislation Clinton endorsed Thursday died last year inCongress, but one of its principal sponsors, Rep. Greg Ganske, R-Iowa, said the bill has 150 co-sponsors this year froin both parties.

The Ganske-Markey legislation would not require health plans toprovide the more expensive treatments, only that physicians ~re freeto ten patients such treatments exist. "If a patient needs a bone mar-row transplant, they should know that, even if they have to pay for iton their own," Ganske said.

World Bank President Jame D. olfen ohn ha ent to thebank' board a major propo al for revitalizing the 50-year-old in titu-tion by making it Ie s bureaucratic and out of touch with the poornation that borrow from it. ~

Under the initiative, dubbed "The ttategic Compact," the bank's180 member nations would authorize the spending of 250 milJionover two year on training, taff tran fer and information sy tern ,according to documents relea ed by the bank Thur day.

But the bank's management i vowing to make the institution con-siderably more lean and efficient at the end of those two years. Thedocuments, while stressing that no pecific target for job reductionshas been set, said that "the best e timate we have i a range of 50Q..700 separations over (fiscal years) 97-99." .

The initiative marks the most comprehensive and detailed effortby the Australian-born Wolfensohn to put hi stamp on the banksince he took the helm in June 1995, vowing to tran form the institu-tion. .

Clinton Endorses Effort to End'Gag Rules' on Medical 'freatrnent

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The European Union po ted a formal chaJlenge Thursday to >aU.S. law that would penalize European companies that do business inCuba, inten ifying pressure on the United tates to negotiate a settle-ment of the dispute.

At the EU' reque t, the Geneva-based World Trade Organizationappointed a three-member panel to adjudicate the case, overridingU.S. protests that the law was intended to protect U.S. security inter-e ts and was not a matter for the trade body.

The Clinton administration expressed "disappointment" over theEuropean action but stopped short of trying to block establishment ofthe panel - providing 1eeway for the two sides to continue their ownnegotiations, albeit under more intense pressure.

In an unusual joint statement, the Commerce Department and theU.S. Trade Representative's Office chanenged the jurisdiction of thetrade group to pass judgment on the sanctions law and said thatWash'ington would not cooperale 'fthe panel caJls a hearing.

The U.S.-European dispute centers on the 1996 Helms-BurtonAct, which aJlows U.S. citizens to sue foreign companies found to beusing buildings or equipment seized by the government of CubanPremier Fidel Castro. It also denies U.S. visas to executives of thecompanies.

April-like weather wilJ make one more appearance late this weekbefore the seasons anq the calendar are in agreement again. As thehigh pressure moves off the east coast, colder and clearer weatherwin be replaced by increasing clouds, strengthening southerly windsand rains, approaching from the south and west. During Friday, a lowpressure system in the Mississippi Vaney win move into the easternGreat Lakes, along a cold front advancing slowly eastward. Plentifulmoisture ahead of it win cause widespread rains in the Appalachiansand the Ohio Vaney. Moisture associated with this feature will reachour region by late Friday and cause numerous showers duringSaturday. As this front moves off-shore, colder weather and fair skieswill return for Sunday and early next week.

Today: Partly sunny and mild with increasing clouds. High 58°F(14°C) with fresh southwesterly breezes.

Tonight: Partly to mostly cloudy with a few sprinkles or scatter-ing of showers moving in from west to east. Low 48°F (9°C).

Saturday: Mild with showers likely. Some breaks. in overcast latein the day. High 62°F (17°C)

Sunday outlook: Clearing and turning colder. Lows in high 20s(-2 to -3°C), highs near 40°F (4°C)

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--~.nght1lies to Soften RussianOppositio to ATO Expansion

Diplomat Loses Immunity,Charged in Fatal Traffic Accident

WS ANGELES TIMESWASHI GTON

Advisory Panel cans for StudiesOf Marijuana's Medical BenefitsBy Marlene Clmons miss anecdotal evidence indicating drug laws and that physicians who

By Michael Dobbsand David HoffmanTHE WASHI GTON POST

MOSCOW

ecretary of State Madeleine K.Albright sought Thur day to per-suade Russian leaders that they havenothing to fear from the proposedexpansion of ATO to the bordersof the former Soviet Union, butthere was no sign of any softeningin Russian hostility to the idea.

As Albright flew into Moscow,on the sixth leg of her II-dayaround-the-world tour, a senior for-eign policy adviser to PresidentBoris.Yeltsin said the West waspushing Russia toward "an aggres-sive confrontation." The Kremlin isdemanding major changes in theplan, including a binding agreementbetween Russia and NATO andguarantees that estern militaryequipment will not be moved closerto Russia's borders.

LOS ANGELES TIMESWASHINGTON

A federal advisory panel, thrust-ing into the center of a standoff

; between federal drug au horities andadvocates or matijuana use for med-icinal purposes, said Thursday thatthe drug may have promising thera-peutic results, calling for clinical tri-als of its medical effectiveness.

Following a'two-day workshopat the National Institutes of Health,panel members said they believedmarijuana could have some value intreating nauSea among cancerpatients receiving chemotherapy,wasting syndrome among AIDSpatients, and glauco .. a~' .

The call for research stoppedwell short of advocating that doctorsbe allowed to prescribe marijuana,but neither did the specialists dis-

U.S. official said Albrightattempted to allay Rus ian concernsby outlining a new We tern propos-al on convention 1 weapon limitsin Europe that could lead to a ignif-icant reduction in American armsstocks on the continent.

The proposal could reduce theU.S. stockpile of tank aircraft andartillery by as much 50 percent,

ATO officials said in BrusselsThursday.

. The United States also is offer-ing to formalize the practice ofpolitical and military consultationswith Moscow by, setting up aRussia-NATO council with its ownpermanent secretariat.

The Western proposals for a spe-cial r~lationship between Russia andNATO, as outlined by Albright toRussian Foreign Minister YevgenyPrimakov, still fall well short ofMoscow's minimum demands.Nevertheless, the process of diplo-

that the drug helped certain patients.The advisory panel shied away

from discussing the national debateafter voters in California andArizona approved initiatives allow-ing doctors to prescribe marijuanafor medical purpoSes - and theClinton administration responded byannouncing it would go after anydocto'rs who did.

