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TCA apologizes forprinting Grogo photo

INSIDETrying to squeeze athletics orother extracurricular activitiesinto a hectic MIT schedule hasalways been difficult. Lookingback features a reprint of a1909 article that examined thisproblem.

------ p7An MIT pistol team memberwho has been shooting for justtwo years has received thehonor of an invitation to shootin the Pan-American games.Foul shots looks at David Mil-ler's '79 story this week.

-p8EXCEEPTSTechnically, it begins nextweek. Actually, it began withthe epic sigh of relief thatcould be sensed all over theU.S. right after Labor Day.Even before it arrives.Americans always manage toget into autumn. And nowonder. It is easily the mosthabitable season of the year.

Indeed, auturnn deserves ahymn - andit has received farless tribute than it deserves.True. some mixed notices havecome in over the centuries.Horace slandered autumn as a"dread" period - "harvest-season of the Goddess ofDeath." He was dead wrong,of course, for as Ovid noted,once he got his mind off sex,autumn is cum formossisimusannus - "the fairest season ofthe year." Had he lived a littlelater, Horace might havefound out from the U.S.Census Bureau that the deathrate is usually lower in autumnthan in winter and spring.Why? Science doesn't know,but it is quite possible that thewill to live is stronger in thefall. Conversely, the will tomayhem weakens: nobody hasever worried about a LongHot Autumn.

So autumn is a blatantlyvital season, contraryto tohe al-legations of'soi'rowful-poets who misconstrue the messageof dying leaves. A morerealistic poet, ArchibaldMacLeish, says that "Autumnis the American season. InEurope the leaves turn yellowor brown and fall. Here theytake fire on the trees and hangthere flaming. Life, too, wethink, is capable of taking firein this country; of creatingbeauty never seen."

Autumn is also the authen-tic season of renewal. YaleLecturer William Zinsser hitthe nail squarely: "The wholenotion of New Year's Day asthe time of fresh staits andresolutions is false'" In truththat time is autumn.

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By Mark JamesThe Technology Community

Association (TCA) ExecutiveCommittee apologized in'a letterdrafted Sunday for any injurycaused by the publication of theGrogo photograph in the TCA-published Freshman Picturebook.

Committee on Discipline(COD) charges filed by AssistantDirector of Admissions JohnMack '73 call for the expulsion ofthe entire TCA staff in connectionwith the Picturebook photo.

Some members of the MITcommunity have charged that thephotograph of Technique'smascot Grogo - a small blackstatue of a gorilla - together withits caption, "Harvey Grogo -Kampala, Uganda," is a racistslur against black Africans andblacks in general.

The new TCA statement reads:"To the MIT Community:"As publishers of the

Freshman Picture Book we takeresponsibility for its contents andits impact on the community.Over the two weeks since the ex-planation of Grogo's picture ap-peared in The Tech, we haveheard the community respondthrough the media, in public con-versations, and in private talks

After the Rush'

with friends and associates. Therecan be no doubt that many weredeeply offended and hurt by thepicture. We extend our deepestapologies to all of those who werehurt.

"We have learned a great dealfrom this. For the future we hopeto apply what we have learned tohelp our services and projectsserve all the people at MITwithout offense to any segment.For the present, we offer to buyback any copy of the FreshmanPicture Book that is returned toour office.

The letter was signed by the sixTCA Executive Committeemembers: Mike Melendez '78,TCA President; Frank Basa '77,Administrative Vice-President:Bill Dershowitz '78. ProjectsVice-President; David Soule '79.Membership Vice-President: PaulStipe '79. Treasurer; and Jim Mc-Cormack '79. Secretary.

Soule, as editor of the Pic-turebook, has already submittedhis own apology. AssociateProfessor of Political Science Wil-lard Johnson has asked the CODto expel Soule for his part inpublishing the picture. Soule andTCA have both denied that thepicture was intended to be either

racist or political.Melendez said that TCA had

no immediate plans for furthuraction concerning the Grogo con-

trovers3. "We don't know whatmore will come." he said. so thatan" furture action would dependon future deelopments.

This fall's frat, dorm rush examinedBy Barbara J. Hill

0 The fraternity Rush Chairman:"Rush went very smoothly thisyear with virtually no majorviolations."* The dormiioro' Rush Chairman:"I was really proud of the dormsthis year. I think the dormsdeserve congratulations for get-ting people to visit fraternities."* Baker's RIO Vice President:"I'Tm really happy with the peoplewe ended up with."* The IFC Chairman: "I saw a lot

more cooperation between thehouses this year, in spite of therush complaints."* The JFC JudComm Chairnnan:

"Rush went well this year withthe usual rash of smallviolations."

Sounds like everyone is fairlysatisfied with an uneventful rush.

right? Well, almost.MIT's particular style of hous-

ing students has several inherentproblems stemming from the needto place more than one third of allincoming students in fraternitiesin -less than four days. Theresulting competition sometimesnot only generates bad feelings'between the fraternitiesthemselves, and between thefraternities and the dormitories,but also prompts clashes withinthe dormitory system. Severalorganizations have been formedto. deal with these problems, thenewest being a fraternity-dormitory Mediation Committee,appropriately christened Med-Comm. Its three dormitory andthree fraternity members first metlast spring to establish rushguidelines for this September.

Those guidelines and the effec-tiveness of the council itself weretested the day before Rush 1977began.

A MedComm meeting was heldat the request of Burton House"to minimize potential hassles forthe coming rush week," accordingto Interfraternityv Conference(IFC) Chairman Steve Piet '78.

MedComm polic, states that nodorm actiwlties jre to be held untilSaturda, night. ',th small partiesallowed that Saturda.. the loncbegin that more freshmer, ',OL. be interested in visiting frater-nities if no dorm partie.s ,aerr Ce-ing held. A problem arose .' I:-:Baker House decided to hoic

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ULiving off-campus can bea big, expensive hassle

By Patrick Barron universities, the demandThe general outlook for apartments off-campus has

off-campus housing this year is sharply.gloomy. With the rise in dor- This year the city will trN amitory housing costs coupled comodate some 200.000 studwith the overcrowding at many of with up to 20 percentGreater Boston's 65 colleges and freshmen and transfers tha

After paying for rent and securing suitable transportation from an off-campus apartment. there's notalways enough money left over for luxurious furnishings. as this MIT student's apartment suggests.

