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Thursday 'MIT gave its topathletes awards for their ac-complishnlents both on andofft' the field. Leading thehonored athletes was HelenIM iyvtsaki '.78 who receiyed twoawards -for' ter c rltrititons·to wvomen's athletics.

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ofitHumanities Donald.· Blzckmer 'will give an openpresentation on th~e NeW Col-leg~e of Science, Tech~nologyand Society this Thursday.'May 18. Details orftime andplace will be posted on the UAAnnouncements Board inLobby. .7.

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Undergraduate Association Presi-'dent, presided over MIT's annualAwards'Convocation. The seven-teen awards gave recognition toachievement in athletics and com-munity service by students.

)'he first awards presented were-the William L. Stewart, Jr.Awhrds for outstanding contribu-tions to MIT's extracurricular ac-tivities. A grant fronm the W.L.Stewart, Jr. Memorial Founda-tion provides for the award inmemory of' W.L. Stewart '32.

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By Kenneth HamiltonThe MIT-We!!esley Coalition

A\gai!nst Apartheid yesterdaypresented a petition, signed by

,1003 mnembner s of the M IT Coin-un i. i tv, to Constantine B.

Sinmonides. Secretary of the Ex-.-eCUtive Comnmittee of the MITCorporation.

The petition· states: "Throughits corporate investments, M IT is

.giving economic support to theSouth A\frican racist mninoritygovernnme nt and its apartheidsystem. We... therefore de-Mil an d:

i) That MIT divest its invest-nients in corporations withholdiings in South Africa.

2) T'hat MIT transfer its fundsfromn banks that make loans.tothe South African government orto South African corporations,,.3) That MIT maltike a formaldeclaratio n o1 opposition toapartheid."

A cover letter presented withthe petition. written by the MIT-

__,\'Veleslev Coa'lition. reads, "Wethink that the widespread concern·demonstrated by this petitionmnandates it thorough re-evaluation otf. MIT policyregarding South Africa.... Wethink that the entire MIT Corn:,n1unity should participate in this-re-evaluattion."

Paco Leon, a representative of'

the ~r. atiup_.-did noir.-hav.e: ariy

specific proposals as' to how thisre-evafluation would be ac-

complished. Leon did-note that

"the Sullivan Principles, which

M IT urges corporations to adopt,

don't addressthe real political is-sues in South Africa. The Sullivan

lPrinciples are a very Moderate set

of proposals endorsed even by theSouth A2frican government."

-Tile Executiv e Committee of

the MI.T Corporation at its May5 meeting. voted to direct the

Treasurer to abstain from voting

on a proxy tron- the Minnesota

Mining and Manufacturing Com-

pany (3M). The proxy on the-shareholder-_propo sal requires 3Mto ceaise turther investment in

-South At'ric:~ and to terminate its

operatiions there. According toWalter Milne, Secretary of theA dvisory Cominittee onShareholder Responsibility(ACSR), the Executive Commit-tee -,will send a letter to 3M ex-palaining ti:;:t the Committeesupports endings further invest-merit but does not support ter-minitaticon of 3M's operations .-inSouth Africa. The majortiy of theANCSR had recommnended that theExecutive Committee vote for theproposal. M IT has invested ap-'proximately $1.5 milflion in 3M,according to the M IT Treasurer'sAnnual Report for 1977.

Corporation

ExxonInternational Business

Machines (IBM)Eastman KodakGeneral MotorsGeneral ElectricStandard Oil, Calf.MobilCaterpillar TractorGeneral Motors

Acceptance Corp.Ford Motor

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$20,587,028

19,716,04814,536,38513,398,8578,766,088.6,988,4913,967,1803,859,028

3,462,5373,020,781

Corporation

Johnson & JohnsonStandard BrandsBankamericaOwens illinlosUS GypsumBethlehem SteelAmerican CyanamidNational Cash Registe~rFirst National BostonDow ChemicalCiticorpFirestoneBoeingUS SteelRohm & HaasSperry RandInternational Telephone

& TelegraphW. R. GraceRockwell International--Schering-PloughHewlett PackardMotorola

Amount

1,072,7231,066,095

997.50097O,000970,00O967,637937,500825,000719,730662,946605,945557,250

- 489,025257,250180,200159,250

75,80374,58767,07758,30955,30028,00

IFiive members o f, IT' F sRocket society have beenchosen f'Or the US 'world com-petition team. The,, -ill com-pete in Septen iber in Jambo,B Li I-"ar ia. Adl

American HomeProducts

J. P. MorganUnion CarbideTexacoWeyerhauserDresser IndustriesBurroughsEli LillyPhillips Petroleum3MIngersoll-Rand

This list of MIT inv

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2,763,5362,633,8062,592,9212,480,5712,333,4372,287,5001,872,4971.737,1501,649,9301 ,496,6051,362,463

TOTAL $134,605,670

estments in corporations with holdings in South Africa was comTplod by then Against Apartheid from the MIT Treasurer's Annual Report for 1977 and the

Arnerican' Consulate General's Report, Johannesburg, South Africa,The Tech with this report.

May 1976 thursday supplied

By Steven Solnick"The Class of' 1982 is' almost

full an1d the numbers are aboutx% here they ought to be." Directorof' Adnissions Peter Richardsontold 1he li''h last Thursday.

