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By Harold A. SternDavid Noble, a former assis-

tant professor in the departmentof science, technology, and soci-ety, is suing MIT over his failureto receive tenure in 1984. Thecivil action, filed in MiddlesexSuperior Court on Tuesday, re-quests that either Noble be rein-stated as a tenured associate pro-fessor, or he be awarded $1.5million in damages.

Noble, a member of the STSfaculty from 1975 to 1984,claimed that the department re-fused to grant him tenure be-cause "Noble's scholarly worksharply criticized MIT as an insti-ltution, and that the plaintiff'spublic speech criticized MIT's tieswith industry and MIT's improp-er use of publicly-created univer-sity resources for private com-mercial benefit," according to thedeposition.

The statement named PresidentPaul E. Gray '54 as a co-defen-dant, along with former ProvostFrancis E. Low; Carl Kayseni, di-rector of the science, technology,and society program; and Profes-sor Emeritus Francis E. Reintjes.

[For a summary of the "State-ment of Claims," see page 11.J

Noble held a press conferenceat the Harvard Law School to an-nounce the suit on Tuesday. Hebegan by reading a statement, inwhich he claimed that '/in thelight of widely accepted academicstandards, [lie] should have beengranted tenure."

Noble based this claim in partupon the findings of an interde-partmental review committee,which was formally charged withsoliciting letters of recommenda-tion, and "essentially compiling adossier on [his] record," Noblesaid.

The committee was composedof Professor of Management ofEconomics Lester C. Thurow;Professor of Political ScienceWalter D. Burnham; Professor ofScience, Technology, and SocietyMerritt R. Smith; and Professorof Aeronautics and Astronautics

Leon Trilling.They voted unanimously to

recommend that the STS depart-ment grant him tenure, he con-tinued.

Despite the favorable recom-mendation, Kaysen, on behalf ofthe STS faculty, announced inFeb. 1984 that the departmentwould not put Noble's name for-ward, Noble said.

Noble claimed that this deci-sion was made on political rea-sons.

"The STS program was influ-enced by the administration tothe extent that they felt thatgranting David tenure would bedetrimental to the program's po-sition in the university," Noble'scounsel said.

Noble also accused Reintjes ofmaking slanderous statementsconcerning the quality of Noble'swork. Reintjes made statementsto the STS faculty objecting toNoble's portrayal of Reintjes'work. in Forces of Production,Noble's social history of industri-al automation, Noble accused.

Noble denied information and re-view

Noble then attempted to ob-tain copies of reports, to "findout who did what." He was de-nied access to all information, heclaimed.

"I know this is in violation ...Of AAUP [Anerican Associationof University Professors] guide-lines," Noble's counsel asserted.

"I was also informed that therewas no appeal procedure at MIT,and on an ad hoc basis I ap-pealed to the provost, and re-ceived cursory review." Noblethen appealed to both Gray andthe chairman of the MIT Corpo-ration, with similar results, hesaid.

Noble's attorney also criticizedMIT's lack of formal review pro-cedures. "The fact that MIT didnot have certain minimal dueprocess procedures," she said, "isvery illegal."

Joseph Kurland, staff member

of the AAUP, said in an inter-view that "MIT is not legallybound to comply with AAUPstandards.... But the courtsfrequently lean upon AAUPstandards as the accepted norm."

Noble's willingness to go publicunpopular with colleagues

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Stephen P. Berczukquestions Tuesday about hisMIT while his attorney looks

Prof David Noble answers$1.5 million lawsuit againston.

By Michael J. GarrisonAn outside source has pre-

pared a report for the MIT Plan-ning Office detailing possible sitesfor a new graduate housing fa-cility, said Senior Vice PresidentWilliam R. Dickson '56. Dicksondeclined to reveal the contents,but said he will be more explicitwhen he speaks before the Grad-uate Student Council meeting onSept. 18.

"We acknowledge that gradu-ate housing is one of the higher,if not the highest, priority issuesof the Institution," Dickson said.

President Paul E. Gray '54 an-nounced the search for a gradu-ate housing site at a GSC meetinglast spring ["Gray talks to GSCmembers," April 29]. At thattime he said he would rank thetop four possible sites by August.

"It took a little longer than wehad anticipated," -Dickson ex-plained. "You can look around

- there are not a lot of [poten-tial housing] sites."

Only land 'along the river" iszoned for institutional housing,Dickson said. "Once you strayout of [MlivT's] immediate locality. . . you can't say, 'I'm going tobuild housing,' [without] a spe-cial permit from the city."

Zoning laws prohibit institu-tional housing in most of Cam-bridge, Dickson said. Exceptionscan be granted by the ZoningBoard, he said, but applicants'shave to have a pretty strongcase."

The construction of housing is4'neither permitted nor denied" inthe area immediately surroundingMIT, Dickson added. This "mid-dle ground" is where MITr hopesto concentrate, he said, since theCity of Cambridge could grantthem a permit without having togo to the.-Zoning Board.

Dickson dismissed the idea of

building MIT housing in the Sim-plex area. "From day one [MITagreed to] not put anything inSimplex that is untaxed," hesaid. Dormitory housing is freeof property tax.

Types of potential housing

MIT may not build a complete-ly new building in order to addmore housing space to the Insti-tute, Dickson speculated. It ismuch cheaper to renovate an ex-isting building, he explained."We are looking very seriously atthe likeliest of those opportuni-ties."