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in ex-pected. MIT's Off-Campus Hous-ing Service, which serves primari-ly as a referral service for the MITcommunity by providing lists ofavailable apartments in theBoston area, reports a reductionin the number of openings of upto 30 percent compared toprevious years.

Students generally move off-campus for reasons such ds honesof cheaper living, greater pivaac',.more mature living atmosphere.increased independence, or simn-ly "to get a break from the place "Not everyone finds what he or sheis looking for but most aregenerally pleased with the change.

Locating an apartment can be amajor undertaking. Rents, apart-ments. locations, roommates andthe terms of the contract vary suf-ficiently to make getting exactlywhat you're looking for nearli

c impossible to attain. Some area forced to live much further from

campus than had been bargainedfor: others face living in areas of

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Three dept's havenew heads this year

By Rick McDermottThree departments. Chemical

Engineering. Political Science andPsychology, have recently ap-pointed new departmental heads.A fourth, Earth and PlanetarySciences. -whose former directorFrank Press was named scienceadviser to President Carter, isnow in search of a new head, witha bid currently out.

Dr. James Wei is to headChemical Engineering. He isnationally known for his pioneer-ing research at Mobil Oil Corp. inthe development of mono-molecular theory for the structureand analysis of complex systems.Although his appointmentbecame effective Sept. i, he willbe fulfilling a commitment at theCalifornia Institute ofTechnology from Sept. I to Dec.1 as Sherman FairchildDistinguished Scholar ofChemical Engineering. He is ex-pected at MIT the first week ofJanuary.

Psychology's new head, Profes-sor Richard Held, is a well-knownauthority in the field of percep-tion and its development. He wasappointed following the drowningdeath of Professor Hans-LukasTeuber in January. Held joinedthe faculty of the psychology sec-tion in 1963, having servedpreviously as the chairman of theDepartment of Psychology atBrandeis University.

Held told The Tech that therehave been no radical changes inpolicy. The department is con-tinuing along the lines of the goalsset by the eminent Teuber, whoheaded the department since itsfounding in 1964 and helped todevelop it into an internationallyknown research center. Becauseexcellence can only be the resultof an ongoing effort. Held saidPsychology is also looking in newdirections. "While preservingwhat we think is valuable, we arealso considering new efforts inteaching and research." he stated.

The department has newfaculty members Dr. David Marr,who brings a new range of skillswith his work on computer-aidedmodels for visual processes. andDr. Suzanne Corkin. who isproceeding with Teuber's well-known work concerning thevisual and behavioral changesobserved in people who have suf-fered brain damage.

Held's current work involvesthe study of infant perception andits development. Additional in-sights are obtained throughsimilarly oriented studies ofmonkeys, with which a greaterdegree of experimentation is pos-sible. A personal tour of thedepartment with Professor Heldrevealed studies of everythingfrom vision and language to theneural morphology and

physiology of the communicatingcircuitry of the brain on the struc-tural and anatomical level.

Psychology is continuing itscollaboration with other MITgroups. including Health Sciencesand a new group. CognitiveSciences. The objective is amutual enrichment through thesharing of recent breakthroughs.which, as witnessed in the past,often leads to even furtherdevelopments.

Although it grants onlygraduate degrees, the Departmentof Psychology offers various un-dergraduate electives.

Professor Alan Altschuler is thenew head of Political Science. Hehas been a professor at MIT since1966, except for the interval 1971-75, when he served as State Direc-tor of Transportation. Historical-ly, the department has beenoriented toward the internationallevel, with comparative anddefense-related studies at theforefront. Within the last severalyears, however, it has become in-creasingly evident that a substan-tial body of undergraduates areinterested in government primari-ly as a means of understandingpolicy as opposed to the in-stitutional approach or the inter-national focus. In light of this, aprogram was developed last yearwith emphasis on Americanpolitics and policy. Altschuler

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WorldIsrael approves Palestinian involvement in talks - TheIsraeli Cabinet approved on Sunday a plan calling for a unifiedArab delegation to appear at the first meeting of proposedGeneva peace talks. This delegation would include Palestinians,although the Israelis still object to members of the PalestinianLiberation Organization being present. The acceptance of theAmerican proposal improved chances that talks can be con-ducted, but the fate of the Palestinian delegation after the.open-ing session is still disputed.

Soviets pledge to obey arms pact - The Soviet Union saidyesterday that they would obey provisions of the 1972 StrategicArms Limitation Treaty after its expiration on Oct. 3. Negotia-tions are now underway on a new pact.

Policeman killed at Biko funeral - Two policemen werestoned to death when they clashed with mourners returning fromthe funeral of South African leader Steve Biko on Sunday. Theactual cause of Biko's death while under police detention has notbeen determined.

NationFederal court rules against quotas - The Federal AppealsCourt in San Francisco refused yesterday to overturn a lowercourt decision granting admission 'to a white applicant to theUniversity of California at Davis Medical School. The lowercourt'ruled that the applicant was a victim of unconstitutionaldiscrimination under the school's quota system for minorities.The Supreme Court will soon hear the University's appeal of asimilar California Supreme Court decision concerning anotherapplicant to the same school, Allan Bakke, and a ruling on thatcase may decide the future of affirmative action programs acrossthe country.

Catholics disobey church birth control doctrines - Themost recent National Fertility Study reports that of marriedCatholic women surveyed in 1975. 76 percent use some form ofbirth control, and of these. 94 percent use a technique other thanthe Church-approved rhythm method. Other 'survey resultsshowed that Catholic women did not sintificantly differ in theircontraceptive practices from non-Catholics. In 1965, 31 percentof Catholic women used the rhythm method, compared with 5.9percent in -1975.