'Caiifornia's Proposition 215,approved by 56 percent of the vot-ers, decriminalized possession ofmarijuana by patients and caregiversif the drug waS recommended by aphysician. Arizona's Proposition200 allows patients to .use strongerdrugs, Including heroin or LSD, ifapproved by two physicians.

Federal drug officials respondedwith stem warnings that the propo-sitio'ns were, in conflict with U.S.

matic haggling clearly has gottenunderway.

The difficult task of coming toome kind of understanding with

Russia over ATO expansion hasbeen furt.her complicated byYeltsin's prolonged illness and theresulting political disarray withinthe Kremlin. Albright is to ee the66-year-old leader Friday beforewrapping up the European portionof her world tour and heading forAsia, where she has stops scheduledin Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing.

State Department spokesmanNicholas Burns said the Beijing por-tion appeared likely to go ahead,despite the death Wednesday ofsenior Chinese leader DengXiaoping, although' it probably willbe shortened to less than a day. TheChinese have said foreign represen-tatives will not be invited to Den'g'sfuneral on Tuesday, the day afterAlbright's arrival.

prescribed marijuana would becriminally prosecuted. But theyhave suggested they do favor morescientific research'into marijuana.

National Drug Policy DirectorBarry R. McCaffrey has indicatedhe would support studies that exam-ined the medical value of marijuana.

Immediately after the panel'sannouncement Thursday, the direc-tor of the 'National Institute on DrugAbuse, which is part of the National'Institutes of Health, immediatelyurged researchers to seek federalfunding for marijuana studies.

Director Dr. Alan I. Leshnerstressed the "openness and willing-ness" of the federal biomedicalresearch agen~y to rev'iew suchgrant proposals and, if they areapproved, to "provide the product,"in other words, the drug.

In a court appearance made possible by a rare waiver of diplomat-ic immunity, an embassy official of the Republic of Georgia wascharged with involuntary manslaughter and four counts of aggravatedassault Thursday for his role in the traffic accident death of aWashington area teenager last month.

Gueorgui Makharadze, the second-ranking diplomat here forGeorgia, expressed "deepest orrow" for causing a multi-car pileup ata busy intersection in which 16-year-old Joviane Waltrick lost her lifeand four other people were injured.

The ca e of Makharadze, 35...became an instant talk-show topic inearly January when public outrage grew with the realization heenjoyed diplomatic immunity from criminal charges in the UnitedStates, as do U.S. diplomats who serve overseas.

But Eduard Shevardnadze, the former Soviet foreign minister whobecame Georgia's president after the breakup of the Soviet Union,announced recently he would waive Makharadze's immunity so thediplomat could be charged and stand trial here.

The accident in which young Waltrick died seemed particularlyegregious. Makharadze's speeding car, which police estimated wastraveling 80 miles an hour, slammed into a smaller vehicle at a busyWashington intersection. The second auto was knocked into the airand crashed onto a third car in which the girl was a passenger.

A hospital test later showed Makharadze's blood alcohol levelwas 0.185, which is above the 0.10 level at which a driver is consid-ered intoxicated.

Ex-Postmaster of HoUse Post OfficeSentenced to 4 Months In Prison

THE WASHINGTON POSTWASHI GTON

Robert V. Rota, the former postmaster of the House Post Office,was sentenced Thursday to four months in prison for supplying for-mer Reps. Dan Rostenkowski, D-III., and Joseph Kolter, D-Pa., withcash in exchange for stamps.

Rota, 61, wept throughout the hearing where U.S. District JudgeNorma Holloway Johnson refused to put him on probation. Hereached out and held onto a podium as she imposed the prison term, a$2,000 fine and ordered him to pay $5,000 in restitution to Congress.

In deciding to send Rota to prison despite his cooperation withauthorities, Johnson accepted prosecutor Thomas J. Motley's viewthat Rota had to be punished for lying to investigators in 1980 whenthe allegations about congressmerr getting cas!) for stamps first 'SUT'"

faced, as well as coercing others to lie.There is a chance that Rota could serve his time in a half-way

house because Johnson, at the request of Rota's attorney, CharlesLeeper, said she would not object if the Bureau of Prisons put him inone. But she refused to make it part of her sentencing order. ,

Leeper said Motley had a point when he argued that Rota shouldhave cooperated sooner. But he said Motley, seeing it from a "toughtrial lawyer's" point of view, could not possibly understand "what it'slike to be under the thumb of someone as powerful as Mr.Rostenkowski. "

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Letters 1b The Editor

Sean W. McGinnis '97

tom of political correctnes run rampant; it'just too mean to kick omeone off a machinein the middle of a he rtfelt Zephyr conver a:lion.

Face it, guys: agging i not an effectivetool for enforcement. If you're going to doquicks tat ions, do it right. After 10 minute ,log the user out.

These observations are colored by myrecent dependence on Safe Ride. Because of aknee injury, I often find it difficult to walkback to my room at Tang Hall at night. Toprevent my tendon from feeling like a pluckedrubber band, I began to to take Safe Ridehome each night. Several nights, I had to waitover 30 minutes for the van to arrive, oftenwet in cold snow or rain. In addition, somenights I found that the safety belt came togood use as the driver made the trip downAmherst Alley at what felt like 55 miles perhour.

When I er{tered the van, I was shocked athow few people were riding it or boarding itat the stops. However, when it is raining orsnowing, it is almost impossible to get a spoton any Safe Ride, especially the two that runacross the Harvard Bridge. When weather per-mits, most people like to'walk. But at night orduring bad weather, people would like to besheltered from the elements. Convenience alsoplays a role in Safe Ride usage.

When the shuttles r:un on time, people cancount on a reliable source' of transportationand may think to use it more. Waits like theones I had to endure do not make people wantto use the service. The other thing that may beaffecting ridership is the size of the vehicles. Idare anyone to try to catch a Safe Ride acrossthe river on a rainy night. Chances are youwon't get on.

Expanding the Safe Ride fleet with'smallbuses would allow people to use a more reli-able and guaranteed system of transportation.Increasing the driving ability of some drivers.may also help. Increasing hours of operationwould also help fix the problems of gettingaround such a long campus. In short, we needa larger, safer, more convenient Safe Ride.

e, Wider ServicesRe ia

one appear to be on its way to beingbotched.

