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This is the last scheduledissue of The Tech for 1994.The Tech will be publishedon the four Wednesdays ofIndependent Activities Peri-od: Jan. 11, Jan. 18, Jan. 25,and Feb. 1. Advertising andletters for these issues are dueMonday at 4:30 p.m. RegularTuesday-Friday publicationwill resume Feb. 7.

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sis capabilities in an effort to bringstudents closer to real life experi-mentation."

The rationale behind the changewas to provide more theoreticalbackground and add exciting topics,such as special relativity, to thephysics program, Bradt said.

Physics majors in the Class of1998 and future classes will have totake either 8.122 or Advanced Clas-sical Mechanics (8.21), both six-unitclasses, during one of their lAP's,Bradt said.

Another motivation for requiringcourses over lAP was to give stu-dents time to focus on a single sub-ject, Bradt said. "If someoneimmerses themselves in a topic forfour weeks, it's a rich experience."

A further reason is that more fac-uity are available to teach classesduring IAP, Bradt said. Also, "the[MIT] budget is squeezing thedepartments," so maximizingresources was a factor, he said.

Bradt said that adding a six-unitcourse would not be too much of a

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middle of a first-floor bathroom,prompting a dormitory-wide evacu-ation ["Fire in MacGregor CausesEvacuation," Dec. 6].

Also, Burton-Conner residentshave been in a state of elevatedawareness since early October,when Burton-Conner was the site offour attempted fires -- all of whichinvolved setting newspaper, papertowels, and other flammable materi-al on top of lit kitchen stove burners["Police Investigate Burton FireScare," Oct. 18].

Glavin said that it is still tooearly to tell if the events are related."These things are not commonplace.... It can take some time to solve,"she said.

Glavin did offer a warning. "I'llbe completely frank about this: Ifwe find out there's someoneinvolved in this, we'll prosecutethem," Glavin said. "When you talkabout arson, that's a serious situa-tion."

By Ramy A. ArnaoutNEWS EDITOR

The Campus Police and theCambridge firc department areinvestigating what appeared to be acase of attempted arson in a Burton-Conner House suite kitchen earlyWednesday morning, said CampusPolice Chief Anne P. Glavin.

Campus Police arrived at thedormitory around 6:12 a.m., after asuite 222 resident reported findingpaper towels and a roli of toiletpaper on the kitchen stove next to alit burner, Glavin said.

When the suite had beenchecked by a night watchman atabout 5 a.m., the stove had been offand clear, said Kenneth Donaghey,Burton-Conner house manager.

While no material actuallycaught fire, "it would go up prettyfast if it ignited," Glavin said. "The[burner] was on full blast."

The incident followed a possiblearson attempt the previous Sundayat MacGregor House, where a rollof toilet paper was set on fire in the

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"Cambridge is the most affect-ed" by the elimination of rent con-trol, Patton said. Most graduate stu-dents who live off campus live inCambridge or Somerville. InSomerville, "rents are generallylower," she said.

Some students think that theywill have to move out of their apart-ments if rent control is abolished. "Idon't think that I can afford anincrease in my rent," Heinrich J.Schwarz G said.

Schwarz currently pays $475 permonth for his Cambridge apartment."More than a 5 percent increase"would force him to move out, hesaid. "It's very hard at the momentto say what I am going to do,"

By Stacey E. BlauSTAFF REPORTER

The looming issue of the elimi-nation of rent control in Cambridgemay have implications for manyMIT graduate students and thehousing situation at MIT.

On election day in November-Massachusetts voters narrowlyapproved Question 9, a measure thatwill end rent control as of Jan. 1, inCambridge, Brookline, and Boston,the only communities in Massachu-setts with rent control. The ballotquestion was approved by 51 per-cent of the voters.

The Cambridge City Councilattempted to stave off the end ofrent control by passing a home-rulepetition which would phase out rentcontrol in Cambridge over a five-year period.

Massachusetts Gov. WilliamWeld vetoed the bill on Friday.Brookline and Boston have passedsimilar home rules which Weld hasindicated he will veto as well.

The elimination of rent controlmay have consequences for MITgraduate students, 70 percent ofwhom live off campus, said LindaL. Patton, housing manager of theGraduate Housing Office. Approxi-mately 15 percent of M IT graduatestudents live in rent-controlledapartments, she said.

"The rental market has gottentighter" over the past few years, Pat-ton said. "The end of rent controlmeans that rents off campus willprobably go up in general, and therewill be fewer apartments" available."There will be more competition foraffordable housing," she said.

Rent-controlled apartments aredifficult to find, in part because oftheir scarcity, Patton said. They are"rarely advertised" and "mostly dis-covered by word of mouth," shesaid.

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Rent Control, Page 17Benton said. ;"It's very difficult tothink of a required course thatdoesn't have to happen at a precisemoment in a student's career."

Also, "there's still the issue that[the class] should be a course forIAP, not just a compressed lecturecourse." These factors make it chal-lenging to create required classesfor IAP, Benton said.

Currently, the physics depart-ment is the only one that has con-crete plans to offer mandatorycourses exclusively during IAP,Benton said.

Physics will offer IAP labDuring IAP 1995, the physics

department will offer AdvancedProject Laboratory (8.122), a coursethat emphasizes computationalexperimentation, said Professor ofPhysics Hale V.D. Bradt PhD '61.

The laboratory course is one partof an entire curriculum revision inthe Department of Physics, whichwill involve the addition of severalcourses in subsequent years, Bradtsaid. The project lab will "featurecomputerized data-taking and analy-

By Venkatesh SatishSTAFF REPORTER

Though the calendar changesmade in spring 1993 allow depart-ments to offer one requirementexclusively during IndependentActivities Period starting with thisacademic year, departments havemade few efforts to do so for IAP1995.

"We've had some inquiries, butnothing is in place this year," saidProfessor of Media Arts and Sci-ences Stephen A. Benton '63, whoheads the IAP Policy Committee.

There are a number of reasonsfor the slow progress, one of whichis the time it takes to adapt currentrequired courses to the IAP format,according to Benton.

"The best use of IAP for

required courses is going to requirea modularization of courses thatdoesn't exist yet. ... I think an idealcourse is six units, and there aren't alot of six-unit courses on hand."

Another reason for lack of suchrequired courses this iAP is thatdepartments cannot force students totake the class in a specific year,

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Federal auditors recommend that President Clinton's 1992 cam-paign repay the Treasury a record $4.1 million because they said thecampaign was not entitled to all the federal matching funds itreceived.

The Federal Election Commission is scheduled on Wednesday todiscuss the audit findings, which question the campaign's decision togive bonuses to certain employees and disallows payments for twomissing rental cars. Last week, auditors suggested that then-PresidentGeorge Bush's 1992 campaign repay $1.3 million, but the six-mem-ber commission cut that amount in half.

The Clinton campaign also disagrees with the audit findings, saidcampaign committee attorney Lyn Utrecht, and "we feel confidentthat the commission will too." The campaign committee has a right toa hearing after the FEC votes on the matter. The Clinton Democraticprimary campaign, which raised $25 million and received another$12.5 million in federal matching funds, was the main target of theauditors' criticism. They determined it owes the Treasury $3.8 mil-lion and questioned the bonuses to campaign workers.

The Clinton-Gore general election campaign, which received $55million in federal funds, should repay $254,546, they said.

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opposition to the "Great Society"programs of the 1960s. "I don'tbelieve social engineering works. Idon't believe building ... large cen-tralized government structuresworks."

Within the first two months of1995, Gingrich said "probably themost fiscally conservative Congresssince the '20s" would consider apackage of spending cuts in the 1995budget that will be "pretty big, Ithink." He said House Republicanleaders have asked incoming Appro-priations Chairman Bob Livingston,R-La., to make the spending cuts "asbig as you're comfortable" making.

A Livingston aide said the pack-age would range "somewhere in thebillions" and would be developedduring Appropriations Committeehearings the first two weeks of Janu-ary. "They're going to specificallybe hearings or, what to cut ... andwhy," the aide said. "Most appropri-ations hearings are on what we needto spend and why."

On environmental regulation,Gingrich cited warnings from gov-ernors that a 1995 deadline forstates to reduce certain air pollutantswould create "an economic catastro-phe of the first order." The deadlinewas set in the Clean Air Act of1990, which Gingrich supported onan overwhelming vote for Housepassage.

"Every governor I talk to saysthis is going to be a crisis in 1995,"Gingrich said, specifically mention-ing Massachusetts, New York, NewJersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Cal-ifornia. Virginia hias also experi-enced trouble corning up with a planto meet the clean air standards.