Conversion of an existingbuilding would bring the fastestsolution to the problem, Dicksonsaid. "It takes about a year toplan [the construction of a newbuilding] and two years to buildit," he elaborated. Renovationtakes only 'three quarters of a

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prevented by Father's Two, hewill send a formal letter of com-plaint to the Boston LicensingCommission, he said.

Brennan has returned toclasses, and Denesuk has madearrangements with his advisorand teachers to compensate forclasses missed during his hospitalstay, Denesuk said.

Olivieri has written a letter tothe Boston University CampusPolice chief, citing the action ofSergeant Burke as "a very veryopportune move," Olivieri said.'The doctor who treated Dene-

suk said that he probably saved[Denesuk] from serious medicalproblems, thanks to the ser-geant's prompt action," he con-tinued.

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By Anu VedanthamMatthew Denesuk '87, the vic-

tim of a Sept. 8 stabbing in Bos-ton, is in fair condition at BethIsrael Hospital and expects to bereleased this weekend.

Denesuk and James F. Brennan'87 were attacked shortly afterthey left Father's Two, a Bostonbar at 820 Beacon St.-While in-side the establishment, they wereaccosted by a man for no appar-ent reason, according to Bren-nan.

As the two students left thebar, the same man shoved Bren-nan. Denisuk and Brennan wereimmediately surrounded by agroup of hostile people. "I thinkthey were out there even beforewe left the bar. . .There were fiveor six of them around Matt [Den-esuk] and a few more aroundme," Brennan said.

"Jim and I both estimated theirnumber to be about ten," Dene-suk said. Neither student hadseen any of the attackers before,he added.

"We were fighting them afterthey attacked,"' Denesuk contin-ued. "I got hit in the head andthen I saw one of them pull out aknife in front of me," he contin-ued. Denesuk guessed that atleast two people attacked himfrom behind at this point.

"I'm not really sure what hap-pened [after the stabbing]. Ithappened so quickly. I wasstabbed in the back and then inthe side... Jim was knockedout. I went over and woke himup," he continued.

The two students started towalk back to their fraternityhouse, Beta Theta Pi, on BayState Rd, when they noticed aBoston University Police carparked near Kenmore Square.Brennan asked for help, Denesukremembered.

Sergeant Burke of Boston Uni-

versity Campus Police then drovethe two students to Beth IsraelHospital, according to MITCampus Police Chief James Oli-vieri. Brennan was treated for acut over his left eye. Denesuk un-derwent surgery for a puncturedlung, said Boston Police OfficerJohn Gillespie.

Gillespie said he will call thestudents into police headquartersin order to start a mugshot iden-tification of the assailants. Theinvestigation does not have a sub-stantial chance of apprehendingthe attackers with only a verbaldescription from the students,Gillespie added.

Olivieri said he also plans tointerview the students. If he findsthat the attack could have been

for .i its onBy Earl C. Yen

"The federal government hasbeen derelict in banning hazard-ous chemicals," according to en-vironmentalist Lewis Regenstein,who spoke last night in 10-250before a crowd of 150 people.

Regenstein, whose lecture wassponsored by the Coalition toEnd Animal Suffering and Ex-ploitation, argued that the Foodand Drug Administration (FDA)takes an excessive amount oftime in evaluating potentiallyhazardous chemicals.

"Four of the most toxic chemi-cals banned by the FDA, includ-ing DDT, can be found in 99 per-cent of all Americans,"Regenstein said. 'By the time theFDA acts, it's often too late."

Regenstein attributed the Unit-ed States' steadily rising rate ofcancer to the explosion in thenumber of harmful chemicalsover the past century. 'One of ev-ery three Americans will evenrtu-

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ally die of cancer," he noted.

He explained that the govern-ment legalizes too many chemi-cals before their effects areknown. "It's impossible to knowthe long-term effects of chemicalswhen they've only been aroundfor a few years."

Regenstein strongly opposedthe usage of many chemical fer-tillizers. He cited a 1979 presiden-tial study that showed that usageof chemical pesticicdes in Amer-ica has increased by a factor often over the past thirty years.Over the same period, the samestudy indicated that Americanfarmers are losing twice as manycrops to insects compared to 30years ago.

"The problem is that insectsbecome immune to more andmore pesticides," he commented.He cited insect traps and the re-lease of sterile insects as effectivealternatives to pesticides.

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(Continued from page 1)ed an agreement among MIT fac-ulty members not to go publicwith their criticisms of Institutepolicy, and that he was deniedtenure because he violated that"gentleman's agreement."

"In every case, whether it was[performing research for] thechemical industry . . . or [re-search] on automation and bio-technology, my first approachwas always to my colleagues.And I participated quite vigor-ously in debates within MIT. But1 did not restrict my comments tothose circles. And I believe I amprotected by the Constitution."

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Noble also actively opposedMIT's establishment of theWhitehead Institute for Biomedi-cal Research, which he believedwould allow private corporationsan "advantageous inside track onpublic resources."

ed in many different ways that Iwas putting my career in jeop-ardy."

Noble never considered lower-ing his profile until after he re-ceived tenure, he said. "I am pro-tected by the Constitution. I ama citizen. My people fought anddied for the Bill of Rights. Whyshould I have to curtail my civilliberties in order to keep my job?It never occurred to me that Ishould curtail my speaking out."

Many junior faculty membersrefrain from speaking out whileuntenured, he continued, but"they are wrong. It injures all ofus. And the sad thing is thatcases like mine . . . are so few."