Murder defense cites TV - The defense attorneys in the caseof a 15-year old accused murderer have said that they will arguethat the boy was driven insane by violence on television. The trialitself is being televised.

LocalWhite cuts more jobs - Boston Mayor Kevin Whiteannounced Sunday that he planned to cut 800 more workersform the city's payroll of about 14,000.

CampusNew DormCon head named - Richard Dykstra '78 waselected chairman of the Dormitory Council at a meeting held lastnight.

(Continuedfrom page 1)party Saturday and-to distributefortune cookies containing invita-tions on Friday. Burton Houseresidents protested that advertis-ing on Friday was unfair andturned the Baker party into a"large" party. According to JerryCole '78, IFC JudcommChairman, a few fraternities werealso insecure about Bakerhanding out the cookies, especial-ly during the Freshman Picnic.

Karyn Altman '78, Baker vicepresident in charge of R/O, dis-agreed with the downplay ofSaturday night parties, pointingout that dormitories like to pre-sent their image, getting peoplewho want to live in Baker to ap-ply. She protested that DormCon.the Dormitory governing body,had not been able to review andvote on the Mediation rules, andthat it was unfair to allow frater-nities to advertise after the picnicif dormitories could not.

Phil Kesten '78, the DormConR/O Chairman, said. "Personal-ly, I don't think a Baker Houseparty on Saturday night will af-fect the fraternity rush positivelyor negatively." He noted thatsome allowances for the frater-nities should be made becausetheir economic survival, unlikethe dormitories, does depend ongetting enough people to fill theirhouses.

A decision was reached to al-low the party but to restrictadvertising to Saturday only.Kesten deemrned this ruling "e-

.quitable" and Piet called themediation "successful."

In an effort to make rush runeven more smoothly next *car.Kesten hopes Lo. work withDormCon to formulate a set ofdormitory rush rules similiar tothose with which the I FCregulates fraternity rush. At pre-sent, all dornitory guidelineshave been set by MedComnm.

The. fraternity, rush this year-was very successful, with thetarget of 405 pledges falling only anet of 6 short, compared toalmost 40 short last year. Only110 freshmen out of 1073 failed tovisit an)y fraternities. CharimanPiet remarked that "with all theactivities, meals, parties. etc.. freearound the fraternity system dur-ing rush week, I don't understandwhy I10 freshmen didn't go toeven one fraternity." Fraternity

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you can-write news, or features, or arts, or sports, orcommentary .. . you can take and develop pictures . . youcan put the paper together, from inputting articles toshooting page negatives ... you can sell ads ... you canwork on the indexing project ... you can help redesign ourcomputer system ....

Come find us: we exist in room 483 of the Student Center(x3-1541),. and we're around most of the time.

And if you do, maybe you can make itto the next staff party.

members were generally impres-sed with this year's class. MiltonRoye '78, IFC Rush Chairman.said, "There were more peoplesome fraternities would haveliked to extend bids to butcouldn't because of space andother considerations."

Cross-rushing between thefraternities was very intense this

spreading unfavorable reportsabout other living groups. hadbeen heard.

Roye said that dormitory vs.fraternity rushing this year wasvirtually nonexistent. Dorms werevery cooperative and helped thefraternities a great deal by keep-ing sign-in desks and encouragingfreshmen to visit the fraternities.

" 'There were more people somefraternities would have liked toextend bids to but couldn't ... '"year and general competition was Inter-svstem rushing for bomengreat, probably out of concern did occur and a small complaintover last year's lean rush. As a was raised, but was quickly set-result, several rush complaints tied. Both dorms and fraternitieswere filed with the IFC Judicial stressed the "no bad-mouthing"Committee. According to its rule and felt the results wereChairman. Cole. "All the small generally fav orable. Lookingviolations have been resolved t o w a r d next ea r's rushsatisfactorily with some disputes guidelines. Kesten said. "Whenstill to be discussed. Since appeals we reall, sit down and talk aboutare pending. it is not wise to it. I think we can come up withrelease specifics at this time." Piet something that wiil be a bigmentioned, however, that this was improvement over last year. andthe first year that complaints con- something we'll all be happycerning '"bad-mouthing. with.

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By William LaserReported action by the Committee on Academic Per-formance (CAP)

to recommend that the drop date be moved earlier in the term reveals aclear trend towards making academic life at MIT more difficult.

Except to satisfy the wishes of a small minority of the faculty whoseem overly concerned that life at the Institute is too "soft," there is lit-tle reason to implement this change. Both specific arguments regardingthe drop date and general considerations of educational philosophyshoA that the best course the faculty can take would be to leave thingsalone.

Professor Robert Hulsizer, Chairman of the Committee onEducational Policy (CEP). gave two reasons why the drop date shouldbe changed. First. he contends. a late drop date "puts an extra load onthe fatculit" by making teachers direct their efforts at students who arenot full% committed to their classes. Second. he notes that members ofthe facult. are concerned that some student's grades are sufferingbecause those who are doing poorly can and do drop out of courses,thus making grades stiffer for those %,ho remain.

The first argument pits the interests of the faculty against those of thestudents: should the convenience of students be exchanged for a

reduced workload for the tfuculty? The se-cond reduces the conflict to one of stu-dents against students: the interests of thestudent who drops a course must beweighed against those of the student *.hostays in. Thursday reported that the C APcites three other reasons for modsing thedrop date - currently. "the student's el'-fort is diluted:"' "the level of the class isartificially lowered: and "overloading ismade easier."

The question of the effect on grades ofa late drop date is one u, hich should properly be resolved by the entirestudent body. x hether by formal referendum or informal polls andquestionnaires. Hulsizer s excuse - that the CAP studv mas conductedomer the summer when student comment kas unavailable - is not aiusufication for ignoring ,tudent input. The attitude of the CAP is'un-nercessarit) patronizing on this point. as it is on the issue of "dilution"Of .tudent effort.

