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year. This signifies a decrease froma 40 percent acceptance rate in1994, when 503 students wereadmitted from a pool of 1,247.

Due to the increase in earlyaction applicants, the AdmissionsOffice expects to process a record8,400 applications, Behnke said.The number eclipses the previoushigh of 7,437, set in 1988; he said.

A major reason for the increasein applications is the economy,Behnke said. The improved econo-my has contributed to an "increasein people's confidence about takingout educational loans," he said.

Another factor is that the Admis-sions Office has "been working for acouple of years to develop anadmission communications programusing a new video, new publica-tions, and more follow-up in person-al mailings. That [system] becamecomplete this year," Behnke said.

The main difference betweenearly action admissions and regularadmissions is that "we don't ago-nize as much on early action. ... [If]we have to discuss [the applicants],we defer them for later on. If [the

The number of early actionapplicants for the Class of 1999surged to 1,669, a 33 percentincrease from last year, according toDirector of Admissions Michael C.Behnke.

Behnke expects the number ofregular applications to be equallyhigh, which would contribute to arecord number of total applicationsthis year.

According to Behnke, a total of557 students, or 33 percent of theapplicant pool, were admitted this Admissions, Page 10

ResponsesThe statement also said that

Senior House residents "believe thatSenior House should remain anundergraduate dormitory" since "noclear alternative vision exists" at thepresent time. Residents also feelstrongly that the renovation process"should embody cooperation, com-munication, and respect betweenMIT and the residents of SeniorHouse."

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Both Bambenek and AshdownChair Thomas H. Burbine G areconcerned about the safety issuesinvolved in moving the graduatestudents to the site of the proposednew dormitory.

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and Community Affairs Committee,yesterday.

Though the coordinators hopedto collect the surveys by today, "theGSC may consider extending thedeadline for these surveys in orderto get more response," Bambeneksaid.

On the other side of campus, theSenior House-East Campus ActionCommittee held an emergencymeeting Sunday to discuss the pro-posed 11u1usiiig C1iaiigs. ITlh i1gcet-

ing resulted in a position paper,released late yesterday, which statedtheir views on the SHPC report.

The planning of Senior Houserenovations "has been thought-pro-voking, self-revealing, and timeconsuming," according to the posi-tion paper.

Residents of Ashdown Houseand Senior House and members ofthe Graduate Student Council havebeen discussing the recommenda-tions made in the Strategic HousingPlanning Committee report that wasreleased on Jan. 9.

The report-proposed that the Insti-tute- convert Ashdown into an under-graduate dormitory while building anew graduuate uOiliotiOy at ihe Coii'ei

of Sidney and Pacific streets at Uni-versity Park in Cambridge.

Last Thursday, the GSC begansurveying Ashdown residents. "Theresidents have surveys in hand andwe have planned for a tabulationparty tonight," said Joseph J. Bam-benek G, chair of the GSC Housing SHPC, Page 11

By Ramy A. ArnaoutNEWS EDITOR

The student cooperated, and theattacker fled on foot with $40 incash, the bulletin said.

The victim described theassailant as a clean-shaven blackmale in his late 20s, about 5 feet 1 Iinches to six feet tall, 190 pounds,with stocky build. The man waswearing a light-brown jacket andjeans.

In the bulletin, Vossmer offeredthis advice. "If a robber approachesyou and demands money, cooperate.Money or property are not worth therisk of injury." She also advised stu-dents to make use of Safe Ride.

By A. Arif HusainSTAFF REPORTER

MIT of both visiting and Institute minority scholarsby increasing and drawing attention to their pres-ence. In a larger sense, the program will honor thelife and contributions of King, Wrighton said.

The program aims to support six to 12 MLK Visit-ing Professors in each academic year, Wrighton said.

The program was encouraged by a proposal fromthe Institute's Martin Luther King Committee as anexpansion to the MLK Visiting Scholars Program,conceived in 1991 for the same purpose.

"It is expected that the MLK Visiting Professors

At around 20 minutes past mid-night on Sunday an MIT studentwas robbed while crossing the Har-vard Bridge, according to a crimebulletin sent out by Campus PoliceSergeant Cheryl Vossmer.

"The victim reported that whilewalking across the bridge he wasapproached by the suspect, whostated that he had a gun," althoughno weapon was shown, "and-demanded the victim removemoney" from his wallet, the bulletinsaid.

To attract minority scholars in science, engineer-ing, and technology, MIT has established the Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professor Program,said Provost Mark S. Wrighton in a Jan. 10 memo-randum.

Wrighton formally announced the program onJan. 14 at a reception honoring the first MLK Visit-ing Scholar Henry C. McBay, professor of chemistryat Morehouse College in Atlanta.

The objectives of the visiting professor programare to recognize and enhance the contributions to MLK, Page 9

it William H. Ramsey '51, who directed the Minor-i ity Introduction to Engineering and Science programas executive director of engineering special pro-grams, died on Jan. 14.

Ramsey was 67 and was planning to retire thissummer, according to Associate Dean of Engineer-ing John B. Vander Sande. His friends and col-leagues were shocked and saddened by the event.

A memorial service was held last Thursday, butanother service will be held this spring, accordingDean of the School of Engineering Joel Moses PhD'67.

"Bill was a very caring individual," said Profes-sor of Mechanical Engineering Thomas B. SheridanScD '59. He "cared a great deal about the students,and he extended his caring to the whole community"

through community projects.Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronau-

tics Leon Trilling, who worked with Ramsey throughthe MITES program, said, "He was a very wonderfulhuman being and extremely skillful in understandingand thoughtful in dealing with the students that cameto him."

"He had a combination of firmness and empathywhich I much admired," Trilling said.

MITES allows about 50 minority students to takepart in a rigorous academic program during the sum-mer following their junior year of high school. Ram-sey was also responsible for the Engineering Intern-ship Program.

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U.S. Freezes Assets of Some MliddleEastern Groups and Individuals

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President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's government is increasinglyconcerned that the United States is pulling its troops out of Haiti toofast and with inadequate preparation for the imminent turnover to aUnited Nations peacekeeping force, according to government offi-cials and diplomats.

All sides agree that the security situation has improved dramati-cally since U.S. troops occupied the nation Sept. 19, making possibleAristide's return Oct. 15 and restoring Haiti's first democraticallyelected government. The disputed questions are whether the UnitedStates is leaving too soon and whether a U.N. force will be able tosustain pacification enough for Aristide to remain in power, start eco-nomic recovery and organize a credible election to pick his successor.

About 6,000 U.S. troops remain in Haiti of a force that oncetotaled more than 20,000. By March 31, the number is scheduled todrop to 3,000. They will make up half of the U.N. force that is to stayin Haiti through February 1996.

While the force will be under U.N. authority, the commander willbe a U.S. general. Some in the United States, especially Republicansin the new Congress, have expressed strong reservations about plac-ing U.S. troops under the United Nations, in part because of casual-ties U.S. forces suffered in a U.N. operation in Somalia.

Administration Worries Loan PlanWill Be Unacceptable to Mexico

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President Clinton Tuesday froze any financial assets in the UnitedStates of a dozen Middle Eastern groups and 18 individuals in whatthe administration called a move to prevent terrorist groups or theirAmerican sympathizers from using the U.S. financial system.

Clinton, in an executive order transmitted to 500 U.S. banks andother financial institutions overnight Monday, ordered frozen anyaccounts held by groups and individuals long accused by the U.S.government of sponsoring terrorism.

The action was the first in what administration officials describedas a broad new effortto ensure the United States is not used as a baseof operations or funding source for terrorists.

A senior official said the administration will send to Congress leg-islation establishing clearer federal jurisdiction over terrorist activity,criminalizing conspiracies in the United States to conduct terrorismoutside the United States, providing speedier and easier deportationof aliens who engage in terrorist acts, and expanding the use of inves-tigative techniques such as wiretaps in terrorism investigations.

Most of the groups cited are unlikely to open easily traceable bankaccounts, officials acknowledged. But they said the move was a steptoward stopping the transfer of funds to those-groups outside theUnited States, and toward tracing any financial support for thebanned groups from charitable and civic groups operating in the Unit-ed states.

Haitian Leaders FearU.S. Exit Is Too Hasty

THE WASHINGTON POST

By Ronald BrownsteinLOSANGELES TIMES

Tuesday night, the president pre-sented some specific initiatives, like

WASHINGTON new efforts to deter the hiring off the Union illegal immigrants. But mostly hisimpatient to remarks inadvertantly illuminated, this year's his diminished position. In place ofinton bore. last year's detailed legislative blue-arred politi- print, Clinton broadly lamentedare on sur- civic disengagement, defendedy. accomplishments already on theIdon John- books, and offered some ideas, likeinto office raising the minimum wage and ban-law a herd ning gifts from lobbyists to legisla-proposals. tors. In contrast to last year's vision

dress, Clin- of a health care system reconstruct-ful process ed from the ground up, Clintonncy, main- Tuesday night, in a tone that wasId reclaim- almost plaintive, pleaded for Con-time when gress to work with him on "step byI priorities step" reform.Id in Con- Clinton's immediate priority in

the speech was a remarkable one forpresident a president: reasserting imself as a

aid, Tues- meaningful force in the life of thed just how capital and the country. Polls showican land- substantial majorities want thercumscribe Republican Congress, not Clinton,er can he to take the lead in solving the coun-ideas into try's problems.ely had to In his effort to fight his way outdefensive of that comer, Clinton relied heavilylican drive on the themes that have undergirdedit. every major speech he has delivered)n stood in on the national stage. His lengthyamber and analysis of government reform;h list that restated the principles of the "rein-Johnson venting government" initiative that

i, defense has burrowed into the bureaucracy, a ban on under the direction of Vice Presi-e reform, dent Al Gore.lobbying But the center of Tuesdaytion, and night's address was Clinton's con-form that ception of a social contract based on5f-century reciprocal responsibility - what he-d univer- termed, in a return to language com-

mon during his campaign, a "New

Covenant" between government andits citizens.

Still, for Clinton, the question ofwhether Americans believe theideas he expressed Tuesday nightmay be less important than whetherthey are convinced he believesthem. Or that he has the will andcommitment to stand by themagainst opposition from the GOP orhis own party.

For all his talk about personalresponsibility, Clinton did not pushhis welfare reform initiative duringhis first two years - partly to avoidantagonizing liberals whose voteshe coveted for health care reform.During an interminable legislativedebate over crime, he did not force-fully confront House liberals whotilted the bill's intricate balanceaway from prisons and police andmore heavily toward social pro-grams.

Some around Clinton fret thateven Tuesday's largely centrist mes-sage may be overshadowed by hisnod toward the traditional liberalpriority of raising the minimumwage. And it will be extremely dif-ficult for Clinton to win Congres-sional approval for raising the mini-mum wage, or indeed almost all ofhis other priorities. But WhiteHouse aides are hopeful that evenwithout many tangible legislativeaccomplishments Clinton can usethe next two years to frame thechoice for 1996.

While Clinton signaled supportfor some Repuublican priorities,White House aides say the presidentwill not hesitate to veto legislationthat threatens what he considers hiscore achievements of the first twoyears.

If last year's State ofaddress reflected a man imark his place in history,speech by President Clthe imprint of a battle-scacal veteran whose eyes ;vival, not simply posterit)

Like a latter-day Lyrson, Bill Clinton camedetermined to drive intoof ambitious legislativeWith Tuesday night's ad(ton confronted the painof redefining his presidetaining his relevance, aning public support at a talmost all his ideas andwill fall on barren grourgress.