What's up with this 10-minute timelimit? If I tay logged in for more than 10minute, the quickstation is going to ... nagme? If I log in on an express dialup for toolong, I get kicked off. But if I log into aquicks tat ion for too long, I get asked nicelyto leave? I suspect that thi i some symp-

Safe Ride ridership appearsto have leveled off or

drapp~d, the vans tend torun behind schedule, and

some drivers make the "saferide "feel like a suicide run

from hell.

the day every day. That includes daylighthours.

Imagine a Cambridgeside Galleria Busthat would run around our campus. It wouldbe able to carry more passengers than theexisting afe Ride. In addition, expandeddaylight hours would be a great benefit to thecampus. If a route were extended to includethe MIT Museum and outer areas of campusthat manage to appear in tourist guides, itwould help make our campus a bit more

friendly to outside visitors. Instead of havingto ask for directions to the hard to find MITMuseum for instance, visitors could board alittle red bus and be dropped off at its big reddoor.

However, before such an expansion couldoccur, some of the problems of the existingSafe Ride need to be addressed. Safe Ride rid-ership appears to have leveled off or dropped,the vans tend to run behind schedule, andsome drivers make the "safe ride" feel like asuicide run from hell.

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If I could use one word to describe MIT'scampus, it would be "long." Walking and bik-ing are two convenient ways to get aroundcampus, but when they aren't feasible -because of distance or safety - thingsbecome a bit more difficult. Safe Ride is agood alternative means of transportation, butlet's face it - it's just not cutting it and needssome major work.

The need for a more convenient means oftransportation about our nearly two-mile cam-pus wa noted recently in a column by A. ArifHusain '97 entitled "Monorail Will ExpandCreative Potential" [Nov. 26, 1996]. Despitethe chann of the idea, I somehow doubt theIn btute would be willing to ri k its bond rat-ing on funding such a multimillion dollar pro-Ject.

With or without a monorail, the campusneeds to think about ways to transport peopleabout the campus. A round-the-clock .expan-sion of Safe Ride - which has become ineffect MIT's transportation system - andlarger vehicles may help alleviate this prob-lem. It may also be a low-cost way to solvethe intracampus transportation dilemma aswell.

Recently, I was walking along CambridgeStreet in Boston when a small bus passed byon the street. When I looked up to observe the

. little bus, I was shocked to realize it waspainted red and on the side bore a sign saying"Harvard University Shuttle Services." As itpassed, I realized that I had seen similar busesrolling through Harvard Square. Upon return-ing home I called a friend up river, and shetold me that the buses are a shuttle service -the "Harvard Shuttle" - that runs for most of

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The City I a Land cape: UrbanDesl61J and Landscape Architec-ture77 Massachusetts Ave., Room10-250, Cambridge. Feb. 25,6:30 p.m. Admission: free. Infor-mation: 253-7791. Lecture byLaurie Olin, landscape architect.

Usf Visual Arts Center20 Ames St., Cambridge. ThroughMarch 29: Sat., Sun .•Tues.-Thurs., noon-6 p.m.; Fri.,noon-8 p.m. Admission: free,Information: 253-4680.Joseph Kosuth: Re-Defining the

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Hart Nautical Gallery55 Massachusetts Ave., Cam-bridge. Mon.-Sun., 9 a.m.-8 p.m.Admission: free. Information: 253-4444.Ships for Victory: American Ship-building's Finest Hour. Historicphotographs and artifacts explorethe shipbuilding programs ofWorld War II, the I vital andunprecedented contribution ofwomen to these programs, andMIl's pivotal role in the shipbuil~ing effort. Ongoing.Ship Models. Rare models illus-trate the evolution of ship designfrom the 16th to 20th centuries.Ongoing.

VIrtuality and Vaude¥1l1e: ThInk ..Drink Hoffman mHO the WorldWide WebBartos Theatre, 20 Ames St.,Cambridge. Feb. 22, 3 p.m.Admission: free. Information: 253-4680. This talk, being presentedin connection with the currentLVAC exhibition .Port: NavigatingDigital Culture. (artnetweb.comjPORT), will discuss links betweenturn-of.the-century vaudeville andturn.of-the-millennium digital cul-ture while charting, historicallyand metaphysically, the differ-ences between these pop""larsocial technologies: The point isto endow the Web with a sense ofhistory while noting what has shift-ed in cultural experience from thedays of Think-a-Drink Hoffman tothe present of America Online,and the burgeoning of digital,interactive artwork.

noo-MIT add $1 to the cket price.Informa ion: 225-8744. A DanceTroupe special concert showcas-ing orks by professional dancechoreographers and dancers, aswell as favorites from DanceTroupe's performing past.

On the Sutface of Things: ImagesIn Science and Engineering byFelice Frankel.Compton Gallery,. 77 Massachu-setts Ave., Cambridge. Feb.14-June 27: Mon.-Sun., 9 a.m.-8

'p.m. Admission: free. Information:253-4444. Stunning photographscommunicate recent research in av.ariety of disciplines at MIT andother institutions.

February 21, 1997

MITMuseum265 Massachusetts Ave., Cam-bridge. Tues.-Frk, 10 a.m.-5p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-5 p.m.Admission: $3; non-MIT students,seniors, and under 12, $1; Milstudents, free. Information: 253-4444. .What's So Funny About Science?Cartoons of Sidney Harris offer ahilarious look at unexpected andincongruous moments in science.Through May 31.Maps from the Age of Atlases.Rare maps from the Museum'sHart Nautical Collections Illumi-nate the golden age of cartogra-phy. Through May 4 ..Gestural Engineering: The Sculfrture of Arthur Ganson. Ganson'skinetic sculptures exude the wit attheir creator, a self-describedcross between a mechanical engi-neer and a choreographer. Ongo-ing.LightForest: The Holographic Rain-forest. Large-scale hologramexhibit by Betsy Connors. Ongo-ing.Holography. The exhibitionexplores the holographic universefrom its inception in the late1940s through its artistic andtechnical evolution and highlightsworks by the world's foremostholographers. Ongoing.Math in 3D. Morton C. Bradley's.mathematical sculptures inspireinventors of all ages to createtheir own structures in the adja-cent MathSpace activity center.Ongoing.MIT Hall of Hacks. ChroniclingMIl's rich hacking tradition, thisexhibition features historic pho-tographs and a collection of arti-facts. Ongoing.Light Sculptures. Vivid interactiveplasma sculptures by Center for

• Advanced Visual Studies alumnusBill Parker. Ongoing.

