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Six months ago Alex Makowskiasked us to "Bring back ears.'"With our usual promptness,Alex, we bring back ears (in caseyou don't know, this is theinside of one). PS --- Alexresigned six months ago.

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS FIVE CENTS

dining options. Presently, a stu-dent can buy 15 commons mealsa week for $660 per year, mealtickets at $15 a week, individualIneals at $4.05 a day, a la cartemeals, or nothing at all.

The most prominent proposalis to add a seven-day 1 9-mealcomnmons option and a clubplan. A student on the club planwould be able to purchase mealsat reduced rates, after paying aninitial fee, which would replacethe present dining hall fees.

Dean Kenneth Browvning, rep-resenting the Committee, discus-sed these new commons optionsat a Baker House meeting lastweek. T he three option plan.(seven-day commons, five-daycommnlOs. Or club plan) wouldmlost likely bre instituters IIIBakder because, unlike Mac-Gregor, the other West C'aMPUSdorm with a dining hall, Balkerdoes. not have kitchlen facilities.Residen~ts of Baker leave also.e;pressed a desire over the peast

year for a seaven-day commonsoption. There is also concernover the long-term damage toBaker's physical plant and envi-ronmental surfaces caused byextensive cooking in roomis aindin the halls.

At the meeting, Bakerites ex-p~ressed concern that sevlen-daycormmons would interfere withthe holding of frequent Saturdaynight house parties. Howvever,half of those present and oncommons voiced a desire for aseven-day option. Hlalf of thoseon conmmons in Baker, 100 stu-

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By Jaimes MloodyThe Rate Review committee,

charged with the responsibilityof setting the housing and diningrates for next year, had madeseveral suggestions, including amnodification of dining options.

The committee's major taskthis year is to "fine tune" therate structure that was set up bythe first Rate Review committeelast year. This system divideshousing costs into two cate-gories: house costs, which arecharges unique to a given houseand controllable by its residents,and system costs, which reflectan equal level of service to all,and are shared equally by alldorrnitory residents.

Examples of house costs areelectricity, water, desk service,and house tax. System costsinciude heat, porter service-maintenance, and administrativeexpenses- A house's rent will bedetermined by adding to thehouse cost the system cost,times a differential representingdifferences in overall quality.

At this point, the committeehas discussed at length nextyear's proposed budget, andwhere possible cuts can be made.The house cost/system coststructure has been reviewed, andheat has been transferred to asystem cost, since the committeefelt that all are entitled to anequal level of heat. All thatremains to be jone in the area ofhousing is to set actual numberson the quality differential.

The committee has lookedvery closely this year at new

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Senatorwants Comp lete press immunitmen. McGovern is co-sponsoringa bill with Sen. Walter Mondale(D-Minn.), offering a shield -though he stated later that healso supports the bill offered bySen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.).

T1he Cranston bill provides foran absolute immunity for news-men from b)eing comrgpelled totestify before federal Courts orgrand juries, where there arecon i-deniial sources or infornia-tion obtained from those sourcesinvolved.

By Norman D9. SandlerSenator George McGoverr

(D-S.D.), in a speech Sundaynight, called on Congress to ap-prove an absolute shield law,which would give newsmen anunqualified immunity against-orced disclosure of confidentialsources.

In his first college appearancesince last November's presidenti-al election, McGovern spoke to acrowd of approximately 1700 atBrandeis University in Wixaltham.

In his prepared speech,McGovern cam e down hard on.the Nixon Administration forattacks on the news media. Henoted that, "freedom of thepress is not just freedom forreporters, but freedom of thepeople. "

The South Dakota senatorconceded that the press shouldstill be open to leigitmate criti-cism, but added that the con-structive criticism he advocatesdoes not include attempts tosilence the press or to "coercethose who inform people-"

Nixon and the pressWith hearings currently being

held in both the House and theSenate on newsmen's rights andlegislation protecting journalistsand their sources, McGovernpointed out disputes betweenthe current administration andthe media.

He referred to that conflict as"'a sustained effort that at timesseems designed to insure that thepress will print only the newsthat is fit for a campaign bro-chure. "

McGovern charged that thisoffensive against the inedia bythe President and the ExecutiveBranch began with Vice Presi-dent Agnew's Des Moines speechof 1969. In that speech, Agnewcriticized the three televisionnetworks for their "instant anal-yses" which followed televisedpresidential addresses.

The effort continued, Mc-Govern charged, with the at-temapts by the government tohalt publication of the PentagonRapers by issuing an order ofprior restraint. He said thatquashing the publication of thePapers was denying the Ameri-can people important informa-

tion they deserved to have.On the Pentagon Papers case,

McGovern stated, '"the truth isthe property of the people, andit becomes stolen property onlywhen it is concealed from thepeople."

The ;Vew York Times Penta-gon Papers publication case isover, but the Senator claimedthat the assault on the press bythe Nixon administration Ilas es-calated. Be added that thenewest assault is three-fold, in-volving a cut in fhe free flow ofinforrnation, government censor-ship, and threats to newsorganizations.

McGovern charged the Nixonadministration with attempts todeprive the American public ofinformation by "making re-porters informants for the gov-ernment." "Valuable sourceshave dried up [ with the jailing ofnewsmen] and vital facts havebeen denied the people. Andnow there is less freedom in ourfree society."

Second, McGovern asserted,the government, through officialpress blackouts" as well as

more subtle forms of press cen-sorship, has threatened to cutoff information by denying thepublic access. He explained thatthrough very infrequent presi-dential press conferences andevading direct questions fromreporters, Mr. Nixon has notOpened the working of govern1-ment for examination by eitherthe press or the public.

