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services division of InformationSystems.

"I am very honored to receivethe Big Screw, however I most defi-nitely see it as an award for AFSrather than for me personally," saidBraun, who works as the AFSadministrator at MIT.

Big Screw is named after the tro-phy presented to the winner - a 3-foot-long, left-handed aluminumscrew. The contest, sponsored by

neer," and the Corporation's strongsupport for moving forward, Brucesaid.

A preview of the objectives,scope, and current status of the re-engineering projects was distributedyesterday in a special edition ofTech Talk..

"All of the people involved hopethat there will be a lot of questions,"Bruce said. He added that heexpects questions about the financialand personnel impact on specificgroups of people.

The re-engineering teams wantto provide many venues for feed-back. These include submittingquestions in advance via electronicmail, through direct contact with theteams, or at the town meeting,according to Tech Talk.

"Not everyone is comfortableasking questions at a microphone infront of a large audience," saidAssociate Dean of the GraduateSchool Issac M. Colbert, captain ofthe community involvement re-engineering team.

The first re-engineering townmeeting, in ovember 1993, washeld in front of a standing-room-only crowd in La Sala de PuertoRico in the Student Center, Brucesaid. Because of the heavy atten-dance then, Wednesday's meetingwill be held in Kresge.

Few students can forget the frus-tration of having an Athena work-station - and the Andrew File Sy -tern it runs - crash or crawl to ahalt, interrupting an importantpaper, zephyr conversation, or onelast game of xcolumns.

In retaliation, the MIT communi-ty voted to give this year's BigScrew Award to Matthew H. Braun'93, a systems programmer for thedistributed computing and network

By Eva MoySTAFF REPORTER

By Christopher L. FailingASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

A year-and-a-half after the firstre-engineering town meeting, MITwill hold the second such forum onthe wide-ranging effort tomorrow,from 12 to 2 p.m., in Kresge Audi-torium.

The town meeting is a progressreport, "to inform the community ofwhat we are in the process of doingand to get more individuals involvedin that work," said Vice Presidentfor Information Systems James D.Bruce SeD '60, project manager ofthe re-engineering initiative.

"Specifically, as we go forward,much of the work needs to be pilot-ed in small area~ to see if we got itright before deploying it fully acrossthe Institute," Bruce said.

Senior Vice President WilliamR. Dickson '56 will speak about theneed for -and effect of - chang-ing the administrative processes, interms of the people, jobs, andmorale, Bruce said. Bruce will fol-low with the implementation detailsand what the M IT community canlearn from the work done to date.

President Charles M. Vest willthen talk about the budget, adminis-trative re-engineering as an opportu-nity to maintain MIT's leadership,"the fear of losing what is perceivedas 'good' about MIT as we re-engi-

Town Meeting toReport ProgressOf Re-engineering

Students 'Screw' AFSFor a Change of Pace

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People need to remember the Holocaust now morethan ever, Chenausky said. Holocaust survivors aregetting older and passing away, taking their first-handaccounts with them. "Many [People] will never have afirst person account," she said. As a result, most of theselections were not first person accounts, but ratherwell thought-out reflections on the Holocaust.

Dean of Undergraduate Education and StudentAffairs Arthur C. Smith and Jason D. Hintersteiner'96 performed a short skit about a man describingthe murders of a mother and child to a prosecutor.Rabbi Joshua Plaut led a service in memory of the 6million Jews killed between 1933 and 1945.

The service was followed by a special lecturegiven by Raul Hilberg, professor emeritus at theUniversity of Vermont, entitled "Auschwitz: TheReality and the Symbol. ..

Hilberg described the horrors of what happenedat Auschwitz and what Allied Forces soldiers sawwhen they liberated the camp 50 years ago.

"We cannot simply remember, we must learn

By lfung luASSOCIA TE NEWS EDITOR

Members of the MIT community observed YomHaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, last Thurs-day, honoring the memories of the victims of theHolocaust with a memorial service, a remembranceexhibit, and a photographic montage.

The commemorative activities were organized bystudents of the Jewish religious group Hillel, saidHillel Director Miriam Rosenblum.

This year's theme, "50 Years Later - The Reali-ty of the Holocaust," emphasized the importancetoda"y of the lessons learned in the Holocaust,according to a handout distributed by students at theLobby 7 exhibit.

"Even though the events we're commemoratinghappened 50 years ago, it still is part of our lives andwe must educate people to prevent such atrocitiesfrom happening ever again," Rosenblum said.

Over 60 people attended the memorial serviceheld at the MIT Chapel. Karen V. Chenausky 0,who organized the service, selected a programappropriate to this year's theme. .

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Lauren B. Xlatsky '97 (left) and Naomi S. Korn '97 read the names of Holocaust victims on Thurs-day In 19bbY 7 as part of Holocaust Remembrance Day activities.

Holocaust Remembrance.Focuses on '50 Years Later'

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$100 to each member of the win-ning team. Twelve teams, with atotal of about 40 students competedin this first, internal competition,Kim said. The problem wasdesigned by Kim, along with otherTBP officers.

Ice CreamThe Office of Undergrad-

uate Education and StudentAffairs is ponsoring an icecream social Thursday inappreciation of departingUESA Dean Arthur C. Smith.

Students, facu Ity, andstaff are invited to make theirown sundae from 3 p.m. to 5p.m. in Kresge Oval; the rainlocation will be TwentyChimneys in the StudentCenter.

Service Chair Michael Kim '96.Contestants had to face a scenario inwhich they had to keep a failing toycar manufacturer from going out ofbusiness.

The local competition, sponsoredby McKinsey & Company, awarded

tions of the pipe [for distributing thewater], as well as the economics andcommon sense," of the problem, Kusaid.

"We worked primarily on figur-ing out what the needs of the citywere," Kim said.

The team also had the advantageof competing in last year's MITcompetition and placing as runners-up. "We knew what kind of answers[the judges] were looking for, andthat a Jot more of it depends on thepresentation than we thought," Mor-cos aid.

The most gratifying part of thecompetition wa "seeing how thingswe learn in the classroom help uwhen we are solving real-worldproblems," Man said. "We usedequations that we learned fromclasses and as much creativity as wecould."

An internal MIT competitionwas held late March to choo e theschool's team,. said TSP Chapter

tion system for a town in a third-world country with a population ofabout 5,000, given informationabout the available technologies,water sources, and locations of stor-age, Man said. They also had toaccount for peak demand periods intimes such as holidays and fires,Kim said.

Participants were given six hoursto discuss the situation and preparea 15-minute presentation for anaudience of judges and participatingstudents. This was followed by afive-minute question-and-an wersession, Kim said.

One reason for the team's suc-cess was its diversity in areas ofexpertise. Ku, a chemical engineer-ing major, said that the abilities ofMan, a management major, andMorcos, a mathematics major,helped to develop a balancedapproach to solving the problem.

'~e were able to come up withthe engineering and the specifica-

For the second year in a row, anMIT design team placed first in theTau Beta Pi District Design Compe-tition, held at Northeastern Univer-sity in early April. Each team mem-ber was awarded $100, and tilegroup was given a plaque.