Citing a figure of' 1058 studentswho have accepted oflers of ad-mission. Richardson said, "Idon't see any large problems atithis timlae. The finlal figure mightbe off by a few up or down (ref'er-ring to the Academic Counci!'sclass size limit 'of 1050) but wereally xvon't know the exact1,nL11ber until Registration Da'y."

Richardson said that, based oncurrcrii totals. lie expected the!1hal class t) be at least 20 percentfemale, the highest figure in thehistory of' tle .Institute. lie alsoesti mated that at least 7 percent ofthe class would be black, againthe haighest figTure ever.

In addition to the 1058 accep-tances, tilere ;ire 100 offers of' ad-mission still Ioutstanding, many of'them to .students on the waiting

no ,majior admissions policychanges nex\t year cxccpt thalt tile

i~lo,,v ,.\AchieVC1cint test will beatccepted in place of' Physics or('hcmistr.x. Since manly peopletake the Biology .Achjievement. in-stead o)!' the other tvsto Richardso, nindicated that hl expected thism1ovC to increase the number of'aplpicants next year. lie also cal-led it In "im1portant step" in that.it recogniz.es tile importance of'the field of' biology Lit MIT.

list. '!'hle waiting, list itself' ix doentO abou)t i)(} students who havebeen promised rinal action byMmy 30, Richardson said that the"suLn1mr imclt", between 30.and7() students h fWo r Imsonmc reasonor anoither over the suilmnmerchange their mind about at-tending M IT, would trim the classdowll to a I'inai total near thetarget of' 105(.

Richairdson said there would be

This is the last regularlyscheduled issue of' Ihe Techfor this academic year. TheTi'i'h will publish on Com-menCement Day, Monday,June 5: on Tuesday, July 25:and daily duringRcsidence/'Orientation Weekfromt Thursday, Aug. 31through Friday, Sept. 8KegFular semi-weekl y pUblica-tion will resume on Tuesday,Sept. 12.Ihe 7'ech is pleased to an-n1oIunce the election of DavidG;. Shaw '8t to the position of'Arts lAdi-tor. and the appoint-ment of' Michael Ries '79 asANssocialt¥ News Editor andRobert Nathaniel '81 ;is As-sociate Sports Editor. 7heli,ch regrets to announce theresignation of News EditorSteven Kirsch G, who will goon Co-op next fall, aind As-sociate Sports Editor MichaelTaviss '8i, who will join theNews staff.

the1C .i n 1Cot-Su dhurv RegitonaiI !igh School, had ilred an amend-mont, with the !:ederal C()m-mnl .111ica1ti1on's Comm11l1issio 1n. >to theirappiccation for a new station,decrasing their request forbroadcast power from I 10-watts to4.1.-watts. A, 4.1 w~att fa.-cilitybased at the high school wvouldnot interfere wvith WTIBS's

proposed 20()()0-att station.The amendment is the latest

dCvetopmCnt in the legal battlehct%%cen W,'I'BS and WLSR whichhcgan in late 1971 .vhcln WI-SRapplied for a licence to opcrate a

,10-wvatt t'arciity on W'BS's 1'rc-'qucncy (88.1 M1tz). WL.SR thenfiled a pclitiOn in December of'1977 to denyv %TBS renc%1ul of itslicce \chnl it expirecd on April 1.197S. \VTB13S is currcntlI'operaiting, V, ith0)L1 a renewedlicenice pendicing, tinal resolution1 o1'ILhc confllict.

"Sonic stations hajve operiatedpending liccncc rencxval t'or anl;ryxc:,rs so) there's nothing to un-MISLual about that" said Bj1orge.

I-he statio~n filed for an increasein its broadcast povver from 10-\rafts to 2()0-wvatts in late 1972.

By Kenneth HamiltonW]TBS, MIT's noncomnmrercial

radio station~ since 1961, is-closeto expanding, f1rom 10-watts to2()0-x~atts. /\ccording to RobertBj'ogc. the Chief Engineer at the-station, "I expect a constructionpecrmit within the next fewm11onthis."

HIis comninint canCe aifter learn-ins,! that WI.SR-t:M, Inc., a cor-portation representing students at

",iven the Frederick Gardiner Fas-sert, Jr. Awvard fJor his work as Li

mncmber OF' the InterfraternityCont'crcnce. 'The James R. Kil-ltan, Jr. Coimmunity ServiceAward -went to Lambd a ChiAlpha fOr their comimunit y ser-vice programn.

I-hle Karl Taylor ComnptonPrizes for outstainding achieve-nment was' presented to Jamnes L.Bidigate, Jr. '78, Vincent W.Jamencs '78, Alison D Kohler '78,Mark J. Munkacsy '78, and SteveJ. Pier '78 by Carola Eisenberg,Dean lb?( )' Student Affatirs.

Prolfessor Kenneth C. Russell of

the Activities Development Boardpresented the ,wards to RobertWO'. Bjorge '78, Carol Ann Brown

'78, Mark L. gye '78, Karl S.ttorlitz (;: Richard H. Peristein'78, Carol E. Pokednet '78, andThe Bus.

After a series of' athleticaw,-ards. Htarold Challenor '79 andD)iane E. Waters '78 received theAlbert litil Prize For a minority

student who made substantial con-tribution to minority student lifeat MIT.