DanceDance Troupe Breaking BoundsConceit .Little Kresge, Rear 48 Massachu-setts Ave., Cambridge. Feb. 21, 8p.m.; Feb. 22, 8 p.m.; Feb. 23, 2p.m, Admission: $4 in advance;$5 at the doC?rfor MIT community;

RentShubert Theatre, 265 TremontSt., Boston. Through April 27.Tues.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.;matinees, Sat.-Sun., 2 p.m.Admission: $25-$67.50. Informa-tion: (800)447-7400. Musicalbased on Puccini's 1896 opera La'Boheme.

South PacificT Ie Lane Playhouse, 283 Me)-i e St., Newton. Through March1~. Admission: $12-$18. Infor:mation: 244-0169. Rodgers andHammerstein musical.

On the TownStudent Center La Sala de PuertoRico (84 Massachusetts Ave).Feb. 14-15 and Feb 20-22, 8p.m.; Feb 16, 2 p.m. MIT Musical .Theatre Guild production of showby Leonard Bernstein, Betty Com-den, and Adolph Green which fol-lows the one-day shore leave ofthree sailors anxious to see the.sights and lights. of New YorkCity. $9; MIT faculty and staff andother students, $8; MIT/Wellesleystudents, $6 (discount of $ljtick-et for groups of 10 or more).

/253-6294 or e-mail mtg-tick-ets@mit.edu.

tion: 266-4351. 'In English. Play inone act conceived and directed byJulian Cairol, with the No Exit.p1ay-ers. There are no racks, red-hottongs, nor other instruments oftorture in hell, as it is supposed,but out-of-fashion armchairs in aSecond Empire drawing-roomwhere the condemned sinners,Garcin, fnes, and Estelle arereceived. As we follow the halluci-nating development of the play,however, we discover that theinstruments of torture really doexist. The performance will beaccompanied by musical illustra-tion played by Lucienne Davidson.

Ongoing Theater

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WhalesMuseum of Science, SciencePark, Cambridge. Through April30. Admission: $7.50; sen'orsand ages 3-14, $5.50 (Tues.,bargain nights for all shows 7p.m. and later, $5; seniors a(ldages 3-14, $3). Information: 723-2500. Film follows the life cyclesand travels of blue, humpback,and right whales from Argentina toAlaska.

Leona's Sister Gem140 Commonwealth Ave., Chest-nut Hill. Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m.Admission: free. Information: 552-4295. Part of Social Issues FilmSeries. Film' to be introduced byits maker.

on events leading up to JFK'snational address on civil rights.Son of Ireland. Portrays Kennedy'svisit to his ancestral home.Through June 1.Legacy of a Dream: Martin LutherKing. Narrated by James EarlJones, this film shows the historicchronology of the events thatsecured the vote for African Ameri-cans and led to the death of agreat leader. Showing Feb. 21.Eyewitness: The U.S. vs Missis-sippi. The story of James Meredithand the Kennedy Administration'sstruggle to de-segregate the Uni-versity of Mississippi. Featuresinterviews by, among others, avery young Dan Rather in one ofhis earliest assignments. ShowingFeb. 22.

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Belle de JourThe French Library and CulturalCenter, 53 Marlborough St.,Boston. Feb. 21, 8 p.m. Admis-sion: members, $10; non-mem-bers, $6; 10-pass, $40. Informa-tion: 266-4351. In French withEnglish subtitles. Film directed byLuis Buiiuel, with CatherineDeneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Pic-coli. Buiiuel's wry and disturbingtale of a virginal newlywed whow.orks the day shift in ~ high-classParisian brothel, unknown to herpatient husband.

A Performance of No ExitThe. French Library and CulturalCeoter, 53 Marlborough St.,Boston, Feb. 22, 6:30 p.m.Admission: $6; members, stu-dents, and seniors, $4.lnforma-

The Museum at the John F.Kennedy UbraryColumbia Point, Boston. ThroughJune 1: Fri.-"'(hurs., 9 a.m.-'5 p.m.Admission: $6; seniors and stu-dents, $4; ages 6-12, $2; under6, free. Information: 929-4523.Films run continuously during theday.Cuban Missile Crisis. Film docu-menting the October 1962 con-frontation with the Soviet Union.Through June 1.Rght Against Segregation. A film

ring called MThe 39 Steps. inScotland and thus clear his name.This film is Hitchcock's mostfamous work of his English period.Twelfth Night. Feb. 22, 7 p.m. and10 p.m., Room 26-100. An updateof Shakespeare's comedy of thelate 19th century. It is an enter-taining, fast-paced story of mistak-en identity, cross-dressing, andunrequited love.Of Mice and Men. Feb. 23, 7 p.m.and 10 p.m., Room 26-100.Based on Steinbeck's novel, thisfilm tells of George and his dimwit-ted brother, Lennie, as they travelacross the country as migrantworkers. Lennie, who doesn'tknow his own strength, doesn'tunderstand why he ends up caus-ing trouble wherever they go.Stars Gary Sinise and JohnMalkovich.

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Feb. 17: Apartment Three, TheBlue Route, Scott Mackey.Feb. 18: Spacetruck, Unionsuit,Glans.Feb. 19: The Doosies, Sameasy-ou, Movable.Feb. 20: Cambridge Concerts forHousing Justice.Feb. 21: Miracle Legion, Humidi-fiers, Lockgroove LUllaby.

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The Dance Troupe performs In a fall 1995 concert. The troupe will present a special concert, "Breaking BoiJnds,"today t Saturday, and Sunday In Uttle Kresge. .