The all-sophomore team, con-sisting of Anthony Y. Ku '97,Howard Man '97, and AlexanderMorcos '97, was sponsored by theMIT chapter of Tau Beta Pi, anengineering honor society. Onlyfreshmen and sophomores can com-pete in this contest, according toTBP Chapter Service Chair MichaelKim '96.

Teams from Yale Univer ity,Boston University, the University ofMassachusetts--Boston, Northeast-ern University, and orwich Uni-versity were also represented.

Each team had to solve the sameproblem; to design a water distribu-

MIT Wms District TBP Competition to Design Water SystemBy Venkatesh SatlshASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

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WORLD & NATIONMay 2,19951_

Analysts Predict Little ImpactFrom U.S. Sanctions on Iran

Families of MiSsing VictimsBegin to Accept Inevitable

"Amid this despair, there is still understandingthat there are limits to everything, including thissearch." _If

- John Long, Son of Bombing Victim

Infectious Diseases Leading CauseOf Mortality, Says WHO

THE WASHINGTON POST

Infectious and parasitic diseases are the leading cause of mortalityon the planet, but heart disease, troke and cancerdisorders associatedwith longevity, smoking and an affluent lifestyle - now kill almostas many people worldwide, according to a new report by the WorldHealth Organization.

Infections accounted for nearly one-third of the 51 million deathsin 1993. Pneumonia and other respiratory infections alone kill about4.1 million children under the age of 5, and the many causes of diar-rhea claim another 3 million. The most devastating individual infec-tions, tuberculosis and malaria, each year kill 2.7 million and 2 mil-lion people respectively, according to the study.

Infection has probably always been the likeliest cause of death forhuman beings, although today more than 90 percent of the risk ofdying from this cause falls on people in poor and developing nations.The WHO report, however, sketches a picture in which wealth,longevity and modernity bring their own toll of illness.

"Smoking is emerging as the world's largest single preventablecause of illness and death," the report's authors wrote. They estimat-ed there are 1.1 billion smokers in the world, about 800 million indeveloping countries. Tl.e world's population is roughly 5.6 billion.

Political ManeuveringOver Medicare Continues

THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHI GTON

Political maneuvering over the huge Medicare program continuedMonday, with the White House rejecting a call by Republicans tooffer solutions to the program's looming insolvency and Republicansscrambling to avoid blame if their efforts to balance the federal bud-get produce massive cuts in Medicare.

At the White House, Chief of Staff Leon E. Panetta sent HouseSpeaker ewt Gingrich [R-Ga.], a letter rejecting Gingrich's call forspecific Medicare reforms frqm the Clinton administration as well asa GOP plan to fence off Medicare from the overall budget process.

The White House maintains that the GOP wants to pay for taxcuts with an equal amount of savings in Medicare, the health insur-ance program for the elderly and disabled, which faces insolvency bythe year 2002 under current projections.

The Senate and House Budget Committees are scheduled to beginwork next week on seven-year budget plans for eliminating the deficitand committee leaders have targeted Medicare for between $250 bil-lion and $300 billion in savings, according to sources. If Gingrich'sproposal for placing Medicare reform on a separate track were takenliterally, Republicans would have no way of achieving their goal of abalanced budget by the turn of the century without gutting manyother politically sensitive programs.

Online Gathering Billed as StepToward Electronic Government

THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON

Think of it as a town meeting without the town hall.The Clinton administration will sponsor a two-week-Iong, nation-

wide public meeting, which started Monday, to find out what sorts ofgovernment information and services people are interested in receiv-ing over computer networks.

But unlike at other public meetings, where interested individualstrudge into an auditorium to speak their mind, participants in theNational Electronic Open Meeting will be at home, at work or in pub-lic libraries across the country typing on computer keyboards. Themeeting, which organizers in the Office of Management and Budgetexpect will draw more than 50,000 participants, will take place on-line and could be one of the largest such electronic gatherings everheld.

Billed as a first step toward creating an electronic government, thegathering will open discussions with citizens on how to develop inter-active government services, such as paying taxes and receiving SocialSecurity benefits on-line. Organizers, which include OMB and theCommerce Department, plan to use the feedback to help shape theadm inistration' s computerization efforts.

WEATHERMediocre May

By Gerard RoeSTAFF METEOROLOGIST

The low pressure trough that brought the rain Monday has movedoff to the northeast, giving clearing skies which will persist throughtto Tuesday morning. However, the next one is on its way. Kicked upby amid-level trough, a surface low is moving across the country.The maximum lifting, and hence the rain, ahead of it will, if we arelucky, stay to the south. Probably we will just catch the edge of ittonight or early tomorrow morning. Clouds will persist in the morn-ing, but should clear by evening. On into Thursday, expect clearerskies, before the posibility of a repeat performance with showersback by Friday.

Today: Sunny in the morning. Moderate winds off the ocean.Clouding up towards evening. High 58°F (14°C).

Tonight: Cloudy with a likeliehood of drizzle overnight. Low44°F (7°C).

Tomorrow: Cloudy with a chance of lingering rain throughmorning. Clearing towards nightfall. High 56°F (13°C), Low 44°F(7°C).

By Tony Perryws ANGELES TIMES

OKLAHOMA CITY

Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keatinghad an emotional meeting Mondaywith several hundred family mem-bers of people still missing in thebombed-out Alfred P. Murrah Fed-eral Building as rescue workers pre-pared to start using heavy equip-ment, including a giant set ofmechanical jaws, on the remainingdebris.

Keating said the use of themachinery, which increases the riskof bodies being damaged or buried- does not indicate that searchersare abandoning efforts to find themissing victims.

"These are our neighbors andfriends," Keating said. "We want toretrieve their bodies intact."

Still, implicit in the switch toheavy equipment is an assumptionthat none of the missing, still num-bering 40, is still alive and that moredelicate removal methods are nolonger needed.

Sharon Parker, whose husband islost in the debris, said she under-stood that it no longer is reasonableto expect firefighters to risk theirlives by going into an unstablebuilding to find persons who areprobably dead.

"The last thing we want is formore people to die in that building:'she said. "I wish they didn't have todo it (with machinery), but I prayedon it and I know they have nochoice."

This marked a grim stage in theunfolding story of the April 19 blastand clearly outlined the scope of itsexpected death toll: about 178.

"For the first time I have seen alook next to despair in the faces of

By Robin Wrightws ANGELES TIMES

WASmNGTON

As the Clinton administrationcampaigned vigorously Mondayagainst Iran, analysts from the Unit-ed States, Europe and the Middl~East predicted that new U.S. sanc-tions banning trade and investmentwith Iran will have little economicimpact there - and might evenbackfire.

President Clinton's decision toeliminate the last visible ties withIran sends "an unmistakable mes-sage to friend and foe alike" that theUnited States is "determined to stopthem," Secretary of State WarrenChristopher said Monday.

He pledged to "redouble" U.S.efforts to prevent the sale of nucleartechnology to Iran by Russia andChina and to persuade Europeannations not to extend credits fortrade with Iran, saying the issueamounts to a test of American lead-ership in the world.

