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school has developed extensiveinternational activities consistentwith the globalization of business."

"Through the Leaders for Manu-facturing Program, he has led theschool to reconceptualize much ofmanagement education for thedecades ahead... He has been extra-ordinarily effective in his communi-cations to business and policy lead-ers and the broader public,"Wrighton continued.

Wrighton said Thurow was"exemplary in bringing diversity tothe Sloan faculty, attracting manyfine women and men to join itsranks. Under Dean Thurow's lead-ership, the Sloan School haslaunched initiatives in international-ization in Singapore, Taiwan, andEurone."

"Most recently, Dean Thurowhas been a key contributor in devel-oping new plans for expansion offacilities. He has been a wonderfulcontributor, and incredibly energeticin Academic Council. I credit himwith a lot of good," Wrighton said.

Thurow was out of town earlierthis week and could not be reachedfor comment. Tech Talk reported thathe plans to take a sabbatical year to"climb one more mountain," afterwhich he will return to the Sloan fac-ulty.

Lester C. Thurow, dean of theSloan School of Management since1987, announced Monday that hewill resign effective July 1.

Provost Mark S. Wrighton saidThurow informed him and PresidentCharles M. Vest of his decision toresign at the end of last week.Wrighton said Thurow's decisiondid not surprise him. "When Ibecamne provost, he indicated that hehad promised only five years of hislife to the post [of dean], and thissummer would have begun his sixthyear."

"Certainly I would have liked forhim to stay longer, but I understandthat only so much of one's careercan be dedicated to admiistration."Wrighton added.

Wrighton said he is beginning toreview names of possible membersof the committee that will chooseThurow's successor. He said thatwhile the committee will be largelymade up of faculty members, hehopes to "have some student inputas well."

Vest, Wrighton Praise WorkBoth Vest and Wrighton lav-

ished praise on Thurow's work asdean. "Under his leadership the

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Sloan students expressed a vari-

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Chitaley hopes that by present-ing the referendum during the regu-lar elections for UA officers, morestudents will vote on the fee.Turnout for UA elections averages30 percent, he said. He explainedthat the referendum would askwhether students find the proposalacceptable, although it would not bebinding.

If the referendum is passed, theUA would hold a meeting to discussthe amount of the fee and then holda second referendum to actuallyenact it. In its final form, the feewould change the way in whichmoney is allocated for student activ-ities.TM

The activities "are part of thewhole budgetary process at MIT.We have to compete [for funding]

with the physics department, theLaboratory for Computer Science,and the Sloan school," said Chita-ley. Under the proposed system,"We [wouldn't] have to compete forthe money out of the tuition."

"What I would envision," saidMatthew S. Warren '93, chairmanof the UA Financial Board, "is thatthere is this great vast resource ofUA money... with the intent of ben-efiting all students."

Other Schools Have FeeWarren cited several other

schools, including Wellesley Col-lege, which have smaller studentactivity programs but have pools ofmoney specifically allocated for stu-

In the upcoming UndergraduateAssociation elections, students willonce again have the chance to voicetheir opinion on a student life fee. Ifapproved, the fee would appear as aline item on the bursar's bill andwould earmark funds specificallyfor student activities.

The newest referendum comesafter a disappointing turnout in asimilar re¢erenuum last April. Atthat time, only 15 percent of the stu-dent population east votes, although78.5 percent of those voting didfavor the measure. According toRaajnish A. Chitaley '95, UA floorleader, "Our original feeling wasthat the turnout was not significantenough to mandate the change."

By Jackson Jung MIT students who have applied forfinancial aid. Hoicka, an attomrney, isrepresenting himself in the case.

Hoicka cites a September rulingby a federal court judge that MITand 22 other universities, called theOverlap G-roup, colluded to setfinancial aid awards. The court con-cluded that as a result of the Over-lap Group's meetings, studentsreceived less financial aid than theywould have otherwise. MIT is cur-rently appealing the Overlap deci-

An alleged loan defaulter hasfiled suit claiming that MIT and sev-eral of its employees broke the lawin processing his loan repayment.David A. Hoicka '77 is charging theInstitute on 16 counts, incliidingviolations of antitrust, racketeering,and fair dealing laws, and intention-al infliction of distress.

Hoicka filed the charges afterMIT sued to force him to repay hisloans. He is also counter-suing MITon behalf of present and former Fee, Page 1 Loan, Page 12

police. None of them were affiliatedwith MIT, she added.

Increased security measuresplanned

Canpus Prolice erected a newfence around the Westgate parkinglot and instituted plainclothes offi-cers, in resnonse to a rash of autothefts and break-ins last November.Fences will be built around otherparking sites pending the success ofWestgate's fence.

In addition, the Campus Policeare currently working out the tech-rnical aspects of a program with theDepartment of Housing and FoodServices. They are working to createone card to be used for identifica-tion, the purchase of meals, entryinto dormitories, and entry intoparking facilities.

The number of stolen vehicleshas risen significantly in the pastfew years, according to the 1991Campus Police annual report. In thereport, statistics show that the num-ber of motor vehicle thefts hasincreased from 21 in 1985 to 66 in1991

By Eva MoyNEWS EDITOR

Eight Hyundai motor vehicleswere broken into between Jan. I andFeb. 9, according to a bulletin dis-tributed by the Campus Police. Theincidents occurred in parking facili-ties across campus. Most of thebreak-ins happened during the day.

Six of the eight vehicles hadtheir stereos stolern. The other twowere only vandalized, said Chief ofCampus Police Anne P. Glavin. Theburglars broke into the vehiclesthrough the vent windows.

"Sometimes there's a particularattraction to a particular [automo-bile] model" for some reason, suchas its value and attractiveness,Glavin said.

In comparison, between Jan. 1and Feb. 5, 20 cars were broken intoand three were reported stolen,according to Campus PoliceSergeant Cheryl Vossmer.

On Jan. 21 Campus Police andstate police arrested three individu-als on Memorial Drive for breakingand entering and attempted larcenyof a Hyundai, Glavin said. The threewere taken into custody by state

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It's Hard Not toFind aHASS-D Subject or TwoBy Jeremy HyltonEHITOR IN CHIEF

The Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Information Office fillsup at the beginning of each term. It is not unusual to find 15 peoplecrowding into the room, which is smaller than some professors'offices, trying to find classes or complete petitions.

Bette K. Davis, HASS Office coordinator, helps students findclasses to fulfill the HASS Distribution

Fb eature requirements. "I remember one student-- who was here last week whose schedule

was so restrictive. The only time of the week she had free was Tues-day and Thursday afernoons," she recalled.

"We found the subjects that met during those times when she wasfree, and three were still open, and she said she just wasn't interestedin them," Davis said. The student left without finding a class.

The fear of not finding a HASS-D) class - particularly the fear ofbeing "bumped" from an oversubscribed class in a lottery - isshared by all students. Surprisingly, cases like the one above are rare.

"That's really more the exception," Davis explained. "Generally,we are able to find something that fits the students schedule."

Without question, there are many students who do not get a spacein their preferred HASS-D class, but that does not mean there are fewHASS-D spaces available. There are a few classes with very highpre-registration enrollments - like Introduction to Fiction (21.003)and Writing and Reading the Essay (21.735) - and many classeswith lower enrollments.

Because enrollment in HASS-D classes is limited to 25 studentsper section, lotteries are held to "bump" the extra students. Bumpedstudents are forced to find other classes or wait until the next time theclass is offered, when they are guaranteed a place.

