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Tuesday, March 7, 1995~.:

'Corporation OKs'95-'96 Tuition Hike6.5%rise in self-help also approvedBy Venkatesh SatlshASSOCiATE NEWS ED/TOR

The Institute has officially raisedtuition from $20,100 to $21,000 forthe 1995-96 academic year. The 4.5

. percent increase, which is the lowestin the past 25 years, was announcedFriday by President Charles M. Vestfollowing approval Thursdayevening by the Executive Commit-tee of the Corporation.

The nominal self-help level, theamount of money MIT expects stu-dents to be able to supply for them-

. selves either through loans or tenn-~~ time work, wi)) rise by $500 to

$8,150 next year, a 6.5 percentincrease from this year.

With an additional 2.9 percentincrease in average housing and din-ing costs, the overa)) cost of attend-ing MIT will rise to $27,150, a 4.1percent increase over this year's fig-ure of $26,080 ..

The Executive Committeeapproved the recommendationsmade earlier by the AcademicCouncil for the increases in self-help and tuition.

Vest said that lowering the annu-al tuition increases has been a majorgoal of MIT. "Keeping our educa-tion both excellent,and affordable isthe primary driving force of the cur-rent re-engineering of the Institute."

Increases in tuition and self-help_will be kept "as low as we can with-out sacrificing the quality of educa-tion," .Yest said. He also empha-sized that the Institute will endeavor

to keep financial aid available tostudents.

He noted that tuition historicallycovers about half the cost of a stu-dent's education, with the remaindermet by earnings from the endowmentand by unrestricted gifts and grants.

While Vest concedes that MITtuition costs and self-help levels aregreater than those of comparableinstitutions, he said that the costsincurred in the education of engi-neering and science majors, the twomost popular areas of interest atMIT, are expensive compared withoth~r fields. "-

Vest said salary levels and thecost of infrastructure, laboratories,and computing facilities contributeto the difference between MIT andother universities in tuition and self-help level. "Frankly, it is amazingthat we can keep our tuition at alevel comparable to other world-class universities," he said.

Decreases in government fund-ing of student scholarships over thepast decade and continued cuts "wiJIproduce strong pressures to increasetuition and cover our costs," Vestsaid.

"Nati9nally, the continuedretreat from providing financial aidis a sad statement of our values," hesaid. "Failure to invest in ournation's youth and future is a mis-take of the first order. ... We shouldall work to reverse this trend."

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mOMAS R. KARW-THE TECH

Rep. Barney Frank CD-Mass.) speaks In Twenty Chimneys last Saturday. The event was organizedby the Jewish service Corps. see story, page 8.

Juggling Club Celebrates 20 Years Most Positions VacantIn Upcoming UA Races

iNDRANAm NEOGY-THE TECH

Jim, one of the Jugglers who regularly practice In Lobby 10,Juggles four volleyballs.

By Stacey E. BlauASSOCiATE NEWS ED/TOR

"We're really known to be vio-lent, actually," Jan the Juggler saidof herself and the 20 or so jugglers

who meet in

Feature ;~~r;su~~day. For about six hours on Sundayafternoons and evenings, they meetto juggle balls, clubs, ropes, whips,and knives.

The club has been meeting for20 years, making it the longest con-tinually meeting group of jugglersin the world, said Jim, anotherLobby 10 juggler.

"This is the only club in thearea," Jim said. People come fromRhode Island and New Hampshire,but most of the people are fromCambridge and Somerville, he said.Only a handful of the jugglers areMIT students. The club started atMIT, but now it is '~ust an area jug-gling group that happens to meet atMIT," Jim said.

The Institute "has been very sup-portive in letting us use its facili-ties," said another juggler, whoprefers to be called the juggler for-merly known as Pauline. Some ofthe juggiers perform in HarvardSquare and around Cambridge, shesaid.

On March 25 and 26, the groupwill put on a juggling convention inthe Johnson Athletic Center. Theconvention celebrates 20 years ofjuggling at MIT. "It's like our birth-day party," Pauline said.

JUgglers, Page 12

By Daniel C. StevensonEDiTOR iN CHiEF

Only four of the 24 positions inthis month's Undergraduate Associ-ation elections have candidates fol-lowing Friday's regular deadline forturning in signature petitions.

Candidates can turn in petitionsuntil March 17, five days before theelections, but must wait three daysafter they turn in their petitionsbefore beginning to campaign,according to UA Council FloorLeader Russe)) S. Light '98.

"A lot of it has to do with thefact that we changed the deadlines,"said UA President Vijay P.Sankaran '95, referring to the deci-sion last week by the elections com-mission to accept late petitions.

The lack of candid;ttes is "a nat-ural consequence" of the deadline

Dean SearchThe final open forum of

the search committee for anew Dean for UndergraduateEducation and StudentAffairs will be held in themain house lounge of NextHouse tomorrow at 6:30 p.m.It is the last chance for stu-dents to publicly comment,ask questions, and expresstheir concerns to the commit-tee. Current Dean Arthur C.Smith announced last fall thathe will step down at the endof this academic year.

extension, Light said. "The way Iconsider it, last Friday was not adeadline - it was a recommendedtarget date," he said. "It certainlyadded some confusion to the elec-tions."

Light said he expects most peo-ple wi)) "wait until the last minute"to turn in the petitions. Students thatdo so will only have two days tocampaign, and will be at a disadvan-tage, he said.

Vacancies in class officers"I'm not overly worried about

the number of candidates rightnow," Sankaran said.

"Most of the vacancies are in thearea of class officers," Sankaransaid. Two of the class president

Elections, Page 13

INSIDE• NAE inducts 11 facul-ty, alumni. Page 7

• Joseph J. Snyder, for-'mer treasurer, ilies at 87.

Page 7

• Jewish Service Corpshosts speakers. Page 8

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WORLD & NATIONMarch7, 199.

reserves, and it threatens to worsenour trade balance," said Robert Hor-mats, a vice chairman of the WallStreet investment firm of Goldman,

. Sachs lnternational.In ,one irony, U:S. interest rates

ate having an entirely differentimpact on currency fluctuations than

.on securities markets, which haveresponded positively to the outlookfor rates.

Interest rates are expected to sta-bilize or even drop in the comingmonths, but that has prompted manycurrency traders to unload the U.S. I

dollar. Currency speculators now ~look to the recovering economy of ...Germany, where interest rates couldgo up this year, for a bigger returnon their Investment than the UnitedStates.