Jaines L. Bidigdre, Jr, '78 was

The article on the Wellesley-MIT exchange policies in lastF-ridav's issue should read

.due to the increasingn umber of Welles/ev students·registering at MIT." Thenamnes of the universities wereinadvertently switched.

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trol gain a distinct edge. The MITteam members need this edge todo well in the regionals and othercontests that culminate in theworld meet. "

The many facilities at MIT helpthe team members win the meet:the static test equipment heremakes the MIT Rocket Societythe largest independent enginetest group in the model rocketcommunity. The Rocket Societyalso publishes a technical journaland holds a regional convention.

These activities surround thenucleus of hard work that goesinto the individual rockets.Depending upon the event, a par-ticipant may spend anywherebetween 500 to 1000 hours .i anindividual rocket for competition.

Although rocketry is an expen-sive endeavor it is still veryrewarding, says Langford. The

By Paul Weber Six of the nine members of the

US Space Model Team com-peting in the world championshiprocketry meet from September 1to 5, 1978 in Jambol, Bulgaria,belong to the MIT RocketSociety.

According to John Langford,head of the M IT Rocket Society,it is surprising that so many MIT

personnel were chosen becauseeach member of the U.S. team isselect.ed on his own merit.

Until this year only one MITmember, Bernard Bialles '66, andone future member, JohnLangford '79, have been on thisInternational Team.

MrrT Rocket Society memberswho will be competing in thew orld meet are Biales, ChrisFlanigan '75, Geoffry Landis 78,John Langford '78, and Harold

Youngren '78.Langford also stated that the

United States cannot be expectedto sweep the competition. He ad-ded that Eastern Europe com-prises 70 percent of the nine-membered national teams, andpossesses the bulk of the talent.Langford says that this talentbehind the iron curtain resultsfrom wide-spread publicenthusiasm and national en-couragement.

MIT entered this fierce worldcompetition thanks to a lightweight integrated circuit and aspecial receiving unit built byYoungren at MIT, which allow agreat deal of control to 'be putinto very little space withoutmuch weight. Because the com-petition and regulations dependon weight limits, masters of in-tegrated circuitry and servo con-

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wonders for your job oppurtunities. When you think about it, oil youwould halve to do to impress many job interviewers is to bring yourU-nitationl diploma and spout off a few equations. Few emnployers; areSaware of the tell-tale scars that four years, at Technology will inevitablycreate on an MIT grad's countenance, nor are they smart enough toread the little note on the back of your fake diploma. In this spot theDiploma Service's product- reads "This is a reproduction fromDiploma Service. Co. No school credit or degree status is granted orimlplied-."

Universities themselves are. beginning to catch on to Diploma Ser-vices, Co. Robert Houghton, a registrar at Stanford, recently sent awayto this company requesting a diploma for a mzaster's in economics. Thecompany promptly sent himi one, although it cost $45. What's worse,there were several mzistakes in the diplomla: the president's signaturewas that of a later Stanford president, and one of the other signatureswas from -someone non-existent. Mr. Houghton, however, describedthe diploma as "very authe ntic looking,"' Houghtosn had previouslyearned only a Stanford A.B., and would not comment on his possibleadvancement at Stanford due to the new circumstances.

Nor is Stanford the only college lucky. enough to be represented bythe handiworks of the Diploma Service Company. Williamn Hall, aUniversity of Southern California registrar, recently called Marina delRey to -order a USC diploma for his wife. The company was quiteobliging, realizing the importance of today's women and their newstature in society.

The State of California, however, is after the Diploma Service Com-pany. The State Attorney General, who undoubtedly earned collegeand law degrees the hard way, has pressed char'ges against the comn-pany. 'California is ~seeking inductions against the sale of the fakediplomas, land the Diploma' Service Company could feiciive fines of'nearly $2,500 for each diploma sold. Absorbing this additional cost,however, -would still make the fictional diplomas competitive to theones offered by 'most American institutions.

Several Eastern Universities told the Chronicle of Higher Educationthat-they had heard of these type of false diplomas, but had. not seenone in the flesh (or parchment). Princeton University was not con-cerned with the false impressions thiese diplomas might have, for theyinsisited that it's easy to, recognize a. real Princeton man. HarvardUniversity was also unconcerned by the D~iplcoma S ervice's offerings,due to the future imlpact of their recently approved core curriculum.The Harvard officials reasoned that Harvard grads will be so woelleducated in the future, due to the new degree requirements, that any

.imposter will be easily detectable.So if academnic life at MIT gets you down once in a-while, don't be

discouraged; because the Diploma Service Company is here to helpyou. MIT is more than 'd college education, it is an experience, andmost of us experience the real MIT the minute we get here. A diplonzais just a piece of paper, and if you don't feeling like doing that seniorthesis or passing that last departmental requirement, you deserve anMIT degree anyway. After all, ninety percent is still an A, isn't it?

