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improving the services of the Student Centerinformation '.desk. The new desk will includea ticket booth for student group events.

The Senior Gift Committee announcedtheir plan last week and unveiled drawingsduring the gift premiere this Tuesday.

Committee Head Walter E. Babiec '94said the project has the "potential to be oneof the most successful senior gifts ever."

Structurally, the information desk-on thefirst floor of the Student Center will be' expanded in area. The current desk will bemoved out two feet, and will be extended sothat it wraps around the comer of the stair-way, abutting the phone booth on the side,

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The new program is "not reduc-ing the research requirement, [but]h~anoino the fcindS nf it " Healv

said. Students who choose to contin-ue research on one topic and write athesis would have the option toreceive either degree, he said.

"Rather than focusing on the the-sis experience, there will beresearch-type experiences inter-spersed throughout the curriculum,"Perkins said. Sloan would not mere-ly eliminate the thesis as a require-ment, but replace it research pro-jects in classes and other activities,he explained.

Perkins said that many SloanSchool students would probably bemore satisfied if the Institute offersthe MBA. "Many were not happywith the master's thesis require-ment. Now they will be able tofocus more on other courses," hesaid.

The new classes implementedthis year will provide an educationthat better meets students' needs fortheir long-term careers, Healy said.This includes new research-focusedcourses and career tracks, and moreteamwork in the program.

Concerns with the proposalThere were three main concerns

with the MBA proposal, accordingto Healy. Some faculty membersthought "we were trying to diluteour research focus." Others wereconcerned that Sloan would be

The. fatcllty annroved a newMaster of Business Administrationdegree with an optional thesis forthe Sloan School of Management atthe Feb. 16 faculty meeting.

The proposal still must beapproved by the MIT Corporation,according to Deputy Dean of theSloan School Paul M. Healy. "It's ahope that it will be passed," Healysaid.

President Charles M. Vest saidthe Executive Committee of theCorporation will vote on the MBAdegree next week. If approved, thecommittee would bring it to theCorporation for confirmation.

This year's first-year Sloan mas-ter's students would be the firstclass given the option to pursue theMBA. Although the Master of Sci-ence degree with a 24-unit thesiswill still be offered, both Healy andDean of the Graduate School FrankE. Perkins '55 believe that more stu-dents would choose the MBAoption over the SM.

Healy said that Sloan has alreadyimplemented new courses this year."Our hope is the changes we'vemade in the program will make it abetter program, without diluting ourresearch program," he said.

Under the MBA degree propos-al, "we're asking students to applyresearch tools and theory to a widerange of management problems"instead of requiring them to write athesis, Healy said.

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booth where student groups can sell ticketsto their events, Babiec said. Students willalso be able to reserve Institute rooms andspace for Lobby 7 and Lobby 10 dropposters.

The booth will also serve as an MITActivities Committee outlet. MITAC offerstickets to outside events, sometimes at a dis-counted price. Because the MITAC office isin Building 20, the desk will serve as a"more central location," and more -studentswill probably use their services, he said...

Jahnavi Swamy '95, who served on thecommittee, said that a "big selling point" ofthis year's gift is that it- "makes things a lot

bridge area. There will be a place where stu-dents can pick up various. forms, such asadd-drop cards.

Television sets will be set up to "allowstudents to watch major world events and ...the MIT Cable events channel," Babiec said.

Students will staff the booth. Normallyone person will man the booth, but duringtimes of heavy use, such as selling SpringWeekend concert tickets, "it's likely a sec-ond person will be added," Babiec said.

The desk will not replace student boothsin Lobby 10, rather it "gives student organi-.zations another outlet," Babiec said. "It's'hard to man a Lobby 10-booth all day; it's

water group, and he thinks the ticket boothwill make it easier for people to buy tickets.

About 200 to 250 seniors came by thegift premiere on Tuesday, and student feed-back was generally pretty positive, Babiecsaid. The architect attended the event, andbrought some conceptual drawings. Thebooth is "something the senior class willenjoy and be proud of when they come backfor reunions," Babiec said.

Annette C. Guy '94 attended the pre-miere, but said she was not "too psychedabout the project idea because ... [it] wasn't

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list problems we found in all livinggroups," said committee ChairmanJohn S. Hollywood '96. "We lookedat physical conditions, interpersonalconditions, ... and house govern-ments."

The report will cover dormitoriesin detail and independent livinggroups in less detail, Hollywoodadded.

The final draft will be releasedshortly after Spring Break. The pre-liminary draft is not official and stillmust be approved by the UA coun-cil before it is officially released,according to UA President Hans C.Godfrey '93.

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time," Hollywood said. The committee would like aninvestigation into the level of drugand alcohol use at Bexley Hall,Senior House, Baker House, BulrtonThird at Burton House, and FifthEast at East Campus; and they rec-ommend that actions should betaken to reduce or eliminate suchuse.

The report reviewed the trainingof R/O workers and the IFC's "bad-mouthing" rule. Changes to the R/Osystem, including lengthening R/Oweek and reworking housing lotter-ies, should be considered, the reportsaid.

The committee also found the

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should construct a new dormitoryfor 100 to 200 undergraduates. Inaddition, it recommended substan-tial upgrades to the physical condi-tion of Random Hall, Senior House,and Baker House.

Security was also a concern, andthe committee called for a review ofthe dormitory card reader system,among other suggestions. It alsoexpressed concern about the fre-quent lack of a night watchman atRandom Hall.

In a preliminary draft of itsreport, the LUnderraduatte Associa-tion Committee on Housing andResidence and Orientation recom-mended building a new dormitory,renovating the existing ones,improving security, and investigat-ing drug and alcohol abuse at cer-tain dormitories.

The preliminary report, releasedlast week, was critical in its evalua-tion of the Department of Housingand Food Services. The report saidthe housing administration hadrepeatedly failed to solve problems"compassionately and quickly."

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Deutch Nominated for DefenseDepartment Number Two SpotBy Daniel C. Stevenson retary is out of town or out of the high levels," MIT President CharlesASSOCIATENEWSEDITOR country, according to Lt. Col. Mike M. Vest said.

President Bill Clinton nominated Stepp, an Air Force spokesman. Deutch "has demonstrated wis-Institute Professor John M. Deutch The deputy secretary also attends dom, leadership, and effectiveness'61 as deputy, secretary of defense important meetings with the secre- in a critical set of areas," Provostyesterday, according to a news tary and "relieves the secretary of a Mark S. Wrighton said, and he isrelease from the Department of lot of day-to-day things involved in "uniquely well-qualified for his newDefense. Deutch has served as running the department." Stepp said. role."

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With a Senate vote on the controversial balanced budget amend-ment set for early next week, backers and opponents of the measureintensified their efforts Thursday to sway the remaining handful ofundecided senators.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who was on the doubtful list,declared her co-sponsorship of a new plan offered by Sen. HarryReid, D-Nev., that would revise the proposal for a balanced federalbudget by exempting Social Security, creating a capital budget andallowing deficit spending during recessions.

She added, however, that if Reid's plan fails to win the requiredtwo-thirds majority in the Senate, she will vote for the original bal-anced-budget amendment offered by Sen. Paul Simon, D-III. Fein-stein is a co-sponsor of the Simon proposal but recently was countedamong the undecideds after she expressed reservations about it.

Simon claims to have 62 of the 67 votes needed for passage of hisproposed amendment, which would require the president to submit a

a..nced budget to C"ongareics earh year Only a three-fifths vote bythe House and Senate would authorize deficit spending.

The Senate has scheduled back-to-back votes on the competingbills Tuesday, while the House arranged to vote on budget-balancingamendments next month, no matter what the Senate outcome is.

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opposed confrontation with China.But Patten's bill - part of which

was published in 1993 - called forincreasing the election base from110,000 to all of Hong Kong's 2.7million adult workers.

Patten told Legco membersThursday that despite China's oppo-sition to his bill, Britain wants tocontinue talks with the Chinese onother issues concerning HongKong's development. "Let us try to

cult for Beijing to change.But the Chinese Foreign Min-

istry bluntly stated Thursday thatwhen China assumes control inHong Kong, it will "terminate" allthree tiers of partially elected bodiesthere: the colony's LegislativeCouncil, known as Legco, districtboards, and municipal councils.

Foreign Ministry spokesmanShen Guofang said at a press brief-ing here Thursday that the two

By Daniel SoutherlandTHE WASHINGTON POST

BEIJING

China Thursday angrily declaredthat Hong Kong Gov. Chris Patten'smoves to broaden the Britishcolony's limited democracy throughelectoral reforms had "slammed thedoor closed" on further negotiationswith Britain over the island's future.

The denunciation from Chinacame after Patten announced thesecond part of sweeping legislativereform bill. The proposed legisla-tion concerns elections scheduledfor 1995 - the last vote in HongKong before the colony returns toChinese sovereignty July 1, 1997 -and it drops concessions offeredearlier to Beijing.

Also Thursday, China's ForeignMinistry denounced Britain's deci-sion to release a 36-page documentdescribing confidential negotiationsheld by the two sides over a seven-month period last year. Much ofwhat was publicized had alreadybee., published by the Hong Kongpress during the talks, but details ofconcessions made by both sideswere revealed.

Thursday's statements from bothBeijing and Hong Kong seemed toindicate that China and Britain havereached a point of no return in theimpasse over the scope of democra-cy to be granted to Hong Kong's 6million residents when Beijing is incontrol.

China has promised to preserveHong Kong's capitalist system for50 years after resuming control buthas consistently objected to limitedchanges in the colony's politicalsystem. Since taking over as gover-nor in mid-1992, Patten has pursueda policy of institutionalizing somedemocratic legislative practices inan effort to make them more diffi-

countries had had an understandingnot to disclose details of their confi-dential talks, which began last Apriland halted in November with majordisagreements unsolved.

Patten said China broke theunderstanding when Beijing's party-controlled People's Daily newspa-per last month ran a description ofthe negotiations.

The bill announced by Patten,while angering China, fell short ofdemands made by many democracyadvocates in Hong Kong. It wouldprovide for 20 out of 60 seats onLegco to be directly elected.

The paper on the confidentialtalks released by Britain showedthat the two sides disagreed sharplyon the issue of "functional con-stituencies," through which businessor professional groups rather thanindividuals, elect members of thelegislature-

In the past, these constituenceshave had small electorates thatchose Hong Kong's legislators andusually elected conservatives who

draw a line under this dispute andcooperate together in other areas inthe interests of the people of HongKong," Patten said.