Fed Chairman Alan Greenspanreinforced the fears of currencytraders, even as he pleased otherinvestors, when he hinted in recentcongressional testimony that interestrate policy was on hold for theimmediate future.

Given that the outlook for thenational economy is sanguine, ana-lysts cited other reasons for the dol-lar's stormy times, including U.S.foreign policy.

Carol A. Ston~, a senior econo-mist' at Nomura Securities Interna-tional in New York, pointed to anxi-eties about Mexico and the defeat ofthe balanced budget amendment inCongress, as likely triggers for thedollar's woes.

"It's somewhat dismaying thatthese other issues are negating theadvantages of the attractive domes-

. tic -eeonomy; ".she- saia ..

after the 1991 Persian Gulf War to "We of course demand, with the,meet the conditions of the U.N. rest of the international communi / "peace settlement. Ekeus has report- that Iraq obey all its obligationsed to the Security Council that, under Security Council resolutions,"under the supervision of his com- Fret.!ch Foreign Ministry spokesmanmission, Iraq has effectively elimi- Richard Duque said in Paris lastnated its current capability for week. But he added, "We have alsochemical and large-missile warfare. said that if Iraq progresses in

Many governments, including responding to those resolutions, wethose that support the United States must also take that into account."overall, fear that if the United It is difficult for countries suchNations does nothing to acknowl- as Argentina, Botswana, the Czechedge that cooperation, Saddam will Republic, Honduras and Rwanda tohave no incentive to prolong it and say anything but yes when Wash-could shut down the U.N. program ington launches a blitz such asthat monitors Iraq's weapons indus- Albright's, diplomats said. She car- :IItry. ried toughly worded letters from

In several countries Albright vis- President Clinton in which heited, the governments were careful argued that Washington's lead roleto couch in very general terms their in the. gulf war and the preventiveassurances of support for the U:S. militarY mobilization"irl the Persianposition that Baghdad has nOf'doile .. Gulf last November entitled it to aenough on a number' of fronts to .. leadership rote in decidi~g when-tomerit sanctions relief. lift the sanctions: .

Italian diplomats' referred Sun- Albright also displayed photo-day to the statement by a spokesman graphic and 'other evidence gathered ~for Prime Minister Lamberto Dini by U.S. inteJligence to show thatafter his meeting with Albright. Iraq is rapidly rebuilding a huge .Italy simply reaffirmed its "former industrial facility near Baghdad thatposition" that Iraq must comply could be used for chemical'-with all Security Council resolutions weapons. U.S. intelligence officialsand that tough U.N. monitoring estimated that Iraq could be bac~ tomust continue. The diplomats said building baJlistic missiles withinthey have received no further one year and chemical weapons ininstructions from Rome. two if it chooses. The officials also

By telephone from Bonn, a Ger- provided e'vidence that Iraq hasman Foreign Ministry spokesman spent up to $2 billion on palaces forsaid, "We are absolutely ofthe same government officials at a time whenopinion as the U.S. government that basic supplies are scarce for ordi-all relevant U.N. resolutions must nary Iraqis~ .'be fulfilled before lifting the. embar-' aut many council diplomats willgo can be con~ide~ed. We~d.oll't c9nt~nue to ook for. w~ys to keepbelieve the~e coridi ions have bebn blian~els jo~ n .to' Ba~(Jad, perhapsmet yet." Germany is one 'of th'e by settmg a (late or pending theUnited States's strong allies on this sanctions, or proposing new meansissue. Yet Bonn's statement was not for Iraq to sell some petroleum tothat different frpm that of France, , . meet the humanitarian needs of itswhich opposes Was"ington. . battered people.

By Julia PrestonTHE WASHINGTON POST

u.s. Must Qevise StrategyTo Keep Pressure on Iraq

By James Gerstenzang .and Jonathan Petersonws ANGELES TIMES

Dollar Skids Lower in WorldMarkets against Yen, Mark

UNITEDNATIONSEven though the United States

appears to have won a majority onthe Security Council for keeping theoil embargo on Iraq, it must stilldevise an effective strategy forkeeping pressure on Iraqi PresidentSaddam Hussein to cooperate withthe United Nations, diplomats herecautioned Sunday.

Washington's U.N. ambassador,Madeleine K. Albright, said Satur-day that a lobbying tour she under-took last week gave the UnitedStates 10 votes on the 15-nationSecurity Council in favor of contin-uing U.N. economic sanctions,including the ban on petroleumexports by Iraq. France and Russia,which are permanent SecurityCouncil members and importantallies of the United States, have sug-gested they might seek a suspensionof the oil embargo as early as April.

Diplomats said Sunday that sup-port for the U.S. view from keySecurity Council countries may beless than what Albright claimed.

The U.S: approach does not fullyaddress one problem: The SecurityCouncil resolution governing the oilembargo explicitly states that sanc-tions should be rolled back whenIraq complies with a U.N. programto dismantle its weapons of massdestruction. Once the chairman ofthe U.N. special weapons commis-sion, Rolf Ekeus, declares he is sat-isfied with Iraq's performance, theSecurity Council is under a legalobligation to follow through insome way with the terms of its reso-lution.

An even stickier problem stemsfrom the fact that Iraq already hasgone further than anyone expected

WEATHERMarch Misery

Mexico Fonnally Asks U.S.To Return Ruiz Massieu

Administration to Push Child-Support Enforcement Idea

Chinese Budget ShowsStruggling Central Government

THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTONPresident Clinton Tuesday will launch a public campaign to make

parents who fail to meet their child-support obligations ineligible fordriver's licenses, administration officials said.

Nineteen states already use driver's licenses as a tool against so-called deadbeat dads, but the administration's proposal to nationalizethat approach as part of welfare reform has so far gotten nowhere inCongress.

Clinton plans to make the case Tuesday morning in a speech to theational Association of Counties. Administration officials said the

address, which will deal broadly with the federal government's role inhelping people in poverty, will be an effort to put Clinton at the centerof the welfare reform debate, which in recent months has been domi-nated by the more far-reaching rhetoric and proposals of Republicans.

Clinton is set to announce in his speech that Ohio will be the 25thstate to receive a waiver from the federal government to experimentwith its welfare rules. The announcement is intended to remind peo-ple that Clinton has been a supporter of innovation in welfare rules,and not the defender of the status quo that he is often portrayed inopposition rhetoric.