In a letter to President ClintonMonday, Gingrich joined otherGOP leaders of the House and Sen-ate in proposing a 100-day morato-rium on new federal regulations.They asked the administration touse the time to review the regulatorsburden and recommend cuts in redtape.

Gingrich indicated that the weakpolitical constituencies for theDepartments of Housing and UrbanDevelopment and Energy wouldmake them prime candidates forcuts in the bureaucracy. He cited "avery limited constituency" for Encr-gy.

"I would argue that you couldabolish HUD tomorrow morningand improve life in most of Ameri-ca," he predicted, before adding: '"Ithink HUD's reputation is noAw sobad ... and the whole public hous-ing policy has been such a failurethat it's very hard to sustain HUlD. "

But Gingrich said the federalgovernment could still increase thestock of low-income housing, forexample, by giving HUD-ownedland to Habitat for Humanity, a vol-unteer group that builds homes forthe poor. He wore a lapel pin of thenonprofit group more identified \N;ithanother Georgian, former PresidcentJimmy Carter. "We are looking atcreating a tax credit for people togive money to private sector instiT.,:-tions that care for the poor." (;in-grich said.

He called himself a cautiousbeliever in supply side economics,the theory embraced by Presid:entRonald Reagan that tax cuts gct;r:;-ate more than enough economicactivity to pay for thernseIvc>.

By Kenneth J. CooperTHE WASHINGTON POST

WASIliNGTON

House Speaker-to-be Newt Gin-grich, R-Ga., Monday charted asprawling map of Republican path-ways to a limited federal govern-ment, promising a "pretty big"package of spending cuts early nextyear, floating the idea of a one-yearmoratorium on clean air regulationsand identifying Energy and Housingand Urban Development as cabinetagencies most vulnerable to elimi-nation.

Gingrich expanded his proposedalternatives to federal antipovertyprograms by suggesting tax creditsto encourage charitable donations tohelp the poor and saying he pre-ferred the welfare revisions thatgovernors have proposed over thosein the Gingrich-inspired "Contractwith America." He similarly calledfor loosening federal control. overMedicaid, the state-federal healthprogram for the poorest Americans.

Three weeks from becoming thefirst Republican speaker in 40 years,Gingrich also endorsed a term limitof eight years on speakers, similarto the restriction that the Constitu-tion imposes on presidents.

Besides his proposals on specificfederal policies, Gingrich sketchedout his views on broader issues ofgovernment, economics and raceduring a two-hour luncheon withWashington Post editors andreporters. The former history pro-fessor studded his responses withverbal footnotes to the books of his-torians.

·"I'm not anti-govemnment," Gin-grich declared in explaining his

SAN FRANCISCO

The package bomb that killed a prominent New York advertisingexecutive Saturday was mailed here a week earlier by an elusive seri-al bomber whose devices are becoming increasingly sophisticated,the FBI said Monday.

Frustrated investigators, who have been searching for the bomberfor more than 16 years, said the culprit now may be based in the SanFrancisco area and urged residents to consider whether he may besomeone they know.

"He may even appear to be a very nice guy," said Jim R. Freeman,special agent in charge of the San Francisco FBI office. "He mightnot stand out in a community. He could easily be the person livingnext door."

The FBI has offered a $1 million reward for the capture of thebomber and. for the first time in its history, has posted a notice on theInternet appealing for leads in the case.

The bomber, believed to be a white male, has mailed or planted 15explosive devices spanning the continent from the University of Cali-fornia, Berkeley, to Yale University, killing two and injuring 23 since1978.

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Warer's Interactive TV TrialTo Begin in 5 Orlando Homes

THE WASHtINGTON POST

Not far from the make-believe futurism of Disney World andEpcot Center, a few ordinary households are about to get a glimpse ofwhat may be the real thing.

In the most elaborate test of interactive television technology yetdevised, Time Warner Inc. and a team of high-technology companiesarc about to switch on a system that will allow selected residents ofsuburban Orlando to shop, choose movies and play electronic gameswith their neighbors without leaving their sofas.

On Wednesday, Time Warner will demonstrate publicly its " FuiiService Network" for the first time. It is now hooked up to just fivehomes: plans call for 4,000 to be connected by the middle of next year.

Initially, Time Warner says, residents hooked up to the networkwill be able to view instantly any of 50 movies at $3 a pop, and stop,fast-forward or rewind their selections as if watching a videocassettetape. They will be able to scroll through videos fromrn a half-dozenretailers, including Crate & Barrel and the U.S. Postal Service, andorder products by using a remote control.

WEATHERA Chilling Outlook

By Gerard RoeSTAFF METEOROLOGIST

By Margaret Shapiroand Fred Hiatt7THE WA4SHINGTO()N POST

back into the Russian lold peaceful-ly, a delegation of Russian officialsopened negotiations with Chechenofficials in Vladikavkaz, just westof 't.nChechya, q !lndlOc-kr erncl!ve

1,000 miles south of Moscow that ishome to about 1.2 naillion people ofobscure, non-Slavic origin with atradition of pugnacious indepen-dence.

The United States and mostother foreign governments refi-ainedfroln direct comment on the opera-tion -- Russia's largest militaryoffensive since the Afghanistan war- saying that, unlike Afghanistan,Chechnya was an internal Russianaffair. But nearby Turkey, wheremany ethnic Chechens live andwhose relations with Russia havebeen strained in recent months,expressed "great concern" andcalled for a peaceful solution.Another interested regional force,Ukraine, also was watching devel-opments with "alarnn and concern,"according to a Foreign Ministrystatement in Kiev.

Chechnya, an oil-rich, largelyMuslim territory that borders sever-al other quasi-autonomous, Russian-ruled regions just west of the Caspi-an Sea, unilaterally declared itsindependence three years ago, whenthe Soviet Union was collapsing andmany of the scores of peoples whomake up the Russian Federationwere growing restive. Since then,Yeltsin has brought the rest of thisvast country back under Kremlinsway, but Chechnya has stubbornlyheld out, although it has received nointernational recognition of itsclaimed sovereignty.

Russian officials maintain thatthe Chechens and their leader, a for-mer Soviet air force officer named

Dzhokar Dudayev, have turned ti,:irregion into a lawiess nest of i":"straders, money launderers and ga?-stcrs who threaten Moscow and theentire country. Many Chcchenl.whose ancestors fought Russiandomination for decades in the i 'thcentury and who themselves sit'-fered heavily under Soviet ili'!c.view their struggle as one of nati, -al and religious liberation.

The current crisis began when asemi-covert Russian operation tosupport Kremlin loyalists in Chech-nya failed dismally, with dozens ofRussian soldiers and mercenariesbeing taken captive. Humiliated andapparently at the limit of lIispatience, Yeltsin ordered theChechens to lay down their arms orface the consequences, altlhoughLCaucasian fogs, snow and shortDecember days make this an inaus-picious time for military operations.

Russian troops and tanks, fromthe army and Interior Ministry secu-rity units, initially intended to closein on Chechnya's capital, Grozny,from three directions with hundredsof armored vehicles and as many as40,000 troops, according to reportsfrom the region. But two of thethree columns were delayed byopposition in neighboring Muslillregions, Dagestan and lngusheLia,and by attacks from Chechens thellm-selves.

About 60 Russians soldiers andofficers were captured by localbands supporting Chechnya's inde-pendence near the Dagestan-Checil-nya border on Sunday and Monday,local officials reported. A handfilwere released Monday night, andDagestani officials told RtiIn....reporters that the rest also wouldsoon be freed.

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away southern region of Chechnyaran into military and political flakon its second day Monday asChechnya's neighbors in the Cauca-sus Mountains harassed and cap-tured advancing troops and Chechenforces challenged the more numer-ous and better-equipped Russians ina rocket battle.

As Russian fighter-bombers,attack helicopters and columns oftanks closed in on the capital of theseparatist region, Russian PresidentBoris Yeltsin's decision to launchthe offensive came under attackhere from an unusual alliance ofCommunists and formerly loyaldemocratic reformists. Outside thegovernment, only nationalistextremists like Vladimir Zhiri-novsky and a handful of politicalreformist democrats were support-ing the action.

Many Russians, strife-weary andyearning for tranquility, seemed tobe watching the events with waryconcern amid warnings that the mil-itary thrust could escalate into abroader Caucasus war and provokeretaliatory terrorism throughoutRussia. But many also seemed pre-pared to wait and see. Demonstra-tions in Moscow against the opera-tion attracted only small crowds,and parliament did not meet Mon-day.