The Foreign Ministry spokesmansaid that "during the more than 100years of British rule, Hong Konghas never enjoyed democracy."

The British government has infact never given Hong Kong thesame measure of democratic gov-ernment that the British peopleenjoy. But Hong Kong's residentsare legally guaranteed basic humanrights and freedom of speech and ofthe press.

Underlying the verbal battlesbetween China and Britain are feel-ings of national pride. The Chineseat times seem to be recalling theOpium War of 1839 to 1842, whena powerful British navy defeatedimperial China and forced the Chi-nese to cede the island.

The British want to show thcworld that they are securing the bestpossible deal for the people of HongKong, Britain's last colony.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit vvcudliestday fiec by 47 mid-shipmen who sought to block the Navy's probe of alleged cheatingby students at the U.S. Naval Academy.

The midshipmen had objected to the use of a special five-memberHonor Review Board, chaired by Rear Adm. Richard C. Allen, toreview the cases of more than 100 students accused of cheating onthe tough electrical engineering exam in December 1992. The rulingwill allow the Allen panel to begin today its scheduled case-by-casereview of the allegations against midshipmen.

The suit, filed Feb. I 0, argued that investigators from the office ofthe naval inspector general coerced midshipmen into making incrimi-nating statements, after failing to warn them of their constitutionalrights to remain silent and consult with a lawyer.

But U.S. District Judge Stanley S. Harris agreed with Navylawyers that it would be impossible, until all the hearings have beenconducted, to determine whether midshipmen were denied their dueprocess rights.

The midshipmen's attorneys, after consulting with their clients,probably will file suit again after the review board completes its workthis spring, said attorney Charles W. Gittins.

Dinah Shore Dead At 76LOS ANGELES TIMES

HOLLYWOOD

Dinah Shore, the durable and phenomenally successful entertainerwho moved gracefully from radio and recordings to television, cook-books, and her own celebrity golf tournament, capturing and keepingAmerica's heart along the way, died Thursday in her Beverly Hillshome. She was 76.

Shore died of cancer, said publicist Connie Stone, with her formerhusband, film star George Montgomery, and their two children,Melissa Ann Hime and John David Montgomery,, at her side.

"We have lost one of the voices that defined an era for us," Holly-wood billionaire financier and former 20th Century Fox owner Mar-vin Davis and his wife Barbara said in a statement.

"In many ways Dinah Shore set an example for us all to follow,not least in the areas of charity and fundraising for the less fortunate.Dinah was a joy to be around, independent and humorous. We shouldnot mourn her death but rather celebrate her life."

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to the former Yugoslavia, who hasbeen involved in the talks in

WASHINGTON Europe, is to lead the Americane talks are team, but the official said Christo-this week- pher and other top policy-makers)rge a union may meet with the Croat and Bosn-that could ian participants.

ent with the The United States, the officialsaid, "is trying to push the process

rtment offi- to a conclusion as rapidly as possi-es issued the ble," working against time beforean govern- the momentum and optimism thater weeks of followed the success of the NATOiy and else- ultimatum at Sarajevo is dissipated.) bridge dif- The proposal on the table, whichwo warring has been discussed on and off for

months, provides for a union of theI Muslims Bosnian Muslims and Bosniancease-fire Croats inside Bosnia into "some sort

lay, and the of entity," the structure of which iso take over the subject of the negotiations.it forging a The Bosnian Croats, with help

from Croatia, were once allies of theld begin as mostly Muslim Bosnian government:ontinue for against the Bosnian Serbs, whofficial said. made war on the Muslims with aidwe go from from the Serbs in Belgrade. But

when the Serbs seemed to be win-came from ning the war, the Croats attacked thei President Muslims to grab their chunk of theowledging country.his blessing The Croats fear the Serbs mores Muslims than they fear the Muslims. Anded a union periodically, the Muslims and

Croats have been allied against theister Haris Serbs. Now, the United States hopesg in Wash- it can bring the two sides together inecond time a more lasting political alliance.ry of State The hope is that a new Croat-agreed to Muslim union in Bosnia, said thealks. The official, who briefed reporters ond by Croat- condition he remain anonymous,ate Granic could become strong enough to dealCroat lead- with the Bosnian Serbs and then win

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But Tidjman seemed to go onestep further. In his announcement onCroatian television, he accepted aconfederation with Bosnia's Mus-lims.

"The international communitythinks and is persuading us that theCroatian people in Bosnia-Herze-govina should live together in acommunity with the Muslims,"Tudjman said. "The outcome of thiscould be federation of Muslims andCroats within Bosnia-Herzegovinaand confederation of (that entity)with ... Croatia. This is acceptable tous."

While the United States took thelead in the negotiations and pledgedsupport for the Bosnian govern-ment, the Germans, with longtimeties to the Croats, were enlisted toencourage Zagreb to come to a set-tlement with the Muslims. Andeventually, said the official, theUnited States expects that Russia,traditionally friend of the Serbs, willpressure the Bosnian Serbs as wellas Bclgrade to withdraw from. atleast some of the territory they tookfrom the Muslims.

Eventually, he said, the union,however it is organized, could com-bine in a confederation with Croatiato form a "viable, durable state,"something Tudjman suggested earli-er in the day. He added that a Bosn-ian Croat-Muslim entity alongside aBosnian Serb entity would consti-tute a two-way division of the coun-try, rather than the three-way parti-tion envisioned by the Europeanplan, which has been put aside forthe moment.

The Bosnian peacemoving to Washingtonend, in a U.S. effort to fiof Croats and Muslimsthen press for a settlemeSerbs in all of Bosnia.

A senior State Deparcial said the United Stateinvitation to the Bosniment and the Croats aftertalks in Croatia, Germanwhere in Europe failed toferences between the tmsides.

But the Croats andWednesday agreed to athat goes into effect FridUnited States decided tothe negotiations aimed apolitical alliance.

The talks, which couearly as Saturday, will ctwo or three days, the o"Then we'll see where \there."

A promising sendoffZagreb, where CroatiarFranjo Tudjman, ackncWestern pressure, gave hto a merger of Bosnia'and Croats, and suggestwith Croatia.

Bosnian Prime MiniSilajdzic, who is visitingington and met for the sThursday with SecretarWarren Christopher,remain here for the tCroats will be representedian Foreign Minister Mand one of the Bosnian (ers, Kresimir Zubak.

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Inching toward a recordMichael C. MorganSTAFF METEROLOGIST

Our winter snowfall total after yesterday's snowfall puts us withina foot of the all time seasonal snowfall total of 89.2" set in thefamous winter of 1977 - 1978. As we move out of the climatologi-cally snowiest part of the winter, we'll likely have to contend withseveral light to moderate snow events to tie or break the record.

Our next event will begin tonight and quickly end late Saturdayafternoon. The culprit in this snow event is a rather potent uppertropopspheric disturbance which will quickly pass south of New Eng-land early Saturday. The upper air disturbance will help create asmall but vigourous surface cyclone which should move out to seaafter du..ping a light to moderate (2 to 7 inch) snowfall on portionsof southern New England, Long Island, and coastal New Jersey andNew York. The track of the low favors the heaviest snow fall to oursouth, with maybe a few inches in the Boston area.

Following the cyclone, blustery very cold weather will arrive forSunday and Monday. A more signifcant storm appears to be in storefor the middle part of next week.

Today: Partly cloudy, wind and cold. High 38°F (3°C). Windswest-northwest 15-25 mph (24-40 kph).

Tonight: Becoming cloudy, light snow developing before dawn.Low 20°F (-7°C).

Saturday: Cloudy with any snow ending by afternoon. Clearing,windy and colder conditions during the afternoon. High 30°F (- 1 °C).

Saturday night: Clear and cold. Low9°F (-13°C).Sunday: Mostly sunny and cold. High 21°F (-6°C).

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U.S. Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders issued a strong attackThursday on cigarette advertising and warned of the dangers ofsmoking for young people.

Elders delivered a report, "Preventing Tobacco Use AmongYoung People," the 23rd on smoking and health from the SurgeonsGeneral in a 30-year anti-smoking crusade. This is first such report tofocus exclusively on the dangers of smoking for young people.

Sounding like the sternest school principal in the country, Elderssaid that it was time for Americans to stop deluding themselves aboutthe dangers of smoking for teens, and to issue "a warning to ouryoung people that tobacco is addicting and that tobacco kills."

Elders said that kids come to believe that smoking will help themjoin what she called the "5-S club: slim, sexy, sociable, sophisticated,successful."

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The administration Thursday endorsed a Senate bill that wouldsubstantially change the federal procurement system, making it possi-ble for Congress to move ahead on streamlining the way the govern-ment buys goods and services.

Steven Kelman, administrator for federal procurement policy,asked for five, primarily technical changes in the legislation andurged the Senate to consider several other suggestions.

John M. Deutch, the Defense Department undersecretary foracquisition and technology who will shortly become the Pentagon'sNo. 2 official, and Roger W. Johnson, head of the General ServicesAdministration, appeared with Kelman Thursday at a joint hearing ofthe Senate's Governmental Affairs and Armed Services committees.

Although Deutch and Johnson asked the panels to examine sever-al other proposals that they said would enhance their respective pro-curement operations, Deutch reassured senators that "we do have asingle administration position."

Kelman reiterated that the administration seeks to reduce the fed-eral work force by 252,000 employees and said "many of those posi-tions are intended to be procurement positions. The Congress hasalready endorsed these cuts. We now need Congress to pass procure-ment reform legislation to aiilow us to make cuts without grinding thegovernment to a halt."

Governmental Affairs Chairman John Glenn, D-Ohio, noted thatPresident Clinton and Vice President Gore support changes in theprocurement system and said two more hearings would be held on thebill next month.