That "oxerloading is made easier" is a benefit of a klte drop date-,tudents are able to experiment with taking an extra course to see hoy,.nuch the~ can handle. .As for the claim that the level of classes is ar-',ficall-x lowered. the areument is meaningless and arbitrar': it could

lust as casil be argued ihat an earl' drop date ,ould artificially rai.%ethe tcvel of classes.

But the most unsettling argument is that facult% members would savetiinc and energz bN changing the drop date. This implies that facult\:~ould direct their extra time to the smaller number of students in their,.-,,c. or that the facult\ is acting purely frorn self-interest. The latterexrlanation clearl, does not justif~ an earlv drop date. WVould studentsthtea henetit from increased faculty attention'? Most !ikei. they wouldno' -- Lr most classes at M IT do not inolve a great deaI of personalnltcriction between student and teacher. those that do are usualli~.:'ncr-!cxci course--, in which students arc presumed to be highly

, '~'t.l atcdBecau.,e of their obscssion " ith grades. the members of the facult~

; h,) arc pushing this action are missing the point. Student are not total-; ',nltliitcd b) grades: hopefully. also there is a strong desire to becduc,:cd. Il/nf)rtun;tel\. outside pressures (employers and graduate

,ch,,,li !'orce a siudent to he o\erl,, grade-conscious. MIT should

mrake c,,er\ effort to counteract these forces and are old treating students.- "rroducts and services entering] into universal markets."

\1 :,:arix drop date '. ouid discouraae studenrs from experimenting., it ', ,Uhc;C irra, in *h htch thce lacked confidence: encourage them to'.tk¢ ,:i hd ,ma ioler than u, hat the, could perhaps handle: increase pres-

-urc to miake deciOs on courses \,hich are jusl getting underxaN:ind. perhaps miost important!. increase grade consciousness and thusd..'-cmphi.s,,c soc¢al and extracurricular pursuits ,.vhich are us impor-,int, a:cademric efforts in the total college experience.

I' ha, hcen said here before that as much can be learned in fourvears.ut'ldt: thre cla.rooan as Iralde. Both forms of learning are crucial ele-mernts in the educational process: in recent years. MIT has begun torcco,,-n,,c the., and his mo~,ed to lessen academic pressure. Proposed

I. tP i:ction on the drop date Aould be a step backv, ards in time: mostimportintlh. a chang, in polic% on this issue kould herald a change on-,cxcr5 other,. '~uch a, frc,,hmann pass.' frei and overall grading policy. Int!', cd,,c. "pSyrog> ram,"icans maintaining the status quo.

More on Groo saga

An article in The WashingtonPoam quoted James D. McKevitt,,Washington counsel for theNational Federation of Indepen-dent Busines.s. Inc.. whose morethan 500.000 small-businessmemehrs have been in theforefront of OSHA's critics. assaying "When people ask what'sgood for OSHA. I say EulaBingham. She's got good com-mon sense. She's open mindedand she listens.'

Nlany Americans are still unin-formed as to OSHA's new roleand the positive -ttitudc .of Itsnew administrator. in Dr.Bingham's own Nvords, OSHAplans to ... Listen ;t) heworkers and businessmen. Listento them and learn from them.Bec-auw. in the long run, govern-meat that relies on dialogue. notdictates,- gets more done....

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Editor's note: Kathv Hardis wasa Federal Intern at OSHA lastsummner.

The Occupational Safety andHealth Administration (OSHA) isa government agency %with thepurpose of reducing health andsafety hazards in the workplaceand regulating conditions for theAmerican worker. Although ithas been the subject of muchcriticism during its past sevenyears of existence. OSHA hasnow undergone a change in ad-ministrative policy and a radicalshift in emphasis and priorities.Many of the severe criticismsagainst the agency should now besubjected to re-evaluation.

The Occupational Safety andHealth Act of -1 970 w h ichcreated OSHA,as passed by

Congress with .=,,.-.bipartisan support "... to assureso far as possible every workingman and woman in the Nationsafe and healthful working condi-tions and to preserve our humanresources.

Prior to the OSH Act no un-iform or comprehensive provi-sions existed for the protection ofthe over 80 million Americansemployed in industry. CongressJustified-the need for the Act withthe following statistics for 1970:0 Job-related accidents accountedfor more than 14.000 workerdeaths.a Nearly 2 {I,' million workersv, ere disabled.a Ten times as many man dayswere lost from job-related dis-abilities as from strikes.· Estimated new cases of occupa-tional diseases totaled 300.000.

In terms of lost production andwages, medical expenses. and dis-ability compensation, theresulting economic burden on thenation's commerce was stagger-ing. The cost in human life wasbeyond calculation.

Dr. Eula Bingham. the newchief administrator of OSHA. hasalread) succeeded in abatingsome of the most severe criticismsagainst OSHA since her arrivallast March. The major change inOSLHA is its shift to what-has beencalled "common sense priorities."OSHA now plans to put its majorfocus on the problems of seriousoccupational disease and high-,isk industries w hile dowrinpaying'he "ri~pick-mo s.a:¢et, reguia-.oni ,n'hich e,,okz;d the bulk of

ng OSHA's futurethe criticisms. revitalized, Bingham has airea(

The percentage of health- received praise from politicianrelated inspections is now increas- the press, labor unions, aring. and through OSHA's effort, members of the business cora nationwide program has been munity. Their reaction to himplemented to train over 200 in- promise of "common sens(dustrial hygienists and health regulations has been favorable

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terms my disagreement and disap-pointment with the chargesagainst Mr. Soule filed by Profes-sor Johnson. The idea thatsomeone can be punished notonly for his political opinions butfor his suspected opinions and hisunclear expression of his opinionsstrikes at the foundation of all ourhard won rights and liberties thatminority groups have such an im-portant stake in maintaining. Un-popular minority groups havebeen the major beneficiaries ofthe protection and tolerance weextend to all individuals. eventhose ae disagree v. ith or firdrepugnan.n. I think it is expeciallylironic tlat those :vho rafty to thedefen.ce o}' renoif"nies ihen hen.

are attacked are so willing toweaken all those protections byemploying the same strong-armtactics so often used againstminorities. I expected morematurity from a professor whodeals so closely with this area inhis profession. I believe ProfessorJohnson's actions have no placeat MIT or in a democratic society.I urge him to change his viewsand remain at MIT.