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In choosing Janet Reno as the nation's first female attorney gener-aI, President Clinton Thursday selected a tough, battle-scarred Miamiprosecutor with a demanding style and a track record of turning themost ardent political critics into loyal allies and friends.

An imposing 6-foot-2-inch workaholic who has been known totake her sleeping bag to the office, Reno was described by friends andcolleagues Thursday as a public official of ramrod integrity who has15 years prosecuting the tidal wave of homicides, drug smugglingand violent street crimes that has inundated Dade County, Florida Inthat sense, her resume is far different from that of Zoe E. Baird, thecorporate lawyer who was Clinton's first choice to be attorney gener-al.

But Reno's most striking attribute, many of them said, is hershrewd political skill - an asset that has enabled the 54-vear-oldHar,-ard Law School graduate to repeatedly win lopsided electionswith suDstannial support among Miami's diverse ethnic communities.

"Janet Reno is the most accessible political figure in the state ofFlonrda," said H.T. Smith, a prominent black Miami lawyer who wasonce one of her most vocal critics. 'She returns every phone call.She's all over the comnmunity. People feel if they have a problem,theys can speak to her. ... I was one of her strongest critics. and in thepast !2 sears. she's convinced me she's honest to the fault. that raceand sex p!avsed no pan her prosecutorial and employrnent decisions."

As Smih's conmments suavest Reno has been no stranger to con-trov-ersy. She has been attacked for failing to vigorously pursue pub-lic corr-rpt on, bunrling high-profile cases and sloppy management offee Dade Count. state atornme's office - a 238-Iawvyer, S33 million-a-year umnit Ltat is one of the largest in the county'.

Her -la.tionship v,-ith the sblack communit' vea strained for searsbv c-,are;,- that she turned a blin:ld eve to allegations of police brutali-A- arnd - a; sio.- in hirinn and promoting minorities.

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But in the vears since. Reno has ardently "worked" the black com-m)unti - speakinc at black churches and civic croups. extensivelyr.critinRg blacks and other minorities. and marching every sear in anannual .Mfanin Luther King Jr. Day parade. where she is now loudlycheered.

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day - and worked to cement goodrelations with the black and Hispan-ic communities in Miami. Shepushed for a special court to handledrug cases, cracked down on parentswho fail to pay child support andpresided over the expansion of thecounty prosecutor's office into oneof the largest in the country.

Noting that Reno's phone num-ber is listed - unusual for a prose-cutor- Clinton said, "She haslived the kind of life in real contactwith the toughest problems of thiscountry that I think will serve hervery well as the nation's chief lawenforcement officer."

reserved for a woman, saying sim-ply, "I'm just delighted to be hereand I'm going to try my level best."

She said her efforts wouldinclude "restoring civil rightsenforcement as one of the top priori-ties of the department," seeking "toprotect America's children fromabuse and violence" and establish-ing "diversion programs" to givenonviolent offenders "a new start"while incarcerating dangerous andcareer criminals.

Senate Judiciary CommitteeChairman Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del., said he welcomed the nomina-tion and would schedule a hearing

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President Clinton Thursdaynamed veteran Miami prosecutorJanet Reno to be his attorney gener-al, selecting a woman he describedas "a front-line crime fighter" of"unquestioned integrity" to fill thevacancy that has plagued the firstthree weeks of his administration.

Announcing his nomination in aRose Garden ceremony, Clintonsaid his selection had been guided"somewhat, but not entirely" by thedesire to name the first female attor-ney general. Clinton said the posi-tion "was not set aside" for awoman and that he "seriously con-sidered" at least four men for thejob. But he said that he "thought itwould be a good and an interestingthing to do" to name a woman to theposition and said that if he had it todo over again, "I would have calledJanet Reno on November the 5th."

In December, Clinton nominatedcorporate lawyer Zoe E. Baird, whowas forced to withdraw because shehad violated immigration and taxlaws in hiring illegal immigrants. Hewas woised to name federal judgeKimba M. Wood before she with-drew last week after the disclosurethat she had also employed an illegalimmigrant to care for her child.

Reno, who is not married and hasno children, said, "I've never hiredan illegal alien and I think I've paidall my Social Security taxes," addingwith a smile, "Certainly in the vet-ting process in the last week, we'vecovered everything." An administra-tion official said Clinton decidedThursday, morning to name Reno.after interviewing her Tuesday.

The Fiorida native, 54, turnedaside a question about how she feltabout being appointed to a positionthat uwas seen as having been

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President Clinton's new budget will cut funding for NASA'splanned space station by 40 percent, triggering yet another majorrestructuring of the project and more delays, sources said Thursday.

Key Capitol Hill aides and others close to the program said the-White House had approved S1.35 billion for program in the nextfiscalyear, instead of the S2.25 billion NASA requested. White House offi-cials would neither confirm nor deny those figures.

But Clinton, meeting at the White House with Democratic con-gressional leaders, said that although he supported the space stationduring his campaign, he was troubled by the massive cost-overrunsassociated with the project According to one member, "He said hewould have a very difficult time coming before Congress and askingfor more monev because of cost overruns."

Sources said the arrangement, being referred to as "the 60 percentsolution," was reached in talks this week between NASA administra-tor Daniel Goldin and White House economic officials as away tofend off threatened termination of the project. Some said thatGoldin's assurances that the agency could build a space station at thatprice have boosted his chances of staying on as administrator.

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"as expeditiously as possible." Butcommittee sources said they did notexpect a hearing before next month.

Reno, who once "swore I wouldnever be a prosecutor because Ithought they were more interestedin securing convictions than in seek-ing justice," has been the electedchief prosecutor in Dade Countysince 1978. She supervises a 900-person office that handles more than120,000 cases annually.

Reno's start in the job wasmarred by riots that broke out afterthe 1979 acquittal of five police offi-cers in the beating death of blackinsurance agent Arthur McDuffie.She has also been criticized for los-ing several high-profile public cor-ruption cases and for failing to bringcharges in other local scandals.

But after her appointment to theposition, she waged five successfulcampaigns for the job - a factnoted admiringly by Clinton Thurs-

Before becoming state attorney,Reno was a partner in a prestigiousMiami firm that, she noted in a 1984book on women lawyers, had firstrefused to hire her after she graduat-ed from Harvard Law School in1963 because she was a woman.

Speaking to reporters after theannouncement, Reno offered forth-right answers that contrasted withBaird's reticence when Clintonnominated her to the position Dec.24. She said she was "personallyopposed" to the death penalty but"probably asked for it as much asany prosecutor in the country" and"will advocate for it as the law ofthe land in particular situations."

She described herself as "pro-choice" on abortion rights and -asked if she considers herself a fem-inist - said, "My mother alwaystold me to do my best, to think mybest and to do right, and to considermyself a person."

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Adams had directorial control overour research," said Paui Taibl, aretired Air Force lieutenant coloneland analyst at the organization whois one of the report's two authors."We've talked about this for the bet-ter part of a year."

The main thrust of the report isthat the Pentagon cannot hope topay for all the weapons currently in

House Armed Services Committee.Aspin's proposal called for a

post-Cold War force structure of 1.4million uniformed personnel, 15active-duty and reserve Army divi-sions, three active and reserveMarine Corps divisions, 18 AirForce "fighter-wing equivalents"and 12 aircraft carriers, among otherbenchmarks.