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recent editorial entitled "Is Teddyreadey for the big one?". I thinkthat this editorial whould havebeen better titled "Are you readyfor the big one?".I Yes it is true that Ted Kennedyis way ahead of the -polls as afavorable runner in the upcoming19)80 presidential election, and itis due to editorials A1cross thatcountry that wve are reading of a

glorification of Ted Kennedy and, ~~how hand-in-hand he is witht ~~~President Carter, and how deter-t ~~~mined he is to establish a nationali }z~~ealth insurance plan, and howt F~~~ood he Is to our Mexican /sicJ

ntighbours to allow them backtheir canal zonte. It is however un-fortunate that so many peoplethink that "the American publicis still yearning for this type' ofleadership and Edward Kennedyjust might be the best choice forthe next chief executive."

If one takes a really close lookat what Senato,- Kennedy is up tothese days, one mnight be surprisedat his nonlliberal position andslowv shift to slightly right of

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torture, intimidation and viola-tions of human rights on a mas-sive scale. And, unfortunately, theAmerican gover nmient not onlybacks the Shah but cooperatesfully in his surveillance and ha-rassment of Iranian students inthe US. There have even beenattempts to deport Iranian stu-dents for their anti-Shah activities.Surely Mr. Birdwell can see thatIranian students are Justified in

worrying about being publiclyidentified as opponents of theShah. CA f F I supports thle right of-any Iranian student to not bephotographed at anti-Shahl eventsif they choose so. The real issuehere is not Mr. B~irdwell's right totake pictures but the right offranan students to protest repres-sion in their country without fearfor their lives.

Firo~uz Farzinpour

To3 the Editor:We are writing this letter as

organizers of the meeting. indefense of I ranian politicalprisoners which wasl held April24. We wish to respond to-the let-ter from Mr. Douglas Birdwell, aphotographer for -The Tech,which appeared in the April 28 is-sue Of Thse Tech. In this letter,Birdswell complained that he wasphysically threatened for takingpictures at the meeting..

We wish to, make cleat that thecommittee which organized themeeting, the Committee for Ar-tistic and Intellectual Freedom inIran (CAIFT) did not make anythreats whatsoever against M r.B3irdwell.,

At the sarne time, we wish topoint out that there is a differencebetween a newspaper publicizingthe speaker, speeches andpolitical 'points presented at apublic meeting and publicizing in-formation about who attends themeeting. Quite simply, it is,dangerous for Iranian students toattenrd protest meetings againstthe Shiah of Iran. There is politicalrepression in Iran.- The Shah'ssecret police, SAVAK, is amongthe moost notoriously brutal policetbrces in the world. And the Shahhimself has openly acknowledgedthat SAVAK agents operatewidely in the US with the com-plete cooperation of theAmerican authorities. AmnestyInterna~tional and many -othershave cited the Shah's regime for

in cases of rape-states that no demonstations:may take place within I100 yds.- ofa federal building.

Etc, etc. It is not difficult to seetheft these clauses are essentiallyan attack on the Bill of Rights.Kennedy and [Senator] McLellan[D. Arkansas] are now the primeproponents of this bill. Thestrength of a3 democratic nation isnot built on the close supervision-and monitoring of its people.Perhaps if we are ready for the bigone, we are getting Teddy for apolice state.

NYame withhteld on request

Watch your barefeet at EMITTo the Editor:

Many M IT students have beenwalking barefooted. For the goodof their health, they should stop.T here are a lot of tacks, brokenglass anld even razor blades on thestreet s- and floors. Anyonewithout shoes is risking seriousinjury.

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center. Senator Kennedy alongwith ISenaltor] Strom Thurmand'R. S. Caerolina] last year pushedthrough the Senate what is fondlycalled the "Notorious S.l '- Thisis a wvatered down version of a billinitiated in post-Watergate daysby the Nixon-Mitchell axis andcompletely re-vamps the Federalcriminal code. It has since beenrestyled and passed by the Senateby a close vote as S, 1437. It isnow under review in a JudiciarySubcommittee on CriminalJustice and will be voted on in theHouse as H.R. 6869. H.R. 6869does all of the following:-encourages the perpetration ozfwire-tappi ng

-places federal restrictions onlabor in regards to strikes

-makes draft counselling illegal-severely limits the right to hold-apeaceful demonstration

-enables government prosecutorsto question a person's sanity andcommit them to "suitablefacilities" witho~ut a trial je.g.pre-trial detention)

-imposes new limits on freedomo~f speech and the press

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t ~~~David A. Schaller '78 - ChairmanJ ~~Robert Wasserman '80 -Editobr-in-Chief

StevenlF: Frann-t80 - Managing Editorq ~~~Leroy A. Lindquist '79 - Busintess Manager

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NiEWS DEPARTMEN7News Editors: Laurence Duffy 'B1. Jordana Hol lander '81;Assoclate News Editors-. Kenneth Hlamilton '81, Michael Ries '79:Artists: David Copeland '81. Vince Dovydaitis '81; Staff:--PatrickEBarron '78, David Potter '78, Henry Fiorentin i '79. M~argot Tsakonas'79. George C;aan '80, William Cimino '80. Barbzara Hill 'SO, GorionHunter '80:, Kent Pitman '80,9 Brian Aiello '8 t, Richmond Cohlen '81,Johr: Haydenz '81. Michael Heaney '81. Wendy Myers '81, MartinPrince '8 1, lynn Rtadlauer '81. Steven Schad 'S 1, Mtichael Taviss '8 1,-EliasTowe '81. 5tephen Vaughln '80, Paul Wfeber '81.

