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Quasars are distant as-tronomical objects whichradiate light in both thevisible and radio spectra.

Normally, quasar lightreaches Earth relatively un-obstructed, as shown in A.

If a suitably large masswere between a quasar andthe Earth, two images ofthe quasar would be seen,one on either side of thegalaxy, as shown in B.

If there is more than onelarge gravitational mass inthe vicinity of the lensingsystem, the bending willnot be symmetric. In thecase of MG2016 + 112, thegravitational lens recentlydiscovered (see article), thebending pattern is assym-metric, but only one lens-ing galaxy is visible. Theresearchers suggest there issome dark matter, whichemits no radiation and isthus invisible, near the gal-axy, causing the additionalbending (see C).

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Departments, laboratories, andother operating areas of the Insti-t.ute are preparing detailed re-ports of their present activities,specific plans for next year, andgeneral goals for the followingfour years, according to ProvostFrancis E. Low.

The plans, called five-year re-ports, will provide "a detailedunderstanding of where each de-partment thinks it's going," hesaid.

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'Being MIT, we will always besurprsed by exciting new possi-bilities ... which were not avail-able at the time of the plans," hesaid. Project Athena, for exam-ple, began after the School ofEngineering started its planningprocess.

A five-year report is "not a rig-id document which forces a spe-cific future on us," Low said.

MIT will not make public anyof the initial reports, as "theycontain a fair amount of confi-

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dential information," includingsalary information and assess-ments of programs, Low said.Priorities for each school, howev-er, will be made public.

The reason the Institute is'pre-.paring the plans, Low said, "isnot specifically the budget prob-lem." MIT is in the second yearof an $1I million cut in its sup-port budget.

Preparing the plans, instead, _! "is a valuable exercise for every-body to thaink throurgh,' he said.

The reports will be used to de- m A:termnine budget cuts. but "withdifficulty," he said. The academicbudget will probably remains ap- F rA 9 "iV;0%/.$k ·"·4.proximately constant, but that is ; v ̂- "in effect a cut."

The $11 million bupdget cuit has ·not affected the normal annaul _ isalary increases, Low said. Those Tech photo by David GreenIncreases more than offset the Boston's first major snowstorm of the new yearcut, and raise the real budget for arrived last night, and forecasters predicted 6 to 12the support areas. inches would blanket the area by morning.

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The quasar has several uniqueproperties. Among these are avery large redshift (an astronorni-cal measure of distance), ex-tremely narrow emission lines,and emissions in both the opticaland radio spectra.

Discovery Unique

Also unique to MG2016+ 112is the way in which it was discov-ered. All other known grav-itational lensing systems were dis-covered accidentally.MG2016 + 112 was discoveredafter a careful, planned search ofa thousand radios sources.

The researchers began with asurvey of approximately onethousand quasar-like objects.They then selected radio sourceswhich resembled lensing systems,then isolated the objects withoptical counterparts. This low-ered the number of sources to"40 or 50 possibles. Six of themlooked really promising," saidBurke.

The researchers then examinedthese remaining sources to deter-mine whether two or more ob-

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By Simson L. GarfinkelResearchers at MIT, the Cali-

fornia Institute of Technology(Caltech), and Princeton Univer-sity have discovered a new gravi-tational lens in space.

The discovery was made byphysicists Bernard F. Burke '50,Jacqueline N. Hewitt G. andCharles L. Bennett a of MIT,working with Charles R. Law-rence of MIT and Caltech, DonalP. Schneider and MaartenSchmidt of Caltech, and EdwinL. Turner '71 and James E.Gunn of Princeton.

Gravitational lenses are objectsin space, such as black holes orgalaxies, which bend light due totheir huge masses (see box).While only five gravitationallenses have been found, they areof great significance to the astro-physical community.

Triple radio sourceMGCi2016+ 112, the lensing systemdiscovered, appears to consist oftwo astronomical objects: a verydistant quasar and a closer, butstill very distant, galaxy whichsplits and bends the light emittedby the quasar.