The Defense Budget Project con-cludes that the nation could ade-

VWIashingtoai has been all butsnowed under by policy reports onhow to reshape the nation's post-Cold War military, but the latestoffering from the Defense BudgetProject is cause for special interest:This one was prepared under thesupervision of Gordon Adams, whosince has left the nonprofit organiza-tion for a top-level budget post in theClinton administration.

The document, moreover, callsfor substantially larger defense cutsthan President Clinton and hisdefense secretary, Les Aspin, haveproposed.

The report recommends, forexample, cutting the size of thearmed forces to 1.2 million uni-formed personnel by 1997, 200,000fewer than Aspin's plan - and400,000 fewer than what the Bushadministration had planned.

Adams did not personally writethe report, which is due to bereleased Friday, and he did notreturm a phone call Thursday seek-ing comment on it. Nevertheless,the document does suggest a poten-tial conflict between the Pentagonand the Office of Management andBudget, where Adams is nowensconced as the program associatedirector for national security.

OMB's program associate direc-tors, or "PADs," traditionally haveexercised great influence overadministration spending priorities.Adams, a puckish fornmer academicwho founded the Defense BudgctProject in 1983, is well-versed inthe intricacies of the Pentagon bud-get process and is not expecled toshy away from expressing his views

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the procurement "pipeline" withoutsubstantially greater cuts in forcestructure.

In a conclusion that few are like-ly to dispute, the report forecaststhat defense budgets will continueto shrink and calls on the Pentagonto plan a post-Cold War militarythat will be "sustainable" over thelong termnn.

"You have to take into accountthe availability of resources," saidSteven M. Koziak, co-author of thereport. "If you plan a force withouttaking into account funding levels,you're planning in a fantasy world."

The report is explicitly critical ofthe Bush administration's plan for a"base force" of' 1.6 million uni-f)rmed men and womenlC, down frolt!ill ct:,!l levcl of' .8 million, call-ing it "una'lffordable over the longrun." But the rcport a;lso questionsthC plan developcd by Aspin lastyear when lie was chairman of the

quately safeguard its interests with aforce of 1.2 million uniformed per-sonnel, I1 active-duty and reserveArmy divisions, four Marine divi-sions and I0 aircraft carriers. Theplan would save $90 billion indefense spending by 1997, com-pared with roughly $60 billionunder the Aspin - and now Clinton

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certain to be used by those on Capi-tol Hill who have begun to arguethat the Clinton administrationneeds to take a bigger bite out ofdefense than it has so far seemedwilling to swallow.

Aspin, in a speech Thursday,prounounced himself open to allreasonable proposals. "We need tolook at the world again," Aspin said."Every time you turn around, some-thing new is happening, and you'vegot to take another look."

A strong system will move through our area over theweekend,bringing large amounts of precipitation.

It will start as ireezing rain, but the warm air associated with thesystem -ill cause the precipitation to change over to rain. However,as temperatures fall Friday night into early Saturday monring, therain wil change back to freezing rain or snow in some inland sec-tions.

Warmer temperatures during the day on Saturday should meltmost of the frozen precipitation, but colder temperatures on Sundaywill cause widespread freezing.

Fridav. Overcast with precipitation starting in the afternoon.Any freezing rain will change over to rain late in the afternoon. East-erlv winds 10-15 mph (I 6-24 kph). High 35 ° F (2° C).

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Rep. Eliot L. Engel, D-N.Y.,WASHin-TON described Clinton's message asion faces a "short-term gain for long-term via-nine future bility of the country," while Rep.ent Clinton Donald M. Payne, D-N.J., added:of business "He (Clinton) told us we're going toeconomic have to take some tough hits."

r next week Gephardt said he believes mostindividuals Democrats and some Republicans

will support the president's econom-around the ic package without major changes.rhetorically Rep. Jim Slattery, D-Kan., added:st few days, "This may be tough, this may bermic speech hard - but we're going to do it."has moved Clinton pledged to the businessming wide- leaders that his economic plan willbroad tax include cuts in federal spending that;. will be "real, definable and measur-idience dur- able, not imaginary." Aides conced-n meeting ed, however, that the administration

eot tell you will not follow through on an earliero make any statement by budget director Leon

E. Panetta that spending cuts would;uage was form two-thirds of the deficit reduc-

tion package.crease, as I Aides said the president has notthe income made a final decision on how large aericans and deficit cut to seek. But they havelaid, adding sent clear signals that the reduction

has wors- will be less than the $145 billionbroaden the Clinton forecast earlier this year.we seek" to That goal, in turn, was less than his)ple as well. campaign pledge to "cut the deficit:ame from in half."Richard A. The deficit cuts will be "veryo emerged significant and very real" and willig between be large enough to reassure the pulbDemocrats lic and financial markets that the

x increases. president is serious about cutting the,ill pay the government's red ink, Clinton eco-e the great- nomic aide Gene Sperling said. But,aost - the he added, "the markets aren't goingmost in the to care about a specific number.'But I think What they care about is that it's:ty will be real" and that the deficit is "headingtionate con- in the right direction."

Even a goal ls dait c 'o a$145 billion cut will require politi-cally difficult measures, however.Clinton admitted as much in hisspeech, saying the economic pack-age will cause "pain." But he quick-ly added that "the short-term pain ofmaking changes now is so muchless than the long-term costs of con-tinuing to do things the way we'redoing them."

"If we don't reform our econom-ic policies, I'm convinced eventual-ly we will fall further and furtherbehind. Ten years from now wewon't even recognize the countrythat we all grew up in."

Those sharply worded warningsare a foretaste of the rhetoric Clin-ton likely will use in next week'sspeech as he and his aides try toconvince Americans to accept taxincreases on the grounds that thealternatives are far worse.

"Americans are at their bestanswering alarm bells in the nightbut I think every one of you knowthat today we face a crisis which,while quieter, is every bit as pro-found as those we have faced in ourpast," Clinton said. "I want toreduce this deficit, not as an end initself, but because I think it is a crit-ical part of a strategy to build iobsand growth for Amenica today andover the long ran."

In part to convince Americansthat the deficit outlook is muchworse than he anticipated duringlast year's campaign, Clinton willuse much higher deficit forecaststhan either the Bush administrationor Congress published before. Thehigher deficit projections also willbe an important element in his cam-paign to convince key constituen-cies that they need to accept higher

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In this continent's seemingly endless cycle of civil war andfamine, relief workers, U.S. officials and others are calling strife-tornsouthern Sudan "another Somalia."

Television pictures emerging from southern Sudan are eerily simi-lar to the images that six months ago made Somali towns like Baido-ba and Baardheere synonymous with mass starvation - there are theemaciated people, the stick-like limbs, the hollow eyes of the mal-nourished children.

The stories being recounted about southern Sudan by recent visi-tors also echo the horrors once heard about Somalia - hundreds ofthousands of people in desperate need of food, and relief assistanceblocked by senseless warfare and violence. Once-thriving villageshave become ghost towns. Other villages have swelled tenfold withrefugees fleeing a decade-long, brutal civil war. Hospitals are cloggedwith innocent victims - mostly women, children, the elderly.

And as with Somalia last fall, voices are being raised calling for alarge-scale foreign intervention to stop the Sudanese people's suffering.

"The Clinton administration has to deal with this issue quickly,"said Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-Va., a member of the Select Committeeon Hunger, who visited parts of southern Sudan this week. "There isno place in Africa now that is more critical in terms of famine ....You've probably lost more people there (in southern Sudan) than youhave in Somalia."