Tile last phase of the Nixonladministration's offensive hasbeen, in McGovern's words, "ithegovernment's attempts to cut offcriticism [ from the media]1 bypunishing news organizationsthat report all of the news andcomment honestly on it ... Un-less such repression is stoppedtile outcome may be newspapersthat are blank and airwaves si-le-ilt on the greater issues."

Witil the disintegration offreedom of the press that Mc-Govern predicted, he said theonly solution to the problem iscongressional "rea ffirma tion"> ofthe First Amendment in theformn of a privilege law for news-

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By Lee Giguere(TIhe qtuestion of' whether tocontinue Fr-eshnianz Pass-Fail fn-

adefinitely is siated to conie be-fore tlze Faculty at its A prilmeeting, after beirg postponedfroin last year. Lee Giguere, wvhocovered last year's debate forThe Tech, avill exarnine some of'the issues surrounding pass-failinz thte freshm~tan2 year in a seriesof articles for The Tech. This isthe third arficle inz thle series.-Editor)

The single issue over whichFreshrman Pass-Fail was debatedlast year - the need of pre-med

students for detailed infor-mation about their performancein ungraded freshman courses -may turn out to be a non-issuein this year's reconsideration ofPass-Fail by the Faculty.

Pass-Fail "certainly can't beendangering people" assertedProfessor of Biology Bernard S.Gould, chairr-man of the Pre-Medical Advising Committee. -

Pointing to an acceptancerate of 80 per cent, Gouldargued that "in an overall way,what we have been doing is thewise thirg." ("What we havebeen doing" is to allow students

who are applying to medicalschools to request and get a'' meanin gful evaluation" in"'terse and concrete" terms fromtheir instructors.)

Serious problemA member of the Freshran

Pass-Fail Grading Committee,Professor of Nutrition and FoodScience Ernily Wick, however,had earlier told Thze Tech thatthe problem is v"serious," al-though not -involving a largeabsolute number of people.Noting that many students onlyget into one medical school,Wick said, '"that's the kind ofthing that nakes you worry abit."

"I'm worried about pre-medswho may not get in." Wicksaid, "there has to be someway for pre-mneds to retrieve therecommendations they need."She felt it would be "irres-ponsible for MIT to get in aposition where it can't commentwhen asked." Buit she said sheth1ought "a rrange enelts can bemade."

Another faculty member whohas "bteen involved in the ques-tion of the impact of Pass-Fail inprofessional schoo! admissions,"Professor of Physics Robert I.Hulsizer (also a member of theFre sh m a n Pass-Fail GradingCo mmittee) said the "onlyplace'' he saw any significantimpact was in medicine, and"I, maybe law.'> Other professional:schools, he said, "do not tend tolook at freshman grades," butput "im.ore emphasis on upper-

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By Gary CuscinoThe General Assembly of the

UA has been discussing plans torevive the traditional SpringWeekend with possibilities ofsponsoring a concert featuringnationally-known performers.The festivities, also known asKaleidescope, died out two yearsago due to financial reasons.

In its attempts to bring pro-jects of interest to the MTlTcommunity, the GA has discus-sed bringing performers such asthe Grateful Dead or James Tay-lor for a Friday night concert inlate April, possibly to be fol-lowed by several Saturday activi-ties. In the past, such activitieshave included dances, movieseries? trips to surrounding

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Former groups and vocalistswho have played at the concertsare the Jefferson Airplane,Stevie Wonder, the Beach Boys,Janis Joplin, Tom Rush, andGordon Lightfoot. Spring Week-end, however, came to an abrupthalt two years ago when it wasno longer financially feasible tohold such a broad extravaganza.

In order to make the week-end monetarily possible, sug-gestions have been made to con-tinue without the Saturdayactivities. According to UAPCurtis Reeves, the typical cost of

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The Student Center Coinmitteepresents The Midnight Movie Series,every Friday night at I2 in the Salade Puerto RIco. Admission FREE'MIT or Wellesley ID required. Thisweek: Midsurnmer Night's Dream r

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* ~c~i j~in~i~iifi~fi i~ Student Cen-ter is looking into the possibility ofpurchasing new furniture for thelobby areas and function rooms ofthe building. If you have any interestor ideas concerning the furnitLure, orif you Wvould be willing to talk to thecommittee, please leave your name atx3-7974 or x3-3913.

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* The Financial Ail Office staffnotes that a number of current aidrecipients have not filed applicationsfor continuing assistance in 1973-74.This notice is to serve as a reminderthat fo0rms Were due on January 19and to inform students that appli-;ltions received after March 15 mayhave to be considered for aid fromloan Sources only.

* Proposals for the Eloranta Suim-mer Fellowships are now being soli-cited. Information about this uniqueOpportunity is available in the Stu-dent Financial Aid Office. An earlydeadline requires submission as soonas possible.

{Continued from Page Ijdents, would make a seven-dayoption feasible.

Those not on commons ex-pressed disapproval over thecompulsory club plan fee, eventhough this would eliminate thepresent dining hall fee. Browningpointed out, in conclusion, thatthe final decision regarding conn-mons options would be left upto the house.

combination of a fee for theprivilege of going off commons,a commons subsidy, and acharge for having a dining hall inthe house- The committee wouldat least like to see this feerestructured and redefined. Thegroup is also faced with decidingon an acceptable increase for theprice of commons next year, inlight of much higher food costs.

(Cowztinlued fromn Page 1)a concert by performers of suchpopularity is approximately$1 5,000 plus additional ex-penses. Reeves suggested usingRockwell Cage, which seats over3000, for the event. Ticketswould be in the $5 to $8 range,which is competitive with pricesthroughout Boston. Ticket saleswould be open to MXIT studentsand their dates first, and ifnecessary, sales would then beopen to other students in thearea.