Yeltsin defended the use of forceas essential to restoring constitution-al rule in Russia and said the crisismust be "resolved immediately."Saying they still hope to end theconfrontation and bring Chechnya

High pressure extends over New England at the moment givingblue skies and the briskest weather of the season to date. As the highspins on its wheels, the flow will switch to northerly and then to east-erly by Wednesday. This easterly flow means that the warm ocean airrises up over the cold land air mass giving clouds and a chance ofprecipitation. It is certainly cold enough for snow, but the strongestlifting should occur to the south, so we may well be spared the flur-ries. In the longer term outlook, the high pressure will slowly drift offto the northeast and as the flow becomes southerly temperatures willslowly rise. However, as the high moves off, it leaves a slot in itswake into which a storm system may develop. The long range fore-casts tentatively predict that occurring at the weekend or early nextweek. So keep one eye out on the weather if you have travel plans forearly next week.

Today: Clear in the morning but clouds building up during theafternoon. Winds fromrn the no'-thcas at. around 1n0- 5 mph (16-24kph). Uncomfortably chilly temperatures continuing. High 33°F(I °C).

Tonight: Increasing clouds. Winds dying down a little. Low 22°F(-6°C).

Wednesday: Cloudy with a slight chance of a flurry. Continuingcold. High 36°F (2°C) Low 27°F (-3°C).

Thursday: Partly cloudy. Slightly warmer. High 38°F (3°C). Low30°F (-I° C).

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when the economy is operatingclose to full capacity and the Feder-al Reserve is aggressively raisinginterest rates to slow economicgrowth.

"Consumer spending is alreadyrunning at a boom-like pace," saidStephen Roach, chief economist atMorgan Stanely. "The last thing weneed to do now is pour more fuel onthe fire."

"The timing for this kind of poli-cy change is poor," echoed CharlesLeiberman, managing director atChemical Securities Inc. With bothClinton and House Republicanscalling for tax cuts, he said, "thebond markets are reacting negative-ly. The market is concerned that fis-cal policy will become overlyexpansionary."

Bond prices fell sharply Mon-day, pushing the yield on the bench-mark 30-year Treasury bill, whichgoes up as prices fall, to 7.92 per-

cent from 7.85 percent late Friday.In recent weeks, administration

officials - including White HouseChief of Staff Leon E. Panetta,Office of Management and BudgetDirector Alice M. Rivlin and nation-al economic adviser Robert E.Rubin - have stressed that Clin-ton's budget proposals would notadd to the deficit, and therefore willnot pump new stimulus into theeconomy.

White House officials havedescribed the tax cut for the middleclass as a matter of fairness. Theobjective, they said, is to providesome financial relief to beleagueredmiddle-class households which,they say, have not shared equally inthe gains of the recovery.

But many economists said theyworry that, in giving ground on taxcuts, Clinton will weaken his abilityto hold the line on deficits.

WASHINGTON

With both congressional Repub-licans and President Clinton pledg-ing a middle-class tax cut, manyeconomists said Monday they fearedthat such a move would result in anoverheated economy and a growingfederal budget deficit.

Clinton and his advisers metMonday to review options for a taxcut proposal of about $50 billion to$80 billion over five years as part ofpreparations for the fiscal 1996 bud-get submission. House Republicanshave proposed a $500-per-child taxcredit estimated to cut the tax billfor 50 million families by $107 bil-lion over five years.

While there may be politicalbenefits in cutting taxes for middle-class families, many economistssaid they could see little economicrationale for the move at a time

By Elizabeth CorcoranTHE WASHINGTON POST

dropped $4.25, or about 6 percent,in the space of an hour, leading to asuspension of trading for more thantwo hours. It gained back some ofthe loss when trading resumed, clos-ing at $60.37 1/2, down $2.37 1/2.

Monday afternoon, Intel's presi-dent, Andy Grove, issued a state-ment dismissing the IBM results."You can always contrive situationsthat force this error," Grove said."In other words, if you know wherea meteor will land, you can go thereand get hit."

"If IBM's contention was right,the problem would have shown upthousands of times," Grove saidlater in a conference call with ana-lysts. "It hasn't."

Some analysts said that IBM hasspecial reasons to criticize the Pen-tium processor. The company co-developed a competing processor,

the PowerPC chip, and has vigor-ously promoted it as an alternativeto Pentium. In addition, IBM does arelatively small business in Pen-tium-based PCs, accounting for onlyabout 100,000 of 4 million Pentiumcomputers sold.

IBM remains alone among thebig companies in suspending sales(it said it would resume them whenthe chips were corrected). Gateway2000 Inc., Dell Computer Corp. andCompaq Computer Corp. said theywill continue to ship Pentiummachines.

"Before all of this hit the press,we had not had one single call aboutthis anomaly occurring, and we sellmore Pentium computers than any-one else" in the United States," saidWendell Watson, spokesman forGateway 2000 of North Sioux City,South Dakota.

Concern about Intel Corp.'sflawed Pentium microprocessorerupted into an industry brawl Mon-day when International BusinessMachines Corp. announced that itwould suspend sales of personalcomputers that use the chip.

IBM contends that people whouse Pentium-based computers aremore likely to encounter errors thanIntel has suggested. Someone run-ning a typical "off-the-shelf"spreadsheet program might get aninaccurate result as frequently asonce every 24 days, according toIBM estimates. Intel maintains thatthe typical! Pentiuvm tiser would onlyhave a problem once in 27,000years.

IBM's announcement had a dra-matic impact on Intel's stock. It

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Asteroid ComesWithin 65,000 Miles of Earth

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An asteroid about the size of a small school bus narrowly missedstriking Earth Friday, a University of Arizona astronomer said.

How much damage'the object would have caused had it collidedwith Earth is unclear and would have depended upon the compositionof the asteroid, named 1994 XM 1, and where it hit.

James V. Scotti, a University of Arizona astronomer, discoveredthe asteroid early Friday, about 14 hours before it passed within65,000 miles of the planet - the astronomical equivalent of a nearcollision of two cars in an intersection.

Scotti used the Spacewatch telescope at Kitt Peak, Ariz., to viewwhat is the closest encounter between Earth and an asteroid thatastronomers have observed as it happened - in real time. He andother astronomers there systematically scan the heavens for roamingasteroids and comets that appear to be headed close to Earth.

In May 1993, another University of Arizona astronomer, TomGehrels, discovered an asteroid that came within about 93,000 milesof Earth.

Scotti said the asteroid that came close Friday was about six to 13meters in diameter, or about the size of a large minivan or smallschool bus. <

Energy Department ToldTo Prepare For Cuts, Elimination

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The White House, seeking major budget cutbacks to help pay fora middle-income tax cut, has directed the Energy Department to pre-pare option plans for at least a 20 percent reduction in funding andpossibly for complete elimination of the agency.

Although a civilian agency, the Energy Department is responsiblefor development of the nation's nuclear weapons and for cleaning upthe massive radioactive waste problems that are part of the legacy ofthe Cold War. But government sources said the Department's $6 bil-lion environmental management program and its $4.3 billion defenseprogram would be hit hardest by the expected cutbacks.

The Energy department's budget is about $18 billion a year, andby no means all of that could be saved even if the department wereabolished. Officials said many of its functions - including the envi-ronmental and weapons programs - would have to be transferred toother government agencies if the department were eliminated.

Still, with resurgent Republicans vowing to slash taxes for mid-dle-income taxpayers, Clinton is under political pressure to come upwith a tax cut plan of his own, especially because he made middleclass tax cuts a theme of his 1992 election campaign but shied awayfrom the issue as president when faced with the realities of the federaldeficit.

Clinton said over the weekend he would cut taxes on the middleclass if ways can be found to avoid increasing the deficit. That meansidentifying spending cuts for existing government programs to offsetthe revenues lost in a tax cut. Administration officials have talked interms of a $40 billion to $50 billion reduction over five years; theGOP has vowed to enact far larger cuts but has not yet offered detailsof how it would pay for them.

IBM Halts Sales of ComputersUsing Flawed Pentium Processor

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can expel you) to the Committee on theUndergraduate Program (they just make yourlife hell) goes to the Graduate Student Councilor the Undergraduate Association. Theseorganizations have committees that interviewinterested students and send a list of possiblenames to the chair of the committee.

It is easy to understand that sometimesthere is not enough time for the interviewersto operate properly. In those cases, it is rea-sonable for the dean or committee chair to justcall up some student leaders (the presidents ofthe UA, GSC, Interfratemity Council, and the

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unique viewpoint?"Wow," you say. "This guy is really out of

touch." Yes he was, and, as I argue here, hestill is.

As you can imagine, there was a lot offuror over that statement. Wrighton still didn'tput any students on that search committee, buthe put students on the search for the dean ofthe school of science the following year, andat least two other committees since then.