Earlier this week, Jim Kunder, head of the U.S. Agency for Inter-national Development's office of foreign disaster assistance, calledsouthern Sudan "the most silent of the major humanitarian crisesaround the world today."

Key differences between Somalia and southern Sudan make theSudanese case seem at once more intractable and more easily forgot-ten. For one, the war in Sudan has raged largely hidden from view fora decade, pitting the hard-line Moslem fundamentalist military gov-ernment in Khartoum against black Christians and animists whomake up most of the population of the south and are fiohting forautonomy.

"It's a very different situation" from the war that devastatedSomalia, said Robert Hadley, information officer for the UnitedNations' Operation Lifeline Sudan, which has been working to pro-vide relief to the area since 1989. "Somalia collapsed very quickly,and it was a central-government collapse," occasioned by the ousterof longtime strongman Mohamed Siad Barre in January 1991. Sudan,Hadley said, is "not collapsing from the top down."

According to Hadley and other reliable accounts, Khartoum hasrelentlessly bombed civilian population centers in the south, usuallywith old Soviet-made cargo planes flying at 12,000 feet or higherover rebel-held areas and dropping 500-pound bombs out the backcargo hatch. "It's very ineffective, and it's very, very messy," saidHadley. "It's a very, very brutal weapon."

Wolf said he visited the village of Kajo Kaji near the Ugandanborder, which had been the target of recent bombing. The congress-man said he saw 10 bomb craters in the village. He also said he foundold people and women in hospitals suffering from shrapnel wounds.Wolf last visited southern Sudan in 1988 and '89, and said now,"This thing is going down. The people are very demoralized."

Unlike Somalia, an established relief operation has operated foryears inside southern Sudan. In addition to the U.N. operation thatincludes World Food Program flights, several private relief organiza-tions have been working in the region. But the humanitarian effortshave been hampered by the fighting, and both the Khartoum govern-ment and the southern rebels have forced relief agencies to negotiateareas of access.

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Saving that the naticrisis that could undemliving standards, Presideflatly told an audience cleaders Thursday thepackage he plans to offerwill raise taxes for bothand corporations.

Clinton has walkedsubject of tax increases lfor weeks. But in the laswith next week's econo,fast approaching, he hsteadily closer to confirrspread reports that Iincreases are in the offing

He conceded to an auing his televised tow,Wednesday that, "I cannthat I won't ask you tocontribution."

Thursday, his langmore direct.

"I will ask for an incsaid in the campaign, ontax of the wealthiest Amcorporations," Clinton s~that because the deficitened, "we may have to trange of revenues whichinclude taxes on other peo

More indications cHouse Majority LeaderGephardt, D-Mo., whoafter a two-hour meetinthe president and HouseThursday to talk about ta

"The people who wmost are those who haveest ability to pay the mones who benefited the r1980s," Gephardt said. "everybody in the socieasked to make a proport

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civilians Wednesday, the latest ofabout 2,500 deaths in five years of

MOSCOW bloodshed.

ing the Fighting between the formerploded Soviet republics has plunged Arme-ng the nia's 3.4 million people into threethrough straight winters of miserable fuelheat or shortages. In this harshest of win-

ters, schools are closed, hospitalsent said and maternity wards are withoutt gap in heat, bread is rationed and prices aree in the soaring. Forests and city parks aref neigh- being stripped bare for firewood.pe blew In Yerevan, the capital, whereto tight- feeble gas pressure had returned toArmenia homes just two days ago and elec-

tricity was back on for an hour oracident, two a day, people woke up in 10-by war- degree cold Thursday with neither.aunched The city's alreadycrippled subwayy in their trains shut down completely, as diderbaijan, electrically pumped water suppliese disput- and most telephones.4agorno "There's no electricity; we're

back to the same old story," saidimed to Gassia Apkarian, director of the-e settle- Armenian Assembly of America,accused reached by telephone in Yerevan.)mb that "It's depressing ... What people arees Mon- saying is that this is going to take!d Azer- three days to fix. But what guaran-ng nine tee do we have that they're not

going to do it again?"The pipeline blew up both times

in Mameul, a Georgian region inhab-ited mostly by immigrants fromAzerbaijan. Police there arrestedthree Azerbaijanis for the first bomb-ing but said that they had no infor-mation on the second. Armenian offi-cials said Thursday's explosion blewaway a segment of pipe installed Jan.31 as a temporary replacement forthe line damaged earlier.

Mobile engineering crews fromArmenia have now been stationedpermanently in Georgia, on alert togo repair the pipeline at shortnotice.

Armenia, a predorminantly Chris-tian nation surrounded by hostile orindifferent neighbors, imports 95percent of its fuel. Until a year and ahalf ago, most of it arrived throughAzerbaijan. Then Azerbaijan, in awartime act, shut down a gaspipeline on its territory.

That forced Armenia to relyexclusively on Russian gas pipedthrough Georgia, supplies increas-ingly threatened by civil war andbanditry in that country. Armenia'sother neighbors are Turkey, a his-toric enemy, and Iran, a Muslim ally

A gas pipeline supplyonly fuel to Armenia exagain Thursday, forcirbesieged republic to shivera fierce snowstorm withoutlight.

The Armenian governmethe 4 a.m. blast tore a 6-foethe newly repaired pipelinesame mountainous region ofboring Georgia where the piup Jan. 23. Saboteurs tryingen a wartime blockade of Awere suspected in both acts.

Reacting to the first inArmenian forces backed Iplanes and heavy artillery Iaa major offensive last Fridayundeclared war against Az.eseizing 11 settlements in theed mountain enclave of NKarabakh.

Azerbaijan, which claihave recaptured at least threments in a counterattack,Armenians of planting a becrippled one of its rail lineday. Armenia in turn blamebaijaini shelling for killi,

MOSCOW

Russian President Boris Yeltsin and parliament speaker RuslanKhasbulatov held talks Thursday night on resolving a constitutionaldispute, but failed to reach agreement on how to divide politicalpower.

The one-hour Kremlin session was the first substantive meetingbetween Russia's two most powerful politicians since a showdownlast December. It followed a call by Yeltsin for a political truce thatwould freeze the present balance of power between the executive andlegislative branches and postpone a referendum on constitutionalreform scheduled for April 11.

Presidential spokesman Vyacheslav Kostikov later said prepara-tions for the referendum will continue, along with a search for a com-promise. Two meetings between Yeltsin and Khasbulatov have beenscheduled for next week.

The president's advisers appear to be split on whether to pushahead with the referendum, which Yeltsin had hoped would give vot-ers a chance to choose between a presidential and a parliamentaryform of govemment. Some contend the referendum is essential to putan end to the power struggle with the conservative-dominated parlia-ment. Others fear it will exacerbate the political tensions caused by aworsening economy.

A politician who owes his power to his ability to manipulate par-liament, Khasbulatov has succeeded in chipping away at Yeltsin'sauthority over the past year even though his own popularity in thecountry is negligible. He stunned Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildtat a meeting this month by declaring that the president was noe"up tothe job" and should give up much of his power to the parliament.

Before Thursday's Kremlin session, which was attended by Con-stitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkin, Yeltsin told reporters itwas necessary to avert a political crisis that had the potential of"blowing up the country." He called for a "moratorium on all fist-fights" in 1993, but said the "people" would have the decisive word ifhe and Khasbulatov were unable to reach agreement.