PRODUCTION DEPARTMENTN~ight Editors: Pandora Berman '80. Benson M~argulies '81, Eric Sklar'8t; Production Mlana~ger- Rebecca L. Waring '79;, Typists: SusanFrank '78. Chi-Dai C. Tsai; Staff: Michael Brzustovicz '79. MarlonWeiss '80, Matt Dahl '81, Glenn Katz '81. Stephen Peckiconwis '81.Sihawvn Wilsonz 81, Michael Plellone.

PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENTPhoto Editor: John Grunsfeld '830; Associate Photo Editor: CharlesIrwin '80; S~taff: Rob Mitchell '78, Monty Solomon '78, Randy Fahey'79, Seth D:. Alford '80, Date Senechal '81. Steven Solnic,k '81 .Douglas Birdwell G;- Photographic Co~nsul~tant: IDavid Tenenbaum7 5.

9 ~SPORTS DEPARTMENTSports Editors: Torn Curtis '80, Gary Engelson '80; AssociateSports Editors: BobH<:st '81, Robert N~athaniel '81: Staff: HdelenMiyasaki '78, Charles~ Cox '79, Gregfg Stave '79, Al Albin '81.

.~~~~~ ARTS D EPA R 77EN TArts Editor: Leigh J. Passman '81, David G. Shaw '81; Stiff: JimWaiker '78. Clark Bisel '79. Bruce Nawrocki '79, Mark Childs '81,Stevenl Lazar '831, David McCall 8 7, Dennis McGrail '81, KennethN~ordhauser '81, Bill Rathbone '81. Al Sanders '81. Daniel Togasaki

BUSINESS DEPARTMENTAdivertisinig Manager: Brenda L. Hamnbleton '79; Accoun~tsRe~ceivable: Kathy Dutrow'80: ACCoUntS Payable: Wes Asbury 'B0;Cash R~eceipts: Marcia Grabow '79; Cilrculation Manager: JohnLove '80; Circulation Staff -Charles Funk '78. John Mu-ggeridge '80.

C(2NTRRBUrING EDI3TORSGordoon H~aff '79. William tl. Harper '79, Drew Blakemnan '80. KatyG:ropp '80. Leonard H4. Tower Jr.: Indexing Project Representalive:A. David S3occuti '79.

SENIOR EDITORS*Kathy Hardis '78. Mark James '78. 'David S. Koretz '78. William.Lasser '78, Mark Munkacsy '78. David H{. Thompson '78.

Third class postage paid at B~oston, MA, Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720.Th-e Tech is published twice a wesk during the academic year (except dtiringMIIT vacations). daily during September Orientation, and once during the lastweek oxf July. Please send ali correspondence to: P.C9. Bosx 29S. MIT Branch.Cambridge, MA 02139- Offices at Rloom W20-483. 84 MassachusettsAvenue, Cambrtidge. MA. Telephone: (6i17) 253-1541. ISSN 0148-9607.Adverfisingsubscription and typesettmhgrates-available. X 1978 The Tech

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A Hell' of a M~ess at the C>amebridge Ensenl-ble. 1151 Masvs. Ave., Thursv., Fri.. Sal. at

rpit ithrough Slute 10. Fo~r in.forinaion: 876-2544.

By Jim WalkerH~fell of a Aless is just that, and the

blame for it has to be placed on Mr.fonesco.

The Cambridge Eislemble does what itCali to sallvalge the mess, but it just isn'tenou-h. In sotne areas they lack the talentrequired to make the play wo'rk, ini othersthe play itself drags them down.

The play tells the story of an ordinaryguy who has struck it rich and derives hisjob to live in, his own, supported by hislzew-tound wealth. John Wright plalys thisrofle, known only as The Character, and hedeios a fair job. I wished to see a more con-trolled p~resentat ion, though.- He should trygto react to whait is occurinsg around himonly when it furthers the themes {of theplayr. His movements are too fuzzy and un-controll1ed, and detract from what littleforward thrust the play has. His body was,

in general, bobbing up and down toomuch. Although it is certainly all right to)use such physical motion to buildcharacter, It should not be used when he iswatching someone drop a piece o~f paper on-his carpet or is motioning someone to leaveh is room . These movements can bepresented without sacrificing their thematicimportance to the charalcter's continuity,and should be so presented to help the playmake its point.

Tim Mcl~onough does a much betterjob. When he closes his purse after drop-ping some piece of garbage on the 'floor, orspits a cigiar mrappter.out of his -mouth, heexhibits the control and intensity such im-portant moments require. Hle plays an as-sortment of neighbors that invade TheChairacter's apartment, and although he isvocally weak on occasion, his physicalcompetence meakes up for it. I did not likehis first long speech as the old lady who hassold her apartment to the Charact~er..The,old lady is tel1ing the Chara'cte'r abo'ut tireneighborhood, and every so often runsdown, like an old clock becoming un-wound, then gets a sudden burst of energy.to speed herself along until she runs downonce again. This is a nice trick the first twoor three times; by the sixth or seventh, ithas become as old as the lady herself.