Let's talk for a minute about the way thatWrighton should be choosing students. Everyother faculty committee, from the Committeeon Discipline (they can expel you) to theCommittee for Academic Performance (they

Provost Mark S. Wrighton just doesn't getit. I'll get to what he doesn't get shortly.

Wrighton recently appointed a search com-mittee to find a replacement for Dean forUndergraduate Education and Student AffairsArthur C. Smith. "Why,"' you ask, "should Icare about this dean?" A good question, andone that is easy to answer. He is the policymaker on dormitories, independent livinggroups, student counseling, minority affairs,Residence and Orientation Week, and thefreshman experience in general.

If there is one person who affects yourdaily life here at MIT, it is this dean. Not tomention that the dean is the only spokesmanfor undergraduates on the Academic Council,the secretive bunch that decides the fate of theInstitute every Tuesday morning.

Back to the provost and the search com-mittee. Wrighton appointed four students tothe committee. "Great," you say, "mythoughts and opinions as a student will be rep-resented on this very important Committee.So what's the problem?" The problem is theway that the students were chosen. At no timedid the provost or anyone else ask a studentleader or a student organization, (or a student,for that matter) who they would like to see onthe committee.

A little history about the provost andsearch committees: In 1990, Provost Wrightonchose the committee to find the new dean ofthe school of engineering. He chose not to putany students on the committee, because, as heput it, students "would not offer a unique per-spective, and thus was unsure whether stu-dents would be valuable members of the com-mittee" ["Provost Rejects UA, GSC Request,"The Tech, Nov. 6, 1990]. Pretty revealingstatement, isn't it? Students not having a

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conflict, especially for those who are currentlyliving in any of the dormitories. A glance atthe numbers of residents at each dormitorywil,1 , quick,. rcv"al some !elgist;cal problems

East Campus houses approximately 400 stu-dents, Senior House houses 157 students

Column by Michael K. ChungSTAFF REPORTER

housing arrangement were such that AshdownHouse (and Green Hall, a women's graduatestudent dormitory) was an undergraduatedorm, and East Campus and Senior Housewere graduate dormitories when you arrivedat MIT, it would have made sense, right?

To move from the present situation to theproposed arrangement is bound to generate

"There's been a lot of talk about this nextsong, maybe too much talk. This song is not arebel song; this song is 'Sunday, Bloody Sun-day,' " declared Bono, lead singer of U2, in alive recording at Red Rocks Stadium in theearly 1980s. Regarding the recent proposal tomove Senior House and East Campus resi-dents to Ashdown House, there has been a lotof talk, but not surprisingly, a lack of initialsolicitation of students' concerns on the partof the administration.

By now the subject has developed into arather emotional issue within the MIT com-munity. The issue is not about giving east sideresidents a taste of west campus culture. It isapparent, though not necessarily immediatelyapparent, that the larger issue is the prospectof building more dormitories. The long-termgoal of the administration could be to haveanother row of dormitories along VassarStreet, on the opposite side of Briggs Field.

If this proposal is passed and carried out,what may eventually surface is the construc-tion of a new group of dormitories along thefields, parallel to Vassar Street. A glimpse ofthe west side of campus may reveal somethingof a traditional college campus quad. Onecould even imagine all the buildings in redbrick and call it the new Harvard Yard, but Idoubt that many readers of The Tech wouldwant that.

To group all undergraduate students livingin dormitories (with the possible exception ofRandom and Huntington Halls) on one side ofcampus is by no means insensible. If MIT's

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Dunn, from Page 4 But we shouldn't put all the blame on theprovost. After all, he's too busy decidingwhich centers and departments to close. To befair, we should ask where the chair of the fac-ulty, the current dean, and the president werewhen the provost was forming this commit-tee? Each of these individuals is very good attelling students (and faculty, for that matter)that their opinion is being heard and taken intoconsideration. Thankfully for them, MIT stu-dents are usually too busy to challenge theirrecords in the student involvement depart-ment.

Instead, students were presented with afaitaccompli. The chair of the search committee,Professor of Materials Science and Engineer-ing Linn W. Hobbs, said "The students select-ed were chosen after wide consultation with

deans and staff in the UESA."This translates into the associate advisor of

a professor on the committee and a couple ofstudents with very close ties to the Dean'sOffice. Is this representation of student opin-ion? The individuals may be intelligent andcompetent, but is the student body represent-ed? Who is better equipped to pick aspokesman for the students, the studentsthemselves, or the provost? The answers tothese questions are obvious.

So why is it that some committees are cho-sen well, but when the provost chooses one,he botches the job? The answer, as I said inthe beginning, is that Wrighton just doesn'tget it.

Four years ago he said that students don'thave a unique view to offer. He was burned

by this statement. He learned that he had toput students on search coumrittees. But itseems to be a reflex, a Pavlovian response.Wrighton doesn't know why he is putting stu-dents on the committee. He just does it. If itwas more than that, if he really understoodwhy he was putting students on search com-mittees, he would understand the following: Ifyou want student opinion, just putting stu-dents on a committee is not enough.

You have to allow students to choose theirown representatives. No administrator canspeak on student opinion with surety. Onlystudents can speak to their own opinions.

Dan Dunn '94 hopes that his name willremain on the June 1995 degree list.

Dormitory Council, perhaps) and see whothey would nominate.

But Wrighton didn't do any of these thingswhen he chose this new search committee.And he had plenty of time to do it right. Heknew that Dean Smith was resigning. Heknew he would have to create a search com-mittee.

Weeks before the committee was formed,the President of the IFC, Prashant B. Doshi'95 and the UA President Vijay P. Sankaran'95 independently wrote to Provost Wrightonasking about how students would be put onthe committee and offering input. ButWrighton let all of this slip by without anyattempt to ask students who they wanted.

Chung, from Page 4 graphical layout of the residence halls is notnecessarily destined to close the doors to therichness of such experiences.

There are many unanswered questions andissues regarding the proposal and its potentialpassage. For example, if more dormitories arebuilt, more students could possibly be admit-ted to MIT. Of course, all of this requires a bitof planning by the departments, administra-tion, and the planning office regarding facultysize, laboratory space, support staff, and soforth.

Also, the possibility of moving indepen-dent living groups to a new beacon of dormi-tories and houses: Would the MIT Corpora-tion set out to buy the fraternity and sororityhouses in Boston and offer new houses, inCambridge, to the respective ILGs?

If new dorms are built, then MIT would beconsiderably less dependent on the Greek sys-tem for housing its students. Of course, thiswould put the fraternity system in more of apinch, but if the MIT administration has own-ership of the ILG houses, there is the possibil-ity that considerable strain could be relievedfrom the entire system.

Without question, this proposal has greatpotential to forever change the face of studentlife and housing at MIT. No question, theissue of communication between administra-

tion, graduate students, undergraduate stu-dents, and alumni is significant. If this plan iscarried out, however, it is entirely possiblethat there will be at least as much comfort,convenience, and as rich of a living experi-ence for all students in the coming years.

Then we can all think about freshman housingand whether or not any new dormitories builtshould be freshman dorms.

Michael K. Chung '94 is former opinioneditor of The Tech.

(maximum of 160), and Ashdown is home for381 students (maximum of 420).

Lets do some simple math: East Campusplus Senior House is much greater than Ash-down House. And the administrators claimthat they want to alleviate crowding, pleasethe students, and give the east side residents ataste of west campus.

"What's up with that," you might ask? Or,considering that renovations are in the worksfor Senior House, a few undergrads of themore paranoid sort might think that they giveeverything to graduate students - lab space,regular paychecks, and now renovated hous-ing. And to think that undergrads are the oneswho pay money to go to school here!

But lets take a step back. We all know thatfreshman crowding has become something ofan annual ritual. It is unlikely that the admin-istrators want to make the students suffermuch more in the way of housing. The currentdiscussion is not the well-being of merelytoday's students, but the well-being of stu-dents of many years to come. True, there is agreat deal of history, tradition, and emotion atstake (for instance, Steer Roast, the CoffeeHour at Ashdown, and quite simply, just liv-ing on the east side), but a switch in the geo-

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ular rhythms here than with intonation in gen-eral.

Despite a rough start, the whole orchestrawas able to pull together for the marvelousthird movement, excellently shaped with greatintensity. The third movement was such thehighlight of the evening that even. the mostscrupulous members of the audience wereprobably willing to forgive less than perfectplaying.

Unquestionably the most exciting soundscame from the brass section which played fan-tastically, most notably the trumpets. Theirevenness of tone was a joy to listen to, and theextroverted, march-like sections were thrillingto hear for the sheer volume. The last sectionof the final movement seemed intentionallyappended specifically for the brass players.