As much in what theomitted as in what he sday's speech underscoresmuch last fall's Republislide has forced him to cirhis ambitions. No longfocus on enshrining hislaw. Instead, he has larg{shift his attention to agoal of halting the Republto retrench the governmen

Just a year ago, Clintothe well of the.House ch;unfurled a legislative wismight have made evenblush: education reformconversion, a crime bill,assault weapons, welfarcampaign finance andreform, urban revitalizaabove all, health care rewould finally fulfill the haliberal quest for guaranteesal coverage.

By Barton GellmanTHE WAStHINGTON POST

JERUSALEM

pull apart. Rabin's message, com-mentator Hemi Shalev wrote todayin the newspaper Ma'ariv, is "notpeace, not reconciliation, not broth-erhood, not life together, but separa-tiLUI.

The message from the Israelipublic, pollsters say, is that some-thing has to change. A MotgimInstitute poll published Tuesdaysaid 50 percent of Israeli adultsfavor a halt to the peace processwith Palestinians after Sunday'stwo-stage bombing at the Beit LidJunction military bus station, 18

urday economic meeting - wastaken as a sign that the party'ssavvy power brokers think theLabor-led coalition is on its wayout.

As part of a cont;inuiTn.g crack-down on Islamic militants, Rabinhas given the green light to securityforces to raid mosques and detainmilitant religious and political lead-ers, two steps he had avoided after abus bombing in Tel Aviv last Octo-ber killed 23 Israelis.

The army, police and Shin Betsecurity service took scores of Mus-

WASHINGTON

As lawmakers continued to squabble over the details of a $40 bil-lion loan-guarantee plan lfor Mexico Tusday, Cli. toa..ministrationofficials expressed concern that too many conditions may make itunacceptable to Mexico.

"We have to be very cognizant of what fits into the political andeconomic situation in Mexico," Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubinsaid following a meeting with about 40 Hispanic business leaders atthe Treasury Department.

Gary C. Hufbauer, an economist at the Institute for InternationalEconomics, said there is less danger the proposal will fail in Congressthan there is it will be approved "with such tough conditionality thatthe Mexicans will just say, 'Thanks, but you can stuffit.' "

All the wrangling distressed Mexican financial markets Tuesday.A widely watched auction of short-term Mexican government bonds,known as tesobonos, drew poor response from investors. The govern-ment was able to sell only $275.3 million of the $400 million itoffered.

Mexico's inability to attract buyers for its bonds is of great con-cern because some $26 billion worth of previously issued tesobonoscome due this year.

WEATHERCold to continue

Hours after a suicide bombingattack had killed 19 of his comradesoSunday, a wouUnded soldier 111amedMoshe Saidi offered this solution tocontinuing Israeli-Palestinian con-flict: "We should put them all in acage and leave them there and makeit so they can't get out."

Tuesday, with softer languagebut uncertain intention, Israel's gov-ernment revived talk of fencing offIsrael from the occupied West Bankand its nearly I million Arabs.Fueled by Prime Minister YitzhakRabin's declared goal of separatingthe two peoples, would-be fencebuilders in his cabinet began detail-ing the costs of such a project andarguing about how far into the WestBank the barrier should be built.

There are reasons to doubt thatthe project will get off the drawingboard: the interdependence of Israeliindustry and Palestinian labor, theopposition of Jewish settlers in theWest Bank and the impact of a forti-fied border on territorial decisionsthat Rabin is not nearly ready tomake.

Rabin's spokesman, Oded BenAmi, said the prime minister wishedonly to study the idea. "In the past,we ordered a closure and one weeklater the outcry of the constructionbusiness started ... and we had tocancel the closure, and then the ideaof separation was forgotten," BenAmi said.

But the politicians' talk, like thatof the wounded soldier, seemed abarometer of national mood. At amoment of deep discontent with thefruits of their 16-month-old accordon Palestinian self-rule, Israelis andAps -btk am- hluknglforways-toa-

miles northeast of Tel Aviv. Thirtyseven percent said they would liketo see the talks continue.

In another blow to Rabin, thelargest ultra-Orthodox politicalparty and a former coalition partnerwith the ruling Labor Party votedagainst the government Tuesdaynight on a no-confidence motion.The party, Sephardi TorahGuardians, or Shas, left Rabin'scoalition 18 months ago, taking withit its six swing votes in the 120-member parliament. But its leadershad left the door open to return, andRabin had held two cabinet postsempty for them.

Rabin survived the no-confi-dence vote, 61 to 53, but Shas's turnto outright opposition - ostensiblybecause it feared Rabin mightrestrict building of Jewish settle-ments in occupied territory nearJerusalem and because Rabin had

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lim activists into custody and closedat least three offices of the Societyof Islamic Scholars, in the WestBank towns of Hebron, Nablus andAl Bireh.

An army spokesman, refusing toelaborate, said the raids had "uncov-ered large quantities of papers anddocuments which testify to illegalactivities ... conducted by the soci-ety." He added that because thesociety provides "religious legalbacking ... for armed struggleagainst the state of Israel," it willnow be considered an illegal organi-zation by the West Bank's militarygovernment.

In the Gaza Strip, amid promisesof a similar crackdown on militantsthere, Yasser Arafat's Palestinianself-rule administration arrested andthen released Sheikh AbdallahShami, spokesman for the radicalgroup that claimed responsibility forS mnay's bombing, Islamic Jihad

A disturbance in the upper troposphere will move across the areatonight - enhancing the clouds and increasing our chances for a bitof light snow. The remainder of the week looks to be cold and dry asa northwesterly flow will set in behind this disturbance. The first halfof the weekend is anticipated to be continued dry but colder.

Today: Becoming partly to mostly cloudy. Slight chance of a snowshower. High 35°F (2°C). Winds north 10-15 mph (16-24 kph).

Tonight: Variably cloudy with a snow shower possible. Windsdiminishing. Low 26°F (-3°C). Winds northwest 6-10 mph(10-16 kph).

Thursday: Becoming mostly sunny and cold. High 33°F (I°C).Low 23°F (-5°C)

Friday: Mostly sunny and cold. High 30°F (-1°C). Low 20°F(-7°C).

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By Henry WeinsteinLOS ANGELES TIMES

jurors are going back to their hotelrooms and all that is ringing in their

LOS ANGELES ears is that it was O.J.'s blood,-rror and an O.J.'s blood, O.J.'s blood."o a signifi- For their part, Simpson's defenseSimpson's lawyers expressed outrage at a post--gal experts trial news conference about the

event that led to Ito's decision,Johnnie L. while declining to criticize theto deliver judge.

,os Angeles And he asserted that it was dou-udge Lance bly unfair that Cochran may not beie proceed- able to present his opening state-nate jurors ment on live television, which couldn on televi- blunt the impact the statement will

have on public opinion, which couldbe really be vitally important to Simpson's

t the judge future if he is acquitted.pond today Cochran said Ito acted so swiftlyning state- that he did not even have an oppor-versity law tunity to argue that he should beon. "These allowed to go forward'Tuesday

afternoon. The day's events seemedto confirm that the only thing pre-dictable about the Simpson case isthat something unpredictable willhappen.

Arenella said he thought theprosecution would have been betteroff reversing the sequence of theopening statements. He said hethought it would have been "lessrisky" to start with Deputy DistrictAttorney Marcia Clark's presenta-tion followed by an attempt toexplain to the jury "how and whySimpson could be capable of suchcrimes."

But Van Susteren said the orderof presentation made sense. "Theapproach is right. You want to endwith the gore. While the beatingswere terrible, it's not like the bodieslying in a pool of blood."

A camera operator's eangry judge added up tccant setback for O.J. defense team Tuesday, lesaid.

As defense lawyer JCochran Jr. was poisedhis opening statements, LCounty Superior Court JiA. Ito abruptly halted things because two alterrinadvertently were showsion.

"The defense has tofrustrated andupset thatdid not allow them to resto the prosecution's opement," said Loyola Unixprofessor Laurie Levens(

By Phil McCombsTHE WASHINGTON POST

course. I have kept the faith.' ""Jack once called her the glue

that held the family together,"recalled Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,D-Mass., in his eulogy. " ... Mil-lions who never met her sensed thekind of rare and wondrous personshe was ... She had an inner strengththat radiated from her life. She wasa symbol of family in this countryand around the world."

It was a family in need of muchglue too. There were the murders ofa president, her son; and of a presi-dential candidate, another son.There were the deaths in accidentand war of two more of her ninechildren, the mental retardation ofanother, and a series of humiliatingscandals. Yet, her children andgrandchildren have continued suc-cessfully in politics and public ser-vice a-, hinC naiiorial aIlnCdi loCa! ialong with their spouses and fami-lies. There they sat in the front rows

Tuesday, as provocative to theAmerican imagination as they haveever been: Ted Kennedy and hisremaining siblings, Eunice KennedyShriver and her husband, Sargent,Jean Kennedy Smith and PatriciaKennedy Lawford. And the nextgeneration: Caroline KennedySchlossberg, Edward M. KennedyJr., William Kennedy Smith, Syd-ney Lawford McKelvy, MariaShriver and Rory Kennedy, to namea few. Granddaughter KathleenKennedy Townsend, the new lieu-tenant governor of Maryland, wasone of the pallbearers.

Outside, where hundreds of citi-zens crowded behind police barri-cades, a cheer went up when MariaShriver got off one of the familybuses from Hyannis Port with herhusband, Arnold Schwarzenegger.A-I 1kyq~l i.»/-,, »»l c'rlalll ya/ o +u ¥vM< Iq..l»rtgL itV II Vf

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Once again Tuesday the multi-tudinous Kennedy clan gathered tohonor in death one of its own. Thecasket of the matriarch, RoseFitzgerald Kennedy rested beforethe altar of St. Stephen's Churchhere in the city's North End, whereshe was baptized 104 years ago.Cardinal Bernard Law, the archbish-op of Boston, celebrated the Massof resurrection.

This time, it was not anotherKennedy life cut short. This time, itwas a life of almost unimaginablecomplexity and duration, a life sofull that its impact on Americaclearly exceeded that of many astatesman. " ' I have fought the goodfight,' " said John F. Kennedy Jr.,quoting hni giailuimO0thier quotinig 11inturn from one of her favorite versesof Saint Paul. " 'I have finished my

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O.J. Defense Suffers Setbacks;Response to Statement Delayed

Agencies Overseeing Humanities,Arts Endowments Draw Fire

THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON

Two former chairmen of the National Endowment for the Human-ities told a congressional hearing Tuesday it's time to kill that agencyand its better-known sister, the National Endowment for the Arts.

William J. Bennett, head of the endowment under PresidentRonald Reagan, and Lynne Cheney, who held the post in the Bushadministration,- fired the first official shots in a war that has beenbuilding since the Republicans took power over Capitol Hill in thepast election. For years, certain conservatives have wanted to elimi-nate the federal cultural agencies; only now have they had the clout tomake it possible.

With the elevation'of anti-endowment critics to leadership posi-tions in Congress, experts have predicted that this will likely be theyear when the fate of the cultural agencies is decided. Their budgetswill be debated, and their authorization to exist must be renewed.

Some critics are calling for the elimination of the whole family offederal cultural programs. The Smithsonian Institution is in hot waterover a proposed exhibit on the atomic bombing of Japan, and theNational Gallery of Art has been attacked as an amusement for therich. The Kennedy Center, which receives $20 million a year as apresidential memorial, has been pointedly challenged to make itscase.

Scientists: Pacific Ocean CurrentPromises More Downpours

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Scientists using a satellite to peer down on remote expanses of thePacific Oceanfi said Tuesday the disruptive ocean current known as ElNino is increasing in strength, promising more downpours along thewest coast, extended drought in the Caribbean and winter daffodilson New England ski slopes.