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Editor's note: Participating inathleiics and oihier extracucurricularactivities is always a problemt forsttriddens hard-pressed by therigors 'of the lIF educaiion. Backin !190 this question 'as discussedat grea.t length on the Bostoncampus; uthe failowing article.

repriumt'd trin, a i)ecelnher. I 909,.,%dIC ,,! rh I' tech. lha.% sonte ill-s.ht.g thait tithr/,I . gill he valuahie[, ) Clat ~ .

"Should I go into activities'"I'hs i. ,I question ,hich every:a,:n asks himsell at some time ofs}n, Liur-ec. and it i, one which is

likcl\ to have a very great in-fluenee on his career. Many men,,odld like to go into social ac-

ti-titic, hut do not deem it ad-isabhlc. others do not seec the use

visable for students to go into ac-tivities, but -. ' A man shouldhave interests outside of his work,and often the experience he gainsfrom student activities is of valuein later life. But it is almost cer-tain that these are going to taketime from his studies and eachstudent must decide how muchtime he can afford to devote tooutside work. In some cases toomuch time has been spent. andmen have been forced to leave theInstitute. On the other hand many

---;do not go out at all. In this as inall. it is wise to strike the hmedium.Sonie men can afford to'devotemore time than others. and eachman must decide the propositionfor himself.

Dean Burton expressed him:,¢lfas being in favor of students'entering outside activities. Hesait "I believe in students enter-ing college activities as far as theycan do so without serious in-terference with their work.Athletics and various other stu-dent recreations are commen-dable. I think it is a great loss fora man not to take part in in thesocial functions of the Institute.There is a tendency for studentsto be draw, n into many' activitie.s.the point system. however. has

"The general opinion ... seems tobe 'it is advisable for students to go

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of student acile. : and-some-see .on mluchAto -irClne thJS 3ltIe ofnothing hut the social life. To as-'sist men %w. ho are no, consideringthis question and to call it to theattention of other,. The 7Ti'h hasarranged a scries of interviewswith members of the faculty andof the instructing staff in order tofind out their opinions. The planis tO divide the interviews intofour parts. ziccording to the clas-ses. In this number are publishedseveral intervice, s ith men whoare working with the Freshmen.Ani attempt has been made to getmten from different departments.but this rule has not been rigidlifkqollwed. -

The general opinion of those.ntcrv.cwked seems, to be. "it is ad-

affllairs. It is a mark of characterin a man to be able to do boththiinlg and naintait a , .properbalance.

It is undoubtedly true that,ocial activities while in college.do boenelit a man in his later lif.-.Ma;ln menl have been mnore suc-cessful because of their experiencein college life' and this perhaps isespecial} true in the ease ofilI antgers.

It is desirable lfor a oung manto participate in some form ofathletics in order to keep inproper physical condition. If heomits this he is almost sure todrift into amusemcnts which areharmfuli.

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As retards the fir,,t-)ear men itis. to nLm mind desirable that theyinterest themscclves in t-ield-i)aNand in inter-class, contest,.. I donot believe in intercoleiz ate base-ball and Foot-ball for Institutemen as it requires more time thanis consistent w.ith Institute work.Track w ork is preferable.

There hae behCen men at the In-stitute. w ho could succeed both iniheir studies and i-n social life.and the most healthful form ofrecreatiton is iI connecti ton ,iththeir college ;ictivitics.-

Prof. Talbot suid. " hbeliheemen ,should Ildec in outside mac-ti tie. -he cx pecriecnce inlllanalgiellment and it tntcrcoursc

'ith others i,; vluablh: in laterhik. but the indi' Lduat! should face

the question whether hie can. it ttprowe.s desirahle. afford extratime for the compiction of hiscour,,e. The ereat difficult. i,. thatstudents mia;. go into acti% ities out

of propOrtion to the timeadailable in connection .ith In-situte work. I think that mostmen in, activities suff'er at least ,temporar\ Ilo; in scholasticstanding, as shown b% the record:,.

Student a:cti.itie,, are. I beliext.more generalls beneficial fo ruppcr-class men. because the In-stitute and it,, mecthod,, are nce totfreshmen. and because the of fiee,open to freschmen in~olc: moreroutine and less valuable ex-perience.

l)r. Phillip,. Johns- tfopkin.19)5. instructor in matthematic,,aid. "I think it is a itood schemcfor goid studecnts and a had,chcmc for had studcnt,,. and un-lortun.,tcih poor students are theOnfcs ", ho t}o in1 for activities Poortudents gco into :acti ities becaUsc

thc% are not interested in theirstudic. , a;nd the' must he in-tcrested in onmiething. 1f thcx didnot eiiter act it ls thCx xNould notdo) an thing Fhe gkood studcntderives bcnelit, from entering thesocial lil',. but the had ,tudcnt is

usuall. socibhlc enough alrea:dy.. Ido) not think that actixitics, are at-ill an Impediment to scholaticsucces";.