U.N. Says Serbs Are ViolatingNATO Ultimatum

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were working for the CIA.The Ames case jolted the Clin-

WASHINGTON ton administration and its relationsast Septem- with the Russian government head-:d to know ed by Boris N. Yeltsin, and under-d War was scored a fact of life repeatedthe Berlin Wednesday by a former U.S. intelli-

a week ear- gence official: "There may be noand Russia more Cold War, but there still is adesign and need for information, lots of infor-Lce station. nation. So there are spies, lots ofesidential spies."west of the And, as government documents:vening of and interviews show in sometimes-s was con- tantalizing detail, sophisticated sur-video cam- veillance, eavesdropping, photo-y move as a graphic and other means are used inive slowly the game of spy vs. spy.od, peering On Sept. 9, according to govern-vs of their ment documents disclosing the

video surveillance, the Amesesch "Rick" attended a parents' night program at-vel analyst their 4-year-old son's school in sub-in was his urban Virginia, then crossed theMaria del Potomac River and drove to, known as Garfield Street and Garfield Terrace:sted Mon- in a residential neighborhood ofaccused of northwest Washington.

to the Sovi- "Ames and his wife wereien to Rus- attempting to verify through a signalthe Soviet site that a dead drop he had filledevicted, they that day was unloaded" by Russian

agents, according to an affidaviti his spying filed in federal court by the FBI'sheaded the Leslie G. Wiser Jr. In spy talk, aounterintel- "dead drop" is a location - such aso uncover a pipe or log - where documents,lit double money, film or computer diskettesntified one can be deposited by one agent and)etrayed by picked up by another, without face-loscow, but to-face contact.{e compro- The richly detailed39-page affi-oviets who davit filed in federal court Tuesday

after the arrests gives hints of howthe government built its case.

There were listening devicesplanted in the home they had pur-chased in 1989 as well as taps ontheir telephones and computer.

Federal agents rummagedrepeatedly through their garbage,finding torn-up notes they piecedtogether and typewriter ribbons theyused to reconstruct other messages.

The FBI electronically moni-tored the Ameses' bank accountsand reconstructed the flow of morethan $1.5 million into thoseaccounts.

Ames' government salary neverexceeded $70,000 a year, but thisincm .w5as far utpaced buy the

family's spending. Besides the half-million-dollar house in a fashion-able neighborhood, the documentssay, the Ameses spent $100,000 onhome improvements, bought thenew Jaguar with a $25,000 cashdown payment, invested $160,000in stocks and securities, purchasedtwo condominiums and a farm inRosario Ames' native Colombia,and spent more than $450,000 incredit card purchases during aneight-year period.

Documents released after thearrests suggest that as far back asthe mid-1980s the FBI - whichkept an intensive watch on Sovietpersonnel in this country - becameaware of Ames' meetings withSoviet agents, but that the CIA mayhave been unaware of the contactsbecause Ames did not regularlyreport them as required.

On a balmy evening 1;ber, all the world seemsthat the superpower Colover. Four years earlier,Wall had fallen, and justlier the United States ahad agreed to jointly dbuild an international spa

But on the leafy rstreets two miles northWhite House on the eSept. 9, the game of spietinuing. FBI agents witheras were recording ever)man and a woman drothrough the neighborhoodintently out the windowJaguar.

The man was AldriAmes, 52, a career midleof the CIA. The womaColombian-born wife,Rosario Casas Ames, 42Rosario. Both were arreday and now are in jail,selling state secrets first tet Union in the 1980s, thsia in the 1990s after tempire collapsed. If convface life in prison.

In the mid '80s, whenallegedly began, Ames ICIA's Soviet branch ofccligence - the effort t4enemy spies and recruagents. The affidavit idesuch agent as allegedly tAmes and executed by Msources said he may hayrnised as many as six S(

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Even as it unveiled a new accord to halt the war in central Bosniabased on the "Sarajevo formula" for withdrawing heavy weapons andending the siege, the United Nations made clear Thursday that Bosn-ian Serbs had violated a NATO ultimatum throughout the exclusionzone and four days after the deadline were still refusing to hand oversome heavy weapons.

In the most brazen challenge to U.N. authority, a Bosnian Serbcommander in Osijek, a village west of Sarajevo, not only refused tohand over an arsenal of 19 heavy artillery pieces but spirited threepieces outside the 12-mile exclusion zone set by NATO, a U.N.spokesman said. Tihe Bosnian government listed eight further viola-tions by the Bosnian Serbs, which the United Nations would not con-firm.

The U.N. spokesman, Lt. Col. Bill Aikman of Canada, did dis-close, however, that of 115 sites where the Serbs had placed artilleryor tanks to bombard Sarajevo, weapons had been found at 35 after thedeadline. U.N. monitors had not yet visited eight sites, Aikman said.

Now, with its resources stretched in locating Serb artillery sites-and rounding up the weapons that the Serbs failed to turn in, the Unit-ed Nations in New York has announced it will take on two majortasks by March 7: opening the airport in Tuzla, a government-heldenclave with as many as 750,J00 people; and demilitarizing centralBosnia.

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State Duma.Yeltsinr vowed to' enid "unilateral

Moscow concessions" to the West on defensekeeping and security issues, to oppose anycountry's eastward expansion of the NATO)ectrum, alliance without Russian participa-hursday tion and to use Russian militaryer state, strength to quell ethnic conflicts onIaggres- the country's periphery.iic Rus- "The main goal of our foreigns of the policy is consistent promotion of

Russia's national interests," he said.ess to a "The priority means toward thisv Parlia- goal is openness and cooperation.fend his But Russia has the right to act firm-conomic ly and toughly when it is necessary.g down ... We must put an end to the faultynd sighs practice of unilateral concessions."red band He promised that the state would

become more active in regulating:ifics to the transition to a market economycoupled and in combating crime and corrup-compro- tion, which he called "the key prob-and neo- lem of the year.") hold a Yeltsin also avoided any directiament's reference to the Duma's decisionuse, the Wednesday to challenge the presi-

dent by declaring an amnesty for theperpetrators of the 1991 coup andlast October's anti-governmentrevolt. Yeltsinf supporters and aidescontinued to denounce the amnestyas legally invalid and an invitationto renewed civil conflict, but thepresident confined himself to oneoblique comment that "social con-ciliation is not all-forgiveness.

Despite the overtures, there waslittle immediate indication thatYeltsin had won over any oppo-nents. There was polite andrestrained applause for him at thestart and finish of the speech, butnone during the 49-minute address.Afterward, many legislators criti-cized it as too long, too general andtoo lacking in specific proposals.

"No news here," said VladimirZhirinovsky, leader of the ultrana-tionalist Liberal Democratic Party."They (Yeltsin and his aides) haveno concept of development. Theyare afraid of what will happen in thefuture."

In a speech aimed at 1him in the center of his ccrapidly shifting political spPresident Boris N. Yeltsin Tpromised Russians a stronga tougher foreign policy andsive action to protect ethnsians in the other republiccollapsed Soviet Union.

In a long-awaited addrjoint session of Russia's nzv;ment, Yeltsin vowed to detcontroversial free-market ecreforms and fight to brininflation, drawing praise arof relief from his beleaguerof legislative supporters.

But he offered no specback up that pledge - andit with several gestures of cmise to his ultranationalist acommunist opponents whomajority of seats in the Parlimore powerful lower hou

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The American Red Cross, which has been attacked for inade-quately safeguarding much of the nation's blood supply, will estab-lish a national college in Fairfax County, Va., to train workers in thelatest blood-handling techniques.

The program will begin by summer and is the result of the non-profit group's continuing review of its blood supply operations, RedCross President Elizabeth Dole said Thursday.

"We will produce through education a national standardization ofperformance not possible any other way," Dole said. "Our collegewill have rigorous tests before certification so that the patches andpins worn by Red Crossers will serve as emblems of excellence in theindustry."

The college, as the Red Cross calls it, will provide courses lastingweeks and months in handling blood, said Karen Shoos Lipton, act-ing senior vice president for the group's biomedical services.

The Red Cross hopes to bring in 150 to 200 people in key posi-tions during the program's first year, Lipton said. Training will takeplace in the Red Cross office building at Route 50 and the CapitalBeltway.

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cry" in the store because they can-not afford to buy the drugs theirdoctors say they need, pharmacistJohn Kiszkiel told Clinton. "I'vehad people here who told me theyhad to sell their homes" or chosebetween buying drugs and payingrent.

The administration included pre-scription drug coverage as a sweet-ener it hoped would energize elderlyvoters and their often-influentiallobbyists on behalf of Clinton's pro-posed reforms. In upcoming events,the president intends to emphasize asecond element of his plan - a lim-ited program of assistance for long-term in-home nursing care - thatalso has considerable appeal for theelderly.

No interest group has beencourted more assiduously by theWhite House than the elderly. Andfor good reason. The support ofgroups like the AARP is crucial tocongressional enactment of Clin-ton's bill.

floor debates through which thehealth plan must travel in the nextseveral months. "I'm not worried."

Faced with continued doubts inCongress, however, the WhiteHouse has been trying to bolstersupport within major constituenciesand among business groups. As partof that effort, the president and hishealth care reformists have sched-uled two weeks of events designedto persuade the elderly that his planwould benefit them far more than itsrivals.

Last week, he traveled to Edison,N.J., to enlist the support of thepowerful elderly lobby, the Ameri-can Association of Retired People.

On Thursday, the president'spitch focused on his plan to expandMedicare benefits to include pre-scription drug coverage.

Visiting the Greenville DrugStore here, the president met withseveral elderly customers, listeningto the tales of their ailments and thehigh costs of the drugs they need.

"I've had people break.down and-

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President Clinton shrugged offcongressional qualms about hishealth care plan here Thursday as heparticipated in another eventdesigned to win support for hisreforms among a crucial constituen-cy - the nation's elderly.

Key legislators have said inrecent days that large parts of thepresident's plan lack support onCapitol Hill. Chief among them isthe provision creating the mandato-ry insurance purchasing coopera-tives that the administration callshealth care alliances.

But Clinton dismissed those con-cerns as "details" Thursday - say-ing in remarks to reporters before aspeech here that if Congress agreesto his goal of guaranteeing healthinsurance for all Americans, "we'llwork out everything else."

"This is just the beginning,"Clinton said, noting the long line ofsubcommittees, committees and

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Apollo missions, each artifact is an irreplace-able treasure. When performing microstruc-tural evaluation, painstaking metallographictechniques and state of the art methods ofnon-destructive analysis are necessary to min-imize the inevitable damage to the artifact.Microstructural evaluation is an art, a science,and a big business in the "real world."