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Two kidnappings occur in LebanonKidnappers struck again in West Beirut Wednesday, ab-

ducting the top official of the International Lions Club inLebanon and Jordan. Authorities have not yet determinedwho kidnapped Victor Kenou, a Lebanese Christian.

The kidnapping occurred the day after the abduction ofAmerican educator Frank Reed on a West Beirut street.Reed had written his relatives in Massachusetts before theincident, informing them that he was growing more fear-ful and planned to return home. The Islamic Jihadclaimed responsibility for Reed's kidnapping.

An Arab-American group in Washington claims thatthere are still close to 1000 Americans still in Lebanon.The State Departmnent will not confirm the figure. (AP)

NATO maneuvers largest in 30 yearsThe US military is taking part this week in NATO's

largest maritime maneuvers in 30 years. About 12,000 ma-rines from the United States, Britain, and the Netherlandshave begun air and seaborne landings in southern Norwayas part of the "Northern Wedding" exercise. (AP)

Daniloff suggests release to embassiesJailed American reporter Nicholas Daniloff reportedly

thinks he should be released from a Moscow jail andturned over to the US ambassador - and the accused So-viet spy being held in New York, Gennadiy Zakharov, beturned over the custody of the Soviet Embassy. Daniloffswife, Ruth, says her husband thinks this might "cool theinternational uproar" over his case and avoid upsetting asuperpower summit. (AP)

Guerrillas attempt to raid IsraelFour guerrillas in a rubber dinghy had intentions of

raiding Israel's northern coast, but their mission failed.Israel struck back Wednesday by rocketing Palestinianguerrilla positions near Sidon, Lebanon. Lebanese hospi-tal officials say three women were killed and 13 other civil-ians were wounded. Police report that nine were woundedand none were killed. (AP)

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Conngress reinstates death penaltyThe US House of Representatives voted by an over-

whelming margin (296-112) to reinstate the death penaltyfor drug dealers. The penalty specifically applies to engag-ing in criminal enterprise which results in the death of an-other. The House also approved legislation allowing forthe use of illegally-obtained evidence in cases where offi-cers acted in good' faith. (AP)

Foreign trade deficit dropsThe US trade picture has improved during this second

quarter of the fiscal year, according to Commerce Depart-ment figures. The foreign trade deficit totaled $36.02 bil-lion, which is down 1.2 percent from a $36.46 billionshortfall in the first quarter. New figures show that im-ports hit a record of $90.02 billion in the April to Junequarter, while exports climbed to $54.80 billion. (AP)

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State auditor John Finnegan has issued a report whichaccused the state of failing to inspect thousandas of eleva-tors between July 1983 and June 1985. No deaths or in-juries can be attributed to the alleged problem, the reportstates. The state lost at least $211,000 in fees that shouldhave been collected in the course of inspections, FinneganWrote. (AP)

Rhode Island to fight illiteracyGovernor Diprete announced Wednesday an aggressive

campaign to eradicate illiteracy, modernize job-trainingprograms, and find promising employment for minoritiesand the jobless. A task force of business, industry, andeducation leaders will oversee the project, named "WorkForce 2000." (AP)

Chancellor of higher education selectedThe Board of Regents picked a New Jersey educator as

the state's new chancellor of higher education yesterday.Franklyn Jenifer will head the state's public college sys-tem, dashing former Amherst state representative JamesCollins' hope that he would remain in the pgst where hehad worked since June. (AP)

Teachers reach tentative contractBoston teachers met yesterday to ratify a tentative con-

tract for 19.5 percent in pay raises over the next threeyears. After an all-night bargaining session Wednesday,Boston Teachers Union President Ed Doherty said earlyThursday he recommended approval of the proposed con-tract. (AP)

Dukakis leads in surveyAccording to a statewide telephone survey released

Tuesday night, Democrat Michael Dukakis enjoys a com-manding lead over Republican George Kariotis in his runfor re-election to a third term as Massachusetts governor.The survey of 500 registered voters says Dukakis woulddefeat Kariotis by a margin of 65 percent to 21 percent.(AP)

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And that's not just rhetoric.Throughout his 30 years of com-munity service, King has demon-strated his commitment to grass-roots participation in politics,both in and out of public office.

Bachrach and Kennedy, on theother hand, are simply two alter-natives on the liberal end of thesame old spectrum of elite poli-tics.

And that's why King can win.He's the candidate who is differ-ent and, his politics are a real al-ternative to the elusive and illu-sory politics of elitism andexclusion.

That's not to say it will be easy.The polls can be discouraging,but there's something we all haveto understand about King andpublic opinion polls. The pollsunderestimate King's strength,and they do it consistently. In vir-tually every race he's been in,King has done better on electionday than he has in the pre-elec-tion polls.

The reason is the same onethat makes King different fromthe others - because he offers areal alternative. Therefore, manywho would otherwise not voteturn out to be King voters.

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"I hope he drops out of the ra-ce," she said.

I'll repeat here what I told herthen. "Don't count on it."

Don't count on it for two sim-ple and compelling reasons. First,King is far and away the bestcandidate in the 8th CD race.

And second, despite what TheBoston Globe says, King can win.

King is the most experienced,the most principled and the mostdemonstrably effective candidate.

For over 30 years, King hasbeen active in Boston as a com-munity activist, as a state repre-sentative and as an educator (in-cluding his adjunct professorshipin the department of urban stud-ies and planning at MIT).