Mr. (yoodrich IMS. intructorIn dra;,ing tluid i,, to to the ad-

,,abjitl tlOf sl udents enterine ac-tI. hite,,. "Itl .itoecther depend,, on

Ohe llm,1. Ithtl's ihc''. hole sccr

I hcrc , isn h,ard and last rult,,tHmc ilcit can ali',tr i the !,":C..anld sonic cain't. ['hc i cr- c -a

dent idoe)Cs nI)(t o out. The ent!l

,ho, do , o out :.rc likel, i, hc"()O.K in their s-,tudis,. or elc"'\ " I hc .,iearter men c.an ,l-ford to g,, mut .and 'otl 'light thetrwork. I h.'.c kn,,.. I i cascs wIhere

,IctilitiCs h.l'C hcCe the Lciue'C o0

lailurcs \, to thc help ictil.c-ic in latcr life. man, of the menin ni1 clJ','. ho) ire Ino w leaders

wcre not 1 prom F itilci-it i1 social lifeMr. ( idcont I906). InstruCt,)r ItI

drain sid. "I think it is a utood

sclihile fo;r the ,,;udent to, enterthe social hi'e It nroaden, himaIdd prepare- imn f'om r .ictts ,, iII

L.iter file. It .s scwll {,hr c erx\ stu-

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iic. I hc p'r o , ",)Cl e rii i tcit te,..thletic',. anl d the artr u, clubs.Itd ict ~i'.ties are ail cood Ih esbroaden t nan and ci'. c hitm i;-terc-es o ults-idc tof hi-, w- n ii.arro.

linle. \cti tieC arcJ :.ood (or ,llc lass m enl,. an d I ,t IIk '! eC

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Graduate Student Open HearingsFor Seatson Institute Committees

6pm Thursday. September 29Place: International Student Lounge

Walker Building 50-1 10Call the Graduate Student Council253-2195 for details

6:00pm The Corporation Joint Advisory Committee onInstitute-wide Affairs

Contact: Max Donalh x3-2020Rm 3-463

6:15pm Committee on Graduate School PolicyContact: Haivte E8anscomb x3-2195

Greg Part x3-3724

6:30pmr Library Systems Committee.... Coantact: James Mav;- x3-663 1

6:45pm Medical Advisory. Board ,Coaltect: Jay Kumn ;35882 or

547-1217

7:00pm lAP Policy CommitteeContact: Peter Reynoids x3.5425 or

492-5990

7:1 Spmr Committee on Student EnvironmentContacr Tom Guffrida x3,3074

or Haystack 181-5.6t70

7:30pm Committee on Institutional Commitments7:45pm Committee on Visual Arts

Contact: SheiOon Klapper 864 -0639

8:00pm Activities Developement BoardContact: Mark Got1theb x3.3889

8:15pm Committee Preprofessional Advising & Education8:30prnm Intramural Council8:45pm Committee to Strengthen Alumni Involvement

in the institute9:00pmrn Discipline Committee

Contact: Jamcs Canseilla 3 2173

Rm 8-326

if there is no contact person listed under the committee inwhich you are interested. call the Graduate Student Counciloffice. x3-2!95 Interviews will be held in the !ntemrnationatStudr enr L: :ge on the second floor of the Walike MemortalBu'dir. 9 R. rn, 50 2 l0 tdireciiy above M'e eMluddy Cnar!es Pubn ii

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about, mankind's greed or simply about fatpeople. Apparently the concept of obesityoverwhelmed the original play. "Peoplewere laughing at [the original] and using itlike a Neil Simon comedy. They made lightout of the first half of the play and were un-prepared for the serious turn at the end. Irefuse, though, to write axplay just makingfun of obesity."

The new version of the play emphasizesthe philosophy of man's intrinsic greed.Yet the humor of the original is not lost. inHorovitz's opinion. "I. have a naturaltalent for writing comic lines and was alsofortunate to work with Albert, who is alsoa natural comic."

Horovirz views The Reason We Eat as "amixed metaphor - a play which is funny,vet demanding on the audience." Althoughit is light in treatment, the play is serious inphilosophy. Both the playwright and direc-tor hope that the audience can come upwith its own interpretation of its meaning.

"I feel that it's the commitment of aplaywright to take the audience tosomewhere which is new, both to theauthor and to them. If the audience doesnot get into new philosophical ground, theplay has failed. It is the clear commitmentof the playwright not to bore the audience,not to repeat himself. not to offer a one-sided interpretation. That's what theatershould be."

By Kathy Hardis'"I can't really talk about how I write

plays," commented Israel Horovitz whenasked about his new play, The Reason WeEat, came into existence. "I can talk aboutthe history of the play, but I really can't gointo how I approach formulating andwriting specific ideas for my plays.'"

Boston-bred Horovitz, whose TheReason We Eat opened Sept. 23 at theBoston Reperatory Theatre, is one ofAmerica's most prolific contemporaryplaywrights. A tvo time Obie Award win-ner and writer of over 50 plays, he hasreceived numerous awards and grants andhas been nominated twice for the PulitzerPrize.

The Reason WFe Eat, billed as a "fat com-edy". began as a project in a playwritingworkshop taught by Horovitz at BrandeisUniversity. He took a small scene writtenby one of the students and expanded theconcept into a full-length play.

The first production of The Reason WleEat opened at Brandeis and was subse-quently sent to New York. The currentBoston performance. however, has beenbilled as the premiere. According toHorovitz, the first version wvas ". . un-satisfactory. I really didn't feel it wasfinished. The original script wasn t strongenough to be subjected to the critics. so Irefused to let anv reviev, s be published."The the text of the original play ,as rewrit-ten bv FHorovitz and the current director.Albert Takazau.:kas. during a period ofover a vear.

"It', amaziniL nov. much the play haschanged. yet it i:, eren more amazing how(much of it remains the same. statedHoroxitz ":ortunatels both Albert and Ihad the same ,,ncept of the play."

The major pr,,hiem in Interpreting TheRea~,mn o'e Eat ;s to decide * hether it is

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High rent and commutingare problems off-campus

C ontinued Jron page I ,,he city that are plainly decrepit;Nttil others liLve in neighhorhoodsnalt boasl high crime rates and

force students to lis e under threat·0o Ielf and household,

Fo-r most, the impetus tor·.4 n,.nr o to mose tff-campu is.dcrived fror the hope of cutting

v~~n cot, . Seeral 3tudents.imeasecr, admit that these expec-

sLtiri's h'av, not alwvay; heen met.The cost of renting and furnishing.n apartment is high and whentrns-,portation and numerous,.lltsi hut collectively significant

Three MIT dept sget new heads

ii' ( -ted lJron pc,,e 2 isatd, the department's presentthrust reflects a grow ing effort on-our part to be responsive to un-dereraduate interests; and this isbeing accomplished within aframework of little growth Thenew program got underway thisterm with two key courses.Politics and Public Policy (I 7.09)and an internship course in whichstudents fill a post in government.