CMRAE helps keep MIT on the leadingedge - its program has been widely praisedby scholars in its own field, who are morequalified than myself to judge it. But I willadd that my own educational and professionalinteractions with Professor Heather N. Lecht-man have been extremely valuable. Her exten-sive field work, laboratory experience, andtechnical understanding of materials scienceadd immeasurable depth to her lectures andwritings on ancient cultures.

This is what we expect from the faculty ofiMiT - lectures given not just uy lecturerls,but by the leading researchers in the field.How can we expect Professor Lechtman andAssociate Professor Dorothy Hosler to main-tain this edge without the use of their researchfacility? Is this how we pursue excellence atMIT?

Like the Sloan School and the LinguisticsDepartment, CMRAE excels not by emulatingother archaeological programs, but by apply-ing an innovative and rigorous scientificapproach to what was traditionally a humanis-tic endeavor. While there is little room at theInstitute for a graduate history program in thetypical sense, there is no more fitting place forconducting a scientific inquiry into the historicpast.

It is ironic that as the CMRAE decisionwas made, the Dibner Institute for the Historyof Science and Technology was enticed to set-tle at MIT. At that time, Tech Talk noted that"[Provost] Mark S. Wrighton, who played akey role in establishing the Dibner instituteand Bumdy Library at MIT, said all of theconsortium members have long-standing com-mitments to the study of the history of scienceand technology."

action. CMRAE is a world class programcombining science and the humanities, and itscost is low when compared to its benefits. It iscertainly true that CMRAE should seek out-side funding; however, it is unreasonable toexpect the government or private foundationsto support a program which receives no moralor financial support from the Institute itself.

I myself am forever grateful that I had theopportunity to speak with Professor C. S.Smith about the benefits which accrue fromthe melange of science and the humanities, anissue which filled the later years of his life.Professors Lechtman and Hosier keep thisspirit alive at MIT to the benefit of studentsand scholars alike. Please reconsider yourdecision to close CMRAE.

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Closing of CMRAEDisappointing

The Tech received a copy of the following,addressed to Provost Mark S. Wrighton:

I am extremely dismayed by your decisionto close the Center for Materials Research inArchaeology and Ethnology and beg you toreconsider it. The benefits of having this pro-gram on campus far exceed the relativelysmall cost to the Institute, and we shall all beintellectually poorer without it.

CMRAE is the descendant of the Lab forResearch on Archaeological Materials, startedby the late Institute Professor Cyril StanleySmith in 1967. That laboratory was one of thevery first to apply the scientific techniques ofmaterials science towards the study of histori-cal artifacts; CMRAE continues that traditiontoday. Its research program "emphasizes rig-orous laboratory study of artifacts ... in orderto determine the nature and structure of thematerials of which they are composed."

Rigorous laboratory study. These wordsunderlie the decision of the eight local institu-tions which founded CMRAE to center theprogram here at MIT. While CMRAE's mis-sion is an interdisciplinary one, encompassingthe study of history, archaeology, and anthro-pology, it rests on a solid scientific foundation- allowing the artifacts to speak for them-selves - which is best built at a technicalinstitution.

With what is arguably the best materialsscience department in the United States, wehave at MIT the intellectual talent andresearch facilities necessary for this work.Like the lunar samples brought back by the

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CMRAE has benefits to people outside ofthe field of archaeometry. As a student in theDepartment of Materials Science and Engi-neering, I have always taken great pride in theCenter's existence. It seeks to document theunrecorded skills, knowledge and values ofour own intellectual forebears using the sametools that I use in my own materials research.When we analytically investigate an artifact,we see not only the artist or craftsman whogave it shape, but also the engineer who gaveit strength and structure.

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arsenal. Also, having been in power for near-ly 50 years, he has seen many leaders ownnuclear weapons, and it is ridiculous toexpect him to give up his chance to fabricatehis own.

Another stake that the United States hasin this affair is the 35,000 or so U.S. troopsoccupying South Korea. If North Korea wereto make an attack, it would likely strikeSouth Korea, attacking Americans in theprocess. Japan would probably be stuck aswell, as North Korea reportedly developingmedium-range weapons with which it couldattack Japan. Such actions could lead toundesirable proportions, and must certainlybe avoided.

Koreans hold several views of Americans.One is of America being the "historic helper,"acting out of goodwill. Another is as the"careless colossus," having good intents, butbungling on many efforts. A third view is as a"ruthless hegemon," always intervening in aselfish manner, and not maintaining the samepolicy toward Korea.

America's foreign policy in Korea leavessomething to be desired. Critics point to sev-eral events in which the United States eitherdid not follow through on policy or have goodpolicy - promising Korea to protect it fromJapan, but failing to do so several decadeslater- and the hasty division of Korea at the38th parallel at the end of World War II,which eventually led to the Korean War.

Therefore, the importance of the UnitedStates' involvement cannot be emphasizedenough. Not only is world peace at stake inthis delicate issue, but Koreans would certain-ly not appreciate any more misguided diplo-macy on the part of the Americans.

Parallels have been drawn between thedevelopments in the Balkans and their poten-tial for occurring in North Korea. Uncertainshifts in policy by the United States certainly

do not help matters. It is a tough position forsuch a "policeman nation" to be in. Toughwords and actions can be used effectively attimes, but extreme caution must be used whendealing with nuclear weapons and NorthKorea, perhaps the most Stalinist nation inexistence today.

Progress made this week in issuing visasfor the IAEA inspectors to visit the sevenknown nuclear sites has been deceptive. TheU.N. agency wants to be able to investigatetwo other sites, which the North Koreans arealleged to be trying to keep secret. It willleave the issue of these alleged sites to theUnited States.

Whether or not North Korea should beallowed to have nuclear weapons is a debat-able topic - the United States, SovietUnion, and many other nations have ownedor still own them. Kim Il-Sung has led anation for nearly 50 years, and the possessionof nuclear arms could serve as an effectiveleverage device for strong-arm negotiation.Most leaders would not be willing to givepotential like this up, especially under thecircumstances that Kim Il-Sung and NorthKorea are under.

In the interests of safety and peace of EastAsia, as well as the rest of the world, it wouldbe best if North Korea were convinced torelinquish any nuclear weapon potential that ithas. Many Asians (in Japan and South Korea,particularly) fear the prospect of North Koreapossessing nuclear weapons.

It is up to the IAEA and United States toconvince Kim Il-Sung of the pitfalls of anuclear arsenal. North Korea represents toomuch of a threat to the world to own nuclearweapons and must be dealt with in a carefulmanner so as not to further complicate thestate of affairs in Asia or the relations betweenthe United States and Korea.

Recent developments in the North Koreannuclear weapon controversy seem to haveimproved somewhat, but care must be taken infurther negotiations to avoid catastrophe.

Earlier in the month, North Koreadeclared that implementation of economicsanctions, used to pressure the country toallow thorough inspections of nuclearweapons, would be considered to be a "decla-ration of war." On Monday, the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency, the United Nationsagency responsible for such inspections, metin Vienna to discuss the feasibility of suchsanctions.

Apparently, the use of economic sanctionsis dropping from the picture in the internation-a! policy regarding this issue. This comes as arelief to many. Earlier in the month, troopsgathered on both sides of the demilitarizedzone, increasing the possibility of armed con-flict, whether or not nuclear weapons existedor became involved.

The United States plays a considerablerole in this state of affairs. Japanese DefenseMinister Kazuo Aichi said that the NorthKoreans "are using the nuclear issue quitewell in this respect, demanding negotiationswith the United States and only the UnitedStates, and creating the image that they areable to approach the number one power in theworld on an equal footing," ["Korean Rift iswidening, parties say," The Boston Globe,Feb. 8].

This symbolizes the potential negotiativepower of North Korea, should it continuedevelopments of nuclear weapons. Currently,the North Korean economy is weak and heav-ily dependent on China for goods. Thereforeit is inot surprising that Kim IlI-Sung, presi-dent of North Korea since 1945, would beloathe to relinquish any potential nuclear

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I write this column not to embolden anypolicy maker - for what policy maker willread it? - but to remind the reader that ourown ignorance has led to much of SouthKorea's trouble this century. Our successeshave resulted from close attention, firmresolve, and self-sacrifice; our failures fromignorance and arrogance. Will the future ofour relationship be marked by more resolvethan ignorance. or by more apathy than deter-mination? With or without a new war inKorea, the future of the peninsula rests uponour answer to that question.

There is more at stake here than just diplo-matic relations. Our responsibility in Korea isnot derived from some tattered treaty, norfrom some agreement between politicians. Itflows from our common history, and from ourown mistakes. We should pay careful atten-tion to what happens in Korea not because ofthat nation's supreme importance to oureveryday lives, but because we have madeourselves responsible first for Korea's exis-tence, and then for its survival. For better orfor worse, the United States created SouthKorea, led the South Korean occupation,fought in and directed its war with the North,and stood with it for the last forty years.Walking away from Korea now would be tan-tamount to declaring that America will neitherremember its friends, nor honor its historicresponsibilities. In a sense, our own history ison the line in Korea. What should Americastand for in the post-Cold War world? We willanswer that question on the very ridges ofKorea where so many Americans lost theirlives.

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Both Hodge and his inferiors proved whol-ly incompetent to the task at hand. Theyimmediately alienated the Korean people byconducting the occupation as if they had takenover an enemy power. Hodge left manyJapanese colonial officials in place, and evenused Japanese guards to put down peasantuprisings. The Americans also largely bungleddiplomatic relations with the North, whereMoscow set up its own trusteeship under theiron hand of Kim Il-Sung.

Throughout the four years of the occupa-tion, both the American government and theAmerican public displayed a striking lack ofinterest in the nation whose creation they hadoverseen. General Hodge himself often plead-ed with Washington and Tokyo (where Gener-al MacArthur was directing a very differentsort of occupation) for advice and direction.No advice was ever given. In 1947 the UnitedNations held elections in South Korea.USAFIK was deactivated and sent home in1949.