Government climate experts predict that the unusual current in thePacific will shape weather on the west coast and throughout the Unit-ed States for the rest of the year.

Among climatologists, the vast, periodic upwelling of tropicallywarm water named for the Christ child because it usually appearsaround Christmas time.

Climate experts believe that when an El Nino appears every threeto seven years, it rearranges the atmosphere's normal currents to redi-rect storms and upset more predictable seasonal weather patterns. Theresult ranges from disasterous rains in Los Angeles to balmy, spring-like winter days in New York City.

Images from NASA's TOPEX/Poseidon satellite reveal a protrud-ing tongue of tropically warm water thousands of miles long pointingat the coast of South America. The satellite images offer new insightsinto the evolution of an El Nino current. They provide a kind of topo-graphic map of the world's oceans. The highest areas of sea level arecaused by El Nine's warmnner water and the troughs by relatively cool-er currents, experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said.

JPL scientists used the satellite to monitor the upwelling El Ninocurrent over the last six months and determined that the tropicalPacific is about 4 to 8 inches higher than normal as a result! of theadditional warm water.

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ErratumAn article in last Wednesday's issue,

"Higginbotham to Deliver MLKAddress" [Jan. 18], incorrectly said thatJan. 15 marks Martin Luther King Jr.'sassassination. King was born on Jan. 15.

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certain that the report did not contain -some ofthe most important ones, such as the need tobuild on the Sidney and Pacific site to avoidsomehow losing it, or the different means offunding new undergraduate and graduate hous-ing which would make MIT lean toward thelatter. Is this everything, or is there more?

My main point again is that students feeldisrespected when such tremendous changesare made without communication. It was sug-gested last fall that January would provideample time for discussion of these issues, butthere has been no discussion to date, nor anyinitiative in that direction on the part of theadministration.

To restore some of the respect which hasbeen lost in this process, it would be veryhelpful to pull together a meeting betweenSHPC members, student leaders, and yourself,to hear student proposals on the issue, and topresent in full the administration's position.Please take this into consideration before anydecisions are made or further action is taken.

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Reported DirectorSalary Misleading

The article on the closing of the LowellInstitute School ["Provost Closes LowellSchool, Cites Shortage of Resources," Jan.18] reported my salary as $100,000. Thatnumber is the approximate amount of mysalary including overhead which appears inMIT's budget. My gross salary is substantiallyless.

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Eliminating central graduate housing willgreatly impair communication between under-graduate and graduate students. Last semester,one roommate and I were teaching assistants,and our Ashdown location provided his stu-dents with a much more convenient problemset drop-point than his Tech Square office, andallowed me to safely and easily distribute late-graded papers to students' dorms and fraterni-ties from the Safe Ride hub, even at night.

Both of my roommates, other friends atAshdown, and I frequently invite undergradu-ate friends over, and visit them in their dormi-tories. Segregating the campus by pushinggraduate students to the periphery neglects theimportance of such interactions whichenhance the quality of life for everyoneinvolved.

If carried out as planned, the conversion ofAshdown and closing of Huntington Hall willresult in a net increase of about 370 spaces forundergraduates. If past housing expansionsare any indication, this will not go primarilyto decrease overcrowding, but to increaseenrollment. Housing issues aside, it would beprudent to take into consideration full costs ofsuch expansion, for though it stands to raisetuition revenues, it will further strain the acad-emic resources of the Institute; like the manygrossly-oversubscribed Humanities, Arts, andSocial Science Distribution classes. Housingexpansion since I have been here (use ofHuntington, conversion of the old chaplaincy,and addition of two sorority houses) has mere-ly exacerbated this strain.

I have presented many reasons to reject theStrategic Housing Planning Committee report'srecommendations. I am certain that there aremany reasons to accept them. But I am equally

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states to impose environmental regulations oncompanies in the state. The reason such amandate should remain is that the environ-ment is a national concern. The pollution of afactory in one state can traverse state lines in avariety of ways. Therefore such a mandatefavors the rights of the entire country overthose of the state.

There are many other proposals in the con-tract that are equally debatable. It is also ques-tionablie which proposals will get passed.Despite the fact that the House is now underthe control of a unified republican majorityand bills are likely to be passed very quicklythere, they will be slowed in the Senate wherethe Democrats will filibuster when they feelnecessary. The president also has veto powerand it would be extremely difficult for the leg-islature to override a bill Clinton refuses tosign.

Therefore, don't expect too much of a dif-ference to come out of our new Congress.There is opportunity for needed legislation topass. There is also opportunity for harmfullegislation to pass. Whether any or much leg-islation passes remains to be seen.

The line-item veto is also a measurefraught with potential difficulties. It gives thepresident entirely too much power and thefounding fathers, in their delicate system ofchecks and balances, undoubtedly left it out ofthe Constitution. To get a budget signed con-taining programs not supported by the presi-dent, Congress will often introduce other pro-grams the president supports as a conciliatorymeasure. This is a power Congress should def-ii;tely have anu four this reason, itere shouldnot be a line-item veto for the president.

Republicans want to end unfunded statemandates. There is a constitutional basis forending such mandates. Basically, the stateshave jurisdiction over certain local mattersthat the federal government should not be ableto dictate; though there is a fine line betweenwhat should be considered a local matter andwhat should be considered a national concernand this distinction is debatable. Supporters ofstate mandates point out that American cultureis relatively homogenous and it is not fair forresidents of some states to either benefit fromstate programs or be forced to comply with aharsher law present in another state but absentin their state.

One such mandate currently under debateis speed limits. States which do not complywith the national 55 or 65 miles per hourspeed limit will not receive needed highwayfunds. This speed limit is ridiculous under cer-tain circumstances. A wide, paved countryroad in Arizona is easily traveled at 85 mph ifthere are not many other drivers on the roadwhereas 45 mph is a better speed limit attimes of peak traffic. Traffic law is an issuethat should be under state jurisdiction and forthis reason, mandates governing traffic lawshould be removed.

There are other mandates in existence nowthat are constitutional and should remain inplace. An example of such a mandate forces

Does it seem like the whole world (or atleast the beltway crowd) is revolving aroundNewt Gingrich? It seems as if the media spot-light is off O.J. Simpson and onto our newspeaker of the House. And why not? A newrepublican Congress might indicate an end toproblems most Americans associate with theold democratic Congress: overspending, cor-up'tJIn, por 6-sTtng, s ru diuloCkC.

Gingrich has promised change in the so-called "Contract With America," a promise tobring to a vote in their first 100 days in ses-sion a collection of issues including a bal-anced budget amendment, increased defensespending, and welfare and tax cuts. Carefulanalysis of the proposals indicates bothenlightened ideas that may perhaps be of aidto our country, and gimmicks and dema-goguery we have come to expect from conser-vative thinking.

One such proposal is a balanced budgetamendment and line-item veto for the presi-dent. Passing these measures would indeedcut much spending from the budget because itwould enable the president to pick and choosewhich programs he felt were worth themoney.

The balanced budget amendment itselfwould force the government to spend only themoney it had. This too at its surface appearsextremely reasonable considering we as indi-viduals are expected to spend within our per-sonal budgets, lest we get rejected by everysingle credit card company.

However, both of these measures haveserious downsides. The balanced-budgetamendment could be especially dangerousduring wartime or an economic crisis. There-must be provisions in such an amendment thatwould guarantee that Congress could spendover budget in such times of crisis.

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No Students InvolvedAs New Dorm Goes Up

The Tech received a copy of this letteraddressed to President Charles M. Vest.

Surveying the proposed site for new gradu-ate housing this morning, I was distressed tosee construction equipment, temporaryoffices, and location markers on one of theblocks adjoining the Sidney and Pacific inter-section. I could be wrong, but it looks like aswith all other developments in this housingdebacle, action has preceded communicationwith, let alone consideration of, the studentbody on this very important issue.

Ashdown House has been a graduate dor-mitory for over 55 years now, and the com-munity and culture have been carefully nur-tured over that time. Deciding over a coupleof months to end it all with little or no studentinput seems hasty and imprudent, not to men-tion disrespectful.

After raising three more concerns aboutthe proposed changes, I would like to urgeyou to more seriously consider involving stu-dent input before making your final decision,if in fact it has not already been made.

Eliminating central graduate housing doesa terrible disservice to students with disabili-ties that impair travel. Ashdown's designposes one problem to some such students, inthat although the lobby and elevator are inde-pendently accessible from the outside, there isno wheelchair ramp between them. But prox-imity to the campus and in particular to the liftat the Building I entrance make Ashdown themost convenient place for disabled graduatestudents to live.

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:ading Systemchange is being contemplated.

Irrespective of the specifics, the intermedi-ate grades proposal raises issues not just ofequity and flexibility for faculty, but aboutcompetition and pressure for students. Thefact is that we like to compete; after all, win-ning competitions in high school is how weended up here. And we like to put pressure onourselves, for fear of not making the most ofMIT once we got here. Given the opportunityto fight for that extra half grade, or fightagainst that lower half grade, we will. Onlymore competition can result. These halfgrades will contribute and mean little to ourunderstanding of coursework. Has an "A-"student learned meaningfully more than a"B+" student?

I would suggest the following postulate:the higher the "resolution" in the grading sys-tem, the higher the pressure on students. Take

Column by Ra ajnsh A. ChNNtaeyASSOCIATE OPINION EDITOR

faculty who avoid giving D's and F's, anentire distribution must be squeezed into justthree letter grades. Many faculty agonize overassigning just a few grades for a wide distrib-ution. For students "on the borderline" of twogrades, they rely on a variety of methods toassign grades, ranging from complex mathe-matical formulae to "gut feel." And we allknow what happens when you're on the bor-derline: frequent visits to the suddenly fabu-lous TA, and free-flowing questions at officehours.

The current grading system is also assailedas unfair. Since professors must squeeze asfew as three grades from a broad range ofnumerical scores, students with large differ-ences in scores may end up with the same let-ter grade. Most of us have experienced thisphenomenon (both positively and negatively).Faculty want to more precisely reward goodperformance and mediocre performance. Iimagine that the AB and BC borders are of

particular concern to those faculty eager topush some B's to C+'s, B+'s to A-'s.

Furthermore, as CAP Chair Nigel H.M.Wilson PhD '70 points out, grade inflationover the last few decades also makes the cur-rent grading system inadequate. Wilson sug-gests that grade inflation "was partly the resultof a conscious decision to redress the disad-vantage it was felt that affected many MITundergraduates when they applied to graduateprograms in competition with undergraduatesfrom other universities." Grade inflation, thefaculty argues, makes fair grading difficult.

The CAP attempted to survey studentsabout the proposal in the fall. The turnout waslow and results inconclusive. Of those whoresponded, most had no preference for anyscheme, other than to retain the current grad-ing system. With that result in hand, the CAPhas continued to formulate and push forwardthe proposal, even though it seems that mostundergraduates do not even know that such a

The November/December MIT FacultyNewsletter reports that the Faculty Committeeon Academic Performance may soon proposea momentous change to the grading system.Specifics are not final at the moment, but theCAP will probably advocate the creation ofintermediate grades for undergraduates.

Most of the discussion has centered aroundtwo schemes. One would include plus/minusgrades (except for A+ and D-), and the otherwould create grades of "A/B" and "B/C"between A, B, and C. Whatever the proposal,current MIT students would be "grandfa-thered" out of the new system, whatever thatmeans.