But an administration official said Clinton is determined not tostrike a tone too controversial. To the contrary, the official said, hismessage is that welfare reform should be "rescued from the jaws ofpolitics" and that he is eager to work with Republicans.

THE WASHINGTON POST

BEUING

Finance Minister Liu Zhongli unveiled a 1995 budget Mondaythat shows a central government stilI struggling to establish itsauthority to tax the nation's businesses and individuals, while battlingto control the free-wheeling spending habits of local and provincialgovernments.

The problems arise as the government undertakes the massive taskof shifting from a centrally planned economY,.in which all enterpriserevenues and expenditures were part of the government accounts, to amore market-oriented system in which the government must rely ontax payments.

Liu noted that tax receipts fluctuated wildly from place to place;that some localities were in such dire financial straits that they couldnot meet their normal payrolls; and that state-owned enterprises con-tinue to bleed money and require the infusion of large state subsidies.

The finance minister also lashed out at the "serious extravaganceand waste" of state money by local governments that give tax breaksto enterprises, pour money into wasteful construction projects, "indis-criminately" hand out bonuses and subsidies, or engage in the "blindpursuit of high-class goods and extravagant consumption at the pub-lic expense."

Such abuses often take place in areas that are trying to lure outsideinvestment or to build prestige projects.

WS ANGELES TIMES

By Chris E. Forest

MEXICO CITY

The Mexican government formally asked the United States onMonday to return Mario Ruiz Massieu, a crusading former deputyprosecutor, to face charges here that he covered up crucial informa-tion last year in his investigation of his brother's murder.

That extradition request came as a federal judge in New Jerseyordered Ruiz Massieu, once a Mexican symbol of political reform,held without bail on U.S. charges that he failed to report $22,000 incash he was carrying as he attempted to leave Newark InternationalAirport for Spain last week.

Within minutes of Ruiz Massieu's hearing in Newark, where heappeared haggard and in handcuffs, federal prosecutors in Mexicoannounced that they had issued an arrest warrant for him late Sundaynight.

He is accused of hiding the role of Raul Salinas de Gotari, theelder brother of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari,in the Sept. 28 slaying of his Francisco Ruiz Massieu.

For today , we have small lows scudding in from the west bring-ing clouds and chances of rain until tomorrow morning. As a mega-"low"-maniac system develops over the Texas/Gulf of Mexicoregion, the midlevel flow bringing warm temperatures from the southwill also advance the low across the Eastern seaboard. We can expectsome drizzly conditions ahead of this system and while the modelspredict the major rain falling to our west, there is a chance of signifi-cant precipitation tomorrow afternoon and through the night. Proba-ble clearing and concomitant cooling will follow for Thursday and oninto the weekend.

Today: Clouds settling in with chance of drizzle during the after-noon and evening. Winds light from the southeast. High 49°F (9°C).

Tonight: Likely drizzle with heavier rain possible. Low 42°F(4°C).

Wednesday: Cloudy. Showers likely with wind increasingtowards evening. High 54°F (12°C). Low 34°F (t°C).

Thursday: Clouds diminishing as winds change to northwesterly.High 45°F (7°C). Low 30°F (-1°C).

seemed more fretful over develop-ments - such as the Mexican res-.cue plan and the defeat of the bal-

WASHINGTONanced budget amendment" - thanUnder pressure from the shat- over the fate ofthe recovery.

tered Mexican economy and the While the beleaguered dollar hasdeep, chronic trade deficit with not suffered from any single knock-Japan, the battered dollar fell to new out punch, it has been wounded bylows Monday in major currency many cuts in recl(nt days.markets around the world, raising The dollar closed in New Yorkdoubts about the course of the U.S. Monday at 92.80 yen to the dollar,economy. down from 94.05 Friday. It was val-

The weekend break in trading ued at 1.4048 German marks, thedid little to calm the roiled interna- lowest rate in two years, and 4.9775tional currency business, as the dol- French francs. The British poundlar skidded to its lowest value was quoted at $1.6335, up fromagainst the Japanese yen in the post- $1.6295 on Friday.World War II era. It also slumped Economists predicted that theagainst the powerful German mark, slide would continue, withthe French franc and other curren- Chimerine forecasting a fall perhapscies. below the rate of 90 yen.

"This is not a little blip; this is a But the dollar's decline againstlong-term trend," said Lawrence more glamorous currencies MondayChimerine of the Economic Strategy was balanced by its increasing valueInstitute in Washington. against the Mexican peso and the

The currency turmoil raises the Canadian dollar. Combined, thoseprospect, however remote, that the two currencies account for roughlyFederal Reserve could turn once one-third of U.S. foreign trade, thusagain to higher interest rates, in limiting the immediate impact theorder to make the dollar a more donar's weakness in Europe andprofitable haven for foreign Japan will have on individuals ininvestors. this country.

The weaker dollar also would At its broadest, the dollar's diffi-make it more costly for the United culties "remind us of the interdepen-States to come to the financial aid of dence of the United States withother countries. And it lessens the other economies," said internationalalready limited political appeal of economist C. Fred Bergsten, abailing out troubled, emerging senior Treasury official during theeconomies such as Mexico. Carter administration who now

Yet for all the potentially dam- directs the Institute for Internationalaging fallout from the current Economics, a Washington policyepisode, analysts Monday said the research organization.economy itself appeared to b.e in "The Mexican meltdown is

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March 7, 1995 WORLD & NATION•Israel Steps Up SYrian PressureIn Advance of Christopher VISit

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Current MIT students. Articulate; excellent telephone communication skills;. performance and goal oriented .

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O.J. Jury Returns to HearOf Persistent Barking

EMPWYMENT TERM: End of MafCh-Early May

LOS "NGELES

After an II-day hiatus, the jury in the trial of O.J. Simpsonreturned Monday to the courtroom to hear another witness testifyabout a dog barking persistently and alarmingly about 10:20 p.m. onthe night of the murders, roughly the time that prosecutors believe thecrimes were committed.

"It was very persistent," Mark Storfer, a neighbor of NicoleBrown Simpson, said of the barking.

"Had you ever heard barking like that coming from that area?"Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark asked.

"No," Storfer responded. "I had not."Storfer, who took the stand out of order because he no longer lives

in California and prosecutors wanted to call him while he was intown, became the seventh prosecution witness to testify about seeingor hearing a barking dog on the evening of June 12, the night NicoleSimpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman were killed. All of those witness-es have, with varying degrees of certainty, essentially corroboratedone anot1ler.

