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MIT announced last monththat it also will obey the US De-partment of Education regula-tions stemming from the Solo-mon Amendment, a law denyingfederal grants and loans to non-registrants.

"This is the law of the land,"President Paul E. Gray '54 said,'I.. and MIT will enforce it."

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MIT students to return the com-pleted statement forms to theStudent Financial Aid Office toretain their eligibility for federalaid.

Leonard V. Gallagher '54, di-rector of student financial aid,

-said his office will send lettersand duplicate forms to MIT stu-dents who have failed to submitthe required statement.

The letter will inform thosestudents that the Institute "is es-sentially backing off on our comm-mitment on each of the [federalfinancial aid] programs," Gal-lagher said. The Institute will,however, reinstate federal aid tostudents submitting their formsafter the deadline, he said.

MIT's billing system will allowmany students to file their state-ments as late as registration day- Sept. 12 - without penalty,Gallagher said.

Bok, in his written "Statementto the Harvard Community," ex-presses "doubts about the consti-tutionality" and "questions thefairness" of the Solomon Amend-ment.

Harvard students who lose fed-eral aid, Bok said, will be eligiblefor unsubsidized loans and nor-mal campus jobs.

The federal aid programs af-fected by the Solomon Amend-mentt include: Guaranteed Stu-dent Loans, Parent Loans forUndergraduate Students, Nation-al Direct Student Loans, PellGrants. Supplemental Education-al Opportunity Grants and Col-lege Work-Study.

ered filing a formal objectionagainst the sweetener, but decid-ed not to after hearing the Coca-Cola company's announcement.

"The soft-drink industry decid-ed on its own to -be more con-cerned with what I was sayingthan the FDA was;" said Wurt-man. The letters produced nochange in the FDA approval ofaspartame for unlimited use insoft drinks, which was issuedJuly 1, ten months after it wassought by Searle and almost twoyears-after aspartame was ap--proved for use in foods.

Aspartame, 170 times sweeterthan sugar and-twice as costly, isnow used as a substitute and anadditive in instant drink mixes,

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By Diana ben-AaronEfforts by an MIT professor

have led to a voluntary decisionby the Coca-Cola Corporation toreduce the levels of a new artifi-cial sweetener it is planning to in-troduce into its diet soft drinks.Research by Dr. Richard J.Wurtman, M. D.,-MIT professorof neuroendocrine regulation,suggests that aspartame, a prod-uct of the G. D. Searle Corpora-tion, can affect neurotransmittersin the human brain.

This spring, Wurtman-senteight letters to the Food andDrug Administration, Searle, andothers detailing his laboratoryfindings and calling for morestudy of the sweetener's effects onhuman subjects. He also consid-

Tech Photo by V Michael BoveThe Harvard Bridge has been partially closed to motor traffic sinceinspectors found cracks in support pins.

The Metropolitan DistrictCommission (MDC) is develop-ing plans to replace the HarvardBridge without disrupting pedes-trian traffic, an engineer for the

"Definitely we're going to rT-place the bridge," said Davidl enhardt, senior civil engineerfor the MDC. "Our mai n con-cern is pedestrians: it's easy to di-,vert motor traffic."'

Lenhardt Said the comrnissioInhopes to begin construction of, areplacement bridge spanning theCharles River at Massach usettsAvenue within two v'ears. T~heproject would then take atbouttwo years to comple !.

Replacing the 2I66-folt-I 1lX-inch-lIonL bridge -- which ismore often m.easured in Smnioots

- wviH cost "so3mewhere aroundS2(l m illion" Lenhacrdt solid.

lThe two outer aines of' thef ou,-lane bridle haive atretcivheen closed to all traffie, and thercml-aitning lanes closed to trucks

and buses. &ter- MI)C` inspectorsfound crack,, in steel pins SUp-

portint the structure.Their inspection followed the

collapse into tine iM anus River of'L1 section of a sirmilaTrly -construct-ed bridge on Interstate 9_5 iIIConnecticut. The June 2X accli-dent killed th ree people Lind seri-ouslV injured three others.