Current faculty activities in-clude a developmental planningprogram for Egypt and a politicalpolicy migration study of suchcountries as Mexico and India.Additionally. some facultymembers are working with FrankPress. Assistant Professor TedGreenwood has gone toWashington on full-time leave;and Eugene Skolnikoff. Directorof the Center for InternationalStudies,. is a part-time senior con-sultant.

expendiwtres are included in thebookkecping. living off-campus isnot cheap. The basic monthly rentlor a single room i;n an unfur-nished apartment. housing threeto four students,- starts at abtut550. but ma% run as hirh as S200.,

V.A distances of more than amile from the -Institute, conm-nmuiting becomes an importaniconsideration. E en v, hen li, ingclose te one of the MBTI A's linksuxith the campus. the actualphsical distance between homeand school makes the decision toittend classes difficult, particular-lIt w*hen consecutive classes on a.chedule are spaced hours apart.'Frking part in extracurricular ac-tivities becomes more of a burdenon the alreads hard-pressed stu-dent's ,ch'eduLIe.

With the Ilow availability of ac-ceptable off-campus housing oneis led to ask what is being done toimprove conditions on campus.

The HIousing Office insists thatthe high cost of dormitory livingis real and presents no hope of al-leviation.

As for the overcrowdingproblems, Associate Dean forStudent Affairs Kenrieth Brown-ing maintains that there is nocause for alarm. Plans formulatedfour years ago flor class size on thebasis of available dormitorN spacewere upset by the unexpectedlylarge freshman class this year.although the acquisition- of Kan-dom Hall and its conversion to adormitory apparently put plansback into the right perspective.Future plans call for maintainingclass sitze at 1.100. which the cx-isting housing system is believedto be cctpable of handling.

By Gary S. EngelsonOver 140 MIT students and

alumni assaulted medical, dentaland veterinary schools with 2,392applications for admission lastyear. Of these, 99 were admittedto at least one school.

The high grades of the appli-cants who received acceptancesreflects the extreme difficult) inobtaining admission to medicalschools. Of the applicants ,with agradepoint average of 4.4 orgreater, 92 percent were admitted,whereas only 52 percent of thosewith a lower average were ac-cepted.

The Medical College Admis-

I noted,,,r,-I* All proposals for fufiding submittedto the Council for the Arts must be inby Oct. 3..1977 to be considered at itsmid-October meeting. Requests forlAP funding must submitted at thismeeting.* The Electrical Engineering StudentFaculty Committee will hold its firstgeneral meeting tomorrow evening(Wednesday) at 8prn in the MarlarLounge (37-252). Ne-wcomers arewelcome. Refreshments will 'beserved.* Several positions remain open forstudents in Tutored VideotapedIn,,truction (TVI) in subjects 3.091,5.41. 6.011. and 8.01. Please contactOME. Rm. 12-185. x3-5010 if in-terested .

* All Treaching and Research Assis-tants: A pame nitn equal to one-quarterof the balance of your Fall Term feesis due at the end of each month.September through December. If thisamount has not been deducted fromyour paycheck. please make the pay-ment at the Cashier's Office, Rm. 10-180. or at Student Accounts. E19-215.I Plants of all sizes and varieties willbe on sale at 9am Oct. 6. on the stepsof the Student Center. This sale issponsored h, the MIT Women'sLeague to benefit the Student ServiceFund.

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sion Test (MCAT) scores of theaccepted students were also high- a majority were over 650 onthe 800-point test.

Of the 99 accepted students, 96are attending 45 medical schools.Two persons deferred their accep-tances one year and one decidednot to attend.

Over 36 percent of the acceptedapplicants received the noticesfrom only one school. Of these, 22were taken only by their respec-tive state schools. In addition, 24of the 144 applicants were personswho failed to obtain admission inthe previous year. Nearly 60 per-cent of those students were ac-

cepted this time around.Among the applicants to US

medical schools were eightforeign citizens. Six received ac-ceptances.

Most of the applicants werefrom the Department of Biologyin the School of Science, as mightbe expected. Large numbers ofstudents Form the School ofEngineering also applied. ac-counting for over 25 percent ofthe applicants and a similarpercentage of the acceptances.These students came mainly fromthe Dfepartments of ElectricalEngineering and ChemicalEngineering

MIT's med. school admits:Distribution of S.B. Cqndidates by GPA and by scores on the MCAT Science Subtest

450-499 500-549 550-599 600-649 650-699 700-749 750-799

5.0-4.9 1-1 3-3 4-4

4.8-4.7 3-2 3-3 6-6 9-9 3-3

4.6-4.5 1-0 1 -i 3-1 6-6 8-7 3-3 1-

4.4-4.3 1-0 1-i 1-1 4-0 7-5 3-3

4.2-4.1 2-1 4-2 2-0 2-1

4.0-3.9 2-1 4-2 2-0 2-1

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Note: The first number represents the total number of applicants in that category. The

second number represents the total number accepted by a medical school.

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MAIT's David Miller willshoot in Pan-Am games

By Tom CurtisIn November. David Miller '79. a member of the MIT varsity pistol

team. xil represent the United States at the Pan-American Games inMvexico City. He will be one of three Americans competing in Inter-national Junior air pistol.

Miller's achievement is quite remarkable. as he has been corn etin pistol only twoyears. He took up the-,port during hisfreshman ~ear byenrolling in aph, sical educationi course in pistol. Miller chose pistol partly because itis a sport that "didn't involve sweating," thus saving him the time itwould take to shower after each class.

t:romni this almost arbitrary beginning, Miller went on tp compete forMI IT in the Greater Boston Pistol League. Last year, he was thenumber four man on the varsity pistol squad which. incidentally, wasranked fourth in the country.

