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Shanties and divestmentBy Andrew L. Fish

The MIT divestment movementtruly emerged in 1986'with theerection of a symbolic shanty-town on Kresge Oval on March 2and the subsequent arrest ofeight protesters 12 days later. Itwas the first time in 14 years thatsuch student arrests had occurredon campus.

About 80 students erected fiveshanties on the oval to protestMIT's investment in companiesdoing business in South Africa.While MIT did offer the protest-ers a permit for the use of theoval, members of the MIT Coaii-.tion Against Apartheid wouldnot agree to the terms of the per-mit, which stipulated that theshanties would have to be re-moved by March 13. "The coali-tion won't let MIT direct the pro-test," said Alex B. Rosern '88, amember of the CAA steeringcommittee.

Nevertheless, about 20 physicalplant workers, under Institute or-ders, tore down the shanties atabout 6:40 am March 14. TheMIT Campus Police arrested sev-en students and one former stu-

DedicationBy Robert E. Potter II

As America mourned the deathof its seven astronauts on boardthe Jan. 28 launch of the Chal-lenger space shuttle, the MITcommunity especially grievedover the loss of crew memberRonald E. McNair PhD '76.

.dent who allegedly resisted the real world, citizens accept re-shantytown's demolition. sponsibilty for their actions," he

Six of the protesters had.their, said; "If you do something suchcases continued without a.:find- -.,as g ess charges, then undo it, le-ing. One,' Lawrence K. Kolodney; galli this makes no sense."G, was found innocent. Another, N1IT President Paul E. GrayArnold Contreras '87, was found '54 lid ask the courts to drop theguilty of trespass after notice. cha ges. But he refused to reim-Contreras is appealing the, deci-- bur e court costs, and main-sion. (Please turn to page 3)

The unannounced demolitionof the shanties was criticized in he a imany quarters. "Once again raccommunication has been replacedby paddy wagons and police," By Robert Adamsdeclared Senior Lecturer oft-Po- and Earl C. Yenlitical Science Louis Menand Ill President Paul E. Gray '54 inat a'March faculty meeting. ' October released a report citing

The' early morning demolition the need to improve the racial cli-was "a knock on the door in the mate for blacks at MIT. The re-middle of the night," said Profes- port was written by the Minoritysor Louis D. Smullin '39. Student Issues Group, a group of

The Undergraduate Associ- admirinistrators and facultyation and the Graduate Student chaired by Dean for Student Af-Council condemned the arrests. fairs Shirley M. McBay.They, along with the faculty, Based chiefly on a 1985 surveyasked that charges be dropped of black alumni, the report drewand court costs be reimbursed to widespread attention from thethe students. national media. The survey asked

But MIT Vice President Con- black alumni about their interac-stantine B. Sirnonedes did not tions with faculty, their livingwant charges dropped. "In the group experiences, and their

of the <McNair buildinQ

preparation for the MIT environ-ment.

Fifty-five percent of the blackrespondents to the survey held"generally negative perceptions"of the academic and personalsupport they received from theMIT faculty. Around 53 percentof the respondents perceivedthemselves as "less well pre-pared" for the MIT environmentcompared to other students.

The MSIG did not compareresults of the survey with those ofa control group of non-blackalumni.

More than 75 percent of the re-spondents who lived in predomi-nantly white living groups de-scribed their experiences in"generally negative or mixedterms.' In contrast, those wholived in predominantly black liv-ing groups were unanimouslypositive about their living groupsexperiences.

"We believe the situation atMIT is similar to that faced inpredominantly white institu-tions," McBay said. "We feelthat MIT should show leadershipin racial matters, as well as in

education and research."Though the national publicity

received by the report may hurtMIT's minority recruiting in theshort-run, releasing the report isa necessary step in improvingMIT's racial situation, McBaysaid.

In order to eliminate racist at-titudes, the MSIG urged MIT to:

· create a visiting committeedevoted to minority issues,

· formulate new policies ondisciplinary responses to racistincidents, and

· add more courses in ethnicstudies to the curriculum.

- Students respond to report

Approximately 50 students at-tended a forum in November thatfocused on ways of improving re-lations between racial groups atMIT.

Many students at the forumfelt that minority students tendto form their own groups, result-ing in "self-segregation." Oneblack student commented, "Be-cause of the pressures of our so-ciety, if you don't join a group,

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nal Aeronau-. In honor of its alumnus, the:ministration Institute named Building 37 thepent five years -Ronald E. McNair Building in agraduate stu- day-long ceremony on Dec. 5.

y returned to Building 37 houses part of thepeak, of his ex- aeronautics and astronautics de-onaut and sci- partmnent as well as the Center

for Space Research.McNair came to MIT as a doc-

toral student in 1971 after gradu-ating magna cum laude fromNorth Carolina Agricultural andTechnical University. McNair be-came-an expert in molecular laserphysics.

Mclair worked for HughesResearqh Laboratories after re-ceiving his doctorate from MIT,and in,1978 he was selected forNASA'4 mission specialist pro-

* . - '.'. gram. in February 1984, McNairf'; A ' - became the second black Ameri-.

m,,;, - can in space.;;.~:' ~Presiolent Paul E. Gray '54

said, "Ron's life was one of stel-lar achievement, bright promise,and clear vision."

Michael S. Feld '63, McNair'sthesis .sppervisor and director of

~aeed/The Tech the Spectroscopy Laboratory,ried aboard said McNair's qualities - scienti-the dedica- fic ability, social awareness, and

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McNair, a Natiotics and Space Admission specialist, slat MIT as a physicsdent and frequentl5his alma mater to spperiences as an astrcentist.

Introduc tion"I know no way of judging of the future but by the past." -

Patrick Henry

Today's issue marks the beginning of the 107th year of publica-tiorn of The Tech. As we begin the new volume, we have also re-counted 1986's major news stories at MIT in a second-annual YearIn Review supplement.

1986 may be remembered as a year in which many events atMIT reflected happenings in the outside world.

e Growing political unrest in South Africa over the country'sapartheid policies continued to hold worldwide attention. Studentprotesters at MIT expressed their call for the divestiture of MIT'sSouth African-related holdings by constructing a "shantytown" onKresge Ovar in March.