Maybe Shostakovich felt that a loud,emphatic ending would please the governmentofficials, but at the least, the blaring finale -replete with the timpani, bass drum, and horns- provided a good "bang" to let the audienceknow when to clap. Helped by the excellentchoice of tempos, the audience was glad tooblige.

Aside from the fine performance by SophiaChen, the MIT Symphony Orchestra delivereda moderately acceptable performance of theShostakovich. Their account of theShostakovich symphony was far superior totheir rough-house accompanying in theProkofiev concerto.

The orchestra was definitely much moresympathetic in the previous concerts - forexample, the Walton Viola Concerto and theVerdi Requiem. Rumor has it that they will beperforming again with the MIT Concert Choirnext semester, and it will be interesting tohear if accompanying a chorus readilyimproves the orchestra's sound as it did lastsemester.

has heard his second violin concerto canattest, Prokofiev was also capable of intense,tuneful lyricism. Considering the politicalrestraints placed upon him, Prokofiev com-posed a variety of original works which reflectboth his wide-ranging musical aesthetic andhis satirical humor.

Both lyricism and percussiveness are fea-tured in the third piano concerto; the lyricismis evident right at the outset with the beautifulclarinet duet that opens the piece. Overall, theorchestra was satisfactory with the broad,melodic passages. An occasional disagree-ment in slides from the string players wasobvious at certain points, but on the whole,the players seemed more comfortable in theseslower parts, especially the exquisite-sound-ing wind ensemble.

Not surprisingly, trouble appeared early inthe violins during some of the fast motoricruns that are counterposed against the piano'sbravura passages. The whiny violins sufferedextreme slips in intonation and coherencewhile approaching the restatement of the orig-inal clarinet melody in the middle of the firstmovement. In fact, Prokofiev suddenly sound-ed like Charles Ives when the rear violinsbegan playing independently of the front vio-lins. Their problems were further exacerbatedwhen individual members bowed in the wrongdirection. Not only does this make the phras-ing indetenninate, but also it a very odd sightto behold.

Despite stutter-stepping from the orches-tra, Chen exhibited acute musical profession-alism - occasionally accommodating theorchestra - and still managed to showcaseher technique and keen musical insight. AsProkofiev had written the concerto for him-self, the demands placed on the soloist are asensitive ear for clarity and a no-nonsense feelfor rhythmic vitality.

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Although Maestro Epstein rarely turned tolook at his young soloist, Chen graciouslytook her cues from the conductor. She com-bined technique and musicianship, weavingthem into a thoughtful performance which theaudience gratefully acknowledged afterwards.

Although an accomplished pianist himself,Shostakovich could probably be characterizedas more of a "composer-pianist." Probablymore than Prokofiev, Shostakovich (1906-1975) was the "tortured soul" of 20th-centuryRussian music. Much of his personal anguishis heard in his 15 string quartets. Moreover,history records his devastation when Stalinattacked his opera Lady Macbeth of theMtsensk District (which, indeed, has scenesthat remind one of a Madonna music video).

The Fifth Symphony, entitled "A SovietArtist's Reply to Just Criticism," representedShostakovich's capitulation to his govern-ment's demands. Although Shostakovich ulti-mately later treated these demands more sar-castically (e.g., Ninth Symphony), the FifthSymphony has remained a popular workdespite the external circumstances influencingits composition.

Typical of Shostakovich, the >SymphonyNo. 5 contains many passages of stark texturesand jagged melodies, where the strings aresometimes asked to reach into the highest reg-isters. Although the lean textures left the MITviolins and violas heavily exposed, theyseemed to have more difficulty with the irreg-

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wo 20th-century Russian composerswere featured in the MIT SymphonyOrchestra's concert on Saturday nightat Kresge Auditorium. Under the

direction of conductor David Epstein, theyplayed Serge Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, Op. 26 (1917-21) and DmitriShostakovich's Symphony No. 5 in D minor,Op. 42(1937).

The soloist in the Prokofiev concerto wasHarvard sophomore Sophia Chen. AlthoughChen played fabulously, the orchestra couldnot approach her stunning virtuosity andencountered several moments of insecurityand inadequacy. Luckily, the MIT players didrecuperate enough to provide an exciting (ifnot slightly approximated) account of theShostakovich symphony.

Similar to Mozart and Beethoven, SergeProkofiev (1891-1953) was a "pianist-com-poser"; that is, he made a substantial career asa piano virtuoso and also wrote music in manydifferent genres. The third concerto wasintended for an American tour in 1921 whichalso included the premiere of his most popularopera, The Love for Three Oranges. Of hisfive piano concertos, only the third has a "'typ-ical" three-movement structure.

As was the case with many other 20th-cen-tury Russian composers, Prokofiev often hadto contend with the Soviet government overmany aspects of artistic ideals. His music isoften characterized as "motoric," percussive,sarcastic, and - at times - harsh. Indeed, thegreat pianist Vladimir Horowitz rarely includ-ed Prokofiev's as part of his repertoirebecause he believed a piano "should not betreated that way." However, as anyone who

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For some groups, the next album after agreatest-hits release is a failure, and some ofBon Jovi's contemporaries (Motley Criie andPoison, to name a few) have faded to near-extinction in the collective memory of the

music-buying public.Although Jon Bon Jovi and guitarist Richie

Sambora have both pledged a more coherentand socially-aware set of songs for the nextalbum, one feels that they can never achievethe heights that they once reached in the1980s. It'll take more than a few comebacktours in small clubs (like a performance herein Boston last week) for Bon Jovi to consoli-date gains with its audience, to have anyhopes of reliving its glory days once again.

long and hard at their future as rock 'n' rollartists.

Along with the 20 or so other recent"greatest hits" releases (ripe for Christmasgift-giving), Cross Road offers a generoussample of Bon Jovi's best-known songs fromthe '80s, including "Livin' on a Prayer" and"I'll Be There for You." In some cases, I stillenjoy the giant guitar riffs and synthesizerhooks that permeate each song.

Often, though, the lyrics ring kind of hol-low - specifically, the cliche-filled refrain of"You Give Love a Bad Name": "Oh, you're aloaded gun / [Guitar solo] / Oh, there'snowhere to run / No one can save me / Thedamage is done." Occasionally, some of JonBon Jovi's lyrics transcend the arena-rockimage, such as on "Wanted Dead or Alive,"whose performance at an MTV Music Awardsshow was the putative origin of the acoustic-based "Unplugged" series. Too often, though,Bon Jovi's artistic reach has always exceededits commercial grasp, leaving Jon with a mis-placed sense of the common-man identity thathe "shares" with fellow New Jersey musicianBruce Springsteen.

The newer tracks are more musically com-plex, more socially conscious, and less com-mercially accessible. But it's not a case ofBon Jovi outgrowing its audience: Theteenage fans who accelerated the band's suc-cess in the 1980s have diverted their attentionto other groups or other movements altogeth-er. Also, today's teenagers aren't old enoughto appreciate Bon Jovi's contributions to rockmusic of the past decade.

"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" and"Prayer '94" (an acoustic rendition of "Livin'on a Prayer") are little more than off-the-cuff,instantly-forgettable filler. The MTV-spawnedhit "Always" has probably gained more atten-tion for the video's indecipherable storylineand Jon Bon Jovi's perfect hair than for

here's no use denying it: Back injunior high or middle school, Bon Joviwas one of the coolest arena-rockbands around. With its 1986 release

entitled Slippery When Wet, lead vocalist JonBon Jovi and company proceeded to conquerMTV and top-40 radio with their slick,glam-rock. And, admittedly, there was anurgency to Bon Jovi's definitive anthem,"Livin' on a Prayer," that is still kind ofrefreshing.

Though I personally never bought analbum or a t-shirt, I grew to enjoy Bon Jovi'smusic if I heard it on the radio. In short, BonJovi's phenomenal rise in the 1980s reflectedthe surging popularity of soft-coremetal/glanm-rock bands (Poison, Winger, etc.)who took their primary musical influences tobe Kiss and REO Speedwagon.

It's been over 10 years since the band firstformed, and over two years since the releaseof their last full-length LP, Keep the Faith.That album proved that, with Jon writing mostof the songs after a two-year hiatus for theband, their success was largely dependent onthe whims of the market, since it sold millionsless than their previous albums, SlipperyWhen Wet and New Jersey (1988).