Current plans call Ior prcscr,-ing aI strip of the rid bridge forpedestrian traffic while the re-placemnent is under construction,Ienhardt said.

The new Hlarvard Bridge virillno. look substantiallv dilfferentironm the low, green spatn it rc-pices, he said. "WeC're going toprovide (as much of the old chalr-actcr as possibfe."

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provide financial aid to replacefederal funds denied studentswho do not register for the draft,president Derek Bok said lastweek.

"In -our view, the universityshould be reluctant to offer assis-tance and encouragement of anykind to students who violate thelaw," Bok stated.

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Leonard V. Gallagher '54, di-rector of student financial aid,

-Said his office will send lettersand duplicate forms to MIT stu-dents who have failed to submitthe required statement.

The letter will inform thosestudents that the Institute "is es-sentially backing off on our com-mitment on each of the [federalfinancial aid] programs," Gal-lagher said. The Institute will,however, reinstate federal aid tostudents submitting their formsafter the deadline. he said.

MIT's billing system will allowmany students to file their state-ments as late as registration day- Sept. 1 2- without penalty,Gallagher said.

Bok, in his written "Statementto the Harvard Commnunity," ex-presses "doubts about the consti-tutionality" and "questions thefairness ' of the Solomon Amend-ment.

Harvard students who lose fed-eral aid, Bok said, will be eligiblefor unsubsidized loans and nor-mal campus jobs.

The federal aid programs af-fected by the Solomon Amend-ment include: Guaranteed Stu-dent Loans, Parent Loans forUndergraduate Students, Nation-al Direct Student Loans, PellGrants, Supplemental Education-al Opportunity Grants and Col-lege Work-Study.

"This is thePresident Paul"... and MIT

law of the land,"E. Gray '54 said,will enforce it."

Enforcing the law entails col-lecting statements from all stu-dents receiving federal aid, certi-fying that they either have regis-tered for the draft or are ineligi-

promptsered filing a Formal objectionagainst the sweetener, but decid-ed not to after hearing the Coca-Cola company's announcement.

"The soft-drink industry decid-ed on its own to 'be more con-cerned with what I was sayingthan the FDA was," said Wurt-man. The letters produced nochange in the FDA approval ofaspartame for unlimited use insoft drinks, which was issuedJuly l, ten months after it wassought by Searle and almost twoyears after- aspartame was ap--proved for use in foods.

Aspartame, 170 times sweeterthan sugar and twice as costly, isnow used as a substitute and anadditive in instant drink mixes,

( Please urum to page 2)

By Diana ben-AaronEfforts by an MIT professor

have led to a voluntary decisionby the Coca-Cola Corporation toreduce the levels of a new artifi-cial sweetener it Is planning to in-troduce into its diet soft drinks.Research by Dr. Richard J.Wurtman, M. D.,-MIT professorOf rneuroendocrine regulation,suggests that aspartame, a prod-uct of the G. D. Searle Corpora-tion, can affect neurotransmittersin the human brain.

This spring, W-urtman-senteight letters to the Food andDrug Administration, Searle, andothers detailing his laboratoryfindings and calling for morestudy of the sweetener's effects onhuman subjects. He also consid-

Tech Photo by V. Michael BoveThe Harvard Bridge has been partially closed to motor traffic sinceinspectors found cracks in support pins.

ITe Metropoolitan DistrictCommission (MDC) is develop-ing plans to replace the HarvardBridge without disrupting pedes-trian traffic, an engineer for the

"Definitely we're going to re-prlace the bridge," said DavidLenhardt, senior civil engineerfor the MDC'. "Our main con-cern is pedestrians: it's easy to di-vPert motor traffic."