The community found itself divided over the role of social pro-test when the MIT administration dismantled the "shantytown"and arrested student protesters who stood in its way.

· While divestiture aimed to end racism abroad, a report re-leased in October by President Gray drew attention to racial prob-lems at MIT. The nationally publicized report stressed the need toimprove MIT's racial climate for black students.

· MIT shared a special sorrow with the nation when Ronald E.McNair PhD '76 died aboard the tragic Challenger space shuttlelaunch in January.

The past year also witnessed changes in the composition of theMIT community. Many administrators resigned from posts in theOffice of the Dean for Student Affairs while MIT admitted a fresh-man class with the largest percentage of women in history.

Educational reform committees began - slowly and carefully- to recommend changes in the MIT curriculum. Physicalchanges in the MIT campus were announced: construction of anew graduate dormitory, renovation of the Student Center, and theCoop's move to Kendall Square.

We include some of the most significant news stories of 1986,along with arts reviews and photo essays. This special section isdedicated to the past year. By examining our past, we can betterunderstand ourselves and our future.

Earl C. Yen

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By Akbar MerchantThe educational reform com-

mittees proposed major revisionsin the undergraduate program,this year, ranging from reorganiz-ing the humanities, arts, and so-cial sciences requirement toforming a College of the NewLiberal Arts. While not all pro-posals will be adopted, they willlikely change undergraduate edu-cation in the years to come.

The Committee on the HASSRequirements, chaired by Profes-sor of History Pauline R. Maier,recommended reducing the num-ber of subjects that fulfill the hu-manities distribution requirementin a report released in August.Only five HUM-D courses wouldbe offered each term in each offour areas: contemporary societyand culture, history, literature,and the arts.

Under the proposal, studentswould take a HUM-D course ineach of the four areas. Thepresent HUM-D requirementconsisting of three courses in dif-ferent departments does not en-sure breadth of exposure becausestudents can take courses in thesimilar areas of different depart-ments, the report asserted.

The HASS Committee alsoproposed a new Institute Require-ment of a subject or group ofsubjects on "human contexts thatshape and are shaped by work in

science and technology" thatwould be taught cooperatively byfaculty from different schools.

The Commission on Engineer-ing Undergraduate Education,chaired by Associate Dean of En-gineering Jack L. Kerrebrock,noted that such "Context of Sci-ence and Technology" coursesshould teach the benefits of tech-nology to society in addition toabuses and problems posed forsociety In a progress report re-leased last Septemrber, the com-mission suggested topics of cur-rent interest for the contextcourse such as "Chernobyl, theSoviet Hierarchy and WhistleBlowing" and "Hazardous Che-micals.'

The HASS Committee alsocalled for retention of the con-centration requirement, underwhich students take three or foursubjects in a single HASS field.The report, however, criticizedeconomics as being too "mathe-matical" to be a HASS concen-tration and said that elementaryforeign language courses are"skill" subjects rather than hu-manities subjects.

But engineering and sciencefaculty and alumni stressed theneed for engineers and scientiststo acquire "tools" that will helpthem in the business world and indealing with social and political

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Robert A. Sherwood and Holliday C. Heine '67 left

By Ben Z. StangerThe Office of the Dean for Stu-

dent Affairs faced a mass exodusof key personnel this past year.

Seven members of the Resi-dence and Campus Activities sec-tion of the ODSA left includingits head, Robert A. Sherwood.Former section head of the Un-dergraduate Academic SupportOffice, Hoiliday C. Heine '67,also left the ODSA.

Undergraduate AssociationPresident Bryan R. Moser '87was "very disturbed" by Sher-wood's'departure this summerafter eight years, calling him the"most committed'" person in thedean's office.

The high turnover will put a

strain on student relationshipswith the ODSA, Moser said. "It'sgoing to take a long time for newpeople to make those ties," hesaid.

Sherwood said that his maingoal as assistant dean had beento increase the level of studentself-governance. At the time ofhis departure he felt that studentswere playing a more active role indecisions about student life.Sherwood is now head dean atBoston College.

Associate Dean for StudentAffairs James R. Tewhey, Sher-wood's replacement, came toMIT after serving as the supervi-sor of Smith College's housingsystem for five and one halfyears.

Tewhey recognizes that thegrowing number of women atMIT will force the Institute tosolve several housing problems.

MIT must devise strategies forhousing the additional womenand continue its efforts to findhouses for MIT's two sororities,Alpha Phi and Alpha ChiOmega, Sherwood said before

leaving.Fraternities must deal with the

reduced number of men they willbe able to rush in this and com-ing years.

Reasons for leaving

Most people in the ODSA havefelt that the large turnover wasdue mainly to external forces andpersonal objectives.

People relocate for a "varietyof reasons," Tewhey said, addingthat he did not anticipate remain-ing in his new position for a longtime. "A lot has to do with tim-ing," he added.

Dean for Student Affairs Shir-ley M. McBay believes that mostpeople who left the ODSA "havegone on to positions that repre-sent promotions." For instance,Sherwood said that his new posi-tion at Boston College, dean forstudent development, was "anopportunity that one does notturn down."

Residence and Campus Activi-ties Executive Officer Andrew M.Eisenmann '75, who replaced Ju-

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Coop should attract businessfrom commuters. The newbranch should "enhance the over-all gain and thus benefit themembers," Argeros said.

The Coop may still maintain asmall-scale store in the StudentCenter, bqt would sell only insig-nia and daily convenience items.

Bowling/Games Area Closed

MIT shut down the StudentCenter bowling/games area at theend of June. Immerman said thearea had consistenly lost moneysince it opened twenty years ago,and staffing reductions had failedto limit the loss. The whole areawill be renovated this year whenthe Coop leaves.

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the Julius A. Stratton '24 StudentCenter, including the relocationthis spring of the MIT branch ofthe Harvard Cooperative Society(The Coop) to a new and en-larged Kendall Square location.