"Certainly they should end all oftheir concessionary credits, whichallow Iran to divert scarce resourcesin military programs into sponsoringterrorism," Christopher said of theGroup of Seven industrial powers,which include Germany, Japan,Britain, France, Italy and Canada.

But even Iranian opponents ofthe Tehran regime warned that theeffect of a new executive order,expected to be signed later thisweek, might turn out to be the oppo-site of what Washington wants.

"Economically Iran is not goingto be hurt. And politically this willstrengthen the regime at home, notweaken it," said Jahangir Amuze-gar, minister of finance and com-

the family members who are stillwaiting," said John Long, whosemother, Rheta, a secretary, waskilled in the blast. "Amid thisdespair, there is still understandingthat there are limits to everything,including this search."

"The families have begun torealize that there's no hope," saidParker, whose husband, Jerry, was a

civil engineer with the federal high-way agency.

KeatiJ\l et with the familymembers .t the First ChristianChurch, where they have beenreceiving counseling since the dayafter the blast. Several participantssaid many of those present wept butnone showed anger ,at the change inthe recovery process. Some hadbeen taken aback by Keatingannouncement Sunday night aboutthe heavy equipment, but Mondaythey expressed gratitude for theexhaustive rescue efforts.

Engineers have concluded that alarge portion of the building wheremany of the bodies are thought to betrapped is too unstable for firefight-ers to approach, despite efforts atshoring it up.

One of the first pieces of heavyequipment to be used is a track-hoeoutfitted with a long claw to grabmassive hunks of concrete and hoistthem clear of the site where they

. can be examined for remains.In the process, there is the likeli-

merce during the monarchy andnow an oil industry consultant inWashington. "This will become arallying cry for the government."

A White House spokesman saidthat some G-7 members are review-ing their economic ties to Iran. Butenvoys from several of the countriesthat do business with Iran said Mon-day that any major change in their

~ policies is unlikely.Diplomats said Britain already

has as many restrictions as either itseconomy or public opinion wouldtolerate. French diplomats said amajor decision might even have tobe taken at the level of the EuropeanUnion, since individual Europeancountries would be reluctant to actalone. Sanctions have limitedimpact unless applied by all majorparties, they noted.

And Germany, which does alarger volume of trade with Iranthan any other country in Europe,traditionally has argued that contin-ued trade is the most effectiveinstrument to influence Iranianactions.

Japan did agree to postponefinancing a major development pro-ject, the Karon Dam, as a result ofAmerican pressure. But the agree-ment with Iran is scheduled toresume this summer.

In recent years, Iran has import-ed between $10 billion and $12 bil-lion annually, of which the $326million U.S. share was comparative-ly smal/. "There'll be plenty ofinterests eager to take the place ofthe Americans. And there'll still bethird-party transactions of Americangoods, which will be extremely dif-ficult to stop," Amuzegar said.

European reaction and the range

hood that bodies may be damagedor even buried beneath shifting concrete.

Until now, the sifting of debrishas been done by hand, using jack-hammers and saws. Firefightersformed bucket-brigades to removethe small chunks and pieces withoutcausing shifting or sliding in therubble.

Ray Blakeney, director of opera-tions for the Oklahoma state med-ical examiner's office, said that theremaining victims were probably allkilled instantly by the explosion. Asof late Monday, the number of bod-ies recovered'stood at 137, includ-.ing 15 children.

The Rev. Mike Hays, among thelocal clergy counseling the families,said that Monday represented a _turning point in getting them readyto accept that their loved ones aredead and that all their bodies maynever be found.

Just a day earlier, Assistant FireChief Jon Hansen had held out hopethat shoring-up efforts by structuralengineers would succeed in stabiliz-ing the building and allow rescueworkers to re-enter the area knownas "the pif' to search for bodies. '"

Monday, Hansen sought to put -an upbeat interpretation on thechange. "There's no way we'regoing to give up," he said. "We just ~can't get humans in there so we'regoing to use equipment."

of alternatives available to IraCunderscore the new embargo's vul-nerabjlity.

"For a policy to force the regimeto think again - whether towardmoderation or radicalism - it mustfirst be effective," said ShaulBakhash, an Iran expert at GeorgeMason University. .

Politically, the cost to the UnitedStates of the new plan may be high.Rather than moderate the Tehranregime's positions on extremistgroups, nuclear proliferation and theMiddle East peace process, the newU.S. policy could bring harder lineattitudes and leaders to the fore,several analysts said Monday. .

"This step discredjts the prag- .-matic position in Iran because thehard-liners can argue that the UnitedStates was never really interested ina dialogue. The moderates who'vebeen losing out for the last year orso will be further weakened,"Bakhash said. .

Administration officials dis-counted those concerns. "Franklywe don't think that (the Iranians)can be any more extreme than theyare," Madeleine K. Albright, U.S.ambassador to the United Nations,said in Jerusalem Monday. "That'there can be some kind of relation-ship with them ... to soften them up,that approach has simply notworked and as the superpower here,it is our responsibility to make clearthat this kind of behavior is unac-ceptable. "

Iran on Monday dismissed thenew embargo as meaningless to itbut hurtful to U.S. interests. '~Iranhas various alternatives for itstrade," an Iranian Foreign Ministrystatement said.

afia Handed 22bidictments inLA

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Construction, PUrchasing MarkContinued Slowing of Economy

,By RoberlrJ. Lopez Edward James Olmos' Mexican., ,indictment. But law enforcementLOS ANGELES TIMES Mafia film, "American Me." . sources involved with the investiga-

LOS ANGELES The indictment. paints a chilling tion say those named in the action: Federal authorities on,.Monday 'picture of the Los, Aogeles under- include the prison gang's alleged

indicted 22 members and associates world, signaling .an, unprecedented Godfather, Benjamin "Topo" Pe~rs,of the Mexican Mafia prison gang" ~ degree of organization and ruthless- 54, and the man who is engaged in awhich for the past two years, ness in the long and bloody history generational power struggle withallegedly has relied :on murder and of Latino street gangs. The indict- him for <:ontrol of the organization:intimidation in a bold attempt to ment.~ulminated an investigation of Ruben "Tupi" Hernandez, 35.organize drug trafficking among more than'two years by,a task force.. Founded in the late 1950s whenhundreds of Latino street gangs in .of local, ~tate and federal official's inmates from ,several Eastside bar-Southern California. ,that specifically targeted the Mexi- rios joined beh~nd bars to form a

The 22 individuals -. ranging can Mafia. "gang o~ gangs," the Mexican Mafia" ,cm1 the organization'sJrepute(l Joinj.ng Man~lJa at a news con- has an estimated 400 to 600 mem-

odfather to street;-level enforcers ference l~t ~he federal courtho,use bers in the penal system Clndperhaps- were charged und~r the fedeF,!1 . were ~os Angel~~ ~ounty, Sh riff Itwi.c~. '!s ma,ny, affiliate~ .pr~symp.a-: ..Rac.ketee,r Influenced and CO,rnipt., ..Sh~rm~ Block, Lps Angeles Poli~e m thizers on ,he oyt&id~.,For years, the

~Organizatio!ls. Act with crim~s.. Chief Willie L. Williams and Char- . gang has controlled narcotics distri-/ I including murder, extortion and kid-' lie Parsons, he~d of the. FBI's Los bution, gambling and prostitution at

napping. One of those arrested was. Angeles office. many state prisons .. Realizing theaccused of helping plot the death of They declined to discuss the money-making potential, the Mexi-a longtime anti-gang activist who roles of the alleged Mexican Mafia can Mafia has spread its corruptinghad worked as a consultant on members named in the 26-count influence on the streets.