Throughout those 30-oddyears, King has stood consistentlyfor a peaceful, democratic andnon-interventionary foreign poli-cy. He has stood for affordablehousing and health care for allAmericans. He has stood for theelimination of hunger in Amer-ica, and he has fought against allforms of racism, sexism and ho-mophobia.

Not only has he taken posi-tions on these issues, he has beenon the frontlines of the strugglefor them. You never need to won-der where King stands - youknow, because 30 years of rock-solid dependability tells you so.

He is not only principled; he iseffective. He builds coalitionsand brings people together, com-bining his idealistic and humanevision with practical and work-able policies.

King is a leader of nationalstature. He has been executive di-rector of the Boston chapter ofthe National Urban League, andhe founded the Rainbow Coali-tion, which Jesse Jackson latermade nationally famous in hisbid for the presidency.

In light of the fact that demo-crats across the country areshowing that they have few prin-ciples, little vision and less cour-age to oppose to the cold-warparanoia and domestic waragainst the poor of the Reaganadministration, King will be themost effective person we can sendto Congress to stand and fightfor a more humane alternative.

Joseph P. Kennedy II won't -

he's part of the problem, andState Senator George Bachrachcan't - he has niether the grass-roots connections nor the nation-al network that King has. Kingwill immediately become part ofthe most progressive group incongress - the Black Congres-sional Caucus - where he will beable to add to the collective po-litical strength of people such asJohn Conyers from Michigan,Ron Dellumrns from Californiaand the soon-to-be-elected JohnLewis from Georgia.

But more important thanKing's position on issues, moreimportant than the particular de-tails of his many accomplish-ments, is his vision of an open,inclusive and truly democraticpolitics.

The traditional spectrum of de-bate in this country among thepolitical elite on the issue of pov-erty serves as an illustrative ex-ample.

The essence of the conservativeapproach is to do nothing - inother words, to let poor peoplestarve or freeze to death. This isrationalized by a warped socialDarwinism that justifies starva-tion or freezing as necessary "in-centives" to get people to work.

On the other end of the spec-trum are the liberals who recog-nize that large numbers of verypoor people can create a sociallyunstable and potentially threaten-ing situation. They thereforepush programs that - like Ken-nedy's Citizen's Energy Corpora-tion - give a little something tothe poor. But, because these pro-grams do nothing to actuallycontribute to the overall econom-ic power of those they try tohelp, they don't really address thefundamental problem of poverty.

King stands outside that spec-trum because he supports thepolitics of inclusion andempowerment.

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Dissents, marked as such and printedions of the undersigned members of thetheir disagreement with the editorial.

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K(ENNEDY and ROOSEVELT:amazing coincidence, or what?

Editorial

Bac-hrac the clearchoice in 8th CD

From the beginning, the focus of attention in the 8th Con-gressional District Democratic nomination has been on oneman: Joseph P. Kennedy II. Despite his lack of political exper-ience, Kennedy's name, wealth, and looks have made him thefavorite in the race to succeed Thomas P. O'Neill.

In recent weeks, however, State Senator George Bachrachhas demonstrated that he can command the broad base of sup-port necessary to defeat Kennedy.

The two are a study in contrast. Kennedy, a young and afflu-ent businessman, has no track record and no established cre-dentials. Bachrach is an experienced state senator with an im-peccable voting record.

As a state senator representing Belmont, Watertown, andparts of Allston, Brighton, and Cambridge, Bachrach's faceand policies are familiar to a large number of voters. For thosemembers of the MIT community living in the Back Bay andthat part of Cambridge south of Harvard Square, more expla-nation is necessary.

Bachrach has long been known as a reformist and a maver-ick on Beacon Hill, and has been outspoken on his differenceswith State Senate President William M. Bulger. Attracting at-tention with quiet oratory, Bachrach stands behind his convic-tions, to the point of being arrested in Boston while protestingthe sale of Krugerrands at Deak-Perera.

In a speech at MIT last semester, Bachrach called for "aquick, small cut" of $35 billion from the military budget, say-ing the same amount shouid be cut in the following year. Hejudged that the money could create 500,000 jobs if redirectedinto domestic programs. His constructive solutions for themilitary budget include eliminating waste and redundancy, andincreasing competition and efficiency.

Bachrach believes that the United States could accomplishmore abroad with diplomacy and bread than with violence andguns. In an interview in The Tech [April 11], he said, "Wecould do far better in Nicaragua if we fed people than if wemilitarize the region."

At an MIT rally, Bachrach said, "Every great movement inthis country. .. has started on college campuses and in thestreets." The many student voters in the 8th CD could confirmGeorge Bachrach's optimism and send him to Capitol Hill.

The Tech urges residents of the 8th CD to vote for GeorgeBachrach.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1986 The Tech PAGE 5

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ternity rush (as a freshman, ac-tive brother, and alumnus) andmy sixth Residence/OrientationWeek as a dormitory graduateresident, I am once again im-pressed by the whole process. Imust admit that rush does haveits problems, but it basicallyworks.

Two groups of students are in-volved in rush: freshmen, whomust peruse, weigh and select liv-ing groups; and upperclassmen,who facilitate this selection andfill their houses and floors. Bothgroups must be considered whendiscussing rush.

This year 380 freshmenpledged fraternities and morethan 80 percent of the remainderwere given their first choice dor-mitory. Only about six percent orso of this thousand-person classhad to settle for their third ofworse choice. All this in only oneweek!