New types of stores and eatingplaces will fill the vacated StudentCenter space, and general ren-ovations this summer are plannedto improve the usability and at-mosphere of the building.

Among new facilities plannedare automatic bank tellers, apharmacy, a convenience grocerystore, an office supply store and astudent travel agency, accordingto West Plaza Director of Oper-ations Stephen D. Immerman.Specialty shops such as a hair sa-lon, florist or record store mayfill other slots, he added.

Some suggested renovations ofthe physical building include newspaces for eating and studying ingroups, better elevators, betterloading facilities, and improvedlighting, Immerman noted. Ren-ovations are aimed mostly at thebasement and the first and sec-ond floors, he said.

Coop moves to Kendall

The MIT Coop's new KendallSquare store will be similar insize and product selection to theHarvard Square Coop. The loca-tion on the first and lower levelsof a new six-story building willprovide 50 percent more spacethan the old Student Centerstore, according to James A.Argeros/ president of the Coop.

The new store will have a larg-er book section 'and will carry awider selection of all goods,Argeros said. Textbooks for MITcourses will still be sold. TheCoop may provide shuttle busesfrom West Campus to ease text-book sales during peak shoppingweeks, according to Manuel Ro-driquez '89, member of the CoopBoard of Directors.

Low growth potential, low visi-bility and low yield were the pri-mary reasons for the decision tomove, according to Argeros.Profits from the MIT Coop havebeen lower than those of otherbranches.

Kendall Square has the advan-tage of a T-stop, so the new

Council, and other studentgroups helped to define the newrole of the Student Center. MITalso hired a marketing firm toanalyze the needs of the MITcommunity, and the firm con-ducted a survey of the studentbody.

Immerman noted that the op-erating costs for the Student Cen-ter come almost entirely from tu-ition, and that it was hoped thatload could be reduced. Moneyfor the renovations will be bor-rowed from a special MIT fund.Immerman said he hopes "weachieve this renovation at no cap-ital cost to MIT, and at the sametime improve services availableand thereby reduce the operatingcost."

subsequent profits or losses, saidH. Eugene Brammer, director ofHousing and Food Services.

Under ARA management,some items have increased inprice while others have dropped.

Unaccomplished goals

ARA accomplished many of itsinitial goals, though many pro-jects were completed much laterthan anticipated, said Ledwick.Others have not been carried outyet, the most important of whichis the complete renovations of theStudent Center and Walker Me-morial, scheduled for the upcorn-ing summer.

After these two renovations arefinished, ARA will install conve-nience stores in 'some dormitoriesand dining halls, add a bakeryarea to Lobdell and Morss, andadd a "greenhouse" on the west-ern side of Morss.

ARA is also planning to ex-pand the present Validine mealcard system for the 85 percent ofthe 18,000 MIT community mem-bers without meal cards. Thecompany will evaluate'the effectsof expansion this semester. ARAwill also review mandatory mealplans and present dining menus.

"We haven't been bored for aday, that's for sure," Ledwicksaid. "Things have been verybusy, incredibly fast-paced ...[but] it's been a good experienceso far."

All of the companies that bidfor the contract said that MIThas a customer market which itmust develop, Bramnmer said.

Lawrence E. Maguire, associ-ate director of Housing and FoodServices, said that the companiesestimated a potential of up to $12million in annual sales versus the$7 million MIT has yielded underits own management.

By Jai Young KimARA Services became the new

manager of MIT food service op-erations in July. Prior to thissummer, MIT had managed itsown cafeterias.

After signing a five-year con-tract. with MIT, ARA in the sum-mer planned an "ambitious" fall-term program which has enjoyed"about 75 percent" success, ac-cording to John Ledwick, ARAdistrict manager in charge ofMIT operations.

The company's most immedi-ate goal was the renovation ofthe Lobdell and Morss dininghails for the fall, Ledwick said.In August, Lobdell dining hallunderwent minor renovations inlighting, appearance and trafficflow. ARA introduced food cartsthat served outdoors duringwarm weather and served theBuilding 12 - Infinite Corridorjunction during December.

ARA is also establishing pizzastores at Walker Memorial and500 Memorial Drive. At 500 Me-morial Drive, a pizza restaurantand delivery service began oper-ation in January, though ovenshad already been installed therein early September.

In addition, ARA added a sal-ad bar to Twenty Chimnneys inthe Student Center, gave weeklygraduate dinners at AshdownHouse, and worked with theUndergraduate Association to es-tablish Cafe 13 during IAP. ARAhas also tried to change theworkers' service attitude through"human resource" training ef-forts, Ledwick said.

Although ARA manages thecafeterias and provides the MITHousing and Food Services Officewith marketing recommenda-tions, MIT is ultimnately responsi-ble for policy decisions and all

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ommended that the faculty consider whether current policies re-garding research will continue to work, noting that successfulpolicies require open publication and opportunities to partici-pate, regardless of citizenship.

The committee also expressed concern about the relationshipbetween the researcher and sponsor in Strategic Defense Initia-tive work. A new committee appointed by President Paul E.Gray '54 has begun to examine these issues.

Also, the Lincoln Laboratory Review Committee questionedMIT's relationship with the military lab. The committee notedthat Lincoln has not balanced its research program or expandedits educational opportunities significantly since 1969. It also not-ed that the laboratory does not actively bring its information tothe public.

The committee recommended that MIT continue to "seriouslyreview the nature and direction of its future relationship withLincoln Laboratory." The faculty committee also recommendedthat it should be involved in the review.

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speak to the Corporation, buttheyvwere repelled by three Cam-pus Police officers who blockedthe stairwell door.

The students then gathered onthe first floor of the building,where several Corporation mem-bers did eventually talk to them.

Members of the CAA alsomeet with twelve Corporationmembers at the October Corpo-ration meeting. Corporationmembers attempted to explaintheir investment policy, whileCAA continued to press for totaldivestment.

Several Corporation memberscited their fiduciary responsibilityto MIT as a reason not to divest.CAA members took exception tothese arguments. "When I seepeople getting their heads bashedin, I find it repulsive to talkabout money," said Marie Gilles-Gonzales. G.