FBI Director Takes Key RoleIn Bombing Case's Legal Matters

LOS ANGELES TIMES

VOLGOGRAD. RUSSIA

In this city once called Stalingrad, where colossal feats of archi-tecture celebrate Russia's triumph in World War II, monuments morebefitting the vanquished now dominate the landscape.

Silent memorials to the slow death of craftsmanship during sevendecades of Soviet power, Khrushchoby and dilapidated factories linepotholed roads crowded with grime-caked trucks and buses, a vista offailure overriding the proud tributes to victory in this riverfront city.

The awesome "Motherland" statue towering 30 stories above thebleak horizon beckons survivors of the Battle of Stalingrad to remem-ber the grit and determination that propelled them through one ofmodem history's most devastating sieges.

But for many in this city synonymous with ruin, recollections ofbygone valor do little to blot out the pervasive reminders that today'sVolgograd, like the rest of morose and impoverished Russia, is morea place of victims than of victors.

As Russians prepare to mark on May 9 the 50th anniversary ofvictory, some have come to regard it as Pyrrhic. When Russia and itsWestern allies defeated German fascism and Japanese militarism in1945, their peoples emerged with a sense that not just their armieshad won, but also their values, their ideology and their way of life.

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Russia Struggles Against RuinInTriumph's Mtennath

LOS ANGELES TIMES

WASHINGTON

FBI Director Louis J. Freeh is playing a central role in legal deci-sions in the Oklahoma bombing case as Attorney General Janet Renoand Deputy Attorney General Jamie S. Gorelick turn to him foradvice.

Gorelick, in an interview Monday, said that Reno and she "respectthe full range of his views and want to hear what he has to say - notjust on investigative questions." Freeh prevailed in the decision lastweek to seek criminal charges against both James and Terry Nicholsin an explosives conspiracy.

The brothers were being held as material witnesses in the bomb-ing case because of their ties to Timothy J. McVeigh, the only defen-dant charged in the worst terrorist act on U.S. soil, but the criminalcharges against them are expected to increase pressure on them tocooperate, one official explained.

The problem was that Gorelick and Justice Department attorneysconcluded the evidence was only strong enough to charge JamesDouglas Nichols. But in a dramatic late-day session in the StrategicInformation Operations Center on the fifth floor of FBI headquarters,Freeh listed on a yellow legal, pad the facts supporting chargesagainst both brothers and what was still needed.

By the next day, the FBI had the information, and Gorelick wasconvinced. The deCision was so 11th':hour that the criminal complaint

'initially distrib~ted to reporters in 'Michigan listed James DouglasNichols as the sole defendant in the conspiracy and destructive devicecharges. Justice Department officials quickly corrected that slip, issu-ing the correct complaint that listed both brothers as defendants andaccused them of conspiring to make and possess destructive devices.

In the second report, Commercesaid that personal income rose 0.6percent in March compared with 0.5percent in February. However, pri-vate industry wage and salary pay-ments rose only 0.2 percent, thesmallest gain in four months.

The department also said thatconsumer spending increased inMarch by 0.4 percent, after adjust-ment for inflation, after falling atthat rate in February. With the gainsin December and January only 0.1percent and 0.2 percent, respective-ly, U.S. households boughfgoodsand services in March at only aslightly higher rate than they didback in November.

Since after-tax incomes havebeen rising recently more rapidlythan spending, the nation's personalsaving rate has increased. Saving inthe first three months of this yearwas equal to 5.2 percent of dispos-able personal income, up from 4.6percent in the October-Decemberperiod and ~.l percent for all of lastyear.

Committee.Meanwhile, two government

reports for March also pointed toslower growth, analysts said.

In one, the Commerce Depart-ment said that the value of new con-struction put in place in March wasestimaterl at an annual rate of$525.1 billion, down from $527.2billion in February.

Both private and public con-struction declined in March, with adrop in new home building respon-sible for the dec~ine in private con-struction. With last year's rise innome mortgage rates reducingdemand, spending on new homeconstruction was at a $146.2 billionrate last month, substantially below.February's $153.1 billion rate.

On the other hand, nonresiden-tial private building continued toincrease, but less than in otherrecent months. Spending in that areareached a $111.5 billion rate inMarch, up one percent from Febru-ary and 18 percent higher than inMarch 1994.

By John M. BerryTHE WASHINGTON POST

WASHI GTON

Manufacturing industriesexpanded only modestly last monthfor the second month in a row, the

.onal Association of Purchasinganagement reported Monday,

indicating that the slowing of U.S.economic growth has continued intothe spring.

The NAPM said that its indexcovering the manufacturing sectorof the economy rose slightly to 52percent last month from 51.4 per-cent in March, but both figures werewell below last year's Novemberpeak of 59.9 percent. A reading of.50 percent or more indicates manu-facturing activity is expanding.

"For the second consecutiveI nth, the number of purchasing

executives who commented thatbusiness activity was stronger inApril was equal to those who indi-cated that business was weaker,"said Ralph G. Kauffman, chainnanof the NAPM's Business Survey

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OPINIONMay 2, 1995ta

ChairmanGarlen C. Leung '95

Editor in ChiefDaniel C. Stevenson '97

Business anagerSyed Abid Rizvi '96

an aging EditorJimmy Wong '97

Executive EditorRamy A. Arnaout '97

NEWS STAFF

Editor: Sarah Y. Keightley '95; AssociateEditors: Ifung Lu '97, Stacey E. Blau '98,Shang-Lin Chuang '98, Christopher L.Falling '98, David D. Hsu '98, VenkateshSatish '98; Staff: Trudy Liu '95, EvaMoy '95, Eric Richard '95, Nicole A.Sherry '95, Charu Chaudry '96, DeenaDisraelly '96, S. Roopom Banergee '97, A.Arif Husain '97, Sam Hartman '98,Raymond W. Hwang '98, Don Lacey '98,Jennifer Lane '98, Angela Liao '98, StreamS. Wang '98; Meteorologists: Michael C.Morgan PhD '94, Gerard Roe G, MarekZebrowski.