Lecture Series Committee77 Massachusetts Ave., Cam-bridge. Admission: $2. Informel-tion: 258-8881.Fargo. Feb. 21, 7 p.m. and 10p.m., Room 26-100. A charminglydark comedy about a Minnesotacar dealer who schemes to extortmoney from his rich father-in-law.When things begin to go sour,Marge, a pregnant cop fromupstate, follows a trail of clues tohis doorstep.The 39 Steps. Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m,Room 10-250. Directed by AlfredHitchcock; starring Robert Donat.A secret service agent is assassi-nated in the London apartment ofRichard Hannay (Donat), but Han-nay manages to escape both thepolice and the assassins in orderto find the members of the spy

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The Longy School of Mu IeOne Follen St., Cambridge. Infor-mation: 876-0956, x120.Opera at Longy. Feb. 21-22, 8p.m. Directed by Donna Roll, pre-sents opera scenes and arias byMozart, Beethoven, Puccini, Verdi,and others.Schubert Celebration Series. Feb.23, 7 p.m. Cellist Ronald Lowryand pianist Ossie Borosh performthe Sonata in A Minor, D. 821(Arpeggione). Borosh will also per-form Four Impromptus, D. 935.Violinist Eric Rosenblith andpianist Gabriel Chodos will performthe Fantasy in C Major, 0 934.FaCUlty Art;st Series. Feb. 27, 8p.m. Dana Mazurkevich, violin,performs with guest artists theLeont6vych String Quartet.

Jazz Music

Popular Music

MIT Chapel SeriesMIT Chapel, across from 77 Mass-achusetts Ave" Cambridge. Feb.20, noon. Mark Small and RobertTorres, guitar duo. Music of Grieg,Bach, DeFalla, Bellinatti.

Student RecitalsKillian Hall, 160 Memorial Dr.,Cambridge. Admission: free. Infor-mation: 253-9800.Feb. 23, 3 p.m. Eric Sawyer,piano; Bayla Keyes, violin; and He-Kun Wu, cello. Eric Sawyer'sSelections from Twelve PianoPieces, Sonata for Violin andPiano, and the Sonata for Celloand Piano by Caesar Franck.Feb. 26, 5 p.m. Admission: free.Information: 253-9800. ChrisRohrs '99, clarinet. Schumann,FantasiesWcke Op. 73, Lutoslaws-ki, Five Dance Preludes, John Yi'97, piano; Copland, Concerto forClarinet and String Orchestra,Cathy Labelle (G), piano.

MIT String SinfoniettaKillian Hall, 160 Memorial Dr.,Cambridge. Feb, 24, 8 p.m ..Admission: free. In their Sinfoniet-ta debut concert, student musi-cians perform Bach's Branden-burg Conerto #3, Britten's SimpleSymphony, and Grieg's HolbergSuite.

MIT Faculty ConceitKillian Hall, 1.60 Memorial Dr.,Cambridge. Feb. 21, 8 p.m.Admission: free. Information: 253-9800. Margaret O'Keefe, sopra-no; Charles Shadle, piano.Songs bY Schumann, Mompou,Shadle, Perslchetti, Fiday, Cohenand songs from The Lion King.

Jazz VespersUniversity Lutheran Church, 66Winthrop St., Cambridge. Feb. 16,6 p.m. Admission: free. Informa-tion: 876-3256. Music and medi-tation in the night, featuring theJeff Robinson Trio.

Bad Taste '9777 Massachusetts Ave., Room10-250, Cambridge. Feb. 21,11:59 p.m. Admission: free. Infor-mation: 437-7795. Chorallaries'annual concert.

Middle East472 Massachusetts Ave., Cam-bridge. 9 p.m. Admission: covervaries. Casual attire. All shows18+. Information: 497-0576, 354-8238.Feb. 14: Lilys, Syrup USA.Feb.15: Lyres, The Prissteens,Devotions.Feb. 16: Residency Series withButtercup, Chris Colbourn, VoodooGlow Skulls.

A moment from The Chorallarles' Bad Taste '96, which was likely the raunchiest campus show of the year.This year's show Is tonight at 11:59 p.m. In 10-250.

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Context of Art: 1968-1997. Worksby this renowned Conceptualartist.The Shape of Breath. Works bythis Seattle-based artist. Exploresthe metaphorical properties ofmaterials.Port: Navigating Digital Culture.Exhibition of collaborative, perfor-mative art projects taking placeover the Internet.

The Race to the MoonThe Museum at the" John F.Kennedy Library. Off MorrisseyBoulevard, Dorchester. ThroughJune 1: Fri.-Thurs., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Admission: $6; seniors and stu-dents, $4: ages 6-12, $2; under6, free. Information: 929-4523.Exhibit on America's pioneeringspace exploration.

Museum of Rne Arts465 Huntington Ave., Boston.Mon.-Tues., 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m.;Wed.-Fri., 10 a.m.-9:45 p.m.;Sat.-Sun .... lQ a.m.-5:45 p.m.l'dmission: $10; ;seniors and 001-lege students, $8; ages 17 andunder, free; Wed. after 4 p.m., vol-untary contribution; Thurs.-Fri.,after 5 p.m., $2 discount. Infor-mation: 267-9300. 'Herb Ritt's Work. Several works ofthe renowned photographer.Through Feb ..23.Face and Rgure in Contemporary

Art. Survey of the variety and com-plexity of contemporary approach-es to the theme of the human fig-ure. Through March.Dressing Up: Children's Fashions1720-1920. Explores the rela-tionship between children's andadults' fashions in the past cou.pie of centuries. More than 40costumes, predominantly fromthe museum's permanent collec-tion, are on view along withaccessories, toys, dolls, furni.ture, and paintings. ThroughMarch 23.The Art of John Biggers: View fromthe Upper Room. Exhibit of theblack artist's drawings, prints,paintings, and SCUlptures.Through April 20.Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furni-ture of the 16th and 17th Cen-turies. The exhibit aims not onlyto explore the beauty of Chineseart forms, but also to carry theviewer into the physical surround-ings of their time. ThroughMay 18.This is the Modern World: Furnish;.,ings of the 20th Century. Theexhibit relates the look of objectsintended for everyday use to thecreative vision of the artist.makeror designer, and the demands oftechnology, function, cost, andthe needs and desires of thepotential buyer -or user_ ThroughSeptember. .