The driving force behind this proposal isthe faculty view that the current grading sys-tem is difficult. Term after term, faculty con-vert a wide range of irregularly distributednumerical grades into just five grades. For the Chitaley, Page 7

Column by Daniel C. StevensonNEWS EDITOR

had seen lions and zebras - on RichardAttenborough's Life on Earth. Better yet, Ihad seen a lion eating a zebra; an unusualsight in a zoo.

It should be obvious what all these experi-ences have in common - they were createdby public broad- -casting. Since1967, the Corpora- Carl Sagan holdition for Public paper and talkinBroadcasting has ap a akbeen producing googol obviouslycommercial-free *programs like commercial appleSesame Street andMr. Rogers, Mystery and MasterpieceTheater, and The MacNeil /Lehrer NewsHour.

It should also be apparent that my experi-ences were in no way unique. Millions of chil-dren have watched and learned from SesameStreet and Mr. Rogers. Many people, bothadults and children, have learned- about blackholes for the first time from Sagan or aboutthe Serengeti from Attenborough. Each andevery day, hundreds of millions of American

adults and children tune in to public televisionand radio broadcasting to get the kind of pro-gramrning they like, without commercialinfluence.

Sure, there were alternatives to publicbroadcasting, then as now. I could have

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did. I was cer-tainly fascinated with trucks and cars thatturned into gigantic robots with ominoussounding names.

And I could always have tuned in the talkshows and heard about "Fathers Who Con-front The Men Who Impregnated TheirDaughters." These shows have a place inmodern American culture - people havediverse interests, and there is money to bemade in catering to these interests. If advertis-ers decide a show is not violent enough or too

boring to attract large amounts of viewers, theshow doesn't run because the networks needto make money and attract viewers.

However, public broadcasting has alwaysmade a point of not catering to angry advertisersor specific interests. Public broadcasting isable to remain free of commercial manipula-tion because of federal, private, and viewersupport. Because public broadcasting can freeitself of commercial ties, shows like SesameStreet and Cosmos are produced; program-ming that deals with complex, diverse con-.cerns that don't lend themselves to 30 secondclips or laugh tracks.

Several years ago on Sesame Street, thestorekeeper Mr. Hooper died. The producersof the show didn't try to gloss over his deathor write him out of the script as would be typi-cal on commercial television. Instead, chil-dren could empathize with Big Bird, whocouldn't understand why Mr. Blooper, as hesometimes confused his name, wasn't comingback. They learned, as Big Bird did, from theadults on the show about what death meant.

The first time I ever saw a black man wason the television show Sesame Street. Hisname was Gordon, and he was friends withOlivia, Luis, ana Maria. Luis and Maria spokeSpanish sometimes, which was the first time Iever heard a language other than English.They even had a friend named Linda whospoke with her hands. All these different peo-ple learned, worked, and played together withthe cast of fuzzy monsters, animals, and eventhe occasional grouch.

The first adult to talk to me about deathwas a funny guy named Mr. Rogers. Mr.Rogers liked to change his shoes regularly,which I never did understand. But he told meplenty of things I did understand, aboutfriendship, about families, about growing up.

The first time I saw a human cell was onNova. After the show, I spent days holding amagnifying glass to my hand trying to countmy cells. Later, I saw the rings of Saturn forthe first time and learned about millions andbillions of stars and galaxies from Carl Saganon Cosmos. Even before I went to the zoo, I Stevenson, Page 7

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Aith Quality Ineeds public television. They forget that cableis expensive and no way near as widespreadas public television; more than 33 millionchildren today do not live in homes with cabletelevision. And cable television is still com-mercial-driven. Why is it that none of themajor networks or cable channels would carrythe drama series I'll Fly Away, which nowenjoys success on PBS? One obvious reasonis that the series is about the civil rights strug-gle in the south. There is more than a tokenblack presence on the show, which addressesdifficult and at times depressing topics. Thereis virtually no sex, and the violence is not ofthe shoot-emr-up variety- in one scene, fire-men turn fire hoses on a group of black chil-dren playing in the street.

Public broadcasting provides a means ofeducation and entertaining children and adultsin a format that is not driven by fickle adver-

programminggtising money or ratings reports, but by gen-uine interest in providing the best possibleprogramming otherwise not found on the net-works. Good programs on PBS last fordecades, not a few seasons.

When these same lawmakers call forteaching "values" in the schools, they woulddo well to look at the values I learned fromGordon and Maria and Bert and Ernie. Whenthey speak of improving math and sciencescores, they would do well to watch anepisode or two of Nova or Cosmos, and hearCarl Sagan explain millions and billions. Andwhen they complain that children don't have agrasp of geography or history, they shouldtake a look at Ken Bums' Civil War. If theyreally want to make America better, theyshould continue and increase federal supportfor public broadcasting, not cut funding andreduce it to just another commercial network.

Stevenson, from Page 5 However, it is that federal support that pro-vides the ,key initial dollars that bring in iheexternal grants. Take away that money, andthe CPB would have to aggressively courtfoundations and corporations.

Perhaps they could sell commercials, asone congressman against continued fundingfor CPB suggested. But this would just turnPBS over time into another commercial-dri-ven network. Advertisers would have greatinfluence on the programming, just as they doon other commercial networks. PBS can cer-tainly stand to make more money by cuttinggood merchandising deals for products relatedto their shows, which they recently did withKen Bums' series on baseball. However, thatmoney will never make up for the amount orimportance of the federal seed money.

Others argue that with so many channelsavailable on cable television today, nobody

Another example: Carl Sagan holding a roll oftoilet paper and talking about the numbergoogol obviously does not hold mass com-mercial appeal. But that doesn't matter forPBS, which is free to provide the kind of qual-ity programming that would otherwise slipthrough the cracks on commercial television.

Recently, some in Congress have been call-ing for a cut in federal support for the CPB. Intheir zeal to cut federal excesses, these newlyinvigorated legislators risk destroying aboutthe only saving grace of broadcast television.For every $1 of seed money the federal gov-ernment provides to the CPB, $5 of funding israised from private foundations and corpora-tions. Critics in the House of Representativesargued last week that public broadcasting canget by just fine without government support.

faculty should delay any decision on a newgrading system.

While the faculty may have their reasonsfor pushing either of the schemes that theCAP may decide to propose, we should lookat intermediate grades with close scrutinyand skepticism. Our representatives to CAPand other student leaders should be admon-ished to pay careful attention to whateverproposal emerges, as well as to aggressivelygather and communicate student views. Therisks to students are too great for us to ignorethis issue.

the faculty would have no reason to complainabout the difficulty of assigning grades, not tomention grade inflation. Yet competitionwould sky-rocket as every point became sig-nificant. I know that two points a curve doesnot make, but I argue that competition andpressure are monotonic increasing functionsof grade resolution.

The pseudo-mathematics should not dis-guise the fundamental issue at hand. MITalready takes an intellectual, emotional, andeven physical toll on its students. Do the ben-

accept the equity argument), exceed the costs- very real human costs - of increased com-petition and pressure?

The timing of this proposal is also ques-tionable. Why, now, change the grading sys-tem when undergraduate education and under-,raduate life issues arc in upheaval? 'viti ithearrival of new dean(s) for undergraduate edu-cation and student affairs (as well as a grandreview of undergraduate experience reported-ly once contemplated by the president), exam-inations of undergraduate life seem to beimminent. With these changes looming, the

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for example the pass/no record system thatour freshmen enjoy. With such low resolution,the competition between students is almostnon-existent (or at least non-significant). Andwhile under considerable strain, the pace andpressure is unequivocally less than if thefreshmen were on grades.

At the other extreme, imagine a gradingsystem comparable to those used in manyother countries, that is, a pure numericalscore. If pure numerical scores were reported, efits for faculty (and perhaps students, if you

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This activity, sponsored bykinetic sculptor and 1994-95 Artistin Residence Arthur Ganson, culmi-

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Rube Goldberg contraption in thearchitectural studios of BuildingN51 last Tuesday.

Ganson's kinetic art exhibit,"mechanical e.motions @mit.edu,"is currently on display at the Comp-ton Gallery near Lobby 10.

The performance began with astudent reading a book under anunlit lamp.

"It's so dark in here, I cannot seea thing. I shall turn on the light," hedeclared as he nonchalantly flippedthe light switch to set into motion abizarre and amusing chain of eventstypical of Goldberg's inventions.

The audience cheered inresponse to the humorous events asthey were -set off in sequence. Inaddition to the the obligatory fallingdominoes and the knife- cutting-the-string effect, the machine also uti-lized several unique sequencesincorporating such varied objects asa mooing toy cow, a thrown pottedplant, and buttered popcorn.

Although a few segments failedto trigger correctly, causing someanxious students to run about andactivate them manually, Gansonjokingly explained that this was allpart of the plan.

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The individual elements hbeen tested separately, but the Tueday performance was the first tit-the machine as a whole was activ-ed, according to participant SunAgarwal '98.

The students "went out of theway to be original - it was all crative," said audience memb-Robert E. Gruhl '97. "I liked all t-wacky stuff."

Born Reuben Lucius Goldberg1883, Goldberg was the inventor :numerous contraptions that fouroutlandishly complex ways of doinsimple things. For example, hautomatic stamp licker was activaed by a dwarf robot which ove:turned a can of ants onto the gummnside of a page of stamps, where thewould be licked up by a starvinanteater, thus wetting the stampsaccording to the Encyclopedia Br.tannica.

Students were creativeAccording to Ganson, the stu

dents had a lot of work to do in verlittle time. After viewing a video cRube Goldberg contraptions don-by various other people, the studentbrainstormed and came up wit-ideas to incorporate into the finalproject.

"It was a combination of students' coming up with ideas an.thinking on your feet," Ganson said-

While students worked in sma!groups on the various parts of th,project, everybody had to wor-together in order to get the machin-to work'as a whole, Ganson saidAlthough working under a tim-limit, students were free to desigrjust about anything they wantedaccording to Ganson.

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Ramsey, from Page 1 Vest said."Bill Ramsey did exceptional

things for people and for MIT," saidProvost Mark S. Wrighton. "I hadthe opportunity to interact with himin connection with our MITES pro-gram, and he was extraordinary:sensitive, yet firm; encouraging, yetrealistic. Bill was a truly dedicatedman and one who had earned anenjoyable old age."

Ramsey grew up in Brooklyn,N.Y. and attended MIT as an under-graduate. He received his degree inelectrical engineering in 1951, thenworked in military electronics for20 years. In the following 15 years,hemoved on to management con-sulting and the vice presidency ofAult Inc., an electronics company inMinneapolis, before returning to theInstitute as an administrator.

Ramsey was active in churchactivities in Newton, Sheridan said.In addition, "he ran several compa-nies during his life and was a gliderpilot," he said.

Ramsey, who had a retirementhome on the Carribbean island ofSt. Kitts, often shared his knowl-edge of the island's geography and

culture with his colleagues..t is unlortulate that he planned

so well for his retirement and willnever benefit from his plans, VanderSande said.

Ramsey was a board member ofthe Massachusetts Society for thePrevention of Cruelty to Children,and he was a former president of the

board of the City Mission Society inBoston.

Ramsey is survived by his wife,Charlotte M. (Finley) Ramsey; hischildren, Marc S. of Palo Alto,Calif. and Lynne Clark of Pitts-burgh; a brother, Roland of Barba-dos; and a granddaughter, CharlotteAnn Clark.

"Bill was a caring guy and verymuch concerned with the economicstatus of blacks and minorities ingeneral," Sheridan said.

Before his position in the Schoolof Engineering, Ramsey was an offi-cer in the Industrial Liaison Office.He came to the Institute in 1987.