In exchange for dropping the idea of a referendum, Yeltsin hasproposed holding parliamentary elections in 1994 and presidentialelections in 1995, a year early. Khasbulatov has demanded simultane-ous elections for both branches in 1994 and wants to strengthen thelegislature.

"Deng knows that only YangShangkun could be an all-powerfulperson after he dies," said one Chi-nese source with ties to the military.Like Deng, Yang, 85, is one of thefew remaining veterans of the historicLong March of 1934-35, which savedthe fledgling Communist army.

But Deng's latest maneuversalso highlight the main source forinstability in China and what contin-ues to be his biggest personal fail-ing. Like Mao before him, Dengwill leave no ready-made strongsuccessor. As a result, some ana-lysts say, the personnel changes willhasten the power struggle expectedamong the current collective leader-ship after Deng's death.

By Lena H. SunTHE WASHING TON POST

believed to be loyal to the Yangs.Chinese sources said the moves

were aimed at preventing the Yangsfrom enlarging their power basethrough the military - a majorplayer in past power struggles.

The changes, Chinese sourcessaid, stem from one basic considera-tion: Deng turns 89 in August.Although he holds no official titles,he remains China's paramountleader. Deng, these sources said,does not want any one person orinstitution to challenge him or hisplace in history in the same way thathe has dismantled the Marxist lega-cy of the late chairman Mao Zedongover the last 14 years and replaced itwith capitalist-style reforms.

BEIJING

Senior leader Deng Xiaoping hascompleted an extensive purge ofChina's military and will reshufflekey government posts next month inwhat may be his final bid to ensurethat his legacy endures, according toChinese and Western analysts.

In one of the biggest shakeups inthe history of the People's Libera-tion Army, Deng has stripped hislongtime comrade-in-arrns, Presi-dent Yang Shangkun, and the presi-dent's half-brother, Gen. YangBaibing, of their control of the mili-tary, and sidelined more than half ofChina's generals because they were

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unfair to seniorsstudents may find themselves taking humanities classes theyhave no interest in because their names came out of the hat atthe wrong time and their tight schedules leave them with fewoptions. Even worse, these seniors may collide with the inflexi-bility of their remaining graduation requirements and be unableto fit any HASS-Ds into their schedules at all, preventing themfrom graduating on time.

The way in which the policy change took place is particu-larly disturbing for members of the classes of 1993 and 1994.These students have spent the majority of their time here plan-ning their schedules and choosing classes based on the notionthat they would have lottery priority in their senior year, only tohave this security tom away with absolutely no warning. Hadthey known in advance, perhaps they could have planned theirschedules better to insure that they could take a particular popu-lar lass. lnsteUd, they got the wort ooth worlds- kept outof popular classes in the past by seniors who then had priority,and kept out now because they don't have the same privilege.

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national product; in light of all establishedstatistics, this headline seems quite irresponsible.

It seems ironic that at MIT, whose eco-nomics department is often considered theworld's most outstanding, the staff and editorsof The Lech cannot discriminate betweengrowth and recession.

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therefore not entirely surprising that "studentscontinued to receive many interviews and joboffers over the last year."

What would seem to be merely a statisticalmistake is compounded by the article's head-line: 'Despite Recession, Students Find Jobs."The standard definition of a recession in theUnited States is a prolonged decline in gross

Quitting in the face of inappropriate ordersis the proper means for an officer to expresshis disapproval in our system, but as a meansof political expression it should only be usedsparingly. No one is asking Powell to napalmwomen and children, or to execute any orderthat is immoral or grossly unwise. Defensecutbacks will happen whether Powell wantsthem or not, and instead of bailing out now,Powell should have hung in and guided thecountry through this didfficult process to thebest of his ability. If he honestly lacks theknow-how to facilitate these cuts, then heshould have just said so, and this columnistwould have cheered his honesty.

In the long run, hospefiully, Clinton's effortsto cut the military will succeed. In this newera of collective security and coalition action,the need to move small units fast and far hassupplanted the need for certain nuclearweapons systems, large, armor-intensiveArmy divisions and a number of forward-based Air Force bases that were the hallmarkof cold war strategy. Defense spending movesin cycles of buildup and downscaling. Thedefense pendulum is swinging back, and Pow-ell seems unwilling to move out of the way.

lance. The United States has had its share ofuppity soldiers, and Americans, it should besaid, have an obscene penchant for electingmilitary heroes to high government offices.

And that's why I get nervous whenevergenerals and admirals start to dictate terms tothe civilian officials who appointed them, andwhy I won't be sad to see Joint Chiefs of StaffChairman Colin Powell follow through on histhreat to quit his post before his term expiresin September.

Although this move was expected beforethe election, the most likely reason for Pow-ell's decision to retire early lies with recentdisagreements between himself and the Clin-ton administration over gays in the militaryand new defense budget cuts, which Powelladamantly opposes. Rather than skipper asinking ship filled with homosexuals, Powell,it seems, prefers to head for the lifeboats.

Alas, such is the fate of peacetime general.In announcing his intentions to retire, Powellcould have done worse. If he had blockedPresidential initiatives or directly challengedClinton's decisions he would have deserved aprompt firing. As it stands though, Powell'sdecision to leave the joint chiefs now seemsselfis'n.

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If there's one thing that all really screwed-up countries have in common it is the involve-ment of the national professional military indomestic political affairs. Communist China,modem Haiti, pre-civil war Spain, and Francehave all had this mark of distinction, and ineach of these countries, the empowered mili-tar,- has always done more damage than thecivilian order it tried to supplant.

G:ranted, sometimes the military only inter-venes in politics because of civilian troublesor social strife, but even when the militaryenters the political scene for all the right rea-sons, its influence is never helpful. Not onlyare soldiers prone to totalitarianism, but theirrise to power sets a bad precedent for futuregovernment, an example rife with coupd'etats, conspiracies, human rights abuses,and indifference to the popular will.

Fortunately, America, a state with a deepanti-military tradition, has little to fear fromits professional military. The U.S. has nastyenemies and the military has no desire to runcountry, so it is tolerated to an extent thatwould have had our founding fathers scream.ing for revolution.

Some American military thinkers, though,may bristle at the thought that they are ulti-mately at the mercy of civilian decision-mak-ers. The soldiers, in all fairness, however, getplenty in return. In exchange for a secondaryrole in govemrnment, soldiers receive a degreeof job security unheard of in other stable soci-eties.

In states with an over-politicized military,the officer corps is shuffled with each changein civilian government. American militaryprofessionals, though, (disregarding fiscaldownsizing) enjoy a remarkably continuouslifestyle between administrations. As long as athey commits no war crimes, competent sol-diers can enjoy long, productive careers. Andif they eventually tire of becoming agents ofthe civilian will, they are free to hang up theiruniforms- as the Constitution requires -and seek elected office.

The price of liberty, though, is eternal vigi-

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fore should not be prohibited), and 26 percentthought that abortion was 'wrong."

With what reasoning de 58 percent of ussay that abortion and other issues are a matterof personal morality} while all of Us wouldagree that discrimination, for example, isabsolutely wrong? Reasoning that, like a rst-ten apple, appears genuine on the surface butat its core is flawed. Abortion, then, is eitherright - for the good of the mother and thefetus, or it is wrong - murder and a violationof the rights of the fetus.