At this meeting the CAA askedthat the Corporation make apublic accounting of their invest-ment logic. "It is incorrect to as-sume a single logic" is used bythe Corporation, said ChairmanDavid S. Saxon '41. The Corpo-ration is a 'collection of indivi-duals' and their policy represents"the center of gravity," Saxonsaid.

But Professor John E. Parsonssaw value in the Corporation"presenting the various argu-ments and various logics used tomake these decisions."

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tained that the arrests were justi- Simonedes, Assfied. The students' court costs Jay Keyser andwere later reimbursed by private Chief James 0idonations. Japan and was

Judge Arthur Sherman refused decision by teGray's request to drop charges, Dean for Studesaying "the credibility of the M. McBay. Thecrimlinal process would be dam- consulted or inf

aged." cision.Senior Vice President William This decision

R. Dickson '56 defended the was attacked bshanty removal, arguing that the members. "Forshanties had served their purpose encouraged discand that the oval should now be ternational issuemade available to others. Dick- Robert W. Manson also claimed that the shanty- why the decisiotown was destroyed to avoid a in such "an abrstudent confrontation. Several Coalition confrthreats had been against theshanties, Dickson said. The MIT C

Although the protesters were meeting in Graynot informed exactly when the shanties were stshanties would be removed, they anti-apartheidknew the time-frame for remov- confronted Graal, Dickson claimed. He cited the dence as theMarch 13 date on the permit of- Gray told thefered by MIT. there was little

Simonides noted that the CAA affect South Atnever requested an extention be- in the businessyond'March 13 for use of the policy," he addoval. But the CAA never agreed While Grayto any terms set forth by the ad- protesters, Corminstration, and had made it walked to the Fclear that the March 13 deadline sixth floor of tlwould be ignored. Several member

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prorlade by Dickson,bociate Provost S.d Campus Policeivieri. Gray was in; informed of the!lephone, as was-nt Affairs Shirleye faculty was notformed of the de-

n-making processby several faculty! months we havecussion off this in-te," said Professornn 'SO. He asked)n had been madeerupt manner."

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Corporationl wasy's house while theatanding. Over 100J demonstratorsay outside his resi-meeeting ended.e protesters thatMIT could do to

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of the country of South Africa."

CJAC reactivated

UA President Bryan R. Moser'87 and former GSC PresidentJanine M. Nell G discussedMIT's South African investmentpolicy with the Corporation Ex-ecutive Committee in April. Theyrecommended that the Corpora-tion reconvene the CorporationJoint Advisory Committee onInstitute-wide Affairs. The Ex-ecutive Committee agreed, andCJAC began meeting in thespring. CJAC is co-sponsoring

-this week's colloquium on apart-heid.

While the M IT divestmentmovement was very strong lastspring, it has lost some steam thispast term. The CAA had beendemanding a meeting with theCorporation; once the meetingtook place in October, the coali-tion seemed to have little more tosay on the divestment issue.

As one CAA member put it,the movement had "hit a wall"and was now spreading into otherissues -- particularly racism andthe future of the Simplexproperty.

Students favor divestment

Almost 58 percent of under-graduates who expressed an opin-ion in a UA referendum favoredtotal divestment by MIT. Of the1647 ballots, 895 favored divest-ment and 652 opposed it. Therewere 100 ballots which expressedno opinion on the divestmentquestion.

The GSC held a similar refer-endum, with 209 students votingfor divestment and 57 votingagainst it.

Divestment fund created

This fall a group of MIT alum-ni announced the creation of theMIT Endowment for Divestiture,a trust fund designed to pressureMIT to divest. The fund will ac-cept contributions, but will with-hold them from MIT until eitherMIT divests or apartheid is dis-mantled. If neither condition ismet by 1994, the funds will begiven to Amnesty Internationaland the United Negro CollegeFund. Parsons called the fund'one small step toward reducing

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nounced, the new facility is expected to be ready by 1990 and Whlile'the protests did not suc-

will cost $20-24 million. ceed in persuading the MIT Cor-

Last spring, the Graduate Student Council circulated a peti- poration to divest of all its hold-

tion demanding that MIT make graduate student housing a pri- ings in companies doing business

ority in its recent funding drive. MIT can presently house 26 in South Africa, the Corporation

percent of all graduate students, though 46 percent of the stu- did announce plans to sell stock

dents would like to be housed on campus. of companies which did not com-

The situation has been compounded by the increasing number ply with the Sullivan Principles.

of graduate students and the decreasing availability of off-cam- The Sullivan Principles are a set

pus housing. The problem is especially severe for foreign stu- of behavioral guidelines for

dents, who may be forced to search for housing at the same multi-national firms doing busi-

time they are adjusting to new languages and customs. ness in South Africa.

A survey by the Admissions Ofice indicated that the housing The Corporation announced it

situation was a serious concern among graduate applicants who would divest of stocks of com-

turned down MIT's offer of admission. panies in Category III of the Sul-

The institute's decision last year to pursue the new dormitory livan ratings. Category III com-

represented a turnaround from 1985, when the MIT administra- panies, are those which "need to

tion did not perceive graduate housing as a major priority. become more active" in comply-

MIIT has adopted a GSC proposal that would set aside 400 ing with the the Sullivan Princi-

graduate spaces exclusively for entering students on a one-year ples. These stocks represented

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New freshman programs tested

The ODSA and UASO experi-mented with some changes infreshman advising this fall.UASO chief Holly Heine said theplan would encourage facultymembers to take their advisingduties more seriously. The newprograms included:

s freshman seminars taughtby advisors limited to their advi-sees;

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* pairing of associate advisorswith freshmen in the same livinggroup.

Freshmen in the Class of 1990saw several changes in Residence/Orientation Week, including anearlier campus arrival~date and arush which began three hoursafter the freshman picnic.

These changes resulted in partfrom recommendations by a

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dith M. Douglis when she movedto Boston College, felt that peo-ple who work with student ser-vices must examine their profes-sional objectives.