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drawn equally from unrestricted MITfunds and funds used to sponsorreplacements for professors on sab-batical leave, Wrighton said. This sys-tem of funding provides departmentswith an incentive for involvement inthe program, since participation willbe financially profitable, he said.

will be deeply engaged in the intel-lectual life of the Institute throughteaching programs, public lectures,seminars, and original scholarship,"Wrighton said.

"The program offers another net-working element to ultimatelyenhance the representation ofminority scholars on the MIT facul-ty," Wrighton said. The programwill be open to individuals of anyminority group, but will focus onblacks, he said.

MLK Visiting Professors will bechosen based on their contributionsto their profession and on theirpotential for significant contributionto the intellectual life of MIT,Wrighton said.

Individuals will be nominated bya department or section head; thenominations will them be advancedto the provost by a dean. Nomina-tions are to include a detailed outlin-ing of the nominee's achievements

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The appointment will be madeby the provost after consideration ofthe nomination materials, Wrightonsaid. Appointments will lastbetween one academic term and twoyears, he said.

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3 hours of extraordinary performances and 3 hours of non-stop dancingFor tickets, please call Jennifer Chin at 225-9770. or email to tchin(Smit.edu

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Jan. 18: Bldg. 36, head-phones stolen, $10; Bldg. 1,damage to a bulletin board.

Jan. 19: Bldg. 7, mali-cious damage to a door; NewHouse, unlocked bicyclestolen, $300; Green Hall,domestic incident.

Jan. 20: Infinite Corridor,male annoying females, giventrespass warning.

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One reason for t.he rise in r-ity applicants is the addition oadmissions staff members wh:concentrate on following tai-minority students, Behnke said.is the first full year that both R:M. Allen, associate direct.admissions. and Zaragoza A. CIII, assistant director of admisChave worked on such recru-Behnke said.

Allen and Zaragoza "tra-great deal. Where there are tal!minority students, we try tthere," Behnke said. Direct mailow-up is particularly useencourage minority studentapply, he added.

Some ways in which the Adsions Office pursues those whoadmitted early include telethonsmaking lists of admitted studavailable to current students, aling them to contact these school seniors.

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The number of female earlyaction applicants increased from304 last year to 447, Behnke said.While this was not the result of aconscious effort, "our new publica-tions seem to have a better effect onwomen," in diffusing stereotypesabout MIT, he said.

While more women were accept-ed early this year, the percentageaccepted - 38 - was approximate-ly the same as last year, Behnkesaid.

The number of underrepresentedminority students - which includesblacks, Mexican Americans, NativeAmericans, and Puerto Ricans -who applied for early actionincreased from 65 last year to 112this year, according to Behnke.

The number admitted increasedfrom 45 to 61. Minorities comprise11 percent of those who were admit-

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"It's a joke about what's hapring behind the wall. It was a strof genius on [the students'] paGanson said.

Various other parts of the ctraption held aesthetic or symbNvalue for some of the participants

The toy cab bumping intotrigger was a representation of kreal cabs are always banging ithings, Agarwarl said. The meibutter dripping into a bag of p-corn and weighing down a ie-represented how heavy butter is,said.

Alyce Grunt, a participant fr-Wellesley College, liked the swi-ing markers and the noisemak-which had no other pumose thanprovoke a response from the auence.

The project was an opportunfor students to experiment wimaterials in a way that is aesthccally pleasing in addition to beimechanically plausible, Gans-said. It was "seeing in a differkind of way, using objects totalout of context."

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SHPC. from Page ! "I have received a large numberof letters and electronic messagesfrom students, faculty, staff andalumni," said President Charles M.Vest. "Most, especially those fromstudents, have been very thoughtful."

"Unfortunately, the current dis-cussions resulted in so much mailthat I have not been able.to responddirectly and personally to all of it,"Vest said. Dean for UndergraduateEducation and Student AffairsArthur C. "Smith and I will be intouch soon with all who haverequested meetings with a proposedframework of issues and format fordiscussion," he said.

The GSC has not taken an explic-it stand on what it thinks should hap-pen to east-side dormitories.

"We all agree that Senior Houseshould be renovated and that gener-al undergraduate crowding appearsto be an issue that should be dealtwith," Bambenek said. However, "itseems that [graduate students] areforced to bear the burden."

Meanwhile, the GSC is lookingto investigate alternative plans. "Inorder to do so responsibly, we needto know more facts that the SHPCused to develop their proposal,"Bambenek said.

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The residents of Ashdown likethe location and the atmosphere oftheir house, Burbine said. "Ashdownis conveniently located near the cen-ter of campus; this means easy com-mute to lab and offices," he said."Ashdown has the strongest socialcommunity and it is cheaper thanmost graduate dorms," he added.

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Ryan or Robbins whostands out in the film, butMatthau. His crafty Ein- \ .stein comes up with a '|crazy plan that beginsinnocently but soon drawsPresident Eisenhower toPrinceton University. Ein-stein's incredible ideas aswell as the hilarious anticsof his friends bring a fresh X perspective to romance.They prove that there arefew situations that seniorcitizens can't handle -getting involved in every-thing from friendly sabo-tage to emergency damagecontrol.

Fans of Ryan will notbe disappointed either,especially those who like Albert Einstein (her performances in Sleep- Ryan), and Ed W

al-- nf WMR'yann w her IBl18 C1Nlp ho0 an aI.Q. mined to marry a genius so that her children less in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally. Her I.Q. is not meant to be a sweepingDirected by Fred Schepisi. will be brilliant like her uncle. Her self-cen- simple charm and endless energy once again scholarly work. It is instead a pleasanWritten by Andy Breckmnan tered fiancee, James, has already established demonstrate why she is so effective in these tion for those who still believe in desand Michael Leeson. himself as a respected scholar in psychology. romantic comedies. true love.Starring Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, The old men, who thinkand Walter Matthau. that James is a snob,Sony Copley Place. decide the only way to get B B

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hose who enjoyed Sleepless in Seattlemay initially be shocked that MegRyan has become a doctoral candidatein mathematics in her new movie, I.Q.

Don't worry - she is still the warm, viva-cious character that her fans have come tolove. Her strong performance, as well as anexceptional performance by Walter Matthauas Albert Einstein, makes this film a goodaddition to the romantic comedy genre.

The story begins as Ryan and her uptightfiancee (Stephen Fry) make an emergencystop at an auto repair shop. One of themechanics (Tim Robbins) instantly falls inlove with her but can't seem to bridge theapparent intellectual gap. When Ryan' leavesher watch behind, he decides to take a chanceand return it. He then finds out that she liveswith her uncle, physicist Albert Einstein.

Fortunately for Robbins' character, thegreat scientist and his friends (Lou Jacobi,Gene Saks, Joe Maher) take an instant likingto him and decide to help him out. Their taskis not easy.

Ryan's character, Catherine Boyd, is deter-Walter Matthau) elects to play a most unlikely Cupid for his niece, Catherine Boyd (MegAlters (Tim Robbins) in I.Q.

LITTLE WOMENDirected by Gillian Armstrong.Written by Robin Swicord;based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott.Starring Winona Ryder, Trini Alvarado,Clare Danes, Samantha Mathis,Christian Bale, and Susan Sarandon.Sony Harvard Square.

By Evelyn KaoSTAFF REPORTER

Color those of you not familiar with Louisa1May Alcott's classic, Little Women tells

:r,' K the story of the four March sisters,Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Little Women

is about their struggles against poverty,inequality, and sickness.

The main character is Jo March (played by

Winona Ryder), a tomboy, an educator, andan aspiring writer. She is the leader of the sis-ters, guiding them in their various entertain-ments and adventures. The eldest is Meg(Trini Alvarado); more serious than Jo, she isconcerned with the prospect of marriage. Beth(Clare Danes) is the quiet, caring one. AndAmy (played by Kirstin Dunst and SamanthaMathis) is the youngest, most worldly of thesisters.

Taking place in the 19th century, theirs isa picturesque world - a world of candle-light, snow, and horse-drawn carriages. Theaudience follows the sisters through theyears. We watch as they grow older and goin different directions as they pursue theirinterests. And we also see that despite thephysical distance between them, the sisters

remain close.Little Women is a feminine movie. The

family has a strong matronly figure found inMarmee, portrayed superbly by Susan Saran-don. The father has an insignificant role as domost male characters in this film. One of theexceptions is the Marches' wealthy next doorneighbor, Lorrie (Christian Bale). TheMarches save him from the coldness andboredom of his home and surround him withtheir warmth and love. The story focuses onfeeling, family, and strength. It is a subtlefilm -- it does not shout out any morallessons; yet it reminds us that simple ideasand values work.

Much attention has been paid towardWinona Ryder's Jo. Most critics praise herperformance as they do the movie. As an

adaptation of the book, the movie is prettyaccurate. However, no movie portrayal canquite match a reader's imagination, and it isfor this reason that some may find LittleWomen to be a bit disappointing.

Director Gillian Armstrong should beapplauded for her ability to make 19th centurymorals viewable, enjoyable, and lucrativewith a 1990's audience. She does not have tocompromise on the mood or message of thebook to make it more understandable to thepresent crowd. That is part of the reason whyI ;,1., lJr , , ... n ,, , A .\-.R&L&riC VIrlt l 13» - o <l j ,J 111111.

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The defense is tenacious andmay be the best in the league atpressuring the quarterback, especial-ly when Junior Seau has both armsworking. On offense, when StanHumphries heats up, the Chargersput points on the board faster than abasketball team. However,Humphries is erratic, and the offen-sive line of San Francisco is a matchfor the Chargers' defense.

Prediction: San Francisco 42,San Diego 22.

You Heard it Here FirstScore of Super Bowl XXX:New England 38, Chicago 33In this rematch of Super Bowl

XX, two-time Coach of the YearWannestadt can't quite pull out thevictory over two-time Coach of theYear runner-up ParcelIs.

A much improved Steve Walshconfidently guides the Bearsthroughout the game (no intercep-tions), but the difference for thePatriots is the running of rookieback (brace yourself...) TyroneWheatley, who cuts through theChicago defense for 132 yards andtwo TD's.

Looks like staying in school wasa good move for Tyrone, after all.

TriviaSince we've been inundated with

football so long, we'll do a hockeyquestion, to celebrate the new (ifshortened) season.

Now that the Rangers have wontheir first Stanley Cup in 54 years,what team has gone the longestwithout winning the Cup? Sendanswers to sports@the-tcch. Win-ners see their name in print (ohjoy!).

And Finally...Answer to the last trivia ques-

tion, way back when: Charlie Wardof Florida State won last year'sHeisman. Charlie was not taken inthe NFL draft and now rides thepines for the Knicks. I lost the list ofpeople who got it right, but therewere about 20 people. Until nexttime...

Light, from Page 17 San Francisco is a 19-pointfavorite, the biggest spread in SuperBowl history. Unfortunately, it'swell justified. Steve Young anchorsthe most potent offensive attack inthe NFL, with a plethora of talentedreceivers and an offensive line thatcould give Garo Yepremian enoughtime to throw a good pass.

To make matters worse, it's ashard to score points on the Ninerdefense as it is to prevent theiroffense from scoring. Add a savvycoach in George Seyfert, and thisteam is the complete package.

On the other side, San Diego is- well, let's face it, it should bePittsburgh in this game. The Charg-ers were totally dominated on bothsides of the ball, but the Steelersinexplicably could not find the endzone. People (mostly from the SanDiego area) have said not to under-estimate the Chargers, and they

unfortunate that owners continue toreward this sort of mediocrity.