Theme - one room serving foodand drink in the Exmosphere ofan authentic German OktobeT-fest and the: next filled with abevy of Japanese go-go girls. Theyear 1969 was a sure bet whenover $50,000 worth of gamblingdevices in Boston's Hotel Brad-ford were rented for one nightby a score of Tech tools eager totest the laws of probability. In1970, Briggs Field was coveredwith a crowd of enthusiasticcontestants in an official kiteflying contest.

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While members of theworking press are rebelling, heasserted that "you have to usethe term imperialist press whenyou talk aboutd the mass media."

Speaking of "'unsung heroes,"he said, "I found in some oft h e s e mid - A mericancommunities, way off the beatenpath, colleges I'd never heard ofbefore, these remotenewspapermen in a smallertown, or college faculty memberin a smaller town, nearly pushingto the utmost limits withoutprematurely committing suicide

economic suicide or otherkinds of suicide - to bring somesense of realism of reality totheir readers, to their classes, totheir students. And I wastremendously impressed bythese unsung heroes, who got nocredit - most people never evenknew about them, they werevaliant individuals."

In closing his talk, Worthyannounced his aim, to start an"I.F. Stone type newsletter."

learn patience from history."With a sense of history, manywould not have burnedthemselves out," he explained.Worthy quoted Daniel Ellsberg'splea that America "retain areserve of outrage," and added,"if you haven't the capacity toretain a' reserve of outrage," youwon't be able to last in themovement.

Worthy also underscored thedanger of "going easier on yourfriends." A reporter 'owes it tothe reading public, to themovement, not to withholdinformation." He added "In thisbusiness of reporting, facts aresacred." In an aside, he praisedBertrand Russell, Jane Fondaand Linus Pauling for theirdecisions to championunpopular causes even at "thepinnacle of fame," T his, he said,.,slogs over into the field ofjournalism. You don't find thereally prominent people takingthe kind of stand on the raceissue that Bertrand Russell, JaneGFollda and Linus Pauling tookon peace."

By Lec GiguereWilliam Worthy, black

freelance writer and historian.berated the United States massmedia for failing to point outthe connections between UnitedStates imperialism at home andabroad, while speaking at aseminar sponsored by MIT'sCommunity Fellows Program.

Worthy, whose creditsinclude articles in The BostonGlobe and Esquire, alsocommented on the black power

· : movement. "The euphoria that alot of people felt in l 966, 1967,1968 and 1969," he said, "fellby the wayside" because of"weak organization" and"dreadful inefficiency."

The reporter's problem,Worthy began, is that not onlyare the people of the UnitedStates "unbelievably parochial,"but also that they "don't knowthat they don't know." It isimportant, he said, "for everyreporter to impart a sense of

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By Storm KauffmanAccording to the AEC, nuclear powergenerating units planned andannounced in 1972 have a totalcapacity of 42,474 rnegawatts. Utili-ties have planned 40 units to belocated at 24 sites, an increase of38% over the 29 units for 18 powerstations in 1971. Units announced in1971 had a combined capacity of29,693 Mw. Orders for new unitswere up 75% as utilities selectedsuppliers for 35 reactors, comparedwith 20 for the previous year. As ofthe end of 1972, there were 29operable nuclear power generatingunits in the US as compared with 23in 1971. 55 new units were underconstruction, one more than 1971,and 76 reactors were planned, upfrom 52. Total capacities of unitsthat were operable, under construc-tion, or planned at the close of1972 Was 142,457 Mw as opposed to107,391 Mw in 1 979 . [projections for

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erating capacity by the nuclear sectorin the year 2000 range from 20% to50%, the latter requiring even morerapid construction than evidenced by <the above statistics.]

enm-RCA has demonstrated an experi-mental auto radar system designed toprevent rear-end collisions by track-ing cars ahead and sounding a wvarn-ing when the separation distance be-comes unsafe. The transmitter,mounted on the front of the car, isall solid state and uses a transferredelectron oscillator as its source. Thetransmitted signal is in X-band, about9 GHz with a power output of about

Action will conduct monthlyworkshops to share experiencesand to create new ideas andskills for working together ongroup projects. The office willalso serve as a meeting place andorganizational area for studentinitiated projects.

The group would also like tosee accomplishments achieved inany of the inter-related areas oftransportation, tenant rights andenvironmental issues. A maingoal of Urban Action is to getthings done, ideally individualstudent group activities benefit-ting both the community andthe inter-relations of the group.

Urban Action has all the in-formation needed, and are in-terested in obtaining credit earn-ing for participants. They hopeto see concerned people of theMIT community uniting onmore than an academic level.

By Barb MooreMIT Urban Action, after

several months of "quiet activ-ity," has reorganized as a Volun-teer and Resource Center. It isoperating under Marcia Jaffe,the new administrative assistant,and student chairman ScottFoster.

Besides acting as a clearinghouse for ongoing volunteer pro-jects in the Cambridge-Bostonarea, the Urban Action centerseeks to follow up on the "quali-ty of the volunteer experience."

They want to know how thevolunteers evaluate their ownparticipation, and how it relatesto their MIT life. Such oppor-tunities to work with juveniledelinquents, senior citizens, andthe handicapped are open to allstudents, as well as employees ofthe Institute. By combining theskills and experiences of bothstu dents and employees, theUrban Actionl group hopes to"bridge the gap " that existswi'thin the Institute betweenthese groups.