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Don't Spoil RIO Speaking OpportunityOn the afternoon of Friday, Aug 25th, the Class of 1999 student with an extraordinary talent for public speaking. Word-

will assemble in Killian Court for their class picture and the ing can be improved, delivery can be practiced, but the essentialbeginning of rush. But unlike past years when professional . capacity to reach out and grab the audience requires years in thespeakers addressed the students, the freshmen next year will nurturing.hear from an upperclass stu~ent, chosen b~ a co~ttee of stu- Some unofficial publicity for the contest suggests that adents and staff from the Resld~nce and O.nentatlo.n Y"eek Exec- "speaker who tactfully lets it be known that part ofhislher goodr;J,lq.tofVlt).nl uhV~ CO~lttee. This IS an excel- experience at MIT is from being in an FSaG could do wonde

.£JUt; 'IJUI lent.l~ovatton,. an~ we applaud the [for] rush." This attituoe is inappropriate; any constraint on the. .. deCISion of the Res.ldence .and choice of speaker is unacceptable. The compe ition should be

Campus ActlvltJes. and Under~duate Acadermc Affairs offices open and fair to all interested students, regardless of their cur-to replace the ou~slde speaker WIth a student. W~ hope that rent residence or FSILG affiliation.many students WIll apply for the chance to "motIvate and .inspire" the incoming freshmen. . More Importantly for the freshman, ~~ goal of the .speech

Will Keirn, who has spoken for the last several years, has ISno! to encourag~ ~eople to rush frat~mltles and sorontles -always exercised his duty enthusiastically, and has been well- RIO ISnot "bout hvm~ groups competmg for fres~an ..Rather,liked by freshmen. He speaks with an immense amount of ener- the speech should mot~vate them to explore all theIr options,gy, and with intensity of a religious preacher. But the content of ~d mak~ the best chOIces for then;tselve~ among t~e.many .his speeches is often neither entirely relevant nor appropriate for ~Iverse h!estyles offer~d. by MIT, mcluding fraterrn~les,. soron-MIT, particularly since our unique rush process includes more tIes, and mdependent hvmg groups, as well as dornutones. Theoptions for freshman than any comparable university. And Killian keynote speech should not be tainted by tacit favoritism 'Keirn often reverts to "bathroom" humor that would make a of one residence style over another.typical MIT faculty member cringe. On the other hand, a speech Public speaking is an important skill at which most MITgiven by an MIT student will afford the singular opportunitY to students bardly excel. The sort of competitive opportunitygive the members of the incoming class a perspective on the offered by the Killian Kick Off speech is a valuable way toimportance of residence as part of the MIT experience. encourage more students to take an interest in public speaking.

The selection committee has a difficult task in' finding an Anyone with an interest in speaking should take tbe opportunityMIT student who can successfully motivate the class. First and to apply - it's a rare privilege. We look forward to hearing aforemost, the student must be a phenomenal speaker, an MIT great speech in August.

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My final point rests on one of Nummer-dor's arguments about straights having morerights than gays. I will not argue for one sec-ond that gays are denied certain things thatstraights are not denied. Yet I have to takeissue with two sentences: UThey [straights]don't tend to be shot at or beaten to deathbecause they are straight! And who has special rights?" .

No, straights don't get beaten or shot todeath because they are straight. Instead, wecan get beaten or shot to death because we arewhite, black, Asian, or Indian. In that respect,gays don't have special rights.

I would like to say that Nummerdorbrought up many good arguments. She men-tioned at the end of her article that everyonewants queers to stand up and speak, and yetno one wants to take them seriously. I hopethat the people who read her article took someof what she said away with them.

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uWhom do these proposed anti-immigrantlaws benefit?" Well, this sentence can bedeceiving, for no specific reference is made toany group of laws. Hence, I will assume Num-merdor is at least talking about Proposition187. To answer her question, we could verywelJ say that we are helping the immigrantsthemselves. Unchain them from their

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The guest column by Kristen K. Nummer-dor [uGOP Is Not Just Problem for Queers,"Apr. 28] states that "The Republican Party hasbeen in the business of protecting the con-cerns of the upper class and big busines foryears." The article goes on to say that this log-ically explains their "all-out attack" on wel-fare mothers and immigrants. It must be notedthat the Democratic Party defends its big busi-ness in the same fashion as the Republicans.The Democratic Party must also foster andprotect big business, for its own good.

The pull quote of the article - uWhatracial demons are they manipulating in theirattacks on immigration, affirmative action,and welfare?" - is ambiguous. What doesthis mean? It is true that minorities have causeand reason to be frustrated in American soci-ety, and to use these emotions to anger othersand lure them to your way of thinking ismorally wrong. I was not aware, as weremany others not aware, that the "so-calledlogic" is that unon-white immigrants are sup-posedly sapping the economy." This entirestatement is based on opinion and not on fact.

A story about the closing of theLowell Institute School ["Mayor Con-venes Committee to Save LowellSchool," April 28] incorrectly gave thedate of a presentation to CambridgeCity Council by students and alumni ofthe school. The presentation was onMarch 20, not April 10 as was reportedin the article.

The article about the 2.70 competi-tion [uYang Wins 2.70 'PebbleBeach' ," April 28] mistakenly identi-fied the trophy as a model of Building10; it is a model of Building 7.

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The name reading was a veryemotional event, Khodor said."There were times you were readingthe names of entire families off thelist. A few years ago, we got a listof names who were mostly children~ 17, 15, 10,2 - it's very hard toread them," she said.

"It's important once a year toreflect upon what's happened in thepast and not to let the memory die,even if it's 50 years later," said HillePresident Jonathan Katz '96. "Ho I.fully people today will be able tolearn from the mistakes of the past."

Deena Disraelly contributed tothe reporting of this story.

sized the importance of remember-ing that part of history. In addition,Hillel members lit 12 candle andread aloud the names and ages ofvictims of 50 years ago.

The exhibit was organized byDeena Disraelly '96 and Julia Khodor'96. The lighting of 12 candles repre-sented the 12 million people whowere killed in concentration campsand mass extermination efforts dur-ing the Holocaust because of theirrace, religion, politics, or sexual pref-erence, according to Khodor.

About 30 people helped Hillelmembers read aloud the names andages of victims.

from the kings to farmer, everyJew was hidden and then taken toSweden," Glickman said.

"Her pictures bring to life thestory of the Danes and serves as aninspiration to us all," said Mark Z.WilenG.

Last year, Institute ProfessorEmeritus Victor F. Weisskopf spokeat the remembrance day service about"The Rescue of the Danish Jews." Inhis talk, Weis kopf said that the Dan-ish rescue'of the Jews was a "uniqueexample of collective action."

The two displays in Lobby 7both rem inded passersby of thedetails of the Holocaust and empha-

ark Ho ocaust Remembrancephotography exhibit "Re istance andRescue: Denmark and the Holo-caust" at the opening reception at theReligious Activities Center. The pho-tographs will be in the small diningroom exhibit area in the ReligiousActivities Center until May 17.

Glickman, a freelance photogra-pher, took the pictures on an orga-nized trip to Germany. The 60-somephotographs feature people, places,and modes of transportation in Den-mark where Jews were saved duringthe Holocaust.

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what there is to remember. We mustpick up the pieces, the hundreds ofpieces, the tens of thousands ofpieces," Hilberg said at the lecture.

Sam D. Starobin '54, presidentof MIT Hillel Foundation, Inc., said"Professor Hilberg's response to [aquestion asked in the lecture] wasuch an outpouring of pain. He had

to learn to live with that, but he hasdriven to make the world see thetruth, look it elf in the mirror,maybe with the hope of having seenit, it will not repeat it."

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April 21: Bldg. 24, male arrested for trespassing: Adam Gottlieb,of 81 Porter St., Cambridge; Bldg. 1, three stolen chairs recovered,$300; Student Center, coat stolen, $500.