Lenhardt said the cmnlmlissionhopes to begin construction of areplacement bridge spanning the

Charles River ait vassaichuscutsAveflue within twvo veairs. Theproject would then take abolt

two vears to complete.Replacincn the 2166-foot-1 IS8

inch-lono bride - whinch ismore coften measured in Smooc(ts

- vil'l cost ".somewhere 3TrouI1d$2() millionIl," I enhtlrdt sidi-.

The two outer lanes of' thefour-lane bridoe have (ilret6f\ !been closed to dIll traffic, indi therenma3inim-e !.ines cllosed to trucksand buses. u.llcr MDC inspcctorsfound craLcks in steel pins SUI)-

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coll;apse into the Mianus River ofa section of' a simi!.rly-construct-ed brid-e on Interstate 935 inC onnecticut. The June 298 tc'ci-

dent killed three people and seri-ouslv injured three others.

Current plans call for prcscrv-in0 Li strip of the old bridoe forpe"destrian traffic While tie rc-plkcerrent is under conrstruction,Lenharrdt said.

The new Harvard Bridge v illnot look substantillli dif ferentfrom the low, green span it rc-places, he said. "We're} oing toprovide as much of' the sold chair-acter as possiblc.'

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Wurtran originally testified atFDA hearings in favor of aspar-tarme, successfully discreditingWashington University of St.Louis Professor John Olney's as-

sertion that Llspartarne w as simi-lar to monosodiumn glutamate(MSG) and that both couid dam-ai-e the human brain. "I thinkneither hats any significant harm-ful effect on the bralin," Wurt-m n Sri d, '.and neither does,ispartailme tt moderate levelsSuch as those in foods."

Because the FDA has no labs-of its ow n, it relies on manufac-turers' tests and the findings ofindependent researchers likeWurtman and Olney. While it re-quires of the manufacturer sta3n-dalrd tests for toxicity and car-cilnogenicity, it does not requiretesting for effects on the brain.Wurtmaln stressed that "the -fieldof' nutrition and the brain is avery tew one.

Aspartame has been used insoft drinks in Canada, where sac-chalrin is banned, for almost twoyears, "with no ill effects," ac-cording to the FDA. Wurtmansalid that he did not expect aspar-tarne to affect health or behaviorif' taiken in soft drinks at one-f'ourth to one-fifth the level usedin Canada.

"Nevertheless, I believe that itremains of' utmost irportancethat laboratory and clinical stud-ies be continued to determine thelevels of dietary aspartame -

taken alone or with a carbohy-drate- that are absolutely safe,"said Wurtman in his most recentletter to the FDA.

"Obviously, with FDA approv-al, we're satisfied with the safetyof.aspartame," said Tony Tortor-ici of Coca-Cola's consumer divi-sion. He called the schedule forthe introduction of aspartameinto Diet Coke "privileged infor-mnition" and discounted a rumorthat Coca-Cola had introducedDiet Coke expressly as a vehiclefor aspartame. The diet soft-drink market is worth an estimat-ed S5 billion annually, and salesof asptirtame are expected to netSearle hundreds of millions ofdollars a vear.

Aspartame is made up of twoamino acids, one of which, phen-viawlanine, is toxic to the brain atvery high levels. "One importantresearch question wil-l be to deter-mine the minimum level of toxic-ity exactliv said Wurtman. HeLdded that the level of toxicitywould be much lower for carriersof the gene for phenylketonuria,Li disease whose victims are un-able to metabolize phenylaianine.Aspartame elevates the level ofsome amnino acids involved inmaking brain chemicals affectingthe blood and heart. At the sametime, it lowers the level of thealmino acid precursors for sero-tonin, a neurotransmitter impor-tant in sleep', pain sensitivity, ap-petite control, and mood.

"We have shown chemicalchanges [in human experimentalsubjects in aspartame studies]that are very likely associatedwith behavioral and bodily chan-ges," said Wurtman.