After the departure of American forces,the snd stat e of affairs r. th" e p nin.ul

became evident. The hand-picked R.O.K.President, Syngman Rhee, displayed a threat-ening belligerence that made both Washing-ton and Pyongyang nervous. The inclinationof both Korean governments toward forcedunification made civil war seem inevitable.The Korean War marked one of the hottestpoints of Cold War. The battle was soonjoined by U.S. troops operating under U.N.auspices. When these U.N. troops pushednearly to the Chinese border, Chinese Com-munist Forces also entered the war. TheKorean peninsula was completely ravagedduring the course of the conflict. Seoul itselfchanged hands four times. Casualities includ-ed 139,272 Americans, 272,975 South Kore-ans, 620,264 North Koreans and 909,607Chinese; 37,904 Americans died or were pre-sumed dead. After three years of gruesomewarfare, the two sides made an uneasy peace.The peninsula would remain divided - andarmed to the teeth.

That was 40 years ago. In terms of rela-tions between the North and South, the worlddoes not seem to have changed very muchsince 1946. True, now both Koreas have flirt-ed with nuclear capability, and North Korea

seems to be ready to produce several bombs.Yet the basic character of the U.S.-R.O.K.relationship has remained intact. The UnitedStates has stood by its pledge to guarantee theSouth's security. And in spite of talks aimedat the reunification of Korea, the North's con-tinued militarism has kept the South on edge.Frustration with the North's apparent non-compliance with the nuclear Non-ProlifierationTreaty has today led to a new crisis in U.S.-North Korean relations.

In spite of the danger, U.S. diplomacy inKorea has remained clumsy and tactless. Thelist of sore points is long. During the eighties,strong American support for a line of brutaland unpopular South Korean leaders dam-aged U.S. credibility'among the populace.American demands for trade concessions -followed by trade retaliation under the Super301 law - called into question U.S. concernfor South Korean interests. South Koreanshave also been offended by inept U.S. mediacoverage of their affairs, especially during the1988 Summer Olympics, when U.S. networkssniUbCG rmOuleall priue ,uy its Sparse coverageof South Korean athletics. "M.A.S.H." con-tinues to be broadcast over armed servicestelevision in Korea, in spite of repeated repre-sentations by Korean leaders to have itpulled.

The erosion of U.S.-South Korean rela-tions has not only occurred at the diplomaticlevel. Everyday South Koreans have becomeever more disillusioned about the nature oftheir partnership with America. While manyolder Koreans still view America as theirgreatest ally, the younger generation hascome to look upon the U.S. as a bungler, anoccupier, or even as a hegemon. Twoprocesses led to this change. First, SouthKorea's political and economic growth hasfueled an intense quest for a new nationalidentity. This quest has been naturally linkedby some to the identification of the-foreignmilitary presence as a challenge to Koreanindependence. In the absence of strongreminders of the need for that presence, andwith daily reminders of the uneasy relationsbetween the United States and South Korea,America-bashing has become quite popular insome quarters.

Secondly, South Koreans have come to

In the years since the end of Japanese colo-nial"rule in 1945, South Koreans have trans-formed their landlord-based agrarian societyinto a modern industrial state. South Koreanshave paid for their strong political and eco-nomic system with their own blood and tea-sure. The South's prosperity should be attrib-uted not to foreign tutelage, but to the hardlabor of Koreans themselves.

That having been said, South Korea sharesits own history with the United States. Ameri-cans and Koreans shed their blood side byside for three brutal years (1950 to 1953).Since the 1953 Mutual Defense Pact, Ameri-can soldiers have been pledged to defend thesoil of South Korea as if it were their own.South Korea also lies under the U.S. nuclearumbrella. President Truman's declaration tohis advisers on the dawn of the 1950 invasionremains accurate to this very day: "We stay inKorea. Period."

America's policy experience in Koreamight be termed clumsy pragmatism nunchl-ated by moments of resolve in times of crisis.The two Koreas were themselves created in apinch by General Douglas MacArthur and theState-War-Navy Coordinating Committee onAug. 10, 1945, just after the Japanese offer ofsurrender. On that day MacArthur issued Gen-eral Order No. 1, which stated that Japaneseforces north of the 38th Parallel would surren-der to Soviet troops, and those south of theparallel would surrender to American troops.With the F- ed Ar my p oise d to occupy the

entire peninsula, and with no Americans insight, partition seemed a good way to insureeventual four-power supervision of Koreanindependence, which had been promised inthe 1943 Cairo Declaration.

After the partition, General MacArthurappointed General John Hodge to head theUnited States Army Forces in Korea(USAFIK). Hodge was selected not becauseof any qualifications he might have had todirect a military occupation, but because hewas stationed at Okinawa. "Hodge was verypossibly the first man in history selected towield executive powers over a nation of near-ly 20 million on the basis of shipping time,"quipped one authority.

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SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION about a young-black guy, played by WillDirected by Fred Schepisi. Smith ... you know, the Fresh Prince of BelWritten by John Guare. Air. ... Well ... uh ... he cons his way intoStarring Stockard Channing, the ritzy apartment of this upper-class, NewDonald Sutherland, and Will Smith. York couple by pretending he's their chil-Loews Copley Place. dren's college friend and the son of Sidney

Poitier." The problem with this reply is you'llBy Robert Marcato probably think that Six Degrees is somewhereSTAFF REPORTER between Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Differ-

he question I receive most when I tell ent Strokes. Nevertheless, I can promise youpeople that I have seen and really that, no matter how you interpret this synop-liked this film is: "What is it about?" sis, what you to expect won't even be close toThis, the most common of movie what you get.

questions, is also the one that I dread the My other possible response to the questionmost, partially because it disappoints me that is to tell you what this film is "all about", as Iso few people have heard of this masterpiece might say Philadelphia is all about AIDS orof a movie, but mostly because it's so hard to Schindler's List is all about the Holocaust.answer. I've read several reviews of this film and

There are many ways to respond to this have seen it described as any and all of thequestion of what this movie is about. I can following: "a comedy of manners," "a dramagive you the expected plot summary: "It's of ideas," "a biting satire of New York pre-

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tentions," "a meditation on cultural break-down," and "a rich, funny, and disturbingparable of life in the morally wormy BigApple."

"Which is it," you ask. It is all of them,and more. Six Degrees takes these themesand elements of art, imagination, and realityand weaves them into a brilliant myriad ofmeaning. For audiences that are used tomodern movies, which are lucky if theyhave one main message, this film's multi-plicity of themes might make you leave thetheater muttering "What did that mean?"over and over to yourself. But, whether youlove or hate this feeling of ambiguity, 1 canpromise you that it will be hard to stopthinking about this film and its haunting,dazzling style.

Right about now all the normala" movie-goers have convinced themselves that SixDegrees is some artsy-fartsy film that you

:ks subtlely alprospective students to fill his Jedi academy,he accidentally stumbles on a foolproof wayto determine a person's potential. It takesaway all the mystery of the situation when

Other developments in the book are justtoo implausible to believe. Much of what dri-ves the actions of particular characters is sim-ply unbelievable. If I were a commandingofficer in charge of a battle force, for exam-ple, I wouldn't wait around multiple years fororders from my superiors.

All of the characters are also lackluster.Luke has become somber and introverted.Han and Chewie do what they have to do, butdon't really seem to have anything drivingthem. Everyone starts and ends the same,maybe with a few more scrapes and bruises,but effectively the same. Leah is possibly theonly exception. She starts the book as thesame old Leah that we have seen in previousseries, though we do notice a subtle change by

shouldn't see unless it's in the syllabus ofsome film class you're taking. But, pleasedon't let me scare you away from it with allmy reviewer-babble. Despite all the "mean-ing" I've assigned to it, this film is foremosta comedy, a satire. You can't help but watch

'it leaning forward with a big grin on yourface. The screenplay, adapted from the scriptof John Guare's hit Broadway play, is one ofthe best I've ever seen. The script is support-ed by the performances of the film's threestars: Smith, slickly superb as the con man;Donald Sutherland, masterful as the art-deal-ing husband; and Stockard Channing, whosewitty, wry, and magnificent portrayal of thehigh-society wife has brought her a BestActress nomination. Brilliantly blendedtogether by the hand of director Fred Schep-isi, these elements make Six Degrees one ofthe best films of the year, and one you'llwant to see again.

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Besides Leah, one other character doesstand out in my mind: that of Moruth Doole- the lead antagonist who runs a narcoticspice mining operation on an llinabuitableworld. But unfortunately, it seems impossiblethat anyone so clueless could possibly haverisen to the point that he did. Everything thathe does borders on moronic. As I read, I won-dered if he was actively trying to get himselfinto trouble.

Although Jedi Search is full of flaws, I didenjoy the book. It was a different type ofstory. It had none of the tactical plotting anddiplomatic conniving in the first two trilogies.It was completely different, yet it succeededin filling in several minor hooks left unan-swered from earlier books. Additionally, thebook functions very well in setting up futureplot lines. I look forward to reading the nextbook in the series.

JEDI SEARCHWritten by Kevin J. Anderson.Bantam Books.

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has experienced the Dark side in his trainingwith a clone of the dead emperor. This issomething that seems rather important, yet itis never talked about directly in the old

To further frustrate readers, Anderson pre-sents everything in a "matter of fact" way thatled me to believe I should have already knowabout these allusions. As a result, I was dis-tracted with every mention of the event, won-dering what happened here that I should haveknown.

Anderson lacks subtlety, also. Throughoutthe book, he spells everything out. All of thecharacters always tell what they are doing andwhy, leaving nothing for the reader to imag-ine. This takes away much of the enjoymentof reading a book. I never found myself won-dering whether the characters where hidinganything cr not. In addition, many of the plotdevelopments are far too convenient. Forexample, when Luke begins his search for

n Jedi Search, the first book in the newStar Wars trilogy, a clever plot line ismarred by unwarranted coincidences andlifeless characters. Kevin Anderson tries

to follow Timothy Zahn's successful originalseries, but fails to produce something equallyenjoyable.