None of them, however, saw the murders committed or heard thesounds of a struggle, which defense attorneys have seized upon tosuggest that a single assailant could not have committed the crimes.

Simpson attorney Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. subtly raised that notionagain Monday and floated a number of other theories that the defensehas pressed since before opening statements - suggesting, forinstance, that drugs could have formed a motive for the killings or thatGoldman, not Nicole Simpson, could have been the intended target.

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By Michael Parks Israel occupied in 1967 and annexed deal," Beilin said, terming theWSANGELESTIMES in 1981. Christopher visit "very, very impor-

JERUSALEM "We are approaching the tant" in this respect.A senior Israeli official warned moment, of truth with Syria," Beilin Beilin acknowledged that Israel

on Monday that time is fast running said: "For more than two years, it and Syria made progress in dis-out to conclude a peace treaty with was possible to say we had enough cussing security arrangements that

'a - and with it will go the pos- time for the issues on the agenda. would follow Israel's withdrawal~ility of a comprehensive settle- The approaching election year, both from the Golan Heights; this

ment ofthe Middle East conflict. in the United States and in Israel, occurred in discussions between theIncreasing Israeli pressure on will make it very difficult to make two countries' ambassadors in

Syria before U.S. Secretary of State bold decisions." Washington with military chiefs of, Warren Christopher arrives in the A leading dove within Rabin's staff even taking part in one session.region Wednesday, Yossi Beilin, coalition government, Beilin said When the formal talks in Wash-Israel's deputy foreign minister, that, because of the long stalemate ington broke off a year ago, Israelsaid this summer would be the in the talks, he had begun to doubt and Syria were still discussing theeffective deadline in negotiations what Israeli analysts have believed preamble to a negotiating agenda.with Syria because Israel's elections was Syrian President Hafez Assad's Syria has demanded that Israelnext year "will make bold decisions "strategic decision" to make peace pledge a full withdrawal from thevery difficult." with the Jewish state. Golan Heights; Israel wants Syria to

In acknowledging that Israel's Not only had Israel offered a agree to normal relations before dis-withdrawal from most, if not all, of number of concessions, he said, but cussing a phased and partial with-he Golan Heights would be highly President Clinton and Egyptian Pres- drawal.

unpopular, Beilin suggested that ident Hosni Mubarak had both tried "Without peace with Syria, therePrime, Minister Yitzhak Rabin. to mediate - all without even the is no comprehensive peace in thewould ~e ~una~l~ to make conces-' : resumption of form~l ~egotiations, Middle East, and comprehensiveSiOl~S~ge~saty.f~i a ,treaty fo':, f~ar. which Syria broke off a year,ago. peace is very important to stabilizeof Jos,~ng.p.arli,ame!1tary"electiot:!s" ' . J;Jeili challenged A~s~d to pro~e ,other peace agreements," Beilindue. in NovyJTl~r 1~96." .- _ .. j ,his sincerity \>y t-eJlinK Christopher said. "If negotiations with the Syri-

~e~entop'!n!o ROils sho.w Rabin: .;thatJhe"wa~ ready ~o ppen ."high ans ~ollapse, it.doesn't mean wefacing a tough personal< haU~ng~ .,: level negotiations'~ 0 ..~he.sub~t3:n~e... won~t proceed with the Palestiniansfrom !le.nj~min,Ne.:ta~ya,h4,< c~ak- ofth~ peac~treaty. '.'IftheAmer;~can and ~ordan. But only when we have

" .man IQ.f.~h~.righ:tist Likud farty .., ~leade~hip is able.to 9pen. tqis ,chan- ,peace with Syria will we have aNetanyahu.oppo.s~s the return to :'ne.l at a bigh .Jeyel,. W~ won~~ need' comprehensive peace, one that endsSyria 9f the 901~n' Heights" which, ,more than a. few months to cut a the Arab-Israeli conflict."

Elections

GraduateStudentCouncil

GSC

Medieval Manor!Thursday, March 9

All knights and fair maidens areinvited for an evening of revelry

and fun.$20, sign up at the GSC office

vegetarian option available

Approaching!. Formal Planning - March 13

Activites Committee - March 14General Meeting - March 15HCA Committee - March 21APPC Committee - March 22

Nominations Open March 15 - April 5ALL Graduate Students are welcome to apply forPresident, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer

Elections on April 12 by GSC representatives

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Nominations made verbally at the general meeting orin writing. Written nominations should include statement of intent and signature ofa fellow grad student seconding your nomination. Nominations can be turned into

the graduate student council office any time during the nomination period.

All candidates will be contacted for further statements.A coffee hour on April 5 will be held for all grad students to meet the candidates.

Elections are held at the GSC general meeting on April 12. Only GSCrepresentatives can vote, so if you are interested contact gsc-secretary@mit for

information about becoming a representative.

All Graduate Students are invited to all our meetings. All are held at 5:30pm in' 50-222 and dinner is served.Stay informed about all our events! Check out our web page http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/gsclgsc.htmlAdd yourself to our mailing list by typing blanche gsc-students -a username, or send email togsc-request@m.it .Questions, comments, ideas? Give us a call at 3-2195 or send email togsc-admin@m.it.

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OPINIONMarch7, 199.

InstitutionalWisdom Watch

Albert Hsu: Puppet of former UA Judboard mem-bers. Wanted: Secretary.

Jason SoIinsky: Flame on, Grizzly Adams. If youaren't graduating, why not run for UAP?

••~John Hollywood: Desperate UAVP search ends at~ last. Can they catch front-runners Moo and Balsley?

by The Tech editorial board

Voodoo: Phos is a copycat! "Nipple Woman" bigloser with campus humor crowd.

Physical Plant: Crack commando squad chugs downcoffee to run to chopper crash site.

Sloan Master's: Baits bevy of newcomers. If theseguys are paying, let's triple the enrollment!..

ChairmanGarlen C. Leung '95

Editor in ChiefDaniel C. Stevenson '97

Business ManagerSyed Abid Rizvi '96

Managing EditorJimmy Wong '97

Executive EditorRamy A. Arnaout '97

Tuition: This is the direction it should be goirr~.

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Sheldon Myrie: Outsider's UAP candidacy recallsAdmiral Stockdale: "Who am I and what am I doinghere?"