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A significant aspect of the system isthe novel passive reflector mountedon the rear of the vehicle ahead. Thesignal is received by one of twoarrays of 128 printed fan dipoles andgoes through a non-linear devicewhich converts it to the second har-monic, and the second array radiatesthat horizontally polarized signalback to the receiver. The receiver,which also has a horizontally polar-ized antenna, is designed to be highlyselective so that it will respond onlyto the re-radiated second harmonicecho signal, which is in the Ku band- 18 GHz. The cross polarization andfiltering in the system achieves wellover 1 00 db isolation.

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trees do not provide a significantradar echo at the second harmonic,the system is unresponsive to them.if adopted universally, the reflectorcould be positioned where rear li-cense plates are placed, plastic platesserving as radomes. The active unitcould be built into the grill or a frontplate could be used as the radorne.fventua)lV, the radar might be inte-grated into a car to automaticallyrelease the throttle and apply thebrakes if necessary. Furthermore, em-plantation of small special reflectorsin stationary hazards could activatethe system to prevent collisionsshould the driver lose control. Ableto penetrate smog and bad weather,the svsiemn is not visibility limited.

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poenaed by the courts or questioned bylaw enforcement authorities for infor-mation.

Current procedureThe Justice Department has denied

that the lack of a shield law makes thenews media "an investigative arm of thegovernment." Though reporters havebeen called upon to testify and have beenJailed, the government still maintains thatcurrent procedures for the protection ofnewsmnen's rights are sufficient, and ashield law is not necessary.

Justice Department officials allege thatthose "protections" are contained in the"Guidelines for Subpoenas to the NewsMedia," which outlines procedures forfederal law enforcement officials whendealing with information withheld byreporters.

The "Guidelines" recommend "nego-tiations" with the media prior to theissuance of subpoenas. "If negotiationsfail," the Guidelines state, "no JusticeDepartment official should request, ormake any arrangement for, a subpoena tothe press without the express authoriza-tion of the Attorney General."

This system of "protection" hasobvious shortcomings. To give the powerto subpoena newsmen to the AttorneyGeneral, as opposed to other members ofthe Justice Department, is absurd. TheAttorney General heads the Department,and is charged with seeing that theinvestigative responsibilities of Depart-ment members are met to the fullestextent. Hence, he is not in a very goodposition to objectively judge whether themerits of the Department's investigationoverride the rights of the newsman invol-ved.

Freedom of informationThus, legislation is desperately needed;

not only to protect the rights of newsmento avoid grand jury testimony, but toensure a basic right of the Americanpeople - freedom of information. Thebasic argument before Congress now isnot whether reporters should be an eliteimmune from the law, but rather whetherthe news niedia's function of providing a"free flow of information" to the Amer-ican public is more important than theability of government to use the press asan independent, investigative agency.

In Branzburg, Justice Byron Whitewrote in the majority opinion that"accepting the fact... that an undeter-n-inable number of informants... willrefuse to talk to newsmen if they fearidentification by a reporter in an officialinvestigation, we cannot accept the argu-ment that the public interest in possiblefuture news about crime from undis-closed, unverified sources must take pre-cedence over the public interest in pur-suing and prosecuting those crimesreported to the press by informants , . . "

The Court, then, has ruled that theAmerican public has no real constitu-tional right to a free flow of information,as served by the news media -- quaite achilling assertion. The Branzbuerg majorityopinion even admitted that "the argu-ment that the flow of news will bediminished by compelling newsmen to aidthe grand jury in a criminal investigationis not irrational."

Role of the pressHowever, there is a basic right to

information which is served by the invest-igative efforts of the news media, forwhich protection of confidential sourcesand information is needed.

The case law basis for this right toinformation stems back to a decision bythe Court in Near v. Minnesota, 382 US697(1931). The majority opinion in thatcase, delivered by Mr. Justice Hughes,

emphasized "the primary need of a vigil-ant and courageous press," in informingthe general public of deceit and corrup-tion in government.

In New York Times v. United States,the Pentagon Papers publications case,the Court ruled on the constituttionalityof the government's exercise of "priorrestraint" in halting publication of thePapers. However, reasons for the deci-sion went into the public's right toinformation.

Justices William Douglas and HugoBlack, in concurring opinions, cited expo-sure of the government's suppression ofinformation in voting to allow the Timesand the Washington Post to publish thePapers.

In his concurring opinion, JusticeBlack wrote "[In the First Amendment]the press was protected so that it couldbare the secrets of government andinform the people. Only a free andunrestrained press can effectively exposedeception in government. And paramountamong the responsibilities of a free pressis the duty to prevent any part of theGovernment from deceiving thepeople. . . "

The paramount right of the people tobe informed, and the duty of the newsmedia to provide that information, hasalso led Sen. Samn Ervin (D-NC) to holdhearings into the shield law before hisConstitutional Rights subcommittee ofthe Senate Judiciary Committee. At thesame time, Rep. Robert Kastenmeier(D-Wis) is holding hearings into the mat-ter before his Subcommittee Three of theHouse Judiciary Committee.

Ervin, the Senate's leading consti-tutional lawyer, explained that "whatevershort-term benefits may flow from theGovernment's reliance upon newsmen forevidence... the long-term threat to thepublic's right to be informed... is toogreat a risk to take."

Reliance upon sourcesIn serving the public's need to know,

n e w s m e n rely more heavily uponconfidential sources than Mlost peoplerealize. an their day-to-day newsgatherings, as many as 50°7o rely uponconfidential or unattributable sources fornews, according to a survey taken by agroup at the University of Michigan.

Though nowhere near all of thesecontacts have information related tocriminal activities, the potential for abuseof the Justice Department's Guidelines bylaw enforcement authorities is increasedconsiderably under present condit-ions -without adequate shield legislation.