3. Dave Shuia, Cincinnati. So theBengals are a no-talent team. Shulais a no-talent coach. It's cute to havethese occasional father-sonmatchups with the Dolphins, butreally the only reason Dave isaround is because his dad is a bigshot and good friends with theBrown family, who still own mostof the Bengals.

Come on, folks, get a real coach!Like, uh, Sam Wyche! (insert

laughtrack here)

Top available coaches1: Jimmy Johnson. Maybe he's a

pipe dream. But every man has hisprice, and I'm willing to bet someteam has the money to match it.

2. Chuck Knox. The Rams weredefinitely not Chuck's team, butsome of the other teams around this

league currently have far worsecoaches (see above).

3. Bill McCartney. I'm not sureif the former Colorado coach isretiring for good, but it would beworth some teams' while to findout.

Biggest Surprise - not!The Rams moved to St. Louis. It

seemed fairly obvious that the movewould happen as the season wenton, as rumors and offers increased,and St. Louis built a new stadium tohouse the Rams.

The last straw was probablywhen a barbershop across the streetfrom the stadium started offeringfree haircuts to Rams players.

The Super BowlWe've finally come to the big

game, and unfortunately, it doesn'tlook all that big.

few years back.

Coaches who ought to be fired1. Wayne Fontes, Detroit. This

man got a two-year contract exten-sion?!? He should have been pub-licly hanged! Fontes has more talentthan he knows what to do with,which isn't saying much, since hewouldn't know what to do if he hadany less talent, either.

He runs a predictable offenseand an ineffective defense. HeyWayne, ever hear of a blockingback? How about pressuring thequarterback?

2. Art Shell, L.A. Raiders. TheRaiders are fairly good, it's true.But then again, so are the Lions.Like Fontes, Shell consistently turnsout good teams, but cannot takethem to the next level, and it's

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Berl and Cohen, from Page 16 ABC cuts to commercial and wefinally see the McDonald's SuperBowl guys having simultaneous car-diac arrests after their 432 consecu-tive Big Macs.

The Chargers get the ball ontheir own 12-yard line with 1:46remaining.

Dan Dierdorf proclaims, "This isthe best game I've ever been apartof except for every game I played atMichigan."

Stan .Humphries seizes themoment, finally emerging fromunder the shadow of Mark Rypien, alonely place indeed. He orchestratesa brilliant touchdown drive mixingscreens to Ronnie Hannrmon with 20-yard outs to the once again remark-ably recovered Mark Seay.

As Natrone Means plunges overthe glass chin of Ken Norton Jr. forthe touchdown with four secondsremaining, the Chargers narrow thedifference to 17-15. The 35,000strong (the Californians having leftmidway through the third quarter) atJoe Robbie Stadium spill their col-lective beer as, with a two pointconversion instituted this year, thegame could be sent into overtime.Thousands of miles away a Japan-ese family turns off the television.

San Diego lines up at the threeyard line for the final fateful snapand...

The Languid Metro AtlanticConference Game of the Week:

St. Bonaventure 67, Canisius 53.

Trivia of the WeekThis week's trivia question

comes from Super Bowls past:Who was the Baltimore Colts'

holder for Jim O'Brien's winningfield goal in Super Bowl V? Whowas the long snapper?

Last weeks answer: PeteGiflopolous. Kudos to Jim Parinellaand Dan Stine, who sent in the onlycorrect answers.

giddy over the realization that nextyear's Super Bowl will be XXX.Rice's faux pas turns out to be cost-ly as defensive lineman Shawn "myname is an adverb" Lee sacksYoung causing a fumble. TheChargers manage a field goal and gointo halftime trailing only 10-3.

Regis and Kathy Lee complete ariveting halftime interview of Frenchleader Francois Mitterand to the tuneof a Gershwin medley, and thou-sands of miles away another Japan-ese family turns off the television.

The second frame opens with asolid San Diego drive, featuring ahard charging Natrone "Bomb"Means bowling over an overmatchedDeion Sanders, leaving nothing but apile of dust, a few gold chains, and ablue checkered bandanna. Nonethe-less, the Lightning Bolts again fail topunch the ball in the endzone andclaw back to a 10-6 margin. On theensuing series, Junior Seau jarringlytackles rookie fullback WilliamFloyd for a loss causing his own leftarm to fall off. Teammate and place-kicker John "Chicken Con" Carneyoffers up his arm as a replacementand the game proceeds.

As the third quarter winds to aclose, the Niners lead 17-9 on acontroversial scoring play when,apparently buoyed by Steve's ances-tor Mormon founder BrighamYoung, a rash of boils and locustsbreaks out in the San Diego huddle.

The fourth quarter proves to beuneventful, however, until the finalminutes. With defensive coordinatorBill Arnsparger secretly stealingsignals of 49er offensive strategieswith the help of envious ex-SteelerLynn Swann on the sideline (thereason for the assassinationattempt), the Charger defense holdsthe Forty Niners scoreless until thetwo minute warning.

Track, from Page 20 er. As they paced each other, they set a pace that onlyone other runner was able to keep up with. They soonpulled away from him with 19 laps (out of 25)remaining, then had only each other to race against.

Darley made his move at the start of the final lapand proceeded to win the race. Seto sat behind Feld-man for the entire race, but then moved ahead on thehomestretch. Feldman was able to muster enoughenergy for the final sprint, but Seto edged him at thefinish line. Darley's winning time was 15:25.3, whileSeto recorded a 15:28.5 effort, 0. I seconds ahead ofFeldman.

Comeback win in relayThe last event of the day, the 4 x 400-meter relay,

is usually one of the most exciting ones. At thismeet, the relay race proved to be no exception.

All but four of the team members had finishedcompeting and were able to devote their energies tocheering on those on the track. Their support, inaddition to the actual race, electrified the atmosphereof the venue.

In the first two legs, Ed Patron '95, followed bySandholm, built up a lead, albeit a small one, forMIT over the team from Springfield College, theonly adversaries in the event.

However, Springfield took the lead near the endof the third leg, run by Frank Benham '97. The run-ners from Springfield established what seemed to bea comfortable margin as Benham passed off to theanchor, Ngwenya.

Nwgenya worked on reeling in the adversary andsuccessfully regained the lead for MIT near the endof the final backstretch. He managed to hold on tothe lead during the final sprint to the finish, in frontof an enthusiastic crowd.

This Friday, the team will compete at homeagainst Fitchburg, Colby College, Middlebury Col-lege, and Westfield State College. The team willhave then have three more home meets, includingthe New England Division III Championships onSaturday, Feb. 18.

Action on the trackOn the track, MIT placed at least one runner in

the top three in all but one event.The Engineers' dominance was not so apparent in

the sprint events, but they were still able to add tothe team score.

The best result-in the 55-meter was a fourth placeby Malik King '95. In the 55-meter high hurdles,Colin Page '95 finished second, while Light added afourth-place effort. In the 200-meter race, King fellslightly short of the win, coming in 0.02 secondsbehind the victor.

The Engineers attained the best results as the dis-tance increased.

Matt Sandholm '96 won the 400-meter race, in atime of 53.38 seconds. Marcelo Targino '96 came inright behind, with a time of 53.94, to give MIT thetop two places in the event. John Kim '98 finishedfourth with a time of 54.42, to complete a three-quarters sweep of the top four places.

Ed Patron '95 added to the list of first placeresults, winning the 500-meter event, with a time of1:09.5.

MIT took three of the top four in the 800-meterevent, led by Edgar Ngwenya '96. He and Joel Ford'98 led the pack for almost the entire race. However,a Springfield runner spent the time on their heels; hepassed Ford on the homestretch and nearly beatNgwenya to the finish line.

Ethan Crain '95 took first place in the 1500-meterrace, the same event that he won at the National Col-legiate Athletic Association Division III Champi-onships last spring. Crain came in with a winningtime of 4:00.30, ahead of Bryan Brown of Spring-field College, and Dan Helgeson '97. Later on, in the1000-meter eyent, Brown would come from behindto beat Crain to the finish line.

MIT's dominance was best shown in the 5000-meter race. From the beginning Jesse Darley '95, JoshFeldman '97, and Arnold Seto '96 ran the race togeth-

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Beri and Cohen, from Page 19 Bold Suggestion #1: Let Millerchallenge Bud in the Bud Bowl.

Thus far, Budweiser has a perpe-trated a scandal of Black Sox pro-portions on the fragile, instant-win-card-toting American people. Thegames are fixed more often than theneighborhood dogs as they suspi-ciously only play themselves. Thistravesty of justice must be put to anend. No more friendly home-brewedmatchups of Bud vs. Bud Light. Nomore "Oops, I hit you? Sorry." bat-tles of Bud against Bud Dry.

We demand that competitive fer-vor be reinstated into Jan. 29 andthat Budweiser be forced to provetheir barley against a tough, grittyMiller team, with the winner facingCoors in the final. It is time to putthe "spirit" back in Bud Bowl. Theprosecution rests.

Bold Suggestion #2: StanHumphries must play the entiregame in pantyhose.

The last time a Super Bowl waspredicted to be as one-sided as theTemple of Jerusalem, Joe Namathled a cocky group of New York Jetsover a powerhouse Colts team.Broadway Joe even went so far as toguarantee victory. Main Street Stanshould glean this lesson: Put a '90sslant on Namath and offer the view-ing audience a money back guaran-tee if the game stinks, and wearwomen's hosiery instead of gamepants.

Bold Suggestion #3: Simplyshow a rerun of the 1982 regularseason game between the two.

Back when three was companyand Kotter was still welcome, thisgame actually meant something..The tension was thick as Dan Foutsand Kellen Winslow engineered ascorching 41-37 come-from-behindvictory over a young but inalienablytalented Forty, Niner squad. Besides,the uniforms were far cooler backthen.

Bold Suggestion #4: Let eachteam play themselves:

Let's face it, the pre-game hypejust doesn't fire you up. Wouldn'twe all order another furlong ofheOagi;e' o 'n ["- "a ..r^-ufito t od_ -.. I j. IVl k. J t ! ll El u

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Wouldn't our collective adrenaiirrisc to sec if Dcion Sanders couiturn Jerry into Uncle Ben? Unformnnately, we may just be stuck watciing Gary "Liquid" Pluinmer try squeeze the Harmon (San Diegrunning back Ronnie) in the face cMr. Whipple, Bobby Ross.

Bold Suggestion #5: DallEjoins the AFC, enough said.

Bold Suggestion #6: HandicaSteve Young.

This week's 21-nun salute goeout to the golf guru who decidethat if we all can't play to the samability, let's subjugate the good gu?Here's the breakdown of the 19point spread in terms of StevYoung's relative health.

San Diego earns 3 points if th49er quarterback has to carry n'e.do-well investigative reporter Sa.Donaldson on his back the entirgame. The Chargers gamer 8 pointif Steve Young must have Englebe-Humperdink's Greatest Hits playinat ear piercing volume in his helmcthroughout. The Lightning Boltwill be only four point underdogsYoung is required to bleed interna-ly and will actually be favored btwo points if the San Francisco fieivgeneral is forced to hold a flypapemachete in both hands and charrhythmically, "OB-1 Kenobi, you'rmy only hope.

Official Super Bowl PredictionAnyway, with the fate of th-

world teetering in the balance, wpresent the official 1995 MudvillSuper Bowl XXIX prediction.

The first quarter starts withbang as San Diego receiver MarlSeay crumbles to the ground, victimof a errant bullet intended for AB.sideline reporter Lynn Swann. Th-game soon settles down as Sa.Francisco gets out to a 10-0 lead athe beginning of the second quarterThousands of miles away a Japarese family turns off the television.