The first problem is that Anderson makesallusions to occurrences that did not happenin any of the previous books. While reading,I stopped and became confused, thinking thatmaybe I had missed something in the firstseries. When I went back, though, I wasunable to find any mention of the eventsalluded to. It's not as though they are smalloccurrences either; Luke mentions that he

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*** Reality BitesFinally, here is a twenty-something movie

with a message. Winona Ryder stars as arecent college graduate grappling with ques-tions of identity. Following her dream of mak-ing documentary films, she interns with a tele-vision program and encounters a world ofpeople too self-absorbed to pay her effortsmuch attention. She meets a nice TV execu-tive named Michael (Beil Stiller), doesn't fallin love, and is forced to choose between hav-ing fun with him and having a true connectionwith her old friend Troy (Ethan Hawke).Through all these trials, the movie still suc-ceeds as a comedy, full of crazy details andwitty one-liners. The actors' wonderful per-formances, as well as insightful writing byHelen Childress and directing by Ben Stiller,make this a very entertaining movie.-Gretchen Koot. Loews Copley

****r Schindler's ListDirector Steven Spielberg triumphs in this

historical drama about Oskar Schindler (LiamNeeson), who was responsible for saving thelives of more than a thousand Jews during the

Holocaust. Shot almost entirely in black andwhite, the film takes you to the Poland of thelate 30s and early 40s. Neeson is great, care-fully portraying the slow change from a manwho only cares about money to one who caresonly about saving lives. Ben Kingsley perfect-ly plays Itzhak Stern, Schindler's Jewishaccountant who cunningly sidesteps Nazi offi-cials. Ralph Fiennes portrays the unswerving-ly-loyal Amon Goeth, the Commandant of theNazi labor camp. Through Fiennes the audi-ence is able to witness the hatred, brutality,and widespread death. Overall the movie isincredibly powerful, and brings to light one ofthe darkest periods of human history. -PM.Cleveland Circle

***-kk What's Eating Gilbert GrapeBolstered by excellent performances by

Leonardo DiCaprio, who received a GoldenGlobe nomination for his role, and JohnnyDepp, this film may be the most honest andoriginal film of the year. Gilbert Grape (Depp)is plagued through much of the film by a nag-ging ambivalence to the problems in his life.The ways in which he eventually confrontsthese problems, however, are so subtlelyreached that the story can never be accused ofplot manipulation or cliche. -SD. LoewsNickelodeon

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'-'k** Ace Ventura: Pet DetectiveThough this silly movie is merely a vehicle

for the comedic talent of Jim Carrey, it is gen-uinely funny. Carrey's facial and vocal carica-tures are hilariously fresh, and he shines inthis, his first starring role. Playing Ace Ventu-ra, the world's only pet detective, he is hiredto track down Snowflake, the Miami Dolphinsmascot. The abduction of Dan Marino (ashimself) complicates the plot, which is sur-prisingly interesting, considering the genre ofthe film. In a cascade of foolhardy blundersand semi-decent detective work, Ace tracksdown the perpetrators in his own unique way.Be prepared to laugh a lot at the up-and-com-ing big-screen comedian. -J. MichaelAndresen. Loews Copley Place

** BlinkJust as too many cooks can spoil a broth,

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**** Dangerous LiaisonsIncredible performances by Glenn Close,

John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer high-light this classic film about sexual intrigue.Set in the decadent high court of pre-revolu-tion France, the costumes and sets are mar-velous. The script is incredibly well written,with nearly every line masking a hiddenmeaning. Replete with wonderful psychologi-cal plot twists and a surprising resolution, thisfilm cannot fail to please with its trip throughthe human psyche. -JMA. LSC Sunday

*ra*** In the Name of the FatherDaniel Day-Lewis offers a riveting por-

trayal of a young man named Gerry Conlonwho is convicted, along with friends and fami-ly, of an IRA bombing of a British pub in1974. The film addresses the grave injusticethat the British government dealt the Conlons,but it uses the relationship in prison betweenGerry and his father Guiseppe (an excellentPete Postlethwaite) to carry the film's mes-sage of hope and redemption. Director JimSheridan's pro-Irish bias provides an effectiveretaliation against England's tendency to

make Ireland a scapegoat for the IRA'sactions. And Emma Thompson gives a solidperformance as the lawyer who struggles tobring freedom to the Conlons. Quite simply, itranks as one of the best films of 1993. -ScottDeskin. Loews Copley Place

*** Mrs. DoubtfireAfter a messy divorce, Daniel Hillard

(Robin Williams) will do anything to see hiskids again. His plot involves becoming awoman. As Mrs. Doubtfire, he manages toturn around his life and the lives of others.Williams' hilarious performance and a fewtouching scenes make up for a dismal begin-ning and much run-of-the-mill slapstick. -Craig K Chang. Loews Copley Place

** The Pelican BriefJulia Roberts is a law student who has cre-

ated a legal brief which details her ideas onwho recently murdered two Supreme Courtjustices and how it relates to the president.Denzel Washington is a reporter for the Wash-ington Herald whom Roberts contacts whenher lover and his friend are killed after theysee the brief. Roberts is near perfect, andplays the stressed and paranoid student to thehilt. Washington is convincing - playing thedetermined reported who will stop at nothingto get a story. Thestrength of the film is inhow it is able to careful-iy develop its plot andkeep the audience'sattention until contentsof the brief are revealedat the very end. -Patrick Mahoney. LoewsCopley Place

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"about" AIDS is reallyabout discrimination andhuman dignity. TomHanks is the HIV-posi-tive lawyer who allegeshe was fired from hisprestigious law firmbecause of AIDS dis-crimination, and DenzelWashington is thehomophobic lawyer thatagrees to take his suit tocourt. The film's powerlies in its message, but attimes it suffers fromJonathan Demme'sheavy-handed direction,mistaking stilted senti-ment for raw emotion.Still, the performancesof Hanks, Washington,.

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The Works of Charles H. Woodbury. Afterseveral years on tour, this major retrospectiveof the oils, watercolors, etchings, and draw-ings of artist/teacher Charles H. Woodburyreturns to the MIT Museum.(Ongoing)Tues-Fri 9-5, Sat-Sun 1-5Requested donation: $2Information: 253-4444

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Hart Nautical Gallery,55 Massachusetts Ave.:Course 13, 1893-1993: From Naval Archi-tecture to Ocean Engineering. Exhibitionincludes historic photos, models, and comput-er graphics, and highlights a sampling of cur-rent research including that performed by thedepartment for Bill Koch's '62 successfulAmerica's Cup campaign with America3.(Ongoing)

Boston Fisheries 1900-1920. Photographsdocumenting Boston's T Wharf area.Weekdays 9-8Information: 253-5942

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He was undersecretary in theDepartment of Energy and servedon the White House Science Coun-cil, the Defense Science Board, theArmy Scientific Advisory Panel,and the President's Foreign Intelli-gence Advisory Board, among oth-ers.

At MIT Deutch was dean of theSchool of Science from 1982 to1985, and head of the Departmentof Chemistry from 1976 to 1977.Deutch came to MIT from PrincetonUniversity in 1970.

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as necessary as some of the otherones," such as contributing toUROP funds. It is understandablethat $30,000 would have only gonetoward about 10 summer UROPS,but it still makes a difference, shesaid.

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mittee members and the class agentsask fellow seniors for donations.The program lasts for five years,and runs until the 5-year reunion.Each year the current seniors makepledges to pay for the gift. TheAlumni Office reminds the studentsof pledge obligations.

According to the architect, theproject will cost about $30,000,Babiec said.

Until the gift donations come induring this 5-year period, the Cam-pus Activities Complex will fundthe project. Then the CAC will berepaid.

In choosing a senior gift, the firststep is putting up flame sheets inLobby 7 to hear student suggestions,Babiec said. The committee thenapproaches Institute offices, such asthe Planning Office and the CAC,for potential ideas. This year's ideacrame from Tred E. JOhnSOn necistant

director for programs.The next step is to send out a

survey, which includes several pro-ject ideas, to seniors. Once the com-mittee has heard student input, stud-ied project costs, discussedapplicability, and found an office tomaintain the project once seniorsgraduate, the final decision is made.

The information-booth-project fitall of these criteria, and it is also"such a visible project," Babiecsaid.

"1 think that the nice thing aboutthis year's gift is that we have anoffice that is willing to oversee it,we're dealing with one area - theStudent Center, and we know that itis cost feasible," he said. Babiecalso said the project is going wellbecause the gift committee was pre-pared, the CAC is quite excited, andthe Alumni Office was helpful inplanning a feasible gift.

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This is one of the three designs that the Class of '94 Sernior Gift Committee is considering for the renovation of the Student Center Informa-tion desk. A final decision has not been made yet.

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Feb. 4: Student Center, disturbance at party.Feb. 5: Skating rink, simple assault; Audrey Street, damage to '89

Jeep; East parking garage, '87 Nissan stolen; Bldg. 5, two lightsstolen, $26; Du Pont men's lockerroom, wallet stolen from locker,$30; Walker Memorial, party problem.

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Feb. 10: Student Center, leather jacket stolen, $250; skating rink,jacket stolen, $100.

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Programdegree was composed of a "tinyfraction" of graduate students,Perkins said. "With the MBA, we'regoing to be talking about significantnumbers ofdegrees.'

Healy said that he is not awareof another SM program at otherbusiness and management schools,though some schools "focus on spe-cialties that are more orientedtoward folk that subsequently maywant to get a PhD degree."

For example, Northwestern Uni-versity offers a Master of Manage-ment degree, he said.

t DegreeMBA program both take two yearsto complete. This year's studentswere admitted with the understand-ing that the MBA program wasunder consideration, Perkins said.

If approved by the Corporation,the MBA would be one of two grad-uate degrees at MIT without a majorthesis requirement. The other is thepractice school option in the Depart-ment of Chemical Engineering.These students go to a chemicalengineering practice school andwrite a major report which resem-bles a thesis, Perkins said.

However, the practice school

MBA, from Page 1 as necessary," he said.But the "net gain is positive"

because the Sloan School is makinga serious effort to strengthen themaster's program, Perkins added.

"I think we were able to addressthe concerns satisfactorily," .Healysaid.

MB-A is 'well-recognized'Perkins said he is "reasonably

certain" that the new degree wouldappeal to future Sloan School appli-cants and increase their numbers."The MBA is a well-recognizeddegree," he said. "Students weresometimes confused that MIT didn't

seem to offer an MBA."Because the SM degree is not as

widely-known, most students andrecruiters think of the degree as anMBA anyway, Healy said. TheSloan School was trying to makesome changes in the curriculum,including an optional thesis, and "itmade more sense to call it anMBA," he said.

"From the outside world stand-point, people probably think of theMaster of Science as being more ofa research degree," Healy said. MIThas a reputation as a "research-ori-ented institution," and Sloan doesnot want to change that. The schoolhopes to "make students more profi-cient at applying their researchtools," he said.