April 22: East Garage, fog lamps stolen from a Nissan, $150;Main lot, two non-affiliated persons were involved in an altercation,same resolved upon officers arrival; Bldg. 54, bike stolen, $300.

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Students voted at a booth inLobby 10 that was staffed by APOmembers every day last week.

The contest began in 1967, whenAPO replaced its Spring CarnivalQueen Contest with one awarding a4-foot-Iong, left-handed wood screwto the most deserving faculty mem-ber. In 1975, the wooden screw wasreplaced by the aluminum one thatis used today.

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1. Matthew H. Braun '93 (AFS) : $335.052. Eduardo A. Kausel ScD '74 (1.00) $191.783. Jacob K. White '80 (6.003) $73.204. Alvin W. Drake '57 and Babak Ayazifar G (6.041) $59.325. Leslie C. Perelman (writing requirement) $41.876. David Keneally (Aramark) $32.827. Unified $32.548. Graham C. Walker (7.014) $22.069. Gerald J. Sussman '68 (6.001) $21.8010. John L. Tonry (8.02) $21.7411. Ronald L. Rivest and Ma.uricio Karchmer (6.042J) .. $13.47

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picked up strongly on Friday withall candidates' totals rising, some byastonishing degrees:' Born said.

Braun entered the race Thursdaymid-afternoon, with only a day-and-a-half left. But "Thursday nightwhen I found out I was winning bya significant margin, I stepped upmy campaign, especially withinInformation Systems," Braun said.

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Braun received $335.05 out ofe total donations of $941.12. The

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Dramashop weaves a brilliant namdive in TalePolixenes when accused of his supposed infi-delity by Leontes. Eugene Schuster '94 isalmost single-handedly responsible for thecomic relief after intermission, and Katie Leo'95 is wonderfuHy affecting as the wise atten-dant lady. OuHette had some impressive talto mold, and has created a masterpiece.

The technical aspects of the productionwere also very well-conceived, though not

flawless. The set is verypretty to look at, butsqueaks and echoes whentrod upon, which is quitedistracting at times. Thecostuming is internallyconsistent and impeccablydetailed, but three-piecesuits seem ill-fitted forkings who consult oracles.The original music br.Adam Lindsay G is melic and appropriate, butsomewhat shakily per-formed.

Still, these do notdetract from all the won-derful details that make thisan amazing performance.From the eerie effect offalling snow on the guiltyLeontes, to the bold light-ing design of Herrick Gold-man and the students of21 M735 0, to the sincereportrayals of the cast, thscenes are presented to theaudience like courses in asumptuous meal, prettyenough to paint.

nearly as amazing as is Starz' s ability to makeus believe that it could happen. While mostwould be cloyingly obsequious and suppliant,StaTZ manages to make Hermione strong andindependent, yet still patient and understand-ing, which makes her forgiveness aU the moreheartbreaking.

The supporting cast is just as strong. Davisconvincingly shares the profound hurt of

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An opening scene from MIT Drarnashop's presentation of A Winter's Tale, playingthis weekend In Kresge Uttle Theater.

and his young son and heir, driving Leontes togrief at last. He does not, however, poke hiseyes out, and a reasonable catharsis isachieved by the end of the play after a length-ened comedic interlude.

The acting in this production is superb,with each member of the cast displaying profi-ciency in a remarkably wide spectrum of emo-tions. Venkatesh is almost scary in his obtusejealous rage, spit-ting bitter vitriol ateveryone aroundhim. The momentthat his wife andson are struckdown, however, andhe finally realizesthe enormity of hisactions, the angerchanges to a deepand painful sorrow.Venkatesh makesthis transformationso profound thatsoft sniffling couldbe heard from oneor two members ofthe audience.

However,Starz's Hermionetruly stole the show.Her tender portrayalof the loving wifeand doting mothermade Leontes seemall the more cruel.Hermione's abilityto forgive her unde-serving husband is

hile the MIT Shakespeare Ensem-ble is presenting A Night ofScenes, the M IT Dramashop hastaken on one of the bard's lesser

known works and also transformed it into anight of scenes. Each movement is so careful-ly crafted, each line so poetically delivered,that each scene appears as an entity untoitself. Yet director Michael Ouellette's playersweave together these microcosms to tell theplay's story in a brilliantly cohesive narrative.

The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's tributeto Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. It tells the story ofthe royal family of Sicilia, headed by KingLeontes (Mukund Venkatesh '95). His wife isthe good Queen Hermione (Michelle Starz'94), whom the king accuses of bearing thebastard child of King Polixenes of Bohemia(Richard Davis G). His jealousy induces himto renounce his wife and abandon his newborndaughter in the wilderness of Bohemia. Evenwhen the Oracle at Delphi tells him in nouncertain terms that his wife has been chaste,he refuses to believe it and curses his wife andApollo's Oracle. This enrages Apollo to thepoint that he takes from Leontes both his wife

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It is apparent that AIJosso is also fortunateto be working with a competent cast. The playis based entirely on a slow conversationbetween Austin and Ruth, with frequent inter-ruptions by other men (all played by CharlesBroderick) and women (all by M. LyndaRobinson). With a less skiHed cast and a neg-ligent director, it might have aIJ boiled doto a soap opera. Broderick and Robinsodeserve additional praise for their excellentjob in their personality transformationsthroughout the play. EspeciaIJy worth seeing"is the former philosophy teacher (a reflectionupon Gurney's own career of teaching?),characterized by Broderick, who desperatelytries to give up smoking.

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The author of the play is a former MITprofessor: Albert RamsdeH "Pete" Gurneytaught literature at the Institute for more than25 years. Gurney has written a large colJec-tion of plays - mostly during summer vaca-tions and sabbaticals - and for most of them,his own life has been the greatest source ofinspiration. "I wrote The Dining Room afterwe had given up our own dining room andturned it into a family. room," Gurney said."We aJI huddled together and ate in thekitchen. I realized what we'd lost,so I tried towrite my way back into that world." Hisfamous play Love Letters evolved in a similarmanner; it is therefore quite logical to assumethat Later Life bears many fingerprints ofGurney's own experiences in Boston overseveral decades.

His existence in the body of the play isapparent in at least two main elements: inAustin, as the native Bostonian, and in thethirteenth character, the city of Boston itself.The description of the "marvelous view" ofthe Boston Harbor, as interpreted by differentindividuals from the same terrace, as weIJ ascertain details about the city's landmarks,reveal Gurney's affinity toward this city.Indeed, Boston is praised, through the wordsof the numerous characters, as "the most civi-

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young Ruth's invitation to her room, sayingthat he feared a "terrible thing" would happento him, and that he did not want Ruth to possi-bly share in his suffering. Confused, Ruth didnot inquire further. Nevertheless, since then,she has wondered what that "terrible thing"could be, and whether it actuaJly happened toAustin within the course of those thirty years.

To her surprise, Austin is pretty confidentthat nothing terrible has happened to him yet.Even his recent divorce appears to be a happyturning point for him. At least he wishes thatwere true, though Ruth's intimacy encourageshim to confess some unpleasant details. Theend that follows is somewhat obscure, yetanticipated, confirming that Later Life isindeed a bittersweet, rather than simply sweet,comedy.