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Chairm an ............................ V. Michael Bove '83Editor in Chief ............... Barry S. Surman '84Managing Editor .......... Matthew W. Giamporcaro '85Business Manager ..... ....... .. Keith Tognoni '84Executive Editor ................. Robert E. Malchman '85

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Contributing Editors David G. Shaw '82............................ ........... Jon von Zelow itz '82................................... ....... M ax H ailperin 85..................................... Daniel J. Weidman '85

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look no further than the "cheek-

by jowl coed" dormitory.

To the foreign student, this ar-

ticle is a blessing. Vetter makes

absolutely no mention of MIT's

international population, a group

at least as large as the women.

Vetter's ignorance is the foreign

student's bliss.

Plavb ov's intrepid researcherobviously set out to get a few

laughs by furthering the outside

world's stereotype of MIT stu-

dents. "While others dated and

danced and played baseball,"

Vetter writes, "these kids sat

alone building ham radios or

watching for comets or playing

fantasy games on their home

computers." I may not be ill the

majority, but I don't know how a

radio works, I've never seen a

comet, and I don't even know

Apple Basic. I devoted most of

my secondary education to play-

ing in a rock band so I could

meet women - that is, when I

wasn't programming my calcula-

tor to ply Dungeons and Drag-

ons.

Vetter's portrayal of the typical

MIT student is about as realistic

is the cynical intellectual elite he

employs to paint his negative pic-

ture. Plavlbov should stick to its

own brand of realism: the "Girls

of the Atlantic Coast Con-

ference.""

This quote appears in the Sep-

tember issue of Pla lbo'v maga-

zine, opening an article titled

"Technodarlings." The author,

Craig Vetter, "spent weeks on

campus at MIT researching this

piece," yet the most profound

conclusion he can reach is "One

thing is for sure. They all plan on

making a lot of money."

The editorial slant of Vetter's

article is hardly surprising. After

all, it appears' -in a magazine

meant to whet the appetites -

both sexual and intellectual -of

its target readership of young,

upwardly mobile sophisticates.

Per-haps they will be properly

awed and a bit envious of Vetter's

technodarlings, but I amn not. I'm

just another MIT student trying

to ret by, and I take offense at

his portrayal.

I t seem s Vetter's weeks of re-

search involved hanging out at'

Baker House, observing an elec-

tric~al engineering lecture, and vis-

iting the top of' the Green Build-

iny wvith the Technology Hackers

Association - a fun time I

would recomnmend to any visitor.

I f, however, he was interested

in uncovering an accurate view of

M ITlif~e, he should have ven-

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by outlawing the secessionist

Tamil party and making it illegal

even to talk about secession.

Jayawardene has also banned

three Communist parties along

the way, arresting over 100 mem-

bers and padlocking their print-

ing press.

One would think two groups

living with each other on the

same island for 2500 years could

learn to do so peacefully. One

would think Jayawardene could

think of a better way to save de-

mocracy in his country than by

outlawing political parties and

limiting free speech. His actions

seem to show a curious perver-

sion of ends by means.

Imagine having no choice but

to oin , party- the Whites or

the Blacks, sly - for political re-

presentation in the United States,

based only upon one's skin color.

Imalgine the majority party ensur-

ing the Ininority never gains pow-

er, never implements its pro-

ranms, never becomes an effective

part of the government.

Such is the relationship be-

tween the Sinhalese and the Ta-

mils in Sri Lanka. The system of

;lscriptive political parties, which

nimecdiately subverts the demo-

cratic process. is unfortunately

cornmon among nations of the

Third WVorld.

The only hope for democracy

in these countries is an end to the

daIma-in , interracial differences.

The political Darwinism of win

or die is the surest route to totali-

tariatnisin. One hopes it is not too

lIate for Sri Lanka.

"Those advocating any divisionof the countr ' will not be able totalk about it evten in a foreignland, hecause we could punishthen onz their return to Sri Lan-ka. ' -- Ranarsinghe Prernadasa

Pritnre Minister of Sri Lanka

It's scarl . This is supposed tobe a d 0emocracv). '-Unlnatned SriLankan civil servant

This is a story about social and

political strife in Sri Lanka, the

isl 6nd nation off the coast of In-

dia, known zis Ceylon during its

colonial period.