Too much repetition seems to be thefault of the show, 'Although Joann' Green'sdirection is, for the most part, very in-

quickly. Her cafe sequences are much bet-ter. When two conversations nare up atonce, we feel the energy the play needs sud-denly bursting through. The script,however, affords too Sew of such moments,and despite Ms. Green's competence,grinds itself to A halt.

The rest of the cast doesn't offer a lot ofsupport. Terry Stoecker is toodeclamatory, her characters lack substanceand vibrancy. k:regory Panfile and EugeneKaliish have their montents, but also have alot offa ults. Their characters lack intensityand concentration on their particularLhemes: the man talking to himself in themirror Is too subdued, the revolutionary

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that he can be as philosophical as he wantsAS long as he entertains us in the process.The play is not entertaining. It ultimatelyhas to rely on someone knocking all thefurniture over in an apartment to get itslaughs, even to generate interest from itsaudience. Twenty years ago-this might havebeen considered innovative of Mr. lonesco,but 'Theater of the Absurd has grown sincethe'days of 7-he Bald Sovpranto. lonescoshould pay more attention to Pinter,Beckett, anrd the other A bsurdist authors.atrounid himn. For, like ttle characters who-constantiv catch some article in thedoorway of the Character's apartment,I loneso s tricks have rotten old.

Still Herelnrt Tlhomllas Bantd oln Aldantic RecordsThe lan Thomas Band is a rarity on to-

day's music scene - it is a new group'whose album isn't a compendium of insipiddrivel. Instead, Still Here is a collection ofgood seventies reck (and contains no hitsingles!).

The first thing that strikes you about thisalburn is that it is well produced withoutbeing slick. The band's confidence shows insongs sulch as "Sally" and "Just LikeYou". which display their tight playing andexact vocal harmonies. "Sally" is the besttune on the album, full of jazzy chords thatare at times reminiscent of Steely Dan. Theminimal amount of string arrangements inthe songs, !.'Facvts--' and Tycoon" makethese tunes soft and melodic without beingslushy.

Still Scarer'does-hcive its faults, however. "Clear Sailing", while being finemelodically, suffers from lyrical.banality."Still Here". the title cut. sounds like a -remake of Queen's "You're My BestFltritnd-,.and''Tinkerbell" loses in both thelyrics and music departments.

This albumn's high points more thanmake up for its lows, and. the lows willprobably becrme less frequent as the bandinatures. I f Still, Ifere is an indication of thelan Thomias Band's future, they will behere for quite a while.

Twin HouseLarr v C orv ell and Philip Catherine

on Eluktra Rec ord.s

Guitarists Larry' Coryell and PhilipC;atherine are as prominent in jazz musicaasSteve Howe and Jinlini Page are in rock.C orvell's guitar is the driving force behindhis group The Eleventh House, whileCatherine has played in European jazz-rock groups such as Passport and Focus.

Whetn the E; levenlth H} oUse was perform-ing at the Berlin Jazz! Days Festival,Catherine took the stage and performedthree duos with Coryell. This pairing oftalent Iromn both sides of the Atlantic wasso ~cuitmg that both guitarists decided torecord un -ablum oft guitar duos, ind thusStil' whorouts was born.

Tfniri House is a surprising album even toone familiar with the works of both artists:it conlriins acoustic guitar dues instead ofscreiingg, fuzz-drenched electric chaos.And yet there are tunes on this alburn thatcain ounli be described as screaming-acoustic chaos, with a good sanmping of

-blues and ballads.

These duos are brilliant. Each tune turnsinto al musical cat-and-anouse with eachguitarist trading offsolo and rhythm spots.They -prove themselves to be as comfor-table with the strange minor modes of"Ms. Julie" as they are with the energetic'A^irpower." The album's showpiece,"-;Ioryell", is one Of the prettiest balladsever recorded.

This albumn is absoloutely flawless, and amust fair all guitar freaks. But then when

trio brilliant guitarists ollaborate. thevcan't hell) but produce al brilliant result.

Jan AkkermanJanl 4Aekkerntant citt n tlagttic Records

Juln Akkermtan was the guitarist forFocus, the group famous for that silly tune"Hocus Pocus". He was acclaimed as oneof the best new guitarists, and in a fewyears was voted to be Europe's finest. Hethen left Focus and started his solo career,releasing two critically acclaimed but ob-scure-solo albums that were the epitome ofmodern European jazz guitar. His latestrelease, Suan AktermPtan, is an attempt tor~each aI wider listening niarket at the cost ofproducing mediocre nusic.

For a solo guitarist's album, the lack ofprominent quitar work on this release is.ppalling. Akkerman chooses to hide histen-thousand-single-note runs in a wash ofsynthesized strings and a disco beat. He isbacked in his efforts by the best tthe conti-nenai has to offer:' Joachi-m XKihn onkeyboards, Cees van der Laarse on bassand ex-Focus drummer Pierre van. derLinden; but even the best can't save thisalbum. Akkerman's intentions were good-he avoided cheap melodic hooks and in-

stead constructed enchanting chordprogressions, but some of his tunes needhookcs and the chord changes never resolve.

Jon Akk-Jermzan is listenable but notmemioralble, recommended for those whowallt something more sophisticated thandisco that doesn't require thought to enjoy.

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10) The soccer team riddeditself of the stigma of being peren-niai losers 'by beating CoastGuard 2-0 in the last game of theseason. The team thus finishedwith a 7-6 record, its first winningrecord since 1963.