Conm;menting on the necessity for ashield law, Walter Cronkite of CBS wasquoted as saying, "The material that Iobtain in privacy and on a confidentialbasis is given to me on that basis becausemy news sources have learned to trust meand can effectively confide in my withoutfear of exposure ... I certainly could notwork effectively if I had to say to eachperson with whom I talked that anyinformation he gave me might be usedagainst him . . . "

Even news writers at The Tech dependa great deal upon "contacts" and eitherconfidential or unattributable sources fornews information. Few of these sources,whether in Cambridge, Boston, Washing-ton, or New York, relate informationconcerning criminal activities. However,when an event such as last year's ROTCoccupation occurs, there is always thepossibility that the prosecution will turnto reporters for evidence.

Wkhen a situation such as that is antici-pated, there is a general rule set downthat the photo and news files belong toThe Tech, and that they are not to be

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turned over to anyone else, including lawenforcement officials. However, if a sub-poena is issued under the present law, it isthe reporter who must decide in the endwhether to turn over notes or give testi-mony - after all, it's his name on thesubpoena.

Testifying on the relation of newsgathering to public information, GuyRyan,- President of the honorary jour-nalism fraternity Sigma Delta Chi, toldthe Kastenmeier subcommittee, 'When adoor is slammed in a reporter's face, thedoor is actually being slammed in the faceof the public."

Qualified or absolute?The need for shield legislation has

been acknowledged by many members ofCongress, and it now appears that chancesare good for the passage of a shield law.However, with that indication only halfthe battle is won.

There is still the question of what typeof privilege newsmen should be afforded.There are two types of bills pendingbefore both houses of Congress - thoseestablishing an "absolute" privilege andthose favoring "qualified" protection fornewsmen and their sources.

The absolute shield law would givenewsmen complete immunity -frorn beingsubpoenaed for grand jury or federalcourt testimony. On the other hand, thequalified shield gives newsmen imm unityexcept in certain delineated instances.AMost of the bills creating a qualifiedprivilege define those extenuating circum-stances as libel cases, in which newsmenwould be compelled to reveal sources ofinformation claimed to be libelous as adefense; and cases in which there is a"compelling and overriding national in-terest" in the confidential information.Other bills add criminal cases to the listof exceptions to immunity.

In the House, Rep. Charles Whalen(R-Ohio) has introduced a bill providingfor a qualified shield. The Whalen bill hasbeen the most popular among proponentsof the qualified shield, and allows forimmunity except in libel cases, caseswhere the news source may be linked tocriminal activity, cases where the infor-mation known to the newsman could notbe obtained by some alternative means,and cases of "compelling and overridingnational interest."

Another piece of legislation has beenintroduced to both houses jointly by Sen.

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By Norman D. SandlerThe ninety-third Congress is now con-

sidering one of the most important andmost badly-needed pieces of legislation tobe introduced in recent times, as far asthe news media is concerned-

The deliberations in the Judiciarycommittees of both the House and theSenate are over the right of newsmen towithhold the names of confidential newssources, as well as information obtainedfrom these sources contained in notes,tapes, photographs, and film.

The "shield Law," as it has beenreferred to, would provide newsmen withan inmunity against being compelled totestify before federal grand juries, courtproceedings, and congressional hearings.The importance of congressional actionon this legislation has been demonstratedby the jailing of newsmen over the pastyear for failure to disclose confidentialsources and information before grandjuries.

BranzburgPaul Branzburg, a reporter for the

Louisville Courier-Journal, did a story in1970 concerning the narcotics traffic inLouisville, and cited the inefficiency oflocal law enforcement agencies. Duringthe course of his investigation for thearticle, Branzburg relied upon confiden-tial sources for information related to theLouisville drug trade.

For his investigative efforts, Branzburgwas called before a grand jury to revealwhat he had observed and to whomn hehad spoken during his investigation. lierefused to testify, was subsequentlycharged with contempt, and went to jail.

The Branzburg case went to the USSupreme Court on appeal, and from that5-4 decision affirming the contempt con-viction of the lower court, the necessityfor immediate congressional action wasborn.

In Branzburg v. I-ayes, 40 USLW5025(1972), the Court ruled that com-pelling newsmen to appear and testifybefore state and federal grand juries doesnot abridge First Amendment rights tofreedom of the press. The First .Amend-ment, according to the majority opinion,does not relieve a reporter of his obli-gation as a citizen to divulge all know-ledge he has of certain criminal activities.

Since the Branzburg decision (June 29,1972), the cases of three other reporters,prosecuted for refusing to testify beforegrand juries, have come into nationalprominence.

William Farr, of the Los AngelesHerald-Abscami rner, was sentenced to anindefinite jail term for refusing to givedetails of how he had obtained privilegedinformation during the trial of CharlesManson, while a press "blackout" hadbeen imposed on the court proceedingsby the presiding judge.

Ne w York Times reporter EarlCaldwell, in researching ant article for theTimes, spent time with a number of BlackP.anthers. He was subpoenaed by a Cali-fornia grand jury which was looking intothe Panthers, refused to testify, and was adefendant in a newsmen's rights casetaken to the US Supreme Court. Alsosubpoenaed for Panthers information wasPaul Pappas of WTEV in New Bedford,Massachusetts. Pappas, like Caldwell, hadresearched a story on the Panthers, andlike Caldwell, refused to testify. However,there havte been no further attempts toprosecute either Caldwell or Pappas sinceBranzb urg.

Branzburg, Farr, Caldwell and Pappas}wave not been the only reporters to beprosecuted due to the lack of a propershield law. There have been numerousother journalists (including some fromcollege newspapers) who have been sub-

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the shield legislation cuts across partisanand ideological lines.