There are two ethnic groups on

the islands the Sinhalese and the

Tamlils. They have been there

since the island was first inhabit-

ed 2500 years ago. The Sinhalese

represent an overwhelming ma-

jority, holding 143 of 1 68 seats in

the Nartional State Assembly. The

Taimils have only 17.

The probleml is that an extrem-

ist group wants to secede from

Sri Sanka to set up its own Tamil

country in the northern and east-

erri parts or the island. To thisend, they recently ambushedLind

killed 13 Sinhalese soldiers.

Somle Sinhalese, somewhat per-

turbed, responded by killing 200

Tarmil civilians and burning an-

other 100,(00 out of their homes.

President J. R. Jayawardene then

became worried that the violence

against the Tamils might spark an

inversion frorn India.

So Jayawardene decided to

stop the violence not by cranking

down on the Sinhalese mob, but

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are the chosen, the fair-

irrheritors oJ' the high-tech

if they can just get through

without jumping. '

tured a little farther from the

center of campus, he should have

talked to some underclassmen,

and, perhaps most importantly,

he should have interviewed non-

engineering majors. Had he done

so, Vetter would have reached

some radically different conclu-

sions about us lovable, offbeat

MIT kids. And he might have

gotten a few more of his facts

straight.

Although the author made an

attempt to get his information

straight from the students'

mouths, he failed to acknowledge

that student opinion may be

-tainted by the "cynical outlook"

he noted elsewhere. Consequent-

ly, when we read about a student

saying "There aren't any political

movements on campus to speak

of," we know Vetter never saw

ten percent of the graduating

Class of 1983 demonstrating soli-

darity with the European disar-

mament movement by wearing

green armbands.

Equally short shrift is given to

MIT's women. In true Plalvbov

tradition, the ten paragraphs de-

voted to them is little more than

a faulty survey of women's dating

practices in Baker House. There's

a message here: If you are one of

the aforementioned upwardly

mobile young sophisticated males

seeking a technodarling wife,

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of Technology does not discrimi-nate against individuals on thebasis of race, color, sex, sexualorientation, religion, handicap,age, or national or ethnic originin administration of its educa-tional policies, admissions poli-cies, scholarship and loan pro-grams, and other Institute admin-istered programs and activities

.These words are from M IT'spolicy on nondiscrimination. Inone fell swoop you have managedto make these words utterly de-void or meaning. The action I re-fer to is the announcement thatMIT will abide by the SolomnonAmendment and Departmnent ofEducation regulations whichdeny federal educational assis-tance to students who refuse toregister for the draft [T/Ze Tech,July 26].

The Selective Service Act of1980, in requiring only miales be-tween the ages of 18 and 23 toregister, discriminates on the ba-sis of sex and age. Prosecutionsof non-regristrants have been di-rected solely agai nst those whohave chosen to exercise theirFirst Amendment rights of freespeech. The Solomon Amend-,ment persecutes those who be-cause of religious beliefs or deeppersonal convictions are unableor unwilling to register for thedraft. By using economic penal-ties, it discriminates against per-sons in harsher economic circum-stances, and thus on the basis ofrace, color, and national or eth-nic origin.

I am currently in violation ofthe Selective Service Act, as arethe many non-regestrants at MIT.We do not takes our actions light-ly. The consequences of refusingto register with the Selective Ser-vice can be quite severe -up tofive years in Jail and a $10,000fine. When the decision is madeto violate the law, it is made bothwith the full knowledge of whatthe possible consequences areand because our religious beliefsor personal convictions allow usno other course of action. Westand fully prepared to be triedfor our actions in a court of lawand, if necessary, to spend time injail. T he Solomonl Amendment,ill violation of our Constitutionalrights under the Fifth Amend-ment, compels non-registrants toincriminate themselves and deniesour right to the due process oflaw. I n addition, we are deniedour rights under the SixthAmendment to a public trial byan impartial jury, to be informedof the nature and cause of the ac-cusalion, to be confronted withthe witnesses against LIS, to havecompulsory process for obtainingwitness in our favor, and to havethe assistance of counsel for thedefense. The Solomon Amend-ment and the Department ofEducation regulations have sum-marly tried, convicted, and sen-teneed us without ever having ac-cused us of a crime. Now, withyour decision that MITwill abideby these regulations, you act asour executioner. I can only as-sume that you do' not realizewhat the consequences of youraction will be.