By Burt S. KaliskiThe Institute is asking student

rganizations which pay students) report those payments, accord-ig to Stephen D. Immerman,;sistant dean for student affs.The organizations operatender MIT's tax umbrella,,empting them from social secu-ty taxes and other fees. Theiryrolls, Immerman said, arence legally MIT funds, and thestitute must report them.'MIT should have been includ-g information about incomed expenses about student or-nizations" on Internal Revenuervice forms 990 and 990T,merman said. The forms are'd by non-profit organizations.kllowing the Student Employ-nt Office to maintain the pay-1 is the "most convenient"thod to satisfy the federaluirement, he said.reporting of payroll "wasriooked by all parties," saideph J. Casarano Jr., directornternal audit. "We were delin-nt in that respect."tudent organizations, he said,> coming on board, and wehelping them with their pro-ires. We have a legal require-

,t and-we can't not perform.r that legal requirement."asarano annd Immerman both

the emphasis on reporting-oll is not a -result of theat waiving of a requirementstudent organizations pay anloyee benefit fee.irley M. McBay, dean forent affairs, had mentioned

reporting of payroll in a Nov. 29memorandum which announcedthe exemption of the fee.

"Student activities operateunder the umbrella of MIT andmust therefore meet certain legalrequirements with respect to fi-nancial accountability," her letterstates.

Casarano said discussion of re-porting payroll "started beforethe employee benefit issue evercame about," referring to an ini-tial meeting last spring.

Immerman confirmed the auditdivision held "a meeting early onwith all the grease of the fourthfloor" to discuss reporting pay-roll.

"The Tech is the only one thathasn't done it yet," Immermansaid, but added, "I don't thinlkwe want to force anyone to doanything."

Should a student organizationrefluse io report its payroll to theInstitute, he said, "I don't knowwhat we'd do. ... The assump-tion is that people are more rea-sonable than that."

A student organization "wouldhave to set itself up as a separatecorporation" to leave the MITtax umbrella, Casarano said.

"There are tremendous penal-ties associated with not report-ing," he said. "They go as highas $500" for each student organi-zation whose payroll is omitted,he said.

The penalties are "one thingthe Institute obviously does notwant to be caught with.'

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(Continued from page 1)jects in the source grouping hadthe same spectrum and thus thesame composition. The theory isthat if the light from one quasaris being split in two, then it willappear that two objects in a clus-ter have the same spectrum, indi-cating the presence of a gravita-tional lens.

From the spectrum, the red-shift of the object can be deter-mined. As light-emitting objectsrecede from the observer, theemitted light shifts to longer andlonger wavelengths. This processis called redshift because bluelight is shifted towards the longerred wavelengths. The amount ofshift-is proportional to the-speedat whlichl the object is receding.

IBecause the universe is expand-ing, the farther away an object is,the faster it is receding. If twoobjects ill close proximity inspace are observed to have thesamne'spectrum. and the same red--shift, then astrophysicists assumethey are two images of the.-sameobject. This splitting in two isevidence of the existence of agravitational lens.

Spectrum Uniique

One of the unique characteris-tics of MG2016 +112 is the ex-treme narrowness of its spectrallines. The researchers, while call-ing the' object a quasar, suggest

that it may represent a previouslyunknown class of astronomicalobjects.

In their report of the discovery-in the January 6 issue 'of Sciencemagazine, the researchers suggestthat the gravitational- lens may bemagnifying the quasar's light inaddition to bending it. Accordingto the report, it is quite possiblethat the two quasar images ir-MG2016+112 would not be visi-ble without the lensing caused bythe associate galaxy. This wouldexplain why this object is visiblewhen other objects with suchlarge red shifts are not visible.

Models developed at-PrincetonUniversity by Turner and -Gunnindicate that between two andfive quasars in every thousandwill be lensedi and that the great-est number of lensed objectsfound will have redshifts betweenI and 2, Burke said. The modelsrely on basic assumptions aboutthe amount and distribution ofmass in the Universe which willbe substantiated if the models areconfrned by observation.

Possible Applications

Astrophysicists expect gravita-tional lenses to be useful'in theirresearch,. For example-, the outputfrom a quasar is not steady. Sincethe two paths of the split lightfrom the quasar may not havethe same length, variations in the

quasar's output may be. observedat different times in the two impages. This could make it possibleto calculate the exact distancefrom Earth of a lensed quasar,said 'Burke.