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Duds PfffftttIWe survived the blizzard of '78Steve's, No-Name's. and all weate.You rate ten on our nurd test.rrom tooling out you need a rest.No-tell Motel in the dark,Engagement announcement at Durgin

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finish at the New England Cham-pisnships. Not having had a win-ning season In several years, theteam rolled over its oppositionthis year. Only Brown and Yale

By Tom CurtisFroml the soccer tearn's upset of

Brandeis in October to theGireater Boston Track and FieldC hamnlpionships held here inNi~pril. it was another banner yearf or M IT sports. As the year drawsto a close, it is time to look back;it the top M IT sports ac--omplishments.

Here is my list of this year's top,en sports triumphs:

1) The accomplishments of

Nlark Smith '78 and John

Rodrigues '80 at the NCAA

trencing Championships tops my

,ist. Despite the handicap of fenc-na with two men instead of three,he duo still captured 19th placeo>r MIT in the Championships.

in the process, Srith became the,irst native-born American in,N4IT history to win All-Americani'encing honors.

2) Another outstanding All-,\merican performance was giventa freshnman Leslie Harris at the.I IAW Small College GymnasticsChampionships. Having won theMlassachusetts State All-Around

hhampionship, Harris went to'he National Championships and:aptured Fifth place on the uneven:zarallel bars.

3) The year's greatest team ef-'ort was soccer's 2-1 double over-:ime upset of defending nationalL:hampion Brandeis. Jeff Tyrrell'80 held Brandeis' high scorer toone shot and scored MIT's win-ning goal. The team's goalie,

Jamie Bernard '79 played a typi-cally brilliant game as he made 19saves.

4) Preston Vorlicek '79 JoinsSmith- and Harris on the list of1978 MIT All-Arnericans. At theNCAA Division III Swimnming.

~halpinshps.Vorlicek finished_ixth in the 200-yalrc breaststroke.-le also set MIT records in bothhe 100- and 200-yard)reaststroke events. .

5) For the~ third consecutive, eaer, the women 's volleyball teamraptured the Massachusetts State

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Wrobel '79; Co-directors for Big3. others Art Aaron '80 and Garyipletter '79; and Co-directors forJig Sisters Enora K union '8C and,caln Singer '79.

Championship. Having won Divi-sion. II State titles the previoustwo yeairs, the team moved up toDivision I and successfully chal-lenged the big schools.

6) Four outdoor collegiaterecords at the MNlassachusettsState Outdoor Pistol Cham-pionships capped another greatseason for the pistol team. Theteam set records in every event. Inaddition, David Schaller '78capped his senior year with anindividual record in the centerfire event.

7) The surprise of the year wasthe water polo team's third place

finished higher than the MITwater polo team.

8) The perennially strong sail-ing team took the Niew Englandfall championship by capturingthe Schell Trophy. This was oneof two New England Cham-pionships won by MIT this year(Fencing had the other one.)

9) An event such as the GreaterBoston Track and Field Cham-pionships must be on this list.

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Stalnford IJniversity where collegeTthleates becarne "'big b3rothers" or

"'bia, sisters" to junior hiaho tut 11s

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.Nlter relieving> Steinhagen in the

eighthl .nd \walking hils first bat-

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loadedd nobody-out situaltion.

ow o s ew s ki o n ce a aa in

demlonstrated his arnazing ability

to get hilliself o)ut of trozuble by at-

lomxint, only one runner to score.

In1 the ninth, Nsowvisewski struck

OUl the first two Northeatsternht;1ters zand pre:venteeS the Huskies

1'roni scoring the tving run.N owisewsski thus pick~ed up 'his

second victo~ry in less thaln a

wveek.

The B~eavers finished the seasoii

xvvithi a finatl record of 8-13,alvoi dino the c~elialr of the Greatter

Bo0ston Le.\gue by beating

INorthealsternl. M iT finished w~ith

t\\ o leag^ue wsins to Nvrtheastern's

Tlle Be~A%,ers will lose'leatdoff

hitter sc onld baseman Jeff Feltona.nd pitcher Kick Olsont

IrrtadLUltion. 'However, K racunas,

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Presently, approximately 30

MI IT students are involved in this

progra r. -Three Cambridge

junior high schools were con-

tmcted, and through guidance

counselors, candidates for little

brothers and little sisters .are

chosen. The directors of the

programninterview the youths and

their parents as well as the college

students hefore pairing them up.

Th._ program is sponsored by

the MIT Athletic Department but

is cidniinistered by the appointed

directors. The palrticipants have

access to all athletic facilities but

minimlal financial backing comes

trornn the Athletic Department.

Hjowever, nman of the museums

.lnd activities in the Boston area

hlve bheei7 very cooperative by

distributing free tickets or giving

discounts.

Co-director of the Big Sister

'ro-ram Jean Singer '79

described it Lis "basically a one-

on-one relationship. Each big

sister tries to get together with her

little sister at least once a week,

and a lot of times keeps in touch

by phone." Most of the youths

benefit just by having someone

older to talk to and to be w ith.

-'The- program is extremely pop-

ular w^ith the kids," Singer

remnarked noting instances where

friends or siblings of a selected

~outh have expressed interest in

joining the program,.