Let's stop kidding ourselves - we allbelieve in some sort of absolute truth, whetherit be the Law of Universal Gravitation, TenCommandments, dialectical materialism, orwhatever. We cannot declare simultaneouslythat some things are wrong and will not betolerated, while other things are a matter ofpersonal choice. Let's stop hiding behind thefacade ox moral reiativism, stand up for whatis right, and not be afraid to say it.

essential. If what we study is not a closerapproximation of the real plan of life thanwhat we knew before, then olur toil is in vain.The key factor in the development of Newto-nian physics was the belief that the universehas a logical plan. Regardless of what we per-sonally think of the law of gravity, nothing wecan do can cause us to fall upward into the sky-the laws of nature are not negotiable!

Why then, do most of us fail to apply a setof rights and wrongs to human behavior?Many simply claim that there are not, andshould not be, any universal rights and wrongs- but stop and think for a second. If I askedto see your most difficult problem set a halfhour before it was due, then took a lighter to itand burned it up, would't that be just plainwrong.? Or bow about if I planted a crib sheetunder your chair during a final, and you werecaught? Would you be ready to forgive me if Isaid, "Hey, by my standards I didn't do any-thing wrong," or would you be ready to rear-

range my. face because what I did was wrongby your standards?This idea of absolute truth is also the basis

for the establishment of civil rights. Jeffer-son's Declaration of Independence that said:"We hold these Truths to be self-evident thatall Men are created equal, that they areendowed by their Creator with certain inaliena-able rights." More recent laws about childlabor, desegregation, and spousal abuse holdthat certain actions are wrong, regardless ofthe personal morality of the parties involved.Here on campus, we've heard the phrase,"Sexual harassment is wrong, and will not betolerated" enough times to realize this.

With this said, it is all the more surprisingthat most MIT students reject absolute truthand in particular on the issue of abortion. 58percent of respondents said that the decisionwhether abortion is right or wrong is "yourchoice."' 16 percent responded that abortionwas "a right" (i.e., it's not wrong and there-

Column by Marc CarlinGUESTCOLUMNMIw

An opinion poll entitled "What is TrdthT'conducted on Registration Day, Jan. 28, byChristian Impact affirms the increasinglyprevalent view that the concept of universal"morality" is anachronistic and irrational.Less than one third of the student body saidthat there is absolute truth, despite the factthat over two thirds of MIT students believe inGod.

Our society has been steadily movingtowards a state of moral relativism, whereeach individual is granted the freedom tomake his own choice about what is right andwrong. This is, above all, a comfortable posi-tion to take - we "live and let live," and arefree to do whatever we want because otherscannot hold us accountable for our actions.It's trendy, but does it make sense?

If we observe science, an area that we areall familiar with, we find that absolute truth is

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The script is not without the comet moralsone often finds in Disney films, though. In thecourse of the movie, the children becomeaccepting of their new foster father, as themovie (unlike the original film version of theba-ke deals with the fiamily to which the petsbelong. The animals even chip in their shareof philosophy. Shadow (voice by DonArneche) explains how to be man's best friendin one of the sillier scenes.

The best parts of Homeward Bound are theshots of the animals in action. The animaltrainers started with eight dogs (four for eachpart), ten cats, and a host of cameramen, pro-ducing some amazing footage. Chance navi-gates the tops of several toppling garbagecans, Sassy files through the air (landing onall fours, of course), and Shadow faces amountain lion. The best scene is one in whichSassy falls into the water and is carried down-stream while she tries best to stay afloat. TheClose-up shots of t*he poor cai trying to swimare priceless. The only thing missing was thereminder that these are professionals and thestunts should not be attempted at home.

The music in the film (composed boy BruceBroughton) is also worth noting. In addition tothe standard tear- erkcing themes, an upbeatpiece accompanied the escape from the pound(another viery amusing sequence). This was anice break from the long string of cliches, thatmovie music usually employs.

Overall, this is a very entertaining movie. Itis also a rather emotionlal film. It will be hardfor anyone who owned a pet as a child to avroidtears from welling up during the final sequenceas the pets are reunited with the children.

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s my interminable wait neared its endone bitterly cold January night andmy turn to enter Venus de Milo

X X approached, I looked up and downthat gaudy street behind Fenway Park andthought, "Is this haif-hour in line and the tenbucks I am going to pay .worth it? What is itabout this place that gets people to come backagain and again, packs the coat rooms everySaturday night, and makes people (like mne)stand outside in the freezing cold to wait?"

The answer is simple. Venus de Milo isable to give different kinds of people whatthey want. In addition to good music and alarge dance floor, it has the most varied clien-tele of any club in Boston.

The club is located behind KenmoreSquare, near Axis and Julian's Billiard Hall,and is within walking distance of the Ken-more T-stop. It's a five dollar taxi ride from77 Massachusetts Ave.

Inside, Venus de Milo is impressive. Thebrightly colorful, yet tasteful, interior isdeceptively large. The huge lower level of theclub becomes a single dancing area on Fridayand Saturday nights, swarming with hundredsof hot, and tightly packed, people. Standing

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too close to one of the speakers is notrecommended; it can really hurt yourears. There is also a stage right abovethe dance floor for the more daring.

The two bars are both quite large.

social, i.e. pick-up, scene on Fridays is stilli extremely active. A more mature audience

comes on Saturdays, a kind of retro 70s andd 's0s night, when disco and Madonna's

older stuff are the dominant fare. If you, don't know who the Village People

were, don't bother showing up.I once ventured - unknowingly-

to Venus on a Wednesday night with afemale date only to find out that it was

Gay Night. Not deterred, I enteredand found several pleasant sur-prises. The cover was only

J three dollars, well within thebudget of a poor college student

like myself. The music - house withsome techno - was to my taste, and thedance floor was not crowded at all. Intermis of price and good music to dance

.to, I recommend Wednesday nights,.,I although some would feel uncomnfort-J ,able without a date of the opposite sex.

t1One of the gripes I have with Fri-(; days and Saturdays is that by 11:30)g~;p.m. or midnight, the club is packed.

FWThis is a good reason to plan goingduring the week. On weekends it is vir-

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stepped on many times.Those planning to go Friday or Saturday

nights should get thcre by ten to avoid waitingin line outside in the frigid winter air for ahalf-hour or more and to have some time onthe dance floor without worrying about per-sonal injury.

Before closing, I want to inform the readerof a deception that Venus de Milo appears topractice in those coupon books which aregiven out occasionally in front of Lobby 7.They contain passes that promise the holderfree admission to the club on a Thursday, Ffi-day, or Saturday night. Don't be fooled! O)nseveral occasions I have attempted to usethem -once after calling in advance andbeing told that they were being accepted thatnight. However, each time I have beeninformed at the door that due to some specialpromoter or guest, or miscommunication withthe front office I whould have to pay the fulilten dollars that night.

Also be aware that at the coat room youwill not be able to put more than one jacket ona single hanger for this is against "club poli-cy." Bring a buck fifty for each one. Drinkssell for the going rate -about two dollars fora soda and fouer for an alcoholic beverage.

Venus de Milo may be too expensive forregular visits by most people. For a specialtreat though, pickt your night, arrive early, andenjoy one of the most popular night spots inBoston.

Along with the many benches and'chairs located all around both the Eupper and lower levels, they makethe perfect places for striking up con-versations and meeting other club- .. ^goers, most of whom tend to befriendly and eager to meet new peo-ple. These dark nooks are subtly ,illuminated by purple neon lights.