In director Michael AJlosso's own inter-pretation, this romantic comedy exploreswhether it is better to lead a life of summitsand vaIJeys, or one that is regular, safe andpredictable. AIJosso remarks that "Characters,vibrant in their resiliency and their commit-ment to change, circle around the play's pro-tagonist, Austin, who is standing at his life'sprecipice." It seems that when AIJosso firstsaw Later Life off-Broadway, he was quicklymesmerized by the simplicity, warmth andhumanity of the play; it was a play he not onlywanted, but also needed to direct. And in his

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the background that turns darker and revealsoccasional stars as the night falls in - thescenery for Later Life is quite modest indeed,as is the play itself. Roughly a dozen charac-ters appear in the play; ten are played by twoactors only.

Austin (Cyrus ewitt), a prototypical stoicbanker type in his late fifties, is reintroducedto Ruth (Etain O'MaJley), a warm-heartedmultiple divorcee. They first met some thirtyyears ago off the bay of aples on the Isle ofCapri, where they made their first try atromance. Ruth graduaJly reminds Austin howhe - an attractive avy sailor then - sepa-rated her from the "mob," talked for hoursbeside a magnificent moonlit view of theMediterrenean, and finally, kissed her deeply.

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(her second incredible race of theweekend), Becky Berry '95, CindyFein '97, Louise Wells '96, MaleeLucas G, and coxswain ShrutiSehra '96) competed in a SundaYlmorning battle against BU, NU, anUNH.

For the first time in history ofwomen's crew, MIT's JV beat BU'sboat, making for an ecstatic coachand an elated crew. The JV startedstrong and held on to eventual win-ner NU for the first half of the race.At that point, NU charged aheadand. finished seven seconds ahead ofsecond place UNH. MIT continuedto build up space between them-selves and BU, finishing in 7:06 -seven seconds off of second place" ,UNH, and with significant openwater on BU.

These last races on the Charlessignify the beginning of the majorrilces of the season. New Englandswill be held next weekend inWorcester, followed by EasternSprints in Connecticut, and the finalrace of the season, the IRA Regatta,will be held in Camden, NJ, the firstweekend of June.

MIT's confidence is growingalong with their strength and speed. .,.The team would like to thank theirearly morning fans and spectatorsfor their support throughout the sea-son as they move on to the mental

'and physical challenge~ that lieahead.

Crossing the line after MIT werethe Wellesley and Simmons crewsin third and fourth place. Wellesleyrowed a clean race (crab-free), dis-pelling any doubts over MIT's con-troversial victory last. weekend.

MIT's third varsity split into twofours, bow four and stern four oftheir eight, and challenged them-selves by participating in the secondvarsity event against Wellesley andColumbia crews.

Coming across the 1,500 metermark, the "bow four" boat (CharlaLambert '96, Shelly Sakiyama '96,Nicole Weymouth '96, Cathy Con-'ley '96, and coxswain Tom Lee '97)was racing even with Columbia, andthe "stem four" boat (Kelly Novice'98, Emily WaUis '97, Sarah Vitek'95, Diane Hodges '95, andCoxswain Otway Louie '93) wasleading Wellesley.

MIT is one of few teams to evenhave a third boat on the varsitysquad, and their incredible depthwas again demonstrated by secondplace and third place finishes in thisJV event, with tjmes of 8:07.2 and8: ] 0.4, only four. seconds behindfirst place Columbia.

Due to an incredibly busy racingschedule on the Charles this week-end, and lack of competition fromColumbia, Wellesley, and Sim-mons, the JV eight (Lara Iv~y '96,Beth Sebern '97, RebeccaFahnneier '95, Cathy C<;>nley.'96

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NBC surely will be disappointedwith a finals matchup of two smallmarket teams, but the San Antonio-Indiana series should be an excitingone. In the end, the Spurs will ridehomefield advantage to victory,earning enough extra cash to ,finallyget Dennis Rodman spayed. MostValuable Player David Robinsonand the underrated outside shooting ~of Del Negro and the Rifleman,Chuck Person, will make Indianasuffer through the extra possessionsthat the ferocious Rodman affordsthem.

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The Pacers opposition in theEastern finals ought to be the reju-venated Chicago Bulls. With Jor-dan, Scottie Pippen, and a hot ToniKukoc, the Bulls playoff savvy willprove too fonnidable for the injury-stricken Charlottle Hornets in thefirst round and the inexperiencedand slumping Orlando Magic in thesecond.

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Abe Udobot '95 brings the ball upfleld during MIT's 16-6 victory over UMass-4loston last Thurs-day.

The second frosh had a muchharder time, losing badly in 6:40.6,25 seconds behind UNH (6:20.7).

The third varsity eight, who maysoon jettison the ever-fluctuatingbow half and begin racing as a four,had a late race against BU. The Ter-riers overcame MIT early and wonby 15 seconds in 6:07.7.

Back on the MIT docks, firstvarsity coxswain Peter Yao '95offered no resistance to being tossedinto the Charles River, and he evenshowed off his backstroke. The sec-ond varsity oarsmen also tri-umphantly threw in their coxswain,Jason Wertheim '96.

Possibly the most exciting raceof the season is in store next Satur-day when MIT meets 'DartmouthCollege and the University of Wis-consin for the Cochrane Cup, againon the Charles.

Jeff Hamilton has usually remainedbusy, preparing either the team orindividuals for ilie national chainpi-onships. However, this year markedthe first team in eight years that MITdid not qualify any players, either asa team or as individuals, to theNational Collegiate Athletic Associ-ation Division III Championships:

Just as much as the team wentthrough changes fromlast year, Withthe graduation of the top four play-ers, the team may change just asmuch next year, and in the years tofollow. Hamilton is hoping for con-tributions from some incomingfreshmen, as a handful of his toprecruits have expressed intentions ofattending MIT. Their talents, alongwith the experience gai ed by thisyoung team throughout the season,'should lead to improved results inthe future.

butout against Amherst 'On Wednesday, Amherst College

came to MIT, and defeated its peren-nial rival for the third consecutiveyear, this time by a score of 7-0.

After losing two out of the threedoubles matches, the ~ngineersfought hard in the singles, but allcame up short. Only Wang was ableto win a set, as he took the opener,6-1. He remained very close withhis opponent, but the difference wasa loss of six straight games, occur-ring through both the 'end of the sec-ond set and the beginning of the'hird, for a 1-6,6-3,6-3 result.

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was not as fortunate as 'his team-mates, and faced a tough opponent,who handed Lupu a 6-3,7-5 defeat

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Continuing to demonstrate itsimpressive strength this season, thesecond varsity dispensed easily withNew Hampshire and Tufts. It passedMIT's Pietce Boathouse (threequarters of the way through the2,000-meter course) with a coupleleOngthsof open water on UNH,drawing ecstatic cheers from thecrowd on the docks.

MIT finished in 6:04.4, almost 12seconds ahead ofUNH (6:1fol) and25 seconds ahead of Tufts (6:29.1).

New Hampshire was too fast,however, for both freshman crews.