It involves ;bout 15 hours a

month - one afternoon or even-

ing a week - atd the benefits are

reaped o1n both sides. The

guidance counselors halvereported significant iniprove-

nlents in tile youths' outlooks and

.IttittldeS. ;!nd the MlT students

havte enjoyed the activities alnd t11e

vouths trenmendously.

The directors are still looking

l'or prospective big brothers and

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and Joan Sienkiewicz '79_.Wibecan took care of the com-plicated equipment needs andtravel arrangements of the fencingteam as well as working at theathletic midway, whileSienkiewicz helped set up theWomeneri's Invitational BaseketballTournament.

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Senior Sheila Luster won theBetsy Schumacker Award for ex-cellence in athletic competition byan undergraduate woman. Lusterwas a member of the tennis, soft-ball, basketball, and volleyballteams and was characterized byBetts as a "deservting recipient."

The Malcolm G. KispertAward for Senior Scholar-Athletewas given by Mrs. Kispert to NealRockowitz, who won seven var-sity letters, four in tennis andthree in squash during his MlTcareer. At the scholastic level,Rockowitz was accepted by fourmedical schools and will beginstudies this fall at McGill Univer-sity.

The Burton R. Anderson, Jr.Award for outstanding managerwas shared by Brian Wibecan '79

By Bob Host

At the annual awards ceremonylast Thursday in Kresge LittleTheater. Helen Miyasaki '78received two awards to head animpressive list of present MITathletes.

Miyasaki won the MITAthletic Association (MITAA)Pewter Bowl for outstanding con-tributions to'wornen's athletics, aswell as the Admiral Edward L.Cochrane Award, given to thesenior best demonstrating"humility, leadership, andscholarship" in intercollegiateathletics. In presenting the Pewter

Bowl, Women's Athletic DirectorJane Betts said Miyasaki "hasnever refused when she has beenasked to serve MIT athletics."Miyasaki was given the CochraneAward for her participation in theWomen's Athletic Council, Var-sity Club, and the Task Force forWomen's Athletics. Athletic

Director Ross Smith saidMiyasaki "set the example fordedication and hard work."

The Class of 1948 Award,presented to the Senior Athlete ofthe Year, went to fencer MarkSmith, who as a freshman waspart of the "Iron Man Team"'that won the Easterns, where heplaced third individually. He wasundefeated as a sophomore, andlast year was the New EnglandChampion in sabre, in addition totaking first place in foil at theEasterns, where he won theprestigious Cointe Award. As ajunior, he finished tenth in sabreat the Nationals. This year in theNew Englands, he was third inepee. He placed sixth in theNationals, where he was namedthe Outstanding Fencer. His onlyregret, he said, was that he willmiss the opportunity to be on thesame team as world epee cham-pion Johann Haremberg, whowill be coming to MIT this fall.

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In a game last week, he singledthree times, walked once, scoredthree runs, batted in two runs,and stole two bases. He alsoprevented three runs with hisdefensive play. Who is he, RodCarew or Pete Rose?

The answer: neither. He isM IT's own Joe Kracunas '79,captain of the baseball team.Against Northeastern Thursdayin Brookline, Kracunas almostsingle-handedly carried theBeavers to a 7-6 victory, MIT'sfourth consecutive win.

Each time he stepped to theplate, Kracunas was responsiblefor a run. In the first, he batted inMIT's first run with a single toleft field, stole second, and scoredMIT's second run on a single byCarl Nowisewski '81 who was theteam's RB1I leader Thursdaythanks to his position in the bat-ting order following-Kracunas.

In the third inning, Kracunasled off with a walk, again easilystole second,~reached third on X

hit-and-run play, and scoredMIT's third run on a wild pitch.

In the sixth, Kracunas hit hissecond single to left field and thusadvanced the runner, PeterSteinhagen '79, to second. ThenNowisewski slammed a double todeep left field which easily scoredSteinhagen for MIT's fourth runand also allowed Kracunas to tryto score. Even though the ballbeat him home, Kracunas plowedinto the catcher, jarred the ballloose, and scored MIT's fifth run.

In the eighth, Kracunas hit asingle to right field which allowedSteve Garverick '79 to scoreMIT's sixth run.

lronicallyj Kracunas played nopart in M IT's winning seventhrun. Pinch hitter Tom Cosgrove'80 scored it in the ninth after heled off with a walk. Sophomorerim Garverick's sacrifice bunt

moved Cosgrove to second. AfterGeorge Noll '81 struck out, JeffFelton '78 hit a grounder towardthe second baseman for what ap-peared to be an east third out.

Hfowever, the ball took a badbounce and rolled into right fieldgiving Cosgrove enough time toscore.

Defensively, the Beavers alsolooked to-their captain to provideleadership. That catcherKracunas did as he picked off tworunners who tried to steal thirdand tagged out a runner in a closeplay at the plate.

Despite Kracunas's out-standing performance,Northeastern kept the game closethroughout. M IT never led bymore than two runs;Northeastern tied the game three.timnes, in the fifth, seventh, andeighth innings. Only strong reliefpitching by MIT's Nawisewskikept Northeastern fromn takingthe lead late in the game.

Besides being the Beavers'leading RBI man, Nowisewskiwas also the winning pitcher.

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