Arthur M. Sack/er Museum485 Broadway, Cambridge. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 1-5p.m. Admission: $5; seniors, $4;students, $3; under 18 and Satur-day morning, free. Information:495-9400.Masterworks of Ukiyo-e. Printedworks by two important artists of theperiod, Toshusai Sharasku (active1794-1795) and Kitagawa Utamaro(1754-1806). Through Feb. 16.Building the Collective: SovietGraphic Design, 1917-1937. Over100 posters and graphic work ondisplay. Through March 30.

Computer Museum, MuseumWharf300 Congress St., Boston. Twoblocks from South Station T sta-tion. Tues.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Admission: $7; seniors and stu-dents ages 5 and up, $5; ages 4and under, free; Sun., 3-5 p.m.,half-price. Information: 423-6758.Robots! Robots! Robots! Guidedexplorations into the world ofrobQts and artificial intelligence._Through Feb. 23.Mission Impossible. Discover thedifference between humans andsmart machines, self-guided activi.ties, talk with a computer program.

Botticelll's WItness: ChangingStyle In a Changing Rorence

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um, 280 The Fenway, Boston.Through April 6: Tues.-Sun., 11a.m.-5 p.m. Admission: $9;seniors, $7; college students with10, $5; ages 12-17, $3; under12, free. Information: 566-1401.Works by Sandro Botticelli, one ofthe most influential artists of theItalian Renaissance.

USS ConstitutIon MuseumNavy Yard, Charlestown.Mon.-Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Admission: $4; seniors, $3; ages6-16, $2; under 6, free; under 16when unaccompanied by an adUlt,free. Information: 426-1812.Old Ironsides In War and Peace.Retrospective celebrating the USSConstitution's upcoming 200thbirthday. Includes artifacts suchas the sea b-ag and possessionsof an 1812 crew member, hands-on activities, and photographs.Ongoing.Strengthening Old Ironsides. Colorphotographs documenting thefour-year rehabilitation andrestorations of the ship. Ongoing.Capturing Old Ironsides onCanvas. Works by artist Cheslie0'Andrea. Ongoing.

Uvlng with Ants and the ScIenceof E.O. WilsonHarvard Museums of Cultural andNatural' History, 26 Oxford St.,Cambridge. Through April 30:

Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun.,1-5 p.1l\. Admission: $5; seniorsand students, $4; ages 3-13, $3;Sat. 9 a.m.-noon, free. Informa-tion: 4~3045.

Supennel'CadoChildren's Museum, MuseumWharf, 300 Congress St., Boston.Tues.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Frl.until 9' p.m. Admission: $7; ages2-15 and seniors, $6; l-year-olds, $2. Information: 426-8855.Latin American supermarketexhibit.

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Invaluable Print.Fogg Art Museum, 32 QUincy St.,Cambridge. Through March 2:Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun.,1-5 p.m. Admission: $5; seniors,$4; students, $3; under 18 andSaturday morning, free. Informa-tion: 495-9400. Works by Durer,Canaletto, Daumier, Manet,Winslow Homer, Jasper Johns,and others that are worth compar-atively little on the art market butare priceless as teaching tools atHarvard.

BuildIng the CollectIve: SovIetGraphIc DesIgn, 1917-1937Busch-Reisinger Museum, 32Quincy St., Cambridge. ThroughMarch 30: Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5p.m.; ~un., 1-5 p.m. Admission:$5; seniors, $4; students, $3;under 18 and Saturday morning,free. Information: 495-9400.

InsIde Fort Independence: AnArchaeological VIew of MilitaryuteCommonwealth Museum, 220Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester.Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 9a.m.-3 p.m. Admission: free.Information: .727-9268.

The PyramIds and the SphInx:100 Years of American Archaeol-ogy at GizaSemitic Museum, Harvard Univer-sity, 6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge.Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun.,1-4 p.m. Admission: free. Infor-mation: 495-4631. Collection ofphotos and -artifacts. Ongoing.

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Profi son contribute to high coOne of the major difficultie of

nmning a textbook store i consult-ing with profes or to determinewhat books are.required and recom-mended for subjects, Powell said.

Most profe ors fail to return thetextbook forms. to the Coop by itspreferred date of ov. 15 for thespring semester, Piotti said. "Ourbusiest day to receive forms is thefirst day of classes," she aid

As a result, many textbooks thatcould have been kept by The Coopbecause they were being sold in theprevious semester have already beenreturned to the manufacturer, Piottisaid. They must then be repur-chased, often at a higher price, andshipping is again required, she said.

In addition, receiving the pur-chase forms by the ov. 15 deadlineallows The Coop to purchase moreused books. "Our first attempt is topurchase used books" through vari-ous means, Powell said.

"The money we make. on usedbooks is more than on new books,"

ing down the doors," Powell aid.The Coop, however, considers it tobe "our mission," he said.

The selling pric is at 0 adjustedfor boo that are being offered lesse pensively at other tore in therea, Piotti aid." e won't take

much of a markup on MIT Pressbooks" ince they are located acro sthe street, he said.

The maximum markup on text-boo without a preprinted price i28 percent, while the markup onbooks with preprinted prices can beas high as 40 percent due to markupsincorporated into the printed price,Piotti said. On the 6.041 textbook,the markup was 25 percent.

The textbook markup, comparedto markups for other items, "is thelowest in the store," Piotti said

The costs of running a textbookoperation contribute to the h"ighcosts of textbooks, Powell said. -

"It's an expensive process toorder books, receive them, pricethem, and shelve them," Powellsaid. "It's a business that doesn'tproduce any profit," he added

If the text fails to sell, The Coopmust return the text, often incurringa restocking fee, Piotti said. In addi-tiop, The Coop is required to payshipping costs in all instances, sheadded.

"If textbooks were a good busi-ness, competitors would be knock-

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Each emester, roo t studentrush to The Coop to buy their text-book , often grumbling about thehigh cost in the proce .

In an effort to determine whatfactors influence the costs of text-books, The Tech conducted aninvestigation of price of co~onMIT textbooks at various book-stores in the Bo ton area and on theWorld Wide Web.

The investigation showed thatThe Coop's textbook prices were asmuch as, 13 percent above pricesquoted from trade bookstores in thearea.

The Coop also quoted a lowerprice over the phone for severaltextbooks than the price for whichthe book was being sold in the text-book department.