Ashdown: Residents produce harsh list of "non-nego-tiables." With all the excitement, why was Dean Smithdoodling?

EC Fire: If only you could prevent idiots from throw-ing lit cigs down the chutes. Call in Smokey Bear.

..Affirmative Action Remams Imperative

NEWS STAFF

Editor: Sarah Y. Keightley '95; As ociateEditors: Ifung Lu '97, Stacey E. Blau '98,Shang-Lin Chuang '98, Christopher L.Falling '98, David D. Hsu '98, VenkateshSat ish '98; Staff: Trudy Liu '95, EvaMoy '98, Eric Richard '95, Nicole A.Sherry '95, Charu Chaudry '96, DeenaDisraelly '96, S. Roopom Banergee '97, A.Arif Husain '97, Don Lacey '98, JenniferLane '98, Angela Liao '98, Stream S.Wang '98; Meteorologists: Michael C.Morgan PhD '94, Gerard Roe G, MarekZebrowski.

PRODUCTION STAFF

Editors: Dan Dunn '94, Matthew E.Konosky '95, Teresa Lee '96, MichelleSonu '96; Associate Editor: Saul Blu-menthal '98; Staff: Amy Hsu '94, LauraDePaoli '97, Christine J. Sonu '97, WarrenChang '98, Larry Chao '98, JosephIrineo '98, Gilbert Kim '98, Susan J.Kim '98, Jennifer Peltz '98.

OPINION STAFF

Editors: Raajnish A. Chitaley '95; AndersHove '96; Staff: Matt Neimark '95.

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It has been almost three decades sincePresident Lyndon B. Johnson created theinstitution of affirmative action, and as the1996 Presidential campaign gets underway,Republican politicians are charging that theprogram is overdue for termination.

Affirmative action began in 1965 whenPresident Johnson issued an Executive Orderrequiring companies that worked with thegovernment to commit to conscious and delib-erate efforts to bring qualified people of colorinto jobs and educational institutions from'which they had been historically excluded.Over the years, affirmative action programshave expanded, and rightfully so, to includewomen and other traditionally excludedgroups.

"After 30 years, it is obvious that thissocial experiment called affirmative action hasoutlived its usefulness," Senator Jesse Helms(R-North Carolina) said last week as he intro-duced a bill to end all such programs. Sens.Bob Dole (R-Kansas) and Phil Gramm(R- Texas), both leading presidential con-tenders, have pledged to end affirmativeaction if elected president.

Contrary to what Helms and other GOPlawmakers charge, however, affirmativeaction has not outlived its usefulness. We arebeginning to see some of the ,positive effectsfrom affirmative action initiatives, but we area long way from attaining the goal of endingworkplace and education imbalances. Like allprograms, affinnative action must change overtime; it has grown to help many differentgroups of people, and it should continue toevolve to include other groups, such as thepoor.

The Republicans charge that affirmativeaction has done more than enough and is nolonger necessary. Helms, Dole and Grammwould do well to examine some statistics on"equal opportunity." For example, womenstill earn disproportionately lower salaries

• than men (typically 55 to 75 percent of theaverage male salary). While only one-tenth ofwhite families live in poverty, one-third ofAfrican American and one-fourth of Latinofamilies do. Native Americans are still themost impoverished minority in North Ameri-ca. Today's poor people are poorer than they

were 20 years ago, and have an even lesschance of digging themselves out of poverty,according to a report from the federal Com-mission on the Cities.

One can see that affirmative action is stillneeded to bring more minorities'into highereducation and the workplace. These statisticsalso highlight the need for affirmative actionfor poor people, a need President Clinton rec-ognized when he spoke last week about hisreview of affirmative action programs. Clintonsaid he wanted to "emphasize need-based pro-grams where we can because they work betterand have a bigger impact and generate broad-er support." However, he must be careful notto replace necessary race- and gender-basedprograms _with need-based programs moreacceptable to the Republicans; rather, the -sep-arate areas should complement each other.

Introducing his bilJ to end affirmativeaction, Helms said "It is alx>ut fairness. It isabout putting an end to reverse discriminationat the hands of ruthless bureaucrats." He isconfused in his accusations. Affirmativeaction itself is about fairness. It is about end-ing discrimination in the workplace, in educa-tion, and in housing, at the hands of preju-diced - and sometimes ruthless -bureaucrats. Affirmative action works to rem-edy discrimination, not instill it. It seeks toeliminate the historical and unearned privi-leges of traditional majority groups.

Another popular misconception aboutaffirmative action is it encourages the hiringof people based solely on their race pr gender.It does not - it is about recruiting and hiringqualified people of a1l backgrounds. As anexample, MIT has made a concerted effortover the last few years to recruit more womenapplicants, and hence more women students.This is not a quota system or reverse discrimi-nation, but an active policy to open up oppor-tunities for members of groups that have his-torically been excluded, either by misguidedlegislation or societal pressure. .

In attacking affirmative action, Dole andGramm both called for an end to "quota sys-tems." Yet another misconception: affirma-tive action is not a quota system. Lega1lyimposed hiring regulations have been insti-tuted only when discrimination was found tobe persistent and near-total, and after volun-tary measures failed. Extreme discrimination

can only be repaired by remedial goals,designed to reproduce the circumstances thatwould most likely occur provided there wasno discrimination in the first place. Thesegoals are not quotas; they are inclusionaryrather than exclusionary, and are flexible andtemporary.

Has affinnative action worked over the last30 years? Yes, in many areas. Members ofminority groups who would otherwise nothave had a chance, to get a good education andenter productive careers have had access toemployment, higher education, and housing.Between 1970 and 1980,: ~o~alblack employ-ment increased by 15 percent among publicsector employees. ,AffifPl~tive actio ~guide-lines at large Pll ate ~omnallies 'havl a SQ. pro-duced dramatic increases in the number of.minority employees and promotions.

American cannot lose with affirmativeaction. It is indispensable for giving under-represented groups a temporary leg up, and itencourages the diversity that gives our coun-try the potential to solve its' problems. By theturn of the century, more than three-fourths ofthe job market will be people of color,female, or imm igrant. A perpetuation ofexclusionary employment and educationpractices would leave this talent pooluntapped.