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At center, Shaquille O'Neal isthe choice, though teammate TreeRollins deserves serious considera-tion. Shaq may not be able drink alittle boy's Pepsi, but he can doalmost everything else. Overpower-ing smaller players en route to theleague scoring lead, Shaq's gamestill has one gaping hole, butaccording to the bag man himself,he "shouldn't be expected to makefree throws."

The Inside PitchIn just six months, the baseball

strike has taken away four pennantraces, a run at Roger Maris' record,and a World Series. In the next sixmonths, it will claim Cal RipkenJr.'s historic effort to break LouGehrig's streak of consecutive

games played as another victim.However, this battle over salary

caps, pension funds, and revenuesharing is finally providing some-thing for fans of the national pas-time - a hearty laugh. Indeed, asspring training begins with replace-ment players, the 53-year-old PhilNiekro will be there, hoping to com-pete once again after a much-neededeight-year hiatus.

Ostensibly hoping to turn base-ball into a geriatrics lesson, theknuckleballer plans to take his Geri-tol to the mound and take a napbetween each inning. If the strikelasts long enough, Niekro couldbecome the first player to collect hispaycheck, pension fund, and socialsecurity check in the same month.

In a time when baseball fansshould be talking about MVPs, divi-sional contenders, and DannyTartabull, discussions focus on theNLRB, anti-trust law, and DanielPatrick Moynihan. The baseballstrike has made a mockery of thesport, and the next months of courtbattles, congressional debates, andknuckleballers who were over thehill in 1978 throwing pitches toFred, your neighborhood gasolineattendant by day, Red-Sox shortstopby night, will only add salt to thewound. An era in which excitingyoung players from Ken Griffey Jr.to Frank Thomas to Jeff Bagwellpromised to take the game to a newlevel has become a period of absur-dity which threatens to harm thegreat game irreparably.

Super Bowl Previewif last year's Super Bowl

matched David and Goliath, thisyear's big game might as well beDavid vs. The Marines. If youbelieve the oddsmakers, sportsreporters, and Mark the happy-go-lucky forensic detective, San Fran-cisco could beat San Diego withtheir hands glued to their shoes. Sowhy even play this game? -

We here in Mudville have a fewsuggestions that could make theStupor Bowl much more festivethan mst ,'an thlor ~prc inn ,slhor'o

Frank Gifford gets to dress up andwear make-up.

scoring, and it seems that Reggie isconserving his energy and will beready for Miller time in the play-offs.

Despite his constant belly-aching,Bulls' forward Scottie Pippen (yes,as of this writing, he's still a Bull)remains one of the best players in theleague. To be sure, Pippen has morewhines in him than the Napa Valley,but the fact that with an atrocioussupporting cast of Toni Kukoc and agroup of players who belong in theCBA the Bulls are over .500 is a tes-tament to Scottie's skills.

Larry "Grandmama" Johnson,who is having his best season ever,certainly deserves the start at powerforward. After the Hornets got off toa slow start, Johnson simply explod-ed, leading the Hornets to the divi-sional lead. LJ's dominance leaves

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Fear notL fans of the grid iron, Iam back from my long hiatus. Myapologies to all those loyal readerswho kept asking where the columnhad gone; I unfortunately suffered aseason-ending knee injury and couldno longer walk to the terminal totype up articles.

But that's over now, and it'stime for the Super Bowl Spectacu-lar! (Fanfare and loud applause.)Yes, the big game looks to be, asusual, a big blowout, but we'll getto that in a second. First, it's timefor a bonus prize: the year-endwrap-up of the National CollegiateAthletic Association season.

ahead runner with a few open-fieldmoves and a lot of blocking.Besides. he's quite unspectacular.

Carter, on the other hand, consis-tently made the big plays, and putup excellent numbers despite limit-ed playing time in most of hisgames (he was pulled when thegame was well in hand). In short,he's better than Salaam could hopeto be.

Steve McNair comes in at num-ber two but made an extremelyimpressive run at the Heisman. Thisyoung man has plenty of talent, andwould be just as stunning at a Divi-sion I-A school as he was at AlcornState. Look for him to quarterbackthe Oilers next season.

Best Quotes1. Brent Musburger, after a fum-

ble recovery by FSU's Sean Hamletduring the Sugar Bowl: "And Ham-let says, 'to thine own self be true.Gimme the ball.' "

Very Shakespearian, Brent.2. Dick Vermeil's equally witty

follow-up to number one: "Who didHamlet play for?"

3. Bobby Bowden, when asked ifhe planned to recruit yet anotherkicker this year: "I'm not gonnawaste any more money for FSU."

Right, they need all the moneythey can get to buy the playersshoes, cars, and grades.

Biggest Surprise - not!Rashaan Salaam's decision to

turn pro after Colorado's FiestaBowl victory.

Did anyone in the football-watchin' free world not see thiscoming? Let's see, if you were arunning back with limited (by pro-fessional standards) skills, and youjust happened to have a really goodyear because you had a good O-lineend your-team plays in the BigEight, and you actually won theHeisman Trophy, would you stick

we give the quarterback any moretime, could we pressure him anyless? i swear on one of the replays Isaw Kordell Stewart stop to tie hisshoe before throwing.

3. LSU's play-calling vs.Auburn. LSU had an 18-point leadon Auburn in the fourth quarter.What did they do? They threw theball. Did you ever wonder whyteams run the ball when they haveleads late in the game? It's not justto run the clock out. Auburnreturned three interceptions fortouchdowns in the final 9:43 to pullout the victory and keep a 15-gamewin streak alive.

Well, that was collegiate footballin a nutshell. Our football wrap-upcontinues after this word from oursponsor.

The Word from our SponsorGobbledygook (n.): wordy and

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And now, on to the NFLThe NFL was a barrel of laughs

this year - good thing, since it wasthe only major sport playing forthree months.

We saw the rise of the SanDiego Chargers (the Chargers? Inthe Super Bowl?), the fall of theBuffalo Bills (finally), the continu-ing comebacks of Joe Montana andDan Marino, and the NFC Central,also known as Pete Rozelle's DreamDivision (can you say parity?) In afew days, it will all be over, andthose idiots in the Bud Bowl com-mercials (not Chris Berman)-willhave to get real jobs. On to the sea-son review.

Player of the Year1. Barry Sanders, Detroit2. Steve Young, San Francisco3. Rod Woodson, PittsburghYoung is definitely an incredible

quarterback, perhaps one of the bestever.

But he's up against one of thebest running backs ever, andnobody, but nobody, carries a teamlike Barry carries the Lions. RodWoodson gets the nod over Defen-sive Player of the Year DeionSanders because Woodson actuallytackles people and gets dirty insteadof strutting all over the field.

Plays of the Year1. Any Deion Sanders intercep-

tion return. What the man lacks inguts, he makes up for in glitz, andany time you throw a ball his way,you're asking for trouble.

2;-Joe Montana's game-winningtouchdown drive - Kansas City vs.Denver. Okay. this is more than justone play, but Montana's poise andprecision under pressure is some-thing to be admired, as it has beenfor years.

3. The interception-lateral-returnfor a touchdown, Miami vs. KansasCity. I don't even remember thenames of the players involved inthis one (beer will do that to you),but this pretty play broke KC's backin this game, and nearly broke a ref-eree's arm, too.

Coach of the YearDave Wannestadt, Chicago.

Hands-down, no contest.Sure, you could argue for some

other coaches, but the fact is thatmaybe half a dozen teams in theleague are as untalented as theBears, and certainly no team with awinning record. Wannestadt took abunch of nobodys and led them to aplayoff win, and that is fairlyincredible.

Bill Parcells gets an honorablemention for leading the Pet Rocks tothe second season just two yearsafter they posted a 1-15 record.Reminds me of what Jimmy John-son did for a 1-15 Cowboy squad a

around and get an education?

Plays of the Year1. The Catch - Colorado vs.

Michigan. By now, everyone whowould read this column has seenthis replayed until they see it in theirsleep, so I won't go into too muchdetail, suffice to say that it's hard toargue that this wasn't the mostexciting play of the year in collegefootball.

2. The old fake-the-injury-and-then-come-back-in-and-throw-the-audibled-touchdown-pass play -Danny Wuerffel, Florida vs. Alaba-ma. Wuerffel wins the Jurgen Klins-mann award for best imitation of asoccer player with his dive in theSEC championshi p game. His"comeback" from. an apparentlyserious injury two plays later rattledAlabama and opened the door forthe Gator victory.

3. Yet Another Last-SecondField Goal to Beat the Irish-Remy Hamilton, Michigan vs. NotreDame. The Wolverines were on thewinning end of this play, as ToddCollins drove them 54 yards in 45seconds to set up Hamilton's hero-ics. Once again, Lou Holtz scorestoo soon.

Most Boneheaded Decisionsi. Bobby Bowden goes for I -

FSU vs. Florida. I know, there wastime left, and Bobby said he wantedhis players to get at least the tie andthe knowledge that they had made agreat comeback. i say, tie, shmie.Florida State had scored four timesin 12 minutes. They had walked allover the Gators in the fourth quar-ter. Florida would not have stoppeda two-point conversion. Even if theyhad, there was time left, go for thewin then. It was already a greatcomeback; Bowden missed hischance to make it legendary.

2. Michigan's defense of TheCatch. Three men up front? Could

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Last Thursday, the squash team suffered a 9-0 loss to AmherstCollege at the DuPont Athletic Center.

The team had only five varsity members present and had to bringup players from the junior varsity squad to fill the remaining posi-tions. Despite a valiant effort, the Engineers lost each of the matchesagainst the nation's fourth-ranked team in straight games.

The best showing came at first singles, where Andrew' Downer'96 went down, 15-10, 15-13, 15-7. In terms of total points won, thenext best result came from Mike Chatwin '97, at ninth singles, 15-9,15-8, 15-11.

The meet was the first of 1995 for the team, whose record is now1-5. The next contest will take place this afternoon at home againstYaie University.

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By David Berl and Jeremy Cohen but if players were judged on per-formance alone, they would be inthe mid-winter classic.

Western Conference:At point guard, the steady John

Stockton is an obvious selection.Averaging almost two assists morethan any other player, Stockton isthe perfect point guard, a playerwho combines sharp passing with asolid offensive repertoire and playsdefense like a fly who refuses to goaway - not overpowering, butannoying and disruptive.

Joining Stockton in the backcourt should be Dallas guard JimmyJackson. While point guard JasonKidd has received the bulk of thecredit for the Mavs' improvement,the attention should focus on Jack-son, who has more offensive movesthan X-Lax and the savvy to controlgames.

At small forward, Phoenix cast-away Cedric Ceballos should get thenod. Languishing on the benchbehind Sir Charles, Ceballos.hadnary an opportunity to display hasimpressive skills. However, given achance to become the focus of anoffense by Laker GM Jerry "Northby North" West, the chizzled for-ward has put the show back inShowtime and led the Magic-lesspurple monsters to renewed glory.

Karl Malone, the man who hasdefined the power forward positionfor the last five years, is having one-of his best seasons ever and certain-ly deserves a spot on the team. Likea fine wine, Malone has improvedwith age and is a major reason whythe Jazz have the third best record inthe league. Last season, theMailman seemed uninspired, butapparently his lack of energy wasnothing a fight with an obnoxious,350-pound owner couldn't cure.

Starting at center in the Westernconference should be the NBA'sbest player, Hakeem "call meAkeem but spell my name different-ly" Olajuwon. Though the Rocketshave been struggling, their centerhas remained a scoring, rebounding,passing, stealing, blocking machine.Other than rack up endorsements, isthere anything Olajuwon cannot do?