COne of the most striking quali-ties of the club is its ability to catersuccessfully to various groups ondifferent nights, something thatother Kenmore5 Square giants - likeNarcissus - often fail to do. Thurs-day, Techno Night, attracts a youngand artsy, mostly college-age crowdthat dances to the latest progressivedance tracks until the wee hours.

Friday nights play moremainstream dance music, * Ialthough some alternative ortechno is usually thrown in. Thecrowd on Fridays isyounger than Thurs- v EN Vaeday's; it appears that Ad V v many in it still have severalyears to go in high school. However, the

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Mary E. Herndon G, a biologystudent who protested the Novem-ber decision clearing Professor ofManagement Gabriel R. Bitran ofsexual harassment, said "harassmentvictims will not be missing him."She didn't believe that the case hadanything to do with Thurow'sdeparture, saying, "I don't think hehas the sensitivity for that to matterto him."

Enough spaces are available"We have made sure there are

enough spaces" to accommodate thetotal demand for HASS-Ds, saidHarriet Ritvo, associate dean for theSchool of Humanities, Arts, andSocial Sciences. She said difficultiesarise because many students tend toregister for the same classes, pre-venting an even distribution of stu-dents among the available spaces.

Matching students who needHASS-D classes to graduate withavailable subjects can be difficult,but Davis found that most studentsdealt with the problem well. "Eventhough we were very busy and wehad a lot of students in here, it's rarethat there is a student who is angryor has a bad attitude," she said.

The lottery system could haveposed serious problems for seniorsthis year. in the past, seniors weregiven top priority in HASS-Ds anddid not face a lottery unless therewere too many seniors. Senior prior-ity was eliminated this year, butapparently few seniors were trou-bled by lotteries in classes theyneeded to graduate.

"There were surprisingly few weheard from," Davis said. "I canremember a conversation with onesenior... that's really the only onethat I heard from."

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Ritvo, who heads the committeethat oversees the HASS-D program,said that the committee did notexpect the change in senior priorityto be a serious problem. "For mostpeople, you have eight semesters totake three subjects. Really, if youdon't get into one you can take itanother semester," she said.

Some seniors also take fourthand fifth HASS-D classes to fulfillthe general eight-subject HASSrequirement. This attests to the pop-ularity of HASS-D classes, but cre-ates trouble when classes are over-subscribed. The problem thecommittee saw was that giving pri-ority to seniors taking an extraHASS-D would force out under-classmen trying to fulfill require-ments.

"It seems likely that the classesin which there is the most consistentand predictable oversubscription areclasses which attract significantnumbers of people taking a fourth orfifth HASS-D," Ritvo said.

Offerings reflect enrollment trendsIndividual departments and sec-

tions try to offer more sections ofpopular classes. The history depart-ment, for example, originallyplanned to offer two sections of TheAge of Reason (21.355), whichwould have accommodated 50 stu-dents. When 125 students pre-regis-

tered for the class, two more sec-tions were added.

The management of pre-registra-tion is problematic, though, becausestudents often change their sched-ules after classes start, Ritvoexplained. "It would be nice if wecould make registration more of acontract," but that would probablybe too great a limit on students'freedom to choose classes, she said.

After adjustments are madebased on registration data, lotteriesare the only recourse for professorswho are not allowed to have morethan 25 students per section. "All ofour faculty hate to run the lottery.It'sjust the best system we have fig-ured out for dealing with the situa-tion," Ritvo said.

Though the rules for the lotteryare quite explicit, the actual admin-istration of lotteries has proven to beinconsistent. In some cases, profes-sors decide to give priority toseniors or students majoring in theirdepartment, even though the rulesforbid it.

"It happens and I don't knowhow much it happens," Ritvo said.

"It seems the method that hasbeen established has been publi-cized to students. It is too bad ifindividual faculty members decidenot to live up to the expectationsthat have been produced in theminds of students," Ritvo said.

ety of opinions on Thurow's depar-ture. See Y. Ahn '93 said she was"kind of bummed when she heardthe news. He's a really good dean asfar as raising money, and he'sbrought a lot of good publicity tothe school, but I think the generalconsensus is that he's not that inter-active with students -- most under-graduates don't see him much."

Olivier R. Ledoit G said he wassurprised and puzzled by theannouncement. "I'd like to knowexactly why he resigned," he said."I don't think they'll be able to findanyone with his statute to fill theposition. It will be very hard to

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MIT attorney Jeffirey Swope saidHoicka's claims "don't fit underexisting laws." Swope is an attorneyat Palmer and D~odge, which is alsorepresenting MIT in the appeal ofthe antitrust ruling.

Hoicka's claim may be invalidat-ed by the statute of limitations forprivate actions. This statute allowsindividuals to recover damagescaused by an unlawful activity onlyif it occurred less than foulr yearsbefore the government filed suit tostop the activity.

The Justice Department did notfile suit against the Overlap Groupuntil 1991, while Hoicka's financialaid packages were negotiated before1982. However, Hoicka charges thatMtIT "fraudulently concealed" itscollusive activity, which may pro-

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A hearing on Hoickas's counter-charges is expected in late Februaryor March.

MIT's original complaint, filedon April 14, 1992, alleges that Hoic-ka defaulted on a 1986 promissorynote issued as a refinancing of for-mer stugdent loans. The complaintseeks approximately $26,700 inloam repayment and interest charges,and about $8,800 in collection costsand attorney fees.

In the court file, Hoicka deniesthe allegation and claims MIT has"misstated and misrepresented theagreement, which is not in default."Furthermore, Hoicka alleges thatwhile he was'"ready and willing tocomply" with all covenants in thecontract, MIIT "obstructed and pre-vented" him from doing so.

"'I never had a reason to pick afight with MIT until they picked afight with me," Hoicka said. Hoickasaid that he tried to set up a paymentplan with MIT upon graduatingfrom law school in 1989, but MITrefused. He also said approximately20 payments of between $150 and$200 each were made to MIT whilehe was trying to establish a paymentplan.

Hoicka added. "The powers thatbe at MIT [should] come to theirsenses and [realize] that in many ofthese cases, it's better to be reason-able and make a settlement. TheJustice Department gave MIT a verynice offer ... but MIT said, 'No

way, we want to fight.' "

Few MIT students default ontheir loans in comparison with stu-dents from other schools. MlT'sloan default rate in 1992 was 0.5percent on Perkins Loans and 2.9percent on Stafford Loans, accord-ing to Bursar Shirley M. Picardi.The national averages in 1990 were6.2 percent for Perkins Loans and15.5 percent for Stafford Loans.

Picardi added that an individualMIT loan default averages about$3,500, and that the highest singledefault has been about $35,000 to$.40,000. IMIIT takes only about threeloan default cases to court eachyear, and only as "an absolute lastresort,M she said.

"Virtually no MIT alumnusdefaults on his loans on purpose.They just don't seem to set out to dothis," Picardi continued. "Some-times they are overwhelmed byadverse circumstances. Sometimesthey mismanage their affairs. Some-times they ignore the problem howing it will disappear.-And some-times they are embarrassed andwon't be forthcoming about theirsituations."

"We hope that by doing loancounseling early when students firsttake out their loans, they will get toknow their student loan representa-tives and will feel comfortable call-ing them if any problems arise afterthey graduate from MIT," she said.