While Jon Bon Jovi released a solo album,Blaze of Glory (from the Young Guns IIsoundtrack), in 1990 with moderate commer-cial success, none of the other band memberscould make it on their own. Perhaps out of akinship (or sympathy) toward his fellow bandmembers, or in hopes of artistic renewal, Jonhas reformed the group for good and has justreleased a greatest-hits package entitledCross Road, a symbolic career capsule wherethe members of Bon Jovi are forced to peer

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The Dresdner Bank, Germany's second largest bank and one of the 30 largestbanks in the world, is inviting MIT students with appropriate majors to apply to thebank for summer and permanent positions. The establishment of the EuropeanUnion, the opening of markets in eastern Europe, and the surging economies of thePacific Rim have created exciting new opportunities for the bank in Europe andaround the world. It is eager to recruit candidates from abroad to support its globalactivities. An average of four MIT students have had rewarding internships inFrankfurt in each of the last three summers.

The internships and permanent positions will be in the bank's internationaldivisions which are involved in every branch of banking including corporate andpublic finance, international underwriting, and sales and trading in all its aspects(e.g. program trading, financial derivatives, interest-rate swaps, etc.). Like leadingWall Street firms the bank is looking for candidates with technical backgrounds aswell as backgrounds in economics, business, etc. The bank has an interest inmathematical analysis and new computer-based methodologies. Furtherinformation is available at the Careers Office, Room 12-170.

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,eholarshiupsbusiness with friends, "I now realizethat in order to gain the greatest sat-isfaction through my engineeringskills, I have to know the economicsand management of engineeringvery well. An abroad study atOxford ... will also enable me togain an international experiencethrough interacting with peoplefrom different nationalities," hewrote.

"I had never even heard of thescholarship until this year," Tomasisaid. Tomasi is a physics major,with a minor in philosophy. Hewould like to continue studyingphysics at Cambridge University,and being a four-year member of theMIT heavyweight crew team, hehopes to continue rowing in Eng-land.

"My crew coach went to Cam-bridge, and he told me a lot of greatstories about rowing and the atmos-phere there after I initially had theimpulse" to apply, Tomasi said.

"I just want to do some travel-ing. I've never done much travelingso this is going to be a great oppor-tunity for me," Tornasi said.

"In the future I hope to use myexperience gained in Britain as anactive researcher involved in pro-

Danielle C. Goodman '95, LikMui '94, and Jeffrey M. Tomasi '95were named Marshall scholars,along with 37 other students nation-wide, said Professor of MaterialsScience and Engineering Linn W.Hobbs.

More MIT students were grantedscholarships this year than in thepast several years, according to theMIT News Office.

The British Marshall scholar-ships allow American citizens whohave recently graduated from afour-year university to study at aschool of their choice in the UnitedKingdom.

Each award pays for two yearsof schooling, and can be extendedfor a third year. The scholarshipincludes includes tuition, a personalallowance, and travel costs to andfrom Britain, totaling on averageabout $22,000.

"It's really great for MIT to havethree people," Goodman said. "It's areally good reflection on MIT, andall the work Professor Hobbs doesfor the program."

"MIT is very successful, as itshould be," Hobbs said. "The creamof the cream is here, and I'd be sur-prised if we didn't do well."

"I knew that I wanted to takesome time off before entering med-ical school, and I wanted to have theopportunity to study abroad," saidGoodman, who is majoring in politi-cal science.

In her application, Goodmansaid that she wants to work toward amaster's degree in public health atthe University of Edinburgh. This"would enable me to continue myresearch in maternal health andexplore the abilities of governmentsto address public health problems.... Edinburgh offers an ideal envi-ronment to combine my interests inmedicine and public policy," shewrote.

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However, it is still undecidedwhether or not the incident wasactually attempted arson. "We don'tknow if it was just negligence yet orif it was a purposeful act," said

j Niraj Gupta '96, Burton-Connerpresident. "We didn't call an emer-gency meeting [because] the burnerthat was on wasn't affecting thepapers, which were on the other sideof the stove."

Still, the fact that the fireinvolved toilet paper, an item notoften found in kitchens, raises suspi-cions that the incident may havebeen something other than simplenegligence, Donaghey said.

"We're looking into where thetoilet paper was before the inci-dent," with the hope of finding out ifit had been deliberately broughtover or just carelessly pushed asidefrom a nearby counter, Donagheysaid.

Residents concerned, not afraidIn general, residents expressed

concern over the event, though theyare not overly afraid.

"It's kind of sad this is going onat MIT," said Nathan R. Schnidman'95. "I have no idea why it's hap-pening. The way the fires have beenscattered about it doesn't look likeits against anyone personally.

If "someone is trying to be avandal, it also doesn't make muchsense because it's not being done ina way that's going to cause toomuch harm," Schnidman said."Most of the attempts seem to beeasily preventable. No one's given areason why it might be happening."

"They want us to lock our suitedoors, which we don't do normal-ly," said Amy J. Varney '96, anoth-er Burton-Conner resident. "I don'treally think of locking my suitedoor."

Like many residents, Varncy isat a loss to find a motive for theincident. "I think there's definitelysomething going on," Varney said."It's like they're trying to scaresomeone, but not trying to bring thebuilding down. ... It's like some-one's trying to get attention."

In response to this most recentincident, residents working the frontdesk have been asked to pay special

attention to people coming into thedormitory, Gupta said.

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ability to socialize, "we do find a lotmore suites locked at night," Don-aghey said.

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On Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday,Dec. 3, the parliamentary debateteam hosted its third annual debatetournament.

The event attracted 56 teamsfrom schools such as Harvard Uni-versity, Princeton University, andYale University, according to teamPresident Anand R. Radhakrishnan'96.

A team from Bates College com-posed of Quoc Tran and Chris Tinedebated Princeton's Doug Kern andGwen Snorteland in the tourna-ment's championship round. Thecase set forth by Bates, in keepingwith a tradition of offbeat finalround topics, was that parentsshould not tell their children thatSanta Claus is real if they ask.

Princeton countered by arguingthat such a policy would be detri-mental to the spirit of Christmas,and during a section of the roundwhere speeches from non-compet-ing individuals are allowed, a mem-ber of a team from Harvard arguedthat both teams were mistaken intheir assumption that Santa Clausdocs not exist.

A panel of seven judges fromMIT eventually gave the win toBates.

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debate of this sort differs from the"policy" debate with which mostpeople are familiar, said Vice Presi-dent S. Roopom Banerjee '97.

"Parliamentary debate is totallyextemporaneous, and thereforerequires much less preparation thando many other formats," Barerjeesaid. "That's really helpful for MITstudents, because we're generallytoo busy with schoolwork to spend alot of time researching cases," hesaid.

In addition to the straight debaterounds, MIT sponsored a speechcontest in which participants had tospeak extemporaneously on ahumorous topic for three minutes.

Yale University's Mark Oppen-heimer won the competition, despiteanother speaker's complaint thatOppenheimer's attempted witti-cisms had only served to solidify hisreputation as father of the bomb.

The MIT tournament is popularwith other teams because unlikemany schools' events, "MIT runs ontime," said Radhakrishnan, addingthat Tournament Director CynthiaV. Santillan '96 deserved much ofthe credit for the invitational'spunctuality.

"We're also grateful for themany student volunteers whopitched in and helped to judge,"Radhakrishnan said.

In accordance with APDA proto-col, no MIT teams competed in thetournament.

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-,:hwarz said. "I can't predict what-:v landlord will do."

!MIT should "try to use its influ---ice to protect rent control if it_in." Schwarz said. The Institute

wouldl d "make clear why rent control:-.-'ht be necessary" in a city with

:o major universities. "There are;:sl a lot of students," he said.

Susan C. Eaton G agreed. "MITshould d take a position supporting"rent control, she said. "The stipends:1,nd teaching assistantships shouldbn more realistically" geared to the-.1cds of graduate students, she said."They cover rent, and that's aboutit." she said.

Eaton thinks that she will have tomove if there is "any substantialincrease" in her rent. "They've beentrying so much to raise the rent,"she said. "1 .think we may have tomove."

The Graduate Student Council is"pretty focused on the on-campussituation" in housing, said Joseph J.Bambenek G, co-chair of the GSCHousing and Community AffairsCommittee. "We ... work on theissues that someone with a concerncomes to us with," he said. "No onehas approached us on the rent con-trol issue, so we haven't had to dealwith it," he said.

"We want there to be enoughaffordable, relatively convenient,

somewhat socially rewarding, andsafe on-campus housing spaces toaccommodate grad students whowant to live on campus," Bambeneksaid.

The GSC also wants an off-cam-pus housing office "to help studentsfind safe and affordable housing off-campus and ... serve as a resourcefor information regarding leases andtenant rights and responsibilities,"Bambenek added.

The administration is "reviewingbuilding another building" to housestudents, Patton said. But it is "threeto four years from the planning tothe opening" of a dormitory, shesaid. "It is a goal."

"We are making an effort to

guarantee all first-year graduate stu-dents on-campus housing," Pattonsaid. Last year, 90 percent of first-year graduate students lived oncampus, she said. Fatnily housing ispresently guaranteed for two years."There is only a limited amount ofspace," Patton said.