I think that most of us wouldnot be too upset, regardless ofwhere we end up. But housing al-ways seems to be an emotional is-sue. Anyone who has beenthrough a lottery in a livinggroup to assign rooms knowsabout the effort, speculation anddealing that goes on.

We MIT students have an un-deniable drive to get the best, aswe each individually see it. Fresh-men begin the process of rankingthe best living groups the mo-ment they -set foot on campus.Although it is unlikely that com-plete, thoughtful opinions can beformed in just five days, I mustgive the freshmen credit, for theirability to gather the importantfacts quickly and make the(seemingly) hard decisions.

Giving freshmen an uninter-rupted chance to find the placethat is best for them is an essen-tial benefit of R/O, as it now ex-ists. Quite aside from the extradormitory crowding, it would beterrible to force students to con-sider fraternities and dormitoriesafter classes start. I am sure thatneither the problem set burdenedstudents nor the attention de-manding professors would appre-ciate a term or year of rushing.Getting housing assignments fin-ished early is a service to new stu-dents.

There are a few casualties ofthe system: students who do not

uick and efficientget bids they were perusing orone of their first five dormitorychoices. But there are only ahandful of these, and after ayear, most will be happy withtheir residence. Compared to theoverwhelming majority of satis-fied students, this price seemssmall. Granted MIT should helpsoften the transistion from hometo college, but occasional rejec-tion is part of life. Many morestudents fail courses than get as-signed to a last choice dorm.

Another set of freshmen thatappears to be hurt by rush iswomen. Representing over a thirdof this year's freshman class, theymust be given more attentionthan they have in the past.

It is the second group of stu-dents, the upperclassmen, that isusually overlooked when analyz-ing rush. Rush is almost entirelystudent-run, from clearinghouseto the R/O committee, to indi-vidual fraternities and dormi-tories. There is only minimal in-terference from the MITadministration and dean's office(except to do the arduous task ofdorm assignments).

Rush is a student activity, per-haps the best student activity inthe co ntry. It is an enormousendeavor in both energy andmoney. Upperclassmen work ashard in those three or four daysas during any other time duringtheir stay at MIT. Each fraternitybudgets for rush about one-thirdof the entire amount MIT spendson R/O. The organization by theInterFraternity Conference andDormcom is steady and solid.They accomplish a unity and co-herence that MIT itself cannotuntil commencement.

The individual living groupsalso show professional organiza-tion. Two to three hundred fresh-men pass through the averagehouse in two and a half days. Adozen or so must be quickly se-lected while simultaneously con-vinced that the particular place isattractive. The brothers musthold together; scores of eventsmust be planned, kept track ofand followed up; and the housemust be kept presentable.

The fraternity must deal withreal human beings in a sensitive,responsible way. These are impor-tant and difficult issues to dealwith. The hands-on educationthat accompanies rush - the in-

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Nobody professionally trainsfraternity members how to runrush. Nobody directs dormitoryrush. It is the student residentswho make rush succeed. MITmay not have much school spiritwhen it comes to sports, but itsure know how to get motivatedfor its R/O.

(Editor's Note: Rappaport isthe graduate student representa-tive on the Committee on the Un-dergraduate Program.)

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Dorrns are also living groupsTo the Editor: the freshmen understand what most students couldn't think of

We sympathize with those fra- each living group is about, social- living anywhere else.ternities who had problems filling ly and otherwise. The choice of Finally, we'd like to congratu-the spaces in their houses and where to live will have a great late all dormitory residents whowish them better success in futurerushes. However, we hope thatnot all of the members of thesefraternities have taken the sameattitude that is evidenced bystatements in the Sept. 9 Tech byDanial T. Dismukes '88 (FIJIrush chairman).

Dismukes' statement, "Dormi-tories should be a default", be-trays an obvious ignorance of thebasic purpose of Residence/Ori-entation week; that is, to provideMIT freshmen with an opportu-nity to choose where they wouldbe happiest living.

The choice given to freshmen isto pick a living group, not whichfraternity to select. By sayingthat choosing to live in a dormi-tory should be a default optiononly, Dismukes implies that fra-ternity life is preferable to dormlife. This clearly is untrue. Moststudents who live in dormitoriesdo so because they have chosento live in the type of environmenta dormitory provides, not be-cause they weren't bid by a fra-ternity.

Dismukes' other statement,"Fraternities look for people whoshare common interests, not peo-ple to fill beds," is equally mis-guided in its implication thatdorm residents don't care whichfreshmen "fill beds" in theirdorms. Many residence hallsspend a large portion of their op-erating budget on R/O activities.They do this in an effort to help

Dorms shouldbe more than adefault optionTo the Editor:

I am writing in response to anarticle ["Lower class size forces amore competitive rush," Sept. 91.The article was disturbingly one-sided. Daniel T. Dismukes' com-ment that "Dormitories shouldbe a default choice" summarizesthe feeling that the fraternities atMIT are the preferred place tolive. He also suggests that MITshould emphasize independantliving groups over dorms, andelsewhere Karen Needles claimsthat dorms do not need to rush.

Although fraternities enjoy theprivilege of being able to ex-clude freshman from their livinggroup, they have no more re-sponsibility than the dorms dur-ing rush. Rush is a hectic timefor freshmen - they mustchoose one living group out ofover forty within a week. Mostfreshmen choose dorms over fra-ternities, and deciding on a dor-mitory is just as important as de-ciding on a fraternity. Bothdormitories and fraternities musttry to present a realistic imageduring rush if the freshmen areto make informed choices.