In the interims the absolute shieldlegislation should be supported. The newsmedia should continue lobbying hard forthe Cranston-Waldie Bill. However, thefight for the absolute shield law shouldnot be reserved for the media exclusively.

As more journalists are being jailed,subpoenaed, and harrassed every day, it iscritical that the American public supportthe absolute shield law. It is important tobear in mind that the shield law is aimedat not only the preservation of a freepress, but presenration of another basiclight - the people's freedom to infor-mation - as well.

subsidies from vending machines and em-ployment benefits if Ashdown Houseresidents paid a $40.00 dining fee is alsofalse. Last year these subsidies were ade-quate to cover the losses from AshdownDining, but to say that they would havecovered the losses this year or in thefuture is not correct.

Thle alleged quotations are from atelephone call I received from the repor-ter, who, having been absent from thecampus last fall, was trying to reachappropriate people for information onAshdown Dining and was referred to theCommittee on Studenlt Environment andthe Ashdown House Executive Corn-mittee, who I told himn were in a betterposition to answer his questions. I am,therefore, surprised to see me quoted ir.the article and with such grave inac-curacies. The Tech owes an apology tothe Administration for the wrong impres-sion created and unfair charges leviedagainst the Administration.

Suhas S. PatilAsst. E E Prof.

(f'We still standl by our story -Editor)

(Continued from page 4)Alan Cranston (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jerome-Waldie (D-Calif.). Known as the Cranston-Waldie Bill, it provides for an absoluteshield law, covering "'persons connectedwith or employed by the news media orpress." The Cranston-Waldie Bill is beingsupported by all three commercial tele-vision networks, and most major newsorganizations and societies.

Why absolute privilege?If legislation is to be passed, it is clear

that it should be an absolute shield. Thespecific complaints this writer lhas as far

i~ as a qualified privilege is concerned, isthat phraseology contained in the bills forqualified privilege (such as "compellingnational interest") leave the statute open

An Open Letter to Professor Edgerton

Dear Professor Edgerton:I concur with the sentiments you

expressed in your letter posted in thebldg. 8 corridor last fall, despising allymorality which condones selfishly steal-ing computer artwork displayed in thatcorridor. I feel that you have missed halfthe issue, however. Someone wrote onyour letter something like, "Are copiesavailable?" I would put it more bluntly:must one steal to have art?

Especially in the case of obviouslyreproducible prints such as the computergraphics and the historical study now on

i display, it is reasonable that a source ofcopies and their approximate cost bedisplayed also.

.~ Certain problems arise when one at-tempts to locate a source. The Planningi· fOffice, which was in charge of bldg. 8corridor displays until about a year ago,no longer is. Apparently its use is up forgrabs (no pun intended). The computerart and the current prints, though, wereprinted and mounted by John Cook ofMIT. He seems willing, for a small fee, to

to interpretation by the prosecutingauthorities, and they should not have thatpower.

In a concurring opinion in Bran-burg,Justice Lewis Powell stated that he feltthe present system is fair to journalists.For complaints arising out of being sub-poenaed for grand jury testimony, JusticePowell recommends". . . the courts willbe available to newsmen under circum-stances where legitimate First Amend-meent interests require protection." It isthis type of reasoning that would make itundesirable to leave interpretation of aqualified statute up to governmentalagencies such as the Justice Departmernt.

The term "overriding national in-terest" has caused problems of misinter-

make duplicates, but there is the problemof copyright.

When a professional photographertakes a picture, it is sort of automaticallycopyrighted, and making any copies of itwithout permission is quite illegal. If onewere to obtain written permlission,probably for a fee, then you could askJohn to make a print. The owner of thecomputer art is:Bob Joergerc/o Dr. Tate MinchlerClinical LabUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, Washington 98195

Negatives of recent photos in thecurrent exhibit belong to MIT GraphicArts (who can also do printing andmounting); older ones are from MIT'sHistorical Collectrion (see WarrenSeamans, 14N-410).

John Cook (in 20B-201) estimates hecould nmake dry-mounted prints for aboutthe following cost:

8 X 10 $2.501IX 14 $3.2516 X 20 $4.00

These costs would probably be lower

pretation in past legislation, with specificreference to presidential powers. Chancesare that if the use of the condition wasever challenged (which is highlyprobable), the Court would again becalled upon to interpret newsmen's rights,defeating the purpose of the originalpassage of legislation.

Nixon vetoThough the absolute privilege is sup-

ported by spokesmen for much of thenews media, it is doubtful that Congresswill approve the Cranston-Waldie Bill. Ifit is passed, it would almost certainly be aprime target for a Nixon veto, and thetwo-thirds vote needed to override thepresidential veto would be, at best, "dif-ficult" to gather, even though support for

in quantity. But they do not include anyfee to the owner, which might be larger ifthe owner thought you were asking forseveral prints for conmmercial purposes,than if you could convince him you onlywanted one or two for personal use.

Hopefully MIT groups displayingprints in the future will make it clearwhere copies are available, and thus re-duce the theft problem, or at least reducemy sympathy for the plight of the thief.

Michael Beeler

To the Editor:I would like to correct the article on

Ashdown Dining published in Th~e Tech,of February 16, 1973, in which I havebeen misquoted, and incorrect and unfaircharges have been made against the Ad-ministration. Quite contrary to thealleged dispute over figures, I had told thereporter that there was no disagreementbetween tthe students and the admninis-tration over the figures, and therefore thecharge of manipulation of figures is falseand ridiculous. Furthermore, the state-mient that the expenses from AshdownDining would have been met by the

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From private conversationswith medical school admissionsofficers, Gould said, he haslearned that "a lot of the thingsthey tell students don't makeany difference," are guide-lines in the initial screening pro-cess. While some schools"probably look at all applicants"from certain schools, Gould ex-plained that an initial screeningis carried out by clericalworkers. "I know they havegrade-point cut-offs," Gouldstated. In some instances, headded, scores from the MCATS(Medical College AdmissionTests) may be all that are ex-amined. "Whatever figures areavailable are looked at," Gouldexplained.