Observations of the effects oflenses may also make possiblebetter estimates of the age of theuniverse and of the amount ofmatter it contains.

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in the Dec. 2 edition of The Techentitled "Do not price out excel-lence" was a very interestingpiece. In it, he discussed a pro-posal for making it unnecessaryfor MIT to continue to chargethe high tuition which it currentlydloes.

While I do not disagree withhis ideas, I do object strongly tosome statements at the openingof the column. Their purposemay have been simply to put thereader in the author's frame ofmind, in preparation for the restof the article. However, I tookthem at face value and quite seri-ously. Specifically, I refer to onesentence: "Those who do qualifyfor loans or grants feel like beg-gars, and students on work-studyare at a disadvantage becausethey can not devote as much timeto their studies as their more af-fluent peers."

From Mr. Garfinkel's point ofview, I must be a pretty miserableperson. Why? Because I hve ex-perienced aN three of these insti-tutions - loans, grants, andwork-study. From my point ofview, I'm enjoying the MIT ex-perience and have nothing butpraise for the modes of financialaid which have allowed me to at-tennd MIT.

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My loans have consisted oGuaranteed Student Loans fromthe Boston Five-a local Bostorbank very willing to make educational loans. Sure they're makingmoney and sure the loans have tobe paid back, but they're helpingto educate me. So how can I feeany animosity toward them?

Finally, I have recieved grantsthe last two years from MIT aspart of my financial aid package.Since I'm from Texas, thesegrants have come from a scholar-ship fund endowed in 1960 byEugene and Margaret McDer-mott (as in McDermott Court) tohelp out students from theSouthwest in paying their costs atMIT. Mrs. McDermott stillcomes to Cambridge annually tovisit with 'her" students.

I hope, and I think the Finan-cial Aid Office would also hope,that students like myself whomust rely onl grants and loans toget their college education don't"feel like beggars." I certainlydon't.

John MI. Osborn '85

To the Editor:Every day I must walk up and

down the infinite corridor tentimes, weaving in and out of stu-dents, professors, secretaries andvisitors from every corner of theworld. I never get bored ofwatching them zoom by. No twoMIT people are alike. The hallwalls are also great to look at.What LSC movies will be play-ing, what parties are being puton, student reactions to politicalcontroversies, and activities invarious clubs all decorate the walllike wallpaper. Last week, how-ever, as I walked down the corri-dor for the second time that dayI saw a sign above an office doorthat brought back immediatememories. Thoat ominous signthat every student had at onepoint known well. The sign thatsaid "Admssions Office' stoppedme in my quick stride. I walkedinto the office and sat down caumally watching prospective stu-dents.

I remembered how I laboredcountless hours to perfect my ap-plicationls making sure that. everyside of my life was shown clearlyand to my benefit. I rememberputting on my finest clothingwhen I visited schools and tryingto look good in front of anyonehavting anything to do with theschool. Was it worth it? Well, yesI did get into MIT but now that I

look back I know it wasn't be-cause I had a nice tie on.

Many high school seniors thinkthat if they don't get into theirfirst chokce school, they'll be un-happy for the rest of their lives.What is this great decision basedon anyway? What do these teen-agers know about MIT or anycollege for that matter besidesthat it might have a good reputa-tion, be in a nice location or thatthe food stinks? I chose MIT ora very different reason than whatI am experiencing. What seniorwould ever think that MIT, "The-Nerd School," would hold atleast five parties every night everyweekend of the year? How can asenior know what kind of lectureshe likes if he doesn't even knowwhat a lecture is? If I didn't getinto MIT I would go somewhereelse and learn all new things Ididn't know about that school.Every school has its advantagesand disadvantages. There is noperfect school for anyone. Aschool shapes to your needs andyou shape to its needs.

I got up and left the office. Iwished I could somehow tellthose applicants to relax and takeit as it comes, but I knew that thetension was inevitable. It is thefirst of many big transitions in astudent's life. What more thingswere to come for me? In my next

transition, will I relax or will I goabout it the same way as I did ahigh school senior? The situationwon't be any different. There areso many things out there. Howcan I grab one and call it minethinking nothing else will workfor me? An open mind will makeeverything I do a success. Theflow of people then grabbed meinto its current as I proceeded tomy next class.