Perkins said, "In reality, there isprobably not a huge difference"between the MBA and the SM, but"there was a perception that therewas a huge difference."

Changes under considerationThe Sloan School has been con-

sidering revamping the curriculumand making the thesis optional forsome time. Healy formally intro-duced his idea to the Perkins lastspring. The Committee on GraduateStudent Policy studied the proposal,and it was the major item of discus-sion for five or six meetings,Perkins said.

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Another consideration was thebelief that a "formal thesis is animportant part of an MIT educa-tion," he said. By making the thesisoptional, some believed the SloanSchool might be distancing itselffrom the rest of MIT.

The Institute was unique amongbusiness schools because it offeredan SM and not an MBA, Perkinssaid. It gave the Institute a "unique-ness among business schools, andsome people viewed that uniqueness

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living groups. Committee membershave inspected each dormitory andare beginning to examine ILGs on acase-by-case basis, according toHollywood.

Based on these surveys, the com-mittee concluded that "most under-graduate students are quite contentwith MIT housing." On a scale of10, dormitory residents gave theirhousing a rating of 7.8, while ILGresidents gave a rating of 9.1, for anoverall rating of 8.3.

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MIT competed against teamsfrom Brown University, Universityof Massachusetts, Bates College,Bard College, Smith College, TuftsUniversity, Wellesley College,Dartmouth College, and Universityof New Hampshire.

This weekend, the women'steam will travel to Brooklyn Col-lege to compete in the NationalIntercollegiate Women's FencingAssociation Championships. TheNIWFA is the oldest collegiatewomen's competitive sports associ-ation and has held championshipsevery year since 1917.

women's epee event. Women's epeewas added as a club sport this year,and next year it will premiere as afull NCAA varsity sport. The MITwomen's epee squad surprised allcompetitors by capturing first prizein the team event. The squad consist-ed of Jennifer Mosier '96, KathrynFricks G, and Diane Ho G. As ateam, they defeated every singleopponent. Ho finished the team com-petition with a perfect 7-0 record.

Due to their strong personalrecords in the team competition,Fricks and Ho were selected to com-pete in the individual competition.

Two divers accompanied theswimmers to the championships.Debbie Gustafson '95 wowed herteammates with clean, sharp dives,and placed 10th in the 1-meter, and5th in the 3-meter springboard com-

Elaine Haberer '97 exemplifiedgrace under pressure in her firstNew England Championships, plac-ing 22nd in the 1-meter diving com-petition. "I'm really looking for-ward to next year's championships,"said Haberer.

Diving Coach Rich DeCristofarosaid that he was "pleased with bothof our divers."

In order to earn a varsity letter inswimming and diving, one mustplace in the top 24 at the New Eng-land Championships individually orwithin the top 16 in a relay. Thisyear several swimmers attained thisaward, including Goo, Price, Yang,Harada, Farel, and Miranda Fan.Both divers earned their letters aswell.

After the championships, Coach-es John Benedick and Maureen Tra-vers treated the team to a special all-you-can-eat feast at McDonald's."After all the pasta that we've beeneating for months, this stuff tastesawesome!" raved Audrey Fan '97.

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An MIT player slides the puck past Harvard Business School'sgoalie during the game Tuesday night.

Hockey, from Page 20 score, tying the game, 5-5 with 32seconds left in regulation.

The action was fast and furiousin the five-minute sudden-deathovertime period, but the Engineerssimply couldn't find an opening.However, Harvard did, with lessthan 2:30 left and placed the puckpast Domingo. Domingo had made18 saves in the game, but was notable to save the shot that countedthe most.

After the game, captain CarolBoudreau commented about her play-ers, "They worked hard. It's too badthat they lost. [The game] kindaslipped away." Boudreau also notedthat many members of the team start-ed playing ice hockey this season,and have made considerable progress.

The team's final game took placeagainst Amherst College last night.

4-3. There were some very closecalls on the MIT side of the rinkwhen Harvard shots were eitherstopped or barely missed the goal.

With help from Susie Wee G andEllen Gonzales '94, Jill Depto '97seemed to have added an insurancegoal by scoring with 2:42 remainingin the third period. Depto took aspill, causing action to be stoppedfor a few minutes, but was able toget herself up.

Harvard Business School startedits comeback by scoring exactly aminute after Depto's goal. Misfor-tunes then fell on the Engineers sec-onds later, when Wee was assesseda penalty. With the one-playeradvantage, Harvard playersrebounded from a missed shot to

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The women's basketball team captured their first victory in theNew England Women's Eight Conference Saturday with a win overSmith College, 65-51. But that was not the only first of the day -forward Mari Casserberg '94 broke the women's top scoring record,ending the game with 1,189 points, beating the 1,177-point recordpreviously held by Maureen Fahey '90.

The team came back from a one-point deficit to dominate in thesecond half MIT's strong defense proved to be too much for Smith,and the Engineers doubled their field goal percentage to 50 percent inthe second half Smith, on the other hand, fell from shooting 31 per-cent to 20 percent.

Foul shots made the difference during the game. MIT scored 19points from the line as opposed to Smith's 6 points.

Forward C.J. Doane '95 lead the team with 16 points. Casser-berg's 13 was second highest, and guard Sarah Davis '97 also scoredin double figures with 12.

Casserberg did lead the team in rebounding, as she grabbed 10boards, for a double-double. Center Kristin Ratliff '95 and guardAmy MacKay '97 tied for second, with eight rebounds.

The Engineers began post-season play on Wednesday night, withthe first round of the NEW 8 Conference Tournament at Babson Col-lege.

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Gymnastics, from Page 20 Despite his injuries and illness,Ellefson performed his best ever.His all-around total of 44.90 is hispersonal best. Cooper. who was-only able to compete in the pommelhorse, captured the team's highest

score in that event.With a score of 204.45, the Engi-

neers qualified, as a team, to com-pete in the national gymnasticscompetition in Texas on April 16and 17.

and two others contributed byYoung and Shectman, the teamended up with 31.9 points, putting itover the 200 mark.

Let's Argue, from Page 20 always possessed still in tact....

You Heard it Here FirstWith Texas, Texas A&M, Texas

Tech, and Baylor headed for the BigEight, and SMU, TCU, and Houstonheaded for the WAC, look for SMUfootball coach Forrest Gregg toleave the Mustangs and become thehead man for Shreveport's new CFLteam. UT, A&M, Tech, and BU willjoin Cklahnma and Oklahnmna Statein a Southern division of the Big 8,while Nebraska, Colorado, et al,will form the Northern Division.With BYU and possibly FresnoState on the way to the PAC-10, theWAC needs to get the three SWCleftovers in order to preserve theconference.

Race for FutilityD ale Eamharst: 016Patrick Ewing: 014Despite being a six-time Win-

ston Cup Champion, Dale has yet towin at the Dayton 500. Meanwhile,Patrick looked like he was tryingout for the Random Hall D leaguebasketball team as he missed all 14of his field goal attempts in the firsthalf of Tuesday' s game with Seattle.

Simson's Top 41. Arkansas2. Michigan3. Missouri4. UNC

Let's Argue Fan Top 5This one comes to us from Shi-

ang Yeh'n '92:1. Cincinnati2. Xavier3. Dayton4. Wright State5. Miami (OH)

Mondongo's Hueso de la SemanaMondongo spans the globe this

week to present his coveted awardto: Ivana Shoshatka of Khazakstan.Shoshatka was on the homestretch

of the 15k biathalon, a lock for a sil-ver medal when she fell 10 feet fromthe finish line. The fall cost her over5 seconds, and dropped her to 4thplace, out of medal contention andinto Mondongo's hallowed hall....

Where Are They Now?Former MIT Hoops StarsJay Fraser '89, Mike Casagrande

'89, Doug Cornwall '89, CraigPooie '86, Scean Casey '89, SteveBowdoin '88, Mike McElroy '87,Al Romeo '88, Frank "Trae" Shat-tuck '90, and Arvind Nayarana '92.

Trivia Question of the WeekWho was the last center to lead

the NBA in scoring (for the sea-son)? Send answers, comments, andtapes of the Tonya Harding striptease to sports(@,the-tech.

Answer to last weeks' question:Larry Bird, Dale Ellis, CraigHodges, and Mark Price. Kudos toBernie Chang '97 and Mike McDer-

committed to BC because of Cough-lin. These 17- and 18-year-old kidsmade one of the biggest decisions oftheir lives based on some b.s.churned out by Coughlin about therise of the BC program, the commit-ment he had to the school, blah blahblah. Now, Coughlin is gone, butthe kids are stuck at BC. The talkthat ^tlletes nck a school based onacademics, dorm life, and campussetting in addition to the footballcoach is ridiculous and naive.

The blue chippers pick a schoolbased on the potential to reach thepros, not because they will live in acoed dorm with coed showers (seeStanford). With Coughlin, BC had acoach capable of churning out NFLcaliber players. Now that he is gone,.it is anyone's guess who the newcoach will be and what kind ofoffensive/defensive schemes he willbring to the Heights. If the recentlysigned high school stars change theirmind and want to go to, say, FloridaState, they must sit out two yearsbefore playing any ball (unless BCreleases them for their commitment,in which case it would be one year).The NCAA needs to set some sort ofrules which allow players the mobil-ity to leave a school if a coachleaves or is fired. Kids who pickedthe school because of factors otherthan the coach (as they should) willstay, others will go. But to hold thekids to a different standard than thecoaches is wrong - unless theNCAA wants to make coaches sitout a year before coaching at anotherschool ...

Chalk this one up under the Wild.Wild World of Boxing. The reportswe have been getting out of Chicagoare that heavyweight boxing pro-moter Dan Duva has offeredMichael Jordan (of the Chisox) S15million to fight the winner of thechampionship bout between Evan-der Holyfield and Michael Moorer.Although His Airness is a great ath-lete, there is no way he wants tostand in a ring and go toe-to-toewith Holyfield. And although Duvamay think this is a good publicitystunt (and an easy payday for Evan-der), think of would happen if MJwon. It would send the heavyweightdivision scrambling to rebuild itsreputation, much like it was forcedto do 10 years ago in the pre-Tysondays. What's next for Michael? Wehear that the men's figure skatingcommittee, jealous over the amountof pub the women got with Skate-gate, are trying to get him to don atutu and perform his magic on ice.Besides Holyfield/Bo Jacksonwould be a better fight....