Personally I consider myselfluckv; the impact to my educa-tion of the denial of federal edu-cat~oinal assistance will be small.Others are not so lucky. When

they receive their bills for the fallterm. they will be greeted by thenotice that they must, in thespace of two weeks, either aban-don their religious beliefs andpersonal convictions, or elseabandon their educations at M4 IT.Tile ones who will choose toleave the Institute are the veryones who MIT and this countrycan least afford to lose.

One of the things which both-ers me the most is a statementyou made which was quoted inboth The Tech and Tech Talk: "Itmakes no sense to me to coupleeducational opportunity with be-liefs about the military draft andto apply that connection only tothose students who happen to beneedy males in a particular agebracket. T his is. the law of theland, however, and M IT willcomnply with it." Such a denial ofthe responsibilities Of a citizen touphold the Constitution musthave the Founding Fathers turn-ing over in their graves. Comingfrom the president of an institu-tion of higher learning it is par-ticularly abhorrent. It has been,one of the traditional roles ofuniversities in this country to tryand act as a restraining forcewhen our government begins tostray. A number of universitiesaround the country, includingYale, Dartmouth, and the Uni-versity of California have prom-ised to supple ment money lost bynon-registrants; M IT should jointhese universities in standing upfor its students' constitutionalrights.

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It's not enough to be a good musiciananymore. If you are to be taken seriouslyas a perforsner, a composer, you have todisplay intelligence, not merely politicalawareness. Hence, many of the mostprominent new music artists seem to beextremely well read: David Byrne and Bri-an Eno named their joint album My Lifeinl the Bush of Ghosts after an obscure nov-el by African author Amos Tutola, RobertFripp of King Crimson has been packinghis work with references to the mysticGurdjieff's book Meetings With Remark-able Men, and both David Bowie and Pe-ter Gabriel Fill their lyrics with literary al-1lusions.

These literati also form the vanguard ofthe third-world rock movement, each hav-ing made a significant contribution towardthe goal of incorporating non-Westernrhythms into rock. Yet one member of thepan-cuitural pantheon has remained con-spicuous due to his exclusion: GordonSumner, also known as Sting, of the Po-lice. Perhaps the others considered himnothing more than a dumb blonde popidol - an appellation that hardly appliesto David Byrne - but it didn't seem tobother Stirg too much. He quietly pursuedhis reading of sociologist Arthur Koestlerand subsequently wrote Ghost in the MMa-ehine (named after one of Koestler'sbooks), the Police's first album to displaya social conscience and the first to breakwith their reggae-based pop formula.

Srtichronicin- titled after psychologistCarl Jung's SvwchronicitYl (A Causal Princi-ple)- marks a further break with formulaand Sting's total immersion in matters eth-nic. It also represents a return to theband's earlier "less is more" sound; inti-mating with a few Zen-like brush strokeswhat Ghost in the Machine communicatedwith an impasto of synth textures andsaxophone overdubs. The single "EveryBreath You Take" is a perfect example ofthe band's new approach: Stewart Cope-land's explosive drumming has been re-placed by a stark, snare-oriented under-statement of the beat, Andy Summers pro-vides an elegant single-note counterpointin the place of his chattering guitar figures,and Sting's vocals are fueled by a genuinepassion that was absent from his previousefforts.