Stephen Hoenig '87

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activities noan-MV ITTo the Editor:

Despite the use of the term"IAP," two programs advertisedin the Dec. 6 issue of The Techare not part of MIT's Indepen-dent Activities Period program,but rather programs run by out-siders (in one case, a commercialcompany, and in the other, anunknown individual).

Mary Z. Enterline

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Editor's note: The two non-MITlsponsored activities were a speedreading course and a project oacoustical analysis.

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To the Editor:If it is your intent, I would like

to thank The Tech for providingsuch great comedy in the form ofrecent articles by Mr. Simson L.Garfinkel. I fear, however, thatMr. Garfinkel actually believesthe rhetoric he has produced oflate. To remedy this situation, Isuggest that, just once, he trythinking and writing at the sametime.

In all fairness, Mr. Garfinkel'sarticles have bieeac-;ffightening.Without them I would have neverrealized that by accepting finan-cial aid, I am a begger - Ithought I was just poor. He hasalso helped me gain insight intoone of MIT's graduation require-ments. After reading Mr. Garfin-kel's articles in The Tech, I now

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understand why the new Fresh-man Writing Requiremnent is sourgently necessary.

Mr. Garfinkel's series of arti-cles on education at MIT (?)seems to be based on the premisethat MIT, as it stands today, isgrossly mismanaged, inefficient,and practically detrimental to aneducation. I quote,

MIT should be teaching itsstudents three times fasterthann it currently is. MITstudents should rememberwhat they learn, in the.smallest detail, forever.Accompanying thesechanges should be an in-crease in the amount offree, non-academic time, atthe disposal of every stu-dent.

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These three sentences are suffi-ciently ludicrous to make m)point without further comment. Iam, however, disheartened tclearn that The Tech is so desperate for contributors, that anyonewho is wiling to sit at a typewriter twice a week is automaticallyelevated to the position of fea-tured columnist.

As for Mr. Garfinnkel,.I can'help wondering why, if he has atthe answers, he is at MIT nowinstead of at his own schoollearning the right way. Fear notAmericans, I'm sure another fivepart series explaining this phenomenon will be forthcominjfrom you-knaow-who.

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To the Editor:I marvel at the inconsistencies

apparent in Simson L. Garfin-kel's column in The Tech on Dec.2. He calls for a unfree acadlemicenvironment" and yet dictatesjust what profit-oriented syllabuswill be imposed upon the teach-ers of software subjects and whatmotives will be adopted by thefaculties of the Sloan School andthe Visual Language Workshop.He calls for the environment nec-essary to support "aggressivemarketing" by MIT, but deplores"chaining" students and profes-sors with "monetary pressures!"And he visualizes that the happy

result of this conversion of MITto "Megatech Enterprises, Inc."will be a zero tuition rate forever-more. I have to ask, what aggres-sive marketer in his right mind isgeang to offer his principal prod-uct line (a superb educational op-portunity, in this case) at no cost,just because (s~he has done wellat selling a sideline?

I offer the above remarks as anindividual, personal response.The experience I have gained overseventeen years in MIT's aid of-fice compels me also to commentthat Garfinkel is way off basewhen he disparages the strongrole that financial aid has played

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Shawrnut and BayBank willpay a small monthly fee to MITto cover rental of the space andthe cost of cooling required bythe ATMs. They are also sharingin the cost of renovation. Eachwill pay $19,000 toward an esti-mated cost of $66,00, Keohan

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ducing support staff by not fillingvacant positions.

Each department, laboratory,or operating area will report toits representative on the Aca-demic Council, Low said. Mem-bers of academic- and researchareas will then report to Low,while representatives of finance,development and student affairswill report to Senior Vice Presi-dent William R. Dickson '57.

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Negotiations with the banksbegan this summer. 'We hadhoped to be much further alongwith this," Lee said, "but theagreements took longer than an-ticipated" because of MIT's secu-rity concerns.

"Both Shawmut and HarvardTrust. are very anxious to start,"

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