Also in the boxing "say it ain'tso" category, word out of LA is that41-year-old Alexis Arguello is lac-ing up the gloves again, the next ina series of middle-age fighters tocomeback from retirement. It is par-ticularly disappointing to seeArguello returning to the ringbecause he was such a great light-weight champion, a classy guy whooften returned to his home inNicaragua to spread money to thepoor. It is hard to forget the sight ofArguello hugging Ray Mancini afterhanding Boom Boom his first lossand telling the youngster fromYoungstown that he would be agreat fighter someday. It is also hardto forget the fight that ended hiscareer, a brutal knockout loss toAaron "The Hawk" Pryor, one ofthe best fighters of his time. Wewish Alexis nothing but the best,and hope he can come out of thiswith the tremendous dignity that he

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This just in from Javier Villa'94: "Great column, guys. I likedyour Harvard-MIT debate, eventhough I did not understand all ofthem. Remember to keep an eye outfor the APR Dominos Tournamentof Champions coming this spring. Iwill go with whoever Sir Vix likesin the tourney.

From Will Scruggs '92, our manin the Motor City: "Hi guys. Justwanted to pass on my own Motownkudos to the engineers that built thestretcher that Shawn Bradley wascarried out or: last week. I mean, theguy is 7'6". What renob eventhought of building a stretcher thatbig? Also, I wonder what the Lionsare going to do at QB now since thatplug, Erik Kramer, has left for theBears. Well, that's it. Spank youlater."

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Goo also swam exceptionallywell, placing 15th in the 200-yardindividual medley and 14th in the400 individual medley with a per-sonal record of 4:54.15.

Pauline Liauw '94 finished hercollegiate swimming career with apersonal record of 1:12.77 in the100-yard backstroke.

Harada also rounded up herswimming career with a personalbest in the 50-yard backstroke, plac-ing 27th with a time of 31.13.

The 800 freestyle relay team of

'96 finished with a time of 8:35.92."Tapering for these last two weeksmade a difference," said Farel. "Iwent a lot faster."

The format of the competitionwas tiring and stressful because theevening championship heats followedthe morning preliminary trial heats.

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team compensated, though. Andy Lobban '97 leadwith a score of 8.2. Scott Lazerwith '95 followedLobban at 8.15, executing his highest-scoring doubleback in competition. Ellefson was at Lazerwith'sheels with a 8. 1.

The second half of the competition began withthe vault, probably the Engineers strongest event;still they finished 2.2 points being the Minutemen.Manuel Jaime '94, the team captain, earned the high-est score of 8.2 with an impeccable front handspring.

Ellefson scored 8.0. Chi Won '94 tied Ellefsonwith an extremely high front handspring. BrianYoung '96 and Art Shectman '95 both scored a 7.95closely behind the leaders. Geoffrey Phillippe '95improved from his previous meet with a score of 7.4from a 7.25.

Going into the high bar. the team needed a scoreof 27.45 to reach the 200 mark. Among the fivescores that counted, all they needed was an averageof six points per competitor. With a nearly flawlessroutine, Won scored a 7.2. Lobban, who opted toeliminate a risky release move from his routine butstuck a fine double tuck, trailed Won at 7.1.

Ellefson earned a score of 6.85. With these scores

By Christine J. HaradaTEAM MEMBER

The men's gymnastics teams recorded one of itshighest scores ever, but still failed to beat the Uni-versity of Massachusetts at Amherst on Feb. 5.

The Engineers scored 204.45 points to UMass's257.55. The all-time MIT record for scoring is 209.5.

The team had hoped to break the 200 mark beforethe meet, and was pleased with its performance. Asthe meet began, though, it seemed unlikely the Engi-neer's would reach 200.

One of the top gymnasts, Rob Cooper '97, suf-fered a shoulder injury that prevented him from com-peting in the all-around competition. He was onlyable to compete in the pommel horse. Chris Ellefson'95 was recovering from two bruised heels from theprevious competition and was competing with aharsh cold.

It all began on a square matted floor where thegymnasts displayed anti-Newtonian mechanics withtheir tumbling passes. Ellefson, despite his illness andinjuries, performed a nearly flawless routine whichearned him the highest score of the team, an 8.0. Onthe pommel horse, Cooper earned a score of 7.8.

In the still rings, the Engineers could not field afull square and took a zero for one competitor. The

This past weekend, the women'sswimming and diving team compet-ed in the Division III New EnglandChampionships at Bowdoin Col-lege. The 12 athletes representingMIT performed exceptionally well.

In the 200-yard freestyle relay,the team of Hilary Price '97, HollyGoo '95, Miranda Fan '95, andChristine Harada '94 placed 11lthoverall with a time of 1 minute and47.10 seconds.

"I got really psyched up for therelay, and it made me do a greats:linc 1 t was C w .0 C split was 25.50.

Many team members ended theseason with personal records.

Clara Yang '95 swam the 500-yard freestyle event in a personalbest time of 5:49.63. An elatedElaine Heal '95 finished 34th out ofa field of 86 in the I00-yard butter-fly with a personal best time of1:06.85. "I've been waiting to do

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The women's fencing teamslashed through their competitionlast Sunday at the New EnglandChampionships to capture first placein epee and third place in foil. Inaddition, several of the women tookprizes in the individual competition.

The competition was hosted bythe University of New Hampshire.

The young foil squad, consistingexclusively of freshmen, defeatedmany of the more experiencedsquads from other schools. Lee JeeSuh '97 and Lynn Basas '97 con-tributed to the team victory. TeamCaptain Wanda Chin '97 and AmyHwang '97 were selected to partici-pate in the individual competitionbased on their strong record in theteam competition. Hwang capturedfifth place in the individual event.

Coach Jarek Koniusz said, "I amvery proud of this team. Most ofthem had never fenced before thebeginning of the season in Septem-ber. They have worked very hard thisseason and are now beating some ofthe best teams in New England."

For the first time ever, the NewEngland Championships included a

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remained in a deadlock at the end of each peri-od. Tina Hameenantilla '94 started things offby scoring an unassisted goal with 14:50 left inthe period. Harvard tied the game, but ErikaHanley '95 put the Engineers back on top witha goal at 7:08. The lead did not last for long,however, as the opponents in white and crim-son scored again. At the first intermission, thescore was tied, 2-2.

Although they had numerous opportunitiesto score, both teams remained scorelessthroughout the second period. Then, with 3:05

remaining, Diane Dimassa G found an open-ing, fired, and scored, breaking the tie to putMIT up again, Unfortunately, Harvardresponded two minutes later, as a backhandedshot passed by MIT goalie Kirsten Domingo'93 and into the net.

Early in the third period, Yoli Leung '94helped MIT regain the lead by scoring off ofassists from Dimassa and Aradhana Naru!a Gwith 17:38 left in regulation to make the score

With 2 minutes 48 seconds remaining in thethird period and a 5-3 lead, the women's icehockey team seemed to have its contest withHarvard Business School. But the opponentspulled off a remarkable last-minute comebackto force a sudden-death overtime, then went onto win the game, defeating the Engineers in a6-5 thriller. As a result, the Engineers nowhave a season record of I 1-7-1.

MIT took the early lead, but the game Hockey, Page 18Fencing, Page 18

I Owe Anybody Anythingofficials have beefed up security excitement....around the flame (no, not Brian Boi- Although we touched upon thistano) in an attempt to keep others last year, we'd again like to sayfrom doing the same .... what a crock it is that a coach can

Reason number 10,000 that luge pick up and leave a collegiate pro-is a ridiculous sport: the races are gram and coach any where a Uni-timed down to the thousandth of a versity or professional team will letsecond. With the aid of the Cray him, but athletes must sit out a yearsupercomputer, your humble scribes when transferring schools. We men-have calculated that, at an average tion this because of the defection ofof 60 mph, each thousandth of a Boston College coach Tom "Turnsecond represents just over 1 inch. your head and" Coughlin to theOver an entire luge course, there NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. Thehave to be a large number of factors, alumni and season tickets holdersother than skill, that can make one can complain all they want about"luger" loose one inch to another. how they feel betrayed by theWhen the outcome of an event that Coach, but the people who reallyrandom, it is not a sport. The IOC got screwed are the high schoolshould take the advice of Miller Lite seniors who just two weeks agoand introduce a bowling ball onto --the luge track to really add some Let's Argue, Page 19

By Mike Duffy.and Andrew HeitnerSPORTS COLUMNISTS

owe anybody anything, exceptmaybe some earplugs so they don'thave to listen to his rap music. Sec-ondly, the last time we checked, thedunk was the highest percentageshot made. Thirdly, it's hard toargue with somebody with 29.1points per game, leading the league.And lastly, if someone could play Don him (besides the entire WesternConference All Star team) and stophis moves, maybe he would learnhow to shoot the J.

Bill is just another example of aretired cry baby who uses his posi-tion on TV (NBA Insiders) towhine. The fact is most fans wouldrather see Shaq throw one throughand leave a "Rawlings" tattoo onsomebody's forehead than see himkiss a baby hook off the glass. With

the departure of Magic, Larry, andMichael, the NBA needs someoneas powerful and intimidating asShaq to keep young kids interestedand to serve as a role model overother NBA flakes such as ChristianLaettner. The only people whoshould be rooting for The Diesel tolearn to shoot free throws and Js arethose in Orlando, because if he did,Shaq would bring the crown hometo Disney World.....

Hats off to the fans at the Gamesin Lillehammer. Although wethought it could not be done, wehave found some people who appre-ciate a good barbecue (and tailgate)more than us. Seems that a coupleof fellas used the Olympic torch onenight in order to cook up somesausages. Now, however, Norway

Greetings from Daytona Beach,Florida, oh loyal readers. Since wewere unable to attend the Hooters200 last week, we trekked down tothe Sunshine state in order to catchsome of the Daytona 500. We werea bit disappointed with SterlingMarlin's win, however, as we hadtix to the victory bash at Dale Eam-hardt's. Maybe next year chief.We'll be back in March for BikeWeek ....

Where does Bill Walton get offmaking the statement that the Shaq"owes it to the [NBA]" to developan all-around game and learn how toscore with something besides thedunk? First of.all, the. Shaq doesn't

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Harvard Comeback Stuns Women's Hockey in OT

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