The album centers around side one'spaired title cuts, "Synchronicity I and II,"both investigations into Dr. Jung's "con-necting principle" which links events intime but not in space. The short, choppyphrasing and percussive synth riff of"Synchronicity I" complements the longmelodic line and power-trio drive of"Synchronicity 11." Sandwiched betweentheses cuts are the Police's first songs notpenned by Sting: Summers' "Mother," a7/8 Arabian raga raveup with Freudianlyrics ("Every girl that I go out with/Be-,comes my mother in the end") and psy-chotic vocals; and Copeland's "Miss Gra-denko," a bouncy tale of intrigue withinthe KGI. Although the tunes may at firstseem to be simple concessions to Sting's

merit Sting's inclusion in the pan-culturalpantheon - he is clearly adept at suffus-ing pop songs with a non-Western feel.Compare "Tea in the Sahara" to KingCrimson's "The Sheltering Sky'" and seehow the same work -in this case PaulBowles's The Sheilering Sk}- - can elicitdifferent musical responses.

Simultaneously (synchronistically'?) their-most commercial and their most challeng-ing album, St4tichronviciti shows what canhappen when the Police take the laws ofmusic into their own hands. The resultingset of intelligent pop songs is an oasis inthe modern radio desert. Don't wait anylonger, synchronize yourself.

David Shaw

compositional monopoly, they provide in-sights into the contributions made by theband's nonwriting members.

The lion's share of the writing still be-longs to Sting, however, and he outdoeshimself by penning a set of moody, emo-tive pieces. "King of Pain"' and "O MyGod" deal with the personal anguishbrought about by Sting's recent divorce (asdoes "Every Breath You Take") and bothsuccessfully evoke strong emotions- youcan feel the anger in "O My God" and thesorrow in "King of Pain."

"Walking in Your Footsteps," with itspolyrhythmic drum pattrens and Africanflute colorings, and "Tea in the Sahara"with Summer's shimmering guitar synthe-sizer washes layered over a pulsing bass,

Speaking In Tongues, Talking Heads onSire Records.

It must be a great temptation to repeat asuccessful experiment, if only to assertyour newfound proficiency. This seems tobe the reason why the new Talking Headsalbum isn't the tremendous surprise itspredecessor, Remnain in Light, was. Theband, revitalized after a three-year hiatusfilled with solo projects, has comparednotes on their relative successes, chosen toproduce themselves (thus terminating aIong-standing relationship with producer/fifth member Brian Eno), and reworkedRemiaini in its own image. The resulting al-bum is a cross between Retnain and ralk-ingi Heads '77, a combination of assuredmusicianship and an almost childlike plea-sure taken in being able to "Make it up aswe go along/Feet on the ground/Head inthe sky."

The blueprint for Remain was clearlyM}r Life in the Bush of Ghosts, the collabo-ration between head Head David Byrneand Brian Eno, but the blueprint forSpeaking in Tongues is either Parliament/Funkadelic's Uncle Jamt Wants You orJames Brown's Sexr M/fachine. It relies moreon the "jammin' on a groove" format thanon Remain's extended polyrhythmic drumbreaks and call-and-response vocals, con-sequently, the Heads seem to be emulatingfunk masters rather than creating anothernew musical form. The album's lessenedimpact is to be expected - American au-diences are much more familiar with SlyStone and Wilson Pickett than they arew ith King Sunny Ad6 and Prince NicoMbarga.

The. African elements are still very muchin evidence, especially on the opener,"Burning Down the House," in whichthundering drums underscore Byrne's taleof urban dread: "People on their way towork/Baby what did you expect/Gonna

People," and a true ghetto-blaster bouncein "Pull Lip the Roots," a tune destined tobecome a dance floor standard. "Roots"also provides the best indication of Byrne'scurrent mindset: When he sings "I don'tmind some slight disorder/No more timefor talkin' it over" he's obviously learnedhow to deal with the world, a far cry fromthe neuroses that suffused "Psycho Kifler"and "Don't Worry About the Govern-ment."