Manufacturer partly responsibleThe high prices on textbooks at

The Coop are in part because of thehigh costs that the manufacturerscharge for books, said Coop GeneralManager Allan E. Powell. "Ourprices are based on what we arecharged" for the book, he added.

Book manufacturers charge dif-ferently depending on whether thebookstores are trade or textbookretailers, Powell said.Manufacturers often charge morefOTtextbooks than they do for tradebooks. In addition, the same book issometimes classified as both a tradebook and a textbook and may besold at different prices depending onits use. Unlike general books, whichhave printed prices, most textbookslack published list prices.

Bookstores are then expected tpapply a markup representing theircosts and profit, Powell said. "It'sour disadvantage to be a collegetextbook -store," Piotti said.

For example, McGraw-Hill. Publishing, which. publishes

"Fundamentals of AppliedProbability" for ProbabilisticSystems Analysis (6.041), offerstrade publishers a 16.7 percent dis-count off list price for orders of nineor fewer books, said Martha E.Piotti, store manager of The Coop atKendall Square.

"Discrete Mathematics," a bookby Kenneth Rosen used inMathematics for Computer Science

. (6.042J), is sold to The Coop at$51.25, Piotti said. However, tradebookstores are quoted a price of$42.69, she said:The book sells for$71.50 at The Coop. .

Book manufacturers chargetextbook stores higher pricesbecause they are trying to recoupthe costs of their investment in mar-keting the book to college profes-sors~ Powell said. "Their rationalefor the markup is that the marketing .is done by the manufacturer," andthe textbook store is not expected tohave additional marketing costs, headded.

Trade bookstores, on the otherhand, are expected to have addition-al manufacturing costs that will bepassed on to the consumer, Powellsaid.

All manufacturers do not followthe process, Piotti said. "There arecertain textbook publishers that donot give agency discounts [to tradebookstores]. They have their listprice, and their cost comes off ofthat price."

McGraw-Hill did not return calls. seeking comment on their textbookpricing policies.

TextbOoks receive preset markupOnce a textbook arrives at The

Coop, it is assigned a price thatincorporates a preset markup, Piottisaid. "The process is all done bycomputer," she added

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in its core edu ation, e pecially withthe changing tudent demographicsand career paths, aid Professor ofChemistry Robert l. ilbey, whoheads the task force.

Silbey cited tatistics whichhowed that 20 percent of the Class

of ] 997 are medical school appli-cants, a significant increase frompast trends. In addition, students'careers paths are changing as moreconsulting and finance companiesrecruit MIT students.

Also troubling the task force arealumni surveys indicating dissatis-faction with some of the Institute'scurriculum. While alumni generallyfelt that an MIT education improvedtheir problem s~lving skills, it con-tributed very little to the develop-ment of their self-esteem and writ-ing skills, which play importantroles in the workplace.

MIT's education should bereworked to resolve the "disparitybetween what people think is impor-tant and what MIT did for them,"Silbey said.

The task force is consideringcore curriculum modificationschanges to Residence andOrientation Week, and better stu-dent advising and counseling,Silbey said. The group is also look-ing at more' structural changes thatwould improve interaction withindepartments and reconsidering stu- (dent demographics, Silbey said.

As it stands, the committee isstill considering what problemsshould be dealt with, Silbey said.Solutions will not be implemented"until we can put things in order,"he added.

"This faculty and institution real-ly care about the students, much

Task force continues researchThe task force on student life

and learning also reported theresults of an alumni survey and-pro-posed long-term changes. .

The task force is charged byPresident Charles M. Vest to evalu-ate and guide MIT's educationalmis ion as the Institute approachesthe next century.

MIT may need to make changes

At Wednesday's faculty meet-ing, In titute groups, including theCommittee on Discipline and thepresidential task force on studentlife and learning, pre ented reportssummarizing their progres .

Professor of Science,Technology, and Society led Z.Buchwald, chair of the COD, beganthe meeting with a presentation ofthe committee's annual report,which showed a continuing decreasein the number of disciplinary cases.

During the past three academicyears, there have been 21 'disciplinecases which resulted in nine expul-sions, two suspensions, four formalprobations, an informal probation, adegree revocation, and two repri-mands.

There have been three academicdiscipline cases so far this schoolyear, Buchwald said. There is "notmuch of a problem," and "thingslook like they're in pretty goodshape."

Dean for Student Life MargaretR. Bates followed with the Dean'sOffice report on disciplinaryactions. While the report indicatedthat number of disciplinary actionssimilar to last year, the system is"intrinsically working well," Batessaid.

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Other colleges, though, have hadreports of Rohypnol use. "It hasbeen used, and it's a problem,"Goldstein said.

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In addition to the Campus Policebulletin, MIT has incorporatedinformation on Rohypnol intoMedlinks training, Jablonski said.The Medlinks hold seminars and areavailable as points of contact onissues regarding drugs, alcohol, andsexual activity.

Still, "the largest preventativemeasure is not to accept any type ofbeverage in an open container,"Jablonski said.

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To ensure that the class will notbe too large, the Admissions Officeis predicting that the percentage ofapplicants accepted who choose toattend MIT will be larger this yearthan last year, Johnson said.Waiting lists will then be used ifnecessary to even out the class size.

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"It's possible now to have booksat different prices within the samestores" as a result of a changeoverto new computer systems a fewyears ago when Barnes and Nobletook over day-to-day managementof The Coop, Piotti said.

"We should be competitive with.ourselves," Powell said. The Coopis working to rem~dy this problem,he added.

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alumnus Brad Layton '92 rowed astrong time of 6:05.8 and barelymissed the international finals.

The final event of the day wasthe women's open event. Thewomen were led in the overallstanding by Jesse Kleiss '00 whorowed a strong 7: 16.2 to finish in39th. The next MIT finishers wereStephanie Chen '00 in 89th (7:30.9),Susan Dey '98 in 92nd (7:31.4),Katy Croff '00 in 143rd (7:47.2),and arah FolsCl'oft '98 in 178th(8:05.9).

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33rd collegiately with a time of6:13.3. He was clo ely followed byRobert Lentz '98 in 36th (6:14.4),Karsten Kallevig '99 in 46th(6:16.5), and Brian Smith '97 in50th (6:17.1).