Former UASO head HollyHeine left out of a desire to dosomething different, she said.Heine wants to find a new joboutside of the busy atmosphereand re-enter science education.Associate Dean David S. Wiley'61, formerly of the President'soffice, took over as Heine's re-placement this summer.

ODSA implements newpornography policy

The ODSA revised its policystatement on sexually explicitfilms last year. The revisions fol-lowed heated controversy in 1985concerning the screening of a sex-,ually explicit film without priorreview by an ODSA screeningcommittee. The new policy state-ment gives exemption from re-view to faculty members who areshowing such a film "within thecontextual framework of a class'or an "educational context."

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the aeronautics and astronauticsdepartment, was appointed to thepresidential commission investi-gating the explosion.

The Challenger tragedy arrest-ed NASA's space shuttle pro-gram. NASA curtailed funds toMIT for both long-term researchprojects and for projects relatedto upcoming missions. GordonH. Pettengill '48, director of theCenter for Space Research, saidthat the center's research will bedelayed from six months to twoyears.

(Continued from page 1)personal drive - are those thatMIT hopes to instill in others.

McNair believed in trying tooutperform his own expectations,or, as he called it, "hanging itover the edge."

The McNair family establisheda national scholarship foundationin his name to aid students fromlow-income backgrounds in at-tending college.

Challenger investigationdelays research at MIT

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e Le Declin de l'Empire Americain(Canada) A couple of guys sitting aroundtalking about sex. A couple of gals sittingaround talking about sex. Then they allget together in a country house outsideMontreal, for some interpersonal eompli-cations. The thesis is that the decadentcomplacency of North American society is-exemplified by its sexual behaviour. Lots

of fun, with a serious side.0 The Color of Money (US) Put to-

gether Paul Newman and Tom Cruise andyou cannot fail at the box office, but thissequel to "The Hustler" was also an excel-lent film in its own right. Newman playsFast Eddie Felson, 25 years older andwiser, who finds corruption and finally re-demption through his relationship withpool shark Cruise. The film is stunninglyphotographed in jarringly fluid style byMartin Scorcese.

d Hannah'and Her Sisters (US) WoodyAlien's latest view of life in the upscaleManhattan microcosm is also one of hisbest. As the eponymous sisters, Mia Far-row, Dianne Wiest, and Barbara Hersheylead an all-star cast which also includesAllen, Carrie Fisher and Max von Sydow.

d Stand by Me (US) A better film thanyou would believe could be made from aStephen King story, "Stand by Me" cap-tures the feeling of being twelve and hav-ing your life before you. Four kids test thestrength of their male bonds on an expedi-tion to see a dead body. The film, set in1959 Oregon, also tests the limits of mar-ketable soundtracks. River Phoenix gives afine performance as the ringleader, but po-tential James Deans be warned: learn tosmoke now.

9 Sid and Nancy (UK) A somewhatmore, well, contemporary soundtrack pro-vides the heavy backdrop for a film whichexamines the punk subculture in turn-of-the-eighties London and New York. Basedon the real life mutually destructive lovestory of Sex Pistol Sid Vicious and hisgroupie lover Nancy Spungen, and not alittle on Romeo and Juliet as well, the filmmakes us care about two people whomight not otherwise earn a secondthought.

o Round Midnight (US) Back to the fif-ties, another musical subculture with atransatlantic following, and also another

By contrast with last year, English-lan-guage films make aup the bulk 6f thisyear'stop ten list. By consensues of our two crit-ics, ten superior filtns, in no particular or-der, were:

o A Room With a View (UK) Out-standing adaptation of the Forster novelabout a young woman taken on holiday tothat favorite Victorian fairyland, Firenza.She meets an English youth travelling withhis father, which ought to be safe, but thisfamily has an Italian streak. Helena Bon-ham Carter is simply superb as the wom-an, the photography is attractive and thesupporting cast excellent.

My Beautiful Laundrette (UK) A filmby and about Pakistani immigrants in

Marlee Matlin as a deaf pupil in"Children of a Lesser God."

loose adaptation of historical events. Setin New York and Paris, Round Midnighttells about the friendship between a bril-liant US jazz musician (Dexter Gordon)falling from the heights and hitting thebottle, and a French admirer (FranqoisCluzet) who helps him go straight. Won-derful jazz music.

9 The Mission (UK) The first BritishPalme d'Or winner for some years was notquite.as good as the Cannes criticsclaimed, but was nevertheless a beautifuland moving experience. Excellent work byJeremy Irons as a seventeenth-century mis-sionary, by Robert de Niro as a reformedmercenary, and by a band of South Ameri-can natives as the natives of a vanishingEden, the unspoiled rain forest above thefalls.

@ Blue Velvet (US) David Lynch wroteand directed this surrealistic story of a col-lege freshman (Kyle MacLachlan) who dis-

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In a year in which a lot of the dross roseto the top of the music charts, there werenevertheless enough gems for me to com-pile another personal top I0. Not necessar-ily highbrow, or to everyone's taste, buteach with something going for them, thealbums which gave me a few thrills in 1986were:

· King of America, Elvis Costello. In atrio of sold-out concerts, Boston wastreated to each of the three faces of Elvis.My favorite alterElvis is Declan PatrickAloysius Macmanus ... an introvertwhose soul-searching generated this out-standing piece of vinyl. Another, the band-leader of the Attractions, dished up Bloodand Chocolate, giving us a double treat inI986.

® True Stories, Talking Heads. Whatelse is there to say about this tour deforcewhich runs through a wide range of musicwithout ever abandoning true Heads style?Perhaps it wasn't really enough to put Da-vid Byrne on TIME magazine, -but enoughsurely to lock up top spot in the collegecharts. Also takes the laurels for best al-bum of the year beginning with "True,"beating out efforts by Madonna Ciccone(True Blue), Cyndi Lauper (True Colors),and Bananarama (True Confessions).

· Graceland, Paul Simon. Rhymin' Si-mon leaves NYC, homeward bound on apersonal voyage to rediscover the Africanroots of his music. The resulting fusion ofSouth African rhythms and North Arneri-can folk music is a long overdue shakeupwhich sounds as good on tape as it does intheory.