An ability to believe in the hearing pow-er of good people seems to be the point ofSpeaking in Tongures. It's the only conclu-sion one can make in the face Of lyrics like"God help us!/Help us lose our minds/These slippery people/F elp us under-stand" and "We are born without eve-sight/We are born without sin/And ourmama protects us/From the cold and therain." And if these homilies don't get thepoint across well enough, Byrne winds upthe album with his hardest-hitting - butsoftest played - stroke, "This Must Bethe Place (Naive Melody)," a ballad aboutthe Joys of being able to core home:Home-is where / want to beBut I guess I'm already thereI come home - she lifted up her wingsGuess that this must be the placeI can't tell one from the otherDid I find you, or you find me?There was a time before we were bornIf someone asks, this is where /'/l be

If Speaking inl Tongure.s tells us anythingabout Talking Heads, it tells us they'rehappy. A contented band at the height of'their career producing an album this inno-vative is a rarity, but we should hope theHeads do not remain in content for toolong, because when they take risks. theyremain pioneers. Lest they forget, theydidn't invent the funk, but they can surebring it on home.

David Shaw

burst into flame." The music is full of ac-cents - squawking synths, tom-toms,shouted vocals - Itat act as mini-solos,personal comments that are not meant todisrupt the overall flow, a small departure

from a pure African groove in which onecan focus on one or all the instruments.

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It was a hot July day in YankeeStadium. The Yankees andRoyals were playing their last re-gular-season game for 1983. Twoout in the top of the ninth, NewYork was leading 4-3. With oneman on base, the go-ahead run inthe form of superhitter GeorgeBrett was at the pltte. The Yan-kee faithful were cheerful, none-theless: Relief ace Goose Gossageand his 95-mile-per-hour fast ballwere comin- into the game. Thefins knew it was all over.

Brett had other ideas. Helaunched a pitch deep into theleft field stands, putting theRoyals ahead 5-4. A televisioncamera focused on Gossage asthe mustachioed fireballer em-phatically pronounced an obsen-ity. Things suddenly looked rath-er dismal for the Yankee nine.The Kolals' submarining right-hander, Dan Quisenberry, leadingthe league in saves, was warmingin the pen.

But wait! Yankee manager Bil-iy Martin comes racing out of thedugout. He confers with the um-pires, who retrieve Brett's bat.The men in blue examine thestick at length; the home plate

umpire walks over to the Royals'dugout and raises his fist, thumbraised.

The fans go wild. The Yankeeshave won 4-3.

Brett goes wild. He attacks theumpire. Three teammates areneeded to restrain him. A trulydespicable exhibition on the thirdbaseman's part.

There is a rule that says onecannot have more than 18 inchesof pine tar on a bat. Why anyonewould need even that much is amystery to me. Pine tar is asticky substance rubbed on thebat handle to improve the bat-ter's grip.

There is another rule that saysa batter using an illegal bat, uponproper appeal, shall be calledout. The Yankees made a timelyappeal, before the next pitch wasthrown, and the umpire properlyenforced the two rules by callingBrett out.

The Royals appealed the deci-sion to American League Presi-dent Lee MacPhail. Excessivepine tar in violation of the rulesdoes not make the bat illegal,they argyued. The only penaltythat should have been applied,

they said, was removal of the batfrom the game.

Incredibly, MacPhail boughtthis argument. The pine tar didnot affect how the ball wasstruck, he said, so the hit was le-gal.

-MacPhail missed the point.The bat was illegal from the be-ginning, irrespective of whatBrett did with it. As soon as theillegality was called to the umpir-es' attention, Brett should havebeen-and was-called out.

Stupid as it is, though, the de-cision - the American League'sdumbest since it permanently ap-proved the designated hitter rule- stands. The game will resumel hursday with the Royals leading5-4. It is unlikely Brett will beejected from the game, thoughwell he should for his attack onthe umpire.

The Yankees will be forced tomiss a day off, so they will haveto play baseball on 31 straightdays. The Royals will have to flyinto and out of New York forfour outs of baseball.

Four outs. I'll stick to exhibi-tion football.

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