Helms said that the government should endthe programs, and "restore the principles uponwhich our country was built: personal respon- l-J

sibility, self-reliance, and hard work." In autopian society, with no history of prejudiceand discrimination, he would be correct. How-ever, modem America must deal with the con-sequences of centuries of institutionalizedoppression of minorities, and many moreyears of segregation and discrimination. AsPresident Johnson said in a speech at HowardUniversity in the 1960s, "Freedom is notenough. You do not wipe away the scars ofcenturies by saying: Now, you are free to gowhere you want, do as you desire, and choosethe leaders you please. You do not take a manwho for years has been hobbled by chains, lib-erate him, bring him to the starting line of arace, saying, 'you are free to compete with anthe others,' and still justly believe you havebeen completely fair. Thus it is not enough toopen the gates of opportunity."

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they stop going anywhere, so the argumentgoes. Well, fine. If they can't go anywhere ontheir own power, we need not waste energy inpushing them. Leaders in the real world don'tget "pushes" on a daily basis; is MIT trying toturn out leaders or high-status drones?Besides, most medical schools in Americagrade all of their classes on a pass/faiI basis,and their students learn an awful lot.

In the November/December issue of theFaculty Newsletter, the results of the seniorsurvey were published, and the results areindisputable. Graduates do not feel that theyhad learned enough "life skills" at this institu-tion. Creativity, leadership, and communica-tion skills (that's writing and public speaking)are not the traits that leap to mind when some-one refers to MIT students. Someone onceused a great analogy to mules: We're greatwhen we're given questions to answer or a jobto do; we're not nearly as good at asking thequestions in the first place. In order to helpchange this situation, we should bring publicspeaking into the humanities curriculum andphase-in pass/fail for all years.

It is tempting for any group to want to dosomething in order to make it look like it'salive and kicking and trying to make improve-ments. Many doctors suffer from this prob-lem: Dispensing drugs, scanning and testingpatients, and performing operations whenthese measures are not necessary. The CAPshould make sure that they have real objec-tives in mind when they propose changes tothe grading system. Especially if we wish tolook long-tenn, there is more value in replac-ing the grading system with pass/fail ratherthan further differentiating letter grades.

hard-pressed to find anyone who could hon-estly say that students don't spend enoughtime on their coursework. Are the benefits offurth,er differentiating letter grades reallyworth it?. If the Committee on Academic Perfor-mance truly wishes to affect some realimprovements at MIT, I have two suggestions.First, consider bringing public speaking intothe Department of Humanities Arts and SocialSciences - perhaps as part of the writing ormusic and theater arts sections. The classesare already there, in the Sloan School of Man-agement curriculum, in the theater arts sec-tion, and in negotiations classes.

Second, if something must be done withgrades, consider phasing in pass/fail gradesfor all years, starting with this year's fresh-men. In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Main-tenance, Robert Persig asserts that "gradesreally cover up failure to teach .... a badinstructor can get through an entire quarterleaving absolutely nothing memorable in theminds of his class, curve out the scores on anirrelevant test, and leave the impression thatsome have learned and some have not. But ifthe grades are removed, the class is forced towonder each day what it's really learning."We're at MIT, let's try an experiment: replacethe grades with pass/fail and see what studentsare really getting for their tuition.

Grades are not necessary for MIT studentsto put effort towards learning their coursematerial; does anyone remember freshmanyear? Some would argue that students reallywon't work if they aren't getting graded: "Ifyou don't push me, I won't go." If you stoppushing them (by phasing out letter grades),

make grades seem more important at MIT,and that's not what we need. Of course,there's a benign motivation behind all of this:The Committee on Academic Performancewants to help students who feel slighted whenthey are on the borderline between two lettergrades - and get the lower grade. But if astudent gets a high B in one class, and a low Bin ~nother class, does this not even out? Whatis solved by having this student get a B+ inone class and a B- in another as opposed tosimple B's in both classes? If another studentis consistently on grade borderlines, shouldthat student not fall about equally on bothsides of that borderline?

Meanwhile there are two very clear argu-ments against further differentiation of lettergrades. First, such a policy would foster anextremely unhealthy obsession with grades atMIT. Will students be in class to actuallylearn something, or just to get a good grade?In universities which have adopted AB, BCand +/- grading systems, I'm sure that theycare more about grades than we do. When thefocus of a class is on the material, as in Pro-fessor Daniel S. Kemp's Organic Chemistry I(5.12), students thrive and learn. When thefocus is on grades, students resort to back-stabbing, brown-nosing, and experiment sabo-tage - not very useful skills in the outsideworld. At an institution such as MIT, whereall of the students are of very high caliber; too

.great a focus on grades depresses us.Second, this amended grading policy

would only add to the stress imposed by theInstitute on its students. While not all MITstudents are completely stressed-out (after all,add date is still a week away), I would be

March 7, 1995 OPINION THE TECH Page 5

futermediate Grades Would Only Cover Up MIT's FailureGuest Column by Albert L. Hsu

Let me get this straight: because some 14.5percent of undergraduates indicate lukewannsupport for the current grading system, peoplewould like to introduce more division betweenletter grades at MIT?

It's because the average MIT student sim-ply doesn't spend enough time on classes, notto mention the fact that students are apparent-Iv failing to achieve the Jevel of stress that

're looking for.Allegedly, it's a constant problem that so

many students are on the borderline betweentwo letter grades. The obvious solution: "Let'shave more grades!" With more borderlines,there will be less people on each borderline.How fabulous. Good grief.

When I came to MIT as a freshman, Iwasgreatly encouraged by the fact that MIT hadno "Dean's List," no class rank, and no hon-orary degrees (cum laude, summa cum laude,magna cum laude, for those who thoughtLatin was a dead language). The Institute evenhad a groovy "pass/fail" freshman year. In my.. h school, many of my classmates had asomewhat u~healthy obsession with grades;some student&.even_boasted that they wouldtake certain classes, not because of any inher-ent interest, but merely to acquire more "qual-ity points" and get a better class rank.. I wasquite excited that MIT might differ from highschool in that respect. During Rush, upper-classmep sai to,u~,."H.ey, yyo\.! got into..MIT;you don't ,need to get stra,ightA:s here." The

'- Jnstitute 'corroborated this: You couldn't-getany A's as a freshman.

The proposed changes in grading would

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an engineer," said Lyon, whosework has also dealt with acoustics.

"I'm pleased," said another newmember Professor of EngineeringThomas B. Sheridan '59. "Youcan't really expect" to receive thehonor, he said.