In June. Miller dro'e to the Pan-American Games qualifying meet inPhoenix frorn his home in Wisconsin. Despite exhaustion from the longride and drosncines from getting only six hours of sleep per night. Mil-ler ,was ,trenuthcned when he learned that the national championkkould not be competing.

\, it turned out, Mark Nk illis of Navy - the best collegiate team inthe countrx - set three records as he ran aax w ith the meet. Still. Mil-ler Finihed third in air pistol. earning himself a trip to Mexico City. lie

, a-,' aIko selected to comapete at the Pan-American Games in center fire.,:.n c\cnt ;n xwhich he had never competed before the Phoenix meet.

*lIlcr has had some interesting experiences from his involvement inpistol competition. Once. in an airport. Miller absentmindedly put oneol his bag, containing a pistol through the baggage check x-raymachine. Itc wa as detained !or about a half-hour \. hile he explained tothe securitx ,uard ,h, he had the gun.

Looking to the future. Miller would like to see the MIT pistol teamwi nl a national championship later this ,,ear. l-xentuall. he \ould liketo impro'ec hi, score enough to qualif for the Ol,.mpic Gamres. Iebcliccs, he ha\, a chance if he continues,, to practice.

l-or the precsn. Miller',; sihits arc et on the Pan--\merican (tames,.Iin'm sure the \IIT communit\ wisheo him ,cil.

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/inda lIon '79 a beautiful pass.. h ich Ilori pushed past the di' ingClark goaltender. The scoreremained tied at the hall'f.

Le.Cs, than two nminutes. into thetccond half tri-captain MichaelRaphael '79 blasted a powerful,,hot pat the outstretched arms ofthe oppo,,ing goalkeeper afterrcceilng an excellent pass fromRichard Okine '77. Although theBea:ers continued to dominatethe action the,. could not beatD)ari.n Tu. wvho Aas out,;tandingin the goal all afternoon. imakmnL11 , a'Ces. Ilanl' of which wkere

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BC sneaks by waxer poloBy Bob Crane

The MIT varsity water poloteam %,went down in a heartbreak-ing 7-8 defeat to rival Boston Col-lege in their season opener lastWednesday. The game was an in-tense all-out battle that was notdecided until the closing seconds.

['he Engineers fell behind 4-1 inthe first period, being stung by,c'.eral quick passe, over the mid-die which Coach Benedick saidB(' had practiced over the sum-mer. M IT began chipping away atBC's lead in the second quarter.,coring on a penalty shot and two

I § 2 [tipr~hold MIT's strong attack. At U i19:30 Luis Boza '79 headed in acorner kick b\ Bob Sullivan '79 There will be an organizationalw'hich proved to be the winning meeting of the intercollegiate ice

goal. hockey team on Thurs.. Sept. 29Tri-capiain Rob Curnier '7'. at 5pm in the Student Center Rm.

fullback Jeff Tx ell '.0 and wing 407. All interested people -

C hang plaed- well for the (graduates and undergraduates)I:nginecr's_ l}oweer. the team n hould attend to prepare for thewill hate ito plan much better on Oct. 17 pre-season ice practice.

Saturdax at gBabson. the National For inlbrnmation contact Tomni(Champions two years ago who Stavglino at x3-2433 bet'meen 8amhae crushed their first two oppo- and 2pni or Coach Pecknold atnents in 19,77. 354-0167 between 9am and Spin.

Tennis tops BatesBy Mary Haran

,Marvl larian '81 is a inenher ofthe ivgomen'i' tennis ieaIl.i

The women's varsity tennisteam defeated Bates on Saturdayto bring their season record to I-I. MIT won all five singles

matches and first doubles, in the6-1 win. The team, coached forthe second year by Manny Weiss.had dropped their season openerto a much-improved BostonUniPersit% team.

The highlight of Saturday's vic-tor-, was the first singles match.M IT's Cathy Greany '78 defeatedher opponent 6-4. 4-6. 6-4 in along. evenly matched duel.Girean's aggressive net play andcrosscourt. topspin backhands

gave her the w'inning edge. Atnumber two singles Stella Perona'78 had an easier time eliminatingher opponent. After dropping thefirst game. she pulled throughwith a 6-1. 6-0 ,win. Chris Vogdes'78 also chalked up a win. soundlydefeating the Bates player 6-2, 6-4. Marcia Grabow '79 and SueTiffany '80, the only non-seniorson the team, rounded out thesingles sweep. Grabow utilizred ablistering serve to win a numberfour singles 6-1. 6-3. while Tiffanyoutpovered her opponent 6-2, 6-

Liz Kendall '78 and Mary Mc-Caustdand '78 pulled throu:h thematch's other three-setter with a6-2. 4-6, 6-3 win.

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hard shots from the hole. TheEngineer's surge continued in thethird quarter to bring them withinone goal. 7-6. MIT had momen-tum on its side and was executingits offensive patterns well in theFinal quarter but a bad pass by anM IT defenseman to goalie TomGriffin '80 was deflected by a BCplayer for a goal. From this pointon. BC had the edge. MIT didmanage to score once more but itwas not enough.

MIT's John D)olan '80. BobDobbin '79. and Griffin had out-standing games. Dolan scoredthree goals and Dobbin two tOlead the scoring while goalie Grif-

Fin made two one-on-one saves inthe fourth quarter to keep MIT inthe game. The BC attack was ledby their captain, who scored fourgoals and was their all-aroundleader in the water.

Earlier:' in the evening MIT's"B" team defeated BC's "B-team 8-3. The Engineers droppedbehind in the first quarter butfrom then on it was all MIT asthe> scored three goals in the se--cond quarter and four in thefourth quarter. M IT's offense wasled by Mark tHuntzinger '81 whoscored three times and PaulEdenlman '78 who contributed twogoals of his own.

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