Many fraternities do not con-sider dormitories as socialgroups. They are, however, a bigpart of the residents' social life.Considering them as a generic re-pository for the fraternities' re-fuse is both arrogant and foolish.Some schools do treat dormi-tories this way and are rewardedwith sterile and colorless houses.,

Finally, Dismukes' commentthat MIT should assist the frater-nities in placing freshmen there is

-ridiculous. If his fraternity doeshave trouble filling its beds, per-haps it should look inward ratherthan outward for the source ofthe problem

Bill von Novak '87

deal to do with what life will belike for a person over the nextfour years.

MIT is unique because it hasso much to offer - and it is ever-yone's responsibility to make thatclear to both freshmen andupperclassmen. Every livinggroup has advantages and disad-vantages but there is a reasonwhy two-thirds of all undergrad-uates choose to live in dormi-tories and there is a reason why

worked on Rush. Overall, dormi-tory rush went very well and rela-tionships among dorms were ter-rific. We hope that next year therespect and understanding thatexists among both the dormi-tories and the Independent Liv-ing Groups will continue to be amore positive 'relationship for thewhole community.

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"She's Gotta Have It" has it all: intellegence, humor, and sexSHE'S GOTTA HAVE ITAt the Nickelodeon andHarvard Square Theaters.

By PETER DUNNS, EX! Let me clarify: sex is the 'it' ofthe title and the main subject of thisnew film directed and written bySpike Lee.Yet this is a film which challenges

the intellect at a level significantly higherthan that of a video game, and that is re-freshing after a summer glut of action/hor-ror films like "Cobra," "Raw Deal,""Aliens," "Texas Chainsaw Massacre II," or"Poltergeist 1I." Spike Lee (who also co-stars in the film) has made an engaging,stimulating, light comedy that was a minorhit at Cannes and is presently the darling ofNorth American critics.

Shot in Brooklyn in grainy black andwhite (except for one dance sequence in col-or), "She's Gotta Have It" tells in pseudo-documentary style of the romantic entangle-ments of a beautiful young black woman,Nola Darling (played by Tracy CamilaJohns). Nola has a strong, healthy sexual ap-petite (hence the title of the movie); in fact,a strong sexual appetite for more than oneman. Her ex-roommate complains of walk-ing into the bathroom every morning andeach time seeing a new man's face.

At the top of Nola's list of many loversare Jamie Overstreet (Redmond Hicks), asteady level headed type who wants to marryher; Greer Childs (John Canada Terrell), astuck up, well-built gigolo whose face gracesthe covers of GQ; and Mars Blackmon(Spike Lee), a little shrimp who is a lot lessfunky than he thinks (he wears a necklacefrom which dangles an embarrasingly largegold name plate), but a lot funnier than heprobably knows.

Each man is introduced in documentarystyle, speaking directly into the camera ofhis relationship with Nola. With this simpledevice Spike Lee begins to define each of hischaracters, individualizing each throughcamera movement and cutting. Jamie's es-sentially dull personality is displayed by in-troducing him calmly sitting on a parkbench as the camera slowly tracks in. Greer'sflashiness is established when he is firstshown via a circular track around his expen-sive sports car. Mars' funky and off-the-wallnature is shown through quick cutting be-tween close-ups of his arrow haircut, hisoversized necklace, and his untied shoes.Each man's personality is further elaboratedupon through directorial style in subsequentmonologues to the audience. Their relation-ships with Nola are established by differingyet echoing scenes of lovemaking with her.

This echoing reflects how the men are seenin the eyes of Nola and explains in part whyshe cannot choose any one of them over theothers: all three are different on the surfacebut in essence the same and interchangeable.

This basic premise of the interchangeabil-ity of the men in Nola's love life is theframework for most of the comedy andheartbreak in the film. Nola must juggle theegos of each of her beaus, placating eachjust enough so that he is satisfied withouther having to give up the other two. None ofthe men can understand what Nola sees inthe other two and each jealously tries tocriticize and outdo the others. These at-tempts to monopolize Nola's attentions findthe men falling on their faces, tripping overeach other's heels.

Yet at each turn the audience's laughs aretainted by twinges of sorrow: each manwants Nola desperately and is hurt by thefact that she desires more than one man.They, however, are not the only ones to suf-fer, for Nola must contend with a society ingeneral, which has yet to fully accept hersexual desires and needs.

For a man watching "She's Gotta HaveIt," it is a bit of a blow to one's ego. TheHollywood stereotype is of the male gigolo

ART production of KTHE KING STAGBy Carlo Gozzi. Performed by theAmerican Repertory Theatre.

By JULIAN WEST

HE KING STAG, Gozzi's magical18th century fable, made a felici-tous but brief return to the Loebto coincide with Harvard's 350th

anniversary celebration. It is one play inwhich the American Repertory Theatre'sflamboyant and often controversial style isunquestionably suited to the material.

Gozzi created a fabulous landscape peo-pled by storybook characters, and theART has realized it brilliantly. It is notsimply the characteristic masks worn bythe players which draw us into the book.Nor is it the costumes, which could havebeen designed by Tenniel but were in factthe creatures of Julie Taymor, who alsodesigned the marvelous stick puppets.