Most of the faculty chosen haveserved on federal advisory commit-tees before, and expect to continuean advisory role in various capaci-ties as members of the NAE.

Also elected from the facultywere Professor of Aeronautics andAstronautics Edward M. Greitzer,Professor of Ocean EngineeringJerome H. Milgram PhD '61, andProfessor Emeritus of ElectricalEngineering and Computer ScienceWilliam F. Schreiber.

application of signal processing toocean acoustics.

Those sentiments were echoedby Professor of Mechanical Engi-neering Richard H. Lyon, anothernew member.

"I'm extremely pleased," hesaid.

However, "any time you get thathonor it makes you feel how manyof your colleagues are just as good,"but don't get elected, so that plea-sure is tempered a bit, he said.

Appointment to an organizationlike NAE "helps the profession andgives a student a reason to become

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The new members were pleasedwith their election. "I was surprisedand behumbled ... it's an honor,"said Professor of EngineeringArthur B. Baggeroer '68. Bag-geroer's work has involved the

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and Visiting Associate Professor ofthe Department of Brain and Cogni-tive Sciences Jeremy M. Wolfewere the featured speakers at thetalk, which was held in TwentyChimneys.

"We are living a privileged . :;and we shoold be continuously alertto know why we are so lucky. Weneed to listen and ask what we arehere for," Wolfe said in his intro-ductory speech. We are here to helpthe less fortunate, he said.

Frank addressed the issue ofcommunity service in a politicalcontext. The result of the free mar-ket system is not always fair, hesaid. The penalty for those who sim-ply can't make it in this systemshould not be starvation, especiallyfor children, he said. "".

Although volunteer work is veryvaluable, it is only supplemental to,and should not be a substitute for,government support of the under-privileged, Frank said. ,The magni-tude of the problem would onlyincrease jf the government did nothelp, he said.

Talk introduces JSC to MITThe main purpose of the one-

and-a-half-hour event was both toincrease awareness of the JSC in the~MIT community and to give inti;. ,ested students the chance to sign upfor community service projects, saidJSC co-chair Zemer Gitai '96.

"The JSC is an organization thatwas created to have MIT students beactive and get involved to help thoseless fortunate in the community ofthe greater Boston area, and to serveas an unifying force for all the Jew-ish people regardless of their diffient degrees of religious obser-vance," Gitai said.

JSC is a new seryjce organiza-tion that is different from existing lgroups in that it actively tries tomatch up interested people and pro-jects, said co-chair Joshua D. Milner'95. Its objective is to give peoplethe opportunity to serve the Jewishcommunity, he said.

"Community service in collegeis something that can be just asmuch a part of your Jewish identityas eating matzah on Passover, b )has to date been far less obvio ., '.Milner said. "It allows people to doa tremendous amount of good, bothfor themselves and for the commu-.""',nity which surrounds them," he'.'said.

If people want to volunteer,nothing should stand in their way,Gitai saicl. JSC is a clearinghousethat wilf make ..t'he coptaet,. arrangeaetails, take.care of evet;ytfiing,andmake it as easy as possible for stu-dents to get out there and help, hesaid.

rhe JSC is sponsored by MITHillel and made possible throughfunds from the Irving and Sarah PittCampus Creativity Grants, a natim-' i'al program that supports student-ini-tiated projects, Milner said.

"I am very excited and pleasedto see the results of the event," Gitaisaid. "More than 50 people signedup for projects. The speakers spokewonderfully and it was a real honorto hear them."

JSC is currently working withthe Je ish Community VolunteerProgram to help match up its mem-bers with interesting projects. Pro-jects planned include working wi ,.'the elderly, food distribution, andworking with special needsteenagers, according to SandieBernstein, director of the JCVP.

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"I think 'that the $900 increase ispretty reasonable, especially whenyou look at past years," said Under-graduate. Association PresidentVijay P. Sankaran '95.

However, Sankaran expressedconcern about the increase in theself-help level because of the

. .ecrease in funding for paid Under-graduate Research Opportunity Pro-gram projects, an important sourceof money for the self-help that stu-

ts must meet.Sankaran, who voiced his con-

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Established in 1964 under thecharter of the National Academy ofSciences, the NAE's principal roleis to advise the federal governmenton questions of science and technol-ogy.

The NAE also recognizes distin-guished engineers and encourageseducation and research.

Five other alumni elected"M IT is a special place for

things like" the NAE, said Ralph L.Keeney ,69, a professor of systems

management at the University ofSouthern California who was one ofeight alumni to be elected to theAcademy this year.

New member Robert W.Deutsch '48, president of the Mary-land RWD Technologies Inc.,agreed.

"MIT helped me quite a bit"careerwise, he said. "I felt verygood about" receiving the honor, headded.

Other alumni elected are WilburL. Pritchard '52, Bernard Widrow'51, and Kanianthra M. Chandy '69.

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Tim Beaver could be seen Monday afternoon Inviting seniorsto the announcement of the Class of 1995 senior gift, a UROPscholarship.

-'~nyder HadStabilizing,ConsenrativelPftuence. and it still looks like a good idea

.. today," he said.Chairman of the Corporation

Paul E. Gray '54 praised Snyder forhis "stabilizing 'and conservative"influence on MIT during the Insti-tute's "great transfonnation" from ascience and engineering universityin the 1940s to a science-basedresearch university in the 196Os.

Snyder "deserves a lot of credit,"i'y said. "He saw the entire

buildup of government support. Heworried a lot about when growth

. -. might] decl~ne" and tried to protectIT against research cuts through

prudent management and invest-ments of Institute funds, he said.

Snyder was born in Finlay, Ohio.He attended the Carnegie Instituteof Technology and later received amaster of business administrationdegree from Harvard University.

He attended MIT in the Depart-ment of Chemical Engineering inthe early 1940s, according to theAJumniJae Register.

Snyder was a director of Libertyutual Insurance Co. and a trustee

of the Boston Five Cent SavingsBank. From 1945 to 1974 he alsoserved as a director for the invest-ment consultant finn Colonial Man-agement Associates, Inc., accordingto the Globe article.

A memorial service will be heldat MIT before Commencement.

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l11it l11edical . announcing the event. No, ,fire torch-es, however, are permitted in theathletic cellter. . . " ' -

The .MIT group is an affiliate ofthe International Juggling Organiza-tion, Jim said.

away of juggling props with a raffleor as prizes in juggling contests.There may also be juggling showsperformed, according to a flier.