. · So, Peter Gabriel. Another persondoing a lot for the image of African mu-sic, not to mention international under-standing, is Peter Gabriel. Perhaps notGabriel's finest album, but the one withwhich he proves it possible to assault thepinnacle of stardom without compromis-ing one's art. Now if he can only give afew pointers to Kate Bush, who appearson her second Gabriel album in the softlittle duet "Don't Give Up."

® Get Close, Chryssie Hynde. Well, ac-tually released in the name of a group ofPretenders to the mantle of another, de-funct band, which once backed Chryssie.They are gone, but the rhythms are stillhere, together with Hynde's inimitablevoice, and a more explicit message than wehave yet heard from a woman who still hasplently to say. This product was madewithout cruelty to animals.

· Different Light, Bangles. Back inLA, my friends and I adored this up-and-coming all-girl band while the rest of thecountry was still fawning over the Go-Gos.Surely the most seductive voices to top thecharts since Annie Lennox sang SweetDreams in '83. Once past the lighter-than-air fluff of "Manic Monday," one finds

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End hit, the outstanding musical of theyear is set to open in New York thismonth. As faithful an adaptation ofHugo's novel as can be squeezed into athree-hour stage extravaganza, "Les Miz"puts the opera back into pop operas. Therecord contains the high points of the RSCproduction. Colm Wilkinsbn (as Valjean)has his unusual vowels under control, andhis singing is matched by AlunArmstrong's (as Javert). Frances Ruffelle(Eponine) delivers her arias with a breathybut full voice that is a delight to hear.

However, we have an obvious recipientof Worst Comeback of the Year in its ownright: the resurgence of a would be bandwhich should be banned, in Boston. Yes,Boston is Back! years later, and theysound just as though they had never left.Worse luck.

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The Here We Come-back of the Yearaward goes to three-quarters of the origi-nal Monkees who came, were seen, andconquered a new generation of supporters,then came back to half-sell out SullivanStadium, and for all anyone knows arestill touring.

Worst Sequel to the Best Comeback ofthe Year can only be awarded to the forth-coming TV series The New Monkees. Ithought synthetic bands were decades outof style.

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such treats as If "She Knew What SheWants" and "Walk Like an Egyptian,"which establishes this as the most dance-able record of the year without "True" inthe title.

a Hand to Mouth, General Public.Back in LA, we worshipped General Pub-lic even before they had recorded any-thing. What more did we need than thesurviving nucleus of The Beat (AKA TheEnglish Beat), Ranking Roger and DaveWakeling, together with veterans of theClash and Dexys? After a tfew disappoint-ing albums, the band that loves to playBoston cut an album in town and finallyput it together for us.

· Picture Book, Simply Red. All duehonour to Mick (Red) Hucknell as sex ob-ject of the year, but just listen to his voice.This man could make a profitable careeras an a capella singer, but happens to havea fine band to back him up.

· True Blue, iladonna. I can't help it,I just like this collection of unabasheddance tunes and retropop which landedthree singles on the year-end charts. IfMadonna Ciccone appeals to the lowestcommon denominator, at least she does somore appealingly than Whitney Houston.Besides, I had to mention another memberof the vegetarian mafia after Peter, Chrys-sie, and Roger.

® Les Miserables, (original sound-track). Now firmly established as a West

MIT'S various resident theatre compan-ies produced their usual crop of memora-ble performances during 1986. Even if youdidn't see them all, you probably havesome favourite which remains with you.To help jog your memory, we list theshows seen on campus last year:

his first stops on his first US tour. Fo hadbeen banned from entering the US for po-litical reasons. To coincide with the event,they staged "We Won't Pay! We Won'tPay!" a hilarious farce about men andwomen on strike.

The Community Players stuck to estab-lished hits with Beckett's "Endgame," pro-ducing a respectfully traditional staging.

Summer

Dramashop's summer production wasSam Shepard's "Curse of the StarvingClass," a hard-edged drama about thetribulations of a farming family in theSouthwestern US.

September

MTG put on "Man of La Mancha." Al-lowing the cast to run amok while the au-dience was still entering was a nice touch.

October

Dramashop's first set of one-act plays,showcased new talent. The standout wasMamet's "Sexual Perversity in Chicago,"which helped pack them into the LittleTheatre.

The Community players stooped to de-tective stories to bring us the above-aver-age thriller "Dial M for Murder."

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The middle weekend of November wassimultaneously a theatrical delight and alogistical nightmare, as three showsopened withing 24 hours.

Dramashop's second set of one-acts fea-tured more Mamet and two very goodplays. The first was "The Loveliest After-noon of the Year," a comic sketch. Theweightier "Canadian Gothic" told the his.-tory of one Saskatchewan family in thethirties and forties.-

The same night Shakespeare Ensemblebrought an imaginative and airy "Midsum-mer Night's Dream" to the Sala. The showwas judged among the best collegiate pro-ductions in New England.

Last up was MTG with "West Side Stor-y," an entertaining performance but a littlelost in the vastness of Kresge.

TAPThe Musical Theatre Guild performed

"Babes in Arms," a Rogers and Hartmusical short on plot but long on dancing.How many costume changes can we man-age in a Sala production?

FebruaryDramashop started off the year with

their IAP major, "The Cavern" by JeanAnouilh. An upstairs/downstairs examina-tion of the dark interior of a Frenchhousehold, "The Cavern" tackles severallevels at once by introducing a charactercalled the Author who directs the actionand rewrites the play even as it progresses.

The MIT Community Players producedthe old standby "Arsenic and Old Lace."

MarchThe Chorallaries annual concert in bad

taste, as much a theatrical event as a musi-cal one, featured topical references to theChallenger accident and the tenure debate.The Logarhythms performed the nextweek.

The Dramashop evening of studentscripts was a success, particularly thebrainstormed collaboration "Movin' In,"after- David Mamet, and a selection from"Death in the Family," a black comedy byAndrew Borthwick-Leslie '86.