The first frosh boat was ahead ofUNH by over half a length very

',' early on, but 1,000 meters later theywere down a few seats. Unable topush back through, the Beavers lostin 6:04.7 to UNH's 6:03.8.

Men's Crew ContinuesTossing Its Coxswains

.Results at NCAAs is HighPoint in Lichten's Gareer.

Men's Tennis. DropsMatch with Amherst

,~.Fenclng, from Page 16\ . lege, but still go on to be successful"1 at all levels."the women's team and the contin- Under Athletic Director Richardued improvement of the men gives Hill, the recent expansion of theus a real chance to become competi- team with the addition of the

~ tive at the Division I level." women's epee squad was possible,Lichten emphasized that the sup- and, with support of team alumni,

port of the administration has b~en improvements to equipment in thecrucial to the teams' growth. fencing room have been made.

Gordon Kelly, director of physi- Lichten will graduate ~in Junecal education, has worked with with the championship a high pointKoniusz in developing the PE pro- in his nine years of.fencing. "Goinggram to expose a greater number of the °last few rounds undefeated andstudents to the sport. Lichten said, . making i~ to the winner's podium"The PE program is an important was the best I've ever felt fencing."source of fencers for the team. . Lichten said. "I'm glad I was able toMany people don't begin until c?l- leave collegiate fencing this way."

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In their last race on the Charles River for the 1994-95 season, theMIT women showed their strength against several Sprints schools.

The varsity eight and two junior varsity fours raced Saturday againstColumbia University, Wellesley College, and Simmons College, andanother eight raced in the JV event on Sunday against Northeastern Uni-versity, Boston UnIversity, and University of New Hampshire. All ofthese crews, including MIT, have been members of the Eastern Sprintsleague, which provides the highest level of competition across the nationat their annual end-of-season regatta.

Saturday's races marked the first time MIT has raced against an IvyLeague school outside of Sprints.

On paper, Columbia was favored over the MIT's varsity by 20 sec-onds, but MIT's boat, rowed by (from bow to stem) Stacy Morris '96,Judy Ascano '96, Linda Rosenband '96, Sarah Black '96, Lynn Yang'95, Jessica Oleson '96, Amy Gieffers '97, Andrea Jensen '95, andcoxswain Sherry Hsiung '95, stayed in contact throughout the race andfinished just 8 seconds behind.

Women's Crew, Page 12

By Andrea JensenTEAM MEMBER

Women's Crew ShowsIts Strenth Against

Sprints'Schools

Men's Crew, Page 13

Heavyweight CrewGains Mixed ResultsIn Races at Home

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Although the results were a mix of successes and failures, Saturdayprovided an exciting and enjoyable series of home races for most MITcrew squads. The heavyweight Engineers hosted the University of NewHampshire and Tufts University for all their races except the third varsi-ty, which was against Boston University.

It was a beautiful morning with excellent conditions. The varsity, atleast, were eager to race. They needed a good win, to counter last week'sloss, and a good race. They got both.

The first varsity, in its second new line-up in two weeks and feelingconfident after a good Friday practice, put together a solid race.Although down a seat to U H just after the start, they steadily gainedground and countered each of UNH's attempts to move back.

MIT stayed a length ahead until the finish, which it reached in goodform in 5 minutes, 56.3 seconds. UNH followed at 6:01.8, and Tuftstrailed at 6: I0.6.

Stroke Nate Crosswhite '95 said, "It was the best race of the seasonso far, and we showed a lot of improvement."

By Toby AyerTEAM MEMBER

The men's heavyweight varsity crew boat rows to finish ahead"of Tufts University last saturday on the Charles.

By Dan WangTEAM MEMBER

The men's tennis team closedout its season on a high note Fridayby defeating Brandeis University athome, 6-1. The result gave the teama final record of 4-9 for the spring,and 6-12 for the 1993-94 season.

MIT was off to a quick I-{) leadafter capturing two of the three dou-bles matches. Second doubles pairof Hank Lin '97 and Jordan Lupu'96, the first ones to finish, cameback from a 6-3 deficit to win, 8-6.MIT then clinched the point soonafterwards when third doubles play-ers John Love '97 and Dan Wang'97 came off the court with an 8-3victory. At the top, Rob Marcato '97and Jason Weintraub '97 almostpulled off a sweep for the doubles,but finished at the short end of a12-10 tiebreak result.

For Marcato and Weintraub,their singles play was much moresuccessful, as they quickly addedtwo points to the team score, witheasy straight set wins at the respec-tive first and fourth positions. Love,playing sixth singles, also won easi-ly, thus securing the team win forMIT. Of these three matches, noneof the MIT players gave up a totalof more than three games.

The other singles players hadmore difficult times with their oppo-nents. At second singles, Wang'sopponent kept the match close, butWang managed to stay ahead, andfinish with a 6-3, 6-4 win. At thirdsingles, Lin's opponent forced a thirdset after dropping the first, but Linregrouped and cruised through thefinal set. Fifth singles player Lupu

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Lichten Achieves Best MIT Fencing Result Since wwnBy David NaumanTEAM MEMBER

Not since World War II has anMIT fencer finished higher thanthird at the ational Collegiate Ath-

letic Associa-Feature tion ~hamp~-onshIps ThIS

year Keith Lichten '95 achieved asecond place finish at the Division IFencing Championships and wasselected as a First Team Ail-Ameri-can.

Division I represents the highestlevel of collegiate competition.Lichten, the team captain, was oneof 10 epeeists to qualify from theNortheast, considered the strongestregion in the country, and was one

of the 30 fencers in his weapon toqualify nationally.

"The quality of the fencing [atthe championships] was very high,attributed to the participation ofmany European fencers brought tothis country on college scholar-ships," said Jarek Koniusz, who isfinishing his first year as MIT'shead coach.

"It is very difficult for DivisionIII schools to qualify fencers toDivision I nationals at all. More-over, it is extremely challenging fora coach to work with the most acad-emically talented students in theworld and aim for the highest athlet-ic goals as well," Koniusz said. Hewent on to express his hope that

Lichten's achievement would be anincentive for others to challengethemselves.

A four-year varsity team mem-ber, Lichten has fenced well in bothcollegiate and national events. Heplaced second at the 1993 Under 20National Championships, and wenton to become two-time New Eng-land college champion. He was alsotwice chosen as a member of theIntercollegiate Fencing Associa-tion's First Team.

Lichten attributed his success tothe strength of the coaching and thesupport of the team. "To be coachedby Jarek, a world class fencer, wasan opportunity that I did not expectat MIT," Lichten said.

Lichten also praised Robb Hubb,the epee coach. "Rob's strength ishis ability to see the intricacies of about and to help you work past theproblems." Lichten noted that it wasthe combination of both coaches

that brought his fencing to a nation-allevel.

Lichten has great hope for thefuture of the team. "The strength of

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In the Western Conference finals, theSuns lack of size will again be their undo-ing. Even with a healthy Danny Manning,Paul "Kruschev predicted a" Westphal'sSuns would have been outmuscled in the

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After a sad lull in the sports world, at lastnewspaper pages are packed with actionfrom stadiums instead of negotiating tables.

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