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Perhaps surprisingly, "thereseems to be a correlation betweenmathematical ability and juggling,"Pauline said. A method called"siteswap" is a way to mathema-cally describe patterns of juggling.Each throw is given a number basedon the height of the throw, so onecan describe patterns mathematical-ly, she said.

People have written computerprograms describing the patterns,and there is a juggling news groupon the Internet where peopleexchange information and help oneanother with patterns. "It's good tobe able to have a notation:' Paulinesaid.

"You don't have to have tequipment to come juggle,".shesaid. The group said that they ..encourage any interested people tocome to Lobby 10 'and learn or tovisit the convention at the end of themonth.

"We especially encouragewomen," Pauline said. She and Janagree that there are substantiallyfewer women jugglers than men. '

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The following incidents were reported to the MIT Campus Policebetween Feb. 23 and March 1:

Feb. 23: Rear of Bldg. 42, attempt to break in to a trailer; Bldg.E 18, construction equipment stolen, $3,000; Alumni Pool, locker bro-ken into and credit cards stolen; Bldg. 68, tape player stolen $75;Bexley, harassing phone call; intoxicated homeless person foundlying on railroad tracks, Campus Police officers observed a trainapproaching, an officer attempted to signal the train to stop whileanother officer pulled the person to safety within moments of thetrain's arrival .

Feb. 24: Bldg. 64 courtyard, malicious damage to a dogwoodtree; Bldg. 12, ski parka stolen, $300; Bldg. E40, computer monitorstolen, $500; Bexley, harassing phone call; Bldg. 18, sports bagstolen, $20.

Feb. 25: Du Pont men's locker-room, locker broken into, walletstolen, $150.

Feb. 27: Bldg. 36, male arrested for trespassing; Bldg. 34, mali-cious damage to a telephone; Bldg. 14E, signs stolen; Bldg. E53,unauthorized use of a computer; Killian Court, accidental damage tobicycles; Bldg. 3, vandalism to bulletin boards; Bldg. 66, computermouse stolen, $70; East garage, 1992 GMC pickup truck stolen.

Feb. 28: Bldg. 10, check stolen, $52; 77 Massachusetts Ave. carvs. bicyclist accident.

March 1: Bldg. 11, indecent exposure; Bldgs. 4 and N52, suspi-cious activity; Bldg. 10, clothing stolen, $75; Du Pont gym, attempt-ed larceny of a coat.

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elections are not contested, and nocandidates have submitted petitionsfor vice president, secretary, treasur-er, social chair, or publicity chair forany of the three continuing classes.

"I think it might partly have towith people's enthusiasm with theclass council" which goes in cycles,Sankaran said. Additionally, "pub-licity hasn't been as good as it couldbe," he said. "That definitely hashad some effect on the candidates

Q actually know that there isgoing to be an election coming upsoon."

As of last night, 13 candidates or .candidate. pairs had submitted peti-tions and declared their candi'dacyfor offices:according to UA CouncilFloor Leader Russell S. Light '98.'Carrie R. Muh '95 and Ene S. Bals-ley '95 are running for VA president

l' , d vice president, respectively,along with the team of Sheldon W.Myrie '95 and Jennifer K. Johnson'98, Light said.

l. • tudents running for president oft eir class are Matthew J. Turner'96, Surekha Vajjhala '96, Pardis C.Sabeti '97, and Jane Ginsburg '98.

Four positions on the VAFinance Board are open, with sevencandidates running. The candidatesare: Andrew K. Boral '98, MiriamA. Ferrell '95, Heramb R. Hajar-navis '95, David C. Helmuth '98,

atilde N. Kamiya '97, Donald E.ey '98, and Ashwin

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resisted calls to lower, the ~ignaturerequirements to get on the ballot.However, if a significant number ofpositions still do not have candi-dates by the middle to end of nextweek, Light said he would recom-mend to the election commissionthat the requirement be reduced.

"Traditionally, not all of thesitions are filled," Light said,

"e "ially class publicity and socialchairs.

The lack of candidates is "enor-.mously frustrating" said VAC repre-• entative Jason W. Solinsky '95,

who sponsored a council motion toreduce the number of signatures.The ~otio~; wllich"' passeg c;ouncillast month;wilS ruled 'un onsti'tu-tional 'by,~tJA, ~udlci~,l ~!?ar.9 ~~air'Albert L. flsu '96: and veto,ed bySankaian'. ( J , • 4, .J. ~

"I'm hopeful that when peoplesee that nobody is running a lotmore people will throw their hatsinto the ring," he said. However, ifthat is not the case, Solinsky said he

opes the elections commission willower the signature requirement.

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SPORTStime for IVC non-starters, but theweaker presence from IVC playedright into BU's hands. They.p'up their defense and took advantageof increasing MIT errors 'to holdeven through two rotations, and thenfinish the game 15-8 after an 8-1run.

Unsettled by the loss, IVC'sstarters returned to the court in thefourth game. However, the momen-tum was with BU, whose defensedug nearly every ball MIT hit atthem. Strong hitting began to helpIVC, and returned the momentum tothem towards the end of the game,but it was too little, too late as -g" Y

tied the match at two games a p.r .with a 15-9 fourth game win.

In the final gam, Parry J. R. Hus-bands G came alive on the right sideattack and served five points forMIT to give Tech a slight edge. Itwas just enough as IVC squeakedout a down-to-the-wire 15-12 decid-ing victory.

BU taught IVC a lesson ab . /'leaving the door open against anunderdog.

By Gene Van BurenTEAM MEMBER

Without two of its best players,Boston University was expected tobe an easy match for MIT's Inter-collegiate Volleyball Club. Howev-er, BU caught the Engineers off-guard, and took IVC to five gamesin a thrilling match that ended withIVC barely on top.

The 6-0 Engineers next play atthe NECVL Open on Sunday atMIT.

The match began in MIT's favor,as the Engineers took the first gamerather quickly, 15-5. IVC's startersplayed strong, hit well, and coveredthe Bl). offense in a game withoutmuch note, other than five straightpoints during the serve of GunterNiemeyerG.

Some of MIT's bench played i!lthe second game, and the result wassimilar, although it took slightlylonger to finish the game at 15-6.Amy Smith G also scored fivepoints on her service in the secondgame.

Game three saw more playing

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