About 200 graduate students cur-rently live in MlT-owned off-cam-pus housing in Cambridge, saidJoseph McGuire, property managerof the Institute Real Estate Office.In response to election-day results,some MIT graduate students livingin MIT off-campus housing "wereafraid that rents were immediately

going to double," McGuire said.

But according to Sarah E. Gal-lop, assistant for government rela-iions in the President's Office ofGovernment and Community Rela-tions, MIT "does not anticipatemaking any significant changes" inrent prices. "Once a year, we look atthe rents and make adjustments,"she said.

MIT owns only about 40 rent-controlled units, Gallop said.

By contrast, Harvard University,a large force in Cambridge realestate, owns about 700 rent-con-trolled units, McGuire said.

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the case where the team does poorlybecause of a poor strategy for shar-ing the unique workstation."

"The competition is a reallygood thing," Berger said. "It's excit-ing. It's not the Superbowl, ofcourse, but it's fun to watch reallysmart college students excel at thiskind of competition."

"We've been doing [this compe-tition] flor decades," Lcighton said,although before last year, MIT hadnot had sent a team to the competi-tion for many years, he said.

The winning team played a largepart in M I's return to competition,Leig hton said. "They're the onesthat got this thing going last year.They heard about this competition.

and wanted to do it.""The other two members of the

team and I gained a lot of our pro-gramming experience" as high-school students in Bulgaria,Tonchev said.

Last year, they were working forAssistant Professor of MathematicsBonnie A. Bcrger PhD '90,Leighton said. "She agreed to betheir coach, and they becam.ne ateamm" Lcighton said.

This year, Bcrger and Leightonhelci M IT-w ide tryouts for the team.Flyers advertising the contest %wereposted in Athena. Computing Envi-ronment clusters campus-wide."About 20 people spent all of oneSaturday night coding," lie said.

I.ast month a team of three MITstudents won this year's NortheastX cgiosnal Programming Champi-,,shlip, held in Oswego, N.Y. The.':,~nt si is put on by the Associates.,'; Comtputer Machinery.

Thed three team members -. :i::;T!'ie! V. Todorov G, Peter N.

:i:c;nv '95. and Theodore G.: ,!-ev ' ---- had five hours and

.:-: v, ;:'ksta.iion to solve as many:- iicms as they could out of a total

,;' .. v.n ,iven1 said Professor of''-.. :hlc;.lties t:. 1Thomson Leighton.',;) ': iL wiho coached the team.

Fi:or thi second year in a row, theX.::;:, n of three to finish all seven- - *!vins. is !heading to the final,

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I hlIrc, thlc twvo Northeast teams. il ,i ;iec the 40 best teams from

:iA<,itit 30 regional contests heldarou!,nd tilhe world, Leighton said.Tlin rlles state that participants

iiust be ;ildergraduates or first- orsectond-year graduate students.

(questions ranged from how tofile returned library books to moni-toring wheelchair patients, saidDavtid B. Wilson G, who helpedmanage and train the team.

A second MIT team was barelycCtged(l out for the victory by the nar-row margin of 20 minutes, and tooksecond place out of a field of 45!cams f aro und the Northeast. Atlean from ltHarvard finished a dis-tan!t third, nearly two hours behindtihe MIT teams.

LUsually the top two teams inregional competition are guaranteed

berths in the finals, but the contestrt!lcs limit each university to onlyone tea"mI. Thus, only the first-placedMIT1 team will go to the finals this'ear. lcighton said.

Participants pleased"It was an experience," said

Tichomir Tenev '96, who togetherwith Ross Lippert G and and BrianDean '98 comprised the second, MIT team. "The questions were notI very difficult. It was mostly a ques-I tion of how efficient we were. Therewas also a very large proportion of" luck."

Tcnev's team actually led thecompetition until the last question.j "That was [one] reason we were sosorry for losing," he said. "This was| another place where the lack ofexperience shows up. We got stuckon the last question."

But the contest was still "a veryclose call," Ivanov said. "A 20-minute difference is a matter ofchance. We were not better than theother team; we were luckier inchoosing our strategy," he said.

"One of the most importantskills tested in these contests. inaddition to the obvious one - pro-gramming - is the questionablyuseful ability to work with relativelyoutdated [programs]," Ivanov said.'The worst limitation is the fact that

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Dec. 2-8:Dec. 2: Bldg. 5, equipment stolen, $1,300; Coca-Cola vending

machines broken into, across campus, $12,000; West Garage, tireslashed; Bldg. 3, harassing phone calls.

Dec. 3: New House, party problem; Bldg. 1, Coca-Cola vendingmachine broken into, $300.

Dec. 4: MacGregor House, fire; Kresge Auditorium, bicyclestolen, $600; Ashdown House, male arrested for trespassing.

Dec. 5: Bldg. 9, wallet stolen, $100; Bldg. 39, food stolen, $100;Bldg. 14S, suspicious activity; Bldg. 20E, cash stolen, $35; Bldg. 39,cellular phone stolen, $113.

Dec. 6: Bldg. E53, laptop computer stolen, $1,500; Bldg. 24, flutestolen, $1,800; Bldg. 38, backpack with eyeglasses stolen, $275;Johnson Athletic Center, shin pads stolen, $100.

Dec. 7: Bldg. 68, bicycle stolen, $465; Bldg. 5, copper fittings,$300; Bldg. 45 parking lot, attempted larceny of '88 Oldsmobile;East Campus, briefcase stolen, $400.

Dec. 8: Bldg. 35, bicycle stolen, $700; 33 Massachusetts Ave.bicycle rack, bicycle stolen, $200; West Lot Annex, attempted larce-ny of '94 Jeep; DuPont Gymnasium, jacket with $40 cash stolen;

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cts which integrate teams fromross the globe," Tomasi wrote.

tense application processApplicants apply from five

gions of the country, and studentsIn choose to apply from whereey live or where they go to school,obbs said. Each region interviews)out 18 to 20 candidates, Hobbslid. Then, each region sends a listI the ambassador's commission in/ashington, he said.

Goodman was interviewed in theritish consulate in Boston before asnel of six people. Hobbs, a past:cipient of the scholarship, chairedie Northeast region's panel, Good-ian said.

The advisory council, made upof the regional chairs and the Britishambassador, met on Dec. 2 to dis-cuss the final list. The council thencalled the winners, Goodman said.

MIT students' applications arehandled by the Graduate Dean'sOffice, and candidates need a mini-mum grade point average of 4.7 toapply, Hobbs said. Universities rec-ommend students for the scholar-ship, and MIT normally submitsabout nine candidates, Hobbs said.

The Marshall program was start-ed by the British Parliament in 1953"as a practical and enduring gestureof thanks on behalf of the Britishpeople for assistance received fromthe United States in the aftermath ofthe Second World War," accordingto the program's brochure.

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In the penultimate event, the5000-meter run, Ethan Crain '95and Jesse Darley '95 displayedteamwork that translated intoastounding success. Throughoutmost of the race, the duo paced eachother, with each one taking turns inthe lead.

Two alumni runners, TerryMcNatt '87 and Eugene Tung '88ran close to each other and triedchasing the Crain-Darley pair. How-ever, Crain and Darley proceeded toincrease their lead with every lapcompleted.

Near the end, they had only eachother to race against. With about800 meters left, Crain pulled awayand cruised into the finish line witha winning time of 15:01.5. Darleyfollowed with second, coming inwith a time of 15:04.95. Together,they lapped all of the other runners,except for McNatt, who covered thedistance in 15:22.95.

In the final event, the 4 x 200-meter relay, the lone alumni teamheld off a challenge from four varsi-ty teams to finish first. However, theEngineers had already clinched theteam victory.

The next meet for the Engineerswill be the Beaver Relays, also athome, on Saturday, Jan. 14. Themeet will serve as a warm-up for theofficial team competitions thatbegin the following week.

The varsity took the next fiveplaces, led by Hung Hoang '96 witha 19' 3/4" followed by Jesus Muniz'98 and Andy Ugarov '95, who tiedfor third with a distance of 19' 5-3/4".

A similar result occurred in thetriple jump which followed. In thisevent, Singhose covered a distanceof 43' 8-1/2". Ugarov came theclosest, with a distance of 42' 1-1/4".

J.P. Clarke G, who was difficultto match in size, was also difficultto match in the two throwing events.In the 35-pound weight throw, hisheaves often caused the weight tobounce past the safety net used tostop it. The Engineers' current topthrower, John Wallberg '96 camethe closest to Clarke's 53 foot, 4-1/2inch effort, with his best hurl travel-ing 48' 6-3/4".