The heavyweight team al 0 sawgood finishes in the collegiate fieldof 240 rowers from Dan Parker '99in 82nd (6:25.7), Solar Olugebefola'99 in 91st (6:27.3), Karl Richter'99 in 97th (6:29.2), Mads Schmidt'98 in 120th (6:34.2), Shane Wu '99in 138th (6:37.3), Charley Able '97in 140th (6:37.4), and Jeb Keiper'99 in 167th (6:47.3).

The open men's division had'anew world recerd set by MatthiasSeijkowski from Germany with amind-boggling time of 5:39.7. MIT

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The heavyweights then compet-ed in the men's open event. "With11 of 12 personal bests, it was thebest performance as a squad wehave ever had," said GordonHamilton, coach of the heavyweightvarsity team. "nus indicates that wehave good racers, since it is quitedifficult to perform under so muchpressure."

Four oarsmen finished withtimes among the top nine fastesttimes ever at MIT. In addition, theEngineers placed seven rowers inthe top 100 of a field of 240 colle-giate oarsmen. Michael Perry '99had the highest Engineer finish in

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BrIan M. Smith '97 competes In the open men's event at the CRASH-B sprints Sunday, held at theRege Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College.

Weoverall in a tim of7:3l.7. he wasfollowed by teammate ariah Luff'99 in 43rd (8:08.2), Heidi Chang'98 in 51 t ( :16.8), and Jeanne Yu'98 in 61 t ( :45).

The ne t event was men' light-weight. Mo t of the members of thelightweight quads who competedrowed to per onal b t time .Overall, it was one of trongestshowings by the lightweights in theevent' history. They were led byDan Frisk '99, who finished in 26thplace in a time of 6:33.6 and mi sedmaking the collegiate finals by twospots.

Frisk was closely followed byKris Kendall '98 who finished in30th place with a time of 6:35.2.Other finishers were J'orreyRadcliffe '97 in 62nd (6:43.6),Jorge Broggio '97 in 84th (6:47.9),Garrett Shook '97 in 107th (6:52.3),and Sean Hwang '99 in 160th(7:04.6).

Seth Newburg '00 was the firstfreshman finis er in a time of 6:55.1which earned him 116th place.Following him was Chad Brodel '00in 149th (7:02.9), Harald Hoegh '00in 16lst (7:04.9), James O'Donnell'00 in 179th (7: 12.4), Jeremy Hui'00 in 192nd (7:18.4), Ben Boehm'00 in 194th (7:19.3), and KartikMani '00 in 197th (7:23.7).

Some coxswains and rowers,who could make the weightrequirement, competed in the nextevent, which was for coxswains.Stuart Jackson '00 was the top fm-isher for MIT in seventh with atime of 7;33.20: Following himwere Haiwei Guo in ninth (7:36.0),

By ErIk S. Sa YTEAM MEMBER

February 21, 1997

On Sunday, members of mo t ofthe crew quad competed in the15th annual CRASH-B printWorld Indoor RowingChampionships. Although no roweraffiliated with MIT medaled, eachsquad fini hed the day with manystrong performance .

This year the champion hipswere held at the Reggie LewisTrack and Indoor Athletic Center atRoxbury Community College forthe first time. In past years, theCRASH-Bs have been held inRockwell Cage or at HarvardUniversity.

The sprints are divided intoevents which run in heats.Participants are randomly assignedto a heatin a given event. Each par-ticipant then rows an exhaustivelygrueling 2,OOO-meterpiece on theConcept IIModel C ergometer.

The sprints attract rowers fromall over the world The top 10 fin-ishers in the lightweight and openmen's and women's events thencompete in the international finallater in the day. Because of thelarge number of international com-petitors, a separate ranking of colle-giate rowers is kept. The next 10collegiate competitors, who do notfinish in the overall top lOin these

!'/ events, then compete in the colle-giate finals. For the finals, competi-tors must row another 2,OOO-meterpiece.

The day began at 8 a.m. with thewomen's lightweight event. AmyGieffers '97 fmished in 11th place

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The Norwich victory brings theirrecord to 12-11, 5-8 in the confer-ence.

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severe disadvantage. The back-breaker was a Paul Pecor 3-pointerthat made it 64-52 with 5:02remaining. From there, both teamsplayed .out the string to the 70-53final. .

Other leading scorers for MITwere Pullen witli 12, and John

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Benjamin finding John Schaeffer'00 open on the fast break to clo ethe gap to 25-20.

At that point, the Engineers inex-plicably slowed it down again, andthe Cadets regained their hootingtouch to make it a 36-24 orwichmargin at the break.

Whatever Coach LarryAnderson aid during halftime, heshould write down, because theEngineer came out on fire -Melvin Pullen '98 got his firstpoints of the game, MIT maintaineda quick tempo, everyone shot wellfrom everywhere on the floor. Atthe same time, orwicb could notbuy a basket.

All contributed to eliminate thedeficit and give the Engineers a50-46 lead of its own at the mid-point of the half. But just as quicklyas this new MIT team appeared, itvanished orwich shot well the rest

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first lead of the game. But the balltarted bouncing the otb r way

again in the back end of the econdhalf, and orwich produced anasy in.

Kareem Benjamin '97 was thekey man for the Engineer in thefirst half and, at time , had two-thirds of MlT's points well into thegame. He fini hed with 18 points.

MIT again had trouble againstthe full-court press, which createdturnovers and opened up a 25- 10Cadet lead with 8:30 left in the half.To counter, the Engineers sped upthe offense, capped off with

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Saturd y, Feb. 22Women's Basketball vs. MOlmtHolyoke College, 1 p.m.Men's Gymnastics vs. the University ofVennont, 2 p.m.Pistol in the Intercollegiate SectionaJs

By a nukeSTAFF REPORTER

The men's basketball team,though howing heart in the econdhalf, fell 70-53 to the orwichUniversity Cadets Tuesday in frontof a crowd of 176 at Roc wellCage.

Th game can be divided neatlyinto three segments. Throughoutthe first half, orwich took advan-tage of numerous Engineerturnovers (the final margin was 23to 9) to open up a 12-point lead.After the break, however, MITpulled off a 19-3 run to take their