April

MTG's annual Tech Show was "Dia-monds in the Rough" by Julio Friedmanfh'88. Not the best original show ever seenon campus, but amusing at times, the plotrevolved around policemen disguised as apolar bear in rural New England.

May

Drarnashop pulled off a major coup inhaving Italian playwright and comic DarioFo conduct a workshop at MIT as one of

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aptation of the Paul Theroux novel. As aneccentric inventor who lapses toward in-sanity and tyranny, Ford gets good supportfrom River Phoenix, who plays his son.

Marlee Matin as the defiant deaf wom-an in "Children of a Lesser God." Matlin,who is herself deaf, is stunning oppositeher real-life lover William Hurt. But willwe get to see more of her in the future?

Best directors.And a few directors of note this year

were Spike Lee and Andrei Tarkovsky.Lee's first film, the grainy, earthy, and en-tertaining "She's Gotta Have It" was ap-preciated by both critics and audiencesalike, and suddenly Lee was a favoriteblack spokesman and feminist exponent."The Sacrifice" by Soviet 6migre Tar-kovsky, was a film full of images bothphysical and metaphysical which dealt inthe most realistic way with nuclear de-struction, through fantasy.

The odd ones.Odd film' of the year number one (US

category) was True Stories, the centerpieceof David Byrne's multimedia assault onthe pinnacle of pop stardom. He plays acharacter who seems to be a cross betweenCarl Sagan and Fred Rogers, but whoturns out on inspection to be David Byrneafter all.

And odd film of the year number two(UK category) is the just-out A Zed andTwo Noughts, Peter Greenaway's capsuleexamination of life and death. Buildingnonsequentially on the images of a muteswan, a legless woman, a plate of decayingprawns, a pair of obsessed twins, a colorb-lind man who hates black and white ani-mals, and a mad doctor mad about Ver-meer, Greenaway probes a clutch ofthemes in a way which sets audiences talk-

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So all in all, an interesting year formoviegoers. It was a little disappointingthat foreign-language productions such asthe French Betty Blue and GermanMen... did not quite live up to expecta-tions, and few foreign films from outsideEurope even made it to Boston in 1986.

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briel made the Big Time. I'd also like tomention Life's What You Make It - TalkTalk's lush celebration of life. Also, forsheer elegance and effectiveness, All FallDown, by Ultravox and the Chieftains (trybeing more Celtic than that) in whichmany ordinary people are nuked in blackand white slow motion.

At the end of the year, at the top of thecharts in Europe was a band with theoriginal name, Europe. They seem cuteand harmless enough. We already hadbands called America and Asia (oh, I takeback what I said about synthetic bands),so does this mean that Australia is next?

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Harrison Ford gives a great perfor-mance in "The Mosquito Coast." Graceland produced a fusion of American and African rhythms.

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covers a severed ear in a deserted lot. Hiscuriosity leads him into a topsy-turvyworld which has at its center a emotionallytortured night-club singer (Isabella Rosel-lini). The characters of this sexually vio-lent movie become more and more unnerv-ing as-we are drawn deeper into the film'swebbing. In the end, we are forced to de-cide whether the darkness lies in Lynch'sworld or our own.

Best actors.Two performers we would hate to-see

passed up in the honours lists, who ap-peared in second-best movies, include:

Harrison Ford in "The Mosquitos Coast,who doubtless gives the best performanceof his career in a good, but not great, ad-

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Best Group to play MIT. Sorry, SpringWeekend organizers, it was The Fountain-head by far. From the land of blarney andU2, this appealing pop duo hit Walker justbefore achieving some sort of NorthAmerican critical acclaim.

Best video clip of the year, if you watchthe dammed things, was the universallyacclaimed Sledgehammer - a tour de forceof stopmotion animation with which Ga-

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cess. They protests was sparked by the denial of tenure to Frank 'E. Morgan '74, associate professor of mnathematics..Morgan-was well-known for his ability 'to teach and~administer largefreshman calculus courses. . .

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Kyle G. Peltonen '89Production and design ........................... Ben Z. Stanger '88

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agreed that a problem with thepresent curriculum is that exces-sive material has to be covered.There have been no concrete pro-posals regarding the workload atMIT. As far as environment isconcerned, the Kerrebrock com-mission recommended increasedpublicity and expanded supportfor Institute Colloquia in its pro-gress report.

The science core

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issues. Such education would in-volve more exposure to econom-ics, politics, and organizationaland behavioral science.-

Students criticize environment

Compared to the HASS conm-mittee, students have not been ascritical of the structure of theHASS requirement or breadth ofexposure in the curriculum. The'most commonly voiced com-plaints at student discussionsconcern the educational environ-ment and workload at MIT.

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The revised list would contaihup to 15 courses in the School oScience. The present science distribution requirement was designed to allow departments tctailor exposure to science sub.jects to the needs of the departmental program and to providebroad exposure in science. "Since

'many of these subjects are highl3specialized and oriented toward~specific departmental programsthe second aim of the require-ment has been obscured," thecommittee's report stated.

All undergraduates are present-ly required to take three sciencedistribution courses, but most de-partments incorporate some dis-

-tribation courses into their de-gree programs. As a result, manystudents never take general sci-ence courses outside their degreerequirements.

The Science Committee wasgenerally satisfied with the fresh-man science courses. in physicsand calculus. Some committeemembers opposed the use of In-troduction to Solid-State Chemis-try (3.091) to fulfill the InstituteRequirement in chemistry. Thecommittee stated that Principlesof Chemnical Science (5. l I) "pro-vides a broad introduction tomodern chemistry," while 3.091"is a narrower view of chemicalscience dealing mainly with solidsand defects in solids."'

The Kerrebrock Commissionproposed an "Introduction toEngineering" subject for fresh-men and non-enfgineering majors,which would examine the generalapproach to engineering as op-

Calvin Campbell/MIT News OfficeAssociate Dean of Engineering Jack L. Kerrebrock.

posed to discrete disciplines suchas thermodynamics and fluid me-chanics.