The rest of the field came closerin the shot put, but in the end,Clarke and Wallberg placed firstand second again. Clarke delivereda throw of 45' 4-1/2", while Wall-berg threw a distance of 44' 7-1/4".Singhose showed his versatility byplacing fourth in this event, with a41' 11-1/4" effort.

The lone Engineer victory camein the high jump, as Ugarov toppedthe field after clearing a height of 6'6". In this event, Tom Washington'92 of the alumni prevented a varsi-

third place.

Singhose performs on trackSinghose furthered showed his

all-around ability by taking a first inone running event, and finishingsecond in another. In the 55-meterhigh hurdles, he gained a fairly easywin, clocking 8.04 seconds to estab-lish a comfortable margin fromColin Page '95, Ernest Bonner '97,and Don Lee '98.

Three events later, EdgarNgwenya '96 denied Singhose vic-tory in the 800-meter run. Ngwenyastarted out in the lead and stayedthere, gaining a winning time of2:01.44. Singhose, meanwhile, satin fourth place before sprintingahead of Eric Nicholson '98 andJoel Ford '98 to finish second, a lit-tle more than one second behindNgwenya.

The 400-meter and 200-meterraces were conducted in heats, asraces against the clock. John Kim'98 came out on top of the 400-meter event, with a time of 54.76. Inthe 200-meter dash, Malik King '95won a close race, in which 0.12 sec-onds separated fourth place from hiswinning time of 24.03.

Matt Sandholm '96 was the vic-tor in the 55-meter dash, edging twoalumni runners, Ayisi Makatiani '90and Jay Chiang '94, in a time of6.77 seconds.

ty sweep of the top places by takingsecond, with a height of 6' 2". Thenext best performance came fromDaniel Feldkhun '98, who cleared6' 0" for third place.

Since 1982, the alumni haddefeated the varsity in the final teamscore only three times in this annualevent. Early on, the chances ofanother triumph for the alumnilooked good. After three events, thealumni led, 16-11. However, twoevents later, the varsity claimed thelead, with the score 25-20, andnever relinquished it.

The results on the track seemedto make the difference in the meet.The turning point for the Engineersappeared in the mile run, the firstscoring running event.

In this race, the Engineers faceda challenge from Mike Piepergerdes'93, a second-place finisher at the1993 National Collegiate AthleticAssociation Division III Champi-onships in the 1500-mneter run. JoshFeldman '97 responded to the chal-lenge by starting out on a fast pace.Piepergerdes sat back and appearedto wait for Feldman to tire and slowdown.

However, Feldman kept the leadand finished strong to win, with atime of 4 minutes, 12.95 seconds.Piepergerdes was not able to closethe gap, and even finished behindRichard Rosalez '98 to end Iup in

Last Saturday, past and presentmembers of the track and field pro-gram gathered together at JohnsonAthletic Center for the meet pittingthe current varsity against the alum-ni. Having a few former nationalchampions, the alumni looked likethey could present a challenge. Inthe end, however, the Engineersprevailed over the "Has-beens,"69-53.

The alumni displayed dominanceon the field, with two former nation-al champions combining to win allbut one event. Bill Singhose '90showed what made him a titleholderin the decathlon, as he captured firstplace in the pole vault, long jump,and triple jump.

In both the pole vault and longjump, Singhose needed only oneattempt to secure the win. In thepole vault, he cleared a height of 12feet, 6 inches with his first try.Although he had cleared greaterheights in the past, he elected tostop with his result.

The second place finisher JasonMelvin '97 cleared 11' 0" on hisfirst attempt, but was unsuccessfulin three tries with the bar at 12' 0".

In the long jump, Singhose com-pleted a leap of 21' 3/4" on his firstattempt in the final round, thenpassed on his remaining two tries.

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team consisting of many membersin their first season of varsity com-petition, this change may have beena factor in the loss.

The point for MIT came fromJames Habyarimana '98 at sixth sin-gles, who won fairly easily instraight games, 15-9, 15-11, 15-8.

At second singles, YvesKissenpfennig '95 had trouble withhis opponent, who delivered manyshots which made the bail die soonafter hitting the front wall. Afterdropping the first two games,15-10, 17-16, Kissenpfenning bat-tled back to take the third game,15-10. In the fourth game, he took a5-0 lead, but then his opponentcame back to tie at 5-5. The Colbyplayer went ahead 11-9, then traded

points with Kissenpfennig to finishout the match.

Fourth singles player AndresVillaquiran '97 also struggled in hismatch. Early on, his adversary usedthe walls well and produced manyunreturnable shots. After hittingmany balls which either passed Vil-laquiran or dropped short near thefront wall, the Colby player took thefirst game, 15-6. Villaquiran thenrebounded to take ithe second ganlc,15-10.

Any momentum that Villaquiranmay have gained from the secondgame was not enough, as his foewon the last two games, 15-6,15-12, and the match. In the finalgame, Villaquiran's opponent wonsix points in a row to change a 11-8

deficit to a 14-11 lead, allowinghim to finish soon afterwards.

At eight singles, Salvador Big-uria '97 took a little longer than histeammates to finish, but ended upwith a loss in four games, 15-13,12--15, 15-11, 15-11.

After the second round of match-es began, the Engineers capturedanother point when first singlesplayer Andrew Downer '96 won insilidlgli gallCes, I j-o , I o.

However, his teammates on thecourts adjacent to his did not fare aswell. Third singles player ScanKwok '97 won a hard-fought firstgame, 15-13, but then his next twogames were a disaster, as he lost byscores of 15-5, and 15-1. In thethird game, his opponent won 11points in a row. Kwok recovered inthe fourth game, but not enough toforce a fifth game, and lost this one,15-8.

At fifth singles, Asim Khwaja'95 encountered problems withinterfering with his opponent'sability to retrieve the ball. Insquash, a player who obstructs his

opponents efforts to get the ball,intentionally or not, loses the point.A few incidents caused Khwaja tobecome upset with himself. Heended up losing in straight games,15--11, 15-10, 15-13. Both he andKwok showed frustration as theycame off the court after theirmatches.

With those two wins, Colby hadclinched the match. Colby gained anextra point at ninth singles whenDexter Mootoo '95 was ousted,15-9, 15-10, 15--5.

The Engineers were able to gainsome consolation by capturing thefinal match to finish. Seventh sin-gles player Mukund Venkatesh '95won his first game easily, by a scoreof 15-4, but then lost the next game,15-13. Venkatesh proceeded to winthe last two hard-fought games,15-12, 15-11 to give MIT an addi-tiona- p ont.

The Engineers hope for improve-ment in their next match on Thurs-day, Jan. 19 at home, againstAmherst College.

The squash team fell victim toColby College, 6-3, Thursday nightat DuPont.

The result gives the team a cur-rent record of 1-4 for the season.

The play commenced with theeven-numbered matches (second,fourth, sixth, eighth, and 10th sin-gles), which ended with Colby gain-ing a 3-i advantage; the i Oth matchdoes not count toward the teamscore.

The Engineers played the matchwithout regular third singles playerHans Van Delden '95, forcingeveryone below him to play at oneposition higher than usual. For theEngineers, with an inexperienced

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defense. Gayeski is a tight end ,while Butville plays strong safety.

The most improved player wasdefensive tackle Brad Gray '98.Named as captains for 1995 wereChris Brown '96, Kevin Ferrigno'96, Jose DeLeon '97, and ChrisYanney '97. Brown and DeLeon arerunning backs, while Yanney is adefensive tackle, and Ferrigno playsdefensive end.

Men's Track and Field

The 1994 men's outdoor trackand field team is the only collegiatemen's track team in the country toearn the distinction of being namedan All-Academic Team. The awardis presented by the United StatesTrack Coaches Association. TheEngineers earned a cumulativegrade point average of 3.37 on anadjusted 4.0 scale.

Women's Sailing

The women's sailing team fin-ished the fail season ranked eighthnationally.

Football offensive guard CoreyFoster '95 has been named a firstteam GTE College Sports Informa-tion Directors of America (CoSI-DA) Academic All-America for thesecond consecutive year.

MIT football awards wererecently named and three playersshared Most Valuable Player hon-ors. Offensive guards Corey Foster'95 and Nick Bollweg '95 wereoffensive co-MVPs. Bollweg was a

.5 two time East-,,~ ern CollegiateIS Football Con-

ference firstOts team all-star.

Foster was aECFC selection hisseason and a second

first teamsophomoreteam pick his junior and senioryears.

The defensive MVP was line-backer Andy Carnell '95, who ledthe team in tackles. Rookies of theyear were Troy Gayeski '97 onoffense and Mike Butville '98 on

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