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At the trac~k, an undefieated ~MITteam will clash with an undefeeatedand favored Willienis squad, a feisty7-2 Coast Gu~ard team, and cannonfodder Worcester Polytech for theinaugural Quad Cup ChampionshipSaturday at the luxurious HowardJohnson Athletic Compglex andCommencement Facility. Go seeThe Big Meet, as Hurdrler Bo Light'96 is expected toa run for approxi-mately nine seconds. Kudosgd also toColin ML. Page '95, who was award-

Redskin's eff~orts was minimal inthat he did not dress for any of theirthree playoff wins against run-anad-shoost teams (Falcons, Lions andB~ills). fHis replacement, a moremobile Kulrt Gouvia, had key inter-ceptions in each of those games."

Not to be outdone by JonathanSigman, who complained about therelative ease of the question: "CBS'analyst (very) ordinaire M'attMillen. Why even bother with thehint? Bud Bowl deserves to bekilled arnyway."

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The women's team defeated bothof its opponents. The lady bladesdefeated UNC 9-7 and destroyedBrown with a i4-2 victory. On hemen's team, the sabre squad onceagain proved its power, soundlydefeating UNC 6-3.

Rene Despinos '94 took onebout, Charles Baroud '93 won two,and Mark Hurst '94 took all three ofhis bouts. Both Baroud and Hurstdefeated Mark Lattimore, who isranked second in the NCAA.i

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The entire men's team camealive for its meet with Brown. Boththe sabre and epee squads defeatedBrown 6-3. The foil squad tookthree of its nine bouts, with an out-standing performance by JohnRodriguez '95. After taking the soleMIT foil win over UNC, he won twoof his three bouts against Brown.

On Sunday, the men's team trav-eled to Boston College to fence BCand Yeshiva College. MIT trouncedYeshiva with an overall score of23-4. Later in the day they downedBC 18-9, with the epee squad win-ning 8-1. Jin Choi '94 went unde-feated on Sunday, winning all six ofhis bouts.

The fencing team's last varsitydual meet of the season will be heldthis Saturday in the fencing roomagainst Harvard University.

hiMfWHEEDLERUMass Boston's sophomore center James Wardwell proves to be a formidable defense for MITcenter Kelth Whalen '96 Tuesday night. The Beacons defeated the Engineers, 89-58.

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lived. UMass was awarded a three-point play on its next possession,and though the Beacons missed thefree throw shot, one of their playerswas able to tip the ball in after itcame off the rim. The MIT lead wasthen reduced to one, and it waveredbetween one and three points untilUMass' David Hanscomn gave histeam a one-point lead with 3:32 leftin the half.

From then on, the game wouldbelong to the Beacons. In the timeleft in the first half, they forced twoEngineer turnovers, made six fastbreak points, and completed a three-point play to go into the lockerroom ahead by eight.

The second half was merely acontinuation of the UMass domi-nance of the late first half. Using afull court press which was to giveMIT great trouble for the remainderof the game, the Beacons were ableto force a number of turnovers andconvert them into fast break points.The lead slowly got larger and larg-er until the game ended with theEngineers down 31 points.

The cause of the MIT loss isquite clear: They could not beat thefull-court press used by UMasswhile on offense, and they could notkeep up with the Beacons while ondefense. The Engineers are a slower

team, and this was evident as thegame wore on.

Statistics demonstrattese t iese csas well. MIT committed 27turnovers in the course of the game,compared with 15 by UMass. Inaddition, the Beacons had sixteensteals on the day, and the Engineersonly six.

When the Engineers could getthe inside game going, they werereasonably successful. Of all theplayers on the MIT squad, only Hef-fernan and Whalen were in doubledigits. Too many times, however,the ball was taken away before theoffense was set up. While part ofthis can be attributed to poor pass-ing by MIT, the quickness of theBeacon defense must be properlycredited as well.

In addition, UMass' impressiveshooting from the free throw line(84.2 percent) prevented the Engi-neers from getting back into thegame by fouling frequently.

As a result of this loss, the bas-ketball team dropped to 4-14 on theseason, and UMass Boston movedup to 10-9. The Engineers' nexthome game is on Saturday at 2:00p.m., where they hope to end theirlosing streak against Western NewEngland College.

The men's basketball team lostby a score of 89-58 to the Universi-ty of'Massachusetts at Boston lastTuesday night in Rockwell cage.The score is misleading, though: thegame was fairly close for most ofthe first half.

The UMass Boston Beaconstook an early 12-4 lead, but MITquickly cut the lead to four at20-16. At this point the Engineers,led by forward Mark Hefferman '95,went on a nine point run.

The scoring frenzy began with afie'd goal by ccntcr elit.;, Ih al.-'96. After UMass had turned theball over, the Engineers scoredagain when Heffernan rebounded aMark Milton '93 miss and hit aneasy two from inside. MIT scoredon its next possession when Heffer-nan made a short layup on a beauti-ful assist from Milton.

On the Engineers' next posses-sion, Heffernan drove into the paintand made a basket while beingfouled. He made the free throw, andthe score was at 25-20 Engineers.The Beacons were able to converton their next possession, but Heffer-nan responded on the other end witha dunk.

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The Lords of the NHL are try-ing, without much success, toimprove the marketability of the"sport of goons" and shed the imagegiven to them by the Hanson broth-ers. To begin with, they awardedfranchises to such hotbeds of hock-ey as Miami, Tampa Bay, and Ana-heim, thus allowing the Disney.-on-Ice Orange County team to beknown as the Mighty Ducks (silliestnickname since the University ofCalifornia Santa Cruz BananaSlugs). They then let Scott Norwoodkick, and miss, an extra point foreach team in last weekend's All-Star "Game," won by the WalesConference 16-6. Now, CommishGarry "you're no John Ziegler"Bettman and the boys are toyingwith the idea of giving the boxers

on ice a month off in 1994 to partic-ipate in the Olympics. In a sportwhere the gringos would finish sec-ond to the canucks, the U.S. mightas well save face and just send theBeanpot champions. Besides beinga sham for a "major" sport to dis-rupt its season for a month, theOlympics are supposed to be anamateur sport (attention: NBA).

Speaking of the frozen pondsport, Wayne Gretzky's NHL record212 points for a single season istruly amazing. Pittsburgh's MarioLemieux has missed 13 of the Pen-guins' games this year but still leadsthe NHL points race (with 104) by acomfortable 9-point margin overBoston's Adam Oats, showing howimpressive his start really was.Lemieux's 2.6 points per gamepace, however, extrapolated over afull season (see Tim McCarver's"At That Rate" bit) would still leavehim four shy of The Great One'smark. Scribes place Wilt Chamber-lain's I00 points in a game, 50.4points per game in one season, and20,000 "scores" in a career at thetop of the list of sporting recordsthat won't be broken. Maybe so, butthis certainly shows that Gretzky'srecord deserves Top 5 status...

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To get respect on the Cal Berke-;ey campus, you must either strutaround in your birthday suit or walkyour pet pig to class. You certainlycannot get it coaching basketball, asCoach Camnpanelli found out thisweek.

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It was great to see Dr. J and BillWalton elected to the BasketballHall of Fame. Before His Airness,the Doctor was the NBA's Mr.Entertainment (and more gracefuland classy than Mike), while Wal-ton revolutionized the role of thepassing center. Their contributionsare well known, and there can be nodoubt that they deserved this greathonor. The same cannot be said forthe Siberian Amazon who was

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