Past this point, more detailedinformation, including letters ofreference and interview results,begin to play a role in thepro cess.

The more, the better"There isn' t any question but

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"Any student taking a pass-fail course," Gould said, "is en-titled to a meaningful appraisal."He denied, however, that thismeant 'he's got to get a grade."So far, he said, the Pre-Professional Advising Committee"hasn't gotten any flack on whypeople have no grades,"although Gould noted that a fewschools ask for "a statement."Admittedly, the "most terse"sort of statement is a grade, and"that's what they'd like best,"Gould said. But he indicatedthat a terse statement could beother than a letter grade.

Raising the question ofwhether this policy had anydeletrious effects on Pass-Fail,Gould asserted "we're not doinganything contrary to pass-fail."Not to give students a meaning-ful evaluation of their work, hesaid, would be a "subterfuge."

Embarking with the caveat,which he several times repeated,that 'there is no uniform situa-

tion' in medical school admis-sions, Gould set out the generalConditions of medical schoolapplications and admissions for,S2e Tech.

This year, he explained, therewill be -40,000 applicants for14,000 openings" in medicalschools. Since most applicantscontact a number of schools,often as many as ten or fifteen,this means that "close to half amillion" applications are ac-tually filed with the nation's 140medical schools.

Only statistics?Asked about reports that

many MIT students get into onlyone medical school, Gould ad-mitted that this was a problem,but pointed out that it was onealso shared by Harvard. Part ofthe problem, he explained, stemsfrom the fact that once a stu-dent is admitted to his preferredschool, he withdraws from theothers - the statistics simplyshow that he was admitted atonly one school, however. ButGould also said there are "stu-dents who really get into onlyone school." There are "mtanyfactors" and "no unfosrmity" inthe selection process, he said.And while some people get intoonly one school, there are "cer-taln people who are accepted toa number of schools." His onlyexplanation is that there is-something about them" whichmakes them attractive tomedical schools.

Although "a lot of those40,000 do not have a chance" ofbeing admitted to medical

:school, Gould said, a "tremen-

guy, particularly if he's takenadvanced subjects." At MIT, henoted, most pre-meds take a lotof biology; it's in mathematics,physics and chemistry, fields inwhich pre-med requirements canbe, and often are, completed inthe freshman year, in which dif-ficulties arise.

Commenting on suggestionsthat students be encouraged todefer their pre-med requirements.until their second year, Gouldrejected such proposals, saying'"We're trying to give an educa-tion." MIT's strength, he said,,.is that it gives a real solidpreparation for medicine."(Gould underlined the impor-tance of a scientific background,

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pus students unable to useWalker Gym due to intruders.Patrol ejected six juvenilescausing problem. Some p opertydamage observed in area.

Unarmed robbery in TechSquare area at 6:30 pm. TwoEast Campus students returningto MIT via Main Street wereapproached by six males whoconfronted them and demandedtheir wallets, removed cash, thenreturned wallets. Suspects fledon foot into nearby housingarea. Cambridge PD inves-tigating.

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ing in Margaret Cheney room(building 3) reports un-authorized entry by male subjectusing a key- When she con-fronted him, he threw her asideroughly and ran off. Descriptionof subject supplied to Patrol.

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Armed robbery at 7:30 pm.Complainant stated while cut-ting through parking lot, atcorner of Mass Ave. and Vassar,he was grabbed from behind.Four males in group, a knife washeld to his throat as they de-manded his wallet. Student of-fered no resistance. The walletwas returned, then one of theassailants kicked the student inthe stomach as the group fleddown the railroad tracks- Stu-d ent was transp orted toinfirmary for treatment of minorinjury. Cambridge PO and CPconferred on increased patrol inthis area. Same group active be-tween Kendall and CentralSquares for more than a week.

2l1 5/73Report of a break into

Pritchett Lounge. Coin boxes ofpinball machines enteredthrough use of bolt cutter andpry bar.

11:45 am, report of an at-tempted larceny of a motor ve-hicle in progress on Meem drivenear Sloan. Campus patrolmanin area. Arrested suspect whohad gained entry into vehicle.Suspect appeared to be underthe influence of drugs and was inpossession of suspected unlawfulsubstance and syringe.

2/16/73Unarmed robbery: com-

plainant reports he was walkingon Windsor Street in Cambridgenear Main St. Six males ages 15to 20 forced him against the walland removed his wallet whichcontained $25. It was found thenext day in building 9.

2/l7/73Larceny of a wallet from an

unlocked locker in Dupont.Attempted larceny of a

inotor vehicle from East Garageduring the night: vent window-pane pried open, ignition switchtampered with.

2/18/73Larceny of a wallet from

Baker House. Complainantplaced wallet on chair whileplaying table tennis. Observedtwo suspects sitting next to hiswallet. Suspects grabbed walletand ran from area. Wallet laterrecovered near Ashdown.

Based on description of sus-pect in Baker House wallet theft,CP observed suspect in building8. During ensuing struggle onesuspect pulled free of his jacketand fled. The abandoned jacketcontained a fully loaded Coltautomatic pistol with a round inthe chamber, also a kcnife andsome identification cards of anomut of state resident.