What completes the air of unreality isthe extravagance and repetitiveness of thegestures. Each character has found an in-dividual idiom, from the gentleness of thegood King Deramo and the china-doll fra-gility of the lover Clarice to the rough le-chery of the evil prime-minister Tartaglia.They seem at times to be punctuating allof their speeches, at times to be speaking a

juggling several women and it may feel un-comfortable to see the tables turned. At an-other level, each man in the audience prob-ably identifies more closely with one ofNola's lovers than with the other two andfeels a twinge of inadequacy when he realizesthat no one lover can fully satisfy all of No-la's needs. As a inale one feels sympatheticto Nola's desires, but at the same time a bitconfused because of the way we've beenbrought up to view Nola as, in Mars's ownwords, a "freak."

"She's Gotta Have It" questions whatparts of our sexual and emotional desires areacceptable and unacceptable, and points outhow much of a gap still remains between thesexes. Though we are often made to laugh atour silly notions of what is correct and whatis not in this respect, the film does not trivia-lize these issues. On the contrary: from thehurt felt by the characters and the angerthey vent at each other, it is clear that how-ever much we try to laugh at and dismiss thefalse notions we have of our sexual andemotional desires, the real dilemmas willeventually catch up with us.

"She's Gotta Have It" never answers allthe questions the audience has about thecharacters, nor does it resolve all the prob-

gtrrt¢lerns it poses. At the end the men seem justas mystified by Nola as when the movie be-gan, though Nola for her part seems toeventually accept her wants and desires re-gardless of what the men try to convince heris right. Most importantly, "She's GottaHave It" does not preach: the film presentsall viewpoints equally, giving Nola, Jamie,Greer, and Mars equal time to voice their ar-gunlents no matter how ludicrous they mightbe at times.

"She's Gotta Have It" is a low-budget filmand the acting often leaves a bit to be de-sired. The actors sometimes seem uncom-fortable in front of the camera, and oftendeliver their lines stiffly. However, the filmmore than makes uip for what it lacks inprofessional workmanship by sincerity ofacting, good laughs, and imaginative camerawork (the jump cutting and gliding cameramovement reminded me of early French NewWave).

Instead ol numbing your mind with thetraditional Registration Day type movie,why not begin the academic year with an in-tellectually stimulating movie that's stillabout sex? "She's Gotta Have It" is it.

ing Stag brings storybook to lifeform of sign language, and at times thewhole process recalls the elaborate ges-tures of a Japanese Kabuki play.

Frequently the players fall out of the gi-gantism of their parts to insert almost pa-renthetical remarks. This keeps the audi-ence on its toes, and makes the play soundvery contemporary, whether the quip isGozzi's description of a dress as looking"like a three-masted schooner" or a purelyART description of it as "a '57 Buick."

The plot revolves around King Deramo(Thomas Derrah), and the use he puts totwo magic charms which have been be-queathed to him by an old mage. The firstis a statue, whose enormous, rather orien-tal face dominates the stage, which falls tolaughing whenever it hears an obvious un-truth. The King uses this to provide advicein the selection of a wife.

The first aspirant is the mercenary andfatuous Smeraldina, indulgently played byIsabell Monk, who claims to love the kingbut is laughed out of his hall by the ani-mated statue. She is followed by Clarice,who has been thrust forward by her up-wardly-mobile father, the prime minister.Clarice (endearingly played by PamelaGien) loves another, but does not wish tooffend the king. She turns out to be acharming speaker and a past mistress ofcircumlocution, and it takes some effort

on the part of Deramo to coax the truthout of her.

Clarice's friend Angela (Diana D'A-quila) is both honest and extremely clever,and on top of this loves the king. As overa thousand suitors have already been re-jected, so she nurses little hope, but shehas not reckoned with the magic statue,which recommends her for the queenship.

The plot is complicated at this point bythe second magical device. The king haslearned the trick of passing his conscious-ness into the body of a recently deceasedanimal. He demonstrates the technique toTartaglia after a successful hunt, becom-ing the eponymous King Stag. The stag isanimated by another trick of puppet wiz-ardry.

Tartaglia seizes his chance to usurp boththe affections of Angela and the crown byinhabiting the King's body. He launches ona reign of terror, killing an old woodsmanand prompting the ancient-modern ex-change: "why this sudden butchery?", '"don't think he had tenure."

Things go from bad to worse, but thewhole mess is suddenly put to rights by thereturn of the magician, in the person ofRodney Hudson. He waves enormouslylong cloth arms, says the magic words,unites the lovers, casts out the villain and,like Prospero, gets the epilogue.

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Excerpts from Noble's statement of(Editor's note: The following con-

tains excerpts from the "Statement ofClaims" section of the depositionfiled in Middlesex Superior Court onSept. 9, 1986.).

Violation of Mass. Civil Rights ActFreedom of Speech

... Plaintiff has the right to freespeech guaranteed by Article 16 ofthe Massachusetts ConstitutionDeclaration of Rights.

Defendants' actions... includ-ing defendants' refusal to grantplaintiff tenure on the basis if hisexercise of free speech and aca-demic freedom rights, attempted tointerfere, and did interfere, bymeans of threats, intimidation orcoercion, with plaintiff's right tofree speech, in violation of Mass.General Law, Chapter 12, Section1 ii.

Defendants' actions have directlyand proximately caused plaintiff lossof income, employment benefits, andother financial losses, and damagedhis professional reputation.

Breach of Contract - Violation of MITPolicy and Procedures

... Defendants violated plaintiff'scontract with MIT as an associateprofessor in refusing to award himtenure by:(a) Denying plaintiff tenure on the

basis of criteria other than thoseestablished by MIT policy, pro-cedure, and rule.