Eastern Conference:Starting at point guard for the

Eastern conference should be bud-ding superstar Anfernee "Penny"Hardaway. Hardaway has had aspectacular year, thanks to animproved jumper (perfected in theoff-season filming of anothermovie) and an uncanny ability tosee the court. The Magic has arrivedas the best team in the league, andalong with its undersized center(Tree Rollins, of course), Hardawayis the major reason for Orlando'ssuccess.

Though Reggie Miller has notexploded into a zone (ask JohnStarks for details), he has been amodel of consistency for thevagabond and his Pacers. Miller hastaken advantage of the shorter three-point line to lead the solid Pacers in

Finally, the sport which usuallysettles its disputes with forearms,fists, and vicious blows (no, TonyaHarding fans, not full-contact figureskating) has broken away from thebargaining table and onto the ice. Inhonor of the abridged hockey sea-son, we give you an abridged guideto the teams to watch in 1995 - theyear of the lawyer in the sports' cal-endar.

In the Eastern Conference, theRangers are still the team to beat.With most of the nucleus returning,a repeat is possible, but losing coachMike "Benedict Arnold" Keenanwill hurt the club come playofftime. Rangers' fans, can you say2047?

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Canadiens' inability to light thet lamp will be their undoing. The rest

of the conference is replete with'f strong clubs, including the Devils,S Penguins, and Bruins, but unless

I Martin Brodeur scores 50 goals, from his own cage, Mario Lemieux' pulls a Sugar Ray Leonard and,1 miraculously returns, or Cam "an

orthopedist's worst nightmare"Neely actually plays more than 20games, none of these teams have thefire-power to take the cup.

Therefore, the surprise pick forthe Stanley Cup playoffs is the Buf-falo Sabres, who should get banneryears from Pat LaFontaine "ofyouth", Alexander Mogilny, andgoalie Dominik Hasek.

In the Western Conference, thefield is wide open, and in this threemonth marathon which the NHLcalls a season, anything is possible.Expect a strong campaign fromPavel "Rasberry" Bure and theCanucks, who will be riding themomentum of their playoff run andthe extraordinary skills of goalie"Captain" Kirk McLain.

However, Vancouver is unlikelyto reach the Cup finals again, large-ly due to the abundance of talent inDetroit and Toronto. The RedWings have more weapons than theMarines, with the dangerous SteveYzerman and Sergei Federov head-ing the list. However, just like there

L is no "I" in Yzerman, there is no"D" in Detroit, an Achilles heelwhich even lowly "Yes Way" SanJose was able to exploit ill last

i years' playoffs.9 Therefore, the pick from

Mudville to represent the WesternConference in the Stanley Cup

I finals is the Toronto Maple Leafs,with Doug "I have less hair thanArtis" Gilmour and goalie Felix"the Cat" Potvin leading the way.

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in their routine, costing them half apoint in deductions. However, bothfinished strongly to give the Engi-neers a 5.6 and 6.7, respectively.

Brian Clarkson '97 had a bit oftrouble with the next event, therings, as did Geoffrey Phillippe '95;yet both came out with fair scores of4.65 and 5.25 respectively. Cooperhit his best routine this season, giv-ing him an 8.15, and Lobban, whilelacking a dismount due to a kneeinjury sustained last season atNationals, still achieved a very solidscore of 7.7.

Co-captain Scott Lazerwith '95MIT's strongest ring-man, had somedifficulties with a new routine, yethe managed to score a 7.2. To finishthe event, Eliefson held two strongiron crosses and dismounted to animpressive 8.5.

On the vault, Phillippe fell on hishandspring, yet still landed a 6.8;fo allowed by Shectman andGolornbek who vaulted their way toa 7.4 and 7.8.

Young, who does a more diffi-cult vault, did not complete his twistand still received a 7.25. Ellefsonflew high and far, contributing to anexcellent vault and deserving scoreof 8.35. Last up with a handspring-

front was Cooper, who despite tak-ing a couple of steps on his landing,received a meet high 8.55.

Golombek and Van were the firsttwo up on the parallel bars, swing-ing their way to a 3.5 and 4.65, suc-ceeded by Cooper with a 7.0. Thejudges gypped Lazerwith - whoseroutine, above all other things,included a unique one arm hand-stand - with a 6.25. Lobban,unable to dismount due to his knee,had a few problems with form andstill achieved a 7.35, while Ellefsonswung effortlessly to an 8.05.

The horizontal bar was the finalevent of the day. All of the Engi-neers hit their routines - makingall of their tricks, giving the team anice score.

Van received a 4.6; Young, a4.75; Shectman, a 6.0; Ellefson, a7.05; Cooper, a 7.3; and Lobban, a7.15.

Ellefson, overall, had a veryimpressive day, scoring an all-timepersonal best of 45.75. Likewise,Cooper made it through with a sea-son-high score of 46.35.

Saturday was a good showingfor the Engineers; a stepping-stonein their quest for a trip to the nation-al competition in April.

Last Saturday, the men's gym-nastic team traveled to DartmouthCollege where it posted a notewor-thy win, scoring a season-high172.6 points to Dartmouth's 133.75.

The first event was the floorexercise. Dave Golombek '98, start-ed the Engineers off with a score of5.6. Next up was Brian Young '96,scoring a 6.65. Chris Van '97,despite touching down on his lastpass, scored a 6.75, while Art Shect-man '95, nailed his most difficultpass for a 6.9.

Team veteran and co-captainChris Ellefson '95, achieved a 7.4,despite having a bit of trouble withhis routine. Finally, Rob Cooper'97, finished a nice routine with fewerrors, giving him a 8.65.

Pommel horse was next; an eventthat challenges the small, 4-manhorse team to do their best becausefour scores (from a 6-man maximumline-up) on each event are used indetermining the overall team score.

Van, first up on the horse, scoreda 4.35, while Ellefson followed byhitting his routine for a 6.4. AndyLobban '97 and Cooper were thenext up; unfortunately both had a fall

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Amy M. Smith '98 hits the ball over the net during the compe-tition sponsored by the Intercollegiate Volleyball Club on Sun-day. Her team beat 11 other women's teams that competed.

By Roger CrosleySPOR TS INFORMA TION DIRECTOR

Scholar-Athlete for cross country.

Women's and men's basketballBasketball players Keith Whalen

'96 of the men's squad and C.J.Doane '95 of the women's teamhave each been named to the EasternCollege Athletic Conference NewEngland Division III Weekly HonorRoil for the week ending Jan. 14.

Whalen scored 64 poiniis adilgrabbed 32 rebounds in a weekwhere MIT won three games.Whalen had a career high 34 pointsin a 75-72 victory over Clark Uni-versity.

Doane led the women to a 1-1record for the week by tallying 42points and 1 5 rebounds. She had 27points on 12 for 18 shooting in aloss to Brandeis University. Doanehas led the Engineers to a 9-3 startthis season. Only the 1986-87 teamwhich began the year 10-3 has hada better opening record.

Women's gymnasticsThe women's gymnastics team

has broken the school scoringrecord three times in the first fourmeets of the season. The team brokethe 170 point barrier for the firsttime in a 172.875 -170.200 loss toSpringfield College, and surpassedthat score in a meet against YaleUniversity and Comell University.

Football offensive guard CoreyFoster '95 was named the winner ofa National Collegiate Athletic Asso-ciation Postgraduate Scholarship.

Foster is one

TSport of only 29Ly^/US Cd scholar-ath-ry7- _, ̂ ^ letes from allhPCOt'r 6 NCAA divi-

sions in thecountry to win the $5,000 award.

In the six years MIT athleteshave been eligible for the footballscholarship, the Institute has had awinner in each of four years. Fosteris a materials science major whowill continue his graduate studies atMIT.

Soccer midfielder Dave Roberts'95 was named to the 1994 NewEngland Region Adidas ScholarAthlete Soccer All-America secondteam.

Jesse Dariey '95 was named theConstitution Athletic ConferenceScholar-Athlete of the Year. Darley,who has placed ninth, third, first andsecond in his four appearances inthe CAC Championships, is a twotime NCAA Division III All-Ameri-ca as well as twice being namedAcademic All-America.

Darley is the second consecutiveMIT runner to be named the CAC

By Daniel WangSPORTS EDITOR

the triple jump. Ugarov won the event, leaping a dis-tance of 43' 5-1/2", while Hoang captured third, witha distance of 40' 7". Hoang also placed second in thelong jump, traveling 20' 2-3/4", a little less thanseven inches short of the winning mark by JamesImbert of UMass at Dartmouth.

In the pole vault, competitors were Cd mliilatedone-by-one with every notch the bar.was raised.With the bar set at a height of 12' 0", Jason Melvin'97 and Alfred Hernandez '95 were all whoremained. Hernandez was not able to clear theheight, but Melvin did. He ended up spending muchtime by himself, trying to clear each successiveheight. Melvin would go on to clear 12' 6" and 13'0", but could not advance further. Michael DeMassa'97 cleared a height of 11' 6" for third place, thuscompleting MIT's sweep.

The Engineers scored points in the throwingevents. but were not as successful as in other events,placing only one persv.n inl thb top three in both the35-pound weight throw and the shot put.

John Wallberg '96 won the 35-lb. weight throw,tossing the bag a distance of 48' 9-1/2", more thanfive and a half feet farther than the next best result.Wallberg also finished second in the shot put, with adistance of 44' 2", two feet short of the winningeffort and closer to the rest of the field than in theweight throw.

Last Saturday, the men's indoor track and fieldteam won its first meet of the season, which was heldat the Johnson Athletic Center. By winning the quad-ratngular meet, the team now has a record of 3-0.

The Engineers demonstrated their advantage of alarger team size, and to a greater extent, the ability toconsistently place top-three finishers in severalevents. Their final team score of 298.5 points easilyoutdistanced Springfield College, the University ofMassachusetts at Dartmouth, and Fitchburg StateCollege, which scored 139.5, 61, and 31 points,respectively.

Field events- In the field events, the Engineers achieved the

most success in the competitions which involvedclearing vertical heights, as they .swept the ton threeplaces in the highjump and in the pole vault.

Andy Ugarov '95 led the way in the high jump,winning on his first attempt of the day, with the barset at 6 feet, 2 inches. He would improve his result to6' 6".

Both Dennis Dougherty '98 and Bo Light '96cleared a final height of 6' 0", but Dougherty wasawarded second on the basis of fewer misses. HungHoang '96 added a fourth place finish, with a resultof 5' 10".

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Juliet C. Midgiey '98 swims tha 500-yard freestyle in the swim meet against Tufts University heldon Friday. She placed fourth In the race.

Season-High Score Lifts Men'sGymnastics past Dartmouth

foster arns Awd Indoor Track & Field Team OffTo a 3-0 Start after Opener

UPCOMING HOME EVENTSWednesday, Jan. 25Squash vs. Yale University, 4 p.m.Wrestling vs. Boston College and Bridgewater State College, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 26Women's Swimming vs. Babson College, 7 p.m.

Friday, Jais. 7Indoor Track and Field vs. Fitchburg State College, Colby College,

Middlebury College, and Westfield State College, 6 p.m.Men's Ice Hockey vs. University of Pennsylvania, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 28Rifle at Beanpot Shootout, 9 a.m.Wrestling vs. Norwich University and Western New -England

College, I p.m.Squash vs. Bates College, 2 p.m.Women's Ice Hockey vs. College of in-iheHoly C-ross,-2 p. --.

Sunday,Jan. 29Rifle at Beanpot Shootout, 9 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 31Women's Basketball vs. Rivier College, 5:30 p.m.Men's Basketball vs. New England College, 7:30 P.m.-