Armed robbery while hitch-hiking. Student reports that hewas hitch-hiking at Mass. Ave.and Beacon in Boston. He waspicked up by> three males ill ablue four-door sedan. Studentwas immediately robbed at knife

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An advantage of Pass-Fail,Gould suggested, is that it allowsa student who had "almost allA's" but "had a shock in cominghere" to "forget about" his firstyear grades. He also noted thatas far as he knew, pass-fail gradesdo not enter into the calcu-lations of a student's cum forscreening purposes. "Most mnedi-cal schools don't convert N's togrades,"' he said.

"I think there's a paranoidfeeling about this medical schoolbusiness all over the country,"Gould said. "It's too bad."

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The MIT varsity basketballteam behind the scoring efforts

l j of Cam Lange '76 and Alan~Epstein '75 defeated Bates last

Friday 55-5 1.The first half started slowly

as both teams shot poorly fromthe field and were plagued bynumerous turnovers. Langescored all of his 15 points in thefirst stanza, while managing topull down seven defensive re-bounds, but captain Jerry Hud-son '73 had a bad night as heshot only two for twelve fromthe floor.

The second half began muchlike the first, as both teams wereslow getting started. Hudson,who had picked up two personalfouls in the first half, was taggedfor his third and fourth early inthe second. Epstein, who scoredten points in the last half of thegame, Peter Jackson '76 andThad Stanley '73 led the MIToffensive attack, but the contest

I remained a toss up until the finalminutes of play.

Bates, utilizing an offensewhich took advantage of theirfast forward Mike Edwards,managed to pull ahead 51-47,but Bates suddenly turned cold,as Edwards and forward DanGlenny each missed clutch foulshots.

With three and a half minutesleft in the period, MIT brought

the ball down court and pro-ceeded to set up their offense.The ball was fed to Jackson whothen scored on a ten foot turn-around jumpshot fro-m the base-line to make the score 51-49.Bates inbounded, set up theiroffensive positions, and missedan easy jumpshot. Lange re-bounded the ball and passed itto Epstein, who was fouled inthe backcourt by Edwards witha minute and a half left to play.

Epstein sunk both shots to tiethe score 5 l all.

MIT regained possession ofthe ball with 58 seconds re-maining in the game, broughtthe ball down the court, andEpstein hit on a l 5 foot jumperfrom the baseline to put MITout in front to stay 53-51. Stan-ley iced the contest as he hit twoclutch free throws with ten sec-onds left. The final score: MIT55, Bates 51. REGAL NOTES

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The Varsity Pistol team con-l tinued its excellent season by

defeating Villanova and U PennSaturday.

The teamn's ten wins and oneloss represent the best record ofall varsity sports. The one loss ofthe season was versus the AirForce Academy, by eight points,3194 to 3186. MIT regained itsmomentum the following Satur-day by defeating league leading} West Point, 3208 to 3151. It isthe second time in 59 years, andthe second in the past three, thatWest Point has been defeated byMIT, MIT is now tied for firstplace with West Point and An-napolis. The Navy match iscoming up this Saturday.

MIT also fields two teams in

tile Greater Boston PistolLeague, a league comprised of34 teams, the largest in America.The varsity has won "A" divi-sion, undefeated, while the JVremain to finish a perfect seasonin the "C" division.

The team is entirely a pro-duct of Coach Thomas Mclen-nan's physed course. Having lostAll-Armerican and CollegiateChampion John Good to thecold cruel world, the team isnow comprised by Merrick Leler'74, Ted Reugsegger '72, KarlSeeler '75, John Stetkar '73, andScott Munroe '75. Leler, nowleading the team, unofficiallytied the National Record forStandard Pistol Saturday.

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, Ago A RS S - D; ~~~, WDave xNman '72 displays his excellent Corns on the rings. Mi51nran, Jarvis Mlddleton '74, and Larry Belt'74 combined for 23.15 points in the event, but IVplT's varsity gymnasts went down to defeat 1140.65wffi k : :' P yismSW:t$ @akeN 7 FAX

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The rings continued to be theTech gymnasts' best event. JarvisMiddleton 574 scored an 8.2 totake one of the MIT secondplaces, leading Dave Miilman'72and Larry Bell '74 to a com-bined 23.15, only .15 behindUNH.

The high bar event was thesecond best for AM1<, as they lostby only .55. Neil Davies '74scored 7.85 for second, whileJohn Austin '74, Scott Foster575 and Bell scored 7.4, 7.3 and7.25 for fourth through sixthplaces.

The pommel horse produceda somewhat close battle for first.A UNHI horseman took first with7. 1. Captain Paul Bayer '73 wassecond with 7.05, while DennisDubro '73 scored 7.0 for third.UNH gymnasts followed withscores of 6.95, 6.85, and 6.85. Itwas the first tinie inl their fouryears at MIT that Dubro andBayer both scored seven in thesame meet. The other third placeearned by a Tech gymnnast in themeet was on parallel bars, whereBell's fine performnance earnedhim 7.65S.

One event that produced en-couraging results which were notwell reflected in 1he score wasfloor exercise. One of the

combined for 21.0, their highesttotal of the season. Unfortu-nately, they were outclassed byUNH's four scores in the eights.And as always, the vaulters didabout as well as could be expec-ted with 23.3.

Looking back, the dual meetseason has been pretty tough forthe Tech gymnasts. The teamhad high expectations at the endof last year of being a betterteam, in the same league withteams like UNH, instead of 13points behind.

The losses from last year'sgraduation were worse than ex-pected and injuries have plaugedthe team. Most important, ofcourse, is the fact that those thathave been competing and notinjured just have not improvedas much as they had hoped. Inthe meets the team was demoral-ized by having tougher Judgesthan it was accustomed to, andso lower scores.

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Larry Bell '74, MlT's all around,scored 7.65 on the parallel barsagainst UNH to net third placein the event. Bell also scored 7.9on floor exercises.

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