(b) Denying plaintiff tenure on basisof his public speech on mattersof public importance, which vio-lated his right to free speechguaranteed him by defendants.

(c) Denying plaintiff tenure on thebasis that his scholarly writingswere critical of MIT as an insti-tution, which violated his rightto academic freedom guaran-teed him by defendants.

(d) Denying plaintiff tenure on thebasis of false statements abouthis scholarly work made byReintjes, who had an impropermotive in making such falsestaterne, and whose evalua-tion was improperly consideredin MIT's tenure review of Nob-le's work.

(e) Failing to comply with MIT prac-tice and policy so as to provideNoble with an appointment ofone year as an untenured facul-ty member after he was deniedtenure.

(f) Denying Noble any review or ap-peal procedure in violation of theAmerican Association of Univer-sity Professors 1982 Recom-mended Procedural Standards.

(g) Refusing to provide Noble witha statement of the specific rea-sons that the Science, Technol-ogy, and Society Program facul-ty refused to put his nameforward for tenure, in violationof AAUP Recommended Proce-dural Standards.

As a result of defendants' breachof contract, MIT refused to awardtenure to plaintiff and terminatedhis employment contract with MIT.

The denial of tenure to plaintiffand termination of his employmentcaused him loss of income, employ-ment benefits, and other financiallosses, and damaged his profes-sional reputation.

Breach of Implied Covenantof Good Faith and Fair Dealing

Plaintiff's contract with MIT as anassociate professor contained animplied covenant of good faith andfair dealing.

Defendants' denial of tenire toplaintiff on the basis of criteria oth-er than the established tenire crite-ria, and on the basis of impermissa-ble criteria, such as the plaintiff'sexercise of free speech and aca-demic freedom rights, constituted abreach of this implied covenant ofgood faith and fair dealing in that:(a) Such actions violate the public

policies of freedom of speechand academic freedom.

(b) Such actions violate communitystandards of fairness and fairdealing.

Interference With AdvantageousRelationship

[Professor Emeritus J. Francis]Reintjes intentionally, deliberately,maliciously, and in bad faith inter-fered with plaintiff's advantageousbusiness relationship with his em-ployer MIT by, inter alia, makingtalse statements about the accura-cy and completeness of plaintiff'sscholarly work to the tenure com-mittee and, upon information andbelief, to the tenured STS Programfaculty with the purpose and intentthat such false statements causethe committee and the tenured STSProgram faculty to deny plaintifftenure.

Reintjes' actions constitute delib-

erate Interterence with plaintiff'sadvantageous business relationshipwith MIIT.

Reintjes' interference with plain-tiff's business relationship causedplaintiff a loss of income, employ-ment benefits, and other financialbenefits, and damaged his profes-sional reputation.

Negligence

During the period of time plaintiffwas employed by defendant MIT asan associate professor, MIT owedplaintiff a duty to use due care inevaluating him for promotion to atenured faculty position and inmaking all other decisions regard-ing plaintiff's retention, promotion,or tenure as a faculty member.

Defendants breached this duty ofdue care to plaintiff in, inter alia,the following ways:(a) Falling to assure that the tenure

review process would be imple-mented free of impermissibleconsiderations such as consid-.I

erations of plaintiff's exercise ofrights of free speech and aca-demic freedom.

(b) Violating MIT policies and pro-cedures and recommended pro-cedures of the AAUP.

(c) Failing to provide plaintiff astatement of reasons for denialof tenure.

(d) Failing to provide plaintiff anyreview of appeal procedure re-garding MIT's decision to denyhim tenure.

(e) Failing to appoint plaintiff to aone-year term as an untenuredassociate professor after deny-ing him tenure.

Defendants' breach of the legalduty of due care has directly andproximately caused plaintiff a lossof income, employment benefits,and other financial benefits, and da-maged his professional reputation.

Defamation

Reintjes made false statementsthat Noble's scholarly work was

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claims against MITnot accurate and was not a com- 2) In the alternative, that thisplete and professional history of the court order defendants to reconsi-development of the technology of der plaintiff's candidacy for a posi-numerical control to the tenure tion of tenured associate professorcommittee, and upon information In the School of Humanities free ofand belief, to the tenured STS Pro- such impermissible considerationsgram faculty. such as plaintiff's exercise of his

Reintjes made such false state- rights of free speech and academicments with knowledge that they freedom.were false, with malice, and with 3) Compensatory damages in thethe intention to injure Noble in his amount of $500,000.profession and business and to 4) Damages in compensation fordamage Noble's reputation as an injury to plaintiff's professionalhistorian. reputation in the amount of

Reintjes' actions directly and $500,000.proximately caused plaintiff a lossof income, employment benefits,ages for ena anguishand other financial benefits, and da- and pain and suffering.maged his professional reputation. 6) Punitive damages in the

Wherefore plaintiff requests that amount of $500,000.he be granted the following relief:

1) That this court order defen- 7) The attorneys' fees and costsdants MIT and IPresident Paul E.i plaintiff incurred in bringing this ac-Gray to appoint plaintiff to the posi- tion.tion of tenured associate professor 8) Such other relief as this courtin the School of Humanities, retro- deems just and proper.actively effective to Feb. 1984.

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The type of building is also anissue to be resolved. "Apartmentsare the desired kind of thing,"Dickson said. However, MITwould "like to do mixures [of]singles and apartments."

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"Some of our sites are [legally]committed to ground parking,"Dickson warned. He explained

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