Last summer the Departmentof Electrical Engineering andComputer Science proposed of-fering an intensive version ofStructure and Interpretation ofComputer Programs (6.001) dur-ing the Independent ActivitiesPeriod instead of spring term.The department later withdrewthe proposal. The proposal,which may be resubmitted forJanuary 1988, raised concernsabout "extending the frenziedpace of [MIT) through January,"said David G. Wilson, chairmanof the IAP committee and pro-fessor of mechanical engineering.

Proposal to establish Collegeof Liberal Arts abandoned

The Committee to Design anIntegrative Curriculum in theLiberal Arts, chaired by LeoMarx, professor in the science,technology, and society program,proposed that MIT establish aCollege of the New Liberal Artsin the committee's interim reportreleased March 1986.

The Marx Committee was dis-charged and the Committee onthe Implementation of an Inte-grative Curriculum in the LiberalArts is now charged with examin-ing its report. This committee isunlikely to recommend sweepingchanges such as a new college,according to Chairman KennethKeniston, professor in the STSprogram. The Kennniston Com-mittee is studying ways to inte-grate study of humanities and so-cial sciences into the Institute'straditional science and engineer-ing curriculum.

Under the Marx proposal, stu-dents desiring "dual competence"would enroll in the college andselect two majors, one in science

and engineering and one inHASS. Establishing an indepen-dent college is a major step, re-quiring large amounts of money,planning, and faculty support,Kenniston said. Integrated stud-ies in liberal arts is part of abroader review of MIT under-graduate education and shouldnot be expected to take place allat once, he added.

Improving teaching quality

"A doctorate and excellence inresearch, though clearly essential.are not sufficient for optimalachievement in teaching," theKerrebrock Commission's reportstated. "There are some excellentteachers at MIT, and even somewho understand the art of teach-ing and can express this under-standing to others, but there is atpresent no organized effort tospread this valuable informationwithin the faculty." The commis-sion called for a School-wideworking group examine the prob-lem and develop tutorials andseminars for the faculty.

lThe commission also consid-ered the perception that researchand publication record is muchmore important in tenure deci-sions than excellence in under-graduate teaching. "Even thoughthe accuracy of this perception isquestionable, it is important tooffset such perceptions by posi-tive actions," the report stated.

The Kerrebrock Commissionproposed establishing "TeachingChairs" for faculty memberswhose ability in the classroom isexemplary. The chairs would beawarded to newly-tenured facultyin recognition of uncommonachievements in teaching identi-fied during tenure review. Thesefaculty members would devote amajor portion of their time toteaching duties.

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{Continued from page 1)some people fear getting swal-lowed up."

"It -might be a natural tenden-cy to live with familiar people,but self-segregation tends tocause segregation at MIT," agraduate student said. 'I've beenat MIT for six years, and I'velived in six different livinggroups. Only this year have I hadthe opportunity to get to know ablack person."

Most students agreed thatsomeone will have to take the ini-tiative in order for interracial re-lations to improve. "The onlyway to combat racism is throughpersonal contact," one studentclaimed.

Some students at the forumsuggested that MIT introduce anethnic studies course into the cur-riculum, while others rejected theidea.

But many students agreed that

more discussion of minority is-sues on campus would improveMIT's racial climate. "I wouldn'tmind someone from BSU- [Black

Student Union] coming over toour living group, and we wouldbe willing to go to ther," a stu-dent commented.

The UA posted a "flame sheet"in Lobby 7 in November for stu-dents to voice their opinions onthe racial climate at MlT.

One student pointed out thatmany minority students at MITfeel isolated. He posed the ques-tion: "Have you ever been theonly white person among abunch oyf -minority students whohave never seen or spoken to awhite person before?"

,Another student stated: "Thefirst thing we can do about rac-ism is to learn to recognize it inall its many forrs. Overt racismrepresents only a minute fractionof the problem. In a broad sense,anytime we make assumptionsabout another person on thebasis of his ancestry or similar ar-bitrary factors, we are, in fact,practicing racists.'

Educational reform comnittee reports

More women entering M ITA record number of women entered MIT in 1986 and it

appeared that this trend would continue, according toadmission's office statistics on early admissions for next year'sfreshman class.

An all-time high of 380 women entered the Class of 1990,accounting for 38 percent of the class. The number of women.was a 27 percent increase over the 300 women in the Class of-1989. A record of 1364 women applied to last year's enteringclass.

The number of women who applied and the number whowere accepted early to the Class of 1991 broke all-previous re-cords. MIT admitted 20 percent more women early action tothis class than in the previous year.

The increase in the number of women has caused a decreasein the number of potential all-male fraternity pledges. This inturn forced fraternities to launch more competitive rush effortsthis year.

"Everyone got out there and rushed a little harder," saidTimothy R. Lash '87, rush chairman of the Interfraternity Con-ference.

Rush officers at several houses said that this year it took somehouses longer to reach their target number of pledges. Otherrush chairmen said there was an increase in 'cross-rushing," inwhich more than one living group extends a bid to the sameperson.

K1Mennedy wins Sth CDCambridge has a new representative on Capitol Hill for the

first time since 1952. Joseph P. Kennedy II was elected to theHouse of Representatives from the Massachusetts 8th Congres-sional District, replacing retiring Speaker of the House ThomasP. O'Neill Jr.

Kennedy defeated Republican candidate Clark C: Abt '51 inthe Nov. 4 election, garnering 72 percent of the vote.

The election campaign, which set records for spending,grabbed local and national headlines. In addition to Kennedy,who has never before held elected office, the hotly contestedrace for the Democratic nomination featured a score of famousnames.

The best showings were made by State Sen. George Bachrach,considered a liberal leader on Beacon Hill, and Melvin H. King,a former state representative and unsuccesful candidate formayor of Boston in 1983.

Several important referenda were also on the state ballot.Massachusetts voters rejected an anti-abortion proposition, nar-rowly approved tax capping, favored a hazardous waste controlmeasure, and repealed mandatory seat belts. Voters also calledfor a national health program and for controls on acid rain pol-lution.

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